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Events f Matt hew Lemo ine (301) sta rted In second but went on to pas s Kyle Cun ningham (622) for th e win In the 60Cc (10-11) even t at round tw o of the Texas State Championship Series , held at Swan Cycle Park In Tyler, Texas. Tra iling the lead duo are Josh Eure (528), Tyler Begue (254) and Jake Lowry (123). T exasS tateChampionship Series Round 2:S wanCycle P rk a Lemoine pulps the Park By Kat Spann and The Beckster mER, TX, SEPT. 12 wan Cycle Park hosted 601 entries a t the second rou n d o f the fif th annual Texas Stat e Championship Series, host ed by Swa n Cycle Park in eas t Texas. The lack of water was still an issue, bu t promoter Trey Clingfost u tilized a nearby spring- fed creek and ma naged to keep th e t ra ck damp eno ugh to ru n the event thr oughou t a long day of racing. Ma tthew Lemoine collec ted a fourmo ta sweep in the 60cc (I0 -11) and 60cc Open classes. Jonathan Kerr was on fire in th e 80cc 02-13) an d 80cc Ope n minibike catego ries, finishi ng wit h four of four mota wins as well. Vet racer Greg Lewis, 125 /25Occ Pro rider Chase Reed and Vet/Expert Michael Clement all won both of their entered classes; Reed took bot h the 125cc and 250cc Pro classes, Lewis won in the Over 25 and Over 30 Intermediate categories, and Clement clea ned u p in the Over 30 Expert and Over 35 classes. Matthew Lemoine cla imed his first win in mota one of the 60cc (10-11) contest wit h a come-from-behin d rid e. Kyle Cunningham grabbed the holeshot but was passed by Josh Eure by the end of the first lap. Lemoine gated third , followed by Tyler Begue and Jake Lowry. Lemo ine chased Cunningham before he was ab le to move into second, and then he im med iately bega n to tear afte r Eu re, taking over the lead spot by the whiteflag lap and then hold ing it throughou t the final lap for the win. Lemo ine started mota two in second p lace, be hin d Cun n ingham, bu t after m ak in g th e pass for the lead h e remai ned out front to take the win and th e overall. Cunningha m fin ished seco n d , fo llowed b y Ma rs h a ll Smith, Lowry and Eu re. S §! M ClJ .c E ClJ > o Z 44 Lem oin e returned to the gate in the 60cc Open contest, where he once ~gain led bo th motos to the checkered flag for his second win of the d ay. Cody Stark fini shed with a 2-2 ta ll y for seco nd, while Eu re used a 4-3 sco re for thi rd, leaving Cunningham and Lowry to finish out the top five spots. Wha t wi th th e Pro Challenge ju st around the corner, the Pro events have fe a tu re d a n increasing numbe r of entrants. Joining the lineup on this particu lar weekend were Plano Ho nd a' s Travis Ell iott, N orth Texas Yama ha's Ma rk Thompson, New Mexico's Iva n Tedesco, Andy Beebe of Louisiana, an d Hou ston 's Thomas Bord elon . Na than Hale go t the best start, lead ing the way throu gh the first two turns. Elliott ga ted second and took the lead from Hale o n th e fir st lap , bu t H al e hung on to the nu mber-tw o spo t all the wa y to the finis h. Honda of Hou ston's Der ek Gerdes ga ted thi rd , followed by Centra l Ya maha /LCS-backe d Chase Reed and NCY / Pro Circuit's Tedesco. It too k Reed u n til th e th ird l a p to get aro und Gerd es, passing him thro ugh the whoops at the top of lap fou r, bu t Reed was unable to catch the leaders. Hale again go t the best start in the se cond mota, t his time h ou n d ed by Reed, who passed him for the lead on the first lap . NTY's Th omps on chased Hale in third, followed by Ted esco, Dwain Carter, Elliott, Kyle Williams and Bryan Piccirelli . Tedesco passed thompson after the third jump as they head ed up into the wooded switchbacks, taking over third . Elliott worked on Carter for fifth, bu t he was unable to make his pass u ntil the next lap . For two grueling lap s, Elliott hunted t h e Yamaha-mount ed Thompson, passing him after the w hite flag ca me au t to fin ish fo u r th a t t he checkered flag . Tedesco never gave up on Ha le, pressuring him for the numbertwo slot, but Hale held his ground and finished seco nd . Reed took the bulk of the purse in the 250cc Pro even t, win ning both motes. Gerdes chased his fellow rookie Reed to th e finish in second in mo ta one, follo wed by Thom pso n, Carter and Piccirelli. Hale, however, ass umed the ru nner-u p spot in mot a two, followed by Tho m pso n in th ird a nd Gerdes in fourth. Rocky Fleming a nd Jeremy Durrett have both been sh ow ing improvement since movin g up in to the Intermedia te r anks a fte r Lo retta Ly n n's . Flem in g absco nd ed w it h the holesh ot in the first 125cc Intermediate mota , with Durrett in second, but Durret t powered ou t of the first turn to take the lead , putting Flem ing b a ck a spot. Th e Ca rro ll to n Kawasaki /Pro Pri v at ee r Rac ing / Tho r-backed Du rrett stayed ou t fron t fro m sta rt to finis h, as . McFly Sch eel and Ch ris Is t re hunted d o wn Fleming . Sc heel passed Flem ing first, wit h Istre in his wake, pushi ng Flem ing back to fo ur t h, in fr ont of Team Green's James Marshall. Marshall fell o u t, opening the door fo r Danny Kelsey to take fourth, followed by Chad Cook. Cook chased after Ke ls ey , using an overaggr essive move coming ou t of the wooded section to T-bone Kels ey in a corner, causing Kelsey to go down. Cook fini s hed four th , followe d b y Ve rnon McKiddie, Jason Gad d is and Fleming. Durrett snatched the holeshot in the second mota, with Istre rig ht behind , but when Du rrett went over the berm in the first downhill section, he lost position s to Istre, Scheel, Marshall and fleming. Scheel bus ted a move on Istre for the lead , which he held to the finis h. In the meantime, Durrett recovered a nd pursu ed th e lea d er s, get tin g a round Fleming on lap thr ee after Marshall once aga in dropped back. Durrett held third to the finish, w ith Flem in g fou rth a nd Gaddis fifth. Scheel claimed the overall wi n by wa y of his 2-1 punch. Durrett 's 1-3 finish was good fo r se con d . Istre claime d third with his 3-2 cou nt, w hile fou rth went ' to Fleming's 7-4 finish and fifth to Gad dis, who had a 6-5 tally. In the 125cc Open even t, Durrett battled hard to take the overa ll wi n by wa y of a 4-1 cou n t to Sha ne Dough ty' s 3-4, w hich was good for second . Ist re won th e fi rs t m o ta , chased b y Mars hall , Dou ght y , Durret t a n d Ga d d is, but every thi ng was upsid e down in mot a tw o, w he n Durrett led the way for the win and the overall, chased by Kelsey, Gaddis , Dou ghty and Ad am Turner. eN Swan Cyc le Park Tyl er, Texas Results: September 12, 1999 (Round 2) 50 C U): 1. Caleb Dowell (Cob) ; 2. jonathan Tawny (KT M); 3. La nce Begnaud (C ob) ; 4. Jacob Turby fill (Cob) ; 5. Bryan Ca lley (K1'M). SO (i-8): 1. Jam ison M iller (Cob); 2. Derek Bara th (Cob); 3. Chaz Hollad a y (Co b); 4. Rod o lfo Fernandez (Cob) ; 5 . Da niel Reese (Cob). 50 O PEN: 1. Chaz Holladay (Cob); 2. Jamison Miller (Cob); 3. Derek Ba ra th (Cob); 4. Rodolfo Fernan de z (Cob) ; 5. Zeb Smith (Cob). 60 (7-9): 1. joseph Marburger (Kaw): 2. Ricky Da vis (Ka w); 3. Will iam Tu rne r (KTM); 4. C haz H oll ada y (Kaw); 5. Aaron Strickland (Kaw). 60 nO·11) : 1. Matthe w Lemoi ne (Ka w ): 2. Ky le Cu nningha m (Kaw): 3. Ma rsh all Smith (Kawj : 4. Ios h Eure (Ka\\ '); 5. Jake Lowry (Kaw). 60 O r EN : 1. Ma tthe w Le moine ( Kaw) : 2. Cody St.u k (Kaw ); 3. Jo~ h Eure (Kaw); 4. Kyle Cunning ham (!

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