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SlTARS Supermoto Grange Mota Circuit Winter Series Round S: Grange Mota Circuit Drew Picture-Perfect at Grange BT JAMET BLUNT APPLE VAUEY, CA, MAR. 28 D em em ber th e name Steve Drew. Those I"not alre ady familiar with rt soon will be! D re w is o ne half o f t he Je re my Mc Gra th/Steve D re w American Sup e r Camp/White Brothe rs race team. Racing for the first time at G ra nge , Drew no t only shattered the o ld track record of one minute and 16.32 seconds, he did it four times. On th is day, he was defin itely the fastest of the 12 1 entrants. First. in the 4SOcc class. Drew had to stan from the back, but he won his heat to garner a fro nt-row start in the main - and in the process lowered th e track record t o one m inut e and 16 secon ds flat . At the start of the main, Drew launched out front , ahead of Troy Lee/Fasst Company's Greg Trachy, Del Amo ' s Just in Ross , and Hahm Motorsports' Gary Trachy. On the first trip through the dirt , Greg too k over from Drew at the front. Down the back straight on lap two, Gary got by Ross for third . By lap three , Gary was fou r sec o nds back of Drew and Greg but charging har d. Exiting the dirt section for the third time , Drew dived unde r Greg and took the lead away. Further back, Team Kawasaki's Brandon Currie, on a 250, was pressuring Ross for fourth , and Berkeley Honda 's Jimmy Wood had worked his way up to sixth. O n lap five, Dre w turned a one-minute-and -15.65-secon d lap as he pulled away. This lap also saw Gary displace Greg for secon d. By lap six, Ross had a lot o f com pany , as Wood. Currie and Parts Unlimitedffhor's Trevor Vines all wanted his fo urt h spot. At t he checkered flag , Drew prevailed by a full straight over Gary, Greg, Ro ss. Wood. Currie and Vines . Drew even wheelied standing on his seat as he took the victory nag. For the O pe n Expe rt ma in, the Trachy brothe rs regrou ped an d came out swing ing. Add Varne r Motorsports ' Juan Benavidez t o the mix. and Dunlo p's Drew had to step it up another notch. Benavidez led the pack into tum one. Down the back straight, Gary shot up the outside to second, but coming out of the t hird turn in the infield, Drew emerged with the lead. Greg ran fourth, with Vines fifth and Ross sixth. Drew's plan at this point was to c he ck ou t ; however, Gary ha d his ga me to ge th e r and stepped it up. l ap t hree w as Whitt ing. "O ur goal is to keep it safe but make tt intere sting for our members.,. Mar k Weeks certa inly had an inter esti ng out ing, picking up a. wi n in the At round five of the STTARS Supermolo Series, Steve Drew not only broke the track record at his first visIt to the Grange Moto Circuit, he did it four times in one dayl when Drew put in his fastes t lap, setting the new t rack re cord at one minute and 15. 12 seco nds . Me anwhile , Gary - the only other rider capable of running in the o ne -min ut e and - IS-second range - stayed four se cond s back . At the end of the 12-lap main, it was Drew in front , with Gary three seconds back, Benavidez 22 seconds back in th ird, and Greg fourth. "l e arn ing new stuff from Danny at Super Camp has really made the difference," Drew said after the race. "It 's taken me to another level!" eN ~ ,, LL it ., ~ o Pro class aboard his Suzuki RM250. The ~ 2 1-year-old from Wichita Falls, Texas, put Q. it all tog et he r for the first time in Pro ranks, wh ile 12-time and reigning TCCRA Pro -cl ass c ham pio n C lay Hoe ns hell suffered a D N F d ue to me c ha ni ca l problem s. "This rea lty puts some extra pressure on me as I go after num be r 13." sa id Hoenshe ll, as the Team Gree n/Granbury Motorsports Kawa saki ride r fell fro m second to eighth in the Pro -class stan dings as a res ult of that DNF. David Lucas Jr. had better luck in the Sem i-Pro class, as he rod e his CRF450R to his second win in as ma ny tries . Lucas made a pass on IS-year-old Matt Crouch Ma rk Weeks w a s the Pro-class winner for the win on the last lap. Lucas and the at the second round of Richardson Motorsports/ MSR-spons ored Moose Tex as Cross Country Racing Crou ch finished the day with identical lapAssociation Serie s. time averages of 25:26, second in spee d on ly to Pro -class winner Wee ks, with an RESULTS ave rage lap time of 24:59 over five laps. PfW SO BEG: I . Made Ar ri ngt o n (KT M); 2. Kaitly n " I'm rea lly pro ud of t he way Matt rod e Farm er ( KTM); 1. Jacob Hall (KTM); 4. Joseph Reavis (Hon ); to da y," sai d his fathe r, Trac y C ro uc h . " He 5 . Tommy Petty ( H o n ). PfW 5 0 NOV: I. Mason Seth 80wtand (KTM); 2. Blake Gustin (KTM); 1. Bradley Williams moved himse lf into the Semi-Pro class for 2004 ( KTM); ~ . Wyatt Sodler ( KTM); 5. Tyler Wo ggi'" (KTM). P/W and made a comm itment to finish on top. " 50 INT: I. Zachary Barton ( KTM); 2. Alexandra Spurgeon (Hoo) ; l . GM,oo)ohman (KTM). P/W 50 AM; I. Courtney Othe r top finishe rs included Paul Estes. in Ros en balm (KT M) ; 2. Wa yde Coetzer (Po l); 1. Spencer the 250cc Expert class; Tyler Schexn ailde r. in Chalmers C on ); 4. Cody Clark ( Ho n); 5. l o gan H ug he s H (Y om). P/W 50 Ex, I. Coope<' Dawson (KTM); 2. Hayden the 12Scc Expe rt class: and James Hill, in the Bruce ( KTM) . P/W 80 BEG: I. Joshua Ma rtin (Kaw) ; 2. O pe n Expe rt class. Tref Hodge took top honors Mic hael Gibone y (Yam ); 1. Bryc e Parke r ( Kaw) ; 4. Just in Morrison (Kaw) ; 5. J ordan Buckaloo (Kaw) . P/W 80 N OV: in th e Fou r- St ro ke Exp e rt class , an d O.J. I . Dustin Groening (Kaw); 2. Casey Holland (Kaw) : 1. Kyle McMillon won the Mini Expert class. Ward (Kaw ); .of. Bryce Da vis (KTM); 5. Brian Tuder (!.onny Potu (Kaw); 5. 0.00 G",ff J'. (lUan O lgum (Kaw); 2. PI>I Wood (y",,): l . OW Wood (HO'». MIN IMO TO 159: l. Bret Waszkiewicz (Hon ); 2. Tyler Lukes (Hon) : 3. Dave Ov en thal (Hon). 150 : I. Brandon Currie ( Kaw ); 2. Matt Pursley (Yam); 3. Pablo Veglia (Yam). 4 50: I. Steve Drew (HO'»; 2. Gary Trxhy (HO'» ; l . Greg Trxhy (HO'». O PEN: I . Steve Dre w (Hon); 2. G ary Tra chy (Hon); 3. Juan Ben avidez (Hon) . S PTSHN: I. Michael Moser (Hus) ; 2. Allan We bste r (Hus); 3. Jason Kyl (Yam) . VET: I. Juan e Benavidez (Hon); 2. Jimmy Roberts (Hon ); 3. Marcia De Carmo (Hoo). Tammi Need ham (Han) ; 2. Robin V lSnis ki (KTM); 1. Sherry Be ck (Hon); 4. Sue Whitti ng (Yam) ; 5. Rho nda Anders o n (y",,). lO + NOV: I. Kelly _ k (HO'»; 2. Juan Fica ( Kaw); 1. Eric: Robinson (Yam ): 4 . Derek N eumeyer (Hon ); S. Doug F"""" (HO'». 30+ INT: I. Jar"" Matthews (Yam): 2. Jeff Ilowtond (HO'» ; l . je

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