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Over 25 A class, followed by Pro Circuit Ho nda rider Sean Nolan d (2-6) and Yamaha jockey joe Behe r (4-5). Beher (4-3) took third in the Over 30 A class, in front of Max Pitts Ho nda ride r Shaw n McCioch lin (5-4) and No land (2-7). RESULTS 50 AUTO O IL. IN J (4.&) : I . Karsten Kersey (KTM); 2. Cooper Bostw ick (KTM); 3. Trae Hand (Yam); 4. AJex Snider (Yam); S. Drew Hileman (Yam). 50 (4- 6) : I. Zachary Malone (KTM): 2. Trae Hand (Yam); 3. Aaron Clark (Sut) ; 4. Shadd McClochlin (KTH) ; 5. Ryan Riddle (KTM). 50 (7.8): I . Alex Marion (KTM): 2. Trevor Coo per (Cob): 3. Karste n Kersey (KTM); 4. Jacob White (Pol); 5. Brandon Schneider (KTM). 65 (7 - 11): I. Colton Chapman (KTM); 2. Josh Bixler (KTH) ; 3. Taylor Routh (KTM); 4. Dako ta Robins; 5. 1OOn Earl (KTM). 85 JR (7- 11): I. Colton Chapman (KTM); 2. Mitchell Hough (Yam); 3. Josh Bixler (KTM); 4 . Taylor Routh (Suz); 5. Aust in Cro uch (Suz). 85 SR (12- 15): I. Kiefer Banter (KTM); 2. Da nie l Roc ke (Suz) ; 3. N ick Kers ey (Yam) ; 4. Cameron Snyde r (Kaw); 5. Blake Niccum (Hon ). S/ MIN I: I . Dust in Bock over (Kaw) ; 2. Daniel Rocke (Suz) ; J . Kiefe r Banter (KTM); 4. Bla ke Niccum (Hon); 5. Nick Ke rsey (Yam). 115 A : I. Jame s Thompson (Y am); 2. Aaron Y r (Kaw); J . Ben ode Gra ve s (Y ; 4. Derrick De witt (Yam). 12 5 B: I. Aaron am) Carro ll (Y am); 2. Tyler Broc k (Yam); J. Adam Lock (Kaw); 4. Travis King (Hon ); 5. Ross Muinzer (Kaw). 115 C: I. Mark Robertson (Suz); 2. Allen Yother Jr. (Hus); J . Todd Hob bs (Yam); -t. Mike Eusey (Yam); 5. Ke lsey Grindle (Kaw). 15 0 A: I. Dust in Pulley (Yam); 2. Mich ael Zylstra (Hon ); J. Jame s Th ompson (Yam); -t. Nick Yo d e r (Ho n) ; S. Andrew Wall (Yam). 150 B: I. Bre tt Williams (Yam); 2. Daniel Go ldste in (Ho n) ; J. Tony Young (Kaw). 1 50 C: I . Peter Campbell (Kaw) ; 2. Jesse Sellers (Yam); J . Cla yton N ix (Ho n); 4. Douglas Breymaier (Suz); 5. Jo seph Troy (KTM). W MN : I. He ath er Zylstra (Ho n); 2. [e rmff r Bende r (Ho n); J . Meghan e Jord an (Suz); 4. laure n lock (Kaw). YTH ( 11- 15): I . Aaron Carroll (Yam); 2. Adam Loc k (Kaw); J . Allen Yothe r Jr. (Hus); 4. Kale Gr indle (Yam); 5. Aaron Ca ud ill (Y am). 16·14: I. Dust in Pulley (Yam); 2. Ben G raves (Yam); J . Michael Zylst ra (Ho n): 4. Tyler Loc k (Hon); 5. Brett Williams (Yam). 1 5+ A: I. Don ald Baker (Hon); 2. David Johnson (Hon); J. Barry Anglemey e r (Yam) ; 4. Sea n Nol and (Hon); 5 . Jo e Be h er (Yam). 15 + B: I. Lee Smith (Hon ); 2. Mike Hale (Hon) ; J . To ny Young (Kaw); 4. Rusty C ulp (Yam); 5. Zac Rowle s (Suz). ] 0 + A: I. Don ald Baker (Hon); 2. David Joh nson (Ho n); 3. Joe Behe r (Yam); 4. Shawn McC lochlin (Hen) : 5. Sean Noland (Ho n). 30 + B: I. Lee Smith (Hon); 2. Kevin Kirchgessne r (Ho n); 3. Tad Davis (Ho n); 4. Joe Bo yden (Hon); 5. Mike Childe rs (Ho n). 4 0+ : I. David Johnson (Hon ); 2. Connie Fe ist (KTM); 3. Bryan Bowe n (Hon ); 4 . Rob Roberts (Ho n); 5 . Garry Anglemeye r (Yam). 50 + : I. Garry Angleme yer (Yam); 2. Harry lewis (Hon ). The Grand Brant Leads Speedway's Return to SGV By RYAN EVANS Robbie. and Brant remained perfect by winning the final hea t. Galvin an d Robbie finished one-two in a four-ri der run-off to dete rm ine the final two places in the semis. In the first se mi. Brant was an easy victor, ahead of Cast ro . Venegas wo n the secon d semi handily, but a battle between DiFrancesco and Bo yle e nde d at t he c heckere d flag wi th DiFrancesco claiming second by inches. The first attempt to run the Division Two main ended in a heap in turn four. Neil Facchini jumped into the lead on the resta rt and held off Tim Gom ez for 2 1/2 laps befo re the Is -year old' s persiste nce forced a mistake by Facchini and allowed Go mez to go by in turn fo u r. Facch ini then fell on his own in turn one, and Go me z t o o k the wi n. jo hn Stu nkard was second, and Dale Facchini finished third . Rohn Ze llner easily won the Division Three main, ahead of Tony Bracy, who came from the penalty line to finish second. Steve Dziadus was third , and Nathan Smelser finished fourth. jason Ramirez rode four solid laps to win the Youth Divisio n O ne ma in. Ricky Wells was se co nd, Krystal C ram er finished third , and jay Ricketts was fourt h. Th e You th Divis io n Tw o main en de d a bru ptly in t ur n fou r w ith Gino Manza re s suffering a leg injury that req uired an ambu lance trip to the hospital. Only two riders made the res tart; jo ey Holt beat Nathan Galvin to t he checkered flag. T he event was the first of four scheduled events at t he stare-of-the-art facility, w hich counts a roof and a fo ur-sided sco reb oard /jumbotr o n among its ma ny amen ities. This marked the first time speed way was held in the San Gabriel Valley since Irwindale closed its doors in 1977. Promoter Freddie Orosco is hopeful that the facility will become a permanent venue for speedway in Southern California. R ESU S LT P{W: I. Brayden Galvin; 2. Dakot a Workman; J. Samuel Ramirez ; 4. Rocco Scepelllte . YTH D· I: I. Jason Ramirez; 2. Ricky Wells: 3. Krystal Cramer; -4 . Jay Ricketts. YTH D· 2: I. Joe y Ho lt ; 2. N at ha n Galvin; 3 . Eddie Conne r ; -4 . Gin o Manzares. 0 ·2 : I. Tim Gomez ; 2. John Stunkard; J . Dale Facchini; 4. Ne il Facch ini. 0 -3: I. Rohn Zellner; 2. To ny Bracy; J . Steve Dziadus; -4 . Nathan Smelse r. SCR : I. Scott Bra n t; 2. Cha rl ie Venegas ; 3 . Ed d ie Cas t ro ; 4 . Randy DiFrances co . INDUSTRY HILLS, CA, AUG. 11 peedway returned to the San Gabriel Valle y for the first time in 27 years, and it was Scott Brant who won the first Scratch main event at The Grand in Industry Hills. Brant was first out of the blocks in the main, followed by Charlie Venegas, who tried to get und e r the SRA Nat ional Ch a mpion on the inside. Brant was up to that challenge and then pulled away for the victory. Venegas remained in second, Eddie Castro was th ird, and Randy DiFrancesco finished fourt h. justin Boyle had opened up the first round of heats with a w in over john DeFries. Castro beat Northern Ca liforn ia's j .T. Mabry in race two. Venegas took his first w in, ahea d of Robbie Sauer, in the t hird race, and Brant defeated DiFrancesco to finis h round one . Bra nt mad e it two in a row by beating Castro to sta rt round two . Bobby Krips was victorious over Brad Sauer in the ne xt race. Ne xt , Ve negas ke pt pace wi t h Br a nt by defeating Boyle. Round two ended with DeFries beating DiFrancesco . Roun d three bega n wi t h DiFrancesco handing Venegas his first loss of the eve ning with a last-corner pass. Boyle won his seco nd race , ahead of Castro . Da r io Ga lvin beat S 44 Kevin McNicho las Memorial ST Round 5: Tim o nium ST Robinson Reignsl By LEN AND BEN BREECH TIMONIUM, MD. AUG. 11 T he heavy rains that have plagued Maryland almost every Wednesday for the last mont h and a half dumped a huge amount of water in about an hour on August I I. This would end an event at almost any other track, but whe n the skies cleared about 5 o'clock, the me mbe rs of the Baltimore County Trail Riders kicked into high gear, squeegeeing the excess water off the track . They got the sand/clay surface into racing shape by the 7 o' clock start ing time (and practice was dropped). For t he second st raight eve nt , Brando n Ro b inson took th ree fe atu re wins o n his Robinson's Ele ctr ic/ Mo m & Dad-sponso red machines. The closest race was in the 600cc B final, where Henry Mangels again too k the lead fro m Robinso n , C ory Texte r a nd Nicholas SEPTEMBER 22, 2004 • CYCLE NEWS Henderson. Mangels looked like he might finally ho ld on an d beat Ro binson , but he dri fte d slightly high coming off the secon d tum on the fifth lap, letting Robinson shoot into the lead. In the 125cc contest , Robinson jumped into the lead, ahead of Tony Sapane ro , Rick Price and Byron Wh ippe rman. While Robinso n easily pulled away and Sapanero se ttled into second, Price and Wh ipperm an rode the last half of the race side by side, with Whipperman just barely taki ng th ird . Robinson checked out on the 250cc B final. R.j . Hart too k secon d from john Kraft at the end of the secon d lap. The 7s 0cc class had their usual broadsliding, position-swap ping final. Chris Klinefelter led Ryan Hend e rson , jaso n Ise nnock and Clare nce Bull. Hen derson to ok his tur n on lap two , wh ile lsennock and Klinefelter did most of the swapp ing. with Klinefelter emerging as the winner. Ise nnoc k led the Sportsman final from wire to wire , ahea d of Klinefelte r, jonatha n jord an and 2004 Horizon Award winne r jo hn Lewis, riding his Suzuki trail bike. Lewis moved up to third on the second lap, and the top th ree ran nose to tailfor most of the race. Many of the same riders e ntered the X RI00 class. Kli nefelter led Texter, Isennock and Dale Verzi. Klinefelter rode the wheels off his smokm' mac hine . Te xter tr ied to go around on t he outside for the first half and the n slipped under Klinefelter off tum four on the sixth lap and put several lengths on Klinefelter by the end . The ot her Texter, Shayna , easily too k the Wome n's final, ov e r Samant ha Resc h and josee Ste dd ing, In t he 8 scc ( 12- 15) eve nt , Shay na again hooked up w it h Evan Baer for anothe r torrid final. Shayna led this time, with Baer using the outside to try to get by; he almost did - until they hit lapper s. Then Texter put some distance on him as she went on to win. Bill Boram too k the 500cc Two-Valve w in from jack Steddtng. Cory, and Ch ris Hat haway. Cory used the outs ide to take second before t he start o f t he se cond la p, but Hath aw ay started moving in the second half, taking seco nd off turn two on lap six and probing at Boram's defenses. Hat haway slipped under an d just edged Boram at the line, ending up in the turno ne hay bales. RESULTS 50 OIL -INJ: I. Sam Sheckells (KTM): 2. Robb y Smith (Yam); 3. Ale<. Ho ffman (Y am); 4. Ryan Dragunas (Ho n); 5. Brett Friedel J'. (Yam). 50 (4-6)' I. Zadwy Paugh (KTM): 2. Co lin Bowe rs (Cob ); 3. Alec Ho ffman (Yam); 4. Ryan gassa (Yam); 5 . Gra ig Worpell (Yam). SO (7-8): I. Colton Smith (Co b); 2. Dan Bromley (Hon); J. Zach Herbert (KTM); -4 Sam . Shecketls (KTM): 5. Joey Schmidt (Cob). SO ADULT: I. Scott Sayers (Hon) ; 2. Casey Weikle (Hon) ; 3. Jay Rassa (Hen ): 4. Rober t Ring (Hon); 5 . William Ro lfe s (Ho n). 65 : I . Dan Bro mley (Suz): 2. Thomas Web b (Kaw); 3. Man Langrehr (Kaw); -4 . Joe y Schmidt (Kaw); 5. T.J. Irvin (KTM). 8 5 (7 . 11) : I. Brett Pugh (Ho n); 2. Dan Bro mley (Suz); 3. Tyler Kidwell (Ho n); -4 . Dalton W inkler (Ho n); S. Ale x Kline (Ho n). 85 (12- 15): I. Shayna Text e r (Yam); 2. Evan Bae r (Yam); J. Zachary Jones (Ho n); 4. Brian Myers (Hon); S. BillSnodgrass Jr. (Hon ). XR IOO ADULT: I. Co ry Texter (Hon ); 2. Chris Klinefe lt er (He n): 3. Jaso n Ise nn oc k (Ho n) ; -4. N ich o las Hende rson (Yam); 5. Scon Saunders (Hon). 115: I. Brandon Robinso n (Ya m) ; 2 . Ton y Sap ane r o (Yam) ; 3. Br yo n Whipperman (Hen ): 4. Rick Price (Ho n); S. De nnis Wheeler (Kaw) . 1 5 0 B: I . Brand o n Ro b inson (Ho n); 2. R.J. Hart (Hon) ; 3. John Krah (Kaw); 4. Jeff McManus Jr. (Hen ): 5. Ryan Babcoc k (Hon). 500 l -VALVE: I. Chris Hathawa y (Yam); 2. Bill Bor am (Yam); 3. Cory Te xter (Bue); 4. Jack St ed d ing (Yam); S. Bill Kraft (Yam). 600 B: I. Brandon Robinson (Hon ); 2. Hen ry Mangels (Rot); 3. Co ry Texter (He n): 4. N icho las Hen ders on (Y am); 5. R.J Hart (Y . am). 750 : I. Chris Klinefelter (TrI); 2. Jason Isenn oc k (Tri); J. Ryan He nde rson (Yam); 4. C laren ce Bull (Y am); 5. Bryan Dou glas (Tri). S PTSM N : I. Jason Ise nnock (Rot); 2. Chris Klin felte r (Ho n); 3. John Lewis e (Suz); -4 Ryan He nderson (AT K); 5. Jonathan Jordan (Ho n). . W MN : I. Shayna Texter (Hon); 2. Samantha Resch (Yam): J . Josee Sted di ng ( Ho n) ; -4 . Kelly Be ll (Ho n); S . He at her Alexander (Ho n). 30 + : I. Tony Sapanero (Yam). 4 0+: I. Bob Babcock (Rot); 2. Joe Dohm (W-R); 3. Joh n Kraft (Kaw): -4 . Clarence Bull (Yam); 5. Mike Jo hnson (Suz). 40th A nniversary Sco" USA MX Champion ship Se ries Round 32: Milan Cycle City Friday the 13th By ARTHUR MABRY MILAN, MI, AUG. 13 ad luc k fo llo w e d by go od luck was the order of the d ay o n Friday th e 13t h fo r Expert racer David Reed, as he comma nded the 12s cc Expe rt class at the weekly Friday night race at t he ever-popular Cycle C ity. As th e Scott USA Mo to cross Ch am pionsh ip Se r ies nears its e nd, the action continues to increase, with almost all racers performing at their peak. In t he fir st 12Scc Expe r t mo to , Re ed powe red his way to the first t um first and led the pack by quite a distance for the first three laps. T hen , wh ile w o rking his w ay t hro ugh a sec tion of fou r high-ban ked rightJleftJrightJleft turns, Reed stalled the four-stroke Honda and gave the lead to Shane Horne, who was ready and waiting: Home too k over and con tinued on to take t he first- moto win. Reed was able to restart in time to stay in front of Steve n Yarosz and Thomas Koraleski, who were having their own ra ce for t hir d ; t he two Yamaha race rs changed positions severa l times before Yarosz finally reached the checkered flag just barely in front of Koraleski. In the second mote, Reed blasted his way arou nd the sandy, loamy track , appearing to go faster w hile adapting to the changing track. Although the sandy trac k gets berms and ruts as races progress, t he clay-pac ked faces of the jumps ho ld up, sending the faste r guys into o rbit. Reed races with a low -to-t he- gro und s tyle, keep ing his bike on the grou nd and accelerating instead of spending time in the air. Horne worked his way into contention for the lead, but Reed shut the door on him at every op portunity. In the end, Reed took the moto w in and the overall, while Horn e added a seco nd to his first for seco nd ove rall. K Miller and Mark Burns swapped mot o yle w ins in th e 2S0cc Four-Stroke Inte rmed iate class , with Miller taking th e overall. Burn s piloted his Suzuki with expertise in the first mote, keeping Miller at bay throughout . Miller came on strong in t he second mot o and was unstoppable w hile leading the race . While jo hn H. Black consisten t ly nailed down two fourth place finishes for fou rth overall, Ray Fletc her and Tim King split third - and fifth-place finishes. Mista kes, mishaps and missed opportunities kept the third throu gh fifth places in a constant state of change: No sooner did Fletcher move into third t han Black w o uld pa ss him ; Black wou ld be doing great until he w o uld bobble and give his spot to King then King would appear to ; have things under control when all of a sudden Fletcher would be back in third. This class is a perfect e xamp le o f the excellen t actio n the prog re ssive class struct ure breeds . T he five race rs of near-equal ability put on a fantas tic display of hard-core amate ur mot ocross racing, w it h each of the com petitors giving it thei r all for a shot at victory. B R ESUL TS 50 (4 · 6) BEG : I. Jacob Snid e r (Yam); 2. Br e ndan Holibird (Yam); 3. Josh Simpson (Yam 4. Billy Kish (Y ); am); ,s. Colin Harnishreger (Yam). SO (4-6) NOV ST K: I. Mitchell Harrison (Yam); 2. Kyle Ga ines (Yam); 3. Tyler lafevre (Yam). 50 JR (7 . 8) STK : I. Jaco b Ed iso n (Co b): 2. D.J. Ch rist ie (KrM). 50 (7 . 9) MO D: I. Ryan Pietrows ki (KTM); 2. Jacob Williams (KTM); J. Brando n Mullins (KTM); 4. Drake Tosh (KT M). 50 S/ MO O: I . Jer e my Mur phy (KTM); 2. Jaco b Ed iso n (KT M); 3 . Hunter He rr ingt on (Pol) ; 4 . Mit ch ell Harriso n (Cob ); 5. D.J. Ch ristie (KTM). 65 (7. 9) : I. Andrew Ke ller (Suz); 2. Tyler Howard (Suz); J . Jacob W isniewski

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