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• Lambrecht lambastes Saddleback Minis By Brad Letcher SI UXFALLS, SD, AUG. 15 O There w as ba r-bangin g action on every pa rt of the track at Sad d lebac k Race Pa rk in Siou x Falls, Sout h Da ko ta , a s m o re th an 30 yo u n g racer s competed in the three "Mini" classes. The young lio ns of the sport gave thei r all in quest of the n umber -one-trop hy. Rider s such as To ny Bissell (w ho had an up-and-down nigh t - li tera lly), Rya n D ei g hton a nd Lu ke Lamb re ch t wo u ld brin g horn e the top honors in the ir respect ive classes. The Mini 50cc class wo uld be the first to line Concoups d' Eleqanc MotorcycleShow Sat, Oct loth 9:00 am - 5:00 p up, and the 10 rid ers nervo us ly revv ed a nd The Classes : American, Continental European, British , Japanese , Sportbike and Competition. Pre-teens through '70s. 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Updated weekly- Set your Browser and hold on tight :-) -_C:'YC: .~ _ ~ C:_'" In te r net Access Provided by MindSpring Enterpris e s (800) 71 9·4332 www. m in d s pring .com 72 . repo sitio ned their mac hines . Alex Jorgensen got the jum p on the field a nd took the holeshot hunors. Luk e Lambrecht, Th om ey Der tien and Derik Ladd usaw stayed righ t on the rear fend er of Jorge nsen d uring the first lap . The second group of riders - in cluding Brady Reink e, Anthony Bauer, G reg No rd q u is t a nd Je rem y Feigen - wer e lo cke d in a battle of thei r o w n . Up fron t. Jor gensen led th e Adva nced Mo tor spo r ts-ba cked Lam brec ht by o nly a co u ple of bike len g ths as th e pair bega n to put di stance betwee n th emse lves and third-plac ed Dert ien . Riley Johnso n joined the do gfight of the second group as Bauer ' hit the dirt-and was sid elined . Jus t past the midwa y point, N ordq uis t mad e his way pas t Reinke to ta ke over the fifth po sitio n . Jo rgense n con ti n ue d to be h o un d e d by Lambrech t as th ey maintained their lead over thi rd -p laced Der tfen. With only a few la ps to go, Feigen a nd Jo hn son began putting prt'ssure on Reinke. Feigen wo uld ma ke the pa ss, but Reinke would hold off Jo hn so n during the closing lap s. Lambrecht had closed o n Jorgen sen by u se of th e hi gh lin e as the pair took the w hite flag. Going down the back str etch for the fina l tim e, jorgense n w as p inc he d off by a lapped rid er , and Lambrech t mad e the pass on the to p side. Jor gen sen tried to re bo un d throug h turns three a nd four, bu t Lamb rech t held o n for the w in. Several of the SO ri de rs also lined up for cc th e Mini 60cc class, w hic h ma d e for ano ther lar ge grou p of littl e rid ers. Tony Bisse ll g rab bed the hol esb ot in front of Jacob Ah l, Co lton Tren de an d Ca leb Su llivan. Ah l and Trende bega n to tra de paint and rubbe r as they ba ttl ed for th e seco nd -p lace spo t. Back in the pa ck, 50ce rid ers Th om ey Der tien an d Alex Jo rgensen were bat tling for the fifth pos itio n, with Der ik Laddusaw close be hind . Up fro nt, Bissell began to roc ket away from second-placed Ahl. The tight batt les mad e the race exciting for the parents and fan s, even thou gh very fe w p a sses were ac tually mad e. Bissell was fla t out smoking , a nd he took the win. Ahl held off Trende for seco nd, w hile Su llivan and Der tien round ed ou t the top five. The Mini SOcc class saw points leader Ryan Deighton line up next to th e 60cc main-ev ent win ner , Bisse ll. In s ta nt Bail Bonds- ba cked Deig hto n launched his Hond a off the line first, with Bisse ll, Ca le b Sullivan a nd Devin Wenz close behin d . De termined to repea t, Bissell powered in on Deigh ton but fou nd hi mself taking a so il sample. Biss ell's cras h moved Su lliv an to second , with A-Tech Cyde/ L&R Racing-backed Wen z in hot purs ui t. Colton Trend e and Jacob Ahl com pleted the first lap behind fifth-placed rid er Robert Tho mpson but then began a mar ch to the fron t. Tren d e slipped to four th, behind Wenz , wh en the ra ce w as red-fl ag ged fo r a crash.The field was sh uffled dramatically o n the res tar t, but Dei ghton was s till in cha rge, wit h T rende and W en z fo llow in g. We n z w ould secure seco nd w ith two laps to go as Thompson made his way to third. Sulli van ma de it back to fo u r t h af te r d ro pp ing to six th o n th e res ta rt. Deigh ton took the w in, with Wenz, Thom pson, Sulliva n and A hl rounding out the top five . MINI 50 : I. Luke Lambe..chr (SlIZ); 2. Alex Jorgen.",,'n (Hun); 3. Th om e y Dcrncn ( Hu n); 4. Dcrl k Laddusnw (Kilw ); 5. G r..g Nord q uis t (V,l m) . MINI &0: 1. T\m y Bissell IKaw); 2. J,ICl'I b Ahl (Kil w ); J. Co lto n Trcndc ( K. W); 4. Caleb Su lliv an (K.1W) 5. Tho mey Dc rticn (H un). 1 ; MINI XO: L RY

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