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ARENACROSS . PJ1SuperArenacross Series ยท Round 10:Riverfront Coliseum Jones battle it out for the second spot. F&S Suzuki's Davey Yezek was working his way u p from a mid pack start, trying to make so me time on the leaders but havin g to contend with riders like Char- . lie Duna way, Brad Woolsey andA tkins, who was in the fifth position . Yezek's persiste nce would eventually get him by Atkins, Dun aw ay and Woolsey, but he w ou ld adva nce n o fu rt he r. Bu ehl walked aw ay with the win followed by Del-loop, Jones and Gaddis. "I felt rea lly goo d out there," Buehl said . " I 'm glad to take the win." , The 25 0cc m a in eve n t ge ne ra te d excitement for the crow d right from the snap of the ga te. DeH oop grabbed the holeshot and head ed down through the sand t rap and in to the w hoop s with Gad d is, Jim Chester, Grayso n Goodman and Jones constitu ting the front-runners . DeH oop ' s luck ran ou t at that point as he violently crashed at the end of the section. "I came aroun d the comer, ope ned it up through the wh oops, and (was) try- (Left) Mike Jo nes returned Irom Europe and scored a hard -e a rn e d victory I n Fr iday 's 250cc m a in event at the Cincinnati Super Arenacross. (Below) Jeromy Buehl (2) was . unstoppable In the 125cc ranks, posting a clean sweep 01 the class over the weekend. By Deb and Steve Middlesworth CINCINNATI, OH, FEB. 16-1 7 or ga n Racing / Fe ro cebacked Mike Jon es retu rned from racing in Europe and interrupted th e. do m ina tion b y Team Green / Thor / TUF Racin g rid ers Jimmy Gaddis an d Jerom y Buehl of the PJ1 Supe r A re nacross Se ri es w hen ro u nd 10 came to Cincin na ti's Riverfront Coliseum. Whil e Bueh l swept the 125cc main eve n ts at th e MSR / Answer /KBC Helmets-spon sored aren across o n bo th nights, Jo nes cla im ed Friday' s 250cc main ev en t, m aking life m iserable for Satu rday's 250cc w inn er Gadd is, w ho canno t afford to give much gro u nd on the some times-unpre dictable and often hard-charg in g Bu ehl in th e cha m pi onship po ints chase. In fact, Jones was th e high-p oints recipient with a win , two runner-up fin ishes an d a th ird place, sh utting down the 1-2 punch so typical of the Team Green teammates in the series. Jon es r ace d m o st o f th e weekend with a tw eaked nec k after going ov er the handlebars at the end of the whoop sec tion while trying to catch Buehl on the last lap of the "Dash for Cash." He was kn ocked u nco nscious and carried off on a stretcher, bu t he returned to the line 15 min ut es later for his 125cc qualifier. "I was really happy to win the 250cc m ain, and I think every one was su r- M pr ised to see I go t up for it after being knock ed out," Jones said. Pro moter Mike Kidd added a new tw ist to the obsta cles on th e track thi s we ekend . A deep sand trap abou t 50 feet lo ng wa s ad ded in befo re th e whoop section. "It's di fferent," said F&SSuzu ki rider Todd DeH oop. "It makes you go a little squirrelly before the wh oops, so it slow s you down a bit and throws a new aspect into the racing." FRIDA Y Buehl would took charge early in the 125cc main eve nt with Gaddis in close pursu it ahea d of DeH oop, And y Atkins, and Jon es, all o f wh om stayed within striking d istance of the leaders. Buehl a nd Gad di s swapped th e lead w hile Jones worked his way past Atkins. Gaddi s was h angin g w ith Buehl u ntil he crashed in the horseshoe tum, allowi ng DeHoop and Jones to slip aro und . " I jus t go t cross-rutted th ere in the tum and fell down," Gad dis said . "I lost a couple of places but still got back up to fourth ." Buehl had now pulled a command ing lea d and wa s letting DeHoop and ing to clea r the last big one," DeH oop said. "( I) just didn't ge t enough drive and wen t into the face and over the hand lebars ." Gadd is and most of the pack escaped to the inside, bu t Buehl op ted to leave knob b y track s d o wn th e s id e o f DeHoop's riderless RM. "I d id n' t know w ho it w as," Buehl said . "I coul dn't d o anythi ng, so I just pulled a wheelie and we nt over his bike. I tried to pick someplace I wouldn't get caught u p in it, bu t there wasn't mu ch I could do ." Gadd is now had Jones hounding