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der improved his perfomance later with strong wins in both Unlimited Supersport and Superbike. Solidly in the lead in Unlimited GP with two laps to go, Alexander tried to improve on the 1:18s he had been running, scraped the cases in tum 11 and crashed. Wood was likewise struggling, his main problem being spongy brakes on his Kawasaki ZX7 Superbike. Having beaten Alexander, Sweeney now took on Wood in Heavyweight Superbike. Sweeney moved up from third, passed Wood on the brakes going into turn three, instantly pulled out a three-second lead, and won going away, getting down to a rugh 1:16 on a damp track. Sweeney capped rus weekend by also beating Wood's father Jerry in Heavyweight Supertwins. Later in Unlimited GP, Eric Wood held off an on-the-gas Buck Miller to win after Alexander crashed ou t. Certainly the most spirited race of the weekend was Middleweight GP, featuring a long duel between defending champion Peter lllich and Jim Lester. The two were side-by-side for much of the last five laps of the race, Lester having a power advantage and lllich regaining ground on the brakes. Illich was planning a last-lap stuff pass in tum 10. He did not have to play his ace because a rain shower moved in and Lester crashed on the last lap in the slick pavement on the inside of tum six. But then nlich crashed on the last tum. The race was red-flagged, and Lester got the win because he was leading the previous lap. ~ Results UIL S/SPRT EX: 1. Richard Alexander Jr. (Suz); 2. Charles Miller (Suz); 3. Brian Kent (Suz); 4. Seth Hahn (Suz). UIL S/SPRT JR: 1. Aristareo Azeona (Kaw); 2. Richard Audet (Suz); 3. Cesar Loaiza (Hon). HIW S/SPRT EX: 1. Brett Metzger (Suz); 2. Richard Alexander Jr. (Suz); 3. Noel Brown (Suz); 4. Seth Hahn (Suz); 5. Brian Kent (Suz). HIW S/SPRT JR: 1. John Salemi (Kaw); 2. Herbert Zaroogian (Kaw); 3. Brent Campbell (Hon); 4. Enzo Assainte (Hon); 5. Tim Watkins (Hon). HIW S/SPRT AM: 1. Carmine DiPietrantoni (Kaw); 2. Pat Denise (Due); 3. Fred Stucky (Due); 4. Jeffrey Murphy (Suz); 5. Gerald Provencher (Hon). MIW S/SPRT EX: 1. Eric Wood (Kaw); 2. Chris Cummings (Hon); 3. Michael Calderon (Hon); 4. Scott Greenwood (Hon); 5. Craig Babcock (Hon). MIW S/SPRT JR: 1. John Salemi (Kaw); 2. Tony lannareJli (Hon); 3. Brent Campbell (Hon); 4.]ason Holmes (Hon); 5. Tim Watkins (Hon). MIW S/SPRT AM: 1. Glen Goldman (Hon); 2. Halvor Foss (Hon); 3. Dean Scarpa (Hon); 4. Eoin Smith (Hon); 5. Gerald Provencher (Hon). LIW S/SPRT EX: 1. Michael Vaughan (Yam); 2. Brett Guyer (Yam); 3. Kenneth Hunter (Yam); 4. Michael Campbell (Yam); 5. Tom Rolfe (Yam). LIW S1SPRT JR: 1. Brian Gregory (Hon); 2. Sung Ho Kim (Yam); 3. Robert Dages (Hon); 4. Bob Galli (Yam); 5. Alice King (Yam). LIW S/SPRT AM: 1. Scott Barley (Kaw); 2. Vahan Buchakjian (Yam); 3. Chris Arbor (Kaw); 4. William Berry (Yam); 5. Brian Dutra (Yam). MIW PROD AM: 1. John Repke (Hon); 2. E.douard Sandoz (Hon); 3. Daniel Bergeron (Kaw); 4. John Dalzell (Hon); 5. Matt Roop (Hon). LIW PROD AM: 1. Marc Cardullo (Kaw); 2. Brian Dutra (Yam); 3. William Huntley (Yam); 4. Kendell Edwards (Kaw); 5. Sean Bates (Suz). UIL SIBK EX: 1. Richard Alexander Jr. (Suz); 2. Charles Small Jr. (Kaw); 3. Robert Kessell (Kaw); 4. Ben Denise (Due); 5. Richard Doucette (Hon). UIL SIBK JR: 1. Aristareo Azeona (Kaw); 2. Charles Johnston (Suz). H/W S/BK EX: 1. Sean Sweeney (Due); 2. Eric Wood (Kaw); 3. Charles Small Jr. (Kaw); 4. Brett Metzger (Suz); 5. Brian Kent (Suz). HIW SIBK JR: 1. Aristareo Azeona (Kaw); 2. Herbert Zaroogian (Kaw); 3. Joe Henriques (Kaw); 4. Jason Holmes (Hon). HIW SIBK AM: 1. Joseph Deagazio (Kaw); 2. Brad Hutter (Hon); 3. Brian Demma (Hon); 4. James Giaeovelli (Hon); 5. Dennis Sandrock (Kaw). MIW SlBK EX: 1. Scott Greenwood (Hon); 2. De. Conboy (H.on); 3. Michael Calderon (Hon); 4. Chris Cummings (Hon); 5. Jeffrey Curtis (Kaw). MIW SIBK JR: 1. Tony lannarelli (Hon); 2. John Salemi (Kaw); 3. Jason Holmes (Hon); 4. Matthew Shearer (Hon); 5. Chris Desimone (Hon). M/W S/BK AM: 1. Glen Goldman (Hon (Yam); 2. Daniel Meenan (Hon); 3. Gil Goldstein (Hon); 4. Tony DiMartino (Hon); 5. Peter Douvris (Hon). l/W S/BK EX: 1. John Donald (Yam); 2. Michael Campbell (Yam); 3. Dan Gagliarde Jr. (Yam); 4. Philip DiGregorio (Yam); 5. Kenneth Hunter (Yam). l/W SIBK JR: 1. John Kabacinski (Yam); 2. Brian Gregory (Hon); 3. Bob Galli (Yam); 4. David Deshaies (Kaw); 5. Chris Reinhardt (Hon). l/W S/BK AM: 1. Shawn Spear (Yam); 2. lee Maserian (Hon); 3. Vahan Buehakjian (Yam); 4. Jay Puig (Yam); 5. Michael Cammarota (Kaw). UIL GP EX: 1. Eric Wood (Kaw); 2. Charles Small Jr. (Kaw); 3. Charles Miller (Suz); 4. Seth Hahn (Suz); 5. Robert Kessell (Kaw). . UIL GP JR; I. Aristaroo Azcona (Kaw); 2. Chris Desimone (Due); 3. Murphy Anderson (Yam); 4. Joe Henriques (Kaw); 5. Cesar Loaiza (Hon). M/W GP EX: 1. Jim Lester (Hon); 2. Peter lIIich (Hon); 3. Chris Cummings (Hon); 4. Des Conboy (Hon); 5. Jeffrey Curtis (Kaw). . MIW GP JR: I. Tim Watkins (Hon); 2. Chris Desimone (Hon); 3. Scott Schank (Hon); 4. Murphy Anderson (Yam); 5. Michael Clark (Hon). l/W GP EX: 1. Freddy Maruca (Yam); 2. Thomas Di ardo (Yam); 3. Jerry Wood (Due); 4. Chris Reynolds (Yam); 5. TimOlhy O'Connor (Yam). l/W GP JR: 1. Michael Clark (Hon); 2. David Kilcullen (Yam); 3. Murphy Anderson (Yam). LIW GP AM: 1. Vahan Buchakjian (Yam); 2. Kendell Edwards (Kaw); 3. Charles Sandoz (Suz); 4. Jeremy Smith (Yam); 5. Matthew DiGiorgi (Yam). SPTSM EX: 1. Nathan Sanel (Yam); 2. Mark Smith (W-R); 3. Victor landau (Yam); 4. Jeff Wood (Kaw); 5. Jeffrey Haynes (Due). SPTSMN JR: 1. David Deshaies (Kaw); 2. Luca Bettini (Kaw); 3. Greg Shepard (Kaw); 4. Stephen Johnson (Hon); 5. David Sargent (Kaw). SPTSMN AM: 1. Shane Gonyea (Kaw); 2. Lee Maserian (Kaw); 3. Michael Cammarota (Kaw); 4. Kendell Edwards (Kaw); 5. Jeremy Smith (Yam). MIW PROD TW EX: 1. Buzz Povall (Kaw); 2. Daniel Frisbie (Kaw); 3. Terry Baron (Kaw); 4. William Martovieh (Kaw); 5. Michael Curry (Kaw). M/W PROD TW JR: 1. Greg Shepard (Kaw); 2. Shawn Wray (Kaw); 3. Joseph Rickard (Kaw). MIW PROD TW AM: 1. Chris Arbor (Kaw); 2. Tad Takeda (5uz); 3. Robert Benoit (Suz); 4. Debert Kurmanon (Kaw). UIL SGL EX: 1. Jerry Wood (Due); 2. Nathan Sanel (Yam); 3. Victor Landau (Yam); 4. Mark Smith (W-R); 5. Robert Gordon (Yam). UIL SGl AM: 1. Scott Lilliott (Hon). HIW SITW EX: 1. Sean Sweeney (Due); 2. Jerry Wood (Due); 3. Ben Denise (Due); 4. Paul Giandinoto (Due); 5. Chad Healy (Hon). HIW SITW JR: 1. Jeff Robinson (Due); 2. Roger Binkerd (Due); 3. Keith Daigle (Due); 4. Russ Daneho (Due); 5. Raymond Swenton (Due). HIW SITW AM: 1. Dean Scarpa (Due); 2. Shane Gonyea (Kaw); 3. Michael Delage (Due); 4. Pat Denise (Due); 5. Hector Sanchez (Due). UW SITW EX: 1. Daniel Frisbie (Due); 2. Douglas Cook (BCD-Due); 3. Chad Healy (Hon); 4. John Aksel (Due); 5. Bob Robbins (Due). lIW S/TW JR: 1. Jeff Robinson (Due); 2. Keith Daigle (Hon); 3. John Kabacinski (Kaw); 4. Joseph Rickard (Kaw); 5. Steve Courant (Kaw). l/W SITW AM: 1. Lee Maserian (Hon); 2. Scott Barley (Kaw); 3. Shane Gonyea (Kaw); 4. Zachary Hewson (Due); 5. Rich Barger (Due). SOLO GTO EX: 1. Richard Alexander Jr. (Suz); 2. Sean Sweeney (Due); 3. Brett Metzger (Suz); 4. David Fett (Kaw); 5. Steve Arsenault (Suz). SOLO GTO JR: 1. Anstareo Azoona (Kaw); 2. Tony lannarelli (Hon); 3. Joe Henriques (Kaw); 4. Walter Gasiorek (Kaw); 5. Charles Johnston (5uz). . SOLO GTO AM: 1. Pat Denise (Due); 2. Jeffrey Murphy (Suz); 3. Carlos Costa (Kaw); 4. Fred Stucky (Due); 5. Gregory O'Connor (Suz). SOLO GTU EX: J. Peter lIIieh (Hon); 2. Jim Lester (Hon); 3. Eric Wood (Kaw); 4. Des Conboy (Hon); 5. Jeffrey Curtis (Kaw). SOLO GTU JR: 1. John Salemi (Kaw); 2. Brent Campbell (Hon); 3. Tim Watkins (Hon); 4. Mitsu Koshima (Yam); 5. Benjamin Krygier (Hon). SOLO GTU AM: 1. Dean Scarpa (Hon); 2. Damon Petrie (Hon); 3. Guy Rousseau (Kaw); 4. Gerald Provencher (Hon); 5. Tony DiMartino (Hon). Jake Holden won the 80Cc A main and finished second in the 250cc A main at the Castle Rock IT In Washington. Pearson peerless at Danny Hamel Hare and Hound By J.C. Martinez Vernon Victorious at Castle Rock IT By Clay Light CASTLE ROCK, WA, JUNE 21 ATK-mounted Christian Vernon, a second-year Pro-Am rider at 16, continued his gradual rise to the top of the Pro-Am ranks in the Pacific Northwest by posting an impressive win at the Castle Rock C1ubgrounds TT. It came as something of a surprise that Vernon knocked off current dass dominalor Todd Hagmann. Vernon led start-to-finish with Hagmann coming in second ahead of a three·way swapfest for third among Dean Autry, Idaho's Steve Arndt and Frank Marker, who finished in that order. J.P. Simonsen and Charlie Brown gave the hometown crowd something to cheer about after taking heat-race wins in the Expert class. Simonsen grabbed the lead at the start of the Expert main event and had little breathing room as Dan Stanley was right on his TeaT wheel. StanJey nabbed Simonsen, and Simonsen then fell victim to Oregon's Rex Fisher, the fastest rider through traffic. fisher reeled in Stanley but fell short at the linish. Simonsen netted third ahead of Ron Waters, Speedy Kell, Ryan Anderson and Eli Price. Kurt Hawk currently enjoys one of the longest win streaks in the orthwest. Hawk's win streak continued alter walloping the 12rider 125cc A main. Second went to current points leader Nick McBride, who edged Dean Traxler and class newcomer Sean Light, who came from last to fourth ahead of Kawasaki rider Brad Smith. Nick Sellers scored his biggest win 01 the seaon alter a strong showing in the 60cc A main. Kevin Bunger and Michael Rochester hounded Sellers the entire way, but each time would fall short. Results EX: 1. Dan SQnley (Ru); 2. Rex Fisher (Rbc); 3. J.P. Simonsen (Hon); 4. Ron Waters (Rbi); 5. Speedy Kell (Rbc). PRO-AM: 1. Chnshan Vemon (ATK); 2. Todd Hagmann (Rtx); 3 Deoan Autry (Rtx); 4. Steve Arndt (Hon); 5. Frank Marker (Ru). 250 A: 1. Eric Deers (Hon); 2. Jake Hold!':n (Hon); 3. Pete Ml!dcalf (Kaw); 4. Nicky McBride (Han). 125 A: 1. Kurt Hawk (Hon); 2. Nicky McBride (Hon); 3. ~an Traxler (Hon); 4. Sean Light (lion); 5. Brad Smith (Kaw). 80 A: 1. Jake Holden (Hon); 2. Kurt Hawk (Suz); 3. Kyle Bunger (Hon); 4. Scooter Vernon (Hon); 5. Nkk Sellers (Suz). 60 A: J. Nick Sellers (Kllw); 2. Kevin Bunger (Kaw); 3. Michael Rochester (Kaw). 30+ A' 1. John Bredfield (Hon); 2. Nick McBride Sr. (Yam); 3. Garry Roller (Suz). 250 PRO: I. Dan Stanley (Hon); 2 Speedy Kell (SUz.); 3. EriC Beers (Hon). 40+ A; 1. Vince Holt (Hon); 2. Dave Mahler (Hon). 80 DTX: 1. Scooter Vernon (Hon); 2. Kyl Bunger (Han); 3. Kevin Bunger (Kaw). SO JR: 1. Dustin Pru5CZJnski (KTM); 2. Brenton Schnitzer (LEM): 3. Reby H.y

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