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-~~z w o cc < :I: ~ W '" ~ o z < z g Z :I: ~ '" ~ " > '" ~ Pax Trax MX Parte Traci Hess placed second in the Women's class at round seven of the Dealer Support Series in Bunnell, Florida, but won the class championship. Dealer Support Series Round 7: Pax 1m MX Park Abood All Good at Pax Trax out of the gate, leading the pack to the first turn. Behind him were Abood, AND ANGELA HARDEN Moccia, Glissen and Briand. Abood BUNNELL, Fl, DEC. 10 wasted no time and made the pass for hose attending the final round of the lead, and then pulled out a small the third annual Dealer Support lead as Nelson and Moccia fought Series were greeted by great, sunny over second. At the halfway mark, weather. Temperatures rose into the Moccia fell and dropped well back. upper 70s by the afternoon. More Glissen made the pass on Nelson for than 130 riders turned out to take second. Briand and Bailey moved up their turn on the tough Pax Trax on Nelson and passed him, and the course. Seminole Power Sports' finishing order was Abood, Gtissen, Chase Abood took advantage of the Briand, Bailey, Nelson and Paxia. good weather and took his Kawasaki Frank Flagg's Kris Clark led the to the 85cc Beginner-class win. competitive 125cc C class into the The opening-moto holeshot went first turn, followed by Luke Bailey, to Billy Nelson, followed by Abood, Anthony Pinto, Jim Walker Honda's Billy Glissen, Mike Bailey and Joel Daniel Gray, and Zach Rodriguez. Briand. Abood quickly took the lead The top three riders battled for the and never looked back. Nelson fell lead. Clark pulled out a slight lead back to fifth, and Jason Taylor and then lost it when Bailey shot past moved up to fourth. Taylor moved up at the end of the back straight. Cale on Briand to battle for third. Taylor Flage moved into fourth, ahead of then fell and dropped well back, USI Power Sports' Brandon Fiveash. which put Vincent Moccia and Augie Bailey pulled out to about a two-second lead by moto's end, and the Paxia into fourth and fifth. Moccia put a last-lap pass on Bailey for third. order stayed the same. The second moto was led by Gray; The order at the finish was Abood, behind him was a freight train conGlissen, Moccia, Bailey and Paxia. sisting of Bailey, Clark, Flage and Nelson again had the best jump n _ ... s: 40 JANUARY 24, 2001 • c u e • • Bv T CRAIG JOHNSON Fiveash. Bailey made the pass coming out of the pit for the lead. Clark was the next to pressure Gray. Clark finally got his way at the far end of the track. Pinto worked his way around Fiveash and Flage for fourth. Fiveash and Flage battled the rest of the moto, with Flage comiog out on top. Gray tried his hardest not to let Clark get away, but his effort was all for naught - he fell on the last lap, dropping to sixth. The order at the finish was Bailey, Clark, Pinto, Flage and Fiveash. One of the largest classes of the day was the Pee Wee (4-6) Shaft class. Jeffrey Mulder grabbed the lead, followed by Skyler Humphrey, Serratia Gonzalez, Hunter Sarzier and Tyler Campbell. Mulder and Humphrey stretched out their lead over the rest of the pack. Hunter Carr, Jeremy Gavette and Ian Holm moved into the fourth, fifth and sixth spots. On the third lap, Gavette made the pass to fourth, dropping Carr to fifth. Then Holm passed Carr, who retook the position, only to lose it again through the whoops to Holm. On the last lap, Humphrey capitalized on a mistake by Mulder and took the lead and the win. Behind him, the order remained the same. The second moto was all Mulder's, from start to finish. Humphrey, Gonzalez, Zyle Mitchell and Jake Raikes were behind. First-moto winner Humphrey fell as he exited the first turn. Humphrey was well back in the pack when he restarted. On lap two, Raikes, Gavette and Holm were third, fourth and fifth. Gavette passed Raikes for third going into the first turn. On lap three, Colton Carr leaped into fourth place. Mulder and Gonzalez had stretched out their lead. Humphrey had worked his way up to eighth place, and he knew the overall was on the line; the overall win would go to whoever won the second moto. With one lap remaining, the fight for the lead was between Mulder and Gonzalez. Humphrey had worked up to fourth place. Mulder pulled out the win and the overall with a 2-1 tally. Second across the line was Gonzalez, taking third overall with a 3-2 score. Humphrey made a last-lap pass for third, securing second overall with 1-3 score. Gavette and Holm came home fourth and fifth. eN Pax Tro MX Parle Bunnell, Florida Results: December 10, 2000 [Round 11 P/W (4-6) SHAFT: 1. Jeffrey Mulder (Vam); 2. Skyler Humphrey (Yam); 3. Serratia Gonzalez (Yam); 4. Jeremy Gavette (Yam); 5. len Holm (Suz). P/W (7-9) SHAFT: I. Joel Whedbee (Han): 2. Raymond Day (Yam); 3. Tyler Nielsen (Hon), P/W 80 (7-9): I. Allron Beausoleil (YlIm); 2. Ross Paxia (Yam); 3. Chllse Northrop (Yam); 4. Mike Bretzel (Yam). P/W MOD (4-6): 1. Jason Fr.nk (KTM): 2. Serratia Gonzalez (Cob): 3. Jeremy Oavette (Cob). P/W MOD (7-9): I. Mikey Morello (Cob). 65 (6-8): 1. Mikey Morello (Kaw); 2. Aaron Beausoleil (KlIw). 65 (9-11): 1. Josh Miller (KTM): 2. Anthony Schmitt (Kaw). 85 BEG: 1. Chase Abood (Kaw); 2. Billy GI;ssen (Han): 3. M;ke BaHey (SU%); 4. Joel Briand (SU%): 5. Augie Paxia (Yam). 85 B: I. Jeremy McCormick (Yam); 2. Danny Weyer (Kaw); 3. Zachary Hamilton (Hon); 4. Matt Antonio (Hon). 85 C: 1. Camden Cnu. (Kaw); 2. Jacqueline Ross (Suz); 3. Christopher Belcher (Kaw); 4. Josh Miller (KTM): 5. Anthony Mace;a (Yam). 125 BEG: I. Mike Underwood (SU%); 2. Ryan Bourque (Yam); 3. Teresa Culver (Hon). 125 B: I. Cole Studstill (Vam): 2. Wimam Reece (Yam); 3. Stephen Douglass (Yam). 125 C: 1. Luke Bailey (Hon); 2. Kris CI8rk (Vam): 3. Anthony Pinto (Vam); 4. Cole Flage (Vam); 5. Bnmdon Fiveash (Vern). 250 BEG: 1. Ty Petway (Yam); 2. Ryzm Hovater (Hon); 3. Johnny Wunderlich (SuI). 250 B: 1. Cole Studstill (Vam). 250 C: 1. Joseph Cul~ndo (Kaw); 2. Cale Flage (Yam); 3. Wayne Scarborough (Yam); 4. Jordi Woodson (Vam); 5. Todd Furman (KTM). OPEN: 1. Marc Castonguay (Yam); 2. Kris Clark (Yam); 3. Daniel Gray (Hon); 4. Craig Johnson (Vam): 5. Donny Freeman (Han). 0-15: 1. Zachary Hamilton (Hon); 2. Camden Cruz (Kaw); 3. Danny Weyer (Kew); 4. Christian Kelly (Vam): 5. Mall Antonio (Han). 16-24: J. Cole Studstill (Vam): 2. Stephen Douglass (Yam); 3. Paul Kissig (Yam); 4. William Reece (Vam): 5. Cole Flage (Vam). 30+: 1. Marc Castonguay (Yem); 2. Crl,lig Johnson (Yl,lm); 3. Wayne Scarborough (Yam). 35+: 1. Frank Helms (Hon); 2. Scott Higbie (Yam); 3. Ron Lance (Hon); 4. Tom Halliburton (Kaw); 5. John Cicero (Yem). WMN: 1. Angie Keuntjes (Kaw); 2. Treci Hess (KTM); 3. Jecqueline Ross (Suz). Rorida Winter Am Series Round 1: 6atorback Cycle Park Hadsell Melts Deep Freeze Bv CRAIG JOHNSON AND ANGELA HARDEN GAINESVILLE, FL, DEC. 30-'31 reezing temperatures hi~ Florida for the first round of the Winter Am Series, presented by Unlimited Sports. The sky was sunny, but the wind chill was in the 30s. Riders came from 29 states and from as far away as New Mexico, Washington State and New Hampshire, as well as Canada and Switzerland. Entries almost topped the 600 mark. The rider who heated up the track the most was Beach Sports Yamaha's Tyson Hadsell. Out of four classes, F Hadsell won six motos and two overalls, winning at least one moto in each c1ass_ Hadsell absconded with the holeshot in the first 250/500cc A moto, followed by Chase Reed, Paul Perebijnos and John Kitsch. Hadsell slowly pulled away, with Reed, Kitsch, Perebijnos and Kevin Brodsky giving chase. Reed tried to keep up with Hadsell as the two pulled away. At halfway, Kitsch dropped out and did not finish the moto. This moved Perebijnos back into third, followed by Brodsky and Michael Steveson. Steveson closed on Brodsky and made his pass before the elevator.