Hicks collided and went down, but Brant
recovered to win the restart over Josh Larsen,
Hicks and Shaun Harmatiuk. Promoter Dukie
Ermolenko finished off the round with a
win over Bobby Krips, John DeFries and
Jeff Blaydes.
Round two began with Brant leading all the
way over McConnell, Krips and Sauer. Larsen
and Castro rode away from DeFries and
McCurdy in the next heat. Kerr won the next
heat over Hicks, Blaydes and Martynse.
Ermolenko narrowly defeated Swartz, Harmatiuk and Benjamin.
Castro opened up round three with a win
over Ermolenko and McConnell; Hicks pulled
out of contention for the night due to injury.
Sauer won the next heat over Ha'rmatiuk,
Blaydes and McCurdy. Brant easily defeated
Kerr. Schwartz and DeFries. Finishing out
round three, Larsen dispatched Krips, Benjamin and Martynse.
In the second try at the opening heat of
round four, McConnell won over Martynse.
Harmatiuk and DeFries. Krips won the next
heat, over Schwartz and McCurdy. Larsen then
defeated Ermolenko, Kerr and Sauer. Brant
finished out the round with a win over Castro.
Blaydes and Benjamin.
At this point, Larsen had II of a possible
12 points. Nipping at his heels were Brant,
Castro and Ermolenko, all with 10 points.
Kerr, who had nine, and Krips and McConnell,
each with eight, still had a shot at the top four.
Larsen opened round five with a win over
McConnell, Schwartz and Blaydes, giving him
14 points and making him the top qualifier for
the Shootout. Brant then defeated Ermolenko,
Martynse and McCurdy. Castro beat Krips,
Kerr and Harmatiuk. Sauer triumphed over
DeFries and Benjamin to end the qualifying
heats.
The final points tally had Larsen on top,
with Brant and Castro tied for second with 13
points each. Ermolenko's 12 points gave him
the final spot in the Shootout.
At the start of the final, Castro and Brant
made contact and Brant went down, bringing
out the red flag. On the restart, Castro got the
holeshot, but Larsen hounded him until the
beginning of the final lap, when he squeezed
by, but Castro fought back and repassed
Larsen around the outside of the final tum to
take the popular victory over Larsen and
Brant, while Ermolenko pulled out with a
sick bike.
Results
DENIM DR SHOOTOOT: 1. EddIe Castro: 2. Josh Larsen; 3.
Scott Brant: 4. Dultie EnnoI~o
SUP: 1. Chad N~I~: 2. Sc:ott Tidwell: 3. Devin DeFreec:e; 4.
Boy Medellin.
SUP CONSl: 1. Billy Lyons: 2. Tomas Hampel: 3. Jason Bots·
ford: 4. Billy Braden; 5. Brian Hunt: 6. Radlalle KelT.
SOP B: 1. Hidcaki Ota; 2. Kevin Templeton: 3. Steve Dziadus: 4.
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