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~ SUPERCROSS Coors/ASK Indoor Motocross Series: Final rounds e Eickel event ua lly gave up second to Ups ha w wh en he nearly cras hed in some wh oops. Ups ha w then began to carve into Ch ildress' lead and was on the leader's rear wh eel wh en the wh ite flag came out. Chi ldress used every move h e h ad a n d co ll ide d wi th Upshaw when he tried to block a pass attempt. Upshaw went off the side of the track and reen tered to cross the finish line first, but he had mi ssed part of the course a nd was penal ized one lap whi ch dropped him to eigh th . Childress was cred ited with the wi n over Eickel and Musse lm an, whi le Bow en and Kizzar worked up from poor starts to finish fourth and fift h. . Eickel led th e start of the 250cc Pro main , but Glass soon took the lead and tri ed to get away from the string o f Suzu kis behind him . Upshaw and Bowen also pi cked off Eickel, and it wasn ' t long before Upshaw led Bowen around G lass. T he two riders battled for the lead .un til Bowen found a line to swoo p pa st Ups ha w a nd take th e win. G lass ma intai ned third to the fini sh as Kizzar and Childress pa ssed a fadi ng Eickel to finis h fourth and fifth. Keith Bowen won three out of six Pro main events at the Huntington Indoor MX. Bowen leads the way at Huntington Civic Center By David L . P atton , Jr. HUl\'TINGTON, WV, ]AN. 4-6 eith Bowen spearhea ded a Su zuki sweep of the Iast three ro un ds of the Coo rs/ASK Indoor Motocr oss Series held in the Huntington Civic Center. After th ree co nsecu tive days o f . raci ng, T uf Ra cing-backed Bowen ha d collected a Pr o class ma in event win on each day. Kenney Kizzar added two mor e Pro class wins for Suzuki while Steve Childress co ntri bu ted one victory for th e yellow marque. O th er big winners for th e weeken d included J eff Gibson , who won all six Pee Wee class mains. Gibso n also p icked up second , third and fourth place finishes in the 65cc (7-11) classes. K . Mar k Burkhart do mi nated the 65cc (7-11) and 85cc (7-11) di visio n, winn in g four stra ight mai n events . Friday Chi ldress had brok en a shi fter return spri ng while chasi ng J am es Eickel in the first 125cc P ro class heat and had to work franticall y to rep lace it before the start of the fin al. T he added ten sion apparently worked to Ch ild ress' favor as he shot into th e lead ahead of heat two winner Mark Mussel man , LCQ winner Jason Ups haw , Eickel and J eff G lass. Eickel q uic kly moved to secon d, bu t Chi ldress had already opened up a sma ll lead. Satu rday Eickel was leading the 125cc Pro fin al when an other rider bai led off and hi s bi ke knoc ked Eickel down to the back of the pack. G lass assumed th e lead bu t Bo wen quickl y passed him then mo tor ed away to th e victo ry. G lass held on to seco nd while Kizzar and Childress pas sed Chuck Reed la te in th e race to fini sh third and fourth. Kizzar had to rid e th e co nsola tio n race to make the 250cc Pro main, but he roc keted into the lead ah ead of Eickel and Glass. Eickel collided with Kizzar wh ile trying to ma ke a pass and dropped o ut wit h a da maged bike. Kizzar stayed upright and never loo ked back until he crossed the finish line with th e win. Ups ha w sta rted ninth b ut too k advantage of a cras h by Bowen a nd a fast lin e th rough a whoop sectio n to sh red throug h the pack. Upshaw used his fast line in the wh oops to pass G lass for second, and David Hand tr ied to foll ow hi m th ro ugh but was un su ccessful. T wo turns later Hand stuffed G lass for third and he finis hed th ere behind Kizzar, Gl ass hung to fourt h an d Ch ildress ro unded o ut th e top five. Sunday Mu sselm an got the holesho t a t th e sta rt of the 125cc P ro main, but hi s time o u t front was limited as both Ch ildress a nd G lass quickl y went around him . Gl ass th en pas sed Childress in a rocker sectio n, but go t ou t of shape over a jump and landed crossed up in some ruts. Childr ess flew over the jump to find Gl ass sideways across his landing area, and th e cras h sent both riders down as well as Blan e Armbruster. Kizzar inheri ted the lead with Bow en rig h t beh ind him , but Bowen soo n .cras hed trying to take the lead. " I tried to make my move too soo n and I hit Kenn y's rear wh eel," said Bow en. . Bowen 's m istake moved Hand to second , wh ile Mu sselm an had recovered from hi s early mistakes to settle into th ird p lace ahead of Rod Phillips and that's how th ey fini shed beh ind Kizzar. Ch ildress mad e an all -out effort to gra b fifth a t the fin ish . . Mu sselmann also led the start of the 250cc main and was able to hold hi s adva ntage as Gl ass moved a hea d of Kizzar for second. Bo wen , ho wever, was reall y on the gas and sliced hi s way past Kizzar and G lass to move up on Mu sselm an 's rear wh eel. Bowen eve n tu a lly m o ved by Musselman th rough a wh oop sectio n th en sailed to an easy win. Musselman held off G lass to finish second, Kizzar fin ished fo u r th and Hand to ok fifth after C!¥ Ups haw bobbled on the last la p. Results FllID AY P/W: I. J eff Gibson (Yam ); 2. J osh O 'Rourke (Ya m ); 3. Micky Marsha ll (Ya m): 4. Philli p Bechtel (Yam ); 5. R yan Ho lliday (h j). 65 7-t1: I. Joe y Ballinger (Kaw); 2. J eff Gibson (Kaw); 3. Jell R yan (Kaw); 4. Shane Stua rt (Kaw); 5. Sca n McMillin (Kaw). SO t 2-13: I. Ray Denig (Ka w): 2. Charlie Dunawa y (Ka w] : 3. Ch ad Oppy (Kaw); 4. Troy Swartz (Kaw): 5. Bryan Wa ller (SUI). 801 4-15: I. Da n n y Salzer (Suz); 2. Mau Maxim off (Suz): .!I. Sh awn Sch ul tz ( Ka w): 4. Mich ael Herma n (Ho n ); 5. Br itton Bla ir (Ka w ). 125 B: I. Cra ig Billingsl ey (SUI): 2. Ben Steven s (H a n); 3. Nick Trou tma n (SUl ); 4. Mich ael Huntley (Ya m); 5. Chris Soko l (Suz). 125 C: I. Thad Man kin (Yam); 2. J oel Hennin g (Sua ): 3. j ason Tolli ver (Ka w ): 4. Brian Miley (Han); 5. Pa cky Mend elssohn (SUl). 250 R: I. Craig Bill in gsley (SUl ); 2. Shawn Swisher (Han); 3. Ma rk Kir k (Kaw); 4. Edw rad Ku bic (Ha n); 5. Di rk Yod er (H an ). 250 C: I. Packy Men del ssohn (Ha n); 2. Ja son Tolliver {Ka w}; 3. Kelvin Nelso n (H O n): 4. Cory Ste iner (Yam ); 5. Mi ke Sh rien k (Ka w). OPEN B: I. Mik e Webh (Kaw); 2. Sh a wn Swisher (li on ); 3. Bill Alle n (Ha n ); 4. Ron Lycan s (KT M); 5. Mark Leasu re (H on ). SR: I. Scott Sa mpso n (Han); 2. Kenn ey Reif (H a n ); 3. Dean Auen (Kaw); 'I. J ell Poll uck (H a n ); 5. Buel Sea rs (H a n ). 25+: I. Sco tt Sampson (Ha n ); 2. Mike Mor ga n (Sw): 3. Brya n Moo se (Ka w): 4. Denn is Blevin s (KT M); 5. Cun Holzer (Kaw). 125 PR O: I. Steve Ch ild ress (Suz); 2. J a mes Eickel (Ya m ): 3. Keith Bowen (SUl): 1. Mark Musselman (KT M); 5. Ken n y Kin a , (SUl) . 250 PR O: 1. Keith Bowen (S uz); 2. J ason Upshaw (SUl); 3. j eH Glass (Ho n); 4. Ken n y Kizzar (Suz): 5. Steve Chi ldress (SUl ). SATURDAY P/W: I. j eff G ibson (Yam) ; 2. Brian Bar tlett (ltj); 3. j osh O 'Ro ur ke (Ya m ); 4. Chri stopher T u nll (Ya m ); 5. Heath Campbell (Yam) . 65 7· 11: I. Mark Burk hart (Kaw ): 2. joey Ball in ger ( Ka w); 3. SC McMillin ( Ka w) : 4. JclfG ibson (Kaw); OIl 5. Sha ne Stewart (Kaw). SO7-11: I. Mark Burkharl (Yam ); 2. J oey Ballin ger (Kaw): 3. Sco u McMillin (Ka w); 4. J .R. Roar (Kaw). SO12-13: I. Ray Den ig (Kaw); 2. Cha rlie Dunawa y (Kaw); 3. Brock Sella rds (H a n ); 4. Eddy Tu rne r (Kaw); 5. Joey Devault (Kaw). 80 14-15: I. Ma tt MaximoH (SUl ); 2. Shawn Shul tz (Ka w): 3. Dan ny Sa lzer (SUl) ; 4. Brian Fla naga n (Ka w) : 5. Michael Herman (Han). 125 B: I. Josh Steel (Kaw); 2. Mark Kiser (Suz): 3. Cr a ig Billingsl ey (S Ul ); 4. Mall Pow ers (Han); 5. Mike Hogan. 125 C: I. C lin to n Cru st (Ha n) ; 2. Ryan Eisen menger (Han); 3. Todd Fields (Su,' : 4. Seen Sokol . (Suz): 5. Todd Krafft (Kaw). ,.. 250 B: I. J osh S L I (Kaw); 2. J ack Steele (Hon ); 3. Dona ld Edw ard s {Ka w ): 4. Keith Gw in n (Ya m ): 5.·R icha rd Sheari ng (Hon). 250 C: I. Thad Ma nkin (Suz); 2. Dean Vene y (Kaw); 3. Ch ri s Cruea (Kaw); 4. Michael Fridl ey (Ya m ); 5. Rob in Watkins (Kaw). O P EN B: I. Mike Welsh (Ka w ): 2. Dave Osborne (Ka w) : 3. Sha ne Sm ith (Ho n); 4. Mar k Abdella (Ya m); 5. J o hn Bla kely (Han). SR: I . Sco tt Sa mpso n (Han); 2. J elf Polluck (Ho n); 3. David Tabor (KT M); 4.. Brian Broa dwell {Suz); 5. Kevin C lar k (Kaw). 25+: 1. Scou Sampson (Ha n); 2. Mike Mo rgan (Su r): 3.J el r Hi llis (Hon); 4. James Knisley (H a n); 5. Bryan Moo se (Kaw]. . 125 PRO: I. Kei th Bowen (Sua); 2. Jell Glass (H an ); 3. Ken n y Kizzar (Sue): 4. SteveCh ildress {Suz): 5. Chuck Reed (Kaw). 250 P RO: 1. Kenny Kizzar (SUl); 2. Jason Ups haw {Suz): 3. Dave Hand (Ha n ); 4. J en G lass (Han ); 5. Steve Chi ld ress (Suz). SU N DAY P/W: I. J ell Gibson (Yam); 2. Brian Bart lett (!t j) ; 3. Co rey Arnold (Yam); 4. J osh O'Rouke (Ya m); 5. Micha el Massey (Yam ). 657-11: I. Mar k Burkhart (Kaw); 2. Sca n McM illin (Ka w); 3. J eff G ibso n (Ka w): 4. Sh ane Stewart (Kaw); 5. J eff Ryan (Kaw ). . SO7-11: I. Mar k Bu rkh art (Yam ); 2. See n McMillin (Kaw); 3. J .R. Roa r (Kaw). SO 12-13: I. Ra y Derrig (Kaw); 2. Brock Sella rds (Ha n); 3. Cha rlie Dunaw ay (Ka w ): 4. Geoffrey Hardy (Suz]: 5. Cha d Opp y (Kaw). SO 14-15: I. Man Maxim off {Suz): 2. Sha wn Shulu (Ka w); 3. Dann y Sa lzer (SUl); 4. Mich ael Herman (Hon); 5. Robbie Mill er {Kaw). 125 B: I. J osh Steel ( Ka w): 2. Mik e Ho gan ; 3. Craig BillinJ:5ley (Su, ); 4. Chad Fleck (Su,); 5. R icha rd Shea ri ng (Hon ). 125 C: I. j oe l Hen nin g (SUI); 2. R yan Eisen menger (Han); 3. Brian Miley (H a n ); 4. Thad Mankin (Yam); 5. Chad Roc (Han). 250 B: I. Do na ld Edwards (Kaw); 2. Josh Steel (Kaw); 3. Oeo rge Mol nar; 4. Richar d Sheanng (Hon); 5. Sha wn Cas tle (KT M). 250 C: I. Pack y Mendelssohn (H a n); 2. David Rob erts (Kaw); 3. John Caupp (Ya m): 4. Chris Cruea (Kaw); 5. n an Nowakowski (SUl) . O PEN B: I. Mike Welsh (Kaw); 2. Sha ne Sm ith (Ha n) ; 3. T ed G rccne (KT M); 4. Mar k Leas ure (Hon ); 5. John Bla kel y (H on ). SR: I. Scott Sa mpso n (H a n ); 2. Jell Polluck (Ha n ); 3. Kell y Sullivan (KT M); 4. Dea n Au en (Ka w); 5. Bria n Broadwell (Suz]. . 25+: I. Mike Post lewaite (Kaw ); 2. J en Hillis (H on ); 3. James Knisley (Ha n); 4. ' Scon Sam pso n (Ha n); 5. Mike Morga n (Suz). 125 PRO: I. Kenny Kizzar (SUl ); 2. Dave Hand (Hon); 3. Mar k Mu sselm an (KT M); 4. Rod Phillips (Yam); 5. SIeve Chi ldres, (Suz). 250 PRO: I. Kei th Bowen {Suz); 2. Mar k Musselman (KT M); 3. Jef f G lass (Han) ; 4. Kenny Kizzar (Suz): 5. Dave Hand (Han).

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