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with Cowley and Lowry fighting over their spot. M iller beg an to stretch it out by lap three, and he held the lead until the fi n ish. Eure ma intained sec ond , but Cow ley and Lowry pushed each other th e whole race . Missouri's Brando n Burrow beg an a cha rge to the front but f e ll short at t h e en d. Moto two b egan wi t h another holeshot b y Eu re, w ith Miller and Lowry on h is rear fend er. Miller began probing Eure eve ry chance he got, but the M i ss iss ippi rider held his g round t o the ch eckers for th e overall win . Miller settl ed for seco nd in the moto and second overall. Co w l ey wen t 3 -4 for third overall , and Lowry had to settle for fourth with a 4-6 finish . Ja cks on , Mi ss ouri 's Travis Thrower jammed h is Suzuki into th ird pla c e in th e last moto to make up fo r a ninth in moto one . That charg e netted him fifth overall. T he I 25cc Beg inners had 32 riders on t he gate . Zack D a v is t o o k t h e holeshot in moto one and le d fro m wi re to wire. A bad start in m oto two that res ulted in a sixth- place finish ga ve the Hon d a rider fo urth overa ll. Dus t i n Johnson of C a v e Ci ty, Arkansas, ran 2 - 1 for the overall win. Shelby Smith of Jonesboro, Arkansas , rode steady and held o ut for second ov erall w ith a 3 -2 posting . Arkansas riders too k the top eight spots, and 17 of the 32 riders we re Arkies . Other double-mote victors included 50cc wi nner Bra ndon M arley , 65cc an d 85 cc Jun i or win n er B r a n d e n Mi ll er , 85c c Se ni o r winner J a k e L ow r y , 12 5cc Intermedia te w inner B la ir Miller, 250cc Beg in ner w inner Dusty Webb , 250cc Nov ice w in ner John Lea , 250cc Intermed iat e winner Andrew Cannon , O v er 25 winn e r Harry McMahan, and Over 3 0 Ex pert w inner Dan ny Ak ins . CN Hid n Vall y MX e Cav ingtlln, Ten essee Results: April 8. 200 1 [Round 51 50 ( 4· 8) : 1. Bran don Ma rl ey (Cob); 2. Drew Surra tt (Cob) ; 3 . Ross Gerrtscn ( Cob ); 4 . Lukas Tankersley (Pol) ; 5. Chad Underwood (KT M) . 65 : 1. Bra nden Miller (KTM); 2. Elliott Barber ( KT M ); 3 . Bradley Gri santi ( KT M ); 4 . Tyle r Cox (KTM); 5. J ocob Pettersen (Kow). 85 J R (7· 11) ; 1. Branden Milte r (KTM); 2. El liott Ba rbe r {S ue } : 3 . Alle n B ra dy ( Su::): 3 . J ac o b Patterson (Ka w) ; 5. Tyler Cox (KTM ). 8S SR ( 12· I S) ; 1. J oke Lowry (tcew): 2. Bryce Cowley (Yarn) : 3. Tr avis Thrower (Suz); 4 . Blak e Cox (Kaw); 5 . Brandon Crosby (Suz). OP EN MINI: 1. J OShU8 Eure (KllW) : 2. Branden Milter (KTM); 3. Bryc e Cowley (Vom) ; 4. Jo k e Lowry (Kaw); 5 . Travis Th rower (Suz). 125 BEG: 1. Du stin J ohns on (Hon) ; 2. Shelby Smith ( Hon ): 3 . A da m En gl em an ( Hon ); 4 . Zack Davis (Hon) ; 5. Kyl e Thomas (Yam ). t 25 NOV: 1. John lea (Kaw) : 2 . Eri c Goet z (Yam ): 3. luke Gorr ell (Yam); 4. Bill y Saul (Yam ): 5. Daniel Halpeln (Kaw). 125 INT: 1. B la i r Miller (Y am) : 2 . E. J . Cox ( Yam) ; 3. An dr ew Ca nno n (Y am): 4 . Paul Pi p er (Yarn) : 5. Cody Akins (Vom). 125 EX : 1. Clar k Sti les (KTM): 2. J eff Burkett (Vom); 3. .Jescn Hyde (Vam); 4 . .Jemeel Bond (Hon) . OPEN AM: 1. Ad am Manning (Yam); 2. Blair Mill er (Vom) ; 3. E.J . Cox (Vom ); 4 . Jo hn Lea (Kaw) ; 5. Paul Piper (Vam). 250 BEG ; 1. D u st y Webb (Hon ) ; 2. Cody Rowla nd (Kaw): 3 . Heath l en agar (Ya m) : 4 . Jeff Masse (Hon) : 5. Travis Herbner (Suz) . 250 NOV: 1. John lea (Kaw); 2. Daniel Coven (5uz); 3. Potrick Mu rry (Hon); 4. Ross Brion (Kow) ; 5. Kav an Breazeale (Hon) . 250 INT: 1. Andrew Cann on (Yam) ; 2. Adam Manning ( Yam): 3. Bryan Carson (Yam); 4 . Todd Perna (Yam); 5. Er ic Gaston (Hon ). 250 EX: I . Clork Stiles (KTM); 2. Jomool Bond (Hon); 3. Joson Hyde {Yem): 4 . Jeff Burk ett (Vom) ; 5. Wes Stiles (KTM) . JR 25 . : I. Harry McMah an ( Kew) : 2 . Keith Guiden (Yam) ; 3. Todd Perna (Yam); 4. Eric Gaston (Hon); 5. Mik e Edward s (Yem ). 3D. A M : I. Mik e Blassard (Suz) : 2. Don Flke (Yem) : 3. Bill larson (Yem ); 4 . Tony Maino (Kaw); 5 . Ti m Thrower (Yern). 3 D. EX : 1. Da nn y Akins (K a w ) : 2 . J im m y Johnson (Kew ) ; 3 . Trec e Fowler { Kaw} : 4 . Keith Dav is (Hon ); 5. Bla ke Wingo (Yam} . 40. ; I. Greg Dust (Hon) ; 2. Mork Lowry (Ko w); 3 . Mike West (Ho n) ; 4 . Joe Sims (Yam ); 5 . Pet e Perna (KTM) . U.S. Mega Series Round 4: 1-81 Speedway Brown Out Front Bv D A VI D E L LE R GREENVILLE, TN, APR, 7·6 -8 1 Sp eedw ay in Gr een v ill e. T ennessee, was the site of round fou r of th e Unit ed States Mega Series , which w as also round three of t he IMS Pro Series' Carolina Ultra Series. With ternperatures in the 80s, 538 riders were greete d w ith great racing , and hornetown hero Mike Brown won both Proclass ov eralls ov er Damon Bradshaw. After finish ing fourth in Pontiac , Mic h igan, on Saturday night, Brown 's plane landed in time for him to get to t he track and mak e th e fi rst Pr o m oto . With virtually no p ractic e, Pro Circuit' s B ro w n lined u p o n th e far o uts ide a n d pulled the h o lesh ot to le ad B r ad sh aw , Kev in W al k er , J im N e es e a nd ar ena cr oss ri der Jim Ch est er. B rad sh aw showed Brow n a wh e el a f e w t i m e s b e f or e B rown pu ll e d a s l i ght l e a d to get som e bre athing roo m . On the th ird l a p , Brad sh aw went down in the super - 1 cross whoop section , giVing an advantage of 10 seconds to Brown . As Brown set i t on cru ise c o ntrol, Bradshaw remounted and started hi s march bac k to t he fro nt. At m oto 's end , the order was Brown , Bra dshaw, Walker, J osh Summey and Chest er. Br a ds h a w go t the moto-two holeshot, followed by Brown , but Brown put his Ka wasaki up fron t on lap tw o and never looked back; he won by 15 seconds over Bradshaw , Neese, Summey and Walker. In the first 250cc Pro m oto, Brown again absconded with the holeshot, this time fo llowed by Walker, Neese, Brad shaw and Hims Nee!' Brown led the fir st four laps, only to have Bradshaw jum p by him in a rh ythm sect ion . After Brad shaw assumed the point, Brown was co ntent to settle fo r second , fo llowed by Walker, Neel, Neese and Summey . "I sti ll have my supercross suspen sion on the bikes," Brown com me nted on the starting line before second moto, "and I got arm pump on the 250." The se cond moto would be h is revenge. Chad Ward got the ho les hot and led the field into the back sec tion . Brown qu ickly p as sed for th e lea d. He wasted no time putting some distance on the rest of the field to secure the moto w in and the overall, over Bradshaw, Walker, Summey and Paul Justice. In Over 30 B action , Scott Linkous posted 1- 1 moto fin ishes to na il down the ove rall, followed by Jeff Mushala ( 2 -3), Jeff Toml inson , Keith Nevers and Roger Arnold . In the fi rst 125cc B moto, Jason Wiley had the qu ick est hand , and he took the lead, with Zack Bradsh aw , Jacob Saylor , Ryan Sipes and Bradley McCu rry in tow. Nick Vargo was just out of the top fi ve and looking for an y opening on th e first la p . S a ylor was first to make a mo v e , going fro m thi rd to assume the point as he p a ssed b o t h B r ad sh a w and Wiley . A t th e end , it was Say lor wi th the wi n, wi th Bradshaw in second , fol lowe d b y S ipes , Vargo , Wi ley and B lake Hovis in sixth afte r recovering from a bad start. I n m o t o two , S ipes na i led th e ho leshot , w ith Hovis , Bradshaw , Wile y , Vargo and Saylor in tow. This moto proved to be a crash -fl ll ed o ne . Hovis, Wiley and Vargo were rid ing three wide for second place. Bradshaw got shuffled ba ck while Wiley moved into secon d , b ut Wiley slid dow n and rem o unte d in sixth . Hov is was now push ing Sipes for t he lea d when h e found h imself going d own hard in the whoops . Sip es cont inued to enjoy a sm all lea d now , with ev ery o ne fig hting be h in d him. Va rgo w as th e next to crash . Wiley wa s bac k on th e ch arg e now in thi rd , o n l y to h it the g r ou nd a g ain . S ip es w o n t h e m ot o , fo llowed by overall win ner Say lo r and then Bradshaw , a bruised -up Wiley and Isha Wood. In Over 25 C action, KOR E Cycles' Jason Koen ig got the holeshot on a 125 ( ag a inst mostly 250s ) , but h is l ead was s h o r t-liv e d, as Thomas Davis from nea rb y Sev ierv ille took the lea d. These two were followed by Greg Clark, John Ward and Rodney Wh ite . By halfway, everyone was settling in , with Davis out front, follo wed by Koenlq , Chris Co og ler, Ward an d Wiley , and the o rder re m a in ed the same to the checkers . In moto two, Davis gated t h e qu ickest, with Ward, Koen ig, Coogler a nd G reg Looney behin d. K o en ig passe d Wa rd to move into se co nd place b ut c ouldn't run down D av i s, who took the win . Ko en ig , Wa rd, Looney and Coogler rounded out the top five . CN 1-81 Speedway Greenvill e. Tennessee Results: Aprill-8, 200 1 [Round 41 50 : 1. Cody Rowe ( Ho n); 2 . J ar ed Burgess (Hon): 3. Kartey Bowm an (Ho n). 50 SHAFT; I . Moson Grogg (Vam) ; 2. Cody Gragg (Yam): 3 . Chris Bowman (Y8m) : 4. Mich8el Meado ws (Yam) : 5. Kendall Rolen (Yam) . 50 ( 4-6): 1. Mason Gragg (Cob): 2. Tr ent Forrest (Cob); 3. Chris Bowme n (Co b); 4. .Josh King (Pol ); 5. Zech Murph y (KTM ). 50 (7 · 8) : I. Seth Quesinberry (KTM); 2. Porker Brown (Cob): 3. Cody Gr8g9 (KT M); 4. Demon Goin (KTM); 5. Jo rdon Motusev ich (KTM). 65 ( 7 - 9 ) : 1. Br ad le y Bun ch ( Ka w) : 2 . Sellin Cunningham (KTM) : 3. Tyler Matusevich (Kaw); 4 . Trevor Hov is (KTM) ; 5. Seth Quesinberry (KTM) . UIL 65 (7 · 10): I. Benjo mi n Denton (KTM ) ; 2. T yle r Brig ht ( KTM): 3 . Wyllu Me sser ( KT M ); 4. Branden Rent (KT M) ; 5. Drew Shortridge (KTM). 65 ( 10 · 11): I. Benjomin Dento n (KTM) ; 2. Tyler Newton (KTM ); 3. Ado m Britt (Kow); 4. Kldy Foster (KTM ); 5. Brandon Rent (KTM ). 85 ( 7 - 1 1); I. Ched Mu te rs p ough ( Kow); 2 . Davin Price (Sue): 3 . Tyl er Br igh t (Ke w): 4 . Tyler Newton (Suz): 5. Bradley Bunch (Suz) . 8 5·11 0 0 : 1. Wesley Kell er (Yam): 2 . J ason Hazelwood (Yam) ; 3. Gib Gibbon s (Yam) ; 4 . Adam Rowe (Suz): 5. Hou ston Meek (Suz). 8S ( 9 ·1 3) ; Zoch O sb orne (Suz ) ; 2 . J er em y Stroupe (Suz) ; 3. Tyler Brig ht (Kow) ; 4. Tleler Dodge (Suz); 5. Chri s Osborne (Suz) . 85 ( 12· 13): 1. Chris Osborne (Suz); 2. J onotho n Ryen (Suz); 3 . Matth ew To wnsend (Kew ): 4 . Philip Ivers Jr . (Kaw): 5. Taylor Reilly (Suz). 85 ( 14 ·1 5 ); 1. Bran don Belcher (Ho n) ; 2. J .J . Ja c ks on ( Yem ): 3. Jeff Devis (Suz) ; 4 . Cameron Rowe (Kaw) ; 5 . Brad Hin son (Suz). (I l L MIN I 80 - 1 10 ; 1. .Juatl n Si pes (K ow ); 2. Zach Osbo rne (Suz) ; 3. Matthew Townsend (Kaw ): 4. Shane O 'Bani on (Kew ): 5. Davin Price (KllIw ). 125· A /pRO : 1. M ik e Brown (Kaw ); 2. Dam on Bradshaw (Hon); 3. JoShUll Sum me y (Kaw) ; 4. Kevin Walke r (Y8m ): 5. Ji m Neese (Hus). 12 5 B; I. .J acob Saylor (Vom ); 2. Ryan Sipes ( Kaw ) ; 3 . Zack Bradshaw ( Yam ); 4 . Jason Wil ey (Vom ); 5 . Nicholo, Vargo (Hon ). 125 C: 1. Jeremy Allison ( Suz): 2 . J er emy Saunders (Vam); 3. Chris Todd (Vom); 4. Trey Meek (Yam) : 5. Jonathan WIlliams (Suz ). 1 1 Speedway: Mike Brown (100) and Damon Bradshaw (8) ran this close all day at round ·8 four of the U.S. Mega Series In Greenville, Tennessee. cue I e n e vv s MAY 9 ,2001

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