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Night MX action at LACR saw Joe Lozano (32) and Turtle Wikoff (4n sl ug it ouL
for th e se co nd mot o sh ow d ow n th a t d id n 't
ma te rialize. Ripple agai n p ulled the ho les ho t
o n ly to throw h is YZi nge r away in the fir st
corne r. Co mi ng a rou nd in fi rs t p la ce was
ll al jet-m ou nte d Weis s . Fre d Karrl e, Ja so n
Staples, Zachary Mar sh all a nd Ge d dy Karrle
roun d ed out the top five. Karrle fired pa st the
front-runners in the series of stadium rockers.
Once in front , Ka rrle opened up a large lead.
Weiss snu ck past up the fast up h ill straigh tawa y for se cond . Time was running out for
Ripple, who wa s inlo second by the fourth lap .
Karrl e h ad est ablished a b ig lea d a nd w a s
cruising in the lead . At the finish. k a rr le came
out the victo r, with Ripple tw o secon ds back in
seco nd .
"I jus t tried my hardest to catch up the first
moto, but Ripple had a b ig lead, " said Karrle. '1
saw Ripple laying in the first comer in the second moto, so I just tried to take the smooth lines
and not make any mistakes."
The 125ee B action was controlled by Jeff
Moore, who pu lled both holeshots and racked
up big leads for thel-t victory. Todd Flicken ger
and [assen Snodgrass kept Moore honest in both
motos .
Moore railed the firs t mo to holesho t with
Snodgra ss , Bryan Ripple, Carey We st a nd
Flicke nger in formatio n. Co mp leting the first
lap, Moore ha d establishe d a big lead . Ripple
was into seco nd a nd Snodgrass had moved to
thi rd . Mark Edwa rds was u p to fourth.
Snodg ra ss th re w it away in a tight corner,
p utting him out of the top five. Moore conti nued
to set the pace out front, bu t the fastest rider on
the track was Travis Toll. Toll had a terrible start
and was playing catch-up. At the checkers it was
Moo re, Toll in second after slicing th rou gh the
pack, and Flickenger and Edwards side by side
a t the finish line for third and fourth, respecti vely.
Moore controlled the second-mote start with
Flicke ager second, Snodgrass third Edwards
fourth, and Toll aga in forced to catch up after
cras hing ea rly on the first lap . MCH>re continued
to set the pace out front with Flickenge r holding
off Hoffman until the fourth lap when Hoffman
used an outside line 10 pa ss Flickenger for second. Hoffman set afte r Moore. with Toll back up
to seventh on the fourth circuit. At the finish,
Moore took the win wi th Hoffman on his rear
fender for second, F1ickenger good for third and
Richard Lowe fourth.
Res ults
50 AlIT O (<4-8): l. Grddy )C rle; 2. 8r.d Ripple; 3. Br.d
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Wma. 4. Sh.-wn Cl.t.rk; 5. J-.l SUl kos.
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125 C: 1. Jorl Ford; 2. A.I. Hall; 3. Mitch TI!M!'and; 4. Darwin
u.lIoy; ,. lady <:oop...
40+: 1. Bob iLah.ard; 2. Dmnis Harland; 3. Harry Lew ~; 4.
Rogn' Swartout; 5. lim C r.. ves, '
30+ A: 1. Lury Wit inn'; 2. Brian Stough ton.
125 B: 1. Jef Moo~ 2. Todd F1ickerlger; 3. Rich.lrd Wwe; 4.
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MMk Edwards; 5. Travil Toll
H/W A: 1. Rod M.iInN1l; 2. ~ ThxnpIon; 3. Jdf M.l y; 4.
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