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ing wins in both 125cc A motos in front of a
large crowd.
When the gate dropped for moto one, Matt
Martin had the starter's timing down pat,
leading the 12Scc A boys through turn one,
with Pulley, Blakely Jones and Danny Mitchell
nipping at his rear fender. Martin led the battle
down the front straight, but Pulley dived to the
inside in the next turn and laid a little plastic on
Martin to take the lead. jones and Mitchell tried
to get under Martin as well, but they weren't
quick enough to make it happen. Pulley had a
great line through the rhythm section, which set
him up to clear the finish-line leap, and he
opened a slight lead. Martin had his hands full
with jones as the two flew around the
Motoplex, trying to close on Pulley. Mitchell got
upside down on lap two, ending his day. Pulley
was smooth as glass and took the win with time
to burn. Martin held off jones to finish in the
runner-up spot, while jones was third.
In moto two, Pulley led the pack through
turn one; if he could generate the same speed
as he had in moto one, the win would be his.
Martin and jones renewed their battle from
moto one, but Martin had jones' number for
the first several laps; then jones began to bear
down. Pulley had the speed and desire, and he
led from start to finish to win moto two
Dustin Pulley was a picture of style
and speed as he went on a doublemoto romp at the first stop at The
Motoplex for the AMA District 14
Indoor MX Series.
unchallenged; the day's fastest rider took the
overall with his I-I finishes. Martin (2-2) held
off Jones (3-3), despite a last-lap, go-for-broke
move on Jones' part.
Taylor Routh was the big man in the 65ce
Open class, bringing home a pair of wins in the
day's biggest class.
Routh had his KTM out front when the gate
dropped, popping off the line faster than the
rest of the pack. Routh was trailed into turn one
by Jon Eari, Zach Anderson, Max Pulfer and
Robert Manna. Routh was way fast in the front
section of the track and opened up a lead that
would grow with each passing lap. The best
battle on the track was over second, as Earl,
Pulfer and Anderson waged a dogfight over the
runner-up position. When the checkered nag
dropped, it was Routh with a 12-second
cushion, followed by Earl, who had broken free
from the fight over runner-up. Anderson was
able to hold on to third.
Moto two was almost a rerun of moto one.
Routh rode away and hid from the pack to take
the overall with a I-I tally. Earl didn't get the
start he wanted but rode well to move past
Anderson near the halfway point, making the
finishing order of the first three riders a carbon
copy of moto one, and in the final standings.
RESULTS
SO SHAFT: I. Ross Pulfer (Cob); 2. Mitchell Harrison
(Cob); l. Logan Bames (Yam); 4. Chase Stanton (KTM). 50
JR: I. Mitchell Harrison (Cob); 2. Ross Pulfer (Cob); 3. Trae
Hand (KTM). 50 SR: I. Aden Merchant (KTM); 2. Brandon
Schneider (KTM); l. Denver Rigsby (KTM); -'4. Brock Stenner
(KTM); 5. Nathan Fields (KTM). 65 (7-9): I. Carl Westgate
(KTM); 2. Conner Troyer (Suz); 3. Kevin Orsburn (KTM); -'4.
Kameron Shyne (Kaw); 5. Cole Kline (KTM). 65 (10-11): I.
Taylor Routh (KTM); 2. John Earl (KTM); 3. Zackery
Andersen (Kaw); -'4. Robert Mannia (Kaw); 5. Max PuUer
(502). 65 OPEN: I. Taylor Routh (KTM); 2. John Earl (KTM);
l. Zackery Andersen (Kaw); 4. Robert Mannia (Kaw); 5. Max
Pulfer (Suz). 85 JR: I. Taylor Routh (KTM); 2. Eric
MacDonald (Yam); l. David Holland (Hon): 4. Max Pulfer
(Suz); S. QUinton Camp (Suz). 85 SR: I. Climon Moon
(Hon); 2. Caleb Kleinhardt (Hon); 3. Cody Kline (KTM); 4.
Aaron Miller (Kaw); S. Devane Ballenger (Kaw). 125 A: I.
Dustin Pulley (Suz); 2. Matthew Martin (Hon); 3. Blakely
Jones (Kaw); 4. Danny Mitchell (Kaw). 115 B: I. Andy Ecker
(Kaw); 2. Tony Utley (Yam); l. Jordan Emede (Kaw); 4. Travis
King (Hon); 5. Aaron Teague (Kaw). 125 C: I. Joshua Ball
(Hon); 2. Corkee Baughan (Suz); l. Ryan Wagoner (Yam); 4.
Brandon McGuire (Yam); S. Eric Murzyn (Hon). 125 JR: I.
Jordan Emede (Kaw). 250/0PEN B: I. Ronnie Hapner; 2.
Aaron Teague (Kaw). 250/0PEN C: I. Craig Dugan (Kaw):
2. Ronald Brown (Hon). WMN: I. Elizabeth Westgate
(Hon). 16-24: l. Blakely Jones (!