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Loretta Lynn's Area Qualifier
Midway Motorsports Parle
Clark
Masters
Midway
By MARK BUCHANAN
MITCHELL. IN. APR. 12
Nearly 300 riders showed up at Midway
Motorsports Park in Mitchell. Indiana. for the
first of two days of qualifying for the Loretta
Lynn's Amateur Championships. and the racing was great. The weather was sunny and
warm with a slight wind, and Danny Davis had
the track in great shape. Shawn Clark had a
great day on his Dreyer Cycle/Team Green
Kawasakis, taking the overall wins in the
12Scc A and 2S0cc A classes.
The 12Scc A class started off the day. and
Jeff Jennings took the holeshot on a Suspen·
sian Plus/Dreyer Motorsports Yamaha, in front
of Yamaha riders Kody Molitor and Matthew
Hopkins. Hopkins quickly moved into the
lead, and "Flyin' Ryan" Sipes moved into second place on the first lap on a Gateway Cycles
Kawasaki. Jennings held third, in front of Molitor and Clark. Sipes took the lead on the next
lap and held on for the win. and Hopkins hung
on to second place. Clark worked up to third,
followed by Molitor and Jennings.
Sipes took the second-moto holeshot, in
front of Clark and Molitor, but crashed hard
coming out of the back section of the track for
a DNF. Clark took over the lead but was pressured hard by Molitor for two laps before
opening up a slight gap for the win. Molitor
finished second. and Hopkins worked his way
into third after a close battle with Yamaha
rider Donnie Adams T.J. Blake finished fifth
on a Suspension Works/Finish Line Motorcycles Yamaha.
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Clark (3-1) took the overall, in front of
Hopkins (2-3) and Molitor (4-2). Adams (8-4)
claimed fourth overall, and Blake (7-S) was
fifth.
Molitor took the holeshot in the first 2S0cc
A moto, in front of Sipes and Clark. Sipes
qUickly took the lead on the first lap and kept
it for the win. and Clark passed Molitor for
second place on lap two. Molitor held on to
third, and Derek Leist finished fourth on a
Yamaha, in front of Blake.
Leist nailed the holeshot in the second
moto, in front of Clark and Honda pilot Tim
Pridemore. Clark took the lead on the first lap
and stayed there for the win. Leist held on to
second. Blake passed Pridemore for third on
lap two, and KTM-mounted Bill Loy finished
fifth.
Clark (2-1) got his second overall win,
in front of Leist (4-2). Blake (5-3) claimed
third, in front of Pridemore (7·4) and Yamahamounted Jonathan Williams (6-9).
Justin "Pooh" Sipes had a great day on his
FMFjO'Neal Kawasaki, taking the overall win
in the 12Scc B Stock class and both moto
wins in the 12Scc (12-1S) Stock class.
Sipes won the 12Scc B Stock class after a
great battle with Kyle Preston, on a Thor/
Sponsorhouse.com Suzuki. Eric Stewart took
the holeshot in the first moto, on a Turning
Wheel/Pro Circuit Yamaha, but Preston quickly took the lead on the first lap. Sipes moved
up and pressured Preston the entire moto but
couldn't make the pass for the win. Kenny Orr
took third on lap two, and Stewart claimed
fourth, in front of KTM rider Keith Grant.
Sipes took the holeshot in the second
mota and went the distance for the win. Preston pressured Sipes for the final two laps. but
this time Preston couldn't make the pass.
Tyler Bailes finished thjrd on a FencePros.com
Yamaha, in front of Stewart and Sun State Fun
Sports Kawasaki jockey Ryan Warren. Sipes
took the overall, in front of Preston, and Stewart (4-4) claimed third, in front of Bailes (6-3)
and Orr (3-6).
Preston won both motos of the 2S0cc B
class, in front of Motoplanet.com Kawasaki
jockey Dustin Walker. Warren finished third
in both motos, in front of Stewart. Yamahamounted Mike Corbin (6-6) claimed fifth
overall.
Sipes easily took both moto wins in the
12Scc (12-1S) Stock class. Broc Sims (3-?.\
claimed second on a Ryno Raci,,-o.l.D19.'J t.:ycle
Suzuki in front of V_..0l18-mounted Billy Reel'" ,~ '..,. ,-nad Canter (S-3) finished fourth
overall on a No Fear/F&S Suzuki, followed by
Dustin Rowe (4-4), on a Cemics/Smith Suzuki.
In you r back yard.
In your face.
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