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AMA R egional Fall C lassic Series, Final Round Events By Kat Spann and The Beckster Photos by Conn ie Johnson s 0> 32 FORT WORTH, TX,NOV.13-14 t th e fi na l ra ce of t h e AMA TX/OK Pro Circuit Region al Fall Cl assic Seri es a t Village Cre ek MX Park , many riders wer e scra mbling for a last cha nce a t badl y needed points to win the series. Three rid ers collected perfect scores, all in the minibike classes. Chaz Holladay was serious in the 5lec (7-8) category with 165 poin ts; he won the ov er all 51cc Open as well, but a mo tor gremlin in a previou s round saw him come u p ni n e points s h ort of a perfe ct sc ore . Ronny Jackson head ed up the 65cc 0 011) se r ies title; he al so won the 65c c Open overall, bu t a second- place finish at the final round put Jackson 10 points short of a second perfect score. The final minibike rider topping all five rou nd s in the win column was Bran don Fu lton, in the 85cc 04-16) class. Fulton battled wi th Jon at han Kerr over .first place throu ghout the series in the SScc Open category, takin g the overa ll a mer e seven po int s over Kerr for the series title. "This has been the most successfu l series in Texas in man y years," said promot er Terry Co rd ray . "The se ries has g ro w n in s ta tu re a nd number s, with mor e sponsorship and grea ter participation. Also, the great weat her has help ed! Almost 1300 individual en ter ed rid ers made u p th e 3169 total ent ries, and I co ul d n' t be a ny happier fo r th e five parks th at participat ed and hel ped to make it suc h a grea t suc cess. The Pro Circu it 2000 Series w ill ha ve fa cto ry backin g from all the major manufa cturers next year. Ho nda... with their Amateur Contingen cy program, has jumped on board wit h $28,600, and Suzuki has join ed u s with $44,000 in contingency , al on g w ith th e co n ti n ue d support of Kawasaki and Yamaha. The series sponso rs this year we re jus t incredible, and I can't tha nk them enoug h." The series spo nsors included Pro Circuit, Goa t, Silko lene , Renthal, No Fear, Tsu baki, Tucker Rocky, Wiseco, MSR, Pro Clea n 1000, Answer, Dunlop, Scott USA, Super Fast Performance Fuels and TEX-MX News. Cha z Ho lladay absconded with the ho les hot in the 51cc (7-8) class and led fro m w ire to wire, chased b y Blake Wh a rton in both mot e s. Trey Phill ip s gated third an d held the position from s ta r t to fi nis h in moto one , b u t was nipped by Brand on Willis in mota two for th e third-place finis h . Cody Reed ga te d fo u r th in the se cond mot o but Chaz Holladay topped the 51cc Stock (7-8) class with a perfect 165 po ints at the final round of the AMA Regional Fall Classic Series, held at Village Creek MX Park in Fort Worth , Texas. passed Willis when he fell. Reed held on to third to the finish, followed by Trevor Morgan and Cory Perdue. Hollada y repeated his holeshot performances in the 51cc Open even t, chased by Tyler Cum mings at the start of the first moto. Holladay held the lead going into the second lap before Cummings made a pass on him at the top of Village Creek Mountain. Holl ad ay wa s a ttac ked by motor gremlins, but he eventually got his bike restarted and finished sixth, behind Cummings, Zeb Smith, Wh a rt on , Jonathan Tawney and Matthew Yost. Ho llada y recov ered, and in moto tw o he once again we n t wi re to wir e, gra bbing the holeshot and taki ng the checkere d flag fi rst. Cu m m ings , h ow e ver, too k the overa ll wi n by virtue of his 1-2 s co re . Smith clai med second o verall wi th a 2-3 pitch, followed by Holl ad ay' s third -overall placing. Jackson went in to the 65cc O p en read y to claim ano ther perfect score, as he had d on e in his age class. The first moto set him on top of the world, as he _ grabbed a per fect ho lesh ot and s tayed ou t front the entire race. Marshall Smith gated s eco n d a n d never los t sig h t of Jackson , breat hing down his neck fro m start to finis h. A hard-charging Du stin Shows raced in third, followed by Trey Can ard in fourth and Wi! Ha hn in fifth . The second rnoto, however, rained on Jackson's parade. He suffered a less-thanstellar start. Shows grabbed the holeshot, wi th Smith nipping at his heels. Jackson caug ht up to third by the end of the first lap, but bo th Smit h and Shows for ced Jacks on to tak e third at the fini sh line. Smith's 2-1 pu nch awarded him the overa ll w in , crushi ng Jackson 's h o pe s of another notch in the win column. After ha vin g won th e 85cc (14-16 ) class at every round of the series, Fulton was flawl ess in th e class at th e fin al round. The SScc Open cont est, however, wa s h igh ly competitive , and Fult on faced off aga inst Kerr , Co lt Humphrey and Nathaniel Benoit during th e five rou nds of racin g. Fulton wo n round on e a t Swan Cycl e Park, with Kerr in the copilot seat, w hile Hump hre y p layed the points spoiler at Lake Wh itney' s round two . Kerr took the win at Cooperland at rou nd thr ee, an d Fulton wa s at the contro ls at G reenville' s round four. In the fina l round, bo th of the two you ng men shar,fd a moto win, but Kerr was awa rded th e ove rall by way of his 2-1 tally. Fulton we n t 1-2 for second overall. Twe nty wom en compe ted in the five races in the series. Jacqueline Hudson scored the majority of the win s to claim th e series titl e. Hudson , w ho recen tly sig ned with th e Plan o H ond a Racing Team, made the deale rsh ip proud when she ba tt led with Shannon McKamy a t the fin al round . Hudson claimed th e first-mote holesho t but was hou nd ed by McKamy through ou t th e race. Am be r Drake ga ted third but wa s passed on the final lap by Wend y Dial. Ca thy Craig led th e thr ee-way battle for fourth , in front of Kristi Myers an d Shelly Dixon . Hudson suffered some prob lems at the start gate in the secondmoto, but she was able to correct the problem befor e her two-minute hold w a s up . Hud son cha rged to the front of the pack off the start, with McKamy at her back tire, passing Hud so n going up Vill a ge C re ek Mountain. Hudson chased McKamy into the second lap, reeled her in going up the Mountain and passed her at the top. Hudson got her CR125 cranking on lap three, but McKamy' s bigger CR250 kept her honest and in check as they continued to . battle for the remainder of the race. Hudson held her position, with McKamy second, followed by Drake, Craig and Dial, In th e 125cc C Novice cla ss, w hich featured 132 ind ividua l rid ers thro ughout the five-race series, Cod y Rheinlander cla imed the overall series wi n but fell sho rt of a perfect score, with 156 ou t of a possib le 165 points. In the Over 40 cla ss , with 51 men claiming to be that age or old er vy ing for continge ncies , Steve McCombs, wi th 124 points, claimed the bu lk of the boo ty and th e bi gg es t overa ll pla que, over Robert "Uncle Bob" Por ter an d his 101 points. LCS's lead tuner, Jack Yost, finished th ird wi th 98 po in ts, while Po tts Tho mas of Mississippi scored 85 poin ts, eN for fourth. Village Creek MX Park Fort Worth , Texas Resu lts: (Round 5 of 5) 51 (4-6 ): 1. Tyler Cu mmings (Cob); 2. Matthew Yos t (Cob); 3. Reid M iller (Cob); 4. Ca leb Do well (Co b); 5. Jonathan Ta w ne y (KTM) . Sl (7-8); 1. Ch ez Holl ad ay IKaw) : 2. Bla ke Wha rton (KTM ); 3. Trevor Morg an (KTM); 4. Cod y Re ed (H en), 5. Cory Perdue (KT M ). 51 O PEN: 1. Tyler Cumm ings (Cob); 2. Zcb Smith (Cob); 3. Ch az Ho llada y (Cob); 4. Blake Wharton (Cob); 5. Jonathan Ta wney (KTM). 65 (1· 9): 1. Marshall Smith (Kaw): 2. Cory G ree n (Ka w); 3. William Ha hn (Ka w): 4 . Levi Gilliam (Kaw): 5. Trey Cana rd {Kaw }. 65 (l().1t): 1. Ronny Jackson (Kaw); 2 . Dustin Shows (KTM); 3. Dan ny Atencio (Kaw): 4. Jay Tesk e (Kaw) : 5. Tyler Ru ck deec hell (Kaw). 65 OP EN : 1. Mars hall Sm ith (Ka w ): 2. Ron n y ja ckson (Kaw): 3. Dus tin Show s (J: 1. Ronn y Ja c kso n ( Ka w ); 2. Vi nce Mont eleon e (Kaw): 3. Tad Mon tgom ery (Kaw): 4. Cory Green (Kaw) . 85 (12 ·13): 1. Jon ath a n Kerr (K aw): 2 . La nce Hollis te r ( Ho n): 3. Tho m as Hah n ( Hen): 4. Tr e vor Mon ks (Kaw): 5. Greg Chapman (Kaw). 85 (14-15): 1. Brandon Fulton (He n): 2. lam es Pine (H e n): 3. Emit' Phillips (Suz) : 4. Rob bie Smith (Yam ); 5. Cod y Drewek (H e n). 85 O PE N: 1. Jo na t ha n Ke r r ( Kaw): 2 . Brand on Fult on (Hon); 3. Gre g Chapma n (Ha n); 4. Cody Drewek (Ho n); 5. Cody Dickey (Kaw). SC HBY (12-16): 1. Waylon McCull och (Yam); 2. Joe Baile y (K e w) : 3. C a leb C ha lme rs ( H en): 4. And rew Oark (Yam ); S. Ch ristopher Phela n (Ya m). 125 BEG : 1: Na t ha n Dough ty ( Ka w): 2 . C h ris Ducharme (Yam); 3. Kody Dill (Kaw): 4. Tyso n Smit h (Ya m); 5. Step hen jack son (He n). . 125 NOV: 1. Cody Rheinlander (Hon)r 2. Ada m je nni ngs (Ya m); 3. Mike South erla nd (Ya m); 4 . Ad a m Turner (Yam ); 5. And rew Cla rk (Yam). 12 5 B INT: 1. Sha ne Do u g ht y (Yam); 2. Ja m es Marshall (Ka w ): 3. Waylon McCu lloc h (Yam); 4. Dustin Ca ntrell (Yam); 5. Stenn ing Murphy (Ya m). 125 O PEN: 1. Wav lon McCull och (Yam ); 2. Sha ne Do ughty (Yam ); 3 . Bailey (Ka w ): 4. Clayton ~ilIer (Yam); 5. Aaron Hubbard (He n). J oe 125 A: 1. Na tha n H a le (Ya m) ; 2. Rya n Wa lla ce (Kaw): 3. john Murray (Yam). 250 D BEC : 1. Joey Barta (Ho n); 2. Da vid Ma ce (Suz ): 3. Michael Var gas (Ho n), 4 . Rick Ruppel (Suz); 5. Chris Noles (Hen). 250 C NOV: 1. Cody Rheinlande r (Hon); 2. Randy Hayes ( Ka w) : 3. Jaso n Lovell (Yam ); 4. Brian Rigga n (Suz); 5. Aa ron Mitchell (Yam). 2 50 B (NT: 1. Ge off Ma y fie ld (H en) : 2. Bobby Hogan (Hon): 3. Rocky flemi ng (Ya m); 4. Danny Oa nic k (Kaw): 5. David Hallmar k (Yam). 250 O PEN: 1. Roc ky Fle m ing (Ya m); 2. Dav id Hallma rk (Yam); 3. Brian Riggan (Suz): 4. j ere m y Ros s (Yam); 5. C hris Marek (Yam). 250 A PRO: 1. Na tha n Hale (Yam); 2. Rya n Wallace (Ka w): 3. Dean Lane (H u s): 4. David Jon es (Yam); 5. Micha el Cage ( Hon) . WMN O PEN: 1. [acki Hudson (Ka wl: 2. Sha nnon McKam y (H en): 3. Amber Drake (Yam ); 4. Wendy Dial (Ka w ): 5. Ca thy C ra ig (Hen). 25 + C NOV : 1. Ja mes Te nn yson (Ya m); 2 . Sco tt Rua rk IHon): 3. Bubba Bard we ll (Yam); 4. Pa ul Bisho p (Ya m); 5. Richard Langren (Yam). 2S+ I NT : 1. Bru ce Stap les (Hon); 2. Ra ndy Rect or (Ya m); 3. Ada m Cox (Ka w) : 4 . Da n Mar ino (Ya m); 5. CON Lee (Yarn). 25+ A: 1. C lay H oens he ll (K., w ); 2. De a n Lane (H us): 3. Da vid Jones (Yam); 4 . Michael Gage (He n): 5. Cody Ande rso n (Yam). 30+ C NO V: 1. Bubba Bardwell (Y.1m); 2. Ja me s Te nn ys on (Ya m ); 3. Te rry Goetz (Ya m ); 4. Ma rt in Pa inter (K,aw); 5. Marshall Turmen ( Kaw). 30+ B lNT: 1. Bru ce Sta ples (Hon): 2. Adam Cox (Kaw ): 3. Jo hn Po r tm a n (KTM ); 4. Te r ry Stephens (Kaw): 5. Russ Schooley (Hen) . 30+ A: I. De a n Lan e (H us ): 2. C lay Hoc ns hel l (Kaw ): 3. Hunter Ca ru thers (Hen): 4" Mark Rakes traw (Yam); 5. Ma rk Lamb (H en). 40+: 1. Mark Ra kest ra w (Yam ); 2. Ca ry Watson (KTM); 3. Jeff Ha ney (Yam); 4. Steve McCom bs (Yam); 5. Jack Yost (Ka w ). 4-ST RK 201/6 50: 1. Stephen Den nis (Yam); 2. Tyler Simpso n (Ya m); 3 . John Bre tt (Ya m); 4. Jer em y Ross (Ya m); 5. Ma tt Phill ips (Yam). A MA Re g ion al Fa ll C l ass ic Se rie s Fi n al Po int s Sta ndi ngs (After 5 of 5 round s): 51 (4-6) ST K: 1. Ty ler Cum mings (50); 2. Matth ew Yos t (127); 3. Zcb Smith (117); 4. Ca leb Dowell (96); 5 . Jon ath an Taw ney (9 1). 51 (1-8) ST K: 1. Cha z Ho lladay (65); 2. Bran d un Will is (125 ); 3. Co ry Per d ue (110); 4. Blake Wha rton (93); 5. Trey Phillips (91). 51 (4-8 ) O PE N , 1. C h az Hollad a y (156); 2. Ty ler Cummings (131); 3. Zcb Smith (25); 4. Blake Wharton (100 ); 5. Re id Mill er (87). 65 (1-9) : 1. Marsha ll Smith (15 3); 2. Co ry G ree n (1 4 1); 3. Le vi Gilliam (18); 4 . T re y Ca nard (95) ; 5. Ca meron Smith (83 ). 6S (]().1 1): 1. Ron ny jackson ( 65 ); 2. Da nn y Atencio ( 32); 3. ja y Tes ke (118); 4. James Floo k (62); 5. Tega n Yore k (43). 65 (1 .11 ) O PEN: 1. Ronny Ja ckson (155 ); 2. Tre y Ca na rd (114); 3. Dann y Atencio (92); 4. Jay Tesk e (82); 5. Co ry Gree n (81). 85 IJEG: 1. Ch ris Milli ga n (142) ; 2 . Justin Allred (113); 3. Justin Ma lcom (99); 4. Jus tin Little (BS); 5. Ga ry Shel ton (78). • 8 5 (1. 1 1): 1. Ronn y Ja c kso n (l 4 5 ); 2 . Vin c e Monte le one (1 17); 3 . T rey Ca na rd (96) ; 4. Ma rsh all Sm ith (94 ); 5. Lance Holliste r (90 ). 85 U2 3): 1. Jona t ha n Ke rr (1 46); 2. N a t ha nie l Benoit (101); 3. Trevor Monks (96); 4. Th om as Ha hn (81); S. Steven Samplay (75). 85 (]~16): 1. Brandon Fulton (165 ); 2. Cody Drewek (103); 3. James Pino (02); 4. Austin [on es (96 ); 5. Sea n Howard (85 ), 85 OPEN: 1. Brandon Fulton ( 42); 2. Jonathan Kerr ( 35); 3. Cod y Drcwek (97); 4. Na thaniel Benoit (82); 5. Iam es Pino (61).· SCHBY (12-16): 1. J ~ Bailev (94); 2. Andrew Cla.r k (9]); 3. Dan ny Waldrop (89 ); 4. \v aylon McCulloch (82); 5. Thomas Schuler (SO). 125 BEG: 1. Jos h Honea ( 13); 2. Levi Jackson (05); 3 . Kod y Dill (88); 4. C h ris Du cha rm e (86) ; 5 . James Willin gham (74). 125 C NOV: 1. Cody Rheinl a nd er (56); 2. Aa ron Smi th (89); 3. Mik e Sou therland (85); 4. Ada m Turner (BS); 5. Da vid Tarno w (76). 125 B I N T : 1. Sh an e Dou gh ty (1 25 ); 2 . D us ti n Ca ntre ll (95) ; 3. Way lon McCull och (69) ; 4 . J ~ Bailey (64 ); S. Danny Waldrop (60) . 125 OP EN : 1. Sh a ne Do u g ht y (1 16 ); 2 . Du s ti n Ca ntrell (97); 3. Adam Turner (75); 4. Joe Bailey (69); 5. Waylon McCulloc h ( bO). 2SO D BEC , 1. Joey Barta (120); 2. au;" NoiL'S (111); 3. David Mace (107); 4. Keith Dill (86); 5. Kyle Traham (78) . 2 50 C NOV: 1. C ha nce M il es (116 ); 2. Co dy Rheinl ander ( 15); 3. Randy Hayes (03); 4. Jason Lovell (102); 5. Brian Riggan (91). 250 B INT : 1. Dustin Ca ntre ll ( 01); 2. Brent Miller (82); 3. Cory Young (80 ); 4 . C hris Ma rek (79 ); 5. Greg Ingels (78 ). 250 O PEN : 1. C hr is Marek ( 00); 2. Brian Riggan (94); 3. Brent Miller (88); 4. David Ha llmark (85); 5. Billy Brow n (82) . LD S: 1. Ja cq ueline H ud son (160); 2. Tracy Kiso r (108 ); 3. Kri sti Myers (06); 4. Cat hy Craig (95 ); 5. She lly Dixon (94) . 25+ C NOV: 1. Bu bba Bardwell ( 38 ); 2. James Te nnyson ( 20); 3. Pa ul Bishop ( 13); 4. Dou g Dixon (84 ); 5. Scott Ruark (79). 2S+ B INT: 1. Ada m Co x (115); 2. Greg Ingalls (09); 3 . Jo h n Po r t ma n (107) ; 4. Lee Upt o n (90); 5 . Br uce Sta p les (5S). 30+ C N O V: 1. Bubba Ba rd we ll 0 30 ; 2. Jam es Tenn yso n (1 6); 3. Robert Port er ( 14); 4. Ma rty Painter (11); 5. Do ug Dixon (92). 30+ B INT: 1. Bruce Staples (145); 2. Joh n Po rtman (29); 3. Ad am Cox ( 20 ); 4. Lee Up to n (113); 5. Allen Burd en (79) . 40+ : 1. Steve McCombs (124); 2. Robert Porter (101); 3. Jack Yost (98); 4. Potts Thoma s (85) ; 5. Henry Pfanz rrn. 4-STRK:1. Steve Dennis (136); 2. Matt Phillips (88); 3. Kyle H ud son (84); 4. Brian Walker (76); 5. John Brett (65). p1

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