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DealerSupport Series Round 3: Pax Irax MXPark Gonzalez Wins Again at Pax Trax By C RA IG J OH N SO N AN D A N G ELA H A RD E N BONNELL, FL, OCT. 28 e rrat ia Go nzalez won yet again at the third ro und of the third annual Dealer Support S eri e s a t Pax Tra x MX Park , exte nd ing her po ints lead in the Pee Wee Shaft (4-6 ) cla ss . She pulled both ho leshots and led both motos all the way . Her nearest competitor was J e ffre y Mulder, who kept her honest o n his way to a 2 -2 tally. In the first m oto, Ia n Holm , Tyle r Campbell and Liz Lance followed the two lead ers , but Co lton Ca rr qui ckl y t o o k fifth a ft e r two turns and th en pass ed Campbe ll for fourth . Ca m pbe ll battled back and retook fourth at the end. The to p three - Gonza lez, Mulder and Holm - were way out front and stayed th ere to the end . The s e cond m ot o e n de d in the same o rder as the first. Bo th Colton Carr and Hunte r Ca rr m ove d around Lance fo r fifth a nd s ixth , respectively , in t he fir s t few co rner s . T he b a ttle was on for th e le a d , as Mulder kept G on z al e z in h is sights the whole m oto . Ca m p be ll h ad h is ha nd s fu ll trying to fe nd off th e Ca rr brothers for fourth . Cam pb e ll m ade the mi stake of going wide in a corne r, and Colton slip p ed b y for fo u rt h. Nex t , it was Hun t er ' s t u rn ; Hun te r p u lle d u p bes ide Ca mpbe ll in th e whoops, th e n s lip ped to the insi de o n the next corn e r a n d t o o k fift h . Meanwhile , u p fron t, Go nzalez p ulled out a s lig ht le a d by the checkers over Mulde r and Holm . T he 250cc C class wa s the b igg est a nd th e m ost exciting of the day . T he first -moto hole sh ot went to J oseph Caliendo , followed by Jordi Wood son , T od d F u rm an, To m Henderson and Chr is Gunth er. Caliendo pu lled ou t a slight le a d. After a bad sta rt , Rod MacKi nnon was o n m ove. After one lap , MacK innon wa s in fourth; by the third la p , he wa s s ec ond. This put Woodson , Furman a nd Ton y Thrower far b ehind . Ma cK inn on was co m ing o n s t ro ng t o w ard Ca liendo . Th e leade r bo b b led and fe ll g o ing do wn the ba ck s tra ight, p utting Mac Kinno n in th e lead . Behind h im we re Wood s o n , Pau l Ho g re d e , Fur ma n and Ca lien d o . No w Hogr e d e wa s o n the m ov e , pa s s in g rid er s wh en e ver h e c o u ld. Be for e th e white fl ag fl ew , Hog rede had p a s sed Wo odson a nd had set h is sights on MacK inn on , but he jus t did not have the time to catch t he le a de r. On the la st la p , Cali en d o took fo u rt h a n d Throwe r too k fifth, dr opp ing Fu rm an to sixth. S MacKinn on absconded with the holeshot in the second moto , follo wed b y Throw er, Hogred e , Fu rm an a nd Caliendo. Ma cK inn on n ev er loo ke d back en route to the m oto win, bu t th er e wa s plenty of d icing going on b ehind him t hr o ug h o u t th e wh ol e moto . Hogrede p a s s e d Thrower fo r s eco nd . Ca liendo got by Furman for fourth. Throwe r started to fade a t th e halfwa y m ark , a nd Calien do and Fur man were there to capita lize. Cali en do dived to the ins ide before th e ba c k strai ght. Th rowe r and Cal iendo wer e s ide by s ide down the enti re straight until th e last t a b le to p; Cali endo out jumped T h ro we r and mov ed into third . Caliendo then set his s ights on Hogrede. The lea d ers ran into lapped traffic on the last lap ; Caliendo took a dvantag e o f t his and too k second awa y from Hogrede . Furm a n also got by Th rowe r. The fastest class of the day was the co mbined 125c cB and 250cc B c o n t e s t. C h ristian G ilbert led , fo llow ed by J im Chludzinski, Les Burnside , Way ne Hod g es a n d St e ph e n Do uglass . Hod ge s q uic kly p ut Burnside behind h im, and the ba tt le was o n for s e c ond . C hl u dzi nsk i a n d Hodges batt led clo se ly for mo st of the m ot o , w it h Ho d g e s t ry ing t o find away a ro u nd. In th e clos ing la p s , Hodg es just outgunne d Ch ludz ins ki to P/W MO D (7-9 ): 1. M;key Morello (Cob ): 2. Mik e Bretzel (KTM). the co rner in fro nt of the starting line , and the order of the top five was se t to the finish. Gilb ert agai n pu lled the holeshot in t h e s e c ond moto . Chludzinski, Hodges , Douglass and Jon Grant fo llowed. The battle was aga in fo r sec ond , as Gilbert pu lled out and never lo o k e d back. Hodges expe ri enced probl ems th is m oto , fa lling and d rop pi ng to sixth, which put Doug lass in third, foll owed by Burn side and Grant. Hodges battled ba ck to fifth before bad luck struck again - anothe r fall put him back to sixth agai n . This time Todd Stavac took his turn in th e top five. Douglass kept close t o Ch ludzinski for the rest o f the m ot o for second . eN P/W 8 0 (7- 9): 1. Aaron Beau so le il (Yam); 2 . Rod Mac Kinno n (Yam) ; 3. Chase Northro p (Yam ). P/W 80 ( 10- 12): 1. Ja son Tay lor (Han) . 6 5 ( 6 - 8 ) : 1. Mi k e)' Morello ( K aw ); 2 . A a ro n Beau soleil (Kaw ). 6 5 (9 - 1 1): I . J o sh Mil le r (KTM) : 2 . A nt ho ny Schmi tt ( Ka w) : 3. B;]Jy Bark ley (KTM ); 4 . Patri ck Pix ley (Kaw ). 85 BEG: 1. Bmy Gllssen (Han ): 2. Chase Aboo d (Ke w): 3 . Jeff Fo un t a in (Kaw ); 4 . Da lton La nc h (Suz); 5. Chri s Pixley (Hon ). 8 5 B: 1. Zachary Hamil ton ( Ho n) ; 2 . Je remy McCorm ick (Yam). 85 C: 1. Camden Cruz (Kew ): 2 . Sco tt Thrower (Hon); 3. Josh Miller (KTM); 4. Ryan Freem an (Hon) : 5. Ky le Clark (Hon ). WMN: 1. Traci Hess (KTM ). 125 BEG: I. Mike Underwoo d (Suz); 2. Teresa Culver (Hon); 3 . Ryan Bourge (Yam ). 125 B : 1. Step he n Dou gl ass (Ya m); 2 . T odd Stavac (Yam). 12 5 C: 1. K ris Cl ark ( Yam ); 2 . L uk e B ail ey (Hen); 3. Dan iel Gray (Hen) : 4 . La rson Er ic k son (Yam); 5. Traci Hess (KTM ). 2 5 0 B : 1. C h r is tia n G i l be rt ( Yam) ; 2 . J i m Chludzinski (Yam ); 3. Wayne Hodges (Hon) ; 4. Les Burns ide ( Hon ); 5. Jon Grant (Yam). 25 0 C: 1 . Rod M acKinn on ( K aw ) ; 2 . Pau l Hoqrede (Kaw); 3. Josep h Caliendo (Ka w) : 4. Jo rdi Wood son (Yam) : 5. Todd Furman (KTM ). OPEN : 1. Cra ig J o h nson ( Yam); 2. J o seph Caliendo (Kaw). 0 -15 : I . Zachary Hamilton ( Hon) ; 2 . Cam den Cruz (Kaw) ; 3. Christian Kelly (Yam ). 16 ·24: 1. Stephen Dougl ass (Yam). 25 +: 1. Bobb y M oria r t y (Yam ) ; 2 . Jim Chludzinsk i (Yam). 30+ : 1. Craig Joh nson ( Yam); 2. Wayne Hodges (Han). 35+ : 1. Jo hn Cicero (Yam). PaxRax MX Parle Bunnell , Florida Results: O obe r 28, 2000 (Round 3J ct P/W SHAFf (4 ·6 ) : I. Serrati a Gonzalez (Yam) ; 2. J effrey Mulder (Yam); 3. Ian Holm (Suz); 4. Colt on Carr (Hon ); 5. Ty ler Cam pbell (Yam) . P/W SHAFT (7 -9) : I. J oel Whedbee (Han) : 2. Sean Pres to n ( Ho n ); 3 . Jono McMu lle n ( Hon) ; 4 . Amanda Northrop (Hon ); 5. Tyler Nielsen (Han) . P/W MOD (4 ·6 ): 1. Ja son Frank (KTM) . AMADistrict 6 P oints Race H urricane Hills Sports Center Miller's Mastery By J IM P. te m peratures in the middle 50s, cond itio ns wer e nothing short of perfect. Yamaha pilot J immy Miller to pped th e pod ium in th e s upercomp etitive 125cc A class with perfect 1-1 rides . New Exp e rt Ricky Conley s howed he ha s wha t it takes to be competitive in this ve ry fa st class; Con ley m anaged to ea rn th e run ne r-up po s ition on the pod ium via his 2 -3 rides . Tom Burton , anothe r YZ pilot , c a rded a 4- 2 sco re S A N D E RSO N CUFFORD, PA, OCT. 22 othe r Nature provided a beautiful fall day for the motoc ross season fina le hosted by Tom Hurd Promotion s a t th e Hur ric a ne Hills S po rts Cen ter. Ju st o ve r 30 0 motocros s enth usiasts sig ne d up to ra ce the 26 cla sses slated fo r t h e day ' s p ro g ram . With b rig ht s u n s hi ne , a cl o ud les s blue sky a nd M Hurricane Hills Sports Ce nt e r: Rickey Conley (374) and J immy Miller (709) battle for the lead in the first turn of the second 125cc A mota in Clifford, Pen nsylvania . Miller won the mota . cue I e n e _ s • N OV EM BER 2 9 . 2 0 0 0 37

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