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Washington Speed Week Castle Rock Race Park Castle Rock, Wash ington Resu lts:'September 3, 1999 50 JR: 1. T ylt.·r M ...-ade (ATK ). 50 S R: 1. Eva n Aro nso n (Cob) : 2. J.D. Beach (LEM); 3. jacob Lehma n (Cob), 60: I. C hris Calorie (K.1W); 2. Elliot O qui s t (Ka w ): 3. EV,l O A ro n...o n (K .1W). 80 A: 1. N ick Oh ge ( Ho l1); 2. Eric De boer (Yam); 3. De r ric k O q u ls t ( Hu n) ; 4 . A n dy Fa y (Ho n) : 5 . Sa m Ha lbe r t (Sux ). 80 OTX: 1. Nic k O hg e (H o n ): 2. A ndy Pa y (Hun); 3. Der rick Oqui st (Hen ): 4. Sam Hal be rt (SU7.); 5. je rry Han se n (Hun ). 125: I. Mitchell Pier ce (Suz ): 2 Ierrv Han-en (He n): 3. C h ris Me·,ul... (V.1m ); 4 . Amv rruc- in.~ki IYamj : S. D.). · L Po wel l (K.1W ) , • 250: I. Mitche ll Pierce (Hem ); 2. N ick Sellers IHo n), 3. Ky le R.' g:ood.,I t. (Kaw): 4. je ff ~a b ha rt (V.1m) ; 5. [a son · Ro:'Oil,.· (Su z). OP EN A: 1. Ma tt Proto (Rtx): 2. Beau Z . Bro w n (Rtx); 3. Scoo ter Vernon (ATK); .1. Stev e Hlebo (Ho l) ; 5. Tim Rsckcu... (Ho nl. OrEN DTX: 1. Nic k Sellers (Hon), 2. Tim Rick e tt .. t Hon), 3. Kyle Ragsdale ( K. W); 4. Jerry Ha nsen ( Ho n); 5. 1 C hris Mea d e (Volm). O VE R 30 orEN: 1. Steve H a n (Ya rn): 2. Da n Kir k (Yam) : 3. A lle n M or invi lle (Rtx) . O VE R 40: 1. Steve H.11J (Ya m); 2. Jo hn Pro to (Ya m l; 3. J Ol ' Ca rrero (Ya m ). V INT 250: 1. Aa ro n Wl'~ ton (Hon): 2 Todd Tr,l CV (Bu ll . ' VINT SG t : 1. Ma t t Ro h r (Ya m) : 2. J Ol' Ca rre ra (Y.l m ); 3. Larry Lcga rra (Bul) . VI NT TW: 1. Jo h n Proto (Ya m ); 2. Mi ke Han-i t t (Ya m ); 3. Larry Le rra (Yam ): 4. Gary Beach ITrj); 5. gn Tod d Tr .1CY (Ya m) . &00 PR O-S PT: 1. Kurt H a wk (A T K); 2. Beau Z . Bro w n (Rtx): 3. Eric & 't" 1'5 (W- R); 4. To ny Fo x (Rt x): 5. jeff Ga bhar t (Ya m}. &00 EX: 1. Eli Price (W- R); 2. Jd f An nen (W-R); 3. J.P. Simonsen (Ho n) : 4. Be a u A . Br o w n ( W · R); S. C hr i... an Vernon (A T K). n Castle Rock IT By Clay Light CASTLEROCK, WA, SEPT.2 a tional numb~r 70, John Hleb o III, was one of the multitud e of ou t-ofO' s ta te rs to tr ic kle in th rou gh out Washingt on Spe ed Week, ge tting early pra ctice for the upcoming AMA National Hot Shoe round at Castle Rock Racewa y Park. Hleb o, indeed , got va luab le track tim e by po sting a victor y in the 600cc Expert main event. Hlebo fended off the race-long challenges from last year's Hot Shoe National winner Eli Price th roughou t the 12. la p fi nal to lead Price a nd Oregon ' s Ryan Anderson on to pod ium posit ions, bu t more importantly, to gai n morn enturn head ing into the Nationa l. Hlebo and Price were winners of the tw o 600cc Exp er t preli m in ari es , and they u tilized th eir choice p icks on the fron t row to trail fast start er Ron Wa ters into turn one at the unl eashi ng of the 12rid e r fi na l. Hl ebo a n d Price wo u ld qu ickly d rop the Na tio na l nu mb er 30, Wat er s, back to th ird , then spend the rem aining II laps in a wheel-to-wheel duel. Hl eb o wo uld ou tpo wer Price d own the high- hor sepower fro nt straight, but Price wou ld qu ickly nar row the gap in the IT's dogleg section . ~ H lebo fanned N ~ :Iii III II III ~ lIII ~ Q iii ..c E ., 'E. ., en 32 off Pri ce' s las t-d itch att empt to overta ke th e Californ ia n, ea rn ing H lebo a lon g-overdu e win her e. Price finished a w heel beh ind Hl eb o fo r seco nd , fol lowed by Ryan Ande rso n, who got by the fadi ng Wa ters midway thro ugh the final b ut co u ld n ' t ca tc h th e Hlebo /Price battle. Wa ters and rooki e Exp ert Aaron Weston filled ou t the top fiv e >- Wh il e th e Ro ck O i l /E ngin es- . O nly / Rod Lake Racin g-backed Hlebo 's narrow win over Price was impressive, se ve ra l ot he r classes a lso s how cased close finis hes, suc h as the SOcc Mod ified final. Whil e hard ly a t a simila r pace as t h a t of the 600 cc ma ch in es , Ja co b Lehma n an d J.D. Beach spent six laps in a s ide- b y-s id e co n fi g u ra tio n, u sin g d ra ft ing a nd severa l s tra teg ic mo ves be fore the race concluded in Leh ma n's favor bv inches a t the line. "I go t insi de corning ou t of the last tu rn by cu tting insid e of him (Beach), and then I go t a really good drive at the fi n ish ," th e 7-yea r-o ld C obra ri d e r , Lehman, said . 'T ha t was reallv close." Lehman and Beach wo u ld do ba ttle again in the 50cc Sen ior final, altho ugh this time it wo uld be in a confrontation for second place, as the AMA 50cc Amateu r Nationa l Champio n, Eva n Aro nso n, main tained a large ad vantage to the finish ahead of Lehm an, wh o again wou ld ge t the upper ha nd on LEM-m ounted Beach for second place. Or egon 's Nick Oh ge started off the 1999 seaso n as a consistent top-three finisher, but has since turned into the 80cccl a s s dom in ator. O hg e led Derrick Oq uist, Chris Calorie, Kenneth Han sen a nd Eric DeBoer in a clo se-knit pack , battling behind O hge for second in the e ig h t- r id e r fi nal. Ca lo ri e di sp la ced Oquist to se tt le into second , where he finishe d , behind O hge. Kaw a saki-m ounted Ky le Ragsd ale did simila r damage in the 250cc A final, post in g a wire-t o-wir e wi n aboa rd the ex-Da rre ll Da vis KX-b a sed ma ch in e . Ragsd ale opened up a tidy lead early on a nd lo ok ed as if he we re a run awa y w inne r until N ick " Ho t Shoe" Selle rs carne a lo ng a nd cha lle nged Raqsd al e after ge tti ng a ro u nd Mit ch ell Pierce . Sell ers, tho u g h , cou ld n ' t find a way around Ragsd ale. Selle rs, the form er 80cc District 27 champion, go t incre d ible drive ou t of the final tu rn, bu t Ragsd ale's race-lon g ad va ntage was too much for the Honda rid er to overcome. Selle rs la ter ca rne ba ck to post vic tory in the O pe n DTX final in w ha t was ano the r come-fro mbeh ind performance, w her e he ove rtook Pierce and Hansen late in the race for a win. eN Castle Rock Race Park Castle Rock, Washington Results: September 2, 1999 50 JR : 1. Ty ler 3. T r.w ;s O hge. M ~ad c (ATK); 2 Alex Bergm.ln ('IT}); SO S R: 1. Eva n A ro ns o n (C o b ); 2. Ja co b Le h ma n (Cob); 3. J.D . Beach (LEM ). 50 M OD : 1. ja co b Le hman (C ob ); 2. J.D . Bea ch II.EMI. • 60: 1. Ellio t Oq u ist IKaw ): 2. Ch ris Ca lo r ie (Kaw): 3. Eva n Ar onso n ( Ka w ). 80: 1. N ick O hge (Hu n) ; 2. C hr is Calorie (Ho n): 3. Kurt Hawk was the class of the 600cc ProSport field dur ing Washington Speed Week, winning all three main events of the series. Derrick Oq u ist (Hon). 125: I. Je rry Ha nse n IHon); 2. C h ris Mea d e (Ya m) ; 3. Mitchel l Pier ce (Su z) . 250: 1. Ky le Ragsdale (Kaw): 2. N ick Sell ers ( Ho n ): 3. M itc hell Pie rce (Hun). 250 On: 1. ;'\lick Sellers (Hun); 2. Mitch ell Pie rce (H u n); 3. [errv Ha nso n ( H e n ). O PEN k 1. \oJ,ltl Pro to (Rtx ); 2. Tim Ricke tt s ( Hun ); 3. Ky le' Ragsdal e (W- R). OPEN Tw: 1. Joh n Prot o (V.l m); 2. G .uy Beach {Tri) : 3. Dick Slu..her (N or) . VI N T Se t : 1. M a tt Roh r (Ya m) ; 2. Jot' Ca r re ra (Yam ); 3. Brett Weston I Hon) . OVE R 30 O PEN : 1. S teve Hall (Ya m) ; 2. A ll en M orinville (Rtx ); 3. Dan Kirk C Hon). O VE R 40 A : 1. Steve Hall (Ya m ); 2. Joh n Pr o to ( Rtx ); 3. Vince H olt (Rtx ). 600 PRO-SrT: 1. Ku rt Hawk (AT K); 2. Matt Pro to (Rtx): 3. Bea u Z. Bro w n (Rtx): 4. Steve Hid...) (Rtx): 5. . Ceorge Prindiville ( Rtx). 600 EX: 1. Jo h n Hlebc III (Rtx ); 2. Eli Pri ce (\'V·R); 3. Rvan An d erson (W- R); 4 . Ron w aters (W -R) ; 5. Aaron Wes ton (Rtx ). Castle RockIT Allllell all~it,ilates! By Clay Li ght CASn EROCK, WA, AUG.29 I eff Anne n, th e Natio na l number 40 II! pl a tehol d er , tot a lly an nihi la te d the ~ competition in the 600cc Expert main event at the kickoff race of the five-d ay Was hing ton Speed Week held o n th~ Castle Rock Race Park 's clubgrou nd s. An nen swep t the cla ss by vi rtu e of his heat race, Dash for Cash and mai n eve nt victories . Annen held off a flurry o f a dva n ce s fr om local fav orite J.P . Simo nsen to ne t a victor v in the 600cc Expe rt final, whil e Eli Price finalized the pod ium position s. Ku r t H awk was a lso a do m ina n t per former wit h his sweep of the 600cc Pro-Sport class, a continu im of his d om inance in the class this sea so n. Hawk led Eric Beers and hometown hero Beau Z. Brown in to the top thr ee positions. Anne n, rid in g the LO PKO / Th or / Lvnnwood Yama ha-b acked Rotax, used the pole positi o n in th e 12- la p 600c c final to jum p in to an imm ed iate lead at the sta rt, a lead which the IT specialist wou ld maintain th rou g hout the fina l, despite the adva nces from last yea r' s Expert clas s cha m p ion, Simonsen, and las t year' s Hot Shoe National w in ner, Price. Si mo ns e n he ld off th e flur ry of ad vances from bitter rival Price to finish second to Annen, which was an impor- tant fini sh for Simonsen, a nd rev en ge for a loss to Price when the two tangled a t last yea r's Hot Shoe N a tio na l here sendi ng Simonsen down. 'a tional number 49, Ch ris Fitz h u g h , ra n fourth th rou gh out the final, finishing ahead of fello w a tiona l nu mb er ho lder, Rvan Anderson. An derson ch a rg ed throu gh tr a ffic after a poor start, but d isp ensed of a ll of hi s ene rgy in th e co me-fro m -beh ind forge for ward , and he cou ld n' t reel in Fitzh ug h, finishi ng fifth a head of Ron Wa ters, Del Schn itzer, Troy Rose, Or egon's Beau A. Brown, and Jeff Hiatt , the IOth-p lace finish er. Hawk qu ickly di spelled any theories that a new ma chine - a new-fro m-thegrou nd- u p C&J-fra med , ATK-p ow ered bike - wou ld not work to his advanta ge d ue to his u nfamiliarity with it, as he led the 600cc Pro-Spor t fina l from the ge tg o . Hawk , w h o s u ffe re d fro m po o r starts last season, has clear ly shed that ima ge; he was never challenged in his win a head of Beers, w ho had Bea u Z. Br o w n h ot o n hi s rea r w he e l a ft e r Brown had ove rtaken Ton y Fox to move to third . Beer s, thou gh, woul d solid ify hi s p erforman ce af te r turn in g it u p a notch to fini sh a he ad of Brown at the line. Brown held on for third a head of Fox, Pete Med calf and Brian McCon igal eN in the 12-rider final. Castle Rock Race Park Castle Rock, Was hington Resu lts: August 29, 1999 SO JR: 1 . T r a v is O h gt!'; 2 .Ty lt' r Mea d e; 3. Kyle w ela nd er. 50 SR : 1. Eva n Aro nson: 2. J.D. Beac h; 3. Ja cob l e h ma n. SO MOD: 1. J. D. Beach: 2. J.1Co b Leh ma n. 1 60: 1. Chris Cela rie (K.. W) ; 2. Elliot Oqu i..t (Kaw), 3. Evan Aro nson (K.1 W). e 80 A: 1. Nick Ogbe IHun l; 2. Eric Debo r (Ya m); 3. C hris Calorie ( Hen) . 80 DTX : t. Derr ick O q uis t (Ho n): 2. N ick O hge (Hon} . 12 5: 1. Chris Mead e (V,l m); 2 .1 errv 'H.m~ n (l-ion): 3. Mit chell Pie rce (Suz) . · . 250: 1. Nick Sellers (He n): 2. Mitchell Pierce (Hen): 3. Kyle Ragsdale (Kaw ). 250 DTX: 1. Kyle Raqsda le (Kaw ); 2. Nick Se llers (H on): 3. Tim Ricketts.. (Hon l. OPEN A: l. Eric Be rs (W- R); 2. Bo b Rosie (Rtx) ; 3. e Scoo te r Vern on (AT Kl . OVE R 30 O PEN: 1. Sie ve Po we r (Rtx ); 2. A lle n Mor inville (Rtx): 3. Pe te Ne ilso n . OV ER 40: 1. V in ce H o lt (Rtx); .2. Allen Morinville (Rtx); 3. Steve Pow er (Rtx). V I N T TW: 1. Son ny Burres (T ri) ; 2. Ton y Th o rn (Tri); 3. Mike Harriu (Y.l m ). 600 PRO-S PT: 1. Ku r t Ha w k (A T K); 2. Er ic Beers (\'V-R); 3. Bea u Z . Bro w n ( Rt x); 4. Tony Fo x (W· R); S. Pe te Mt.>dca lf (W · R). 600 EX: 1. Jd f Annen (W· R); 2. J.P. Simlln ~n (Rtx); 3 . Eli Pr ice ( W· R); 4 . C h r is Fit z h u gh ( Rtx ); 5 . Ry.ln Anderson (W -R).

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