
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, April 19, 1993                   TAG: 9304190094
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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SHOGREN WINS TITLE OF VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN BIKE SERIES

Gunnar Shogren won the Thunderr in Holyland race near Bedford in the final leg of the Virginia Mountain Bike Series to earn the expert class title in the inaugural event. Shogren, of Morgantown, W.Va., won all three races of the series. Rob Acciavatti placed second in all three races and second overall. The series had 197 racers in five divisions. The other winners: Alice Vernon, women's open; Bob Wright of Blacksburg, veteran; Michael Holk of Blacksburg, sport; and Marc Laboceetta, junior.

At Charlotte, N.C., Flip Groggins started from the pole position and led all 21 laps en route to a 13-second victory in the SCCA GT-1 class the Charlotte Speedway Spring Sprints. Groggins, of Fincastle, paced the 18-car field in an Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme and leads the GT-1 division in points with 24.

Kelli Newcomb, a sophomore at Franklin County High School, qualified for the U.S. Gymnastics Federation national championships with a ninth-place all-around finish at the Region 7 championships in Reading, Pa. Competing in the level 9 senior division, Newcomb scored 36.875 points in the all-around.

Staunton, Glenvar-Salem and the Roanoke Hawks finished 1-2-3 in the 18-team Southwest Region state AAU 13-and-under basketball tournament over the weekend at Salem High School and Andrew Lewis Middle School. Each earned a berth in the state tourney.

Keywords:
AUTO RACING

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