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Lookhllrt (Ytlm); 4. Btffit Sipe (Vam). 4·STRK; 1. .Jeccb Saylor (Vam ); 2. Chris Todd (Vllm ) 3. Hutch lee (Yam). PRETEEN: 1. Adritl n Moore (Y/lm); 2. Cody Cleary (Suz); 3. Markus Sheperd (Vtlm); 4. Connor Coleman (Suz); 5. Tyler Roberts (Vam). VTH ( 12 . 15): 1. Dusty Rowe (Suz ): 2. Grt>gory Roberts (Suz); 3. Austin Albers (Suz) ; 4. Tyler Home (Yam ): 5. Free Miller (Vtlm ) 25+ : 1. Phillip Myers (Vam ); 2. Jll ck Brooks (Suz ); 3. N~il Hale (Vtlm); 4. Otlvid Ctlldwell (Yam ). 30+: 1. Michael McDougal (Hon): 2. Keith Ollvis (Ktlw): 3. David Ctlldwell (Vtlm ). 35 +: 1. Chuck Palmer (Vam) ; 2. Keith Devls (Ka w); 3. Mike Johnson (Hon). 40 ..: J. Chuck Palmer (Yam) : 2. Billy Scoggins (Suz) 3. Bill Dod· son (Hon). 45 ..: I. Bill y Scoggins (Suz): 2. Daniel Wilkinson (Hon) . (lit A.M: 1. Michtlel StlnckB (Vtlm) : 2 . Bobby Neely (Vam). Arkansas Hare Scrambles Championship Series Round 10: Highway 89 Raceway Carr Races on the Highway! By PAM C A RR T M T MX Park: Seven-year-old Le lia Mullen of Cumming, Georgia , gave the boys a run for their money at round 15 o f the Southern All-Stars Tour in Tracy C ity, T ennessee . Southern All-Stars Tour Round 15: Tennessee MountainTrails Motocross Park Quarles Hits the Target at TMT MX B y C INDY G IBSON TRACY CITY, TN , OCT. 5 TMT MX Park , lo ca ted in Tracy Ci ty, T en nessee, hosted round 15 of th e Sout hern A IIStars Tour on Sunday, Octob er 5 . It was also Fo x Hole shot Aw ards Day . T h e l-year -o ld facIlity sits on 166 acres high ato p Mont eagle M o un tain , lo c at ed j ust 15 min ute s off 1· 24 ( Ex it 13 5 ) i n sou t h ce n t r a l T enn e s se e , betw een Nashville and Chatt an ooga . Th e 1.3- mile track was in a bsolute top -notch co nditio n, with a perfect mixt ure of sa wdus t and loa m y Tennessee Mountain T rail soil. Representat ives from Fox were on han d to present awesome m erchandise to th e holeshot winner in the first moto of eac h class. O range domina ted th e sce ne in t he firs t m ota o f th e 50c c Sh aft /O il -In ject ed (4 -8) cl ass, with th ree out of fiv e riders on KTMs. J ordan Qu ar les of Ch at sworth , Geo rgia , led the pac k to th e first-turn , ea rn i ng th e Fo x ho lesh ot awar d fo r his clas s. Ha rrison West, Chri stian Th omas and Trevo r Cam pbe ll were following closely . Local talent T ann er Foutch got off to a roc ky start , as he go t ca ug ht up in the starting ga te, but he regai ne d co ntrol and m ad e a qu ic k reco very. Wit h Qua rles in th e lea d, W est trai le d closely behind , pound ing every jum p on th e tr ack . Thomas and Camp bell batt led it out for thi rd throughout the race, w ith Thom as ge t ti ng t he nod . T he fo ur- lap m ota finished with Qu arles' takin g the checkered fiag fi rst. M oto t w o was o n e of th e most crowdpleasing events of the day , as five m ighty Mini warrio rs battled it out for th e top podi um positi on. Qu arl es too k hi s second v ictory of the day on his KTM, giving hi m a 1- 1 tall y and th e overa ll win . Co bra pilo t West fo llowed in sec ond ove rall with 2-2 fi nishes. T homa s (3-3) wa s t hird , F o utc h ( 5- 4) w a s fo u r t h, and Campbell (4- 5) was fifth ov erall. Sixteen co nt enders co m peted for the 65 cc (7 -9) class cha m pio nship, making it the m ost co m petitive race of th e day . A co lo rfu l di splay of green, ye llo w and ora nge blurred th e tr ack as ac tion began in m oto one . Jason "Dirty " McCurd y of Flowery Br an ch , Geo rgia, won the "Fox hu nt" in the fir st tum and cl aimed victory aboa rd his Suzuki, just ahead of Dalt on , Geo rgia 's Levi Smith, who captured second on hi s ye ll ow m ach ine. Team Green ' s Ch ristopher Wa tki ns of Lenior City, T enn essee, stepped up to take th ird. Mota tw o packed a punc h with a full lin eup. Helm et s nodded , and the gate dropped , 52 NOVEMBER 1 2 , 2003· EO U EO and riv als screame d into th e first tu m . M cCu rdy qu ick ly plowed throu gh the pack to cap t u re th e c ro w d ' s attenti on , as well a s fir st pla ce ove ra ll wi th 1· 1 fi nishes. Sm ith (2 -2 ) placed seco nd overall , and th ird went to Co lby Moses (4- 3), also of Len ior City, Te nnessee . Wh ile 7 -year- o ld Leli a Mu ll en of Cummin g , Geor gi a , m ay not have been th e fastest k id on th e tr ack , she defin itely gave the guys a run fo r th eir m on ey . "T he fin ish -lin e j ump here at TMT is m y favo rite part of the trac k!" Mu ll en said after fin ishing m idp ack on her Suzuki. Mull en later took her 50cc KTM ac ross the fin ish lin e in fourth p lace in th e 5 0cc (7- 8 ) cl ass, dra gging her muffler behind her w ith a broken support weld in additio n to a flat tire. With th e hel p of Suz uki Yamaha of Dalt on, Ta g Metals and PNT Customs, Mullen will be com peting in th e Women 's National Leag ue Cup Champion ship in San Anton io , T exas, in November. MAYFLOWER , AR , OCT. 5 It had been raining all Saturday n ight and Sun day morning . and eve ryo ne was thinkin g that round 1Q of th e A rkan sa s Hare Sc rambl es Cham p ionship Series would be a mudfest. T he trail turned out to be perfe ct. Given th at it is so dry at Ma yfl ow er du ring this ti me of ye ar, th e tr ail just soaked up the rain. The Highway 89 Ra c eway cr ew had prepa red th e t ra i l fo r almost any conditio ns for the inaugural High way 8 9 Rac e. A s th e rid er s st ar te d to get ready for the practice lap, the drizzle sto pped , and th e cl oud s j ust hung around for th e rest of the day. It looked as if ther e would be a goo d battle between t wo rid er s for the Me mphis Motorcycle Championship ov era ll , since this wa s the last race for that series. Brian Sanders and Dale Du k e wer e sepa rated by one point in the cha m p io nship battle, and it wo uld all co me down to th is one race. .., was pretty excited sitt ing on the line, but I j u st tr i ed to sta y c a l m and fo c u s, " sa i d Sande rs. As th e AA clas s blasted off into th e woods , it looked like Yam aha of Russell vill e ride r Clin t Carr would take th e holeshot. Sanders gave pursuit in second , fo llowed by Josh Poteete in t hird . By th e end of th e fir st lap , Carr had pu ll ed a 2Q-second lead over Sand ers and was cha rging hard. "I th ink that' s the first time I'v e ever go t th e ho leshot and not had any pr essure on m e," Carr reco unted . San d ers w as i n se co n d , fo ll ow ed by Kawasak i Sp o rt s Center rider Pote et e, who was four seco nds behin d . Mem phi s ride r Duk e w a s i n fou r th, o n l y s ix seco n ds be h in d Sanders. The ba tt le fo r second pla ce wa s looking pretty tig ht go ing in to the second la p. Duke go t by Poteet e and took ove r th e th ird -place spo t. W he n Un i /B o y esen /W i sec o /Pr o C lean 1000/Xtre me mc.co m rider Carr came through the sco ring lane for th e second time , he had open ed th e gap up to 4 0 seco nds between hi mself a nd second p lace. Sa nd ers wa s still ho ld ing on strong fo r second , but he on ly had a lea d of 16 seconds o ver th ird-pla ced rid er Duke. Th e two rid ers wh o were co m peting for th e M emphis titl e were se pa rat ed by m ere second s. Poteete wa s still in fou rth, hop ing to tak e o ver th ird. Tr av Tacker starte d dead last on the start , and now he had wo rke d hi s way up to fifth place. Th e pos iti ons of th e to p th ree sta yed the sam e for the enti re thi rd lap. Carr had a oneminute -and -1 O-second lead ove r Sanders. " I n eeded t o p ut so me m or e d istan c e between m yself and Brian. " Carr said , "so on the th ird and fourth lap s. I hamm ered down." Sanders m an aged to add six m ore seco nds between him self and c ham pionship co nt ender Duk e. "I knew Duk e was back th ere, so I j ust tried to not m ak e any mi sta k es and p ut a litt le bit of tim e betw een us," Sanders co m mented . Ta cker m oved into fou rth, and Poteete fell back to sixth . After th e fifth lap , Carr deci ded to sto p for gas; with a lead of o ne minut e an d 3 6 sec onds, it looked like it would n't p ut hi m too far down . Sand ers con ti nued to hold on to second and put a little m ore ti m e betw een himself and Duk e. Meanwhile , a rid er who hadn't really been in th e spo tl ight all day, Mike Snook, came out of the back of the pack to challenge Du k e for th ird. After Snook got aro und Du k e, he set his sig hts on Sanders. Tacker wa s sti ll rid ing well and hold ing on fo r fifth . O n th e las t lap , Sn ook cha sed Sander s down and was abl e to ma k e a pass on him on t h e motocros s sec t i o n o f th e t r ac k . Ca rr crossed the line to add another wi n to his tally for th e yea r . Beh ind the wi nn er , Snook wa s runni ng seco nd, wi th Sand ers right on his rear fende r. Snook went down with th ree com ers left in th e race, and Sanders went on to tak e second , a m inut e and 38 second s behi nd Carr . Snook got up j ust in ti me to beat Duke in for th ird. Th e new Memphis Motorcycle Champion was the Fly/S cott /Ferodo/Kocinski Raci ng- Tennessee Mountain Trails Motocross Park Tracy C ity, Tenne ssee Results: October 5 , 2003 (Round 15 o f 16) 50 SHA.T BEG: 1. Matthew Bra.....ley (Vtlm) . f SO (4 -6) SHAfT/O IL-INJ : I. Jo rdan Quarles (KTM ); 2. Hem eoe West (Cob) : 3. Christian Thomas (KTM); 4. Tanner Foutch (KTM) : 5. T~or Ca mpbell (Vtlm). SO HON: I. Dakota Freemen (Hon): 2. Donny Brown (Hon); 3 . Andy Shtlhan (Hon). 50 (4-6) : 1. Jordan Qu" rles (KTM); 2. Taylor Davidson (KTM); 3. Hamson West (Cob) : 4. Colby Pyburn (KTM) . 50 (7 -8): 1. Austin Berr (KTM); 2. Kyle Gibson (KTM); 3. Sterling Cha ndl~ (KTM) : 4_Lelte Mullen (KTM); 5. Mikie Payne (KTM) . 65 (7. 9): 1. .Jescn McCurdy (Suz); 2. Levi Smith (Suz) : 3 . Colby Moses (I(" w): 4 . Christoph~ Wtltkin s (Kaw): 5. Mlki e Peyne (KTM). 65 (10-t l ): 1. Cody Haney (KTM); 2. Trtlvis Newberry (Ktl w). 65 MOD: I. .Jeec n McCurdy (Suz); 2. ~ vl Smith (Suz) : 3. Cody HAney (KTM). 85 (7. 1 1): 1. Adr itln Moore (Vam) : 2. Ktl yltl Lynn Boswell (Vtlm) ; 3. Connor Coleman (Suz). 85 (9- 13) : I. Aiel! Freeme n (Suz): 2. Cll leb Pettee (Su z): 3. Easton Hankins (Suz): 4 . Cheee Wilson (Hon) . 85 (1 2. 13): 1. Tyler Home (Ytlm ); 2. Ca mero n Stone (Yom ); 3. Ctlleb Patton (Suz): 4. Allx Freeman (Suz); 5. Easton Htlnkin s (Sul ). 85 ( 14-15): I. M icha~l R id~ (Suz ); 2. Michael Morrow (V/lm ) 3. Jessica Gracy (Hon) . S/Ml NI: I. Tyler Home (Ytlm ): 2. Ctlmeron Stone (Vllm) : 3. Jeke Hele (Kaw): 4. Tretl Miller (Sw:): 5. Jessictl Gracy (Hon). 125 BEG: 1. Bobby Erwin (Yam ): 2. Jo n Jo nes (Suz): 3. Mark Steventon (Yam); 4. Este Lucio (Suz): 5. Robert Cesuemen (Ktlw). 12 5 A : 1. .Jaco b Stly lor (Vam ): 2. Phillip Mye rs (Vam ) ; 3 . Alel!tlndef Hunter (Vtlm): 4. B1tl e Thorpe (Ytlm ). k 125 B: 1. Austin Albers (Suz ): 2. Chrill Todd (Vam ); 3. Dusty Rowe (Suz) ; 4. Rytln Stan6U (Suz): 5. Brandon Stookftrry (Vllm) . 125 C: I. Keith Davidson (Suz); 2. Hank Grllnt (Vllm): 3. Jacob Edens (Suz): 4 . Josh Mayberry (Yam ): 5. Chris Hollingsworth (YlIom) . 250 BEQ: 1. Eric Newby (Hon): 2. Michtld Ntlbors (Kaw). 2 50 A : I . Jacob Stly lo r ( Yam ): 2. Phill ip Myer s (Vam ); 3. AleXllndef Hunter (Vtlm); 4. B1tlk~ Thorpe (Vam) . 250 B; 1. Torre Slre iftha u (Sut): 2. Ryan Stanesu (Suz ): 3. Austin Albers (Suz); 4. Blake Htlnkins (Suz) ; 5. Brandon Stooksbury (Vam ). 250 C: 1. Keith Dtlvidson (Suz) : 2. Neil Hele (Yam ); 3. Chtll1es "" neVIl' s H ighway a9 Raceway: CUnl earr was the overall winner of t he very fi rst H ighway 89 race In Mayflower, Arkansas, s ite o f round 10 of l he Arkansas Hare Scrambles Championship Series.

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