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2005 Extreme Dirt Track ATV Racing - RD#3 - Pine Lake - Live ATV Race Coverage
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Posted by: Admin

Ashtabula, OH - The most popular stop in the six race series is Ashtabula, and it showed with a record attendance of over 450 entries

, which shows that Extreme Dirt Track racing is alive and well even though the series doesn't receive the coverage from the press that the other forms of ATV Racing receives.

Unlike the other locations, Ashtabula doesn't have lights, so the races are only held during the day and the event is spread out over weekend with qualifiers on Saturday and the Main events on Sunday. Also, the track remains old school when it comes to scoring because it is the only event that I know of that doesn't use software for scoring and everything remains hand written, but there must be something to be said for the track owner and his crew because regardless, the riders and spectators flock to the event every year, and when all the racing is over, normally it is rumored that it will be the last year of racing at Pine Lake, but every year it remains on the schedule.

Saturday was a perfect day for racing and with over 450 entries, it would have been difficult to fit every into one day of racing, so the day was spent narrowing the field down to 20 riders per class for Sunday's Main Event.

Unfortunately, the weather today didn’t cooperate as line of rain moved in before they could even start the first race, and after postponing the event for the rain a couple of hours, it was decided that the racing would be cancelled and the results from Saturday along with the times would be used to determine the finishing order for each class, which was a huge disappointment, but no one can control the weather and unlike MX and XC the racing can’t go on unless the track is dry.

As of now, unofficially Keith Little will take the win followed by Darin Ogden, Harold Goodman, and Tim Farr, which could make things really interesting at it will close the gap amongst the top 4 riders and brings the 2004 Champion, Keith Little(Lonestar Racing/Yamaha) into a tie for the lead with Harold Goodman each with 76 points and Tim drops back to 3rd place with only 7 points seperating him from the leaders with Darin Ogden remaining in the battle with for the Championship with 61 points as the intensity level rises as these four riders battle for the Championship, which will keep the remaining three races of the series exciting as they battle for points, and just like last year, the winner most likely won't be declared till the finish of the race in Texas with only a few points seperating the leaders.

Unofficial Pro Points Standings
1. Harold Goodman - 76Points
2. Keith Little - 76 Points
3. Tim Farr - 69 Points
4. Darin Ogden - 61 Points

Of course, ATVriders.com had several journalists at the track to capture all the action, so look for a complete race report within a few days. Also, I we are on results and I will be providing any updated information that I receive throughout today.

**Side Note**
Please put Randy Hoy, Production C, in your prayers because this morning, his friends woke up to find him having a seizure and was rushed to the hospital for treatment and testing. Mike(HB Racing) called to inform me that he will most likely remain in the hospital for a few days.

Posted by: Admin

Pro
1. Keith Little
2. Darin Ogden
3. Harold Goodman
4. Tim Farr
5. Daryl Rath
6. Shane Smith
7. Shane Hitt
8. Brad Covington
9. Scott Morris
10. Nathan Dallas
11. John Reineccius
12. Ben Bettis
13. Jason England
14. Zac Willet
15. Cody Anderson
16. Eric Jennings
17. Jerry Lauber
18. Brad Riley

Pro Am Production
1. Darin Ogden
2. Shane Hitt
3. Mitch Reynolds
4. Tim Farr
5. Brad Covington
6. Keith Little
7. Nathan Dallas
8. Adam Anderson
9. Danny McGraw
10. Ben Bettis

Pro Am Unlimited
1. Daryl Rath
2. Adam Anderson
3. Houston Lowder
4. Mitch Reynolds
5. Danny McGraw
6. Chris Gary
7. Craig Hayes
8. Bill Berger
9. Doug Crossway
10. Cody Anderson

Women
1. Candace Lee
2. Mandy Brodil
3. Lakyn Spear
4. Brook Perry
5. Donna Jetter
6. Julynda Nulph
7. Jennifer Inbergia
8. Thelma Bowman
9. Jessica Bures
10. Cathlyn Foltz
11. Kimberly Panders
12. Marcia Riley

Posted by: TheIceMan

Too bad they cancelled it when they did.The sun came out half an hour later,has been shining ever since

Posted by: bansheex

Who makes the descision? Waited for an hour in the rain then the sun just comes out and they call the race.WTF!

Posted by: Admin

Just because the sun came out doesn't mean the track was race ready, and if someone was hurt from racing on a wet track, who would have been the bad guy?

Let's just be thankful the weather cooperated for Saturday's event and look forward to round 4 at Elizabeth City in a month.

Posted by: LuckyOxygen

Wow, Mitch reynolds is doing really well!

Posted by: bansheex

quote:
Originally posted by Admin
Just because the sun came out doesn't mean the track was race ready, and if someone was hurt from racing on a wet track, who would have been the bad guy?

Let's just be thankful the weather cooperated for Saturday's event and look forward to round 4 at Elizabeth City in a month.

No disrespect at all toward the Fischers, Sat was a great race day, it just sucks first Orville gets cancelled then they cancel Pine lake Sunday. I was wondering who makes the call on calling the race? Fischers or Doug Morris?

Posted by: iceracer65

im pretty sure it was a collective decision between the fischers and smitty.

Posted by: SMT-OH

Whoever called the race over was WRONG! The track could have been dried out and would have been perfect. No rain until almost 10:00 p.m. Also, there were many people that had come out to watch, paying $35.00 for a pit pass only to be sent home with no refund. Isn't this why other tracks have lights? Racing on Saturday night under the lights. Can anyone answer the question why not Pine Lake????

Posted by: KJ#14

They called the race a bit early in my opinion. The storm was breaking up when they called it.

They really need to change the price for Sunday. It was $40 bucks to get in the pits!

That's crazy. It should be 20ish for just Sunday.

Oh well.......better luck next year.

Posted by: KWAD GAWD

It stopped raining 15 minutes after they called it. It would have taken some time to dry out, but it would have been ok to race on by 3-4pm in my opinion. Hitt was pissed!

Posted by: schl48

thats the second time in 3 yrs. a little rain and they cancel, why not they already got the money.