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Cycle News 2016 Issue 42 October 25

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VOL. 53 ISSUE 42 OCTOBER 25, 2016 P25 O'Hara on the Intents Racing Ya- maha rounding out the top five. Stump's 5-4 finish was enough to secure third in the champion- ship, making the season an RSR KTM sweep. Veteran Larry Pegram gave the kids a run for their money in his first race back in AMA Super- moto in over 10 years. The RSR KTM rider got both holeshots and led for more than half of the second main before McAllister and Hoffman slipped through. Ultimately, Pegram went down trying to fight off Narbonne and retired from the race. The long time road racer was quite at home on the asphalt part of the track, but got bit by the dirt section on the first lap of the first main. Pegram was able to get back on track and make up for lost time to finish ninth. In the Pro Lites class, it looked like rookie Christian Payne was going to run away with his first Pro Lites win until a mechanical ended the LMR Racing Husqvar- na rider's hopes for glory. Those honors went to Tri-County Powersports Husqvarna's Nicky Reimer instead, the defending Pro Lites Champion's first win of 2016. Unfortunately for Reimer, it was not enough to keep the number-one plate. Although he and his rival Josh Jackson tied on points, the Lean Six Sigma Husqvarna rider won the tie- breaker with more race wins. "I feel like I have a thousand pounds off my back," Jackson said. "I wasn't ever planning on it being this close. I ran into some ups and downs over the last few rounds, and coming into the final round, I just did what I had to do today. I managed the race from second place. Nicky [Reimer] came up behind me right off the start and I just let him go. I wasn't going to get tied up in a battle. I knew where I needed to be, and I figured if I just stayed behind him he had to think about me instead of me thinking about him behind me. So I just man- aged it from there." Right behind Jackson was teammate McLean, who was pulling double duty in both the Pro Open and Pro Lites classes. Cameron Welsh was able to recover from an early mistake that left him on the ground in the dirt section, going from last to crossing the line fourth on the Welsh Racing Yamaha. Welsh's recovery allowed him to keep third-place in the points. Com- pleting the top five was PDR Racing's Dawson Schieffer. In the Amateur National class, series-points leader Malcolm Barker was also able to clinch his first championship. CN PRO OPEN MAIN ONE: 1. Gage McAllister (KTM) 2. Dustin Hoffman (KTM) 3. Shane Narbonne (Hon) PRO OPEN MAIN TWO: 1. Gage McAllister (KTM) 2. Dustin Hoffman (KTM) 3. Shane Narbonne (Hon) PRO LITES: 1. Nicky Reimer (Hus) 2. Joshua McLean (Hus) 3. Cameron Welsh (Yam) AMATEUR: 1. Sean Ungvarsky (KTM) 2. Malcolm Barker (Hon) 3. Chris Smith (KTM) Nicky Reimer claimed the Pro Lites title for the first time.

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