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of the dropping of the gate. Quickest on the draw was Honda-driven Michael Clement, who dominated the moto from start to finish, running into lappers on the white-flag lap. The battle for second was between "red" rider Greg Howard, KTM-mounted Pete Watson and Jerry Joiner on his Yamaha, and it burst into flames in the early laps, with Howard and Joiner pulling slightly ahead by the time they rounded the final corner and took the checkers. A fierce four-way fight for fourth raged between Watson, Darwin Huckabee, Mickey Pizzatola and Dan Scheffler, with Watson holding the edge to the finish line, followed by Huckabee in fifth place. Moto two was shortened to two laps due to impending darkness. Clement once again claimed the holeshot, but not without a little dicing with Pizzatola through the S-turn before the whoops. By end of first lap, Clement had a strong hold on the lead. Pizzatola and Joiner fought for second, followed by Huckabee and Kawasaki jockey Mark Lowry. Clement went on to win his second moto, claiming the overall. Joiner (3-2) finished second, with Pizzatola (6-3) taking third. Huckabee (5-4) was fourth, and Lowry (8-5) was fifth. In the first 60cc (10-11) moto, the holeshot was lassoed by Kawasaki pilot Jay Teske, who was shadowed by KTM jockey Brandon Miller. Corey Smith led the chase for third, with Tyler Cox and David Wood Jr. in tow. Miller opened up his throttle and passed Teske on lap two, earning a four-second advantage: Smith continued to hold third place, with Cox on his rear fender. Midway through the moto, the clock showed 10 seconds separating the top four racers from the rest of the pack. On the white-flag lap, Miller opened up a monster lead, while Teske held his distance in front of Smith. The top three racers continued to open up a big gap on Wood, running in fourth, who took advantage when Cox began haVing bike trouble on lap three that caused him to pull off the track. The top five in moto one were Miller, Teske, Smith, Wood and Aaron Caskey. Miller took the holeshot in moto two and went on to repeat wins in this event, taking the overall. After fixing his mechanical problems, Cox ran solid in second, just ahead of the hot action between Wood and Teske for third. Teske dodged Wood's roost until he was able to pull a fast one and sneak by Wood on the inside of the final corner to steal third. The battle for fifth was won by Dillon Solly, who finished in front of Caskey and Bradley Grisanti. Having just returned from several months on the California racing circuit, Rookie Pro Justin Smith claimed the overall 125cc Pro win by sweep- THE WINE COUNTRY'S BES7 RIDE. APR I L MAY 2 7 6 SONOMAFEST "21- AMA V"1lIage Motorcyde Days West "21-29 6 Between spectocular weekends, this 10-day festiwI will indude: SWlIp meels, demans1nJlion rides by major manufocturel1, including Triumph and BM~ vinluge motocross, vendor midway hillluring the latest in matarryde gear, plus numerous seminal1, all-women'sgroup ride, motortyde drug rocing, extreme trials with Rnland's Tammi Ahvola, Cycle Wand magazine Vinluge Rolling Concou~, dirt-frock rocing at Vallejo Speedway. organized group rides through the Sanomo Volley, CLASS Motortyde S

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