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Events Loretta LynnsQ ualifier,S theast Region ou Hadsell, Riddle· no problem By Ki rk Jo hnson SOCIETY HILLS, SC,JUNE 12-13 lo rid a ' s Ty son H a dsell a n d Kentu cky's Ben Riddle made their trip to the Palmetto State worthwhi le by garn ering multiple wins in th e highly competitive A and B cla sse s. Hadsell racked up an impressive th ree wi ns, and his only defeat of the weekend came at th e han d s of up -and -comin g rid er Tr avis Past ran a. Riddle' s performance ' was eq ually as impressive, as he was perfect in the 250cc B Modified class, winning all three motos. Riddle su ffered his onl y defeat in the final 125cc B Modified moto, losing to Kyle Farnell. H owever, Riddle's second pla ce behind Far nell w as still enough for his seco nd wi n on the weekend . More th an 500 rid er s came from a ll over to do battle for th e seven gua ra nteed ga te positions for the AMA National Motocross Championships held at Loretta Lynn's every Au gu st. The three-m ote form at , intense heat and high humidity would put the riders' stamina and skills to the test ove r the two-day event. Tyson H adsell ca me o ut sw inging, taking two moto w in s and a second in the 125cc A class on the way to his first victory of th e w eekend. Fellow Florida rid er Michael Ste ven son used consis tency where it cou nted, finishing third each time out to take seco nd o ve ra ll. Bill y Wood made it a com plete Florida affa ir, guidi ng his Yamaha ove r th e whoopedou t facil ity and go ing 4-7-4 to take the final po diu m position . Win number tw o came in the 125cc A / Pro Spor t d ivision. Th is tim e, Had se ll co m ple ted th e hat trick by taking three moto wi ns. Th e Hu dson, Florida , rid e r a p peared to be on ra ils o n th e treach er ous co u rse tha t claimed more than its fair share of victims over th e wee k en d . Ta nn er, A la bama 's Clark Stiles brok e u p the Florida party, movin g hi s Kawasaki into th e runner -up position . Stiles ke p t Hadsell honest in the first moto , finishing second . Mot o two saw Stiles falte r ou t of the ga te, and he was only able to wo rk up. to fifth by th e end o f the m ot o, Enter in g the final mot o in fourth, Stiles knew his chances fo r the overa ll were s lim, but seco n d was s till up for g rabs. Sti les ga ted w ell and finis hed seco nd , thus e nsu r ing h im seco n d ove ra ll. Fo rt Myers, Flo rida's Jeremy Shuttlew o rth ma de up th e second half of the Flori da boo kends, finis hing third in ea ch m oto and third ove rall. Tra vis Pas tra n a d ealt H ad s ell h is o n ly defea t of th e weekend, in t he 250cc/ O p en A class. Pastrana lo o ked li ked a seasoned ve tera n in the P ro ra nks, ripping off th ree per fect mo tos . Hadsell tried to ma tch th e pace of the Suzuki rid er, bu t Pas trana 's pa ce was just a little qu icker. Th e Cernic's Suzukimounted rider slowly pu lled away eac h time ou t. Hadsell pl ayed second fiddle in the firs t tw o m otos and finis hed third in the final mot o to Dwayne Bone. Bone too k third overall with 3-5-2 finishes . Hadsell was no t to be den ied in the 250cc /O pen Pro Spor t cl ass . Ha d sell was p erfect each time ou t. Sti les w as F " !IIi ::liii ~ Ilii III .. o :it Q • 0> ~ :- 38 - Ben Riddle (41 ) grabs the holeshot In the second 250cc B Modified moto. Daniel Tesh (631) and Thomas Parsons (15) avoide"d the ensuing crash . again th e runner-up, go ing 2-5-3, with ano the r Florida boy, Chris Manning, in third w ith his 3-2-5. Tea m Green's Ben Riddle wa s read y for action in the 250cc/Open B Modified d ivision. Riddle ga ted in the top five in eac h moto and quickly mad e his wa y to th e front eac h tim e and left the com pe tition to fight over seco nd . Th e o nly rid er to give Rid dl e a run for his money was Perform an ce En gineerin g /Su zuki mounted Kyle Farnell. The N ew Smyrna, Florida, native took second in moto one , stayi ng close eno ugh to ca pitalize on a mi stake but no t close eno ug h to chalIenge for the lead. Moto tw o sa w Farnell get caug ht up in a melee in the first tum. The Flor id a r id er s pen t th e enti re mo to playi ng catch-u p and ended up in four th . In the final moto, Farnell seized the ea rly lead , bu t no t for lo ng, as Riddle m ad e h is move on lap two. Farnell gave chase, but it was to no avail . However, his second in mo to th ree was enough for second ove rall on the day. Thomas Parsons netted third overall wit h his 3-2-5 scores. Ridd le was seemi ngly in control of the 125cc B Mod ified class, ta king the first tw o moto wi ns with rela tive ease. In m oto th re e, Ridd le too k his on ly d efea t of the weeken d. Ga ti n g third behind FarnelI an d Kawasaki-mou nt ed Rya n Davis; Riddle loo ked po ised for a nother w in . Me thodica lly , Rid dl e m o ved in to secon d and th en se t o u t after Farnell. Farnell, on the other ha nd, had ideas of his own, getting out to an early lead . With six seconds separating the tw o co m pe titors, Riddle tried to close th e gap . The next few laps saw th e gap stay the same . Farnell had done what no one else on the weekend cou ld do: defeat Riddle. However, the second place finish for Rid d le was enough fo r the ove ralI. Farnell took seco nd ove ra ll. The Florida rider played catch-up in the final tw o mo tos after a disastrous first . rnoto, which saw hi m finish 12th. In mo to two, FarnelI gated insid e the to p five , la tched on to Riddle's fender and slip ped away from th e rest of the pack for second. The final moto w as Far _nell's best, as he took the win. Ro u n d in g out the t o p th r ee w a s another Florida ride r, Dan Tru man. Tru ma n piloted his Suzuki to 3-4-8 finishes. The only other rider to take two class wi ns was fo rme r AMA Amat eur Na tiona l Cha mpion Kev in Wa lke r. Th e Kingsport, Tennessee, rid er too k the Over 25 A and Fou r-Stroke classes by s to rm . W al ker ripped o ff th ree m ot o wi ns in eac h class. The Four-S troke-c lass wins came very easily, as Walker wo n each moto by more than 30 seconds, Ash eboro, Nort h Ca rolina 's Jason Baldwin took th e runner-up position each time out. Four -Stro ke newco mer Ke vin Blalock a da p ted to h is YZ400 quickly and netted third overall. Walker's w in in the Over 25 A division d id not come as easily. A bad start in th e firs t mot o forced Walker to play ca tch- u p the en tire mot o. H is pace ca rried him to th e w in. In the seco nd moto, Wa lk er fa ltere d ea rly, lea ving him to play ca tch-u p . This tim e the win wou ld not come as easilv, "If tha t guy o~ the Yamaha would n't have fell, I could no t have caught him," said Walker of his com e-from-behin d win . Wal ker wou ld not make the sa m e mistakes in the th ird mo to, jetting away for the win. Wes t Palm Beach, Florid a's Ch ris Ma n ni ng came bac k from a seven th in the firs t m oto to take the runnerup po sition in the fina l two mot os, thus nett ing se co nd overall. FelIow Florida rider Travis Blackburn used consistency on his way to third ove ra lI. CN Camp Coker Motorsports Park Society Hills, So uth Carolina Results: June 12·13, 1999 12 5 A: 1. Ty son H a d s ell (Ya m); 2. M ich a e l Stevenson (Yam); 3 . Billy Wood (Ya m) ; 4 . Hans Ned (Hen): 5. Tra vis Pastran a (Suzl. 125 AlP RO SPT : 1. Tyson Had sell (Yam); 2. Clark Stiles IKaw): 3. jeremy Shu ttleworth (Yam); 4. Michael Stevenson (Yarn): 5. Jos h Whitmire (Yam). 125 B ST K: 1. Dan Tru man (Suz); 2. Jeremy Brown (Kaw): 3. Doug Earls (Suz): 4. Ryan Davis (Kaw): 5. Troy Ad ams (Suz) . 125 B MOD: 1. Ben Riddl e (Kaw}; 2. Kyle Farn ell (Suz): 3. Dan Tru man (Suz ): 4. Ryan Davis (K aw ): 5. Dan iel Tesh (Suz). 125 C STK : 1. Dwane Mitchell (Yam) ; 2. Co rey Fink (Yam) ; 3. Steven Durick (Yam ); 4. Josh Mon tgom ery (Yam); 5. Kyle Hochst etler (Kaw). 125 C MO D: 1. J ~ son wiley (Yam); 2. Co rey Fink (Yam ); 3. Josh Mon tgomery (Yam) ; 4. Steven Durick (Yam) ; 5. Ralph Martin (Kaw). 2S0/0 PEN A: 1. Tra vis Pastra na (Suz ): 2. Tvson Hadsell (Yam ); 3. Dwayne Bone (Hon); 4. Josh Whitmire (Yam ); 5. Michae l Mart in (Yam) . 2SO/OPEN A PRO SPT: 1. Tyson Had sell (Yam): 2. Cla rk Stiles (Kaw ): 3. Chris Ma nn ing (Yam); 4. Kenn y Yoho (Ka w ): 5. Travis Blackburn (K,lW) . 250/0PEN B STK: 1. Kyle- Farnell (Suz): 2. Jerem y Brown (Kaw); 3. Clin ton Shealy III (Kaw): 4. OO U); Earls (Suz); 5. Jason Baldwin (Yam). 25010PEN B MOD, 1. Ben Riddl e (Kaw): 2. Kyle Farnell ($uz); 3. T ho mas Parsons (Ya m); 4. Cli nton Shealy III (Kaw): 5. Karst en Butler IKaw) . 25D PEN C: 1. Kyle Hoc hste tler (Kaw): 2. Louie /O Reynolds (Ka w ): 3. Jacob Saylor (Ka w): 4. Jason Baker (Yam); 5. Randy Rector (Yam). 25+ : I. Kev in Wal ker (Ya m); 2. Chris Ma n ning (Yam) ; 3. Travi s Bla ckburn (Ka w): 4. Micha el Ma rtin (Yam); 5. Richa rd Hampshire (Suz). VET A 30+: 1. Earl May (Kaw): 2. Ashley Epps: 3. Marcus r ed rew (Suz) ; 4. Mark Beamer (Su z): 5. John Lundy (Suz) . V ET DIC 30+: 1. Bra dley Ru el (Ya m) ; 2. Da rr yl Heisler (Ho n ): 3\ Mik e McConville (He n ): 4. Nick Pinegar (Yam); 5. Stev e Lew is (Yam ). S R 40+: 1. Ga ry G ra ha m (Kaw j: 2. Donny Ba nks (S uz): 3 . Kenneth Fra n ke n bc rry ( Ka w}; 4. Joh nny Borders IKaw): 5. Joe y Sira gu sa (Ka w). MSTR 50+: 1. Steve Lewis (Yam ); 2. Isa ac Dclaggcr (Han); 3. Tho ma s Fogg (Yam); 4. joseph Tren t (Yam); 5. Terr ell Welborn (Suz ). 4--STR K: 1. Kevin Walker (Yam); 2. Jaso n Baldwin (Ya m); 3. Kevin Blalock (Yam ); 4. David Dunbar (Yam) ; 5. Darryl Heis ler (Yam) . Yamaha Dealer Series,Round 3 Turner triumphant 'again . By Beth LaRo ck SAN BERNARDINO, CA, JUNE 13 he third rou nd of the Yamah a Dealer's Series at Glen Helen Racew ay brough t Sen ior Expert racers Ron Tu rner, Bob Ma xw ell , Larry Roesel er and Rex Staten to the starting line for a race seemingly from the past. "It's like bringin g back the Na tiona ls for us," Maxwell said before the first moto. " It' s always g reat to get a turn ou t like th is," added Tu rner, w ho cha rged hard and wo n bo th mot os in the Senior Expert class. No t even 90- plus-degree heat cou ld slow him d ow n. In th e first moto, To ny Schu ler su rprised th e fi eld b y capt u ri n g th e holesh ot. De nnis Boulware, Tu rner and Staten followed . Before the firs t la p wa s over, Sc h uler s till held the lead , bu t Turner, Sta te n, Maxw ell and Roeseler w ere in second through fifth place and quickly closi ng the gap. O n lap two, Turner rocketed down the tree straig h t pas t Schuler, lea ving hi m in a cloud of dust. Th e next tim e an y of the racers would see Tu rn er w as a t the fin ish line . Sta ten, Maxwell a nd Roesel e r also p a ss ed Sch ule r on the sa me lap. Sta te n hel d second to the checkered flag. The most exciting con tes t of the moto was th e b a tt le fo r thi r d, b e tw ee n T

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