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Ronald Ann ibal j um pe d out to the
hol esh ot t o sta rt m oto o ne , c lo sel y
chas ed b y J .e. K eenum , Ja sp e r
Sim o nd s, Ronn ie Hook land, M att Sib ley and th e rest of th e hu ge pac k . Th e
fro nt of t he fi el d rode cl ea n , w it h no
o ne better ing their positio ns unti l la p
tw o , wh en Simonds g ave awa y th i rd
place whe n he crashed , falling back to
19 t h . K urtin was movi ng forwa r d
qu ick ly afte r his top- J 0 start, racing up
to sixth on the fi rst lap an d finding him self in fo urth after passing Sib ley lat e
on lap two . Kee num fell o n la p fou r ,
m oving back to fifth and giving seco nd
p lace t o H o o kl a n d . K urti n m ov e d
aro und Hook land to tak e over seco nd
and t hen took off afte r A nniba l. Kurtin
m ad e hi s m o v e past A nn iba l o n t he
white -flag lap in t he righ t -h an d swee per and ca rried the lead all the way t o
the chec kers for the win , with Anni bal
second, H o o kl a n d t hi rd, K e e nu m
fou rth, and Arthur Me rideth fifth.
W ith 39 125cc B eg i n ners on the
li ne fo r m ot o two, a good start was
c r ucial t o avo id a ny tr oub l e and
ensure a top fi nish . J ustin Stah l led
the field ar ound t urn o ne, w ith Kurti n
s econd , Ann iba l th ird , N o rman
Ro m i n e f ou rth and Chris Gelabert
fifth . A l a r g e group o f r iders ca me
tog eth er at the back of the pack in the
fi rst tu rn ; bi kes flipped th rou g h the air,
an d t h e safet y c rew j u m p ed i n t o
act io n . Meanwh ile , St a h l ro d e hard,
w it h K urti n pressin g h i m a ll ar o un d
the tr ac k . Stah l held K urtin off un t i l
t he thi rd lap , wh en Stahl bobbled and
g ave th e lead to Kurtin . Rom ine als o
mov ed around Anniba l o n the th ird
lap to take the th ird position.
Kurtin pulled o ut a ni ce lead and
held it all the way t o th e c heck ered
flag to t ak e the win and the overall.
Sta hl c am e across sec o nd , Rom in e
was t hird fo r third overa ll , and Anni bal was fo urth, garnering the sec ond overall positi on . Th e w in br ought
Kurtin enough po ints t o bec ome A ri zon a 's newest Novice ra c er.
Ch ris Young dominated t he 80c c
Beginners , le adi ng every lap of both
m oto s for a d ec is i v e wi n . A usti n
Adams rod e well; his 4 -2 score gave
h im secon d o ve r al l. Len B rou gh t o n
w a s consi s tent , goi ng 3 -3 on the
ni ght for third over all. J osh B er g an
had troubl e late in th e sec ond m oto ,
ge t ti ng m ix ed u p wi th so me l ap p ed
rid er s and fa lling fr om second pl ac e
back to fo u rt h , and h is 2- 4 score was
on ly good enough fo r fourth overa ll .
Natio na l -level 125 c c Int erm ed iat e
co nte nder Mich ael Blose made a rar e
Ari zo n a appeara nce aboa rd h i s C3
Constr uc t io njTho r/YPE Yamaha, com plete ly dominatin g the class to tak e t he
overa ll. J ason T ic e put in an impressive pe rfo rma nce, goi ng 3-2 to ta ke
second . J usti n Myers ro de his bra ndnew CR to a 3- 4 sco re for third overall .
Nick Beaver suffered from a very rare
fall in the first moto , and he ended up
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scoring a 6-2 fo r fourth overal l.
Ocotillo Raceway
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loy, Arizona
5 0 BE G A : I . M it ch Mitchell (Y am ) : 2. J ohn
Ra ndel (Ya m) .
50 BEG B: 1. Tay lor Russ (Co b); 2. Cod y Jo nes
(KTM ); 3. Zak Lantz (KTM); 4. Colt on Bluth (Hon) ; 5.
David Matte son (Pol).
50 (0- 6) ; I . Cody Thomas ( Co b ); 2 . J ordan
Hunter ( Cob) : 3. Tr ist an Hunte r (KTM) ; 4 . Andrew
Ca mpagna (KTM).
50 ( 7 · 8) : I. Brya n Christeson (Cob) : 2 . Corey
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Batey Fann Hare Scramble: Nathaniel Woodard pro ud ly dis play s his Mid-South
Summer Camp se ries plaqu e at round seven in Charlo tt e, Tenn essee.
Results: September 1S, 2000 [Round 2J
Smit h (C ob); 3 . J acob Bec ch in a (Co b ); 4 . .Jec e
Murphy (ATK) ; 5. Justin Quinn (Co b).
50 OPE N: 1. Bry an Ch risteson (Co b) ; 2. Corey
Sm ith (Co b) ; 3 . Ja c o b Be cc h ina (Cob) ; 4 . Cody
Th o m as (Co b) : 5 . J usti n Q uinn (Co b) .
60 BEG : 1. Da vi d A c her y ( K T M) ; 2 . Andrew
Hughes ( Kaw ); 3 . Dyl an Raym ond ( Kaw) ; 4 . Kyle
Henry (Kaw ); 5. Adam Murphy (Kaw ).
60 (O·S): I. Cole Martinez (Kaw); 2. Cory Sibley
(Kaw) ; 3. Brodi e Prather (Kaw); 4. J acq ueli ne Stron g
(Ka w ) .
60 ( 9 · 1 1) : I . Ta ylor Robert ( KTM) ; 2 . .Jeffrey
J enk in s ( KTM ); 3 . Cody Ca rlson ( KTM) ; 4 . T yl er
McHugh (KTM ).
6 0 OPEN : I. T ay lo r Ro b." ( KT M ); 2 . Co le
Mart inez (Kaw); 3. J effrey J enkins (KTM); 4 . Brodie
Prather (Kaw ); 5. J acquelin e Stro ng (Kaw).
80 BEG : 1. Chris Young (Yam) ; 2. Austin A dams
(S uz) ; 3 . Len Brou ght on ( Han ); 4 . J o sh Bergm an
(Yam) ; 5 . Cody Westh afer (Suz).
80 (9 - 1 1) : 1. Chase Sim s (Kaw ); 2. Joe Roge rs
( Yam ); 3 . Jimm y Rundle ( Yam ): 4. Taylor Rob ert
(Yam ): 5. Curti s Smith (Yam ).
80 ( 12- 13): 1. Chris Blose (Yam ); 2. Nick Riley
( Suz) ; 3 . T yl er J ohn son (Suz) ; 4 . Br andon West
(Yarn): 5. Digger Buntain (SUI).
80 ( 14- 16): I. Drew Murp hy
(Hon) ; 2. Trenton Stra ub (Hon) ;
3. David Noriega (Hon); 4. Ju an
Del Castillo (Yam ): S. Renel Cox
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(Suz).
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80 OPEN : 1. Ch ri s Bl o se
(Yam); 2. Trenton Strau b (Han) ;
>3 . Nic k Riley (Suz); 4 . Brandon
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West (Y am ) ; 5 . T o d d M i ll er
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(Yam) .
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WMN: 1. Tarra h J o hn so n
>(Yam); 2. Jenny Clark (Yam) ; 3.