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Events Texas/Oklahoma Pro Circuit Series, Round 4 seco nd lead to hold on to his first-place ticket. Atencio and Tesk e rekindled their fight for second , chase d in this mota by Jame s Floo k. Atencio on ce aga in rod e hard and claimed second in this moto , an d hel d o n to se co n d pla ce in the series. Teske finis hed righ t on Atencio's tail, ro unding out the podium . Floo k's solid rides netted him fourth overall. Cody Rhinelander domina ted the 32rider ga te of th e 125cc C clas s . Rh in elan d er ran u nc ha lle nged on his Ho nda in m o to one as Yamaha racer s Voting to run only one mota on this dri zzly d ay, th e Pee Wee ga te was led by Chaz Holladay, wh o jumped in front of th e o ther 11 mini pil ots. Tyler Cu m mings , eager to improve his third-place series standi ng, rod e hard to catch Hollad ay. A grea t three-way battle for thir d place emerged as Blake Wharton, Reid Miller and Zeb Smi th demonstrated how mu ch they loved to race in the mu d! Holla day cla imed the number-on e spot, follow ed by Cu m ming s. Wh arton rode th e throttle to take th ird . Smit h powered p ast Miller on the fina l la p, eN takin g fourth place by a wink. (Left) Second-year B rider Shane Doughty (18) chases Waylon McCullough (275) for the lead In the second 125cc B moto at the fourth round of the Pro Circuit Series at Greenville MX Park in Texas. (Below) The 125cc Nov ice event had 32 riders, the biggest gate of the day. Cody Rhinelander went 1-1. Aaron Smith (3) took second overall and Josh Johnson (186) took third. Greenville MX Park Greenville, Texas Results: October 16-17, 1999 (Round 4) By Deb Hershman . Photos by Connie Johnson I so (4-6 ): 1. Ma tthew Yost (Cob); 2 Tyler Cum mings (Cob); 3. Chase Hu nt (Cob); 4. Ca leb Dowell (Cob); s. Reid Mille r (Cob ). SO (7· 8): 1. Cha z Ho llada y (Cob ); 2. Cory Perd ue (KTM); 3. Brando n Willis (Cob); 4. Trey Phillips (la M ); s. Blake Wharton (Co b). 50 O PEN , I. C haz H ollada y (Co b) ; 2. Tyl e r Cumm ings (Cob); 3. Bla ke Wha rto n (Cob); 4. Zeb Sm ith: (Cob); 5. Reid Miller (Cob ). ~ 60 (7· 9) : 1. Co ry G re e n (Kaw ): 2. Le v i Gilli a m (Ka w): 3. Trey Cana rd (Ka w): 4. Marshall Smith (Kaw) , 5. Jeffre y Fisher (Kaw) . 60 (to-I t) : 1. Ronn y Jack son ( K aw); 2. Da n n y Ate ncio (Ka w ): 3. Ja y Te sk e (Ka w ); 4. James Flook (K aw). GREENVILLE, TX, OCT. 16-17 h e Texa s /O kl ah om a Pro Circu it Series came to Greenville MX Park for round four for a tw o-d ay race weekend . Satu rday had clear blue skies a nd 80- degree wea the r , b u t Su nday brough t cloudy ski es, cold dri zz le and temperatures in the 40s - which o nly sparked the energy of man y hungry racers . Dethroning Honda rid er Levi Jacks on is wh at Yam ah a-m ount ed Jo s h Hon ea had on his mind in Sa tu rda y' s 125cc Beginner class, as Honea was only four points beh ind Jackson in the series. H onea g rabbed th e holeshot in .mot a . one and never looked back. Jackson was squeezed back to sixth place on lap one and never got through the traffic to challenge Ho nea . Brent Sandefur stepped up and hunted H on ea for four laps, runnin g bar to bar wi th him many times on the way to the checkers. On the whit eflag lap, Honea pinned the throttle an d finished two second s in fron t of Sandefur . In mo ta two, a tig ht thr ee-way race heated up be hind Honea . Leaving the l 8-rider gate in his wake, Honea opened up a I ll-second margin of victory. Jam es Willin gham, Pat rick Enstrom and Kod y Dill rod e wide open with no room for an extra sa r d ine in their ca n as th e y ch arged for the whole four-l ap ra ce . Fend er to fend er goi ng int o the wh itefla g la p , the Ka wa saki-p ow ered Dill moved up to take seco nd at the chec kers . Ens trom and Justin Davis overcame slow sta rts to finish third and fourth , respectively, behind Dill. The top five overall w ere Honea (11), Dill (6-2), Enstro m (5-3), Willin gham (4-5) and Davi s (7-4). Ga ry She lton had Sa turd ay 's win ni ng ticket in the 80cc Beginner event. Befor e Shelton cou ld claim his trophy, he had to recov er from a fou rth- p lace ' s ta r t in mo ta o ne and w o r k his w ay .c around Kyle Tosh, w ho is fifth in th e E se ri es; Ju s tin Li ttle, w ho is fo urth in ~ series; and series leader Chris Milligan . z Milliga n opened up a five-second lead 38 at the end of lap two , making Shelton's '" 60 OPEN: 1. Ronny Jackson IKaw) : 2. Trey Cana rd (Kaw): 3. Cory Green (Kaw ): 4. Dann y Atencio IKaw ): 5. Chez Hollada y (K.w). 80 BEG: 1. C a ry Shelton (Ya m); 2. Chris Milliga n (Yam); 3. Justin Malcom (Kawl ; 4. Ju stin Little (Ya m); 5. Just in AlIred (Ho n), 80 (' all) : 1. Lan ce Holli s te r (Kaw); 2 . Ronn ie' Jackso n (Ka w): 3. Vince Mont eleo ne (Kew): 4. Marsh all Smith (Kaw ): 5. Tad M ontgom ery (H an), 80 (12-13l: 1. Jona th a n Ke rr (Kaw) : 2. Na tha niel Benoit (Yam); 3. Kenda l Owens (Kaw): 4. Trevor Monies job even harder. Running all-ou t on lap thr ee, Milligan wo rked his way through the sma ll cracks between Tosh and Little, mo ving int o second place ea rly on . th e w hite-fl a g lap . Be ating M ill igan .through th e corners, Shelto n took th e lead and held it to the checkers. . In mota tw o, Shelton charged hard off the gate, lead ing the remaining 16 riders to the fini sh. Behi nd She lton, Milliga n and Justin Malcolm, wh o is third in the series, w orked eac h other over in their battle for second place. Malcolm closed in during lap thr ee, but Milligan wa s able to open up his adva ntage on the final lap and he crossed the finish line second . '. The top five overall were Shelton (11), Milligan (2-2), Malco lm (4-3), Little (3-5) and Justin Allred (7-4). Ronnie Jackson bla sted his way to a dual-mota wi n in the 60cc (10-11) class. Jackson steamed up the track as he outdi stan ced th e rest of his class for two solid wins, ad di ng 30 addi tion al point s to his first-place sta nd ing in the series . H o w e ver, se co nd p la ce wa s no t yet nailed d own, a nd Danny Aten cio con tinu ed to duel Jay Tesk e for the two spot in both motos an d the series . Atenci o, holdi ng a seven-poi n t advantage goi ng into round four, rod e hard and held his line in front of Teske. In mota two, Jackson opened up a 16- Mike Southe rl a nd a nd Jo sh Johns on diced in the d irt for second, both tryin g to a u tpower the other a s they threw ro ost in the faces of fourth-pl ace cha llengers Rusty Huddle and Aaro n Smith . Joh nson che we d on Southerland ' s rear fend er as Sout herla nd stole inside lines and remained in front to claim second at the checkers. Huddle, rebounding from a ninth-place start, plow ed throu gh his fe llow co n te n ders , wo r ke d h is w ay a roun d Sm ith o n lap th ree and he ld fourth at the finish. In mo to tw o, Rh inelander repeat ed his leading perform ance. Adam Turner sw oo ped in to give Rhin ela nd er a run for his mo ney . Turner, seco nd behind Rhinelander in series point s, recovered from a DNF in mota one to apply some p ressureIn mot a two. Wh ile knockin g on Rhin el a n d er' s b ack d oor, Tu rn er defended his second-place position from a hun gry Smith, wh o chased Turner for two la p s and mad e h is move around Turner in the back sweeper on the whiteflag lap to net the number-two spo t. T he top fi ve ov e ra ll w ere Rh ineland er (1-1), Smith (5-2), Joh nson (3-5), Sou therland (2-10) and Adam Jennings (7-6). Slip-sliding through the mud, the SOcc Op en rid ers had as much of a challenge wi th the slick track as wi th one anot her. (Kaw): 5. Steven Sampley (Yam). ) 80 (14-15): 1. Bran do n Fulton (He n): 2. Robbi e 5mith (Yam); 3. Ern ie Phillip!'> (Suz ): 4. James Pino (Hen): 5. Cody Drew ek (Hon) . ; 80 OPEN: 1. Bra ndon Fulton (Hen): 2. Na tha niel Benoit (Yam); 3. Cody Drewe k (He n); 4. Greg Chapman (Hen ): 5. Lance Hollister (K.:1w) . 1 125 BEG: 1. Josh Hon ea (Yam); 2. Kod y Dill (Kaw): 3. Patri ck Ens tro m (Ho n): 4. Iarncs Willingha m Il-Io n): 5.. Justin Davi s (Kaw) . SCH BY: 1. Way Ion McCu llou gh (Yam) ; 2. Chad; Cook (Hen): 3. Jason Gad dis ( Kaw): 4. Rustv Huddle (Yam); 5. Dann y Wa ld rop (Yam). • 125 N OV : 1. Cod y Rhi nela nder (Hon): 2. Aaron Smi t h (Ya m) ; 3. Jos h Jo h n son (Ya m) ; 4. Mi ke Southe rland (Ya m); 5. Ada m Jenning. . (Yarn ). . 125 INT: 1. Waylon McCu llou gh (Yam); 2. McA y Scheel (Suz); 3. Sha ne Dou gh ty (Kaw): 4. Iason Gadd is: (K,l W); 5. Dus tin Cantrell (Yam). • 125 OP EN AM.: 1. w ayl on McCu llough (Yam); 2.1 Dustin Ca ntre ll (Yam ); 3. Da nny Waldr op (Ya m ); 4. Josh I jo hnso n (Ya m); 5. David Tarn ow (Kaw) . 125 PR O: 1. Chase Re ed (Ya m); 2. Na tha n Hal e' (Ya m ); 3. Adam Mennen ga (Kaw) : 4. Dw ain Carter i (Yam); 5. Waylon Litchfiel d (Suz) . 250 BEC: 1. David Ma ce (Suz) : 2. C h r is No les (He n): 3. Tracy Utpadei (Ho n): 4. Rick Ruppel (5uz); 5/ ~ Keith Dill (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Cody Rhcin la nd er (H en ): 2. Cha nce' Miles (Kaw) 3. Jaso n Lov ell (Ya m); 4. Ra nd y Hayes' (K.1w ); 5. Bria n Riggan (Suz) . 250 INT: 1. McA y Scheel (Suz ): 2. Cory Yo ung" (Yam); 3. Bren t Miller (Yam)i 4. Dusti n C antrell (Yam); 5. Just in Warren (Ha n). j 250 OPEN AM : 1. Cha nce Mi les (Kaw ): 2. Brent, Miller (Yam); 3. David Hallma rk (Ya m); 4. Brian Rigga n' (Suz); 5. Chris Marek (Yam) . 250 PRO: 1. Cha se Reed (Yam); 2. Adam Mt.'tlncng~ (Kaw ): 3. Na than Ha le (Ya m); 4. David Jones (Yam); 5. wa ylon Litchfield (Suz). ) s 25+ NOV: 1. Scott Rua r k (Hen) : 2 fnm e Tenn yson , (Ya m): 3. Bubba Bard well (Ya m); 4. Aaron Woodfield (Ka w ): 5. Pau l Bi hop (Yam) . s t 25+ IN T: 1. Ada m Co x (Kaw) : 2. Bru ce Sta pl es (He n): 3. Greg Ingels (Ka w ): 4. Franz Hyla nd ; 5. Joh n Port ma n (KT M). 25+ PRO: 1. Clay Hoen schell (K.1W); 2. David jones (Yam); 3. Billy Morrison ISuz): 4. Steve Den nis (Ya m); 5. Dwai n Ca rter (Ya rn ). ) 30+ N OV : 1. James Tennyso n (Yam); 2. Bub ba l Bardwell (Yam); 3. Davi d Ca in (Kaw ): 4. Marty Paint er (Kaw ): 5. Tom Sett le (Kawl . 30+ INT: 1. Bru ceSta pl es ( Ho n): 2. Lee Up to n (Kaw): 3. John Portman (KTM); 4. Ronnie Cos te (Hon); 5. Alad Burde n (Kilw). 30+ P RO : 1. C lay Hoen sch c ll (Ka w ); 2. Mich ae l Keating (Suz ). 40+: 1. Steve McCom bs (Yam); 2. Jack Yost (Kaw): 3.\ Robert Porter (Yam); 4. Gary Starn es IHo n): 5. Marsha ll Tru ma n (Kaw ). I 4-STRK: 1. Steve De n nis (Yam); 2. Kyl e H ud so n, (Yam); 3. John Brett (Yam); 4. Matt Ph illips (Yam ); 5'ja red Simm ons (Yam ). I LOS: 1. [acki H ud son (Kaw): 2. Tracy Kisor (Kaw): 3. We nd y Dial (Hen): 4. MJtt PhiIlips (Ya m); 5. Ja red j Simmo ns (Yam). .

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