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Thor U.S. M ega Series (Round 6)
AMA S out h er n All-Stars Tour (Round 8)
Ponca City aualifier
Georgia State Championship
Lazy River MX Ranch
PHOroS BY GARY CRIDER
Larsen Leaps Lazy River!
By GARY CRIDER
CHATSWORTH, GA, MAY 2
D iders
(ro m a IO-sta te area converged on
I ~ River M X Ranch to vie for points in
two m ajo r So utheast se r ies . The co mbine d
event was round six of th e Thor United Stat es
M ega Series and r o und eight o f the AM A
Southern All Stars Tour. Th e day was also billed
as the Geo rgia State C hampionship and was a
q ualifier for the upcoming Po nca City Amateur
N at iona l. Als o , t he weeke nd was t he la st
chance for riders to get in some time on the
t rack in p re pa ra ti on fo r th e AMA Lo retta
Lynn's Youth Regional Championship to be he ld
he re in June . Th e 326 entries o n race da y com -
bined with Saturday's paid-pra ct ice sessions
bro ught t he to ta l number of pa rticipa nts to
nearly 600.
Trac k condi tions for Saturday 's practice
were nearly perfect . Cond itions on race day.
however, were rainy and wet.
This was P.J. La rse n' s first time racing at
Lazy River, and the Team Green rider p ut a
positive spin on the tra ck conditions .
"We got to ride the track dry on Saturday
and muddy on Sunday,- said Larse n. "Wh en we
co m e back here fo r the Regional , we 'll be
ready for any kind of condition s."
The trac k had not been plowed for race day.
leaving a solid base under the mud . Alter a halfdozen mo tos were run , however, o ffici als
decided to shonen the program to a one-moto
form at and to reroute the course around the
two biggest wa ter puddles. All SOccclasses were
run on a separate course on the grassy infield.
The Supermini d ivision was fir s t in t he
lineup and , because the track had not yet been
rerouted. they ran the full cou rse , including the
two "Jet Ski" sections , Larsen got off to a poor
start. and Matt Bell led the opening lap. Local
ace Caleb Patton splashed past Bell on lap two
and he ld on fo r the win , ahead of Bel l.
Meanwhile, Larsen 's aggressive efforts to move
through traffic only netted h im a d ro w ne d
engine and a DN F.
Larsen returned to win both the B5cc (9- 13)
and 85cc ( 12- 13) divisions in convinci ng style ,
ahead of Patton and Be ll, respectively.
North Carolina's C olton Renaker was the
champion in the 65cc ( 10 -1 I) and B5cc (7-1 I)
classes . His win in the BScc (7- 11) d ivisio n put
him into the All-Stars Tou r poin ts lead.
LilZ Racing's Jacob Riley took the initiallead in
the 12Scc C co ntest, only to crash back to fou rth
o n the last lap. Riley found traction and quickly
charged back to a second-place finish. His fellow
Virginian Mark Frazier won the race aboard his
Fencepros-backed Yamaha . Dylan Mue hlbe rger
earned the final pod ium pos ition, ahead of A11Stars Tour po ints leader Hank Grant.
In the 12 5cc Youth div ision , KTM 's Tyler
Horne led the race from start to finish. In the
12Scc B contest, how eve r, Horne was buried
in the pack at the start. Horne reco ve red to
finish third . North Carolina's Eric Bean won
the class, over Michael Hawk of Kentuc ky.
Meanwhile, Cameron Stone crashed and w as
sidelined with injuries .
Chad Ward won both A divisions, over
Jon Boruff.
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LAzy
R IVER MOTOCROSS RANCH
CHATSWORTH, GEORGIA
RESULTS: MAy 2, 2004 (ROUNDS
6/8)
so OIL-IN); I. Alan SpM1Uom
(KTM). 85 BEG: I. Robert Blevins(Kaw) ; 2. Chase Stevens
(Hon) ; 3. Co