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Florida
Wnt€r
Am S€ri€s
Round
S
Gatorback
Cgcl€
PaPk
GAINESVITLE,
FT, JAN.
28.29
-he
Florida Wrnter Ams.
Presented bv
FME
I *tr.ned to the
venue that kicked
(
all off
_
historic
Gatorback
Cycle Fdrk
_
for the
Penulti_
mate
round of the J5rh
annual
running of the
series.
Three riders
claimed
three overalls
apiece over
the weekend,
butrrmmy
Albeltson
s
performance
was arguabiy the
mos(
rmPressivF
of
them all,
as the Missouri
natie
stood atop the
podium in the l25cc
A Four-Stroke
and
l25rr
Pro classes
-
in the
process
Sunning
down
some
of the
fastest
raEers in the
narioo.
The other
three class
winners
were Oklahoma's
Trey
Canard. who scored
wins in the l25cc
Youth,
and l25cc
and 250cc
B divisions,
and lonStime
pro
Barry
Carsten, who
won the
Over 25, Ov€r
30
and Over 35 classes.
ln 250cc
Pro action,
l4aryland s
Tach Miller
snared the
holeshot
in the llrst
moto, with
Ohio
rider Levi
Kilbarger, Albertson,
Pennrylvania's
Ashlee
Woskob.
and
Floridian
fyler LNesay
rn
tow. Eoth
woskob and
Li,v€say bobbled
on the
opening
lap, allowinS
New
York s Matt
Eastmsn
to c:rke over founh. Albenson
was determined
to
keep
pace
with
l'4iller and
made a
pass
stick
on Kilbarger after
rhe
"Eler,"etor"
on the
second
lap, end che
two out front
quickly
PUt
some
distance
on the
pack
a!
they fouSht
{or the lead.
Albertson nearly
Eot
the
pass made on
lap
three,
but Miller shut
the
door and stayed
in front.
They
went at
it Ior another couple
of laPs
before
Albenson
finally launched
himself
off the finish_
PHOTO COUBTESY OF
FI!\,IX MAGAZINE
Albertson
Gets
Three
qt
Gqtorbock
line
iump
cominS
out o( the
"Gator
Pit" to ser uP
the
pass
on l'ailler
in the next corner
He made
it
ltick
and charged
to the end
of the moto
unchallenged
for che
win, wth Miller
finishing
comfortably
in second, ahead
of
KilMrger
New
lersey
s vet
hero, Carsten,
Eot
the
iump
on the
field in moto !wo,
but Cernics'
Kawasaki rider Ricky
Renner
took the lead
before the
end of
the opening
lap. Albertson
meanwhile,
had suffered
a midPack
start and
was fiShtin8
his way throu8h
the field.
By the
end
of
lap two. he'd already
made
it to fourth,
and he set his si8hts
on the
leaders. Carsten
held
second
until
lap three. when
Massachusetts
resident Keith
lohnson
sn€aked
by and took off
after
Renner
Albertson
8ot
Carsten
lor third
on
ahe
next circuit, but
shortly
thereafter, Alb€nson
lost his front
end
and went down
- eflectively
killan8
his shot at the overall.
Meanwhile.
Johnson
re€led in Renner
and
srar.ed
an
epic battle
for the win.
Johnson
{inally made the
pass
on
lap nine and held
rhe
lead
to the
finish. Renner {inished
second,
well
ahead
of Carsten, and
his 4-2
tally was
Sood
enough
for the oveGll,
with Miller
PostinS
2-4
for second,
and
Johnson
rounding
out the
podium
with
his 6-l efiort.
Other standouts
included
Texan Blake
wharton. who
won the
85cc
(14-
l5) and
Supermini
classesi
Florida's Zach
Bell, who
took
the 65cc
(10-ll)
and
85cc
(7-l
l) wins:
Justin
Barcra,
who bested
Ehe 85cc
( I
2
I
3)
and
lun'or
l"lini cla.6es:
and Adam Cianciarulo,
who won
Mth the 65cc Open
and 65cc
(7-9)
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