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MX West Summer Nights Series Round 4: Champion Speedway ~~:j~!~jg~ Steals Ei=:' CARSON CITY, NV, JULY 1 A aron Siminoe unleashed yet another lesson on the virtues of :youth and talent, to the tune of eight moto victories and four class wins at round four of the MX West Summer Nights Series. Siminoe, who had just returned from an irnpressrve second- place finish in the 65cc (9-1 I) class at the Mammoth Mountain Motocross, never lost a moto on his way to the 65cc Intennediate, Super 6Scc, 85cc Intermediate and Supermini victories. And despite riding more than 40 laps on the evening. Siminoe didn't even look winde9 after completing his final moto of the night. "It went really good," 5iminoe said, looking calmly satisfiec after outlasting a challenge from Wayne Appleton in the final Supermini moto. '" just tried to my consistent and not make any mistakes." That (inal Supermini mota turned out to be Siminoe's biggest challenge on the night, as a determined Appleton rode the wheels off of his RM85 in an attempt to displace KTM rider Siminoe at the front, only to find Siminoe's resolve unshakable. As he had done in every moto prior in the evening, Siminoe met the challenge with a blistering pace and a metronome-like consistency to complete his perfect evening. "He was pushing me," Siminoe said of Appleton. "But that was great practice for Loretta's. So I hope to do the same thing 1did here at Loretta's." He was referring, of course, to this year's AMA Amateur National Championships at Loretta Lynn's ranch, for which Siminoe has already earned his spots to compet.e for a National title in August. Aron Harvey - another local standout who earned top results at Mammoth, including a fourth-place posting in the I 25cc Intermediate final - similarly trounced his competitors with six moto wins to top the 125cc Intermediate, 250cc Intermediate and Schoolboy Division One ranks. Harvey's only dramatic moment on the night came when he stalled his YZ250F while leading the first 125cc Intermediate mota with only two laps remaining. For a moment it looked like new leader Ryan Eager might grab the Victory, but Harvey burned through the gap into the lead in the closing moments and sliced beneath Eager in the second-to-Iast turn to take the victory, "I don't know what happened," Harvey said. "I was just MillVillE, MN 2005 ~&WEEKEND PRO NAIIDNAl PIIIIIllIIf: iiii ~1iI? AUGUST 10TH - 14TH coming down a straight, and it [the bike] stalled. I thought the motor had blown at first. Then I kicked it over and it fired back up, so I said, 'Oh, okay.' So I just put my head down and went after the leader. I knew exactly where I could pass him on that last lap, and I was able to stick it." Perhaps the most impressive thing about Siminoe and Harvey was that these two riders, on an evening that featurec about 300 riders in 37 classes, daimed nearly 20 percent of the moto victories on the night - not bad for a couple of kids too young to vote. RESULTS 50 (4-6) PRVTR: I. Gaige Demars; 2. Connor Jardinie; 3. Austin Walton. 50 (4·6) FCTRY: I. William lonno; 2. Dylan Galliett. 50 (7+) PRVTR: I. Gavin Clouser; 2. Brad Maga: 3. Chad Heishman. 50 (7 +) FCTRY: I. Jesse Sanchez; 2. Austin Rodgers. 65 BEG: I. Zach Clauser; 2. Ryan Greb; 3. Connor Kelly. 651R: I: ~in Ching; 2. Cole Brosgart; 3. Zach Zito.. 6.5 INT: I. Aaron Siminoe; 2. Ty Slmlnoe; 2. Jesse Masterpool. Sl65: I. Aaron Slmlnoe; 2. Jesse Masterpool; 3. Ty Siminoe. 85 BEG 0-1: I. Jake Devries; 2. Carson Philbrook; 3. Derek Woolford. 85 BEG 0·2: I. Tanner Tremaine; 2. Jason Rubin; 3. Curtis Shapiro. 85 IR: I. lY Siminoe; 2. Jake Maga; 3. Weslee Valerio. 85 INT: I. Aaron Siminoe; 2. Wayne Appleton; 2. Parker Dallas. 5!MINI: I. Aaron Siminoe; 2. Wayne Appleton; 3. Tanner Davis. 125 BEG 0·1: I. Chris Wa.llac:e; 1. Randy Brooks; 3. Robert PereL 125 BEG 0-2: I. Paul Retta; 2. Keaton Moore; 3. Bubba Mason. 125 IR 0·1: I. Phillip Hodge; 2. Jesse Leeper; 3. Travis Keene. 125 JR 0·2: I. Dylan Jennings; 2. Eric Amacker; 3. Colton Cherry. 125 INT: I. Aron Harvey; 2. Beau Meier; 3. Andrew Valdez. 125 PRO: I. Tommy Jean; 2. Jimmy Hazel; 3. Man Buyten. 250 BEG: I. Matt Mirell; 2. Dee Wade; 3. Josh Roberts. 250 JR: I. Darren Reid; 2. Pat Plaskett; 3. Sean Miller. 250 INT: I. Aron Harvey; 2. Eric Gillen; 3. Chris Grant. 250 PRO: I. Jimmy Hazel; 2. Nick Baugh; 3. Matt Buyten. WMN: I. jessica Crosthwaite. SCHBY 0-1: I. Aron Harvey; 2. Johnny Vallerio; 3. Ryan Eager. SCHBY 0·2: I. Andrew Valdez; 2. Danny Tester; 3. Cory Barr. 25+ BEG: I. Jesse McCready; 2. Christopher Steiger; 3. Kenneth Schmidt, 25+ JR: I. DarrerJ Reid; 2. Pat Plaskett; 3. Sean Miller. 25+ INT: I. Eric Gillen; 2. Brian Kuelper; 3. Jamie Fite. 30+ BEG: I. Donald Nyberg; 2, Dan Egesdahl; 3. Jesse McCready. 30+ IR: I. Travis Smith; 2. Craig Schultz; 3. Sean Miller. 30+ INT: I. Brian Kuelper; 2. Russell Ozolins; 3. RorJ Freeto. 30+ EX: I. Kevin Knight; 2. Anthony Pulera. 30+ PRO: I. Donny Roberts; 2. Randy Maga; 3. Bob De~. 38 + PRO: I. Randy Maga: 2. Randy Chapman. 40+ 1ft: I. Bill Zinuz~; 2. Donald Nyberg; 3, Chris Shapiro. 40+ INT: I. Scott Spracklin; 2. Marty Kennedy; 3. Mike Torres. _ : _ - - - - - - - -_- Addrass: I'hont: _ _ ~of,,-- Chod<#:-;==:----,=_ Ma5I.",.dD l3l33!l...... _ 01'(:----- Carill: Ilalli

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