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Barona Oaks Series Round 3 : Sarona Oaks Ra ceway Like Hornets Swarming Around the Oaks By HOMER EUBANKS RAMONA, CA, APR. 4 o o und three of the Barona Oaks Series drew 1':279 hard-core racers - "h ard-core ," because rain the day be fore scared many away from practice. However, with the help of Mother Nature , Sunday's track cond itions re sulted in some fast motoc ross racing. Pro rider T im Beatty handed out rid ing lessons to the O pe n riders in mo re one. Beatty jumped out right at the start and left the batt le fo r seco nd to the other eight entries. What a battl e it was , too ! Justin He r rmann was ke pt busy all six laps, as David Meyers shadowed his every move and gave serious challenges for the win on more than one occasion. Meyers w as fo r ce d to ke e p the p ressu r e up . as the swarming beehive beh ind him con sisted of Jake O swald, Kurtis Kaelin and Dust in Watson . In the second moto , th ings looked the same e xcept that Beatty was a no -show. Watson jumped out earl y but then allo wed Hernnann and Meyers to repeat their mota -on e re sults. Oswald (3-4) ended the day in thir d overall. Her rmann and Meyers c am e ou t in the combined 125cc Int e r me d iat e / No vice/ Pro event, and the hornets nest was buzzing again. Meyers held the lead (or a w hile, but He rnnann w as first to the chec kers . In both motos , Herrmann and Meye rs put some distance on the battl e for th ird between Joe Schryve r and Oswald ; the ir skirm ish was just as inten se as that of the two leaders. Schryver was third in moto one. but O swald cam e back in mota two to stea l the overall . Joshua Hue rt a was the lone 8Scc Expe rt riding am ong the Intermediate and Novice riders. Huerta led the pack around tum one in mota one , with Dakota Gamer glued to his rear fender. Garner put in a good effort but had to se tt le (o r seco nd in both motos . Th e two matched up later in the Supe rm ini division. with basically the same outcome. Garner e arne d second overall in both classes . Gamer took his Intermediate-class win and later came o ut to take repea t w ins in the 8Scc (7 - 1 I) Irom Everett Holcomb. Jake Gagne con tinued his dominating ways in the 6Scc (9- 11) junio r Cycle and 6Scc Open events. Gagne (ought off Eric Yorba in moto on e but then had to contend with Garret Jackson. Yor ba didn't finish moto two, and Jackson earned second ov e rall w ith his 3-2 re sults . Gagne again took repea t wins in the 6Scc O pe n clas s, this t ime pressured In both mot os by Yorba, w ho had to settle (or second over all. Chris Cuero eamed third with his 3-4 results . O n e yo ung rider who 's ma king an impressive tra nsition to Track O ne is Desmond Spears . T he you ng KTM rider made a clean sweep of three classes he entered. Spears first be st ed t he e ffort of Ryan Surratt in the Pee Wee (7-B) Stock class. Then he moved to the bigge r track to give riding lessons to Nathan MacGilfrey in the 6Scc (O-B) class. Next, Spears took repeat wins from Starr Savage in the 65cc Beg (Through II) junior Cycle division. RESULTS P/W (O-S) FfT SHAFT: I. Jame s Pet e rse n (Ho n); 2. Daniel lopez (KTM); 3. Evan Henderson (Hon); 4. Tyler Kirk ( Ho n) ; 5. Fernand o San tana (Hon) . P/W ( O. S) FIT NONS HA FT: I. Christian Acu na (Pol) ; 2. Conno r Lamere (KTM); 3. Matthew Meckes (KTM); 4. Javier Me lero (KTM); 5 . 'Iren te n Tu rne r ( KT M). P/W ( 0- 6 ) STK: I. Austin Anderson (Po l); 2. Trista n Mille r (KTM); 3. Jake Koeh nke (KTM); 4. Elliot Weiland (KTM): 5. Kody Clemens (Pol) . P/W (0 . 6) MOD : I . Trista n Miller (KTM): 2. Aust in Anderson (Pol); 3. Ell",! W,,;land (ICTM); • . Kody Clemen> (PoQ. P/W (7-S) S T K: I. De smo nd Spears (KTH) ; 2. Ryan Surratt (KTH ); 1. Janu Grodzicki (Pol); -4. Bowen Brooks (Pol ); 5. Griffin Dexter (Cob ). P/W (7- 8) MO O: I. Janu Grodzicki (Po l): 2. Aust in Seifert (KTH); 3. Griffin De xte r (Le m); 4. Johnny zachn. Cuero (ICTM). 65 BEG (0 - 11); I. Deomond Spean (KTH): 2. Starr Savage (KTM); 3. Justin Haverty (Kaw); 4. Dallas Siegel (5uz) ; 5 . Ashton Ward (Kaw). 6 5 (O-S) : I . De smo nd Speus (KTM) ; 2. Nathan MacGilfrey (Su z); 3. D_ SH.gel (Sch (Hon). 115 A: I. Kurt McMillen (Hon ); 2. Terry Finkle (Yam); 1. Jay Wellet- (Suz). 115 B: I. Cory Dejong (Hon) ; 2. Adam Volpe (Yam); 3. Pete Dichiara (Yam). 11 5 C: I. Brian Yanish (Hon); 2. Glenn Cunm). 250 B, I.)onlzn C... w1onl (Hon); 2. Tony Coolbeth (Hon ); 3. Reo Jolly (Yom). 250 C; I. Michael uwlo<' (Yom); 2. Brian O 'Connor (Hon); 3. Thomas Forrest (Yam WMN: ). I. Athena Stefanou (Yam): 2. Hale y Burke (Suz); 1. Cattyn Dinan (Suz). SC HBY: I. Cory Dejong (Hon); 2. James Wild (Kaw); 3. Ren Jolty (Yam). CLGBY: I. Adam Vo lpe (Yam); 2. Jaso n Fo x (Ho n); 1. Rashidi Kerri son (KTM). 1 5+ A : I. Darren Edsall (Hen): 2. Terry Finkle (Yam); 3. Davtd McLean (Hon). 1 5+ B: I. Terry Coolbe t h (Hon): 2. Jared Coffin (Yam); l . Darren Garofalo (Hon). 15 + C: I. Martin Cerlins (Yam); 2. Brian Colle tte (Ho n); 1 . Brian O 'Connor (Hen). 30 + A: I. Kurt McMIllen (Hon ); 2. Darren Edsa.J1 (Hon); 3. Jooeph Fritz (Hon ). 30 + B, I. J""" MuH (Yom); 2. Alfred ... Marino (Suz); 3. Rich Winchester (Hon) . 30 + C : I. Brian Colle tte (Hon) ; 2. Mark Calderone (5uz); 3. Joe Troc co lla (Soz) . 35+ , I. Fritz (Hon) ; 2. CIY;. WzI.h (Suz); 3. David McLean (Hon ). 4 0+ A: I. Jose ph Fritz (Hon); 2. Ed Fced ish (Yam); 3. Chris Walsh (Suz). 4 0+ 8 : I. Glen Arduini (Hon); 2. Edward Tautkus III (Kaw ): 3. Jeffrey Mitche ll (Kaw). 40 + C: I. Terry Roth (Hon ); 2. Ch ris Van Blarc om (Hon): 3. John Bowers (Yam). J " """' By CHUCK BALL SHERWOOD, AR, APR. 4 Wolden Playboys Motocross Park Pro Privateer Mid -South Championship Series Round 4: Tony Wynn Memorial MX A Sunny Day for McMillen, Dejong Barbaree Barbecues the Competition A pe rfect By MATI WOZNEY PLAnEKIU, NY, APR. 4 W alde n Playboys Motocross Park ran its first race of 2004 wi th a muddy start. President of the Walden Playboys Motocross Club Jack Stro upe and his crew saw their hard w o rk pay of f w he n t he sun cam e o ut just hallway throug h the first set 01 motos. As the 70 MAY 5,2004 • CYCLE NEWS su n dried up th e fast , fu n course, the track develo ped unbelievable line s and prod uce d some awesome racing . Two rid ers who took advantage of those con ditions were Honda riders Kurt McMillen and Cory Dejong. McMillen, a fermer Pro turned local Expert in Dist rict 34 , started olf his 2004 po ints run w ith a bang as he won th ree overa lls at Walden . race day greete d racers and the ir ~a m ili es as the Pro Private e r Mid-Sou th Championship Series stopped at the Tony Wynn Memorial MX track in Sherwood, Arkansas, lor its fo urth round . With an abu ndance of sunshine, and a well-groomed track co urtesy of Bill Lea and crew, th is was a day of spectacular racing! In t he lirst contest 0 1 the day, th e 12Scc Int e r med iat e s were le d by yo ung Ozzy 40th Anniversary Barb aree , aboard his RM12S. Following closely were siblings C o ry and Trae No rto n, both aboard RMZ2S0 fou r-strokes . With Barb aree in the poin t position, the brothers Norton were left to d ice with each other (or the rem aining podiu m spots. As this lead trio got away (rom the re st of th e pack, the next big battle was between yz 12S rider Patrick Java and Suzuki jockey Tolland Weems, who d uked it o ut for

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