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PHOTOS BY CINDY GIBSON
Suzuki Top Gun Showdown
Day One: Muddy Creek Raceway
Stroupe Straps Down Triple Crown
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GIBSON
BLOUNTVILLE, lN, OCl. 16
he 17t h an nual Suzuki Top Gu n Showdo wn broug ht d o w n t he house , wi t h
more th an 1200 e ntries for t he event at
Mud dy Creek Raceway in Bloun tville, Tennessee. Sam Gammon's Vict ory Sports sta ff
ran th e we ll-orchestrated event like a finetuned mac hine . Track personne l rose above
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the call of duty, giving pro mpt assistance to
riders w hose skills were challe nged in the first
set of mota s as rain left the trac k slippery and
wet. Saturday's motos served as qualifiers for
Sunday's final Top Gun Showdow n, although
eac h day was sco red and awa rded sep aratel y.
Yamaha commander Aust in St r o upe
strapped down t he BScc (9 - 13) class
championship with his perfect I-I ta lly, just
after his two ad di tio nal cham pio nsh ip
performances in t he BScc ( 12-1 3) and
Supermi ni ( 12- 15) classes - making him a triplecrown title wi nner wi th three perfect 1- 1
scores fo r the day. Suzuki competitors Adam
Britt (3-3) and Be njamin Den ton (2-5) topped
off the podi um in second and third ,
respect ively, in the 8Scc (9- 13) class. KTM
riders Shawn Rife(6-2) and James Justice (4-4)
cleaned up fourth and fifth .
KTM's Rollie Stanley stood tall as
Saturday 's top gun in the Over 30 C/O class,
with 2-1 fin is he s . Kevin G reen (1 -2 )
maneuvered his blue machine into seco nd
overall , and Team Green's Freder ick Griffith
(3-3) was a cons istent third .
Pe e We e pistols targeti ng fo r the To p
Gun title in the SOcc (7-8) class included
Ohio rival s Je s se e Walters and D a rr en
Wa lsh, who waltzed to the overall top two
podiu m spots, re s pectively, w hile Ben
Richards took third . Eleven o f the 15 entries
owned orange mach inery.
Suz uki's D e r e k Pitzer plo w ed to the
cl a im ed t he Light w e ight Sup er bik e
championship with a sev e nt h-ov e rall placing.
Lone Star Trac k Da ys finish e d 20th ove rall
a nd e nde d t he ye ar w it h th e Med ium
Superstock championshi p.
A total of 48 tea ms co mpe te d in th e final
eve nt of the yea r.
R ESUL
TS
O /A : I. Vinyl Edge Racing (Hon); 2. Village Idiots (Yam);
1. N or t hw e st H o nd a Rac ing (H o n); 4 . Team O 'Do nnell
(Ho n): 5. Desert -Rats.net (Suz); 6. RaceTex.com (Kaw); 7.
Faltless Racing (Suz); B. 2Wheelz.com (Suz): 9 . Team K&N
(Yam): 10. G MAN Racing (Kaw); I I . Big j,j r Racing (Hon); 12.
am
Heavy 0 and the Boys (Suz); t 1. Lone Gunmen (Y ); 14.
Lawda wg Racing (Suz): 15. Fihh Eleme nt Racing (Suz): 16.
Two Mofos Racing (Suz); 17. Firebal l Racing (Suz); 18 . Team
Anvil (Suz); 19. Team Zip Tie {Suz]; 20 . Lone Star Track Days
(He n): 21. MF Racing (Yam) ; 22. Te a m Avteq (Suz); 23.
Screaming Trollop (Suz): H . Nick Danger Racing (Suz); 2S.
Adrenal in Fiends Racing (Hon): 26. Texas Motorsport (Suz):
27 . Okle Doke Racing (Suz); 28 . Kitc hen Pass (Suz) ; 29.
FUjiwara Tofu Shop (Suz); 30. Backmarker Racing (Yam); 1 I.
Landshar k Racing (Kaw ); 12. Team Penetration (Yam); 13. No
Not Really (Suz); 14. Crash Clinic (Kaw): 35. Shogu n (Yam):
16 . Danny 's Motorcycle Service (Suz); 17. Do uble J Racing
(Hon) ; 18 . Pro ject Mayhe m (Suz); 19. Tota l Rider[TLB Inti
(Yam) ; 40 . Short Bus Racing (Yam); 41 . Mr. Co rde r Racing
(Suz): 42 . Ho bby Racing (Hon ); 41 . Almost Racing (Suz); 44.
T ic Toe (Ho n); 45 . Sinclair Racing (Suz); 46 . Baaad Duc Racing
(Due); 47. 81 I Racing (Suz); 48 . Code 0 Racing (Suz).
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ho le sho t in moto o ne of the Four-Stro ke
Amateur class, with Bre nt Brush moving his
Honda up the staircase in sec ond. Brush was
br us he d back to a fifth-place finish , while
Ohio's Patrick Massie made a massive move
to a second-place finish. Michael Hawk soared
past t he checkers in third .
Brush breezed up the Stairway to Heaven
fo r the holes hot in mo ta tw o but briefly
bru shed the dirt in the congested first turn.
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amaha jockey Wade Corde ll commanded the
lead through the first two laps, but his valiant
effort was not enough to hold off Massie, who
made it to the line first . Glenn Mart in finished
secon d, while Cordell stepped up in third .
Jim Chester checked his Suzuki into t he
first tum for the holeshot in the fist Pro Dash
For Cash moto, and he remained in the lead
for the win. Ryan Sipes' Kawasaki carried him
from a midpack start to a second-place finish.
Suzuki's Shane Clampitt claimed third .
Cla mp itt clamped o ff the pa ck for the
holes hot in mo to two. with Do nnie Adams
ad ding a se co nd -place start t o his re sume.
Suz uki's Kev in Ho ge fro m Pitt sbu rgh ,
Pennsylvania, pushed his way into the lead on
the first lap, w hile Sipes slipped in for the win
on the fourth lap. Sipes (2- 1) took first and
the overall cham pionsh ip, Cheste r ( 1-3) was
second overall, and Hoge (4-2) was thir d. eN
MUDDV CREEK RACEWAY
BLOUNTVILLE , TENNESSEE
RESULTS O CTOBER 16 , 2004
:
(ROUND 16 QUALIfiER)
5 0 (4.8) SHAFT ST K: I. C o dy N e ece (Yam) ; 2.
Shane Hoo pe r (Yam); 1. C hase Haledy (Yam): 4 . Joseph
Lo we (Yam); S. Austin Du gger (Yam) . 50 (4-8) OIL ·
INj/ HON STK: I. Seth Har d ing (KTM); 2 . Aaron Po ol
(Hon ); 1. Tanner Earhart (Hon) ; 4. Deven Myen; (Hon ); 5.
Dylan Mots inger (Ho n). 50 (4 -6) STK: I . Cody Neece
(KTM); 2. Paul Castano (Cob) ; 1. Seth Hard ing (KTM); 4.
Alan Sparks (Cob): S. Matthew Thom>bu