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WML AMA Nationals Round 5: Broome-TIoga Sports Center Patterson Takes the Crown B v S T E VEN B O N N A U BINGHAMTON, NY, AUG. 26 t the final round of the WM L AMA Nation al s, as so on as the gate dropped for the first A mate ur moto , Campbe llsport , Wisconsin's Taba tha M i ll er took t h e lead, fo llowed b y Tamra Madd en , Ta rrah Johnso n. Jessic a Fost er and J esse D avis. Mill er led th e ent ire eigh t-lap moto and took the win in her fir st WML/AMA-sanctioned event. The real battle was for second. as Madden and J ohnson ke pt the fa ns on the edges of th eir seats. Madden held on for second, ty ing with John son for th e overall season champ i onsh ip . John son was third . Ch eryl McCull ough rec o ve red from a first turn cra sh to round out the top fi ve. J o hnson st ol e t h e second -m ot o holeshot, fo llowed by Madden. Miller, D av is and McCullough. Madden ke pt Johnson in her sig hts; knowing th at th e w inner o f t h i s m oto woul d ta k e the champion ship . As the two ba ttl ed for the championship, Miller reeled them in and on lap four she ove rtook Mad den for second. Mi ller the n im mediately attached he rself to J oh nson 's rear fender. The ba tt le lasted the remainder of the m oto, and o n th e white-flag lap, Mill er t oo k th e lead - o nly t o lose it agai n tw o co rne rs later. Mi ller made a ch arge through th e last corner , bu t Johnson edged her o ut by les s than half a bike length fo r th e win. Madden was never more than thr ee bike lengths behind th e l ea de rs until halfwa y throug h th e l ast l ap, wh en her b ik e puked . e n di n g h er c ha nce s atthe championship. McCullough rebounded from a poor start and passed two riders on the last two laps to take th ird . Davis held on for fourth. and Fo ster took fifth . The first Pro moto holeshot went to J ess ica Patterson , with Stefy Bau , Sarah Wh itm o re , Aubr i an a Dunn , Angie Keuntj es and J ack i Hudson in tow . Patt erson . th e se rie s p oints leader , w ent d own h ard l ess t ha n halfway th rou gh la p o ne; she got up way beh ind th e re st of the fie ld an d rej oined th e ra ce , on ly to crash even hard er before she cou ld eve n compl et e ha l f a lap . B a u in he r ited the lead. Whitmore was all over Bau but had Keuntj es hot on her heels. Whit m ore ove rtoo k B au for th e lea d on lap three. Bau was soo n un de r pr essure from Ke un tjes, and by th e end of the lap K eu ntjes had m o ved aro und h er . Dun n w a s still i n f ou rth , a n d Hudson and Sh eena Patterson w er e batt ling for f ifth . B au se ttled d own A 52 S EPTEM BER 20. 2000' c ue Broome-Tioga Sports Center: Kristi Myers (44), Jessica Patterson (250), Stefy Bau (1, behind Jessica Patterson), Kristin Sudahl (190), Aubriana Dunn (41), Bonnie Warch (11 ), Angie Keuntjes (4), Sheena Patterson (8) and Stephanie Perron (24) vie for the first Pro moto holeshot at the fifth and fin al round of the WML AMA Nationals in Binghamton , New York. and found her rhythm and retook sec ond from Keun tj es tw o lap s lat er. Whitmore easily w o n the moto . Bau held on for second , w ith Keun tj es taki ng thi rd . Dunn , Huds on an d Sheena Patterson had a rea l ba ttl e for fourth. Du nn had broken her nose less th an an hour earlier in practi ce while attem pt ed t he hug e downhill t ripl e. but she hel d strong and took fo urt h . Hud son was a cl ose fift h, and Sheena Patters on t ook six th. Jessica Patter son m anaged to salvag e some po ints by placing 13th, but this set the stage for an exciting second m oto , with only 10 points separating Jessi ca and Keuntjes for the series championsh ip . Bau was first off the li n e in moto two, followed by Ke untjes, Dunn, J ess ica Patte r son , B onn i e W a rch a nd Wh it m or e. Patt erson br oke her toe in moto one , b ut she wa s on th e m o ve early and before the end of lap one she was in second and all ove r Bau , tak ing over th e lead on lap tw o. Keuntjes was th ird, fo llowed by Sh eena Patt er son . who had mad e a couple of qu ick passes. Bau retook th e lead on lap six. Jessica Patterson put her pain aside and started rid ing an absolutely phenomenal pace. She m oved around Bau fo r th e lead and never looked back . Meanwh ile, Sh eena Patterson ba t tl ed Hudson. who moved around Pat t erson , but Patterson wou ldn 't give up the position with out a fi g ht. Sh een a put a whee l o n Hudson in several different co rn ers but couldn 't ma k e th e pa ss on Hudson . J essic a Patterson won the m oto by a hu ge m argin and cl aimed the series cha m pi ons hip . Bau fin ish ed second, followe d b y K eun t j e s , H u d son , Sheena Patterso n an d Du n n . Whit more ha d a li tt le bad luck in the sec ond m ot o; she fe ll , m ov ed back up to fifth , fe ll ag ain , and m an aged to ge t back to seve nth by moto's end . eN Braom e-Tioga Sports Center Binghamton, New York Results: August 26, 2000 IRound 5 of 5J AM. : 1. Te be tbe Miller ; 2 . Terra h J oh n so n; 3. C he ry l M c Cull ou gh : 4 . J e s se D a v i s: 5 . Tarn re Madden : 6 . J essica Foster. 7. Abbie Barbo ; 8 . Lana I e n e vv s Kamew ; 9 . Sherr i Hutchins: 10 . Jen ni fer Gcrueles: 11. Kim~rly Koc her; 12. Dee Dee Naehn: 13. Calyn Su ss er : 14. Amb er Go rdon : 15 . Laur ie Ba ke r; 16 . Barbara Wetowski; 17 . Lisa Jorgen sen : 18 . Jud y Sa lton; 19 . Susan Sc erbo . PRO: 1. Stefy Beu : 2. Angie Keuntjes: 3. Sarah Wh itmore; 4 . .Jac kl Hud son : 5 . Aubriana Dunn ; 6 . Sheena Pa tters on ; 7 . .Jesalce Patters on ; 8 . Krist! Myer s: 9 . Bonnie WaT ; 10. Renee Riend eau; I l. ch Krist in Sudahl; 12 . St epha nie Perron : 13. J ennifer Veltre: 14. Heidi Henry. WMl AMA Nationa l s Final Cham pion ship Point s Standings (A fter 5 of 5 rounds): AM : 1. Terrah J ohn son ( 209); 2. Tam ra Madd en (200 ); 3. Ash ley Boham (97) ; 4. Kadie Garret (68 ); 5. J esse Davis (80); 6 . (T IE) A m y Rogers /Layn e Swan son (7 8); 8. Kimberly Koch er (66 ): 9 . A shley Cheney (63); 10. Cheryl McC ullo ugh (61 ) ; I I. Tanya E1bers (53) ; 12. (TiE) Tiffany Hcltmen/Tabeth e Mill er (47); 14 . Alison J ones (46) ; 15. Kelly Renshaw (45) ; 16. Mic helle Trefeth en (43) ; 17. Tre cy Tos ca no (4 0); 18. Shir i Howell (38 ); 19. Ash ley Far ley (34 ); 20 . Barbara Wetowski (3 1). PRO : 1. J essica Patte rson (2 16) ; 2 . Angie Keuntjes (20 1); 3 . Stefy Bau (179 ); 4 . Jacki Hudson ( 147); 5. Sheena Patterson ( 143); 6. Aub riana Dunn (135); 7. Bonn i e We rch ( 12 3 ) ; 8. Kri st i M y ers ( t 0 6 ); 9 . Canda ce En 9li sh (9 1); 10. Heid i Henry (81); 11. Mercedes Gonzales (7 6 ); 12. Jenni fer Caputo (64 ); 13. J ennifer Veltr e (57) ; 14. Tracy Fleming (43) ; 15. Sarah Whitmore (39) ; 16. Heid i Coo k e (38); 17 . Roch elle Neimann (37) ; 18. Emily Norton (36); 19. Shell y Kann (34 ); 20 . Shelly Hickman (24 ). NETRA E nduro Series Round &: T tate Enduro ri-S The NeW" Kid in Town B v J OE M c L AUGHLIN OXFORD, MA, JULY 23 eam Moose rid er Eri c McEach ern h a s b e en r oo stin g hi s H o n d a CR250 to the top of th e A light class all se a son long , and h e h a s al so snag ged a few A High Po int troph ies along th e wa y . In dominating fash ion, M cEa ch ern fin all y cla im ed his ver y fir st N ET RA ove rall w in w ith a 17 po int score at th e 2000 running of the Tri -S ta te Enduro in O xford , Ma ssa c h usetts. M cEa chern was follow ed cl o sely all da y by his Moose team m at e Jas on Ca yer , aboard h is Razee/C -C y cl e-ba cked KTM . Ca yer ea rned first AA and second ov erall , dropping 19 p o ints ove r t he som e wha t fas t and rocky course. Battling it o u t fo r thi r d o v erall w er e Mo o se / Razee/KTM teammates Pet er Tanner a n d H an s Ne ff. Tann er ' s 23 - point card gave h im th ird overall and sec o nd AA; Neff was fo urth overa ll and third A A at the end of th e 8 6 -g round m ile eve nt. No ta bly a bse nt f ro m today 's compet i tio n was Vall ey Mot orsports' J err y Mado re, who was bu sy ea rn ing his wo rk cre dit by serv ing as co-tra il boss with fell ow Tri Sta te T rail Rider T im Dinge. In a cha nge from p ast years, th e eve nt 's start led right into an 18 -mph woods sec tion. On ly McEach ern and Cayer co u ld " zero" th e 10 -mi le sec - T t i o n , w i th T a n n er a nd K T M /Cl iff Cycles-sponsored Nei l Denn ett drop ping tw o apiece. McEa ch ern separat ed himself from th e pa ck in th e next sect io n , losing 3: 54 in th e sho rt , 4 mile section ru n at 24 m ph. Denne tt, Cayer. Neff, Tanner, Anthony Gera c i and Steve Anton iou all foll ow ed wi th four and change each . M cEa chern , T ann er, Neff a n d CRE tE-line-sponsor ed Raffi Peterson set the pace at c heck six , dropp ing on ly three po ints in the section, which included an " A and B r iders only" sp lit. Afte r the offic ial gas s t op , McEa chern really dropped the ha m m er, losing onl y I: 12 in a fast 5 -mile section. Cayer sne ak ed in under the wir e wi t h I : 5 9. f ollow ed b y Neff ( 2:1 4) and Tanner (2:54) . While the C riders called it quits fo r the d ay aft er this section , the A and B riders had to forge ahead . In the rem ain in g t wo 8 -mil e sec tion s, McEa ch ern se ale d hi s w in by go in g 2 -8 to Cayer' s 3 -8. T anner an d Neff m at ch ed sco res with 3 -9 tallies. E l at ed , M cE a ch ern p ump ed h is arm h igh in t he air wh en co ll ec t ing hi s first-eve r O ver all High Point tro ph y . D ennett adde d another A High Po int tr ophy t o hi s coll ection with his 27 -po int sco re. Carl Andrew s roosted hi s KTM to B Hig h Point w ith a 29 on th e shortened B course. Goin g home

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