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Sunflower State Series
Round 2: D.ogoon Creek /;IX T.ock
Self Centered on Mother's Day
By DAWN SITZ
LYNDON, KS MAY 9
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o r Mother's Day, Kawasaki jockey Jered Sitz
gave his mom three ou t of fo ur ho leshots
and two th ird -place trophies. Nick Self, mean while, stayed centered and made it a good day
by taking two wins.
In the I25cc N ovice class, Sin pulled th e
holeshot and wasted no time pulling away from
the rest of the pack. However, riding that new
four-stroke of his is a little different fro m rid ing
his o ld KXI2S , which might just have cost him
th e w in. Sit z misse d a gear in a couple of
co m ers, and Suzuki riders Nick Self and Robe rt
Spears made th e ir way around him, so Sin had
to settle for third place .
The Schoolboy class looked like a repeat of
the Novice class. Sin had a little prob lem , as he
was still ge tting used to riding th at new KX2S0 F, .
and he missed some gears again, letting Self
around once more. Once around Sitz, Self too k
o ff and ne ve r lo o ked back, th o ugh he was
aware all the w hile that Spears and Sitz were
right be hind him, just waiting for a chance to
take over the lea d . N evertheless, Self held o n
for the win.
The 250cc Intermed iate class has seen some
switching back and fourt h among the leaders.
KTM rider Aust in Workman, who wo n at th e
last race, was in the lead this time around , with
Yamaha rider Cody Emmert o n his tail , just
waiting for a mistake. Workman did everythi ng
he co uld to not make that mistake a nd le t
Emmert slide by. Workman held on and took
the win in the first moto, bu t in t he seco nd
moto, he made that mistake tha t Emmert had
been waiting fo r : Wit h one lap to go , in the
mechan ics' corner, Work man stalled his KTM ,
and Emmert made his move. That gave Emmert
the overall fo r the day. It looks like th ese two
will batt le th roughout the series .
RfSULTS
50 (4-6) : 1. Braxton Unruh (KTM); 2. Austin Becker
(KTM): 3. Cage_
(KTM): 1. [ared Hau (tern) : 5. Hviey
Stewart (KTM) . 50 (1 ~8) : I. Reid Poff (KTM); 2. Neil
Tajchman (Po l); 3. Tucker Smith (KTM); 1. Cody Loewen
(Po l); S. Nathan Kennedy (Lem) . 50 OPEN: I. Braxton
Unruh (KTM); 2. Nathan Kennedy (tern); 3. lake Stewart
(KTM); 1. A.J. Roma(KTM); 5. Oese - - . (Kaw). 65 (7-8) :
I. Tristan Hughes (Suz) ; 2. Tucker Smith (KTM); 3. Neil
Tajchman (IUw ): 1 . Re;d PoR (KTM). 6 5 (9 -11): I. Taylor
H... (KTM): 2. Alex Brooks (1Uw): 3. Colt on Thomas (KTM).
65 OPEN: I. Chase Branson (Kaw) . P/W 80 OPEN : I.
Cameron Warner (Yam); 2. Sierra Ordonez (Yam); 3. Jesse
Jenk ins (Yam). 85 BEG : I. Kyle Randall (Suz); 2. Michael
Wh"e (Hon): 3. am. HegwaJd (Hen ); 1 . A.mn Tobl>u(Suz):
5. J""" Tud<..- (1Uw). 85 (7-11 ): I. Fnnltie Won.man (Suz):
2. Jarek Unruh (Yam): 3. B....ton He