125 NOV: 1. Ca~ WiJ50n (Han); 2. Jertomlah Gerber (Han); 3.
Evan CW'Tioe CT1"): 4. Tony Shmnan (Yam): 5c. Corey Rader(Suz).
125 INT: I. Gdy
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TR: 1. Brian ChandJer/Steve Sc:hNm : 2. Craig ~/Aaron
Baldwin ; 3. Jereny Erb/MllttNickle .
Battle C ree k M C
Duve on the Move
By BART AND KI RK N EWMAN
BATTLE CREEK , MI, APR. 21
Th e Batt le Creek MC Mich igan's Spri ng Fling
affair had it all: dram a . suspense, great raci ng,
thunder, li ghting and rai n . Desp ite t he mi dm orn in g li ght sh o w a nd w et w eath er , the
BCMC did a great job of pulling off a race that
ma ny thought woul d be very tough to get in,
so here's a tip of the visor to one and all.
In m o t a o n e of 2 50cc C ac tio n, Brian
Babrick ran the inside line off the gate and led
th rough tu m one, with Bria n Lenne ma n, Dan
Duve and Jason Pfeister loo k ing to get to the
front, ou t of the muddy ro o st . D uve roa red
d o wn t he n e x t downhill and kep t h is CR
pi nned rig ht throug h the mudho le to ta ke a
large lead th ree turns into the race. John Matt
followed Duve' s lead and tum ed up the wick
o n his KX5 00 to pa ss Pfeister in the same
m udhole. By lap two , Duve had such a lead
that he slowed considerabl y to m ak e sure the
race wasn't called for some reason, and after
being reassured and told by his pit crew to
kee p going . he rod e away to a b ig win . The
rac e between Matt and Preister raged all m ot a,
with the two trad ing positions o n numerous
occasio ns, but in the end it wa s Pfeister ta king
secon d and Matt thi rd . David Morgan and
Andy Do nah ue had a good race in the mud for
fourth , but in the end, it was Morgan slip -slid ing his way into fourth, with Donah ue locking
up fifth.
Mo to two was th e Donahue Show ; he led
from start to fin ish. A"holeshot in th e mu d is a
godsen d, and Donahue used it wisely to take
the wi n. Lenn eman and Pfeister battled early
in the race over second, but both ride rs took a
soil sam ple and d ropped out of th e top fiv e.
Ma tt took ov er seco nd on lap tw o , b ut Duv e
was on the m ov e afte r a forgettab le start and
on lap th ree he m oved past Matt to take over
seco nd p l a ce . Pfe ister recovere d from h is
e a rl y - m o t a m i sh ap a nd w a s n ow up into
fourth, behind Donahue, Duve and Matt - but
he we nt upsid e do wn again, letti ng M orga n
take over fourth. A t th e end of th e mu ddy day,
Don ahue ( 5- 1) won the battl e but lo st the
overall to Duve (1 -2 ) . Th ird went to Matt, who
used th e po wer of his KX500 to cla im third in
mota t wo as we ll as third overall o n a 3-3
score . Morga n (7 .4 ) put in a grea t ride to end
the day in fifth overa ll, while Pfeisler went 2- 5
to land fourth overall .
Re s u lts
50 (4 -6) SHA FT; 1. Joshua BalS (Vam ) ; 2 . Tyl er Dela ney
1
(Yam); 3 . Cody Mitt (Han): 4. Jarred Williams (Yam ); 5. Luke F"IV'IeY
(Ya m ).
50 AUTO (4-6) : I.lucal Lowe (Pol).
50 AUTO (7 -8 ); I. Ta ylor Davis ( KTMI: 2 . Kyle Merlington
(Husl; 3. Bradley Smith (KTH) : 4. Trenton R~ (Cob); 5. JttCOb ven
Dyke (Pol).
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Battle Creek MC: Bria n Babrick (712) battles Brian Lenneman (28) and Dan Duve (21) for
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