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be for six laps, which came out to 45 miles' worth of riding. The start was a short straight and then a sharp left-hand turn up a 10foot bank, and then the trail climbed a root-infested hill and back down along the side on a tricky off-camber. The bank gave the C riders fits; they would not hit it fast enough, and then back down they came, causing a bottleneck or two. After the morning race, club members got busy and widened the bank some. It was a tricky start, but it was good for the spectators. When the AAs left the line, series leader Stuckey found himself third headed up the hill, behind Lee Stephens and Leonard. The trail was narrow and left little room for passing; riders had to be creative. By the end of the lap, Stuckey had moved out front and was setting a good pace. From the first lap on, Stuckey went unchallenged, leading every lap. The racing was all behind him, as Chancey, Leonard, Stephens, Tommy Veator and Eric Rentchler all tried to overtake Stuckey. All the riders were setting a good pace, with Stuckey's average lap at 20: 17. On laps three and four, Leonard and Stephens were seconds apart, with Chancey not far behind. All were making it across the creek/bog with no trouble. Every lap, the lines and way across changed. Leonard and Stephens gassed it, and Stephens got around the Suzuki rider. On lap five, Chancey made a move to second, and Leonard got back around Stephens and his KTM 200. Veator was seconds behind on a KTM 400 SX, and he got around Stephens as well; they would finish two seconds apart, making for the closest race of the day. After the race, all Veator had to say was, "I need that button." Veator stalled a few times and found the four-stroke a bit finicky to start. The running order established, the top five held their positions through the sixth and final lap. Stuckey, Chancey, Leonard, Veator and Stephens were the overall top five. The top A rider for the day was Open-class rider Chris Hicks, who finished the race eighth overall, while 200cc B rider Andrew Kendrick finished 32nd for the top B position, and Eddie Bradley was top C rider, out of the 250cc class. eN Little Brawn Jug Columbus, North Caralina Results: October 28, 2001 [Round 31 O/A: Rod Stuckey AA: I. Jason Chancey; 2. Doby Leonard; 3. Tommy Veator. OPEN A: 1. Chris Hicks; 2. Mitch McRee; 3. Paul McColl. 250 A: I. Roger Guthrie; 2. P.A. Heavner: 3. Toby Boyd. 200 A: 1. Scott Mount; 2. Russell Bobbitt; 3. Dennis Johnson. 4·STRK A: 1. Phil Sims; 2. Mllrk Hutchinson; 3. Mark Lee. VET A: 1. Doug Waskan; 2. Jeff Collins; 3. David Holbrook. SR A: I. Terry Hughes: 2. Rick Wiles: 3. John Fern. 5/SR A: 1. Frank Schoenbeck; 2. Danny Burkhalter. MSTR A: I. Jim Ford; 2. Johnny Able: 3. John Snyder. OPEN B: I. Kenneth King; 2. Mal Butler; 3. Brian Hensley. 250 B: 1. Gary Carrier; 2. Steve Peek; 3. David Croot. 200 B: 1. Andrew Kendrick; 2. Adrian Gerveis; 3. Adam Delph. 4STRK B: 1. Nikki Green; Brien Parrish; 3. Mike BriJIanU. VET B: t. Mark Gaithe.r; 2. Jeff Devenport; 3. Scott Kruger. SR B: t. Ken Painter; 2. Pat Williamson; 3. Kenny Soherfield. S/SR B: I. Dennis Roberm; 2. Steve Stansel; 3. Johnny Futo. MSTR B: 1. Ron Hale; 2. Rich Patterson; 3. FRInk Nelson. OPEN C: I. Mike Harris; 2, Matthew Rutledge; 3. Steve Stansel Jr. 250 C: 1. Eddie Brady; 2. Travis Carlisle; 3. Doug Attridge. 200 C: I. Travis Ormand; 2. Justin Munsrud; 3. Jason White. 4-STRK c: 1. Benjie Whitley; 2. Jeff Bcin; 3. Larry Clm. VET C: 1. Greg Armour; 2. Scott Simmons: 3. Mike Brown. SR C: 1. Herbert Coleman; 2. Bill Howerd; 3. Douglas Jones. S/SR C: 1. Brian Deveney; 2. Terry Dennis; 3. Michael Franklin. MSTR C: 1. Gary Socia; 2. Mike Landis: 3. Jeb Barrow. WMN: 1. Erica Gossett: 2. Carolyn Rowley; 3. Unda Deveney. LT TRL: 1. Boling Lawsom; 2. Keith Graham; 3. Scott Cantre!. HVY TRL: 1. Freddie Freeman: 2. Trent Crane; 3. Jeff Herklerod. JR: 1. Tyler Holbrook: 2. Cory Canover; 3. Jason Chancey. Virginia Championship Hare Scrambles Series Round 12: Tidewater 100 Greer Rides Tidewater 100 to Victory By HEATHER GREER IVOR, VA, NOV. 4 fter the fourth-driest month on record in Virginia, the Tidewater 100 would be more appropriately called the "Dustbowl 100." More than 200 riders coated their noses, throats and lungs with the powder kicked up from the trails as they ran through the woods surrounding the Felt's farm. When riders could see, they saw that they were riding through tight cut-over sections, wide-open fields and fast rhythm sections through young hardwoods. A Tidewater 100: George Greer takes it tast around a rooty corner en route to the overall victory at round 12 of the Virginia Championship Hare Scrambles Series in Ivor. Casey Cycle City/Chick-filA/MSR-sponsored Kawasaki rider George Greer got the jump off of the start, but by the end of the straightaway, Fredericksburg Motor Sports/DE, D Cycles/Pro Class Cycles-backed KTM rider Chad Parker had gotten past Greer and slid into the woods first. Greer got by Parker shortly after the first checkpoint and took off to dominate the class for the remainder of the race. "After DNFing Peninsula due to a rear-wheel failure," Greer stated, "my sponsor, Casey Cycle City, got the complete rear-wheel assembly in time to make this race, which turned out to be my best race I've had all took the win in the 250cc A class. However, Jones had to ride a virtually flawless race as Cycleworld/Factory Connection/EVS-backed Suzuki rider Travis Williford was gunning for the lead, just mere seconds behind Jones each lap. However, Williford wound up settling for second at the finish. Kawasaki rider Scott Capewell rode a consistent race to take third place. Jimmy's Cycle Sales/Bruce's Suspension/Cycle Connection-sponsored Justin Stone was a repeat performer in the Four-Stroke A class, coming through the scoring tent with the lead and class win. Meanwhile, Sunrise Auto & Cycles-backed Yamaha rider Mike Capewell found himself just seconds behind Fredericksburg Motorsports/Acerbis/White Brothers-sponsored Yamaha rider Jeff Solinger at the end of the first two laps. By the third lap, Capewell had turned up the throttle and found a way around Solinger to take second for the rest of race and at the finish. Solinger came through the scoring tent in third place. On the first lap of the Vet A class, KTM rider Glen Holcomb and Kawasaki rider Don Hall battled for the lead, with Hall just 15 seconds over Holcomb, who felt the heat from Lewis Motorcycle Sports/Jarman's Cycles-sponsored Yamaha rider Craig Randle, who was right on his rear wheel at the end of the first lap. Holcomb shook off Randle and chased down Hall to make the pass and take the lead by the end of the second lap. By the end of the race, Holcomb had stretched out his lead to more than a minute to take the class win. Hall came in second, and Kawasaki rider Tommy Reynolds moved up through the pack to come in third. CN season." Greer came through the computerscoring tent with the overall and a minute lead over the second-placed rider, Steve's Performance-sponsored Kawasaki jockey Ashley Hall, who had battled with Yamaha rider David Ashley during the second lap, coming in seconds behind him at the checkpoint. Hall got around Ashley on the third lap, keeping second place to the finish. Ashley came across the finish in third. In the 200cc A class, Kawasaki rider Andrew Williams took off with the holes hot, with Motorcycles & More/Tucker Rocky/Woods Heating and Air-sponsored KTM rider Chance Ba ker and Gas Gas rider Tommy Ashley on his rear fender. After half a lap, Tommy made his way around Baker and latched on to Williams' rear tire coming into the scoring tent. However, Tommy's bike cut off in the corner just inside the woods shortly after. "It was like someone just reached out and hit the kill switch!" Tommy said. While trying to get the bike cranked, Tommy lost a place to Zeke's Cycle Center-sponsored Kawasaki rider Timmy Craddock. Tommy got back into second place when Craddock overshot a turn. Ready to chase after Williams again, Tommy picked up a 20-foot piece of fence wire in his front wheel. The entire class passed Tommy as he untangled his wheel. Once up and going again, Tommy worked his way through the pack to get back into second by the time he rolled across the finish. Baker took third, coming in three seconds behind Tommy. GoRace!.com-sponsored Suzuki rider Travis Jones led all five laps and cue I • n Feb's Fann lvar, Virginia Results: November 4, 2001 [Round 121 O/A: George Greer (K• .,). AA: 1. Ashley Hall (K • .,); 2. David Ashley e _ S • DECEMBER 12. 2001 45