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CMC Pac West Motocross Nationals
Round I: Madras Motocross
PHOTOS BY CLAY LIGHT
Huffman + Hill - Hammer Time!
By CLAY LIGHT
MADRAS, OR, JUNE 5
rego n's Ryan Huffman and Washington's
Josh Hill hamme red the competition at
t he o pening round of the CMC Pa c West
Motocross Nat ionals, he ld at Madras
Motocross. The event drew nearty 900 riders
from six Western states, although none of those
riders wou ld make the ir presence felt as much
as Huff man and Hill d id. Huffm an w o n t he
125 cc an d 250cc Pro class es an d po cket ed
nearly $ 1000 from the Pro purse. Despite pres sure from Team Green's Justin Keeney in several motos, Huffman won all four motos . Hill
went one step further: The I-t-yea r-old from La
Center, Washington . walloped the competition
in the I25cc, 25Occ, Schoolboy and Four-Stroke
classe s, wi nning all eight o f his mot os. Hill's
margin of victory in those motos was large; Hill
put huge groun d between himself and the res t
of the pack and was spectacular, even posting
faster laps times than those of the top three Pro
riders - Huffman. Keeney and Washington's
O
Ryan Abrigo.
Hill's first overall win came in the 2S0cc
Intermediate class. Hill did have some pretty
fast company. in the form of Oregon's Adam
Menler and Idaho's Sam De Adey, but neither
of those riders could put the clamps on Hill in
either moto.
The Yamaha-m oun t ed H ill was equally
impressive in the 125cc Intermediate class. He
darted out in fron t of the field in both motos
and was never challenged . Metzler and Kevin
Urq uhart were the closest riders to H ill all
day. but on ce again Hill was in a class of his
ow n, and he easily won. Metzler (4· 2). De
Atley (4- 3), Urq uhart (3-4) and 'Ii-avis Farmer
(5-6) filled out the top five ove rall.
Huffman resembled the H uffman of a few
years back: domi nating. Huffman and Kawasaki
jo ck ey Keeney fr o m Cor ona , Ca lifornia .
squared off in the early stages of both 125cc
Pro motos , though Keeney fell o n several
occas ions and ended the day with a 5-2 tally.
Huffman easily won both motos , ahead of
Abrigo (3-3), Philip Ehnat (2-4), Keeney (5-2)
and Rory Sullivan(4-5).
H uffman was equally impressive in the
250cc Pro class. Although Keeney fared much
better in the two motes . Hu ffma n hel d up
unde r pressure from Keeney and won both
motos in this class as well. Keeney 's 2-2
placings netted the 16-yea r-old a substantial
chunk of money from the Pro purse, w ith
Abrigo (3-3), Sullivan(4-4) and Bob Melloy (7-5)
rounding out the top five.
"He [Kee ney] is one of the up-and -co ming
riders to watch out for - the kid is rea lly fast,"
Huffmansaid. "If he doesn't crash, then look out! "
Other top performers on the day included
d im inut ive speedsters Just in Hill and Chris
Alldredge . The KTM-mounted Justin see ms to
be following in his brother Josh's footsteps; he
was the dominant 6Scc rider on the day. Justin
posted wins in the 65cc Open and 65cc (9-1 I)
classes . Alldredge, from nearby Powell Butte ,
wo n the 50cc (7-8) and 65cc (0-8) classes, riding
Cobra and Suzuki machinery, respectively. CN
MADRAS MOTOCROSS
MADRAS, OREGON
RESULTS: JUNE 5, 2004 (ROUND 1)
SO (0 -6) : I. Ryan Burggren (Co b): 2. Trevor Newman
(Cob): 3. Nick CMppelI (KTM): 4.
Koone (Poi); 5.
DusOn Uughlin (KTM). SO (7-8 ): I. Chm M l