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;M oroeRasS AMAIDirt Shirts Fall Classic MX Series: Round 3 course in reverse. The faces of the jumps were rounded off in the interest of safety, and no injuries were reported. "I think I like the track backwards better," said Ferry. "But maybe that's because I've never ridden it forwards!" Ferry's luck on the backwards course slarted off badly, as his ignition misfired just after the start of the first 125Cc Pro moto. Ferry started outside of the top 20 and spent the entire race trying to work up through the field. At the other end of the pack, DeHoop ran out front and battled with holeshot artist Jeff Glass. Carsten was mired midpack after a poor start. "They were supposed to do the start just like they do at the Nationals," said Carsten. "The gate is supposed to fall five to 10 seconds after they turn the card sideways, but it fell in about two seconds. Everybody was caught off guard, myself included." ' Carsten smoked into third by the 20- ' minute mark with Ferry hot on his heels, while DeHoop continued to lead with Plotts hot on his tail. In the closing stages of the race, De Hoop he ld a five-second lead over (Top) Barry Carsten (46) led Chad Lough (81), Steve Childress (82) and David Hand (74) at the start of the opening 250cdOpen moto. By Davey Coombs MT. MORRIS, PA, OCT. 10 ich ig a n ' s Todd DeHoop and Floridian Timmy Ferry -made their trips to High Point Raceway in southwestern Pennsylvania payoff as ea ch took home a Pro class win at the third round of the inaugural AMA Dirt Shirts Fall Classic MX Series. DeHoop topped the 125cc Pro class with a 2-1 score, while Ferry reeled off 'a pair of moto wins in the 250cc/Open Pro class. Damien Plolls and 125cc seriespoints leader Barry Carsten followed DeHoop home in the 125cc class, while Ferry was trailed by DeHoop and local hero Steve Childress in the 250cc division . The High Point facility has hosted National Championship rounds since 1977, but only once - in 1978 - has the course been run backwards. In order to add a different twist to the fall series, however, organizers decided to run the M 14 (Above left) Tim Ferry sailed to the win in the 250cdOpen class by sweeping both motes. (Above right> Todd DeHoop and his wife celebrated his 12Sce class win. (Right> Jeff Glass was the holeshot king in the 12Scc class. plotts, but his luck would tum for the worse. "About four laps from the end, I caught a deep rut in an off-eamber tum and smashed my pipe completely," said DeHoop. After that Plotts reeled me in and got by. I couldn't stay with him on the uphills." Plotts scored the win with a five-second lead over Del-loop, while Carsten finished third a few seconds back. Ferry was fourth. The second moto saw another Glass holeshot. "I could see the starter's hat poking up from the box," said Glass. "Everytime he dropped the gate, his hat would bob down. If he had faked me, I would have been right through the gate." Ferry pulled off early in the race after his ignition problems escalated, but DeHoop was on fire as he motored past Glass and into the lead . Plotts and Carsten motored into second and third, respectively, but things changed suddenly at the 20-rninute mark.