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FMF AMA Easter n Four-Str oke Nationals by Maxxis Round 4 : Lincoln Trail M otosports GIBSON AT THE BAT IN CASEY S TO RY AN D P HOT OS BY J AM ES P IN CKA RD CASEY, IL, OCT, 5 o und four of the FMF AMA East ern Four-Stroke Nationa ls thun d ered into Lincoln Tra il Motosports , w ith m ore than 600 rid ers on han d . Th e riders in th e Fou r -Stroke, 250cc and 125cc Pro classes didn 't d isap po int, putting on a show that nobod y pr esent will soon forg et! In th e fir st F o ur-S tr o k e m ot o , Yamaha rider J osh Summey j um ped o ut front , w i t h a sea of re d in h i s wake: Honda ri d er J eff G ib son w as knocking at hi s heels , with Hon da rid e rs Ben Ridd l e an d Spud W a l t e r s clo se beh ind. Su rp ris ing ly , Hon d a r id er Pau l Carp en t er found him sel f outsi de the top 2 0, but he beg an t o work his way forward . By the end of la p fou r, Carpen ter was already in ninth. Up fr ont , Gibson wo rke d his way around Su mmey for the l ead . Gibson appeared to h av e thi ngs und er contro l, setting a pa c e nob od y else could match. Back in th e pack, Ryan Sip es was putting in a great rid e on h is new , stock 2004 KX F 2 50, again st all the big -bor e fo ur -strokes. With t wo la ps to go, Gib so n was st ill in t o t a l co ntrol. S u mm e y was second but feelin g some hea t fro m Walters . Riddle, Sip es an d Carp enter fo llowed. On th e whi te -flag la p, Sipes work ed his way aro und Riddle. Then Carpenter pas sed Riddl e. Just wh en th e ord er loo k ed se t , Summ e y cra shed and co ul dn 't restart. At th e chec k ered fla g, it was Gib son , WaI ters, Si pes, Carpenter and Riddle. In m ot o tw o, Carpe nter didn 't w ant to wo rk as hard as he had in th e fi rst outi ng , so he shot to t he fr ont righ t o ut of th e ga te . Behind h im, Walters, Ho nda rid er Dustin Pull ey , KTM rid er Matt Burris, Summey and Riddle were so close, you c ould've thrown a blan - R ( 2 -5 ) fini shed out th e overall top three. "Thi s i s what I a m runn ing th is se rie s for - to win ra ce s and th e c h a m p i o n shi p," Gibson sa id . " M y Cernics Honda was gre at and worked well all d ay . I like coming to LTM and am gl ad th at m y first Four-Stroke win c am e here." When the 250cc Pros ro lled up to th e li ne, many of the top Four-Stroke Pros were back to battle for the class win and th e money. In the first m ot o , Carpenter was out to prove who was the faste st on this da y . Carpenter led e ve r y single l a p of the moto fo r a dominating win . Summey was in sec ond for the first part of the m ot o but co uldn' t ho ld off W alt er s, who passed hi m on la p six and set o ut after h is tea mmate; howev er , Walters co uld n't match Carp enter 's pace. Wa lte rs fi nished second, Su m m ey finished thi rd, Gibson finished fourth, and Riddl e fi nished fifth . In the second moto, Walters looked li k e he finally had th tngs like g ate, the racing was tight and good. In t h e f i r s t m o t o , Sip es got and st a y ed o ut fr o nt for th e m oto win. Chr ist o ph er Wh itcraft fini sh ed sec o nd, and Pull ey finished th ird. In the second moto, Yam aha rider Will iam Bro wn in g was out front, wi th Wh it craft se c ond an d Su zu k i r id er B rad Modjewski third. On l ap three , W h i t c r aft p asse d Brown in g for th e lead . Modj ewsk i and Sip es al so passed Br own in g and set out after Whitcraft. On th e sixth lap , Modjewsk i passed Whitcraft for th e lead and never looked back. Sipes also m ade hi s way aro und Whitcraft and finished second for th e mot o, ga rne ring first ove rall. Whitcraft finished second overall . Br owning fin ished third , Pull ey fin ished fou rth, and seco nd -mote w in ner Modj ew sk i fi n CN ished fifth ove rall. ket over them. Gi bson got a bad start an d had his work cut out for him. Up front, Carpenter set a very fast pace, attacking every inch of the track and pulling quite a lead . Walters fell , rem ounting in sixth. By th e en d of l a p si x , the o r d e r w a s Carp ent er , Pulley , Summ e y , G ibson ( w ho ' d wo r ke d h is w a y up fr om th e rear ), Riddl e and WaI te rs. By th e end of lap 10 , C a rpen t e r was st ill o ut front, wh il e Summ ey and Gi bso n had worked th eir wa y a ro u n d Pu lley a n d /,~... -;' .:. _ E were battling for sec ond . Behind Pull ey , Paul Ca r p ent er took both 250cc Pro moto w ins at Linc oln Wa lte rs wa s not hav - Trail Motosports. ing his best ride, but he was abl e to stay in th e top fiv e. he wa nted the m , as he led Carpenter At the white flag , th e o rde r wa s th e and Gib son . T hen th e " bl ack cloud" same, and as they cr o ssed th e chec k agai n formed over him: Carpen te r got ered flag , Carpenter threw hi s fist in by for the le ad. and Gibson got by fo r the air as he took a w ell -d es erv ed second. Summey also got by Walters, moto win . Sum m ey finished second, but on the white -flag lap Walters holding off the hard -charging Gibson. moved back into the top three for the Pull ey and Walters rounded out the moto. Carpente r took the ove rall , top five . Walters pulled out second overall , Gibso n took the ove rall w ith h is and Gibso n was third overall. 1-3 m oto scores. Carpenter (4 -1 ) finTh e biggest Pro class of the da y is hed second ove r all , and Walters was the 12 5s . With m ore th an a full Uncaln TrailMotasports Casey, Illinois Results: O ctober 5, ZOD3 (Round 41 50 JR: I . Da mon Stortzum; 2. Keeze Carv er ; 3 . Bailey EdseJl; 4. Cod y M"rgenth aler: 5. Carter Wolfe. 5 0 SR : 1. Reese Mille r; 2. Levi Weiler: 3 . Hayden Edw ard s; 4 . Ky no n J ohn son : 5 . Ka lee Meyer. 65 BEG: 1. Quent in Jones ; 2 . Joey Sug es ; 3. Chri s Rour ke ; 4. Cale b Hunter; 5. Je rem y Wotfe. 65 : I . Vtl ug hn M ay s: 2. J o seph Stea rl y : 3 . Bran do n Brill : 4 . Paden Feagan s; 5 . Clay Jo hnso n. 85 JR : 1. Cody Sturn ; 2 . Riley Marsh: 3. Vaughn Mays: 4 . Rya n Padgett; 5 . Kod y Ham er. 85 SR: 1. Kyle Corman : 2. Dillon Hall : 3 . J oshua Ivers; 4. Brian J eager: 5. Ty ler McEwen . t 25 A: I . Ryan Sipes : 2. Christopher Whitcraft; 3 . W ill iam Br ow ni n g : 4 . D ustt n Pull e y : 5 . Br ad Modjewski. t 25 B: I . Taylor Harm on; 2 . Matt Me llott : 3 . Chris Sweeney : 4. Keith Grant: 5. J osh Durbin . t 25 C: 1. Korey Hawkins: 2. Bryce Bowm an: 3. Ryan Totten ; 4. .Josbua Cem ik: 5. Cory Sharp . t 25 0: I . Brett Di etr ich ; 2. J ared Larson : 3. Justin Urfer; 4 . Scott Peters; 5. Dan Becker. 25 0 A : I . Paul Carpen ter : 2. Spud Walt ers: 3. J eff Gibson: 4 . Josh ua Summey: 5. Ben Ridd le. 250 B: 1. And rew Brown: 2. Michael Wargo; 3. Mike Huttenlocke r: 4. Eric Goetz: 5 . James Hays. 250 C: I . Brian Huck step: 2. Morey Hawk ins: 3. Christ o ph e r Gemm e : 4 . Ja m ie F au l : 5 . B r y ce Ell ingto n. OP EN : I. Nic k Thom as; 2. Brian Stapleton; 3. Robbie Geekle . WM N : I . Whitn ey M i lle r; 2 . Br ia nn Stile s: 3. Sam an tha Reed: 4 . Cass ie Fe ag ans : 5 . Katherin e So kacz . SCHBY: 1. Tay lor Harm on : 2. J o sh Durbin ; 3 . Dane Marsac k : 4. Kyle Corm an; 5. Jo shua Cem ik . 2 5 ... A : I . And y Hendrickso n: 2 . Bill Lo y ; 3 . J ason Klop towsky: 4. Chuck Good ma n. 25 + 8 : I . Mike Hutt enlocke r: 2. A ndrew Bro wn: 3. Patric k Braiser; 4. Chris Ruble; 5. David Paul. 3 0 + A : 1. To by Leaf : 2 . T im Hawtho rn e; 3 . Spencer Ely. 30 + B: I. Oscar Geeten: 2. Chris Rub le; 3. Dam n Crook : 4. Chris Gemm e: 5. Scott Goodman. 35 +: 1. Robert Motsin ger ; 2. Osca r Gaeten: 3 . Steven Stover; 4. Nick Cavanaugh : 5. Jeff Mahon . 4 0 + A : I. David Brill : 2. Kerry Stein ; 3. Steven Shank ; 4. And y Kooistra: 5. Scott Leist. 40 + B: 1. Da vid Leckro ne; 2. Keith Huckstep: 3. Em ie Stiles; 4. Gerald Harrison ; 5. Char les Nice. 50 +: I. Fritz Huebner; 2. Bradlee Lake. 4 ·STRK AM : 1. Toby Leaf; 2. J ustin Pinckar d; 3. Spencer Ely: 4. Ern ie Stile s; 5. Broc Mikel. 4 · STRK PRO : 1. J eff Gibson; 2. Paul Carpenter: 3. Spud Walters; 4. Ryan Sipes: 5. Dustin Pulley. - \ Gibson (center1 displays his first-place hardware, flanked by run........ up Carpenter (right! and third-placed BrIan "Spud" Walters (left!. Ryan Sipes topped the 125cc Pro p odi um - the big gest Pro cla ss of the da y In Ca sey, illinois. e U e len e _ s N OV EMB ER 5 , 2003 43

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