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South€rn Classic Championship s€ri€s Round 4r Monst€F Mountain MX Park PIIOTO BY TOM BFINKMAN Kqrrle Rocks, ond Summers Ronsdell Roll! the flat- Suzuki riders (4/la Er8le and Mariah l4cNeill placed founh and lifth, respecdvet Brinkman led Hullaney earb/ in moto two. Callahan was on the move and \ /orked her way into se.ond. ln a Sreat race for the win, Callahan and Mullaney swapped the lead sever.l times, with Callahan takin8 the lead for good on the last l+. Brinkman wa3 a aolid third overall, over Georgia's ErSle and M.Neill. Gll MoNsrrn MouNrArN ilx PaRK TAuassEE, AUBAmA REsutrs! MaY 7, 2006 (RouND 4) TAIIASSEE, At, MAY 7 Freddv Karrle rocked (he Pro classes. while J-Grant Ransdell and lustin SLrmmers rolled up five |,1ini-class wins beRveen them at flon- srer l.lountain. site of round four of the South- ern Classic Championship Series. The race also doubled as a Ponca Ci.y regional qualifier. Yamahas were eligible for the SCC Advantage. and 30 riders received a product pack from Liquid Performance. l. the 250.c Pro class, American Suzuki- backed Karrle grabbed the first-moto hol€shot and set a blisterin8 pace during Ehe early 8oin8. 8y the time lames Ragsdale moved into se.ond place, Karrle had checked out, eventually scorin8 a five"second win. Dustin Gills Placed third. over Andre Pene. ln moto two, RaSsdale kept pace with Karrle but could never challen8e for the win. Kx riders Gills, Charlie Evans and loseph Smith completed the top five in the race. Karrle led the first l25cc Pro moto from srart ro frnish. RaSsdale tot around Gills for second on lap one. Evans placed {ourth. Gilh and R-agsdale srarred ahead ol Karrle 'n moto two. Gills looked good up front until a mechanical problem spoiled the show. Karrle moved past Ragsdale, but the Honda rider n€ver Save up and chased him ao the checkers. Afcer a quiet first moto, Brett Herring placed third this time and picked up third overall, ahead of Evans (4 5) and Chris Enck (7-4). Grant Ransdell, a member oI rhe three-rider Sagon RV Supercenrer racinS (eam based ,n lackson, Georgia, won all {our motos of the Supermini and 85cc (12-ll) classes aboard his Yamaha. ln the firsr Supermini moto, he ran ahead o[Hunter IYims and Colby Pedey. The top rhree were the same in moto rwo. Dakota Stark (54) topped laylor Farsons (4-6) for fourlh. ln 85cc (12-13) racing, rhe top five riders finished in the same positions in both motos. Behind Ransdell, series title contenders Dylan Hammonds and Todd Smith came in next. Stark and Ausrin Hood placed fourth and ifth, respectively, on their Y^. 14ilton, Florida's Justin Summers rode his Suzukis to wins in three class€r. The Tag l"letal- sponsored rider won all six motos of the lunror Mini, 85cc (7- l l), and 65cc (10-l l) classes. ln the Junior l'4inis, Hammonds got the best of l'lims, 3-2 to 2-3. Paul Nelson (2'3) placed second to Summers in the 85cc (7- l l) class, while Dalton Horton (3-4) claimed third. ln 65cc (10- ll) racing, Thompson's Station, Tennessee's Zack Ambrose fanish second, ahead of KTI'4-mounted David Nizzari. ln Women's competition, Morgan C-allahan posled her first win of the series, over points leader Kristen f,lullaney. ln race one, l'4ullaney pulled a narrow holeshot over Kelley Brinkman's Kx. Callahan put her RM85 into s€cond and $.as (losing rapidly on Mullaney at s I EmRY: I . Ni.hol's Sh€rer (Hon)i 2. C.en sho6 (Hon)r l. Noah \Mdeld (Hon)r ,1. Colton conE (Hon); 5- tli.Iy namB (Hon). I I P r, (tl"a): L colE NLEd frim)l 2. CaBon Mizzell(Yn); l. M.n oodd (Yam). tl STx (a"a): L Nichols Sh€s (KTtl) 2. Za

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