Ed di e Fin nels rock e ted ou t of the gate to
take the holeshot, w ith his brothe r, Kyile, Ernie
Sanchez and Smith in his d us t trail. Smith qu ickly pa ssed Sanch ez and set his sights on FinneJ's
rear fender. Reyes. mean wh ile had go tten a midpack sta rt, was on the gas and passing riders left
and righ t. He pa ssed Sanchez to break into the
top five . Reyes cleared the Twi n Pea ks flying
over and pas t Finne ls, but not before Smith had
muscled his way by.
With the wh ite flag out, Reyes was now only
a co uple of bike-leng ths behi n d a nd closi ng .
Reyes remained a ttached to Smith's rear fende r
for the comp lete lap and set up the East Coast
ride r in the final tu m . Reyes dove to the inside,
Smith railed the outside and thei r pa ths led to a
sing le line. Bumping and shoving. Smith led the
wa y across the checkered .
When the to tals we re posted it wa s Smit h
with the wi n, followed by Reyes, Eddie Finnels,
Legiiu and Cory Gibbo ns roun d ing out the top
five slo ts.
Resu lts
.50: 1. Scut t Simu n (y.am); 2. J.K. W illiamB (Y.am); 3. 'osh G r.an t
(Ya m); 4. M ilr.e'C on nt.'C' (y a m); 5. Bri.an Scholfst.lll (Su7;).
60 (~): 1. M ike Conn..or(Ka w); 2.].R. W ill ia ms (lCaw) .
60 (9-1 1): 1. Chris H u nsi nger (K.aw ).
80 (D-l1 ): 1. Chris Hunsin ger {Suz)i S. Sha w n Scott (Ya m).
80 (12-13): 1. Tron Taylor (V"m ); 2. Jm hUolo roo le (Y.m).
80 (14--1 6): 1. Toby 1.ope'z (Suzl; 2. 'ef f Shaw (Ka w) .
80 BEG (12·161 : 1. ' asu n Du bin (SUl:); 2. C hris L1ewrllyn
(Suz); 3. CaW)' Ne whou.
