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GNC Good Time National
Oak Hili Motocross Park
Canard's in Control - and That's No Lie!
while Honda and KTM tied with e ight apiece .
Th e 65cc (9- 1I) Modified class featured
some of the best race act ion of the w eekend.
Colorado's Todd Bannister and Beau Hudson
from nearby Pilot Point . Texas, w ent head to
head in both motos. In mota two , they we re
bar to bar throughout the first lap, swapping
the lead twice. Bannister we nt dow n o n lap
two, givingthe lead to Hudson. The n Bannister
put on a charged , taking the lead on the final
lap, despite lapp ed traffic from t he ad joined
6Scc (6-8) Modified class.
Californian Chr is Nlhan made the trip out
to north Texas and battl ed with J.J. Pecso k in
the 125cc Modified Pro cont est . Nihan got the
moto-one holes hot , with Co lorado 's Trevor
Monks in second. Pecsok suffered a less-thanstellar start but re e le d in Monks on lap four,
taking second and holding it. Oklahoma's Cory
Gre en gated fourth but managed to challenge
Monks on the white-flag lap.
The second mota once again saw Nihan out
front at th e start. Pecsok gated second and
held that position all th e wa y. Oklahom a's
Robbie Smith finished th ird, followed by Monks
and Ryan Haring.
Texan Ryan Huffman took all six mota wins
in the 50cc (7-8) Stoc k, Modified and Super
Pee Wee (6-9) classes.
Cade Moore took no prisoners in the 65cc
(6-8) Stock contes t , winning both motes. in
front of Nic k Bosheers. Boshe e rs took the overall Mo dified win , but without winn ing
e ither mota. Moore won moto one and Pierc e
Low topp ed mote two , but Bosheers ' 3-2
score award ed him the championsh ip.
In the 85cc (7- 1 I) ra nks, Ryan Eppers ,
Tanner Kra henbuhl , Tyle r Heemsbergen ,
Brando n Glenn and Dawson Draycott stru tted
their SlUff in style. Heemsbergen (3- 1) took the
St oc k t itle , w ith Krah enbuhl and Draycoll
second and third, respe ctively Eppers too k the
.
championship in th e Modified d ivisio n, w ith
Bannister second and Hee msbergen th ird.
Trey Canard and Matt Lemoine we re neck
and neck most of the weekend in the combined
85cc ( 12- 13) and ( 15- 16) cont est. Canard was
SO (4-6) S TK : I. Parker Fleming (Co b) ; 2. John M.
Belding (KTM): 3. Aust in Morgan (Lem). SO (4-6) MO D: I.
Jo hn M. Belding (KTM). SO (7.8) STK : I. Andrew Pierce
(KTM); 2. Cade Moo.-e (KTM): 3. Drake Dunlap (KTM); ...
Austin Sruckshaw (KTM); S. Jack Sheppard (Cob ). SO (7 .8)
MOD: I. Andrew Pierce (KTM); 2. Dra ke Dunlap (KTM); 3.
Pie rce Low (KT M) ; .. . Jord an Payne (Su z) ; S. Ausc in
Bru ckshaw (KTM). SO S/ P/W ( 6 -9): I . Andrew Pierce
(KTM); 2. Drake Dunlap (KTM); l . jo rd an Payne (Suz): 4.
Hayden Schulu (KTM); S. Kristian Watson (KTM). 65 (6 -8)
STK: I. Cade Moore (KTM); 2. N ick Bosheers (KTM): 3 .
Jord an Payne (Suz); 4. Pie rce Low (KTM); S. Drake Dunlap
(KTM). 65 (6-8) MOD , I. Nd< Bcsbeers (KTMI; 2. Chase
Rowon(Suz); 1. Cade Moore (KTM); • . )onIan "'me (Suz); s.
Perce Low (KTM). 6S ('.11) STJ(, I. Todd ",""",er (KTM) ;
2. Bea u Hudson (Kaw ): 3. Jon Murra y Barr (KTH); 4. Tyl r
e
Heemsbergen (KTM); S. Bryce Doz ier (Kaw). 65 (9 .11)
MOD: I. Todd Bamister (KTM); 2. Beau Hudson (Kaw); l .
Col t Nicho ls (KTN) ; .. . Jon Murr ay Barr (KT M); S. Clay
Chaprewskl (KTM). 65 OPEN (0 -11) : I. Be au Hudson
(Kaw); 2. Colt Nichols (KTM); 3. Bryce Doz ier (Kaw); 4. Clay
Chap;ews~ (KTM); S. za,h HeN'( (Kaw ). 85 BEG (7-15),
I. Stephen B;.oop (Hon) ; 2. Enc 'Ierrazas (Kaw). BS (7.11)
STK : I. Tyler Heemsbergen (Yam) : 2. Tanner Krahenbuhl
(KT M); 3. Daw so n Drayc ou (Kaw) ; -1 . Bra nd o n Glenn
(Kaw); S. Ryan Eppers (Ha n). 8S (7 · 11) MO D: l. Ryan
Ep pers ( Ho n ); 2 . Todd Ba n n ist e r ( KT M) ; l . Tyler
Heemsbergen (Yam); -t. Brandon Glenn (Kaw); S. Tanner
Krahenbuhl (KTM). 85 (11. 11) S T K: I. Tre y Canard
(Kaw l; 2. Chaz Holladay (Yam); 3. Keny Moore (Hon ); 4.
Cody Agie< (Kaw); 5. Tyler Ag1e, (Kaw). 8S ( 11,11) MOD,
I . Tre y Canard (Kaw); 2. C haz Hollad ay (Yam); l . Kerry
Moore (Hon); ... Terren O'Dell (Kaw): S. Gage Martin (Yam).
85 (14.16) STK: I. Matthew Lemoine (Kaw); 2. Jose p h
Marburge r (Suz); 3. lYIer Orcutt (Suz); 4. Anthony Harmon
(Kaw): S. Th o mas Ault (Yam ). 85 (14-16) MOD : I.
Matthew Le mo ine (Kaw); 2. Jo se ph Marburger (Suz ); 3.
Richard White (Kaw); -t. Tyler O rcutt (Suz); S. lindsay Myers
Trey Canard was the big winner of
th e 27th annual GNC Good Time
National, winning four titles, In the
85cc (12 -13) Stock and Modified,
85cc Open and 100cc events.
Motthew Lemoine won both the
85cc (14 -16) Stock ond Modified
classes, but a dislocated knee on
Sunday side lined him for the re st
of the weekend.
Sean Hackley Jr. is making his
name known in the Intermediate
ranks. He won the 125cc Schoolboy,
125cc Stock Intermediate and 12 5cc
Mod ified Intermediate classes in
Decatur, Texas.
se tt led into th ird and e ffec t ive ly pr ev ented
Bannister from moving up. Midway thr ough lap
five, Monks sw ung around th e ou tside corn er
and acce le rated into the lead. Carl son moved
a round Meyer to finish seco nd . Me ye r,
Bannister and Bajza came in third, fourth and
fifth, respective ly.
The ove rall res ults put Mon ks in first , with
Bannister seco nd, Carlson third, Meyer fourt h
and Bajza fifth.
In th e first 250cc B mo ta , Honda pilo t
Wayne Pasik grabbed the holeshot and steadily
increased his lead from two second s up to six.
The ne xt five riders w ere all bunched up ,
joc keying for position. Hond a ride r Mar k Lunt
moved fro m sixth up to third but co uldn't get
arou nd th e lone 250cc ( 12- 15) ride r, Col by
Caple, who had gate d with the 250cc 8 riders .
Caple kept his Yamaha set up to block Lunt's
pas s a ttemp t s , e limin atin g a ny c hanc e of
catching Pasik, who handily won the first mota .
Lunt se ttled for se co nd. Honda ride rs Jacob
Paiz and Bryan Nudge took th ird and fourth .
Yamaha rider Eric Nelson came in fifth.
In mota two , Paslk appeare d to have t he
jump on the gate, but Nu dge pulled off the
By KAT SPANN
DECATUR, TX, SEPT. 18-19
T
eam Green/Elk City Kawasak i/No Fear's
Trey Canard of O klahoma raced his way to
victory four times during the 27t h annual GNC
Good Time Nat io nal at Oa k Hill MX Park .
Canard came back strong in his second metes
in the 85cc Ope n and I00-112cc ( 12- 16)
events to take the wins using 2-1 punches to
claim both championsh ips. His 85cc ( 12- 13)
Stock and Modified titles were captured wit h
four stra ight moto wins.
This was the first official GNC event held at
Oa k Hill since its recent transfe r of ownership
from form er GNC president Jerry Surbe r to
new owners Jeff Pray and Craig Martin. Riders
fro m 12 di fferent states co nte st e d the two
days of racing. Kawasakis claimed 14 of the 44
titles up for grabs. Yamaha placed second in the
overall w in co lumn w ith I I championships ,
regain his position until the re were tw o laps to
go . Bann iste r turn ed it up a notch and finally
found a way around Monks, and then tu rned his
atte nt ion to Meye r, moving into first . On the
final lap, Monks followed suit and also passed
Meyer, taking second . Meyer crossed the line in
third . Y
amaha rider Jared Ca rlson and Honda
ride r Danny Bajza rounde d out the top five.
Mota two a lso st a rt ed o ut with Mey er
lead ing t he pac k for t he first five laps, w it h
Monks chasin g him do w n . Mon ks pus hed
Meye r, t rying to pass at ev ery o ppo rtun ity.
Meanwh ile , ve te ra n 125cc Pro racer Carlso n
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fastest amo ng the 12- to 13-year-olds , but
Lem oine topped the charts in the J 4-16 league.
Chaz Hollid was a consistent third in both the
ay
Stock and Modified divisions to finish second,
eN
behind Canard , in the 12-13 division.
OAK HILL MOTOCROSS PARK
DE
CATUR, TEXAS
RESULTS: SEPTE BER 18 -19, 2004
M
40th Anniversary
(KTM). 85 (7-16 ) OPEN: I. Trey Canard lKaw): 2. Terren
O 'Oen (Kaw ): 3. Cody Agler (Kaw); 4. Ryan Eppe rs (Hon ); S.
Bryso n Watson (Ha n). 100 · 1 11 (12.1 6) : I. Trey Canard
am);
(Kaw): 2. Matthew Lemoine (K4lw): 3. Chaz Holladay (Y
-1 . Te rren O' Dell (Kaw): S. Cody Agler (l