Fortune Tops OMA
Sarge's Cross Country
W
hen the OMA Nationals
rolled into the Kirkpatrick
land north of Memphis, Missouri,
September 26, for their second
race event this year it was a much
better weather situation than their
previous visit, and it was Tommy
Fortune Jr. who made the best
of it.
Fortune Jr., aka "Buddy," shot
to the lead on his mom-and-
dad-backed G2 Yamaha YZ250,
taking the holeshot, and he never
looked back. After nine laps of
the trail described by many rac-
ers as "super fun," Fortune had
amassed a five-and-a-half-minute
lead over second-place rider Colt
Converse and his Team Mercer
County D&W Cycles Yamaha
YZ125.
Jayson Crawford rounded out
the all-Yamaha podium at two
hours and 12 minutes.
Skyler Harkless
(Husqvarna) topped the
A class with a fourth-
place overall finish,
and Pro-Am racer Chris
Huffman Kawasaki
placed fourth in class
and fifth overall.
"I tried to get a good
start, as always," For-
tune said of his race.
"I got the holeshot. I
knew it was going to
be a little dusty, so I
wanted to get a good
start and get out of there.
Second place Pro-Am rider
Converse, said, "I started off
with a pretty decent start. I think
I was about fourth going into the
woods. I made a couple quick
passes and pretty much from
there on I rode by myself in sec-
ond all day. I couldn't quite see
Buddy and I kept a pretty good
gap over Jayson and rode by
myself to second place.
"I was on the 125, so I re-
ally had no bottom end all day,"
Converse said, "but that track
is super-fast, and it really didn't
mess with me too bad, but it was
noticeable."
John Gasso
OVERALL
1. Tommy Fortune Jr. (Yam)
2. Colt Converse (Yam)
3. Jayson Crawford (Yam
4. Skyler Harkless (Hus)
5. Chris Huffman (Kaw)
6. Jason Protiva (Yam)
7. Collin Miigerl (KTM)
8. Chad Toth (Hon)
9. Bryan Johnson (Kaw)
10. Kirk Foster (She)
IN
THE
WIND
P50
Tommy Fortune led from
start to finish at The Sarge
OMA Cross-Country in
Memphis, Missouri.
PHOTOS: JOHN GASSO
Colt Converse had
his Yamaha YZ125
pinned en route to
second overall.
