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Stoney Lonesome Motorcyc le Club: Defending series champion Jeff Cregg leads the Heavy A class into the woods at round one of Ihe Sl oney Lonesome Championship Hare Scrambles Series In ColumbUS, Indiana. lap . Rainey took third , and Benjamin N ickless edged out Jerem y Pusho r fo r fou rth by seven seconds . Brandon Freeman took th e FourStroke B win , in front of Larry Miinch. Freem an took the start, in fr o nt of Greg Prince, bu t Prince passed Freeman before the fourth chec k . Free man retook the lead fo r good nea r the en d of t h e second l a p and Pr ince sta y ed close u nt il the seventh l a p . M i i n c h caugh t up to Pr in ce and passed h im for second , and Prince fell back over a minute, allowing T im Rose t o pass him f o r th i rd at the beginning of the last lap. Prince took fourth , and Nicholas Fie ldhouse fin eN ished fifth . StlIney Lon esllllle MalDn:yc!e Club Columbus, Indiana Results: May 20, 2001 !Round 1 of 51 0 / A : 1. J eff Cregg ; 2. Andy Cregg: 3 . Adrian Heil. HVV A : 1. John Rob bins: 2. Mi chael Smi th ; 3. Brett Dubo is: 4 . Tra vis Cas h: 5. Matt Defelice . L T A : 1. A nt hon y Mull is ; 2 . Matt Fi ndley; 3. Nolan Whitesell; 4 . Billy J annings . VET : 1. Rob Surface: 2. Chri s Taylor, 3. Richard Walls; 4 , Rick Kln keleer: 5. Brent Dillman. HVY B: 1. Lendell Smith ; 2. Colby Davis; 3 . Ed Fessler; 4 . Daniel Scales: 5. Nathan Gaskill . l T B: 1. Christopher Bach: 2. Chris T aylor; 3 . Brandon Rainey ; 4 . Benjamin Nickless; 5. J erem y Pushor. 4 ·STRK B : 1. B r an do n Free m an ; 2 . Lar ry Miin ch ; 3 . T im Rose; 4. Greg Prince; 5. Ni cho las Fieldhouse. SR : t . D ona l d Rain ey ; 2 . Ti m othy Met z: 3 . Charles Willillms; 4. Herman Pettit: 5. Curtis Dunn. 5 /SR : 1. Co rne l i us Sc harp ho rn ; 2 . D on ald Hough. C: 1. Jason Petery: 2. Marty Waller; 3. Scot Neal; 4. John Schlender; 5. Israel Petro . IMSPro Series/CarolinaUltra S eries U.S. Mega Series Round 5/9: Camp Coker MX Park Chester na iled the second-moto sta rt , but Walker quickly assumed the point . Ne ese also passed on the next lap . This tim e, he m ad e no m istakes and k ept Wal ke r hon est until the end. T hey w e r e foll owe d b y Ch e s t e r , Lo ugh and Bl ack . In the Ove r 25 A c o nt est, N ees e repeated as a winn e r . W a lker was leading moto on e wh en carburetor prob lems killed h is mach ine , giving Nees e th e wi n . Neese just had to finish second in moto two to secure the ov erall. With Wa lk er's firs t-moto problem , e ve n a second-moto wi n wo uld only award h im fourth overall. Neese 's run ner -u p would be Lough , with B ill y Li les th i r d an d K O RE C ycl e's Frank Koenig fift h . Jake Griffis wa s one of on ly a few South Caroli ni ans to ac t u ally w in a South Caro lina. st ate cha m p ions hi p . He co m plete ly dominated the Unlimited C contest , winning both motos. In moto one, he pulled the ho leshot and nev er l o o ked back. Jason Vanho y ga ted second but stalled his bike and never rega ined the pace . Chase Whitten inherited second and f inished there, foll owed by Jerry Rame y , Ryan Chappell and Henry Hernandez. Moto two was a bit different. Whitten gated first and set the pace . A m iscue on the ba c k stra ight caused him to go down hard, giving the lea d to Griffis, who won the m ot o and the ove ra ll. A jumble in moto fin ishes behind him made things interesting for the scorers. He was fo ll owed by Chris Ha yes , Marco Byrum, Chappell and Fielding Morris. Gr iffis also co ntrolled the action in th e first 125 c c C moto, and he took the win. However, while leading moto two , he went down hard in the fin ish- line whoop sec ti on . Hi s DNF gave the overall to Malcolm Klepp, a lso a South Caro lin a resident , vi a a 3 -2 sc o re. He wa s fo llowed by second moto win ner J eremy A llison, J eremy Jacob s, Tra v is Fl ow ers and Chris Hayes . A total of 4 4 rid ers l in ed up to co mpete in the 65cc (7 -9 ) class . With the Na tional qualifier comi ng up , this might have been a pr eview of th ings to come . In moto one , Rya n Currie had the quic k hand , fo llowed b y Madison H am b r i g ht , Wi l fred o Gus man , Ian T ret tel and Flo rid a 's T yler M oore. Ha m b rig ht bobb led and was now in six th, but he wa s working har d t o m o ve ba c k up. Gusm an crashed, letting Ham brig ht to get closer to the fro nt . O n the l a s t la p, Ha m b r i g ht pass ed T rettel for the w in . Bubba Crosby led moto two from start to finish . Hambright was in th ird but close to second -p laced Trettel on the last lap. This was the rac e for th e overall, as Crosby did not finish moto one . Trettel threaded between two lap pers just before the finish and got t h e breath ing room he needed to secure second and the overall. Hambright return ed to cla im the cham p io nship in Unlimited 65cc (710) competition v i a two runner -up moto finishes. He wa s hounded by second-moto winner Les Smith. First m o t o winne r Golten Maynard was third , Robert T iesler was fourth , and Benjamin D ent on was fifth . Hag a r Honda / Crea t ive Graph i c s' Les Sm ith was on hand to defend his cham p io nshi p from last year. In the 65cc (10-11) c las s, he went 2-1 to claim the overall . He t ol d his parents before the second moto tha t he didn't wa nt to give his home state champi - ,------ - - - -- - - -- - - -- - - -- - -- - - - - - ---,0:: w ~ C s Neese, Walker Go to Camp By D A VI D E LLER SOCIETY HILL, SC, fIlAY 27 am p Coker p layed host to round n ine of the U .S . Mega Series , wh ich was run in conju nction with round five of the IMS Pro Ser ies/ Caro lina Ult ra Series. This weekend was a lso the AMA So uth Caro lin a St ate Championship. A s Camp Co k er will hos t the so utheas t Youth regional q ualifier for Loretta Ly nn 's, yo ung ride rs from as far south as F lorida were on hand to get in some tra ck time and preparation . A record entry of 70 0 riders were treated to a well prepped track th at got rough as the day progressed. In 125cc Pro act io n, Hu sk y 's Jim Nee se a n d Yama h a o f Kin g sport' s C 78 J ULY 11 . 2001 • cue I e C'S >- '" 5 1E K ev in Wa lk er sp lit m o t o w ins , w it h Nees e ta k ing the ov erall via his sec on d -m oto w in . Suzuki of Gaston ia 's J im Chester was th ird , w ith Doug E arl s an d Will iam Bryant rou nding out the top five. Walker returned to dominate both 250cc Pro m otos, though not without early fights from Neese and Chester. Walker pulled the moto-one holeshot moto one bu t was rec eiv ing pressure from Neese. Ba ll zee' s Chad Lough , on a new KTM 520SX, wasn't letting th e race in front of h im get away . After Neese bobbl ed, Ch ester and Lough h a d smooth sailing to t h e checkers to claim second and th ird. Ja red Black finished fourth, and Con nect icut' s J o shua M cLev y roun ded out th e top five . n e ,.,.. s Camp Coker MX Park: Jake Griff is (77) pulls the Unlimited C holeshot over Henry Hernandez (204) and the rest of the pack at round five of the IMS Pro Series/Carolina Ultra Series and round nine of the U.S. Mega Series in Society Hili , South Carolina.