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AMA!WMA Na tio nal Cha mp ionship Series
Round 6: Ste el City Raceway
Patterson Wins the Warl
By STEVEN BONNAU
DELMONT, PA, SEPT. 4
o r its final ro und. the W MA Ser ies returned
to De lmon t. A huge cr ow d was o n han d.
Jessica Patt er son was only 12 points ahead of
Tarah Gieger in sec ond and 27 po ints ahead of
Tania Satchwell in third. Several girls we re out
with injuries, among them Stefy Bau, who e lected to sit out the final roun d d ue to a poss ible
concuss ion sustained the week before .
T he first -rno to hole shot w en t to Gieger.
w ith Patt e rson , Elizabe th Bash, Livia Lance lot ,
SatchwelJ. jessica Gebha rd t. Kadie Garre ll and
Jo lene Van Vugt in tow. Lancelo t. the new est
impo rt fro m France , quickly passed Bash and
F
started to put a whe el in on Patterson . making
it interesting until the huge tab leto p sec tion,
where she cross-ru tted and flew off the track.
By the time she got up, she had a lot of ground
to make up just to catch sec on d-to-last place .
At the end of lap o ne, Patterson passed Gieger
for the lead. Satchwel l was th ird, followed by
Bash, Geb ha rdt . Van Vugt , Gar rell. Je ssica
Foster and N or majean Jean .
O n lap four. Ge bhardt passe d Bash in t he
tab letop sect ion for fourt h, w hile the to p three
extended their lead. Gieger con tinue d to keep
Patte rson clos e , wh ile Satchwell was slowly
losing gro und. By the e nd of lap six, Patterson
had only th re e se conds o n Giege r. Ge bhardt
w as catchi ng Sa tchwell , and La nce lo t ha d
caught and passed Jean for a position.
Patt e rson pulled o ut a few more seconds
and won the mo te. Gieger w as so lid in second.
Satch we ll ke pt t hird . Ge bh a rdt cha rged to
fourth in possibly her best ride this year. Bash
was fifth, holding off the hard -charging Lancelot.
w ho made it all the way back up to sixth.
Patt e rso n to o k the mote -two ho les ho t .
Giege r tried a move in the second corner and
went down , re mounting in last place . Now the
ru nning o rder wa s Patte rson , Bash, Satchwell.
Lan ce lo t , Geb ha rdt , Garre tt and Van Vugt.
Lancelot moved into second, with Satchwell all
over her. Bash was trying to hold off Gebhardt
fo r fourt h. Van Vugt was sixth . Geiger started
moving though the field, passing Van Vugt, then
Bash. th en Ge bhardt. Meanwhile , Satchwe ll
passe d Lanc e lo t , who quickly returned t he
favo r. Satchwell q uickly made the pass aga in,
and this time it stuck .
Gieger passed Ge bhardt. a nd on lap four
Lancelot was her next victim. Now Giege r had
a clear track to Satchwel l. Launching off the first
tabletop, Gieger was on Satch well before the
e nd of the section.
O n t he w hite-flag lap , Gie ger really go t
aggress ive. She put a hard move o n Satchwell ,
w ho hit the dirt . re mo unt ing in sixth .
Patterson took the easy win, the overall, and
the championshi p. Gieger was a solid second
for second o ve r a ll and se co nd in the
champ ionship. Geb hardt' s co nsiste nt 4-4 efforts
ea rne d her t hird overall. Satchwe ll (3- S) was
fourth overal l. Lance lot, in her first WMA even t,
was fifth overall.
RESULTS
O/A: I. jessica Patt e rs on ; 2. Farah Gieger; J. jessica
Gebhardt; 4. Tania Satchwell; 5. Livia Lancelot: 6. Eliubeth
Bash; 7. Jolene Van Vugt; B. K.adie Garrett; 9. Jessica Foster,
10. Nonnajean Jean .
A MA/W MA NATION A L CHAMPIONSH IP SERIES
FINAL PO INTS STANDI NGS (After 6 of 6 rou nds): I.
jessica Patterson (270); 2. Far- Gieger (25 2) : J . Ta nia
ah
Satchwell (229); 4. Elizabeth Bash (165); 5. Kadie Garr e tt
(14 1); 6. Stefy Bau (134); 7. Jessica Gebhardt (104); 8. Sarah
Whitmor e (84); 9. Jo*
ene Van Vugt (82); 10. Jessye Davis (80).
Runner-up Tora h Gieger (left ), cha mpio n Jessica Patterson (center) and
third-place o vera ll fin isher Tania Sa tchwell (rig ht) celebrate after th e six th
a nd final round of t he AMA!WMA Nationa l Championship Se ries.
Californ ia Racing Club Sa turda y Nig ht Motocross
Los Angeles Co unty Raceway
Wageman Earns His CRC MX Wins
By GREG ROBERTSON
PALMDALE, CA, SEPT. 4
H
o nda-mo unted Kevin Wageman fo und the
J.B. Memorial Track at Lo s Ange les Coun-
ty Racew ay to his liking. as he flew to overall
win s in both th e Schoo lboy and 125cc Inte rmed iate classes dur ing t he 66 1-s po nsore d
ro un d o f Califor nia Racing C lub 's Satu rday
night motocross.
Ta nne r La ngham put his Axo /A pp lie d backed KX F into an im me dia te lea d in the
During Ca lifornia Racing Clu b 's Sa tu rda y night mo tocross at Los Angeles
Cou nty Raceway, Kevin Wageman earned wi ns in th e Schoolboy and
12 Scc Intermedia te classes.
fir st Schoolboy moto , onl y to do a slow mo t ion spin -o ut in a turn o n lap o ne and dr o p
back to t hird , be hind Brand o n Gillespie and
Mich ae l Raine s. Wagema n came fro m la st
place off the start to clos e to Langham's rear
fende r by lap t hree , ma king fo r a t ight fo urway tu ss le o ve r t he top s po t. G illes pie
maintained t he lead up unt il t he last lap, w hen
Raine s got a bett e r jum p coming out of a tu rn
to le a p pa st him . Wage man sl ipped past
G illes pie a t the base of th e ove r-a nd-u nde r
sec t ion to move into second place just be fore
the checke rs.
La ngha m pulle d o ff a n o t he r excelle nt
start in mo t o two , wit h Wage ma n tr ipli ng
past him on la p o ne . Wage man w o uld go the
dis tance fo r the wi n. w ith Langham ru nning
a close se co nd a ll t he w a y t o the fin ish .
Raine s' t hird-place ride earned him se con d
ove ra ll. wit h Gillesp ie goi ng 3-4 fo r fou rt h.
beh ind Langham .
Wageman retu rned o n his Pit Pro- backed
C RF2S0 F to collect bot h mot o wins in 12Scc
Interme d iate act ion . Langham ke pt Wagem an
ho nes t th ro ugh o ut mo to o ne, but it wa s all
Wageman in the 20 .lap seco nd moto. W i!
Collins went 4-3 for third .
Chris Plouffe left lill ie dou bt as to who was
t he fast es t Mini rid er on th e night. Plo uffe
m oto r e d his Kaw asak i Te am G reen/66 1/
Rentha l-backed Kawasakis to w ins in the 6Scc
(9- 1 I). 85cc (7- 1 I) an d Sup erm ini class es .
Taylor Kellstrom used consiste nt 3-3 rides for
seco nd overall in the Superminis. Second-place
br ass w e nt to C hris C a rrill o (2- 3) in 65cc
racing, w ith Jake Gagne (2-2) claiming ru nne rup honors in 85 cc actio n.
R ESULTS
P/W HON BEG: I. Wyatt Megla (Han); 2. Maximillian
Vargas (Han): J. Peter Siminanovich (Han): ... [aren Megla
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(Hon); S. Brandon Pc zas (Hon). P/W HON ADV: I. Derek
McConnell (Hon). P/W YAM BEG: I. Jack Safford (Yam).
P/W B/BE G: I. Austin Monarc h (KTM); 2. Krist al Smith
(KTM): J . Maximillian Vargas (KTH ): ... Con ley Kautz (KTH) .
P/ W B/ A DV: I. Nehe m iah Crawford ( KT M); 2. Sea n
Cantrell (KTH). S/ P/W (7-9) : I. Nicholas Me rcier (Pol); 2.
Ryan Cantrell (KTM); 3. Sean McGrew (LM1); 4. Nehemiah
Crawfo rd (KTM). 65 BEG: I. Ryan C antr ell (KTM): 2.
Dom inich Pauillo (Kaw); 3. Diego Be nedett i (Suz); 4. Bruce
Damon (Suz); S. Phillip Post (Han) . 65 (4.8) : I. Nicholas
Mercier (Suz). 65 (9- 11): I. Chris Plouffe (Kaw); 2. Chris
Carrillo (Kaw); 3. Shane Mill r (Kaw); 4. Jake Gagne (KTM);
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5. Dam ion Tackett (Suz). 8 5 BEG: I. Vincen t Y
(Yam); 2. Jarett Kovacs (Suz); l . Daniel Je nnings (Kaw); 4.
Scotty Gearhart (Yam); 5. Devon Carrell (Yam) 85 (7- 11):
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I. C hris Plo uffe (l