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Paul C rumlingMemorial Race S hippensburg S peedway Baer's First at First Crumling Memorial ST off the li ne, with Roy Mill er, Wi ns ett , J immy Owens and Mees in tow. Win sett fi nally got by M ill er on th e fifth l ap and started to pressu re Mullen . With M ullen hugging the inside, Win sett had to try th e outer groo ve. They ran side by side for the last four laps t o th e lin e, with Winsett gettin g th e nod by inc hes. Miller p ut hi s Ro t ax 4 00 cc fo urst roke in fron t of Wood , M ull en an d Ri c h Melli nge r at th e start of t he 250cc A fi nal. Mullen got under Miller for the lea d at the end of the third lap , with Wood taking second. Mees took third on the next lap, with Wood trying the outside line to get by Mullen, almost but not quite pulling it off as they crossed th e line. B y LEN AND BEN BREECH SHIPPENSBURG, PA. SEPT. 3 ook ie Expert Shawn Baer took his first win as an Expert at Shippens b urg Sp e edwa y ' s Pau l Cru ml in g Memorial Ra c e , w hi c h w as ru n in m emory of th e fo under of Pro Pla tes who died last year of a blood disease one week after co m peti ng in Shi pp ensburg's closin g race last year. Th e Open r a c e w a s o pe n to any n on -P r o licensed rid er on any m ach in e above 125cc. John Lewis won the companion race for XR I OO-based machines up to 120cc. Second in both races went to J ared Mees, who is still lig ht enough to be com petitive on the lit tl e Hondas; except for starting from the pena lty lin e, he m ight have won the Open race. Before t h e C r umling Memorial Ope n rac e got started , t w o of the favor ites, Mees and Raun Wood, were sen t to the th ird line . B ill St illwell , Baer and Ray Keega n took ad vantage of being on th e fr ont row and took the top th ree spots off the second turn, with Ch ris K li nefelt er and Dillon Cava cl os e beh ind. Klinefelter and Wood we nt b y Keegan on the second lap, whi le Stillwell and Baer pulled away. On t he fo urth lap , Mees got roll in g and put the Michael's H- D Classics/ Moron ey 's H-D -sponsored Rotax into th ird , with Wood taking fourth the fo llowing lap. Ba er used th e outside li ne to p ut his Battl efi eld H-D/ Cum berl and Kaw asak i/Blatt' s Patt ern Shop-sp on sored 250cc Rota x in fr ont of Stillwell' s KTM th umper on th e six th lap . O nce in fro nt , he pu ll ed away from Stillwell , who was ca ugh t and fi na lly passed b y M ees on the 10th la p . Mees cut Beer's margin considerably but came up short. On his cool -down lap , Baer snapped his chain and coasted to the winner's circle . The XR class was another of Paul Cru mling 's favorites , and one of his close friends , Joe Dohm , br iefly grab be d the lead fro m Lewi s, Mees and M ar k St ambaug h. Dohrn 's lea d was sho rt -l ived, as Lew is went by at th e end of the op ening lap, and Mees followed on the following lap fo r sec ond . Lew is sta rt ed to pull away. Don n ie Mull en led the Sportsman fi nal out of th e seco nd tum, with Ricky W ins ett Jr. , M ees and Wo o d close beh ind . When Ma tthew Shuart crashed hard on the fou rt h lap , th e race was resta rt ed , with Mees leading Wins ett , Wood and Mull en . On th e next l ap , Win sett took th e lead off th e second tum and held on to it for the win . The 600cc A co ntest w a s mu ch closer. As usual, Mullen was qu ic k est R 48 O CTOBER 18, 2000 ' cue AMA U.S Mega Series . R ound 12: D °elBoone Motocross Park a m o v i n g throu g h th e f i eld , ta ki n g fourth on the third lap and third on lap six . He ca ught Sassaman in the la te lap s but didn't have enough to get by . Dave Smith won the 500cc A T wo Valve clas s. Ray K e eg an h el d off John Yurejefcic for the 750cc A wi n. Jesse Long (no relation to Co ry ) t oo k a pair of vi ct ories , win n ing the 50cc (7 -8 ) div isi on and th e 65cc fina l. Tyler Kidwell topped th e 50 cc O il Inj ected cl ass, and Derek Hersh won th e 50cc (4- 6) contest. eN Yipes! It's the Sipes! B y SUSAN 5001L·INJ 1ST YR: 1. Cam eron Ty son (Yam) ; 2. Eric Yurejefclc (Yam ); 3. Danny Coleman (Yam); 4 . Jeffrey Hughes ( Yam); 5. Bradley Vrank o vich (Yom) . SO O IL · IN J : 1. Tyl er Kidwell (Yom): 2 . Ethon A llen ( Ya m) ; 3 . Ba il ey Spe nce (Y am); 4 . J o sh Standiford (Yem) : 5. Eric Yurejefcic (Yam ). SO (4·6 ) : 1. Derek Hersh (Co b); 2 . Comeron Tyson (Lem ); 3 . Bailey Spence (Lem) : 4. Ethan All en (Pol) ; 5 . Mo. Hervat (Act). SO (7·8): 1. Jesse Long (Lem): 2. Tyler Kidwell (Cob) . 6S: 1. Jesse Long (KTM ); 2. John Long (KTM ); 3. Brandon Robinson (Kaw) ; 4. J oey Park s (Kew ): 5. Evan Bee r (Kew}. 85 (7· 11) : 1. Jo hn Lewis (Yam ); 2. Evan Beer (Yam ); 3. Brandon Robinson (Hon) ; 4. Joey Parks (Kaw ): 5. Jo hn Long (Hon). 85 ( 12 - 15) : I. Cory Lo ng ( Hon) : 2. Jo nathan Jordan (Ha n) . :l: o w w a: lD Z W lD o ~ z w ~ ~ _ ...._-_.J § :l: 0. Shippensburg Speedway: Shawn Baer (68) scored his first-ever Expert win at the flrst-ever Paul Crumling Memorial Race In Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. Mike Keane was the quickest of the older racers , taking the lead at the start of the Over 40 final from St ev e Heiser, Bruce Miller and Tom Norton. Heiser wasted no time putting hi s Action Motorsports/H ughes Rac ing Yam ah a into the lead before they h i t th e thir d t u rn . H e is e r starte d pulli ng awa y un til a red flag ca me out for Gil Sm it h' s ha rd get -off . On th e rest a rt , Hei ser aga in too k th e lead and c he ck ed ou t , with B ru ce M ill er taking second o ff th e restart. Keane wo rked h i s way p a st M il l er on th e 10th lap for seco nd. After again easily winning the 85 cc ( 12 -15) d iv ision , Cory Lo ng jumped ou t in fron t o f J ohn S a ss aman , Rich ard Pfand ers and Doh m in t he 125cc B contest . Long gradually put som e d ist an c e on th e fiel d . A ft er a slow start, T r a v i s Sen n et t starte d e n e uv s 125 B: I. Cory Long (Hon): 2 . John Sessemen (Yam) : 3 . Travis Sennett (Hon): 4 . Richard Pfenders (Yam) ; 5. Ben Glisson (YlI m). 250 A: 1. Donnie Mullen (Yam) ; 2. Raun Wood (Hon): 3. Jored Mees (Hon): 4. Rich Mellinger (Han) : 5. Shown Boer (Rtx) . 250 B : 1. Doug Reinert ( KT M ) ; 2 . Ray Lied ( Yam): 3 . James Dorem us (Yam ) ; 4 . Peter Krick (Hbg); 5. Richord Ptanders (Yam) . SOO A 2 ·VALVE; I. Dove Sm ith (Yo m) ; 2 . D all a s Baer ( Yam ); 3 . J im Haas (Ya m) : 4 . Jim Chapma n (Yam) . 600 A : 1. Rick Winsett (Rtx) ; 2. Donnie Mull en (Rtx); 3. Roy Miller (Rtx) : 4 . Jared Mees (Rtx) : 5. BHI Stillwel l (KTM) . 600 B: 1. Trav is Sennett (Yam) ; 2. Tom Norton (Hon) ; 3 . Scott Slad e (Moi); 4 . Gil Sm ith (Rtx ); 5. George Bryant (Han) . 7 50 A : 1. Ray Keegan (Yam ); 2. Jo hn Yurejefcic (Yom ). 30 . : I. Dalle s Boer (Rtx ); 2. Ed Hyde (W· R): 3 . Jim Chepmen (Yam); 4 . Damten Kocovinos (Han); 5. Lance Stauffer (Kaw ). 4 0 . : 1. Steve Hei ser ( Yam ) ; 2 . Mike Keane (Hbg ); 3. Bruce Miller (ATK) ; 4 . Tom Norton (Han) ; 5. Roy GreenJond (Yom) . SPTSMN: 1. Rick Win sett (ROl); 2. .Jared Mees (Rtx) ; 3. Donni e Mull en (Rtx): 4 . Roun wood (Han) : 5. BHIStillwell (K TM) . PAU L CRUMUNG XRIOO: 1. Jo hn Lewis (Hon) ; 2. Jored Mees ( Hon); 3. Mork Stombough (Hon) ; 4. Joe Dohm (Hon) : 5. Shown Bee r (Hon) . PAU L CRUMUNG OPEN: I . Shown Boer (Rtx) ; 2. Jared Mees (Rtx ); 3. BHI StHlwell (KTM); 4 . Roun Wood (Ha n) ; 5. Ch ris Klin efelt er ( Ha n); 6. Dillon Cava (Han); 7. RlIY Keegan (Yam) ; 8. Doug Reinert (KTM); 9. Ken Godwin (Yom) ; 10. Roy Ued (Yom) . LONDON, KY, SEPT. 3 ou nd 12 of the AMA U.S. Meg a Se ries , wh i ch saw 460 rid ers in attenda n c e at Dan i el Bo one Motoc ro ss Park , was dominated by Team Gre en/P odium On e/ Ryno Rac ing /Sus p ens ion Plus -sp on so red J usti n " Poo h " Sip es and h is b rothe r Ry a n S ip e s , wh o toge t h er t ook a combined total of eight m ot o win s. Zach O sbo rn e grabbed t h e early lead in the first 85cc Junior Mini (7 -1 1) moto, followed by Jake Gr iffis and Justin Sipes. Earl y on lap one, Sipes passed Gr i ff i s and then challenged Osborne for the lead . By lap two , Sipes had taken the lead. He went on for the m oto win, while Osbome remained in second and Griffis took third. Sipes led th e en ti re second moto fro m start to finish, with Osborn e taking sec ond and Griffis ag ain third. David A m es t ook th e front spo t in th e fi rst Su perm in i m oto, with Gr iffis secon d and Chad Helton next in line . Justin Sipes was ab ou t m idpac k off the ga te. Gri ff i s t o o k the l ead an d Helt on moved to second whil e Ames droppe d t o t h ird b y t he en d o f t h e fir st lap . By the second lap , Sipes had work ed his way into second and was chasing the lead er. Sip es dived t o th e inside of a turn to get by Griffis and ta k e the lead . Sip es pulled aw ay and took the win , followed by Griffis and Helton. A m es end ed up fift h. T he sec ond moto w ent t o Si pes, with Gr iffis and Helton in tow. Ames fi nis hed a di sappoin tin g eight h. Rya n Sipes made his debut on his 125 at the Daniel Boone facility , win ning both motos of th e 125cc B class . Doug E a rl s took the first-moto holeshot, chased by Aaron Stancil , J .T. Smith and Sipes. On the second lap , a b att le for second developed between Stancil and Sipes. Ryan moved by Stancil and then charged the leader, Earl s. By the third lap, Sipes had taken command . He won by five seconds over Earls , with Stancil third. A batt le for fourth developed between Sm ith and Matt Ble vin s on the fin al lap. Two turns before the checkers , Blevins got b y Sm it h to cl ai m fourth , and Smith had to settl e for fifth. In t h e se con d moto, Sip es too k anot her v i cto r y . Ea r l s h a d a ba d mot o, fin i sh in g sixth , w h il e Oh i o 's Bri an Gerth , who fi n is he d 12th in m oto o n e, land ed second . Stanc i l took ano the r third. South Carolin a ' s J a son T u c k er c ha rg e d o ff the g a t e i n th e fi rst Scho olbo y moto , b ut hi s le ad w as R Shippensb urg Spee dway Shippensburg, Pennsy lvan ia Results: September 3, 2000 s. WILLIAN

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