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in faster lap times towa rd the end without tiring. Plummer finished third. A -cl ass newcomer Jeremy Hackbarth ended up fourth , with Justin Kandler rounding out the top fi ve. Modjewsk i needed a win i n the second moto t o capture the overall . Keuntj es on c e ag a in took the lead, staying about fiv e b ik e lengths ahead of M odj ewsk i until t he sec ond lap, w he n M odj ewsk i cu t that ma rgin i n ha lf and was right on Keuntj es' rear f end e r h ea d in g through th e t ri p le doubl e se ct i on . Sev eral tim es h e showed Keuntjes a front wh eel , but he co u ldn 't make a pass stick until they ente red the rhy thm s e ct ion. Keuntj es left th e back door open when he bobbled slightly , allowing the determined Suzuki rider to sneak i nto the lead . Keuntjes d id all he could , but he couldn't catch the newcomer to the 125cc A class. Modjew sk i led the rest of the way to victory and an overall in the elite division on h is 2 -1 t all y . K euntj es ' 1-2 p un c h earned sec ond. Plummer went a con sistent 3- 3 for third . "I w ent on e wa y and M o dj ew sk i went the other and he got in b y me," said Keuntj es . " The re was no thing I could do. It was a really good race." Modjewski also won th e 250 cc A d ivision w ith 1- 1 sc ores t o ca ptu r e two im p ressi ve ov erall s in t h e el it e di vis ions . H a ckb a rth went 2 - 3 fo r seco nd, w ith Plummer (4-2) th ird. T yl e r Smu ld ers d om inate d t h e 125cc B and 250cc B d ivisions w ith fo ur moto w ins on t he da y, ab oard a Yam ah a and a Hond a . O ther ri ders wh o wo n all their m o to s i n cl ud ed Luka s Katers, in the Pee We e Senior class; Cody Sokolik, in the 65cc and Mini Jun ior 80cc classes : Keuntjes , who wo n Sportsman A ; Sportsman winner Jeremi Sm ith ; Vet A v i ctor Ph i l Gauthier; Vet B v ictor Br yan Barstow ; Open -class w inner Rod M ine au ; and Tyler Smulders , wh o w o n th e 125cc Ban d 250 c c B classes . CN Pine RidgeRaceway Albelslane, Wisconsin Results : April 21, 200 1 (Round 11 WMN : I. Br and y Ma sk e; 2 . Kim wucneck : 3 . T r ac y Va n Ryen ; 4 . He at h er Ro ac h ; 5. April Bosworth . P/W JR : 1. Kody Kamm ; 2. Cole Prichard : 3. Dako ta Blak eslee: 4 . Brod y Brei tzm an; 5 . Skyla r Wh itegull. P/W SR : 1. Luka s Katers: 2. Nathene Laporte: 3. Hun t er Ny st rom ; 4 . Phelan Stillman ; 5 . A nthon y Gra ha m . MINI 65 : 1. Cody Sokolik; 2. Travis Frasseno ; 3. Cla yt on Von m oo s: 4 . J ohn Vand ezand e; 5 . K yl e Duppl er . MINI JR 80 : I . Cod y So kolik : 2 . T re vle Frassett o; 3 . J es se Frassetto; 4 . Clayt on Vonmoo s; 5 . J ohn Yenderzande. MINI SR 80 : I. Tony Kutzler, 2. Andy Zambon: 3. Jesse Janisch; 4 . Brian Coll ins; 5 . Tim Paquett e. 125 J R: 1. .Jesse Zam bon; 2. Dan Weinkauf ; 3. J ak e Dobbretz: 4. Ry an Gilbert ; 5. Ja cob laCount. S PT S MN A: 1. D u sti n Keuntj e s ; 2 . Justin Ka nd ler: 3. Ch arl es Ci sle r: 4 . Jerry Win nek ens: 5 . Sco tt Murry. SPTSMN B: 1. Jerem i Smi th : 2. Eri c Weise: 3. Ja son Math ie: 4. Micha el Fager; 5. Paul Tllque. MSTR 25 +: 1. Ji m Hol mes; 2. Phil Gauth ier; 3 . J ason Heindl ; 4 . Sco tt Bjese : 5. Tom Nie lson. VET A : 1. Phil Gauth ier: 2. Davtd Rock ; 3. Tom Nielson; 4. J eff Eri ck son: 5. Rod M.ineau. VET B: 1. Bryan Bars tow; 2. Kevin Waelch li : 3. Tom Hinze: 4. Tom Fergu son: 5. Kevin O'Rourke . SR 40+: 1. Pete Szele wskl: 2. Greg Ni les; 3. Bill Brown: 4. John Stroe bel: 5. Dave Behnke. SR 50 +: 1. Doug Bauman n: 2. Mel Piontek: 3. Dav e Arva. VINT: 1. J on Hyd e: 2. Sc ott Flfarek: 3. Tom Ferguson : 4 . Jamie Wotruba; 5 . Donald Karnz. OPEN : 1. Rod Mineau : 2. Brad Beumeruu 3. Ben Hayes: 4. Pete Emme; 5. Robert Edler. 125 A: 1. Brad Modjewski; 2. Du stin Keuntj es; 3. Bern ie Pl ummer ; 4 . J erem y Hac k ba rth ; 5 . Ju st in Kand ler. 125 B: 1. Ty ler Smulders: 2. Chip Bo ngers ; 3. Eri c Weise: 4. Mark Undstrom ; 5. Jeff Wagner. 125 C·I : 1. Mike Kind: 2. Steve n Williams; 3 . Jak e Dobbretz: 4. Jacob laCount: 5 . Dan Fletcher. 125 C-2 : I . Ry an Ehl enba ch : 2 . J erem y John son; 3. Micha el Groleau: 4. Chris Kod l; 5. Luke Eri ck son. 25 0 A: 1. Brad Modj ewski; 2. Jere my Hackbarth ; 3. Bernie Plummer: 4. Ja son Heind l; 5 . Grant Runk el. 25 0 B: 1. T yl er Sm ulders; 2. J erem i Smith; 3. J ason Mathi e; 4 . Craig Wa llace; 5. Shawn Keller. 25 0 C: 1. Micha el Fager ; 2. Do nal d Karoz: 3. Nic k Furn o; 4 . Craig Wyatt; 5 . Marc Amensan . Can-Am 125cc G rand Prix Challenge Round 1: Grattan Raceway Baghdoian Bags Win at Can-Am GP Debut B y THE DUKE GRAITAN, MI, APR. 22 he first round of the S ilk o l in e St ore.co m C an -Am 125c c Gra nd Prix Ch a ll enge was held in conjunct ion w ith th e GLRRA Midwest Cy cl e Fest, and 27 ri der s took to the gr id on a we t t ra ck wit h a li ght m ist falling at Grattan Raceway . A 20 -minute time d qualifying session had taken pl ace that morn ing on a dry tra ck under sunny ski es, wi t h Mark Gon you tak in g the pol e spot with a b e st l a p of 1 :2 6 .8 19. J im Struke was second at I :26 .839 , Mit ch Baghdo ian was th ird at 1:2 6 .890 and Chip Lark by rou nded o ut the front row w ith his ultratrick A prilia w ith a time of 1:2 8 .2 9 2 . Ro w two con si sted of Rob Raw li ns , Dave Thom pson, Todd Nordby and Larry Co hee. GPRA East T 50 M AV 2 3 , 2001 • cue I .. champion Jeff Chen , who fell in Fri day's practice and broke his clavicle, and WERA 125cc champ ion Ja son Peters were no-shows. Due to the ra in and time considerations, the race was shortened from 12 laps to eight. Lark by got a massive holeshot, w it h Baghd o ia n and Go n y o u giving chase. B aghdo ia n got around Larkby b e t w e en t u rns one and two, with Gon you foll ow ing him through . Gon y ou took t he le ad betw een t urn s two an d three, but Ba g hdo ia n retook the lead going into G r attan ' s sig na ture tu rn , the blind , do wnh ill , off-ca mber tu rn three. Gon yo u att empted to pass for the lead as they crested turn four, but he got on the gas to o hard. The back end of Gonyou's bike stepped out an d tossed him off in a nasty looking high -side. Gonyou was flung onto the grass and slid a good 100 n e vv s feet. He was able to get up and walk a way unhurt. With G o n y o u g one Baghdoian ran off and hid from the rest of the field , tak ing a r el a t ive l y easy victor y . B e h in d hi m, h owev e r , t he raci n g was hot and heavy on t he wet tra ck. T here was a st rong ba t tl e fo r second, as Stru k e, Th om pso n , La rkby , Dar ren Wo ma c k and Raw l ins went back and forth fo r th e en tire rac e. T he ra ce c am e to an end on lap seven w ith a r ed fl ag as Struke l o st th e back end coming up Grattan Raceway: The first-ever Can-Am 125cc GP the hill on the fi nal leftChallenge race winner, Maximum Overdrive Racing 's Milch Baghdoian (2), flies through the fina l two turns, foll owed by hand turn onto th e front Jim Hale (41), the 250cc GP winner in a comb ined race, s t r a i g ht. His bike slid in Grattan, Michigan. right int o the racing line, w ith him not far behind i t. Rawlins a n d Larkby ou t there. We we re mixing it u p w ith m issed Struke by little more than an whoeve r third place was, and neither i nch , as they were rig h t on his tail. o n e of u s could get by. I made a The win went to Baghdo ian , Wo mack lucky pass on both of them betwe en was second , a nd t h e final p o d ium tu rns one and tw o. A t that point, I put spot went to Thompson . my head d o w n an d hope d Da ve "T he beg inning of th e race was a would have so me problems ge tting li ttle hairy," Bag hdo ian said. " I was aro und him like I di d." side b y side with Gon y o u go ing into " T h i s was m y fi rs t tim e ru n ni ng turn four and , boy, h i s b ack e n d Grattan th e n orm al w a y around , " came around and j ust sna pped him Thompso n reported. "I think it wa s off t he b ike ! I saw him go flying and back in '9 7 that we ran it backwards thought, 'Wow, that's a bad place to a t a WER A race. I d idn ' t get a ny crash, with the ARMCO over there .' I pract ic e yesterday until a GTP race looked back ove r my shoulder an d lat e in t he day. Even then, I ha d t o saw t h at he missed it by a couple b reak a motor in and try and lea rn feet. After that , I t h i n k everyone the track. So in the rain today, well , it backed off a b it. I go t a little bit of a was hel pful because it equalized a lot. gap on the fie ld after tha t . I had my I kne w I had so m e horsepower on pit signa ls coming , telling me I had a Darren and I wo u ld be able to pass decent gap, so I backed off a bit and Darren on th e front straight, but I left b rough t it home . This [his 125 cc it a bit too late ; the red flag came out, mount] is like a cheat er bike - it' s so and that was th at. I have to than k J im mu ch eas ier b ec a u s e t h ere 's no Struke and J oh n Bickle . They spent a we ight. All my other b ikes are now lot of time yes terday helping to sort fo r sale!" t he bike out and get it wo rki ng . If it "A t the start of the race," Womack wasn 't for them , I wo uld n' t have been recounted. "I was having some prob out there today ." eN lems getting used to th e rain, and the &rattan Racew ay b ike was sliding around mo r e than &rattan, Michi n Results: April2%, 2001 (Round II I'm used to. I started getting back on O /A : 1. Mi tch Baghdoian; 2. Darren Womack; 3. the gas a li t t l e sooner , and that Dave Thomp son: 4 . Rob Rawlins ; 5. Chip Larkb y: 6. Matt Denn ie; 7. Devore : 8 . Todd Nordby; 9. Mik e helped me pick off some of the guys Luk e: 10. Chris Manfri n: 11. Tay lor Kn app ; 12. Paul who had faster bikes than me. Dave Hoyt Nelson ; 13. Larry Cohee : 14. Jesse Herrer a: 15. Ange la Herrera; 16. Steve Yui: 17. Ken Morrison; 18. Thompson and I had a good battle Sa ba Ne ssen. DMRA C COUntry Series ross R ounds 1-2: 1i ber Mountain Hare Scrambles Harrison Gets Wood at Timber Mountain By ADAM A CHEPOHL his an kle and sat out most of the sea son . Thi s year , he is making every- MEDFORD, OR, APR. 21-22 T w o yea rs ago , Mason Harrison was racing in the Four-Stroke Amateur class . Last year, he broke one in the AA class ask the question, "Who is this guy?" At the OMRA Cross Count ry Ser ies' s ea so n - o p en i n g Timber

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