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Green ran into problems on the third lap
going down in the starting line comer, and surrendered the lead to Cannon. Cannon, however,
did not have time to enjoy his lead as Sassano
made his charge to the front of the pack by lap
three, getting past Cannon in the rockers by
using aggressive riding that allowed him to triple
into the rockers while Cannon was doubling.
Sassano finished the first moto in the lead,
Cannon second, and Watson got by Green late
in the moto for third after Green missed a shift
in the rockers. Jim Garber came in fifth.
Garber came out quickest in the second
125cc B mote, with Green in second and Watson
in third. Sassan.o was in seventh through the
start comer. Green tlied to get Garber through
the rockers on the opening lap, but Garber kept
his Kawasaki in the lead with Green racing him
to the next corn,er.
Green took the tight inside line through the
comer while Garber took the wide line. Green
overtook Garber for the lead over the finish-line
jump, completing tl,e first lap.
Sassano overtook Watson for third over the
infield pipe jump for third on the second lap,
and set out after the leaders.
Sassano ran down Garber on the next lap,
overpowering him on the long backstretch
entering the superbowl to steal the second position. Green took the white flag and Sassano
knew that time was running out. Sassano took
the lead from Green by getting a better drive out
of the comer preceding the long straightaway,
and went on the take the overall win.
"I like Trojan," Sassano said later. "ft has a
nice layout. You can be a C rider and do the
double jumps safely. I have to work on my
starts, because 1 had to play catch-up all night
long. I watched for the guys in front of me to
make mistakes and capitalized on their mistakes. This feels pretty good, winning."
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The Auto (4-6) saw some close racing as
Kiefer Banter came out with the overall win;
Banter had the first moto won until the last lap,
when Brandon Rose swept by to steal it away.
,Dian Klinger challenged Rose for the lead but
went down on the final lap, quick.1y remounting
to take fourth overall.
Banter controlled the second moto with a
hoJeshot and wire-to-wire win, good for the
overall.
Results
AUTO (4-6): 1. Kiefer Banter (KTM); 2. Brandon Rose (KTM);
3. Adam Lock (KTM); 4. Dian Klinger (LEM); 5. Ethan Jesse (Yam).
AUTO (4-8): 1. Dian Klingrr (Yam); 2. Ethan Je5$ie (Yam); 3.
C.l. Hennan (Yam).
AUTO (7-8): 1. Sean Troyer (Cob); 2. Tyler LocJc (KTM);'3.
Michale Loy (KTM).
60: 1.. joey Craigo (Kaw); 2. Joe Penrod (Kaw); 3. Tyler Lock
(Kaw); 4. Joel Miller (Kaw).
BO (7-11): 1. Dustin Pulley (Suz); 2. Joe Penrod O