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Th ird on t he day went to La sing Cy cl e/
Endu ro Engineering /M oose/Am soil /FMF-supported Co rey Calkins. Aft er a midseaso n swap
in machin ery from a KTM 250 to a KTM 400 ,
Calkins seems to be adapting well . During the
last ho ur , Calkins raced with Keen , wh o fi nished the day in fourth overall.
"'t was fun racing with Cor ey ," Keen said.
" We were rid in g li k e we do when we p ractice
together, Corey rides that 400 reall y well. That
stro ker m otors over ruts like the y are not eve n
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Hond a-mo u nted Br adley Be nj a m in ca p tured th e 250cc -c1ass win and fi nished fi fth
overall. Benjam in held off a late charge by GSport 's Aaron Bart h, on a KTM. Barth was the
th ird rider in th e 200 cc class in the to p s ix.
Mike Stapula was the final 200cc ri der in the
top J5 ove rall, grabbi ng fourth in th e class
and 14th overall.
The Senior class once again featu red co m-
p e tit ive ra c ing . KTM-mounted C lai r Pa rli n
darted into the early lead, followed closely by
Mi ke Mann , Brett McCoy and Ken Johnson .
David A llen's Racin g 's Johnson too k over th e
lead from Pa rlin and led un til he became ta ng led wi th Steven 's Sp o rts Center -sponso red
125 cc rider Travis Tudetho ut.
College Bike 's McCoy stole the lead from
Jo hnson and began to pu ll away. McCoy led
until the midpoint of the race , when Johnson
recove red and slowly chased down M cCoy .
"Today was a day you don't rush th ings,"
John so n said. " I w as c o nfi de nt th e v icto ry
woul d co m e to m e."
J oh nson fi nished th e day in first, foll owed
by Ho nda - m ounted McCo y. Se ries p oint s
leade r Mann pus hed his Yamaha to fini sh th ird
on th e day . KTM ri ders Mel vin Gaines and
Paul Dam an fini shed the day fourth and fift h,
respectively .
Re sults
O/ A: 1. Bla ir Be rsan o; 2. Chris Galli; 3, Corey Ctllkins : 4 .
Leonar d Keen : S. Bred Benjamin: 6. Aa ron Barth ; 7 . Aaron Wegn er : 8.
Travi s Tudethou t; 9 . Ste ve Willey; 10 . Rick Kent.
OPEN: 1. Will Root ; 2. Scott Rohr: 3. J ... es Smith ; 4. Karl '
m
Te beau ; 5 . Jason Enzor .
M e s a Marin Raceway: Rick Pearc e (er ... t he
one o n the right) w o n Satu rd ay 's Pre mier and
Terminat or T rophy Das h co ntests at t he threeday extrava ganza in Bakers f ield , California.
250: 1. Brad Ben jamin : 2. Rebert Root ; 3. .Jeson Gar land : 4.
Bnen Marr: 5. Dave Hagg....rd
200; 1. Bleir Bereeno; 2. Leone rd Kee n; 3. Ac!ron Barth : 4 . Mike
Srepule: 5. Brien HowE'S.
125: 1. Chris GaUt; 2. Aaron Wegner : J. Travis Tudethout: 4.
Clint Su mner ; 5. Dan Bull
4 -STRK: 1, Corey Calkins: 2. Rick Kent: 3. Rick King: 4. Shan-
non .revrs: 5. Martin Blankenship.
SR: 1. Ken Johnson; 2. Brett McCoy; 3. Mike Mann: 4. Melvin
Gaine s ; 5. Pee! Demeo.
S/ SR: J. Dennis Gale; 2. John Bombyk ; 3 . Cork y Root ; 4 . Ted
Kilvington; 5. Allen Peterson .
VET; I. Steve Willey; 2. Paul Guy ; 3. Sco tt Curt iss; 4. Robert
Frank ; 5, J oe Mapes.
200 JR: 1. David And erson ; 2. Theme s Emede; 3. Jered Wright
4. Brett Bersenc: 5. Michllel Hugo.
OPEN 2· HR (18+): I. Alan Rll ndt; 2. Eric: Dudek ; 3. Mike Mo!lh ·
er: 4. Joe Kittel; 5. Brian Southworth.
85 (12 .15 ): 1. Nick Jubb ; 2. Willia m Hick'>; 3. Chris Blower; 4
Nick Limbe r; 5. Derek Wright.
65 (7· 11): 1. T yler Hill ; 2. Lev i J ubb ; 3. Bru ce Heightchew; 4.
Brenden Flegel ; 5. Andrew Bartosze k.
105 BfW ; I. Anthony Stevens; 2. Oli n Daman; 3. Trevts Toogood ; 4. Ross Scott; 5, Jordan Kil lm .
as (7· 11): I. J