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Paul Morgan (40) leads race w inner Larry
Marsh (29W) In the Expert main event at
the Spokane Short Tra ck in Washington.
Yezek dominates
0·5 motocross
By Chad Davis
JOHr-:sroWN, PA, JUNE 28
In the firs t ro u nd o f th e AMA Dis trict 5 Su mm er
Series, Davey Yezek too k the overall wins in the
125cc a nd 250cc Expert d ivision s.
The 125cc Expert d .1 !>S started w it h a ban g as
Da niel Pasto r took the holes hOI, with Yezek a nd
Br ad Be rke v clos e be h in d . Pa s to r m ad e the
m u dd y track loo k smooth as he flew across the
wh oo ps on the far side of the trac k. Yezek wa s
fo llowing closely but seemed to be pic kin g hi s
lines ca ref u lly . His cha nce to pass ca me w hen
Pas tor wen t d own bv the fin ish line o n th e second lap . Brad Berke) ' wa s a lso close eno ug h t~l
ta ke ad vantage of Pas tor 's fall. Yeze k p OWC Tl!d
his F&5-bilCked Suz uki to a com ma nd in g lead .
On lap (our, Berk ey railed th e wrong rut a nd
wen t dow n. allowi ng Pastor to take ove r seco nd .
Aft er that , the o rd er rem ained the sa me, wit h
Yezek the top man.
In moto two, Pas tor aga in too k the ho les hot
a nd was in thc lea d as they dropped down into
the wooded section of the track. It wa s Yezek,
however , w ho reappeared first, wi th Past or right
behind . Th e riders maintained those po s itio ns
throughout the mot o, bu t Yezek rea lly po u red it
~n as he continued to pull a big lead on Past o r.
Berkey was also flying. but he claimed afterward
that a flat tire held him ou t of contention .
In the 250cc A class, it was another good bat tle tha t induded Yezek and And rew Tsaka nikas.
It was Tsakanikas flying thro ugh the comer first ,
wit h Yezek a nd Jason Sisler ho t on his hee ls.
Yeze k mad e so me good mo ves o n Tsakanika s
bu t could no t get around. Both riders w ere coming out of the woods and clearing the big tabletop and nea rly q ua druplin g into the Wh oo ps
side by side for the first three laps. Th en Yezek
a ppea red to have gon e down in the bo tto m sectio n of the race track, This left Tsaka nikas with
~o ml' breat hing roo m, since Sisler pulled off the
trac k with mechan ica l prob lems. In the last two
laps, however, Yez ek reeled in Tsakanikas , onl y
to be a cou ple of bike len gth s shy of the young
speed ster from Maryland at the checkered flag .
The seco nd mo to fou nd bo th Yezek a n d
Tsa ka nikas powering th rou gh thc fir st corner
wh t'eI to wheel. Sister leaned. over jus t a little too
far and wen t down on the far o utsid e in the first
tu m . After a fight for th e lead in the firs t la p,
Yezek came arou nd with the spo t and tu m l.'d it
into a ru naway victory, wi th Tsaka nika s and
Sisler followi ng closely behind .
Results
50 (4-6): 1, Stw rlO: Our Ni m (Cobl; 2. Tylt'r McC' (Cob ); 3.
.off
4. Dy lan SI\UIM"T (Co b )
50 (1-1'1): 1. Keit h Mu ran Jr. (Coo); 2. Ryan W illia m... (Cob ); 3.
Ch rn. Gu l.., (KTMl; 4. Tim Tu ttle (A ct ); S. Lee Boo t (A ct ).
.
50 O rEN: 1. Ryan Au,;u!oline (Ya m ); 2. Tr.wb lI t·tri ck (Yam) .
60: I. Mark Mill s. (KT M ); 2. Ro~rt K(')le r (Ka w); 3 . Bri an
Sh~khaTt ( ~ w ); 4. Jt'ffrry Mu lwr (Io
::ollW); 5. Bry oUl Em...ry(K.lwl .
RO 0 -1 1): 1. Bnx Heples' (Su z); 2. o.n Raib le (Suz); 3. Room
Kd kT (Suz ); 4. Ed w a rd Hei ric'" m on); S. TdTance Ma nning (Suz).
,
80 02-13); 1. Tr avis Mahneoy (Yam ); 2. Chrilo ~b.nning (Suz);
3 . G rr-g Mycon Oeaw) ; 4. ltandy Schu~k (Suz); 5. J(!'!oh r a tton n c..w ).
80 (14- 15): I. Robnt Shuck h.lrt (Kaw); 2. Br.llndon BriIdJev
( J(.aw);J. ~ Nolll:w lI (Suz); ". Stepht-n rt'dicone (Yam) .
•
SlMlJ'I.,l : l. B1'andon B~ley Uc..w ); 2. R.lndy Schuck (tC.w);
3. G~ M ~ Uuw); 4. J~)"Luui (le4lw); 5. SlothRl"l"M'