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(Left) Though defending champion Doug Blackwell (shown here airing it out on a motocross portion of the course) won the ra ce, it wasn 't enough for the c ro wn. (Above) Mounted on a new KTM 2 5 0 c c four-stroke, Sha ne Watts notched the runner-up finish. BRI EF L Y• •• The top B rider was Honda-mounted Bryan Dunlap. Dunlap finished the day 24th overall. bettering his 70 B-class competitors. This is the first time D unlap has ever raced for three hours. but he completed eight laps on the day. M ichigan rid ers put in a good showing at the Dutch Sport Park National. The following Michigan riders won their classes; 200 A. Chris Gallt: Four-Stroke A. Corey Calkins; 250 A. Scott Barclay; Open A. Eric Dudek; Vet A. Steve Willey; Senior A. Mark Smith; 200 B. Bryan Dunlap; Veteran B. Mark Spore; Super Senior. Clair Parlin. The race was announced on FM radio station 88.9. Sat urday and Sunday races were announced by Michigan off-road racer Aaron Barth and Indiana MXe r Larry Witmer. A split format was featured at the event for two days of competition. Satu rday saw minis. teams. quads and the two-hour classes competing on courses ranging from 2.5 to 4.3 miles. Sunday's racers were in the AA class and the usual displacements at the A and B levels. A s th e ra c e c rested the h a l f w a y "I t w a s fu n , " Bl a ck w ell sa id . " W e m ar k , B la ckwell t oo k ove r t he le ad , h ad a lo t of g en t le b um p ing . I g ue ss I a nd as h e l ed laps s ix t h r ou gh 10 , w o n th e b attl e , b ut lo st th e wa r ." Spectators were able to catch a glimpse of the pros during Satur- m an y w ondered if he w o u ld h ang o n B e rs ano f in ish ed fo urth, foll owed day' s Team competition . as the team race s gave a number of pros a chance to familiarize th em selves with the Michigan terrain. In fo r t h e vic tory . O n th e la st circ uit , by W o odford so me tw o m inutes b ac k , the Heavy Team classes. Gas-Gas w ith o nly 18 mi nutes left in th e sea - a n d B r i an G a rr a h an edged b roth e r so n , B lackw e ll w a s hoping for a mi ra - Pa t for sixth . Th e top A r id er in eig h th cl e: T o w in the ch a m pions h ip , h e w as Mi c hi gan ' s C hris G a llt , wh o Stavish (pictured) won top honors. followed by the. KTM team of Alan Randt and Mark Hyde. The final podium team was Eric DuCray and Erik Kohler . The lightweight divi- need ed E d m o nd so n to fin ish sixth or clim bed th ro ugh the ran k s as th e day l ow e r , bu t it was no t i n th e ca rds . con t inued . G as -G as r id er Matt Stavish B la c k w ell was the fi r st to cro s s the m ade a g OO- m il e t rip t o Michi g an and l ine , fo ll ow ed clo se ly by Wa t t s , b u t teammate s Blair Bersano and Ma tt wa s r ew ard ed with a ninth o ve ra l l. where was E d m o nd so n ? After a few Th e fi n a l r i der i n th e t o p 10 w a s te ns e m o men t s , t he B r it emerged C o re y Pa rli n . fr om t h e w ood s and r e ce i v e d t h e Dutch Sport Park Motorcycle Club Bloomingdale, Michigan Resuh3: Dctober15,2DDO c heckered fl ag , m u ch to th e g lee of the Ka wa saki p its . " M y p lan today wa sn ' t to d o a n ything st u p id ," sa id E dmondson , who had b een d el ayed b y a lapper tha t th e top two g ot ar ound . " I had a c ha m p i o n shi p o n th e li ne .. .I h it the la pp er , getting some plast ic in m y front disk . eN O / A : I. Doug Blackwell ( Yam ); 2. Shane Watts ( KTM ); 3 . Paul Edmondson (Kew ): 4 . Blair Ber sanc (Gas); 5 . Chuck Woodford ( Kaw); 6. Brian Garrahan sion was won by the tea m of Dick Burleson and Leonard Keen. riding a KTM125. . Drex Akin and his crew helped end the series on a high note. assem- bling support from M&M Cycle of Kalamazoo, Midwest KTM . Service Honda. Factory Connection. Pro Acti on of Mic higan. Cla ssic Trailers Manufacturers. Ufe Cycle. Scott , and Ma's Cr usin Kitc hen. W ith help from the se spo nsors . (KT 7. Pat Garrahan (KTM); 8. Chris Gallt (Kaw); M); there was a lot of mone y to be 9 . Matt Stavish (Gas) ; 10. Corey Parlin ( Han); 11. Eric DuCray ( Yam); 12 . Erik Kohler ( Yam) ; 13. Aa ron Wegner (Yam); 14. Charles Deutscher (Ya m); 15 . Corey Calkins (KTM); 16. Adam Mckillip (KTM ); 17. Lee Lankutis (Kaw); 18. Scott Barclay ( Han) ; 19. had. with $1000 going to the overall winner. $600 for second. and $400 for third. M& M Cycle also chipped in and added another $200 to the overall winner and $50 for second. Brian Guetthoff(Sua): 20. Eric Dudek (KT M). The race organizers. led by pathfinder Byron Kibby. planned to have a nine-lap race for the final round. Early lap times stayed just below the l8·minute mark. Besides a spect ato r-frie ndly wor k . I h i t a tr e e p retty ha r d a n d AMA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HARE SCRAMBLES SERIES (After 8 of 8 rounds): 1. Paul Edm ondson (16 1/ 3 wins) ; 2. Doug Blackwell ( 154/3); 3. Patrick Garrahan ( 112); 4. Brian Garrahan (11 1); 5. Shane ba n g ed u p my shou lder. A fter th at I Wa tts (99/1) : 6. Chuck Woodford (73) ; 7. Eric j ust c r u ised to the fin ish ." (37); 10. Randy Hawkins (32). After that, my f ro n t bra k es w ou ldn 't moto c ross tra c k. racers also enjoyed the tight clay-based woods sections which funneled in and out of the gigantic grass track. A fine rain the night before made some of the hills greasy. and they slowly deteriorated as the day continued. Ducray (52); 8 . Fred Andrews (39); 9 . Erik Kohler c u e ' e neVIl's NOVEMBER 8 , 2000 23