m oved up th rou gh th e pack rapidly unt il he
cras hed and dropped way back. Second plac e
we n t to Aa ro n Bec k , and J effr ey Ki ng took
th ird . Pro Caliber/MSR/Ba ss Raci ng /Renthal ·
back ed Sh irley fi nis hed a satisfying fo ur th ,
and Wh arton stil l m ad e hi s wa y up to fift h.
Th e most enterta ini ng rac e of th e day was
t he 50cc M odi fi ed { Ld -e nd -Up) class, with
four fu ll -sized guys co mpeting on tri ck ed -out
50 s. Winni ng the heat and the main event was
J us t i n Whart on, o n an X tre m e 10 7 . A a ro n
Gruetz k e and Ken t J oh nson c o llided on th e
st art ; G ru etzk e ba tt led inten sely and b rok e
awa y from J ohnson and Derek Hender shaw.
By that time , Wha rton was s e ve ra l corne rs
ahead and running away with the lead . Wha r ton t ook the win. far ahead of Gru etzk e in second. In thi rd was Hendershaw , and Johnso n
was fourth .
Re sults
125 BEG: I. Travis Broguire (Yam); 2. ErIc Ostrander (Kaw): ) ,
Isaiah Breuqht (Han) ; 4 , ( I{lrk Moore (Kaw); 5 , Ja ke Ballensky
(KTM).
250 BEG: 1. Tyson Glawe (Han): 2. D"lD
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Elsinore MX Park: Bruce Mirada was the 125cc Intermedi ate win ner
in Lake Els inore, California.
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Glen Helen Raceway Park: Ric hie Owens was the overall 125cc Pro winner dur ing
REM Saturday MX act ion in San Bernardino, California.