day prior . Kerry Kubena brought his beautiful BSA to play in Maryland and proceeded to easily outclass the rest of the Sportsman Open Intermediate class with a pair of first place finishes .
Also atop a BSA , Mark Sturtevant once again dominated the Premier Expert class both days as he ran his season tally of race wins to six . The fierce battle in the Sportsman 200 Intermediate ranks elevated both Ken Cichy and Grant Reichart into the top ten overall each day . Cichy ’ s Suzuki would lead the way in both cases with Grant behind on the Yamaha . Anthony Lowery survived a broken kickstarter on his Honda XL175 to take third followed by the Penton of Tom Grimmell . Chris Cawein took an early lead in Saturday ’ s Sportsman Open Novice class , but Brandon Battistella was on his game as he chased down Chris and took the lead on lap two . Brandon would not relinquish the lead as he took the checkers with Chris close behind in the runner-up position .
Eighty-nine-year-old John Knapp was an inspiration as he took the Premier Novice class win on his 1968 Greeves Anglia . John and his wife Joan , who also rides
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