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up another win, followed by Knox and
Burks.
Jake Tyree was the early leader in
the 50cc (7 -8) class, chased by Jake
Baumert, Tyler Phillips and Cobra
Unlimited/Bell/Gateway Cycle/XTreme Graphics-sponsored Forrest
Kirkland. Tyree stalled his bike on the
final lap and Baumert took charge.
Tyree got back under way but stalled
again, ending up 13th. Baumert
claimed the win, with Josh Bixler second, Kirkland third, and Bo Cooper
filing by in fourth.
The second moto found Tyree's
machine fully recharged, and he took
the win, with Baumert finishing second. Baumert took the overall win for
the class with a 1-2 tally. Bixler finished third in the moto, with Phillips
fourth and Cooper fifth. Kirkland did
not finish after crashing.
Danny Rocke was the first off the
gate in the first 60cc (10-11) moto,
followed by Cody Reas. Rock and
Reas battled for first. At the start of
lap two, FlatOut Motorcycles/The
Money Station/Bridgestone's Rocke's
bike went almost vertical at the finish-line triple jump, but he managed
to land without going down. Rocke
pulled off of the track, which put Reas
in first. After having problems starting
his bike, Rocke remounted several
positions back. From that point, Reas
ran away with the win.
Suspension Works/S&S Powersports/Finish line Motorcycles/Splus
MX School's Reas got the holeshot in
the second moto and led from start to
finish. Rocke was a no-show after
suffering back pain from his firstmoto incident.
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followed by Lawhead and then Kelly.
Bender returned to ride uncontested in the second moto for the win and
the overall. Lawhead filed by in second. Rory O'Gorman claimed third
after placing fourth in the first moto.
Kelly finished a disappointing sixth
for the moto.
O'Gorman, Lawhead and Kelly
returned to be the early leaders in the
first Senior Mini moto. The trio raced
around the course like a freight train.
Kelly got by Lawhead two laps before
the finish. Kelly then closed in on
O'Gorman, with Lawhead some distance back in third. On the final lap,
O'Gorman and Kelly battled for first.
Kelly pulled beside O'Gorman in a
turn, and O'Gorman poured on the
gas, but Kelly made up the distance
and closed in on O'Gonnan again on
the last half of the last lap. O'Gorman
held on to the front spot for the win,
with Kelly second. Lawhead tallied
third.
The second moto again saw
O'Gonnan out front, followed by Lawhead and Kelly. On the second lap,
Kelly moved by Lawhead to take over
second. By the final lap, O'Gorman
and Kelly were battling, with O'Gorman again hanging on for the win and
Kelly taking another second, while
Lawhead landed third again.
Cycle Tech/Big 4 Cycle/Monsanto's Jacob Rowland fired off the gate
in the first round of the Open Junior
Mini contest, chased by Spina Motorsport's Drew Knox and Sinisalo/Mad
Moto's Devin Burks. Rowland was
unstoppable as he led the entire
moto, despite efforts by Knox and
Burks to catch him. Knox and Burks
filed by the checkered flag in second
and third, respectively.
Knox grabbed the holeshot in the
second moto, chased by Burks and
Rowland. On the first lap, Rowland
quickly moved by Knox, but Knox
regained the front spot before the end
of.the lap. Burks got on the gas to go
by Knox by the start of the third lap.
Knox recovered as the pair rode side
by side on the final lap, with Burks
coming out on top for the moto win.
Knox was a close second, followed
by Rowland.
Rowland led from start to finish
with a huge margin in the first 80cc
Junior Mini moto. Burks started the
moto in second, with Clayton Knox in
third. By the second lap, Knox closed
the distance to Burks and went by.
Knox then started a charge for Rowland. Knox rode out of control over
a set of quad jumps but did not
go down. Rowland earned the win,
while Knox finished second, followed
by Burks.
Rowland nailed the holeshot again
in the second moto, as Knox was better prepared off the gate. Knox set his
sights on Rowland but was unable to
make a pass, and Rowland chalked
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Results: ApI1I 7, ZOOZ (Raund 41
50 SHAFT (4-8): I. Jacob Price (Vam): 2.
Wesley Sexton (Yam): 3. Cody Certer (Yam): 4.
David Ven Dyke (Vern); 5. Jecob Collins (Yam).
50 STK (4-6): I. Richard Tumer (Cob): 2. Kade
Chastain (Cob); 3. Trevor Cooper (Cob); 4. Austin
Walton (Pol): 5. Nash Uebel (KTM).
50 STK (7·B): 1. Jake Baumert (Cob): 2. Josh
Bixler (KTM); 3. Bo Cooper (Cob); 4. Jeke Tyree
(Cob): 5. Tyler PhiIHps (KTM).
60 (7-9): I. Mitch Hough (KTM): 2. Michael
Romero (KTM): 3. D.J. Hughes (KTM): 4. Colton
Winger (KTM): 5. Jake Baumert (KTM).
60 (10-11): I. Cody Reas (KTM): 2. Justin
Hedger (Kaw): 3. Ricky Witzke (KTM): 4. Kenny
Walker (KTM): 5. Josh East (KTM).
60 (7-11) COMB: I. Cody Reas (KTM): 2.
Mitchell Hough (KTM): 3. Michael Romero (KTM); 4.
Justin Hedger (I