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ove r Ke n Hill, wh ile Hall battl ed with Rodney
Hartsfield fo r fou rth . Wh en th e chec ke rs flew,
St ewart t o ok th e w in by six seconds over
Freem an, wi th Hall th ird.
Stewart na iled the second- mo to holeshot ,
with Freeman close beh ind in sec ond. A gain,
th e two leaders ste adily left the fi eld behi nd ,
and Ste wa rt 's pace was sim ply too much for
Freeman . Stewart 's adva ntage was more tha n
16 seco nds at th e end . and his flawl ess rid e
gave him a tw o -m ot e sweep to tak e hi s fir st
ove rall win of the series.
T h e 12 5 c c C class p ro v ided p le n t y of
drama. J immy Wa rre n and Br an don Buc king .
ham eac h took qual ifi er wins on their way to
batt le with th e best 40 ride rs out of the fiel d in
the fin al m ot a . O liver Ta ylor led a tight quartet
at the end o f the o pe ning lap th at included
Wa rren , series points leader T roy Snyder, and
Phillip Hewett. War ren and Snyd er bo th m ade
th eir way past T ay lor on lap two , and Warren
th en stea d ily pull ed away t o a slight advanta ge, which he held throu gh out the m aj orit y of
th e moto . W ith the check ers j ust th ree co rners
aw ay. d isaster st ruc k f or W a rren : He wen t
down on th e la rge tabl etop com ing out of th e
ba ck se ct ion an d h ad t he h ear t -b r eak in g
experience of see ing the entire fi eld stream
past as he fur iously tried to restart hi s bi k e. He
was unsucc essful, sco ring a DNF for th e m oto
and han ding th e win and th e ov erall top honors to Sny der, with Hewett 's 2 -3 posti ng good
fo r th e runn er -up sp ot. T ayl o r ' s 4 -2 fini shes
put h i m o n t h e p od iu m in t h i r d . Sn y d e r
exte nde d h is seri es po int s gap t o 10 0 o ver
fourth-place finisher Ryan Martin .
In 6 5 c c ( 10 -11) act ion , loc a l KTM ri der
Wil fr e d a Guz man na il ed t he fi r st -m ot o
hol esho t, ove r Rob by Huss , Marcus Nilsen and
Carl Gli san . By th e thi rd circ uit , Cycle Rid ers
Suzuki-backed K yl e Goerke had begun to pick
o ff r id e r s o n h i s w ay t o t h e fro n t a ft e r a
m ed io c r e sta rt, and h e work ed hi s wa y t o
w ith in a few sec ond s o f Gl isan and Nilsen ,
w ho wer e fig htin g over thi rd . W it h Gu zma n
co mfortably in th e lead. Hu ss' bi k e began run ning ra gged , and he eve ntually succumbed to
Go erk e , wh o work ed hi s w ay in to sec o nd.
How ev er , Goerke was too lat e to m ak e a run
a t Guzman , a n d seco n d wa s a s f ar as h e
would get. Hu ss n ursed his ailin g mach in e
ho m e in third, ahead of Glisan .
Goe rk e got the ho lesh ot in the fin al stanz a,
w ith Gl isan, Guzm an, Hus s and Nilsen in th e
lead pack . Huss too k him self out of the m ot a
with a nasty tumble ov er th e bars on lap two.
Goerke rode hard and m istak e-f ree ou t front
a n d bu ilt u p a co m f o r t a b le c u sh ion o ve r
G li san by m ot o ' s end , w it h J o rd a n Hoo ver
puttin g in a g r ea t rid e to emerge fro m t he
p a c k a nd make a pass fo r th i rd o n t he
fi nal lap.
Go erke took the overall win , with Gli san's
4 -2 tall y taking second - his bes t result of th e
seri es. Guzman c ould only m anage fifth in th e
fi na l, b u t h is 1 -5 f i n i shes we r e s t i ll good
enough for the fin al podium spot.
A handfu l of rider s sco re d m ult iple class
w ins on the day: Earl May, in Over 30 and
Ov er 35 com p et it i o n ; M att Go erk e. in th e
125c c A an d 125c c Pr o clas ses ; D onni e
M cGourty , in th e 2 50 cc A an d 250 c c Pro
cl asses ; and Kyl e Ch isholm, in the 125cc B ,
250cc / 500cc B and 125 cc Youth conte sts .
Dade C ity Motocross
Dade C ity. Fl orida
Results: September 27-28. 2003
(Ro und 3 )
50 STK (4 -6): I . R.J . Hampshire (Cob) ; 2. J cs hee Wincott
(Cob) ; 3 . Bodi e Cocang~o (KTM): 4 . Christopher Sall er (Lem); 5.
Br.lldley Nilsen (Cob).
50 STK (7-8): 1. Donald Diperna (KTM) ; 2. Cody Chi sholm
(Cob) ; 3 . Brandon Slane (Cob); 4. Clint Comba'5t (KTM ); 5 . Hector
R
oman Jr. (Pol) .
65 (7 ·9): I. Andrew Stocker (KTM); 2. Cody Reinh"rdl (KTM) ;
3. Thoma s Pence (Suz) : 4 . David MacFarliJn (KT, ' ); 5. Donald Diper"
nlI( KTM).
65 (1 0· 11): I. Kyle Goerke (Suz.): 2. Can Gliwn (KTM); 3. Wilfredo Guzman (KTM); 4 . Marcu s Nilse n (KTM): 5. Jorda n Hoover
(Kaw).
85 (7· 11): I. M.111c
olm St._lIrt (K.llw); 2. Jesse Freeman (Su:.r:J:
3. Derek Hall (KTM): 4. Zackery Freeberg (Suz); 5. Kennelh C. Hill J r
(Yam).
8 5 JR MINI (9 · 13 ): I. Ric k y Ren ne r (Yam ); 2. J immy Pege
(Sw) ; 3. Melcolm Stewart (Kll w): 4. Derek Hall (KTM); 5. Michael
Clarke (Yam).
85 (12· 13): 1. Cotten Maynard (Sw ): 2. Bobby Tiesler (Sw.) ; 3.
Dalt on Guttridge (Suz); 4 . Dust in Sclovitc h (Suz); 5. Alvin Lopez
(Suz).
85 ( 14015) ; 1. Tyler Tiffany (Yam); 2. Mallhew Burke (Kaw): 3.
Ian Mill ett (Yam); 4. Joe Lefelce (Suz); 5. Brice Capone (Yam).
ftlny (Yam); 2. Ricky Renner
S/ MINI 105 ( 12 -15 ) : I. Tyler TIF
(Yam); 3. Cclten Mll ynard (Sw ); 4. Joe Lafalce (Sw); 5. Cameron
Doyle (Yam ).
125 YT H ( 12 . 15): I. Kyle Chis ho lm (Kaw) ; 2. Dean Dyess
(Suz); 3. Ty ler Uves.IIy (Han); 4. Kylr Keylon (Suz); 5. Kyle Mt>eks
(K.II ).
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125 A: I. Mall Goerke (Suz); 2. Dan Truman (Kaw); 3. Donald
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McGourty (K.II ); 4. D~w K.IIn (Y.II ); 5. Roy U eu (Suz).
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125 B: 1. Kyle Chisholm (K.II ); 2. Dean Dyess (Suz); 3. Dale
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Kump (Yem ); 4. Tyler Livestly (Hon); 5. Brandon Abell (Suz ).
125 C: I. Troy Snyder (Suz ); 2. Willi am Hewett (Yam); 3. OUver
64 O CTOBER 29 . 2003' c u e I e
Dade C i ty Motocross: Don n ie McGou rty ra lls a ru t on hi s way to w i ns in t h e 250 cc A
an d 250cc Pro c lasses at r o u n d th r ee of the 22nd annual Flor id a Gold Cup Se rie s
i n Dade City ,
Taylor (Yam ); 4. Ryan Martin (Kaw); 5. Nick Depelc (SUll.
PRO 125 : 1. Matt Goerke (Su:.r:): 2. Don.llid McGourty (Kll w); 3
Drew Kllin (Yllm) ; 4 . Dan Truman (Kaw).
250 /500 A: t. DontJld fI'\cGourty (K.IIw): 2. OM Truman (Kaw);
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3. Drew K.IIin(Yam ); 4. Kyle Willia mson (VilIm); 5. RiJY Hensen (Y.II ) .
250 / 500 B: I. Kyle Chisholm (Kaw); 2. Quinton BiglIlow (V.II ) :
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3 . Bradley Bernier (Y.II ): 4. Eric Ste ..... art (Yam) ; 5. RYlln W.II T","
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(K" w).
250 /500 C: I. David Drake (Hon): 2. Eric McCeM (Yam); 3.
Brenden Buck in ghllm (Yam) ; 4 . Bill Sim.ll (Hon ); 5. Guy Geli nas
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