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M idway Moto cross: Sco tt Craven (039)
fl ew to the wins in bo th the 125cc and
350cc Expert div is ion in Mit chell , Indi ana.
seconds by the third lap. The n Crave n go t
hung up on a pack of lap ped riders . all owing
Gessner to reel him in o n the final lap. Th at
was all Slu gga needed . as the KTM speedst er
too k th e o uts ide line in th e natura l -te rra in
switchbacks , za pping a surpr ised Crav en .
"I had a good lead , and relaxe d : Cra ven
adm itt ed between m otos. " Once I saw Gessn er
comi ng. th e n I got into ta p pe rs a nd mad e
som e mistakes."
In th e seco nd m ot o, Cr a ve n ripped th e
holeshot and checked out. Gessner was second.
A aron Mcintyr e wa s runni ng third . with Len tz
fourth. Cra ven was on it th is m ote , extending his
advantage each lap over Gessner.
Cra ven wa s j ubila nt about his win .
'" got into a gr oov e that seco nd rnot o , and
it all j ust cli cked, " Craven said. "The track was
gr eat. T hat step -up jump bef or e th e fi nish line
could get you some air! My Su spe nsion Works
Yama ha flat han dled throu gh the rockers!"
Gess ne r was still upbeat about his performan ce.
"My sta rts weren't spot-o n today ," he said.
'" ha ve to work on them. The first moto was
the on ly mot o I've beaten Scott th is yea r. I
th o ug ht I co uld do it ag a in for th e se cond
m ot a , b ut I got a ho l e in m y pipe . I d o n ' t
k now , eve n withou t that pro blem, if I had anything fo r him . Much thanks to Kelv in Th omas
from C ycl e Sh ed for his sup po rt - also t he
guys at Pod ium One. My KTM wo rk ed great!"
Results
AUT O ( 4 -8 ) SHA fT : 1. Bo Cooper ( Yam ) ; 2. Ja cob Tyree
(Yam ); 3 . MICt'IMIMartin (Yam) ; 4 David Abbott (Yam); 5. T yler Kirkman (Yam ).
AUTO (4 -6 ): 1. Cemeron ReM (Cob) ; 2. K~ Stumler (Cob ); 3.
Cooper (Cob); 4. Jecob TY'ft (Cob) ; 5 . Mich6cl MartJn (Cob).
AUTO (7.8) : I. Devin Burks (Cob); 2. MIchael Romero (Pol); 3.
Malachi Freidburger (Cob) ; 4. Jeke Sm ith (Cob ): 5. Isaac Rowland
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(Cob) .
65 (7-11): I. MIcha Bender (Kaw): 2. Jecob Rowtend (KTM);
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3. Cody RelllS(Kew ); 4. DeYIn Burtl. (KTM); 5. Donnie Gray (KTM) .
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85 (7 ·11 ): 1. Broc Sim s (SUl.); 2 . Seen Law head (K aw); 3 .
MIdutd Eknder (Sw:); 4 . J acob Rowlend (Kew) ; 5. Matt Brovm (Sw.).
85 ( 12 - 15): I . Jeff Jennings (Suz) ; 2. Michad Akll ydan ( Ke~) ; 3.
Ryan Koontz (Suz:); 4 Kyle H u~ng (Sw' ): 5. Chris Brown (Sul) .
60 OPEN: 1. Jeff Jenni"9' (Suz:); 2. Michael Ak eydin (K ew); 3.
Grent Wilson (Hon ); 4. lack HollingsWorth(Kalil ); 5. Broc Sims (Suz).
125 H 2· 15): 1. Ancn~ Well (Suz:) ; 2. Luces Stanton (Yam) ; 3.
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iam Medi30n (Yan); 4. Chance HllIfTmllIO (!