AMA South€rn All-Stars fbur
Round 7: Thund€r Vallcg MX
UVTNGSTON, TN,
AY
7
Eor
the second
year in
a
row, Thunder lle),
I HX in Ltvingnon, Tennessee, conrinued to
raise the ba.
for
southern
motxross by host-
ing round
reven
of the fourth annual AMA
Southern All-Stars MX Tour.
The Ray family
had the track
groomed to near-perfection,
which impressed riders from l4ichiSan
to Flori-
da and rnost states
in
between
who were on
hand for dle Pro-Sport evefit,
The l25cc A class opened up the event
with the first moto of the day. Alex Hunter
came out of the
l1r3!
tum
for Team Green with
the holeshot
award, whil€ Suzuki teammates
Justin
Sipes and Shane O'Banlorl followed,
just
ahead
of Geor8ia's Auston Alben.
Jon
Boruff
was
pushed
to the back of the
pack
and
unsucceasfully
ried to rn€ak in oo the outside.
Sipes
had no
prohlem
dreckinS out eart for a
comfonable lead and the
eventual win, leaving
O'Banion,
Hunter and Boruff to fiSht ov6r
runner-up. While O'Banion and Hunter fou8ht
for second, Boruff
put
his
8arn€
plan into effect
to
gain
the third-placc spot and then rmde his
pass
lnto second
place
iust
inche! from the
dteckered
flat for a
photo
finish.
Sipes once again took the win
in
moto two
to win th€ overall championship,
ahead of the
consistent Boruff
(2-2)
and O'Banion
(3-3).
Albe6
(5-4)
and Hunter
(+5)
took fourth and
fifdr, respectively.
Tennessee, Kentrrcky and
Georgia were
repres€nted in the 250c6 B class. Cameron
Stone took
the moto-one checkers in first
aboard his
Honda, followed
by
Patrick Harris,
who was riding for Yamahe, and Trea Miller
took third,
also
piloting
Yamaha.
Josh
Mayberry
and Gregon/ Rob€ns
tot
off to
tood
starts but
settled for third- and fourth-place
linirhes.
Stone once again came out ahead in moto
two
for a
sweep
and fie overall championship,
but s€
