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H ARE SCR AMBLES/GNCC R o u n d s 7 / 1 1: .John Penton GNCC (Le ft) Jimmy Jarrett won th e muddy GNCC race hel d in M illfield Ohio ; his fi rst w in of the year. (Above) Jarrett on his way to victory. (Bel ow) Ch uc k Woodford hung w ith Jarrett for most of the race , but after ditching his goggles, was unable to stay in Jarrett's roost on the la st lap. rett a nd Hawk , a nd the y didn 't seem to be lett ing up o ne bit. At this poi nt , the re wer e still 1 1 ride rs ba c k to ba ck , a ll raci n g fo r th e win . By la p th re e , Scott Sum mers , Rodn e y Smith and Pa ul Edmondson had a ll dropped o ut. A ro ck lodg e d it s elf bet w e en Sm ith 's clu tc h le ve r and the mou nt , and he ha d to pull off so his mecheri- bega n ra inin g , a n d it see med t ha t with e very minute t ha t p assed , the ra in fell harder. After th e c o m pletion of la p one , Haw k s till held the lea d , followed nose to ta il by Suzu ki-m ounted Jarrett and Kawasa k i' s Fr ed And re ws. Hawk 's la p ended up be ing the quick est of the race at 29 m inutes , 25 seco nds, wit h co n ditions on ly g etting s lo p pie r. T h e t ra c k was soo n lik e grease . It loo ked difficult for th e ride rs , b ut t h e s pectato rs didn 't min d wa t ch in g t h e m skate t h ro ug h t he tra ils. Afte r la p two , ride rs bega n filing in be hi n d Ya ma ha' s Do ug Bla ckwe ll, who showed up first with a 33-minute lap time . Bla ckwell seemed to be the man to be at , but on his tail we re Jar- S TO RY A ND PH OT O S BY MIKE NICHOLS MILlFIELD, OH, SEPT. 10 e a ut ifu l countrysi de a nd rolling hi lls a ttra c te d a large cro wd of spe c tators wh o wit ne ssed a mu d dy mass a cre of m oto rc ycl es, a n d they a ls o wit nessed J im Jarrett win his first G NCC - and Natio nal Ha re S crambl e s, for that matte r, as this _ wa s a com bined e ve nt. Rain left the trac k a muddy me ss , bu t that did n't s eem to m att e r to Ja rre tt, who was always a t or ne ar the front of the pack. Th e hol eshot we nt t o Yamaha 's Barry Ha wk , wh o , a ft er a half-mile m ot oc ro s s secti on , disappe ar ed into th e wild ern es s with a pac k of hungry rider s hot on his rear fe nder. It soon B 20 SEPTEM B ER 27 . 2000' cu e • D n e VIl' S ic c ould re move it. On lap th ree, he wa s tra iling consi dera bly whe n he go t off hard o n a sl ick downhi ll. It was obvio us ly a bad d a y for the S uzuk i rider a nd he ca lled it quits . Ed mondson wa s roc keting th rough a wate r hole whe n h is motor quit, a nd h e was s t opp ed fo r m or e t h a n 15 m in ut e s . Aft e r thi s u n lu ck y eve nt , wit h no hope of m a k ing u p s uc h a la rg e a mo unt of t im e , Edmon dso n d ro pped out. "At t h e m o m e nt , I' ve g o t a re a l e m p ty fe el ing inside m e , " a d is app o in te d Edmond s o n s a id . "Wh a t' s happ e ne d is a rea l freak a nd so m e thing we didn't deserve . I'm pretty low