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Lincoln Trail M
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By Honnalo ra Hubbard
CASEY, IL OCT. 10
,
h is wa s a w eek end fo r true
motocross en thusias ts. With all the
rain leading up to the eve nt, expectations weren't ver y high , but the LTM
crew, fan s; a nd riders kept th e spirits
high .
Saturd ay's sched u le w as shortened
to one mot a per class in or der to save
the track for the next day's event. Luckily , b y th e mid dl e of th e d ay th e su n
came au t, and by the time the Pro s took
to th e tr ack, th ings w er e sha p ing up.
The 100-foo t Casey d ownhill tripl e was
o pene d , a n d the Pro s put on quite a
show for the spectators.
In the 125cc Pro clas s, there were 19
riders on the line. Ben Riddl e took firs t,
Jeff Gibson p laced seco nd, and David
Oe rtel came in th ird . Local favori te
Jeremy Brewington finished an impressive fifth. Sneaking into the top five in
the fourth p o sition was Rob b y
McQuary.
Riddle was a two-time overall winner for the d a y, fini sh in g first in the
250cc A class . Again, Gibson wa s right
behind him to take seco nd , followed by
Robb ie Skaggs wi th a 7-2 finis h to place
third . Cla rk Stiles finished fourth, and
Oett el took the fifth spo t.
The Fou r-Stroke Na tio na l class was
the high est-flyin g class of the d ay. KTM
rid er Kelly Sm ith finished first overall.
Jim N eese flew on his Yama ha for the
second -pla ce honors; w ith Stiles, Todd
Downs and Illinois' own Nate Eslinger
finishing third, 'fourth and fifth, respectivel y.
Th e amateur cla sses ha d plenty of
excitem en t, Ridi ng in the 125cc B class ,
Robert Simpso n h it a "home ru n," sta yin g ou t in fro n t for firs t place overa ll.
Dustin Lu st ig fin ish ed seco nd in the
first mot a , and the n battled in the se con d mota wit h Brand on Petty and Clint
Johnson . Lusti g cross ed the line fourth,
garne ring a 2-4 for seco nd overall. Pet ty
cro sse d the li ne secon d in th at mot a
af te r so me troub le in th e firs t m o ta ,
earn ing ninth overall. Oakland, Illinois'
John so n fough t hard in eac h mot a for
hi s 4-3 fi nis hes a n d th e th ird-pl ac e
plaqu e.
The 12Sec C rid er s learned that you
ha ve to fin ish both m otos to have a
chance at a top spot. Du e to mechanical
difficulties, cras hes, and ju st plain bad
luck, it was a struggle to cross the finish
line in the first mota . Nine rid ers headed back to the pit s befor e they saw the
checkered fla g . Jim Currie s a w th e
checkers first in both mot os. John Brewer of Westfield, Illin ois, took a second
and an eighth, taking home second for
the da y. Dou g Moffitt's 3-10 was equal
to thi rd place overall.
Lustig hit tfie track ag ain in the 250cc
B rac e. This tim e he went 1-1 for first
overall. Sometimes thre e plus th ree '
equals two ; this wa s the case for Honda
rid er Josh Decker, who earned second
pl ac e with 3-3 showings . After some
struggles in the first mota and a seventh-place fini sh , Hill sb oro, Illino is'
Ad am Wright rallied back in the second
mot a to a second -place finish . This com-
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bination wa s good for third overall.
Mitchell Stortzum and Greg Pow ell
rounded out the top five.
In ' t h e 250cc C cla ss , 17 rid ers
attempted to walk away with the firstplace plaque. Brett Herrick was the one
who reached the goal. After coming in
behind newcomer Mike Walls in th e
first mota, Herrick crossed the line first
in the second mot a . Walls won the first
mota and finished th ird in mota two,
placing second for the da y . Dani el
Creeg, Ruric Doggett and Neil Huffman
completed the top five.
By the afternoon, the track conditions
w ere more th an good en ou gh for th e
65cc a nd 50cc cl a ss es to g e t in th e ir
mot os, Lead in g the 65cc class was Phil o
Petricic. The top 50cc honors went to
Dillon Hall (for the seniors) and Jacob
Th om a s (fo r th e jun iors ). Both 50cc
classes had a fu ll class and wer e able to
score full points.
CN
Lincoln Trail Motosports
Casey, illinois
Results: Octobe r 10, 1999
51 STK CL~l : 1. Jacob Th OITlJ S; 2. Jus tin Freund ; 3.
Brenn en Kershaw (KT M); 4 . Kenn eth Da g e Jr .; 5 .
Bra nd on Hcrschcll .
Sl ST K CL·!: 1. Dillon Hall IKaw) : 2. Danie l Burks
(Cob); 3. Amy Mellin ger; 4. Jake Feide r (lem); 5. Austin
Aoyd .
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65: 1. Philo Pe tr ick IKaw): 2. Derek Milko vich
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