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EVENTS
Sweat sweeps
Field of Dreams MX
By Chad Davis
BOSWEU. r A.SEPT. 27
Tue. 10/20
8p m et .
FIN.! World GP 250 - Australia
Tue. 10/20
9pm et.
FIM World GP 125 - Australia
Sun. 10/25
FIM World GP 500 - Argen tina
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Joshua Sw eat d ominated the competition in th e
250cc A clas s during th e fourth round of the Dis-tric t 5 St at e C ha m pions hi p. held at Fie ld of
Dreams.
The tra ck co u ld n' t have been be tter as th e
first 250cc A moto blast ed off the line with Cha d
Sanner h o ld in g t he ea r ly le ad o ver Vi nce nt
Karno w an d Swea t. Shane Sh ip ley a nd Mit ch
Ward filled out th e top five as the pack made its
wa y a ro u n d the fi rs t co rne r. Throu gh th e Sturns, Swea t pulled up be hin d Karnow, mad e
hi s move across the s ma ll set of doubles an d
dosed th e door by taki ng th e ins ide line. Co n tinu ing h is cha rge, Sweat sta rted to dose o n Sanner , w ho by th is point had oeencod up a small
lead. It was on the sl,..cond lap tha t Sweat mad e
his m ove. Co m ing up th e bi g step- u p jump in
the back co rner of the track, Swea t p ulled bes ide
Sa nn er a nd then uutjum ped him to take over the
lead. A little fu rther back in the pa ck , Ryan
Cates and Gay lon Dickson started making a run
for the fron t, wi th Dickson leading Ga tes as the y
moved fro m a ro un d se ve nth to fou rth a nd fifth.
Shortly therea fter , Ga tes passed Dickson to take
over fourth.
Davey Yez ek , m ea n w hil e, wa s moving up
after a slo w s tart a nd w as in sixth be hind Dickso n, but he wa s starti ng to make a mov e. By the
w hit e flag. Yezek had tak en over fifth.
Sweat e nded up cro ssing th e line with a 12·
seco nd lead o ver Sanner and Kam ow .
The second moto sta rted with Swea t taking
the hol esh ot, wi th Sa n ne r, Yezek. Karn ow and
Shipley close behind . Com in g fro m behind
earlv on was Ga tL'S, who m oved fro m se ve nt h
up to fi fth . Ye ze k m an ag ed to pa ss Sa n ne r to
move in behind Swea t. With the top five fol lowing at about the sa me d ist ance, it was hard
to n o tice that Karnow w as a ctuall y running
wi th a flat tire . What was even m ore impressiv e
was th e fac t th a t he w a s abl e to con tinue to
clear the big uphill and the infield do uble jump
without a second th o ugh t. Karnow rode wi th
the flat for three laps, holding d own fo u r th
o ve r Ga tes .
At th e chec ke rs , it was Sweat w ith a foursecond lead over Yezek, w ho wa s followed bv
Sa nn er, Kamow a nd Ga tes.
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The first mote of the 125cc B class saw Sean
Cro ne r le a d ing t he p ack. H e dropped ba ck.
howev er, a llowi ng"Da vid Hill to m otor pas t.
Following Hill w as AI,m Bonano , Rick Saland ro,
Brian Patterson a nd Tr a vi s Pastrana. Pas tra na
was caught up in a first-corner pileup and was
flyin g throu gh th e pack tow ar d the fro nt. By the
th ird lap he w as second a nd s ta r ting to ca rve
a w ay at H ill ' s 20-scco nd lea d . Pa tt erson a ls o
m oved pa st Sa lan drc a n d s tarte d to wo r k o n
Bonan o for thi rd place.
Up fron t, Pastran a had closed t he ga p to nine
second s by the wh ite nag. With lap times that
w ere a mere second off th ose turned in by Aclass w inn er Swea t, Pastran a wa s defi nitely flying. Mu ch to h is cha gri n , he ended up a bik e
len gth behin d Hill as the twn cres ted the finishline jump. This left Pa tterso n thi rd , followed by
Bonano and Sa lan d ro.
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Results
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