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Central Oregon Summer Motocross S eries Round 9: Willow Creek Motocross Park Wood Waxes 'em overall wins . Johnson w as a m o n g those selec t few after also topping th e 80cc Beginner class. ahead of Suzuki rider Bl ak e Angl en and Du st in St eward . Yamaha -mounted Brod y B axt er, th e th ird of th e fou r double-cl ass win ner s, has dominat ed th e Befo re T he Hill and 250cc Junior cl asses all season lo ng , and t oda y w as m uch th e sam e. Ba xt er had to ug h c om pe t it io n in th e Befor e T he Hill cl ass; Interm ed iate r id e r J am e s H a m il t on b a re ly edged B axter at th e f inish in moto one. Ba xter bolted ahead in m ot o tw o and was never headed , fen ding off all of Hamilto n 's c ha lle nges to n ab h is first wi n . Ham il t o n (1-2 ) a nd Ry an Hu ege (3 -3 ) tra iled Ba xt er in th e 17 ri de r fie ld , w ith Shaw n Hueg e ( 4 -4) and Wil lie Broms (5 -7) rounding out th e to p fiv e overall. B Y C L A Y liGHT MADRAS, OR. OCT. 15 im in ut iv e KTM speedster Jared Wood waxed the competition in two classes in what was a rare Cen tral Oregon appearance for the rider from Keizer , Oregon , wh o t opped th e 50 /60cc Open and 60cc J un ior (6 -8 ) c lasses at the penultimate round of th e Central Oregon Motocross Series. he ld at Willow Cr eek M ot ocross Park. W o od fir st f ac ed seve ra l of t he No rt hw est's t op sm all -bore rider s in the 50 / 60 cc Open cla ss . Wood wal lop ed the competitio n in both m otos; o n ly so uthern Oreg o n KTM j o c k ey Bradl e y Hill m a n st ay ed an ywhe r e near Wood. Hill m an fin ished seco nd o vera ll via 2 -2 p laci ngs, fo llowed by Cameron McGil liv ray (th e to p- p lac ing lo cal rider w ith 3 -3 fi nish es ), D erek May (4 -4) and Kip Olkowski (5- 5) . D r - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --, I.... CJ :J S ,. <.:J - ~, OJ 0 b I . Q, Fitzsimons late in moto tw o to aga in t op the 250c c portion , ahead o f F itzs imons (3 -2) , Tompk ins (2 -3), Josh Huerta (5-4) and Shawn Hu ege (4 -6) a n d the rest of t h e 19 -rid er field . T he fourth and fina l recipien t of a double -class victory was Suzuki rider B e n Anglen , w h o d o m i n at ed bo th Supermin i m otos to extend h is cu r ren t points lead in th e class , but he had brutally tough co m pe tition in the 80cc Age Group class . Kenn eth Ham m ontree and Turner, the eld er riders in th e field, ran ahead of Anglen for th eir respective cla ss wins. Mo to two wa s one of the day' s best, as Ham m ontr ee had Turner all over h im , but H amm ontree c ras he d a n d Turn er assu med the po int p o si t ion . Turn er he ld a l a r g e advan t age , but Ham m o ntre e c l aw ed hi s way b ac k into co ntent ion and nabbed the lead wit h a l ap rem ai n ing . Both Ham m on t ree ( 12-1 3 ) and Turn er ( 14 - 16) earn ed overall cla ss w in s ahea d o f A ng le n , th e 80 cc (9 - 11) cl ass wi nner. Ki m Regnier was im p ressiv e in her win of the Women 's A dvanced cl ass, b ut i t w a s Rh i an n a St en zel who st epped u p he r p e r f o r m a n c e s t o sweep th e Women 's Novice class in r u na w ay fas hion . K awasak i r id er s Sar ah Costa (2- 2) and A m y Li ght (3 3 ) fini sh ed second and th ird overall, ah ead of Heather Hall (4- 4 ) and Rik i Proffitt (5- 5 ). Kim 's brother Warren Regn ier als o us ed a 1-1 t all y to secure a cl ass w in, i n t h e 125c c N o v i c e d i v i s i on , a lt h o u g h h e was pr e ssured b y Jon atha n Mc Gill ivray , th e sec o ndp l a c e f ini she r, a n d Co l e B ogg es s, B ria n Sys lo and T yl er Brorns , w ho rounde d o ut the t o p fi ve ove rall fin ishers . eN tocross Park Willow Creek Mo Madras, Oregon Resul s: October 15. 2000 [Round 9 of 101 t 50 BEG: 1. Derek Garlan d (KTM) ; 2. J ack son Bre m s (KT M) ; 3 . Ju st in Riley (Han ); 4. Came ron Rodriguez (Yam ); 5. Garrett DeWolf (Yam) . 50 ADV ; 1. J erem y Ste ward (Cob); 2. Mitc hell Newton (KTM). 50/ 60 OPEN : I . Jare d Wood (KTM ); 2. Bradley Hillman (KTM) : 3 . Came ron McGill ivray ( Kaw): 4 . Derek May (Kaw); 5. Kip Ol kowski (Kaw ). 6 0 BEG : 1. J e ss e Ho lm e s ( Ho n ) ; 2. B rent Waldorf (Kaw) ; 3. J erem y Steward (Kaw). 60 J R (6· 8) : L J ared Woo d ( KTM) : 2. Tr avis Que senbe rry ( KTM) ; 3. De rek May (Kaw) ; 4 . Kip Olkowski (Kaw ); 5 . Noah Westerhuis (Kaw) . 60 S R ( 9 · 1 J ) ; 1. Rhett J oh n son ( KTM); 2 . Bradley Hil lman (KTM); 3. Brandyn J asa (KTM) ; 4. Came ron McGillivray (Kaw); 5. T ravis Em ery (KTM). 80 B EG : L Rh ett J o hn son ( KTM) : 2 . Bl ak e A ng len (S uz) : 3. Du st in Stew ard ( Yam); 4 . Cl ay Hopki ns (Yam ); 5. Andrew Thr esher (Kaw ). 80 JR (9 ·11 ); L Ben A ng le n (SUl): 2. Chris Anderson (Suz); 3. Levi Bishop (Han). 80 JR ( 12 - 13 ): 1. Kenneth Hamm ontree (Yam); 2. J ame s Gannon (Han) ; 3. Sean Dahlberg (Yam) ; 4. J im my Alexander (Kaw) ; 5. Casey Waetjen (Kaw). S/MINI: 1. Ben A nglen (Suz) ; 2. Chris Anderson (Suz); 3. A rlie Southa rd (Ka w) ; 4 . Jimm y A lexander (Kaw); 5. Chance Phip ps (Han) . 125 /250 BEG : 1. Steve Be c h ard (Ka w); 2 . Randy Wells (Yam) ; 3. George Curtis (Han ); 4. Neil Miller (Han ); 5. Zach Whitt aker (Han) . 12 5 JR : 1. Ry an Huege (Han) ; 2 . Matt Crawford (Suz); 3 . Cod y Richelderfer (Ya m); 4. Eri c T urn er (Yam) ; 5. Sean Light (Kaw). 125 NOV: 1. Wa rren Regnier ( Yam); 2. Jo n McGill ivray (Kaw) ; 3. Cole Boggess (Yam) ; 4. Brian Syslo (Yam); 5. Tyler Brom s (Han). 125 INT : 1. J am es Ham ilton (Han) ; 2. Mike Lees (Ke w) . 2 50 JR : L B ro dy Bax ter ( Yam) ; 2 . T y l er Fitzsimons (Suz) ; 3, Allan Tom pki ns (Kaw) ; 4. J osh Huerta (Yam); .5. Shawn Huege (Han). 25 0 NOV : 1. B ill B ar r ie r ( Yam) ; 2. Chris Thom pson (Kaw) ; 3. Chet Elli ot (Han) ; 4. Brandon Bowman (Kaw); 5. Glen Dukeson (Ka w). OPEN : 1. Ron Hudson (Yam); 2. Ric k Herbst (Yam); 3. J ohn Ay res (Kaw). BTH: 1. Brody Baxter (Yam) ; 2 . J am es Hamil ton (Han) ; 3. Ryan Huege (Han) ; 4 , Shawn Huege (Han); 5, Will ie Brom s (Yam) . VET JR: 1. Brett Metz ( Han); 2. Karl Duk eson (Kaw); 3. Don Walker (Yam ). V ET IN T : 1. Shaw n Wrigh t ( Han); 2. Br yso n South ard (KTM) . OIT INT: 1. Rick Hopk ins (Yam); 2. Rick Herbst (Yam ); 3. J ohn Ay res (Kaw). OIT EX: 1. Dave Cheney (Yam); 2, Ron Hudson (Yam) . WMN NOV : 1. Rhian na Stenzel (Suz) ; 2. Sarah Costa (Kaw ); 3 . Amy Light (Kaw) ; 4 , Heather Hall (Yam); 5. Rik i Proffitt (Suz) . WMN ADV : 1, Kim Regnier (Yam). Southeast/Mid-Atlantic Championship C Series up Round 13: Virginia International Raceway Willow Creek Motocross Park: Brody Baxter (289) leads the first Before The Hill mota on his way to topp ing that class. One of four double-class winners on the day in Madras. Oregon, he also prevailed in the 250cc Junior division. Honda -m ount ed Ham ilt on ra n o ut in front of the first 125 c c Interm ed iate /Juni or and 250 c c Juni or -class mot o for mu ch of th e rac e. but four rid ers - Ryan Huege , Cod y Rich eld er fer , Matt Craw fo rd and Eric Turner worked t heir way past the fading Ham ilt on, who fi nis hed just ahead of Kawasak i ride r Sean Lig ht, the fifthpl ac ed Ju nior at moto 's end . Tra ili ng Li gh t were th e 250cc Junior winner, Baxt er , and th en Allen Tompki ns and Tyl er Fitzsim on s. Ham ilton also logged a hol eshot in m oto two , but t his tim e t he former 80 cc speedste r outg unned the com petition t o lead Huege to the finish and card the Int erm ed iat e-cl ass win . H u e g e ( 1- 1) t a l l i e d t h e ove r a ll Junior-c las s win, ahe ad of Crawford (3 -2 ), Rich eld erfer ( 2 -3) , T urn er (4 4) and Light (5 -6) . Ba xt er got aro und KTM rider Rhett Johnson was the only ri der to fin ish ahead of Wood on th i s d a y , i n t he comb i ne d 60 c c Senior/ J unio r class . Wh ile J oh nso n jolted the c o m p et it io n in his Senio r (9-11 ) class rou t , Wood , who gat ed in th e second wav e of ride rs some 20 sec o nd s back , cha rge d th ro ug h th e field of Sen io r rid er s to overtake all of his elders with th e ex ce ptio n of J oh n son to na b the J unior (6- 8) class win . Tra ili ng the t wo overa ll cl ass w inners we re Hill m an an d Brand yn Ja sa , th e second - and th ird -p lac ed Senio r rid ers , and McGilliv ray , followed by th e seco nd - and th ird -p lac ed Junior rid ers , T ra vis Quese nbe rry and Ma y . Ou t of all the rid er s on hand - who ca me fro m as far away as sou thern O r eg on , eas tern Was h i ngto n a nd Montan a - only four wo uld earn two 42 NOVEMBER 15. 2000 ' cue I e n e vv s Acree, Harriso;n Dominate VIR B Y K E ITH S H E AR O N DANV ILLE, VA, OCT. 7-8 M A p ri vat eer and sometime CCS club co m pe t i t or L e e Acr ee acquired fo ur wins at round 13 of the So uth eas t /M id-Atla n tic C h amp i o ns hip Cup Seri es. T he Gree ns boro, North Ca rolina , resident's m il d m an ne r and ex pertly p rep a red Suzu ki s ca rried hi m to the t o p hon ors in th e GTO en d u ra nce eve nt, Supe rTwi ns , Li ghtweight Superb ik e and finally th e Un li m it ed Gran Prix. G reg H a rr i so n , L au r en c e Borst , J oh n Boken and Bud Lawter co nte nded with Acree all weekend, with some succ ess h ere a n d t he re . H o w ev er , A cree w as th e c l ass of th e fi eld ; in ea c h o f hi s four ra c es, th e c rowd w ou ld sim p ly c o u nt th e numb er of lap s needed fo r Acree to cha rge fro m A mediocre grid positions to the fro nt of t he pack . Then t h e c r o w d wo uld co u nt th e n um be r of laps it wou ld ta ke Acree to op en up a double-d ig it l e a d . It was at o n ce exc i ti ng a nd so mewhat te d ious t o see A cree d ispa t ch other rider s wi th suc h appa rent ease , o nly to have th e rem ain der of some rac es becom e pa rad es. The weathe r was b leak on Satu rday morning, bu t it di d warm sig nific antly in th e afte rnoon , and th e tr end co n t i n ue d thr ough o u t S u n day ' s sp ri nts, b ec om in g t he best ra cin g weath er all season in the Southeast . On Sat urd ay afte rnoon , the GTO go t u n de r way. H a r r i s o n go t th e ho leshot. Lawter, on his R1, also got an excelle nt start, and w ith Ed Morga n , a board hi s R6 , c ha rgi ng down th e inside, th ey all ap pr oached turn one in a veritable crow d , j o in ed short-

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