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I f Wild West Arena Yarrow Perfect at Wild West By RYAN EVANS WINCHESTER, CA, OCT. 9 ryan Yarrow to pped a ll a perfect night with B a viaory in the Scratch main event at Wild West Arena in Winchester. Califo rn ia. Yarrow 's perfect score afforded him the op portunity to select his gate first. Afte r so me deliberation . he se lected the po le. Ch ris Kerr, making his first appearance at the track, cho se gate two. Nate Perkins picked gate three, and that left Denny Scopellite with the o utside. Yarrow was firs t to leave the line at t he start, and Perkins fo llowed him into turn one. Yarrow was on the precious inside groove and im m e d ia t e ly put so me d istan c e b e t w e e n himse lf and the res t of the field. Perkins drifted w ide co mi ng out o f tu rn two, w hich allowed Kerr to blast up t he inside for se cond . Kerr w e n t after Yarrow, but t he fo rmer Yout h N at iona l Champion wa s lo ng go ne . Yarrow cruised t o his first Wild West Scratch mai ne vent victory, w it h Kerr coming in second, Perk ins third. and Scopellite fourt h. The firs t round o f q ual ifying he at s was d omi nated by the visitors from Northe rn California, as Y arrow was victorious in the first race and Kerr was the winner of the second. Perk ins held off Scopellite to tak e a victo ry in the first race of the second round, and Yarrow defeated Kerr in their sho wdown in the other race . Yarrow bega n the final round by keepi ng his perfect score intact , and Kerr de feated Buck Blair to win th e final qualifying heat. Blair was victorious in the Scratch Consolation after a final-comer pass on Steve Murray left the latte r in a heap in turn three; Rich Bro ck was second, jo n St as iefski finish ed third, and Murray was credited with fourth. Five riders line d up fo r t he Divisio n Tw o main even t , and Bria n Star r beat his fo u r competitors to turn on e . Starr held the lead on the back straight , while Dale Facchini emerged fro m the pack in seco nd but with his hopes set on th e lead . Starr had other ideas. though. and he put together four solid laps to take home the trophy. Facc hini was second , Kim Steve ns finished th ird , Mar k Bald w in was fou rth , a nd Rohn Ze llner finishe d fifth. Th e Divisio n Three main even t turned ou t to be a ma tc h race that saw Dam o n Ba rry defeat jim lavende r to ge t the win . jaso n Ramirez was victorio us in the Youth main event after first starting fro m the 40-ya rd line and t hen be ing penalized 20 more ya rds afte r causing a restart. Austin Navratil finished second. and Dylan Black was third . Braydan Galvin made a brilliant pass to grab the victo ry in the Pee Wee main event. Dakota Bauman was seco nd , Rocco Scopellite finished third . Sean McDon ald was fou rt h. and Sammy Ramirez finished fifth. RESULTS P!W: I. Braydan Galvin; 2. Dakota Bauma n; 3. Rocco Scopellite; -4 . Sean McDonald; S. Sammy Ramirez. YTH: I. [asc n Ramirez ; 2. Austin Na vratil; l . Dylan Black; -4 Gino . Manzar es; 5. Eddie Co nner. 0 -3: I. Damon Barry; 2. Jim Lavend er. 0 -1: I. Brian Starr ; 2. Dale Facchini; 3. Kim Steve ns: -4 . Mark Bal w in; 5. Rohn Zellner. SCR CONS I: I. d Buck Blair; 2. Rich Brock; 3. Jon Stasiefski; -4. Steve Murra y. SC R: I. Bryan Yarrow; 2. Ch ris Ke rr ; 3. Nate Per kins; -4 . Denny Scope lli e. t ~ In mota two , Mart inez led the yo ung lads ar oun d tu rn one and neve r loo ked back, staying z hard on the throttle for seven solid laps. Hayes 5i was r unni ng we ll, too , an d he was in th e ~ r unn er-u p sp o t unt il lap five, w he n Wagn e r >CD came roaring by after go ing do w n on lap o ne and spott ing the w ho le fie ld a lead. Davis and iE Hard y re ne w ed t he ir fight fro m mo t a o ne . W he n th e c hec kered flag came o ut , it wa s Mart inez cr os sing the finis h line first fo r th e ove rall with a 2-1 tally. Wagner was all the way up to seco nd and clos ing in on Marti nez w he n he ran o ut of time , se tt ling for second with a 1-2 score. Hayes was again the last kid o n the box, tak ing th ird overall. Rutt e r owned th e ho les hot in mo ta on e when the SOcc Stock class rounded turn o ne, w it h Nick D ungey and Tory Me ier nipp ing at his hee ls. Rutt e r was soo n le ad ing the pack Jody Coak won the Youth (12-15) class, remaining undefeated this year by five seco nds. Tim Ba lkema did n't get a at Dixie MX in Ozark, Alabama. go od jum p o ut of t he gate, but he wa s fast o n t he t rac k, mo ving past Me ier and t he n tie bre aker. Dixie MX Dunge y wit hin t he first fo ur laps , but by th e n Do n Bush and Fort Rucke r, Alabama's Ed Rutt e r wa s lon g gone . Rutt er too k the w in by An t o nio staged a one -an -o ne ba t tle in t he a m ile . Ba lkema rod e a ro u nd in a lon e ly 2S0cc C class. Anton ia challenged Bush in race seco nd . Me ier go t u nd er Du nge y t o g ra b o ne, but his KX2S0F was no match for Bush's third, and T hom as Bringa rd ro unded ou t t he CRF4S0R. Bush scored the w in. The result was top five . By AUSTIN GATLIN the same in mote tw o. Mota two was a rerun of mo ta one. Rutter OZARK, Al, OCT. 9 In t he Pe e Wee (4 -6 ) c lass . b ro t he rs too k the start and went to town, nailing down dam Robb ins new his Ho nda to a pair of C layt o n and jac ob Be a so c k lined up wi th his second w in o f t he night for the ove ra ll. w ins at Dixie MX's Saturday competition. Ca rson Chum ley. Race o ne saw Hu skyBalke ma got a be tte r start th is time but cou ldn't T he Elmore, Alabama, reside nt topped both mounted Clay ton leave the gate a hea d of match Rutter's speed and finished second again motos of the as cc Beginne r class . Due to a Chumley. On lap two. Jaco b passed Chumley in for second overall. Dunge y (4- 3) bettered light turnout, Robb ins was allowed to enter the ba c k section . Chumley rega ined t he Me ier (3-4) in t his go -a rou nd to make third the 12Scc C class to he lp make the gate a bit pos ition in the double w hoo ps to finish secon d, overall his, much to the delight of his pit crew. more full. He pulled off a surp rise overall w in be hind Clayton. Bringard was once again fifth, having more fun w ith a 2-2 tally w hen Chris Crumb DN Fed the Clayton po st ed ano the r ho leshot in moto than going fast. first race. two, with Chumley on his rear fender. Ch umley Angie Knox grabb ed the ho leshot in the first R ESULTS rode underneath Clayton in a fro nt comer for a s cc Beginner moto and appeared to have her t he mo te and o verall w ins ab oa rd his KTM. P/W 50 : I. jason Roland (Ya m). 50 STK: I. Ryan Rutt er (Hon): 2. Timot hy BaJkema (Hon); l . N ick Dungey (Hon): 4. second mo to win of the year wrapped up w hen jacob bro ught his Eato n in third again. Troy Meier (Hon); 5. Thomas Bringard (Hon). 50 MOD : 1. she went down w ith just t w o t ur ns to go . In the Pee Wee SOcc class . yz rider just in Mike Uber (Hen ): 2. Tye Jordan (Han ); 3. Brian Holt (Hen ): Robbins took the top spot. over yz rider Co le -4 Keith Krawcz yk (Ha n). SGLJSH O CK XR75 : I. Gene . Harde n and CR-mou nted josh Kno x swapped Hays: 2. Ivan Hayes (Hon); l . Ro bert Camfield (Han) : -4 . Co llins of Gallion, Alabama. moto w ins and second-place finishes, with the Randy Couc h (Hon). TW/SHO C K XR15 : I. Dere k Rose Kno x was a D NS fo r race two. Rob bins (Hon); 2. Ronnie Weatherhoh: (Kaw); 3. Gregg Watson (Hon); overall nod going to Harden. Gavin King placed -4. Monty Crave n (Ha n): 5. Ale x Be nne r (Han). 100 -110 led fro m start to finis h an d prevailed over third bo th times out. YTH: I. Shane Sewell (Hon); 2. Zac hary Hays (Ho n); I . Collins again. Bo bby vesprem r (Yam); -4 . Nic holas St e phe ns (Hon): 5. RESULTS Tra mp.u Ne wm an ( Ha n). MI D- S Z YT H : I. Cam e ro n Do ug Brown led Crumb and Robbins in the Martinez (Suz); 2. Brett Wagner (Kaw); l . Ivan Hays II (Ha n); P/W (4-6): I. Cars on Chum ley (KTM); 2. Clay ton first 12Scc C mota. Cru mb put his KX o ut fro nt -4 . Cody l ee Davis (Kaw): 5. Erik Har dy (Suz). MID- SZ Beasock (Hus); 3. Jacob Beas cc k (Eat). PfW 50: I. Justin and held that position until lap th ree, when he ST K: I. Ryne Ca rm ichae l (Suz); 2. Ronnie Wea the rho lt Hard e n (Yam 2. Josh King (Hon) ; 3. Gavin King (KTM). 65 ); (Kaw): J . Terry Knepple (Kaw); -4 . Monty Craven (Kaw); 5. ra n out of gas . Bro wn went to first and set a BEG: I. Martin Drum (KTM); 2. Aun in King(Kaw). 85 BEG: Jaso n Holm e s (Kaw) . MID -S Z MOD : I. Ronnie I. Adam Robbins (Hon): 2. Cole Collins (Yam 3. Angie Knox ): pace that Ro bbins couldn't match. Weatherholt (Kaw); 2. Troy Meie r (Ha n); 3. Terry Knepple (Ho n). MINI 4·ST RK: I. Cole Cctnn s (Ha n). 2. Ashley (Kaw);

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