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eLOCAL EVENTS e top four - Crumb, Brooks, Canoy and Amaradio - remained well separated with only Brooks whittling away at Crumb's lead. Crumb held tough to the finish to capture the gold ahead of Brooks, Canoy, Amaradio and Kalos. "1 sat in my truck all day and worried about this race," said Crumb. "It (the win) hasn't sunk in yet." The motorcycles of Crumb, Brooks, Canoy and Amaradio were impounded at the end of the main event, and the routine inspections by MTEG officials discovered that the fuel used by thirdplace finisher Canoy was, in their words, "Too hot," and was disqualified. The disqualification of Canoy moved Amaradio to third in the official standings. CN Results MAIN: 1. Ray Crumb (Kaw); 2. Larry Brooks (Yam); 3. Craig Canoy (Yam); 4. Tony Amaradio (Kaw); 5. Shaun Kalas (Yam): 6. Jani Sitar (Hon); 7. Robert Drew (Kaw); 8. Jell Fine (Yam); 9. Ryan Carlisle (Kaw); 10. Scott Myers (Kaw). Shaun Kalas (9) finished fifth at the San Diego Ultracross. Ray Crumb scored the win. AMA National Arenacross Series: Round 5 (Left to right) Robbie Reynard, Billy Whitley and Terry Tinney celebrated after finishing 1-2-3 in the 250cc Expert division at the Sioux Falls Arenacross. Reynard 3for 4at Sioux Falls Arena By Pam Lambert SIOUX FALlS, SO, FEB. 12-13 ifteen-year-old Robbie Reynard blew into Sioux Falls Arena Friday and blew out Saturday night with three class wins under his belt. After being beat by Texan Billy Whitley in the first Expert race of the night on Friday, Reynard, from Oklahoma, returned with vengeance later that same evening and carried that attitude into the following night. The Kawasaki Team Green/ Fox/ Bell/Scott-sponsored Reynard topped Friday night's 250cc Expert class feature and both 125 and 250cc Expert class main events Saturday night. A capacity crowd filled the Sioux Falls Arena both nights for the Rad-NBad and Kennedy Suzuki-sponsored event, which featured what the racers dubbed the "Kiddy Peristyle," a section of track that was built into the grand stands, ala the Los Angeles Coliseum Supercross. Reynard and Sinisalo/Bell/Smithbacked Whitley got their weekend off to promising starts by winning their respective h~at races, so when the green flag dropped in the feature, all eyes were focused on the two riders. But Reynard was penalized back to the third row after touching the rubber band on the initial start. On the restart, Reynard found himself positioned behind 12 riders, while Whitley had a clear shot up front, but nailing the holeshot was another Texan Terry Tinney, who transferred to the main by finishing second to Reynard in the first heat. Tinney led the way for two laps before bobbling, which gave Whitley the inch he needed to move into the lead. Reynard, meanwhile, eventually climbed up to fourth and began hounding Ben Heibel for third. The two riders battled until Reynard fell and lost a few places. Whitley went on to score a seemingly easy victory, while Heibel slipped into second after getting by Tinney, who lost one more position to Reynard before it was all over. Rounding out the top five was Gene Swain. Once again, Reynard anQ Whitley transferred to the 250cc fea ture by winning their respective heat races, and when the rubber band snapped, it was Whitley jumping out to a sizeable lead over Reynard and Tinney. As the frontrunners began to encounter lapped traf- F MTEG Off-Road Championship Grand Prix Series: Round 2 Crumb clobbers San Diego Ultracross By Dave Burgess SAN DIEGO, CA, FEB. 2D eam Green Kawasaki-backed Ray Crumb survived the muddy Jack Murphy stadium track to take the Ultracross main event wiI:L Rain threatened to destroy the track, but ground crews attempted to protect it .by covering the track in plastic and cancelling all practice and timed qualifying sessions. The first time any of the riders rode the track was in their heat races. When the tapes £lew for the first of two qualifying heats, Larry Linkogle shot into the lead, ahead of Troy Welty and Scott Myers. Myers quickly forced his way past Welty and closed the gap on Linkogle. Myers got the power to the ground on his Kawasaki KX250 and railed around Linkogle qn the first lap. After gating poorly, former Ultracross Champion Jim Holley was showing his stuff, and he blitzed through the pack to occupy fourth behind Ray Crumb. Holley jumped past Crumb and then began to put the heat on Ryan Carlisle, who had worked his way into second. r 32 The top four - Myers, Carlisle, Holley and Crumb - were no more than a second apart for the remainder of the heat. Coming out on top of a drag race over Carlisle was Holley. Crumb and Linkogle rounded out the top five, respectively. "I feel kind of stiff from not riding all day," said Myers. "But it feels good." Heat race two was a sleeper from the get-go. Shaun Kalos muscled his way into the early lead, ahead of Craig Canoy, Larry Brooks and Mike Chamberlain. The positions remained unchanged to the finish. "Heat race wins seem to come easy," said heat race winner Kalos. "Now all I need to do is put it together for the main." The main event proved not only to be exciting, but also controversial. Joshua Rolfe used his pole position start to lead the pack on the opening lap. Crumb worked his way past a fading Rolfe to take the lead. Rolfe was also passed by Larry Brooks and Craig Canoy. Holley's charge through the pack came to a sudden end when his Yamaha started blowing steam from a broken radiator hose. Moving up through the pack was Tony Amaradio. Just as he had done at Anaheim in the previous round, Amaradio had no trouble passing on the rain-soaked track. Amaradio snuck his way into fourth just ahead of Kalos. The fie, Reynard used this to his advantage and reeled-in and passed Whitley for the lead. Back in third and fourth, Heibel and Tinney duked it out with Tinney getting the upper hand. At the finish, it was Reynard scoring the win ahead of Whitley, Tinney and Heibel. Tracy Bachman rounded out the top five. Saturday's 12Sec Expert feature saw earlier heat race winner Whitley blast into the early lead ahead of Tinney and the other earlier heat race winner Heibel. Mired in the middle of the pack was Reynard. Reynard was the rider to watch, as he threaded his way through the pack and into second after passing Tinney. The Kawasaki rider continued his drive to the front by catching the leader, Whitley. As he had done the previous night, Reynard caught and passed Whitley for his second win of the weekend. Both Reynard and Whitley lapped every rider in the tace, including the third-place finisher, Tinney. Fourth went to Chris Hunter and fifth· to Heibel. It took three tries before the 250cc Expert class could complete its race. Heat race winner Tinney jumped the rubber-band start and was penalized back to the third row. On the restart, the other heat race winner, Whitley, crashed and required medical attention. The race was red-flagged on the third lap. Though Whitley eventually walked off the track, he was too shaken to make the second restart. On the third try, Reynard shot into the lead and went on to score his easiest win of the weekend. After a seemingly endless dosage of bad luck throughout the weekend, Jason Upshaw finally put it all together to finish second, and Heibel third. Tinney finished fourth, and Josh Wagner rounded out the top five. More than 300 amateur racers turned out to do battle on Saturday. [n the USee Beginner class, six heat races and four semis were needed to trim the field of 53 riders down to 14 for the main event. At the start, it was two semi race winners - Chad Sparks and Rodney Badberg - dueling for the early lead. Badberg went on to score the win, while Rick Willenburg, stuck his Honda in between Badberg and Sparks to nab second. Third went to Sparks, while Todd Rathman and Chad Allen rounded out the top five. In the 125cc Schooboy class, heat race winners Brook Fluker and Jeremy Fey were not a factor in the feature, as Ty Maschino ended up scoring the win ahead of Chad Kroll and Brent Ruden. Frey eventually finished fourth, while Fluker was plagued by mechanic problems and had to settle for fifth. CN Results FRIDAY 125 ~ 1. ailly WMIey (Hon); 2. Ben Heibel (Kaw); 3. Robbie Reynard (Kaw); 4. Terry Tinney (Hon); S. Gene SWolin (Suz). 2SO ~ 1. Robb;e Reyrlard (Kaw); 2. Bmy Whitley (Hon); 3. Terry TInney (Hon); 4. Ben Heibel (Kaw); 5. Tracy a.ctunan (Hon). SATURDAY 125 fX, 1. Robt>;e Reynard (Kaw); 2. amy Whitley (Hoo); 3. Terry Tinney (Hoo); 4. oms Hunter (5uz); 5. Ben Heibel (Kaw). 2SO fX, 1. Robbie Reynard (Kaw); 2. Jason Upshaw (Kaw); 3. Ben Heibel (Kaw); 4. Terry Tinney (Hoo); 5. Josh Wagner (Yam). AMATEURS 50 MOD: I. Cody Delaware (Yam); 2. Bmy Olson (Yam); 3. Joe Ettersuold (yam); 4. Joshua Carlson (Yam); 5. Bill Krusmark. 65 7-11: 1. Justin Delaware (Kaw); 2. Zack Deny (Kaw); 3. Lee Feldhaus (Kaw); 4. Clyde Jones (Kaw); 5. Mike Royer (Kaw). 857·11: l.Mike BnJeckner (Yam); 2. Justin Delaware (Kaw); 3. Austin Raubs (Yam); 4. Summer Deleware (Kaw); 5. Zack Derry (Yam). 85 12-13: I. Clint Bowyer (suz); 2. Jay Goosmann (5uz); 3.D.j. Kunkel (5uz); 4. Chad Ule (suz); 5. Ryan Broughton (Hon). 8514-15, 1. Andy Bowyer (Suz); 2. Jon Miller (Kaw); 3. Oarrik Delozaer (Suz). 85 BEG 12-15: 1. Ty Mugaard (yam); 2. Josh Meyer (yam); 3. Dave Perry (Yam); 4. Jell Schultz (Hon); 5. Justin Deubel (Kaw). lIS OPEN: I. Andy Bowyer (Suz); 2. C1in. Bowyer (Suz); 3.Jay Goosmann (Suz); 4. Jon Miller (](aw); 5. Ty Maschino. 125 B (NT: 1. Tim Pospisil (Kaw); 2. Brook Auker

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