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Loretta Ly nn's Amateur National Dual Qualifier
Honey Lake Motocross Park
La Paglia Takes the L
ake
cross th e finish line a head o f all t he other
riders , and with that wi n Ford claime d the
ove rall. La Paglia, however, went on to win the
125cc Stock and Modified ( 12- 15) classe s, as
we ll as the 12Scc B Modified and 25Occ/Open
B Stock and Modified classes.
The KT M-dominated SO race had eight
cc
hopefuls going for gold. Cheyenne Wosick used
her Travis Pastrana-inspired number·199 bike
to claim the holeshot; con centrated behind her
were Rowdy Broughton . Trav is Wos lc k.
Chezney Wos ick and newcomer Ryan Tanturn .
Ca lmly , Broughton took the le ad wh en
Cheyenne fell victim to a misjudged jump; she
re mounted in third , w hile Trav is used the
oppo rtu nity t o lump Int o second place.
Broughton ma intained t he le a d , with the
Wosic k twins in se cond and th ird. Chezney
stayed strong in the fo urt h posit io n until the
checkered fiag came out. She was followed by
By CASHEL HACKLAND
MILFORD,
CA, MAY 8·9
H
o oe y Lake Motocross Pa r k w as once
again a rung on the ladder th at r id er s
must cl im b on their way to the fin als in the
Loretta Lynn's Amateur Nat ional Series, held
In Tennessee in Augus t .
Alloy/Scott USNPro Circuit/MZR Helmets!
Renthal-sponsored Suzuk i joc key Michael La
Pagliafound the course to his liking .
"The track was really rou gh in the second
moto but a lot of fun," La Paglia enthused . "I
enjoyed the old-school fee l."
La Paglia was join ed on the line by his
teammate Casey Hinson , another Suzuki rider
wh o's sponsored by Bill's Pipes, Moto XXX ,
Indepe ndent Suspension , Answer Clothing and
Spy. As the 10-second board came down , the
gate dropped, and 28 of the fastest kids In the
Northwest and Southwest r e gions came
Tantum, Gavin Clouser and Will iam lonna.
t earing down the Honey Lake straigh t in t he
The weekend was a successful precu rso r to
the Summer Series . and after a wee ken d of
cha llenging motocross , ma ny a ride r w ill be
hitting the gym befo re co ming back to play in
t he sandbox! Th e par t icipat ion o f sponsors
American Suzuki, Scott USA, Pro Circuit, Fox
Racing, Michae l's Reno Pow ersports and The
eN
Nugget is much app reciated .
125cc B Stoc k contest. Hinson claime d t he
holes hot and pu lled away fro m t he
kaleidoscope of bikes beh ind him. At the end
of th e first lap, H inson w as a pr om ising few
seconds ahead of La Paglia, C hris N ihan and
the quiet yet eve r-present Tony Shennan.
H eading into th e double-jump section, La
Paglia gained mome ntum, and the two started
the first batt le for the front pos ition. Hinson
w as putting in a good e ffo rt t o kee p hi s
teammate at bay; when the two Suzukis came
o ut of "Clubhouse Corner" and pre pared to
de mo lish the uph ill (w hich, by all accou nts ,
keeps eve ry rider ho nest ), Hinso n fumb le d,
an d his fau x pas gave La Paglia t he edge he
need e d to take the lead. Hinson recovered ,
but not with enough time to put pressure on
La Pag lia and r e ga in the le ad . La Pag lia
do minated the rem ainde r of the race, taking
the win. Hinson, Nihan, She rman and J.L Bitt
rounde d out the top five .
"It was rea llygood , really fast," Hinson said.
"The racing was awesome and a lot of fun."
Moto t wo saw the tabl es turned
complete ly It was still anyone's race . It was La
.
Paglia's t urn t o claim t he holeshot, a nd he
quickly found himself In the lead , but near the
halfway mark, the Suzuki rider went down at
the base of the downhill. This ope ned the doo r
for Buck Ford , who took t he oppo rt unity to
H O N EY LAKE M O TOC RO SS P ARK
M ilfORD, CAUFOR NIA
RES ULTS: MAy 8-9, 200 4
50 (4~6) BEG: I. R. Broughton (KTM); 2. T. Wo sick
(KTM); l . Cheyenne Wooick (KTM); • . G. CIouser (KTM); 5.
Chezney W",ick (KTM). 5 I (4-6) STK SHAFT (NW) ; I.
M. Tedd er (1