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Josh Woods top ped the Four-Stroke Pro cla ss a t ro und three of the AMA Eastern Thundercross Se ries, held at Lincoln Tra il Motosports in Casey, Illinois. pace, bu t it loo ked like he was los ing some ground to Wood s. On t he sixth lap. Woods moved past Ripple for the lead and set abo ut trying to ke e p it t hat w ay. Ripple 's t roub les we ren 't over, as on t he se venth lap Saylor moved to his re ar fender and then mad e th e pass and went loo king (or Woods. On the ninth lap , Ripple again fell victim to anot he r ride r: Honda-mounted Ch ad Ch arbonneau . When the mo to ended, the order was Woods , Saylor, Charb onneau and Ripple. T he pre-race favorite, Natio nal num ber 34, Clark Stiles, had gotten a bad start and was onty able to wo rk his way up to seventh by mot e's en d. When the gate dropped for the second moto , Stiles too k the lead and sho wed w hy he is a top ranked Nat io nal ride r. laying the smac k down on the rest of the riders . Behind Stiles , Saylor was on the hunt for the fro nt spo t, but on the e ighth lap his foc us shifted fro m chasing down Stiles to dealing w ith Wood s, who was knocking on his back doo r. By the time Saylor knew Woods was ther e , it wa s too late: Woods made th e pass. Then Woods went looking for the fron t spot, but by the n St ile s had checked o ut! Wh e n th e che cke re d flag flew, Stiles had th e moto win, with Woods sec o nd and Saylor third. When the ove ralls we re tallied , Woods was the w inner, w ith Say lo r se con d o ve rall and Charbonnea u third . ''I'm glad to w in on e for KTM," Wood said. " I don ' t know whe re t his wi ll leave m e in po ints, because I had a DNF last w eek , but it will sur e he lp me to wards the champ ionship ." "I want to thank the good Lord Jesus Christ fo r ke ep ing me safe, " Saylo r said on t he podi um . "I also w a nt to say that I liked the track, and the fact is that we all had to ride the same track. It was good." R ESU S LT MIN I I: I. Bl ke Schilling; 2. Caleb Wilson; 3. Brandon a Brush w itz ; 4. Kurt Seigel. MINI 2: I. Alex Buer st e r; 2. Brandt Mitchell; 3. Spencer Roe; -4. Jonathan Pech . 50 IR: I. Brandon Meyer ; 2. Cole Sheedy ; 3. Gaige Wallace; -4 . Ian Frailey; 5. Dalt on Edwards. 50 SR: I. Zac hary Loe hr; 2. Hayden Edwards; 3. Damon Stortzum; -4. Bailey Edsall; 5. Dustin Smith. 65 BEG: I. Kalee Meyer ; 2. levi Weiler; J. Michael Pennington; -4 . Kyle Poska; 5. Brock Aleshire. 65: I. Quentin Jones; 2. Da kota Blakeney; 3. Zac hary Loehr; 4. Jared Miller; 5. Kyle Tripp. 85 IR: I. Nathan Campbell; 2. Blake Schilling 3. Brandon Brill 4. Bryte n Brill; 5. Quentin ; ; Jones. 85 SR: I. Dillon Hall; 2. Jonathan Fech ; J . Derek Devine; -4 . Michael Rourke ; 5. Seth Elzy. 115 A: I. Pie rce Chamberlin; 2. Shawn Clark; 3. Bra dle y Ripple; -4 . Bryan Whit e; S. Robert loire. 125 B: 1. Vince Friese; 2. Marty Ingram; 3. Nathan Malyszek; 4. Kenny Young; S. Joshua Ivers. 125 C: I. JAm Male y; 2. Gregory McCoy; 3. Jason Mott ; 4. es Todd Kincaid; S. Alex Buerster. 125 0 : I. Stephen Cecil; 2. Cory Ring; 3. Zac h Walton; 4. Wade Fre richs; 5. James Downs. 250 A: I. Dustin Pulley; 2. Shawn Clark; 3. Dere k Leist; 4. Eric Goetz; 5. Bradley Ripple. 250 B: I. JAm Hays; es 2. Mike Hutte nlocker; 3. Michael Wargo; 4. Steven McBnan; 5. Tro y De rr. 250 C: I. Tony Goodrich ; 2. Mike Markwell; 3. Dust in Richardson; -4 . Kevin Phe lps. 2 50 0 : I. Je re my Thors ton ; 2. Brandon Fox; 3. WilliamAgnew; -4. Jesse Sturm; 5. Jim Friedlund. OPEN : I. Ronnie Ford; 2. Nick Thomas ; 3. Chris Short; -4 . Brian Stap leto n; 5. Clay Haga. W MN: I. Brianna Mahon; 2. Kristy Adams. SC HBY: I. Vince Friese; 2. Damon Duitsman; 3. Joshua Ivers; -4. Matthew McKinney; 5. Tyler Sehr. 15+ : I. James Abbott ; 2. Chuck Goodman ; l . Jason Kloptowsky; -4 . Steven Stover ; S. Shane Way. ] 0 + A: I. Alex Rossetto . 30 + B: I. Christopher Gemme ; 2. Kevin Cecil ; 3. Kevin Mill r ; -4 . Dan Cros low; S. Eric Orman. 40+ e A: 1. Gary Adams; 2. David Brill; l . Sleven Shank; 4. Scott Rippey; S. Scott Leist. 40+ B: I. Keith Huckstep ; 2. Tom Young ; 3. Gerald Harr iso n; 4 . Bre tt Die tr ich; 5. Russe ll Edwar ds. 4-STR K PRO : l. Josh Woods ; 2. Jacob Saylor; J. Chad Charbonneau; 4. Clark Stiles; 5. Dustin Pulley. event , it was all "Team Green" en tering the first turn , but co ming th ro ugh t he Kawasak i riders was loca l fast guy Ricky La Montagne, on his Y:Z2S0F. The torri d pace took the top four riders into the tail end of the Pro class, with Dietrich, La Montag ne, Kawasaki joc key Brendan Ritzm an , an d Dietrich's fe llow Team DH I rider Justin Soule doing their imitation of a runaway train . Near the one-hour mark, pit stops becam e a hot to pic of conversation among the teams . T he Ritzman c re w learned the hard way o n Saturday that yo u can't push a motorcycle nearly as fast as you can ride one, so they wo uld be ready early. As for La Montange, his stock MX tank requi red him to make two stops, w hich caused him to drop back to fifth by rac e's end due to the extra time in the pits. T he r ace for t he top s po t would be determin ed b y t he blazing s peed of Moos e /Carter Po w e r Sports/M axis Tires' Dietrich, as he pulled out the win in the tough Sem i-Pro class. Th is was his second w in of the weekend, as he beat the best in th e 250cc A class as w e ll. The battle fo r sec o nd came down to the last lap, the last jump and the last turn , as Ritzman crossed the finish line just inches ahead of Reno 's Soule. Talk abo ut a finish: O nly 24 seconds se para ted th e top t hre e rid ers, w ith the gap between Ritzman and Soule being just over one second. No w, that is close! O ne more t ime, " Bir t hday Boy " and KX racer Joshua Morros took the top s po t in th e Sup e r mini class . T he tee nager too k the o ver all in the com bined Vet Over 30 NM asters Over 40 NS upe rm ini co ntest , over Suzuki-mo unted Vet Over 30 A winner Eric D uc r a y a nd YZ4 S0 -mo unte d Mast ers O ver 40 A win ner Andrew Jeffe rs on . Wit h o n ly t hree r o unds left , th e cl a ss championships are sti ll up for grabs, and th e level of competition is growing at an amazing ra te . With the num be r-o ne plat es on the line and great prizes being awarded at the end of the year, the WORCS ser ies is at warp speed! RESULTS 50 (7-8): I. C lay Gishe y (KTM); 2. Brandy Richa rds (Cob) ; 3. Nicolas Ham mo nd (KTM). 50 (4-6): I. Jacob Bork (KTM); 2. Ryan Velasquez (KYM); l . N ich olas Ca bre ra (KTM). 65 A: I. Killian Woder (Kaw); 2. Connor Olson (Kaw); 3. Angelo Tanner (Kaw). 65 B: I. Brandy Richards (KTM); 2. Ale<. Morefield (Hon); 3. Jack Crand el (Kaw). 65 C: I. Austin Gibson (Kaw); 2. Cross Kirchmeir (Kaw); 3. Alex Wilkerson (Kaw) . 85 A: I. [amle Lanza (Yam); 2. Joshua Morros (Kaw); 3. Travis $ticher (Suz). 85 B: I. Cody Schafer (Hon); 2. Alex Mec ham (KTM); J. Chris Heiney (Hon). 85 C: I. Dozer Hall (Yam); 2. Ace Murphy (Kaw); 3. Andrew Taylor (Kaw). StMINI: I. Joshua Morros (Kaw); 2. Jamie Lanza (Yam); 3. Sean Geiser (Kaw). 125 A: I. Dan Melvin (Suz ); 2. Teddy Hahn (Kaw); 3. Justin Soule (Kaw). 125 B: I. Jeffrey Engelbrecht (KTM); 2. Joshua Morros (Kaw). 125 C: I. Jon Watt (Hon); 2. Bryce Spring (Kaw); 3. Alex Mecham (KTM). 250 A: I. Ricky Dietrich (!

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