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-..", -- - - -- AMAlWML National C 'ship Series Round 3: Budds Creek Raceway ....... .,---- - - -- - - , .- -,::> :l! g ~ z W Keuntjes Conquers the Creek BY J: 0W to >- lD ~ M IKI K EL LER BUDOS CREEK, MD, JUNE 17 ou nd th ree of the WML National Championsh ip Series was held at Budds Cr eek in Maryland. The WML Na tiona ls are re c og nized by Honda, Ka wasa ki, Suzuk i, Yama ha and Scott USA co ntingency programs. Suppo rt ri d es from E lf Lu b r ica nts a nd FMF Racing are offe red to all WML ra cer s. Add itional pr izes are cont ribut ed by Wh ite Br oth er s , Throttl e Joc k e y , Eibach Springs, Motion Pro , Midwest Motorsports, A lp inestars and Rite Tie. Wh en th e gate dropped for th e first Pro Women's m oto , Pro Circuit/Fox's Jessica Patterson charged to the first turn for the hol eshot, followed by Plano Honda /MSR /Sc ott ' s Ja cki Hudson , R&B Bl ai r / X W ea r 's H eid i Co ok e , Th or-backed Angi e Keuntjes, FMF / No Fear's Bonnie Warc h, Cycl e Gear/ Hayward Suzu k i 's Shee na Patterso n and Sh ift / CDC Rideshop -sponsored Can da ce English. Notic eabl y abse nt were Stefy Bau, who was out due to ankle surgery, and Tania Sat chwell , who is still recovering from a brok en thumb. Keuntj es m ov ed qu ickly int o seco nd and by midway through the first lap she had tak en th e lead . Th e duel betw een Keuntjes and J essica Patt erson lasted a few lap s; Keuntj es eventua ll y sur ren dered the lead permanentl y to Jes sica after lay ing her bike down in a corner. Meanwh il e, Co oke passed Hudson and t ook over third and ma inta ined th at po siti on for th e entire m oto. Th e cont e st f or fi f th pla c e , b etw e en Warch , English and Sheen a Patterson ultim at ely went in English' s fav or. In m oto two , LSC 's Kristi M y er s claimed the hol eshot, followed by Hudson , Jessica Patte rs on , Keuntj es , Warch, Cooke and Sheena Patterson. Keuntjes made a couple of qui ck passes, and by time the pack reached the whoop section, she was in fir st pla ce. Keuntjes continued her lead into the third lap, with Hudson close behind. Jess ica Patterson began to really apply the pressure on th e tw o front-runners and then made her way into the lead . K euntjes stayed clo se to Patterson for several lap s. On th e si xt h lap, Jessica jumped an uphill double and her front end w ashed out upon land in g. Ke untjes was very close behind and hit the downed bike in her path and went down as well. Keuntjes was ab le to get up and get started quickIy , and she began to extend her lead. Keuntjes won the moto, claiming her fi rst Pro National ov erall victory . R 64 JULY 26,2000' cue • e T he Professor , Ga ry Bailey , was on hand at th e announcer's tower. "T he g irls rea ll y amaze me," Ba i ley said . " Espec iall y th e top o nes and how we ll th ey do. It 's not like a lo t of th ese g irls are t om boys . They 're gi rls. T o see them out th ere riding, and to see the stuff th ey ar e j um pi ng a nd how fast the y go - I'm im presse d ." Budds Creek provided beautifu l Pro tr ophies for the WM L winner s. Travis Pastrana c ame over to co ngra tu la te Budds Creek: Angie Keuntjes (4), Jennifer Caputo (23), Heidi Cooke (10), Jacki Hudson (7) and Jessica Patterson (250) vie for the Pro-class holeshot at round three of the WML National Championship Series in Maryland. th e women ra ce rs and hand o ut th e tro ph ies at the WML awards present ation . A GP Digital Catalogs co ntributed t o t h e Pr o purse , a n d MLY Sn o w bo ards, No rthwave Bo ot an d Drak e Binding s awa rded a new snowboa rd setup to th e top -fini shing Pro. eN Budd. Creek Racew ay Budd. Creek, Maryla nd Re.u lts: June 17, 2000 [Round 31 PRO : 1. A ng ie Keun tjes; 2. Je ssic a Patte rson ( Kaw) ; 3 . Ja ck i Huds on ( Ho n ) ; 4 . Heidi Coo k e (Kaw); 5. Sheena Patterson (Suz). AM : 1. J esse Dav is (Ka w ) ; 2 . Temra Ma dden (S uz) ; 3 . Tarra h J ohn son (Ya m ); 4 . Ashl e y f ar ley (Kaw); 5. Michelle Tre fethen (KTM). Virginia Championship Hare Scrambles Series Round 7: The Landshark 100 Edmondson Takes a Bite out of Landshark B Y H EA TH E R GR EER PULASKI, VA, JUNE II he Lands hark 100 has traditional ly been one of th e m ost tec hnical track s of th e Virgini a Championship Hare Scram bles Series, and th is year was no different. Logging activity ha d reduc ed what had previ ou sl y b een ti ght, wo od ed sec t io ns t o dry , d usty trails rid dl ed with stu m ps and other surprises. There was sca nt reli ef fro m the dust in a sho rt sect io n th at ran down a slate-bottomed creek , and the gO-d egree heat led to dehyd ration and fatigu e for many riders trying to fini sh all fiv e laps on the 7.5 -mile course . Wh en th e hat dropp ed , th e AA class to ok off of the line wi th Vall ey Kawa saki/FMF/ Whit e Brothers -sp on sored Step hen Edmondson at the head of th e pack. Gas Gas rid er Dan iel Morri son and Yamaha rid er J ason Gr eer w er e se conds behind Edm ond son throughout th e race . Edmondson was riding a perfect race until he slid out on a rocky off-camber, g iving Morrison the op portunity to catch him. "Find ing Morrison right on m y rear fend er , I ga ve i t all I h ad , " sa i d Edmondson. Edmondson put som e time betw een himself and Morrison on th e last lap to take the ove rall win at th e scoring bar rels. Mean wh ile, Greer had caug ht Mo rrison , and both were blazing down a fast stra igh t section when Morrison slid T n e vv s past the turn ; Gree r got by him to take se cond ove ra ll. Mo r rison rec overed to take third . KTM ride r Cha d Parke r was a strea k of orange as he to o k the 20 0cc A ho lesho t and led unchal l en g ed , as Suzuki r ide r D e an Ingram tangled with another rider, ca us ing a pi le u p in th e second turn . Ingram caught up to Park er and th e t wo freig ht-trai ne d into the seco nd lap . Parker high -sid ed in a technica l section , and Ingram took off. Parker was hard on th e th rottl e and ca ught Ingram by the end of th e th ird lap . Parker made th e wi n n ing p ass when Ingram ma de a pit sto p. Ingram took sec ond at th e barrel s. Kawasaki rider The Landshark 100: In Pulaski, Stephen Tommy Reyn old s took third . Edmondson (2) made a splash at the Landshark 100 - round seven of the Virginia Championship Kawasak i rider Chance Bak er Hare Scrambles Series. took the lead on the first lap of the 250cc A cl ass, wi th Suzuki rider Travi s Williford hot on his t ail in over the ha ndlebars, allowing Yama seco nd. When the two cam e to a split ha rid er Eric Hytinen to get by . Ashtrail up a short hill , Williford too k the left ley got by Hy tin en again , but a lin e and came out ahead of Bak er. Willi downed rider c au sed h im to wreck . ford set a bli stering pace. Baker pulled Hytinen slid by for second at th e barov er fo r water, and Honda rider David rels , w ith Ash ley c om ing in thi rd. Ashl ey passed to ta k e seco nd place Husq varna rid er David White flew to eight seconds behind Williford. Baker the front of the Vet A class off of the came in third. sta rt. Yam aha rider Montie Orr made a K awa sak i rider Da nn y Morriso n pass on Wh ite wh en he slid off the tra il took th e F our-Stroke A ho leshot and in a sli ck , rocky off-camber. When Orr dominated the cl ass to take th e win . laid the bike down in a fast fir e road , Honda rid er Tom m y As hley made an White flew by him and maintained his all -out effo rt to catch Morrison but lead to take first at the barrels . Orr nail ed a downhill stump and we nt