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CMC No rthwest Wi nte r Arenocross Series Round 6 : Forster Livestock Pavilion Meusling, Sannan Clashl BY CLAY LIGHT SALEM, OR, JAN, 16-17 V T M rider Pete Sannan stormed back into the winners' circle I'-.a.t Forster L ivestock Pavilion, site of round six of the CMC Northwest Winter Series . After nearly a month- long abse nce due to injur ies. Sannan boun ced back quickly. and at the comple- tio n of Friday night' s fest ivities at the Oregon State Fairgrounds. he had won the 12Scc and Before The Hill Inte rmed iate classes . Things started off slowly on Friday however, for the 16-year, old from Albany, Oregon , as Sannan had to forge through the field of riders in his first Before The Hill Intermediate rnoto . local Ya maha r ider Mart W illiams posted one of his best perform ances of the season and at the completio n became one of the few riders this season to beat Sannan. Sannan picked off the e ntire field , with the exce ptio n of Williams, to place sec o nd. Williams an d San nan, howe ver, were compe ting in separate classes , so Williams won the adjoined Over 25 Imennediate class while Sannan topped the Before The Hill Inte rmed iates. At the start of his second mota, Sannan was mired midpack, and he again came from well behind in the combined field of Int e r me d iat e a nd junio r ride rs to catch Aaro n Tunne ll a nd Anthony Cerruti late in the mota, although Sannan would again co llect the checkered nag while in the number-two spot. Up and- com ing junior rider Erik Meusling took command of the final four laps and fended off Sannan to the finish. Tunnell and Cerruti w e re both contesting the adjoined 2SOcc Intermediate class and trailed Sannan at moto's end, w hile Kevin Pe trushkin, the fifthplace finisher, was the top Before The Hilljun ior-class perfonner. Meusl ing and San nan met aga in in the combined 125cc junior/Intermediate contest . Meusling got the jump on the field in the first mota, and the rider from Hubbard, Oregon, maintained th e po int position to the finis h. Tunne ll, one of two Ope n Amateur con testants in the field of 16 riders , followed Meusling across the finish line , wh ile Sannan overcame yet another dismal stan to finish thir d - wh ich was still good fo r the Inte rmediate dass win. Cody Crum ley and Jason Lytle netted seco nd- and third- place finishes to Meusling in the junior class. Sannan's best perfonnance of the evening came in the second mo re , whic h he co ntr o lled fro m the d ro p of the ga te to the finish. Meusling again tra iled Sannan at mo ta's end , although th is time out Sannan had an ans wer fo r eac h of the IS.year.old's challenges. Sannan scored the Intermediate win, while Meusling topped Crumley for the Junior win. Tunnell, who followed both San nan and Meusling, beat Ben Sannan for the Open Amateur win. On Saturday, Pete scored first-mota wins in both classes , but a pair of mota-two DNFs left him stranded without an overall victory on the night. In Pete's absence, Ho nda rider justin je nsen jo lted the co m pe tit io n, garnering the second Befo re The Hill Inte rmed iat e mota w in to take the overall win on a ] · 1 tally, ahead of Garre tt Melton (4-2). RESULTS Frid ay P!W (0. 6) : I. And rew Nessel (Pol); 2. Ryan Burggre n (KTM); l . Chance Atkinson (KTM). P/W (7-8): I. Jonathan Andrew (Co b); 2. Tristan Ver steeg (KTM); l . 8reanna M<:l uskie (Cob ). 50 OPEN : I. Jonathan Andr ew (Co b); 2. Bre ann a M<:luskie (Cob); l . Chance Atkinson (KTM). 65 BEG : I. Anthony Romero (Kaw); 2. Casey Surtco (Kaw); J. Brennan Ridling (Y am). 65 (0.8): I. RJ. Wch (Suz): 2. Nolan Beye'l KTM): J. Bnndon Bart>e'lSuz). • S (' .11), I. Steele Angle ·Davidson (KTM); 2. Co lin Ba ke r (KTM); l . Nash Blaytock (KTM). 65 OPEN: I. Col in Baker (KTM); 2. R.J. Leach (Suz); l . Nash Blaylock (KTM). 8 5 BEG, I. Jake w..n., (y",,): 2. Kyle_ (y",,): J. LukeAJdri

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