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Diamandback Sportscenter Team Race Diamandback Sportscenter . H&M Racing Tops Dirt Bikes and Dust By TIM BETIIS RESACA, GA, JULY 2S D iamondback took a brief break from its O ff-Road Champi- ons hip Ser ies to host ano the r team race. Family, friends and co-worke rs made up an excit ing fie ld of more tha n 60 te ams, all of them out to batt le (or first place. With th e course be ing right at nine miles. Team H&M Racing set the pace ; they ran hard for four ho urs. burning up to 14 laps and dominati ng the A class. As there has been little or no rain lately. it didn't take long to get the trails loose and d usty. Riders kept the level of action high by kee ping the race rea lly tigh t. In some cases , dust was stirred up e nough to send riders off the trail into the trees and grass . The course included o nly two small sections of the mot ocross track. O ne was a steady up hill with a sma ll dou ble m idway up and a step-over jump right at the to p. The do wn hillwas a ser ies of small singles designed to he lp keep the speeds up. T hese two additions to the co urse proved to get the best of severa l riders, including Hon da pilot Jeb Greens to ne, w hich led to a crash and ultimately a broken arm, all o n the first lap. Another rider fo und t he uphill just as unforgiving after do ing a Ieee -plant on t he second face of the do uble. Trans itioning from field to track to trail kept all the ride rs on the ir toe s, proving that the race is as hard as it is fun. Diamondb ack will be taking off just eno ugh time to prep are for anoth er awesome race . RESULTS A: I. H&M Racing; 2. Ballz Out: 3. Maner Tech : 4. Team Young Harris; S. McCree Brothers . B: I. Ovenon Racing; 2. Elliiay Culls: 3. Da.h:oo Moto~; 4. Three Stooges: 5. Open Terr or. C: I. Mad Racing Team : 2. Dumb & Dumber; 3. Blac k Saddle ; 4 . Big He ad Team: S. Gabriel Off Road. BEG : I. J&S Racing; 2. Fireman's Carry; 3. Dirt D iggers : -4 . D&B Racing: S. SW Racing. VET: I. Canton Racing; 2 Yank: 3. Zigzag; -4 . lebo Racing: 5. Jacky Jone s. SR : I. Barr Non e ; 2. Team Joh n Bob: 3. Team l ewis; 4 . Sa l Racing: S. The Te rm inators. The Team race gets under way at Diamandback Sportscenter in Resaca, Georgia. Southland Racing Association Grand Prix Glen Helen Raceway Park Musgrave Buries 'em at SRA Grand Prix CHASE'S tie ::: By DAVE DAIN SAN BERNARDINO, CA, JULY 2S T he Sou th land Racing Asso ciation has e njoyed favora ble weather co nditions for the majority of th e season, but sum mer temperat ures tes ted the riders' fitness at this roun d. MXA test rider W ilty Musgrave proved he was up to the task, taking the win in the Ov er 40 Expe rt division on the challenging Gle n Hele n circuit. Jim Hen n led the pack dow n the long sta rt stra ight . follow ed by th e Lee Baco n. Jim Har ris. Brad O xley and Jerry 8lack. Going aro und "Talladega," Black stayed wide and passed three riders to mo ve into seco nd . He nn rem ained in t he le ad go ing up " Sho e i." Bla c k a nd Ba co n retain e d sec o nd a nd t hi rd , respectively. O xley tangle d with another rider and went dow n, allowing Musgrave to move into fo urth. The top four re mained the same as they headed o ut of view. MorocllOss "ARK 2004 Riders Fall Shootout Series "Th e Se r ies De signed W ith The Rider In M ind " Sa turday, Se pt ember 11 th · Round 1 1st Annual Chase Livings t on Memorial Clas sic No te Special Start Time· Ro u nd 1 On ly· Gates Ope n : 8 :00am Practice : 9 :30 a m · Race : 12 :00pm www.cycle news.co m Saturday, Oct ober 2nd · Round 4 Sat urda y, November 13th · Round 8 Gates Ope n : 9 :00am Pract ice : 10 :3 0am Race : 1 .o o o rn CYCLE NEWS . SEPTEMBER8, 2004 43