impo rta nce of smoo thnes s in the heat race, finally found his rhythm and ju mped pas t Kozai n to
tak e the lead . He was riding like a different man
than the one he had bee n in the hea t race, a nd he
rode off to an easy w in, followed by Kozain , Lee
William s, Chase Uvingston an d Wool ard.
DELMAR
FAIRG ROUNDS
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Tickets:
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Results
P/W B: I. K. M. yo; 2. Cody Grigs;t"!':i.
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PI ,;\,C : 1. Cody Homls; 2. It'n"my Mrtk'tT; 3. Jacob Mayo ; 4
lw.hn C ib!.llI\.
P/ ~' D: I. lI u n ler Link; Z.C'ha!>!>idy Hall 3. Gt-'offrey ~aters;
4. Franki e Butler; 5. Drl., n White.
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OP EN P /W : I. P.lI r id. Bu d l; 2. Jdco b M",y o ; 3. Jacob
Boudrea ux; 4 Kai~y Boutwell.
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JR MIS I: 1. Cuit B..tUtw d l; 2. Kevin Quinn ; 3. Jt,,,,omy Cowt'11.
80 8 . 1. Lt", Willi.l n\li; 2. Ctil.~· Bou twel l; 3. Jim Kololsa; 4. O olyton Arnold ; 5. G in to n Arnold
Ht,nCt-'n try ; 2.
B.lrbt"fi; 3. Tro r ThOlM.ls; 4.
Re e! rhilli~.
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!'\it'l"t-'n ; 4. A n ton W"l'oun ; 5. It..·y !\",·hl.
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Francis, Hansen trade Garden
City Stadium Race wins
By Jesi Jones
CAL-EXPO
GARDEN CI KS,SEPT, 5
TY,
Rid e rs fro m several stat es came to Checkered
Fla g Pro d uctio ns' two-da y stad iu m- race event
o ver Labor Day weekend . The field was evenly
sprea d and the racing was close, tight and exciting, w ith no racer clearly domina ting - wi th the
exceptio n of Suz uki rider Nick Metcalf, who won
in both the 12...ticc an d 250cc Amateu r classes .
Th e 125cc Pros had some bar -banging action,
as Topeka's Co ry Fra ncis (leadi ng on a Sha wnee
whole sal e / Pro Actio n /H) a nd Trent Ha nsen,
fr o m No rt h Platt e , Ne bras ka (on a Bud ke
Moto rs / O c klcy / O' Nea l/Toxic Reeds Hon da ):
fou gh t it ou t for first an d second . Matt Sm ith
from Ma nhatta n, Ka nsa s (on a SplitFire /One
Ind u stries / No-Toil O ils Ka w a sa ki), a nd Erik
[a nssen fro m Eliza beth , Colo rado (o n an F&S
Su zuki /CSMXS/Sco u / Suz u kD, were in clo se
pu rsuit. On the fina l lap, Ha nsen set up Franci s
for an aggressive block rig ht a fter the "65" trip le
a nd ent ry to the w hoo ps . Ho we ve r, it did n' t
wo rk; the y bo th go l stuc k togeth er for a few seconds , alm ost allow ing both Sm ith and Janssen to
pas s. As the y separa ted, Fra ncis was able to get
go ing qu icker, a nd the finis h order re ma ined
unc han ged from prio r to t he har d- co n tac t
encounter.
Th e 2S0cc m ai n v-ve nt S~l W Brandon La cev
racin g a gg ressive ly ag ni nst H a n se n . H a nse it
pulled the holeshot, with Lacey d ose on his rea r
tire. Lacey sh o wed him a w heel. Hansen kept
him behind by onl y do ub ling the tripl e. Han se n
con t ro lle d his lin e s, a nd La ce y went d own,
eventually fini shing fifth . Francis st ayed abo ut
10 length s behind Hansen, unable to close. The
real race was between the F&5 Su zuki of Janssen
and the Nic hols Ho nda of Jon Hedden from Valley Ce nte r, Kan sas.
Janssen go t a late start bu t qu ickly cha rged
to third after Lacey fell. Hedden charged righ t to
Janssen's rear tire, showing him a wheel seve ral
ti mes. Ja nssen never founde red a nd he con trolled his lines, bu t he wa s ne ve r able to pull
back a lead , Hedden followed closely. On the last
lap, Hedden attempted a block in the same corner where Hansen and Francis had tangled on
the 125s. Ja nssen saw it comin g; so d id the crowd
• there wa s loud cheeri ng. Iansse n jumped the
triple. Ho wever, ra ther than railing the berm a nd
leaving himself o pen fo r the block, he braked
agg ressively an d held the inside line, preventing
both a block and an inside-out pass. Jans sen then
tripled int o th e w hoops , pu lling a th ree -bikelen g th le a d wi th th e In cr ea se d m o m en tu m ,
main ta ining a com for table lead to the checkered
flag, The SRO crowd chee red the tigh t action!
Results
125 AM: 1. N ick Ml'Icalf \Suz); 2. Heath Unru h \Kaw); 3.
j ason Ho be ; 01. Jon n.•k.. r; 5. Robert Colli n..~
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125 PRO : 1. Cory Fra ncis (Suz) ; 2. Tr ent Han se n (Ho n); 3.
t
Mau Sm ilh (Kaw ); oJ. frik Ja m'N 'R (Suz); 5. [on Ht.J.dl'R (Ya ml .
2SO AM: 1. Nick. Mdcalf (Suz); 2. Robe r t Collirul; 3. Dale 51
0nes trcce : 4. S,m u ny Matt ht. '"; 5. Sh,'a SPlowal tl"f.
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250 PRO: 1. Trt"nt H.In'lt'R (Hu n ); 2. Co ry Fra ncis (Suzl; 3. Erik
Jaru.wn {SuzJ; 4. Jon H ed d en (Hon );5. Brando l' Lace y (Yam).
JU M P-OFF: 1. Bran d o n La cey: 2. H t' olth U n r u h; 3 . Eri k
j an.-."R.
S tate F airgrounds
Sat., Sept. 26
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