AURORA, Ill., (Jan. 20, 2006) Yamaha rider Chad Johnson beat Honda rider Brock Sellards for the AMA Arenacross win at the Lazy E Arena. Sellards got off to a good start with the Holeshot but before lap one was complete, Chad’s Junior Jackson Yamaha passed him and never looked back. Sellards stayed with him for several laps but got caught in traffic and later went down in the toughest woops section of the year. Sellards went on to finish second and team mate Jeff Northrop finished third.
The Guthrie crowd went crazy when local Kawasaki rider, Chad Cook took the Holeshot in the AMA Arenacross Lites class. He would eventually give way to Shawn Clark and Travis Hodges and Dennis Jonon. Hodges passed Clark near the halfway mark and started to check out before getting consumed in the woops section handing the Unbound Energy Kawasaki another win.
AMA Arenacross Results
1. Chad Johnson, Yamaha
2. Brock Sellards, Honda
3. Jeff Northrop, Honda
4. Greg Schnell, Suzuki
5. Jim Neese, Suzuki
AMA Arenacross Lites Results
1. Shawn Clark, Kawasaki
2. Travis Hodges, Honda
3. Dennis Jonon, Suzuki
4. Chad Cook, Kawasaki
5. Joshua Schmitt, Honda
AMA Arenacross Points
1. Chad Johnson (7) 282
2. Brock Sellards (4) 260
3. Kevin Johnson (2) 230
4. Jeff Northrop 225
5. Greg Schnell 224
6. Jim Neese 220
7. Shawn Clark 177
8. Zach Ames 150
9. Scott Metz 125
10. Jim Chester 114
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