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Oregon Stat e Motocross Championship Series Round 5: Exposition Aren a GRAVESDGS UPliH ~EE S T O RY A N D P H O T O S By the du st and m ounted a n in spir ing charge to close in o n the lead duo , but ag ain sl id out - th is t im e o n the final la p - and his chan ces of a rep eat of his win at round fo u r wer e gon e. C L A Y L IG HT SALEM, OR, OCT. 29 u zu k i - m o u n t e d To ny Gra v es walked awa y w ith a th ree -cl ass de cimat i on aft er d om ina t in g the 125cc, 25 0 cc and Over 30 Pro classes at th e fina l round o f th e O rego n S Wh ile Graves held a lar ge lead to the fin ish to nab the ov erall w in via 2- 1 plac ings , Roth posted his best perfor(L eft) At t h e final rou nd of the Orego n State Motocros s C hampio n sh ip Series, Tony Grav e s (81 w on three c l asses - t h e 125cc, 250cc and Ove r 30 Pro c lasse s winning four of the six motos he contest ed. [Below) K yfe Fa lls (153) topped two classes at Exposition Arena, winning the Be f o re The Hill main event and b oth 250 c c J u n ior-class m o tos. S tate Mot o cros s Champ ionship Series, held in the Exposit ion Arena . In th e fi rs t 12 5cc Pr o mot o , Honda -mount ed Mike Sto rm held off a flurry of advances from Gra ves to take the win , ahead of Graves and Yamaha -mounted Eric Roth , although in the later stages of the moto th ings go t interesting , as lapped riders nearly thw art ed St orm 's chanc es. Storm got throu gh the heavy traffic better than Graves d id and netted the w in by a scant m argin . Sto rm led the o pening moments of moto two , but Graves shoved a whee l unde rneath h im and from that point to the fini sh he he ld the po int po si tio n . Storm st ay ed withi n str iking dis tanc e for most of th e race un t il a fall left him behind Grav es, Roth , and a large fi eld o f Intermed iat e r iders . St o rm p ic k ed h imself up, shook off m anc e of the season, trai li ng Graves fo r second place and th i rd ov er all , behind Storm. Th e to p p lacing Intermediate rider was Yamaha-moun ted Ke lvin Schoen ; he and Washington 's Da vid Coffey split m ot o w ins , but Sch oen 's 2 -1 ta lly earn ed the home to p br ass. Coffey d idn 't fare as we ll in m oto two after h is moto -one victory , fini sh ing third to Schoen and Jason Parks, but he still netted second o vera ll , ah ead of Par ks ( 6- 2) and Yamah a ri ders Andy Pag e (3- 5) and Trevor Brooks (5 -4) . Suzuki rider J.R. Vielle nab bed the lead at the start of the first 250cc Pro/I nter m ed i at e moto , but Profes sio nal r id ers Ryan Leach and Graves d i s pl a c ed t he In t erm ed i a t e ride r , alth ou gh Viell e wo u ld m ainta in hi s positio n to th e fin ish . Leach hel d off Graves to land a Pro -class win . Graves put a wheel ins ide of Leach at the start of moto two , and while Leach nipped at Graves' rear wheel for several laps, Graves inc reas ed his lead with each ci rc uit, m aintaining th e lead to the finish to net his second overall win with a 2 - 1 tally . Leach (1 -2) fin is he d second overall , wh ile Ho nd a (Bel ow) Mason Watson (127) w o n the Supennini and 80cc Junior [ 12 -1 3) classes at the Oregon Stat e Fa irgrou n d s In Sa lem. 34 NOVEMBER 29 , 2000' c u e I e n e vv s _ "i rid er John Sabo (3- 3) nabbed third . Vielle aga in to p ped the Intermediate cla ss to lead Page (3- 2 ), Eric Rogers (2 -3) , Joe Brockwa y (4 -4) and Ben Mo rga n (5 -5) . Graves' triple pl ay was c ap ped off with a vi ct ory in the combined Over 30 Pr o /Ex pe rt / In t erm ed i at e class co m ing with a 1- I sweep. Much as in the previo us round , Yamaha rider Ed Sm ith wa s Graves ' closest c o m pe ti ti on , netting th e Expert w in with his fin ish a he ad of th e second -plac ed Pro , KTM r id er J ason Sm ith . Sea n Wright won the adjoined Interm ed iate class , while Ken Romero top ped Bip per C lark a n d Bil l Grav es f o r th e J un ior -cl ass w in . Suzu ki jockey Ky le F all s, a new comer to the five -round series , burst o nto th e sce ne in a big way , wi nni ng two classes. Fa ll s t opped the Before T h e Hill fi n al and won b ot h 250 c c Jun ior - c la ss motos . B r o d y B a x t e r o verc a m e poo r starts t o ne t second overa ll with a 2 -2 tall y , ah ead o f Tyler F itzs im ons ( 4 - 3 ), D oug M c K u h n ( 7 - 4) and Ed Wagner (3 -8) . F all s a lso f are d w ell in the 19 - ri d e r Be fore The H i l l f inal. Rya n Hu eg e pushed Falls all the way to the fin ish, but Fall s put in a nea rl y flawless perfor ma nc e to lead Huege and Bax ter, who a gai n was ha m pered by a poo r sta rt , into the top th ree. T ra iling the lead trio w ere Matt Crawfo rd , Shawn Sta l e y , Ry an Thompson and Shawn Hu ege. Kawasaki -mounted Mason Wa tson wo n the Supermin i and 80cc Junior ( 12- 13) cl asses. Watson la id waste to th e co m pe t i t i o n i n the Sup ermin i class . Fellow southern Oregon speed ster Curtis Sweeze y and Bro ck Chappell e eac h tra iled Watson in the two m o t o s , bu t Chappe lle 's f inest m omen t of the series came in moto two when he held off Sweezey and Nick Randklev to nab second ov erall . All season long, Rand k lev has decimated the com petition in the 80cc Beg inn er class , b ut on th is d ay the H on d a r ider me t h i s m a t ch , as K a w a s a k i r id er Jerry B r a s w ell bec am e one of th e ver y few to b eat Rand kl ev this season. Braswell fe nd ed off all of Rand k lev 's ad va nces in moto t w o to ne t t he overall w in , ahead of Randklev (1 -2), J esse Wuori ( 4 -3) , M a t t W il so n ( 5 -4) , Tay lor McK ee (3 - 7) and A aron M cC lin t on (6 -6). Yam hill , Oregon' s Ry an Huege 's weekend wo ul d have been fru strat ing had he not topped the 125 cc J un io r (A b o ve) J.R. V1ell e won both 250cc Intennedlate motos In h is f irst appearance i n the fiv e - rac e series. final. Anth on y C erruti nabb ed th e lead at the st art , but Huege q u ick ly d isp la ced Cerruti and held th e lead to the fi n ish . Cra wfo rd fi nished sec on d , a hea d o f Aa r o n T u n n el l , Ce rr uti , Th o mpso n , J u st in J ensen an d Be n CN Swend sen . bposition Arena Salem, Oregon Results: October Z9, ZUUU (Round 5 of 51 P/W (4 ·6) : I. J ustin Spink (KTM). P/W (7· 8): I. Bebo Clark (KTM): 2. Nick Gubser (KTM): 3. De rek Garland (KTM). 60 B EG: 1. Steele An g le-D avid son ( Ka....); 2. Bebo Clark (KTM) ; 3. Tyler We lls (Kew) : 4. Bren t Waldo rf (Kaw); 5. Kaulin Neilsen (Kcw). 60 J R (6· 8) : I. Gered Steinke (KTM); 2. .Jered w ood (KTM) . 60 SR ( 9· 11 ) : I. Kyl e Tho m pson ( KTM) : 2. Dan ny Gub ser (Kaw); 3 . Rhett Jo hnson ( KTM) ; 4 . Travis McCl inton (KlIw); 5. Tyler McClinton (Kaw) . 60 O PEN : I. J a re d Wo o d ( KT M ); 2 . Rh ett Johnson (KTM ); 3. Travis McCl into n (KlIw) ; 4 . Gared Steinke (KTM); 5. Steele Angle-Davidson (Kaw) . 80 B EG : 1. Je rry B ra sw ell ( Ka w) ; 2 . Nick Ran dk l ev ( Ho n) ; 3 . Jesse Wu or i ( Ho n) ; 4 . Mll u Wilson (Hon ); 5. Ta ylor McKee (Ka w) . 80 JR (9 - 11) : l. Curti s Sweezey (Ka w); 2. Kyle Th omp son ( Hon ); 3 . By ron Young { Hen}: 4 . Ajay Olinge r (Suz); 5. J ohn Duran (Kaw). 80 J R ( 12 - 13 ) : I. Ma so n Wat son ( Kaw) ; 2. Robert Wullbrandt (Suz); 3. Brock Chappelle (Yam) . 80 SR ( 14- 16): I. Heidi Korschqen (K. w). S/ MI N I : 1. Ma son Wa t so n ( K lI w); 2 . Broc k Chappell e (Yam) ; 3. Curtis Sweezey (Kaw); 4. Nick Randkl ev (Hon); 5. Taylor McK ee (K aw). 125 BEG: 1. David Schnek (Han) ; 2. Jake Whit e ( Kaw) ; 3. Heath Vo ege le (Ya m); 4 . Dann y Co sta (Kaw) ; 5. Nathan Barton (Suz). 125 J R: 1. RyZ Huege (Han) ; 2. Matt Crawford IO (Suz); 3 . Aa ron Tun nell ( Yam ); 4 . A nt ho ny Cerruti (Yam) : 5 . Ryan Thomp son (Hon ) . 125 tNT: I . Kel vi n Sch oen {Ya m): 2 . Da vid Coffey (Yam ); 3. J ason Park s (Hon ); 4. Andy Page (Yam) : 5. Trevor Broo ks (Yam). 125 PRO : 1. Tony Graves (Suz); 2. Mik e Storm (Hon) ; 3. Eric Roth (Yam ). 2 5 0 B EG: I. Da vid Sparks ( K TM): 2 . Zach Melton (Yam) ; 3. Tyler Shepard (Hon) ; 4 . J ohn Zinie (Hon ); 5. Carter Neu (Hon) . 250 JR : I. Kyle F all s (Suz); 2. Brod y Baxt er (Yam); 3. Tyler Fitzsimons (YlI m ); 4. Do ug McKuhn (Hon): 5. Ed Wagner (Yam). 250 INT: I. J .R. Vie llo (S ua) : 2. Andy Pogo (Ya m) ; 3 . Er ic Rogers (Yam ) : 4 . Joe Br oc k way (Yam); 5. Ben Morgan (Yam ). 250 PRO: J. Tony Greves (Suz); 2. Rya n Leach (Yam): 3. Joh n Sabo (Hon) . UTIlINT: 1. John Sa bo (Hon) . 8TH J R: 1. Kyle Fa lls ( Suz) ; 2. Ry an Huege ( Ho n ); 3 . Br ody Ba xter ( Yam); 4 . M att Cra wf ord (Suz); 5 . Shawn Staley (Suz) . 8 TH I NT : 1. Ryan Leach (Yam) ; 2. J .R. Vielle (Suz); 3 . T revor Brook s (Y am) : 4 . David Coffey (Vam ). 30 . S EG : I. T ra vi s Ward ( K aw) ; 2 . J am es Shepherd (KTM): 3. Dave Kcbe rnlk (Vam) . . 30. JR : I. Ken Rome ro (Yam) ; 2. Bipper Clark (Hon) ; 3. Bill Graves (Yam) . 30 . INT : 1. Sean Wright (Hen) . 30 . EX: I. Ed Smith (Vam) . 30. PRO; 1. Ton y Graves (Suz); 2. Jason Smith (KTM) . O I T J R: I . Curt i s Paul so n ( Ka w ) ; 2 . M ar k Voegele (Yam); 3. Steve Fidler (Hon ); 4 . Mark Spark s (Yam) ; 5. Randy Layne (Yam ). INT : 1. Bill Graves (Yam); 2. J ay loudagin (Hen}; 3. Torry Brook s (Vam ). orr MNY: I. Boo Tea sdale (Vam). 50. : 1. Rand y Layn e (Yam). WMN : 1. Heidi Kor sch gen ( Ke w): 2 . Rhiann a Stenzel (Sue): 3. Shannon Cro uch (Ya . m) 4 · 5TRK: I. Ken Rom ero (Yam); 2. Bill Gra ves (Yam); 3. Pat Brown (Yam) . orr

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