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Cent ra l Oregon Summer Motocross Series Round 5: W illow Cree k M ot ocr oss Park (Left) Landon Currier was a three-class w inner, posting v ictories in the 50cc Advanced, 50/60cc Open and 60cc J unior c lasses at the fifth round of the Central Oregon Summer MX Series. (A b o v e) Ryan Huege (3 1) topped the 80cc Junior (14-16) and Supermini classes at Willow Creek Motocross Park and now holds a commanding points lead i n both classes. (Left) Jennifer Wa ibel (2881 leads Amy L ight (2 5) In the second moto of Women's competition in Madras, Oregon. Wa ibel fi n i s h ed second overall behind Rh ianna Stenzel, and Lig ht was t hird overall. S T O RY AN D P HO T O S By C L A Y LI G HT MADRAS, OR, JULY 23 ash ing to n 's Landon Cu rrier led a contingent of out -of-staters in to unfamiliar territory for ro und five of the Oregon Summer Motocross Series a t Willow C reek Motoc ross Park , p a v i n g t h e w a y w it h a n un equaled thr ee-cl ass dec imation . C urrie r , r i di ng t he Pr o C al ib e r / D eM a rin i/Tro y Lee D esig n s -b ac k ed Co bra, scored convinci ng 1- 1 v ic to ri es in the 50cc Ad vanc ed , 50 /60 cc Open and 60cc Junio r (6-8) cla sses. Rid er s from Nevada , Califo rn ia and Montana were also on hand for the event. Washingtonians Taylor Fell er and Cory Evans trailed Currier at the unleashing of the first 50 cc Advanced moto, but neither c ould put a wheel u nderneath the impressive C u rr ie r , who was using this race to hone his wa rm-weathe r riding skills f o r t he upcoming Loretta Lynn 's AMA Amateur National. While Currie r sped away from the rest of the field , Cobra rider Jeremy Steward clawed his way into contention for an aggressive second -place finish to Currier. Moto two was much the same . Currier roosted his way to an unc on test ed lead out of turn one and went unchall enged in his w ire -to -wire win in th e 90 -deg ree heat . Steward, KTM m o un t ed Eva ns a nd Fe lle r trai led Curr ier ov erall. Currier c ame back two m otos later to lead th e 50 /60cc Open class. this t im e facing tough challenges from KTM USA -sponsored Brandy n Ja sa W and KX rider Dustin Steward . In th e end. though, Currier connected fo r hi s second overall w in of the da y with I I pl a c in g s to lead Jasa , Steward , Derrick May and F ell er into th e top five ove rall . C ur rie r's tou g hes t challenges wo u ld come in th e 60cc J unio r class , w h ic h ran com b ine d w ith the 60cc Sen ior rid er s. Th e first t o l eave the line were th e 60c c Senio r rid er s, led by KTM-b acked Rhett J ohnson , Cody Cose ns and T ra vi s Em ery . C u rrier, wh o starte d off so me 16 secon ds behind the Senio r riders in wave two , q uickly carved t hrough traffic and sett l e d in behind th e lead tr i o of Senior contestants. Johnson checked out on the co mpetition , leading Jasa to th e check ere d nag , while Cosens barely edged out Currier at t h e f i nish ; Curr ier topped the Junior (6 -8 ) class , well ahead of Kawasaki ri der Travis Qu e senberr y and May. Johnson netted a win in moto two to net the Sen ior (91 1) w in , while Currier got th e nod in the Junior class to fi nali ze hi s threecl ass win ta lly. Mont ana 's Travis Booh er g ated ahead of the fie ld in the first m oto of the combined 125cc Pro /Interm ed i ate/Junio r class, but the Professi ona l ride r from Misso u la saw hi s rid e q uickly go aw ry: B o oh er , ridi ng a Yama ha , took a wrong turn and wa s then fa cing a large deficit once back o n tra ck . Suzuk i rider Brody Baxt er and Honda -mounted Ryan Hu eg e battled for the lea d for m uc h of th e rac e until Hu e g e fell and Jason B e eb e Supe rm in i classes . B randon Kentner was Hueg e ' s closest c omp et ition , trai ling th e Hon d a rid er in the 80cc Junior cla ss. KTM rider J a k e Gump sco re d a w in i n th e Before The Hill cl ass to narrow the gap on points leader Bria n Syslo with a 1- 1 sweep aboard his 200cc KT M . Behind Gump , though, there was a squabble f or second between Yamaha rider Ro bert K night , S e an Li g h t, Warren Re g n i e r a n d Syslo ; the positi on ult imately went to eN K ni g ht, aboard his YZ250 . inherit ed the po sition at th e finish. Bo oher got a m uch -imp ro ved fin ish in moto two , trailing Baxter from the get-go to the end . Booh er , wh o was making his debut at the facili ty , pushed B a x t e r all th e way to the checkered nag but wa s unabl e to get around the loc al spe edster. Both riders, th ou gh , scored re spective c lass w ins: Baxt er netted the 125 c c Junior w in, ah ead of Beebe and Hu ege. The ride r who tra veled the furth est d ista nce - Ocea nsi de , Cali f orn ia' s Amy Li gh t - nabb ed both hol eshot s in th e Wo men 's class , but th e 19 -year old could n 't main ta in the pos ition ; Suzuk i r iders Rh i a n n a Stenzel and Jennifer Wa ibel - the top two riders in the se!'ies ' po int standings - re leg ated the Kawasaki jockey to th ird in both motos. Stenze l used a 1- 1 tally t o lead Wai bel , Light, Sa ra Costa and Riki Proffitt into the to p five overa ll. Shawn Hueg e looked well on h i s way to a win in the first 250cc J un io r moto, bu t late in the ra ce th e Honda rider from Yamhill , Oregon , crashed. Th is handed Baxter a win i n the m oto , over Allen -T o rn p k i n s , T yle r F it zsim o ns. Toby Koch and Hueg e. Tompk ins , th ough , h eld t he upper hand in m ot o two a n d scored th e o v e r a ll w in , ahead of Bax ter a nd F i tz si mo n s, a nd To mpk i n s n o w enj o y s a l a rg e 31 -po int l ead in th e series ahead of Ba xt er . Wh ile Ryan Huege had his share of troub les in th e 125c c Jun i or c l ass, th e younger of the tw o racing broth er s did c o m e back to convinc ingly t op the 80 cc Junior ( 14 - 16) and cue I e n Willow Creek Motocross Parle Mldrl s, O regon Results: July 23, 2000 (Round 5J 50 BEG : I . T a y l o r F e ll er (Co b) ; 2 . Ax c y l Hick m an (Lem) : 3 . Derek Garland. 50 ADV : I . Land on Currie r (Co b) ; 2. J eremy Stewa rd (Co b); 3 . Cory Eva ns (KT M) . 5 0 / 6 0 OPEN : t • Lando n Cur r i er (Co b) ; 2 . Bra ndyn J asa (KTM) ; 3. Dustin Ste ward ( Kaw) ; 4. Derrick May (Kaw) ; 5 . Taylor Fell er (Cob) . 60 BEG: 1. Justin Coffe r (K., w); 2. Dakota Sm ith (KTM) . 6 0 JR : 1. La nd on Currier ( C o b) ; 2 . Travis Quesenberry (Kaw ); 3. Derrick May (Kaw). 60 SR: I . Rhett Jo hnson (KTM); 2. Cod y Cosens (KTM); 3. Travis Emery; 4 . Brandyn Jasa (KTM); 5. Dustin Stewa rd (K aw) . 8 0 BEG: 1. Blak e Ang len ( Suz); 2. Rhett Johnson (Han) ; 3. Cha nce Phipps (Han) . 8 0 JR ( 12· 13) : 1. Sea n Dahl berg ( Yam ) ; 2. J ame s Gan non (Han); 3. Jimmy Alexander (Kaw). 80 JR (9 - 11 ) : 1. Be n A ng len ( 5 uz ); 2. Ch ris An de rson ($ uz ) : 3 . levi Bis ho p ( H o n ) : 4 . A rlie So uthard (Kaw ) . 8 0 J R ( 14· 16); 1. Ryan H uege (Hon ): 2 . Brenden Kentner (Ya m ): 3 . Jeff Snow . 12 5 /2S0 BEG: 1. Danny Costa (Kaw ); 2. Bud Bo wen (KlIw) ; 3. Audtiegh Hickman (502 ). 12 5 NOV: 1. C o lt on Wa ibe-l ( 5 uz) ; 2. Wlirren Reg nier ( Yam ); 3 . Ca sey Co sens (Yam ): 4 . B rla n 5yslo (Yam); 5. Jon McGillivray (x e w). 125 JR : I. Brody Baxter (Sua): 2. Jason Beebe ( Yam ) ; 3. Ryan Huege (Ha n) ; 4 . Justin Gyllenburg (Yam ); 5 . J usti n Tester (Han) . 125 1NT: I. Mike lees (Kaw). 125 PRO : 1. T ravis Boo her (Yam) . 250 NOV: I . Jake Gump (KTM); 2 . Bi ll Barrier (Yam ): 3 . Pat Berry (Sua). 250 J R: 1. A llan T ompki ns ( K aw ); 2. Brody Baxter (Suz) ; 3 . Tyler Fitzsimons (Sua): 4 . Tab)' Koch (Ke w ): 5 . Shawn Huege (Ha n) . 25 0 PRO: I. Travis Boo her ( Yam) . OPEN: I. Rick Herbst (K aw). 8 TH : 1. Jak e Gu mp ( KT M ) ; 2. Robert Kni gh t ( Yam ) ; 3 . Warre n Regn ier ( Yam) ; 4 . B r ian Sy slo (Yam); 5. Seli n Li gh t (Kew ). VET NOV : 1. J im Sanders (Kaw ); 2. J ohn Coffer (Kaw) ; 3. Rand y Vick erman (Yam). 40 + NOV : I. Pat Berry (5 02). 40 + EX : 1. Rod Kentner (KT M); 2 . Steve Coc hre ll (Kaw). WMN ADV: 1. K im Regnier (Yam) . WMN NOV : 1. Rhianna Stenzel (5uz); 2. Jennife r Waibel ( Suz) ; 3 . Amy Li gh t (Kaw) ; 4. Sarah Cos ta (Hon): 5 . Rikk i Proffitt (S uz}. e vv s S EPTEMBER 6 , 2000 57

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