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U.S. Mega seriesJAMA Team Carolina Ultra series, Round 212 Justus prevails at Camp Coker By Kirk Johnson SOCIETY HILL, SC, MAR. 15 emperatures in the mid-60s and sunny skies drew more than 590 riders to Camp Coker Motocross for round two of the U.s. Mega Series and round two of the Winters Amway Team Carolina Ultra Series. With the record number of riders in a ttendance, the competition was sure to be stiff. Paul Justus, though, had an answer for all of them. Using good starts and consistent finishes, Justus earned victories in the highly competitive 125 and 250cc B classes. In the first 250cc B moto, KTMmounted Shane Lawson nabbed the holeshot over Yamaha four-stroke rider Jamie icholson, Kawasaki-mounted Nick McAllister, Suzuki rider Shane Jenkins and Kawasaki rider Trey Younce. As the field sorted itself out during the first lap, Nicholson made a move on Lawson for the lead. McAllister took a fall through the finish-line whoops and was relegated to the back of the pack while Lawson encountered troubles as well. With all this action, Nicholson took full advantage and stretched out a big lead - a margin he held to the finish. However, the race for the rest of the top five was anything but over. Justus was recovering from a terrible start and quickly slicing his way through the pack. By midmoto he had moved into the top five and had his sights set on Jenkins, who was in second place. As the moto drew to a close, Justus made his move on Jenkins, with fellow Suzuki rider Brad Edwards following suit. At the checkered flag, it was Nicholson - styling his four-stroke for the crowd - followed by Justus, who made a run at the winner but ran out of time, Edwards, Jenkins and the hard-charging Joshua Capps. Capps managed to pass Yamaha-mounted Baldwin on the final lap. The second moto started off quite differently, with Capps grabbing the holeshot over McAllister, Justus and the rest of the field. Capps jumped out to an early lead, but Justus had other ideas and wasn't content to let the Kawasaki rider off that easy. Justus quickly displaced McAllister and set out after Capps. Meanwhile, there was a close battle for the third position as McAllister had his hands full with Alabama rider Jon Boy Monk and Edwards. As the lead d L10 battled, Monk took over third and made a c11arge toward the two front-runners. As the moto drew to a close, Capps took the win, witl1 Justus in second - a position that ga ve him the overall. Monk, McAllister and Edwards rounded out the top five. First-moto winner Nicholson crashed during the moto and could only muster an eighth-place finish. T In 125cc B-c1ass action, Justus again used consistent rides to take the overall win. The Suzuki rider went 3-2 - enough to edge out fellow Suzuki rider Daniel Tesh, who went 1-4 on the day. Tesh won the first moto after a trip to the hospital with a dislocated hip. "Daniel popped it back in place at the hospital and then turned to me and said, 'Let's go racing,''' said Tesh's father. Third on the day was Capps, who had a terrible first moto and finished 10th but came back to win moto two. Jered Black was fourth overall with 9-3 scores. Black had shown the speed of the front-runners, but bad starts hampered his performance. Rounding. out the top five was Casey Barnes. Double class wins seemed to be the order of the day. Counting Justus, five riders earned multiple wins at Camp Coker: Jeff Gibson, Gaylon Dickson, Jake Grims and Gary Baisden were able to duplicate Justus' feat. Gibson took his wins in the 125cc Schoolboy class and 250cc A divisions. Gibson came back from a crash that relegated him to second in moto one of the Schoolboy class and won moto two. Barnes took the victory in the first moto and followed Gibson home on the second for second overall. Mooresboro, North Carolina's Doug Earls rounded out the top three. Gibson also had to deal with a couple of Suzuki riders in the 250cc A division as he reeled off wire-ta-wire wins. The ever-present Jon Boruff took the rurmer-up position in both motos. Filling out the top three was Suzuki-mounted Chad Lough with 4-3 scores. Pennsylvania's Dickson made his drive down from the north worthwhile as he garnered wins in both the Over 25 A and Over 30 A classes. Billy Liles, who is just returning to action after a long layoff, kept Dickson honest in both classes. Rounding out the top three in the Over 25 A class was Yamaha rider Kirk Johnson. In the Over 30 A class, the always-consistent Suzuki rider Joel Baker took third. Like Dickson, Suzuki-mounted rider Gary Baisden also took two age-class wins. Baisden reeled off double moto wins in the Over 48 class. Trying to keep Baisden in sight was Terrell Welborn and Byron Hager. In the Over 40 class, Baisden stormed to the win in moto one but had to settle for a third in the second moto. This, however, was good enough for the overall. South Carolina riders Rick Rikard and Stuart English completed the top three. The last double moto winner on the day was mini pilot Jake Griffis. The rider from Ridgeland, South Carolina, was hot in the 60cc (7-9) and the Junior Mini classes. In the 60cc class, Davin Price from Gastonia; orth Carolina, and Chad Wages from Frederick, Maryland, kept the Kawasaki-mounted rider on his toes. Dustin Oates of Siler City, North Carolina, and Suzuki-mounted Travis Flowers gave chase in the Junior Mini class. (":'i Camp Coker MX Society Hill, South Carolina Results: March 15, 1998 (Round 2) JR MINI: 1. Jake Griffis (Kaw); 2. Dustin Oates (K.. w); 3. Travis Flowers (Suz): 4. Jake Posey (Yarn): 5. Chris Osborne (Suz). S/MlNI: 1. Chad Ward (Hon); 2. Nich,olas Va.rgo (5uz); 3. Jason Bryant (Yam); 4. "Blake Hovis (Suz): 5. Chad Love (5uz). SO (4~6): 1. McKinnon Welborn (Cob): 2. Bradley Bunch (Cob): 3. Tyler Glance (Cob): 4, Madison Hambright (Cob): 5. Trey Matthews (Cob). SO (7-8): 1. Broc Tickle (Cob): 2. Justin bton (Cob): 3. Zach Osborne (Cob): 4. Luke Griffis (Cob) 5. Tyler Bright (Cob). 50 5HAFT/JR: 1. Adam Ivers (Yam): 2. Ryan Gaughf (Yam): 3. Colton Tickle (Yam): 4. Damon Hambright (Yam). 60 (7-9), 1. Jake Griffis (Kaw); 2. Davin Price (Kaw): 3. Chad Wages (Kaw); 4. Austin Stroupe (Kaw); S. Zach Osborne (Suz). 60 (10-11): 1. Joshua Schmitt (Kaw); 2. Chris Osborne (Kaw); 3. Philip Ivers (Kaw); 4. Stephen Cooke (Kaw); 5. Christopher Chesnee (KTM). 85 (12-13), 1. Matt Miller (Suz); 2. Kyle Justice (Kaw); 3. Blake Hovis (Han); 4. Phillip Ranker (5uz); 5. Bryan Walker (Hon'. 8S (14-15): 1. Adam Overcash (5uz): 2. Nicholas Vargo (5uz): 3. William Bryant (Yam); 4. Chris Ferguson (5uz); 5. Benjamin Hinson (Yam). 80 MOO (9-13), 1. Chad Ward (Hon); 2. Zachary Miller (Suz); 3. Jason Langford (Yam); 4. Bryan Walker (H""on); 5. Jacob Baertlein (Yam), 8S D: 1. Freddie Rowe 111 (Hon); 2. Daniel Hurley O. started off round one with a 13 after the Brian Bishop (Hon). 250 0: L Billy Gibson (Kaw); 2. Richard Dickson first loop, only one point ahead of num(Yam); 3. Greg Oark (Kaw); 4. Howard Biggers (Hon); ber-two Peters. Up in front was four5. Todd Mills (Yam). 25+ A: 1. Gaylon Dickson Jr. (Kaw); 2. William Liles time ational Champion Aaron holding (5uz); 3. Kirk Johnson (Yam); 4. Tim Hodock (Suz); 5. ground with an eight-point loop. Gas Lonnie Taylor (Yam). 25+ 8: 1. Jeff Mushala (Yam): 2. Michael MiJem Gas rider Kempkes stated after his (Kaw); 3. Tracey Barnett (}(aw); 4. Shane Jenkins (5uz): round-one win that visiting World,level S. Kevin Blalock (Suz). 25+ C: 1. Jason Swface (Hon); 2. Noel Hall (Kaw); 3. rider Tommi Ahvala, here for a Gas Beau MarkkoIf (5uz); 4. Robbie CashwelJ (Hon); 5. Gas-sponsored promotional tour of the Eddie Parham (Hon). 30+ A: 1. Gaylon Dickson Jr. (Kaw): 2. William Liles United States, h,ad helped him immense(5uz); 3. Joel Baker (5uz); 4. Chris Wagner (Yam); 5. ly with a bit of adviceDonnie Davis (502). "Tommi saved me on section six 30+ B: 1. La.rry Sparks (Han); 2. Albert McCoy (5uz); 3. Gregory Lykens (502); 4. David Tucker (5uz); 5, when he came up to me and said I Rick Wright (Suz). should rewalk through the section 30+ C: 1. Keith Garland (Suz); 2. Larry Stephens (Kaw); 3. Mark Whitley (Yam); 4. Scott Tyson (Yam); 5. twice, beca use he didn't think I had Waymon Autry (5uz). picked the best line," Kempkes said. 35+: 1. Joel Baker (5uz); 2. Gregory Lykens (Suz); 3. Donnie Davis (5uz); 4. Daniel Bell (5uz); 5. David "After I rewalked the section, I saw the Tucker (502). terrain had shifted from the previous 40+, 1. Gory Boisden (Suz); 2. Rick Rikard (Suz); 3. Stuart English (Han); 4. Richard Johanson (Hon); 5. riders coming through and basically it Johnny Gibson (502). turned into a new section. I told Tomrni 48+,1. Gary Baisden (Suz); 2. Terrell Welborn (Suz); 3. Bryon Hager (Hon): 4. Ted Shortridge (502); 5. Joshua about my adjustment and he gave an Cross (Hon). approving nod. I cleaned what could UIL AM: 1. Jason Baldwin (Yam): 2. Hans Neel (Han); 3. 5pencer Hill (Yam); 4. Timmy Milligan (Suz); have turned ugly and knocked me out 5. Robert Smith (KTMi. of the lead." UlL C/O, 1. Chad Yates (Hon); 2. lonny Campbell The added confidence showed as (Kaw); 3. Shaun Henson (Hon): 4. Randy Weddington (Kaw); 5. Jared Bums (Yam). Kempkes won with a mere two-point 4-STRK: 1. Richard Hiers (5uz); 2. Kirk Johnson lead with a 21 over Aaron's 23. (Yam); 3. Jell Tomlinson (Yam); 4. Chad Vier.! (Yam); S. Robert Smith (KTM). Going into the second loop of three u.s. Trials series, Rounds 1&2 Kempkes, Peters set the pace By Daryl Baier BROOKSVILLE, FL, MAR. 14-15 erfect 70-degree Florida weather with dry, sandy sections set the stage for round one of the 1998 U.S. National Observed Motorcycle Trials Series, and it was Jess Kempkes making a huge comeback over National Champion Geoff Aaron to win the first National event of the season at Cooms P for the day, Kempkes turned up the heat with a five-point loop that turned Aaron's five-point lead into a threepoint lead after Aaron turned in a seven-point loop. Peters struggled, still holding a strong third place all day. He started the first loop one point behind Kempkes, but a second-loop score of 10 put him six points out, with a cushion for Aaron and Kempkes to duke it out in the third loop. At section four, the riders faced a tree that stood five feet off the ground on its side with a top clearance of about six feet. "The overall loop is fairly easy every section is a possible clean - but little mistakes are adding up," Aaron said. "I'm basically beating myself every point." Aaron went on to clean the 6-foot wall and continued to show the abilities that have been winning pim championships. Kempkes shadowed Aaron by a couple of minutes, with Ahvala riding behind him. Kempkes was impressive

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