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Showing impressive speed, Cory McDoniel (156)
sw e pt the 125cc Pro class and placed se co nd in
the 2 50 cc Pro division at round three of the
CMA Pacific Coost Pro-Am Series.
and the Pro -Am on Sunday. The place was already packed on
Saturday, so it wasn't much of a surprise to see ne ar ly 60 0
e ntr ies for the big race , which was paying major dea ler dollars
to almost every class. By sundown on Sunday, every resource ,
(rom track to eve nt staff to racers to the bike s t hemselves, had
been used up; com plete exhaustio n was all that re mained.
From the spectator's pe rspe ct ive , the ob vio us be nefit of a
regi onal sh ooro ur is th e o p p or t uni ty t o se e r acers (ac e
unfam iliar com peti tion. N owhe r e did th at yield more exciting
action than in the Pro and Inte rmed iate classes .
T he first 12Scc Inte rmediate race saw a grou p of Yamaha
ride rs out front early. Beau Wiegand led Greg Fo uts and Greg
Karman n. with Hon da-mounted Westo n Arthurs run ning fourth .
Karmann made a spirited charge to take the lead and held on for
the moto win. followed by F OUlS and Arthurs .
The same grou p of riders split from the pack in the second
race , but Arthurs was o n a mission, making the neces sary passes
and edging Wiegand for the win. He needed some help to take
the overall with 3-1 finishes , but he got it when Wiegand put
himse lf in front of Karmann . The latt e r' s 1-3 tally ea rned him
second overall. Wiegand (4-2) was th ird.
Cory McDaniel rode an RMZ250 to a sweep of the 125cc
Pro class, but it was close . For much of the two rnotos, Adam
Miller we nt back and fort h w ith the Suz u ki pil ot . Miller
even tually settle d for a couple of second-place showings, wh ile
Buffalo Saito was third in bo th motos and overall.
It would have been tough to find a dirtier, more worn-out
crowd than the one that slowly exited the La Grange O HV Park.
but there were also none more proud or sat isfied. T he muscle
pain and fatigue cou ldn't be igno red , but they would fade, unlike
the great stories and fon d me mo ries left in the ir wake.
RESULTS
so F{T: I . Drew Eldred ge (Hon); 2. Levi Walker (KTM); J . Tristan Mars eilles
(KTM); .of. Swee t Pea De La Mora (KTM); 5. Kristin Howard (Pol). SO SHA FT: I.
Renae B~ (Yam): 2. [ace MIsfeldt (Yam). 50 BEG: I. Brian Thommes (KTM); 2.
Kyle We lls (KTM); J . Bruno Mor eda (KTM); -t. Brianne Jame s (Lem) : 5. zane
Cau lk (KTM). SO NOV: I . Romey Miramo nte s (Pof): 2. Dan iel De La Mora
(KTM ); J. Scott C rane ; -t. Tommy Steve ns {Lem ]: 5. Kyle Greener (Pol). 50 I N T:
I. Cal John son (Po l); 2. Gun nar Sigier (KTM); J . Travis Burroug h (Co b). SO (5 -6)
OPEN : I. Scott C ra ne ; 2. Briarme Jame s (Po l); J . Brian Th omme s (KTM); 4.
Jo rd an Kanady (Pol); S:-Callion McH aney (C o b) . SO (7. S) OPEN: I. Ro me y
Miram o nte s (SU ); 2. Cal Jo hnso n (Pol); J . Travis Burr o ugh (Suz) ; 4. Tommy
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Stevens {Lem]: S. Brandon Christofferson (KTM). OUTLAW SO STK : I. Robbie
Boggs (Hen) ; 2. Stephen Tarpley (Hen) . OUTLAW 50 MOD: I. Roben Alquist
(Ho n); 2. Steve LOVilZUnO (Hen); J. Tyle r Boeddeker (Hon ); .of. Tyle r Bereman
(Hon) ; S. Rkh Lee (Hon) . OUTLAW YTH , I. Oere k Bee (Hon ). 65 (5 .8) BEG,
I. Gu nnar Siglet" (KTM); 2. Jennifer Bun on (KTM); l . Daniel De La Mora (Kaw) ; 4.
Dalton Spjut (KTM); 5. Taylor Niznak (Suz). 65 (9 - 11) BEG: I. Brdndon Orr
(KTM); 2. Gye Walter (KTM); l . Kyle Code ro (KTM); .04. Blaine C raft (Suz); 5.
Chase Twoh" (KTH ). 65 NOV, I. HMk Branden (KTH); 2. lYle< Wymo