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CMC No rthw e st Su m m e r MX Series Round 9 : Albany Motorsports Park Hill's Hot at ~\!~:;rl' ALBANY, OR, AUG. 14 Y amaha-mounted Washington ian Josh Hill was as ho t as the August weather at Albany Motorspo rt s Park, as the 14-yearold no tched a pair of overall Intermediate -class wins at rou nd nine o f th e C MC Northwest Summer Mot oc ross Ser ies . Hill wen t four (or four in his 125cc and Before The Hill motos to net the o nly dua l-class win ta llyon the day. Josh H ill's brother Jus ti n came clo se to repl icati ng his brothe r' s w in ta lly: The you nger Hill wo n the 65cc Open class and placed second to fe llow KTM rider Brad Frace in the 65cc (9- 1I) class. Frace also came close to a double whammy: After his win in the 65cc class, the Oregon rider came back to tra il jared Wood while con testing the B5cc (9- 11) class, chis time aboard a Yamaha. All sum me r long. jos h has pro ved that he's one of the fastest riders in the Northwest , including the Pro riders . His lap times have be en com parable to those of to p-tie r Pros Ryan Huffman and Just in Kee ney, although he hasn't had a chance to meet e ither o f the m he ad to head, as he 's sti ll two ye ars sh y of garn ering his pro fessional lice nse . Josh jumped out in fron t of bo th Before Th e Hill Inte r me diate mot os and nev er loo ked back e n ro ute to easy wins bo th times out . yz pilot Matt Wilson was Josh's closest co mpe titio n in both o f his w ins . Wilson e nde d the day wit h a pair of ru nner -up finishes, with Kevin Pet rushkin placing th ird in both classes. Travis McClinto n just ste pped out of the 85cc ranks after a successful three-year run , wh ich res ulted in a large amo unt of vic t o r ie s for the rid e r from Alb an y. In his 125c c de but , McClinton finished the day wit h a pair of second-place finishes, tra iling Shane Skile s (in the Before Th e Hill Junio r class) and Travis Gie rke (in the 125cc junior class). Wilson's day wasn' t a total was h, as th e rider from Eugene wa lloped the co mpetition in the Fou r-Stroke class. Grant Hays and fo rmer Pro ride r W illia m Jo ry could n' t put a sto p to Wilson's dominating performances, and he finished the day with two secon d-place trop hies and one first-place award - not a bad day, con side ring the level of talent he was up against. Califomian Jake Canada has made infreq ue nt visits to O rego n, but normaJty when he does co me, he comes away with a victory. Canada sw ep t both motos in the co mpe titive Supe rm ini class, altho ugh he had to conte nd with Danny Gubser. Ca nada and Gubser went at it in the 85cc ( 12- 13) class, but it was Gubser who garnered that overa ll victory after winning both motos . RESUL TS P/W (0-6): I. Nathan Br-enenstu hl (KTM): 2. Dustin laughlin (KTM): J . Trevor Newman (Cob) . P/W (7 -8): I. J Stevens (Hus); 2. Dakota Fraser (KTH). 50 osh OP EN : I. Ste phe n Blaine (Ho n); 2. Nat han Bre nens tu hl (KTM): J . Trevor NAME _ M ail10: Ciyc le News. Inc . rc ulation Dept. C ADDRESS Malt Wilson won th e Fo ur- Stroke class and p la ced sec o nd to Josh Hill in the 12 5cc a nd Before The Hill Inte nned ia te classes at round nine of th e CMC No rth west Summer Motocross Seri es. STATE ZIP 3 5 0 5 ·M C adillac Avenue CITY •Y oucanII" clIangeyDur Idd/us Dnline II www.cydenews.clm/lddressicontactlSp· Costa Me s e. C A 9 2626 be sureID indudeyD urnew Iddresslnd oldIddressinrequest. www_cyclenews.com CYCLE NEWS • SEPTEMBER 22, 2004 S3