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Texas Lone Star State Championship Series Round 9: Swan Cycle Park 1\yi. ill 11 Or iii 1\YL U if (Ri g ht) Riley K u ros ky (51) has bee n a f o rce to be reckoned with in t h e 80cc (12 -1 3) divis ion. Here, Riley grabs the h o l es hot e n route to the overall win off the BOcc Open start, w ith Trevor Monks (1 1) and Brandon Ball (101 ) in the hunt. B v K A T S PANN AND THE B E C K ST E R P HO T O S BV C O N N I E J OHNSON TYLER, TX, SEPT.23 g. Imost 550 entered riders were on A hand for rou nd nine of the Te xas Lon e S ta r Stat e Cha m pionsh ip Series at S wa n Cycle Pa rk, which r a n in conjunc tion with the s ixth annua l Pro Ch a llenge. In the Amateur classes , Tyler Hee m s be rge n , Tyle r Cum mi ngs a n d T y le r Wharto n h e a d e d up the 50c c and 60cc cla s se s . The first Ty le r win of th e da y came in the 15 -rider 50c c (4 -6) cla ss . Tyler He em s b e rg e n won th e firs t m o t o . Travis Price was ru nner-up a nd Da vid B ry an t was t h ir d . He em sb e rg e n s na red the s e c o nd -m oto ho lesh ot , wit h Br y a n t b e hi nd h im and T y le r S te wa rt in th ird. Brya nt g ot a ro u nd He em s berg e n o n lap two , a nd t hey ' (A b ov e) Brad Smith (421, t h e points leader In the 350/650cc Open c lass, took yet another win at round nine of the Texas Lone Star State Championship Seri e s . (L eft) Chase Ro mero (4 B) and James Marshall (45) b attl ed hi g h and low a ro u nd t h e t rack at Swan Cycle Park In the 125cc Int e rme d iat e class. Marshall t ook the overall win. (Ri g ht) Tyler Heemsbergen (2 2) was just one of three c lass w inners named " Tyle r" in Tyler, Texas ; he took the overall 5 0cc (4 -6) win, in addition t o placing f ifth overall in the 50cc Ope n contest. Rogers caught up to Wharton o n la p three but bob bled ove r jump nin e a nd lost his momentum . Wharton went o n to ta ke the win two la ps lat er for th e ove ra ll. Tyl er C u m mi n g s c o n t in u e d his winning streak on Sunda y in th e 50c c Open c onte st. Cummings be at J e re m y Huddleston to th e fin is h line in both m otos . Vincent wa s a cons istent thi rd . Ma tth ew Lem o in e t o o k th e h ol e sh ot in t he first 80 cc ( 7 - 11 ) moto , in front of Josh Eu re a nd Scot ty Wenn e rstrom . On th e fir st lap, We nnerstr o m got a rou nd E u re a n d latched on to Lem oin e , but Lemo ine prote cte d his lines for more than two la ps. Wen ne rstro m made his move on Le m oine in the woods section for the lead , bu t Lemoin e c ontinued t o re main close to Wenne rstro m all the way to the fin ish line . Brandon Miller ra ce d in thir d a nd Ma rs ha ll Smith in fo urth , a nd bot h got around Eure o n re mained in that order to the checke re d flag . Price finis hed fourth , with Justin Chris tian fifth . Heemsbergen's 1-2 was good en ough to net the ov e ra ll, over Bryant (3 - 1). Tyler Cum m ings had tw o so lid wins in th e 50c c (7- 8) c la ss. Cum m ings led Nea l Be gn a ud to the finish , with Lan ce Vin c ent th ird, Je re my Huddleston fourth a nd Nicholas Fish er fifth in moto one . In m oto two, Vince nt was s econd a t the c hec ke rs and Beg na ud was thi rd for the same posi tions overa ll. The t hird Tyler victory was in the 23 -ri de r 6 0cc ( 7 -9) e v e n t. T yl e r Wha rton put his KTM a t the front of the c lass for th e win . Austin Rogers ca me in secon d , with C o re y S el f th ird. Wharton s to le the s ec on d-moto h o le s h o t , wit h S el f in secon d and Rog er s third . Roge rs got around S e lf fo r s e c on d on la p t w o a nd t hen cha rg ed a fte r Wharton for th e lead . 60 N OVEMB ER 1, 2000 ' c u e I e n e vv s th e fir st la p b ut rema ined I n t h e ir respective position s to the checkered flag . Ky le Cunnin gh am h ad a le s s tha n-s te llar st art bu t m an a g ed t o work his way up to finis h fifth . Cu nningh a m gra bbed th e ho les hot in t he seco n d moto , w it h Mill er in s e c ond. We n ne rstrom got a rou n d Miller to take over se co nd by t he e nd of the firs t la p a nd we nt afte r Cunningha m , passing fo r th e le a d on la p tw o .' Lem o ine ga t ed fift h , b e hi nd Sm ith, but m ov ed up a n otch o n th e s eco nd la p a nd th en a n ot he r posi t ion on la p thre e fo r th ird . Lemoin e th en set his s ights on C unningham a nd re e le d h im in at th e top of the fi na l la p , pa ssi ng him in the who ops and rid ing ou t t h e final la p in s e c o nd , beh ind We nn e rstrom. Tim Ols on was th e fastest rider off th e g ate in the 250 cc O p e n class , le a d in g th e c h a rge w ire to wire in front of Trey Fra nks and Chris Mare k. J e remy Ah lman ga ted fourth but had p robl em s o n la p two w h e n C od y Th omps o n a nd Gary Ha rris o n both got around h im , push ing him ba ck to s ixth . Eric Reed ga ted s ixth but Ha rrison got by him on lap two . Reed lost an oth er po s it ion on lap th re e wh en Robe rt Ro os e c h a rge d p a s t. O ls on a nd Fr an ks finis he d wa y in fron t for first a nd second, respectively. Marek , Th ompson a nd Ha rris on rounded out th e to p five . O ls on a gai n gra bb ed the ho le s hot in m oto two and neve r look ed back . Ro ose and Ma r e k chase d Ol so n t h ro u g h th e fi rst t urn , b ut Franks pa ss ed both on the first la p. Th omp so n, Roose a nd Ma rek b att le d fo r th ird th ro u g h out t he first two lap s ; Ma rek got the nod . Cha s e Rom e ro a bs conded with the holeshot in the first 125cc Intermedi a te m ot o , with Jame s Ma rs hall at his rea r whe e l from start to finis h. Cla yton Miller g ate d n ea r t he fro nt bu t we n t down in t he f irs t turn an d re mou nted at the bac k of the pack . By la p four , Mille r had a lrea dy passe d u p to 1 0t h. Ty Conn e r , in th ird , wa tc h ed t h e ba ttle for t h e le ad b e t we e n Romero an d Ma rsh all. J ason Gaddis was fou rt h and Ad am Turn er fifth . In th e s e c o n d moto , th e hol e s hot was agai n cla imed by Romero , with Conner sec o nd . Mars h all a nd Conne r both pa s se d Ro mero s ho rtly aft er t h e start , with Bri an S t arn e s fo llo w in g in th e ir wake for th ird. Ro m e ro repassed Starnes on lap three and finis hed th ird but only g arn e red seco nd ove ra ll wit h h is 1- 3 s c o re . Ma rshall took the ove ra ll win with his 2- 1 finis h. Conn er (3 -2 ) was third, Ga dd is (4 -5) CN fourth and S ta rnes (7- 4) fifth. Swan Cycle Park Tyler, Texas Results: September 23, 2000 IRound 91 5 0 (4 -6 ): 1. Tyler Heemsb ergen (Co b); 2 . Travis Price (Co b) ; 3. David Bry ant (Co b) : 4. Tyler Stewart. (Pol) ; 5. Ju sti n Chri sti an (KTM ). 5 0 ( 7 -8 ): 1. T yl er Cum mi ngs (Co b) ; 2. Lance Vincent (Co b ): 3 . Neal Begn a ud (Co b ): 4 . J e rem y Hudd leston (Co b) ; 5. Nicholas Fisher (Cob ). 50 O PEN: 1. Tyler Cummings (Cob) ; 2. J erem y Huddleston (Co b) ; 3. lance Vincent (Kaw); 4 . David Bry ant (Cob ); 5. Tyler Heemsb ergen (Cob) . 6 0 (7- 9 ) : 1. T yler Wharton (KTM) : 2. A u sti n Rogers ( Kaw) ; 3 . Co rey Self ( KT M) ; 4 . Je remy Domin que (Kaw) ; 5. Jamison Miller (Kaw). 60 ( 10· 11): 1. Matth ew Lemoine (Kaw) ; 2. Kyle Cunningha m ( KTM ): 3. Brando n M il ler ( KTM) ; 4 . Richard White (Kaw ): 5. J ak e Lowry (Kaw) . 6 0 O PEN : 1. Bra nd on M iller ( KTM) ; 2. Ty ler Begue ( KTM) ; 3. Matt hew Lemoine (Kaw) ; 4. J ake Lowry (Kaw) ; 5. Richard White (Kaw) . 80 BEG: 1. J ustin Bunn (Han ); 2. Aus tin Flook (Ka w); 3. Jo sh Propst (Kaw); 4. J osh Hussong (Han) ; 5. J .T. Fichter (Han ). 8 0 ( 7 - 1 1 ) : 1. Scotty Wenne rstrom (S UI) : 2 . Matthew Lemoine (SUI) ; 3. Brandon Miller (Yam) ; 4 . Kyle Cunningham (SUI) ; 5. Marshall Sm ith (Kaw). 80 ( 12 - 13) : 1. Tr evor Monk s (SUI ) ; 2 . Rya n Gr an t om (Ya m) ; 3 . Vi nc e M onte leone ( Ha n) ; 4 . Dustin Manvel (Yam ); 5. Bo Teske (Suz). 80 ( 14 · 16) : 1. Kyl e Coffma n ( Hon ); 2. Devin Cooper (Va m); 3 . Brad Wolfe (SUI ); 4 . Cli nt Gee (Kaw); 5. Brandon Bacc us (Han). 8 0 OPEN : 1. Rile y Ku ro sk y (S UI ) ; 2 . Greg Cha pm an (Hon ) ; 3 . Trev or Monk s (S UI) ; 4 . Vince Monteleone (Han) ; 5. Bl elr Mille r (KTM ). 12 5 BE G: 1. T erry Li nd say (Vam ); 2 . Steven Mel im (Vam) ; 3. Cha rles Borcharot (SUl ); 4. Tyl er Mandi no (SUl ): 5. Trent Roark (Vam ). 125 NOV: 1. J effr ey Grose (Vam ); 2. And rew Cannon (Yarn ); 3. Rusty Huddle ( Vam) ; 4 . Ja son Manuel (Vam); 5. Charlie Smi th (Hon). t 25 I NT : 1. Jam es Mar sha ll (Kaw) ; 2. Chase Romero (Han) ; 3. Ty Conner (Hon); 4. J ason Gaddis (Kaw): 5. Brian Starn es (Han) . 125 O PEN.: 1. Ty Conner (Han) ; 2. Adam Turner (Va m); 3 . Ch ase Rom ero (Han) ; 4 . Davi d T arn ow (KTM) ; 5. Clayton Mil ler (Yam) . 25 0 BE G : 1. Ca rl M cC oy ( Kaw ) ; 2 . T ra vi s Hanson (Ka w) ; 3 . J o shu a Scutt ( SUl ); 4 . Phill ip Sm ith (Vam); 5. Randall Pett y (Vam ). 250/650 NOV: 1. Charlie Smi th (Hon); 2. Randy Ha y es ( K a w) ; 3 . J ason Lov ell ( Yam ) ; 4 . J ustin Huck aby (Han ); 5. J ohn Lea. 250/650 INT : Ja m es Marshall (Kaw) ; 2. Micah Th ibodeaux (Yam ); 3. Gary Harrison (Yam ); 4. Chris Marek (Han); 5. And rew Clark gHon) . 2 50/ 6 50 OPEN : 1. Tim Ison ( Vam); 2. Tr ey Fr an k s ( S Ul) : 3 . C h r is Ma rek ( Ho n ); 4 . Cody Thom pson (Hon ); 5. Robe rt Roo se (Vam ). 350/650 OPEN: 1. Brad Smith (KTM ); 2. Justin Du vall (Vam); 3. Jordan Bates (Vam); 4 . Paul Bishop (Vam) ; 5. Terry Dik e (Kaw} . WMN : 1. J e ssi ca M cCo ll um (Kaw) ; 2. Kri st i Myers (Kaw) . 2 5 + NO V : 1. Glenn No rth (Ya m ) ; 2 . Jeremy Ahlm an (KTM); 3. Chris But ner (Han ); 4. Craig Craft (Yam) ; 5. Robert Porter (Vam ). 25+ INT : 1. Greg Lewis (Vam) ; 2. Randy Rector ( Yam ) ; 3 . M i c hae l M ar sh all ( K a w ); 4 . Ch r i s Blankenship (Kaw ); 5. Mik e Adcock (Vam) . 30+ NOV : 1. Bobb y Taylor (Yam) ; 2. Jeff Harri s (Kaw ); 3. Glen North (Vam ); 4. Larry Dodson (Hon); 5. Robert Port er (Vam ). 30 + IN T: 1. Gr eg Lew is ( Vam) ; 2 . Bo Stega ll (Va m ); 3. Th om as Ri chte r (Han ); 4 . Ala n Burd en (Kaw) ; 5 . Bobby Meche (Vam) . 35 +: 1. Michael Cleme nt ; 2. Greg Howa rd (Hon ); 3. Bo Stegall ( Yam); 4 . Th om as Rich te r (Han ) ; 5 . Charlie Brow n (Han ). 40 +: l . Ch arl ie Bro wn (Han ) ; 2 . Jerry J oi ner (Yam): 3. Don Schemer (Hon) ; 4 . Mark Lowry (Kaw); 5. Pete Watso n (KTM).

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