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Mike Jones (47) won t he 12S and 2S0cc
Pro classes during the Sunday round of
t he Ac tio n Sp o rt s I nd o or Mo tocross
Series In Lou isville, Kentucky. .
lems to pass Buehl and tak e ove r the lead. Jim
Neese, jones and DeHoo p were chased by Chad
Lough and Childress. Lough fell in the tum after
the finish line triple at the end of lap one, falling
to the back of the field. Rand quickly opened up
a three-second lead as jones and Bueh l fought for
second. jones made a rriistake on the third lap ,
d ropping to fourth. Buehl's time in second was
short-li ved as he fell in the tum following the
gra nd sta nd tr ipl e on lap fou r. Rand, Neese,
jones, DeHoop and Bueh l filled the top five spots
as the race reached the halfway poin t. Rand held
on to a four-second lead as jones battled Neese
for second. Rand ran into trouble when he go t a
nasty kick at the end of the whoops, making him
sta ll in the next tum. Neese took over th e lead
bu t jones cut h im off in the tum after the finishline triple to take the lead away from him Rand
held on to third ahead of Del-loop, Buehl and
Childress. Ne ese went down har d over the finish line tripl e ending h is outsta nding ride . Childress tried to ca tch Buehl, but a mi stake in a
tum let him get away. Jones wen t on to the win
ahead of Rand, OcHoop , Buehl and Child ress.
Jones scores two at
Freedom Hall Motocross
By David L. Patton, Jr
WUlSVILLE, KY, DEC. 18-19
Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky hosted
rounds four and five of the Action Sports Ind oor
Motocross Series, and Feroce Sports wea r/Bentley Cycles/FMF rider Mike jones won the 125cc
an d 250cc mai n on Sunday. becomi ng th e firs t
ri de r in the se ries to w in both classes on th e
same day. Todd DeH oop an d Cha d Ped erson
also added to their win totals, clai m ing Sa tu rday's 125 and 250cc mains, respectively.
jones had a disapp ointing day on Saturday,
but he was ready to go for Sunday's 125ccaction.
jones ripped into the lead at the start and ran off
with the win . jeromy Buehl went down in the
firs t tum, taking Steve Childress w ith him.
Shan e Lawson chased jones as DeHoo p held off
Pederson. DeHoop passed Lawson on the fourth
lap, and the top thr ee spots were set. Pederson
and Greg Rand had a grea t battl e for fourth with
Ped erson able to hold off Rand for the positio n.
Before the 250cc main, the top riders all felt
the holesh ot was the key to a win and no one let
off going into the first tum. Buehl and Pederso n
shar ed the bes t start, but Pederson got knocked
off the track. Rand took ad vantage of their prob-
Results
Satu rda y
.50: 1. W illy Bro wn ing (Yam); 2. Justi n SiJX'S (llj); 3. Chris Whitcraft (Yam); 4. Chri.'ltop her Robertson(Yam) ; 5. Ky le Tee! (yam ).
65: 1. Jeff G ibso n (Kaw ); 2. Davi d Wh itcr aft (Ka w ); 3 . Ch ris
Wh itcra ft (Kaw) ; 4. Ryan Sipes (Kaw ); 5. Willy Browning (Kaw ).
80 (7-11): I, JeffGib so n (Ka w); 2. Paul Karle (Kaw ); 3. Ritch ey
Moore (Ka w); 4. David W hitcra ft (Yam ); 5. Ben Riddle (Kaw).
80 (12 -13) : I. Je ffrey Ry an (Ka w ); 2. Ja so n Reic h (Yam); 3 .
C h ad Ryan (Yam); 4. Ni ck Wal sh (H o n ); 5 . Do u gla s Huston
(H o n ).
;
80 (14-15): I. Mark Burkh