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CMC Northwest Summer Motocross Series Round 5 : Albany Motorsports Par k wmlJOJ D CB[Jmmffi~ [[J[JW~OO Q OOffi rnffi~Q S T O RY AND P HO T O S BY C LA Y LIGHT ALBANY, OR, MAY 28 earl y 400 riders from four stat es W con verg ed upon A lb any Motor sports Park on Memoria l Day Week end for ro und five of th e CMC North west Summer Motocross Ser ies, but in th e end , all of the buzz was ab out the Pro -cl ass cl ash betwee n fr iend ly rivals T ony Grav es and J esse Bath . Bath and Graves, both pitting out o f th e Yamaha -based Herb 's Cy c l e Town motocross t eam , wen t head to head in all fou r motos of the 12 5cc and 250cc Pro cl asses, with Graves po sting a win in th e 125cc cl ass, and Bath , who recently rel ocat ed to Oreg o n f r o m C a l i f orn ia , t o p pi n g th e 250 cc class. Graves also captured an overall win in the highly co mpetit ive Over 30 Pro cla ss. Bath , like Graves, was also a dou ble-class win ner , p ic k ing up an ov er all win in the open ing race of the da y , t h e B ef o r e The Hill In t ermed iat e/ Jun ior c o ntest. Intermediat e ri d er Ryan Hu eg e and Bath jump ed o ut fro nt a t the un leashing of the f irst rnoto , follow ed by fellow Pros Gary T erleck i an d Rob y Leac h , and Sea n Light. Bath, though , took com m and a lap later , foll o we d by T erl ec k i , who also drop ped Huege ( who was ma k in g h is Interm ed iate-cl ass deb ut ) to th ir d. Bath posted a v i ct o r y in th e m ot o, ahead of T erl ecki, wh il e Huege fe ll an d sou th ern Oregon sp eed ster T yler Mockridg e fi nis hed third, ahead of Yam aha - mounted Raym Con k ey and KTM rider Pet e Sannan, th e top pla cing Junio r ri der. Bath gra bbed the lead out o f the chute in m oto tw o and never looked back, tr oun cing th e co m petiti on. Terle cki was Bath ' s closest com petitor, fin ishing seco nd to captu re the overall Up Th e Hill win , ahead of Hueg e, the sec ond -p la ce fi ni sher to Bath in t he B e f or e Th e Hill Intermed ia t e cl ass. Rick Wa lling (3- 2) and Leach (2- 6) trailed T erl ec k i o vera ll in th e Up The Hill class , wh ile Alex Wirkus t u rned up the w ick i n th e second Before Th e Hill Junior moto to snare the overall win ahead of Sannan (1 -2 ), Joel Wa rn icke (3- 4) , Lig ht (5 -3) and Yamaha YZ 2 5 0 F - m o u n te d Hea th Voeg ele (4-5). Th e day' s best battle was wag ed in th e two 250cc Pro motos. Grav es and Bath were never more than a wh eel apart in the 20 -m inute moto s, w it h Bath executing a pe rfect bloc k -p ass (RI ght) Jesse Bat h ret umed home from a su c c e ssful AMA national campai gn t o win the 250cc Pro and Before The Hill c lasse s at round five of the CMC Northwest Summer Motocross Series. (Below) Jordan Mockridge 1 2 1) · 3 scored a pair of overall wins In Albany, Oregon, posting the 80cc 114-16) and Supermini-class victories. m 64 .JULY t t , 200 1 • c u e I e !Above) Tony Graves battled with Bath In a ll f o ur 125cc and 250cc Pro m otos, fi nish ing seco n d to Bath In the 250cc Pro c l a ss but winning the 1 25cc and Over 30 Pro c lasses at Albany Motorsports Part<. on h is teammate to sco re a w in in moto one afte r t ra iling Graves for much of the moto. In m ot o tw o , Graves aga in darted out fron t , while Terlecki ran second and did an admirable job of holding Bath off for a couple of laps. By th is time , Graves had opened up a large ga p betw een himself and Bath , who eventually got around Terlecki. Bath slashed into Gra ves ' lead afte r click ing off a successive stri ng of nearly fla wless laps , and the stag e was then set : Bath pu shed Graves for several laps before stu ffi ng a wheel und er neath of him and th en polis hing off a win to nab the overall vic tory . Graves fi nis hed a close sec ond , foll owe d by Terlecki. In the adj oin ed Intermediate class , Conkey ( 1- 1) clobbered the competition to lead Aaron Tunnell (2- 2), Ed Sm ith (3 -3) , Hu ege (4-4 ) , J ack Mea dows (5 -5 ) and Califo m ian J ar id Blev ins (6- 6) ov erall. Huege pulled th e tr ig ger faste st at th e drop o f th e gate in th e fi rst 125cc Pro/ Interm ed ia te moto , b ut the 15 year-o ld got the door slamm ed on him when Bath made a block -pass to take the le ad, sending Hueg e to th e grou nd . Bath , who pla ced in th e top 2 5 i n t h e fir st fo ur AMA 250 c c National m otos of t he sea son , h eld th e po in t pos i tion u n t il he l ost h is co mposure in th e wh oop sectio n on t he fi nal l ap . Tha t w a s all Gr av e s needed to nab the m oto win , ahe ad of B at h , T un ne ll , Hu eg e and Yamaha rid er Corey Gab bert. Graves won moto t wo as well to win h is firs t of tw o o ver alls on th e neVIl'S da y , fini sh ing ahead of Bath . Huege trail ed the Pro duo to top the Interme diate class in his Interm ediate debu t , with Ga bb ert (3 - 2), T u n nell (1 -4), Mea dows (4- 3) and Mockridge (5- 10) rounding ou t the top five . J ord an Mockridge, the you nger of the two racing Mockridge b roth ers , h ad a stellar d ay . T h e 14 -y ear -o ld aced th e Su pe rm in i and eoc c agegroup cl ass es, though in tak ing h is first win of the da y , in th e hotly con tested Supe rm in i class , Mockrid ge had tough com petition fr om an other o f the North west' s top- ra nked e o cc rid ers , Sam De Atley . Th e K aw asaki mounted De Atley, who made the tr ek from Lewi ston, Idaho, fi ni shed a cl ose sec ond ove ra ll to Mo c k r idg e , b u t ah ead o f Was h i ng ton ' s K e v in Urquhart, Oregon 's T ravis McM ack in , and Matt DeA tley. eN Albany MotDrsparts Park Albany, Oregan Resu May Z8, ZOol (Rau d 51 lts: P/ W ( 4 ·6 ): I. Ch ris Alld redge (KTM); 2. Garrett Chri stofferson (Pol); 3 . Blak e McMa c k in (Hus); 4. Sierra Blagg (Pol); 5 . Tyl er Ross (Yam) . P/W (7- 8): I. Derek Garla nd (K TM) : 2. Gage Cook (KTM); 3. A llen Hoff ert (Hon); 4. Tyle r Dail ey (KTM) ; 5 . Nash Blaylock (KTM). SO OPEN : I. Glenn Presth olt (Co b); 2 . Na sh Blay lock (KTM) ; 3. Garr ett Christo ffers on (Pol) ; 4 . Sierra Blagg (pol); 5 . Tori Turner (KTM) . 6 0 BEG: 1. J oe McClt slin (Kaw) ; 2. Dylan Stone (KTM); 3. Ryan Roberts (KTM); 4. Matt Hazel (Kaw) : 5 . Gage Cook (Kaw). 6 0 JR : I. Kip Ol ko wski (Ka w ) ; 2 . Noa h Westerhu is (Kaw) . 60 SR : 1. M e tt De A t l e y ( Ka w); 2. T r av i s M cClinto n (KTM ) ; 3 . T yl er McClint o n ( KTM); 4. Trevl s Q uesenbe rry (KTM); 5. Heath er Christia nsen (Kaw) . 60 OPEN : 1. Ma tt DeAtl ey ( Kew) ; 2. T ravis Mc Clinton ( KTM) : 3. T yl er McC linton (KTM) : 4 . Tra vis Quesenberry (KTM) ; 5. Heather Christlansen (Kaw) . 8 0 BEG : 1. Je rem iah Spark s ( Hon); 2. Kelly Rupp (Y am); 3 . D evan Bo lin (V ern) ; 4. Ky le Hammontree (Yam); 5. Tyter Brown (Vam) . 80 ( 9· 1 1): I. Ma tt DeAtley (502): 2 . Levi Bishop (Hon) . 80 ( 1 2- 1 3) : I. Sam De Atl e y (K e w) ; 2 . C u rt is Sw eez ey { Ke w} : 3 . T r av i s McMack in (Ho n) ; 4 . A aron McClinto n (Yam) . 80 ( 14 - 16 ) : I. Jordan Mo c k r ld g e ( Ke w ) ; 2 . Ma tt Wilson (Vam) . S /I'IINI : I. J o r dan M oc k r l d g e eKe w} ; 2 . Sam D eA t l e y ( K e w) ; 3 . Ke v i n Uhrqh a rt ( Hon ); 4 . Travis M cM ., ck i n ( Ho n ); 5. Matt DeAtley (Suz). 1 2 5 B EO : I . Pau l E l f ( Hon) ; 2 . M i ch ll el Bid dle (Ya m) ; 3 . Arleh F e s en e (Ka w) ; 4. Gabe MUler (502); 5. Danny Costa eKew ). 125 J R: 1. Pete Sen nen ( KTM) : 2. Jim my Hazel ( Ya m ) ; 3 . Fr anki e Ca tli n ( Ho n) ; 4 . Jerry Br aswell ( Su z) ; 5 . Kev in Uh rq h art (Hon) . 125 INT: I. Rya n Huoge ( Hon ) : 2. Co ry Gabb ert ( Yam) ; 3. Aa ron T unnell (Yam); 4. Ja ck Meadow s (Yam); 5. Tyl er Mock ridge (Kaw) . 125 PRO: 1. Tony Graves (Yem) ; 2. J esse Bath (Yam) . 25 0 BE G : I. Ben Sannan (Y am): 2 . Da v id Ber k ey (Ya m) ; 3 . Cas ey Mo tt (Ka w ) ; 4. M ic h ael Bid dle (Yam) : 5. Gary Cork (Hon). 2 5 0 J R : I. Mit c hell Robb in s ( Hon) ; 2. Do ug McKuhn (Han): 3. Alex Wirkus (Suz); 4. Ken Rom ero (Yam) : 5. Jos h Huerta (Yam) . 25 0 (NT : 1. Rey m Conk ey ( Yam) ; 2 . A aron Tu nn ell (Yam ); 3 . Ed Sm ith (Yam ); 4. Ryan Huege (Hon): 5. Jack Meadows (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. J esse Bath (Yam): 2. Tony Graves (Yam ); 3. Gary Terleck i (Yam) . • O PEN A M: 1. Dav e Fox ( Ha n) : 2 . J eremi ah Fisher ( Yam) : 3 . Kazmer Wi rkus (Suz); 4 . J am es Wirkus (Suz); 5. J ohn Thayer (Yam). OPEN PRO : I. J .R. Meusl lng (Hon). am JR: 1. Fran k ie Catlin ( Han); 2. P8ul Elf (Hon) . UTH IN T : I. Gary T er leck i (Ya m) : 2 : Rick Walli ng (Yam) ; 3. Roby Leach (KTM). 8TH J R: 1. Al ex Wirk us (Suz ): 2. Pete Sennan (KTM) : 3. Joel Wam icke (Yam): 4. Sean Ug ht (Kaw) ; 5. Heath Voegel e (Yam) . BTH INT: I. J esse Bath (Vam) ; 2. Ryan Huege (Hon); 3. Raym Conkey (Yam): 4 . Tyl er Mockridge (Kaw). OTH BE O : I. Chris W ill s ( Yam ); 2 . Sc ott Williams (Kaw) ; 3. Bob Harriso n (Hon) : 4. J eff Ralph (KTM) : 5. MC Tessman (Hon) . O T H JR: I . T im Bl o u gh ( Yam); 2 . M ichae l M ow dy ( KT M) : 3 . B i ll Gr aves ( Y8m) : 4 . K ei th Brenen stuhl (!'

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