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Briefly...
After finishing with a pair of ninths aboard a
borrowed motorCycle in Nashville, Josh
Chisum found himself aboard one of Craig
Mason's FastSOs.com Yamaha YZ40SFs for
Reno. "Mason's an old motocross buddy, and
he had a couple Yamaha's laying around,"
Chisum said. "It seems to be all right. It runs
good and its stable, so it's just a matter of
getting used to it. It still has handlebars and
two wheels just like the rest of them."
Chisum had a fair day, qualifying 16th and
going 12-12 in the two Supermoto races.
Not just a surprising finisher, Yoshimura
Suzuki's Aaron Yates was a surprising
entrant at the Red Bull Supermoto A-GoGo. 'I'\t Nashville, I was kind of done with it,
but then I got to thinking about it on Sunday,
during the ride home, and on Monday, and I
thought, 'This is my chance to go do it,...
Yates said. "I got to calling around, trying to
find a bike out here. I talked with Yoshimura,
and this [Suzuki RM-Z4S0] is actually
Motocross Action's test bike that they just
returned. My Superbike mechanic took the
thing apart, freshened it up, did the head and
put some Yosh cams in it, and I took my bike
apart at home. I packed my bags, my wheels,
my brakes, my forks, my carburetor and all
my good stuff, and I got to Yoshimura [in
Southern California] on Wednesday. We
went motocrossing at some Starwest place
on Thursday, loaded the bike up, washed it
up and then drove up here [Reno] on Friday.
I was in the back ofthe truck, changing out
the suspension and wheels and everything. It
has been a thrash, but it was worth it." Yates
enjoyed an outstanding fourth-place finish in
race two after a great battle with Kurt
Nicoll, Cassidy Anderson and Steve Drew.
DOWNTOWN RENO
RENO, NEVADA
RESULTS: OCTOBER
(ROUNDS
1, 2005
11-12/6 OF 12/6)
SUPERMOTO RACE I (16 laps): I. Mark Burkhart
(Yam); 2. jeff Ward (Hon); 3. Jurgen Kunzel (KTM); 1. David
Baffeleuf (KTM); 5. Steve Drew (Suz); 6. Cassidy Anderson
(Hon); 7. Travis Pastrana (5U2); 8. Benny Carlson (KTM); 9.
Gary Trachy (Hon); 10. Massimo Ganarata (Hon); II.
Aaron Yates (5uz); 12. Josh Chisum (Yam); 13. David
Pingree (Yam); 14. Justin Ross (Hon); 15. Alex Thiebault
(Hon); 16. Nick Danie{s (Hon); 17. Kurt Nicoll (KTM); 18.
Alex McElyea (KTM); 19. Don Biava (Suz); 20. Dan Jannette
(5u1.); 21. Chris Fillmore (Hon); 22. Matt Burton (Yam); 23.
Eddie Ray (Hon); 24. Troy Herfoss (Hus).
Time: 17 min., 38.103 sec.
Margin ofvietory: 3.173 sec.
SUPERMOTO RACE 2 (16 lops), I. Marl< Burl