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(Below) John Dowd (16) was the holeshot master over the
weekend. He only finished off the podium once.
weekend. It 's go ing to be a f r-way battle.
It's the best year of Arenacross I can
said. "I was just trying to keep it on two
wheels."
W ith Dowd now o ut of the w ay,
remember."
Demuth charged hard to try to cat ch
lange held on to second, and Dowd fin Lange, but it was too little, too late. lange
thi
"--_.._- i st too far out front to be caught ,
even by Oem
e cru ised to the w in.
Oowd faded to fourt , . worst finish
of the weekend, and Brad Hagse ,ro u~ d~
~~ n~ -
ed out the t ap five .
Dowd grabbed yet another holeshot in
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tturn
25 to start the 125cc main
event while lange, Hofmaster and Chad
I
Johnson pu rsued. lange made fair ly qu ick
work of D ow d , passing him through t he
whoops. With a clear track ahead of him
and Demut h stuck in fourth, lange took
advantage of the situation and was soon
leading by a healthy margin.
" I got off to a great start and managed
to get by Dowd pretty qu ick," lange said .
" I just rod e my own race and t ried not to
make any mistak es."
While lange was pull ing awa y out front,
Demuth was on the move as well and
made it past Johnso n for th ird and began to
show a w heel t o Dowd in an effort to
move into the second spot. Hofmast er
Soon passed Johnson and moved wi t h
D emuth toward the fro nt of the pack.
'" got beh ind Dowdy and Jo sh and just
tried to stud y some of Josh's lines and ho w
he w as w orking his wa y by," Hofmaster
idn't let him
en joy being out front for long, as
assed
Dowd before the end of the first lap
D owd ke pt lange honest and didn't let him
get away unti l a wreck about five laps in let
lange get a bit of a lead.
"I got a good start and hung with D arcy
for the first fo ur or five laps," Dowd said.
" I was excited about that! Then' fell , kind
of all by myself in that corner."
.
H o fmast er trte d to trac k lange down as
D emuth w as st ru ggling a bit following a
ninth-place start, and he was having a
tou gh time working through the pack .
De m ut h was working on passing Justin
Brayton when everything went terribly
w r o ng. On the approach to t he Catapult
[urnp , Demuth clipped a Tuff Bloc k and left
t he jump a little o ut of shape. D emu th
h
t hrew th e bike awa y and fell t o t e gro und
fee t firs t .
lange held a co mmandi ng lead over
Hofmaster to score anot her win. Dowd
hung on for t hird and a great weekend
-ov erall , but everyone s t houghts were
focused o n Demuth, w ho still lay 0 t he
side of t he tra ck w ith paramedics ten ding
to his broken leg.
"I hat 0 see that happen to any rider,"
e said. "I wish Josh t he best . I hope he
gets well soon."
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BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
RESULTS: JANUARY 16-1 7 , 2004
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Friday
125 MAIN : I. Tommy Hofmaster (Y ; 2. John Dowd
am)
(Su. ): 3. D.")' Longe(Kaw): • . justin a...yt on (Hon): S eff
.J
Northrop (Kaw):6. Chad J mon (Yam): 7. ShawnC1arl<
oo
(Kaw):8.T
omKelley (su.): 9. Brad Hagseth (Hon): 10. Bred
Mod,.W>1ci (Su. ): I I. j;m Neese (S
UI): 1 Celt Humph ey
2.
'
(Y
am): 13. Ryan Huff an (Y
m
am): " . Kevin Crine (Hon): IS.
Jo sh De muth (Yam) .
2S0 MAIN: I. jos De
h muth (Yam): 2. D" C)' Longe
(Kaw): 3.J Dowd (SUI): •. lOmmy Hc fmaste r (Yam): S
ohn
.
Ryan Huff an (Yam); 6. Chad J mon (Yam): 7. leff
m
oo
NonIvop (Kaw); 8. ju,,;n a...yt on (Hon); 9. Brad Hag>eth
(Han) : 1 lOm Kelley (S ); I I. Brad Mod"""; (Su.): 1
0.
u.
2.
Shawn Clarlc: (Kaw); 13. Co lt Humplwey (Yam I" . Damien
);
Plots (Hon): 15. Brian E
dwanJs (Kaw).
DFC: I. J Dowd (Su.) : 2. Ryan Huffman (Yam); 3.
ohn
Jus'in B",yton (Hon): • . D"C)' LAnge (Kawl: 5. J
osh
Demuth (Yam 6. Tommy Hofmaster (Yam).
);
KAW 6S INVITATIONAL: I. Br.ondon Seibold: 2.
Anthony La;rn ; 3. Brcc 5ehmelynn: • . Pony Boswell: 5.
jonathan Daniels ; 6 . Michael Anderson; 7. Steven Sparks; 8 .
jacob Diana ; 9 . Dylan Wol fe; 10 . Michae l Reynolds Jr.; II.
Joshua Bock; 1 E Briggs; 1 Braodon Lee Bono: 1<.
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3.
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Saturday
125 MAIN: I. DaiCi' Longe (Kaw); 2. J Demuth
osh
3. Tommy Hofmaste- (Yam): • . John Dowd (Sua); 5.
~);
Brad Hagseth (Hon ); 6. Chad Johnson (Y
am); 7. Jeff
Northrop (Kaw); 8. Shawn Oarlc. (Kaw); 9. Brad Modtewsk i
(Suz); 10. Justin Brayton (Hon); II . Ryan Huffman (Y
am);
12. Colt Humphrey (Yam); 13, Kevin Crine (Hon) : I" . l ee
Chavous (KTM): 15. Carnien PIons (Hon ).
150 MAIN : I. Darcy lange (Kaw ); 2. Tommy
Hofmaster (Yam); 3. John Dowel (SU );