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Pro Circuit Texas/Oklahoma Regional Classic Series
Round 1: Village Creek MX Park
(Left) Cody Dickey stayed on two
wheels to collar the 125cc B
vlctory at the Pro CIrcuit
Texas/Oklahoma Regional
Classic Series opener.
(RIght) Josh Demuth flew
through the air with the greateat
of ease as he dominated the
12!1cc and 250cc Pro classes at
Village Creek MX Park.
Moore, Honda rider Greg Chapman,
and Aaron Smith rounding out the
top five.
The man with the target on his
back in the 250cc Pro class was Josh
Demuth. The Yamaha rider got off the
gate first and stayed there, with his
only competition coming from
Kawasaki jockey Shane Doughty.
They put quite a gap on the rest of
the field in moto one, while another
war was raging for third, between
Yamaha pilot Micah Thibodeaux and
KX rider Jeremy Durrett. After a tight
race, Thibodeaux took third, leaving
fourth for Durrett. Scotty Trimble put
his Yamaha into the fifth-place spot.
Doughty was the showstopper of
the second moto. Finishing lap one in
fourth, Doughty twisted the throttle
and charged after Trimble, in third.
Doughty made the pass in the rhythm
section at the beginning of the whiteflag lap. Trimble passed him back;
then Doughty stuffed him in the
next corner and took off. As he
approached the triple just before the
finish line, Doughty made another
charge. Jumping the triple together,
Doughty and Durrett went into the
last turn before the finish line, with
Doughty on the inside. Doughty
crossed the finish in second, behind
Demuth, dropping Durrett to third.
Joe Bailey III rode his Honda to
fourth, with Thibodeaux taking fifth.
In the first Over 30 B moto, Yamaha-mounted Steve Jones got the
jump off the gate, with Kawasaki
jockey William Sutton in his back
pocket. Though Jones couldn't get
away from Sutton, he managed to
stay in front of him, while Sutton had
to start riding defensively to keep
Honda rider Andy Reynolds from getting by. Jones held off Sutton and
Sutton held off Reynolds, leaving
fourth to Cannondale rider Franz
Hyland Jr. and fifth to Yamaha rider
Kevin Lizarraga.
STORY AND PHOTOS BY
CONNIE JOHNSON AND THE BECKSTER
FORT WORTH, TX, AUG. 31·SEPT. 1
he Pro Circuit Texas/Oklahoma
Regional Classic opened Labor
Day Weekend at Village Creek MX
Park. More than 700 riders showed up
for the first round of the five-race
series, which is worth almost
$200,000 in factory contingencies.
This series has become quite popular
since its inception six years ago.
People from Louisiana, Arkansas,
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas attend
all five races and vie for the prizes
and the recognition. Also, only the
best of the best tracks are included in the Classic. The PCRC just
keeps getting better and better - and
bigger and biggerl
Managing to beat the other 30 riders on the gate for the first 125cc B
moto was KTM-mounted Cody Dickey. Mark Blackwell put his Yamaha
out in front after escaping a big pileup in the first turn. Yamaha rider
Aaron Smith also missed the pile-up,
took over and held the lead for a couple of laps until a mistake on the doubles after the finish line gave him a
taste of good ole Texas dirt and
dropped him back to sixth. Dickey
capitalized on Smith's mistake and
took over the lead, holding off Yamaha pilot Lance Hollister to the checkers. Yamaha riders Blackwell, Jesse
Moore and Robbie Smith followed.
Moto two saw another multiplebike crash that left one rider knocked
out and caused the race to be redflagged. Blackwell, Dickey, Moore,
Hollister and Aaron finished lap one
at a blistering pace, battling for position. By the end of lap two, Dickey
was in the lead, with Hollister on his
back fender. The top five fought hard
and fast, but after they crossed the
finish line the last tim.e, the bragging
rights went to Dickey, with Hollister,
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Sutton took the moto-two
holeshot, leaving Jones and Reynolds
battling for second. Reynolds fell on
the top section of the track while trying to pass Jones and turned third
place over to Lizarraga. Mike Vargas
moved his Yamaha into fourth, and
Hyland finished fifth.
Lots of fast kids showed up for the
85-112cc (7-11) Junior Open/Big
Wheel class. Shooting out of the gate
in first was Trey Canard. Fellow
Kawasaki jockey Hunter Hewitt was
all over Canard as they went up the
hill for the first time. The top five
were all close. Hewitt crashed in the
top section, allowing Chaz Holladay
to put his Yamaha into second, with
Kawasaki rider Tyler Wharton all over
his back fender. The finishing order
was Canard, Holladay, Wharton,
Yamaha-mounted Tyler Burns, and
Hewitt.
Canard again took the holeshot in
moto two, with Holladay, Hewitt and
Wharton in tow. By the end of lap
one, Hewitt had moved into second
and then passed Canard on the triple
for the lead. Canard repassed Hewitt
in the rhythm section on lap three,
but Hewitt wouldn't stay put - Hewitt
crossed the checkers with Canard
right behind him. Rounding out the
top five were Wharton, Holladay
and Burns.
If the opening round was any
indication, this is going to be a
very competitive and exciting series
to watch.
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Village c.... MX Parll
Fort Worth, Texas
Results: August 31-September I, 2002
IRound 1 of 51
Saturday
51 (4'~ STK: 1. C.de Moore (KTM): 2. Riley
Alvey (Cob; 3. Bailey Hemllton (Pol); 4. Chese
Row.n (Cob: 5. M.rsh.1I Reed (Pol).
51 (7· ): 1. Celeb Dowell (KTM): 2. D.vid
Bry.nt Jr. (Poll: 3. Perry Reeder Jr. (Cob): 4. Au.tin
Cox (Cob): 5. O.kOIo Dennis (Cob).
51 OPEN: 1. Celeb Dowell (KtM): 2. loch Henry
(Pol): 3. Perry Reeder Jr. (Cob): 4. Austin Cox (Cob);
5. Luke T.nkersley (Pol).
65 (7·9): 1. Seen Miller (KTM\: 2. Tyler
Cummings (K.w); 3. Zeb Smith (K.w ; 4. Ju.tin
Bogle (K.w): 5. A.J. C.lonze", (K.w).
65 ~IO'II}: 1. Terren O'Dell (K.w): 2. Cory
Perdue KTM); 3. lechery Buccieri (KTM); 4. Dillon
SoUy (K M); 5. CllIste:i1 Clark (Kaw).
65 OPEN: 1. Seen MIller (KtM): 2. Zeb Smith
(Kow): 3. Justin 6o