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32nd Annual Hangtown S p o r"'ts rn a n C la s s ic (Left) Bruce Thinger l eads Bill Carter (2) In the Open C class. (Right) Craig Smith (207) grabs the h oleshot over M ike Ya c ovettl (i SS) and the rest of t h e 250cc C class. (Above) Winner Jeremy Riley (1 7) a nd Joe Sh ipman (16) mix It up In the aeee C class. (Left) William Artau 111 (1 15 ) was an early leader in the 2 5 + C c la ss. B Y BILL S PEN CE R SACRAMENTO, CA, MAY 19-21 D i st r i c t 36 a n d th e D irt D i g g e r s N orth Mo to rcycle Club combined efforts to host the traditional amateur m oto c ro ss hel d during the annual AMA N ati o n al Motoc ro ss weekend . Mo re th an 700 riders signed up to do battl e on th e National track, where 13 moto s we re run o n Frid ay , n ine on Saturda y and th e fina l motos of th e Women 's rac e and th e 80 cc Exhibi ti o n race on Sunda y . T he t al k o f t he town was n' t so much on th e ra cing but on the we ath er. It was just pl ain hot at th e Prairie City SVRA faci lity, w he re t em p er a tures hove red around the 10 0 -degree m ark th e whole week end . C ra ig Sm i t h dou b l ed u p i n t h e c la ss w in s d ep artm ent. He t op p ed Aaron Dosh to w in th e 125cc C Divi sion One class after riding his Yama ha to 3 -1 moto finishes. Dosh went 2 4 , while Mi ke K ell y gra bbed third ove rall after w inn ing th e first m oto and fin ish in g fift h in th e second . Smith c onti nued his winning ways in the 250cc C Di v ision T wo c lass, whe re he sm oked eve ry o ne w ith a '3 2 JUNE 7 ,' 2 0 0 0 ' c ue I e pa ir of w ins . J eff Marsh wa s his nearest ri val in the ov erall results . Ma rsh took runner-up hon ors with 3 -2 moto finishes, wh il e Jon Davis went 2 -3 for th ird overall. One of the most popular classes of the day was the 80cc C d iv ision but only one rider would prevail , and that one rider was Trevor Don ia k , who won both motos over Perry Bryar and Darry l Savill e. Brad Kelly and Rob by B aptista round ed ou t th e t op fiv e overal l. Trav is Enzwe iler w as the ri der t o b eat in the 125cc C D iv ision Tw o class . Nobod y coul d beat h im in the first m oto but t h ree riders fi nished ahead of him in th e second m ot o, but his 1-4 results were good enough to lay cl ai m to th e ov erall victory. The youngest m ember of the racin' Mason fa m ily , Joh nn y Mason , gra bbed second overall vi a 2 -5 moto fi nishes, whil e Casida y Stafford took th ird with an 8 -2 t all y . Mason 's dad, J ohn Mason , wasn 't qu ite as succ ess fu l as J un io r. D ad on l y m an aged a fi ft h overa ll a ft er go ing 6 -5 i n t h e Sen io r A c l ass, w h ich w as w on by for mer Pr o Eri c McKenna. n e vv s McK enn a mi x ed it up w ith L arry Morton and M ik e Harper fo r a wh il e befor e going on to win both m ot os. D av e Ch en ey topped th e Seni or B class over Rich Tiago and Don Bi zzy . The racing actio n in the 8 0 c c A class was fast an d f ero c i ou s , as usual. Da niel Sani emerged the b ig winner over Kelly T edder. Sarti 's 1-2 placi ngs edged o ut Tedder ' s 3-1 . Nick D av is went 4 -3 for third , wh il e Rus s B le v ins (5- 4) and Ni ck Moore (6- 5) ro und ed out th e top five. Aaron Berganz top ped the 80cc B cl as s w ith a co m b ined 2-1 , topping M ike La Pagl i a and his 3 -3 . Jeremy Riley to o k t op hon ors in the C d iv i sion wi th a pair of wi ns over Wes Norri s Jr. and Broc Owens . William A rta u III to ok the holeshot in th e fi rst 25 + C moto, but Gary Forrest eventua lly ro de around him and we nt o n to . t ake the moto w in . Pet e Urfer m ade up for a mid pack start to fini sh second. In the second moto, Urfer ralli ed to w in th e moto and take the ov erall trop h y . Forr est cam e up to f in i sh sec ond in the moto and second ov er a ll. Returning to act i on f ollow ing injuries , Steve A rana posted a pa ir of th ird-pla ce fin i shes to capture th ird overall. T he Wo m en C racer s p rov ided gre at racin g action , and it was Suzu ki rider T amra Madden coming out on top on both occ asio ns. Tarr ah Johnson , Kaide Garrett , La yn e Swanson and Am y Ro g e rs foll ow ed i n t ha t order. No matter wh ether it' s up North, in the m idd le or down South, the Vet C divis ions are al ways exc iting to watch . SoCal 's Dave Pile and D on Bizz y topped th e first d ivision over Rod Ware , while Steve Arena was a double winner in the second division, over Pat Vacchieri and David Chi ck.