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-- I ~ ,-: L3Jtr±i3~U:j IFMA FMX Series Nate Adams came away with a pair of wins at the IFMA FMX competition in Illinois. STORY AND PHOTOS BY RAYMOND GUNDY ROSEMONT, IL, FEB. 15-16 he 10th round of the IFMA FMX Series visited the All-State Arena in Rosemont, Illinois, and Kenny Bartram and Nate Adams came away with the big wins. Bartram started the weekend off with a sweep of Friday's qualification and main-event competitions, while Adams mirrored Bartram's performance on Saturday, winning the two separate main-event rounds that were held that day - one event in the afternoon and one in the evening. All told, there were three separate competitions over the weekend. "My weekend was good," Bartram said. "Friday night, I won the qualifier, so I thought everyone would step it up in the main. Dustin Miller did - he had an awesome run, and I thought he had it - but somehow the judges gave it to me." "This weekend, I did my first Kiss of Death in competition. I wasn't going to, because I still don't think they're quite contest-ready, but we were getting in 18 tricks instead of 16, like normal, so I added a Cat Nac Indy and a Kiss of Death." Saturday was all Adams. "My Saturday went great," Adams said. "I felt really good all day long and when I was doing my runs, I just felt like I was flowing and everything was working right. I was just in a good state of mind." "On Saturday, I did a couple of tricks, two No-Hander Landers, and I think that is what put me in first in both contests on Saturday," Adams added. "I did a Rock Solid to a NoHander Lander without a Bar Check, just like I did at the Winter X. That was my first trick of my main-event run that got me in a groove for the rest of my run, where I did a McMetz to a No-Hander Lander and a Seran to Seran to a One-Handed Lander. That was pretty much it; I just kept my run as smooth as possible and tried to ride without any mistakes." CN (Above) Drake McElroy was consistent, finishing third three times. (Below) Kenny Bartram pulled off a win Friday night. AlI·State Arenl Rosemant, lIIinais Results: Feb",I'Y 15-1 S, 2002 Friday O/A: 1. K~nny Bertram (93.7); 2. Dustin MHier (93.5); 3. Drake McElroy (93.3); 4. Trevor Vines (93.0); 5. Nale Adams (92.7); 6. Ronnie Renner (90.5): 7. Tommy Clowers (90.3); 8. Mike Jones (90.0); 9. Jake Windham (91.0); 10. Beau Bembur9 (90.5); 1I. John Distler (86.0); 12. Jeff nlton (85.0); 13. Jesse Olson (84.3); 14. Jimmie McGuire (83.0); 15. Robert Distler (82.0) Saturday Afternoon O/A: 1. Nate Adorns (92.7); 2. Kenny Kenny Bartram Is currently third in the series points standing, but he has a long way to go to catch series leader Dustin Miller. Bartram (92.5); 3. Drake McElroy (92.0); 4. Trevor Vines (91.7); 5. Dustin Miller (91.3); 6. Tommy Clowers (91.0); 7. Jesse Olson (90.0); 8. Jeke Windhem (89.5); 9. Ronnie Renner (OO.3); 10. Mike Jones (90.0); 11. John Distler (88.5); 12. Jeff TIlton (88.0); 13. Beau Bembur9 (87.0); 14. Jimmie McGuire (83.0); 15. Robert Distler (75.0) Saturday Night O/A: 1. Nate Adams (93.7); 2. Kenny Bartram (93.5); 3. Drake McElroy (92.7); 4. Tommy Clowers (91.7); 5. Mike Jones (91.3); 6. Trevor Vines (90.7): 7. Jimmje McGuire (85.0): 8. Duslin Miller (80.0); 9. Jake Windham (91.3); 10. Ronnie Renner (91.0): 11. Jesse Olson (90.5); 12. John Distler (90.0); 13. Jeff Tillon (89.5); 14. Robert Distler (89.0); 15. Beau Bamburg (80.0) IFMA FMX SERIES POINTS STANDINGS: I. Dustin Miller (690): 2. Drllke McElroy (664): 3. Kenny &rtram (638); 4. Ronnie Renner (620); 5. Jake Windham (598): 6. Tommy Ciowers (565); 7. Jesse Olson (564); 8. Jeff TOlon (560); 9. Jimmie McGuire (547); to. Beau 6llmburg (544); 11. Nate Adams (478); 12. Trevor Vines (475); 13. Mike Jones (459); 14. John Distler (441); 15. Robert Distler (432); 16. Brian Fosler (344); 17. Ryan Leyba (343); 18. Caleb Wyatt (338); 19. Matt Knesek (329); 20. Ryan Hanson (315). cue I • nevvs MARCH 1 3, 2002 55

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