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tr ack at about midpack. A lap late r, Thurman
too k the lead away from Matt Merriott. Coming
thro ugh th e pac k, Mike McC utc heo n began
pressu ring King for third on the tra ck. At the
e nd, Merriott too k the Four-Stroke win, with
McCutcheo n second and Tony Moore third.
King a bscon ded w it h th e se co nd- m o to
holeshot, follow ed by Moore and McCutcheon.
Thurma n again had to co me through the pack,
but he snatched the lead from O pen rider Mark
Whatcott. As the gro up began to spread out,
McCutch eo n got a round King a nd Moo re .
When the checke rs flew, it was Th urman way
out front, followed by Open rider Wha tco tt and
then McCutcheon, w ho took the overall honors
for his con sisten t finishes.
Excit e men t grew as the O ve r 30 Expert
class began manning the ir stations on the gate
before their first mota. Woody Harvin launched
his mighty KTM 4S0 ove r th e gate we ll befo re it
w as m e ant t o d r o p . W ith an e no rmo us
"Ca rmichae lesque " ho leshot on t he field , it
looked like Harvin may very we ll have t his one
in the bag, but with seven laps to go, anything
co uld happe n. W ell be h ind Ha rvi n, Joh nny
Williams, McCu tc heo n and Bill Eddy were o n
the gas and making the ir way toward th e front.
W illiams too k over the lead as the second lap
sta rted, while Harvin began to fall off the pace.
Meanwh ile, McCutcheo n began to put on the
pr essu re , atte mpt ing to fo rc e W illiam s int o
making a mistake. It didn't take long, either, as
McCu tc heon placed his RMZ2S0 in th e lea d and
ne ve r loo ked b ac k. W illiam s foll owed in
second, ahead of Moore.
As the final mo to of the night neared , th e
O ve r 30 Experts added to the exciteme nt in
the air wit h the aro ma of Be n Gay and some
ta lk o f go lf. Afte r so m e st re t c h ing a nd t he
oc casional mo a ns o f sorene ss , th e ga t e
d ro pped . McC ut ch e on wa sted no t ime and
imme dia tel y began putting pr essu re on t he
early le ad e r, W illiams. As th e pac k began t o
sp read ou t, Mc Cu t ch e o n wo r ked his w ay
arou nd fo r t he lead. T he Ho nda- mounted
Moore also passed W illiam s , slip pi ng int o
second . McC ut c he on we nt on to w in th e
sec on d mo te , as we ll as th e overall. Moo re
finished second, and Williams was third.
RESULTS
P/W BEG: I. Cade Hudak (Po l); 2. Brandon Geor ge
(KTM); J . Kyle Dasso (KTM); 4. Waylon Vemon (KTM); S.
Landon Cardwell (KTM). P/W (4 -6) : I. Hayde n Schultz
(KTM); 2. Punk y Daviso n (KTM). PfW (7 -9): I. Grant
Higgins (Co b); 2. Tre y Boshers (Hus); J. Nicholas Mayhugh
(KTM): 4. Wesley Mizell (KTM); 5. Tyler Davis (Yam P/W
).
OPEN : I. Grant Higgins (Co b); 2. Hayden Schultz (KTM): 3.
Cade Hudak (Pol); "'. Punky Davison (KTM): 5. Dalton Best
(KTM). 65 BEG: I. Alex Putt kame r (Suz); 2. Chris Davis
(KTM); J . Co lby Skelton : "'. Cole Younger (Kaw); 5. Ryan
Glenn (Kaw). 65 (6-8): I. Mark White Jr. (!