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PHOTO BY CLAY LIGHT
CMC Pac WEst Motocross Nationals
Round 3: Pacific RacEWay
A Jewell in the Rough
By CLAY
LIGHT
SEAnLE, WA, JUNE 11
A fter not competing in the opening two rounds of the CMC
/'"'\Pac West Nationals, KTM·mounted Rook jewell made his
presence felt by beating a talent·laden field of riders in two classes at the third round of the series, held at Pacific Raceway near
Seattle. The rider from nearby Tacoma won the 6Scc Open and
BScc (9-11) classes to join Idaho's Sam DeAtley, Alaska's Ben
lamay and Washington's Ryan Abrigo as one of the top performers on the day,
jewell's first win of the day came in the BScc (9·1 I) class,
which ran combined with the elder BScc (12-13) riders, Idaho's
Matt DeAtley was the cream of the crop in both motos, spending
much of those races battling with Kawasaki rider Tevin Tapia,
with Malt prevailing. Matt's 1·1 finishes landed him ahead of
Tapia (2-2), Thomas Nichols (4-3) and Houston Keane (3-S), the
top 8Scc (12-13) class performers, all of whom finished ahead of
Oregon's Brad Frace and jewell in the two motos.
While Frace beat Tyler Hansen, Damien Sanayei and jewell in
moto one, Jewell shined in mota two and scored the overall win
with 4-1 finishes. Frace couldn't repeat his earlier success and
placed fifth in moto two, dropping him to second overall, ahead
of Sanayei (6-2), Hansen (2-6) and Hunter Evanson, who was as
inconsistent as the rest of the top fIVe finishers and placed fifth
via 3-10 placings.
jewell proved just as effective on the smaller 6Scc bikes, and
he would again meet Frace in both 6Scc Open motos. The faststarting Frace got the best of Jewell in the opening moto, but
jewell turned the tables on Frace and the rest of the field in
moto two to finalize his two-class win tally and hand Frace his
second of two second-place overall finishes, Sanayei (3-3) netted
third overall, ahead of Idaho's 81ake Gill (4-4) and Chance
Blackburn (5-6).
Lamay, who was preViously one of the top 8Scc riders
nationally, has since jumped up to the bigger bikes and has been
very successful at the larger-scale races. lamayand fellow Suzuki
rider Sam DeAtley traded moto wins in the competitive 2SOcc
Intermediate class. lamay got a better start than Sam did in the
decisive second moto and, after overtaking early leader Todd
Nelson on the second lap, lamay then slammed the door shut
on Sam and garnered the overall win with 2-1 placings (to
complement his earlier Schoolboy-class victory),
Sam, though, still came up big, as he beat Lamay for the
12Scc Intermediate overall and also won the Before The Hill
Intermediate class.
Abrigo was also spectacular en route to a trio of overall Proclass wins. The Honda rider from Snohomish carded the overall
12Scc, 2SOcc and Open Pro victories, all of which came by virtue
of I-I finishes. and most of which were accompUshed in comefrom·behind fashion. The National number·B6 plate holder led
Tracy Johnson to victory in all three classes, and Johnson was also
impressive on the day.
CN
PACIFIC RACEWAY
SEATTlE, WASHINGTON
RESULTS: JUNE 11, 2005 (ROUND 3)
PfW (0·6): I. Tristan Charbonneau (Cob); 2. Jack Fowier (Cob): 1. Ryan
Bu'U'O" (Cob); 4. G""""" Keane (Cob): 5. Au"'" Dick'""", (KTM). P/W (7-8);
I. Conner Mitchell (Cob); 2. Austin Kentner (Pol); ]. Sennett Ferris (KTM): 4.
Caleb Start (KTM); S. jacob Mottman (KTM). 50 OPEN: I. Conner Mitchell
(Cob); 2. Wyatt James (KTM): 3. Sennett Ferris (KTM); 4. Tristan Charbonneau
(Cob); S. Jack Fowle< (Cob). 65 BEG, I. T~oo Grimm (ICTM); 2. Sennett Fern'
(ICTM): 3. Matt WUson (S