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F o rmu la U SA P ro S in gle s S e ri e s Round S : S t u rg is F a ir g r o u n d s just no stopping th e youngs ter as he o utran a ho st of n ation a lly -r a n ke d ride rs to score his firs t Pro S ing les win . Noyes ran off a nd hid , flogg ing aro und the dry , dusty , notch y half mil e like he pra cti call y own ed th e pla ce. Ironically , he ha d ne ve r seen it befor e , a nd yet it wa s all too fa m iliar. "You k n o w what this place is ?" Noyes said afterwa rd. "It' s Lodi [California] , except it's b igg er. All th ese tracks are new to me , but this one wa s familiar. I'd never b een he re be fo re , bu t it s eemed like I had. My b ike is setup exactly the s a m e as it wa s la st night in Rap id City." Aft er g etting th e hol e sh ot in th e m a in event , Noyes' ch ief competition came fro m Ga rdne r Ra ci ng / BBRP Rota x rid e r Da n Stanley, the Wash ingtonian laying over at Sturgis in the ho pe of ban king the S 1000 first prize . It didn't ta ke lon g for the Washington rider to realize tha t wasn't go ing to be th e ca s e in the m a in event, as he fell fu rt her beh ind S tanl e y as the ra c e un fol ded . Noyes bu ilt a five -le ngth lead by the fifth la p a nd would go on to build it to over half a straightaway by the time the checkered flag fell at th e e n d of t he 12th . In a ctuality , S T OR Y A N D PHOTO BY S CO TT R O USSEA U STURGIS, SO, AUG. 10 ft e r bump ing a nd grin d in g h is wa y to third pla c e when the Fo rmu la USA Pro S ingl e s S erie s occupi ed its usu a l s lo t as th e s u pport cla ss to th e Wrenchead .com Nati on al Dirt Tra c k Series just down th e road in Ra p id Cit y t he night b efore , Lin eaw e aver Racin g - backed Kenny Noyes wa nte d to be s ure that he was s een a nd he ar d du ring the se ries' first h ea d lin e r g ig at the S t u rg is Fair grounds on August 10 . Not th at No y e s ha sn 't a lre a dy made a bit of a s pla s h, s howing up to do battle in th e a ll-new Formula USA devised class e ach wee k, cla d in fluo re sc ent yellowi s h leathers a nd a str ide a s tar k w h it e Hu s ab er g 40 0 t hat sounds like it ha s a bird stuck in its ex ha ust pip e when it howl s past. But for all of his flash , th e cocky 21- ye ar old Californian had yet to stand a to p th e pod ium in Pro S ingl e s competi tion . That cha nged a t Sturg is , a s Noyes fa red the b est in t he fin al of three re st a rt att e mp t s to g e t t h e main underwa y. From that po int , th e re was A 54 S EPTEMBER 6, 2000' cue I e n e uv s Stanle y knew he wa s in tro uble e ve n before th e ma in. Se c ond was th e best he could ho pe for. S e cond is what he got. "Afte r watching Ke n ny all I da y, I knew that was gonna happen: Sta n ley sa id. "My first be t was to get the ho les ho t and ho pe tha t I could b loc k him , but he blew by m e so fa st. Th en my n e xt b et was to h op e t h a t h e would sli p off the groove . He us ually makes a lot of m istakes, but didn't this time. "We [Rotax ride rs] a re too re s tric ted now, but that's okay bec au s e that [4 00 ] is what thi s cl ass is for. That's why we're bu ilding a 400 now ." With th e fie ld quic k ly fa lling into s ing le -file o rder on th e one- line racet ra c k , the r a ce was a fo llow- t h elea der affair, or at least it wo uld hav e bee n if not for Michiga n rookie Brya n S mith. The 16 -year-o ld first -year pro rod e his fa mi ly-ow ne d ATK ha rd right fro m th e start, pushing his travell ing co m pa ni o n Will ie McC o y at e ve ry turn befor e ma king his wa y pa st the T e x an on lap e ig ht to loc k up th e final podium spot. McCoy we nt on to finish fourth , ahe ad of Gr e g T ys or , Steve Liberty a nd J .R. S chnabe l with Kenny Noyes (19) ruled the Wrenchead.com Pro Singles Series round at the Sturgis Fairgrounds during the 60th annual Sturgis Rally & Races. The Ca lifornian le d from stan to fini sh to post his f irst series w in. E li Price a n d Bran d on C art w r ig h t round ing out the to p 10 . Sm ith was e late d , as this wa s his first solo road tri p . He h ad elected to co me west with Mc Coy and check out the Sturg is scene. eN Sturgis Fairgrounds Sblrgis, South Dakota Results: August 10, ZOOO IRound5 of 1Zl MAIN ( 12 lap s; 18 rid er s) : 1. Kenn y Noy es (Hbg); 2. Dan Stanley (Rtx) ; 3. Bry an Sm ith (ATK) : 4. Willie McCoy (ATK) ; 5. Greg Tysor (Rtx); 6. Steve Li berty (Rtx); 7. J .R. Schnabe l (W· R) ; 8. Eli Price ( Rt x) ; 9 . Br and on C a rt w rig ht ( Rt x ); 10 . J a c ob Lati m er ( Rtx) ; 11. Beau Br own (C e M); 12 . Ti m Eades (H· D) ; 13. Jennifer Snyd er (Rtx} ; 14. Scoote r Vernon ( A TK) ; 15. A .J . Esli c k ( KTM) : 16 . Je rry Southwo rth (KTM ); 17. Kurt Hawk (Rtx): 18. Michael Gilkey (BSA) . FORMUlA US A!WRENCHEAD.COM PRO SINGLES SERIES POINTS STA ND I NGS ( A ft er 5 o f 10 r ou n ds ) : 1. K enn y Noyes (342/1 w in ) ; 2 . J .R. Sc hna be l ( 282 ) : 3 . Da n Stanley (272) ; 4 . Br y on Sm ith (26 8) : 5. Will ie McCoy (240/1): 6. Tim Eades (22 2) ; 7. A .J . Eslick (1 82): 8. Je nnifer Sny der (17 8): 9 . Eli Price ( 164): 10. Will Dav is (152/1) : 11. Jacob Lat im er ( 140); 12 . Bran don Cart wrig ht (130 ); 13 . Scoot er Vernon ( 130 ); 14 . Victo r McAna lly (l06 ); 15 . Beau Brown ( 104): 16. J oe Kopp (98): 17. Cory Roth (96) : 18 . Steve Libert y (88 ); 19. J aime Ag uilar (86 ); 20. Kurt Hawk (84 ). Upcoming Rounds: Round 6 - Fort Worth. Texas, August 26 Round 7 - Castle Rock,Washington September 8 ,