Ore gon State Mot oc ro ss Championship Se ries
Round 4: Madra s Mo to crass
Foister Faster Gun at Madras
By CLAY LIGHT
MADRAS, OR, OCT 10
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ashingto n's Nick Foister w as the fastest
gun o n the high desert of O regon, pos ting a pair of ove ra ll Pro -class wins at Mad ras
Mot oc ros s, site of rou nd four of the O rego n
State Motocross Cham pionship Se rie s. Th e
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amaha rider won the 125cc and 250cc Pro
classes , joining Suzuk i r iders William See and
Blake Anglen and Co bra-mo unted Ben C happ e ll
as dou ble class winners on the day.
Chappell has gained so me re cognition in the
Northwest late ly and, judging by his curren t w in
s t reak in ce nt ra l Ore gon , he shou ld b e
rega rded as a co ntend er o uts ide of the area as
we ll. C happell clobber e d t he com pe t it ion in
two classes, po sting the overall Pee Wee (7-8)
and 50cc Ope n-class wins, bo th via 1- I sweeps.
Wyatt Fow ler has had his share of wins on the
o t her sid e of t he Cascade Mo un tai ns , but
Fow le r co uld only muster a 3-2 tally in the 50cc
(7-8) class to finish second overall .
Ch appell had eq ually to ugh co mpetitors in
t he 50cc O pe n class - including his you nger
brother Nick - but in the end, the results were
t he sa me : vic t or y. Lo c a l KT M ri de r Ja so n
Sum me rlin placed se co nd in mo te two, an d
along w ith his fou rt h-place finish in moto one,
that garnere d him seco nd overa ll, ahead of N ick
Cha ppe ll (3-3), Chris Wallace (5-4) and Huskymo unted Garrett DeWolf. The latter had been
Ben's closest competition in mo to one, although
De Wolf ra n o ut o f fue l wit hin sight of t he
c he ckered flag in mo ta two w hile ru nning
second and finished I Itho
With the cancellation of Wash ougal d ue to
inclement weather, many top Washington riders
showed up to co mpe te . Alec Watts , one of the
Ever gree n Stat e 's top 85cc riders , got a taste of
just ho w to ugh the com pe tit ion here can be .
Watts has bee n churning out victories lat e ly. but
the st reak sto pped here, as so uthern Oregon
ride rs See and Ian Mart in showed Watts their
rear w heels thro ughout the 8 5cc Age Gr o up
and Supermini mo tos. Mart in used 2· 2 finishes
t o trail Se e in t he 8 5cc ( 12- 13) class, w hile
WallS ( 3- 3), Kyle Ha mm o nt r e e (5 - 4) a nd
De rrick May (4-5) rou nded out the top five .
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Butch Stillmock demolishes a Fernley berm on his w a y to the w in in the
Over 30 Pro
