Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

(Kaw); 4. Boddy ColelTk'ln (Sw) : 5. Ben Hubbs (Kaw). KIDS VET I. Parker Smith (Y : !lrn): 2. Scott WiselMn; 3. Andy F~YIl Id~Vffl ( Kaw) . JR MINI B: I. Jamifo Taylor (Ko!Iw); 2. William SETRA P/W AUTO: I. ~tt TUrfier (Pol); 2. Grant Baylor (KTM); 3. ~a r (Kaw); 3. Hunter Pruett (Yam); 4. Wil ColefNln (Kew); 5. Jon Bottomy (KT M). SR MINI A: 1. MlItlt\ew Schneider (Hon); 2. Ryan Overton: J . ~ton Winse tt (Yam) : 4 . Dustin Parker (Yam) ; 5. .,.Iefhoy Vick (Yam) . SR MINI B: 1. Chris McMillan (KlIw); 2. Matthew Chllncry : 3. Matthew JlI rm (Ke ..... ): 4 . Eric Phillips; 5. Matt Adkins (Kawl. Branson Bruc e (KTM.); 4. Jon Rain ey (KT M. ; 5. Trevor Campbell ) (Cob ). P/W SHIfT : I. C~ Ballard. JR MINIA: I. Tyler Carter (Sw) : 2: Josh Kelly: 3. Dillon Dennis Southeast Alabama F Series all R ound 4: Dixie MX Drummonds on a Roll J um p on lap o ne. Sanders got a round Dunn fo r second b ut co ul dn't sha ke him . Wigg in s cl aime d the win. Tr am el and Seale battle d for fourth the enti re race, with Tram el gett ing the nod on his KX . Dunn ra n j ust ahea d of San der an d Wig gi ns in rac e two. Sa nde rs m o ved o ut front , and then he saved a near-endo at the start of lap two. Wig gins began to pres sure Sand ers fo r the lead, while Dunn fell back . On the fi nal lap , Tramel and Seale caught Dunn. With two turns to go, the trio ran three abr east throu gh the whoop section. T ram el reach ed th e nag fir st and earne d th ird overall. Seal e als o tagged Dunn in the exciting fini sh, but his 5 -4 scor e pla ced him behi nd Dunn' s 3 -5 finis hes in the fi nal tally. B y H UGH G ATLIN OZAR K , AL, NO V. 2 Th e Ha y w o o d ' s D i sc o u nt D r ug s -a ss ist ed Dr ummonds, Ca rl and Gary , con ti nued t heir ro l l t o w a rd three So ut heast A lab a m a Fa ll Series titl es at Dixie MX , site of ro und fo ur of th e six -ro und series. Ca rl sco red ma ximum points in t he 250cc C and Ov er 30 classes aboard his YZ450F and ex tended his po ints lead in both . YZ85-mounted Gary went 4- 4 in the 85c c (7· I I ) class and mov ed clo ser to the cham p ionshi p. Rhett Peel grabbed the holeshot in the fir st combined Over 30 /0ver 40 m ot e, fo llowed by Vor-m o unted Grady Hendrix , Carl and Pik e Road , A labama's Joe Wils o n . Peel rod e unchall enged to the win , while Hendrix sli pped off the pace and Carl claimed second ov erall and fir st Over 30 entry. Beh ind Wilson, lon e small-bo re rider To ny Hardy came through th e field for fourth. Peel and Hend rix were no -sho ws fo r race two. Carl led fro m start to fin ish fo r the Over 30 victory. Wilson brought his Honda in sec o nd and picke d u p an unexpected O ver 40 overall win . Hard y ca me fro m th e back again to take third. Rou nding out the top five were William Rogers and Henry White. It was a day of fi rsts for Bessem er, A laba m a's J acob Ca pps : It was his first visit to the fac ili ty; he debuted th e fi rst KX250F ever to set wheels on the tr ack ; and he surp rised Dixi e fav orite Cl ay Downin g wi th an o vera ll fi rst place fin ish in the com b ined 125 cc B/1 25cc Money/ 250cc Money/ 25Occ C contest . In ra ce o ne , Ca p ps led Down ing , Carl , J erem y Richard and YZ rider Au stin Pebworth. Capp s in c h e d away f ro m D own in g wh ile Richard dropped to last. The 40 -year-old Carl di d an excellent job of hold ing off th e scream ing 12 5s of Money rid ers Pebworth and Cole Reese until la te in the race. Cap ps pulled a heel -cl ic ker o n the fi na l lap to ce lebra te a three-seco nd victory ov er Downi ng . In m ota two , Down ing slo w ly lost ground to front -run ne r Capps. Pebworth m ov ed to third, and Reese dived und er Carl for fo urth . Downi ng m ade a la st -lap charge and closed the gap to Capps to two seco nds at th e nag . Th e next th ree in were Pebw orth, Reese an d Carl. CRF 450R rider Eddie Wa lk er , th e seri es lead er in th e 250cc D division, was unbeatable off th e start ing lin e. He led both motos from start to fini sh. In m ot a one, Rogers held second in the early go ing befo re dropping to last. Scott C re ws to ok over th e po sit ion , Series co nte nder Don Bu sh wa s un able to m atch the fo ur- str oke hor sepower up front and had to settle for thi rd on his CR2 50. Rogers recov ered fo r fourth. In m o t o two, Crews got a wh eel under Walk er on lap two, but that was as clo se as he go t to the lead. Bush passed Rogers for thi rd at th e halfwa y point , but th en Rogers retoo k the positi on and knoc ked Bush off the po dium on a tie break er, 4 ·3 to 3 -4 . Seri es c o n t en d e r J o sh W ynn rod e hi s KX 125 to doub le -m ote wins in the co m petiti ve 125cc C cl ass. He finis hed race one w ith a co m fo r t a b le l e a d ove r Aa r on Bour ne's YZ250F. Austi n J one s was th ir d . ahead of Ryan Hold er. Bou rne ran with Wyn n in m ota two befo re dropp in g off th e le ad pace . Chri s C ru m b moved to fourt h , but J ones wou ldn't allow him to advance any further. Holde r placed fifth on his CR125 . Christ ian Tr am el shoo k off a nasty endo in pract ic e to lead the fir st 125cc D m ota , ahead o f Au sti n Sea le , B l a k e D u n n a n d Drak e Sanders . Dav id Wiggins and Dunn -fl ew their YZs in ta ndem past' the pac k ov er the Canyon 34 D ECEM BER 1 0 . 2003' c ue D ixieMX Ozark. Alabama Results: November 2 . 2 003 (Ro u nd 4 of 6) P/W 50 : 1. Heath Crews(Han): 2. R~ Miller (Hon). P/W ( 4- 6) : 1. Tanner Powell : 2. Scotty Haver (KTM): 3. Kyk Walker (Cob): 4. Heath Cn!Ws: S. DustinJones (KTM). P/W (7·9): I. Shddon Seale (KTM); 2. Taylor Robbins (KTM) . P/W OPEN: I. Sheklon Seale (KT""): 2. Tanner Powell (Cobl : 3. Kyle Walke r (Cob ): 4 . Taylor Robbin s (KTM). MINI 4-STRK.: 1. Joe Neagley (Han): 2. lake GenlIrd (Kaw) : 3. Hunter Walker (Suz). JR MlI'tI : 1. GB rren Boatrigh t (Kaw). 65 BEC;: I. Nick Goodwin (Kaw). 65 (7-9): I. Garren Boatnght (!

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