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Jeff Gibson, who normally rides a Performance Factory KTM 125 SX, rode this VZ450F to the win in nightone's four-stroke main. He finished third and fourth, respectively, in the 125cc mains. the event, and Clark took the overall for his 2-1 score to Oehlhof's 1-3. Oehlhof did manage to win the heavily contested four-stroke class overall with a 4-1 to Gibson's 1-5. Demuth was third with a 2-4 score. Oehlhof earned a $250 bonus for the overall. "Last time I was here, I was real sick," Oehlhof commented. "This event keeps getting bigger, and I struggled in some of the races, but I managed to win two races, so I'll take 'em." "I've been here for all but one year since '96," Clark explained of his Lake County attendance. "The track was the best that I've ever seen it. It was a cross between a supercoss and arenacross, and this event is great for the privateers like myself to make some money. I made almost $2000." eN (Above and below) Demuth (3) and James Povolny (40) each had trouble in the whoops. To be fair, almost everybody ended up like this at some point. Lake County Grayslake. Illinois Results: July 23-24, 2003 Wednesday 250 PRO: ]. Josh Demuth (Yam); 2. Shaun Clark (Kaw): 3. Jason Thomas (Han); 4. Dave Gettel (KTM): 5. Tommy Hofmaster (Yam); 6. Joe Oehlhof (Han); 7. Chad Johnson (Yam); 8. James Povolny (Han); 9. Daniel Blair (Yam); 10. Justin Brayton (Hon). 125 PRO: 1. Josh Demuth (Yam); 2. Tommy Hofmaster (Yam); 3. Jeff Gibson (KTM); 4. Daniel Blair (Yam); 5. Kyle Garro (Yam): 6. Dave Gettel (KTM); 7. Justin Brayton (Han); 8. Shaun Clark (Kaw); 9. Chad Johnson (Yam); 10. Ryan Clark (Yam). DFC: 1. Josh Demuth (Yam); 2. Justin Brayton (Hon); 3. Jason Thomas (Hon): 4. Ryan Clark (Yam); 5. Chad Johnson (Yam). 4·STRK: 1. Jeff Gibson (Yam); 2. Josh Demuth (Yam): 3. Jason Thomas (Hon): 4. Joe Oehlhof (Han); 5. Chad Johnson (Yam). 250 AM: 1. Bobby Fisher (Yam); 2. Tony Cardona (Yam); 3. Jacob Faivre (Yam); 4. Luke Erickson (Kaw); 5. Chris Kanzler (Yam). 125 AM: I. Derek Whitney (Yam): 2. Mike Spadafina (KTM); 3. John Steiner (Suz): 4. David Hughes (Yam): 5. Dennis Witte (Yam). 25+: 1. Joe Oehlhof (Hon): 2. Ryan Clark (Yam); 3. Jason Frenette (Hon): 4. Damien Plotts (Hon); 5. Ronnie Ford (Yam). Thursday 250 PRO: 1. Josh Demuth (Yam); 2. Jason Thomas (Han); 3. Tommy Hofmaster (Yam); 4. Ryan Clark (Yam); 5. Justin Brayton (Hon); 6. Jeff Gibson (Yam): 7. James Povolny (Han); 8. Adam Mennenga (Yam): 9. Ross Martin (Suz); 10. Shaun Clark (Kaw). 125 PRO: 1. Tommy Hofmaster (Yam); 2. Justin Brayton (Han): 3. Josh Demuth (Yam); 4. Jeff Gibson (KTM); 5. Brad Modjewski (Suz); 6. Shaun Clark (Kaw); 7. Willy Browning (Hus) 8. Daniel Blair (Yam): 9. Dave Oettel (KTM); 10. Dylan Martin (SUl). • DFC: 1. Josh Demuth (Yam); 2. Jason Thomas (Hon): 3. Justin Brayton (Hon); 4. Ryan Clark (Yam); 5. Tommy Hofmaster (Yam). 4-STRK: 1. Joe Oehlhof (Han); 2. Justin Brayton (Han); 3. Jason Thomas (Hon); 4. Josh Demuth (Yam); 5. Jeff Gibson (Yam). 250 AM: I. Bobby Fisher (Yam): 2. Luke Erickson (Kaw); 3. Tony Cardona (Yam): 4. Chris Kanzler (Yam); 5. James Wehrman (Suz). 125 AM: I. Derek Whitney (Yam): 2. Mike Spadafina (KTM); 3. John Steiner (Suz): 4. Luke Erickson (Kaw); 5. Tom Demars (Yam). 25+: 1. Ryan Clark (Yam): 2. James Povolny (Hon); 3. Joe Oehlhof (Hon) 4. Karter Busse (Yam); 5. Ronnie Ford (Yam). Justin Brayton impressed after recently returning from a leg injury. He was running near the front throughout the event. BRIEFLY••• Team Shogun Yamaha was in full force at LakE> County with the blue sE>mi-truck, mechanics, riders and bikes, Team leader Demuth says that he is now taking a break. "'I"m done racing for the summer after this event," he said. ,. No more Nationals or big races for me. Maybe a small fair race here or there, but I'm going on vacation and getting ready for next year's arenacross series. You·1I see me next at the U.S. Open in October." And what about the rumors of his going to supercross? ·'1 signed with Shogun for two more years." he added. "I really enjoy the people and mood of arenacross. I'm doing well there and like it. so I'm not going anywhere"· Also in attendance. and somewhat of a surprise, was Subway Honda's team of Jason Thomas and Joe Oehlhof. Thomas remarked, "I've heard about this race but have just never made it here, Ifs bigger than I thought. I was looking around the pits before practice on Wednesday and said to myself. 'Ifs like Anaheim I around here.'" For the second year in a row, Clear Channel Entertainment's Arenacross division helped out with the race and promoted its upcoming 2003-'04 series as well. Arenacross director Kyle Baker was in attendance and said, "This is a great event. and many of our riders make the trip. too. We help out with the overhead structures, starting gate. haybales and covers and a few other things in exchange for promotion of our series. Sparks is a good promoter, and I enjoy coming here. Our Arenacross guys did well here, and that was nice, too.·· eye e n e .... s