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CMC Winter Arenacross Series Final Rounds: Exposition Arena 80 (14·16): I. Ryan Huege (Han). S/M1NI: I. Ryan Huege (Hon): 2. Brock Chappelle (Yam); 3. Will Brown (Kaw): 4. Travis McMackin (Hon); 5. Ricky Wuori (Hon). 125 BEG 0-1: I. Ryan Brubeck (Suz); 2. Jake Justen (Yam); 3. Mitchell Robbins (Hon); 4. Joel Wamicke (Hon); 5. Jeremy Mclain (Yam). 125 BEG 0·2: I. Rodney Sm;th (KTM): 2. M;ke Maxey (Hon): 3. Bill Allen (Hon); 4. Nick Morrow (Hon): 5. Adam Gomez (Hon). 125 JR: I. Bryan Thibedeau (Suz): 2. Aaron Tunnell (Yam): 3. Austin Gettel (Kaw): 4. Tim Ricketts (Hon); 5. Justin Jensen (Hon). 125 PRO: 1. Mike Storm (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Shawn Huege (Hon): 2. Jeremy Warnicke (Yam); 3. Joe Wyatt (Yam): 4. Carter Neu (Kaw): 5. Tyler Shepard (Han). 250 JR: 1, Aaron Tunnell (Yam). 2501NT: 1. Tye Crandall (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Ryan Leach (Yam). OPEN AM: I. Bill Graves (Yam). OPEN PRO, I. Ryan Leach (Yam). 8TH JR: 1. Bryan Thibedeau (Suz); 2. Justin Jensen (Hon); 3. Austin Gettel (Kaw); 4. Tim Ricketts (Hon); 5. Kevin Kannada (Suz). BTH INT: 1. Ryan Leach (Yam). OPEN AM: 1. Bill Graves (YlIm). OPEN PRO: I. Ryan Leach (Yam). BTH JR: I. Bryan Thibedeau (Suz); 2. Steve Miller (Suz); 3. Austin Gettel (Kaw): 4. Tim Ricketts (Han): 5. Cody Buyas (Su,). BTH INT: I. Ryan Leach (Yam): 2. Will Wallace (Kaw); 3. Tye Crandall (Suz); 4. Albert Odden (Hon): 5. Tyler Meyer (Yam). UTH JR: I. Aaron Smith (Hon): 2. Derik Nelson (Han). CJTH INT: I. Rick Walling (Yam). OTH BEG: I. Ken Olinger (Kaw); 2. Ron Hendrickson (Hon); 3. Gregory Chapman (Yam); 4. Jimmy Roberts (Hon); 5. Dennis Gatke (Hus). OTH INT: I. Line Linebaugh (Han); 2. Greg Harmon (Hon). OTH JR: I. Bill Graves (Yam); 2. Curtis Paulson (Kaw); 3. Jim Harris (KTM). OTH PRO: 1. Rick Waiting (Yam); 2. David Fox (Kaw); 3. Keith Dibrino (Hon). orr JR: I. Ed Smith (Su,). OfT MNY; 1. Dean Johnson (Suz); 2. Mike Taylor (Yam). 50+: I. Jeff Younce (KlIw); 2. Dan Schaffer (Kaw); 3. Dave Davis (Kaw). WMN: 1. Heidi Koerschgen (Kaw); 2. Rochelle Neimann (Yam); 3. Melody Zier (Han); 4. Lea Aagg (Kaw). MJNI OPEN: I. Jacob Kannada (KTM); 2. Gared Steinke (KTM): 3. Matthew Kent (Kaw); 4. Cameron McGillivray (Kaw). Saturday P/W (4-6): I. Steele Angle-Davidson (Cob); 2. Taylor Feller (Cob): 3. Cameron Tyler (KTM); 4. Vernon Foster (KTM); 5. Richard Burt (KTM). PfW (7-8): 1. Glenn Prestholt (Cob): 2. Heather Christiansen (KTM); 3. Brent Cordie (Hus); 4. Jacob Holden (KTM); 5. Channing Rosenow (KTM). P/W MOD (7-8): 1. Steele Angle-Davidson (Cob); 2. Taylor Feller (Cob): 3. Brent Cordie (Hus); 4. Heather Christiaasen (KTM); 5. Cameron Tyler (KTM). 60 BEG: I. Brian Burt (Kaw); 2. Cameron McGillivray (Kaw); 3. Tariq Truax (Kaw); 4. Ryan Bisson (Hon); 5. Christopher Fowler (Kaw). 60 JR: 1. Jared Wood (KTM): 2. Gared Steinke (KTM). 60 SR: I. Jacob Kannada (KTM); 2. Ajay Olinger (KTM); 3. Travis McClinton (Kaw): 4. Matthew Kent (Kaw); 5. Tyler McClinton (Kaw). 80 BEG: I. Will Brown (Kaw); 2. Ricky Wuori (Hon); 3. John Duran (Kaw); 4. Nick Randktev (Han); 5. James Barrett (Hon). 80 (9-11): I. Travis McMackin (Han); 2. Ajay Olinger (Suz): 3. Earl McCaslin (Kaw). 80 (12-13): I. Adam Metzler (Han); 2. Drew Davis (Hon); 3. Brock Chappelle (Yam); 4. Kyle Kent (Kaw): 5. Kenneth Hammontree (Yam). 80 (14-16): I. Alex Hill (Han): 2. Ryan Huege (Han). S/MINI: I. Ryan Huege (Hon); 2. Adam Metzler (Han); 3. Alex Hill (Han): 4. Drew Davis (Han); 5. Brock Chappelle (Yam). 125 BEG 0·1: I. Ryan Brubeck (Su,): 2. Joel Warnicke (Han): 3. Mitchell Robbins (Hon): 4. Erik Rhine (Hon): 5. Jesse Smith (Yam). 125 BEG 0·2: I. James Walsh (Su,): 2. Jonathan McGillivray (Kaw): 3. Bill Allen (Han); 4. Blaine Snyder (Kaw): 5. Matthew Finley (Yam). 125 JR: 1. Bryan Thibedeau (Suz); 2. Justin Jensen (Hon); 3. Austin Gettel (Kaw); 4. Brody Baxter (Suz); 5. Cody Buyas (Suz). 125 TNT: I. Will Wallace (Kaw): 2. Albert Odden (Han): 3. Tyler Meyer (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Ryan Huffman (Kaw); 2. Mike Storm (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Joe Wyatt (Yam): 2. Shawn Huege (Hon); 3. Andy Page (Yam): 4. Jeremy Warnicke (Yam); 5. Tyler Shepard (Han). 250 JR: I. Aaron Tunnell (Yam): 2. Steve Miller (Suz); 3. Brody Baxzer (Suz); 4. Line Linebaugh (Hon); 5. Scott Allen (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Ryan Huffman (Kaw): 2. Ryan Leach (Yam). (JTH JR; 1. Chad Bolte (Kaw); 2. Steve Weston (Yam); 3. Jonathan Nash (Yam). OTH BEG: I. Gary Brubeck (Suz); 2. Randy Layne (Yam); 3. Jeff Beck (Suz): 4. Taunie Stites (Yam). OTH INT: 1. Mike Pincon (Hon). OTH JR: 1. Bill Graves (Yam); 2. Bill Farrell (Hus); 3. Curtis Paulson (Kaw). OTH PRO: t. Gary Beyer (KTM); 2. David Fox (Su,). OfT MNY: I. Dean Johnson (Suz); 2. Mike Taylor (Yam). 50+: I. Dave Davis (Kaw); 2. Randy Layne (Yam). WMN: 1. Taunie Stites (Yam); 2. Jeanne Van Buskirk (Kaw); 3. Hannah Robbins (Han). MINI OPEN, I. Jacob Kannada (KTM): 2. Cameron McGillivray (Kaw); 3. Jordan Hollowell (Kaw); 4. Baron Hollowell (Kaw). BY CLAY LIGHT SALEM, OR, FEB. 25·26 e final showdown of the CMCsanctioned Winter Arenacross Series featured a rare appearance by Southern Oregon's Ryan Huffman, who walked away with the] 25cc and 250cc Pro-class wins at the championship round of the series, held in the Exposition Arena at the Oregon State Fairgrounds. Huffman served notice that he's back in a big way from his injurymarred] 999 season by not only posting impressive victories in his Saturday sweep, but beating the heavy hitters who have dominated the series from the opening round, Ryan Leach and Mike Storm. Friday night's largest class was the 125cc Beginners, which was split into two divisions. Division One was a shootout between the top two in points, Ryan Brubeck and Jake Justen. The Yamaha-mounted Justen narrowly edged Brubeck at the finish for a moto-one victory, but it was Brubeck who darted out front at the start of moto two and stayed there. Justen did all he could to dump the Suzuki-mounted Brubeck back a notch, but Brubeck's nearly flawless performance earned him the win in the overall tally, ahead of Justen (] -2) and Mitchell Robbins (3-3). Newcomer Rodney Smith turned some heads with his Division Two win. Smith scooted his KTM to the front of the pack in both motos and was never seriously challenged in his] -] sweep, ahead of Honda riders Mike Maxey (22) and Bill Allen (4-3). While Leach easily notched wins in the 250cc and Up The Hill Pro classes, Honda-mounted Ryan Huege also placed himself among the elite few double class winners with his 80cc (] 4] 6) and Supermini-class victories, both of which came after runaway performances by the rider from Yamhill, Oregon. Californian Kyle Kent ran second to Huege in the early stages of the combined 80cc age-group classes, but Kent faded backward, which opened up the door for 80cc (7-] ]) winner Travis McMackin, Brock Chappelle (who won the ] 2- to ] 3-year-old class, and Ajay Olinger to slip past the Kawasakimounted Kent, who finished fifth. In what would be Storm's final ] 25cc Pro win of the season, the CR pilot went uncontested as he defeated a field of ] 25 and 250cc Junior contestants. Bryan Thibedeau controlled the tempo in the Junior portion to finish ahead of Aaron Tunnell, Austin Gettel, Tim Ricketts and Justin Jensen, who rounded out the top five. More than 300 riders were on hand for the Arenacross Championship, including the Kawasaki-mounted Huffman, who has of late returned to his form of old. Aboard the Shoei/Answer/Hillsboro Motorcycles/Washougal MX Park-backed KXs, Mike Stonn (27) and Ryan Huffman (75) battled in both 125cc Pro motos at the final rounds of the CMC-sanctioned Winter Arenacross Series in Salem, Oregon. Huffman faced some tough competition from the unbeaten Storm, and from Leach, who had only two losses. Storm nabbed the lead in the opening ] 25cc Pro-class moto, followed closely by Huffman and a field of ] 25cc Intermediate riders. Huffman quickly narrowed the gap that Storm had opened up, clinging to Storm's rear wheel by lap two. This set up one of the best battles of the season, until Huffman used an aggressive move that sent Storm sprawling to the 'ground while Huffman nabbed the lead. Huffman went on to victory, ahead of the top Intermediate rider, Will Wallace, while Storm was slow to remount and finished a distant fifth in the class. "It [the crash] happened so fast that I didn't know what happened," Storm said. "It knocked the wind out of me, and it took me a while to get going again." Both riders, though, agreed that the mishap was "just a part of racing," although Storm's leg was badly bruised and his radiator damaged in the altercation. Storm came back with a vengeance in moto two, putting huge ground on Huffman with a monster holeshot, only to have Huffman make up an incredible amount of time in the whoop section, which he navigated flawlessly. Two laps later, Huffman held the lead, albeit a minuscule one, as Storm rode in his shadow. Then Storm lost his front end and, though he remounted quickly, his season-long domination had come to an end. Huffman carded a sweep of the ] 25cc action. Wallace again topped the Intermediate class, trailed by Albert Odden and Tyler Meyer. Huffman's 250cc Pro win was also hard-earned, as Leach, who was riding a brand-new Yamaha YZ426F, dodged Huffman's roost throughout the first moto, which concluded in a close finish when lapped riders allowed Leach to close the gap on Huffman. However, Leach lost out by less than a wheel to Huffman at the finish. Huffman and Leach traded the lead several times during the second moto, but this time lapped riders worked in Huffman's favor, as he would put two bike lengths on Leach at the finish to seal his stellar evening, denying Leach a win - his third loss of the season. Suzuki-mounted Tye Crandall, the lone Intermediate, trailed the Pro duo to the finish in both motos, ahead of top Junior Aaron Tunnell, who won both Junior contests, followed by Steve Miller and Brody Baxter. eN Exposition Arena Salem, Oregon Results; Febl1lary 25-26, 2000 Frktay P/W (7-8): 1. Glenn Prestholt (Cob); 2. N;ck Gubser (KTM); 3. Heather Christiansen (KTM); 4. Brent Cordie (Hus); 5. Jacob Holden (KTM). P/W MOD (7-8): I. Brent Cordle (Hus). 60 BEG: 1. Cameron McGillivray (Kaw); 2. Jordan Hollowell (Kaw): 3. Baron Hollowell (Kaw). 60 JR: I. Gared Steinke (KTM); 2. Jared Wood (KTM). 60 SR: I. Ajay Olinger (KTM); 2. Jacob Kannada (KTM); 3. Matthew Kent (Kaw): 4. Travis McClinton (Kaw); 5. Danny Gubser (Kaw). 80 BEG: 1. Will Brown (Kaw); 2. Ricky Wuori (Han); 3. John Duran (Kaw); 4. Jesse Wuori (Hon); 5. Nick Randklev (Han). 80 (9·11): 1. Travis McMackin (Hon); 2. Ajay Olinger (Suz). 80 (12·13): 1. Brock Chappelle (Yam): 2. Kyle Kent (Kaw). eye. e n e vv s MARCH 15. 2000 37

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