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The 12 5cc B cla ss leave s the line at the Loretta Lynn'S area qualifier at Log Road MX in Branson, Michigan. Loretta Lynn's Area Qualifier Log Road MX Moreland, Jackson Battle in Bronson By BART NEWMAN BRONSON, MI, MAY 8 N early BOO rid e rs made their way to Log Road MX, AHA Dist rict 14's 2003 Track 48 of the Year. to make a play fo r a spot at the Mideastern reg ional qual ifiers lor a shot at filling a gate at Lorena Lynn's Dude Ranch during the first week of August. Grant Morela nd and Andrew Jackson traded moto wins in the l 25cc JUNE 16, 2004 ��� CYCLE NEWS B Stock class , which prod uced some o f the best racing 01 the day. With nearly 55 riders each fighting lor a spot on the 40-man gate for the qualifier racing was . fie rce . Jac kso n w o n q ua lifie r o ne , with More la nd in the r unner- u p sp ot a nd Ja ke Ericks on , Zach Ko s t e r an d Matt Sp a r ks rounding ou t the top five. In qualifie r tw o, Zach Am e s topped Andrew Ba ke r a nd Ale x Hotchkiss after the t hree riders waged an allout war up fro n t . Klinton Silvey and Dane Marsac k rounded out the top flve. setti ng the lineup lor the 12Scc B Stock final. Moreland, Jackson , Ames, Koster and W ill Hicks led the charge off the gate in moto two. Jackson d idn't make the trip fro m Westlake Village Calilomia, to finish second, so he went to , work on the back wheel 01 Mo re land's Cemic's RM, and before lap tw o w as in the books , Jackson was lead ing the fight. Moreland wasn't going to let the last kid lrom the Left Coast steel a win from him on his own turl, so he went wide and fast down the world's longest tabletop to take bac k the lead. Erickson he ld down t hird place , but he was getting all kinds of pressure 40th Anniversary lrom the likes 01 Koster, Ames and Hotch kiss. Jackson was allover Mo re land's rear wheel, looking for a place to make a pass that wou ld stick. O n more t han one co rn e r, th ese two speedsters came flying in side by side like a pair 01 low-flying Blue Ange ls. Ames, Hotchkiss and Koster were all railing berms and trad ing paint. hoping to get a shot at the last boys up Iront before it was too late to make a play for the win. With just a lap to go, Moreland got a great d rive in the black d irt section out back and put some distance between himsell and Jackson. Try as he might, Jackso n ( 1-2) couldn't close the gap and lollowed More land (2. 1) home, wh ich was good enough to q ualify but not the finish that he wanted. Third place went to Erickson (3- 3), who held off Koster (4 -4) and Ames ( 1-5). As the day came to an end and the bikes were being washed up for the next day's action, m ic man larry Witmer was filling in the huge crowd on the th ird annual Log Road MX Great Lakes Championships (July 9-1 I), broug ht you by the good lolks at MCR Suspension, Albion Ford and Championsh ip Powersports.