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> < « AMA Lo r etta Lynn's Regional Qualifier Washougal Motocros s Park PHOTOS BY CLAY LIGHT Partridge Pounds 'em! LIGHT WASHOUGAl, WA JUNE 12·13 , By CLAY uzuki.mounted Nevadan Kyle Partridge S was the domina nt NPro·Sport-dass performer at the Loretta Lynn's Regional qualifier he ld at Washougal Motocross Park. Nearly 900 riders from as far away as Colorado and Hawaii were on hand, vying for tickets to the " big show" later this summer. Partridge made the trek fr om Las Vegas worthwhile by winning the 12Scc A, 12Scc NPro-Sport and 2S0cc/Open NProSport classes on Sunday. His only loss of the weekend came in Saturday's 2S0cc/Open A class, where he placed second to Californian Eric McCrummen. Partridge prevailed in the opening mota, but the Kawasaki-mounted McCrummen got the best of the Suzuki-backed rider in moto two, going 2- 1 to win overall. Californian Daniel Sani scored an overall win in the adjoined 2S0cc/Open B Stock class , using consistent 2-2 placings to lead mota winners Michael La Paglia and Charlie Morrison overall, whi le Oregon's Adam Metzler and Tony Sherman rounded out the top five. Forty-three riders battled f o r the four tickets to t he Amateur National in the 85cc (7- 1 I) class , but it was Yamaha rider Landon Currier who commanded the top position. Currier took the lead coming out of turn one in the first moto and never loo ked back. Utah's Levi Hall and Califomian Austin Howell trailed Currier in mota one. Currier overcame a sixth-place start in mota two and won, making it a I-I sweep for the local rider. Hall (2-3), Dakota Gamer (S-2) and Alec Watts (4-4) also earned qualifying positions . Washington's Josh Hill was again the rider to beat on both days . Hill was in a class of his own and dominated the 12Scc (12-1 S) Stock class on Saturday, easily winning both motos. O n Sunday, though, Hill trailed the field o f l2Scc B Modified co mpetitors on t he opening lap and finished outside of the top five. H ow ever, he did wi n the 12Scc Modified ( 12- 1S) class later that day. One of the weekend's best battles came in the 2SOcc B Modifted class. Washington riders Kevin Urquhart and Miles Warren led the 28-rider field at the start of moto one; Warrenscored the moto win. La Paglia and Morrison spent much of the moto locked in a duel for second place, with La Pagliagetting the nod. La Pagliawasn't as fortu nate in moto two, as he was near the tail end of the pack at the start. Morrison led for much of the race, although he lost out to Warren on the final lap and placed second. Warren (I- I), Morrison (3-2) and Oregon's Kevin Rookstool (4-3) filled the top three spots. Kawasaki-mounted Michael Hall was impressive in Sunday's 105ee Supermini class. After placing third, be hind Tyler Villopoto and Tommy Weeck, in Saturday's 8Scc Stock (12-13) class, Michael rebounded nicely to top both motes on Sunday. Jos h Huerta trailed Hall in both motes, although he got a bit of a break when Danny Gubser t h r e w a chai n while running second on the final lap. Phil Thorstensen and Idaho's Kyle Evans followed. eN WASHOUGALMOTOCR OSS PARK WA SHOUGAL, WASHINGTON RE SULTS: JUNE 12 ·13, 2004 5 1 (4 -6) O IL-INJ : I . Damon Placio s (Yam); 2. Tristan Charbonneau (Cob) ; 3. Sennett Ferris (Yam). 51 (4-6): I. Maxwe ll Tedder (Cob); 2. Jeremy Wilton (C ob) ; 3. Braxton Prieto (KTM); 4. Austin Ching (lem): S. Brayden Massey (Pol}. Nevada's Kyle Partridge won the 125cc A, 125cc A/Pro·Sport and 250cc A/Pro-Sport classes at the Loretta Lynn's Regional qualifier at Washougal Motocross Park. ( 12- 15)' I. MichaelHall ~) ; 2.lo'h Huerta (KTM); 3. Ptalip (!n eume.- (Yam 2. le~ Hall ); (KTM); 3. Dakota Game<'(!

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