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Honda CR , pulli ng clear of a five-rider p a c k th at in c l u d ed C a r t e r Myers , D ev in J e ssop a nd Cl ay t o n Riggle . Myers move d into seco nd place , while Jessop pulled clear of the rest of them to fin ish third . Joey Keith got the holeshot in the 65cc DTX ( 7 - I I) clas s fina l , but Northern Cali forn ia's Anthony F o ng slid underneath Keith off turn two on the openi ng lap and went on to build an insu rmountable lead. John Long jumped Keith in turn tw o ab out two laps from the fi nish to secure sec ond pla ce , with Keith hanging on fo r th ird. Perenn ial ama teu r ho tshots Logan M y er s a nd Nick Cum m ings m a d e thei r e nt ra nce i n t he 1 2 5 c c Mod c lass, and t he frie nd ly rivals pu t on their us ual spectac u lar show. Myers got the ho l esh ot , while Cu mmings wo rked his wa y past Do uglas Br yan to run second . Cummings then chal - le ng ed Myers for several la ps , run ning into th e outside cushio n to pull alo ng side the leader at every turn. A m i ssed do wn sh ift in turns one and two eventually cost Cu m m ing s, and Myers pulled clear for the win , with Cu m mings second, and Bryan third . Jesse Long was the man with th e plan in the 50cc Sr. class feature, as he forged past Charles Gray III in th e early going to take the lead and th e w in . Gray held o n fo r a st ea d y runner -up finish . Michael Ro ss came across the stripe in th ird place . New Y orke r Matthew W eidman survived a few bobb les and on e resta rt t o sco re th e w in in t he 65cc Mod (7 -I I ) mai n event. J o hn Long was all ove r We id man lat e in the ra ce , and had a shot at the lead off turn four, only to bobble at the same time t h a t Weidman did and lo s e gr ound . Th e race was red -fl agged fo r a crash. Wei dm an led th e rest of the way after heading t h e single -file restart. proved to be too strong , as he took the w in by several lengths . Laurs en c a p p ed a couple of g ood drives off turn two to work his way past Vincent for second in a close c ontest at t he lin e. The o lder guys went at it i n th e 50 + class , as Millington , M ich ig an's J a c k Warren - a per sonal hero t o li one o ther t h an Ja y Springsteen chased after his pal Dan Crawford in t he ma in event. Warren wa ited until th e la st l a p before dri v ing hard off turn two and pass ing Crawford fo r t he lead as th ey sli d into turn three . Warren took t he win , followed by Crawford and J im Bauerle. Nick Cummings grabbed th e early lead in the 250cc Mod class feature, but he b lew t h e groov e in th e fir st turn and slipped to third , while J ared Mees and Jake Johnson set up in the to p two pos it i ons. M ees eventua lly GROUP 1/11 HALF MILE, .JULY 4 Tuesda y 's racing program was th e long est of the week, thanks t o the oc ca sional squalls tha t blew t hro ugh th e a r e a to w reck the b eautifull y groomed pea -gravel half mile at the fa irgrounds . The Group II program ran in its entirety before t he y oungsters in Gro up I r eturn ed t o ac tio n late in the afternoo n. F o rm er AMA Horizo n Awa rd wi nner Br yan Smith was back in action at Indy , and th e M ichi g ander esta b lished h is presence o n t h e b ig track immedia tely by grabbing th e hol esh ot in th e 250c c Pro -Spo rt ma in eve n t. Bryan Vincent an d Brando n Laursen t r i ed to co me w ith Sm i th , but h e cue I e n e _ s • J U LY 26.2000 39