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West KY Dirttrack Series Rayburn Rallies to Marion Wins Van Rayburn made the 10 hour drive to Marion, Ky pay off as he dominated every class entered on the night. He led every start of every race and turned them into wins.
After taking the Senior class TT win he led the Seniors on the short track also. As Rayburn set sail, Gene Yopp jockeyed past Ed Clark into second and held the spot ‘til the end. Clark stayed on the groove to take third over Dennis Porter and Clyde Modlin.
Rayburn nailed the start on the combined TT feature of the Open class and Vet +30 riders. Rayburn led Aaron Ladd as the two riders ran wheel-to-wheel. Promoter Steve Nace had a new twist on the track that had two lanes on the infield. Rayburn chose the short route over the jump, while Ladd took the outside route. On the last lap Ladd’s line paid off as he got a wheel up and made the pass holding on to win the open class. Rayburn was a bike-length back and on top of the Vet division.
Ladd went to the front of the Open Pro-Am short track off the green and rode a strong line at the top of the groove. Jason Goodwin moved into second – the only rider trying the cushion. Goodwin’s persistence paid off as he found the needed drive to take the last lap pass and card the win over Ladd. Kyle Kelly held off a race-long bout for third over John Faulkner, Jon Goodwin and Trevor Augenstein.
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Ladd returned one more time to take the Open Pro win in flat-to-flag fashions. John Faulkner held off Dean Faulkner, Jon Goodwin and Kelly for the runner-up spot.
John was once again runner-up in the Vet class as Bill Gruwell took the lead down the back straight and rode to an uncontested win. Dean would finish third over Yopp, Steve Atwell and Clark.
John’s turn to shine was in the 70 singles class. He passed early leader Terry Goodwin to earn the win. Goodwin rode solid to hold off Dean, Nathan Curnel and Bill Goodwin for second.
Jonathan Heiden rode extremely well as he took convincing wins in the 200cc Pro-Am and 85cc short tracks. Mike Heiden never bobbled in the 85cc ranks finishing second over a tight pack of Nikki Spore, Jesse Taber and Jake Lewis.
Jonathan went to the front of the 85cc TT also bringing Lesis with him as the distanced themselves from the field. Lewis looked for a mistake but it didn’t happen as Heiden took a narrow victory. Spore held onto third over Mike Heiden and Taber.
Lewis came back to trounce on the 65cc and 50cc Chain classes taking wins in both the short track and TT. Nick McFadden doubled up in the 50cc Shaft class while April Ladd, Dakota Simmons, Erhardt Heisner, Brian Penn, Andy Goodwin and Steve Atwell also recorded class wins for the night.
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