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w in a t Elk C reek Ra cewa y. In th e p rocess of
securing the race victory. Leivan also clinched
his fifth overall series championship.
The event was a first -time visit to the new
ve n ue, wh ich fe a tured extre m e ly roc k y and
so mewha t tight tra ils. Due to the lack of mo isture, the tra il s t ar te d out ve ry d usty a n d
remained th a t way th rou gh out the entire twohour event Trail length was 8.6 miles, and the
top riders completed five laps. Leivan's winning
speed would be jus, below 19 mph.
Kevin Borts nailed the holeshot o n his Yamaha and rode a nearly flawless fir>' lap to hold a
lead. of 10 seconds a fter one circuit
Leive n dosed in o n his Su rdyke Motor-
spo rts teammate Borts halfway through lap
two. When Borts overshot a tum. Leivan mo ved
ahead. Leivan comp leted the seco nd lap with 3
lead of 24 seconds over Borts, who in tum had
24 se con ds over Cha d Buse nba rk . Ken You n t
mo ved pa st Brock Busenbark t o take over
fourth.
Chad Busenbark suffered a rea r nat on lap
three. He co ntin ued on, but would lose a coup le
of p os iti ons p er lap fo r the rem ainder of the
rac e. UJtimately, Busenbark w ou ld fin is h in
12th. The ride r on the move WQS Kawasaki rid er
Chris Thiele. After two laps, Thiele was outsid e
t he top 10 on adj us ted time, but he sta r ted a
cha rge tha t would carry him all the way to fifth .
Up front, Leiva n con tin ued to hi m in fast,
consis tent lap s. Bor ts, who was tu rning in the
most imp ressi ve ride of his ca reer , maintained
his lead over Youn t. Th iele was closing in on
Buse nb ark. No pa~ were made on the final
L1p amon g the top fivc , and Leiv an too k h is
eighth win of the year on his SilloJene/Sprocket
Specialis ts! Ans wer-backed WR250.
Results
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O /A; 1. Skove Lrinn (Y.m); :z. lCn'in 8orf, (y.ml> 3.1Cftl
Yount IY.un);4. Brode ~ r k IY. m); 5. am. TlurIe (lYw).
AA : 1. ~ 800'ls (Y.tn); 2. Ie_ You nt (y_tn) ; 3. Brock
B~b.o," ev.m); ... Ch,is n. i. 1. lJ(.aw); 5. Mil.. Win.hrwnn
(ICIMl.
'.mie
A: 1.
}eruUnp IY .am); 2. Mitthrw Pun.Iory (H _ ); 3.
Boy.. (Hon); 4. am. Noaot>ttt (Yam); 5. Ry_ 8.an'on (KTM).
. 125 B: I. N.oltwn C1.ItJb«k (V. m l; 2. Andy t...pt.nw (Y..... ); 3Kurt Fibdl (Yam); '" Tommy R.roy (Yam).
200 B: 1. C olfy Mlltdbn g f~ w); Z. BrWI Selk 1'-'101); 3.
Itobftt AnrIOfl (K.. w); ... C~ CLark (K.iw); 5. Ie- Fa ukhdl
Kfy.,
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250 8 : 1. au;. Co..s.JI (YoIIn 2.
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800tb (lYw }; 3.
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Rec:tw {Yam};'" Dunnir Ma lhis (l ion).;5. NickCr. ",fon:I (Yam ).
THE
Z50C 1. Joe ~ (k.w); 2. Kwt Sauth (Y.am).;3. M.1.rt
Wm (Y.....); ... Bryan Roy (J:.aw ); S. &Ion Moore (Yam ).
OPEN B: I. ' .R.. Hanwn (J:1"M); 2. SNwn twI (KTM); 3. •
~ e..br. .... Tc.n ~ (lCTM).
B; 1. J
ohn Y.ameU (lion); 2. Ln 8uMnbad. (Hon); 3.
Neal Vanwa y (Hof'o ); .... J-pft Armon (Hon);5. Guy Nanl (Hon).
VET : 1. Da ve ~ (Suz); 2. ' on Si mons (Ya m); 3.
SimonI. (Yam ); " . Kt-n Hulwy (Yam ); 5. !W'n'tt Shi...ul t (K..ow).
SR: 1. Wdliam CuH~ (Yam).; 2. Ekad B.unt1I (YAm); 3. Andy
~ (K.Ilw ); ....
Jor-IK.llw); 5. Andy ~ (Sta).
S/SR.: L Bob }ofwt (K.Ilw ); 1. IUdr.CMpene (J:TM); 1 Frank
Lri"M1 (Yam); " . Rid. Whto1uol