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Black Jack Enduro C ircuit Round 7: Tyler'sBluff Enduro Mean wh ile, Caleb , who had won the first Tyler' s B luff Enduro B ragg s, Ok la ho ma Results: Septembe r 14, 2003 (Ro und 71 Leivan Calls Tyler's Bluff at Black Jack T h e Scott /66 1/ F l a tl a n d Ra cing /Ra c e T ech / Ar ai -back ed Leivan won the th ird t est. He had no tro ubl es on th is test and turn ed in a time 22 seco nds faste r th an hi s cl osest competition , Wo hletz . Ca rr had gotten a litt le faste r an d wa s the th ird -fast est ri der t hrough t h e test, w ith a tim e of 2 1: 15, " I' ve been sick fo r a whi le, an d I wa s just trying t o get t he fee l o f thin gs again ," Ca rr ex plai ne d. After the final test of th e day, it was cle ar wh o t he ove rall win ne r was . Lelv an had turned in an in c red ible time o f 16 :5 7 on th e fo urth te st , gi v in g him th e win by 48 seconds o ve r Wohletz . Th e fa ns go t to see Leivan wi n on hi s tw o different fo ur- st rokes at th e same venue in t he sa me y ea r. In third pla c e was Chand ler , f oll ow ed b y C arr , w ho fin ish ed 12 secon ds ba ck. At the end , Leivan h ad rec orded hi s fifth overall victo ry fo r th e seaso n, and things are looking good fo r his seventh BJEC c h am pions hip . By PAM C A RR BRAGGS, OK, SEPT. 14 After a lon g sum mer br eak , the B lac k J ack En duro Circuit p ic ke d b ack up at the T yl er's B luff En duro . It ha d rain ed the few day s pri or to th e rac e, r ight up thro ugh Saturday aft er noon . T he m ornin g o f th e race was beautiful, with temperatures in th e midd le 80s. All the rain from the pre viou s days made the ro c ky trail very sli ppe ry for th e first few loo ps, T h e ev ent was a 15.5-m ile loo p th at was a n o rga· nized Qualifier forma t an d requi red no timek eeping equipment. Fo ur pa sses were made o ve r th e loop , w ith th e fi rst an d t hird lo o p s h a vin g a t est that w as 8 m it es lo ng, and a 6 -m ile test wa s used for loops two and fo ur. M any p eople were ex pec ting SC R Ya maha pilot St ev e Leivan to du p lica te his win n in g performance fro m an even t th at had been held at thi s s a me l o c a t i o n ea r l ier i n t h e y e ar . Lelv an want ed to make it in ter esti ng and see if he c ou ld wi n o n his WR2 50F, sin ce h e had alrea dy won h er e on his WR4 50F. Thi s was go ing to be an exciti ng rac e for Leivan , sin ce Ca leb Woh letz, a co m pet itor wh om he usu ally sees at hare sc ram bles , decided to show up to co ntest his fir st enduro. A fte r th e fir st t est o f th e da y , Leiv an was in th e le ad with a 35 -second c ush io n. " I lost th e front end over so me tr ee roots and went down, losin g so me time," expla ined Leivan . Evidently , he didn 't lose too much time in th e fall, be cau se he stil l had th e fast est time o f 2 1:2 6 , Wohlet z, o n h is Red B u ll/Ax o /Dun lo p/ Surd y ke Yam ah a, was th e sec on d -f astes t rid e r in t est o ne. T e xark ana Hond a /Upt on M ot or Co, r id e r Dr ew Chand le r w a s close beh ind Woh letz wi th a ti m e only 14 secon ds slower. T est two wa s sho rte r bu t more techn ic al, with so me really rocky tra i l. Woh letz had a t ime o f 17 :2 5 , whi ch w as 27 secon ds fa st er than Leiv an's . "I hit some thing in th e first m ile and shot o ff the trail into a pil e o f log s," Leivan rep ort ed . That mist ak e cost Leiv an some va luable ti me . A fter the first two of fo ur test s, Lei v an had a six -second lead o v er Wo h le tz . In th e se c o n d t est , C ha ndl er and Cl i n t Ca r r h ad exa ct times of 18 :1 4 . Another ride r with a fa st ti me wa s A rider Brad y Meador, with an 18 :2 1. 250cc In t erm ed iat e, fo und h im self in a dog fi gh t w ith T h o r /R ac e T ech -ba cked Yamaha ri der Corey Mu rphy in the seco nd o uti ng , and when his attention seemed to shift to ward his downed brother at trackside, the Shift- spon so red Hon da ri de r sli pped back to sec o nd bu t that was st ill goo d fo r the first -pla ce tro phy , as Mu rp hy had tak en a spi ll in the fi rst m ot o and ha d only scored nin th . Co d y Hertel , o n a N o Fea r/N omad ik Ho nd a , u sed a 2 -3 tall y for runner -up hon or s. It was a Gossela ar-Buc ke lew one- two aff air i n th e b o th 12 5c c Pr o m ot o s, with S c ott Ka wasa ki j o c k e y Kyl e Mac e, al so returning from th e Nat ional s, third overall with a pair of thirds. Th e 125cc In t er m ed ia t es r an si mult ane o us ly , a nd i n b oth ro un ds Mi ch ae l Pa rk er eme rge d as th e winne r a fte r two gr eat b attl es wi th Jo h n J o h n L edd y , o n a Hahm / Tr oy Lee/ T o m Morg an Suzuki , who led eac h race ear ly on. In th e firs t ro und, Park er c aught him lat e w it h less than two laps to go , and in the second ro und Park er bobble d on lap thre e and eve ntu ally fell ba ck t o fourth , whi c h wa s still good fo r ru nner-up o ve ra ll. T he 125cc Juni ors cla ss was anot her cl ose eve nt. Cory Redenius , on the Will iam Brothers Ra cin g / Smi th Yam ah a , wa s n ear ly equa lly mat ch ed with Suzuk i j o c k e y C h ris Ale k siejc zyk , In th e fi rst m ot o , A leksiejczyk got the ho lesh ot but wa s pa ssed by Redeniu s on lap tw o , and th ey held th at formatio n to th e end . In th e ne xt m ot o. Red eniu s got the holesh ot and held hi s foe at bay b y only a bikelength for much o f th e rac e. It was only on the fina l lap of th e second m ot o th a t h e wa s able to pu ll awa y to a on e-second margin of vic to ry. On p aper, Tren t Pug m ire 's swee p o f both t he 8 0 c c ( 12-1 3) a nd Supe rmini c lasses wou ld ap pear t o make th e EV S/FMF/PAX/ Si nisa lo-b ac ke d KX rid er happ y , No t so! In th e firs t 80c c (12 - 13) moto, w hile b attli ng with the a djo i ne d 14 - 16 d i v isi on , he saw h is c h anc e at a m ot o win erased by a m istake late in th e m oto , a n d h e spe d ba ck t o hi s p its a ng ry a t him self. H e r e turn ed with a ven gean c e in m oto tw o and took th e o ve rall lead from 80cc ( 14 -1 6) w inne r T ye Hames, on a Bill s Pip es Kawasaki , ju st befo re th ey fin ish ed the first lap , an d h e ran aw ay w ith it , building a fiv e-second lead at th e white fl ag an d a 17 -sec o nd ma rg in at end aft er Ham es inc u rre d a flat rear tire on th e last tour. O/A : I. Steve Lev en (Ya m); 2. Ca leb Wohletz (Yam); 3. Drew Chandler (Han); 4. Clint Carr (Yam): 5. Brady Me~dor (Hon); 6. MaU Lane (Yam) : 7. Eric Brewer (Yam): 8. Craig Chapman (KTM); 9. Mike Snook (Han): 10. J ason Harmo n (Yil m). AA: I. Ste ve Leivan ; 2. Ca leb Wohlet z: 3. Drew Cha ndle r, 4 . Clinl Carr, 5. Eric Brewe r. M A: I. Brady Meador; 2. Mau Lane; 3. Mik Snook: 4. J ason Hare mon; 5. Mike Hodge . A VET: I. Craig Chap man : 2. Jo hn Myrin: 3. Paul Harrell; 4 J ohn Hum phrey: 5. Mike Taylo r. A SR: I. Jerry Carrens; 2. Elston Moore; 3. David Burleigh; 4 Kev in Young. B: 1. Zach Bryant; 2. Steven Loftin: 3. Kenneth Byrd ; 4. Aaro n Roberts: 5. Evan Berry . B VET : I. Ted Courd in; 2. Jeff Sim unek; 3. Micha el Tune; 4 David Barcla y: 5. Duug True . B SR: I. Keith Joh nson; 2. Greg Lowe: 3. Mi ke Dunn; 4. J erry Hoffm an C 200 : I. Ben Alexander: 2. Deryk Godsey: 3. Ja mes Low e; 4 Josep h Alston: 5. Jos h McBryde C 250 : I . Shane Robe rt s; 2. Zach ari ah Mac i<'l s: 3. Du stin Spickard: 4 . Aaro n Klep pe: 5. Don na Moore. C OPEN: I. J eremy Mayes; 2. Kody Byrd; 3. Mik e Polley: 4. Michael Spickard; 5. J arrett Matthe ws. C VET : I . Doug McCasland; 2. Wood y Hearn; 3. Darren Bignar: 4 . J erry Steed; 5. Robert Campbell. C SR : l. Tony Stafford: 2. Robert Stiles; 3. Ray Cam pbell; 4 Gary English; 5. Robert Hinson . EX SHO RT : I. Ted Taylor: 2. Bob Diffee; 3. J im Cook. A /'l\STR: 1. Marcu s Upt on: 2. To m Eidam: 3. J im Holub : 4. Ken Hetheringto n. S/ SR: 1. Harlod Comp ton. 5 / 5 5 ..: I. Dwe fn Marple; 2. J im Bec khem; 3. Dane Marable; 4. Henry Polle y: 5. Frank Leven WMN: I . Cheri Suther land. JR EX: I . Evan Williams: 2. Jo hn Low e; 3. Mich ael Pitts : Dy lan Hurlbert ; 5. Zac Stites J R; I . Bl ak e B urns: 2. Wa lk er Grag g : 3. Sh elby Gragg; Stephen Pitts. YT H: 1. Zach Ingra m: 2. Matt Hoff m an; 3. J o shua T erry : Garett Gragg; 5. Jon athan Owens. CMC T rans-Cal Nationals Round 3: Racetown On Gosselaar Wings, to Victory ! B y J OH N B ETHEA -

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