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Timonium Fairgrounds: Bryan Douglas (22) won the 250cc A class at the penultimate round of the sixth annual Kevin McNicholas Memorial Short Track series in TImonium, Maryland. Raun Wood (SSA) and Tom McGrane Jr. (99) finished third and fourth overall, behind Douglas and Bob Sweeten. for several laps, Hollister retook the lead for good two laps from the end. John Kraft won the 400cc class after three-time winner Bob Babcock threw a chain while leading at about halfway. Nick Taylor won the 500cc Two-Valve class, and then it was Don Mullen's turn to lead the 600cc A class across the line. Kelly Bell continued her domination of the Women's class, winning for the fourth straight race. Bailey Spence again doubled, easily winning the 50cc (4-6) class and fighting through the field in the OilInjected class. In the Oil Injected class, Spence has to get rolling, since his bike is geared more for a halfmile, but once he gets rolling, he goes like gangbusters. Megan Bell led the Oil-Injected class for more than half of the race, with Spence taking the lead on lap six. Just afterward, Bell fell in the second turn. Austin Greenland again won the 85cc class, taking the lead from Brandon Robinson, 65cc winner Tom Mudgett Jr., and Evan Baer. Baer got by Mudgett on the third lap, while Robinson kept Greenland honest to the end. John Lewis again won the 125cc class, but opening-race winner Mark Stambaugh hounded Lewis' sputtering KTM throughout the final. Gardiner White took the 250cc B lead in front of a tightly bunched pack including Bryan Armstrong, Ryan Babcock, Don Briggs and Charlie Parker, with Babcock in second when the checkered flag fell. eN Timonium F.irgrounds Timonium, M.ryl.nd lIllsults: August 8, 2001 [Round 4 of 51 WMN: 1. Kelly Bell (Hon); 2. Kara Douglas (HOn\; 3. Nicole Henderson (Hon); 4. Megan Bell (Yam; 5. Nicole Mester \Hon). 50 OlL-INJ: 1. Bai ey Srence (Yam); 2. Josh Standiford (Yam); 3. Michae Kratochvil (Yam); 4. Daniel Bromley (Vam); 5. Megan Bell (Vam). 50 (4-6): 1. Bailey Spence (Vam); 2. Paxlon Parkhurst (Yam); 3. Daniel Bromley (Yam); 4. Sam Sheckells (Yam); 5. Tyler McCumber (Yam). 50 (7·8): 1. Brandon Seibold (Cob); 2. Thomas Webb (tab); 3. Dalton Starlins:~ (KTM); 4. Storm Sheckells (Vam); 5. Megan Bell (Vam). 65: 1. Tom Mudgett Jr. (KTM); 2. Brett Pugh (Kaw); 3. Joseph Masta ~KaW); 4. Mike Standiford (Kaw); 5. Joey Parks (Kaw . 85: 1. Austin Green and (Han); 2. Brandon Robinson (Yam); 3. Evan Baer (Yam); 4. Jeff McManus (Han): 5. Tom Mudgett Jr. (KTM). 125: 1. John Lewis (KTM); 2. Mark Stambaugh (Han); 3. Nick Henderson (Han); 4. Matthew Schueler (Yam); 5. Jeff Sommerfield (Suz). 250 A: 1. Bryan Douglas (Han); 2. Bob Sweeten (Han); 3. Raun Wood (HOn\; 4. Tom McGrane Jr. . (Han); 5. Rich Mellinger (Han. 250 B: 1. Gardiner White (Han); 2. Ryan Babcock (Hon); 3. Bryan Armstrong (Han): 4. Don Briggs (Han); 5. Charlie Parker (Kaw). 40Q: 1. John Kraft (Han); 2. David Bull (Yam); 3. Bryan Bemisderfer (Yam); 4. Clarence Bull (Han); 5. Bob Babcock (Vam). 500 2·VALVE: 1. Nick Taylor (Vam); 2. Joe Dohm (Vam); 3. Bill Kraft (Vam); 4. Ed Romecki Jr. (Yam); 5. Jack Stedding (Yam). 600 A: 1. Don Mullen (Rtx); 2. David Reeves (Rtx): 3. Tom McGrane (Han); 4. Bryan Douglas (Rtx); 5. Jason lsennock (Rtx). 600 B: 1. Joe Dohm (Vam); 2. John Kraft (Hon); 3. Ryan Henderson (Rtx); 4. Rick Price (Hon); 5. B.II Kraft (Vam). 750 A: 1. Nick Taylor (Yam); 2. Richard Swift (Tri). 30+: 1. Jim Hollister (Rtx); 2. Bob Sweeten (Rtx); 3. David Reeves (Rtx); 4. Damian Kocovinas (Han); 5. Clarence Bull (Han). 40+: 1. Bob Sweeten (Rtx); 2. Bob Babcock (Yam); 3. David Smith (Rtx); 4. Richard Foard (Rtx); 5. Mike Mester (Rtx). the 8.7 miles of trail laid oiJt by the Spare Parts Motorcycle Club, coupled with temperatures in the 90s, challenged even the best of the 190 riders on hand. Aaron Shaw and Chris Thiele banged bars through the first two turns while arguing over the holeshot. Shaw got the nod, with Ryan Wuebbeling, Bobby Duncan and Leivan in pursuit. Leivan was quickly around Duncan and, shortly after, Wuebbeling moved ahead of Thiele. Shaw held the lead for half of the opening lap before losing the front end in a sweeping tum. While Wuebbeling, Thiele, Leivan and Duncan all moved past, Shaw struggled with a sticking throttle before getting going. Wuebbeling's time in front lasted for just a couple of miles, and then he overcooked a slick turn and went down. This put Thiele in the lead, with Leivan and Duncan in tow. These three riders began a nearly race-long duel for the overall honors. Although the top three were hooked up and beginning to pull away, the first half-dozen riders to complete lap one were only separated by 25 seconds. Thiele led Leivan, Duncan, Shaw, Chris Nesbitt and Wuebbeling. On lap two, Thiele continued to set the pace. The Kawasaki rider was showing signs of his old self and seemed quite comfortable out front, picking good lines through the tough spots and working traffic. Leivan and Duncan had latched on for the ride and were able to key off of Thiele and negotiate the bogs and bottlenecks. After almost an hour, it was still Thiele, Leivan and Duncan out front. Wuebbeling was up to fourth, just over a half minute down, while Nesbitt was fighting an ailing motorcycle. Despite his problems, he still held down fifth. Answer/Race Tech/UFO/Dunlop/ Arai-backed Leivan made his bid for the lead beginning on lap three, on a slippery uphill that was littered with lapped riders. Thiele stuck to the safer line while Leivan took the steeper but straighter line and the WR426 rider came out on top, though he was in no real hurry to get away. "We were having a really good race," Leivan reported, "so when I got in front, I just tried to maintain the pace Chris had set, see what the bottlenecks looked like from the front, and check out some lines for the last couple of laps." Leivan stopped for a fresh set of Scott goggles going out for lap four, and Thiele and Duncan jetted past. Leivan was quickly out of the pits and hot on their heels. At the same spot where he had passed Thiele the lap before, Leivan moved back around Duncan. He then closed in on Thiele and began looking for an opportunity. When Thiele went to the far left through a rutted section, Leivan and Duncan went to the right through the deeper ruts. Thiele's line looked better, but it put him on the wrong side of a fence and he had to backtrack to get back on the trail. This moved both Leivan and Clarke/Pro Clean/J&W Cycles rider Duncan around him and cost Thiele enough time that he lost touch with the leading duo. Leivan started to increase the pace, knowing that time was winding down and this was his chance to get away from Thi~le. However, Leivan hit a bit of a snag. "My front crescent mousse went flat about the time I got in front and I had to change the way I was attacking the corners, be a little more cautious," explained Leivan. Cautious or not, Leivan extended his lead. over Duncan, who in turn had gotten away from Thiele. With the white flag flying, Leivan blasted through the pit area and just over 20 seconds later Duncan was in for a Missouri Hare Scrambles Series Round 10 Leivan Polishes Off Knob Noster Win Bv FRANK LEI VAN KNOB NOSTER, MO, AUG. 12 rare week's worth of summer rain greeted the troops at round 10 of the Missouri Hare Scrambles Championship, but the wet conditions did A 70 SEPTEMBER 19, 2001 • nothing to change a familiar sight at the top of the podium, as SCRjYamaha rider Steve Leivan collected his eighth win of the 2001 campaign. Deep creek crossings, mud bogs, slippery trails, and occasional bottlenecks were the order of the day as cue • e neVIl's Missouri Hare Scrambles Series: Steve Leivan scored his eighth win of the series at round 10 In Knob Noster, Missouri.