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Metz Get
Motoring At Jackson
By Rupert X Pellett
AMS Ohio Arenacross Championship Series - Round 1
Henderson Arena Complex
Jackson, OH
Scott Metz,
a regular on the pro national tour and a competitor in many AMA
Supercross main events -
brought his brand of intense riding to this reconfigured horse
arena and won a whole bunch of
races. With cool fall weather blasting into the Buckeye state,
this highly popular indoor
series blasted off with over four-hundred eager racers prepared
to battle over the next few months, as
the series drifts between this Southern Ohio
locale of Jackson, the centrally located Columbus rounds and the
Northern Ohio events held in
Marion. Metz, from the Cincinnati area, took his Suzuki RM's to
five out of six possible pro class
victories, winning the main events in Friday night's
125 and 250 pro class features, both of Saturday night's pro mains
and the 250 pro main event on
Sunday afternoon. " Thought I had 'em all" explained
Metz, "but, on the first
lap of Sunday's 125 main - I wrecked, breaking my clutch perch.
I still got
eighth, but it took away my streak. I really want to thank my
mechanic - Roth, my main
squeeze - Traci, and all my sponsors; F&S Suzuki, Works
Connection, FCR suspension, SPY
goggles, No-Fear, Michelin Tires, TAG, Vortex, Zing, EK Chain,
Moto-Tassanari, No-Toil, Traci Shepherd Racing, Snach Clothing and
EVS!" Steve Cross, the
only other rider to win a pro class race over the entire weekend,
was also the victor in Sunday's
plus 25 A class - as Cross, of Germantown, Ohio beat the formerly
unbeatable Dickie Hoy - a regular winner in the quarter century
club at these events. Of
mention was the rides of Zach Ames and Zach Haning, the two Zachs
won many a race over the long
weekend and rarely lost. Haning races Yamahas for Buckeye Powersports
and Ames, a very fast nationally ranked mini-star, is an F&S
Suzuki standout. Ames was
competing in Schoolboy and Mini-Senior, while Haning rocketed
around the arena in the 250 B and 16-24 divisions.
Friday:
125 Pro: 1. Scott Metz (Suz); 2. Dillion Watkins (Suz); 3. Dickie
Hoy (Hon).
250 Pro: 1. Scott Metz (Suz); 2. Scott Kuchler (Hon); 3. Shaun
Kuchler (Hon).
Schoolboy: 1. Zach Ames (Suz); 2. Perry Hoover (Suz); 3. Josh
Adair (Suz).
85(12-15): 1. Zach Ames (Suz); 2. Levi Kilbarger (Suz); 3. Axl
Moler (Suz).
65(10-11): 1. James Justice (Kaw); 2. Justin Beechler (Kaw); 3.
Jordan Dixon (Suz).
250B: 1. Chris Couch (Suz); 2. Bryan Wagner (Hus); 3. Cody
Longwell (Yam).
25+A: 1. Dickie Hoy (Hon); 2. Joey Lewis (Yam); 3. Brian Hawks
(Yam).
25+B: 1. Mitch Warrens (Kaw); 2. Loren O Cull (KTM); 3. Matt
Miller (Yam).
30+: 1. Kevin Hildebrand (Suz); 2. Chuck Nicholson (Suz); 3. Mitch
Warrens (Kaw).
40+: 1. Brad Vanwinkle (KTM); 2. Mark McDaniel (Kaw); 3. Dana
Bolin (Suz).
Saturday
125 Pro: 1. Scott Metz (Suz); 2. Joey Lewis (Yam); 3. Steven
Richards (Yam).
250 Pro: 1. Scott Metz (Suz); 2. Brian Gerth (Suz); 3. Scott
Kuchler (Hon).
125B: 1. Bryan Wagner (Yam); 2. Chris Couch (Yam); 3. Jared
Grabiel (Kaw).
250B: 1. Zach Haning (Yam); 2. Cody Kovach (Yam); 3. Chris Couch (Suz).
125C: 1. Don Napier (Yam); 2. Curtis Freeze (Suz); 3. Ben Schenk (Kaw).
250C: 1. Dave Watson (KTM); 2. Todd Fultz (Hon); 3. Dana Bolin (Suz).
16-24: 1. Zach Haning (Yam); 2. Josh Adair (Suz); 3. Brian
Beckholt (Suz).
Open: 1. Paul Johnson (Hon); 2. Jim Witteman (Hon); 3. Dan McClure
(Hon).
25+A: 1. Dickie Hoy (Hon); 2. Steve Cross (Suz); 3. Mike Blair (Suz).
25+B: 1. Mitch Warrens (Kaw); 2. Jim Witteman (Hon); 3. Loren O
Cull (KTM).
30+: 1. Chuck Nicholson (Suz); 2. Mitch Warrens (Kaw); 3. Dwight
Voltz (Kaw).
40+: 1. Brad Vanwinkle (KTM); 2. Walter Bessey (Hon); 3. Larry
Brookbank ( Yam).
Schoolboy: 1. Perry Hoover (Suz); 2. Zach Ames (Suz); 3. Levi
Kilbrager (Suz).
85 (7-11): 1. Matt Cottrill (Yam); 2. Josh Abrecht (Yam); 3.
Jackie Hoover (Yam).
85(12-15): 1. Zach Ames (Suz); 2. Levi Kilbarger (Suz); 3. Shawn
Johnson (Suz).
65(10-11): 1. James Justice (Yam); 2. Brock Wagner (KTM); 3.
Jordan Dixon (Suz).
65 (7-9): 1. Justin Hunt (KTM); 2. Austin Coon (Kaw); 3. Drew Hill
(Kaw).
50(7-8): 1. Blake Hoffman (Cob); 2. Cody Herron (Cob); 3. Ethan
Scarberry (Cob).
50(4-6): 1. Darren Walsh (KTM); 2. Gavin Chinn (Cob); 3. Austin
Carpenter (Cob).
PW50: 1. Gunnar Flavell (KTM); 2. David Mohr Jr. (KTM); 3. Emily
Titus (KTM).
Sunday:
125 Pro: 1. Steve Cross (Suz); 2. Brian Gerth (Suz); 3. Steven
Richards (Yam).
250 Pro: 1. Scott Metz (Suz); 2. Tony Robinson (Hon); 3. Dickie
Hoy (Hon).
85(12-15): 1. Zach Ames (Suz); 2. Levi Kilbarger (Suz); 3. Shawn
Johnson (Suz).
Schoolboy: 1. Perry Hoover (Suz); 2. Levi Kilbarger (Suz); 3.
Shawn Johnson (Suz).
85(7-11): 1. Ryan Titus (Suz); 2. Walker Brightwell III (Suz); 3.
Matthew Cottrill (Yam).
125B: 1. Jared Grabiel (Kaw); 2. Perry Hoover (Suz); 3. Aaron Heck
(Suz).
250B: 1. Chad Helton (Yam); 2. Chris Couch (Suz); 3. Zach Haning
(Yam).
250C: 1. Dave Watson (KTM); 2. Dana Bolin (Suz); 3. Forrest
Kallner Jr. (Kaw).
16-24: 1. Jared Grabiel (Kaw); 2. Zach Haning (Yam); 3. Chad
Zaiser (Yam).
Open: 1. Justin Horner (Hon); 2. Dan McClure (Hon); 3. Dale
Ringwald (KTM).
25+A: 1. Steve Cross (Suz); 2. Joey Lewis (Yam); 3. Steven
Richards (Yam).
25+B: 1. Jason Brown (Hon); 2. Loren OCull (KTM); 3. Mitch Warrens
(Kaw).
30+: 1. Don Edwards (Kaw); 2. Chuck Nicholson (Suz); 3. Mitch
Warrens (Kaw).
40+: 1. Brad Vanwinkle (KTM); 2. Dana Bolin (Suz); 3. Walter
Bessey (Hon).
65 (7-9): 1. Walker Brightwell III (Suz); 2. Austin Coon (Kaw); 3.
Austin Primavera (Suz).
50(7-8): 1. Blake Hoffman (Cob); 2. Dakota Hacker (Cob); 3.
Matthew Blum (KTM).
50(4-6): 1. Darren Walsh (KTM); 2. Levi Cook (KTM); 3. Josey Hunt
(KTM).
PW50: 1. Darren Walsh (KTM); 2. David Mohr (KTM); 3. Alex Arthur (KTM).
65(10-11): 1. James Justice (KTM); 2. Donovan Halterman (Kaw); 3.
Michael Mahaffey (Kaw).
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