National Arenacross Seires
Rounds: 29-30 . Idaho Center. Nampa. Idaho
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came a hard left-hander with a very
short run up to the big double. Immediately upon landing the double, racers were thrown into a hard right-hander that left the racers facing two
more doubles and a single (or a triple
and a double if you're Charley Bogard). One more hard left and they were
back on the straightaway.
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FRIDAY
The first night of racing got underway as three-time and defending
series champion (and current points
leader), Buddy Antunez took his Suzuki around the track in 27.917 -seconds
to take Fast-Lap honors in the 125cc
class. Soon, another Suzuki rider,
Charley Bogard would raise the bar
When the checkered flag came out for Friday's 125cc Main, Chartey Bogard (17)
was on cen1er stage with the win. Buddy Antunez (1) and Denny Stephenson (3)
finished second and third.
NAMPA, 10, MARCH 17·18
uzuki dominated the racing action
and had everyone seeing yellow as
the PACE Wrenchead.com National
Arenacross Series pulled into Nampa,
Idaho for the first of two nights of
exciting, fast paced competition.
125cc - sweep, 250cc - sweep, the
Dash for Cash, the Extreme Freestyle
Jump-off Contest. By the time the
first evening came to a close, Suzukimounted riders had won it all
(almost). It took local Kawasaki rider
Ben Evans' win in the 65cc race to
break the spell and put something
other than a yellow bike in the winner's circle (it should be noted that
the 65cc race is called the Kawasaki
65cc Invitational).
The Pace crews got to work Thursday morning, moving the dirt that
would transform this basketball arena
into a motorcycle track. By Friday
afternoon, work was complete and
the racers were taking practice laps.
Wide by Arenacross standards, but
otherwise fairly typical, the completed track included a flat straight that
swept around left to a long whoop
section. At the end of the whoops
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Stephenson reigned supreme In Friday's Dash for Cash as well as Saturday's
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