4 Brian Garrahan
Brian Garr.lhan came into the Illinois event with the series points
lead and riding well on his new Try
One Online/Nor Cal Motorsportssponsored Suzuki. The Californian
had made all four of the rounds of
the series and consistency had
played a part in his position in the
standings. However, a mediocre start
and first-lap get-<>ff left Garr.ohan
completely out of the running in
Illinois. "I just had a bad get-off and
kind of banged myself up a little," Garrahan said. "By the
time I got going again, I'd been passed by a bunch of
guys and was pretty much out of the race, so I just put
it back in the pits."
15 Charles Mullins
4th
Trenton, Ohio's Charies Mullins had one of his best rides
to date in Illinois, pariaying a good start into a fourthplace finish. Mullins also won the 20 1-2SOcc class and
currendy leads the points in that division. "Off the start, I
was fourth behind Uosh] McLevy, [Chuck] Woodford
and [Robbie] Jenks," Mullins said. "I made a mistake
towards the end of the first lap, and Jason [Raines] got
around me. About halfway through the race, I went off
into a ravine and got tangled in a vine and couldn't get
my bike unstuck. After that, I put on a charge and reeled
in Jenks, but by then, 1was too tired to pass him."
5 Doug Blackwell
DNF
Former two-time National Hare Scrambles Champion
Doug Blackwell had a day he'd rather forget. Blackwell
discovered a leaky fuel petcock when he arrived at the
event and spent the morning making repairs. Then, on
the starting line, his throttle assembly broke, and he
had just enough time to duct tape it together before
the green nag dropped. Blackwell was off the line in
fifth. just ahead of Jason Raines, and entered the single
track with good momentum. However, the West
Virginian threw up a rock and busted his side case near
the end of the first lap, effectively ending his day.
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