HAMPTON, Va. (January 23,
2010) – After three rounds of the 2010 AMA Arenacross Series,
Babbitt’s Monster Energy/TiLube
Kawasaki’s Tyler Bowers, of Danville, Ky., has made it clear that he is
determined to win his first career AMA national title. On Saturday, Bowers
grabbed his fifth straight AMA Arenacross class victory, sweeping the
weekend’s Hampton Arenacross from the Hampton Coliseum. Reynard Mods Kawasaki’s Cory Green, of Nowata, Okla., won the
AMA Arenacross Lites Eastern Regional Championship main event. Tuf Honda’s
Brock Sellards, of Sherodsville,
Ohio, grabbed the holeshot in the premier AMA
Arenacross class 25-lap main event for the second night in a row. Like the
night before, the veteran rider held on to the top spot for the first few laps
until Bowers made his move and went on to dominate the rest of the race. Last
weekend, Bowers swept both nights of the Baltimore Arenacross and continues to
extend his early-season points lead. Bowers’ win led the way to a
Babbitt’s Monster Energy/TiLube Kawasaki sweep
of the podium as Chad Johnson, of Rhinelander, Wis., and Josh Demuth, of North
Richland Hills, Texas, finished second and third, respectively. In a guest
appearance in the AMA Arenacross Lites class on Saturday night, Green took
advantage of his premier class experience to take the win in convincing
fashion. The win was his first of the 2010 season. Fellow AMA Arenacross Series
veteran Jim Neese, of Julian, N.C., grabbed the
runner-up spot while GPF/Babbitt’s Kawasaki’s A.J. Catanzaro, of
Middlefield, Conn., rounded out the podium in third. Bowers leads the
AMA Arenacross class standings by 24 points over teammate Johnson, the only
other winner in 2010 while Virginia Beach native Devon Pilkington grabbed a tie
for the AMA Arenacross Lites Eastern Regional points lead in front of his
hometown crowd, sharing the top spot with Foremost Insurance Yamaha’s
Tyler Bright, of Lexington, N.C. The AMA Arenacross
Series continues next weekend from Kansas City, Miss. and Kemper Arena next
Saturday at 7:30 p.m. CT. |
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