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at Ocala Motocross
By Kyle Mye rs
OCALA. FL. OCT. 17
Chris Manning and Mike Amed eo posted wins
at the fourth round of the AMA /Wor ld sp or ts
Florida Go ld Cup Se rie s at the Florida
Motorsports Com plex . Manning topped the If>24 class wh ile Amedeo was the man to beat in
the 500cc B/C class.
Wh en the I f>-24 class left the line, Willia m
Batso n ju mpe d ou t to the early lead as Chris
Mann ing. Jeff Neilander , Gary Allred and David
Wincoll gave chase . Allred slipped by Neilander
in th e second tu m while Manning took the lea d
from Batson on the finish line tabletop. Manning
quickly added to his lead as Batson mad e a mistake and let Allred and Neilander by. Neilander
then pa ssed Allred on the tabletop. Manning
held on for the moto win over Ne ilander, Allred ,
Batson and Wincott .
In the se cond mot o, Ma nn in g shot to the
fron t of the pac k as Batso n, Allred, Ne ilande r
and Rob Tomlinson dodged his roost. Manning
pu lled away fro m the res t of th e field while
Batso n tried to ho ld off Allred an d Neila n der.
Ba tson fe lt the p ressu re and bogged d own in a
mud ho le as Allred , NeiIan de r, Tomlinson and
Wincoll cruised by. Manni ng took the second
mo to a nd ov e ra ll ahead of Allred, Neilande r,
Tom linso n and Wincott.
Ho nda- moun ted Armando Carrasquillo won
the flrst500cc B/ C molo just ahead of Amedee,
Rob Ramon, John Ashbell and Roy Dean .
Amedeo had enough of Ca rra sq uillo's roost
in the first moto as he ripped the ho lesh ot to
sta rt th e seco nd moto C a rras q u illo. Ramon,
Dean and Ashbell followed. Amedee crossed the
finish line to take the mot o and ov erall victory .
Ramon, Carrasquillo, Dean and Ashbe ll rounded out the top five places.
Resul ts
P /W: 1. Told Mondf'11 (y.lm); 2. Justin Holstein (y<1m): J .
Wood (y.l m) ; 4. Ky~ WiUi.lms (y.&m
);5. J~ff Moon- (YMn) .
65: I . '.mes Skwert (K.lw) ; 2. Qlaz Norttwy (lUw ); 3 . o.rrrn
Fort in (lC.lw) ; • . }nnny McDow (I<.lIw); 5. J"~ Bell (kAw).
&5 (7.11): I. Kyw F..reell (Y..m ); 2. A,lron r n' kins (Su z:); 3.
r.ul RriU t (Suz); 4. Oinl SIwoaly(K.tw ); S. [),un-n Fortin (Suz).
85 (12-13): 1. la800 Thomu (KAw); 2. Jmom,. Sh utthorth
(Y.m); J . And m 80 10n i (Suz ); 4. Jon 80 w mr n (Y",m) ; S. ltI y
tUn:wn (K.Iw ).
8S (14-1S): 1. JlIrmt Tir p lns (Suz ); 2. Adlm R.1k (K.lw ); 3.
r
Ronnie ~ (Yam);