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In t e r n atio n a l F r e e s tyle Motocross Association Series Round 1 0: P o rtla n d M emorial C o lis eum STOR Y BY CLA Y l i GHT P HOT O S BY J O EY C A SEY PORTLAND, OR, NOV. 10,11 h e elder statesman o f the freestyle movement, "M ad Mike " Jones, d idn't just get mad . He got even . After what the rider from Export, Pennsylva nia , fel t was a cont r o v ersi al l o ss the p revious n ig ht, Jones had things go ing hi s way in hi s Saturd a y -n igh t w in at the IFM A Fr eest yle compet it on at th e Memorial Col is eum in Por t l and . Yam a hamounted Kenny Bartram, a m edal ist at th e Grav it y Games, netted a win at the first of the two events on Frid ay n ight, e d g i n g Hond a r id er Du stin Miller and Jones. Bartram's Frida y wi n ne tte d him $ 1500 for his effo rts, w h ile the upand-coming Miller and Jones pocketed $1000 and $750 , resp ecti vel y , for th eir eff ort s in front of a sparse cro wd of 3500. Bartr am 's m ar k of 9 1.0 to p pe d Miller 's 90 .2 and th e 90. 1 set by th e K awa sak i -mounted J on es , wh o wa s mad as hec k at th e co m pletio n of the program , feeling a w in shoul d h av e been in hi s favor rat he r th an in Bartra m's. "The y said th a t I didn 't h a v e en ou g h t ricks t o c o m plete m y ro u tin e, " Jones sa id. " I rea lly feel that th ey sh o ul d give it t o m e. T hey' re wrong in their decision , but I guess I'll have to rec ti fy that with a wi n tomorrow ni g ht ." Bartram , wh o was one of o nly two 125cc rid ers, felt the IFMA pa nel had made th e pr op er call in h i s f av o r , adding , " He [J on es ] .sa i d tha t t h ey m is sed o ne of his tricks , bu t st ill I beat him by a p oin t and some. " Bartram's bag of tricks in cl ud ed everyth ing in h is repertoire , wi t h his successive st ring of c row d -p l easing T 26 NOVEMBER 29. 2000' c ue acts such as th e " Do uble Nac Nac", " Cli ffh anger" , "Trip le Pendu lum" and two "Nothings." M ill er nearl y m at ch ed B ar tra m's feats with slick m oves of hi s ow n , finish ing se c ond a n d ge tti ng r a v e r ev i ews from n ewl y c r o wn ed AMA Nati ona l 125 c c C hampion Tr av i s Pas t rana , w ho is k now n fo r h i s freest yl e antic s, but instead of com p et ing, Pest ran a was on hand as an NBC color comm ent ator fo r a broad c a s t plann ed t o ai r t h e followi n g we ek . " T h a t g uy [M i lle r ] is a mazi ng ," Pastr an a said. "He had trick s that I'd never seen befor e and he'll be domi nat ing th e sport by next yea r in my pred ict ion . Sure, I would 've loved to have been out th er e myse lf , but I' m coming off an inj ury and I'm not able to do so ." On Saturday, Jones got even early on with his high m ar k of the weekend in qualifying , setting a 93 .2 , followed b y Bart ram and 16 -year -o ld Suzu ki ride r N ate Adam s, wh o made the trek fro m Phoen ix , Arizon a , directly into the fin al by pl ac ing th ird to Jones and Ba rtram. I e n e vv s A n ear - c apa ci ty crowd of 850 0 was o n hand for th e se cond of the two-event week end . The eight fin al ist s eac h did their oest to im press the IFMA pan el , but j u s t about every m o ve b y th e elit e eight brought the crowd to life. Jimmy McGuire w as the fi rst rider out and his sitting time in the " hot seat" (the best score of t he even ing) didn 't last l on g , as Mil ler , th e third ri der out , posted a 92.6 to ejec t M cGu ire , but Mill er 's mov es d idn 't ca p tivate th e judg es as in h is pri o r eve n in g's performanc es and wo uld even tually fini sh third . O r egon ' s David " J e r ky" T u r ne r (the si xt h -p lac e finish er to Bartram, M ill er , M cElroy and Jake Windham on Frid ay ) land ed himself in a ti e on point s w it h M ille r, but M ill er nabbed th i r d ( d ue to h is exec utio n po ints) w hich w as very unpo pula r with t he vociferous crowd . Drak e McElroy had a good weekend , finishing fourth on Friday an d upping tha t performa nce on Saturday with a 92.9 score to not only notch hi s n am e amo ng th e hea vy h itter s, but also place him second to J on es, bu t ahead of Mill er, Turn er and Bartram . Bartram was th e next-to-Iast rid er to tackle the course, posting a fl awless vari ety of tricks, among th em a " Bart Attack : but late in th e game, while performing a " S a ra n Wrap ", Bartram fell , and it was th en all ov er for the lik ab le Oklah oman . Jones jolted the competition with h is normal routin e , but a l so add ed fi v e n ew t r ic ks t o his a rse na l in prepar at ion for th e Van s T riple Cro wn a wee k later. Th e fi n a l rid e r o u t , J on es made all of the ri ght moves t o c apti va t e th e cr ow d and win ov er th e IFMA panel to net th e top payoff of $ 1500 i n hi s w in , alth ou gh J on es c ouldn't meet h i s m ark of 93.2 in qualifyin g with a 92. 1 in the fina l. "Yea h , this f e els g o od , " J on es sai d. "T he only th ing that top s th is is the fact t ha t I d id it o n national TV . Now it's o n to San D iego , and I hop e I ca n do the same there." eN Portland Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon Results: November 10-11, 2000 Friday O / A: 1. Kenny Bartram: 2. Dustin Miller: 3 . Mike Jones; 4 . Drake McElroy; 5 . Ja ke W indham. Saturday O /A: 1. Mike Jones; 2. Drake McElroy; 3 . Dustin Miller; 4 . David T urner: 5 . Kenny Bartram .