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250 C: 1. Justin Graham (Hon); 2. Pac Lewis
(SUI); 3. Charlie Evans (Kaw): 4. Clay Burnell
(Vam): 5. Lee Tyler (Suz).
250 BEG: t. Jason Ivey (Hon); 2. Kevin Huffman
(Vam): 3. M..chael Carr (Hon): 4. Kyle Sears (Hon): 5.
Frank Jones (Suz).
YTH (12-15l: 1. Torre Slreifthllu (Kaw); 2. Chip
Wellltherup (Suz ; 3. Anthony Ardizzone (KTM): 4.
Anthony Coryell (Kew); 5. Brandon Chapman (YllIm).
16-24 Aft\: 1. Brandon Prigel (Yam); 2. Dliish
Lyle (Suz); 3. Ike Thurston ~SUZ); 4. And~w Gaddis
(Suz): 5. Shtlun Combs {Hon .
25+: 1. Ty Reeves (Hon ; 2. Jack Brooks (Suz);
3. Pac Lewis (Suz); 4. Beth Scog9ins (Yam).
30.: I. todd Ritchie (KTM): 2. Robert Thanas
(Kl.lw): 3. Ty Reeves (Hon); 4. Chris Thomas (Suz).
35+: I. Todd Ritchie (KTM): 2. Marcus Rainwater
(KTM); 3. Tim De Vaney (Hon); 4. William Smith
(Yam).
40+: 1. Billy Scoggins (Suz); 2. Michllel Carr
(Hon): 3. Monty We.therup (Suz).
J.S.
Bidwell Arena
Duvall Over All
Bv DAN MAHONV
WICHITA FALLS, TX, JAN. 12
The J.S. Bidwell Arena once again played
host to a Checkered Flag Promotions' Motor·
Sports Extravaganza, presented by Eddie
Hill's Fun Cycles. Monster Trucks were the
headline act, but promoter Ed Beckley,
always a flat-track supporter, also invited four
classes of motorcycles to compete before an
enthusiastic sellout crowd.
The first Open Pro heat race was a runaway for young Merle Scherb. One of four
brothers who race, Merle wowed 'em at the
previous night's preliminary races, winning his
first Open Pro final over a talented field. Willie
McCoy finished second over Greg Teague and
Corby Scherb.
After being red-flagged and restarted, the
second six-lap heat race went to Tulsa, Oklahoma's Joe Duvall after a thrilling last-lap
pass around Kenny Tolbert, who competed
aboard a "Chris Carr" 600 to show the folks
that motorcycle tuning wasn't his only skill.
Brian Isbell got the holeshot but was replaced
at the point by Tolbert on the second lap.
Duvall got around Isbell on the next circuit
and went after Tolbert, taking the spot on the
final turn.
At the start of the main event, Duvall was
off and running, immediately trying to put dis·
tance between himself and the field. Merle
Scherb went bar to bar with Tolbert for a few
laps before setting off after Duvall, but the
Decatur, Texas, rider ran out of laps. Greg
Teague got around Toibert a couple of laps
later to set the finishing order. As Duvall stylishly wheelied across the line, Corby Scherb
finished fifth, with Isbell and Ryan Cheatum
taking the next two spots. Willie McCoy had
bad luck and wound up last man running.
In the Open Amateur class, again, the
previous night's final winner won the first
heat race, as Scott Beckley led every lap over
Van Simkins and Terry Wright. Logan Scherb
and his brother Lucas finished one-two in
the second heat, ahead of Lubbock, Texas'
Chris Hamsmith.
Local Wichita Falls rider Tyler Webb won
the Pee Wee heat race and then jumped into
the lead at the start of the main, but he fell
victim to hard-charging Dakota Jones on the
third lap and eventually dropped to third.
behind Johnny Cone Jr.
The Vintage Pro prelim went to Oklahoma
City's Bill Walker, but the final was all Tim
Newby's. The "Old Hippie" from Great Bend,
Kansas, got the holeshot over Walker and was
never threatened. Walker finished the 10-lapper ahead of Mitch Hovden, Johnny Isaacs
and Blane Fore. Bill Snyder and Harry Cone
rounded out the field.
Rotax rider Scott Beckley made the Open
Amateur contest look easy, as he led from the
start, initially ahead of Texan Terry Wright and
then, at the finish, over Hamsmith. Wright finished third in the eight-lap event, over Lucas
Scherb, Jeremy Hinkle and Justin West. Tim
Walker finished seventh with a last-lap pass
on Phil Cheatum. Justin Haynie and Spencer
Gaydon rounded out the top 10. Logan
Scherb, Van Simkins and Kevin Ellingsworth
did not finish, due to crashes.
Results
PfW: I Tyle:rWebb; 2. John Cone Jr.; 3. Dakota Jones.
OPEN AM-. I. Scott Beckley: 2. Chris Hamsmith: 3. Terry Wright;
4. Lucas Scherb: 5. Jeremy Hinkle.
OPEN PRO: I. Joe Duvall: 2. Merle Scherb: 3. Greg; Teague:: 4.
Kenny Tolbert: 5. Corby Sch~.
vtNT PRO: I. Tim Newby; 2. 8111 Walker, 3. Mitch Hovden: 4
Johnny Isaacs: 5. Blane Fore.
Marlon Fairgrounds Indoor Coliseum: Steve Andrich (85) prepares to sweep two nights of
125cc Pro action at rounds 12 and 13 ofthe Ohio Arenacross Championship Series in Marion, site
of the thre