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CMA North MX Series Round 1: Argyll Cycle Pa... SV\Tan Sweeps Argyll MX By MIKE VANCIL DIXON, CA, OCT. 28 rik Swan got off to a good start in the five-event CMA O'Neal Fall Championship Series for Northern California riders by sweeping both of his classes on his Yamaha YZ. Swan's first moto was in the 125cc Intermediate class, in which he only had to face off with one other rider, and that was Danny Harris, aboard a potent CR Honda. To make the moto a little more interesting, these two Intermediate-class riders shared the start gate with 12 very eager 125cc Novice riders. Swan put everyone behind him before the first corner and never let up his torrid pace until the checkers. Harris kept the Novice riders at bay until about lap three, when two of the hottest put him back in fourth overall on the race track. Those two - Yamaha rider Trevor Doniak and Kawasaki jockey Bob Challburg - went on to finish first and second, respectively, in the Novice class results. Harris hung on and finished a distant second to Swan. Moto two was almost a repeat of moto one, except that Harris finished far stronger than his first-moto performance. When the 250cc Intermediate class rolled to the start line, there were four riders contesting. At the gate's drop, Swan duplicated his earlier starting successes and burst into the lead. For two laps, it appeared the late-moto challenge would come from Hondamounted Matt Femandes, but on lap three Swan increased his lead measurably. Fernandes either began to tire or Kawasaki jockey Mike Dickerson began to find better lines, for by lap three the order was Swan, Dickerson, Fernandes and Honda-mounted Harris. This order remained the same until the checkers flew. In moto two, the field was narrowed by the absence of Dickerson. Again, Swan pulled off an excellent holeshot and was never headed. This time, Fernandes dug down within himself and kept up the pace to finish behind Swan and therefore take second overall for the day in this class. Harris rode to third place in this moto. In other racing action, the most populous race was the combined Pee Wee 50cc contest, in which 13 total riders gated for the start. Nine of the starters were contesting the SOcc (7-8) class, while three were in the up-tobut-not-quite- 7 -years-of-age class. A The sole entry in the 50cc First-Timer category was minuscule mite Steven Lackey, whose first name is practically longer than he is tall, and whose last name is legend. Lackey had a really good time; he fell off only once, but he was picked up by a corner worker and planted back in the saddle for more action. He finished both motos, to good applause. The real attention grabber was Kyle Tigert, who blitzed the starts on a lightning-fast Cobra machine. He left everyone in his wake and was getting air time over the tabletop jumps as if he were on a 125 instead of a 50! If at first it was stage fright, or perhaps unfamiliarity with the demanding Argyll course, that was holding back Robert Wilson, on his strongrunning KTM, he did turn in a really fine late-moto charge to finish a respectable second place in moto one. A fair distance back, the young Brian Yorton brought his KTM home in third place. In the second moto, Tigert again leaped to an immediate lead - a "No Fear" future National champ in the making. In this moto, Wilson was far stronger and kept it closer for most of the four laps. The finish order for the second moto was a duplicate of the first. The Cobra-mounted Tigert topped four KTM riders - behind him were Wilson, Yorton, Jordan Hausmann and Payton Osborne. eN Argyll Cycle PlIrll Dixon, ClIlifamia Results: DctDber 28, 2001 (Round 1 of 51 OfT MSTR: I. Dave Wood (Hon): 2. William Carboo (Yam). 60 X: 1. Rk:ky Rinlluro (KTM); 2. Reno Ayers (Kaw). 80 X: I. Jacob Sanchez (Yam); 2. Nicolas Baker (Yam): 3. Travis Bell (Hon); 4. Brian Whitley (Yam): 5. B

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