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GNC G o o d Time slAMA W e s t e r n F o ur-St r ok e N a tional S e r ie s R o u n d 1 1 : L a k e Wh itney M o t o c r o s s P a r k ST ORY A N D PH O T O S By (Top) James Marshall won the 250cc Intennediate Stock contest on Friday and then re tu rned to repeat his perfonnance in Saturday's 250cc Intennediate Modified event. (Midd le) Adam Mennenga scored the 250cc Pro victory with a 2 -2 tally in Whitney, Texas. (Right) Louisiana's Matthew Lem oine 130) and Wil Hahn (66) of Kansas battled like this in all four of their M ini M ini 60cc 1 - 1 1) Stock and Modified motos. 9 Lemoine eventually got by Hahn to win all four races for both championship s. K AT S PA N N WHITNEY, TX, SEPT. 29-0CT. 1 re g C ha p ma n, Lan c e Holl iste r ~ a nd J u s t in S mith were t h e bi g w inn er s a t the 23 rd a n n ual GNC Good T ime s Nat ional, hosted by La ke Whitney Motocross Park. S ome 528 e ntered riders lined th e gate s at the thr ee -da y e ve nt. In th e ir face-o ff in the 80c c Open e vent , Chapm a n a n d Ho lliste r e ach too k a m ota win, but Hollister 's 1-2 ta lly ga ve him the e dge (ove r Ch a p m a n' s 3 -1 score) and the overall to co llect h is third win of the weekend . Ho llis t er raced a t t he hel m o f t he Minibike ( 12 -1 3) St oc k a nd Modified c ontingents , while Cha pman took his titl e s in th e Minib ike ( 14 - 16 ) Stoc k , Minib ike (1 4- 16 ) Modi fied and 10 0 cc S up er m ini divis io ns . S m ith al most m a de t he g ra de for th e top winner of the wee kend whe n h e wen t t o th e g a te in th e seco n d 250 c c Modifi ed Int erm ediate m ot a with a firs t- mo ta win a lre a dy und e r his kidn e y be lt. Te am Green's James Ma rs hall wa s th e q uic kest to th e finis h lin e , how e ve r, sto pp in g Sm ith ' s winn ing str e a k by tak ing the c he ck e re d flag first. S mi th ended up with the ov erall 125cc Inte rmediate Stoc k , Q 56 NOVEMBER 1 ,2000' cue 125cc In ter med iate Modified and 125cc O pe n c ha m pio ns hips . The GNC Good Times event ra n in conju nc tio n w it h rou n d 11 of t h e AMA We stern Fo ur- S troke Nationa l MX S e rie s on S u nday . Craig De c ke r he ld on to th e po ints le ad by winning his fifth ra ce of the series by way of a 2 - 1 finis h. New Mexico's Ke ith J ohn s on pla ce d second with his 1-3 score. Other no t ab le d o u b le -cla s s win ners included Da kota Ga rn e r, in the Tee ny Min i S toc k (7 -8 ) a nd S up er I e n e vv s Te en y Mini (6- 9) classes ; Zeb Smith , in th e Mini Mini Stoc k and Mod ified (6 -8 ) classes; Matthew Lemo ine , in the Min i Mini Stock a nd Mod ified (911) classes; Kyle Cunningh am , in the Mini Mini Ope n (6 - 11) a nd Minibik e Stoc k (7 - 11) cla sses ; Ryan Ha ring , in the 125c c Stock a nd Mod ified Novice c la ss e s ; Jeff Stew art , in t he 2 5 0 c c Stock and Mod ified No vice c la ss e s; J a m e s Marsha ll, in the 250cc S tock a nd Modified Inte rm edi ate c la s s es; and Ada m Cox , in the O ver 30 Inte rm ed ia te a nd O ver 35 class es . Cha pm an p u lle d th e fi rs t - m o ta ho le sh ot in h is first event o n Fr id ay , th e co m bined Minib ike Stoc k (1 4 -16 ) and ( 12 - 13) co n tes t. As C hapma n led th e Stoc k (1 4 - 16) class a nd the ra c e , S t o c k ( 12-13) ra c er s La n ce Ho llister a nd Ryan Grantom followe d in pu rsu it. A he ated ba ttl ed for the fron t s po t ensue d betwe en the th ree riders , with Ch apman givi ng no quarte r and ta king th e win . J ose Fernandez s nared the holeshot in the second m o t a a nd le d b r ie fl y befor e Cha pm a n overtook him a nd held the front position to the c hecke red fla g , on ce agai n c hased by Ho lliste r a nd Gra nto m . Sa turday wa s a busy da y fo r Ch apm a n , a s total foc us . and he didn't let hims e lf or an yo ne e lse down. A dou ble -mot a win ga rne red h im h is th ird win o f the weekend . Grantom gathe red secondplace hon ors by wa y of a 2 -2 score. Chapma n 's win n ing strea k e nded in th e first m ota of the Minib ike Open c o n test o n Su nda y , wh en Holl ister to ok the ch e ck ered flag , with Jose Fernand e z in s econd a nd Cha pman third . In th e second m ota , Chapman was o u t fro nt aga in , bu t with no c h a n c e a t th e overa ll if Ho ll is t e r c ha s e d h im to the c hec kered flag in s econd. Hollister , al re a dy coming off tw o cl ass win s , ca ug h t Chapm an ' s wake and us e d his second -place finish for th e o ve ra ll win to Chapman's 3 -1 score , Th e Sm ith nam e w as p opu lar a mo ng th e sco re shee ts ove r the we e kend , not o nl y for J usti n in th e big-bike cla ss e s , but also for his little b ro th e r Zeb in the Min i Mini Sto ck and Mod ifie d (6- 8) e ve n t s . Jus tin to o k h is firs t win of th e we ek end in Frid a y 's 12 5 c c S t ock Int e rm ed ia t e race , bu t he firs t had to hu nt down Chad Ru g g le s o f Colo rad o and T y Co nner of Hou ston. Ruggl es stole the holesh ot, with Co n ne r and Smith in t he c h a se . Conn er a nd Sm it h bo t h c aught Rug gle s o n to p of Mount Whitne y o n lap two to take over first and s ec ond , and t hen a la p later Smit h go t a ro und Conner a nd rema ined out front to th e finish. Ma rsh a ll abs conded with t he h ol e sh ot in m ota two , wi th O kl a ho m a's Colt Hum ph re y in second an d Mis s issip pi's Na than "S ofa " Da ve n p ort in th ird . S m it h took h is le s s tha n -stella r sta rt a nd ra c ed to thi rd by the e nd of th e first lap . Smith m ade a he raced a t the front of the Minib ike Modified (14- 16) clas s in both motos . Chris Rensink follo we d th e le ade r in fo r second , with Co dy Cha tagnier in thi rd . Th e second mota saw Rensink a n d C hatag n ie r tr ad e p la c e s in the ra c e as C ha t a g n ie r fi ni s h ed in t h e numbe r-two s po t to Ren sink 's third for the sa m e positions overa ll. Chapma n we nt to th e gate in th e Supermini 100cc ra ce with winning his power pla y on Da venport on th e second lap , using his inside a nd low line in t h e t ow er s weepe r t o e dge out Da venpo rt for second place. Davenpo rt co unte red back on th e ne xt la p a nd retook the num ber-two spot a nd the n c ha rged aft er Mars ha ll. Daven port m ade h is m o ve for th e le a d on the fina l lap , dis pla c ing Marsh a ll fo r the lea d a nd goi ng on to take the win, but h is fourth -p la ce finis h in th e firs t