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running a strong sixth afte r hav ing a little bit of
tr oubl e e a r l ie r. Pe ar c e . o n h is Am er i c an
H onda /CHM E xh au st 4 50F, co u ld n ' t pa ss
Bagni s. wh o to ok th e w in on hi s Ea st Hills
Mo tors po rts Verte mati 570 but also th e O pe n
c ha mp io nshi p for t he se r ies . H arr in g t on
rounded out th e pod ium . followed by Fo ster
and Ca tes .
Results
RIDING OFF·ROAD WITHOUT
SPTSMN: I. Clill Sulliv an (KTM): 2. Scotty Nakamura (KTM) : 3.
Emie Lyles (Hon) ; 4. Scott Kerm~y (HOI'll; 5. Bruce ~llars (Hon ).
OPEN I. Pucho&gnis (Ver); 2. Rick Peeree (Hon): 3. Jeff Har:
rington (Ver); 4 . Mike Foster (KTM) : 5. Coif- Cales (Ver).
PROTECTIVE GEAR COULD
Series Fmal Point s Slandlngs
$PTSft\N: 1. Cliff Sulli van ( I n ); 2. Ernie Lyles (167); 3. Scotty
Nakamu ra ( 14 1): 4. Ed Coffey (119): 5. Cole Cates (106): 6. Josh
Chisum (90) ; 7. Josh Pea rce (8 3): 8. Scott Kenned y (80) ; 9. Deve
Lopez (541: 10. Tyler Snow (47)
OPEN I. Puc:ho ~gms (2301: 2. Cd5eY Yarrow (157); 3. Rick
:
Pearce ( 139): 4. Jeff Harrington ( 129): 5. Josh Chisum ( 100): 6. Ed
Coffey (9 1): 7. Don H!lrt (82); 8. Mike Foster (77); 9. Allen Yarro....
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Sw ainsboro Flat Track
P.ROTEC1iIYE CLIlTHING, E't.E
Hunting Snipes
By J AY
IRVI N
SW AINSBORO , GA , OCT. 17
Th e Vint age Li ght co mpetitors we nt hun ti ng
fo r Sn ipes - Kev in Sn ipes, t h at is. Snipes
e ngaged in a r ac e -l on g b attl e w ith fe llow
Herb ' s Ya ma ha rid er Casey Henry . Vintag e
Heavy -cla ss winner J ohn B lac kstoc k wa s in
th e midd le o f thin gs as we ll, s ince th e tw o
cl asses ran in co nju nc tio n. Henr y held th e lead
fo r seve ral laps. but Snipes took advan tage of
Henry ' s m isfortun e w ith so me lapped tr affic
and made the m ov e for the lead . Henry stayed
in the hun t for th e rem aind er of th e m ain bu t
co u ld n't shake the rock-solid Snipes . T he
W KR -spo nsored Blackstock c am e out on top
ofthe Vintage Heavy group.
For the second race in row . the 50cc class
was one of the night's biggest. Fro m the looks
of the talent in th is field . the futu re of flat -tr ack
racing in the Southeas t lo oks v ery bright.
Rya n Rut land was the cla ss of th e field on his
tr ick ed -out , Ed Salle y Racing -tuned PW
Yamaha . Rutland c ame fr o m several sp ots
back to seize the top spo t. and then he pro ceeded to pull away fr om the pack . Kell y
W illiam s, wh o was th e ea rly leader on his
Cobra 50, picked up the pac e after losing the
lead and got a fi rm g rip on sec ond . Ha rley D avi dson of Macon -ba cked Matt Turner was
right in the mix. in third. Ch ristopher Williams
was hold ing fou rt h, w ith Trey A merson, Kyler
Sni pes and loc a l rac er Scott Ir vin ha ng ing
t ou gh in fifth , sixth and seven th. Wh en the
c hec ke rs fl ew , Rutl and took th e easy wi n . with
Willi am s seco nd and Turner th ird .
A ug ust a H arl e y - Davidso n / PBW / J & M
Fr am es-back ed rider Noot Irvin do m inate d the
night's Pro cla sses. In the Pro -A m class , Irv in
g rabbed th e hol eshot and never look ed bac k .
Irv in pull ed a ga p early and left the other 10
c o m petitors fi gh t ing for the sc r a ps . Sto kes
Autom otive/KW S M ot o r spo rt s ri de r Bubba
Seyle sett led int o seco nd and pull ed a ga p on
third . Th e closest rac ing was fo r t hi rd. wit h
" Ta d po le" Pu lliam lead in g a t al ent ed pac k .
Hond a of Statesboro's Chase Sconyers and
SM C Raci ng · back ed Pro Garth Brow were
pu sh ing Pull iam at eve ry corner. Pull iam put
in one of the stro ngest rides of hi s caree r to
hold off B row and Sco nyers fo r third. Ir vi n
cru ised to vi ctory , with Seyle a co mfortable
second and Pullia m a hard-fou ght third.
The Open Pro class was the nigh t' s grand
fi na le . When th e dust settled in turn one . MidC aroli na Spee dway p romot er He n ry Perritt
was leading the wa y. with Sconye rs . Sho ei
Helmets-sponsored Seyle, and Irvin all over
him . After seve ral laps of bumping bars, Ga rth
B row and Irv in went to the fro nt w ith brilliant
back-straight pass es on the leaders. Irv in put
the pressure on Brow, c ausing him to go high
in t urn s three and four . whic h was all Irvin
nee ded to sna tch the lead . After th e pass for
the lead, the whi te flag flew. and time ran out
for B ro w to reta liat e. Irv in took another win.
B r o w got second , and Sconyers was an
im pr essive third.
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Results
50 : I. Ryan Rutland (Yam ): 2. Kelly Williams (Cob ); 3 . Matt
Turner (Hon): 4. Christopher William s (Hon) : 5. Trey Amerson (Yom )
65 : I. Allison Durden (Kaw ).
85 : 1. Zech Olliff (Hun): 2. Treey Shinabt'rry : 3. Miles Thornton
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