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Great American Motorcy c le E xperienc e Joe Steffen (6J) won the 500cc Support class main durin g round six of Eddie Mulder's West Coast Vi n tag e Dirt Track Se ries at t h e GAME. g et away while Triu mph m oun ted Wilburn pressu red Vital hard fo r sec ond . Lap three saw Wilburn m ove into sec ond , and Pollo ck th en m ad e a hu g e m istake and sl ipp ed o ff th e groov e. Wilburn , never o ne t o mi ss an opportunity , t o ok ove r th e l ead. Poll o ck re -j o ined in se cond on th e fi na l go -around . B radfo rd g ot past Vit al fo r third , and Jo hn Lundgren almost go t Vit al as well , but no t qu ite. Wi lburn too k th e v ictory and had a best la p of 24 .93/1 00 seconds. Marsh all J enni ngs showed why he h a s th e numbe r - on e pl at e i n t h e W orks Perf orm an c e/M ax x i s Sup e r Se ni o r M ain. J enn ing s l ed th e fi e ld into turn on e, but Dave Ch en ey was in hot pursuit. A s Jen ni ngs tri ed t o br eak free , Ch eney was lik e a bulldog wi th a bon e and ni pped at J ennings' heels. A t t he fin ish Clark Edg ing to n worke d his way up to t hird with Dou g Dougl as and Mel Stoner behind. Jen - his C&J T riu m ph . T he wedding ceremony was perform ed in th e in fi el d t o racer and spectato r witnesses alike , and fo r the first t ime anywhere, Mr. and Mr s. Bob Graves were introduced to the world. A s fo r the mains, Mulder himsel f dec id ed to co mpete in th e A & A Rac in g/Barnett Se nio r Main and elected t o start from th e th ird row. M u lder was ted no time and sho t to th e front by the exit of turn t wo . Mu ld er , wh o ce le b ra te d h i s b ir t h d a y o ne day bef ore, ch ecked o ut, turn ing 25 .39sec ond lap times. By th e sec ond lap Marty Lew is moved pa st Rick Reed fo r second , with J oe Brown in fou rth . T his o rd er st a yed cons is t ent t o th e chec ke red flag . Ric hard Poll ock shot to the lead of th e .Jofi ns on Ca m s/ K & N V et Mai n. M ik e Vit al , Greg Wilburn a nd K eith Bra dford gave c hase. Pol l oc k , on a KTM for the first time, was try in g to nings p r evai led for the win. but Chen ey was never more tha n a bike length away. It was o ne of the best ra c es w e've seen ou t o f thes e two competitors. For th e Digger Helm Pro 600 , Paul Herman got a flyer for a sta rt to lead th e fi rst of twelve laps . Richa rd Pollo ck ran second . w i t h Alex W o o d third and Joe Steffen fo urt h . Jimm y Wood , ridi ng Muld er's Harley XR-750 . ran fifth and Danny Ritchi e six th . On lap two Alex Wo od m o ved into sec o nd. but Herman looked to be getti ng away . By la p fou r J immy Wo od wa s up to seco nd and closi ng fas t on Her ma n wh en th e ex ha ust pipes fell off h is Harl ey . Herm an . tu rn ing a best of 23 .93/1 00 sec onds, was never chal lenge d fo r th e rest of th e race. J immy Wood would fad e to fift h, while cousin Al ex Wood battl ed h is way into sec ond . Catchi ng fire late in the race wa s Rit ch ie, c o m ing from sixth to fi nish Greg Wilbum won the Vet c lass main. th ird ahead of Pollock . eN Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas. Nevada Results: September Z1, Z003 [ Round 61 SR: 1. Eddie M ulde r: 2 . Marty Lew is; 3 . Ric k Reed: 4 . Joe Brown; 5. Dick Fox . VET : 1. Gre g Wil b urn ; 2. Ric ha rd Po ll oc k ; 3. Keith Bradfo rd: 4 . Mike Vital; 5. Jo hn Lundgren. S/SR I SR NO V: 1. Marshall J ennings: 2. Dave Che ney ; 3. Clark Edg ingto n; 4 . Doug Dougla s: 5 . Mel Stone r. YTH 50 : 1. J a k e S t ro ng ; 2 . An dr e O ch s: 3 . Sam my Sauerbrei. YTH 60 : 1. Mich ael Martin ; 2. Michael Avil a; 3. Jak e Strong. YTH 80 : 1. Cody An selmi ; 2 . And y Wood ; 3. Mich ael Martin; 4 . Kyl e A nselmi ; 5. Devin Booher. DINO : 1. Matt Campbell. 250: 1. Steve Lacey . ClSC SOO: I. Ch ris Rud y : 2 . Je ff Lessley ; 3. David Brown; 4. l enny Rodriguez; 5. J oe Pape. MOD 250: 1. J ohn Ea ston ; 2. La rry Cason ; 3. Craig J ohnson. M.OD 500: 1. Jeff Lessley ; 2. John Lundgren. MOD 750: 1. Paul Herm an: 2. Greg Wilburn; 3. Ken Thieb aud; 4. Gary Beli ch ; 5. Robert Hansen. 250 OPEN : 1. Jeff Steinberger: 2. Sean J ones; 3. Todd Vaugh n; 4. Craig J . Jo hnson. 500 SUP : 1. J oe Ste ffen ; 2. Daniel Brow n; 3 . Keith Brad ford: 4. J im Steet : 5. Ron Hinton. OPEN AM : 1. Jimmy A bram s; 2. Danny Gig uere; 3 . Ian Foul ds; 4 . Richard Poll ock ; 5. J eff Steinberger. D IG GER PRO 60 0 : 1. Paul Herman ; 2 . Ale x Wood; 3 . Dann y Rit ch ie; 4 . Ri ch ard Pollock ; 5 . Jimm y Wood. ctsc Eddi e Mu ld e r Pro H a lf Mile L a s V egas Motor Speedway bank ed half -mil e oval was prepa red to his sta nda rds . Som e 2 0 pros c ame to Las Vega s from across the co untry to co m pete for a cut of th e $7500 purse. Th e rid er s were shuffl ed int o four heats with th e top three fro m hea ts o ne and two g o i n g di rectl y t o th e STO RY AN D PH OT O BY J AMEY B LU NT LAS VEGAS, NV, SEPT. 20 u m m i n g s Racing Honda r id er Nick C ummings mad e hi s trip fr om Mount Morris, Mi chigan, to Las Vegas worthwhi l e whe n he c ame away with th e l i o n ' s sha re o f th e C m ain , an d t he to p f ou r from heat s Eddie Mulder Pro Half Mil e purse for three and four transferring. Onl y one semi wa s run , with the to p two tran sfe rring for a field of 16 for the m ain . Heat -r ac e w inne rs in cl ud ed Lonni e winning th e main ev ent. Th e 16- year o ld Cummings is still in his rookie pro seas on. Mulder arri v ed in Las Vegas t wo d a y s earl y to ma k e su re th at th e 38 OCTOBER 1 5 , 2003 ' c: U c: Pau ley , Cumm in g s. Alex Wood and Paul Herman . with th e semi belon ging I e n e vv s t o D an iel B rown . All of th is racing a ct ion was finished by 2 p .m ., with the main event s slated to run between th e GAME 125 and 250 MX mains at Bp.m . As th e sun set in th e west . so did th e hot desert temperatures ; and w ith coo ler we athe r m ore people c ro wde d into the sta di um . Th e 16 combatant s we re staged for the ir 15-lap war. A t th e sta r t Redlands . C a lifornia ' s M ichig an ri d er Ni ck Cu mmings (6 9) was t h e f astest of the f a st pros at the GAME. Cummings w on t h e Eddie Mulder Pro Ha l f M ile , taking t he li on's share of the 5 750 0 purse. Jimm y Wood led th e pack into turn one , on ly t o hav e the red flag shown for t w o f all en rid ers. Th e fi eld was st ag ed for a fu ll restart. Th is t im e Cummings was q uickest , and he shot