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Sellards was after a perfect night with a 250cc win, but he was going to have to work for it. Carsten grabbed the holeshot ahead of eese, Sweat and Sellards. Dunaway and Mike Katin on the Kames' Sports Yamaha also were near the front. By the third lap, Sellards was stalking Sweat, looking for a way to pass, and Dunaway had opened up a lead on Katin and was reeling in the Sweat/Sellards battle. Sellards was hanging it out and he outjumped Sweat through the grandstand whoops to take over third. Dunaway moved up on Sweat's rear wheel by lap five and he block-passed Sweat in the turn at the end of the Bud: weiser whoops. Sellards kept charging and he was able to make up time on the leaders as the top three began to lap the, field. Sweat's luck turned sour' .on tht ninth lap when he stalled his bike in the whoops, falling out of the top 10. j Carsten had problems with lapped riders, and Neese and Sellards caught him with about two laps to go. Sellards outgunned Neese over the step-up double at the end of the grandstand 'whoops, and then Sellards set out after the leader. As they took the white flag, Sellards was only 20 feet behind Carsten. Sellards and Carsten were handlebar to handlebar over the step-up, bul Carsten controlled the inside line. Carsten protected the inside line and covered every move Sellards made to take the win by a bike length. eese and Dunaway took third and fourth ahead of Katin. Tommy Collier, Action Sports Arenacross Series, Round 7-8 Sellards steals three wins By David L Patton Jr. LOUISVILLE, KY, FEB. 8-9 awasaki Team Green/Pro Circuit/ AXO-backed Brock Sellards was nearly unbeatable in the final two rounds of the 1996-97 Action Sports Arenacross Series. Sellards took three of four Pro-class finals and missed a per: feet weekend by 10 feet, finishing second behind Barry Carsten on his Bromley Cycle/MSR/OC-backed Suzuki. Sellards also walked off with the win in the Johnny Badass Jumping Contest, "goon riding" his way around the track and over the triple jump. ~ (Above) Team Green Kawasaki's Brock sellards holeshots the 125cc Pro race on Saturday during the IInal two rounds of ·the Action Sports Arenacross In Louisville, Kentucky. sellards won three out of the four Pro main events and got second In the other. (Right) Barry Carsten (34) and Jim Neese (85) chase each other In the 125cc pro action during the Action Sports Arenacross In Kentucky. Cartsen spoiled sellards' perfect weekend by winning the 250cc Pro race on Saturday. SATURDAY When the gate dropped for the 12Sec Pro race, Sellards and Shae Bentley put the Team Green Kawasakis up front, ahead of Eastside Suzuki's Tommy Collier and Jim Neese. Carsten and Pro Circuit-backed Charlie Dunaway were mired back in the pack, but they were taking advantage of the large arenacross track to move toward the front. Sellards·cleared the long triple on the first lap to open up a lead over Bentley, who doubled, and ran off to a convincing win. Bentley matched Sellards' pace for the whole race, but the FMF/FOX rider couldn't catch Sellards. With the top two positions secured and Jim's Cycle Sales/Pro Action- backed Neese holding firm in third, the huge crowd cheered on the battle for fourth. Collier held fourth early: but a three-man war behind him eventually made him a casualty. Carsten cal,lght up to Dunaway down the short straight after the finishline sweeper. Dunaway went out wide in the turn before the grandstand and Carsten stuffed him, taking over sixth. Collier's fine ride ended with three laps to go when he encountered problems and dropped to the back of the field. Carsten then passed DeMuth in the Budweiser whoop section to claim the fourth spot. Dunaway got back in rhythm after Carsten passed him and challenged DeMuth for fifth. Dunaway made it three Team Green Kawasakis in the top five, passing DeMuth with a lap to go. DeMuth held on to sixth ahead of Josh Sweat, who had problems at the start of the main. Joe Oehlhof, Karl Scott and Mike Katin rounded out the top 10. '1 got a good jump on the start and charged though the first turn," Sellards said. "When I came out of the turn with the lead, 1 jumped the triple and that gave me a bit of a lead. After that I just tried to stay smooth." Mark Burkhart, Josh DeMuth, Joe Oehihof and Mike Morgan rounded out the top 10. SUNDAY Sellards' narrow defeat Saturday night didn't seem to bother him during Sunday's racing. He got a great start in the 125cc Pro main event ahead of Sweat, Dunaway and Honda of Troy's Mark Burkhart. Neese and Bentley were right behind the lead group and Carsten was back in the pack - but not for long. Before the first lap was complete, Dunaway had