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Paradise Off-Road Park MX: Scott Perry (800) won the 12Scc B contest after zack Lundy (111) stumbl ed in the final moto in Macon, Georgia, si1e of round five 01 the GPG Best of Georgia Champions hip Series. GPG Best of Georgia Championship Series R nd 5: Paradise O ff-RoadPark MX Lusk in Paradise By G A RY C RI D E R MACON, GA, APR. 29 or rid ers hoping to adva nc e their standing in the Geo rg ia Promoters Gro u p D istric t 9 Champ io ns h ip MX Series, round fiv e at Paradise MX was a major event, because it was a dou bl e-po ints rac e. T wo m oto wins would earn a whopping 100 points rat her t ha n the us ua l 50 po ints . Ex t rem e Ho nd a/ Su zu k i of Ba xl e y , Georg ia , was t h e d a y 's spo n so r , and m or e than 400 rider s from eight states were on hand. Ezra's little brother , Shane Lus k , proved to be unbeatab le in 125cc and 2 50 c c A ra cing . The A lp inestars/PJ l / Fox/ Ho n d a - ba cked rider w on a ll four rnotos , de sp it e having to come back from 10th position in the fina l 2 50 cc contest. Moto Planet's Br ian Ray m on d was never very far beh ind Lu sk , but on this day he had to settle fo r sec ond each time out. F reewh eeling ' s Sean Du k es was pe rf ect in the O ver 25 and O ver 30 divisions. Du ke s' victory in the O ver 30 cla ss was especiall y sig nifican t b ec a u se i t meant th at h e ke pt his ser ies winn ing st reak intact. Dukes is now th e on ly series competitor wit h a perfect rec ord in any cl ass. J esse Van Patt en sta rt ed th e da y b y signi ng a spo n sorshi p con tract with Cap itol Cy cle , and he the n pro ce ed ed t o demonstrat e his worth by winn ing both the BOcc (7 -1 1) and (913 ) d iv isions. Van Patten was rep eat ed l y challenged b y F lori da ' s Kyle F 36 J UNE 13. 200 1 • cu e I e Key lon, who earned the silver in the BOcc (7 - 11) d iv ision. In th e BOcc (9 - 13) class , K eylon suffered a hard spill over a jump and was unable to fini sh moto one, but he came bac k fo r a second -p lac e finish, beh ind Van Patten , in moto two. Tucker Rocky / Doug Harvey back ed Zack Lundy seemed to be on hi s way to a fo u r -mote sweep as he aced the 12 5 c c Yo uth division and th en won the opening 125cc B con test. In th e final 125cc B moto, how ev er , Lund y found hi s p ath t o th e front block ed b y h is C ap i to l C ycl e teammate Scott Perry. Under pres sure from Lundy , Perry held on to the po int position , and on the l a st lap Lundy fell back to an 1 1th -pl ace fin ish . Perry was fi rst at th e fl ag and net ted the gold via his 2-1 tally. Lundy 's 1- 11 score matched his 111 number plate, but it was not good enough for the top-five roll cal l. • Bryan Turp in , son of fo rmer Pro m otocrosser Keith Turpin , had a very good da y , w inning the hotly contested 50cc (4 - 6) divis ion. Tu rp in returned i n the 5 0cc Shaft D r i v e class , in wh ich he claimed the silver, b ehind se r ie s lea der Tyle r Pi p e r. Grant Ransd ell topped the 5 0cc (7 -B) cl ass, ahea d of serie s lea d er Hun t er Lin k and Ko ry K eyl on . Bubba Crosby ace d the 60cc (7 -9 ) d iv ision, tak ing o ve r the po ints lead in th at class. Sou th Caro li na ' s F .J. Larsen easily won both motos in the Pret een 60 cc (7 -1 2) d iv isio n , but in the 60cc ( 10 - 1 1) cla ss, Larsen had a n Ie vv S cl o se fight wi th Ashley Vickery . T heir contest came down to a w inne r -t ak eall d i c e o n th e l ast l a p o f th e fi na l moto. A ft er swapping th e lead back and fo rth , Vic ke ry got to the flag fi rst and cl ai m ed the go ld , over Larsen. Yamaha of Johnson City 's Steve Lew is turned in an impressive p erform ance ( fo r an o ld gu y ) to w in the Over 45 cl ass. wh i le John L un d y edged Kevin Brule in the close Over 40 m at ch . eN Parad Off-Road Park MX ise Macan, Georgia Results: April 29, 2001 (Round 51 SO S H A FT : 1. T y ler Pip er (Yam ) ; 2 . Brya n Tu rpin ( Yam ); 3. Eduardo Cc rdobe (Yam ); 4 . Ky le Clark (Yam ): 5. Hunt er Westfall (Yam) . XR/Z 5 0: 1. Mack enzie Wli lker (Hon) : 2. Hannah Tw ille y (Hon ); 3. Cole Fairclo th (Hon ); 4 . Cory DlIY (Hon). 5 0 ( 4 - 6 ) : I. Bryon T urp in ( HM) : 2 . B laden Ow ens Co b); 3. Blak e Weav er ( Pol) : 4 . Ed ua rdo Cordoba (Cob) ; 5. Travi s Norton (Hus). 50 ( 7 -S) : 1. Gr ant Ransdell ( KTM) : 2. Hunter Link (C ob): 3 . Ko ry Keylon ( Co b): 4 . Trenton McMichen (HM); 5. Col. Foircloth (KTM). 60 (7- 9): l. Bubbo Crosby (KTM) ; 2.Luk. OO V;. ( KTM ); 3 . Hunter Li nk (Ka w) ; 4 . Jasper Good in (Kow); 5. Brondon Nicholson (KTM). 60 (1 0- 1 1) : I. As hl ey vickery (Kow ): 2. P.J . Larse n (Kow) : 3. Derek Rog. rs (KTM ) : 4 . Micho . 1 Housemon (Kow) ; 5. Patrick Jo hnson (KTM ). 60 ( 7 - 1 2) : 1. P.J . Loree n ( Kow ) ; 2. Bro d Johnson (KTM): 3. Petrick Joh nson (KTM) : 4 . Luke Devle (KTM): 5. Tyler French (KTM) . 8 0 B EG: 1. Br and o n M il l er ( Ho n ) ; 2 . Trey Johnson (5 02): 3. Cameron Kil by (Kow); 4. Brenden Hammond (Kaw); 5. Bill y Greene (Yam ). SO (7- 11 ): l. J esse Von Patten ( Kow); 2. Kyl e Keylon (Suz); 3 . A shley Vickery ( KaVil; 4. Mo nte McCoy (Kow); 5. Luk e Grilli. (Kow). 80 (9 -1 3) : 1. J esse Van Patten (KeVi); 2. Sco tt Sim s (Kaw); 3. Monte McCoy (Kaw); 4. J eff Gilli am (Kow); 5. .Josh Scott (SUI). SO ( 12 · 15 ): 1. Brent Card en (Kow): 2. Brett Lee (Han); 3. James Burk e II (Kaw ); 4. Zech Thurston (Kaw) : 5. Drei Thomp son (Han ). S/MINI 100: l. Mott McGrow (Kow); 2. Charlie , Evan s (K lIw ); 3. Brett Lee (Han) : 4. Brent Carden (Kew ): 5. loch Thu rston (Kow) . YTH ( 12 · 15) : I. Zock Lun dy (SUI ): 2. M;cho. 1 Grehern (Kaw) ; 3 . Jason Leng fc rd (Yam ); 4 . Ben Fleetwood (Hon ): 5. Brando n Lee (Hon ). 125 0: 1. Phillip Philli ps (Han); 2. Barry Shiver (Han) ; 3. A nthony Payne (Han) : 4 . Chris Thom pson (Kew ): 5. Steven Evans (Yam) . 250 D: 1. Ca leb Liv in gs ton ( Han) : 2 . Ke vin Harkins ( Kew } : 3 . Kev in Mu se (K aw ); 4 . J effrey Lanford (Hus); 5. J ame s Mart y Moon (Kaw ). 125 C: I. Ja ke Griffi s (Yam); 2. Michael Math is (Yam) ; 3. J eram ine Dunc an (Yam ); 4. J .J . Mack ey (Han); 5. Brandon Priegel (KTM ). 250 C: l. M;cho.1 Moth i. (SUI): 2. J .J . Mock.y (Hon); 3. Stephen Houseman (Yern); 4. Jake Griff15 (Yam ); 5 . Kurt Schm e lsser (Han). 125 B : 1. Sc ott Perry ( Yam ) : 2. Adem Bisso (Han); 3. Chris tvey (Yam) ; 4. Darren Forti n (Yam ); 5. Josh Fincher (Yam) . 250 B: 1. Aaron Li n dsey (Y ern) ; 2 . An th on y Gr iffis (K ew} : 3 . Darren F ort in ( Vern) : 4. Brad Simpson (Han); 5. Dam on Powell (Yam ) . 16 -24 : l. Jo rdon Peeples (Yom ); 2. Scott Perry ( Yam); 3. Darren Fo rtin ( Yern ); 4. Damon Powell (Yom) : 5. Mott Howard (Han) . 25 + JR NOV: 1. Wyman Darden (Hon) ; 2. Todd Sham bo (VlI m ) ; 3. TIm Hosfe ld (Han) ; 4. Pete Fit e (Suz); 5. Chris Seward (Hon ). 25 + : I. Sea n Duk e s ( Ha n ) ; 2 . Le e Tatham (Y am); 3 . Sha ne McElwaney ( Ha n ) ; 4 . Bre ndan Ghidi u (VOR): 5. Bm Bullo rd (Yom) . 3 0+ : 1. Seen Duk e s ( Han) ; 2 . Kevin K night (Hon); 3. Tod d Ritchie (KTM) : 4. Greg Mou (Yom): 5. Kenneth Porter (Vam). 3 5+ VET N OV : I . Ro n A rth u rs ( Ha n) ; 2 . An tho ny Wood (Kow) : 3 . T odd Sha mbo (Yom) : 4. Lanny Sloan (Han ); 5. Barry Shiver (Han) . 3 5+ : I. Ke vin Knight ( Han) ; 2. Ross Jo hnsto n (Yom) : 3. Jo hn Lund y (Hon); 4. Darrel l Sims (SOl) : 5. Mike Henderson (Ha n) . 40 +: 1. John Lu ndy (Han); 2. Kevin Brule (Yem ); 3. Darre ll Sims (Suz): 4. Barry Ferrell (Yem); 5. Mike Henderson (Han) . 45 +: l . Stev e LewIs (Ya m) : 2. Larry Hemric k (Han) ; 3. Richard Burdett (KlI w) ; 4. Ronn ie Warr en (KTM ); 5. Denn is Celn ( Yom) . 125 A: 1. Shane Lusk (Han); 2. Bri an Raym on d (502) ; 3 . Korl Scott IV (Yom): 4 . Petrick Hlzel (Hon): 5. Mott Abbott (Yom ). 25 0 A: 1. Shane Lusk (Han); 2. Brian Raymo nd (Suz) ; 3 . Jordan Peeples (Yam ): 4. Trav is Crowell (Ka w); 5. Ro ss Jo hnston (Yem} . SPCL OPEN AM : 1. .Jason Rich; 2. Brlan Reese; 3. Alex Johnson; 4. Jason Haddon; 5. Joe Wright. District 34 Season Opener Oi nd ack Motocross Coen the Consistent By R IC H P RIC E MODENA, NY, APR. 22 T he first District 34 rac e of the season went off without a h itch at out the d ay . J eff Dirago was mann ing th e tract o r and keeping the track in tip-top sha pe, In t h e E xp ert classes , it was all FMF/ F ac t o r y Connection / G - Sports Diamondback Motocross. A huge Honda ri der Carlo Coen . Carlo con tin - turnout was "ex p ec t ed with the nic e, warm weather in the Northeast , and th e riders showed u p in force to do ue d h i s d om in an c e from l ast year , showing that age doesn 't m atter. He battl e wi th the best in Dis tri ct 34 . every m oto he ent ered. He loo k ed at The Northeast Classic race being led p retty much from ga te to fl ag in he ld at E nglishto w n d id n oth ing t o ho me aboa rd hi s tru st y Honda, seem ing to m ak e no mista kes on the bea u - det er top Exp ert ride rs Ca rlo Coe n , tifully groomed Dia m ondback course. T erry Fink le and T eam Green 's Mike Carlo took six out of six moto w ins on Lea vitt from at ten di ng th is event put th e da y , winn ing th e Over 2 5 , Over on by John Coen . J ohn invested in a 30 an d 250cc Ex pert races wi thout sweet machine th at t ill s u p the d irt even gett ing h is ge ar d irt y . Carlo is and makes the track perfect through - sponsored by G-Sport ge ar, and th ey

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