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(Yam 4. je red Sin (Kaw); S. Kyle Kelly (Suz). 125 INT: I. ); Brandon Fellman (Yam 125 EX: I. Craig Royse (Hon). 250 ). BEG: I. Jeff Salmon (Kaw): 2. jesse Taylor (He n): 3. Jesse Poe (Yam): 4. John Skaggs (Hon) ; 5. John Cr ow (Kaw) . 250 NOV: I. Austin Workman (KTMJ; 2. Cody Emmert (Yam 3. ); Mike Libet (Ho n). WMN: I. Bet h Bie hle r (Ya m ); 2. Cheyanne Price (KTM). SCHBY: I. KyleKelly(Suz); 2. Jered Sitz (Kaw): 3. Jor dan SIU (Suz): 4. Evan Hoobler; 5. Cafferty Parker (Suz ). CLGBY: I. Brandon Fellman (Y am): 2. Brandon Hammond (Y am): 3. Jere my Algar in (Kaw ). 25 + : I. Ju on Kellogg (Hon); 2. Brian Lewis (Ya 3. Mark McNett (Hon): m); 4. Rodney Carlton (Hon). 30 + : I. Steve Hers hejt (Hon); 2. Brady Lafon (Hon); 3. Michael Alexander (Y am); 4. Rodney Car lton (Hon) . 45 + : I. Gary Enzbrenner; 2. John libel (SUl). Knott (Yam). 150 C: I. Cody Stokes (Suz): 2. Kevin Ri uey g (Kaw): 3. Ty Perdue (Yam):4. Dean Ingram (KTM); S. Robbie Hickma n (Yam ). 250 0 : I. N ichol as Rusinko (Kaw) : 2. George Tale Ferro (Yam): l . Kenne th Merric ks (Suz): 4. Michael Anderson (Hon): S. Joshua Y ancey (KTM). SCHBY ( 12- 15): I. Stephen Winters (Hon): 2. Taylor Futrell (Yam ); 3. Ryan Fitzwater (Hon); 4. Ryan Shonyo (Kaw); 5. Brad Harr (Hon). ClGBY ( 16-24) : I. G. Wes Gauldin (Kaw); 2. Glen Martin (Kaw); 3. Randy Newkirk (KT M); 4. Jar ed Le mm (Kaw): 5. lee Virts (Yam) 15 + AM: I. Tyle r Webb (Hon): 2. . Ty Perdue (Yam): 3. Ryan Mason (Yam): 4. Greg Sumner (Hon); 5. Chris Stancil (Hon). 25 + EX: I. Jeffrey Belcher (Y . ]0 + AM: I. Ste ven Ratliff (Ho n): 2. Tony Tume r am) (HOI'l); 3. Tim Wilkerson (Yam): 4. James Dfizenmayer Jr.: 5. Chr is Stanc il (Hon) . l O+ EX: I. Erik Pfeiffer (Hon ); 2. Robert Clark (Hon); 3. Jeffre y Belcher (Ya m). lS + : I. Scottie Shipley (Han ): 2. Claude Fulk (Ho n): l . Paul West (Hon): 4. Sandy Fulk (Y am); 5. William Driscoll (Suz). 40 + : I. Scottie Shiple y (Hen ): 2. Allen Alford (Hus): 3. Er ik Pfeiffer (Hon); 4 . Jim Le y (Hon): 5. Ro be rt Clark (Hon). 45 + : I. Jose ph Ogle (Yam); 2. Mark Smith (Suz): l . Robert Hunn ings (Yam): 4. Jim McGlynn (Ho n): 5. He nry Mulle r (Hon). 4-STRK BlC: I. Brad Harr (Hon); 2. Blake ley (Suz); 3. Ryan Mason (Y am). Mid -South Summer Comp Series Round 6: Batey Farm Hare Scrambles Summers Works It for Labor Day Win By DEBBIE AUEN CHARLOTTE, TN, SEPT. 6 D Scottie Shipley (22) pulled the holeshot in moto one of the 250cc A class, though Mike McDade (34) would go on to win a ll four motos of th e 250cc A and 125cc A classes at round five of the 12th annual Liquid Performance Grond Cha mpio nship Series in Danville, Virg inia . Liquid Performance Grand Championship Se ries Round 5: Birch Creek McDade Mops Up at Birch Creek! By GREG SUMNER DANVIW, VA, SEPT. 5 D ound five of the 12th annual Grand ChampiI"onship Series, presented by Liq uid Performan ce , saw 22 5 r iders con verge on Birc h Creek . The action got hot , and quickly! As the 2S0cc A class left t he gate, Hond a of High Po intlTotal Control Suspen sion/Answe r/ Pro Circuit/White Brothe rs-sponsored Scottie Shipley pulled the holeshot. Howeve r, by the th ird turn, Mike McDade had take n the lead. The TriAngle Cycles /Seri ous Raceware/Jim Ne es e's Ridi ng Sc hoo l- bac ke d McD ad e fro m N e w Brighto n. Pennsylvania. wou ld go o n to dominate all four motos of the 2S0cc A and I2Scc A cla sse s . McDad e was in a class a ll his own, jumping all the way over and halfway down the huge "Mount Deacon" tunne l jump and leaving eve ryone e lse to battle for secon d. In t he 2S0cc class, Yamaha-mou nte d Chris Welsh used consisten t rides to secure runne rup. Gary Bailey 's Riding School-backed Honda rider Ridge Davis battled to secure third overa ll via 3-4 finish es. Travis West ea r ne d fo urt h overall via a 5-3 ta lly, De an Day edged o ut Shipley for fifth. In the 12Scc A class, Davis scored a 2-2 tally and second overall. Welsh's 4-3 score ea rned third. Erik Pfeiff r had a strong run. fini shing 3· 5 e fo r t he fou rth- p lace money. KTM's Ra nd y Newkirk earned fifth via 7-4 e ffort. In the Over 35 class, Husqvarna ride r Allen Alford won mot o one, edging out Shipley and Pfeiffer. r-low eve r; in the second mote, Shipley snagged the holeshot and never looked back. Shipley's 2- 1 tally secured the overall. Pfe iffe r outra n Alford in the second mota, but Alford 's 1-3 finishes ea rne d seco nd, wh ile Pfeiffe r got th ird via a 3-2 perfor mance . Jim Ley and Robert Clark roun ded out the to p ffve . Shipley also won both O ver 40 mo tos. The battle w as behind him, as C laude Fulk from Gree nsboro, North Caro lina, took secon d with a 3-4 score . Though Paul West finished second in mo to one, a fifth in the second stanza gave him t hir d overall. Sandy Fulk's 5- 3 finishes earned fourth, and William Driscoll was fifth. Among the ot he r multiple class winne rs on t he d ay wa s Kyle Pet e r s, w ho e a rned t he overall in the 6Scc ( 10- 11) class on a KTM. and t he BScc (7- 1I) and 8Scc (9- 13) classes on a Yama ha . Little ma n Coo pe r Web b, ridi ng a KTM, earned the 6Scc (7-1 I) victory, and the n switched to his Cob ra to take home the win in the SOcc (7-8) class. Suzuki rider Tyler Newton edged out Honda rider Ricky Winters to take th e ove ra ll in both t he 8S c c ( 12- 15) an d Supermini contests. o und six of t he Mid-South Summe r Ca mp I"series got off to a slow start when eight inches of rain pou red onto Ch arlo tt e. Te nnessee . After a test ride around the track, officials came to a quick decision: The event wo uld have to be postpon ed a week because the course was too difficult to tackle. The Batey Farm Hare Scrambles "reo pe ned" Labor Day morning. While some riders re sted on a day dedicated t o work, Scott Sum mers c ho se a di fferen t route: He came and conquered the Mid-South track. Riding a Honda, he took the le ad after the start and made the fastest lap time on his fifth and final lap. "My bike worked re ally goo d," Summers said, "and I think I was abou t third or fourth off of the start . Then I slowly passed people." O ff t he start . Du stin Gib son a nd Alan Weste rfield were fighting for the holeshot while the seve n other riders in the 2S0cc A and 200cc A classes trai led behind t he m . Westerfie ld e nte red the woods sect ion first , while Gibson to ok an outside line. taking second. Gibson let Summe rs pass, and then Summe rs got into the lead and led for a lap or two . "I got a holeshot," Westerfield said. "and it didn't take long (or the guys with the faste r bikes to pass me on my Honda 2S0X. At the end of the first lap, I lost my back brakes and rode the rest of the race with them working sometimes and some times not working. 1 guess I had only two choices: Go fast or don't go. So I wen t fast. Moo se/Part s Unlimited-backe d Wes terfield finished th e race in third place overall, wh ile Gibson scored a DNF after he took a bad fall after the creek section . Meanwh ile. Summe rs and Allen set a faster pace than the rest . They pulled away by about It R ESULTS P/W STK (4 -8): I. Dillo n Knight (Ho n); 2. Benjamin Hinkle (KTM); 3. Riley Beck (KTM); 4. Dade Camden (KTM); S. Ryan Hundley (KTM). 50 (4-6): I. Ian Jordan (KTM): 2. Benjamin Hinkle (KTM): l . Gregory Bell (KTM): 4. Dalton Jobe (KTM); S. Ryan Hundley (Cob ). 50 (1-8): I. Coo per We bb (Co b); 2. Matthe w Burk een (Co b); l . Ch andler Lindsey (Cob) ; 4. Austin Smith (pol); 5. Dill n Knight (Co b). o 65 (7 -9) : I. Jacob Knable (KTM): 2. Cooper Webb (KTM); 3. Matt he w Burkee n (Cob ): 4. Chan dler lindsey (KTM): 5. Bubba Stone (KTM). 65 (7.1 1): I. Cooper Webb (KTM): 2. Ryan Carter (KTM): l . Aaron Leininge r (Suz); 4. Tanner Barlow (Kaw); 5. Tyler Weber (KTM). 65 ( 10- 11): I. Kyle Pe te rs (KTM): 2. Ryan Carter (KTM): 3. Charles MacDonald (KTM): 4. T yler Webe r (KTM); S. Colton Amundso n (Kaw) . 85 (7-1 1): I. Kyle Peters (Y am); 2. David Browning (KTM): 3. ja cob Knab le (Suz): 4 . Kody Knable (KT M): 5. Randy Askew (Suz). 8S (9. 13) : I. Kyle Peters (Yam): 2. john ny Wasco (Kaw); l . Tyler Webber (Yam); 4. David Brow ning (KTM); S. Kyle Fe u (Yam). 8S (12 -15): I. Tyler Newton (Suz): 2. Ricky Winters (Hon): l . Patrick Dunman (Kaw); 4. Matthew Platt eel (Hon): 5. Johnny Wasco (KTM). S/MINI ( 12-15): I. Tyler Newt on (Suz): 2. Ricky Winters (Hon); 3. K Fit:r:water (Kaw); 4. Matt hew P1atteel (Hen): 5. Patr ick yle Dunman (Kaw). 125 A: I. Mike McDad e (Hon); 2. Ridge Davis (Hon): l . Chris Welch (Yam) 4. Erik Pfeiffer (Hen ): 5. ; Randy Ne wkirk (KTM). 125 B: I. Ryan Fitzwater (Hon); 2. Taylor Futrell (Y am): 3. G. Wes Gauld in (Kaw): 4. Conn or Clifton (Suz): 5. Steph en Winters (Hon). 125 C: I. Gle n Martin (Kaw); 2. Ntehotas Hayes (Y ; l . Chase Shumate am) (Ya 4. Sean Lauten (Hon); 5. Jeff Cronqu ist (Yam) 115 0 : m): . L Tyler Dinwiddie (Kaw): 2. Brad Warren (Hon); 3. Edward Cobb (Yam) 4. Mk hael Parrish (Kaw): 5. Matt Sheleg (Kaw). ; 250 A: I. Mike McDade (Hon); 2. Chris Welsh (Y am); 3. Ridge Davis (Hon): 4. Travis West (Hon) : 5. C. Dean Day (Hon). 250 B: I. Casey Taylor (Yam); 2. Stephen Winters (Hon); 3. Brad Hickman (Yam 4. Ryan Lauten (Hon); S. John ); five minute s and bat tled back and forth until Summe rs too k the lead. "I was be hind some tappers." Summers said, "and they we nt way around to the left to avoid th is big log. Well, P.A [Allen] just we nt straight across the log. I didn't realize where we we re, so he got back aro und me . The n P fell dow n A in a turn going around a tree. I got back arou nd him, and that was it. li ed from there . Summers made five laps and finished in first place, w hile Team Green Kawasaki / Fox/Shift! Pro Circuit/Sarge 's Cycles-supported Allen too k second . They ro de toget he r for most o f t he race and finished about a minute apart. "1 had a good ride toda y," said Allen . " 1 te st ed T ire Balls fo r my first t ime , and the y worked better than expe cted. They made my Dunlops roll right over those ruts and roo ts. It was like I didn't even know they [the ruts and roo ts] were there." "The course was real good, and it was a lot of fun - no dust ," Summers said. "There we re a few slippery spots, but it was great." It RESULTS O/A: I. Scott Summers (Hon); 2. P.A. Allen (Kaw); 3. Alan Westerfield (Hon); 4. Robert Patte rson (Kaw ): S. Jeffrey Welch (Y ); 6. Richar d Ward (KTM); 7. Derek Bratcher am (KTM); 8. Kenny Judd (Kaw); 9. Ne al Vanway (Yam): 10. Daniel Cah ill(Suz). 250 A: I. Scott Summers (Hon): 2. P.A Allen ( Kaw): l . Alan Westerfield (Ho n): 4. Co rey Parl in (Ya m) . 20 0 A : I. Derek Bratcher (KT M): 2. Weston Wallwork (KTM); 3. Michael Barnick (KTM); 4. Dust in Gibson (KTM). VET AlB: I. Robert Patterson (Kaw): 2. Chad Ward (KTM); 3. Taras Massey (KTM); 4. Jason Dicke y (KTM); S. Steve n Th omas (KTM). 4-STRK Aj B: I. Jeffr e y We lch (Y am): 2. Kenny Judd (Kaw): l . Neal Vanway (Yam) 4. Daniel : Cahill (Suz); 5. Jon Buckner (Yam). 25 0 B: I. Jake Young (KTM): 2. Philip O'De ll (Yam) 3. Eric Chappe ll (Yam);4. John ; Stoll (Suz). 200 B: I. Geoffrey Vermilyea (Suz): 2. Lewis Lamb (KTM); 3. De re k Fisher (Yam); 4. Chance Blackwe ll (KTM): 5. Sean Sanb er (Y am). OPEN B: I. Brad Bradley (KTM): 2. Jeff Jackson (KTM); 3. Denn is Holden (KTM): 4. Adam Elliott (KTM): 5. Donnie Howard (KTM SR AlB: I. ). David Smithson (KTM); 2. Eric Gill (Y am): 3. Lende ll Smith (KTM); 4. Mark Hosb ach (Kaw): 5. Steve n Middlebrook (KT M). 250 C: I. St e ve Lambruno (Yam): 2. jeff Green (KTM); 3. Bea u N icew inte r (Y am); 4. Joel Kno x (Hon ); 5. Dustin Gibson (911) and Scott Summers (behind) work it at the Mid-South Summer Camp Series round held on Labor Day in Charlotte, Tennessee. Summers earned $100 for the fastest lop a nd also scored first overall. www.cyclenews.com CYCLE NEWS • OOOBER 27, 2004 57

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