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250 0 -2 : 1. Vauglvl Et~n (Yam) ; 2. Andy HoftrJWIn (Yam ): 3.
Brad Adams (Hon); 4. Bryan Miller (Yam ); 5. Aaron Komer (Hon ).
4 -STRK: l. Travi s EJliol (Hon) : 2. Adom l...owmiller (Ka w): 3.
BnKI Pric'f'(Hon ): 4. Brad Dubois (Han): 5. Shane Fa w (Hon) .
0PEJ"l 4 ·STRK; I. Tra vis EJlioI (Hon) : 2.
Meyer (Hon) : 3.
Nick ~ (Yam) : 4. Pa l Walker (Hon): 5. Jay /'I\1efIk~ (Sul.) .
OPEN: I. Mikl!' Faul k (Han); 2. 1"uk1!' Bud (KT/'I\): 3. Jack HeJ'\1M (Yam); 4. ~ Hom (Han): 5. Bill Airilrnan (Han).
SR 30 +: 1. Jack HN*in (Yam ); 2. Tom ~ (Yam): J. S1"e
Hake (Su.l l: 4 . Scott HudgrtS (Kaw); 5. Mike Co&e (K.&w).
DFC I. Tln is McQu~ (Yam); 2. !'\ike Faulk (Hon); ]. Brandon
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Nicholas (Sul:); 4. Johnny KIIlnm'1e)'l!'f (Hus); 5. Scott StOWKlff (Han).
""'ron
Goodman fin ished secon d fo r second overall.
Mots ing er fin ished th ird overal l.
Results
50 SHAfT: I. Brandon Mr yK; 2. C~ Da vis; 3. VIClot Kalaner;
4. U urt'll Oe 5. Dylan GoriII .
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50 JR : I. Damon Slortzum: 2. Cody Ma r~tha~ r. J . K""le
CtIJ\'eJ; 4 . Bradlre Wlltiams; 5. j\\a tttw:w Bdl
50 SR: 1. Kynon ...Iotv'Ison; 2. ~ Chastian; 3. .kirl!'d Miller; 4.
Hayden Edwords; 5. Ka~ 1"qer.
65 BEO: 1. WiDWtm GorhI: 2. Jocob l ynch; ] . 8ry«o Rinl!'hart; 4.
Jacob Wall:s.
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65 : I. Calvin Dav is : 2. Blake Sc h illing: J . Dalt on Taylor; 4 .
Noms; 5. Padrn Fe~
85 BEG: I. Patrrl. Gillian: 2. VICtOr Jmklns: J. Zach Smith: 4.
,ll\ichal!'l
P lanet-X- Treme
Josh Birkrnkomp; 5. MichaelI'1on'D.
Appreciation
Weekend Gets
Positive Reception
B y B ROC M IKEL
MASON, IL, O CT . 12
At the end of Plan et -X -Tr em e' s second sea so n, eve ryone ha d a lot to be happy abou t.
Th e yea r brou ght track changes, and by sea so n 's end, eve ry race had gr ea t d ir t and a
smoot h pr ogram . T he new ni g ht tra ck was
a lso running smooth ly . Th er e wer e so me
bump s a lo n g th e w ay , b ut th e tr ac k crew
learned fr o m th o se bu m p s and c ame bac k
with a bett er track and progr am . What bett er
way to cel ebrate a successful season tha n an
Appreciation Week en d?
After a free chic ke n dinn er for all in att en da nc e, the Sawyer Brothers band p layed fo r
th e cro wd , and there w as a dr awing for th e
main prize of th e week end : a free 125! Th e
lucky winner was Joshua Martin ; enjoy y our
new rid e, Josh.
Th e w eather o n Su nda y wa s great; on e
cou ldn 't even tell th at Old Man Winter is right
around the co mer. Th e tra ck was also prim e
as the riders lined up for the firs t set of m ot os.
Th ere was a special event in store: a sing le
20 -minutes -pl us -two-lap s moto . A and B rid er s were th e o nly riders in the contest. and
t h ey wer e looking fo r ward to t he o n e lo ng
m oto to judge wh at kind of shape they were
in . When the gate dropped , Hond a rider Chu ck
Goodman took to th e fro nt and set the pace.
Des pi te being a lon g m ota , the pace was very
fast. Goodman stayed on the gas and held on
fo r th e mota w in . K aw a sa ki ri de r Rob ert
Motsinger ke pt him hon est but co uldn't ma tch
hi s pace. Th e best race in the co ntest ca me
from KTM rider J im my Sk eeters and Yam aha
rid er J o sh Du rbin , w ho p u she d th e w hole
m ot a , tr ad in g p la c es co pious t imes . W hen
they wer e done, Skeeters was o ne p lac e in
fr ont of Durbin .
The I 25 cc A cl ass had a great race for the
to p t h re e sp o t s . Ya ma h a r id e r s Th om a s
Bradl ey a nd Go o dm an and K aw asa k i rider
Mot sin ger were all on the ga s. O n th e starts,
t he four -s tr o k es o f Go od man a n d Bra diey
wer e hard to beat. In th e fir st m ot a , Brad ley
f inis hed fir st , w ith M ot sin g e r se co nd a n d
Goodman th ird. In the seco nd m oto , Goodm an
and Bradl ey were o ut fr ont to stay; Br adl ey
f inishe d fi rst fo r the m ot a and overa ll, an d
85 J R: I. Eth a n Hester; 2. Ryan Padgl!'tt; ] . Ande Watk ins : 4.
Joey Cra in; 5 . Levi Byers .
85 SR: I. Jonathan Fech: 2. Sk yler Laz
enby; J . Ton y Parnrpinto ;
4. Brian Jaeger; 5. ~ Wallis .
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MINI 1: I, .lory Cra in; 2.. Chad Crawford ] . ~ff Carvl!'t; 4 . Blake
Schilling 5. Blaid Moss.
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MINI 2 : I . Jonathan Fech; 2. Brian Ja~l"f; ]. Skylrr Lazenby ; 4 .
Tony PaMpinto; 5. Cody Maha nnah.
125 A: I. Thoma s Bradley : 2. Chuck Goo dman: 3 . Rebert
Mouingl!'f': 4 . J ustin Thompson: 5. Jimmy Skede~
125 B: I. Ol!'l'!'k Blrtll!'nkamp: 2. Josh Durbin : 3. Tra vis Croc ks ;
4. Tat ROQf'I'I: 5. Jor da n Dwonyraki.
125 C: 1. Danie Cruthis ; 2. Bryce Buckles: 3. Cory Delldmond;
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4 . Andrl!'w Buck~: 5. Bryc~ Bowrn.1n.
125 0 : I. Ja~ Larson; 2. /'i\organ Henton; 3. Robbie Geekte: 4
Prnl:on Gnoenwood: 5. Ja~ Hoots.
250 A: I. Chuck Ciooc:1mlIn; 2. J ustin Thompson.
250 B: 1. Ch ris 8lIrber; 2. WilIIG Grotha us ; 3. David Paul ; 4.
m
Sky ler Lawfft\Ce .
250 C; I. Larry Pope; 2. Tl'lIvi Amo ld; 3 . J a mie Faul; 4. J""~
s
Ruffner; 5. Shene CoIr..
250 0 : 1. Brad ley Cla rk; 2. Tim TIIs.... rth: 3 . Dea n Conk ling; 4 .
o
Robbi e Cieek~: 5. Travis Rigg.
4 ·STR K A:. I. Thomas Bradley; 2. O int Johnson .
W/'I\ : I. Bria nna Mahon : 2. Kristy Adllm s; 3. Shayla Stanfield; 4 .
N
Ca uie Feagans; 5. Sa mantha Reed .
SC HBY: 1. Bryce Bowmen: 2. Joshua Ivers; 3 . Kelby Simmons;
4 . Trav is AmoId : 5. Karl Koch
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14-24 B; I. Cory Deadmond 2. John Kindle : J . RabbiI!' GPl!'kie:
;
4 . Chm. Short.
25+ B: 1. Scott Goodman: 2. Larry Pope: J . WUlillm Grothers; 4
Sha M' CaIr ; 5. Todd Huston.
30 + A; I. Dam Du itsman; 2. Thomas Evans.
JO.+ B: 1. Darin Crook; 2. Jeff SUrnrll!"ld; 3. Scot! Goodman; 4
Todd Huston; 5. Enu L.w~.
35+: I . Robt11Motsinger. 2. Willillm Bowrnon; ] . Kt'flY
Sl:~in:
VETMOD: I . B.J . Prinel!'; 2. Jason Van S1yke : 3. ( Illig Crawford;
4. Ll!'tgh Crawford: 5. TntVis Colbum .
SR ST K: 1. Leone rd Mellg rl!' ; 2. Tomm y Cra wford ; 3. Nick
n
somethi n g ; it' s more th at Ch ib a has fo und
some th ing .
In Fo rmula T hun de r, cl ass lead er Leig h
Crawford ca me unde r fire , as his brot her Cra ig
Crawford and Jason McC ombie turned up the
pressure.
M a k ing an ap pea ra nce in th e Formula
Th ree race , th e dyn amic father -end -so n du o
of John and J .D. Sch endel m ig ht have do mi nat ed, had it not been for the wild- ca rd ride of
Josh Herrin. M ellgren loo k ed strong on lap
one of race o ne, with Herr in , J .D . and J oh n
leadi ng a six -bike atta ck on the leade r. By lap
two, both Mellg ren and J ohn had fallen out of
th e race. Herrin took ov er at t he po int, but
J .D . was o n him like a chea p suit. O nly a
hea rtbeat behind, Syimphia Vue, Jeff Russell
and Chiba w ere contesting third. In his first
CMRRA 125 cc race , Herrin was digging deep
to hol d off th e m or e expe rien ced J .D ., whil e
behi nd him, four ride rs were po ised to tak e
ad van tage of any mi sta k es he might m ak e.
J .D. too k the lead fro m Herri n on the penulti m ate lap, sett ing up an all -or -no thing run for
the nag . Trying to outbrak e Herr in , J .D . hi gh ·
sided out in tum six, anticli ma ctica lly hand ing
the win ove r to Herrin. Movin g up , Vue led a
four-wa y batt le for second . A t the stripe , Her rin took his first Formula Three wi n, with Vue
in second an d Russell in th ird . Chi ba fell out
l at e o n th e fin a l la p , g iv in g Anhtuan Tran
fourth.
In race tw o , Herr in was qui ck off the lin e,
determined to back up hi s race-on e win. J ohn
was back in action in second, cl osely follow ed
by Vue and Jay PHst er . Making amends for
race o ne, J ohn wr enched th e lead away fro m
yo ung Herr in on lap three. Chiba m oved up to
press Vue for third . Keeping the spe cta tors on
th eir feet , John was ab le to hol d off the cou n teratt ac ks of Herrin, while Ch iba won th e bat tl e for third by gening aro und Vue on la p four .
At the ch ec kers, John Sch end el too k th e win ,
w it h Chi ba ho ld ing off Vue for th ird. Herrin
retained the overall win , with Vue hang ing on
to sec on d . Play in g th e spoiler , Tran rode a
good, consistent ra ce for third , w ith Russell
ridi ng equally as consis tentl y in fou rth .
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