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Col e Ca lkins rounded out the top five . ;Briefly... , the incident. "Whe n he got back in front of me, t hat was the e nd of the race. Other th an th at , my ra ce w ent pretty m uch like everybody else's. You just waited and kind of hope d that the guy in front of yo u m ad e a mistake . You had to be careful in the du st ; there were a lot of rocks and st uff stick ing up out there that yo u couldn't see. Un fortunately fo r me, the fro nt three guys didn't make any more mista kes. " Meanw hile , Blackw e ll was running a fast and error-free race up fro nt and, after five laps on t he Indian a course , he took his first N ational Hare Scrambl es wi n of the year, follow ed by Raines , McLevy and Woodfo rd . "I knew the start was go ing to be important," Blackwe ll said. "It was dusty but not as bad as I thought it was going to be , but I w ill take any advantage I can ge t. Jason w o uld re el me in a little bit w he n w e w ou ld get into some lappers and th e n we would get into a du sty section, and I'm sure it was giving me a little bit of a buffer. I just kept pushing all day, and my Suzuki was running great. Th is is one of the rough e r events we ride and the bike setup is critical." "I was real nervo us coming in here ," Raine s said. " My m ain focus was to w in t he championsh ip and ge t t hat out of the way so I coul d focus o n th e last two GNCCs. O nce we go t into the lapp e rs , yo u're getting do ub le th e du st , but today was a good day fo r Doug; he rides great out here and I'm re al glad to se e him w in. My hat' s off to Doug, C hu ck and everybod y w ho finis he d this ra ce . It w as to ugh today." LYN NEVIW PARK LYNNEVILLE , INDIANA REsuLTS: OCrosER 3, 2004 (ROUND 9 Of The Black Coal National Hare Scramb les even t is so named because of the co al pit s, which the event is trad itio nally held in. The first Black Coal Nationa ls were actu ally National Enduros, sta rting in 1971, and we re held in coal pits own ed by th e infamous Peabod y Coal Co mpany. T he club later lost the privilege of using the Pe abody groun ds and now holds the event in Lynnville Park. In 1984, the club switched to organ izing Hare Scramb les even ts. Beca use of the silty soil fou nd in the area, the orga niZi ng club built wood en bridges over mos t of the dee p ravine cro ssings. because w hen it rains, th ey become botto mless pits. Bri a n Ga rrah an, wh o was Sitting in th ird overall in the se ries standings. was a noshow in Indiana and. acco rding to rumo rs in th e pits, he broke his collarbon e after the last eve nt , in Missouri. Instead of th e usual flag start, the Indiana event featured a real sho tgun-teem' starte r. Th e riders started their.engines at th e sound of a rifle, though many ride rs said they co uld see the smo ke from the gun before they heard the blast. A surprise entry at the Black Co al National Floridian Justin Williamson had a decent finish considering the circumstances of his race . "The start was not as good as I thought it was going to be because I got there late and had to start on the outside," Williamson said. "But I ended up getting in front of three or four people going into the woods. I was behind Andy Shae, and it was so dusty I couldn't see anything. I hit a giant stump in one corner and ended up wiping out , and I lost those three or four positions . So, I just tr ied to regain the positions , but it was tough with all the dust. I stopped about four times to get new goggles." 10) O/A : I. Doug Blackwell (Suz); 2. Jason Raines (Yam); 3. J Mclevy (Kaw): 4. Chuck Woodford (Kaw); 5. Co le osh Calkins (Kaw ); 6. Andy Shea (Kaw); 7. Jeff Cregg (Kaw): B. P.A Allen (Kaw) ; 9. John Robbins (KT M); 10. Just in Willimasoo (Yam); I I. Bren Zofchak (Kaw); 12. Marty Michels (Hus); 13. Shawn Jackson (Suz); 14. Kevin Kom (Kaw ); 15. Broc Ssns (Suz); 16. MichAel Sande" (KTM); 17. Brandon P (Hen ); l B. Neal V-.nway (Yam); 19. Mark Barton (KTM): 20. Scott Martin (KTM ). ':At the start, I got squirrely and almost took out Justin Williamson," Shae said. "I got Williamson in the woods and moved up to seventh. then I just followed along be hind [Scott] Summers until he had problems. That bumped me up to sixth and I just stayed there. It was hard to make any time in the dust , and I think that kind of kept people behind me from getting too close and putting pressure on me ." www.cycleneW5.com was this new Sherco Endu ro mode l, which was being tested by the U.S. Sherco importer, Ryan Young Prod ucts. The bike features an engine that is en tirely des igned by Shereo : a four-stro ke single cylinder with an aluminum block. It has an overihead cams haft, four valves and is liquid-cooled, with a total displaceme nt of 44 B.6cc. An elec tronic fuel inject io n system takes care of the intake. It has a gear- drive n primary dr ive, a six-speed gearbox, and the clutch is hydraulically controlled. The exhaust pipe is made of stainless steel , and it is equ ipped w ith an aluminum muffler. CYC LE N EWS • o aO BER 20, 2004 55