Today`s Cycle Coverage Volume 1 Issue 19

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Wiregrass Motocross Championship
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A Burning Bush Rolls Through Roaring Hills
AMA Grand National Championship Flat Track Series
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Race Report from Salinas: Janisch Jams in the TT
Race Report from Salinas: Martin’s First Podium of the Season
American Suzuki B.I.G. (Best In Georgia) Motocross Championship Series
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Buller, Lewis, Turpin, Maxey Prevail at Pecan Valley MX
Costa Mesa Speedway Spring Classic
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Flyin’ Mike Upsets Reigning U.S. Champ Janniro at Spring Classic
86th International Six Days Enduro
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The Road to Finland, Part 1: Team USA Lean and Mean for 2011 ISDE!
AMA FIM Supercross Series
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Closing Out the Greatest Monster Energy Supercross Season Evernt
2012 Monster Energy Supercross Schedule Announced
World’s Top Supercross Racers to Compete for $1 Million
Diamond Don’s Ninth Annual Riverport National
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A Grand Old Time Down at Diamond Don’s
Southern California Flat Track Association
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Dateline Perris: Kocinski Goes Even Faster…
West Coast Moto Jam
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Hayes Takes SuperBike Win in Sonoma
Hayden Takes Sunday SuperBike Win in Sonoma
District 15 Motocross
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Smith Dominates High Fly Opener
Fast Fridays Motorcycle Speedway
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Bast Wins Fast Fridays Opener
By Hugh Gatlin
Photos by George Barrett
Enterprise, Alabama’s Don Bush was on
fire at Roaring Hills ATV Park, site of round
four of the Wiregrass Motocross
Championship. The Honda rider rolled to
overall victories in the Over 30 and Over 40
classes. Daleville, Alabama’s Mitchell Reese
was also double-class winner on the day. The
Southside Construction-sponsored rider piloted
his RM85 to wins in the Schoolboy and
Supermini classes.
This race drew the largest rider turnout
ever at Roaring Hills. Sponsors for the Kevin
Thompson-promoted series include Hooters,
Nantze Springs bottled water, and Interstate
Batteries.
Rhett Peel has been involved in the
sport of motocross for decades. He is now
offering his years of experience to young
riders who are just getting started in the sport.
Two of his RP MX School students, Spencer
Stokes and Hunter Cordle, posted wins on the
day.
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Tim Whited led the first Over 40/Over
to finish, over Spencer Stokes and Kawasaki
50 moto, ahead of Tony Hardy and Bush.
jockeys Gage Moss and Korey Hatcher.
Whited remained in control for the entire race.
On the last lap, Bush passed Hardy for
second, but then fell. He remounted in time to
hold on to third, ahead of Steve Kurtiak’s
YZ450.
Whited absconded with the holeshot in
moto two and looked strong up front. Hardy
and Bush ran second and third again. Kurtiak
held fourth. On his way to what appeared to
be a sure overall win, Whited stalled his 450
Yamaha coming out of a flat, smooth righthander; he was unable to restart his machine
promptly and Hardy rode past for the moto
and Over 50 overall win. Bush was right
behind Hardy; he stole the Over 40 overall win
from Whited on a tie breaker, 2-1 to 1-2.
Bush didn’t hesitate to mix it up with
the younger riders in race five, which included
the MX Lites D, Collegeboy, MX Lites E and
Over 30 classes. Jeremy Speller won the first
moto, over Kyle Touchette and Bush.
In race two, Collegeboy rider Speller eased his
pace after building a comfortable lead and
then cruised to the finish. Bush held second
before falling and dropping to last place.
Touchette placed second again and earned
the D overall win. Bush came from way back
for third in the race, and the Over 30 win.
Headland, Alabama’s Corey Green was the E
overall winner.
In the first 65cc (7-9) and (10-11)
moto, Cole Castille ran ahead of Kaleb
Marchman, Alex Belcher, Lane Marshall and
Jantzen Jackson. Castille enjoyed a nice lead
over Marchman at the checkered flag.
Jackson advanced to third, ahead of Belcher
and Marshall.
Castille ran out front again in moto two
and styled over the finish-line jump aboard
his KTM. He won the 10-11 portion of the
race, ahead of Marchman. Belcher turned the
tables on Jackson this time out and grabbed
the 7-9 overall victory, 2-1 to 1-2. The
Defuniak Springs, Florida, duo of Marshall
and Nick Johnson claimed third and fourth,
In race two, a solid-riding Moss
respectively, in the 7-9 ranks, and 7-9 rider
followed Reese to the flag. Stokes fell in a turn
Landon Stevens put a third KTM in the top
and placed fourth, behind Hatcher. Reese took
five with his 4-5 score for fifth overall.
the overall Schoolboy win, while Hatcher
Reese kept the throttle pinned on his
edged Stokes for the top spot in the 85cc (12Suzuki in the combined 85cc (12-15) and
15) portion with his 2-1 results.
Schoolboy contest. He led race one from start Stokes and Hunter Cordle used the
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horsepower of their Honda CR150Fs on the
long start straight to each take a turn at
leading Reese in the combined 85cc
Intermediate, Supermini and 85cc Novice
motos. Cordle outran Reese and Moss to the
first turn in moto one. By the end of lap one,
Reese had moved past Cordle, and he stayed
there for the win. Moss was a steady third,
over Hatcher. Stokes finished just ahead of KXmounted Glen Key for fifth.
Stokes put the power to the ground in
heat two and led Reese and Moss through
the sweeping first turn. At the end of lap
one, Reese emerged from the bottom section
with a lead that he would never relinquish.
Cordle claimed second, over a closing Moss.
In overall scoring, Reese, Cordle and Stokes
took home first-place trophies in their
respective classes.
1. Drake Partridge (Yam).
1. Jack McDonough (KTM).
1. Rob Draper (Hon); 2. Harley Peel (KTM); 3.
Bailey Turner (Yam).
1. Cole Castille (KTM).
1. Kaleb Marchman (Kaw); 2. Nick Johnson
(Suz); 3. Landen Stevens (KTM); 4. Jack
McDonough (KTM).
1. Lane Marshall (KTM); 2. Alex Belcher
(Kaw); 3. Jantzen Jackson (KTM).
1. Korey Hatcher (Kaw); 2. Spencer Stokes
(Hon).
1. Reese Mitchell (Suz); 2. Gage Moss (Kaw).
1. Kyle Touchette (Yam); 2. Ara Moore (Yam);
3. Joshua Gray (Yam).
1. Corey Green (Yam).
1. Josh Burk (Yam); 2. Alex Sharkey (Suz).
1. Danny Gable (Hon).
1. Mitchell Reese (Suz); 2. Gage Moss (Kaw).
1. Alex Belcher (Kaw); 2. Jantzen Jackson
(KTM); 3. Lane Marshall (KTM); 4. Nick
Johnson (Suz); 5. Landen Stevens (KTM).
1. Jeremy Speller (Hon).
1. Cole Castille (KTM); 2. Kaleb Marchman
(Kaw).
1. Don Bush (Hon); 2. Tim Whited (Yam); 3.
Stephen Kurtiak (Yam).
1. Spencer Stokes (Hon); 2. Glen Key (Kaw).
1. Tony Hardy (Hon).
1. Don Bush (Hon).
1. Hunter Cordle (Hon); 2. Korey Hatcher
(Kaw).
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By Jesse Janisch
File photo by Revved Up, courtesy of Weirbach Racing
Salinas, California, was the site of
rounds four and five of the Grand National
Championship Flat Track Series. Dick
Weirbach made the drive out with the bikes,
and it felt great to get back on the bike after
a short week off.
After getting everything unloaded and
through tech, I took a nice look at the fresh
track. The track was certainly different from
anything the National Series had ever been
to. It reminded me of a track we would lay
out on the ice more than a track that would
be laid out on the dirt.
The inside spot for the
heat race turned out to be a
great spot to start. After some
warm-up laps on a wet track,
the track was good to go. I
pulled the holeshot and headed
into turn two but got bumped
around from someone on the
bottom of the track. I came off
turn two in a sandwich
between Jeffrey Carver and
J.R. Schnabel and was shifted
back to fifth. I made a move on
Carver a few laps into the race
and settled into fourth, and
was slowly reeling in Schnabel.
I finished out the heat in
fourth, which meant a direct
transfer to the main event.
The first practice was my first time out
I lined up on the middle of the second
on our new 2009 Honda, and it felt really
row, and after a decent start I settled in around
good, but it was tough to get all that power to 10th. I was struggling with the drying track and
the ground. I switched bikes back to the stock went a few spots backward, but midrace I found
one for the two qualifying sessions and
some decent lines. I found myself in 11th place
finished up 18th, for the final spot on the
and started reeling in Jethro Halbert for 10th. I
front row for heat race number one.
started making up some serious ground around
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lap 20, but I just ran out of time and finished
eight-tenths of a second off a top-10 finish –
a pretty promising start to the weekend.
We showed up early Sunday morning
for the freshly built short track. After tech, I
took a look at the track, and things were
looking up from the day before; there was a
different water truck and a nice-looking short
track. I was hoping for a good day.
Qualifying went less than stellar; I was
30th overall. That meant a second-row start
for the heat, after I’d been struggling with
traction all morning. I was in heat race one
and hoping for a fresh track, for a little more
traction.
I had another tough heat race, but I
got a great start from the second row and
filed in behind J.D. Beach and Chad Cose.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t hold pace with them
and dropped back a little bit, which would
leave me with a good starting spot on the
front row for the semi.
I was excited for my semi; after a few
changes and with a good start, I would
maybe make my third main event in a row.
That all ended quickly when I got a bad start.
I dropped back and couldn’t make up the
time or spots to make the main this time.
All in all, it was a great weekend of
riding and – more importantly – learning. Our
next National will be in Springfield for the TT
and our first twins race on the Mile. For now,
I’m going to head back home and do a few
local races and keep up the training and
hope for better results!
Thanks, Dick and Ted Weirbach, for all
the support out in California. We now sit 20th
overall in the points. And a special thanks to
all our sponsors: WeirBach Racing, Mom &
Dad, General Engineering, Barnett Clutches,
K&N Filters, Motion Pro, Cheney Engineering,
Spider Grips, Spectro Oil, Saddleman Seats,
Engine Ice, G2 Ergonomics, Pingel, All Balls
Racing, Firecoat Custom Powderworks,
Foudree Graphics, Bob Berry Racing, Durelle
Racing, Cycra Racing, Works Connection,
Regina Chain, Supertrapp, VP Fuel, Ron
Bailey, Factory Backing, Pro Wheel, PMP
Sprockets, Hindle Exhaust, SDR, TNT Honda,
Carrillo/CP Pistons, and Web Cams.
By Mikey Martin
File photo by www.flattrakfotos.com,
courtesy of Weirbach Racing
qualified third in the first free practice. I
switched bikes to see which bike I liked better
Hey, everyone, this is my race report
and went out for the next practice. It was the
for rounds four and five of the AMA Pro
first qualifying practice. I felt a lot better on the
Singles Championship. This doubleheader race stock bike than our high-horsepower bike. I
was in Salinas, California, and it was a TT on qualified sixth and knew I was faster on the
Saturday and a short track on Sunday.
stock bike, so I took the risk of racing it,
I was happy to be back in California,
knowing that this was a horsepower track.
and I was also happy to have a TT track,
After qualifying, there was a long
because that’s my favorite discipline in racing. intermission, so I walked the track to see where
In the first practice, the dirt was really I could make up time. I went back to our pit and
deep, and it was a weird TT for me; it was
made some adjustments to the bike. I felt really
harder than a usual TT. I felt good and
good, but something wasn’t right, so I thought
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about switching back to my horsepower bike,
and I did before the heat.
We went up to the line. We took off,
and I was in about fifth, and there was very
little passing, because the track got really
slick. The tires were just spinning. I tried
pushing as hard as I could but I just was not
moving forward. I ended up fifth, which
meant a second-row start in the main. I knew
I’d made a mistake by riding my fast bike, so
I switched again before the main. I was ready
for the second-row start, but I knew what I
needed to do.
We walked the bikes up to the line and
got ready. The light went green, I got a great
start and was in about fifth in turn one. Then
there was a huge crash, so they restarted the
race.
We got ready and took off again. I was
in about third in the right-hander, but there
was another crash and there was another
restart.
The next start wasn’t as good; I was in
about seventh, and the track was getting so
bad and getting so hard to ride. I passed two
more riders and ended up sitting in fifth for
the rest of the race. I was happy for another
top-five.
My teammate Mike LaBelle took a hard
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fall, and I want to wish him a speedy
recovery, and I hope he is back on the track
soon.
The next day was a short track. I knew I
could go fast on a short track. I was riding
the stock bike, as I had the day before on the
TT. We had to be at the track really early.
Before we knew it, we had to go out for the
first round of free practice. I felt really good. I
liked the track a lot – it was shaped weird –
and in first practice, I qualified third.
Back in the pits, we made some
adjustments to the bike and cut the tire to
hook up more. The next practice was
qualifying. I rode hard and I felt really fast,
but the track was changing a lot and getting
slick. But I knew what I needed to do to hook
up. I ended up qualifying fifth. That put me
on the front row, third over from pole.
In the heat race, I got a great start – I
was in third and was working on passing the
guys in front, but it was just really hard to
pass because the track was getting slick. I
thought I found a fast line for the main, so I
was going to try it, since it was too late to
make any moves on the top two riders. I
ended up third, but that meant front row in
the main.
I changed my suspension a little to run the
high line. There was an intermission and then
the last-chance qualifier race. I thought I
knew what I needed to do to make the
podium.
The horn went off and we walked up to
the line for the main event. I picked all the
way on the top so I could ride my line. We got
ready, the light went green, and I came off
the line in about seventh.
I was getting roosted so bad, and it
seemed like I couldn’t make any passes.
Then, about halfway through the race, I
moved up higher and I started passing riders
on the outside. About the last five laps, my
line was so fast, I was catching the leaders. I
made two more passes on the outside. I got
third – I made the podium after being in
seventh place for most of the whole race! I
was very happy; it was my first podium of the
season.
Barnett Clutches, K&N Filters, Motion Pro,
Cheney Engineering, Spider Grips, Spectro Oil,
Saddleman Seats, Engine Ice, G2 Ergonomics,
Pingel, All Balls Racing, Firecoat Custom
Powderworks, Foudree Graphics, Bob Berry
Racing, Durelle Racing, Cycra Racing, Works
Connection, Regina Chain, Supertrapp, VP
Fuel, Ron Bailey, Factory Backing, Pro Wheel,
PMP Sprockets, Hindle Exhaust, SDR, TNT
Honda, Carrillo/ CP Pistons, and Web Cams.
A special thanks to all our sponsors:
WeirBach Racing, General Engineering,
Story and Photos by Gary Crider
The B.I.G. (Best In Georgia) MX Series moved to
Pecan Valley Motocross Park, in the southeast corner of the
state, for round two of the American Suzuki/ Thor/ FMFsponsored series. After three years of independent growth,
the B.I.G. Series in now running under the prestigious
Victory Sports organizational banner. Sam Gammon and his
Victory Sports team operate mostly behind the scenes,
acquiring sponsorships and doing promotional work for the
series. Personnel at the various tracks are the same familiar
faces, as seen during the previous three years.
Racing conditions were nearly perfect on this day.
The entry list topped out just one dozen short of the 300
mark. In the majority of the 36 classes in the day’s lineup,
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there were multiple first-place contenders,
making it difficult to predict outcomes. By
day’s end, however, a number of dominant
performances emerged.
Here’s a quick rundown of some of the
day’s top winners: David Buller raced his
Champion Cycles KTM to the top of both A
divisions. Jacksonville Powersports-backed
Jeffrey Lewis won both the tough 450cc B and
Collegeboy contests. TRP Racing’s Bryan
Turpin notched double-class wins in 250cc B
and Schoolboy One racing. Beach Blvd-backed
Myles Heath used two-stroke machinery to
win both the 250 and 450cc C divisions.
Tommy Maxey set the standard among the
85cc (9-13), 85cc (12-15) and Supermini
divisions, winning all three classes. Zac
McClenny aced both the 65cc (7-9) and 65cc
Unlimited classes.
In some classes, competition was
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particularly fierce. The Over 45, 250cc B,
Collegeboy and 450cc A divisions, for
example, saw the contending riders and their
machinery pushed to the ragged edge of their
respective capabilities. Spectators certainly
got their money’s worth on this day!
The Over 45 riders were the first ones
on the gate in the day’s race order. And it
came as some surprise to see this “old-timers’
class” helping to set the overall fast-paced
mood for the day: Jimbo Hatcher and Ben
Harris exploded out of the gate to begin an
intense, moto-long, lead-swapping debate.
Harris made a late-lap pass and held on for
the moto win, over Hatcher.
In moto two, Harris took the initial
lead and was able to hold off Hatcher’s lastlap bid for the point position. Defending class
champion Harris netted a perfect score, over
Hatcher, while Scott Sheppard, Craig Cooler
and Steve Petty rounded out the top five in
this class.
Matt Creasy was the odds-on-favorite to
win the 250cc B contest. While leading the
opening moto, however, Creasy suffered a hard
spill and was sidelined with injuries. Blake
Weaver moved up to take the moto win, over
Bryan Turpin.
Florida resident Jeffrey Lewis led both
450cc B motos from start to finish, while local
ace Blake Weaver overcame mediocre starts
to finish in second spot both times.
Moto two was a winner-take-all thriller,
as Turpin headed Weaver in a close battle for
the point. Weaver stumbled during the late
laps, allowing Turpin to take the win by a
comfortable margin. Turpin’s 2-1 score earned
the gold, over Weaver (1-2). Kyler West
posted a pair of third-place finishes to claim
the final podium step, ahead of fellow 125cc
YZ pilot Logan Murphy (4-4).
In the Schoolboy One division, Turpin
switched to his two-stroke mount and won both
motos, ahead of Murphy (3-2) and West (2-3).
Lewis and Weaver squared off again
in the Collegeboy class, in which the duo
took turns at the lead during the final moto.
The overall result was the same as in the
450 B class, as Lewis netted a perfect score,
over Weaver. Tanner Hughes was never far
behind en route to earning the final podium
slot. Tim Myers of South Carolina posted 6-4
finishes to net fourth in a points tie, ahead
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of defending class champion Zack Crosby (55).
Yamaha of Byron’s Clint Shealy got the
holeshot in and won the opening 450cc A
moto, while KTM jockey David Buller turned
his fourth-place start into a second-place
finish.
On the opening lap of moto two, Bubba
Crosby showed the way, with Shealy in close
pursuit. At about the halfway mark, however,
Shealy suddenly dropped into the DNF
column, leaving Crosby out front with a
comfortable lead. At about that same time,
Buller got past Gino Aponte to claim second
position. Buller then stepped it up a notch and
began reeling in race leader Crosby. It didn’t
seem like he would have enough time to close
the gap, but on the final lap, Buller caught
and passed Crosby for the win. Buller’s 2-1
tally was good for the gold, over Crosby (4-2)
and Aponte (3-3).
In the 85cc (9-13) division, Suzuki pilot
Tommy Maxey was never headed, garnering a
perfect score. KTM’s Colton Eigenmann (2-2)
and defending class champion Mason Beasley (33), aboard a Yamaha, claimed the remaining
podium steps. Hannah Hodges (4-5) and Tristan
Lewis (6-5) rounded out the top five in this large
class.
Eigenmann returned to win both motos
in the 85cc (9-11) contest, over Hunter Tyson.
Maxey posted another 1-1 score in the 85cc
(12-15) contest, over Beasley (3-2) and Landon
Jones (2-5). Jordan Camarata (5-3) was fourth,
over Hodges (4-4).
Maxey seemed to be well on his way to
winning every moto in all three of his classes,
but a first-lap spill in the opening Supermini
Both 450cc C motos saw close one-two- moto held him to an eventual 2-1 in that class.
three finishes. Myles Heath kept his two-stroke Fellow Suzuki rider Jonathan Baker challenged
Yamaha out front for a perfect score, while
Maxey in both motos, but Baker had to settle
Branson Blake (3-2) edged out Justin Mullins
for the runner-up honors, via his 1-2 tally.
(2-3) in a points tie for second.
The Heath/ Blake/ Mullins trio returned
for a spirited rematch in the 250cc C class but,
again, it was Heath’s YZ on top, with an
unbeatable 2-1 tally. Blake moved his Honda
up from a mediocre first-moto start and
notched 4-1 finishes for the silver. Aboard a
Kawasaki, Mullins clawed his way back from
very poor second-moto start and turned in a 25 score for the bronze.
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In moto one of the 50cc (7-8) contest,
defending class champion Jackson Gray posted
a runaway win. In moto two, Gray absconded
with the holeshot, but he soon ran into
problems that knocked him into the DNF
column. Ian Haskins took advantage of the
opportunity and gassed his KTM to the moto
win. When the scores were tallied, Haskins
found himself on top of a three-way points tie
for the gold, as his 4-1 score bested Stewart
Covington’s 3-2 tally and Karson Clements’ 2-3
finishes. Brock Brantley and Sabastian Burnette
rounded out the top five.
Zac McClenny won both 65cc (7-9)
motos, while Josh Gibbs won both motos in
the 65cc (10-11) class. McClenny and Gibbs
then squared off for a close match in the 65cc
Unlimited division. McClenny prevailed to net a
perfect score after shaking off a second-moto,
last-lap challenge from Gibbs. Gibbs (2-2) had
to settle for the silver, over Joseph Santos (33).
In the 50cc Open (4-8) division,
Clements posted a pair of convincing moto
wins, while Ayden Meadows wrestled the
runner-up honors away from Chance Wiggins in
a close match.
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The 50cc Multispeed/Shaft-Drive
decision went down to the wire in a very close
second-moto finish: Jerumiah LaCombe’s PW
Yamaha got to the flag first, just a bikelength
ahead of Braeden Kenan’s Honda. LaCombe’s
2-1 score earned the gold, over Kenan (1-2).
In a similar PW Yamaha-vs.-Honda contest,
Yamaha rider Trip Rexroat (4-3) edged Honda
pilot Wyatt Turpin (3-4) for the bronze. Aboard
a four-stroke Yamaha, Cameron Eason
completed the top five.
For the 50cc (4-6) contest, Kenan and
Eason switched to their respective KTM
mounts. Kenan won both motos, ahead of
Kyle Smith (2-2) and Eason (3-3). Cobrapowered Cade Morgan was fourth.
Brewer returned to win the Over 40
contest, via his convincing pair of moto wins.
Jimbo Hatcher’s 4-2 tally earned the runner-up
honors, while Ben Harris recovered from a
botched second-moto start to finish with a 2-5
score, netting third overall.
1. Jerumiah LaCombe (Yam); 2. Braeden
Kenan (Hon); 3. Trip Rexroat (Yam); 4. Wyatt
Turpin (Hon); 5. Cameron Eason (Yam).
The Over 25 class saw a day-long fight
between Stephen Houseman and Mike
D’Amico. South Carolina’s Houseman had the
edge and won both motos, over D’Amico (2-2)
and Chris Kelly (3-3).
During the first Over 35 moto, Tommy
Boyd and David Brewer swapped the lead
back and forth before concluding the moto in
a near-photo-finish. Brewer got the nod, over
Boyd.
In moto two, Boyd took the initial lead
and held on for the win and the gold, ahead
of Brewer. Chris Faircloth (3-3) earned the
bronze, over Rock Courson (4-4).
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1. Braeden Kenan (KTM); 2. Kyle Smith (KTM);
3. Cameron Eason (KTM); 4. Cade Morgan
(Cob); 5. Aden Whitehead-Pittman (KTM).
1. Ian Haskins (KTM); 2. Stewart Covington
(Cob); 3. Karson Clements (Cob); 4. Brock
Brantley (Cob); 5. Sabastian Burnette (Cob).
1. Karson Clements (Cob); 2. Ayden Meadows
(KTM); 3. Chance Wiggins (Cob); 4. Grace
Dietz (Cob); 5. Caleb Rentz (Cob).
1. Brock Brantley (KTM); 2. Bo Hatcher (Kaw);
3. Kyle Smith (KTM); 4. Hunter Alexander
(Suz); 5. Tyler Deguevara (Kaw).
1. Zac McClenny (KTM); 2. Gage Linville
(KTM); 3. Jackson Gray (KTM); 4. Keaton
Eason (KTM); 5. Stewart Covington (Kaw).
1. Jeffrey Lewis (Kaw); 2. Blake Weaver
(Suz); 3. Tanner Hughes (Hon); 4. Zack
Crosby (Yam); 5. Michael Houseman (Yam).
1. Joshua Gibbs (KTM); 2. Joseph Santos
(KTM); 3. Landon Watts (KTM); 4. Kyle Smith
(KTM); 5. Noah Adams (KTM).
1. Myles Heath (Yam); 2. Branson Blake
(Hon); 3. Justin Mullins (Kaw); 4. Hunter
Wheeler (Yam); 5. Randall Giles (Yam).
1. Zac McClenny (KTM); 2. Joshua Gibbs
(KTM); 3. Joseph Santos (KTM); 4. Gage
Linville (KTM); 5. Jackson Gray (KTM).
1. Brandon Detwiler (Hon); 2. Dustin Shiver
(Hon); 3. Craig Bryan (Kaw); 4. Beren Farlow
(Yam).
1. Jarrett Green (Hon); 2. Jared Wiggins
(Kaw); 3. Trey Purser (Suz); 4. Jake Johnson
(Kaw); 5. Chandler Eckler (Yam).
1. Austin Knox (Hon); 2. Cody Shiver (Hon);
3. Brock Mason (Yam); 4. Crandall Parlor
(Kaw); 5. Hunter Wasden (KTM).
1. Colton Eigenmann (KTM); 2. Hunter Tyson
(Kaw); 3. Tristan Lewis (Suz); 4. Dylan Greer
(Kaw); 5. Jackson Turpin (Suz).
1. Reese Camarata (Kaw); 2. Elizabeth Dietz
(Yam).
1. Tommy Maxey (Suz); 2. Colton Eigenmann
(KTM); 3. Mason Beasley (Yam); 4. Hannah
Hodges (Suz); 5. Tristan Lewis (Suz).
1. Tommy Maxey (Suz); 2. Mason Beasley
(Yam); 3. Landon Jones (KTM); 4. Jordan
Camarata (Kaw); 5. Hannah Hodges (Suz).
1. Tommy Maxey (Suz); 2. Jonathan Baker
(Suz); 3. Landon Jones (KTM); 4. Blake
Keadle (Suz); 5. Jordan Camarata (Kaw).
1. Brantley Willis (Yam); 2. Shawn Lewis
(Yam).
1. David Buller (KTM).
1. Bryan Turpin (Kaw); 2. Blake Weaver
(Suz); 3. Kyler West (Yam); 4. Logan Murphy
(Yam); 5. Cory Wellons (Kaw).
1. Myles Heath (Yam); 2. Branson Blake
(Hon); 3. Justin Mullins (Kaw); 4. Cole
Faircloth (Yam); 5. Seth Wallace (Kaw).
1. Austin Knox (Hon); 2. Henry Brown (Hon);
3. Alan Ham (Yam); 4. Carlo LaCombe (Yam);
5. Daniel Deguevara (Yam).
1. David Buller (KTM); 2. Bubba Crosby
(Kaw); 3. Gino Aponte (Hon); 4. Mark
Waldele (Yam); 5. Tim Myers (Hon).
1. Hannah Hodges (Suz); 2. Mariah McNeill
(Hon).
1. Mariah McNeill (Hon); 2. Lexi Kimes (Hon);
3. Hannah Twilley (Hon); 4. Christina Milde
(KTM).
1. Bryan Turpin (Kaw); 2. Logan Murphy
(Yam); 3. Kyler West (Yam); 4. Jonathan
Baker (Suz); 5. Blake Keadle (Suz).
1. Branson Blake (Hon); 2. Kyler West (Yam);
3. Bryan Turpin (Kaw); 4. Seth Wallace (Hon);
5. Kramer Bolton (KTM).
1. Jeffrey Lewis (Kaw); 2. Blake Weaver
(Suz); 3. Tanner Hughes (Hon); 4. Tim Myers
(Hon); 5. Zack Crosby (Yam).
1. Gino Aponte (Hon); 2. Mark Waldele
(Yam); 3. Tommy Boyd (Hon); 4. Clinton
Shealy (Yam).
1. Stephen Houseman (Yam); 2. Michael
D’Amico (Hon); 3. Christopher Kelly (Hon); 4.
Gary Harvin (Yam); 5. Brian McIver (Suz).
1. Christopher Kelly (Hon); 2. Gary Harvin
(Yam); 3. Cade Morgan (Hon); 4. Justin
Vanderwerff (Yam); 5. Kyle Vanderwerff
(Yam).
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1. Tommy Boyd (Hon); 2. David Brewer
(Kaw); 3. Chris Faircloth (Yam); 4. Rock
Courson (Kaw); 5. Shawn Giles (Suz).
1. Ben Harris (Kaw); 2. Jimbo Hatcher (Hon);
3. Scott Sheppard (Hon); 4. Craig Cooler
(Hon); 5. Steve Petty (Hon).
1. David Brewer (Kaw); 2. Jimbo Hatcher
(Hon); 3. Ben Harris (Kaw); 4. Craig Cooler
(Hon); 5. Rock Courson (Kaw).
1. Steve Petty (Hon); 2. Dan Mauser (Yam);
3. Tommy Greer (Hon); 4. Jeffrey Williams
(Yam); 5. Steve Adams (Suz).
By Elaine Jones
Photos by Jim Thorn
The 43rd consecutive year of speedway
racing at the Orange County Fairgrounds got
off to a rousing start on Saturday night. If the
racing that took place is any indication of the
season ahead, it’s going to be one for the
books! The spectator turnout was awesome,
with the Costa Mesa Speedway stands filled to
the brim. The program was filled to the brim,
too, with 51 races, and the racing was hot
enough to take the chill out of the air.
It was an all-Scratch program, with
three rounds of heads-up racing. The top 10
would go to the semis to pare it down to five
riders for the main event. The top dogs were in
the house, and the fans had their favorites to
root for.
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The first round of heat races set the tone
for the night. Charlie “The Edge” Venegas, fresh
off another Ice Racing Championship, opened
things up with a wire-to-wire ride to win the first
heat.
Not to be outdone, Janniro also went
from green to checkered way out in front in the
next heat. This guy gets it done with great gates
and fast equipment.
Next, Faria threw his helmet into the fray,
letting everyone know he was here to play. He
had no trouble collecting the precious four
points.
The final heat of the first round went to
Jim “Li’l Animal” Fishback. He’s taking no
prisoners this year, and it showed, with one very
aggressive ride.
In the second round, Fishback would
be going up against Venegas; at least one
person’s chances of a perfect night would be
coming to an end. Fishback got the gate, and
“Nasty Nate” Perkins became the spoiler as
he got off second, becoming the middle of a
Fishback/ Venegas sandwich. Venegas
couldn’t find a way around Perkins and
Perkins couldn’t find the chink in Fishback’s
armor, and they would finish as they started.
Janniro got another great gate in his
heat, and although Shawn “Mad Dog”
McConnell put the pressure on, he couldn’t
keep Janniro from taking his second win of
the night and keeping his perfect score going.
Faria made it look easy in his heat and
got the gate and never looked back. He was
in the zone and so far perfect on the night.
The new player showed up in the final
heat: “Battlin’ Buck” Blair, who’d been second
in his first ride, took it to the top in his
second outing. Russell Green, in his second
year in First Division, gave Blair a run for his
money but just couldn’t catch him. With two
rounds down, three riders were batting a
thousand: Janniro, Faria and Fishback. And
you couldn’t count out Blair, who was one
point behind.
Janniro rained on Fishback’s parade, but
it was not without a small war, which took place
in four laps. Janniro got the gate, but Fishback
went at him like a shark after a seal.
Intimidated? Not even a little bit. Fishback
knew he had enough points for the transfer and
used the heat to see what he would need to do
to get around Janniro when they went at it
again.
Faria had a little scare in his final round,
as Perkins got the gate and led the first lap. It
was short-lived, though, as Faria came right
back, got through on the inside and finished
the night with another win.
Bobby “Boogaloo” Schwartz, who’d had
a pretty uneventful night so far, decided it was
time to get serious, and he did just that: The
“Master of the Gate” held a course in
“Speedway Racing 101,” picked up the win, and
kept his fingers crossed that it would be
enough to make the semis.
The heats were in the books and now
the real racing would begin. Two riders had
perfect scores: Janniro and Faria.
The first semi had Faria on the pole, with
Fishback in two and Green in three. On the
outside, it was Blair and “Fast Eddie” Castro.
The final round is where everyone lets The gate went to Faria, with Fishback getting
it all hang out. The opening heat saw Venegas out second. As he had against Janniro, Fishback
and Blair on the line. Venegas earned the
went at Faria, looking for any weakness that
nickname “The Edge” because of his ability to would work for him in the main. He was content
read the tapes. He didn’t disappoint. He was
with second and the transfer. On back, it was
off on top, with Steve Russell in second. Blair Blair and Green, who would go back to the pits
ran into trouble early on and was running
and get ready for the last-chance qualifier.
fourth. Venegas had a good trip and ended
The second semi had Janniro on the
with the points he needed to get to the
pole, with Perkins in two and Venegas in three.
semifinals. Blair would also have enough.
On out, it was Neil Facchini and Schwartz. It
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was quick and painless: Game, match, race to
Janniro. Perkins held off everyone else for
second and the transfer to the main. Schwartz
and Facchini would have one more shot in the
LCQ. Venegas was the victim of bike problems.
In the LCQ, Schwartz had saved the
best for last, because his goal was the main.
To get there, he had to get the start, and
that’s what he did. Once in front, he is all but
impossible to get around, and he would be
the final rider in the Spring Classic main event.
main. The teams that made it were Joe Jones
& Jimmy Olsen, Dylan Beard & Crystal Laurie,
Brian Motis & Chris Levitt, and Dave Alexander
& Matt Davis. With Sidecars, the starts are
always exciting, as they seem to really enjoy
scraping paint off one another, not to mention
the poor swinger who get stuck on the inside
of things.
The team of Beard & Laurie got out on
top and held the lead for one lap before Motis
and Levitt moved them out of the way. Not only
did they get through, but right behind them
They rolled to the line for choice of
came Jones & Olsen the reigning number-one
start. The pole went to Faria, with Janniro in
team. This was a night of upsets, and the same
two, Fishback in three, Perkins lined up in
thing happened in the Sidecars, as Motis &
four, and Schwartz in five. The tapes went
Levitt easily held off Jones &Olsen for the win.
down, they loaded in, and the engines revved.
Beard & Laurie were third, and Alexander &
The light went green, the tapes came up, and
Davis rounded out the field.
they were away!
Joey Holt had no trouble taking the win
It was Faria out on top, with Fishback
in the Support contest. The former Junior rider
second and Janniro third. They were running
who proved he was good enough for the First
close enough to shake hands and no one was
Division was the victim of a large Division One
backing down, as Fishback was running up
turnout, so he contested the Support class, but
under Faria and Janniro was pushing just as
he will more than likely be back with the big
hard on Fishback. This was the best of the
boys next week. Ryan Tovatt was second, and
best, going at it as only champions can. The
he was very happy with that. Devin Defreece
crowd was almost louder than the bikes, with
and Geoff Herkner rounded out the field.
the fans on their feet as these guys fought
tooth and toenail for the win. This race was
so good, you wanted it to go for 10 laps, as
four just went by too quickly! When the dust
settled, it was Faria with the win, followed by
Fishback and Janniro – three champions who
gave it all they had and put on one hell of a
show.
Adding to the night of great racing
were the always-exciting Sidecars. Eight rigs
showed up to vie for the four spots in the
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Gabe Price, a new face at Costa Mesa,
will be back, as he took the win in the
Support B main. Following him home were
Brad Moreau (who broke his back last
season), Malcom Roe and Norman Graham.
1. Mike Faria (Jaw); 2. Jim Fishback (Jaw); 3.
Billy Janniro (Jaw); 4. Bobby Schwartz (Jaw);
5. Nate Perkins (Jaw).
1. Gabe Price (Jaw); 2. Brad Moreau (Jaw);
3. Malcom Roe (Jaw); 4. Norman Graham.
1. Joey Holt (Jaw); 2. Ryan Tovatt (Jaw); 3.
Devin Defreece (Jaw); 4. Geoff Herkner (Jaw).
1. Brian Motis/ Chris Levitt (Yam); 2. Joe
Jones/ Jimmy Olsen (Suz); 3. Dylan Beard/
Crystal Laurie (Kaw); 4. Dave Alexander/ Matt
Davis (Yam).
Story by Sandy Carter
The ISDE Team for the United States
will be slightly smaller than in previous years.
The number of competitors allowed, as set by
the Federation of International Motorcycling
(FIM), has been reduced for 2011, but the
United States will be sending the maximum
allowed, 28 – less than the usual 35. However,
returning to the international competition are
many ISDE veterans that make up this team;
they are seasoned and ready, meaning this
will be one of the best prepared teams, with a
few rookies added in, just to keep things fresh.
The Trophy Team is made up of
veteran ISDE riders Destry Abbott from
Arizona, Kurt Caselli from California, Russell
Bobbitt from Georgia, Jimmy Jarrett from
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These ladies were on the initial ISDE Women’s
team 10 years ago in France, along with Suzy
Moody. In 2010, Oklahoma’s Kerrie Swartz
joined these women for a podium finish in
Mexico. They are together again for 2011, and
they are determined to be at the top of that
podium in Finland.
The Senior team – comprised of New
Yorker Dennis Decker, Illinois’ Jeff Fredette and
Utah’s Jarrko Vainio – will also compete with
the ISDE Club teams. Fredette is continuing his
long tradition of attending ISDEs: The 86th
ISDE in Finland will be Jeff’s 31st; he has only
missed three since1978.
The Club Teams this year include
GoFasters.com, comprised of Utah’s Greg
Gillian, Arizona’s Max Gerston and Idaho’s Brent
Martell; Tony Agonis, comprised of New Jersey’s
Fred Hoess and Glenn Scherer, and Colorado’s
Cody Schafer; the Missouri Mudders, comprised
of Wisconsin’s J.D. Friebel, Missouri’s Caleb
Wohletz, and North Carolina’s Morgan Moss;
Carter Engineering, comprised of Tennessee’s
Chase Bishop and Michael Sanders, and
Alabama’s Bryan Petty. Club Teams compete as
rider units against other club rider units from
other countries. They also provide a place
where future Trophy and Junior Trophy teams
may develop.
The FIM International Six Days Enduro is
a six-day off-road event that will attract national
enduro teams from all over the world. ISDE
2011 – or simply “Six Days,” as off-road racers
call it – will include five days of special tests,
almost a thousand miles of off-road riding, and
an eagerly anticipated final sixth day, which is a
motocross. This international event also
includes magnificent opening and closing
ceremonies not unlike those of the International
Olympics. The opening ceremonies in Finland
will take place in Hammina, near Kotka, on the
grounds of an ancient castle.
Historically, the ISDE’s roots go back to
1913 in Carlyle, England. This was the
International Six Days Trials (ISDT), which had
nothing to do with the observed trials of today
but was practically born at the same time, with
the FIM evolving from the ACU, or Auto Cycle
At the 2010 ISDE in Mexico, the riders Union, in England. The ISDE is the supreme
who represented the United States in the race test of stamina, featuring trials that evolved
for the Women’s World Cup were seasoned
into off-road racing. Off-road was here to stay.
veteran ISDE competitors Nicole Bradford
from Colorado and Mandi Mastin of Ohio.
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Ohio, Nate Kanney from New York, and the
new rider on the ISDE trail, Kyle Summers
from Florissant, Colorado. These riders were
evaluated by members of the ISDE selection
committee and chosen based on past
performance in their respective series as well
as performances at past ISDEs.
The Junior Trophy Team is comprised of
Virginia’s Brad Bakken, Colorado’s Ian Blythe,
Ohio’s Cory Buttrick, and Pennsylvania’s
Andrew DeLong. The Junior Team riders are
under 23 years of age and were selected
based on their scores at ISDE qualifiers in
Texas and Tennessee. These riders stated
their desire to be considered for the United
States team by completing a Letter of Intent
at the qualifiers.
T.K. Hastings was the first American to
compete in the forerunner of the 1912
ISDT/ISDE, the Thousand Mile Reliability
Race, held in England in 1905. He sailed from
New York on July 27, 1907, and arrived in
London, where the competition started on
August 17 and ended in London on six days
later. He rode a specially prepared Indian
motorcycle with a smoking-hot 4-hp, chaindriven engine, which, for the harsh
environment, was superior to the leather-belt
methods. Hastings went on to be an American
reliability racer and set records all over the
world. He was the first American to medal
with an American machine on British soil in
the forerunner of the ISDE 100 years ago.
Hastings was a newspaper reporter
assigned to cover the 1904 Ormond Beach,
Florida, trials (in what is now Daytona Beach)
for a New York newspaper. He thought a
motorcycle would allow him to cover the
speed trials more efficiently, so that winter he
purchased a used Metz motorcycle. American
off-road racing was born. He was inducted
into the American Motorcyclist Hall of Fame in
2000.
A century of off-road racing is
fascinating in and of itself, and many of the
changes in technology are obvious, but some
things remain the same – such as fundraising
to ride. In 1912, Mr. Hastings had to solicit
support. In 2011, the competitors for the
ISDE Team have to dig into really deep
pockets to fund their efforts, and that
includes fundraising. There are many
methods of raising money for the cause:
Sales of T-shirts, bake sales, sales of personal
assets (such as a motorcycle or, in one case,
a horse), taking out second mortgages on
homes, and direct soliciting for funding are all
among the methods that fuel this effort. The
financial responsibility of each rider can be
close to $20,000 to ride the ISDE. This year
there is a short period of time until ISDE
Finland 2011 begins on August 8, and efforts
to raise funds are happening now.
Information regarding contributions or
sponsorship to individuals will be forthcoming
very soon.
“The three women representing the
ISDE USA Women's World Cup Team [Nicole
Bradford, Mandi Mastin, Kerrie Swartz] have
one goal this year, and that is to bring home
the World Cup Trophy!” said Mandi Mastin,
“We are looking for support and sponsorship
that can help us do just that. Help make our
dream come true and the USA proud of our
women riders!”
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Story and Photo courtesy of Feld Motor Sports
The 2011 Monster Energy AMA
Supercross, an FIM World Championship,
season concluded this weekend, following the
year-end awards ceremony held at The Joint
by Rogue inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
in Las Vegas. A total of 20 award categories
were presented to recognize the
championship’s top riders and industry
personnel who enjoyed one of the most
monumental seasons in the sport’s history.
Prior to the season finale at Las Vegas’
Sam Boyd Stadium, the Monster Energy
Supercross championship saw five different
winners in the Supercross class, with only 12
points separating first place from third.
Through it all, the championship turned into
one of the most captivating title fights of all
time.
Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan
Villopoto was crowned the Supercross-class
champion, which marke the first title of his
Supercross-class career. Throughout the
season, Villopoto led the field with seven wins
and earned an additional five podium finishes.
“It’s been an awesome season for me
and the team,” said Villopoto. “When I ended
up getting hurt last year, it was a bummer for
sure, and it made me question if it was worth
coming back. I couldn’t get it done in the first
two years, but I was able to finally get one
for the team.”
“This was one of the most exciting
seasons the sport has witnessed,” said Dave
Prater, director of Supercross. “Leading up
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into the final race in the Supercross class, we
saw five different winners throughout the
season, and three riders sat within 12 points of
the highly coveted World title. In both the
Western and Eastern Regional Supercross Lites
classes, we also saw several riders lining up for
the Lites title, with only a handful of points
separating the field. I’d like to congratulate all
of the riders, sponsors and teams for making
the 2011 Monster Energy Supercross season a
huge success.”
Trey Canard (American Honda).
Ricky Jurado (DNA Shred Stix/ Star Racing
Yamaha).
Kevin Windham (GEICO Honda).
MX for Children (accepted on behalf of MX for
Children director Brett Wise).
Ken Roczen (Red Bull KTM).
Broc Tickle (Monster Energy/ Pro Circuit/
Kawasaki).
Justin Barcia (GEICO Honda).
Ryan Sipes (DNA Shred Stix/ Star Racing
Yamaha).
Johnny O’Mara.
Riders who finished fifth through 20th overall.
TwoTwo Motorsports/ Bel Ray Racing.
James Stewart (San Manuel Yamaha).
Ryan Dungey (Rockstar/Makita Suzuki).
Mike Williamson (Monster Energy Kawasaki).
Dave Osterman (TwoTwo Motorsports/ Bel
Ray Racing).
Jimmy Button.
Chad Reed (TwoTwo Motorsports/Bel Ray
Racing).
Ryan Villopoto (Monster Energy Kawasaki).
Courtesy of Feld Motor Sports
Feld Motor Sports announced today
schedule of the 2012 Monster Energy AMA
Supercross, an FIM World Championship,
featuring the tour’s newest stop on April 14 at
Louisiana’s Superdome in New Orleans.
Fresh on the heels of the greatest
season ever, the 2012 Monster Energy
Supercross schedule is the foundation for next
season’s highly touted racing championship.
Once again the championship will begin at
Supercross’ home plate, Angel Stadium, on
January 7, and it will conclude at Sam Boyd
Stadium in Las Vegas on May 5, where the
champion will be crowned.
Cross Club members will have the
exclusive opportunity to purchase tickets on
May 9 and 10. Following the Cross Club
opportunity, an online-only offer will be
available on May 11 and 12. Tickets will be on
sale nationally on May 13. Due to the
renovations at the Louisiana Superdome,
tickets will not be available until July 18.
Joining the Cross Club is free and can be
done by clicking on
www.supercrossonline.com/crossclub/
Monster Energy Supercross’ last stop in
New Orleans was in 2009, when Team San
Manuel Yamaha’s James Stewart won the
main event en route to his second Supercrossclass championship.
“The 2012 Monster Energy Supercross
schedule is the map to the coveted
championship trophy,” said Todd Jendro,
senior director of two-wheel operations, Feld
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Motor Sports. “While 2011 is the greatest
season ever, it is a primer for 2012. The
returning veterans and the youthful
challengers are the perfect blend for a paritydriven championship.”
“The 2011 season once again proved
that the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an
FIM World Championship, is a real thriller,”
said FIM president Vito Ippolito. “Who would
have thought that, heading into Las Vegas,
the championship would be so close?
Supercross remains the excellent showcase for
FIM motorsports that it always was and keeps
the fans on their toes throughout the entire
championship. It is still the FIM’s wish to take
Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM
World Championship, global. Still, we are
pleased to see that there are once again 17
events on the 2012 calendar, and we can start
to count down the days separating us from
the first race in Anaheim on January 7, 2012.”
“As 2011 proved, the Monster Energy
Supercross championship has always been
about combining the best racers on the planet
and one of the most accessible and fanfriendly stadium-based events you’ll see
anywhere,” said AMA president and CEO Rob
Dingman. “For 2012, we’re proud to work with
our promotional partner, Feld Motor Sports, to
deliver the exciting racing, compelling stories,
and intense thrills of Supercross to fans and
new audiences worldwide.”
2012 Monster Energy AMA Supercross
Schedule
January 7 – Angel Stadium, Anaheim,
California
January 14 – Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
January 21 – Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles,
California
January 28 – Overstock.com Stadium,
Oakland, California
February 4 – Angel Stadium, Anaheim,
California
February 11 – Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego,
California
February 18 – Cowboys Stadium, Arlington,
Texas
February 25 – Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
March 3 – Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis,
Missouri
March 10 – Daytona International Speedway,
Daytona, Florida*
March 17 – Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis,
Indiana
March 24 – Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada
March 31 – Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
April 14 – Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans,
Louisiana
April 21 – Qwest Field, Seattle, Washington
April 28 – Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City,
Utah
May 5 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas,
Nevada
Exclusive Cross Club On-Sale Dates: May 9-10,
2011
Online Pre-Sale Dates: May 11-12, 2011
Public National On-Sale Date: May 13, 2011
*Not a Feld Motor Sports event – this date is
independently promoted by Daytona
International Speedway and the International
Speedway Corp.
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Courtesy of Feld Motor Sports
The inaugural Monster Energy Cup will
invade Sam Boyd Stadium on October 15,
2011.
Feld Motor Sports announced today the
creation of an inaugural event called the
Monster Energy Cup, which will post a purse
of a quarter of a million dollars and a
potential $1 million bonus, that will take place
at Las Vegas’ Sam Boyd Stadium on October
15. This invitation-only race will showcase the
world’s top Supercross racers live on SPEED in
a three-hour broadcast.
This lucrative event posts a $250,000
purse, with the winner walking away with a
$100,000 check, and – for the “first time
ever” – a shot at $1 million. The Monster
Million will be awarded to the winner of all
three main events.
“The Monster Energy Cup is designed
around a racing format that will challenge the
racers unlike any other Supercross event
featuring an epic endurance challenge of a
three-stage, 30-lap main event,” said Todd
Jendro, senior director of two-wheel
operations, Feld Motor Sports. “This newly
created format incorporates three main
events, where riders will engage in three
races, battling for rights to win the inaugural
Monster Energy Cup. The event will feature a
one-class format, offering riders the option to
choose the bike of their choice, including
250cc to 450cc four-strokes or 125cc and
250cc two-strokes. The unique ‘all-in’ option
presents riders with maximum flexibility,
manufacturers with a variety of setup options,
and the perfect showcase for Supercross fans.”
The unique hybrid track will consist of
Supercross/motocross terrain and will have a
tremendous motocross-style influence,
making it unlike any other stadium race in the
world. This track will be the perfect blend of
Supercross and motocross combined and
created into the ultimate battleground.
“We wanted to create a spectacular
stand-alone event that we knew would excite
the fans, riders, teams and media,” said
Bruce Stjernstrom, Monster Energy’s vice
president of sports marketing. “With a million
dollars up for the taking – and with the
world’s best riders all expected to attend –
the Monster Energy Cup will be a race no one
will want to miss.”
For the stars of the next generation
and the stars of tomorrow, the Monster
Energy Cup will feature the Supermini class
and the 250 A class, respectively. The top 15
riders from each class in the AMA Loretta
Lynn Amateur National Championships will
make up the starting grid for these special
events.
Cross Club members will receive a 50percent-off discount during the exclusive May
9-10 presale. To join the Cross Club, click on
www.supercrossonline.com/crossclub/.
Jackpot seats are $60 and regular seats are
$50.
Tickets for the 2011 Monster Energy
Cup can be purchased at the Thomas & Mack
Center box office, the Galleria at Sunset, all
Stations and Fiesta Casinos, online at
www.UNLVtickets.com or
www.supercrossonline.com, or by phone at
866/8-FINALS. Tickets will be available at the
Sam Boyd Stadium box office on the day of
the event only.
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Story and Photos by Roy Jenkins
“This is the year we went from amateur
to professional status,” remarked Francene
Rainey, wife of “Diamond Don” Rainey. “I
noticed it in the vendors, media presence, and
the number of Pro riders. Last year we had
1,050 come through the gate. This year we
broke a record again with 1,350. Although we
were down from 855 to 847 race entrants
from last year, this year more racers brought
their families and camped out earlier in the
week, making this a more family-friendly
event. Many remarked that they can now only
afford one big race a year, and this is it.”
No wonder they chose this venue for a
family vacation. Diamond Don’s is quickly
becoming the “Jazz Fest” of Vintage racing.
Besides the presence of off-road motorcycle
racing machines from the past, fans can watch
them compete in Observed Trials, Cross
Country, Vintage Motocross and Post-Vintage
Motocross events – and at a high level of
competition, with many of the same riders
who made history.
Gary Bailey, the “Professor of
Motocross,” was honored this year, and he
made an appearance at the Observed Trials
competition; then he ran a parade lap with
Brad Lackey, Steve Wise and Trampas Parker,
and they were sent off by Marty Tripes. Fans
got to hang out and get autographs from
these riders and watch Wise, Parker, Tommy
Croft, Trey Jorski and Bill Silverthorn in action
on the motocross track. Not to mention Alex
Moroz and the Legends And Heroes Tour,
where fans could walk up and see the rolling
museum and meet a real-life MX legend.
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This will be a well-documented race, as
five major publications were on hand to
witness the event: Davey Coombs with Racer X
magazine, Shand Garcia with Holeshot
magazine, Mitch Boehm with Moto Retro
Illustrated, and the Australian mag VMX, as
well as this humble correspondent from
2wheelcommunications representing Racing
Fuel for the Spirit and the “Dirt Bike Ike” book
series.
Who sponsored this event? Well, I’m
glad you asked. The major players were
Kawasaki, Longview Cycle and Ski, Yamaha,
H&W Honda, RaceTech, ProVue, and Troy Lee
Designs. Special thanks to Steve Wise and
Christ Ministries for Sunday’s worship service,
and to Big Daddy Racing for the trackside
communications. The laser-cut-metal trainengine plaques were provided by Route 49 MC
Accessories and J&N Fence. The trophy skin
was designed by BadBrush. Diamond Don
underwrote the expenses of the AHRMA
banquet on Friday night, so all of the
proceeds could go to AHRMA.
How about the racing? I thought you’d
never ask.
Team Bultaco from Missouri is still the
team to beat. Their ace, Mark Stahlman, put a
double-moto victory on the Sportsman 250
Expert class to start Saturday’s Vintage racing.
Wade Woodall and Rhett Smith went at it hard
for the second spot on their CZs and probably
had a little paint from each other’s bikes on
their own when the dust cleared. Andrew
Short’s father-in-law, Tom Hudson, kept things
interesting by staying right behind them in the
first moto.
For the second year in a row, Louisiana
legend Trampas Parker continued to prove
why he’s the only rider (besides the late
Donnie Schmidt) to win two World
Championships. Kirk “Doughboy” Spencer
showed why he used to make all that dough
when he terrorized Texas tracks back in the
day by beating Parker in the first Vintage
Over 40 Expert moto. Parker watched his
lines in the first moto, but Spencer was
holding the throttle open through the turns,
especially the sweeper into the infield
horseshoe, where he brushed the banners on
the outside several times.
In the second moto, Parker got around
him, and then ’round and ’round they went
like two tomcats. Late in the race, Spencer
tried to squeeze into a turn alongside, where
Parker had the line, and down Spencer went.
I’d pay to watch those two race again! John
Vasquez took second overall behind them with
his 3-4 finishes.
Trey Jorski was another determined
fireball that Parker had to deal with. It’s hard to
carry such a big reputation into a race when
you’re a legend. Steve “The Wiseguy” Wise said
as much. Wise made his first race in more than
a decade and decided to tone down the
competitive juices and just enjoy his rides. But
what he lacked in wins, he more than made up
for in preaching the good news at Sunday’s
worship service, as he brought the house down
under a chorus of “amens” and “that’s rights.”
Tony Fox was another rider who led
Parker briefly until he disappeared into the
woods. The Tacoma, Washington, native had to
settle for fourth in the first moto, but he came
back and happily took second, behind Parker,
for second overall in the Sportsman 500 Expert
class. John Vasquez, Rhett Smith, Jimmy Ewing
and Karl Alan Poindexter all put on a nice show
and finished the day in that order. Ewing carried
a straightaway’s portion of banners in his rear
wheel, which added some photogeniosity (is
that a word?) to the race.
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The Vintage Over 50 Expert contest was
a memorable race, with Jorski leading early until
bike problems sidelined him near the scoring
stand, leaving Rhett Smith and Tom Hudson in
the “dance of chance” for the lead. And dance
they did – until they bumped in the same turn
from which Jorski pulled out earlier, and Smith
went down. Hudson waited for Smith after
taking the checkered flag, and the two shared a
few words of remembrance, ending with Hudson
patting Smith on the back good-naturedly. Texan
Hudson went on to secure the double-moto
victory, with South Carolina’s Smith placing
second, Colorado’s Scott Sears taking third,
North Carolinian Bob Lee finishing fourth and
Kentucky’s Poindexter coming in fifth.
Two AHRMA hotshoes from Oklahoma
brought a half-dozen bikes and blew up
almost all of them! Despite that, Trey Jorski
won the Post-Vintage Over 50 class and
placed fourth in the Over 40 class, while
Elbert Simon won the GP 500 class, took third
in the GP 125 class, fourth in the GP 250 class
and fifth in the Ultima 250 class – all Expert
classes for both riders. Meanwhile, rookie
Expert rider Glenn Romero from New Orleans
enjoyed a lap in front of the legendary Parker
in the Vintage Open Age class. Romero
finished second, in front of one of the most
Even the small-bore Experts had some
powerful men in motocross, Davey Coombs,
fireworks, as Jared Lange from California diced
who looked strong and smooth in his stand-up it out fellow past series champ Mark Stahlman
style and styling JT race gear on his Suzuki.
from Missouri. Stahlman would hold his Bultaco
on longer going into the turns, but Lange’s
Yamaha would pull him out of the corner.
Eventually Stahlman got the double-moto
victory in the Sportsman 125 Expert class for
Team Bull. Following him were Kansas rider
Jordy Burnett (2-2), Lange (3-3), Louisiana’s
Matthew Leblanc (4-4) and Texan Paul Burnett
(7-5). Elbert Simon made a brief appearance at
the front until bike problems ended his
challenge.
The Marty Tripes 100cc Challenge
continues to grow by five or six entrants every
event. Former Pro rider Jim Gibson, also
sporting the new JT race gear, was another
smooth operator. He looked like he was in a
class by himself as he checked out in each
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moto without breaking a sweat on his 100
Yamaha.
Sunday was Post-Vintage day, with
many of the same riders displaying their skills
and tallying similar results, but on newer
bikes. The dividing period for Vintage is about
1974-75, depending on manufacturer, with the
newer bikes considered “post-vintage” by
AHRMA, which added a new “pre-modern”
class for the front-disc-brake bikes.
Jared Lange and Matthew Leblanc went
at it hard in the Ultima125 Expert class, with
Leblanc using his road-racing skills to carry his
little Honda through the turns, but he couldn’t
make the pass. Terry Gates and Jeff Simon
rode their Suzukis into third and fourth,
respectively.
Elbert Simon suffered more bike
troubles, leaving Chris Kasavage to rule the
Ultima 250 Expert class. This Florida native
bested Texan New Benton and Kentucky’s Karl
Alan Poindexter, and that trio filled out the top
three spots.
John Vazquez was another one of those
Okies who sped through the pack on both
days, this time winning the Ultima Four-Stroke
Expert class, over Arkansan Mike Parker and
Illinois’ Chris Brewington.
Kasavage vanquished Vasquez in the
Post-Vintage Open Age Expert class and
punctuated that victory with the longest prefinish-line wheelie of the day on Bobby
McClelland’s Honda.
Trey Jorski struck early in the second
Post-Vintage Over 40 Expert moto by
slamming the outside line, with Trampas
Parker tucking into the inside. Scott Bland and
New Benton settled in behind them. Parker
reappeared from the woods in the lead and
never let Jorski get close enough to challenge
him again, taking the double-moto victory.
Benton patiently and consistently worked his
way up into second for second overall, with
Bland and Jorski (who fell to sixth due to bike
problems) rounding out the top four.
Jorski made amends in Post-Vintage
Over 50 contest with double-moto win, in
front of Rhett Smith, Karl Alan Poindexter, Bob
Lee and Tom Hudson.
In conclusion, Don and Francene have
heard the suggestions and are already making
changes for next year. They will be at the big
race at Freestone to garner ideas for crowd
control and security, and they are already
interviewing someone to implement
transponders for scoring. Also, public-address
weaknesses will be turned into strengths.
The “Wine Down” party was over the
top, with great fireworks and an opportunity
for folks to relax and enjoy some fellowship
together.
If you have any other suggestions or
ideas, please contact Don and Francene at
[email protected]. A big thanks to the
Leblanc family for cooking Saturday night’s
crawfish, and then cooking Cajun food in the
pits under their big tent, to the Bayou guitar
sounds of the Chris Leblanc Band.
Make your reservations in 2011 for next
year’s event, because when January comes,
the rooms will be full in Jefferson, and next
year is the 10th anniversary, which will be “off
the hook!” Speaking on behalf of J.P. Parsons,
my announcing partner, we are already
looking forward to next year and hope to see
you there!
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1. Mike Parker (Pen); 2. Keith Voss (Hod); 3.
Jules Kennedy (CZ); 4. Corky Root (Hod); 5.
Bruce MacFarlane (Hod).
1. Dan Beher (Duc).
1. Mike Parker (Hon).
1. Jim Crain (BSA); 2. John Bergener (BSA);
3. Jonathan Moore (Tri); 4. Wayne Mount
(BSA).
1. Corky Root (BSA); 2. William Click (BSA); 3.
Beno Rodi (BSA).
1. Bob McNamara (NOR); 2. Jim Crain (BSA);
3. Dan Beher (BSA).
1. Beno Rodi (NOR); 2. David Wilson (Tri).
1. Stan Miser (Hsq); 2. Mike Gray (CZ); 3.
Dale Fisher (Che); 4. Sam Chappell (Pen); 5.
Patricia Bell (CZ).
1. Tim Moore (Yam); 2. Bob Egan (DKW); 3.
John Griffin (Hon); 4. Jeremy Oxley (Hod); 5.
Paul Schaffner (Hod).
1. Jared Lange (Yam); 2. Wade Woodall (CZ);
3. Chris Brewington (Hon); 4. Lynn Williams
(CZ).
1. Jim Ealer Jr. (Bul); 2. Sam Chappell (Oss).
1. Bill Orth (GRE); 2. Chuck Morris (BSA).
1. Doug Grant (AJS); 2. Dan Johns (AJS).
1. Dwayne Thomas (BSA); 2. Morris Herbert
(Tri); 3. Chuck Morris (BSA).
1. Dan Johns (AJS); 2. James Smith (BSA); 3.
Claude McElvain (BSA).
1. Stan Miser (Yam); 2. Steve Williams (Hod);
3. Dale Fisher (Pen); 4. Mike James (Hod); 5.
Michael Collier (Hon).
1. Curtis Ross (Suz); 2. Mark Eickhorn (Hod);
3. Ronnie Snyder (Yam); 4. Paul Johnstone
(Hon); 5. David Cummings (Hod).
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1. Mike Tollett (Hon); 2. Tad Breaux (Hon); 3.
David Cummings (Hon); 4. Randy Pierce
(Kaw); 5. Phillip Ketchum (Hod).
1. Mark Stahlman (Bul); 2. Jordy Burnett
(Hon); 3. Jared Lange (Yam); 4. Matthew
Leblanc (Hon); 5. Paul Burnett (Hon).
1. Lindsay Harper (Bul); 2. Jim Vaughan
(Hsq); 3. Ryan McGurt (Hon); 4. Mike Gray
(CZ); 5. Jason Miller.
1. Bubba Dennis (CZ); 2. Randy Wood (Hon);
3. Robbie Kahn (Hsq); 4. Sam Baugh (Kaw);
5. Steve Papenfuss (CA).
1. Jason Landing (Bul); 2. Brandon Hartner
(CZ); 3. Roger Harris (Kaw); 4. Mike Tollett
(Hon); 5. Eric Bourgeois (Suz).
1. Mark Stahlman (Bul); 2. Wade Woodall
(CZ); 3. Rhett Smith (CZ); 4. Jeff Nagel
(Hon); 5. Matthew Leblanc (Hon).
1. John Putkey (CZ); 2. Daniel Ecker (CZ); 3.
Steve Duncan (Kaw); 4. Henry Sansing
(ROK); 5. Krista Nylander (Bul).
1. Bart Watts (Mai); 2. Nick Stine (CZ); 3.
Steve Stasiefski (Mai); 4. Jeff Robertson
(Mai); 5. Gary Davis (CZ).
1. Trampas Parker (CZ); 2. Tony Fox (Yam); 3.
John Vasquez (Mai); 4. Rhett Smith (CZ); 5.
Jimmy Ewing (Mai).
1. Bill Orth (BSA).
1. Janet Ward (CZ); 2. Krista Nylander (Bul);
3. Tammy Ritzheimer-Mount (BSA); 4. Patti
Brewington (Hon); 5. Janet Novey (Yam).
1. Connie Elam (Hon); 2. Dawn Winczewski
(Pen); 3. Patricia Bell (CZ).
1. Peggy Cozart (CZ).
1. Mark Waller (Hon); 2. Gary Diedrich (Hsq).
1. Brand Wedding (CZ); 2. Louis Leblanc
(Hon); 3. Kenneth Jeter (Yam); 4. John Owen
(Yam); 5. Eugene Van Lancker (Mai).
1. Ryan McGurt (Yam); 2. Ryan Todd (Yam).
1. Trampas Parker (CZ); 2. Glen Romero
(Kaw); 3. Davey Coombs (Suz); 4. Gary Doza;
5. Jeff Nagel (Hon).
1. Albert Newmann (Yam); 2. Mike McCloud
(Suz); 3. Kevin Cleveland (Suz); 4. Randy
Pierce (Kaw).
1. Jim Vaughn (CZ); 2. Henry Sansing (ROK).
1. Roger Harris (Mai); 2. Jason Landing (Bul);
3. Larry Cooper (Bul); 4. Mike Krause (Pen);
5. Stephen Smith (Suz).
1. Raymond Phillips (Yam); 2. Tad Breaux
(Hon); 3. Tom Becker (CZ); 4. John Dowson
(Hsq); 5. Richard Huffman (Hsq).
1. Trampas Parker (CZ); 2. Kirk Spencer (Mai);
3. John Vasquez (Mai); 4. Bob Lee (Hsq); 5.
J.P. Antoon (Hsq).
1. William Kahle (Hon); 2. Denis Jeffries
(Hsq); 3. Bob Hartner (CZ); 4. Daniel Moye
(Suz); 5. George Pawley (Yam).
1. Richard Davis (Hsq); 2. Kenneth Ahlstrom
(Pen); 3. Robbie Kahn (Hsq); 4. Wesley
Wallace (Mai); 5. Troy Rapp (Hsq).
1. Nick Stine (CZ); 2. Sam Baugh (Kaw); 3.
Steve Stasiefski (Mai); 4. Mike Hance (Mai); 5.
John Putkey (CZ).
1. Tom Hudson (Hon); 2. Rhett Smith (CZ); 3.
Scott Sears (Mai); 4. Bob Lee (Hsq); 5. Karl
Alan Poindexter (CZ).
1. Frank Sprangler (Hsq); 2. Terry Dailey (CZ);
3. John Bezinque (CZ); 4. Robert Hext (Pen);
5. Jerry Elson (Hsq).
1. Ambrose Watts (Mai); 2. Jim Masterson
(Pen); 3. Robert Wilson (Yam); 4. Keith Boyd
(CZ); 5. Gary Taylor (CZ).
1. Jimmy Ewing (Suz); 2. Rhett Smith (Mai);
3. Mark Stahlman (Bul).
1. Henry Sansing (ROK); 2. Ethan Stahlman
(Bul); 3. Bob Christianson (Suz); 4. Jason
Brockman (Bul); 5. Krista Nylander (Bul).
1. Craig Knight (Mai); 2. Potts Thomas (Mai);
3. Ron Greene (Yam); 4. James Sharp (Hsq);
5. Michael Murphy (ROK).
1. Sam Chappell (Hon).
1. Ron Greene (Yam).
1. Mike Parker (Hon).
1. Glenn McGovern (Hon); 2. Becky Hayes
(Yam).
1. Mike McCloud (Kaw); 2. David MacLaskey
(Suz); 3. David Cummings (Suz); 4. Tad
Breaux (Hon); 5. Gabe Leblanc (Hon).
1. Chris Brewington (Suz); 2. Greg Boone
(Suz); 3. Elbert Simon (Hon); 4. Jared Lange
(Yam); 5. Mark Ray (Hon).
1. Mike Haynes (Hsq); 2. Jim Brown (NOR).
1. William Click (Hsq); 2. Doug Grant (Hsq);
3. Steve Machado (CZ); 4. Wes Willis (Hsq);
5. Loyd Morgan (CZ).
1. Roger Harris (Hon); 2. Tim Wise (Hon); 3.
Kerry Malone (Suz); 4. Lenhart Eriksson
(Hsq); 5. Skip Miller (KTM).
1. Pete Silva (CZ).
1. Corey Jones (Hsq); 2. Doug Taft (Yam); 3.
Jeff Simon (Yam); 4. Elbert Simon (Yam).
1. Bill Fleming (Yam); 2. Wayne Mount (BSA);
3. James Ealer Sr. (Bul); 4. Blaine Stone (Hsq).
1. Gary Anderson (CZ); 2. Zahn Lewis (Suz).
1. Robert Shough Jr. (Yam); 2. Matthew
Green (CZ).
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1. Bart Watts (Mai); 2. Sam Baugh (Kaw); 3.
Bubba Dennis (Mai); 4. Jeff Robertson (Mai);
5. Tim Wilson (Yam).
1. Paula Waugh (Kaw); 2. Krista Nylander
(Bul); 3. Becky Hayes (Yam); 4. Debbie
Benson (Yam); 5. Patty Brewington (Hon).
1. Chuck Rule (Yam); 2. Craig Hayes (Hsq); 3.
Rhett Smith (Mai); 4. Doug Taft (Yam); 5.
Jordy Burnett (Mai).
1. Connie Elam (Hon).
1. Scott Sears (Mai); 2. Mike Parker (Yam).
1. Ryan Branch (Hon); 2. Mike Elshout (Hon);
3. Tad Breaux (Hon); 4. Eric Bourgeois (Hon);
5. Kenneth Leblanc (Hon).
1. Michael Murphy (Yam).
1. Eric Bourgeois (Hon); 2. David Zigmont
(Hon); 3. Jeff Marks (Suz); 4. Roy Jenkins
(Hon); 5. Scott Shope (Suz).
1. Jared Lange (Yam); 2. Matthew Leblanc
(Hon); 3. Terry Gates (Suz); 4. Jeff Simon
(Suz).
1. Lindsay Harper (Yam); 2. Glenn McGovern
(Hon); 3. Sam Chappel (Hon).
1. Dave Kutskel (Yam); 2. John Munich (Hon);
3. Mike Bruce (Yam); 4. Randy Wood (Hon);
5. Mike Gilbird (Hon).
1. Chris Kasavage (Hon); 2. New Benton
(Yam); 3. Karl Alan Poindexter (Suz); 4. Chris
Todd (Yam); 5. Elbert Simon (Hon).
1. Robert Shough Jr. (Yam); 2. Donald Harrell
(Hon).
1. Ryan Branch (Hon); 2. Tim Wilson (Yam);
3. Mike Owen (Hon); 4. Mike Elshout (Yam);
5. Eugene Van Lancker (Hon).
1. Elbert Simon (Hon); 2. Scott Bland (Hon);
3. Doug Taft (Yam).
1. Patty Brewington (Hon).
1. Curtis Ross; 2. Bobby Paschal (Hon); 3.
Jesse Reid (Hon); 4. Zahn Lewis (Suz); 5. Bill
Orth (Hsq).
1. John Vazquez (Yam); 2. Mike Parker (Hon);
3. Chris Brewington (Hon).
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1. Mark Waller (Hon).
1. Chris Kasavage (Hon); 2. John Vazquez
(Mai).
1. Billy Murphy (Yam).
1. Bobby McClelland (Hon); 2. Richard Hart
(Suz); 3. Dennis Harlan (Yam); 4. Carl
Browning (Suz); 5. Dave Kutskel (Yam).
1. Trampas Parker (Yam); 2. New Benton
(Yam); 3. Scott Bland (Hon); 4. Trey Jorski
(Hon); 5. Mark Ray (Kaw).
1. Lindsay Harper (Yam); 2. William Kahle
(Yam); 3. George Pawley (Yam); 4. Ambrose
Watts (Mai); 5. Glenn McGovern (Hon).
1. Mike Cole (Hon); 2. John Munich (Hon); 3.
Jeff Robertson (Mai); 4. Rick Owens (Hon); 5.
Potts Thomas (Hon).
1. Trey Jorski (Hon); 2. Rhett Smith (Mai); 3.
Karl Alan Poindexter (Suz); 4. Bob Lee (Suz);
5. Tom Hudson (Hon).
1. Keith Parker (Hon). 2. Jerry Elson (Yam).
1. Keith Boyd (Mai); 2. Bob Egan (KTM); 3.
Larry Shope (Hon); 4. Greg Steinbeck (Suz);
5. Robert Wilson (Yam).
1. William Click IV (Yam); 2. Wes Willis (Hon);
3. Loyd Morgan (Yam); 4. John Gott (Yam).
1. David Zigmont (Hon).
1. Matthew Leblanc (Hon); 2. Derek Wedding
(Yam).
1. Billy Click; 2. Jordy Burnett.
Robert Sabatini.
1. Skipper Kennedy; 2. Curtis Ross; 3. Dan
Jennings.
By Jamey Blunt
Photos by Janice Blunt
John Kocinski showed up at Perris
Raceway for round four of Southern California
Flat Track Association action with yet another
engine configuration in his Knight frame,
ready to contest the Vintage 250cc Expert
class.
Kocinski went on to set a new personal
lap record of 14.42 seconds in the process of
running away and hiding from the rest of the
field. This time is the second fastest ever turned
at Perris and more than a full second and a half
faster than any other air-cooled 250cc
motorcycle has ever achieved. This was also the
1. Paul Johnstone; 2. Skipper Kennedy; 3.
Wes Sealy.
1. Tommy Croft; 2. Matthew Leblanc.
fastest lap time of the entire evening, and
on a bike more than 30 years old!
Next up for Kocinski: He will be
heading home next week to Little Rock,
Arkansas, where he is sponsoring a dirttrack race. However, he has promised to
return to California in time for round five at
Perris on June 11.
Billy Katkov started out the night with
a new set of wheels, but after the Men’s
Four-Stroke heat race – in which he finished
second to Mark Cernicky – he changed back
to his original setup for the main event. He
then shot from the line to lead every lap and
win with a two-second cushion!
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By John Cardinale
Photos by Robert Redmond
Yamaha’s Josh Hayes continued his
mastery of Infineon Raceway on Saturday,
May 14, taking the victory in the 22-lap
feature for AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike
at the West Coast Moto Jam. It was Hayes’
third consecutive win on the 12-turn, 2.32mile road course, and his fourth in five races
in Sonoma. Tommy Hayden took second, with
his fellow Suzuki jockey Martin Cardenas
placing third in the AMA Pro Road Racing
event.
Hayes is hoping to make it a sweep of
the doubleheader weekend on Sunday.
“That was hard work,” Hayes said. “Tommy
rode a fantastic race, but what can I say? This
has been three years in a row to win a
[SuperBike] race here, and that’s fantastic. I
said when I got here that we’ve set the bar
pretty high, but I’m really glad we’re
maintaining. We’ll come back tomorrow and
hopefully make them wait another year before
someone else wins.”
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Starting from the second position,
Hayden took the lead at the start of the race,
but it would be short-lived. Hayes, the
polesitter, regained the top spot on lap two
with an inside pass in turn nine. It was a lead
he would never relinquish en route to his 15th
career SuperBike victory and his sixth overall
win in Sonoma.
“I knew it was going to come down to
the end, but he held on, and unfortunately I
used my tires too much to try and make up
time in different spots,” Hayden said. “Overall,
I feel good about the race; I’ve come a long
way at this track.”
Polesitter Jason DiSalvo took advantage
of an early-race mishap by his fellow Ducati
rider Jake Holden to take the victory in the 22lap feature for Daytona SportBike. Holden
went off course at turn four on lap five,
enabling DiSalvo to build a sizable cushion.
DiSalvo led from wire to wire to post his firstever feature win at Infineon Raceway. Holden
held on for second. Suzuki rider Danny Eslick,
who won in 2010 in Sonoma, was third.
“Jake [Holden] made a mistake, and I
was able to put it on cruise control and ride
around a bit, but the next thing you know, the
gap to second was shrinking,” DiSalvo said.
“Jake was pushing hard. I just put my head
down to hold the gap. I’m glad to reward the
team with a win at Infineon.”
Honda rider Benny Solis took the
checkers in the Motorcycle-Superstore.com
SuperSport 18-lap feature on Saturday, with
Yamaha pilots Tomas Puerta and David
Gaviria finishing second and third,
respectively. It was Solis’ first career AMA Pro
Road Race win and the first for Honda since
June 6, 2009. Solis took the win by nearly
nine seconds.
“This is my first season and I’m on the
only Honda, and that motivated me,” Solis
said. “To take this win was pretty special for
me.”
In other racing action, Chris Fillmore
took the win in the 11-lap Vance & Hines
X1200 Series feature, while Steve Atlas
(Formula GP, Brammo) and Kenyon Kluge
(Formula 75, Volt) claimed victories in the
TTXGP North American Championship main
event. This marked the second consecutive
event in Sonoma for the zero-carbon, electricmotorcycle series.
Action resumes on Sunday at Infineon
Raceway, with main events scheduled in
Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport (at
12:30 p.m.), Daytona SportBike (at 1:30 p.m.)
and National Guard SuperBike (at 2:45 p.m.).
There will also be main events in Supermoto
USA, Flat Track and AHRMA National
Motocross. Gates will open at 8 a.m. For more
information, visit
www.infineonraceway.com/ama.
1. Josh Hayes (Yam); 2. Tommy Hayden
(Suz); 3. Martin Cardenas (Suz); 4. Blake
Young (Suz); 5. Chris Peris (BMW); 6. Steve
Rapp (BMW); 7. Larry Pegram (BMW); 8.
Geoff May (Bue); 9. J.D. Beach (Kaw); 10.
Chris Ulrich (Suz); 11. Chris Clark (Yam); 12.
Chris Trounson (BMW); 13. Chris Siebenhaar
(Suz); 14. Tony Kasper (BMW); 15. James B.
Randolph (BMW); 16. Jeremy Toye (BMW);
17. David Anthony (Suz); 18. Roger Hayden
(Suz); 19. Ben Bostrom (Suz); 20. Jordan
Burgess (Suz).
1. Jason DiSalvo (Duc); 2. Jake Holden (Duc);
3. Danny Eslick (Suz); 4. P.J. Jacobsen (Duc);
5. Tommy Aquino (Yam); 6. Cory West (Suz);
7. Cameron Beaubier (Yam); 8. Paul Allison
(Yam); 9. Tyler Odom (Hon); 10. Tyler O’Hara
(Yam); 11. Taylor Knapp (Suz); 12. Bryce
Prince (Yam); 13. Fernando Amantini (Kaw);
14. Josh Galster (Yam); 15. Huntley Nash
(Yam); 16. Matthew Sadowski (Duc); 17.
Craig Mason (Yam); 18. David Sadowski Jr.
(Duc); 19. Melissa Paris (Yam); 20. Oscar
Covarrubias (Kaw); 21. Kevin Boisvert (Suz);
22. Santiago Villa (Suz); 23. Patrick McCord
(Kaw); 24. Dane Westby (Suz); 25. Josh
Herrin (Yam).
1. Benny Solis (Hon); 2. Tomas Puerta (Yam);
3. David Gaviria (Yam); 4. Corey Alexander
(Suz); 5. Travis Ohge (Yam); 6. Wyatt Farris
(Yam); 7. Greg McCullough (Yam); 8. Dustin
Dominguez (Duc); 9. Sebastiao Ferreira
(Yam); 10. Jason Lauritzen (Yam); 11. Jett
Chandler (Yam); 12. Rocco Horvath (Kaw);
13. Nadr Riad (Yam); 14. Roi Holster (Yam);
15. Brandon Cleland (Yam); 16. Nicholas
Hayman (Duc); 17. Kelly Barnett (Yam); 18.
Bruce Bleecker (Yam); 19. Shelina Moreda
(Yam); 20. Garrett Kunkel (Bue); 21. Howard
Crow (Duc); 22. Sam Nash (Yam); 23.
Richard Cotton (Kaw); 24. Jose Flores (Duc);
25. Cristian Olguin (Kaw); 26. Luke Luciano
(Yam); 27. Elena Myers (Suz).
1. Chris Fillmore (H-D); 2. Michael Barnes (HD); 3. Steve Rapp (H-D); 4. Tyler O’Hara (HD); 5. Michael Beck (H-D); 6. Michael Corbino
(H-D); 7. Chase McFarland (H-D); 8. Bradley
Adams (H-D); 9. Joe Kopp (H-D); 10. Josh
Chisum (H-D); 11. Michael Morgan (H-D); 12.
Paul James (H-D); 13. Sammy Halbert (H-D);
14. Kyle Wyman (H-D); 15. Gerry Signorelli
(H-D).
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Hayden. “I put a lot of thought into this race
and a lot of preparation, and I really wanted to
By John Cardinale
redeem myself here after the last few years at
Photos by Robert Redmond and Mike Finnegan this race. It feels really good to come in here
and get this. Josh kept me honest and didn’t
make it easy on me.”
Suzuki’s Tommy Hayden claimed his
first AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike victory
on Sunday at the West Coast Moto Jam in
Sonoma, California. The win ended Yamaha’s
Josh Hayes’ recent domination on the Sonoma
Valley road course. Hayes has won four of the
last six SuperBike events at Infineon Raceway,
including a victory on Saturday.
“My bike was a handful today,” said
Hayes. “I was trying so hard because Tommy
wouldn’t leave me alone. I did the best I could
all the way through the end. I wanted to beat
him really bad, but he did a really good job. I
hated to lose the streak.”
Hayden took the lead on lap 17 of the
22-lap feature and went on to take the
checkers by 1.925 seconds over Hayes. The
win marked Hayden’s sixth career SuperBike
victory and his third AMA Pro Road Racing win
in Sonoma. (He also won the SuperSport race
in 2005, and the Superstock race in 2003.)
Hayden’s Suzuki teammate Blake Young was
third.
“I’m really happy about this one,” said
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Young entered the weekend leading the
AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike points
standings but left the Sonoma Valley in third,
with 99. Hayes leads the standings by just six
points over Hayden, 107-101.
Polesitter Jason DiSalvo posted a repeat
victory in AMA Pro Daytona SportBike, leading
13 of 22 laps in the main event on his Ducati. It
was a hard-fought win, as DiSalvo, second-
place finisher Danny Eslick, on his Suzuki, and
Yamaha jockey Josh Herrin, who finished
third, exchanged the lead numerous times
before DiSalvo took the lead for good on lap
10. The race was stalled for a 27-minute red
flag on lap five due to a brief period of rain.
“All my experience from the 22 laps
yesterday was leading at the front, and that’s
what I was used to; I wasn’t used to having
Josh [Herrin] or Danny [Eslick] blocking my
sight in a few corners, and I had to get used
to that,” said DiSalvo, who posted his first
Sonoma victory on Saturday. “Once I got out
to the head of the pack, it brought me back
to yesterday and I got back in the rhythm and
got back in that zone.”
Honda rider Benny Solis completed a
sweep in Motorcycle-Superstore.com
SuperSport action with a 12.5-second victory
over Yamaha pilot Tomas Puerta in the 18-lap
feature. Solis, who posted his first AMA Pro
Road Racing win on Saturday, took the lead
from Puerta on lap six and never looked back.
Yamaha’s Travis Ohge was third, marking his
first AMA Pro Road Racing podium finish.
“I got a good start, but Tomas got a
better start,” said Solis. “My plan was to stay
behind Tomas for a bit and see if I could learn
anything and win at the end. Once I saw that
he made a mistake, it was my time to go, and
I put my head down and I was able to build
up a good gap.”
1. Tommy Hayden (Suz); 2. Josh Hayes
(Yam); 3. Blake Young (Suz); 4. Steve Rapp
(BMW); 5. Larry Pegram (BMW); 6. Ben
Bostrom (Suz); 7. Roger Hayden (Suz); 8.
Martin Cardenas (Suz); 9. Chris Peris (BMW);
10. Chris Clark (Yam); 11. Jeremy Toye
(BMW); 12. Geoff May (Bue); 13. James B.
Randolph (BMW); 14. Chris Trounson (BMW);
15. Chris Siebenhaar (Suz); 16. David
Anthony (Suz); 17. Chris Ulrich (Suz); 18.
Jordan Burgess (Suz); 19. J.D. Beach (Kaw);
20. Tony Kasper (BMW).
1. Jason DiSalvo (Duc); 2. Danny Eslick (Suz);
3. Josh Herrin (Yam); 4. P.J. Jacobsen (Duc);
5. Cory West (Suz); 6. Cameron Beaubier
(Yam); 7. Tommy Aquino (Yam); 8. Dane
Westby (Suz); 9. Taylor Knapp (Suz); 10. Paul
Allison (Yam); 11. Fernando Amantini (Kaw);
12. Bryce Prince (Yam); 13. Tyler O’Hara
(Yam); 14. Santiago Villa (Suz); 15. Josh
Galster (Yam); 16. Huntley Nash (Yam); 17.
David Sadowski Jr. (Duc); 18. Matthew
Sadowski (Duc); 19. Craig Mason (Yam); 20.
Oscar Covarrubias (Kaw); 21. Melissa Paris
(Yam); 22. Kevin Boisvert (Suz); 23. Patrick
McCord (Kaw); 24. Tyler Odom (Hon); 25.
Jake Holden (Duc).
1. Benny Solis (Hon); 2. Tomas Puerta (Yam);
3. Travis Ohge (Yam); 4. Corey Alexander
(Suz); 5. Sebastiao Ferreira (Yam); 6. Jason
Lauritzen (Yam); 7. Nadr Riad (Yam); 8. Jett
Chandler (Yam); 9. Rocco Horvath (Kaw); 10.
Sam Nash (Yam); 11. Roi Holster (Yam); 12.
Brandon Cleland (Yam); 13. Nicholas Hayman
(Duc); 14. Kelly Barnett (Yam); 15. Shelina
Moreda (Yam); 16. Cristian Olguin (Kaw); 17.
Bruce Bleecker (Yam); 18. Howard Crow
(Duc); 19. Luke Luciano (Yam); 20. Jose
Flores (Duc); 21. Wyatt Farris (Yam); 22.
Garrett Kunkel (Bue); 23. David Gaviria
(Yam); 24. Greg McCullough (Yam); 25.
Dustin Dominguez (Duc); 26. Elena Myers
(Suz); 27. Richard Cotton (Kaw).
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Story and Photos by Mark Buchanan
Mother Nature wasn’t kind to High Fly
MX Park for the opening weekend in
Crothersville, Indiana. Saturday’s opener was
washed out, with thunderstorms starting just
before the riders’ meeting. Day two on
Sunday was a District 15 double points race,
with a great turnout of 169 entries. The High
Fly crew did the best they could after
Saturday’s rain, but track conditions were still
muddy for the first round of motos on Sunday.
The combined Quad Amateur C and
Expert A riders volunteered to go first, to help
iron out the muddy conditions, and Chris Nice
took the holeshot on a Kawasaki, in front of
KTM-mounted Andrew Nice. Yamaha rider
Ryan Withered ran solo in the Quad Expert A
class and quickly moved into the lead for the
win. Chris Nice suffered a mechanical DNF
early in the moto, and Andrew Nice took the
lead in the Quad Amateur C class on the first
lap and stayed there for the win. Yamahamounted Mackenzy Withered moved into
second place, with Jesse Wells finishing third
on a Polaris.
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Andrew Nice took the holeshot in the
second moto and held off the rest of the field
for the first lap. Ryan Withered took the lead
in the moto on lap two, with Andrew Nice still
holding first place in the Amateur C class.
Chris Nice passed Mackenzy Withered for
second place in the Amateur C class on the
second lap, and Wells got by Withered late in
the moto for third place.
Andrew Nice took the overall victory
with both moto wins in the Amateur C class.
Wells claimed second overall with a 3-3 score,
edging out Withered’s 2-4 finishes.
Mark Smith dominated the Expert Over
30 A and Vet Over 40 classes, taking all four
moto wins on his Thumper Racing/ Fox’s Cycle
Yamaha. Mark Harshman, riding a Suzuki, took
the holeshot in both motos of the Vet Over 40
class. In the muddy first moto, Harshman held
the lead for two laps before Smith took the
lead and kept it for the win. Smith took the
lead from Harshman on the first lap in the
second moto and pulled away for an easy win.
Dane Barrett finished third overall on a
Yamaha with a 4-3 score, ahead of Kawasaki
jockey Joseph Bastin (5-4). Honda-mounted
Brett Terchila finished third in the first moto
but didn’t start the second moto. Smith easily
took both moto wins in the Expert Over 30 A
class, with Terchila finishing second.
With nineteen riders, the Lites Novice
C class was the largest of the day, and
Kawasaki-mounted Kenneth Stumler nailed
the holeshot in both motos. Spencer Smith,
riding an FMF/Decal Works/ Seymour
Powersports-backed KTM, took the lead on
the first lap of moto one, ahead of Honda
riders Randy Riggle and Brandon Winters.
Riggle passed Smith for the lead on lap two,
with Winters taking second place from Smith
on the last lap. KTM rider Devon McVey
finished fourth. Stumler worked his way back
up to fifth place late in the moto.
Riggle took the lead early in the
second moto and stayed there for the win.
Stumler passed McVey on the last lap for
second place. Winters finished in fourth place,
followed by Smith. Riggle took the overall
victory with both moto wins, and Winters
claimed second overall with a 2-4 tally.
Stumler finished third overall with a 5-2 score,
edging out McVey, with 4-3 finishes.
Lane Wienhorst had a great day, taking
the overall win in the Junior Mini (7-11) and
Senior Mini (12-15) classes, riding a Lucas
Oil/ Columbus Motorsports Kawasaki.
Wienhorst nailed the holeshot in the first
moto of the Senior Mini (12-15) class and
went wire to wire for the win. Hondamounted Jim Jewell took the holeshot in the
second moto but almost crashed on the first
jump, allowing Honda rider Stephen Vuckson
and Wienhorst to get by. Wienhorst passed
Vuckson for the lead on lap two, but Vuckson
stayed close and retook the lead on the last
lap for the win. Wienhorst claimed the overall
win with a 1-2 punch, in front of Vuckson,
with a 3-1 score. Jewell finished a consistent
fourth in both motos for third place overall, in
front of Kawasaki jockeys Cameron
Dudukovich and Dylan Skaggs.
Wienhorst took the holeshot in both
motos of the Junior Mini (7-11) class, but
problems on the first lap of moto one
dropped him back to fourth place. KTMmounted Vincent Smith took the lead on the
first lap, followed closely by Kawasakimounted Jared Morton. Then Morton passed
Smith on the next lap for the win, and
Wienhorst worked his way back up to third
place.
Wienhorst went wire to wire for the
win in the second moto, in front of Smith and
Morton, giving him the overall victory with a 31 score. Smith finished second in both motos
for second place overall, edging out Morton’s 13 finishes. Bennett Cycle Repair-backed Nick
Hayes finished fourth in the second moto and
fourth overall, in front of Lucas Oil-backed
Bailey Baker, on a Kawasaki.
Hayes and Baker both took wins in the
65cc classes. Hayes went wire to wire for both
moto wins in the 65cc (10-11) class. Baker
held second place throughout the first moto
but fell back to third place on the last lap.
Baker held second place again in the second
moto, but FCA/ Tucker Rocky/ Suspension Plus/
S&S Powersports-backed Marshall Barnes
passed Baker on the last lap. Hayes took the
overall with both moto wins, and Baker claimed
second overall with two third-place finishes.
KTM-mounted Ryan Nelsen finished third
overall with a 2-4 score, in front of Barnes and
KTM rider Jack Ragland.
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Barnes took the holeshot in the first
moto of the 65cc Open (7-11) class, in front
of Bobby Panarisi, riding a Cobra. Panarisi
took the lead on the first lap but went down in
the first turn on lap two, giving the lead back
to Barnes. Baker took the lead from Barnes
later on lap two but then slipped back to finish
second.
Panarisi took the holeshot in the
second moto and went wire to wire for the
win, in front of Baker and Barnes. Baker
finished second in both motos for the overall
win, edging out Barnes’ 1-3 score. Panarisi
claimed third overall with a 6-1 effort,
followed by KTM-mounted Jared Jaggers and
Nelsen.
1. Lane Wienhorst (Kaw); 2. Vincent Smith
(KTM); 3. Jared Morton (Kaw); 4. Nick Hayes
(KTM); 5. Bailey Baker (Kaw).
1. Tanner Sims (Hon); 2. Jim Jewell (Hon); 3.
Tyler Stearns (Yam); 4. Sebastian Mathis
(Hon); 5. Peyton McVey (KTM).
1. Lane Wienhorst (Kaw); 2. Stephen Vuckson
(Hon); 3. Jim Jewell (Hon); 4. Cameron
Dudukovich (Kaw); 5. Dylan Skaggs (Kaw).
1. Vincent Smith (KTM); 2. Gaige Klingsmith
(Yam); 3. Stephen Vuckson (Hon); 4. Brady
Myers (Kaw); 5. Taylor Nash (KTM).
1. Jay Buckman (Yam); 2. John Hall (Hon).
1. Skyler Corbin (KTM); 2. Clayton Kidd
(Yam); 3. Alexis Ragland (KTM); 4. Bryce
Butler (Yam); 5. Brock Hunter (Suz).
1. Randy Riggle (Hon); 2. Brandon Winters
(Hon); 3. Kenneth Stumler (Kaw); 4. Devon
McVey (KTM); 5. Spencer Smith (KTM).
1. Lane Parton (KTM); 2. Blake Lowe (Hon);
3. Logan Hall (Suz); 4. Brian Luther (Kaw).
1. Lucas Grounds (KTM); 2. Devin Gordon
(Hon).
1. Jason Schlenz (Suz); 2. Jared Mills (Kaw);
3. Logan Smith (Kaw).
1. Bobby Panarisi (Cob); 2. Kylan Pitman
(KTM); 3. Skyler Corbin (KTM); 4. Ben
Presslor (KTM); 5. Shane Nelsen (KTM).
1. Jesse Housemyer (Kaw); 2. Greg Dow
(Hon); 3. Corey Shafer (Suz).
1. Bobby Panarisi (Cob); 2. Shane Nelsen
(KTM); 3. Kylan Pitman (KTM); 4. Ben Presslor
(KTM); 5. Ethan Sowder (KTM).
1. Matthew Kemp (Kaw); 2. Keenan Sims
(Kaw); 3. Robert Mosier (Kaw); 4. Ethan
Sowder (KTM); 5. Justin Ensor (KTM).
1. Bobby Panarisi (Cob); 2. Jared Jaggers
(Kaw); 3. Justin Ensor (KTM).
1. Nick Hayes (KTM); 2. Bailey Baker (Kaw);
3. Ryan Nelsen (KTM); 4. Marshall Barnes
(Kaw); 5. Jack Ragland (KTM).
1. Bailey Baker (Kaw); 2. Marshall Barnes
(Kaw); 3. Bobby Panarisi (Cob); 4. Jared
Jaggers (Kaw); 5. Ryan Nelsen (KTM).
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1. Mitchell Corbin (Yam); 2. Jacob Rakowski
(Kaw).
1. Samantha Nelsen (Yam); 2. Katelyn White
(Suz); 3. Breana Ragland (Suz).
1. Tina Carter (Hon); 2. Ashle Harshman
(Suz); 3. Halie Mouser (Kaw).
Lane Parton (KTM); 2. Brady Myers (Kaw).
1. Blake Lowe (Hon); 2. Jacob Rakowski
(Kaw).
1. Michael Corbin (Yam); 2. Randy Riggle
(Hon); 3. Jesse Housemyer (Kaw); 4. Cory
Robinson (Suz); 5. Jack Ragland Jr. (Yam).
1. Mitchell Corbin (Yam).
1. Michael Mathis (Kaw); 2. Eric Boyd (Kaw);
3. Frankie Spicer (Kaw); 4. Donald Short
(Yam).
1. Jaylynn McMurray; 2. Samantha Blackwell.
1. Mark Smith (Yam); 2. Brett Terchila (Hon).
1. Andrew Nice (KTM); 2. Jesse Wells (PLS);
3. Mackenzy Withered (Yam); 4. Chris Nice
(Kaw).
1. Mark Smith (Yam); 2. Mark Harshman
(Suz); 3. Dane Barrett (Yam); 4. Joseph Bastin
(Kaw); 5. Brett Terchila (Hon).
1. Jeffrey Griffith (Kaw); 2. Danny Pridemore
(Yam); 3. Richard Trimble (Yam).
1. Mark Harshman (Suz); 2. Rory O’Neill
(Yam); 3. Keith Carlson (Hon); 4. David
Crawford (Yam); 5. Brock Hunter (Suz).
1. Brady Eason (KTM).
1. Ryan Withered (Yam).
1. Lane Parton (KTM).
1. Cory Fisher (Suz).
Story and Photos by Michael Kirby
The 2011 Fast Fridays Motorcycle
Speedway season opened with a great night of
racing action at Auburn, California’s Gold
Country Fairgrounds Friday night. Speedway
fans yearning for racing action after the winter
layoff were treated to some great riding by
returning familiar names.
For Bart Bast, the night ended perfectly
when he won the Scratch main event, facing
2010 USA National Speedway Champion Billy
Janniro, veteran Pro Charlie “The Edge”
Venegas, and Greg Hooten in the last race of
the evening. Bast, a veteran rider and crowd
favorite, missed a crash that took down Hooten
and Janniro on the first lap and outlasted
Venegas and Hooten on the restart.
Janniro was not able to restart due
to mechanical problems sustained in
the crash.
“You always wonder what’s
going to happen on the first night,
what your pace will be, do you still
have it going on,” said Bast. “The
bike was working great. It was a
good night.”
Fast Fridays owner David
Joiner and his crew had the track in
nearly perfect condition for a packed
opening night, and the fans were
treated to some great action. Janniro
did well, winning his Scratch heat
race and Scratch semifinal, but he did
not make the restart after his crash
with Hooten in the Scratch main.
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Bast also had a strong night,
losing nothing of his game over the
winter months, and he even seems
to have adopted a more relaxed
racing presence, which served him
well: He garnered four first-place
finishes, one second-place finish
and one third-place finish for the
night.
On the program but missing
from the racing action was local
rider Chris Kerr, who is back from
racing in Europe and should be a
regular at upcoming races at Fast
Fridays this season. Bryce Starks
was also not racing this week; he
was in Europe racing in the U-21
World Championship qualifier.
Russell Green won the
Handicap main event. Richard
Fehrman took the Division Two
main-event victory. The Division
Three main event was won by Chris
Casey, and Tanner Kane won the
Youth Division main event.
1. Bart Bast; 2. Charlie Venegas; 3.
Greg Hooten.
1. Russell Green; 2. J.T. Mabry 3.
Bart Bast.
1. Richard Fehrman; 2. Vince
Bertolucci; 3. Robert Mellor.
1. Chris Casey; 2. P.J. Byrne; 3.
Tyler Warren.
1. Tanner Kane; 2. Luke Becker; 3.
Colton Hicks.
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Seen at Pecan Valley GA on
5/1/2011
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