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Lorena L nn's Area Qualifier
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Cooper/and Raceway
Smith Hammers the
Competition
By CONNIE
JOHNSON
STILLWATER, OK, MAY 1·2
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Tom Welch swept the 125cc A, 250cc A ond Over 25 A classes at the
35th a nnua l Blue-Grey Motocross at Budds Creek MX Pa rk .
by Rho a d e s, Tsaka n ika s a nd Va lley Cy c le
Suzuki's Rodn ey Horroc ks. Separ ated by just a
few bike le ngt hs. Day and We lch w ent at it fo r
t he lead and, o nce again, began t o pull away
fro m th e pack. Schue le r was steady in th ird ,
followed by Rhoades and an inte nse battle fo r
fifth between Tsakan ikas and Horro cks. W ith
just und e r a lap to go, Welc h fo rce d his w ay
past Day and int o th e lead. We lch t o o k th e
mo to w in and t he ove rall, follo w e d by Day.
Schue le r finished th ird, fo llowed by Ho rr ocks
and Rhoades.
Welch we nt on to sco re the ove raJl 12Scc A
and O ve r 25 A wi ns . Tsaka nikas (2- 6) w as
se c o nd o ver all in t he 12Scc A clas s, w it h
Kaw a sa ki-mo unt ed jo hn Bow lin (5- 5) t hir d
overall , Y
amaha-mo unted Tho mas Burt on (B-3)
fourth o verall, and Hor rocks ( 10-4) fifth overa ll.
Yamaha-mounte d jose ph Sch ueler (2-2) was the
runner-up in the Over 25 A class, wit h Hon damoun te d ja y Rass a (4 - 3) t hird overa ll,
McW ho rt e r (5-6) fo urt h ov e rall, a nd Hon da
pilot Erik Burkho lder (6-7) fifth ove rall.
In t he Vet A class, McWhorter qUickly too k
over t he lead in each mot o and never looked
back . Bur kh o lde r (2- 3) w as se co nd ov e rall,
follow ed by Ho nda ride rs Edgar Davis (4-4) in
third ove rall and je ffrey McClure (3-5) in fourt h
o veral l. KTM - mo u nte d Scott Saye rs (B-6)
rounded o ut the to p five ove rall.
R ESULTS
Sat urday
50 (4 -0 ) OIL.INJ: 1. Ta m m ylynn Posey (KTM ); 2.
Nicholas Cabada (KTM); 3. Ryan Rassa (Yam); .... Hunt e r
Andrzetewski (Yam 50 (4 -6 ): I. Collin Bowers (C o b). SO
).
(7 -0): I. Dillon Kincaid (Cob); 2. Hayden Cabada (Co b); 3.
Ryan Baxter (Co b); .... Kacey Curtis (Bet). 65 (7 -9): I. Scott
Clark (Kaw); 2. Tyler Murph y (Suz); 3. Gino Alonge (Kaw): ....
Dillon Posten (Suz); 5. Ryan Baxter (Suz). 65 ( 10 - 1 1): I.
Aa ron H o u ser ( Ka w ); 2 . T im Ir vin (KT M): 3 . Mic ha el
Reynolds (Kaw ): .... Mark Me rce r (Kaw ). 85 (1 .11): I. Avon
Heese-(Yom); 2. M.-k He<= (Kaw) J. M