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As th e gate - er, ru bber hose - dropped for
th e first rnot o. it was a free-for-a ll into the first
tum . with elbows being use d to gai n po sit ion .
Br ent Davi s took th e early lead while th e rest
of th e pack jockeyed back and fo rth . Craig
Mason fell t w ice wh il e t rying t o pass D avis.
M ik e Besem er k ept hoping for ano ther fall by
Ma son. but at the checkers it was Davis, with
M ason ho t on his ta il and then Besem er , on
his FSR -prepped XR50.
Moto two sta rted simila rly , tho ugh Mason
blew by Davi s o n th e deepest p a rt of the
whoop section - o n the ins ide of a turn that
was lined wit h ha y bales . Afterward, Davis
protested th at Mas on had c ut th e track, inside
the ba les. T herefore, a 10 -lap Shootou t was
run . with Mason taking the ho lesho t and Davis
close to him . Mason pulled a big lead and finished we ll ahead of Davis.
In rn oto three , FMX r ide r Jesse O lso n
pulled th e ho lesh ot . w ith Mason. Brook e Shaw
and Davis in hot pursuit. Mason ' s cha in bro k e
o n th e third pa s s throu gh th e tre a cherou s
whoop s . whic h swa llowe d more tha n a few
50 s. Tw o laps lat er, th at same c hai n got all
ta ngl ed up in Olson ' s rear sp ro ck et, and he
ca me to a gr ind ing ha lt. Th is put Shaw in th e
le ad , but as he lapped ride rs o n lap 10 , he
took a tr ip ove r th e bars , and Da vis sped by
fo r the w in . Shaw was second , followed by
Fast 50 s test pil ot John Boyer.
In m ot o four, B esem er ' s quick refl ex es
to ok him right to th e fron t of th e pack. Ma son
was a cl ose seco nd . Davis, in th ird , was heav i·
Iy pr essur ed by Olson . Besem er was sti ll lead ing by lap fiv e, but Ma son was ch arg ing into
every tum, with Davi s not far behind. Lap afte r
lap, Ma son and Davis slam med through th e
whoops, w hil e Be semer wou ld take the two
tab let op s i n t o th e bowl turn s. On lap six,
Ma so n pa ssed B e sem er for g oo d . Da vi s
c ouldn't take seco nd awa y from Bese mer.
In the fift h and f ina l rn oto , M a son and
Olson e lbow ed e ac h other a s th ey went
around tu rns three and four the first t ime.
Olson ra iled th e berms before th e tab les as
Mas on did th e wh oops. Lap afte r lap , Mason
pull ed away from O lson , wh o had t o deal with
Davis.
W ith all th e scores tallied up , th e overa ll
win went to Da vi s. Despite winn ing four out of
fi ve motos, Ma so n had to settle for second.
(That'll teach him to lube his chain.) . Shaw ,
Bese me r and O lso n round out the to p five.
R e su l ts
MOTa 1: I. Brmt DaVIS; 2. Craig f"IA : 3. Mik~ Besemer: 4.
:son
Brooke Shaw: 5. Phil Blurton .
MOTa 2: I . Craig Ma:son 2. B r~nl Davis; 3. Mlk ~ Besemer: 4.
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Brook e Shaw: 5. Casey Ahrens .
SHOOTO<.IT 1. Craig M8:son 2. Brent Davi s
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MOTO J : \. Brent Dllvis; 2. Brooke Sh