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Lap times we re runn ing In the 15- to 20 minut e range, and by the end o f the sec ond lap ,
Sto ner had built about a two-minute advantage
for h is t e am o ver the team of Giorda n o &
Ram sey, By lap th ree. Krab al & Mitc hell had
w o rke d th ei r way Int o s e co nd , w hic h was
exce ptio nal for two motocross racers navigating
the tight woods of West Virginia.
This left the big battle of the day for the third pla ce s pot, T he tea m of Mcint ire & Jon e s
swapped positions with Giordano & Ramsey for
most of the race. Veteran racer Jo nes wou ld
catch and pass the Iess-expelienced Ramsey. and
then Ramsey's partner, M rider Giordano, would
catch and pass Jones' partner, Mcintire, Giordano
experienced his second flat tire of the day. so he
and Ramsey had to share a bike. but they were
stillabie to finish the race in third place.
Rodge rs & Stoner ra n aw ay wit h this o ne.
With app rox imately 4S minutes left in th is threehour event. they ha d lap ped the second-place
team, Fro m there, they cru ised to the victory.
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7. jonesIWinner, 8. TudorM'hite; 9. CesnicklStedunan; 10 .
McGray/Weber, I I. ~bum; 12. Ouheo-/!loIve<; 13.
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Southern Nevada Supermato Series
Rounds 3/1: X·Plex Molorsp or fs Ro cepork
The Luck of the Drew
Takes a Turn in Vegas
By GREG
FERENSTEIN
LAS VEGAS, NV, MAY 23
R
ou nd three o f the nine-race STTARS Southwest Ser ies was run in conju nction w ith the
newly formed Southern Nevada Supermoto
Ser ies. SNV fo unde r Marche Karger built two
d irt sections that were praised by the racers.
Dirt section num be r on e featu red ro lling
whoops, two 180-degree banked turns, and a
do uble- jump. The d irt was w ide enough for
side- by-s ide ra cing , an d most of the passing
throughout the day took place here . Th e sec ond dirt section he ld one o f the bigges t jumps
yet seen on a Supermoto track. The section had
two lanes ; the faste r entry on the inside had a
lo nge r tabletop jump th an the outside lane . to
keep th ings even.
Thanks in part to the st rong winds blow ing
the desert silt, this race day was held on a very
slick track surface. Curtis and Chris Cooksey are
former Pro -leve l motocrossers who are fairly
new to supermoto but are fam iliar with the XPlex t ra ck and its notoriously slick surface .
Curtis took the wi n in t he 450cc he at race ,
while h is brother Chris won th e Open-class
heat , beating several of the sport's top Pros on a
Sports ma n-class bike. Sportsman bikes are
proba b ly the most fu n you ca n ha ve o n a
super moto track , b ut rar ely do you see
someone ride one as fast as Chris does. Curious
abou t supermoto but do n't wan t to invest a lot
of money? Then Sportsman-class racing is for
you . To re plicat e a bike like th e one on w hich
Chris w o n, take your average fou r-stroke
motocross bike and buy a set of treaded tires
from the trackside ven dor ($ ISO), add a onetooth-larger cou ntershaft sp rocke t ($20). and
stiffen up your suspension clickers several clicks.
The established Pros o f the sport spent the
lunch break th inking about what th ey wou ld
need to do in the main events to keep up with
the flying Cooksey brothers. Like they always
do , the fast guys have a way of putting in that
extra litt le bit when it counts. Steve Drew put
his race face on and was leading the 450cc race
until an encounter w ith an overzealous lapped
rider handed th e win to Curtis Cooksey.
After his rec en t st ring of bad luck, Drew
was determined to w in the Open main, and he
immediately sta rted to ga p the fie ld, leaving
Gary Trachy to deal with Chris. Curti s fell in th e
first come r but quickly remounted just outside
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up to the battle over second place; he caught
an d pass ed his brother Chris and th en caught
Trachy on the final lap. Curtis an d Trachy passed
each other several t im e s in t he fin al few
corners, but when Trachy spun the tire and got
sideways e xit ing the d irt, it gave Curtis a
bike length advantage past the chec ke red nag .
Drew w on in con vincing style with nearly a halftrack advantage o ver second place .
Trachy has been practically unbeatable in
the 2SOcc class, and he took his Pete Bothwell bu ilt KXF25 0 to another commanding win in
Las Vegas.
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