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By Kevin Mitchell
STANTON, MI.JUNE 'iJ
Pr edicting th e w eat her ca n be very tri ck y, as
Moreland 's MX track crew fou nd out. After a hot
and d ry race on Saturday, Morela nd 's deci ded to
wa ter the track heavily for Sund ay' s race. Ho wever, Mother Na ture played a trick and dumped
two inches of rain on the area overnight.
Man y rid er s decided to stay ho me a nd not
compete in the mu d - which is no t a good idea,
because if ra cer s wa nt to be top professionals.
they need to learn how to ride in the mud . This
will teach many skills that carryover to ot her
aspects of motocross. Also , on the natio nal circuit,
there are no "thro w-away" eve nts, so racers need
to be competitive no ma tter what the conditions.
Those who were not afraid to get d irty had a
• grea t day of racing. The 50, 60 an d BOcc classes
all had a good turn uu t for the m uddy conditions.
Adria n Ford o f Fent on , Michiga n, toppe d
siblings James and Sa ra Rober ts of Wa ter for d,
Michigan , in the 50ce Shaftdrive class.
In 80ce Beginner competition , local rid ers
d ominated, wit h Nath a niel Bacon of Sh ep ar d ,
M ic h ig an , d ef e atin g Stuart Alexa n de r of
Vestab ur g.
By th e sta rt of af ternoon practice , th e sun
had started to come out and the trac k was drying out nicely . More rid ers came out, making for
fa ir-sized classes. Pro fessional rnotocrosser Matt
Maximoff of Brigh ton came out to show. how to
fly in the mud, and he co mpletely d omin ated
the combined 250cc A and B motos.
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