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Riverside MX: Jody Cook placed fourth in the eocc B class and third in the Supermini class in Newton, Alabama. site of the sixth round of the Southeastern Motocross Series. Southeastern Motocross Series Rou d &: Riverside MX Boutwell, Ragsdale Duel at Riverside By HUGH GATLIN NEWTON. AL. MAR. 17 he Sports Center/Answer/Pro Taper-backed Cole Boutwell and Mac Tools/Extreme Power Sports rider James Ragsdale squared off in the Supermini and BOcc B classes at Riverside MX. site of the sixth round of the Southeastern Motocross Series. After scoring stunning, upset firstmoto wins over Boutwell. the area's top Mini racer. mistakes in both of the second heats cost Ragsdale the overall wins. Boutwell topped both classes and the Youth division as well, making him the first-ever triple winner at Riverside. A soaking rain the afternoon before the race left the track moist and tacky for the 144 riders in attendance. Boutwell absconded with the holeshot in the first Supermini moto on his Yamaha while Ragsdale was pushed off the track coming around turn one. The Kawasaki jockey calmly re-entered the course just inside the top 10. Cutting corners tight. Ragsdale moved to second on lap one, and then closed on Boutwell. Jody Cook and Jonathan Dove raced for third. On the last lap. Ragsdale cut underneath Boutwell and posted a three-second win. Dove encountered engine trouble and finished fourth. behind Cook. Corey Patrick got the holeshot in moto two. but Ragsdale rode past him coming out of turn two. After a fourth-place start. Boutwell moved to second in the S section. Boutwell caught Ragsdale at the halfway point T but then lost time in the whoop section on lap three. Looking good for the win, Ragsdale mistook the white flag for the checkers and pulled off the track. A focused Boutwell shot past for the victory. Ragsdale came back on the track and salvaged second, ahead of Cook and Patrick. Ragsdale gated first in the opening BOcc B moto. ahead of Dove and Boutwell. Dove ran off the track and Boutwell took second. Next, he hammered the whoops and took the point. Ragsdale went back out front at the end of the long back stra ight. Boutwell reclaimed the lead at the end of the whoops. The pair ran side by side through the S section. A fall dropped Dove from the picture. A final pass gave Ragsdale the win as Boutwell got out of shape in the whoops. Dove was third. over Cook. Boutwell led Dove in race two. Ragsdale went down early in a flat sweeper that had developed squareedged holes. Boutwell ran his machine wide open through the sandy sweepers, but he couldn't shake Dove, who placed second. Cook held back a late charge by Ragsdale and placed third. After grabbing the start and running strong in the early going of the first Over 40/Yet moto, Florida Motor Sports rider Jason Swain lost the gear shifter on his KTM and was forced to finish the race in fourth gear. Series contender Guy Santucci took the win, over Yamaha of Troy's Phil Sanders and a closing Tim Miller. Santucci's YZ250 showed the way in moto two, ahead of Swain and Sanders. As Sanders slipped back. Swain closed on Santucci and went past on lap three. Santucci answered back with a race-winning pass through the small whoop section. Sanders claimed third. D.J. Oakes edged Stephen Donaldson for the holeshot in the first Pee Wee Umited moto and led from start to finish. Behind Donaldson, a threeway race for third developed between the XRs of Payton Phillips. Nick Goodwin and Ben Lau. Near the end, Lau broke free and chased Donaldson to the flag. Oakes pulled a nice holeshot in race two and rode his own race on the way to a 55-second win. Lau trailed Donaldson to the last lap, where he passed for second. Phillips was fourth. The BOcc D class was the largest of the day. with 20 riders. Keelan Cherry put his Kawasaki out front in moto one, only to fall in the third turn and drop to last. Corey Byrd and RMmounted Chad Gerrits ran one and two, ahead of Troy Balsters. A sixrider logjam at the entrance to the whoops worked in Christian Tramel's favor. On the move after a poor start. he was able to pick up several positions and take his Kawasaki to third. Byrd built a huge lead and cruised to the checkers ahead of Gerrits. On the gas the entire moto. Cherry notched a fourth with a pass on Nick Still over a double. Byrd got the holeshot in race two and was never challenged. taking the win. Tramel passed Cherry in the whoops on lap one. Cherry went back to second in the S section. On lap three. Tramel came under fire from Gerrits and Balsters. Gerrits passed for third. After holding his hardearned second for most of the race, Cherry ran into trouble and dropped to fifth. Following Gerrits home, a third place gave Tramel third overall and kept him in the hunt for the series title, behind points leader Byrd. I:IiI Riverside MX Ne_•• A1....... Ilesalb: Man:~ 17, ZDD2 1110•• IJ P/W (4-6): 1. Blake Noble (KTM): 2. Stephen Donaldson (KTM): 3. D.J. Oakes (KTM); 4. Joey Smith (ATK). P/W (7·9): I. Justin Summers (Cob): 2. Bladen Owens (Pol): 3. Miles Thornton (Pol); 4. Gray Vinson (KTM): 5. Camron Byrd (KTM). P/W LTD: 1. D.J. Ookes (Yam); 2. Bon u.u (Hon): 3. Stephen Donaldson (Vern); 4. Payton Phillips (Hon); 5. Nick Goodwin (Hon), P/W 70-90: I. Thomas Lau (Hon); 2. Steven Davis (Yam); 3. Niki Smith (Hon); 4. Jordan Williams (Hon): 5. Rusty Cook (Han). 60 BEG: 1. Justin Woodfin (Kaw): 2. Jonathan Woodfin (Kaw); 3. Justin Summers (Kaw); 4. Chandler Hudson (KTM); 5. Gray Vinson (KTM). 60: 1. Matt. Williams (KTM); 2. Tyler Rodgers (KTM); 3. Brett Bittner (Kaw): 4. Nicholas Hoots (KTM) ; 5. Miles Thornton (KTM). 80 B: 1. Cole Boutwell (Yam): 2. Jonathan Dove (Yam): 3. James Ragsdllle (KllW): 4. Jody Cook (Kaw). 80 C: t. Bruce Lee Jr. (Yam): 2. Andrew Phelps (Kaw); 3. Keenan Bittner (KllW); 4. Kyle Roark (Yam): 5. Josh Wynn (Kaw). 80 0: 1. Corey Byrd (Yem); 2. Chad Gerrits (SUl): 3. Christilln Tramel (Kaw); 4. Keelan Cherry (Kaw): 5. Troy Balsters (Yllm). S/M.INI: 1. Cole Boutwell (Yam): 2. James Rllgsdale (Kaw); 3. Jody Cook (Yam); 4. Corey Patrick (Yom): 5. Co~ B)'Td (Yam). 125 MNY: J. Derek Fore (Yam); 2. Brilln Young (Suz): 3. Chan Senn (Yam). 125 B: I. Buck Hartzog (Yam); 2. Mark Taylor (Yam); 3. Matt Peevy (Suz): 4. Eric Odorn (Yam). 125 C: 1. Cody Johnson (Yem); 2. Corey Petrick (Yam): 3. Cory Gerrits (Yllm); 4 Jeson Swein (KTM.); 5. Cole R.... (Yam). 125 D: L Ben Waldner (Yam): 2. Chad Reeves (Yem); 3. Alex Mclnmis (Yam); 4. David Partridge (Yllm); 5. Marcus Braswell (Yem). 250 MNY: 1. Brian Young (Hon); Daniel Young (Suz); 3. lee Spann (Hon); 4 Derek Fore (Yam): 5. Chan Senn (Yom). 250 B: I. Buck Hartzog (Yam). 250 C: J. Paul Powell (Suz): 2. Messey Dandridge (Hon); 3. Guy SantuccI (Yam): 4. Rogal Hamm (Yam); 5. Brint Simpson (Vam). 250 D: 1. MIchael QUllgJiaroli (Hon); 2. Jeremy Richard (Hon); 3. Jerry Young (Hon); 4. David Partridge (Yam); 5. Buck Wolte" (Yom). YTH: I. Cole Boutwell (Yom): 2. Cody Johnson (Yam); 3. Matt Peevy (Suz); 4. Kylo Roark (Yom). VET: 1. Guy Santuccl (Yam): 2. Juon Swain (KTM): 3. John Mclemore (Yom). VET M.NY: 1. lee Spenn (Hon); 2. Kevin Davis (Hon). 40+: 1. Phil S8nders (Yllm); 2. Tim Miller (Yam); 3. Allen McWilliams (Hon). &P&lAMA District 9 Best of Georgia Championship MX Series Round 2: Bremen Race Park Shealy, Clark Dominate By GARY CRIDER B~.GA,MAR. 17 lint Shealy took control of both A divisions and Kyle Clark aced the 50cc (4-6) and 50cc Shaft-Drive classes at round two of the Georgia Promoters Group AMA District 9 Best of Georgia Championship MX Series at Bremen Race Park. More than 300 riders turned out to enjoy the wellprepared course. Thanks to recent rain and race-day cloud cover, the racing was dust-free in all 31 classes. The track's direction was reversed from the clockwise direction used at previous GPG events here, putting local riders and newcomers on more of an equal footing. Florida resident Shealy looked C cue I ... completely at home aboard his new brand - Suzuki. The Capitol Cycle/ DKR/NuTech/Old School Racingbacked rider outdistanced the competition en route to perfect scores in the 125cc and 250cc A classes. The day's racing produced remarkably few double-class winners. but Kyle Clark made sure that he was one of them. Clark's method was flawless, and he took all four moto wins in the 50cc (4-6) and 50cc Shaft-Drive divisions. Runner-up Max Tannenbaum kept the pressure on Clark all day in the Shaft-Drive class. Kart Johnson also came away with double gold after he powered his KTM to the wins in both the 60cc (7 -9) and 60cc Preteen classes. In the fierce 60cc (10-11) division, Billy n e _ S • MAY 1, 2002 73

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