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Cycle News 1997 03 19

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..,--_1. passed Sweat for second and Carsten had moved up four positions, into the top 10. Neese was next to edge past Sweat, outrunning him down through the Budweiser whoops to drop Sweat to fourth. Out front, Sellards was running away from the field. He never looked back on his way to a wire-to-wire win. On lap three, Bentley put the pass on Burkhart and Neese caught Dunaway. Bentley had a couple of good lines that Burkhart picked up on and when he block-passed Sweat before the triple, Burkhart also got inside of Sweat to claim the fifth spot. After. Neese outran Dunaway down the step-up section, the top five were. set, unless Carsten could get up there. Carsten had to battle past Collier, Katin and Greg Rand as the race wound down and the white flag came out. Carsten then passed Sweat right before the finish line to claim sixth, a great ride in tight arenacross racing. Sellards picked up his second win of the weekend (fourth of the series) follewed by Neese, Dunaway, Bentley and Burkhart taking fifth overall. Carsten took sixth ahead of Sweat, Rand and Katin. Collier rounded out the top 10. Neese led Sellards at the start of the 250cc Pro race, but Sellards went around him in the Budweiser whoops. Dunaway, Bentley and Carsten were blasting through the pack, trying to reel in the leaders. Sellards maintained a small lead on Neese until lap five when Neese caught Sellards in the grandstand whoops. Sellards had a line in the whoops that allowed him to clear one more whoop, and he would pull away from Neese every lap in the same spot. Sellards was the only rider able to clear that section, and Neese spent the rest of the lap trying to catch back up to him. The leaders battled for most of the main with Sellards taking his third win of the weekend by two bike lengths. Bentley put in a solid ride to take third overall ahead of Carsten and Dunaway. DeMuth took the sixth spot ahead Katin, Collier and Mark Musselman, the Over 25 winner. Mike Morgan finished right behind Musselman to round out the top 10. qf Cycle News # 1 Number Plate design printed on front chest, high on back, on quality white cotton T-shirt. Available in sizes M, L, XL, and XXL. Cycle News ··Athletic Dept." design printed .on front center chest area on quality ash grey cotton T-shirt. Available in sizes M, L, XL, and XXL. Cycle News ··Not Enough" design printed big on back with ovallcheckers graphic on front chest. Quality black cotton T-shirt, available in sizes M, L, XL, and XXL. Results Silturd.ay 50 (4-6), t. Ryan Ivers (KTM); 2. Josh Verity (KThf); 3. Axil Moler (KTM); 4. Kyle Wolfe (KTM); 5. Tyler Rich.ardson (Act). 50 17-8), 1. Justin Sipes (Cob); 2. Allen Rossi (Cob); 3. Broc Sims (Cob); 4. Hugh Falwcll (Cob); 5. Jonathon Dunlap (Cob). 6S (1-11): 1. Kyle Reston (Kaw); 2. Christopher Robertson (Kaw); 3. Tim Hollenbeck (Kaw); 4. Justin Sipes (Kaw); 5. Alexand.". Hunter (Kaw). 80 (7-11), I. Chris Whitcraft (Yam); 2. Kyle Pres'on (Hon); 3. ChristQpher Robertson (Suz); 4. Timothy Hollenbeck (Han); 5. Olelsi Dunkleba

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