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St l'ouir, i,to rd Jon.! Dor"r€ SUPCRCROS5 Round I Februory r 8. 2006 Amp'd Mobll€ AMA 5X Lites Eastern R€gional Supcrcross S€PiEs EDwarD Joi{:3 DorirE Sr lours, lfussouRt Rrsurlsr F$RulRY 18 "l was so down on myself last year and I would come off the t'ack alrnost be in tears, knowing I could do better. Wbrds itrst can't describe this." Millsaps takes a $ree-point lead in the standirgs ov€r Gooselaar (25-22) heading into tlle second round of the series in Adanta's G€orgb Dorne, with Jesseman (20), Hansen ( I 8) and Hahn ( I 6) filling out the top fI\€. Cll 2006 moved through the pack. On lap six, Millsaps Passed Jesseman in the left-hander before thewhoop section: then repeated the move on Gosselaar a lap later, in the same spot. By lap eight, Millsaps had cut Hansen's lead to two seconds, but it was now obvi- ous that Hansen was slowinS, and, on laP 10, Millsaps went around the KTM rider. Gosselaar got past Hansen as well on the next lap, and the question was how far back would Hansen drop? Vvhen the twoJap board cafile out, Jesseman had Hansen in his sights and dropped him to fourth before the white flag came out. At the checkers, Millsaps took the win with over five seconds to sPare over Gosselaar, with Jesseman, Hansen and Hahn rounding out the top f|e. Millsaps, who had been with Suzukifor My Owtt FLRce: 24 Josh Grant DNF SoBe/Samsunc Mobile/Honda's losh Grant ran away with the first Lites heat race, taking the win over Team Honda's Davi Mills+s, which conllrmed his status as a contender for the East Region title. Howeve( in the main, Grant fell on th€ first lap in the left-hander befor€ the whoops, which droPPed him into seventh position. Grant fell a8ain, this time in the whoops. while making his way back to the front, but this time he hit the main frame on one ofthe barner suPpoats and iniured his left side. AccordinS to team manaterr-C. Whterhouse, Grant wes taken to the hospital lor Precaution- ary reasons, but apparently was iust bruised. 53 uatt Goerke DNQ Star Racing's Matt Goerke had a tough time in St. Louis. After winning his qualifier earlier in the day, the Yamaha rider ended up l9th in both his heat race and LCQ, "l 8ot a Sood start in my heat mce and was in second," Goeake said. ''But I didn't k ow the),/ changed the whoops and I came in there and they were different, so I crashed and couldn't start my bike. ln the LCQ, I had las( pick and was on the outside and 8ot a bad start. I staned cat h- ing up and moved into qudifying position, but some kid took me out." Goerke's shoulder was pretty sore after the incident. but he vowed to be back for Atlanta Like Gosseloor, Yomoho ol Troy gove Bronden Jesgemgh o thqnae for 'O6,'ond he responded with d lhird. rq r 5X UTES H€AT I (6 Lp3, l-9 to hrln,: l.l6h Grdt (Hd): 2. Dryi l'lilba!6 (Hon); 3. Ste Edife {Hoo): ,t. Donni. H.6arry (Krw): s. chn*oPh.r Goehar (X.w): 6 T.ddy r'lris (Kaw)i 7. l(y'. ChBhotn {x;w): 8. sen Fhhd'n (s!!)i 9. BEnd.n l**lE (Yh): lO.CtBd l r.rd (Ym)i I L Hrt(hellCoote (Hoh): 12. Xain lot s] C/M): l l. l6hua Summ€t (Floa): l .. lj8e Le/ iHn); I 5. Tommy H .isn (Hd): I 6. LGiShton Llllh (H@): l7.l@n B{.kebw (Hon)i 18. Brady Shentr (Kaw): 19. l.latthp Ge*E [Yn): 20. BDb6t Mar8tEll (Ho) Tin.! a mn.,59.2k. Sx L]TES HEAI 2 (6 hD., l-9 to m.in): l.l6h Hern rfim. 2 Thoms Hann (Hd): l. Hau \r'alk r (Ym): 4 Rob€ Kin,./ (Flon): 5. Michti Bl6e (Hon)i 6. Chad l.hMn Cam): 7. o6ty Klan (Hon). 8. ru(ker Hibben (Y.m): 9. rlrnin Dav.l6 Cfam)i I 0 i6hua $/ood3 (5u): I l. Shawn Clark (Kaw): 12. l(elry shth (Hon). 13 Chns Sl@ (Yam,. 1.. Colt HumPhre) fram): 15. Gr% &hrell (S{:)i 16. DeEk L.i't (Hon)r 17. Cnd$oph€r Pus6b (K.w)r 18. BrFn lohnson (Yam): 19. w lin srcwnine 6u): 20. Natha Skags, (Ym) Tilm:s min 05 9 e{ sx LIIES ICQ (4 l.F, I -a to hiin): Kevin lohGon Cfa-): 2. S.ran Johnsn rYamr. 3. KEllr sm(h rHon). 4. Ch4ropherPll8Eh tK,w) 5. Greg khrelllsrz) 6 \Mll6m Brcwnhs {suz); 7.lo,hua \abodr (Sd);8.lstin 8u.ker€w (Hon)i 9. Derck Leist (Hon): 10. B€dy sheren (xaw)r I l- Roben llmhall (Hon)r 12. Coh Humphrey (Ym); 13. Cha.d Whrd Cram): Ia. L6d*on Ulli. (8on): 15. MaEh4 Goerko fro); 16. chns Bb* (%m)r 17. l''lathan Sbtts (Yam)r 18. tritch€llC@ke (Hon)r 19. ShM Cl k (Kiw): to. Is.r L&q/ (Hon)i 21. Tmmy H8s (Hon)r 22. l6hB summey (Hon). Tih.: ,1 mrn.. 03.ll i<. 5X UTES MAIN (15 l.pr: L Dav t4lllePs (Hd):2. chnrtophEr Gos*l@r (r€w): 3. B6den lselffi (ram): a. lo'h H&se" tKTl'l). 5. Tholr Hahn (Hon). 6. Stee B@il&e (Hdr: 7 541 Hambhn (SLtl. 8 Teddy MiPr (Kaw)i 9.8oben Kiniry (Hon); 10. K/leChisholm (Kaw)i I l. t'lanin Dav,lor (Ym); 12. chad lohnson flam): ll. Dusty Klatt (Hon): 14. Kwin lohNon Ciam): 15. Malt Wblker (Ym). 16. Mkhael 8.Ge (Hon): 17. Kell, sm'(h (Honr: 18 Chntropher PuE.ab (K,w): 19. Iucke, H'bben (Yam).20 Oonnle l',lccourty (Knw); 21. B.yan Johnson (Ym)i 22. Ti,E: 13 min.. 10.41 *c. AI{P'O MOBILE EASTERN REGIONAL SX LITES SERIES FONIS STA|iDINGS (After I or 7 rcu.dr): l. D3vi HilkapE (25/l);2. Chrittoph€r Goselar (27)i I Branden JselE (20): 4. loshua Hansen ( I B); 5 Thoms Hann (16)i 6. strye Bonira@ (15): 7. Sean Hambln (14)i L Ieddy Mabr (13): 9. Rob€rt Kiiiry (12); 10. Ky'e Chisholm (l l); 12. Chad lohn'on (9)i 13. Dusty Kla$ (8)r 14. Kdin loh@ (7): 15. raan w.lker (6r. 16 l'1,daelBl6e (5): 17. Kelry Smlrh (a). 18 chnnopher Pu86b (]): 19. Tu.ke. Hibbst (2)i 20 Donnie Mccourty ( l). t- -2 f rl "d a E \- t ..al h $? of Jirli Honsen llhn (42). I J I OO!, &eve ,'C . r{dth{ F ,T i i nine years before moving to Honda at the end of last year, wasn't surprised with his poor stan but was happy to get the win. "l was hoping to be out front at the start, but unfortunately it didn't happen," Millsaps said. "l saw most of the last guys in the front, and I thought, 'dang it, I gotta pass 'em now'. I rode a liftle tight at the beginning and I was a little winded in the end, just from riding tight, but lam huPPy," Jesseman, who usually doesn't show much emotion, was excited a5 well. "Third in my first race back with a new team is great," Jesseman said. ''But I still feel I have a lot to imProve on." Goeselaar, who actually considered quitting after last season was almost at a loss for words. "Words can't explain what it is like to be on the podium today," Gosselaar said. :l 'r J i I I 28 MARCH r,2006 . CYCTE NEWS