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(left) Jon Fau re leads Jeff lucas in Carlsbad 250cc Pro action . (R ight) Robert Nolin obviously has not followed anyone around the Carlsbad adobe .
M ini Beginner N ick Patrada t ook the win at Canyon MX. Brent W ineland follows .
Patrada pummels
pint-size Phoenix
MXers at Canyon
By Pam Hardin
PHOENIX. AZ, MAR . 14
Some peop le still consider the
Beginner classes their bathroom
break , bu t they o bvio us ly
haven' t controlled them selves
long eno ugh to wa tch the Mini Begin ners at Canyon. Squeezi ng the Charmi n was never as exciti ng as watching th ese guys and gi rls ba ttl in g it
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In the first moto , Nick Pa trada
pu lled the hol eshot with Rach el
H u rl bu rt a nd Brent While following
close behi nd. These three pulled
slig h tly a head of the pack, but a misla ke by Wh ile left his th ird pl ace in
jeopa rdy o f bei ng tak en by J ak ey
Liggett.
She fina lly gOI enoug h room 10
ja m by, bu t o n the beginn ing o f th e
fourth lap a slo wer rid er gOI in her
wa y a nd left her in a berm. Bren t
Winela nd then took over third po silion whi le fir st a nd second rema ined
the same.
Second ro u nd action saw Grady
Ingr a m get there first wi th h is new
Honda , closely foll owed by Pa trada
a n d W in el an d . P a t ra da wait ed
pa tien tly for the younger rider 10
ma ke a mistake, a nd hi s wait ing pa id
off as In gra m slip ped u p in a ber m on
th e third la p .
T he Ka \\'3 saki rider in first had only
o ne problem now , a kid o n his rear
fender who never gives up.
Just when it looked like the o lder,
m or e expe rienced rider was o n ly
