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F loridaTrail Riders C hampionship E nduro Series R ound 7: Scrub O E ak nduro Brewer Brushes By to Scrub Oak Win strong after the gas to take Veato r by a point in one of the to ugh er sect ion s, DAYTONA. FL. JUNE 4 putting him in th e driver's seat. t wa s a t ight b attle fo r th e F lorid a On the th ird loop , th ere was some Tra il Riders Enduro Championship co nfusion w ith m ileage mark ers , and t h e c lo se st t o date. Th e defend ing m any riders burned one of th e checks . c h a m p io n, Team G r e e n ' s Ashl e y Doug Masencup wa s one of those rid Brewer, ha d hi s hands fu ll fendi ng o ff ers, a n d h e l ost h is c h a nce f or an Georg ia's Tomm y Vea to r, on a KTM o ve r a l l. B r ew er not i c ed th i s an d 2 00 . a nd N o rth C a rol i n a 's D ou g th ough t he was lat e , b ut lat er found Masencu p, on hi s KTM 25 0. None of ano th er mark er with c orrec t m il eage th ese three rid ers had had the greatand realize d he was riding on tim e. At the end , Brew er too k the w in w ith a sco r e of se ven to Vea to r's eig ht. Finish ing th ird overall was 2 50 A rider Ryan Crist , and Masencup fin ish ed fourth with a 16, seven of thos e hot points. Brewer 's sea son got off t o a good start at round one of th e series , the O r a n g e S tat e En duro, hel d at the Croom e ORV Park . Th e race was co sanc tioned by SETR A . " T h e O ra n g e State i s my favorite FTR event: Brewe r said . " It is a fan tastic end uro. I had a good ride there. a close one w ith SETR A cham p Allen Gravitt. He got the overa ll and I ended up top FTR rid er." Brewer 's luck seem ed t o c hange for t he worse for th e next few ro unds . At round tw o in Ta lla hassee, Flo rida , wh ich was a nothe r r a c e co- sa nc tio ned by SET RA and FTR , he f ou gh t off a h a r d - ch a r g in g Scru b Oak Enduro: Ashley Brewer beat Tommy Veator all day , only to end up in Veator by a single point at the final round of the a tie for the overall . Veator got Florida Trail Riders Championsh ip Enduro Series In Daytona and took the championship crown. the nod o n tie bre ak er s and sc ored his fi r st o verall of the sea son . A t r oun d t h ree, the est of se aso ns; a ll had ex pe rience d Swamp Fox Enduro (the only race in th eir share of bad lu ck , and this co nth e se r ie s held outsi de F l o r i d a , i n tri buted to th e close points battl e. All Cha rlest o n , Sou th Ca ro lin a ) . B rewer th ree rid ers were in a virtua I tie goi ng wo rked th e race and Veator had a bit int o the fi na l ro un d of th e series in of trou ble. Masenc up had a goo d ride D a yto n a , F l o r id a - t he Scrub O a k and got a good points boost with top En d u ro . The w inn er of th is end u ro FT R points . A t round four , the Eagl e's wou ld cl a im the FTR champio nship. N est , B rew er sw it c hed t o a KX 125 Wh en th e scores were ta llied, Ash ley instead of his usual 250. Veator fouled Br ewer had pulled o ut the win , mak a p lu g at th e start . M asencup ( th e ing this his th ird FT.R championshi p . th en-current points leader) had spa rk The fi na l rou nd was held just outarrester problems , and Br ewer had th e side Day t on a. It was hot and d ust y , opportunity to ta ke the points lead w ith no mud to be fo und. Sponsored but bad luck struck , and he burn ed two by th e Daytona Dirt Rid ers, th e c ourse checks and lost th e overa ll to Veator was a good mix of tight woo ds sepa by one poi nt. rat ed by road sections to help get th e "I won th e overall last yea r, and I slo w er riders bac k o n time . Th ere fe lt co nfident goi ng into the rac e this w ere num erou s speed cha nges and year - I l eft f eeli ng p retty sick f o r resets to test th e timek eeping sk ills of blo wi ng it," said Br ewe r. th e ri d ers. Both Veator and Brewer Roun d five - the Battlefi eld End ur o w er e on th e gas. Vea t o r p ut go od , - went no better. co nsiste nt scores together to tak e the "I wa s rid in g good. but I b urn ed the earl y lead by 12 sec o nds in the first f i r st c hec k ," Bre we r r ec o u n t ed . " I ha lf of the race. Brewer c ame b ack B y K EN N ET H K ING I 66 J ULY 26 . 2 000' cue I e n eVIl's thought I was gl vmg the race awa y . so I rode as hard as I could for th e remainder of the day . I was beat en in eve ry section. I was o n a stock 125 and j ust couldn 't hang with M ike Griz zle [the winner. on a Husaberg 50 II and Veator on his 2 0 0 . The de ep sand and many road se ct ions were tough on the 12 5 . At Richloam , round six , my luck cha nged . I w as rid ing good, but I k ne w I had th e race won when I passe d Tom my Veator rid ing wi th o ne ha nd on his handleba r and th e othe r holding his co m pu ter. It was th e third time I had won th is race ." Th at win pu t Brewer in a good spot fo r the championsh ip . At th e end , it w as Br ewer o ver Veator and Ma sen CN cup in the ov era ll st andi ngs. Scrub Oak Endura lorida Daytll na, F Results: June 4, 2DDD (Round 7 of 7] 0 / A : Ashley Brewer. AA : 1. Tommy Veator; 2. Paul Seabum : 3 . Dou g Masencup. OPE N A : 1. Mik e Mart in; 2. Joey Row land : 3 . Steve Herdemen . 2 5 0 A: 1. Ryan Crist; 2 . Maynard Patt erson; 3 . Mark Honaker. 2 0 0 A: I. Lee Daley; 2. Sonny Mar obito ; 3 . Chris Bono my. 4 ·STRK A: 1. Donnie Brewer. OP EN B: 1. R. Brant ley: 2 . Scan Lam b: 3. Trey Wetherington. 250 B: I. Scott Spi ttle; 2. Ce rt Brown : 3 . Dave Edw ard s. 200 B: I. Eri c Biles: 2. Rick Scaggs: 3. Nicbolas Frey . 125 B: 1. Tod Rosen; 2. Jose Medina ; 3. Jenni Lam b. 4 ·STRK B: 1. Gregory Johnson: 2. Peter M"gee; 3. Jimmy Vin son . OPEN C: 1. Sam Ment o ; 2 . Frank Hens ley: 3 . Michael Mazur . 25 0 C: 1. Donnie Thompso n; 2. Patrick Jones: 3. Craig Broo mberg. 200 C: 1. Ric Rudle r; 2. Dorian Prct onete rl: 3 . Tyler Coody. 12 5 C: 1. Deborah Brod ric k; 2. Teny Drew; 3 . Bill Brownsberger. 4 -STR K C: 1. Chris Johnson: 2. Chr is Royce: 3 . Troy Reynold s. VET A : 1. J onn y Simp k ins: 2. Frank Erickson; 3 . M.!lynard Petterson . VET B: 1. Craig Han ge r; 2 . Cleve Roberts : 3 . Steve Kantarjian. VET C: 1. Steven McDon ald; 2. Barry Rose: 3. Henry Webster. SR A : 1. Bob Osbo rne; 2. G. Willi am s: 3. Randy Martin. S R B: 1. David Norman ; 2 . Jeff Ware; 3 . Carl Monroe. S R C: 1. Brian Jones; 2. Roger Butler; 3. Cary Hunt. S / S R A: I. Mike Shank ; 2 . Dave Kuka ; 3 . Daryl Craig. S / S R B: I. Te rry En ya rt. S/SR C: 1. Jo hn Day; 2. Mike Preslar; 3. Mike Baron . MS TR A: 1. Fred Box berger; 2. J oe VanSeeters. MSTR B: 1. Wayne Meradith ; 2. Jimmy DuBo se; 3 . Gates Pelletier. MSTR C: 1. Robi n Hamp ton ; 2. Norbert Hall ; 3 . Fred Storm . GLD N MS T R : 1. Emm ett C o x ; 2 . D i ck Argab right; 3 . Art Thomas. WMN : 1. Elain e Nobles; 2. Lori Crlllig; 3. Twilah Se we r. VINT: 1. Da vid A rnett ; 2. Ed Sherry . S/VINT : 1. Kevin Hod ge; 2. George Sklllggs; 3. Brian Ughtfoot. SPT 0 ·200: 1. Jerry Kn otts; 2 . M. Snodgrass; 3. Greg Storm . SPT OPEN : 1. Tha d Gilder; 2. Jer em iah Forrest ; 3. Will iam Dbcve . TEAM: J. Old Fat Guys: 2 . Team Frog : 3 . CFTR. Pe nsylvaniaState Cha pionship Round 1: Trail-Way Speedway Mees Blazes to Two Trail-Way ST Wins B y L EN AND B E N B REECH ro ugh evening , falling in the 85cc (7 I I) heat and having to g,"t by Evan Baer in the fin al for the win. Cory Long HANOVER, PA, JUNE 10 ared Mees used the pow er and reli took th e 85cc ( 12- 150 win . Zach Cala b i li t y o f his Moro ney 's H cu tt agai n t o ok t h e 125cc B c lass . D/Michae J's H-D Classics to ta k e th e Jason Isennock had an easy time winSports m an and 750cc A fin als at T rail .ning the 600cc B final again, but he got Way Speedway's round of th e Pennsyla less-th an -Iou sy sta rt in the 250cc B vania State Championship. Ricky Wi nfin al, and by th e time he got out of the sett tu rned up the wick a little on the pack , New Yorker Ad am Carp inello had Jim Chapman Rotax to take the 600cc an insurmounta ble lead . A fina l, while J im Haas wanted no pa rt After just becom ing ol d eno ugh to of the position swapp ing th at went on ri de a 600 wi t hi n the las t month or in th e 500c c A heat ra c e and pu ll ed o ut to the l ead right awa y . Jake Johnson won the 250cc A final, while Dalla s Baer and Larry Burk holder wen t wire to wire to win the O ver 30 Veteran and Over 4 0 Senior cl asses. respectively. After severa l riders took tu rns sharing the wins in the early p art of the season , Jesse Lon g has emerged as the one to beat in the 65cc cl ass. H e won agai n in Hanover, and he also took the 50 cc ( 7- 8) v i ct ory . De rek Her sh t o ok t he 50 cc ( 4 -6 ), whi le Ba il ey Tra il-Way Speedway: Jared Mees (20) blazed to the 750cc A Spence top ped the 50 and Sportsma n victories at the opening round of the Oil -Inj ected d ivisio n. Pennsylvania State Championship in Hanover. J o hn L ew i s ha d a J