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Rex Fisher gets some air on th e way to
the Expert-elass win at the IT seasonopener In Castle R.ock. Washington.
Fisher catches Castle
RockTT win
By Clay Lig ht
CASTLE ROCK, WA, MAY10
Or egon ' s Rex Fisher, the n at ion a l nu m ber-12
plat e h olde r, flew to a win in the Expert mai n
even t at the season-opening round of the Northwest IT season at the Castle Rock Clubgrcunds.
No r ma lly, th e w eath e r in Washin gt on
doe sn 't allow m u ch racing to occu r until late
June. Luckily, the rain held off lon g eno ugh to
showcase several imp ressive perform ances, such
as a Del Schnitzer I Fisher swa pfest for the lead
in th e first of tw o Exp ert qu alifi ers. Sch nitzer
scored the win . Heat tw o wen t to national num ber 55 Troy Rose, ed ging Chri s Fitzhugh .
In the 12-rider, 20-lap Expe rt final, pole-sitter
Schnitzer took immed iate contro l at the unl eash in g, followed by Fish e r, Rose, Fitzhu gh a nd
Ryan And erson. Schnitzer's Rotax expired a t the
end o f a lap, ha nding Fisher a lead he would
neve r relinqu ish,
Th e battl e for second, tho u gh , w ou ld ra ge
unti l the final lap betw een Rose, Ron Waters an d
And er son. Wa ters, who ' wa s deb ut ing hi s new
national num bcr-30 plates to his hometown fans,
got the d rive to nab Rose for second, his best finish in th e past se vera l yea rs, w h ile Ros e sa lvoged a third ahead of Anderson and Fitzhugh.
Equa lly as im p ress ive w as Na tiona l 80cc
Champion [ak e Holden, wh o wa lked awa y with
the 80cc A mai n ahead of Kurt Hawk, then came
back to win the 250cc DTX class, edging Ha wk
and Eric Beer s.
Tod d Hagmann led the Pro-Am class sta rtto-finish to continue his domination of the class.
Secon d to Hagmann was Josh Currey, followed
by Fra nk Marker, Beau Brown and Mar k Stu debaker.
Results
EX: I. Rt> Fishe r (Rb); 2. Ron Wa ters (Rtx ); 3. Troy Ro se
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(Rtx ); 4. Ry an Anderson (Rbl); 5. Chris Fitzhu gh (yam) .
PRO-A M : 1. Todd Ha gma nn (Rbl ); 2. Jos h C urrey (Rtx); 3.
Frank Marker [Rtx]; 4. Beau Brown (Hon) ; 5. Mark Stu debaker
(Han).
40+ : 1. D an Ki rk (Hon) ; 2. Allen Morin vi1le (Rbl ); 3 . Dave
Ml1h lf'r (H an ).
~ A: 1. Eric Bt-t>T!I (Hon ); 2. joe Lena (Hon); 3. Pete Medcalf
(K llw ).
125/ RO DTX: 1. Ch ris Wa itt' (Hon); 2. Scooter vernon (Hon);
3. Ky le Bunn (Kaw).
RO A: I. Jdke Holden (H lln ); 2. Ku rt H awk (Suz); 3. Scoo te r
Vern on (H on ).
flO B: 1. An thtmy Ka ut z (Hun); l. Sean Ligh t (Suz); 3. [acob
Currey (H on).
;0 JR; 1. Brent Schn itzer; 2.lurdan 51.C"..,nnaine .
50 MO D: 1. Mar k Stud..bakl"1' 2. Am a nJ olKautz.
;
30+: 1. Kenny McCann (Yam ).
VINT SGL : 1. Ga rry Ro llt>t(Suz).
VIl\'T TW : 1. Do ug r ht'lps (Tri).
bo: 1. Ma rk Stu debaker (Kaw).
Moody mighty at
Daniel's Ridge Motocross
By Mark Walker
TAYLORSvllLE, NC.MAY 11
Michael Mood y led the 125cc D class from the
dro p of the gate to the check ered flag at the new
Daniel's Rid ge Supercross track in Taylo rsville,
North Carolina.
At only his second Daniel' s Ridge race of the
se aso n th e you ng ri d er showed p romise o f
becoming a futu re top rid er. Mood y was chal lenged very little and sho wed grea t poise to pull
away and han g on for hi s second con secu tive
win.
The most exciting rid er of the d ay was th e
youngs ter Joey Garn es in the Senio r and SUpE'T
Mini classes. Joey took th e checke red flag in
both classes with the spee d an d agg ression of a
Pro-class rider. He's sma ll in statu re and weigh t
but rides big, very big. This young man is very
soft- spoken, well -m annered an d b less ed w ith
tons of talent. This could be the making of this
sport 's futu re top gun on and off th e supercross
circu it.
Results
z.
P/ W: 1. Devon Groover (Yam); Ch ri!l Lin F;l (KTM ).
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50: 1. Johnny C hurch.
JR MIN I: 1. Willy Bake r (Ka w ); 2. JO!' Foust (Suz); 3 . Du sti n
h
Sm ith (ya m) ; 4. Jamt'!! Frank ie (Yam) .
SR MI N I: 1. Joey Garnt'S (Suz ); 2. Ma tt Blevi ns (H on); 3. Bran d on Wrigh t (Yam) .
51MINI : 1. joe y Camil"!> (Stu); 2 Man BIt'Vin.~ (H on); J . Bran don Wright (Yam) .
60: 1. Domny H ickmiln (Hun); 2. Dustin H ickm an (Yam).
SCI·IBY 1. John Pnwl'1
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125 C : 1. Ad am Wa wn> (H un ); 2. Jaso n Libera (yam); 3. Ch ad
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