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dici ng t h ro ug h la p p er s , a nd t o o k t he w in.
T ho m pso n fin ished second, an d Sh irley was
thi rd . M icha el Kin g was fourth , and rounding
out the t op five wa s Roe.
In the 50cc O pe n cla ss, Cody Politle and
AC Racing /Pro Ac t io n / W u lfs po rt / Demarin i back ed Dev in Harriman vied fo r th e hol eshot,
w it h Harriman' s m odified Cobra co m ing o ut
on to p. Max Harris got a only a fair sta rt but
went to wo rk on Ja son Doan e and made the
pass for fourth on th e secon d lap; then , o n th e
fo urth lap, Harri s fough t his way past Scott for
th ird . Coming off a four-mota win streak earli er in th e week , Mason Whart on ran in to some
minor motor probl em s but was still fighting it
o ut for a top -five finish un til the second lap,
when his seat fell off while casi ng a double,
and he fe ll fa r back . Po litl e made a perfect
pass on Harrim an, but a large group of lap pe rs allo wed Harrim an to retak e th e lead. The
t wo fo ug h t bar to bar to th e checke rs , with
Harriman squeez ing his wa y int o the wi n. Poll tie fini shed second , and th e final podi um spot
wa s t ak en by Har ri s. Sco tt came o ut fo urth,
and in fifth was th e PJ I -b ack ed Doan e.
In t h e 65 c c B eginn er c o nte s t, D e van
Moore ca me out of the fi rst co mer in first, wi th
T re vo r Co lt ra n e r ight on hi s r ea r fend er .
Coltrane, wh o had smoke d the co m peti tion in
th e earl ier qua lifi er, tr ied a pass for the lead,
but he fell down befo re th e fini sh line. B rendan
J ohnson and Co oper Garza foug ht it o ut for
second p lac e , b u t the you nger o f the two,
Garza, eventually pulled away from Johnson.
Garza th en took off to ca tc h Moore, and near
th e end , Garza pulled off the pass, much t o
the excite men t of th e cro wd . After a fo urth pla c e st art , th e T eam Moto Outfitter s/MSR /
S c ott/DTI -ba ck ed Ryan M ira n da fell and
dropped back to last pl ac e. By th e ti m e Miran da go t goi ng aga in , the lead ers had c aug ht up
to h im , but Mirand a was tota lly intent on not
gett ing lapped , and he not only stay ed at th e
sam e pac e as the leaders but also pu lled away
from th em! Co ltran e sli ced th rou gh the pa ck
li ke a hot knife th roug h butter, and he eventu ally passed J ohnson like he wa s standing sti ll
fo r th ird on th e wh it e-fla g lap . Th e top th ree all
went in to t he last corne r toge ther, an d the
Pow d e r I /Th om a s A u t o Sa le s-spons ore d
Ga rza ca me o ut on top for the wi n . Moore was
seco nd , and a disa ppo inted Co lt rane finished
third. Johnson placed fo urth , and rounding out
the to p five was Cam eron No rman.
In the 65cc O pen main even t, it was "Wild
Ca rd " T h om a s N i c hol s w ho n a i l e d t he
hol eshot , w ith Ju li an D oa ne and B r an don
Charron foll ow ing . Qu alifier winner Jess Joh nson go t a ter ri ble sta rt and had to overcome
some sti ff co m pe tition to fina lly get up to second . Cha rro n was in good pos itio n to tak e a
podiu m fin ish until , fo r the sec ond ti m e of the
da y , he broke his chain . W ith all th e chaos
goin g on , Ky le Ulr ich also battled back from a
bad sta rt to m ove up to third after a lengthy
battle with Ju lian. Nich ol s got the crowd o n its
feet by cl earin g every j ump, eve n the triple
ju m p! Nichols then took th e checkered flag in
style, and in the last comer Jess and Ulrich
came together with the lap ped Jordan Buss ,
and Jess went down. An exci ted Ulrich to ok
sec o nd, and J ul ian wa s th ird. In the fo urt h p lac e position wa s B uss, and , after having
trouble restarting his bi ke, J ess finished fifth.
Cl ark Cou nty Fairg rou nds
Battlegrou n d . Wa s h ington
Resu lts: Augu s t 7 . 2 003
50 BEG; I. Shaden Nugent (KTM ): 2. Travis Thompson (KTM );
3. Sierra Shirley (KTM ); 4. Michael King (KTM) ; 5. Walk er Roe (KTM) .
50 OPEN ; I. Devin Harr im an (Co b);
2.
Cody Politl e (KTM);
than 5000 fans loo k ing on and bett er tha n 500
riders pa rt icipa ting , th is was one of th e g rand est fair races of the serie s - so far .
Ret u rni ng m id w ee k fro m sp ectati ng at
Lo re tta L yn n' s, Gi bson stro de in t o the fairgro unds and went to work, usin g q uic k sta rts
to j ump out ahead of th e pack and flee. Yarna ha rid er Rob Bi ng m a n ac t ua l iy go t t h e
ho les hot in th e 125cc Pro rn ot o , but Gibson
ma de q u ic k w ork o f " B inger" and t ore o ff
th roug h the whoo ps at a supe rhuman pace one that no o ne wou ld m at c h a ll even ing .
Ja red Grabiel was im pressive as he sneaked
into second pla ce and too k it to th e che ckers
behind Gi bso n and just ahead of third- pla ced
Tony Robinson .
Grabiel backed up that performance wit h a
great ride in the 250cc Pro contest , taking fifth
aboard his Kawasak i, righ t beh ind Dickie Hoy.
A loc al Pro who rides ou t of th e Bu ck ey e Pow e rsports shop , Hoy ra n ra mpant in th e Vet
classes on th i s ac t io n - packed e ve n i n g ,
snatchi ng th e Over 25 A and Over 30 victories
w ith ease .
T he Haning b ro the r s were o n th e gas in
C roton . Youn ger br ot her D emp sey Ha ning
stol e th e show in the Pit Bike cla ss, while Tim
held hi s grou nd in group t wo of th e 125 cc B
class, sto m ping th e field on hi s very -trashed
Yamaha YZ2 50F.
On c e aga in , Josh T oney tore up a co uple
of rac es, spank ing th e Schoolbo y cl ass an d
topping group one of the 125 cc B class.
In a bizarre twist, Carl Custard bested Curtis Freeze in the 16 ·24 age group divis ion .
Custa rd fi nished seco nd , beh ind Brian Bec k hol t , with Fr eeze tak ing th ird . Beckholt w as
able t o k e ep the " f roze n c us tard " co m bo
beh ind him fo r th e victory.
Results
50 QIL ·[NJ 0 - 1: I. .Jek e Skin ner (KTM); 2. Justin Witternlln
(Yam ): 3. Dylan Valli: (Yam) .
50 OI L -INJ 0 -2 ; I . Je sse Walter s (KTM) ; 2. R.J . Dcneldson
(Yarn]: 3. Jeremy Molli (Yam).
50 (4-6): I. Devey Boy sel (KTM); 2. Drew Mint on (YlI m ): 3.
Robert Stiers (KTM I.
50 (7 ·6 ): 1. Jesse w euers (KTM); 2. Chue Kilbarger (KTM); 3.
Matthew Blum (KTM) .
65 : 1. A ddison Stolling (K TM) ; 2. Bro ck Bo wmo!ln ( Kow) ; 3 .
CheseKilbarger (KTM) .
65 (7 -11 ); I. Kris HlInd (Suzl; 2. Carl Dennin (KTM ); 3. Brock
Bowmen (Kaw).
65 (12- 15 ) D· I : I. JlI~ Krt!itzer (Suz ); 2. Ted RogeB (Suz) ; 3.
Houston WiretMn (Han ).
65 (12 - 15) D · 2 ; 1. Ne the n Hesket t ( YlI m) ; 2. Ja y Ande rson
(Suz); 3. Kyle Compbel l (Hon) .
:
125 PRO I. J eff Gimon (KTM); 2. Jared Grtlbiel (KlIw); 3. Ton y
Robtnson (Han ).
12 5 B D-l : I. Josh To ney (SUI) ; 2. Andrew Hy der (SUI ); 3 .
Craig Garrett (KTM) .
125 B 0 -2; 1. Tim HlIning (YlI m) ; 2. Jeff Eggl eslon (KTM) ; 3.
Kyle Parrill (Yll m ).
125 C 0 ·1; I. Cod y Scott (Han); 2. J oe Wippd (SuI); 3. Chris
Beavers (Yam).
125 C 0 ·2: I. Alisllli r N~al (K