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....-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ---, 00 ~ w :; '" ~ ~ "'"". -' ...." " Q. I Grumpy Valley Motorsports Park: Charlie Dunaway ralls a corner on his way to one of seven moto wins on the weeken d in Tarlton, Ohio . Young KX 125 rider David Herb m ade his mark in Satur da y' s fi rst I 25 cc A moto. New to th e very co mpetiti ve A class, Herb was very im pressi ve, even tua lly notching a pa ir of second -place fin ishes behind the Yam aha- mount- ed Dunawa y. whose d yn am ic 1-1 po sting s garnered the overa ll. Bub Th om as was third in both moto s fo r th ird o n th e day . T he 250cc class was th e sole doma in of Dunaway, who fl ew h is YZ250 to a brilliant I -I score ove r Thomas ( 2- 2 ) and Scott Kuch ler (3 ·3) . On Sund ay, Bur kh art was loa ded fo r bear . He blitzed aro und the tr ack on hi s bo rrowed RM2 50 afte r sk irm ishing w ith Dunaway and escaped w ith the win . Burkh art regist ered a DN S for m oto two, how ever , and Dunawa y slashed off on hi s blue bike for th e win . J ared Wo lfe poste d 5 -2 finishes for th ird on th e da y , behi nd RM ride r "Raci n' J ason" Wade . who se consiste nt 3-3 s ho wings netted h im second over all. Sunday's 125cc A m oto s were much the sa me as Sa t urday 's. with Herb tw isting his th rottle to th e limit and pi ckin g up tw o well ea rned sec o nd- p lace fini shes, beh ind Dun away. Chillico the's Mike McCab e was the m an to beat in the 250c c B cl ass. He rode hi s YZ250 t o th ree win s in f our m ot o s, c ap tu ring tw o ove ralls. McCabe lost Saturday' s fi rst moto to Rey n o lds b u rg 's A .J . Mead e, o n hi s SKAT KTM-sponsored SX250. Shotgun Sta rti ng Gates-sponso red Nath an Hesk ett was unbeat abl e in Saturday' s 6 5cc races, j umping th e wheeis off his T ro y Heskett-tuned KTM SX65 on hi s way to a pair of m ota wins. but on Sun day . Levi Kilbarger blew in to town, and , after tr aveling all night after com pe ting at Lo retta L ynn 's in Te nnessee, he swep t all fou r races in t he 65cc an d M i ni J unior classes. Saturday 's Ope n class belong ed to Br ian " Bad Boy " Bid dle. He took his dad's CR3 10 big- bo re to a c ou ple of fast wins . Ho wever, Sunda y' s Open-class spectacular belonged to Tom my " Big Boy" Laym on , who thumped hi s YZ426F to the win, leavin g secon d to Craig "2 by 4· Ratai and Bid dle with a soli d third. B lak e Ho ffman looked real good on Setu r day , winning all fo ur mot os of the 50 cc (4 -6 ) and (4 -8 ) cl asses. On Sunday , Walker Brightwell and Dyla n W alker went at it in th e Pee Wee 50cc and 50cc (4 -6) cl asses; Bri ghtwell sailed hi s Cobra home for the win in th e fast bik e division , wh ile Walker qu ietl y whisked his Yam aha in for the Pee Wee win . Mini "Os THANKSGIVING WEEK November 20-25" 2000 GATORBACK CYCL E PARK· GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA For Info, Call or Write: Email: ulsmx@alltel.net · P. O. Box 270 • Branford, F L 32008 Phone (904) 935·6872 • Fax (904) 935-6867 ----- Re s uh s Saturday P/W 50 : 1. Bl o k ~ Hoffmen (Yllm); 2. Cody Herron (Yll m) : 3. Zach Mchon~y (Yllm) . 50 (4-6) : 1. Bleke Hoffmnn (Cob): 2. Cody McV~ty (KTM); 3. Cohn Thomll' (Yllm). 50 (7·8): I. Jllke Carter (Cob); 2. KurtMiII~r (Cob). 65 : I. Nathan Hesket t (KTM); 2. Cody Gang (KllW); 3 . Shene Ridelll' (KllW). (7· 11): l. AJI~n Nutter J r. (Y",m) : 2. Nethen Heskett (KTM); 3. Brandon Borgen (Suz). ( 12- 15): I. Eric Willi (Yll m); 2. Corl'y F~llm (Kaw); 3. Colin ' Davy (Vam). 125 A: 1. Charl ~ DUnllway (Yll m); 2. Devid Herb (KllW 3. Bub ); lhornos (Yam) . 125 B: I. Nick Cll rroll (Vam) ; 2. A.J . M ~lld ~ ( KTM); 3 . Den ao ao Jones (Hon). 125 C: 1. Paul ..lotnlon (Han); 2. Josh Des(Sw:) ; 3. Todd 1~ (Suz). 250 A: 1. Chll rf i~ Dunaway (Yam) ; 2. Bub ThomIl S (Yam); J . &oct Kuch~ (Han). c u e I e n e _ S • O CTOB ER 4 . 2000 49