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(Suz ). 65 (7. 1 I) : I. Kyle Pe te rs (KTM): 2. Steven Good
U.S. Eastern Motocross Spring Series
Round 7: Birch Creek Mo rorspor's Pork
(Suz) : J. Andrew Benson (Kaw); 4. Je rem y Wendelken (Suz);
S. Da nie l li nke r (Su z) . 65 ( 1001 1): I. G rant Ran sde ll
(KTM); 2. Cody Robbin. (Kaw) ; l . Seth Que> inberry (KTM);
Neese Take Top Honors,
Osborne Steals the Showl
Bv GREG SUMNER
DANVILLE, VA, MAY 2
A fter two days of rain, clouds hung low and
/""\rain still threatened as 460 riders converged on Birch Creek to compete at round
seven of the U.S. Eastern Spring Series, pre ·
sented by Liquid Perfor man ce. Se riou s RacewarefTotal Control Suspe nsion/Liquid Performance/ Moose /Spectro-sponsored Jim Neese
earned the holeshot over the other 12 ride rs of
the 250cc A class. V
amah a of Lumb erto n/NG K/
Action Surf Shop/Renthal/En g ine Ice -b ac ked
William Bryant and Adams Perf orm ance/Motorsp o rt s Max/Muzzy/Air Brush De s igns' Adam
Ove rcash battled for second. Steven Ch ildress
charged up to make it a three-way war. At the
flag, t he order was Neese, Bryant , Childr ess .
Overcash and Michael Mart in.
In mota t wo , Neese aga in gr a bbe d t he
po int , follo w ed by O vercash , Ch ildr es s an d
Bryant. Childress we nt down hard on lap one,
t ally ing a DNF. Martin a nd Sc o t ti e Sh ipl e y
moved into the top five . Martin stalled on lap
five. Honda o f High Point/Motorsports Designs'
Ship ley to ok ove r fou rth . Ne es e took the
over all, Bryant (2-3) was second, and Ov ercas h
(4-2) earned th ird . Shipley (7-4) secured fourt h,
ove r Mark Waldele (6-5).
Th e 125cc B class was stagge red beh ind th e
250 cc A class . In the m uddy first moto , Ch ris
O sborne too k the ea rly lead, but the heat was
on , as Ho nda rider Broc Tickle and KTM 10S-
mounte d Zack Osborne led the chase . Tickle
and Zack's battle took them past Martin, who
finished fifth in th e 250cc A portion. At th e line ,
it was Tickle , Za ck, Michael Willard , Chris, and
Jacob Miller.
Mota two featu red some fireworks! A fourway skirmish ensued among Ch ris, Tickle , Zack
4 . joseph Bean ( KTM); S. N ichol as Smith (KTM). 85 (7 -1 1);
I. Gran t Ran sde ll ( KT M) : 2. Cody Robb ins (Kaw ); 3.
Nicho las Smith (SUI ); 4. Kody Knable (Suz): S. Kyte Peters
and Willard, until Willard cras hed out o n lap
four. The n the two Osbornes and Tickle fo ught
over the lead . Tyler Bri g h t reeled in t he
th reesome. At the w hite flag, Zack did the triple,
taking the lead from TICkle. In the final tum , Bright
took second from Tickle . Z ac k (2- 1) took t he
overall, ahead of Tickle ( 1-3), Ch ris (4-4), Bright
(7-2) and Miller (S-5).
Tickle, Bright and Zac k squared off again in
the Schoolboy class. Tickle w on both motos.
Zack (3-2) edge d out Bright (2-3) for second
overall . KTM lOS-mounted Taylor Futrell (5-4)
earned fourth, besting Tyler N ewton (7-5).
Zack also took the overall in the Supermini
class, sweeping both motos ahead of the 27·
rider field. Futrell e arned se cond with
consiste nt 2-2 fin ishe s . Jo shua Thomas o f
Climax, North Carolina, captured third with a
(Yam) . 85 (9.1 1) : I. Austin Stro u pe (Ya m) : 2. Devon
Pilkington (Suz); 3. Thom as Mudge tt (Suz); 4. Cody Robbins
(Kaw) ; 5 . Le vi C lemens (Suz ). 85 (12 .1 1): I . Austi n
Stro upe (Yam); 2. Taylor Futrell (KTM); 3. Devon Pilkington
(Suz); 4. Le s Smith (SUI): 5 . Ryan Cu rrie . 8 5 ( 14- 15): I.
Jos hua Th o ma s (!