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took the win in th e second 'qua lifier, bu t not
until after a power-thro ugh -the-whoops pass on
ev e ntu a l ru nner-u p Erschen, who ha d gre a t
starts all d ay bu t struggled to find a rhythm in
-the rockers.
As t he 12 fa st es t 125cc rid ers bega n ga te
selection for the 12Scc ope n main. it wa s clea r
tha t th e fi rs t fou r o r five gates to the ins id e
wo uld be the prim e starting spo ts as fas t heatwinner Metcalf selected ga te nu mbe r three. wi th
Wood s inside of him a nd Erschen taking the
very ins ide ga te, com p leting th e Suzuki sa ndwich on Kawasa ki-mounted Woods. These three
timed th e ga te pe rfectl y as th ey we nt sid e by
side, bangin g bars and elbo w s all the way into
turn one. Wood s was firs t to make the turn and
cleared nearl y half of the wh oop section before
tou ch in g do wn, lea ving Ersc he n and Met calf
two to three bike lengt hs beh ind exiting the second tu m and launching over the catap ult jum p .
Wood s contin ued to s tretch h is lead o ver th e
field a nd a t the flag had p u lled a convincing
full-straightway lead ove r Metcalf and Erschen .
"I'm glad I got the holes hot on Nick (Met"" 10," Wood s said , "He is very fast on this stuff
and I' m not su re I could ha ve passed him. He
had some gr eat lines thro ugh the rockers and his
com er speed is aw esom e."
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Results
his AC Racing Cobra just a head of the KTMs of
And rew Iovino and Kegan Tuttle. Tu ttle was
racing on the full track with the fast guys for the
first time . Cory Sibley had his Lem in overd rive,
first musclin g by Tut tle and then passin g Iovino
for seco nd , Sibley closed on Goodwin and the
tw o leaders no tched it up an d took off. For fou r
laps, it wa s great ba r-to-ba r action until Sibley
wi ped out on the d rop-off. Goodwin took the
easy win , Sibley recover ed for second , and newcomer Tuttle finished a stro ng third .
Mot or cycle Ce n tral's Goo dwi n once ag ain
led the pack in to th e first turn in the second
moto. Iovino and Kegan Tuttle were figh ting for
the seco nd spot. Sibley was buried at the sta rt
but was flas hing past riders right an d left. He
ha d wo rke d hi s way up to seco nd in the firs t
ha lf-lap, Now h e had to ca tch the s trea king
Goodwin, Slowly, Sibley reeled him in. On the
fourth lap , Sibley passed Goodwin for the lead
in the Ca nyon. Good win retalia ted immed iately.
though , and took the lead back in the big swc
'Cper tum. Sibley showed his w heel to Good win a
few times durin g the last lap, but Goodwin took
th e win by a bike length over Sibley in a racer's
race. Iovino finished a we ll-deserved thi rd , with
Tuttle a d ose fourth .
Results
r / w (4-6) B: 1. Ro bert Campbd ! (KTM); 2. Th um a , YaKle
1).; (7-11): 1. Rolx-rt Lu ire (Su z ); 2. Greg }tatl iH (Kaw); 3. Jt'S!Ol-'\'
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Vlln isc h (K,l W); 4. Bra nd o n Good ma n (Kaw); 5. John Hei nlein
UCaw)
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liS (7-11): 1. Rebert Loire (Suz); 2. Ton y Kutzler (5uz l; 3. Mikl:"
Mitch ell (Y",m); 4. Jdll(lnSmart (Yam); 5. Greg Ratliff ()(aw ).
85 (12·13) : 1. Jus tin Brayton ( Ka w ); 2. Curtis Mabe (Kaw) ; 3.
Brad Modrcwl'k i (Su z); 4 . Larry Klin g!" (Yam); 5. Ma ti Ma iet"
(Suz); 3 . Adam E.st;cx (Uom); 4. Joshu a Byington (Lc m); 5. Rll.ki
Milt wed l' (Yam).
r / w (-1 A; 1. gonnie Ccod wi n (C ob ); 2. Cvt}' Sibley {Lcml;
-8)
3. Andrew Iovin o (KTM ); 4 Kega n Tuttle (f."IM ); 5. Kyle LA.....
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(Actl .
(l,",w).
K5 (14-15): 1. MaU Atherton ()(a wl; 2. JOI:" Skodras (Yam); 3.
Tnwis Pamow (Ya m); 4. Chad 'ohnson (Han ); 5. Craig Wall.Ke
(Y am).
liS OPEN: 1. Justin Brayton ()(awl; 2. Curtis Mabc (K.aw l; 3 .
Brad Modjrwllki (Suz); 4.1.o'l;ry KlinKler (Yam).
125 B Ir-. 1 . Josh Wood.. (Kaw); 2. Rob Er.w:hen (Suz ); 3 .
T:
J()§h long (Suz} ; .. . Nick Metealf (5uz); 5. Bria n CLark (Suz).
125 C SOV: 1. Ry",n Dirks (Y am ); 2. Zach Den-y (Ya m ); 3.
[am es Rossi (Suz); 4. Ht'dth Unru h (Kaw ); 5. Sorman Kcnercy
(Above) Ronn ie Goodwin won the
combined Pee Wee (4-6 ) and (7-8 ) classes
in a motocross held at t he Las Vegas
Motor Speedway.
(Left) Will Dickson flew to the Ju nior Vet
Nov ice-class win at the CRe
Diamondhead Grand Prix , held at the Los
Angeles County Raceway .
(1·lon).
125 D BEG : L Tr",~ Mlyne (Yam) ; 2. Cameron Colby (Yaml;
3. Tim Gu(ld,-'<;I;m (Suz); 4. Jl'T\'1I1Y McDowdJ (Suz); 5. JOI:" Dresel
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(Hon) :
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125 OrEN: I. J~h Woods (Ka w); 2. ~icl. Mct cal!