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worked , beca u se a lot of guys dropped II a nd 12 an d I won thi s w ith a 10." H oess, who hails from New J ersey, added , " I lik e riding up h er e in New Engla nd a n d p lan on rid ing a few more h ere before the yea r's o u t." Def in itely th e surprise o f th e day was Royer. "I had a b last o u t th ere," sa id Royer. "T h e co urse was well la id ou t a n d chec k eig h t was a surprise to everyone . I th ink th ey got everybody at tha t o ne. I g uess I did prett y goo d for riding a 1989 b ik e th a t I bo ught for $ 1200." T ea m H us qvarna 's Kevin Hines turned o u t for th e event bu t h ad a day he wi ll just as soon forget. H in es chose not to us e studded tires for th e even t a nd lat er regr etted th a t decision. " I ro de T h u rsday ba ck ho me in Massachusett s a nd the gro und was pretty. much thawed out, so I figured '" it wo ul d be all rig ht no t to run studd ed tires today. I ended up slippi ng and sliding all over th e p lace ou t there. O h well , I was jus t glad to get so me more ti me on the four-stroke. It's a bi t " different than th e two-strokes that I've been co m petin g o n for a wh ile now." 'I Hines en ded up dropp ing 17 p oints, fin ishing up outsid e of th e top five. Sterns' win in th e AA class was a close o ne. H e edged o u t longtim e riva l Kemp Ste wa rt by a ile poi n t, 11-12. "I 'm a littl e m ad at my self, " sa id Sterns. " I ran ou t o f gas in th e first sec tion . I th ou gh t that I che cke d every th ing, but I g uess I forgot to chec k th e gas . So being upse t abou t th at , kind of th rew me 0 [[ for th e day. I screwed u p a t chec k eigh t lik e everyo ne else , because I bu rned it by two min u tes. When I came into the section before that chec k I was, acco rd ing to m y timekeeping eq u ip me nt, two m in u tes la te. Bu t when I got to the check, I wa s two m inutes ea rly. I mus t 've m issed a rese t or so met hing . But all in a ll, th is is a good step towards defendin g m y title." t:N Re su lts 0 / A: Fred Hoess (H us). AA: I. Ru ss Stearn s; 2. Kem p Stewa rt. A BANTA M: 1. P. T anner; 2. B. Ainsw ort h ; 3. B. Dak ai. A U W: 1. R. Claxton; 2. S. Anto ni o u: 3. T. Norto n . A H /W: 1. G . H ill ; 23. E. Swee tser; 3. D. Co nwa n. A 4-STK: I. K. Hon da; 2. S. Bak er; 3. H. J ohnson . A VET : l. P. St . Pierre; 2. r\'t. Parkes; 3. T. Vell a . A S/ SR: l. G , Razee: 2. J. Sh in ner s. A SR: I. F. Burnham; 2. B. Dan a; 3. I. Wukop. A H / PT : Pa l Ro yer. B BANTAM : l. E. Bishop; 2. M. Cyr; 3. J. Hacia . B U W : 1. K. Ryan ; 2. M. Haas; 3. D. H eckler. B H /W : I. P. O lson : 2. P. T amag in i: 3. B. Yo un g. S 4��STRK: I. R. Faso li: 2. J. Foch t; 3. T . Farle y, Jr. B S/S R: 1. G. Brown . B SR : l. R. Co urtema nch e; 2. B. Miller ; 3. E. \Veller. B VET: 1. S. Pelu gu in ; 2. K. Davi s; 3. M. Fur ia. J. Co nsta u no . . C BANTA M: I. R.1-It��in es; 2, S. Gray; 3. J. Duncan . C U W : I. D. Richardson ; 2. B. Sou t hard: 3. P. B H -PT: Du pra y. C; H/W: I. R. Holl is; 2. C. T sukala s: 3. T. Hardy . 4-ST R K: J. A. Morneau lt; 2. J. Power ; 3. R. e Seymo ur. C SR: J. P. Dumai s; 2. R. Anstett: 3. A. Ewa ld. C S/S R: I, A. Carn iani . C VET : I. W. Mill er: 2. G. Gif ford: 3. F. Seuia . C H-PT: l. 1'. Dabkowski. Damron, Pauley top Balada ST On Sa turday Damron perfor med perfectl y, ridi ng his Ro tax to bo th heat race and final event victories in the 500cc an d Open clas ses. Pa uley lost tractio n and ended u p with seco nd in th e 500cc class then dropped ' to fifth in the Open Expert fina l. G iving Pau ley a rea l ba tt le wa s Eric Gr een , who fin ished third in the 500cc final but climbed 10 second be hind Da mro n in the Open fina l. Sunday saw Pauley finish first and second in heal race competi tio n but ta ke bo th fina ls, wit h ease. Dam ron was a no -show bu t Pa uley had hi s han ds full with G reen , Perry Lang and Kevin Crowley. Lang rode very well in th e 500cc heal race and came off wit h the win but foll owed Pa u ley hom e in second in the fea ture. Cro wley fi ni shed seco nd in the Open ' fina l and th ird in th e 500cc di visio n. Kelvin Hi ldehra nd a n d h is box-s tock Kawasaki KX500 dominated the 500cc and O pen Novic e classes. On bo th days he was quick ly in the lead , a lways by the end of lap o ne. H ildebrand came away wit h three hea t race win s and three fina l event win s. Results SATU RDAY P/W 50; L Ra y Ed wal d.. (Ya m); 2. Co le La mbe rt (Ya m ); 3. Micha el Sump ter (Ya m ): 4. Ryan Esskew (Ya m); 5. Michael Cra mer J r. (Yam ). .' M t N t 80 NO \': I. J ere my Sa mo ra (IWw); 2. T ru y SciJy ( Ka w ): 3. Kris Sia l (Kaw]: .1. Brya n Grit'r (Ya m ): 5. Dustin Croci ( Kaw]. 250 NOV : 1. ja mes P itch fo rd (Ya m); 2. Ri ck Roh rer (Ya m ): 3. J a~o n H U Kh('~ (Ya m ); 4. J err y T cn ret (Ya m); 5. Ceci l Sho n Jr . (Su ll . 250 JR: J. J ohn n y Murphree [Ho n ): 2. Bill y Martin (CAl; 3. J erem y Twill (Kaw). . soo NO \' : 1. Kelv in Hi ldebra nd [Kaw]: 2. Derrell Hu gh es (Ya m); 3. Kevin Du pser (Yam ): 1. Mati Willard (Ya m) ; 5. Mikl ' Reynold s (Yam ). . SfK .lR; t. Rill y Luk er (Yam ); 2. Rob ert Scav (Rlx): 3. Ji m I l' l)ff (RlX); 4. J en'm y 1'">1 11 (H a n ); 5. J o h n P ierc e (Yam). O I'Er-.: JR: 1. J im I'off (Rtx) ; 2. Bi lly Lu ker (Yam) : 3. Roben Seay (R!x): 4. Ch ris Fisc h er {R rx ]. :)O EX: J. Rohen Dam ro n (R tx ]: 2. Lonnie Pau ley (B o n): {) 3. Eric G rrt"n (RlX); 4. RU M~ So sa (Yam) ; .s. Kevin C ro wley (R1X). O PEN E X ~ t. Rolll'rI Dam ron (Rlx): 2. Erk G ree n (Rlx): 3. KI'\��iTl Crowll'Y(Klx): ,1. Ru ..s Sosa (Yam); .s. Lonn ie Pauley By Mi ke Vancil [ H o n]. HOl.LlSTER. C FEB. 29��M I .A, AR. Ro bert Damron and Lonn ie Pau ley scored the Expert cla ss victories a t th e two-d ay histo ric Bolatl o Park short track . Da rren swep t the 500n : and O pen cla sses on Sat urday, then Pa uley pulled off the same feat the next day. SU;\l DAY P/W :,O; J. Al llh ull Y H OU!ol1 ( Y am): 2. [".lIt' Lambert (Yam); ' ( 3.Mi dl;!(��1 Cra me r. Jr. (Ya m):��1. Brandon Peters (Ya m). MI :\I1 80 :\IO \' : J. Troy SC; I Y (Ka w): 2. j erem y Santoro (Kawj: 3. T ra vi.. Thomas (K aw ]. 250 NOV: l. Rk k Roh rer (Ya m ); 2. Ma tt \Villa rd (Ya m]: 3. j am es Pitchford (Ya m ): 4. l..ceil Shon, Jr . (S Ul); 5. JiJso n H ughes (Ya m). 250 J R: I. Joh n ny Murphr e(' (Ho n); 2. J~r~my T will (Kaw); 3. Bill y Ma rti n (C A). !JOO NOV; I. Kelvin H ildebra nd ( Ka w) ; 2.J im walla ce (Ya m ): 3. Da rrell H u gh es (Yam ); 4. Gera ld T en ret (Rtx); 5. Mike La m bert ( Ka w) . O PEN NOV ; I. Kelvin Hi ldebrand [Kaw ]: 2. Gera ld Te nret (R tx ); 3. Sieve Bon sey (Ya m ). .,00 ] R: I. Billy Lu ker (Ya m ); 2. j erem y Twiu (Hon); 3. Ro bert SFdY(R tx ): 4. Allan ~IcCJellan (R LX ); 5. Lo n n ie La cy (Ya m ). O PEN J R : I . Johnny Mu rphr~ ( Ho n ) ; 2. Bill L uker (Yam ); 3. j e rem v T win (Hon ): 4. Jerry Wouri (H o n); 5. Ro ber t Seay ( R t x ]. .soo EX : t. Lo nnie Pa ul ey (H o n ); 2. Perry La ng (Hon ); 3. Kevin Crow ley (Rtx]: 4. Er ic Green [R tx]; .s. Sieve Fischer (Rlx ). OPE N EX: I. Lo nni e Pa uley (lIo n); 2. Kevin Crow ley . ( Rtx); 3. RUM 5nsa (Yam ); 4, Eric Green [R tx]. 00 ,......; Carsten cleans up at FMC MX By Kyle Myers OCALt n , FEB 16 . Bar ry Carsten cleaned up in the 125 and 250cc Pro classes a t the Flor ida Mot osports Complex motocross. Wh en th e field ro u nded the firs t tu rn of the first 125cc Pro mo to, J o hn Kitsch led the wa y with Carsten. Car l Vaillan co urt , Derek Yo u ng blood a n d B r e t Beau ch a m p close be hi nd. Bea uc ha mp a n d Ti mmy Ferr y qu ick ly knoc ked Yo ungblood back a few po sitions while Carsten a nd Vailla ncourt fought for second. O n th e seco nd lap the top five riders were a ll ba ttli ng for the lead. with Kitsch . Ca rsten and Vaillancourt three abreast go ing up th e hi ll. Vailla nco u rl slipped by Cars ten o n th e tabl eto p for second. Ferr y pas sed Beauchamp th en dove to thei nsi de of a turn to pa ss Carsten . Ferr y then passed both Vailla ncou rt a nd Kitsch in on e swoo p over the l Ovf oot lon g tab letop jump for the lead. Ferr y quickl y pu lled away fro m th e pack, whil e Kitsch fell wit h IWO laps 10 go. leuin g Vailla nco urt. Ca rsten a nd Beau ch amp by. Ar the fini sh it was Ferry wi th the win over Vaill a n court . Carsten , Bea u ch amp a n d Kitsch . In mot o two , Kitsch again go t the ho leshot with Car sten, Vailluncourt, Beauchamp and Gary Paul in pu rsuit. Ca rsten quickl y passe d Kitsch then Vai llancourt a lso got by. Bu t Kitsch pa ssed Vaillancourt back . 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