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AMA/District 36 Western Regional Cross Country Championship Series Round 13: Outlaw Hare Scrambles (Left) Aa ron Youse peft) and Robbie Z im m e nnan (17) battle at the start of the OuUaw Hare Scrambles. Z immennan overalled the event, and Youse finished f ourth overall. (Below right) Rabbit run! Given a 30second head start, Team Green 's Craig Wesner stayed more than a hare ah e ad of the rest, which m e ant n obody collected the $50 purse f or being the first ri d er t o catch h im. Richard Jung and J aim e Wheeler. Super Sen io r A rider Fred Sumra ll stopp ed du ring the ra ce to warn rid ers about a dangerou s section of the c o ur se tha t o t he r wise w o ul d ha ve be en inv i si ble to ride rs in th e du st. Many ra cers co m m ent ed o n Sumra ll 's ki nd ness. Defend ing seri es champion Cra ig We sner too k the week end off to hel p his clu b put o n the eve nt. At the start of the r ace , Wesn er wa s given a 30 second lea d and a bounty was put o n h is " h ar e " h ead fo r an y r ac er who could ca tch him before the end of the firs t la p . As it turned o ut , not ev en B Y CHRIS G HIO N E A N D MI CHELLE L E E P H O T O S B Y M IC HELLE L E E cowMOUNTAIN, CA, OCT. B I t doesn't get any dustier than it d id during the Outlaw Hare Scram bles, but th e dust d idn 't sto p the fa stest racers in the West from showing up to contend ro und 13 of the Moose Wes t ern Reg io nal Cross Country Champi onshi p, sanctioned by t he AMA an d D istric t 3 6 . Whe n the dust cleared , Clarke/Sm ith /Steah ly Off Ro ad -spon sored Rob Zimm erm an wal k ed away with th e v icto ry . (Above) Suzuki rider Cole Marshall tears up a rocky creek bed en route to finishing third overall. (Left) Kawasaki jockey Rod Kreiss comes Into the finish in second overall. h a -m oun t ed Z i m m e r m an . K r e i s s wa sn 't fa stest off th e li ne , but he m ad e u se of t h e lo ng , rock y start straight to move up to the front. " Off t he li n e , I didn 't get a very good start ," said K re iss, " b ut I had m a p p ed out a good line through those two step-ups , rig ht through the creek - those little cliff j um ps. I pretty much pa ssed everybody right there , because I held it w ide open over the fir st one. I hi t th e second one going, li k e , a tho us an d [mph ] and passed almost eve ry body except for Robbie Zimmerm an. " Th en Kr e i s s an d Z i m m e rm a n waged th e big gest battle of the day, up th e long secti on of fire road . " Go ing up the fire road , me and Ro b b ie h ad th e b est ba tt l e eve r," K re iss said . " W e prob ab ly ch anged lead s like four or five times. W e were di cing ba ck and forth ." Wh en th e fir e roa d ended , Zimmer m an m ad e the fi nal pas s and was th e fi rst one into the extre mely dusty two track sec tion of the course. Wi th jus t four races left in t h e serie s, everyone hoping to do well in the championship wa s in attendance. The 20 -mil e course that was fast and o pen with a few stee p downh ills, but the biggest challe nge for ri der s wa s the dus t. The lon g , dry summer le ft the race course slick and silty . More than 8 0 riders lin ed up f o r th e start of t h e r a c e i n a ro ck y riverbed . Riders raced u p two quick j um ps before leaving t he riv erbed and heading up a long , fast fire roa d. T h e r a c e for th e h ol e shot wa s probably th e m ost important and best ra c e of th e d a y . It ca me down t o Kawasaki rid er Rod K reiss and Yama - 38 NOVEM BER 15, 2000' cue I e nu vvs race . Aaron Yo use moved h is Yamaha int o th ird at the sta rt and re mained there for m ost of th e rac e. Col e Mar shal also had a decent st art but got cau gh t in the dust. For most of th e race , th e top four rid ers rem a in ed in the sam e p o si tions , un ab le to move forward in th e dust , un t il nea r th e end of the fina l lap , wh en Marsh all pulled up beh in d You se. Zimm erm an 's fas t p ac e not on ly earned him a victory but also !3 n extra lap , as he fin ish ed his third lap j ust under the cut-off t ime and was t he only racer to go ou t for a fo urth lap. On th e second lap, Kreiss ran into some ma jor bike probl ems that forced him to ride without a rear br ake for the fi nal lap of the race. On the fast and slick course, Kreiss was forced to just try an d survive. Marshall was the next to fin ish, just behind Kreiss. Ma rsh all was satisfied with his finish and felt the club did a good j o b with the course. Youse fi nis hed fo urth, his best fi n ish of the yea r so fa r. Fin ishing alo ne in fi ft h was Honda m ou nt ed J ohn Poo r, beh in d the lead ers yet still far ahea d of anyone else . He was o ne o f the f ew r id ers th at were able to mo ve forwa rd th r ou gh th e dust after a m ed iocre st art. Fi nishing in a close sixth and seventh were Troy McWill iam s and Vet c l ass wi nner Ron Pic k en . Rounding out the to p 10 were Aa ron Osbou rn e, Zimmerman was able to catch We sner. With three rac es left in the series, the race for the ch ampionship is still a cl o se on e. W esner is un officially abou t 10 p o int s ahead of Marsh a ll , with Zim merma n and K re iss not far behi nd . CN OutlawHare Scrambles Caw Mountain, California Results: October8. 2000 [Ro und 131 O /A : 1. Rob Zimmerman ( Yam) ; 2. Rode rick Krei ss (Ka w): 3. Cole Marshall (Suz) ; 4 . A aron Youse (Yam ) ; 5 . John Poo r (Ho n ); 6 . Troy Mc W ill i"m s (Hon) ; 7. Ron Pick en ( KTM) ; 8 . Aa ron Osbo urn e (Kaw) ; 9 . Richa rd Jung (Suz); 10 . Jaim e Wheeler (KTM ). A 200: 1. Trav is Sluder (Hus) : 2. Theron Mi ll~r (Hon). A 250: 1. Rob Zimmerman (Yam) ; 2. Roder ick Kreiss (Kaw) ; 3. Aaron Youse (Yam) . A 4-STRK: 1. Cole Marshall (Suz); 2. J ohn Poor (Han); 3. Tro y McWill iam s (Han) . A V ET: 1. Ron Pick en (KTM ); 2. Richard Jung (Suz) ; 3. Jaime Wheeler (KTM) . A SR; I . Dave w ood (Hon) ; 2. Jo hn Wells (Hon); 3. Mark Maldonado (Han) . A S /SR : 1. Pe t er Pr i ch a rd ( Ha n); 2 . Jo hn Ham pt on (Yam) ; 3. Fred Sum rall (KTM) . B 200: 1. Matthew Teegar den (Suz) ; 2. Gianni Vesti to (Yam); 3. Steve Aguilar (Yam) . B 250 : 1. Greg Ghion e (Kaw) ; 2. J ason Harley Gonzales (Han); 3. Matth ew Finn egan (Yam ). B OPEN : 1. J eff Bauer (Hon). B 4-STRK: 1. Dustin Soldano (Yam ); 2. Mark E. Raybac k (Hon) . B V ET ; 1. Sha wn Bl ack ( KTM) ; 2 . J eff Wold (KTM) : 3. Marshall Gordon (Yam) . B SR: 1. Mich ael Bou (Yem): 2 . Arth ur Higgins (KTM) ; 3 . Regin ald Ke sec ker (Hus). B S/ SR; Donald Chase (KTM) . C 200 ; I . Br yc e O l so n ( KTM) : 2 . Jos eph C . Fisher (KTM) ; 3. Piotr Majew ski (Yam ). C 250: 1. Chris Zito ( Kaw ) ; 2 . Se e n M~rr ick (Hen ): 3. J oel Burk ett (Hon) . OPEN : 1. Donal d Ch am bl ee (Han ); 2. Bria n Ruckert (KTM): 3. Rodney Metcalf (Hon ). 4 ~ STRK : 1. Christoph er Ot is (Yam) ; 2. Douglas Hooten (Han); 3. Jeff Nick son (Yam ). C V ET : 1. Da vid Kj ell e su iy ( Va m ); 2 . Sea n Weston (Hon ); 3. Roy D, Ellers (Yam ). C SR: 1. Stacy Ledou (Yam ); 2. Dave Kemmerer (Hon); 3. Tim Aguilar (Hus). C S/ SR: 1. J oe Butl er (Suz). c GENT: 1. Bob Collins (KTM) .C WMN : 1. Kelley Gh ion e ( K a w) ; 2. Su san Poor ( Han) ; 3 . Sha wn Summ ers (Kaw ). e e

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