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fourth spot. Answe ring t hat call for com pet ition, Moore took over third, and he stayed there until the last lap , when he got by Lewis coming out of turn fou r to finish seco nd. RESULTS PP; I. Daniefle Caldera: 2. Danielle Diu; 3. leah Faro. 50 HOD: I. Am ber Felicio; 1. EViUl Diu. 65 NOV: I. Stephen Mor.lies ; 1. DanieU Diu; 3. Bronson e Briar. 70: I. Tolenia Tucker. XR80 : I. [eetee Peu: 2. William Wallac 85 NOV: e. I. Brian Ziow: 1. John Walker, 3. Justin Dege r. 85 EX: I. Patrick Mc NiUTl3.n.; 2. l Michael Avila.; 3. Tony Davila. 100 STK YTH: I. Dar sel e Diu; 2. Jeremy Kmg; 3. Dustin Hayes. 100 HOD YTH: I. Mike Sanchez. 100 ADULT: I. Joe [accoem : 1. Marty Lawrence. 250 NOV: I. Brent T1erma.n 2. Rod Halstead . 250 EX: I. ; Austin Helwig; 2. Stevie Bonsey. 2-STRK OPEN YTH: I. Mid\a.e1Avila.: 2. Briar Vow; 3. Tony Davila. O PEN 4·STRK: I. Mike Sanchez; 1. Joe [eccoem. O PEN EX: I. Kenny Carlotta; 1. Nick Moore: 3. Jimmy l ewis. VINT EX: I. Ste....e Halt; 1. John Pret e : 3. Johnny larson . VET EX: l. Johnny la rson: 1. Mark Biscardi: 3. Dennis Camron . Orr: I. Alludwigsen ; 1. Jack Hayes . 0 -1 SP OWY: I. Bryan Y arrow; 2. C hris Kerr : 3. Greg Searle. Au/omotive Finishes North Georgia MX W inte r Series Round 8: Thunder Ridge MX Cu r r ie Spices Things Up By CINDY GIBSON TUNNEL HILL, GA, DEC. 28 hunder Ridge MX, former ly known as Tunnel Hill MX, hosted rou nd eight of t he Nort h Georgia MX Winter Seri es . Located just off 1 -75, exit 34 1, in nort h Georgia, Thunde r Ridge has been co mplete ly redesigned by Glenn Bates and Mark Barnett. The track offers riders of all ages a safe yet challenging race ex pe rience. Track owne r Darryl Lynn w elcomed riders fro m across the Southeast on a cold, windy Dece mber morning, and a fullday of hot 'n' heavy racing began. With cold tem pera tures and lower- than-usual attendance, the 250cc A, B and C classe s ran toge t he r while being sco red separately. Wit h t he race off to a crowd-pleasing start, KTM 's De nny Gant cr ashed hard just afte r the huge finish-line jump. Rivalry gave way to camaraderie when co mpeti tor Chad Brown sto pped to make sure his fellow race r was okay. D.C. Thomas on kept his KTM wide open, while Brown res umed racing a couple of laps later. Gant (in the 2S0cc B class), Brown (in the 2S0cc C class) and Thomason (in the 2s 0cc A class) each finished w ith firs t-place poin ts, as t hey w e re t he so le co nten de rs in their res pective classes. The 85s ran four combined classes in both motos . Knoxville , Te nnessee's Tyle r Nutter earned bragging rights for the 85cc (7- 11) class with I- I finishes. As the sole contender in the 8s cc ( 12- 1S) class, Nick Phipps hammered his Honda hom e for firstplace honors for his class. Another sole conte nder, Chad Whidby of Chattanooga, Tennessee , e nded the day as champ ion of the 8Scc Ope n class. Beginne r rider Eric Sandoval of Chatsworth, Georg ia, scored two first-place wins for the overall. With 3-2 finishes, Yamah pilot Brandon Cain claimed second overall, and a KTM rider c.J. Virgona tallied third overall with his 2-3 finishes . The 65cc Beginne r class introduce d fo ur up-a nd-comi ng stars. Suzuki-mounted C.J. Phipps was out front in the first tum in mot o one, and he held that lead throughout the first lap, with Flintstone, Georgia's Westley Currie in seco nd, Jacob Thacker in th ird, and Chris Shell in fourt h. Just after the beginning of the second lap, C.J. Phipps we nt do wn , losing his lead to Currie , while Thacker too k the op portunity to move into second. C.J. Phipps was unable to restart his bike until the last lap, so when the checkered flag waved . Curr ie too k first, and Thacker was second, followed by Shell in third , while the early leade r placed fou rth . Moto two started with c.J. Phipps in the lead, foilowed by C urrie, Shell and Thacke r. Th e Suzuki-m ou nted c.J . Phipps q u ic kly to o k co ntrol a nd he ld o n t o a comfortable le ad t hroughout the race, co nfiden tly taking t he checker ed flag for the victory. Currie plac ed t hird , Shell held o n to thi rd , and Thacker was fourt h. Overall, Currie was first , C]. Phipps was runner-u p, and Shell placed th ird. T ~@i l!Jit I I §i! I J AStt ~~C\i.S Clt~lil.l) 91 CJ4'\~G~ ' COT" 't'IiOI>"'I>/o~ 'It/lis sit/I> • TUES, APRIL 13 • • TRA CK 100% VIEWABLE GATES OPEN 8 a.m, POST ENTRIES 9 a .m • • 4 p.m , APRIL 14 - PRACTICE 7 •. m, • MI N UTES FRO M DOW N. TOWN LAS VEGAS • OV ERN IGHT PAR K ING AT T HE MX T RAC K AU CLASSES +APRIL 1S-16-17-1 8 RACING .. . 7 • .m. PER SCHEDULE ~ $ SUZUKI. HONDA. CLAS S ES FOR ALL AGES & AB ILITY LEVELS 50 P.Wae Stk Th",a 50 P. We. Mod. Thru 6 50 P. 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