(Left) Randy Webb
(745) topped the
125cc Beginner
class at Starwest
Cycle Park.
(Right) Russ
Pickett (93) and
D;lVid Hobson (43)
battled for Over 30
B honors at the
fifth round of the
U.S. Eastem Spring
Motocross Series,
held at Lake Sugar
Tree. Hobson
edged out Pickett
for the overall by
winning the second
moto.
pletion of the first lap, he had caught and passed
Smith for the lead. Not one to give up, Smith
struck back and chased Commans for the whole
race and eventually took back the lead.
"Hayden got sideways coming up the inside
of a muddy hill and slid out," Smith said.
From that point on, it was clear sailing for
Smith, who powered away to the victory aboard
his Curnutt Shock-backed KTM 50.
The second mota saw Smith pull a repeat
holeshot, with Commans and a hard-charging
Chris Ploufe in tow.
Ploufe was on the move,· and he made a couple of quick passes but he, too, would be a vicItim of the same slippery uphill that claimed
Commans in moto one.
SmiU, emerged ill the lead by the completion
of lap one, with Commans in hot pursuit.
The two Micro Mini racers fought it out for
the remainder of the moto, with Commans coming out on top of the battle.
In the end, the war went to Smith, whose
more consistent finishes placed him on the top
spot of the podium and made him tl1e recipient
of the biggest plaque and tons of toys.
"My favorite prize was the Army truck and
the toy YZ400," he said.
flormer Mini rider Jared Williams had a
nearly flawless day in the 125cc Novice class. He
swept both motos of competition on his Pit Probacked YZ125, while jimmy Eberle was good for
second place in front of Simon Temmermann,
T.]. Berario, Sergio Ponce De Leon and former
Pee Wee champ johner Faulkner.
Results
50 STK (4-6): 1. Geoffrey Lockley (KTM); 2. Blake Uniack
(Kaw); 3. Colton 5.1nders (KTM); 4. D:lvid Hailrsma (KTM); S.
Zack Wiley (Lcm).
50 STK (7·8): I. Hayden Commans (Yam); 2. jim Hill (KTM);
3. Dillion Alexander (KTM); 4. David Hill (Cob).
SO MOD (4-6): 1. Chris Plouffe (KTM).
50 MOD: 1. Kyle Smith (KTM).
65 BEG (()..11): 1. Andy Dclllrge (Kaw); 2. Hayden Commllns
(Yam); 3. Michael Pop (KTM); 4. Kyle Smith (KTM); 5. Chase Kilfoyle (K.W/).
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65 (6-8): 1. Trent Pugmire (!s (!
