Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

P/W (7- 8) ; 1. c~ MDril.ham (Cob): 2. Austm Gi~ (KTM); 3. Isaac: $IoiIn (KTM):4. Ethan Geyer tKTMI: 5. JDY Smith Jr . (KTM) . P/W OPEN: I. Corqt Markham (Cob): 2. Austin GIbson (KTM); Flagstaff Fairgrounds: Shaun Kalos went 1-1 for first overall in the Pro clas s at rou nd two of t he CMC Cactus Stat e Moto cross Ser ies in Flagstaff, Arizo na. been raci n g a 12 5 c c tw o-stroke for m o st o f the year. T hird in both m ot os was Flagsta ff resident and W OR C S p a rt ic ipan t Ro b er t Naughton , while fo urth wen t to Kevin Harshman . In the fi rst 12 5c c Jun ior Division One moto, Clay Higgins took the lead . Allen cam e fro m th e outsid e and railed aro und for the sec ond spot, followed by Ryan Bishop and A ustin White. White slipped on the south side , all owing Grant Bolzan to go by fo r fourth . On lap fou r, Bolzan bobbl ed and wen t down th rough the switc hb ack, and White retoo k fourt h p lace. Then Higgins slid out go ing int o th e le ft -han - der after the s wee pe r. That allowed Allen and Bish op to m ove up. Allen held on fo r the moto win , and the n ca m e Bishop . Higg ins . Wh ite . Austi n Schnurr and Kyle Str ippleman. Higgi ns led from start to finish in m oto tw o. All en st arte d in sec ond and played it safe to secu re th e o v erall. Sch nurr obtained a better start and held o n fo r t he t h ird spot, fo llowed by Wh ite , Strippleman and Bol zan . In t he first 125cc Jun ior D i v i sio n Tw o mcto, So ld ev ere nabbed the lead, pu rsued by D .C . J o n es. Rob b ie W itzi g. Rya n N a ss er , B rody S m elte r a nd Josh Co leman . O n ta p two , Co leman pa s sed Smelter t h ro u g h th e whoops for fifth . Col eman h ad a good drive go ing int o t he wh o op s and wa s try ing to use that t o get pa st Nas ser, but N asse r held o ff se v era l a t te m p ts by Co lema n by c h a rg i n g thro ug h th e swee pe r sec tio n an d gettin g the lin e into the le ft -h an der. Sold ev ere pu ll ed away fro m J on es fo r the moto win: then came Witzig , N asser , C ol em an , A n t ho ny C a still o an d B ill y T od d . So ldevere was leadi ng aga in in the second mota. with J ones shadowi ng him in sec on d . Na sse r he ld thi rd . wi th C as ti ll o an d Wesley Geyer in fourth and fifth . On th e third lap, Witzig m o v e d by Geyer f or fo u rth . T odd passed Geyer co m ing o ut of the whoops for sixth on the next lap. So ldevere prevailed for the wi n . o ve r Jones. Nasser, Castillo, Wi tz ig and Todd . In th e f i rst Sch o olb oy m oto, H ig g in s grabbed th e lead in th e latter hal f of the race . Blose was working his way through and c am e up to sec on d by the fina l lap . B lose h am m ered th roug h the whoop section, going by Higg ins fo r th e lead. T hen . tw o tu rn s fr om th e en d , Blos e went wide int o th e corner, all owin g Hig gins t o co me b y i nsi d e f or fi rs t. The t wo to uched co m ing out of the final c o rn er. but Higgins won the m ota, o v er Bl ose . Third went to Schnurr; then ca me Allen and Alex Haa g. Blose took up residence up fron t for m ota tw o. Th en ca me Nasser, Haag , Sch n urr and Todd. Meanw hile, first -m oto win ne r H ig g in s was pa rt o f a three -rider pileup in th e firs t corner, ending his cha nces for th e overall. So lde vere was one o f th e o the r rid er s in th at pil eu p, and he r e-j oin ed th e rac e a la p d ow n a fter having tro ub le st art ing hi s bik e. At t he co m pleti on of lap one , B lose wa s leading Na sser, Haag, Sc hnurr , Tod d , Allen and Bi shop. Bl ose m ad e t h e r a c e inter e sting b y goi n g d own be fo re t h e c o m p l e t io n of la p tw o . Na ss er in heri te d t h e lead , follo wed b y Haag ; the n cam e Bl ose. Schnu r r and Todd . Bl ose to ok less th an a lap to pass both Haag and N asser and ret ak e th e lead. Th en Todd went down on t he south side . while Allen went a rou nd Schnurr fo r fourth. Higg in s had made his way up to eig hth by the fifth lap , bu t he went down i n t he whoo p section w h ile tryi ng to get around Bishop . Bl o se he ld on for the m o t o win . with Nasser, Haag , Allen , Schnurr, Castil lo. Bishop. White. Coleman and Bolzan round ing out the top 10 . Flagstaff Fa irgrou nds Flag staff. Arizona Resu lt s, A ug ust 10 , 20 0 3 (Rou nd 2) P/W BEG: I. C.J . M.!IlI elJ (KTM): 2. Nick WDlen (Cob) : 3. Tyus w Ehsosic (Hon): 4. John Hems (KTM) : 5. Austin Jenk iO$(Y

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