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8 0 OP EN : I. Mike Ale ss i (Ya m ); 2 . Ca !>t' Hin son (SUl ); 3. y Dustin Pipe s (Kalil): 4. NGthan Brock (Sw:). 125 BEG: 1. Nick WUCOlt (Sw). 125 NOV: I. MIke AleSlli (Yam) : 2. MichGel Broc k (Yam ): 3. Ang el Ortiz (Yam) : 4. J a ck Van Camp (Yam ): 5 . Robb y Bliptistli (Hon). 125 INT: I. Scooter McCOfTTNIck. 250 BEG: I. MlIt1 Odin, (Han ): 2. Nick Wikox (Suz): 3. Da kit' GlIrret1 (Kaw). 250 INT: I. Scoot er McCormack. VET BEG: I. John Ca mpise (Hon) : 2. Richard Sing le (Hon ). VET NOV: I. Ken Johnson (KTM). NOV: I. NICkMcKinnon (Yam ); 2. Randall Hole ( Han ). Orr Midway Rec rea tion Pa rk Schmidt Sails to Midway MX Wins B y G EORGE ANO KAREN HODKINSON KELLOGG , MN , MAY 7 Chad Sc hmi dt was th e w inner of th e da y in th e ne wl y t itl ed 6 5 c c ( 7 - 1 1) c l as s at M idway Recr eati on Park. beat ing all 19 rid ers in both m ot os. A healthy turn out of racer s sho wed up for th e thi rd race of the seaso n at th e Midway and wer e welc om ed w ith the usual Midway charm and fri end ly sup po rt. Tw o rac ers won tw o cl ass es on th e d ay : Mike Kann won th e 16 -24 A an d 125 c c A c la sse s , a nd S c ott Ehlenfeldt won both the Sup ermini and 8Gcc ( 12- 15 ) cla sses. Schmidt got th e holesh ot in the first 65cc (7 - 1I ) m ot a , but Ni ch ola s J ac kso n wa s th ere t o keep him hon est for some tim e. J ack son ke pt right w ith Sc hm idt for the fir st ha lf of th e fo ur -la p m ot a , but from lap three o n, Schmidt began to pull aw ay for an ea sy win at the c hec ke r s. Schmidt c harged hard th e wh ole m ota t o win w ith a 15 ·seco nd ma rg in on Jackso n and the rest of th e fie ld . Cole Seat on , wh o moved up to the 65cc rank s this year, ran m ost of the rac e in th ird and took th ird at the fini sh , with Nick Bartz fourth and Je ssub Pear son fifth. In the seco nd rnot o , Schmidt wh omped th e field ag ain on his KTM. as he grabbed a major holeshot of abo ut fou r bike lengths. J ackson again ra n th e wh ol e r ace in sec ond , th ough not close eno ugh to challe nge for the lead this time out. Sea ton took another consist ent third. with Bartz fourth an d Cory Vandal fi ll ing o ut the top fiv e. In the 16 -24 C clas s, 36 riders lined the gate f o r the s t a r t. Ju stin Vand enb o om emerged as the leader after the fi rst lap , with Brian Ble k second. J ason Gillis third , Nichola s Bet che r fourth and Jesse Anderson fi ft h in th e ea rly going. Vandenboom stil l had th e lead when th e whit e flag came o ut, bu t he lost that lead on th e last lap. Ble k took th e m oto win . Vand enb oom c la im ed seco nd in t he m ot a , with Bet cher third and Aar on Be ns on fourth . Steve Mireau m oved throug h th e field to cla im fifth . In mota tw o , Bl ek t oo k th e lead early and walked away with th e win. Mi reau ran seco nd for m o st of th e race and to o k second at th e end. Ry an Zuege m ade up for a fir st-m ot o 10th by tak in g thi rd. Bet cher cla im ed fourt h and Benson was fi ft h at the fini sh. R e sults MICRO MINI (4· 8) : I. Rile y Kroone : 2 . Jordan Kemmerer; 3. Andrl!'wLathe : 4 , Wdhdffi Dru"Ch: 5 . Detmon Johnson . MICRO MINI (4·6) : I. Tyler Beebe: 2. Kurt End res : 3. Gl!'ne Swartz. MICRO MINI (7- 8) ; I. Cole Se aton: 2. TriJvis Cernpe: 3. Dustin Overby; 4. Brandon 8drtt>lds: 5. Chris Wolff. P/W: 1. Chlid Schmidt; 2. Nick Jackson : 3. Cole Seaton: 4_Nick Bartz; 5. Cory Vanda l MINI J R (7. 11): 1. MlItt MIen : 2. Brett N~el : 3. Zach Souce k; 4. Child Schm idt; 5. Trevor Tumtl . MINI SR (9 ·12 ): I. Je sse Aeneru d: 2. Z.IIch So uc e k : 3. Sa m Theis : 4. Jt'5se Zwart; 5. Brennen l..luseng MINI SR (12 . 15): I. Scott EJ,lffifeldt; 2. Jeremy Girard; J. Jon Stadsvold; 4. Mati Hl!'i!oe: 5. Jeremy Skeere. S/ MlNl: I . Scot t Ehlenleldt; 2. J eremy Girard ; 3. J ake Fogelberg: 4 , Jon 5&dsvokt: 5 . Joe Meyer. YTH : 1. Bobby Widman; 2 . Bred Goe tter ; 3 . Malt Bee : 4 . Mike HliselllIle; 5. Ton y MIen. 16·24 A; I. Mlkl!'Kann ; 2. Eric Kowa lik: 3. B.J . Johnson: 4, Mike Evenson: 5. RICkSm ith . 16·24 B: I. Levi Quandahl; 2. Brandon Hagedorn; 3. J es s e Goodrich; 4 . Jed O'Connor: 5 . Enc Hesehoe. 16·24 C: I. Brian Blek : 2. Steve Mlreau ; 3 , Nick Betcher : 4 . A!troll Ben!lOO: 5. Ryan Z u~ . 25 + A: 1. CraIg Scbwerz: 2 . Chns Resset : 3. Robert Helsteed : 4. Lee En ckson; 5. Tod d Lentz. 25 . B: I. MlIrty Clark : 2 , Jl!'fl Gruhlke: J . ,~ all Leebens: 4 , Robert Hanson; 5. William Krenik. 25. C: 1. J ell Fox: 2. Bob Helbig; 3 , John Lechrur: 4. Deme l Sc hm idt; 5. Mork OIKln. 125 A: I. J ake Gcues ; 2. Nathan Broug hton ; 3. To ny Robertson ; 4. Bobby Widmo n; 5. J a y Sche rbnnq. 125 B: I. Bra ndo n Hag e do rn ; 2. Lev i Qua n d a hl: 3. Jesse Good rich ; 4. Tra vis Pernow; 5. Brad Guetter 125 C· I: I. Mike Bo uottson. 2. 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