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race pitted top racers from divisions one and two against each other, and Johnny Marley seemed ready for the battle following rus victory over Sean Hamblin and Mike Young in division one. But when the gate dropped for the muddy main event, it was Reed who pulled the holeshot on his.FMF/LCS-backed KX. Hamblin and McGavran gave chase. McGavran looked fast on his Pro Grcuit/Fox/N Style-backed Yamaha and shot by Hamblin at the top of the hill. "My modified bike broke," said Hamblin, "so 1 had to race my stock bike in trus class." "Sean was using the outside line and earlier it was good, but in the final the. inside was smoother:' McGavran said. . "I just had a better line." McGavran did make up some time during the next few laps, while Young charged through the pack. "Me and Marley got bad starts:' said Young. "Then I saw him wash out and crash, so 1 figured that 1 only needed to get up to about sixth t6 score a top-three overall." In the end, Young had, in fact,. worked up to sixth behind Ben Riddle, Chad Johnson, Hamblin, McGavran and newly ctowned champion Reed. Minicycles represented the bulk of the entries at Mosier, a trend wruch has swept amateur Nationals like the G C. Arguably the two most impressive Minicycle racers of the week were Team Yamaha's Jonathan Shimp and Team Green/EMF-backed James Stewart. Both Mini pilots swept their respective age divisions with four-moto sweeps of both the Stock and Modified classes. Shimp proved to be quite the mud expert, stealing the show when conditions worsened. By the end of each final, Shimp had built up insurmountable leads aboard his Thousand Oaks Yama-' hal Answer Products-backed mini Yamaha. Shimp topped fellow Californian Brian Hulsey and Texan Dusty Fountain in the Stock division, and he topped Team Green's Adam Mennenga and Ryan Davis in the Modified class. Stewart was equally impressive in the younger division. He piloted his EMF/Powervalve-backed KX80 to multiple holeshots and huge leads in each race. Arizona's Michael Blose waited unW the last day to do his winning, but when he did, he won big. "I was sick all week long:' Blose said. "[ didn't eat unW Sunday; then 1 started to feel better." Blose won the final in the 80cc (12-13) division despite falling over once in the mud. Blose put together a 4-1 ride for the championship over Dylan Lord's 32, Gene Stull's 1-5 and Brian Gray's 5-3. Team Green/R&D/Fox-backed Mike Alessi made his debut in the 60cc (9-11) Stock division a ,memorable one by topping the field. In the Modified division, however, Alessi fell in the mud while kading the second moto, and it ended up costing him the title. Brian Johnson took the lead and rus first-ever National Championship with a 2-1 score, topping fellow Floridian Kyle Chisholm's 3-2 and Alessi's 1-6. Edward Herring was another firstlime National winner, topping all four fuotos he entered aboard his FMF / AXO-backed KX60. Herring topped Jeff Alessi and Michael LaPaglia in the Stock (6-8) division, and he beat Florida's Ricky Renner and Michael Pritchett, among others, in the Modified division. Kyle Keylon, son of former Honda factory racer Kenny Keylon, found his way into the winner's circle in both the Stock and Modified Pee-Wee (7-8) divisions. Keylon, however, was consistently hounded in each moto by team KTM/R&D Racing-backed Cole Seely, who was celebrating rus eighth birthday. Brandon Large found the going a bit bumpy from time to time, but he hung tough for third overall in the 7-8 Modified division. Georgia's Bub.ba Crosby had a peachy weekend after he scored two class championsrups of his own in the 50cc (4-6) Stock and Modified divisions. Crosby won three out of four motos for the honor as top 4- to 6-year-old. Crosby topped Trey Canard and Josh Humphries in the Stock class, and he finished ahead of Washington's Cameron Smith and Humphries in the Modified class. (.~ Mosier Valley MX Mosier Valley. Texas Results: March 13-15, 1998 P/W STK (4·6): 1. Bubba Crosby (Cob); 2. Trey Canard (Cob); 3. Josh Humphries (Cob); 4. Jake Sewell (Cob); 5. Cameron Smith (Cob). P/W MOD (4-6): 1. Bubba Crosby (Cob); 2. Cameron Smith (Cob); 3. Josh Humphries (Cob); 4. Trey Canard (Cob); 5. Jake Sewell (Cob). PIW 5TK (7-8): 1. Kyle Keylon (Cob); 2. Cole Seely (KTM); 3. Richard Davis (Cob); 4. }.). Maleske (Cob); S. Joseph Marburger (Cob). PIW MOD (7-81: I. Kyle Keylon (Cob); 2. Cole Seely (KTMj; 3. Brandon Large (Cob); 4. Logan Melton (Lem); 5. Sean Hackley (Cob). SfPrw (6-9): 1. Mike Alessi (KTM); 2. Sean Hackley (Cob); 3. c.."'lmeron Smith (Cob); 4. Joseph Marburger (Cob); 5. BOOba Crosby (Cob). MINI MlNl STK (6-8': 1. Edward Herring (Kaw); 2. Jeff Alessi (](aw); 3. Michael LaPaglia (Kaw); 4. Sean Hackley (Kaw); 5. Michael Pritchett O

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