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West Florida MX Park: On the
specially designed Pee Wee track in
Milton, Florida, Camron Byrd races
to a fifth-place finish In the Pee Wee (7-9)
class at the final round of the
Southeastern Motocross Series.
Weogufka, Alabama's Corey Byrd
put an exclamation point on his 85cc
D series championship with a 1-1
sweep of the class. Christian Tramel
got the holeshot on the downhill start
in moto one, but Byrd had the lead
coming out of the 180-degree righthand first tum. In only his third race,
local rider David Moore challenged
Tramel with two passes. Tramel
regained second on the last lap with
an inside pass. Byrd took a commanding win, and class contender
Troy Balsters came through the
17-rider field for fourth.
KX-mounted Tramel absconded
with the holeshot in race two, but
Byrd's outside gate pick gave him
another lead coming out of tum one.
Moore moved to second, then challenged Byrd for the lead. Balsters
started seventh and placed third
when Tramel overshot a berm. The
duo placed second and third in the
series, respectively.
On the separate Pee Wee track,
D.J. Oakes and Ben Lau ran up front
in the first Unlimited moto before they
both fell. Stephen Donaldson inherited the lead and stayed out front to
the finish. Lau recovered for second,
ahead of Mario F. Santucci.
Oakes was perfect in race two,
leading start to finish. Hjs 7-1 score
was good for third overall. A 1-3 tally
gave Donaldson second. Lau's consistent 2-2 finishes netted the Honda
rider the overall win.
Chris Vaughn snared the holeshot
in the first Pee Wee 80cc moto and
stretched hjs lead to the finish. Running up front, Brett Kraft fell and collected Thomas Lau in the spill. With
an American flag waving from the
back of her chest protector, Navarre,
Florida's Larah Williams rode her
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Suzuki to second place. Steven Davis
was third.
Austin Stanton led race two before
going down. Vaughn worked hjs way
to the front for his second win. Another third gave Davis second overall.
On the strength of her first-moto
finish, Williams placed third overall in
the 12-rider field.
Patrick Buell was a runaway winner in the 85cc B/C class, taking
quarter-of-a-track wins in both heats.
Destyn Patera and Daniel Monell
diced for second in race one, with
Patera getting the upper hand. Monell
advanced a position to second in race
two. Bruce Lee Jr. put his Yamaha in
third. One Suzuki rider, Jason Dickson, came out on top of a five-way
battle for fourth.
Daniel Young led the first 250cc
Money moto until he washed out in a
tum. Ronnie Ramjscal scored the win,
with Covington, Louisiana's Blake
Kennedy chasing him the whole way.
Young was third, just one second
ahead of a closing Ed Kiley.
A hard fall in the 125cc Money
class kept Ramiscal out of race two.
Young took the holeshot and railed
the berms on his big Honda 450 F.
Kennedy wouldn't let him get away;
and when Young fell on the last lap,
he bagged the win. Young remounted
for second, ahead of Kiley.
A red-flag restart didn't shake
Kawasaki rider Tommy Paul in the
first 125cc D moto. In his first race
back since suffering a broken ankle,
he pulled another holeshot and
placed eighth in the 19-rider field.
Ben Waldner took the moto
win, ahead of fellow Yamaha rider
Kyle Roark.
In race two, Josh Landrie led the
way, followed by Nick Porto. Waldner
moved to second and then powered
past Landrie on a long, rough
straightaway. Behind Waldner and
Porto in the overall scoring, fU'St-time
125cc rider James Devilbiss was
third with a 4-3 tally.
Cole Boutwell got the holeshot in
the first 125cc B moto, ahead of Eric
Odom and Jessica Patterson. Odom
tipped over in a turn and Patterson
came under pressure from Justin
Link. Boutwell steadily pulled away
for the win. Link eventually got
around Patterson for second. Clinton
Arnold was fourth.
Odom gave Boutwell a run for
his money in moto two. He went
under the YZ 125 rider in the first turn
and stayed out front for two laps.
Boutwell passed when Odom stalled
his YZ250F and couldn't refire it.
Matt Hamilton moved to second, and
then held off a closing Chris Scott.
Behind Boutwell's sweep, Scott
was second with a 5-3 score, and
Hamilton logged third overall with a
7-2 score.
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llesalts: April 21, 2002 IFi... Ha••d)
P/W (4-6); I. Bloke Noble (Kow); 2. D.J. Ookes
(KTM); 3. Justin Johnston (KTM); 4. Stephen
Donaldson (KTM); 5. Dolton ?Ioto (KTM).
P/W (7·9): I. Joseph Joiner (KTM); 2. Jomes
Arlos (KTM); 3. Brondon Hubbord (Pol); 4. Kyle
Borroto (Pol); 5. Cornron Byrd (KTM).
P/W OIL: 1. Ben Lou (Hon); 2. Stephen
Donaldson (KTM); 3. D.J. Ookes (KTM); 4. M.lrio F.
Sontued (Yom); 5. Nick Goodwin (Hon).
P/W 80: I. Chris Voughn (Kow); 2. Steven E.
Devis (Yam); 3. Larah Williems (Suz); 4. Thomes Lau
(Hon), 5. Jordan Williems (Hen).
OPEN P/W: 1. Justin Summers (Cob); 2.
Brondon Hubb