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Walker ca:;;~ ou t fo~ Emir, ~nd
Winsto n ca me in for Hicks. Again, it wa s
Veneg as w ho cu t the best gate and he
was gone; Felici a lock ed into s econ d
and Pearce was tryin g to ge t through
traffic. Tim e ran o u t fo r Pearce, a n d
even tho ugh he got around Walker on
the wh ite-flag lap to take third, it wo u ld
b e Ven ega s a n d C h a d Feli ci o wh o
moved up the pr ogr am.
Th e th ird h e at h a d " Du ki e"
Ermolenko on the p ole, with Richa rd
Jones in two and Randy DiFran cesco in
three. O n the out side, it wa s Josh Larsen
in four and "Ra d" Brad Oxl ey in five.
Larsen ou tgated the field and. went ou t
on top, w ith O xley coming across from
the outside to run his favorite low line.
Ermo lenko was looking for any kind of
opening as he was running third, an d it
cos t him on the wh ite-flag lap when he
we n t d ow n in one. It was DiFran cesco
an d Jon es who go t by for the third and
fourth spots; Larse n a nd Ox ley would
move to the sem is.
Th e final heat had Bast in one and
Steve Fu rman in tw o. Bobby "Boogaloo"
Schwartz loaded into three, wi th Jason
Chism in four and Charlie "The Tuna"
Cooley in five. It was the "Master of the
Gate," Schwartz, who got the best start,
but Bast figu red out how to ge t around
him, and he took the lead at the end of
o ne a n d wen t o n to ta ke th e wi n .
Sch wartz wo uld s till tr ansfer u p th e
p ro gram with h is seco nd a nd Cooley,
Furma n and Chism would fight anothe r
day.
Schwartz drew th e pol e in the firs t
Scr atch se m i, with O xley in tw o a nd
Fari a in thr ee. Venegas was on the outside, in fou r . Ag ain th e ga te w en t to
Schwartz, but that just mad e Faria turn
it up a n otch high er, and it was "Flyin'"
Mike w ho went wire to wire.
Venegas, who is reall y on track for
th e N a tional , moved himself into the
second spo t for a d irect transfer to the
mai n , a lo n g w it h Faria and th e fina l
mat ch-up. Schwartz a nd Oxley w ould
have one more chance in the last-ehance
qu alifier.
The seco nd Scratch sem i sa w th e
draw fo r the pol e go to Larsen, with
. Chad Felicia in two and Bast in three.
Ca stro had drawn fiv e. Larsen got
another inc re dib le gate and th e ra ce
bel on ged to him. The battle for second
was between Feli cio and Bast, and it
was Bast who held off the ch allenge
and picked up second. Larsen and Bast
were in the ma in and Felicio and Cas tro would have one more sho t in the
LCQ .
There were fou r riders in the LCQ,
and only the winner would move on.
Oxley drew the pole, with Felicio in two
and Schwartz in three. Castro would
again be on the outside, in four. The veteran, Schwartz, flat outgated the field,
and it was ov er as quickly as it had
begun. The final spot in the Scratch
main would be filled by a still-competing Legend, Schwartz. Oxley did finish
second, with Felicio and Castro rounding out the field .
The Scratch main event saw the luck
of the draw put Schwartz on the pole,
with Larsen in two and Faria in three.
Bast and Venegas were in four and five.
This race can only be described a s
"bizarre." Venegas was not ready when
the gate came up and he didn't get off
the line. Schwartz hesitated, th inking
the red flag would come ou t; it didn't,
and he was off late . Venegas was besid e
himself and, frankly, the riders looked
somewhat confused on tne first lap until
they realized the race was in full swing.
Larsen had cu t another brilliant ga te
and was out front , and he lo o ked to
ioe
Jason Wade (28) takes the lead on lap
one in the 125cc B c lass in McArthur,
Ohio .
Results
50 (4-tl) ; 1. Icrdan Stncll.m d (Cob) ; 2. Ryan Ivers