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Hoosier Hllltoppers Me: Tim Pridemore took both moto wins in the Heavy A class at the final race of the season In Uniontown, Indiana. season Finale Hoosier Hilltoppers MC Pridemore, Koontz Shine By MARK BUCHANAN UNIONTOWN, IN, OCT. 28 Tim Pridemore took3 the win in the Heavy A class and Ryan Koontz dominated the 125cc Band 12-15 Youth classes at Hoosier Hilltoppers final race of 2001 in Uniontown, Indiana. The fall season wasn't kind to the Hilitoppers, with a mud race and one rain-out, but the weather was great for the last race of the season. Rider turnout was well below average for the last race, though, because two other tracks in south-central Indiana were running the same day. Pridemore took both moto wins in the Heavy A class on a Cycle Shack/D&D Oolitic Store Honda fourstroke. Bobby Hall nailed the holeshot in both motos on a Hoosier Hilitoppers/Hill's 4x4 Yamaha. Kevin Studley, also Yamaha-mounted, followed Hall off the line in the first moto, in front of Pridemore, but Pridemore quickly moved up to take the lead on the first lap for the win. Hall finished a close second and Studley took third. Pridemore went down early in the second moto but remounted quickly and started to chase down Studley and Hall. Pridemore passed Studley after two laps and started to pressure Hall for the lead. Hall took the white flag in the lead but overshot the turn after the finish line, giving the win to Pridemore, who took the overall. Studley (3-2) finished second, in front of Hall. Studley took the holeshot and the win in both 16-24 motos, in front of 72 JANUARV 2, 2002' cue • • Suzuki jockey Tony Hilkey and Yamaha rider Danny Garner Jr. Brent Lee took the win in the Heavy B class, in front of his father, Yamaha pilot Kelly Lee. Garner took the first-moto holeshot and led for the first two laps before going down on lap three. Kelly took over the lead in front of Brent, and Jeff Lee moved into third place - making it a Lee family podium. Daniel Grubb finished fourth on a TM, with Garner placing fifth. Garner got the holeshot again in the second moto and went wire to wire for the win. The top four riders stayed close throughout the race, and Brent Lee held on to take second place after a race-long battle with Grubb. Kelly Lee claimed fourth, with Jeff Lee fifth. Brent Lee took the overall with a consistent 2-2 tally, in front of Kelly Lee (1-4), and Garner (5-1) took third, in front of Grubb and Jeff Lee. Kelly Lee took the win in both Over 30 B motos, in front of Yamaha rider Edwin Elliot and Robert Luckett, on a Suspension Plus/Fizz's Bike Shop Honda. Tom Meiers finished fourth on a Yamaha, and Harold Stalker claimed fifth on a KTM. Grubb took both wins in the Over 25 B class, in front of Elliot and Jerad Hanm, both on Yamahas. Koontz took both wins in the 125cc B class on an Answer/Bloomington Powersports Suzuki, in front of Hilkey. Brian Bonham took third in each moto on an Indy Cycle Kawasaki, in front of Chris Brown, on a Zimmer Performance Yamaha. n • _ s Koontz took the win in the first 125cc Youth moto, in front of Brown and Aaron Blankenship, on a Dan's Cycle Sales Yamaha. Kawasaki jockey Brian Fiscus finished fourth, in front of Jacob Elliot, on a Mad Moto Kawasaki. Koontz took the win in the second moto, in front of Blankenship and Brown. Elliot finished fourth, and Fiscus did not finish due to a broken chain. Koontz claimed his second overall of the day and Blankenship edged out Brown for second place, with Elliot taking fourth place, in front of Fiscus. Elliot won both Open aocc motos, in front of Samantha Deckard, on a Columbus Kawasaki. Aryn Ross took third overall with a 4-3 score, edging out Chad Van Pelt (3-4), in front of Fiscus in fifth place. James Ogle, on an S&S Marine Yamaha, took the win in the Senior Mini class with a 2-1 tally, edging out Kawasaki jockey Tanner Jessup (1-2), with Ross finishing third. Steven Squire nailed the holeshots and took the wins in all four motos of the Junior Mini and 60cc classes. Squire took both wins in the Junior Mini class on a Suspension Plus/F&S Suzuki, and Honda pilot Thomas Hibbs (3-2) claimed second overall. Kawasaki rider Levi Deckard (2-3) took third, and Van Pelt finished fourth, in front of Yamaha man Tyler Batchelor. Squire took both wins in the 60cc class on a KTM, in front of Kawasaki jockey Colton Wininger. Clay Burnette claimed third overall with a consistent 3-3 score on a Cycle Shack Kawasaki, in front of Kawasaki pilot Tommy Meiers (4-4). Dillon Ramsey took fifth place on a Kawasaki. CN Hoosier Hilltappers Me Uniontown, Indiana Results: October 28, 2001 (FinalJ 50 OIL-INJ: 1. Tommy Meiers (Yam); 2. Branden Lytle (Yam); 3. Kole Jacobsen (Yam); 4. Bloke Barber (Vom); 5. Alex Marlon (Yom). 50 (4-6): 1. Jordan Frame (Cob): 2. Richard Turner (Cob): 3. Shawn Burge (KTM). 50: I. JlIcob Tyree (Cob); 2. Cody Ltmdis; 3. Tyler Kirkman (Pol). 60: 1. Steven Squire (KTM); 2. Colton Wininger (Kaw); 3. Clay Burnette (Kaw); 4. Tommy Meiers • (Ko",): 5. Dilion Raney (Kaw). OPEN 80: 1. Jacob Elliott (Kow): 2. Samantha Deckerd (Kew); 3. Aryn Ross (Kew); 4. Ched Van Pelt (Kaw). JR MINI: 1. Steven Squire (Suz); 2. Thomas Hibbs (Hon): 3. Levi Deckard (Ko",); 4. Chad Von Pelt (Kaw); 5. Tyler Batchelor (Yom). SR MINI: 1. James Ogle (Yem); 2. Tanner Jessup (Kaw): 3. Aryn Ross (Kew). 125 B: 1. Ryan Koontz (Suz); 2. Tony Hilkey (SUI); 3. Brian Bonhem (Kew); 4. Chris Brown (Yom). 125 C: 1. Justin Hobson (Hon); 2. Jemes Axson (Hon): 3. Shoo Day (Hon); 4. Jerod Jennings (Hon): 5. Michael Ellingsworth (Vern). WMN: 1. Samanthe Deckard (Vern); 2. Jennifer Squire (Suz). YTH (12-15): 1. Ryan Koontz (Suz): 2. Aaron Blankenship (Yern); 3. Chris Brown (Yem); 4. Jacob Elliott (Kaw): 5. Bryan Fiscus (Ko",). 16-24: 1. Kevin Studley (Yern); 2. Tony Hilkey (Suz): 3. Donny Gomer Jr. (Vam). 25. B: 1. Daniel Grubb (TM): 2. Edwin Elliott (Yom); 3. Jerod Hanm (Yom). 30. A: 1. Robert Hall (Yam). 30+ B: 1. Kelly Lee (Yam): 2. Edwin Elliott (Yam): 3. Robert Luckett (Hon); 4. Tom Meiers (Yam); 5. Harold Stalker (KTM). 40.: 1. Tom Meiers (Yom): 2. Jeff Lee (Yom); 3. Jeff Wuensch (Yam). HVY A: 1. Tim Pridemore (Hon); 2. Kevin Studley (Yom); 3. Robert Hall (Yam). HVY B: 1. Brent Lee (Yam); 2. Kelly Lee (Yam); 3. Donny Garner Jr. (Yom): 4. Daniel Grubb (TM); 5. Jeff Lee (Yom). HVY C: 1. Bili Russell (Hon): 2. Robert Luckett (Hon); 3. Vancy Chipman (Yam); 4. Tom Wininger (Hon). Cedar Raceway/Club MX Fall Motocross series Round 5: Cedar Raceway Park Draper .Schools the Troops CEDAR CITY, UT, NOV. 3 ome on in and have a seat as Brady Draper takes you to school on the Olympic scoring system and the way motocross results are tabulated. You know - total low score wins and the second-moto tie breaker. Draper took care of the low score who needs to win a moto? - and let the tie breaking be demonstrated by the two guys who tied for second. Competing in the fifth of the six races of the Cedar Raceway/Club MX Fall Motocross Series, Draper was contesting the 125cc Beginner class at Cedar Raceway in Cedar City, Utah on November 3. Ken Hynes got the jump over Bryce Stewart and Draper as race action got under way. Hynes was flying out front when he took a soil sample, handing the lead to Stewart. Randy Guzman came on and made a first-lap pass on Draper to take over second. Guzman then muscled past C Stewart on lap two to seize first place. Stewart came back at him but, despite breathing down Guzman's neck for the rest of the race, he couldn't quite pull the inches needed to claim the win. Draper flashed across in third, just a tick behind the leaders. Justin Worthing, normally one of the heavy hitters in this class, was uncharacteristically not a factor in race one. He made his presence felt right off the bat in moto two, taking the holeshot from Jason Ellis and com'pany. Brian Fowler made an early charge into the lead, but Worthing took it right back. Guzman quickly joined the battle up front. And where was Mr. Draper? Hanging out in fifth, waiting for the blood to drain off the playing field. By lap two, he had moved to fourth and was hounding Cody Larsen for third. Ellis had fought his way into the lead and was doing a great job out in front, but Draper, battling his way up into second, knew he had the overall locked