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AMA District 36/Moose W€st€rn R€glonal Cross Countng Championship s€ni€s Motul Westenn R€gional B/C Cross Countng s€ni€s Round 2: € Str€€t Har€ Scrambl€s PHOTO BY JOHNNAOAVIS Powell Plows rhe Competition! tiaRYsvlttE, cA, fE8. 5 eome 909 ride6 gathered under a sunny Northem Catifomh sky r)for the second round of the AflA Disrict 36y'lu4oo6e wh$em Regional Cross Country Chafipionship Series and l4otul whstern Regicnal B/C Cross Country Series, hosted by Cross Country Pro- motions. Th€ E Street ulotocrocs track brouSht oLit a number of local motocrosleE to spice up the comp€frion. Just a few short weeks ago, a couple feet of water covered thir track; when it rEceded. left in its place was a couple feet of sand. That, combined with the track's legendal,, whoops. made for a dtallen8ing course. Suzuki ride. John Wear took the holeshot. Shortly aftea Ryan Powell shot to the frort for the lead. At 6e end of lap ofle, fie top six were Powell, Fatrick Garrahar, Wear, Garrison Gratt, Rodney Spencerjr and Brian Garrahan. Wear went out on lap two with a fried motor, Brian Garrahan moved into third, behind his brother Patrick, but ofl the next l+ he, too, went out with a blown motor. "That wrs my first race at E Street," said KTM/Maxxis/Fl.lF nder fhtrick Garr.han stated. "lt was fun. They did a Eood iob with the tr.ck. I switched to the 525 heret it was a good choice." Meanwhile, Pin-lt Motorsports/l,1otion Pro/Cycle Gear's .lordan Brandt was charSing toward the front. ready to Sive Powell some pressure. Oo lap six, Brandt soag8ed the lop spot. He held the lead for laps six and seven b€fore Powell made the pess to take it back. "l tot an awesome start, then batded Brandt rno6t of the race," said the NorcayMsR/Motul-back Powell. "Near tfie end, w€ both gor stuck in the same mud puddle. We were fanking and pullinS. We got out about the sanE time. Thankfully, no ofie tot by us." Patrick Garrahan, now in third, wEs able to capitalize on a mistake made by Brandt. "l kept checkin8 my Eas at tlE cheakpoints," Brandt recounted. "l wzs hopirE to take d|e leed and put some spac6 botwe€n nr),s€lf and Powell before I pitted. That didnt happen before the tas ran dry I ran out jusi shon ol th€ tit and lost one lpot to P.trhk." Brandt closed out the podium in third. behind Powell and Fhtrick Garrahan. Best friends and the youngest A riders on the track Garrison Gmgg and l.P Davis (16 and 15, respectivet). who, alons with Powell, ride for l.4ach I Motorsports, battled throuShout most of the race, with lYooidsfErSy Seals' GratE leadint until the linal lap, when Maxxis-backed Davir sailed past him in a whoops section to take founh overall. Gragg senled for fifth. Roundin8 out the top l0 were Kawasaki's CraiS Wesner, Eri< Ducray, Jason voss, Pro motocrosser Brad KelI,,, and Rodney Spencer.lt Another motocrosser, Posey RecinB EnSines/Shift/BR Suspension's Justin Pos€y, dominated the B clars and was the only B rider to lot the full l2 l+s. Austia Howell was the fastest of the 192 C riders, b€atint out his closest comp€tition, Blake B.lla.d, by 35 re.onds. Ballard had led laps three throuSh seven. JefI Evans was on fire in the Seniors' race, topping the other 160 competitors. He pulled o{rt more than a three-minute lead for the top spot, CI{ E SIIrrr HarE Scna tBlrs MAEYsvu.r, CAUronNlA REsuLrs: FTBRUARY 5, 2q)6 (RouxD 2) A-B O/A: l. R.n Powell (Yah): 2. Fd.i.k Gaftana (Kll.l)r ]. lord.n Saidr (KIfl): a. ,.P oavis: S Gafi$n Gragg (Yam); 6. Cg wb6ns (Krw); 7.l&on vca (Hon): 8. E . oucny (Suz)r 9. Bhdd (elt (Yam); 10. Rodn.y Spn.er J. lYh). 200 Ai l. Cory Borovic6 (rCrH): 2 Chan* tund (Kaw)r l. Nic Fil.h 6aw). 25o Ai L RFn Po*ll (Yam)r 2. Gdis GE$ (Yam)i l.l&n vo$ (Hon). 4-5rffi 0-3oo Ar l. rmth& Dwir (KTH); 2. Tcnr Studer (Hon)i 3. JJ. Al@rnar ftm). a-sTar( 30r + A: r. P&nck Gamhan (KTM): 2 lord& 86rit (Krtl); !. caig Jordon Brondt (I3) leods Ryon Powell (2) ot the E Street Hqre s

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