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Unlimited Sports Florida Winter AMA Series Round 4 Lorusso and Currie conquer By Kyle Myers REDDICK, FL, JAN. 20 ust over 300 riders from 18 states as well as Italy, England, Canada and Panama competed in round four of the Unlimited Sports Florida Winter AMA Series, held at Motocross of Marion County. Tony Lorusso and Paul Currie were the big winners on the day. Lorusso topped the 125cc Pro division while Currie won the 250cc Pro class on the supercross-style course. In the first 250cc Pro moto, Currie led the 13-rider field into turn one with Antho'ny Pocorobba, Lorusso, Barry Carsten and Tyson Hadsell following. Currie, on his F&S/Performance Engineering RM, pulled out an eight-second lead - one that he would not relinquish over Pocorobba, Lorusso and ·Carsten. The only rider to make progress on the damp track was YZ400-mounted Keith Johnson. Johnson sta rted around 10th and worked his way into fifth by the finish. When the gate dropped for moto two, Currie once again led the charge into turn one, with Lorusso, Pocorobba, Hadsell and Carsten giving chase. Johnson started seventh this time: Lorusso bobbled at the end of lap one, and Pocorobba shot by. Currie and Pocorobba then opened up a lead ahead of the field as the battle for fourth between Hadsell, Carsten and Johnson heated up. The three riders freight-trained around the course until Johnson muscled his way into fourth. Meanwhile, Currie put some ground between himself and Pocorobba to score the win. Pocorobba flew across the finish line to claim second, with Lorusso, Johnson and Carsten rounding out the top five places. In the first 125cc Pro race, Carsten shot into the lead with Hadsell and Lorusso eating his roost. Suzuki-mounted Carsten led wire to wire to score the ope.ning-moto win as Hadsell and Lorusso fought for the runner-up spot. With the checkered flag ou.t, Lorusso parked Hadsell in the final turn to take second. Hadsell recovered to finish third over Currie and Pocorobba. Lorusso rocketed out of the gate to start moto two, with Jason Fink, Jarrett Tipping, Currie and Pocorobba trailing behind. Currie and Pocorobba moved by Tipping and Fink on lap two while closing in on leader Lorusso. Pocorobba then fell in a turn, leaving Currie and Lorusso to battle for the win. Currie tried several times to make a move on Lorusso, but Lorusso throttled away each time, and he took the moto win and the overall. Pocorobba remounted to finish third, with Carsten and Johnson rounding out the top five. Pocorobba also competed in the 125cc A and 250cc A classes; he recorded the overall in both. In the 125cc A division, Pocorobba used a 1-2 score to win over the 5-1 tally of Englana's Ryan Voase. In the 250cc A race, Pocorobba also used a 1-2 punch to win over Tipping's 4-1 score. . Besides competing in the Pro classes, Carsten raced in the Over 25 division. J 36 Carsten won both motos, but not without a fight with Austin Squires, Pat Barton and Matt Crown. Carsten won the opening moto by snatching the holeshot and never looking back. Squires, Barton and Rudy Waller followed him home. In moto two, Barton jumped out to the easy lead, with Carsten and Crown giving chase. Barton led until Carsten slipped by for the win. Barton held on for second, with Crown coming in third. Barton later returned to win the Over 30 age group with a 2-2 score over John Lundy's 1-3 and Crown's 9-1 score. Bryan johnson scored the win in the highly contested. 80cc class. Johnson went 1-2 to take 'the overall from series points leader James Stewart. Stewart could only finish 15th in the opening moto, due to a crash situation. Stewart recovered and won the second moto, but Johnson'S consistent finishes won the race. Stewart sliced his way to a pair of moto wins in the Supermini category. Nathan Davenport's ?-2 was good for second over Johnson's 5-3. In only his fourth race aboard. a 250, Kyle Farnell toppea the 250cc class with a 1-1 tally over series leader Ben Riddle,. who posted consistent 2-2 showings for the runner-up spot. Riddle also raced the 125cc B class and dominated the field easily, winning both motos over Farnell and Troy Adams. Farnell grabbed the holeshot in 125cc Youth-class action. Adams, Stewart, Zac Lundy and Davenport brought up the chase group. Farnell, on his Thor/Performa nee Engineering Suzuki, pulled away to core the win as Adams and Stewart, who were on KXI00s, battled for second.. Entering the final turn before the finish, Stewart and Adams crashed and both riders were sent to the ground. Stewart was the first to remount, and he' managed to claim second over Adams, Lundy and Davenport. Farnell once again led the ll-rider field into turn one, with Dan Truman, Adams, Stewart and Shane Bartholf following. Farnell had bike problems on the opening lap, resulting in a DNF. This gave Truman the lead, with Adams on his fender. Adams motored by Truman for the point position, with Stewart close behind. Adams opened up a small lead as Stewart went to work on Truman. Entering the last corner before the finish, Stewart rammed Truman and both riders went down. Bartholf slipped by both riders to score second. Truman remounted to finish third, ahead of Stewart and. Ma tt Ba rnes. ell Motocross of Marion County Reddick, Florida Results: January 20, 1999 (Round 4) PIW (4--6): l.Preston TI,omns (Cob); 2. Tyler Moore (Cob); 3. Zac Freeburg (Cob); 4. Bobby Huss (Cob). PIW (7~8): 1. Austin Stroupe (Cob); 2. Dominic lzzi (Cob); 4. RYSoto (KTM); 3. Kristin Ganis (KTM). 50 OPEN, I. Curtis Smith (Yam). 60 BEG: 1. Steve Walker (KTM); 2. Taylor Robert (Kaw); 3. Sami Richardson (Kaw); 4. Mitch Wise CKaw); 5. Chad McH~gh (Kaw). 60 (0-8): 1. Rhett Urseth (Kaw). 60 19-11): 1. Cory Huddleston (Kaw); 2. Karl Orr (Kaw); 3. Brandon Carlson (Kaw). 60 OPEN, 1. Rhett U....th (J<.,W); 2. Kacl Orr (Kaw); 3. Steve Walker (KTM); 4. Brandon Carlson (Kaw); 5. Mite'll Wise (Kaw). 80 BEG: 1. Cory Hatch (Kaw); 2. Adam Richardson (Yam); 3. Ryan Blan (YDm); 4. Michael Falls (Yam); S. Ryan Harel (Kaw). 80 C9-11): 1. Dennis jonon (Kaw); 2. Tyler Johnson (So2); 3. Nick Riley (Yam). 80 (12·13): I. Chris Chevrette (Suz); 2. Jake Alexander (Kaw); 3. Mike Beaver (Su;£); 4. Cody Huddleston (SOl); S. Scan Dodge (Yam).

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