WiUiams when Williams stalled out while trying to pass some lappers. Stone came through
the finish with a 50-second lead over secondplaced Wagner, and Williams came in third,
right on Wagner's rear fender.
The morning Mini race was two 7.8-mile
laps. Powhatan kids swept the Mini class, with
Kawasaki rider Blake coming in two minutes
ahead of Kawasaki rider Chad Woods.
Kawasaki rider Charlie Shiflett took the Mini B
win. Brad Bakken came in 30 seconds ahead
of fellow Kawasaki jockey Justin Fltzgerald, a
molocrosser who was trying his first hare
scrambles race.
CVTR Wild Hare 100
Dillwyn, Virginia
Results: October 6.2002
Olk ""phon E<>nondooa (KT>\I.
AA:. 1. Travis Jones (Hen); 2. Chad Parlier (KTM); 3. Devld Ash·
ley (GG); 4. George Gfft1' (Yam); 5. Chance Baker (KTM).
200 A: 1. Preston Blake (!\): , Tno H _ (KTM).
SR B, 1. """~ Hamid< (KTMI, 2. Lany Adams (KTMI, 3. Jo....
Hwon (KTM); 4. AUen WIIkinIon (Yam); 5. Bob 8Iak~ (Kaw).
200 C: 1. Dewson Comer (Yam): 2. Harvey KIdd (Hon): 3. Lee
"'itch~1l (Kaw): 4. Christoph~r V~rgara (Hon): 5 Ross Wlngn~ld
CVTR Wild Hare 100: Stephen
Edmondson made steep downhllls look
easy en route to the overall victory at
round 12 of the Virginia Championship
Hare Scrambles series.
a..,.
throughout lap four. Ellison took a line off the
beaten path and felt something grab his
helmet, yanking him off his mount and out of
the lead.
Two miles before the finish, Ellison came
up on Hancock, who was on the bottom of a
pile of lappers. Ellison took the win, with Hancock coming in right on his rear fender for
second. Taylor came through the checkers
with third.
Justin Stone took the holeshot in the FourStroke A class. When he hit the field section,
he got some vicious headshake and flipped
the bike, giving fellow Vamaha rider Andrew
Williams a chance to lead for most of the first
lap. Stone took back the lead when Williams
swung wide in a turn and Stone cut to the
inside. Williams chased after Stone, with KTM
rider Robert Wagner right behind him. On the
third lap, Wagner made his move past
(Kawl·
2SO C: 1. Charles Lew. (Yam): 2. Du8tJn Mabry (Kaw); 3_ Seth
M«:.oy ("",,), 4. Doug F _ ("""I, ,. ""..... w_ (Yom).
VET C: 1. Denyf Deb (KTM); 2. Jim Dusky (Kaw); 3. Gene
Chnotien «ow), 4. Doug Stroup (Sla), ,. Bnod llol1»g (KTM).
IVfI A: 1. Prestcr1 Blak~ (Kaw); 2. DIad Woods (Kaw): 3. Ryan
Robbins (Kaw); 4. Chad Lyall (Kaw); 5. Ben Phllhps.
MJrn 8: I. Brad Bakken (Kew): 2. Jusbn f1tz~raJd (Kaw); 3.
St~ Catt~ (Kaw); 4. Mark Rebate (Kaw); 5. Daniel Stauty (!taw).
MO'II C: I. Charlie Shiflett (Kew); 2. Joah ""cCrary (Kaw); 3.
Robert DeZern (Kaw); 4 Walt Payn~ Jr, (Hon); 5. Nathan Jones
(Yoml.
MSTR: 1. Bob WM~ (IITM); 2. Bob Wick (Suz): 3. Howard
Roquet (KT",); 4. Bob Willlams (Yam); 5, Mike Forruter (lIT"').
WMN: 1. Jessica MOrrison (Kaw); 2. Lori Dusky (Kaw): 3.
Heath~r Greet (Ktlw); 4. Cindy Bishop IKew): 5. Amber Hardman
("",,).
JR MJ.l1I D- t: 1. Corey Geerlwt (Hen); 2. Jordan Whit~ (Yam);
3. Buck Neary (Hon); 4. Derek Breeden; 5. Brandon Barnes (Kaw).
JR M1rtl D-2; 1. Jacob PIllow (Kaw); 2. Heath Nevins (Kaw): 3.
Daniel Uoyd (Kaw); 4. TImothy Marshall (Ka",): 5. Austin Galyon
(KTM).
P/W D·l: 1. Chef. Martineau (KTM); 2. Kenneth Braddy (KTM);
3. Dylan Modlin (KTM); 4. Gunner Robeft:son (IITM): 5. luk~ Sl John
(KTM).
P/W D-2: 1. K~vin Taylor (KTM); 2. Jordan Perales (Hon); 3.
Hylton Dalton (KT",): 4. Sean Benhart (KTM); 5. Tyler WOOlen (KTM).
Missouri Hare SCrambles Championship Series
Round 15: Platte County Trailriders
Leivan by a Hare
Stoneworks Honda in the front position for
much of the first lap before series points
leader Brandon Forrester worked his way into
the lead. Leivan was up to third by the end of
a lap, and the battle was on.
During lap two, the trio stayed in their
same positions and worked their way through
the back portion of the nearly 3OO-rider field.
Stone took a brief lead on lap three, but willingly handed it back to Forrester.
MI didn't want lo wear myself out, so J
figured I'd just follow him [Forrester]: Stone
explained.
That worked until Stone clipped a lapper
and went down, moving Leivan into second. It
was then Forrester's tum to have trouble, as
he, too, tangled with a slower rider and went
down, taking the lapper with him. This was all
fine with Leivan, who took the lead but was in
no real hurry to get aWlJY due to the traffic
issue. Stone was back up and in second, with
Forrester in third, after three laps. Just over a
minute back was Team Green rider Chris
Nesbitt, with Nebraska native Walker Luedtke,
on his KTM, in fifth.
Leivan maintained the lead on his Dunlop/Silkolene/Answer/Race Tech/GPR Stabilizer mount for nearly the next two laps, but he
was surprised by a charging Stone heading
into the final lap. Stone had his CR250 on the
gas and had slipped around Forrester with a
nice inside line, and he then caught Leivan off
guard and took the lead in the final tum before
the checkpoint.
"I hadn't seen Doug for a bit, and I figured
we had gotten away from him: Leivan said.
By FRANK LBVAN
SMlTHVIUE, MO, OCT. 6
In what may have been the closest finish
among three AA competitors in the history of
the Missouri Hare Scrambles Championship,
Steve Leivan and his SCR/Yamaha VZ250F
held the lead when it mattered the most and
claimed the overall victory. The win was
Leivan's fifth of the season and the 75th of
his career - and it couldn't have come at a
better time.
"We had a heck of a race today: Leivan
said. "The course was tight, short and pretty
crowded. It came down to staying out of trouble and not making mistakes."
By virtue of his win at round 15, Leivan
goes into the series finale trailing by just
two points after trailing by nearly 70 after
five events.
"I'm just happy to still have a chance," he
admitted. "I'li try my best, and what happens
will happen."
For their 2002 race, the Platte County
Trailriders moved the Smithville Lake event
across the water to a new piece of property.
The trail was just over seven miles and was
much more technical than past Smithville
races. Lots of single-track with loose rocks,
many ditches, and a grass-track section was
the order of the day. The front-runners put in
six laps, with the leaders averaging just under
20 mph.
One of the two riders with whom Leivan
diced the entire race was Doug Slone, who
grabbed another holeshot. He kept his
cue
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