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Oregon State M otocross Championship Ser ies Round 4: Forster Livest ock Pavilion (Left) M ike Stann (27) blew away the competition in the 125cc Pro class w ith a 1·1 sweep at round four of t h e Oregon State Motocross Championship Series , topping Eric Roth and Tony Grave s (8 ) In the 125cc class. Graves won the 250cc and Over 30 Pro classes. S T O RY A N D PH O T O S By C LA Y L I GHT SALEM, OR, OCT. 28 h e re w a s a Storm r i sing in t he Northwest , but instead of the nor ma l wind and rain, it was Honda rider Mike Storm . The rider from Port land , Oregon , dominated th e 12 5cc Pro class during round four o f the Oregon Stat e Mot o cr o s s Champ i on sh ip Seri es, held ins id e th e Forste r L iv est ock Pavilion at the O reg on St at e F airgrounds. Joining Storm in the Pro fessio nal class winner 's c ircle was h is fell ow Oregonian To ny Graves, who finished third to Storm and Yamaha rider Eric Roth in the 125cc Pro class and came b ac k to t op the 250cc and Over 30 Pro c lasses aboard a pair of Suzukis. In th e first 12 5cc Pro / Inte rmedia te class m ot o , St o rm n a bb e d th e holesh ot a hea d of J am es Hamil t on , Bryan Thib ed ea u and Keith K ad el\. Grav e s was bur i ed mid pa ck but quickl y whittled away at Storm 's lead after displa c ing Interm ediate lead er Hamilton . St orm , how ev e r . to ok advantage of lapped riders to post a w in ah ead of Graves , fo ll o w ed b y Suzu k i-mounted Thibedeau , the lnterm ed iete-c lass w inner. Storm aga in led the fi eld in m oto two . but this time Gra ves appl ied th e heat right off the bat. Gra ves challenged Storm for much of th e moto, bu t this tim e the S MP / H il l s b o ro M o torc yc l es /Webb Raci ng /Motul . backed Storm had an answer for al l o f Graves ' cha llenges. Graves fell in the loamy turf late in the moto and recovered to net th ird overall , behind Storm (] .I) and Roth (3-2) . In th e com b ined In t e rm ed i a t e class , Ham ilton hammered the c orn petiti on in moto two to garn er a 2 - 1 ov e r all win ah ead of Ka dell ( 3 - 2), Th ib ed e au (1 -5). K ei th F o rd (6 -3) and Zach Wo odward (5- 4) . Wh ile Grave s was the lo ne Professio n al rid e r in th e 2 5 0 cc Pro cl ass after Ryan L e a ch pu ll e d o u t , t h e T b oun c e d ba c k to take a l ead h e wo uld no t rel in q u ish t o kee p cl ass po in ts leade r T hom pson at bay . Trail ing Meadows and Tho m p so n w as Suzuki rider Matt Crawford, who pro gressed through out th e fina l to finish th ird, ahead of Devin Watson. Tunnell and Ry an Brubeck . Centra l Or eg on ians J onathan McGill i vray and Na than Barton both p osted m oto v ictories in the 16 -rider 125cc B egi n n er class . Mc Gi llivray h eld o ff David Schenk. who had gated poorl y bu t sur g ed forward to c h a ll e n g e th e Kaw asaki j oc ke y: McG il livra y took the first-rno to w in . B oth M cG ill i v r a y an d Schenk h a d prob lems in m oto t wo and fi ni shed si xth and 12th , respe c ti ve ly, whi le Barton took the m o t e -tw o v icto ry . Kawasaki rider Bl aine Snyder (3-2) nabbed the overall w in, ahe ad of M cG illivray (1-6 ). B a rt on ( 7-1) . K yl e Adki ns (4-4 ) and Robe rt Wul l brandt (5 -5 ) . eN the Over 30 Expert class , w ith Ken Romero l e a di n g T im Harmon and Bipper Clar k in t he t op th ree in the Junior cl ass. An overflow of riders in the Before The H ill and 125cc Juni or class es forced severa l qualifiers and two lastcha nce qualifiers in orde r to trim the classes to 19 rid ers for their A m ain . Yarnahe -rnounted B ro d y Baxter got the jump o n the fie ld in the Before Th e Hi ll f i n a l, with Cory Johnson , Jack Meadows , Ryan Thompson and Ryan Huege in to w . Baxter scored a wire-to -wire win , but the res t of the positions were not so secu re : Hu ege, Justin Jensen and Sean Light, run ning fourth through sixth , al l suffer ed last- lap crashes . The final finlshi n g ord er was Ba xter , M ead ow s , Suzu k i r id e r Ky le Fa ll s , T h omps on , Shawn Huege and Shawn Staley . B a xt er c a m e right b ac k to post h is eighth consecutive m oto v ictory in the ser ies thus far , th is time in th e 250cc Junio r class. As he does in the B efor e Th e H ill Juni or class, th e T read [, Track Moto rs po rt s /C a stro 1/ Forster Uvestock Pavilion Salem. Oregon Results: ( tU M); 3. Derek Garla nd (KTM) . 60 BEG : I. Stee le Ang le -Da vid son ( Ka w) ; 2 . Bebo Clark ( KTM) : 3. Kaul in Neilsen ( Kaw); 4 . Brent Waldorf ( Kaw) ; 5 . Tariq T ru ax ( Kaw) . 6 0 J R (6· 8): I. Jared Wood (KT M); 2. Gared Stein ke (KTM) . 60 SR ( 9- 11): 1. Dann y Gubser (Kaw) ; 2. Ky le T ho m pson ( KTM ); 3 . Tr av is Mc Clint o n ( Ka w) ; 4 . Cemeton McGillivray (Ka w): 5 . Kam r in N iel sen ( Kew). 60 OPEN : 1. Jared Wood ( KTM) ; 2 . Gered Stein ke (KTM ): 3. Rhett Joh nson (KTM) : 4 . Cameron McGi llivray (Ke w) : 5. Kamrin Nielsen (Kew). 80 BEG: I. J erry Braswell (Ka w) : 2. Kyle Ad k ins ( Han ) : 3 . Nick Rendkle v ( Han); 4 . J esse Wu od (Han ); 5. Aaro n McClinton (Yam) . 80 (9· 1 1) ; I . Byron Young ( Ha n ); 2 . A jay Oli nge r (Suz) : 3 . Curtis Sweezey ( Kaw ); 4 . Kyl e Thomp son (Han) . 80 ( 12 - 13 ): 1. Daniel Hamil ton (Han ); 2. Mason Wat son ( Kaw ) ; 3 . Rob ert Wull brandt (Suz) : 4 . Rick y Wuo ri (Hon); 5. Brock Chappelle (Yam ). 8 / M-INI: I. By ron Young ( Han) ; 2. Mason Watson (Ka w); 3. Curti s Sweezey ( Kaw) ; 4 . Da nie l Ham ilton ( Ha n) ; 5 . Brock Chappelle (Yam ). 125 BEG: I . Blain e Snyde r (Kew): 2 . J o nat h an M cGil li vr a y (Kaw ) ; 3 . Natha n Bart on (Suz) ; 4 . Ky le A dkins (Hon); 5. Robert Wullbrandt (Suz). 125 JR : I. Ja ck Meadows (Yam ); 2. Rya n Th omp son ( Ho n) ; 3 . Ma tt Crawford (Suz); 4. Devin Watson (Suz); 5. Aaron Tunn ell (Yam) . 125 tNT : 1. J am es Ham ilton (Hon); 2 . Ke i t h Ka dell ( Ha n ): 3 . Bryan Th ibedeau (Sua): 4 . Keith Ford ( Kaw): 5. Zach Wood ward (Kaw) . 125 PRO: 1. Mik e Storm (Han) ; 2. Er ie Roth (Yam ); 3. Tony Graves (SUl) . 250 BEG: I . Zech Melt on (Yam); 2. Da vid Spark s ( KTM); 3 . Ma tt Ta y lor (Han ); 4. Tyler Shepa rd (Han); 5. Brian Fergu son ( Hen}. 250 JR: 1. Brod y Baxter (Yam); 2. Aaro n Tunn ell ( Ya m ); 3 . T yler Fi tzs im ons ( Yam ); 4 . Shawn Huege (Han) ; 5. Chad Baxter ( Yam). 250 INT: I. Ke ith Ford ( Kaw) ; 2. B en M o rgan ( Ya m); 3 . Dev in Connaghan (Yam); 4. Eri c Rogers (Yam ). 250 PRO : 1. Tony Graves (Suz); 2. Rya n Leach (Yam ). OP EN AM : 1. Ed Sm ith ( Yam); 2. Bill Gr aves (Yam); 3. Jon Hansen ( Yam) . UTH J R: 1. Bob Kivitso (Hon) ; 2. Ja mes Walsh (Suz ). urn INT: 1. Roby Leach (KTM ). 8T H J R: I . Br ody Baxter ( Yam); 2 . Jack Mead ows ( Yam); 3 . Kyl e Falls ( Su z) ; 4 . Ry an Thom pson (Hon): 5. Shawn Hueqe (Han ). BTH IN T : I . .James Hamilton ( Han ); 2 . Zach Wood ward (Ka w); 3. Keith Ka del! (Han ); 4. Bry an Thibedeau (SOl) ; 5. Devin Con neqhen (Yam) . 30 . BEG: 1. Ja m es She phe rd (KTM ); 2. J eff Heusman n (Han) ; 3 . Dave Kobemi k (Yam) ; 4. Tra vis Ward (Ka w). 30 . JR: 1. Ken Rome ro (Yam) ; 2. Tim Harm on (Han) ; 3. Bippe r Clark (Han) ; 4. Bill Graves (Yam) . 30 . tN.T: 1. Gr eg Ha rm on ( Ha n); 2 . Shawn Wrigh t (Han) . 30 . EX: 1. Ed Sm ith (Yam) . 30 . PRO ; I . Tony Graves (Suz). O IT JR : I. Mli rk Voe gel e ( Yam ); 2 . C ur ti s Paulson (Ke w): 3. Steve Fidler (Han) ; 4. Mark Sparks (Yam) ; 5. Zach Mclain (Yam) . orr IN.T: 1. Bill Graves (Y8m ); 2. Bob Meadows (Yam); 3. Patri ck Brown (Yam) . WMN : 1. Rh i an n a Ste nz el ( Su z) ; 2 . Heidi Korsc hgen (Kew) : 3. Shannon Crouch (Yam) . 4-ST RK : I. Ken Rome ro (Yam) ; 2 . Bill Grav es (Yam ); 3. Patri ck Brown (Yam) (Above) At the Oregon State Fa irgrounds In Salem , Brody Baxter topped the Before T he Hill a nd 250 c c Junior c l a ss es t o m a intain the points leads In both c lass es in the series w i th o n e r ound remaining. (Ri g ht) Nick Gu b ser won t h e first Pe e Wee (7 -8) moto, b u1 f ellow KTM rider Bebo Clark edged Gubser i n m oto two for the overall win. Suzuki rider from E ug en e. Oreg on , to t ally trounced the adjoined Interrne d iate riders. Ke wesa ki -mounted Ford matched Gra v es ' perfo rman c es to post a 1-1 lnterrned iate -class o vera ll win , while Yamaha rider Ben Mo rg an mustered second pla ce via 3 -2 tallies. Devin Connaghan fin ish ed second to Ford in moto one , bu t in moto two almost had a nasty get·off but recov er ed to finish fourth (behind Ford , Morgan and Yamaha pilot E r i c Rog ers) for thi rd overall . Graves also scored t h e Over 30 Pro wi n, despi te cha llen g es from a fu ll field of intermed iate - and .Juni or cla s s co n te s t a n ts . On l y Yam a ha YZ 426F - rn o u n te d Ed Sm ith co u l d ke ep Grav es in sight, but Gr av es pol is he d o ff h i s se c o nd ove ra ll w i n a boa rd th e O ' N ea l / Ro seb u rg C y cl e Cen t er - su p po rted RM . Smi th . w ho tra iled Gr aves in both m ot os, to pped Pro Gri p -back ed ride r from central Oregon has ' a lock on the c l a s s c r o w n s with one round remai ni ng . Baxte r b u rn e d the comp eti tion in both motos , although Sh awn Hueg e challenged him in bo th motos. A spill on Hueg e' s part in m ot o one ru ined his c han ces of a second-overa ll fin ish , allowing A aro n Tunn ell (3 -3) to n ab sec ond , ahead o f T y ler F itzsl m ons ( 2- 4), Huege (6-2) and Chad Baxt er (5- 5). T he 125c c Junio r m ain eve nt (also 19 rid er s strong) featur ed a runaway p erforman c e by th e Yam aha-mo unted Meadows. T ho m pso n briefl y man aged t o sn eak a wh eel u nd ern eath Mead o ws on la p t w o , bu t Me adows c u e . e n O ctober 28 . 20UU (Round 4 of 51 P/W (4·6) : 1. Ju stin Spink (KTM) . P/W (7·8 ): 1. Bebo Clark (KTM); 2. N;ck Gubser e vv s N O V EM B ER 29 . 2000 33

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