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EVENTS
Hamilton hot at Florida
Motocross series
By Kyle Myers
(Left) Travis Spann (21) and Charley
Bogard (10) were the top Intermediates at
the Ponca City Area Qualifier at Burleson
MX Park In Texas . (Above) sean Colller (63)
battled Gerard Patin (78) before going on to
sweep both motos in the 60cc (9-11) class
at the Gorman MX.
Spann, Bogard rule
Burleson Motocross
By Kat Spann
events before heading back sout h for round four
of the Texas Series the lollowing day.
Smith topped both the 60cc Mod ified (6- 11)
and 60cc Stock (9-11) events, but lost the battle
with Robby Shinn in th e 80cc Stock (0-11) and
finished seco n d . Sh inn, on the other hand ,
claimed the win in the 80cc Modified (o-l1 l class
as well.
The Novice classes were very compe titive as
Oay Reed grabbed both 250cc Novi ce and Mod ified wins, while Matt Minyard was the top gu y
in the 12SccStock and Modified races.
Jesse Simmons chased Clay Reed to the flag in
both second molos 01 the 250cc Stock and ·Modified Novice classes. Shane Squires and Cod y Dickey traded Pee Wee class wins, with Squires taking
c
bot h mo to wins in the SOc Stock class, wh ile
Dickey raced to the 50cc Modified class win.
Results
50 STK: 1. Sha ne Squ ires (KTM); 2 . C .T. D ick e y (Ya m) ; 3.
BURLESON,TX, MAY13
Travis Spann was the only rid er that prevented
Charley Boga rd from a lQ:mo to sweep du ring
t he fi rst N MA Po nca C ity Area Qualifier in
Texas, a t Bu rleson MX Park.
Bogard finis hed up with perfect aces in four
of his five entered classes that included the 12Scc
Stock and Modified Intermediate, 12Scc School boy and 250cc Stock and Modified Intermediate
classes. .
Spann holes hot all four motos of the 250cc
Stock and Modified Intermediate events, lorci ng
Bogard to pass lor the lead in his debut ride on
his Suzuki RM25O.
Th e second 250cc Modified Intermediate
moto sa w Bogard take a soil sample in the first
tum and come back to challenge Spann lor the
lead on lap lour. When Bogard blasted through
the wh oo ps he barely edged in front 01 Spann
wht.~ his back end washed out not 10 feet after
the pass, Bogar d flipped through the air in one
direction, while his bike went th e o ther.
'1 knew Charley wa s goin g to bit e it; sa id
Spann. "His back end was flopping every wh ich
way when he passed me .
"I thought it wa s the last lap," sai d Bogard.
"'That's wh y I w ent for it because there were
onl y two turns left to the finis h line-"
Spa nn 's 2-1 fini sh awarded him the overall
win, while a 2-2 in the Stock class gave him secon d overall behind Bogard. who was u nstop pab le in the 125cc events.
Ryan Wallace took the top spot in the Super
Mini races wi th a pair of firs t-p lace sco res , in
addition to battle wit h Ma rk Thom ps on for the
overall in the 80cc Stock (14-16) class .
Thom ps on holeshot and led from sta rt to fmish in moto one of the (14-16) class; while Wallace came from third to first in th ree laps to win
th e sl.'Co nd go arou nd and the overall.
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Wallace was able to keep Thom pson behind
him in both motos of the Super Mini event lor
the top score 01 the day, bu t it was Thompson
w ho claimed the 14-16 Modifi ed ou ting wi th a
I-I tally.
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C harlie Sm it h tra vel ed all th e way Iro m
Houston to a ttend the openi ng ro u nd o f the
Ponca Gty Qu alifiers, winning two 01 his thr ee
H
Andrrw JansinJ; (Yam); 4. Mlchello Mart' lla (KTM); 5. Mic hae l
Prit chl1t (KTM).
50 MOD: 1. Cody Dickey (Ya m) ; 2. Sha ne Sq u iro (Ya m) ; 3.
Andn-w ja nsing (Yam); 4. Michael Pritchett {Ydm); 5. It"fTOd Burnap
(Yam) .
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60S'll< (6-8) : 1. Cooy Okkey O<.1w).
60 MOD (6- 1 1): 1. C h arli e Sm it h (Ka w) ; 2 . 8rad ll'y You n,;
3. Tommy G u nninK (ICdw); 4. Kris ti M~ (Ka w ); S. Erica
Cook oc.w).
60 STK (9-t1): 1. CharfiEo Smith (kIw); 2. Zane GT'ft'n (K.1w ); 3.
Tommy Gunning (Kaw); 4. Br.sdleyYoung O