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Gl en H elen Raceway Park D e a l e r ,s Associat ion brings you Roberts Rips at REM S ummer Series By Hist o ric Springfield Mile & Hall of Fam e Race R OCKY H A SH SA N BE RNA RDIN O , CA, J ULY 8 Racin g Enterpri ses Mo tor sp orts k ick ed off th e ir second ann ua l No F ear /Sm ith / Wh it e B roth er s/ A MP Resea rc h / Renth a l -sp o nsored Sum me r Series w ith a revam ped tr ack design tha t was we ll-received by the large tu rno ut of race rs . O ne of the bes t contes ts of the day was in the Vet Intermediate di vis ion, in which Brian Roberts put in two solid rides to earn th e Illin ois State Fai rgrounds. Springfield , IL ~ DU1VLOP Presented by: 1fVUASA overall class hon o rs on the day . Whe n the first m ota blasted off th e li ne, the red Honda of Rodney Mo rrison was ou t front with th e holesh ot . B rad Diez tu ck ed his YZ250 into second, while Roberts ran th ird. As th e pack clea red th e sco ri ng section at the end of la p one, the to p fi ve slots we re fi lled out by Ken Mall ow and J ay Pavl ovec. Morrison held the po in t for two laps, bu t he bo bb led on lap three, and Roberts took ove r th e lead. Mall ow was also moving up. and he too k over second plac e the same lap. At th is point, D iez held thi rd, Pavlovec rode in fourth, and Scott Sep kovic m oved up to fift h. Once in front, Roberts stretched out a five-secon d lead . A late charge by Fred Nichols p ut hi m in the top five when the two -laps sig nal was g ive n. Wh en the white flag waved, Nichol s was fourth an d loo k ing fo r a way aro und Diez fo r third. A t th e chec ke rs, Roberts loped ac ross the lin e fo r th e m ot o w in. Ma llow was next best , while Nicho ls made the la st -l ap pass fo r third . D iez was fo ur th a nd Sepkovic fil led ou t th e top five. Glen Helen Raceway Pa rk: Brian Ro berts (6) p ira ted away the Vet Int er medi at e victory at the fir st installment 01 the REM Su mmer Series In San Bernardino, Calif ornia. At the start of m ota tw o , Nichols ri pp ed a clean holesho t. Pavlov ec gated second, wh ile Scott Hig hland he ld th ird aboard his Suzuki. Sepkovic ran fourth, and Rob erts ro de in fifth . Nic hols set a bli st ering pa c e and p ut a threesec ond ga p on the field b y the end of lap two , Be hind hi m , Pavlovec, Sep k ovic and Roberts were lock ed in a bat tle fo r seco nd , Roberts go t th e best of the ski rmish, and he too k ov er seco nd j ust pa st th e ha lfwa y ma rk . Abou t the sam e tim e, Mallow m oved up to fourth, and D tez " oo k ov er fift h . A s th e moto w o r e on, t N i ch o l s co n tin ue d stea dily wit h th e le ad , stre tc hing it to fiv e seco nds. Roberts was all alone in seco nd, but he co uldn' t m ak e up an y t im e o n Ni c ho ls. La te i n th e ra c e , M a ll o w fou nd a way aro und Sepkovi c fo r th ird . Wh en the chec ke red flag ca me out, Nichols took the m ot o wi n in convinc ing fashion . Rob erts was runner-up , and M all ow rode in for third . Sepkovic sett led for fourt h, and Diez rou nd ed out th e top five. O n the day, th e ove rall class victory went to Roberts w ith h is 1-2 rid es. Ni c h o ls ' 3 - 1 sco res were good for seco nd, while Ma llow (2 3) fini shed up in third. Sepkovi c (5 -4 ) earne d fou rt h, and Diez (4- 5) c ame in fift h . Spring Creek MX · Millville, Minnesota MX Nationals LIVE ''VIRT UAL GRANDSTAND" INTERNET COVERAGE u/Lcls IlOlIlIlIlJ \IV \IV \IV. eve L E N E \IV 5 • e 0 M SUNDA Y. August 13th - ST ARTI N G 1 PM (CST) L O OK F OR VIRTUAL G RANDSTAND CO VERAGE A L L SEASON FR OM AMA C HEV Y TR UCKS M X SERIES E VEN TS Then .. . G e t th e fu ll story the follO'wingWeek in ~[jI.g,,'l3 Is su e #33 - O n Sa le A ugust 1 6th. cue I e n e _ S • A UGUST 1 6. 200 0 49