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• ~DiTJV 6J.P L -..;,1,1 71lA DfAl 1l 0VEIl Pastrana Sell ards Ch iodi King Tortelli ~!".. L liiiGiiiNiiioiiI' T._'R;rr:f!f!! .. , - - - - - - - - - -- - ----.:::----,z :; iii ~ z '" -c u '". > th CD ~ Q. ~~~eo~;~ Dowd Em ig Lamson Vuillemin Lusk Reynard Crine Windham Carm ich ael Ward GATES OPEN Thurs . 12 Noon SUNDAY Pract ice, , , 9:00 Qualifiers . 10:30 Races . .. . 1:00 Adults - 520 Children - S5 (AdvanceTickets) No Sellouts! Finger Lakes Stat e Park: Steve Leivan took another big win at the thi rd round of the Missouri Hare Scrambles Championships in Columb iana. Fin ger Lakes Sta le Park L e iv a n L arg e at the Lakes B y F RANK lEIVAN COLUMBIANA. MO; APR. 16 A t th e th ird round of th e Missou ri Hare Scram bles Championship . SCR/Yamaha rid er Steve Leiva n exhibi ted his winnin g sty le on ce again by thoroughly dominating the MXP -promoted event. held at Finger Lakes State Park . Leivan utilized th e fi rst few ope n com ers of th e m ot ocross tr ack to position himself in sec - ond p lac e when th e trail turned into singlet r ack , beh i nd holes ho t artis t Chris Th iele . Leiv an pati en tly follow ed Thi ele fo r th e first few miles, a nd w hen Th ie le col li ded w ith a tree, Leivan too k over and pulled away fro m t he p ac k u n ti l t he chec kere d fl ag fl ew a t 2; 12:05 . " I was happy to get off to a good sta rt and not have to co m e fro m behi nd aga in, " Leiva n said. "T his one was n't m uc h of a nail -biter li k e the ot he r [pre vi o us ] two races, but that was fine with me ." T he A nswerlS ilko lene / D un lo p /Ts u bakil Scott- backed Leivan was the only rider to tum in sub -22 -m inute laps all da y . fini shing with a th r ee -m inu t e-and-16 -sec ond c us h io n over seco nd pla ce. Thiel e, the runner -u p in th e p revious tw o ra ce s. to ok some time to ge t going after hi s nasty sp ill and co mplete d th e opening lap tw o mi nutes beh ind th e lead ers. His day c am e to a pr ematur e end when he out of fu el on th e sec ond lap . perhap s a res ult of his earl ier co llision . Chris Capling er and Matt Pursl ey . on a pa ir of Yamaha thumpers, du el ed th roughout for run ner -up. Both rider s hav e spe n t the pa st seaso n racing m otocro ss and seem ed to be quite at hom e o n the fast. m ot oc ross-type ci rcu lt . They fin ished th e event in second and third , just eight seconds apart. Chad Bu senbark fini shed off of the bo x for th e fi rst time in 2 00 0 . He st aye d in the battle for run ner -up honors un til he faded slightl y near the end , following Pursley by 30 sec onds. Bobby Duncan rode to anoth er consisten t fin ish . rounding out th e t op fi ve. In his first ye ar as an AA rider. Duncan was also in co nt ention for a t o p -t h ree fini sh u ntil he was fo rced to stop for fu el. Rid er s who ran at the front ea rly on bu t wer e not c o nt ende rs at th e fi nish incl ude d KTM -m ou nt ed Ken You nt , who co m plet ed lap on e in seco nd but got cro ss- rutt ed in a m udhole on lap two . sma ck ed a tr ee and snapped off his rear -br ak e peda l, endi ng his day. Chris Nesbitt was third afte r a lap but chose a bad line at a mud ho le a nd be came hop ele ssly st uc k, lo sing two m i nu t es and m o st of hi s ene rgy in an effor t t o free hi s bike; he sol di ered on to claim ninth place. Rick K in k e laa r pu t in a st i rring pe rfor m an ce in the A class on his YZ426 to claim .. - . . For all advance tickets, subtrad $5.00 for each ticket and please indicate which tickets you want! Include a sel f-address stamped envelope, all orders must be post -marked by June 1st (Please do not include camping or pit pass fees.) FRI. A MATEUR M (ON PRO X T CK) RA & STADIUMNITE M i SAT. A X MATEUR MX PRACnCE ON PRO TRACK • HS & NITEM X 100% Cotton Babydoll Shirts Available i n Girls' sizes Medium and Large Dnly $lq.95 each To order, use the I:ycle News Products Order Form in this issue VISA or call 7I tI.751.7t1]] Ig am-5pm PST) e y e I e n e _ S • MAY 24. 2 0 0 0 53

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