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soon- to-be -re wo rked J MX track. Rain b lank et ed the entire area . keep i ng less-o ptim istic l o ca l r a cers home. and at l ea st t w o l arger r aces el se where d rew from th e ent ry pool. Only a pass ing showe r during practi c e k ept down any possible dust. "We're pleased t ha t thi s many rid er s cam e o u t." sa id JMX prom oter Jo e W i ll i a m s . " B u t . o n th'e o t her hand , w ith a full en try . we cou ld ha ve bee n i n a world of hurt w hen o ur prin ter qui t t his evening. Our st aff ha d to qu ickly writ e up all the cla ss shee ts by hand at the last minute." The 85c c (7 -1 1) qual ifier belonged to KX80 jockey Za ck Mitchell . who is spo nsored b y Kawasak i of Gast on ia. M it che ll pi ck ed t he lines while Dodge w atc h ed f o r a place to pass. J osh Harris. m ov ing up to a KX60 th is sea s o n f r om his tru st y Lem 50 c c mach ine. loo k ed st rong in third . Wh e n t h e g a t e d ropped for t he 85cc (7 -1 1) ma in event. Dodg e was ready to peel o ut, w it h Mitchell an d Harris t ail g at ing him in th e front of a pack of 10 Ju n i o r Min i ri ders . As thi ngs tu rne d out. Dodge di dn ' t have to wo rry about passing. E v er y circu it o f the six - la p m a in event foun d D od ge at the head of the 85cc (7 - 1 1) pack , and eve n invadi ng the ra nks of the 8 5cc (12 -15) [Sen io r M ini! class th at had stagg er -started ahead of t he 85c c ( 7- 11) crowd . B y th e time D odge c ro sse d th e fini sh line. he was secon d in th e field only t o C u rti s C o ok , t he w inne r of the 85c c ( 12 -15 ) class. Mitchell, Harris and late ent ry Br an don Humphries put on a show in their battle for seco nd. but Mi tchell pre vail ed . Harris. Hum phr ies and Brandon White com pleted the top five . Dodge head ed the Su perm ini qualifier fro m sta rt to fin ish . cru ising o ut front wh ile Travis Bon d and Mitchell checked hi s lines. and James Br own Jr. recovered from an awfu l start . Bro w n was on th e ga s when the gat e dro pped fo r the Supermini m ain eve n t. leavi ng t he other Su p e rm ini co ntenders in his fumes. Dodge tucked in be hind Bond and Mitch e ll. A fe w turns before t he end of lap on e. Dodg e du cked under M it chell to tak e third . and the n he wen t to work on Bond. Wit h two laps to go , Bond bobbled , allowing bot h Dodg e and Mi tch ell to pass . Dod ge tr ied to put some dista nce be tween his Suzu k i and M i tchell 's Kawasa k i, b ut M itchell stayed wit h him. Th e fin al la p was a nai l- biter; at first Dodge was in second. th en . a few turns later. Mitchell had it. Metrollna Supercross: Tieler Dodge (11) dom inated 85cc (711) compet ition at the Second round of the JMX Warm-Up Series in Charlotte , North Carolina, and he was also runner-up in the Supermini contest, between James Brown Jr. (59) and Travis Bond (007). At t he final fla g , Brown took t he wi n easily. But right down to th e last pre j ump th at wo uld m ak e th e fin ish -lin e tabletop a d oubl e fo r t he big gu y s, second was a tossup . Dodge appea red t o h a ve it , but M it c he ll m ounted a cha rg e c alcu lated to zap him at t he line . At th e fl ag , Do dge h ung o n t o eN runner- up by a wh eel' s w idth. cycle Metro lina Supereron Charlotte, North Carolina Resolts: April 29, 2000 (Round 2J 50 ( 4 -6 ) : t . Shane Mc El rath ( Lem) : 2. Dy lan Nash (KTM ); 3. Came ron A bernath y (ATK): 4. Tyler McSwain (Yam) ; 5. Caleb Dye (KTM ). 50 (7 -8 ) : 1. Chelsea Mc Swa in (Cob ): 2. M ax Heavner ( Co b); 3 . Jordan Dan iels (KTM ); 4 . Lu cas Helm s (KTM); 5. Tayl or Barber (Cob). 50 SHAFT : 1. Chelsea McSwain (Yam) : 2. Tyler McSw ain (Yam): 3. Treve Foster (Yam) ; 4 . J oshua Rice (Yam) . n e _ S • JULY 5 , 2000 71