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FMF Extreme Dirt Track Nationals
Round #3 - Pine Lake
July 23-24, 2005

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.

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.

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

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