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It w asn 't ne arly as close in t he Divisio n
Three finale, as Ke nn y Ingals outpedaled Ke ll
Kerrigan and John Deatherage.
In t he Yo ut h Speedway 's first division, jay
Ricketts bested Paul jo hnson, cu rrent Yout h
Champion Alex Marcucci, and Mitchell johnson.
The Divisio n Two Youth wi n we nt to Co dy
Ciciarelli, while the Division Three trophy went
home w ith Bryce O lney.
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RESULTS
SCR: I. Bobby Hed den (G M): 2. Bart Bast (Jaw); 3.
Chris
0"'); ��� . john Cool< (Jaw). HOC'" I. G"ll
Hooton Jr. (Jaw); 2. Matt Browne (Jaw); 3. Shawn Harma tiuk
(Jaw); 4. [oh n Cook: 5. Chris Manc tlester . 0 �� 2: I. Steve
lewotsky (Jaw); 2. T. . Fowler (Jaw); J. Shawn Eldridge (Jaw).
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D��) : I. Kenny Ingals (Jaw); 2. Kefl Kerrigan (GM); l . John
Deatherage (Jaw). 0 - 1 YTH: I. Jay RdetU (Jaw); 2. Paul
Jo hnson (Wes); l . Alex MarcU(.ci (Jaw); 4. Mit che ll Johnson
(Wes). 0 ��1 YTH: I. Cody Ciciarelli (Tri); 2. Tom Furman
(Wes); J . Tori Hubbert (Wes). D��) YTH: I. Bryce Ol ney
(Wes); 2. Troy Guisande (Hon ); 3. Trevor Searle (Wes).
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Bobby Hedden (1) swiped the win
away from Bart Bast during Fast
Fridays Speedway action in
Auburn, California.
Central I//;no;s Motorcycle Club HillcI;mb
Fortner's Fast at Neoga
By BUD NORTHRUP
NEOGA,
u, MAY 15
T
he ro ugh. steep, 100-foot hillof the Central
Illino is Motorcy cle Club was also wet and
slippe ry o n May IS, but nea rly 100 hillclimbers
attacked it with a passion. The 600cc class, as
always, was very fast, and in the first round,
Brent Bowman nailed a ve ry qu ick 2.751-secon d ru n o n his Gayle jen kins/Revloc Honda to
set t he earl y fast time . In the 750cc class, howe ver, j aso n Northr up w as wait ing wi t h his
750cc Kawasaki triple, and he flew it screaming
ove r the top in 2.725 seconds to take the fast
time into interm ission. Northrup had had tw o
very fast ride s missed by the clock at White
City t he week be fore, and he was primed to
win on e.
In t he second half, Jon Cree k nearly se t a
new time with a very impressive 2.744-second
run o n his Ho nda, but it w as " Fast Andy "
Fortner, the last rider in the 600cc class, who
sailed his Honda over the to p in a breathtaking
2.627 se co nd s t o set the new fas t t ime .
Northrup attacked the hill w ith a full-throttle
assault on his triple and also bettered his firstround time with a 2.682-second run - not quite
good enough to overtake Fortner.
N o rthru p made his e ven ing mo re
worthw hile by making it a dou ble-w in event
with a J .l la-second class-win ning run in the
O pe n class on his I220cc Yamaha.
Matt Peters was a tripIe-<:Iass winner: His first
came in the 200cc class, in which he posted a
4. I65-second time on a KDX200 for the win,
ahead of the current points leader Gordon Green,
who posted a 4.25 I-second time on his KDX.
Peters returned on his CR250 and wa s a
convincing winner in the 250cc class, flyingover
the top in 2.934 seconds on his first ride - the
first rider to bre ak into the twos. His closest
cha llenger was jar ed McKay, who posted a
3.154-second run on his YZ250 .
Peters' th ird win came in the 450cc class.
He topped the hill in 3.130 sec onds on his KTM
380 to wi n the class, with Cody je nner taking
secon d o n his dad 's YZ450F.
RESULTS
50 AUTO: I. Matt Goeken (KTM); 2. Jeremiah Lyday
(Cob): 3. Log.n Moody (Pol): ��� . Chelsea Gift (Hen) : 5. Kaylee
Cox (Hus). 65: I. Joe McGurer, 2. Matt Goeken (Kaw) ; J.
Brett Kalaher (Kaw) . 8 5 JR: I . Ca leb Emory (Kaw) ; 2.
J....",. )ames (Kaw): 3. Chris Pete " (Yom); ��� . Joe McGu,er
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