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thought , so I ro d e over my head to catch him ." Once Allen took the lead, he never looked back . He sta yed ahead for the r e m a i n d e r of th e course unti l h e received the c hec k ered flag . AA SERA rider Joachim was in the lead for 2 1/2 laps. " O n the th ird lap , I caug ht up to some lappers and got aro und th em ," Joach im recount ed . "While making a turn , m y bi k e went do wn . Th en P.A . got by m e. I was takin g d iff erent lines to pa ss him, bec ause he wasn't about to let m e by h im . It wa s a close race , and I had a good time." Joachim ra c ed hi s Gas Gas int o seco nd pl a c e in th e A A class and second ov eral l. Bik e Pedl ar -ba cked Dustin Gibson r o d e h is 250 c c Yam aha in to f irst place in th e 250cc/Open A cla ss and thi rd overall . " O ff the sta rt, I was in fifth pl ace, and I passed Mike Monroe two-th irds of a mile fro m the fin ish [o n th e first l ap ]: sai d Gibson . " O nce I g ot b y him, I set m y goal fo r overall. I d idn 't expect th e ra ce to end so soon . After I saw th e wh ite fl ag, I pu sh ed hard ." However, Gibson was 35 seco nds shy of th e overall. Fourth place ov erall went to Mik e McCrea. T he T eam Green /Bloom ing t on Pow e r Spo rt s/ Scott/ Re n t hal / Alpinestars-sponsored ri de r cl aim ed first place in the 200cc A class, after being out for I 1 1/2 weeks due to a brok en collarbone, bu t he's back wit h no lo ss of spe ed. " It fel t g ood t o rid e a q a in! " h e excla im ed . O ff th e start, McCrea was the sec o nd rid er t o e n ter th e w o od s . H e qu ick ly m ov ed to first in t he woods section , and durin g the nex t thr ee laps h e passed m ost of the 250cc / Open A rid ers and several AA ri de rs, ma king fo r a nice c o meb a c k . Just befor e th e end of th e la st lap, McCr ea passed AA SERA ri der Benn ie W aldrop , wh o too k third place in the AA di v ision and fifth ove rall. Th ere was quit e a bit of swappin g and falling duri ng the last sect ion of the t rail. B ot h A ll en and J oa c h im went down durin g thei r final battle for the flag. Joachim went down and got ta n g led in some vines, wh ile Allen spun out and battled with some trees. Gib so n followed 35 seconds later with no trouble, but Waldrop lost an overall placement in that section . McCrea p a ssed Wa ld rop and was try in g t o catch Gibson, but Gibson was 15 seconds ahead . Another quick pass was m ade by Team Gr een 's Harvey Whi t ta k er , who slipped into second p lace in the 25 0 cc/Open A clas s, pas sin g Pet er Bordes ju st bef ore th e ch eck ered flag . Th e larg es t c lass to h it t h e t rail was t he Beg in ners , w ith 19 ride rs , and Br andon Schrimshe r claimed first p lac e. T he 200cc C class conta ined 16 ri ders, with Shawn Butler coming 38 AUGUST 9 . 2000' cue I in first, and th e Open C class had 15 riders , w ith P.J . Sho rt t o pp in g th e CN lead . West Point Enduro Lawrenceburg. Tennessee Results: June 25, 2000 [ Round 4 of 71 O/A : 1. P.A. Allen : 2 . Matt J oachim: 3 . Dustin Gibson; 4 . Mike McCrea ; 5 . Bennie Wald rop: 6 . Wyles Griffith; 7 . Harvey Whitaker; 8. Peter Bordes : 9 . Chad Earl; to. Blake Couch . AA: I. P.A . Allen: 2. Matt Joach im ; 3. Bennie Waldro p; 4 . Wyles Griffith. 2 5 0 /0 PE N A: 1. D ustin Gib son ; 2 . Harvey Whitta ke r; 3 . Peter Bordes ; 4 . Chad Earl: 5 . Blak e Couch . VET A : 1. Scott Marti n; 2. J im my Ward ; 3. Mark Guy; 4 . Mark Wood. 200 A : 1. Mik e McCrea ; 2. Je remy Ketc hum ; 3. Clay Hedgepath; 4. Blake P lonsk y: 5. David Vines. 250 B : 1. Paul Bannell ; 2. Joel Gibson: 3 . Bill Larson ; 4 . Rodney Robe rtso n; 5 . Wayne Hughes. 200 B: 1. Richard Barr ett ; 2. Barry Mcinti re; 3. Ad rian Gervai s: 4. Benny Helton : 5. Sean Somber . STTARS Southwest Series Round 3: Mesa Marin R aceway VET 8 : 1. Ruel J ones; 2. Tod d Levett: 3. Ronn y Hand; 4 . David Lamberth; 5. Steve Jo nes. 4 ·STRK B: 1. J oh n Rowli ngs: 2. Robert Lich : 3. Willi am Short : 4 . David Summers. OPEN B: I. Marcu s Powell : 2. Todd Gillespie: 3. Stewart Lic h: 4 . Aaron Davis: 5 .Chris Rickerd. S R: 1. Ga ry Co pe la nd ; 2 . John Ma nnin g: 3 . Edwin Pett y: 4 . Dale Stal ling s: 5. Devtd Mor gan . 200 C: I. Shawn Butler: 2. Charle s Jaghab: 3. Kevin Hopper; 4 . Cory Hughes ; 5. Shane O'Bannlon. VET C: 1. Ro ck y El rod : 2. Br ook Barker; 3 . D e nn i s Hold e r ; 4 . M i k e S y lves t e r; 5 , C hi p Steme nbu rq. 4·STRK C: 1. Boyd Cart wrigh t: 2. Mike Winsett: 3. Randy West; 4. Tri pp Volz; 5. Terry Russell. SR C: 1. Mik e Ponde r: 2. Pete Burre ll: 3. John Kam ; 4. Tom Carter. 5. Sill y fo\oody. OPEN C: I. P.J . Sho rt; 2. Josh Mill er. 3. Kevin Casey : 4. Grady McCo rmi ck ; 5. Richard Arnold. S /SR: I. Darry l Moody; 2. Johnny Craft ; 3. Mark Evans: 4 .Carllvey: 5. Mike Garrett. BEG : 1. Brandon Schrimsher: 2. Eric Ingram; 3. Chris Coope r: 4. Jason Wood: 5. Dann y Adkins. JR : 1. Mich ael Belcher; 2. J eff Parke; 3. Russell Monroe; 4. Tay lor Reyno lds; 5 . Dustin Stevens. over the jump on the second lap, but the Husky rider recla im ed the posi tion two turns l ater entering t h e infield . Just ahe ad, Rolland slipped past Howard in th e sam e p lac e he had made his Dash -w inning move earlier in the evening . Within two laps , the Frenchman caught the leader and began p ro bing for a way past. M eanwh i l e , t h e Ho ward/Ca ne t/ Pearce duel conti nued , w it h Can et ba c k ing it in und er H oward ' s Hus ab erg on the b rak e s t o t ak e ove r thi rd . It was short -live d, however, as Pearce m ov ed into th ird in th e d irt section w ith a g o od driv e onto the pav em ent afte r th e j u m p . A lap later, the Bak ersfield resid ent repeated his d irt-track er tri ck and st o rmed past th e lead du o in one fell swoo p. Rol land finally d isp o sed of Yarrow , but not before Pearc e pulled a sizable gap on the fi eld . W it h clea r t r ack ahea d, Ro lla nd ro de th e sli ck -shod wheels off hi s Ya ma ha and r e el ed Pe a rc e i n with relative ease . But o nce up o n the Honda rid er 's he el s, the Yamaha rid er found it d ifficu lt t o m a k e th e p ass du e t o the big t w o strok e 's a c ce le r at ion advantag e off corners. It came down to a duel o n th e brake s o n the f ina l lap as th e lead ers caught a l app ed r i d er e nteri n g th e infield ha irpin . Ro l land mad e h i s mov e ar ound th e outsid e as Pearce co m m itt ed und ern e a t h , with t h e s low e r rid er caught in the m id dl e. The Fr en chman m omentar il y took th e lead but got chopped off ha rd by th e lap pe d ri der as t hey tra n si tio ne d th rough t he sw itch b ack tu rn th at im medi ate ly follo we d . It w as Pearc e all Mesa M arin Ra c eway: French Supermotard master the way to the stri pe, wi th Fab ien Rolland celebrates a TT-Te rm inator Trophy Ro ll and a clos e second. Dash vi ct ory at the Mesa Marin Super TT in Yarro w edged o ut Can et Bakersfi eld. Calif orn ia. by a wheel fo r th e final pod ium position. action of the night for the 3000 spec"I feel we've made up for the poor tators on hand for t-\esa Mar in 's result in Paris: said Pearce , in refer unique combination NASCAR /Super ence to his Guidon d 'Or ride at Bercy IT program . earlier this year. He took the opportu Yarrow sat on pole , with Canet, nity to tha nk his sponsors, Bill Wright Rolland , Pearce and How ar d filli ng Toyota and Fred Cum m ings Hon da. CN out the front row. Roun d ing the paved Mesa Mari n Raceway ova l's steep ly b an k ed fi rst t urn , Bakersfield, Californ ia Yarrow opened up an adva ntage th at Results : June 24, 2000 [ Round 31 h e qui ck l y e x te n de d th rough th e PREM : 1. Rick Pearce ( Han) ; 2. Fabien Ro lland (Yam ); 3. Casey Yarrow (Hbg ); 4. Don Canet (Hus) ; infield roa dcourse . At th e end of th e 5. Mark Cemi ck y (Han ). SP TSM N : 1. A lle n Yarrow ( Yam) ; 2. Br uc e f irst l a p, Ya r r o w h eld a fi v e -b ik e Sellers (Yam ); 3. Ed Co ffey ( Ho n); 4. Mike Kelley (Han ): 5. Erni e lyles (Han) . l ength lead over the tight pack of M/W: 1. Casey Yarro w (Yam) ; 2, Mark Cerrucky Howard, Rolland, Canet and Pear ce , (Hon ); 3. Brad Banister (Yam ); 4. Mike Kelley (Hon) ; 5. Curtis Pimentel (Hon) . in that order. l./W: 1. Michael Day (KTM) . TR PHY OSH: 1. Fabien Rolland ( Yam ); 2. Don Pear ce worked his Ame r ican Canet (Hus); 3. Rick Pearce (Han ); 4. Do nnie Howard Honda -backed CR 5 00 p a st C an et (Hbg) . Rockin' Rolland Takes Supermotard Win By L EE T A YLER BAKERSFIElD, CA, JUNE 24 uro pean Supermot ard ace Fab ien Roll and ta ste d Tro phy Dash victory in his Super IT A m eric an Racing Series debut, bri nging an intern ati o nal fla vor to Saturday nig ht' s Super IT in B a k e rsf ie ld , Ca li f orn i a. ST T A RS champion Rick Pear ce upheld Ameri can honor wit h a h a r d - fou g ht w in aga inst the French in vader during th e Prem ier main tha t followed. Rac ing began at sunset, w ith the action qu ickl y heatin g up in the ITTe rm ina tor Tro phy Dash . A series of sin g le- l a p sp r ints pared t he e ig ht rid er field down to a qu artet. SITARS regul ar s Rick Pearce, Donn ie Howard an d D on Canet lined up next to th e g uest fr om Ca hors , France , fo r th e final two-lap dash . Ca ne t put h is Husqvarna 610 o ut fro nt, hol d ing t he lead well into the second la p . Roll and. a fro nt-runner in the Frenc h an d Euro pean Supermot a rd series , let it be kn own that he was hung r y for a win on America n soi l. Can et left a narr ow opening and Ro ll an d p ou n c ed , s lid in g h is borrow ed Gary J ones-bu il t , Wh ite Broth ers Yamaha YZ426 F up the ins ide entering the infi eld hairpin. With too little time to retaliate, the local boys trailed "Rockin' " Rolland across the line. " It is a dream for me to rac e in California : said the elated Fren ch man . who watched Carlsbad Superbikers on TV as a child . "This track is one o f th e best I've ridden , and to win ... It is fantasti c! " Inte nsity co ntinued to build in the qu alify in g heats tha t fo llo wed . Casey Ya rro w us ed th e sp eed of h i s Hu s aber g 600 to fend off Rolland 's attack in th e fir st Premier heat , while Can et got th e better of Honda CR500 mounted Pearc e in hea t two . Th e 12 lap featu re main pro v id ed th e best E n eVIls

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