Cory Nastazio Leads BMX Dirt Prelims in Portland
August 21, 2008 – 11:04 pm PT by GregTags: Cory Nastazio, Diogo Canina, Ryan Guettler, Wendy's Invitational —
Cory Nastazio | cr. AST
BMX veteran Cory Nastazio showed that he still has what it takes as he topped the BMX Dirt prelims at the Wendy’s Invitational in Portland Thursday. Nasty unveiled a 360 flip that helped him lock down the first slop, while Ryan Guettler had two 720s to help take second place. Diogo Canina was third.
It was a stacked qualifying round with the top nine riders who advanced to the finals all scoring 90+ — in fact, only three points seperated Nasty and Luke Parslow, the ninth-place qualifier. The top three points leaders in the AST Dew Cup standings in BMX Dirt, Ryan Nyquist, Cameron White and James Foster prequalified for the finals.
The indoor Portland course was one of the favorites on the AST Dew Tour in 2007 and this year looks to be another strong one, though unfortunately for fans the event will not be televised. Read some more coverage of the prelims here and here.
Here’s the lineup for Friday’s final (in order)
12. Luke Parslow
11. Dennis Enarson
10. Chris Doyle
9. Corey Bohan
8. Rob Darden
7. Steve McCann
6. Diogo Canina
5. Ryan Guettler
4. Cory Nastazio
3. James Foster
2. Cameron White
1. Ryan Nyquist
BMX Dirt Prelim Results – Wendy’s Invitational
August 21, 2008 – Top Nine Advance
1st – Nastazio, Cory – 93.50
2nd – Guettler, Ryan – 92.50
3rd – Canina, Diogo – 92.50
4th – McCann, Steven – 91.67
5th – Darden, Rob – 91.33
6th – Bohan, Corey – 91.17
7th – Doyle, Chris – 90.67
8th – Enarson, Dennis – 90.50
9th – Parslow, Luke – 90.50
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10th – Berkheimer, Nate – 90.00
11th – Ellis, TJ – 89.83
12th – Dosch, Brandon – 89.17
13th – Cooke, Allan – 88.83
14th – Aloise, Adam – 88.33
15th – Wirch, Scott – 88.33
16th – Napolitan, Anthony – 88.33
17th – Mackay, Colin – 86.67
18th – Gerber, Chris – 86.50
19th – Wade, Morgan – 86.50
20th – Smith, Jeremiah – 86.33
21st – Bowers, Charlie – 85.17
22nd – Gethard, Brad – 82.33
23rd – Marks, Joey – 81.67
24th – Hunt, Brian – 81.67
25th – Toohey, Jaie – 81.33
27th – Hult, Josh – 70.33
