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Shaw n Roberti won the Formula 2 race and f in ished th ird in 600cc Superbike at Seattle International Raceway.
place in hi s sight to the finish line. Paris rider,
Monte Starks, rode eight hard la ps co mi ng
from th e bac k of the pack to capture second
pl ace. Paul Mor gan of Centra lia . Ill in o is,
pl aced thi rd and Charlie Marsh of Daw son
Sp rings came in fourth .
In the 85ccclass, Amateur Nati on a l Number
One Tom my Ha yden agai n was un cat ch ab le,
as h~ held off th e rest of the pack to nab first
pl ace. Ben Bellman held second u nder hi s belt
and Paul Mor gan placed thi rd.
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Nicky Ha yden of Owe nsboro, Ken tucky.
sto le firs t p lace in the 65cc class. On his heels
was Paris rider J osh Kno tt who took seco nd
and Nash vill e rider Beau Braswell following
him.
In the 50cc class, Beau Braswell took the
checkered nag fo r the win. Robin Bryan t of
O wensbo ro, Kentucky, pulled in second with
Jo hn Wa rner close behind .
Results
50; 1. Beau Br8SWeIl (Yam ); 2 . Robi n Brya nt (VarnI; 3 .
John W arner (Yam).
65 : 1. NIdl:Y Hayden (Kawl; 2. Josh Knott (Kaw~ 3 . Beau
Braswell CKlIwl.
85 : 1. Tommy Hayden (Yam); 2. Ben Bell man; 3 . P. ul
Morva n (Yam!.
200: 1. ChriS Boone (VarnI; 2 . Monte Sta rks IBul); 3. Pau l
M ~~~lilip Palmer ; 2 . Ma rs ha ll Patrick; 3 . Tomm y
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Hayden (Yam ).
OPEN: t . Br ian Duncan IRtx ); 2 . Ja mes Hart (ROl); 3 . Bart
Schmu lbac h.
SR: 1. M arshall Patric k (Rtx); 2. M on te Star ks (Yam); 3 .
Jim Kidm an (Honl.
Tichenor tames
Gatorback MX
By Gwen Millan
GA INESVILL E, FL, SEPT. 10
The first ro und of th e 6th Ann ual Florida
Gold Cup was hosted at Gatorback Park with
close to 400 riders pr esen t. T he AMA S'a te
Championsh ip Ser ies, a WorldSpo rts pointspa yin g even t, was dubbed a hu ge success .
Ronnie T iche nor too k an ear ly le- d th a t
d
he held throughout the first 125cc Amato.
Hi s do~est co mpeti tor J usti n Jackson was
chased by Gary Pau l fo r second whil .e Mi ke
J on es fo ug ht Wes Keen um over fourth. Pa ul
a lmost landed on Jackson co m ing over .a
jump , the n Ja ckson had some problems In
th e back section and Pa ul q uickly too k th e
num ber two spot. Meanwh ile, Derek You ngblood 's steady momen tu m soo n edged him in to
fifth place.
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Up front, Tick.nor held a good lead . T h.
white nag la p saw Keenu m mo ve to third af ter
d ispl aci ng J on es. and it was n' t lo ng before
h. was hot o n the trai l of Pa ul afta Paul
plowed into a bank and slowed co nsid. ra bly.
The rae< for fourth was between Youn~lood,
Jackson and Jon es, in that orda. T Ichenor
fin ished first, and coming ov
