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Alec Muth, a friend to many of us lost way too early in life It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Alec Muth (22), who was involved in an on-track incident during the American Flat Track event at Black Hills Speedway in Rapid City, S.D. on Tuesday, August 7. Muth succumbed to his injuries on Thursday, August 16. Muth was an up-andcoming rider from Black River Falls, Wis. He will be deeply missed by peers and fans alike. “Alec was a popular guy in the paddock and had a lot of friends in the flat track community,” said Michael Lock, CEO of AMA Pro Racing. “It is extremely sad that his journey through life has been cut so short and our thoughts are with his family at this time.” “Alec was a hero both on and off the race track,” said Charlie Roberts, Class

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Austin Holasek, focused and on his way third place in the Macro class.

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Trollhaugen Hare Scramble Another great Norseman Motorcycle Club event in the books Dresser, Wisconsin - July 15 By Paul Otto

he trolls were out in full force prepping the course for yet another year of troll-ish-ous trails for D-23 off-road riders to enjoy. Over 300 entries were on hand to see what the Norseman Motorcycle Club had in store for them. Riders were met with rolling hills spread out intertwining the variety of woods with a mixture of deep sand, clay and black dirt. Conditions were near perfect in the woods as the dirt still had moisture making it tacky for great traction. The future superstars took to the course setting the stage for the day, Troy Horbaty was on another level in the Premier class clipping off several minutes a lap quicker. Copper Anderson, Travis Illies and Tate Tromblay had a good battle, within seconds of each other playing follow the leader until the last lap when Illies finally snuck by Anderson for second.

Pee Wee beginning their battle, #381 Eric Niedzielski and #1778 Zachary Brown up front.

Our Peewee class didn’t give the crowd much excitement to cheer about. Not that PeeWee class rider Ruslan Johnson

Stone Petta, Pee Wee winner.

it wasn’t a good race, but everyone jumped out into a position and stayed there till the end. Stone Petta put down the fastest lap time earning himself the win on the day leaving Thomas Hanson and Eric Niedzielski 2-3. Charlie Anderson pulled the first lap lead in the macro class but had some issues putting him back to seventh on lap two. Liam Brown grabbed control of the race with a slight hiccup on lap four giving Sydney Goodman the lead but only for a lap. Brown regained the lead and controlled the rest of the race. Goodman kept him honest in second while Austin Holasek had a bad start but kept his composure and battled his way up to third. Carter Niedzielski grabbed the Micro class lead, but Tatum Swygman didn’t make life easy as he stocked him all race and even passed him midway through the race. Not letting the pressure get CYCLE USA, September 2018

to him, Niedzielski regained his composure and took back the lead for the win. Landen MaClaughlin had a solo race back in third where he finished. As the C class lined up to do battle a friendly reminder that Yes, this is a race, but we must remember that if someone catches you hoots, hollers or revs their engine and is obviously faster to kindly move over. A friendly thanks will ensue, and you’ll feel good about your sportsmanship and continue with your race. Otherwise, karma will surface and you’ll find yourself tucked in the weeds with a not so friendly get out of the way next time. It is your choice so chose wisely. Troy Horbaty must have used the Premier race as a warm up. Starting in the back of the C race in Juniors, Horbaty sliced his way through the field like a hot knife through butter. Not sure if it’s ever been done before but definitely not this year, as Horbaty took the overall C class Overall winner Nick Swenson

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win. Very impressive ride for someone so young riding a small-bore bike. Jacob Stephens took home the win in the Open C class and was runner up for the overall. Heath Foeller and Derek Hendrickson were rewarded with a second and third for their efforts on the day in Open C. Jason Ryan led the way on lap one before succumbing to Horbaty and Stephas, but still took home the win in 250C. For the third straight race Luther Crum took the win in the 200C class. Miranda Tweeton got caught up in traffic on lap one. Once she got a clear course Tweeton matched Crum on lap times but couldn’t make up the difference from the first lap, settling for second followed by Aundrea Artmann. Moving on to the B class where they compete for “approximately” two hours we had a first time overall winner.

Richard Robinson had that break through race where everything went his way claiming the Vet and overall wins. Looking back at 2017 Robinson also won his first overall in the C class at this very race. I’m guessing that Trollhaugen is his favorite track at this point. Vet class seemed to be the fast class on the day as five of the top ten overall came out of this class. John Liebl and Oeslen Costa shared the podium for second and third. Tristan McDonald made his first presence on the year. The 250B rider had a good showing and lead all B class riders around on the first lap before succumbing to the eventual overall winner Robinson. McDonald did take second overall B and won the 250B class by quite a margin. Kyle Magnuson found

his grove again - matching his best overas if you were that injured rider. Once all B finish with a third and winning your completely clear of the area then 200B. Magnuson had a pretty good lead and only then should you resume your on his fellow 200B class competitors but race. If you do not abide by these guideRoss Niewoehner and Cruz Wahl whom lines there will be consequences regardfinished second and third gave it a gallant less if it was intentional or not. effort. As always, a BIG shout out to all the Coy Jackson was another recipient of volunteers. Without you there will be the first-time winner award. The Vet A nothing to write about. Dan and Jonathan rider in his first year in the premier A Banks, you made the Norseman proud. class took only four races to achieve this Keep up the good work. Congratulations great accomplishment. Jackson had his to all that raced regardless of how you hands full as our favorite ATC Toy did. You are all winners in my eyes. Hauler dealer Matthew Vandyke made Results: him work for it. AA: 1.Nicholas Swenson 2.Chaz Herzog 3.Devon Jirik 4.Kevin Plzak 5.Luke Wilder Following the theme of first time win200A: 1.Isaac Newport ners Jeremy Schmidt is familiar with 250A: 1.Robert Lane Iv 2.Kevin Burns 3.Josh Brixen 4.Aaron Barlow 5.Darrin Larson winning but the Senior A class rider can Open A: 1.Cole Miller 2.Zachary Wobbe 3.John Wagenaar now chalk up his first Overall A win. A +30A: 1.Coy Jackson 2.Matthew Vandyke 3.Andrew couple of notables, but not really a threat Haglof 4.Brandon Hansen 5.Shawn Gerulli to Schmidt were Chad Tupper Reeves taking on and Garrett Hansen for sec- Calvin the wooded trails in Vet A. ond and third. Robert Lane Iv continued his winning streak in the 250A class. Lane kept Kevin Burns and Josh Brixen at bay during the two hour and twenty two minute race. Our final first-time winner is none other than Nick Swenson. Swenson has been MIA for the last few years, at least on the D23 scene but has been chasing the National Enduro series. With an off weekend for the Nationals Swenson dusted off his D23 card and headed to the race. With a good start and smooth steady laps with no pressing issues he lead from wire to wire giving him his first AA and Overall Hare Scramble win of his career. Congrats to Chaz Herzog and Devin Jirik on their best finishes on the year with a second and third AA and overall. Another reminder to everyone that if a rider is down and there are any type of staff attending the rider you need to shut off the race mode and proceed with respect for the down rider and the staff. Ride

+40A: 1.Jeremy Schmidt 2.Chad Tupper 3.Garrett Hansen 4.Kurt Olsen 5.Chris Macintosh +50A: 1.Dave Schreiner 2.Ralph Feld 3.Kelvin Huotari 4.Jay Waalen 5.Robert Swift Masters A: 1.Steve Reschke 200B: 1.Kyle Magnuson 2.Ross Niewoehner 3.Cruz Wahl 4.Austin Mccoy 5.Owen Farmer 250B: 1.Tristan Mcdonald 2.Nathan Hardy 3.Xavier Foeller 4.Colton Thompson 5.Zach Wittmer Open B: 1.Blake Allen 2.Curt Zimmerman 3.Zack Hayford 4.Darrin Johnson 5.Alain Petit +30B: 1.Richard Robinson 2.John Liebl 3.Oeslen Costa 4.Scott Miller 5.Chris Stiefel +40B: 1.John Bemis 2.Gail Hakes 3.Steve Jowers 4.Darren Wahl 5.Brian Hanson +50B: 1.Dean Ramaeker 2.Randy Miller 3.Daniel Deutsch 4.Carl Evers 5.Tim Gregory Masters B: 1.Terry Wagoner Sports 2: 1.Jessica Rose 200C: 1.Luther Crum 2.Miranda Tweeton 3.Aundrea Artmann 4.Carter Smith 5.Hudson Vandyke 250C: 1.Jason Ryan 2.Ryan Seamans 3.Trevor Nelson 4.Chris Viljoen 5.Thomas Brown Open C: 1.Jacob Stephas 2.Heath Foeller 3.Derek Hendrickson 4.Derek Silbernagel 5.Paul Kahring +30C: 1.Todd Pautz 2.Adilson Ribeio 3.Peter Anderson 4.Matthew Voss 5.Ryan Neslon +40C: 1.Chris Haeg 2.Jason Remer 3.Kurt Stegora 4.Josh Smith 5.Peter Anthony +50C: 1.Steve Brown 2.Steven Stein 3.Zach Foeller 4.Christopher Holicky 5.Joseph Peltier Masters C: 1.Douglas Gorton 2.Timothy Larson Masters: 1.Paul Bloyer 2.Steve Reschke 3.Terry Wagoner 4.Steve Danelius 5.Craig Cherrington GM: 1.Jim Erickson Women: 1.Camryn Horbaty 2.Kelsey Grinhaug 3.Cassie Flanagan 4.Katie Vesterstein 5.Sydney Van Moer Women +30: 1.Candy Mae Niewoehner Junior: 1.Troy Horbaty 2.Ryder Gerulli 3.Matias Merten 4.Charlie Siebenaler 5.Travis Illies Sports 1: 1.James Kittock 2.Tim Danelius 3.Mike Ward 4.Jeremy Frantsi 5.Tim Magnuson Sr XR: 1.Zack Pautz 2.Nick Pautz 3.Brian Kessen Vintage: 1.Buck Benson Premier: 1.Troy Horbaty 2.Travis Illies 3.Cooper Anderson 4.Tate Tromblay 5.Aiden Jowers PeeWee: 1.Stone Petta 2.Thomas Hanson 3.Eric Niedzielski 4.Jacob Peters 5.Brady Brixen Girls: 1.Camryn Horbaty 2.Allison Siebenaler 3.Madison Herzog 4.Gia Goodman 5.Ryanne Artmann Macro: 1.Liam Brown 2.Sydney Goodman 3.Austin Holasek 4.Myles Ilstrup 5.Charlie Anderson Micro: 1.Carter Niedzielski 2.Tatum Swygman 3.Landen Maclaughlin 4.Adam Niedzielski 5.Gage Ekman

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Fast Racing Action at XMas

Sunday’s 65cc class consisted of thirteen riders, one of the largest of the weekend.

Christmas, Michigan - August 4-5 By Jeri Nyberg

ou never know what you’re going to get on a summer day along Lake Superior, and Xmas Family Motorsports Park’s August AMA double header got a taste of what those summer days are all about. Going to Xmas on the Thursday night before the race weekend you could tell it was going to be busy as the pits were already starting to fill with campers. By mid-day Friday the track was buzzing with action as people were rolling through the gates to get some seat time in at the practice session. The ever changing scenery at Xmas continued this weekend with the addition of a new split corner section and a tight sturn before the step up. The new sections really added some great passing opportunities. Saturday morning started out with sun and before anyone could see it coming, the skies opened up and huge rain drops started to fall in the middle of practice bringing the day to a temporary halt. Once the soupy mess of water and mud were removed from the track, the sun came back out and racing was finally able to get under way. After first few classes helped put some lines down, +25B/C rolled into the starting gate ready 10

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Drake Dionne navigating the new s-turn section of the track.

Warren began to pull away and West for their turn on the now tacky track. started to catch Ziebert as the white flag Upon reaching the first corner Chad flew. At the checkers Warren took the St.Amour, Nick Hess, and Joshua Tammi win. Kubowski was able to pass Hess came out in the top three spots. Then and finished fifth overall with 8-4 motos. Cody Warren quickly made his way to One of the most action packed races of the front of the pack as Hess was able to the day came from the 85Jr riders. Out pass St.Amour through the whoops and of the gate and reaching the corner first Michael Ziebert was able to make the was Jace Miller of Calumet, MI. Ezra pass on St.Amour around the sweeping Beach and Ethan Ebben were right in the sand corner before reaching the first mix. Beach pulled past Ebben up the hill green flag. Through the second and third after the start, then set his sights on Miller laps Ziebert was able to get by Hess and and the two swapped spots up the step up, Michael West was able to make a pass as through the woods, and then back down well, moving Hess back to fourth. Durthe step down. Miller hung on to the lead ing the fourth lap West was able to drag as they finished the first lap. Lance Torp race Ziebert through the uphill and take caught up to Ebben and the two were over second place. Warren went on to win the moto as Hess kept fourth place at the checkers. Rounding out the top five was Chris Morrison. After chatting with a few of the riders while they washed the thick mud off of their bikes, they said the muddy conditions definitely wore them out a little faster, but it was a great race! The key to moto two in all classes would be the perfect start, as the rain delay drew a vote to cut laps for the afternoon. The gate dropped for moto two, and it was the Kawasaki of Ziebert out front with Warren and Logan Poupore hot on his heels. Poupore went down near the spectator table top giving second place to Warren and moving West up to third. A quarter of the way through the second lap, Warren took the outside line of the new split section and was able to take the lead. West still ran in third as the battle for fourth was heating up between Hess and Nicholas Kubowski. Gavin Sargent finished 5th overall in 250C both days.

starting to put on the charge towards Miller and caught him in the tight s-turn section. Beach who had fallen back to sixth closed in on fourth and fifth places riders Paytyn Dosch and Ryder Johnson and was able to jump past them on the double. Ebben caught Miller and swept the outside corner of the split section to take over the lead. Miller and Torp ran a close race during lap four before Torp made his pass into second place. Moto two was a two lap shootout for these riders, as they were flying around the track. Added to the mix this time was Deegan Vanvreede who had made the trek from Loretta Lynn’s to make this D16 race. He pulled the holeshot over Ebben and Torp. Vanvreede pulled away to win the moto as Ebben ran a solid second place. Coming to the checkers, Beach put in a last big push to try to make his way into third past Torp, but wouldn’t be able to pull it off at the line. Miller came in fifth right on Johnsons, giving him 3-5 finishes for fourth overall . Even with the day ending a little later on Saturday, that didn’t stop people from heading to the sandy beaches of Lake Superior to cool off. Races and their families were treated to another high quality fireworks show before bed as well. Sunday morning the sun greeted riders and the day was able to get underway without any rain. As the Vet A riders lined the gate, you could tell it was going to be one of the best races of the day. Grabbing the CYCLE USA, September 2018

holeshot was Travis Grendzinski, but Andrew Zambon wasted no time putting his Kawasaki out front. Broc Stroebel moved up from seventh, then set his sights on Grendzinski in second place and was finally able to overtake him once making it through the third woods section. Many of the racers were running in tight groups of two or three each battling and pushing each other for position. Josh Brehm made his way around Brad Johnson, and then caught and passed Grendzinski. Also cracking the top five on lap four was Ben Bernard who passed Johnson. In moto two Grendzinski found himself out front early and like the first moto, Zambon was able to take over the number one position quickly. Stroebel found himself down just after the start leaving him in the twelfth spot. Eric Uren made the push on lap two and charged past Andrew Hazen on the spectator table top. As the top five began to separate themselves from the rest of the riders, the closest battle on the track was actually over sixth position between Keith Degrand and Hazen. They swapped positions until Degrand was able to pass and hang onto sixth place for the remainder of the moto. On the final lap Brehm was able to pass Gradzinski to secure third place. Once again the hard work and dedication of the Xmas crew was on full display as they made sure the track was race ready for the riders, families, and spectators. The ongoing improvements of this facility and enjoyment that could be seen from the riders assure that the 2017 District 16 Fan Favorite Track still has a lot up its sleeve. Saturday Results: +25A: 1.Nathen LaPorte 2.Broc Stroebel 3.Ben Bernard 4.Travis Grendzinski 5.Keith Degrand 65 Open 6-11: 1.Hayden Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil 2.Chad Schmitt 3.Ryder Kroupa 4.Cole Goedert 5.Daylon Teddy +25B/C: 1.Cody Warren 2.Michael Ziebert 3.Michael West 4.Nick Hess 5.Nicholas Kubowski Sports B/C: 1.Trevor Edwards 2.Ryan Kanerva 3.Caden Couture 4.Anthony Lindholm 5.CJ Petosky +40: 1.Tom Luckey 2.Cory Croschere 3.William Balko 4.Paul Haltvick 5.Steve Lubahn 250A: 1.Kyle Koosmann 2.Austin Hamburgur 3.John Adams +40A: 1.Josh Krueger 2.Darin Dionne 3.Troy Lipka 4.Brian McCanna 5.Marc Ottenad

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50Jr: 1.Braxton Gauthier 50Sr: 1.Cole Goedert 2.Zack Augustine 3.Mason McCanna 4.Taylor Ebben 5.Kullen Beach 85cc 9-11: 1.Ethan Ebben 2.Lance Torp 3.Ezra Beach 4.Jace Miller 5.Ryder Johnson 85cc 12-15: 1.Kyle Zuleger 2.Hayden Pawlowski +30A: 1.Broc Stroebel 2.Ben Bernard 3.Josh Krueger 4.Travis Grendzinski 5.Aaron Stroebel +30 B/C: 1.Nicholas Kubowski 2.Chris Frisch 3.Cory Augustine 4.Chad St.Amour 5.Matthew Foley 2 Stroke Open: 1.Tristin Woolf +50: 1.Michael Themel 2.Mark Joseph 3.Paul Haltvick 4.Steve Lubahn Women: 1.Desirae Steier 2.Makayla Peterson 3.Mariah Lacount 4.Halley Halberg 5.Alyssa Zeitler Open B: 1.Bodie Diehl 2.Brock Noreen 3.Marco Gravedoni 4.Ryan Kanerva 5.Brice Sundquist Open C: 1.Hayden Zurn 2.Chris Morrison 65cc 7-11: 1.Brad Ottenad 2.Kane Kalies 3.Chad Schmitt 4.Ryder Kroupa 5.Daylon Teddy 125 Open: 1.Andrew Combs 2.Blaise Morrison 3.Preston Maki 4.Drake Dionne 5.Cale Huotari 85 Open 9-13: 1.Ethan Ebben 2.Kyle Zuleger 3.Jace Miller 4.Ryder Johnson 5.Lance Torp 250B: 1.Brock Noreen 2.Marco Gravedoni 3.Caden Couture 4.CJ Petosky 5.Bodie Diehl 250C: 1.Vince Hughes 2.Tristin Woolf 3.Kyle Starnes 4.Hayden Zurn 5.Gavin Sargent Schoolboy 1: 1.Andrew Combs 2.Blaise Morrison 3.Drake Dionne 4.Preston Maki 5.Cole Torp Open A: 1.Nathen LaPorte 2.Kyle Koosmann 3.Austin Hamburgur Sunday Results: 250C: 1.Tristin Woolf 2.CJ Petosky 3.Hayden Zurn 4.Kyle Starnes 5.Gavin Sargent 65cc 7-11: 1.Brad Ottenad 2.Chad Schmitt 3.Kane Kalies 4.Chase Dionne 5.Ryder Kroupa Sportsman B/C: 1.Brock Noreen 2.Anthony Lind-

The Hess family enjoying a day at the race track.

holm 3.Ryan Kanerva 4.CJ Petosky +40: 1.Cory Croschere 2.Tom Luckey 3.Amos Bell 4.William Balko 5.Timothy VanVreede +25 B/C: 1.Cody Warren 2.Michael West 3.Nicholas Kubowski 4.Logan Poupore 5.Chad St.Amour +40A: 1.Joshua Brehm 2.Marc Ottenad 3.Josh Krueger 4.Brian McCanna 250A: 1.Kyle Koosman 2.John Adams 250B: 1.Vince Hughes 2.Marco Gravedoni 3.Anthony Lindholm 4.Brice Sundquist 5.Sam Adams 50Jr: 1.Cole Bell 50Sr: 1.Cole Goedert 2.Zack Augustine 3.Taylor Ebben 4.Mason McCanna 5.Kullen Beach 85Jr: 1.Deegan VanVreede 2.Ethan Ebben 3.Ezra Beach 4.Lance Torp 5.Jace Miller 85Sr: 1.Ranger Flinchum 2.Kyle Zuleger +30A: 1.Andrew Zambon 2.Joshua Brehm 3.Travis Grendzinski 4.Ben Bernard 5.Broc Strobel +30B/C: 1.Nicholas Kubowski 2 Stroke Open: 1.Tristin Woolf +50: 1.Michael Themel 2.Mark Joseph 3.Paul Haltvick 4.Steve Lubahn Women: 1.Desirae Steier 2.Makayla Peterson 3.Halley Halberg 4.Mariah Lacount 5.Siera Balko Open B: 1.Marco Gravedoni 2.Ryan Kanerva 3.Brice Sundquist 4.Trevor Edwards Open C: 1.Hayden Zurn 2.Daegan Tuoriniemi 3.Noah Smet 65 Open 6-11: 1.Hayden Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil 2.Chad Schmitt 3.Cole Goedert 4.Zach Augustine 5.Ryder Kroupa 125 Open: 1.Ranger Flinchum 2.Andrew Combs 3.Preston Maki 4.Blaise Morrison 5.Joshua Brehm +25A: 1.John Vandezande 2.Travis Grendzinski 3.Ben Bernard 4.Ryan Johnson 5.Chad Nyberg 85 Open 9-13: 1.Deegan Vanvreede 2.Lance Torp 3.Jace Miller 4.Dimetri Balko 5.Ethan Ebben Schoolboy 1: 1.Ranger Flinchum 2.Andrew Combs 3.Blaise Morrison 4.Preston Maki 5.Cale Huotari Open A: 1.Kyle Koosmann 2.John Vandezande 3.Adam Smet

Racing still HOT in Byron

#105 Jeremy Rybak traded moto wins with #85 Steven Minkus... getting the 250C overall after winning the second moto.

Byron Illinois - August 5 By Josh Rud, ShiftOnePhotography.com

he Nuclear Series got back underway at the beginning of August with the season winding down faster than one could blink. The year has really flown by with Motosports Park having a lot of trouble dodging Mother Nature early on. Today was another great day out here with the weather being wonderful and the track holding up great all day. With the sun out and the temperatures high, it kept the track workers on their toes today - and they handled it very well. The races today were as intense as ever with a lot of good motos to watch. Heading out for their first moto was +30B/C to put on a good show. Off the line it was a battle for the lead with Eran Salzmann jumping out front followed by Cory Lingle, Jeremy Barone and all the others keeping it pinned through the turn around the tower. They were heading into the sweeper as Barone slid into second ahead of Lingle. Then, around the back of the track Lingle made the push all the way up to the front. Shaking things up as well was Matthew Slager, hitting it hard to make it into second. This left Salzmann in third and holding off the pack after things changed so quickly. Slager was on the gas, getting into the lead with Lingle now holding off Brandon Hastings who moved into third,

but Salzmann wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t to be counted out keeping right on him through the sand rollers down the hill. After an exciting

outing the checkered flag was out giving Slager the win, Lingle keeping second and Salzmann back into third.

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In the second moto Slager returned to win once again, this time with Salzmann in second place moving up to second overall as Lingle finished third. 250C was next up with a large gate out there, ready to give it their all. The first moto got underway with Steven Minkus grabbing the holeshot followed by Jake Luchini and Daniel Mormino. Heading into the sweeper Andrew Voegtle turned up the heat, moving into third. As everyone spread out Minkus was holding down the lead with Luchini close and now James Waldron had moved into third where the battle was really going on. As they came around for the third lap, things had shifted once again. Minkus was starting to pull a gap as Luchini tipped it over in the corner and Jeremy Rybak worked himself up to second, ahead of Voegtle. After some great racing they came across the line in the same order. In the second moto things shook up with Rybak having a much better start and tak-

ing the win plus the overall, that left Minkus in second and Voegtle third to round out the podium for the day. The great racing wasn’t close to over as Schoolboy 1 was in staging for their second moto. In the first moto it was Hunter Billingsley taking the win followed by Mitchell Malaney and Kevin Huddleston. The gates dropped on the second moto with three wide coming in the first turn. Edging out front around the tower was Spencer Whitney with Huddleston and Billingsley right behind him as the chase got underway. Running down the hill to the sweeper Billingsley didn’t waste any time holding it wide open and charging hard through the next few sections. It wasn’t long before Billingsley had taken over the lead with Huddleston in second as Malaney took over third after getting pinched off on the start. The top three were close the entire race as they went back and forth several times only to get right back where they started. It came

Elgin, IL’s Radko Tomko pulled down a second in 85Sr then finished fourth in SuperMini.

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down to the final lap giving Malaney an opportunity to take over second and make it stick. Crossing the line it was Billingsley taking the win and the overall, Malaney in for second and Huddleston holding on for third. It was another great day of action at Motosports Park. More will be in store for with a couple events still on the table once the Nuke series comes to an end, the awards play day, and the always exciting Halloween race just to name a few. Results: +25A: 1.Ty Tyrrell 2.Eric Feuillerat 3.Daniel Sanders 4.Michael Kingstad 5.John Medcalf Schlby 2 (12-16 250F): 1.Eddie Norred Jr 2.James Waldron 3.Collin Hillary 4.Trace Franzke 85JR. (9-11): 1.Hunter Savage 2.Zane Siminak 3.William Tucker 4.Christopher Colantoni 5.Kallin Thomas 85SR. (12-15): 1.Talan Zollers 2.Radko Tomko 3.Brandon Bollino 4.Nathan Bills 5.Zachery A. Johnson 50JR. (4-6): 1.Owen Shull 2.Lincoln Paxton 3.Jackson Senft 50SR. (7-8): 1.Landon Whitney 2.Jax Ellul 3.Tom Luberda 4.Jax Huston 5.Matthew Alshouse +40B-C: 1.Eran Salzmann 2.Brian Tobianski 3.Jeremy Barone 4.Joe Patton 5.Joshua Kreger 125cc (12+): 1.Hunter Billingsley 2.Kevin Huddleston Jr 3.Spencer Whitney 4.Trace Franzke Women (12+): 1.Brooke Kennebeck 2.Shelby Steichen 50cc (4-8): 1.Levi Gower 2.Lincoln Paxton 3.Christopher Smallberger 4.Lexi Gower 5.Carson Lingle Open C: 1.Steven Minkus 2.Eric Brinkmann 3.Jake Luchini 4.Luke Jackson 5.Spencer Cruthis +50A: 1.Roy Nafzger 2.David Hayes 3.Anthony Bartemio 4.Harry Friedman 5.Tim Boblin Open A: 1.Conner Burger 2.Nick Wallace 3.Eric Feuillerat 4.Ty Tyrrell 5.Rj Mackenzie 250B: 1.Eddie Norred Jr 2.Joseph Voegtle 3.Nicholas Gaskell 4.Dustin Sikorski 5.Michael Billon Schlby 1 (12-16): 1.Hunter Billingsley 2.Mitchell Malaney 3.Kevin Huddleston 4.Spencer Whitney 5.Ian Murphy +30A: 1.Travis Ruchti 2.John Medcalf +30B-C: 1.Matthew Slager 2.Eran Salzmann 3.Cory Lingle 4.Brandon Hastings 5.Brian Kooistra 65JR. (7-9): 1.William Tucker 2.Corbin Durbin 3.Gunnar Heikkila 4.Bryce Arnold 5.Landon Whitney 65SR. (10-11): 1.Hunter Savage 2.Tanner Haddon 3.Preston Zollers 4.Nathan Bierbom 250C: 1.Jeremy Rybak 2.Steven Minkus 3.Andrew Voegtle 4.Jake Luchini 5.James Waldron Open B: 1.Eddie Norred Jr 2.Scott Kooistra 3.Dustin Sikorski 4.Deven Fell 5.Nathan Rega Vintage: 1.Brian Kooistra 2.Tony Guthrie 3.Shane Simonton 4.Joshua Kreger 5.Mark Thompson Mini Open 7-11: 1.Zane Siminak 2.Gunnar Heikkila 3.Tanner Haddon 4.Brackyn Massie 5.Christopher Colantoni SuperMini (12-16): 1.Mitchell Malaney 2.Talan Zollers 3.Brandon Bollino 4.Radko Tomko 5.Zachery Johnson 250A: 1.Conner Burger 2.Rj Mackenzie 3.Michael Kingstad 14-24: 1.Nicholas Gaskell 2.Joseph Voegtle 3.Edward Kline 4.Jarrett Winder 5.Andrew Voegtle +40A: 1.Roy Nafzger 2.David Hayes 3.David Degelau +25B-C: 1.Scott Kooistra 2.Nicholas Czechowicz 3.Cory Lingle 4.Jake Luchini 5.Brandon Hastings +50B-C: 1.Tony Guthrie 2.Joe Patton 3.Joseph Voegtle 4.Andy Kooistra 5.Michael Snider +60: 1.Tim Boblin 2.David Thomas 3.Steve Medcalf 4.Mike Abt

Waterford, WIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jackson Senft rode to third place in the 50cc 4-6 class.

Fox Valley Double Header frey and Thompson swapped motos. Holda powered his green machine to a win and this whole group that came were ecstatic about the competition and fun the day provided. +40B/C - for the "almost" old people was the largest class of the day. Hot on it's heals was +50B/C. Between the two older people classes there were 28 riders. Interesting how these guys see the process of 20+ minute motos, 10am starts and heading home at 3pm with a solid hour of racing in just one class. Secret looks to be getting out by the looks of it. Noteable mention in this class was Frank Henry Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first race earned him a fifth place finish in 50Jr. Rowley, after a very long Wedron, Illinois - July 28/29 time off the bike he shows up to race, Photos by Nick Smith 11th overall doesn't seem news worthy

but the smile and fun made it so. +50B/C has been Jeff Oldenburgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play ground as of late. But today Dan Kickbusch and Tim Halsmer made him earn it. Oldenburg had a rare first moto finishing third but the two moto format of Gp racing gets you a second chance. He came back with a solid win and Kickbusch couldn't get around Halsmer to secure the win and had to settle for third. Brody Brewer in the 65cc class this year is his first season trying some woods racing and like his typical style and speed he has excelled. He won the class with Jakee Hasten going 2-2 for second while Cooper Duff came from southern IL to grab third. Notable mentions; Garrett Ward won the Open class but bike problems dropped him to fourth in the A class. Blake Ryan who is one of the strongest GP racers at the moment took the A class win. Joe Voegtle has been putting in solid rides in both classes making the classes very competitive. Day 2 saw many camping over and staying for the Hare Scrambles event. The threat of rain was pulled mid day on

ou get two types of weather in July, hot and hotter. Riders still braved the conditions and did an excellent job of competition through out this final weekend of July. Kicking off the weekend on Saturday morning was a group of GP racers ready to see what kind of layout would be happening this day. Some how this type of racing has been billed as MX vs Woods riders. The fact is that there are all types racing Gran Prix's and more and more riders are defining themselves as "GP riders". This is in part a story of the new kids coming into this sport and the way it transpired. First though there was some pretty good racing. 14/29C class, Nick Holda brought out his kx this weekend to try a GP, and Alex Grunder was also here to make sure his points lead was safe. Nolyn Thompson ventured out of his comfort zone (sx racing) and did some tree dodging with Chris Godfrey pushing his Honda to the limits to keep a solid top five pace. God16

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Chris Bretwieser topped all the Quad riders on Sunday.

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Jeff Oldenburg won +50B/C both days.

Saturday so Sunday became another scorcher, thankfully some early morning clouds kept it tolerable til late in the day. The morning started off with kids. 85's and 65's on the big course with 65 beginners on the little course. This was the local kids day today. Landon Lee from the famed Lee Excavating family holeshotted and led the entire event. It wasn't a run away, rather a hard fought battle with the Doer twins. Reece Doer at first was coming from a little ways back but Regan Doer pushed on Lee early in the hour race. Jake Mueller was running 4th. Off the pace a little he was riding his own race with Ayden White doing what he had to, earning top five. Once the race got settled in a bit the Doer kids traded places and it was Regan pushing on Landon to try to get the victory, but as time expired Lee held on for the win. 65cc was equally good with Jake Hasten putting in some solid laps right ahead of Brody Brewer. This could have been 18

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one of his first Hare Scramble events, Hasten was faster in the tight stuff and Brewer on the open areas did well. In the end Hasten won by about a minute with Ethan Fox finishing third. The 50Jr class had an ability variance that is seen in this class from time to time as it is where future riders start their racing "history". Wyatt Johnson put in a solid ten laps for the win with Cassie Fairfield taking second with nine. The next three contestants are all riders who in the last few races are brand new. Weston Sticha and best friend Ethan Breitwieser have been bangin out laps at the riding park for a while now, this being their third race, dads don't have to run behind and help as much. But for Eric Smith today was his day to get that coveted exercise. Henry Smith's first race was today! Henry had his share of spills but there was plenty of help to make sure he kept going. Not sure how dad managed to race the afternoon class

in +30B and take a third after jogging around behind Henry for better part of a half hour. It's always a good day when the little ones have fun and get around, particularly if it's the first race out. Races come and go, but everyone remembers their first race, their first award and all the rest surrounding that day. This was Henry Smith's day to remember. AA class didn't have a turn out, but Matt Mcdonald seen some easy points so he got on his buddy's machine and played around for the win. Garrett Ward actually overalled the event with Sklyar Harkless in second. The A class was surprised at the end of the day with AA purse being paid to them. Elijah Berryman didn't have the clutch trouble he had at CCDR a month ago and came from behind to pass the others in the morning race for the overall. Beating Greg Gourley who is 3x his age by 23 seconds. Kevin Finefield and Gourley were a mere second apart at the finish

Open C class riders off the start on Sunday.

line. They had solid performances for this event. Once again the +50 classes and Open C were the biggest of the day, seems like in woods racing the older folks can still be compete and have a fun day of racing year in and out. Fox Valley Off Road's next event is Sept 15th and 16th. GP/ HS double headers for both of it's remaining race weekends, the event on Sunday is also a WFO points event which is always a good time. Sunday Hare Scramble Results: +20B: 1.Joseph Dowjotas 2.John Dowjotas 3.Drake Fairfield 4.Anthony Dowjotas 5.Jordan Emmons Open C: 1.Robert Bland 2.Colin Armour 3.Lucas Roberts 4.Jeremy Fuchs 5.Trevor Keogh +30A: 1.Luke Kaszyaski 2.Brian Nicholson

+30B: 1.Justin Long 2.Peter Kavsky 3.Chris Mroczkowski 4.Eric Smith 5.Derek Piecha +30C: 1.Josh Buchen 2.Joshua Billington 3.Slawek Lesny 4.Justin Sonnentag 5.Adam White +40A: 1.Randy Southard 2.Eric Wheelwright 3.Joe Janas 4.Kevan Zini 5.Rick Jacobson +40B: 1.Miro Tuska 2.Jay Porter 3.Duncan Gray 4.Matt Vincient +40C: 1.Edward Greenlee 2.Kerry Mossman 3.Todd Harrington 4.Greg Lesny 5.Shyloh Hoffman 50JR: 1.Wyatt Johnson 2.Cassie Fairfield 3.Weston Sticha 4.Ethan Breitwieser 5.Henry Smith 50SR: 1.Cooper Duff 2.Travis Lentz 3.Kaden Bertoli +50A: 1.Gregory Gourley 2.Kevin Finefield 3.Jeff Kallemeyn 4.Tim Hemstreet 5.Donald Chasteen +50B/C: 1.Jeff Oldenburg 2.Daniel Kickbusch 3.Jeff Phelps 4.Joel Huggins 5.Lyle Piecha +60: 1.Rick Mahrt 2.Brian Buffo 3.Steve Creagan 4.Jeff Whittington 65cc Beginner: 1.Jackson Piecha 2.Ashten Tritsch 3.Trey Lee 65cc: 1.Jake Hasten 2.Brewer. Brody 3.Fox Ethan 4.Jack Allgeyer 5.Tyler Lentz 85cc: 1.Landon Lee

2.Reece Doerr 3.Regan Doerr 4.Jake Mueller 5.Ayden White 200C: 1.Elijah Berryman 2.Alex Grunder 3.Chad Phelps 4.Camden Thomas 5.Colin Halloran Open A: 1.Garrett Ward 2.Skyler Harkless 3.Jeremy Smith 4.Dunstin McDonald 5.Steven Daniels Open B: 1.Eli Otterbach 2.Kevin Halloran 3.Michael Snyder 4.Thor Rick AA: 1.Matthew McDonald Super Mini: 1.Ashton Lyons 2.Connor Pilon 3.Billy Weirup 4.Anthony Walsh 5.Jimmy Voce Thumper: 1.Michael Blaydes Vintage: 1.Kevin Purl 2.Mark Caballero Women: 1.Missy Norton 2.Nikki Dixon 3.Krysten Merchantz 4.Alli Kocher 5.Kimberly Blaydes 4 Wheel A: 1.Chris Breitwieser 2.Mickey Martin 3.Zachary Haggerty 4.Brent Coyle 5.Adam Robledo 4 Wheel B: 1.KALE WALSH 2.Ronald Martin 4 Wheel C: 1.Matt Sodaro 2.Jasen Taghan 3.Rick Gilsdorf

4Wheel YTH: 1.Matthew Wright

Mike Snider at his first GP event on Saturday. CYCLE USA, September 2018

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Arkansaw MX - Moto Heaven Arkansaw, Wisconsin - July 28/ 29 By Doug Forstner, Photos by Kaila Forstner

racers all trying to take his fifth spot away from him during the last lap. In moto two Ramsay was able to wiggle into the lead and this time Wanta ran in the second spot all the way to the end. Fisher was solid in third. Behind him

hat do you get when you combine rolling hillside beauty, fantastic dirt, awesome summer weather, fireworks, a pit bike giveaway, many Torp family on the line before Lance’s door prizes, great food, start in 85cc 9-13 where he finished third. sweet trophies, good people and two days of racing at one of Wisconsin’s premier racing facilities? You guessed it! It was good to be back at the Arkansaw Cycle Park in bustling metropolis of Arkansaw, WI. Traffic was brutal coming in as we dodged many of the local whitetail creatures that inhabit the area. 2018 was the July Double Header 20 Year Anniversary race. The Richardson family hired in the Dirt Monkey LLC aka Marty Leum to do the pre dirty work and he had the track in tip top shape for the huge turnout of riders that showed up from Wisconsin and Minnesota to battle over the two day event. Open ride day on Friday and points races both Saturday and Sunday gave everyone ample ride time on the minty circuit. All was well on Friday for open ride and Saturday’s races were followed by an epic firework show to end the evening. Sunday, the 40B/C class was one to keep an eye on with the large turnout of sixteen riders. Moto one had Jeff Ramsay get out front and lead to the checkers. Jack Pogany was a solid second followed by Barry Weinzirl, Troy Fisher and Clint Wanta who had a flurry of

was where the action was at. Robert Burch, Michael Youngthunder, Weinzirl and Paul Haltvick were throwing down. At the checkers, Wanta went 5-2 for second followed by Fisher’s 4-3 scores. Weinzirl went 3-6 which was good enough for fourth just beating Burch who had a solid second moto for fifth overall. 250C had twenty-four riders on Sunday and Tristan Woolf was able to get through turn one first ahead of Dane Klinger and Shawn Haus. End of lap two, Klinger battled with Woolf through last straight away section before finish line and tried to sweep around the outside. Woolf held on and while that was developing Braden Warner made his way into third place ahead of Hayden Zurn. Kevin Gollubske moved up as well into fifth. At the checkers Klinger found a way into the lead ahead of Woolf. Warner finished

Grant Neubauer swept both 65cc 7-11 motos for the overall on Sunday. CYCLE USA, September 2018

Hortonville, WIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brady Schernick airing out his YZ in the 250A class at Arkansaw MX.

One of the many full gates during the weekend.

third followed by Zurn and Gollubske who were in about a six rider battle for those spots. Moto two, Klinger got in front along with John Meyer and Zurn. You could tell these guys have been improving all season as some of the battles were pretty intense - yet fairly clean racing. I was sitting down in the middle of the track and could even hear some metal clanks from the bar banging and rubbing that was going on in some of the bowl turns. Klinger stretched out his lead and Warner moved into the runner-up spot mid moto followed by Judea Youngthunder, Zurn and Gollubske. End of the race we had Klinger with the win, followed by Warner, Youngthunder, Zurn and Meyer. 65cc 7-11 was all about the Grant Neubauer show. He was able to get out front in moto one then check out from Brecken Maas. Lane Rhyme took home third place ahead of Brad Ottenad and

Kyler Gollubske who had a good holeshot and kept him up front with the leaders for much of the race. Moto two, again Neubauer took control and led to the checkers. Maas was consistent going 2-2 beating Ottenad who moved up a spot going 4-3 for third overall. Gollubske also moved up and went 5-4 for fourth beating Rhyme who finished seventh in the moto. Colton Berray and Jaggyr Wolf were knocking on the door to get inside that top five. 85cc 9-11 was led by Milo Maas from Chippewa Falls WI both motos. In moto one a good battle for second between Kameron Steindl and Lance Torp developed. Ryder Johnson, Brady Kirchner and Kyler Gollubske also had a good race going on. For the overall, it was Maas going 1-1, Steindl was 2-2 and Torp 3-3. Schoolboy 12-17 moto one had Cole Godfrey with the holeshot ahead of Brandon Martyniak and Reed Klinger. You

Pit bike donated by Extreme Motorsports, won by the McCanna family.

could throw a blanket over those three riders for the first half of the moto. Behind them was a heck of battle for fourth with a couple riders. Martyniak finally found a way around Godfrey and was able to take that checker flag first, followed by Godfrey, Klinger, Aiden McCormick and Jake Hunger. Moto two, Martyniak grabbed the lead followed by Godfrey and Klinger and everyone was wondering if Godfrey had enough gas in the tank to make a run at Martyniak and swap moto positions. On the second lap, Martyniak went down in the first turn giving the lead to Godfrey with Klinger right on his tail. By the end of that lap, Martyniak made up the gap from his tip over and was back on the leaders. On the last lap he was able to get around both riders in the new s turn section before the valley plateaus and back into the lead. He finished 1-1 ahead of Godfrey and Klinger. Hunger made up a spot and took home fourth ahead of McCormick. The Richardsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s would like to thank everyone for coming to the event and also all that helped out. Including a big thanks to Extreme Motorsports, FLY Racing, Motovation Training Facility, Dirt Monkey LLC, Best Tile Werks, Earley Drywall, Robs Performance, MC Builders, Aztalan Inn Bar and Grill, Komroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sales and Service, Chippewa Valley Hospital, JM Watkins Locker, Corral Bar and Riverside Grill, Dairy Queen, Prime Realty, For Petes Sake Bar and Grill, Ed Rankin and Sons Trucking, Good Side Images, Richardson Pump Service and Menomonie Motorsports. Arkansaw Cycle Park: 7/29/18: 85cc 9-11: 1.Milo Maas 2.Kameron Steindl 3.Lance Torp 4.Ryder Johnson 5.Kyler Gollubske Open A: 1.Seth Doeberlein 2.Kyle Hameister CYCLE USA, September 2018

Brad Ottenad pushes to a third place finish in 65cc 7-11

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Open B: 1.Alex Bresina 2.Nicholas Randrup 3.Ian Beal 4.Nate Remington 5.Jeremy Noreen Open C: 1.Dane Klinger 2.Hayden Zurn 3.Judea Youngthunder 4.Kody Stevens 5.Jake Robinson 51cc 7-8: 1.Brecken Maas 2.Zack Augustine 3.Cole Goedert 4.Mason Mccanna 5.Hunter Kirchner 51cc 4-6: 1.Jett Wolf 2.Avery Henry 3.Skyler Fritz 4.Alainah Rhyme 5.Kodie Kadinger +30A: 1.Justin Fluger 2.Travis Grendlinski 3.Tom Ferguson 4.Bradley Johnson +30B/C: 1.Nate Remington 2.Aaron Bechel 3.Josh Meysembourg 4.Troy Fisher 5.Jake Dennison +50: 1.Wayne Welzien 2.Doug Forstner 3.Jeff Ramsay 4.Richard Becker 5.Jack Pogany 85cc 9-13: 1.Kameron Steindl 2.Milo Maas 3.Lance Torp 4.Ryder Johnson 14-24BC: 1.Nicholas Randrup 2.Joshua Becker 3.Clayton Rankin 4.Dustin Erickson 5.Gage Neubauer Women: 1.Kendra Randrup 2.Kaila Forstner 250A: 1.Seth Doeberlein 2.Brady Schernick 250B: 1.Brock Noreen 2.Alex Bresina 3.Lucas Zimmerman 4.Gavin Burch 5.Jacob Maas 250C: 1.Dane Klinger 2.Braden Warner 3.Hayden Zurn 4.Judea Youngthunder 5.Tristin Woolf +40A: 1.Marc Ottenad 2.Brian Mccanna 3.Tom Ferguson 4.Wayne Welzien +40B/C: 1.Jeff Ramsay 2.Clint Wanta 3.Troy Fisher 4.Barry Weinzirl 5.Robert Burch 2-Stroke B/C: 1.Brandon Martyniak 2.Cole Godfrey 3.Tristin Woolf 4.Trevor Trachte 5.Kyle Kohls +25A: 1.Kyle Hameister 2.Travis Grendlinski +25B/C: 1.Nate Remington 2.Pat Kumm 3.Joshua Tammi 4.Jake Robinson 5.Michael West SchBoy 1 12-17: 1.Brandon Martyniak 2.Cole Godfrey 3.Reed Klinger 4.Jake Hunger 5.Aidan Mccormick 65cc 7-11: 1.Grant Neubauer 2.Brecken Maas 3.Brad Ottenad 4.Kyler Gollubske 5.Lane Rhyme 125cc: 1.Reed Klinger 2.Aidan Mccormick 3.Cole Torp 4.Doug Forstner 5.Gage Neubauer 65 Open: 1.Brecken Maas 2.Lane Rhyme 3.Jaggyr Wolf 4.Isaac Opalewski 5.Cole Goedert

Perfect Night of Megacross

Liam Neill finished third in both 50Jr and 50cc 4-8.

Mendota, Illinois - August 18 By Josh Rud, ShiftOnePhotography.com

egacross got back underway August eighteenth after two races in a row to make up for the rain earlier in the summer. At the beginning of the month everyone was treated to a new layout on the track which took out the table top across the fence, extended the straight away, and added a bowl turn to spice things up. The new layout definitely added more opportunities for passing. Tonight in particular the track was looking great. There was a lot of time spent the day before getting water down and everything ready for action. The time was well spent and as the night went on the track was getting better, making for some really fun racing to watch.

The summer is going by fast as ever with the last few races of 2018 looming, and the fight to finish will certainly be strong with everyone going after those all important points. Starting off the night with a great action was the 125 class. Off the line it was Kash Schnowske jumping out front with Garrett Ward and Gavin Sienkiewicz right on his back tire. Schnowske held on into the whoops for the lead with Austin Beaty sneaking to the inside to take second with Sienkiewicz right behind as the pack battled to the table tops. Heading down the straight Sienkiewicz pulled hard to take over second leaving Beaty back to battle with Ward who was charging hard. It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take long before Ward was dove to the inside before the finish to take over third, continueing the

push to the front. As the pack came around for the second lap Schnowske had the lead locked down as Ward won a battle with Sienkiewicz, blasting the inside before the finish to keep the drive moving as they hit the whoops. Then Schnowske laid the bike down in the corner before the whoops allowing Ward to make the pass for the lead. Schnowske got up to keep second just ahead of Sienkiewicz. After a very exciting five laps, the checkered flag marked Wardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the win, ahead of Schnowske and Sienkiewicz. Supermini was another exciting class to watch tonight with some great passing out there tonight. Off the line it was Lucas Geistler blasting off the gate, followed by Connor Pilon and Zachary Brunner leading everyone around the first turn. Heading into the whoops Talan Zollers held a skinny line through the inside and was able to jump in behind Geistler, taking second leaving Brunner in third to fight off the pack. Geistler was already making a gap as they came down the straight. Ian Murphy got caught in the traffic off the start was making moves and soon up to Brunner, looking for a way around. Coming back around on the third lap Geistler now had a sizable lead with Zollers trying to make up time. Murphy finally got a good run through the table tops and was able to beat Brunner down the straight to secure third through the bowl turn. As the laps ticked by Geistler hung on up front for the win with Zollers and Murphy rounding out the podium. Open C was one to watch tonight with every gate full, making for a very tense start for everyone. The gates dropped to the pack all pushing hard to the first turn as Emily Smith got out front on her Kawasaki for the holeshot. Right behind was Brett Aimone and Tanner Galyen. As they moved to the hairpin before the whoops a giant pile up happened on the collecting many riders. Making it through into the whoops unscathed was Aimone taking the lead, Galyen in second and Jack Sparks moving up to third. Flying up into the turn after the straight CYCLE USA, September 2018

Nate Bierbom raced to second place in 65Sr.

was Kevin Mulligan taking it wide to grab third with several riders now up towards the front looking to challenge. Lane Christians was on a mission, making quick work of jumping into third then second in the next turn ahead of Galyen. Mulligan fought back to get third after a great performance out there tonight. Aimone came across with the win with Christians keeping second after a great ride ahead of Mulligan. The night wrapped up with another successful Megacross race in the books. The summer is certainly slipping away with everyone heading back to school soon and weather starting to feel much more reasonable. Megacross isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t showing any signs of slowing down with everyone out there going for the best finishes possible. The points are getting tight in a lot of classes and everyone is starting to feel the excitement. Kyleigh McLaughlin won the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s class.

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Megacross Results: 125cc: 1.Garrett Ward 2.Kash Schnowske 3.Gavin Sienkiewicz 4.Austin Beaty 5.Nolyn Thompson 14-24A: 1.Nick Wallace 14-24B: 1.Hunter Billingsley 2.Nick Blumer 3.Charles McCook 4.Thor Rick 5.Austin Beaty +25A: 1.Brian White 2.Charles Buffum 3.Dade Noones 4.Trevor Renko +25B: 1.Benjamin Schmidt 2.James Bagby 3.Brent Johnson 4.Lucas Stambaugh 5.Brandon Hastings 250A: 1.Tom Hofmaster 2.Brian White 3.RJ Mackenzie 250B: 1.Jonah Geistler 2.Gavin Sienkiewicz 3.Austin Beaty 4.Thor Rick 5.Matt St John 250C: 1.Luke Jackson 2.Nolyn Thompson 3.Justin Heyde 4.Ethan Eslinger 5.Austin Kember 250C-2: 1.Lane Christians 2.James Waldron 3.Austin Plunle 4.Brett Aimone 5.Kyleigh McLaughlin +30A: 1.Tom Hofmaster 2.Charles Buffum 3.Brian White +30B/C: 1.James Bagby 2.Cory Lingle 3.Lucas Stambaugh 4.Brandon Hastings 5.Jay Jahns +40A: 1.Larry Dean Bank +40B/C: 1.Tim Palka 2.Matthew Carpenter 3.Doug Harms 4.Kevin Lee 5.Shawn Christen 50Jr: 1.Lincoln Paxton 2.Ryder Salas 3.Liam Neill 4.Holden Lamkin 5.Jaxon Zimmerman 50Sr: 1.Landon Whitney 2.Jax Ellul 3.Cashton Dilly 4.Grant Robinson 5.Emmett Balcer +50: 1.Larry Dean Bank 2.Chris Ravencroft 3.Scott Little 50cc 4-8: 1.Lincoln Paxton 2.Ryder Salas 3.Liam Neill 4.Skye McCarville 5.Holden Lamkin 65Jr: 1.Gunnar Heikkila 2.Landon Whitney 65Sr: 1.Preston Zollers 2.Nate Bierbom 3.Brody Brewer 65cc Beg: 1.Trey Lee 2.Chase Beake 3.Phoenix Uthe 85Jr: 1.Ayden Oppenlander 2.Jake Mueller 3.Reece Doerr 4.Regan Doerr 5.Kody Groth 85Sr: 1.Lucas Geistler 2.Talan Zollers 3.Landon Lee 4.Casey Palka 5.Zachery Johnson 85cc 9-13: 1.Landon Lee 2.Zachery Johnson 3.Jake Mueller 4.Charley Ravencroft 5.Alec Glaser Open A: 1.Tom Hofmaster 2.RJ Mackenzie 3.Nick Wallace 4.Trevor Renko 5.Dade Noones Open B: 1.Jonah Geistler 2.Gavin Sienkiewicz 3.Matt St John 4.Charles McCook 5.Nate Hornung Open C: 1.Brett Aimone 2.Lane Christians 3.Kevin Mulligan 4.Tanner Galyen 5.Jack Sparks Schlboy: 1.Kash Schnowske 2.Lane Christians 3.James Waldron 4.Ian Murphy Super Mini: 1.Lucas Geistler 2.Talan Zollers 3.Ian Murphy 4.Zachary Brunner 5.Casey Palka Women: 1.Kyleigh McLaughlin 2.Emily Smith 3.Kimberly Blaydes 4.Amber Logeland 5.Ashleigh Newmarker Nick Wallace on the gas in 14-24A. CYCLE USA, September 2018

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Wisconsin’s Hidden Gem Wittenburg, Wisconsin - July 15 by Doug Forstner, Photos by Kaila Forstner

ittenberg is pretty close to smack dab in the middle of Wisconsin. You can find it right off Highway 29 which runs from Green Bay all the way to Minnesota and it’s not far from the north and south corridor of I39. Thousands of motorists drive by the facility each day but I highly doubt most of them even know this motocross track is even there. Something that isn’t a secret is the fact that no one likes only one race weekend a year at this facility. This year was District 16 points racing on Saturday and Sunday so riders good enjoy ample time at the facility. Race action on Sunday was heating up as most riders by now had plenty of track time. After Saturday’s races, I heard a few positive comments on the couple of small changes to the track that everyone seemed to like. Both whoop sections were in prime condition and for once, we didn’t have to face any summer time storms so the track rutted up nicely. 250C was the largest class on the weekend and it was Tristan Woolf from Mercer who pulled the moto one holeshot over Dane Klinger, part time announcer Kevin Gollubske and the rest of the pack. On lap three Klinger made a move for the lead and took over the top spot from Woolf. The two eventually pulled away from Gollubske. On the last lap Easton Block had some issues allowing Gage Neubauer to take over fourth after making a few passes to move up during the moto. Hayden Zurn rounded out the top five. Zurn grabbed moto two holeshot with Gollubske running second. It didn’t take Klinger long to work his way to the front and on lap two he was back in command. Zurn held onto second ahead of Gollubske and Max Mayer who was running fourth. Tristan Alloway and John Meyer were also making their way up. Alloway got around Gollubske. Overall, Klinger went 1-1 and Zurn, with his good start in moto two gave him the runner up spot. Gollubske’s consistent 3-4 moto scores netted him the bronze medal ahead of Al30

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loway who went 6-3. The Peewee classes were a highlighted class as United Rentals stepped up and donated 2018 United Rentals Die Cast Collectable Water Trucks to the two class winners. As word spread, it was pretty evident these mini pilots were ready to get those top spots. Moto one saw Cole Goedert in 50Sr take the moto win over Zack Augustine and Brayton Wills capture the 50Jr win. Augustine put on a late moto charge to close the gap at the checkers and make it a heck of a race. Moto two saw a couple more challenges as Taylor Ebben and Mason Mccanna battled pretty much the entire moto in Sr. The battle out front was on and everyone

2 Stroke B/C winner Gabe Rasmussen

knew it was going to go down the finish line. At the checkers Goedert kept his composure and bagged the win over Augustine. Ebben finished third and Mccanna fourth. In 50Jr Wills got out front early and ran away from Jett Wolf and Avery Henry. Vinnie Lohman and Brayden Brandemuehl traded positions for fourth and fifth. 85cc 9-11 was a pretty full class and it was Ayden Price with the moto one win over Deegan VanVreede. Ethan Ebben took home third place ahead of Jace Miller and Lance Torp. Moto two again saw Price take command of the class and bring home the hardware going 1-1. VanVreede and Ebben were both solid and

The Wills family enjoying another great day at the races.

Open B: 1.Jeremy Noreen 2.Ian Beal 3.Joshua Nelson 4.Caden Damp Open C: 1.Dane Klinger 2.Hayden Zurn 3.Tristan Alloway 4.John Meyer 5.Gage Neubauer 14-24B/C: 1.Tyler Kalies 2.Tristin Fuerst 3.Colin Hass 4.Lukas Erdmann 5.Maxwell Mayer +25A: 1.Travis Grendzinsk 2.Michael Kingstad +25B/C: 1.Nicholas Czechowicz 2.Joshua Tammi 3.Nicholas Kubowski 4.Hayden Henry 5.Chris Morrison +30A: 1.Jason Heindl 2.Travis Grendzinsk 3.Cody Wills +30B/C: 1.Nicholas Kubowski 2.Matthew Foley 3.Steve Lubahn +40A: 1.Jason Heindl 2.Marc Ottenad 3.Brian Mccanna 4.Andy Bowman 5.Wayne Welzien +50: 1.Doug Forstner 2.Wayne Welzien 3.Paul Haltvick 4.Judd Koenitzer 5.Steve Lubahn Women: 1.Bryanne Wolf 2.Sierra Heindl 3.Kendra Tutt 4.Dana Hanna 5.Mariah Lacount 51cc 4-6: 1.Brayton Wills 2.Jett Wolf 3.Avery Henry 4.Vinnie Lohman 5.Brayden Brandemuehl 51cc 7-8: 1.Cole Goedert 2.Zack Augustine 3.Taylor Ebben 4.Mason Mccanna 65cc 7-11: 1.Brody Barth 2.Logan Kresal 3.Grant Neubauer 4.Ryan Berger 5.Brad Ottenad 85cc 9-11: 1.Ayden Price 2.Deegan Vanvreede 3.Ethan Ebben 4.Lance Torp 5.Jace Miller 85cc 9-13: 1.Ayden Price 2.Deegan Vanvreede 3.Gavin Templen 4.Ethan Ebben 5.Lance Torp 85cc 12-15: 1.Gavin Templen SchBoy 1: 1.Brandon Martyniak 2.Reed Klinger 3.Jake Hunger 4.Cole Torp 5.Trevor Trachte

consistent going 2-3. Torp got a fourth in moto two beating out Brad Ottenad. Schoolboy 1 saw Haiden Waelchli running up front in moto one before handing over the lead to Brandon Martyniak. Reed Klinger, Jake Hunger and Cole Torp ran top five early. Waelchli had bike problems and eventually dropped out. At the checkers, it was Martyniak, Klinger, Hunger, Torp and Dylan Thomson. Moto two, Waelchli was back and challenging for the lead but Martyniak got the taste of victory and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to give that up. Klinger and Hunger ran 34 behind the leaders. At the checkers it was Martyniak with the unbeatable 1-1 to get the overall. Klinger went 2-3 for second overall. With the sun and high humidity it took about three days to finally get hydrated but again when you only get one chance a year to have fun at the hidden gem in Wittenberg you give it everything you can to be there and do your best. Sunday Results: 2-Stroke B/C: 1.Gabe Rasmussen 2.Tristin Woolf 3.Nick Jacobson 4.Jake Hunger 5.Trevor Trachte 125cc: 1.Brandon Martyniak 2.Reed Klinger 3.Jake Hunger 4.Nick Jacobson 5.Doug Forstner +40B/C: 1.Jason Esker 2.Tim Vanvreede 3.Paul Haltvick 4.Judd Koenitzer 5.Steve Lubahn 65cc 5-9: 1.Brody Barth 2.Logan Kresal 3.Ryan Berger 4.Brad Ottenad 5.Chad Schmitt 250A: 1.Austin Hamburgur 2.Lukas Cobian 3.Brady Schernick 4.Michael Kingstad 250B: 1.Brock Noreen 2.Tyler Kalies 3.Haiden Waelchli 4.Nick Jacobson 5.Gavin Burch 250C: 1.Dane Klinger 2.Hayden Zurn 3.Kevin Gollubske 4.Tristan Alloway 5.Gage Neubauer Open A: 1.Lukas Cobian 2.Dennis Ponton Iii 3.Michael Kingstad 4.Austin Hamburgur

Nick Schumacher went to third overall in 85cc 9-13 on Saturday. CYCLE USA, September 2018

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Spring Creek Viking Clash Millville, Minnesota - August 19 By Rolfe Otterness

Ben Adamson trounced the assembled hordes to grab the glory in the A classes as Spring Creek MX Park hosted the eleventh annual Viking Clash. With cash on the line, there was a little more twist of the wrist as the A class riders throttled their way around the course but Adamson was able to wring the most out of his iron steed with a 1-1 finish in 250 and a 1-2 in the Open class. Jake Loberg showed that he might have had a chance to get an overall from Adamson by winning the second moto but tough luck in moto one led to a 7-1 score. There were a lot of other success stories as around 650 entries were totaled for the day, possibly due to the fact that the weather was finally cooperating a bit. Dry weather meant no major mud-scraping or heroic track maintenance was necessary. Along with the good weather the usual off-track entertainment on Saturday night (tug-of-war, live music, etc) helped make for another memorable weekend.

Leighton Oswald gets some extra attention on the podium after his victory in 50cc Oil Injected 4-8.

Marcus Winch powered down the start straight to grab the holeshot as the 250A

Ben Adamson flings his bike up the Collarbone floater jump.

class took to the track for their first moto. Adamson took the lead shortly into the first lap and began to edge away. Riley Kroone settled into third for a few laps with first Bailey Kroone and then Austin Kienast on his rear fender. There was a tight gaggle of riders crossing the line about ten seconds adrift of Adamson with Kienast taking third from R. Kroone on the last lap. Moto two featured Kienast grabbing one of the three J & B Pallets holeshot awards he would snare for the weekend. Adamson wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t messing around though and soon had the lead with Kienast dropping back after a spot of trouble. Patrick Miller and Bailey Kroone set up shop in second and third with Kenny Mandryk a bit behind. Adamson won with a decent lead while Miller finally crossed the finish line about a second or two clear of B. Kroone. Riley Kroone snapped up fourth with Kienast making it back to fifth after his earlier problems. Tyrell Williams led through turn one in the first Open C race. Casey Paider has been running well in that class this CYCLE USA, September 2018

Matt Meyers grabs a start in +25B.

year and was quick to take over out front with Ian Miller and Dan Dvorak also demoting Williams back to fourth on the first lap. Paider pushed beyond the limits at the bottom of Mount Martin and crashed in some tricky ruts. Miller was quickly by and so were a number of other riders before Paider could regain forward progress. Miller took it on home for the win with Dvorak runner-up at the flag. Daulton Schoon pulled in for third ahead of Williams and Paider who had to slice his way through traffic in quick fashion. Miller snagged the holeshot in moto two but glory is fleeting as he dropped way back in the pack after a first lap miscue. Paider motored into the lead then and went on the secure the win with Dvorak back just a bit to take the checkered in second. Schoon and Miller were having a battle which pushed them both to pass third place at the time Williams on the last lap. Then Miller powered past Schoon coming down Collarbone hill to take third away just yards away from the finish line. Williams rounded out the top five maybe four seconds back. In the 65cc 7-11 class there was a miniature motorcycle battle of immense proportions as Wyatt McGrath and Tanner Schlegel went at it for the lead. A bit farther back there was another good dice taking place with Ethan Rennie and Vin34

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cent Harens dueling. McGrath kind of blew it on the last lap and lost a number of seconds getting going again so Schlegel went on to take an easy win. McGrath recovered adequately to take second with a safe lead over Harens and Rennie. Rounding out the top five was Kai Morgan. McGrath took over the lead from Cade Groen as they navigated the whoops in moto two. Groen must have taken a digger as he dropped way back while Schlegel and Harens were promoted to second and third. McGrath had it easy for the win with Schlegel just too far back after a bad start to mount any kind of a challenge. Harens, Morgan and Rennie ran in a pack across the line to round out the top five. The 125 two stroke class had some great battling up front. In moto one Weston Milas, Cameron Skaalerud and Harry Gigson were in a tremendous scuffle over the lead until they tried to fit three bikes wide in the turn at the bottom of Mount Martin. Gibson lost out in that maneuver and flopped to the ground, recovering far back in the pack. Milas and Skaalerud battled on until Skaalerud finally made a pass for the lead on the last lap. Rounding out the top five were, in third, the fastest girl in Iowa, Linkin Sarauer, Luke Geis and Gavin Tilford.

Skaalerud pulled off a holey in moto two and edged away from the Milas/ Gibson battle over second to take the win with a solid lead. Owen Sailor and Sarauer cruised in for fourth and fifth. Results Beginner 4-8: 1.Willow Harens 2.Gaige Bauer 3.Jordan Althoff 4.El Hentges 5.Ryder Kann Beginner 7-11: 1.Deagan Dalbec 2.Jazmin Jonas 3.Kaitlyn Logan 4.Daisy Harens 5.Ayanna Kidd 50cc 4-6: 1.Carson Wittman 2.Riley Johnson 3.Jackson Althoff 4.Grayson Wirth 5.Brayden Hinck 50cc 7-8: 1.James Schaffer 2.Colin Megaw 3.Kipton Lewis 4.Sammy Toupal 5.Charlie Engnes 50cc Inj 4-8: 1.Leighton Oswald 2.Carson Wittman 3.Austin Moeller 4.Bentley Farrell 5.Tatum Swygman 50cc Multi 4-8: 1.Grayson Wirth 2.Leighton Oswald 3.Carson Wittman 4.Tatum Swygman 5.Jackson Althoff 50cc Open 4-8: 1.Colin Megaw 2.Wyatt Niedfeldt 3.James Schaffer 4.Charlie Engnes 5.Sammy Toupal 65cc 7-9: 1.Kai Morgan 2.Cade Groen 3.Tanner Johnson 4.Blake Gyldenvand 5.Kaden Tabaka 65cc 10-11: 1.Tanner Schlegel 2.Ethan Rennie 3.Kyler Hagedorn 4.Vincent Harens 5.Harley Mcdonald 65cc 7-11: 1.Wyatt Mcgrath 2.Tanner Schlegel 3.Vincent Harens 4.Kai Morgan 5.Ethan Rennie 85cc 9-11: 1.James Clough 2.Wyatt Mcgrath 3.Jeffrey Rinkel 4.Tanner Schlegel 5.Braxton Kragenbring 85cc 12-15: 1.Brandon Nelson 2.Domenic Hegman 3.Ethan Mcmahon 4.Luke Geis 5.Broc Graba 85cc 9-12: 1.James Clough 2.Domenic Hegman 3.Luke Geis 4.Jeffrey Rinkel 5.Wyatt Mcgrath Supermini: 1.Jayden Clough 2.Trevin Nelson 3.Jesse Jacobsen 4.Domenic Hegman 5.Ethan Mcmahon Schlboy 1 12-16: 1.Jayden Clough 2.Cameron Skaalerud 3.Harry Gibson 4.Trevin Nelson 5.Jesse Jacobsen Schlboy 2 12-17: 1.Chase Graba 2.Cameron Skaalerud 3.Gavin Janovsky 4.Devon Jirik 5.Casey Paider 14-24A: 1.Chase Becker 2.Austin Kienast

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Fun night in Portage Portage, Wisconsin - July 26 CMJ Raceway team

ack in Spring when the annual schedules were released, District 16 Dirt Trackers were happy to see the event in Portage, WI included. In 2017 Chris Halverson’s team from CMJ Racing along with a bunch of help from D16 Referee Danny Vrana made the return of motorcycle and atv dirt track racing in Portage possible. Many years ago the Columbia County Fairgrounds was host to a regular schedule of dirt track racing. In the fall of 2016 the fair board went to Halverson with the request of adding another event. The facility was already hosting his annual Stadium styled motocross, so a quick thought about the history of the facility made short track an easy choice. After a successful event in 2017 where fans, riders and the fair board were all happy with the effort they quickly asked for it to be scheduled again in 2018. Fast forward to late July of this year and only one thing was missing from the day’s event. Missing was the threat of rain... a good thing after a wet and frustrating season for most of our dirt track riders that can’t seem to catch a break to get out and really enjoy thier choice of racing. With clear skies, warm weather and plenty of sun, the challenge for today’s racing was putting some moisture into the track. A water truck put in hours and hours of work and as the sun set a pretty nice 1/3 mile track came together and everyone we talked with had a lot of fun. This is a fair event - so the schedule of classes is condensed to put on a good three hour show. Ten classes in total... something for pretty much everyone and it was a good quick night. After

practice and heats, the Quad riders lined up for the first final of the night. In the Open Quad class Dan Mecklenberg took the first two laps to break away from Carson Patrick and Eli Komarek. Once he got a gap it was all over as he seemed to only get quicker as the race went on.

Later in the night’s program a second group of Quad riders came to the line in a Knobby class. Honda mounted Jake Mchoes took that win ahead of Justin Bleck and five others. The Breakless bike class, like Vintage, seemed to be among the crowd favorites.

Cody Funk won two classes on the SSR 450.

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It wasn’t about the speed or hard fought battles - but the cool old bikes and the riders on them. When it was all done and said Larry Pettis took his beautiful old Harley to the class win ahead of William Ferguson, also on a cool Harley. Cody Funk made it a good night winning two classes. In Open Amateur he beat Emmett Sund and Ezra Brusky to the finish line. Later, in the nine rider 450 Amateur class he once again had to fend off early efforts by Sund. Once he got away he dug in and put in solid laps for his second win of the evening on the well put together R-3 Motorsports SSR450. Brusky finished third here as well after a close race with Mason Barth and Cole Andresen. Sund didn’t go home empty handed by any means as he swept up his first win in the 85cc class, edging out Ethan Ramsey and Vincent Jung. If that wasn’t enough, Sund won the seven rider 250cc Amateur final ahead of Ramsey and Mason Barth. The Senior class delivered the closest racing of the night... won by a rider that still remembers what it was like racing here in Portage all those years back Steven Kasten. The always crafty Kasten had Vintage class winner Jim Kirschbaum all over his rear fender right from the start of the race. Then mid race, from what seemed like out of no where charged Dan Peterson to make it an exciting three way battle. Peterson slipped past Kirschbaum and then by Kasten as they got the white flag. Kasten swapped lines and returned the pass for victory just before the finish line. After the race he was quick to say it was “just like Portage of the old days - good close and fun racing”. Remember when we started this article we talked about the great and clear weather? Out of no where and not on any forecast light rain drops started falling on the last race of the evening - for the $1000 Open Pro event. After a restart and even harder rain falling Jesse Janisch of Beaver Dam was quick to point out that he wanted the largest chunk of that big payout. He never let anyone get close enough to threaten his claim to that fame and won the final race of the evening. Just as quick, the rain went away - it was 36

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like mother nature was just reminding us that she had done us favor and let this nice night of good racing happen. Whatever - we’ll take it! See you here next year. Results: Open Quad: 1.Dan Mecklenberg 2.Carson Patrick 3.Eli Komarek 4.William Bell Top Quad: 1.Ryan Kemnetz Brakeless: Larry Pettis 2.William Ferguson 3.Chuck Dickerson 4.Dave Kruck 450 AM: 1.Cody Funk 2.Emmett Sund 3.Ezra

Brusky 4.Mason Barth 5.Cole Anderson Senior: 1.Steven Kasten 2.Dan Peterson 3.Jim Kirschbaum 4.Dan Jung 5.Stephen Wasser 85cc: 1.Emmett Sund 2.Ethan Ramsey 3.Vincent Jung 4.Weston Poth 5.Isabell Andresen 250 AM: 1.Emmett Sund 2.Ethan Ramsey 3.Mason Barth 4.Cole Andresen 5.Trey Wilson Knobby Quad: 1.Jake Mchoes 2.Justin Beck 3.Eli Komarek 4.Jason Borrero 5.Samantha Crook Vintage: 1.Jim Kirschbaum 2.Steven Kasten 3.Robert Reis 4.Larry Pettis 5.Drew Saunders Open AM: 1.Cody Funk 2.Emmett Sund 3.Ezra Brusky 4.Patrick Stemper Open Pro: 1.Jesse Janisch 2.Robert Treinen 3.Clayton Vonmoos 4.Danny Murre 5.Brian Frandsen

Beginning of an epic battle in the Senior class where #59k Steven Kasten took the win. #99 Jim Kirschbaum finished third after Dan Peterson snuck into second.

Larry Pettis took his beautiful Harley to the Brakeless class win.

#70 Eathan Ramsey battles with Mason Barth in the 250 Amateur class at the Portage, WI dirt track event.

Spring Creek Results continued from page 34 14-24B: 1.Payton Harrison 2.Levi Dertien 3.Mitchell Prescott 4.Cole Harrington 5.Collin Lund 14-24C: 1.Weston Milas 2.Ian Miller 3.Trevor Bonnicksen 4.Dan Dvorak 5.Frank Jackson Jr +25A: 1.Nicholas Jackson 2.Tanner Taylor 3.Clay Olson 4.Damon Johnson 5.Josh Virnig +25B: 1.Matthew Meyers 2.Samuel Brummund 3.Brian Prelgo 4.Grady Pyburn 5.Kohlmen Hudak +25C: 1.Brandon Hatch 2.Jacob Crew 3.Brandon Hinchliff 4.Jonathan Quinzon 5.Colby Carlson +30A: 1.Patrick Miller 2.Jed Oconnor 3.Sheldon Fratzke 4.Josh Virnig 5.Mathew Dohrn +30B: 1.Justin Rumpca 2.Brian Mccarthy 3.Samuel Brummund 4.Michael Crotty 5.Aaron Deer +30C: 1.Brian Owen 2.Corey Willmott 3.Corey Johnson 4.William Vonwald 5.Caleb Rosendahl +35A: 1.Brent Mason 2.Adam Johnson 3.Jed Oconnor 4.Sheldon Fratzke 5.Jack Lorr +35B: 1.Brian Mccarthy 2.Joe Jenniges 3.Edward Kruger 4.Beau Boerner 5.Joseph Kidd +35C: 1.Paul Haack 2.Bradley Nielsen 3.David Williams 4.Daniel Moeller 5.Evan Moyle +40A: 1.Patrick Donaho 2.Brent Mason 3.Michael Luoma 4.John Anetsberger 5.Ray Schlegel +40B: 1.Lance Dehne 2.Dominique Turner 3.Troy Lowry 4.Brent Herber 5.Chad Alfords +40C: 1.Steve Moyle 2.Dave Weseman 3.Josh Fischer 4.John Ker-

sten 5.David Williams +45A: 1.Michael Luoma 2.Patrick Donaho 3.John Anetsberger 4.Ray Schlegel 5.Duane Kuiken +45B: 1.Randall Ross 2.Mike Dertien 3.Lance Tiegs 4.Brent Herber 5.Dan Frasson +45C: 1.Steve Moyle 2.Dave Weseman 3.Paul Haack 4.David Williams 5.John Kersten

+50: 1.Scott Steinle 2.Tim Bernloehr 3.Duane Kuiken 4.Donald Bonnicksen 5.Brad Cunningham +50B/C: 1.Jeff Ramsay 2.Steve Moyle 3.Jay Calkins 4.Greg Kalis 5.Kurt Fosberg +55: 1.Donald Bonnicksen 2.Jeff Ramsay 3.Randall Ross 4.Jack Parenteau 5.Boyd Peterson +55B/C: 1.James Lichliter 2.Jay Calkins 3.Theodore Schulte 4.Mike Dertien 5.Mike Halder +60: 1.Jack Parenteau 2.Gary Behrens 3.Jerry Dillon 4.Jerry Schulze 5.Jerry Bumgardner Girls Jr. 9-12: 1.Hannah Oakes 2.Taylor Frericks 3.Jossi Logan 4.Ella Storlie Girls Sr. 12-16: 1.Paige Carlson 2.Lily Hall 3.Ella Storlie 4.Jenna Ettesvold 5.Lily Johnson Women: 1.Linkin Sarauer 2.Jada Murphy 3.Krista Pyburn 4.Miranda Tweeton 5.Cassandra Hall 125cc 2-Stroke: 1.Cameron Skaalerud 2.Weston Milas 3.Linkin Sarauer 4.Owen Sailor 5.Luke Geis 250A: 1.Benjamin Adamson 2.Bailey Kroone 3.Riley Kroone 4.Austin Kienast 5.Marcus Winch 250B: 1.Dylan Smith 2.Payton Harrison 3.Deegan Hepp 4.Ezra Graumann 5.Devon Jirik 250C: 1.Casey Paider 2.Trevor Bonnicksen 3.Spencer Hein 4.Dan Dvorak 5.Ian Miller Open A: 1.Benjamin Adamson 2.Nicholas Jackson 3.Jake Loberg 4.Austin Kienast 5.Chase Becker Open B: 1.Chase Graba 2.Collin Lund 3.Payton Harrison 4.Austin Nelson 5.Cole Harrington Open C: 1.Dan Dvorak 2.Ian Cameron Skaalerud leads Weston Milas Miller 3.Casey Paider 4.Daulton enroute to a 1-1 win in 125 Two-Stroke. Schoon 5.Tyrell Williams CYCLE USA, September 2018

Camp Douglas Hare Scramble Second attempt to get this new District 16 event off proves well worth it! Camp Douglas, Wisconsin - August 5 By Chris Halverson, Photos by Andrew Shaw

ff-road riders from five states were treated to a new course at the Georgeson family farm in Camp Douglas on August fifth. Marty and his sons Jared and Jason have all raced Harescrambles and wanted to open up their land for an event. A 2017 event was added to the District 16 schedule, but heavy rains flooded the pit area so the event had to be cancelled. For 2018 they laid out a fun yet challenging course that seemed to be very well liked by the racers. Mother Nature still got a jab in with a rain shower that cancelled Saturday evening’s bonfire and fireworks. The course contained a mellow supercross track, an optional Endurocross section, a fast grass track section and miles of fresh wooded trails with ideal dirt. The first race of the day at 9 am was the 85’s, 65’s and Women. Another brief Jonathan Geary of the B class over one of the Enduro section jumps.

85cc class rider Rex Valek finished third place

shower had them staging in the rain. As is usually the case for the past couple seasons, Travis Bloyer took the early lead in the 85cc class on his Husqvarna and held on for the win. Local rider Mason Kubis on a Suzuki and Rex Valek on a KTM rounded out the top three. Walker Garetson won the 65 class on a Husqvarna and passed many of the 85’s in doing so. Nadia Ellingson topped the Women’s class. That was the bright spot of the day for the family as Todd, District 16 President, retired early in the +40 afternoon race and sister Autumn injured her wrist in the C class race. Next up was the 50cc race. They were treated to a shortened version of the Endurocross section and a much longer course than at many events. The top three finishers names on the score sheet; Garetson (Beau), Drone (Kellen), and Laubmeier (Brooks) read like an A class results sheet from a decade or two ago. The kids had now set the bar for their fathers in the afternoon race!

The 11:00 race featured the +50, C, and Vintage classes with thirty-six total entries. The loop from the 9:00 race was used along with an additional more challenging section. In +50, District 16 regulars; Carl Jahns, Brad Kortbein, Bryan Nebel, along with Ron Whipple who made the trip up from Illinois, completed one more lap than the others in class, with Jahns taking the win. Daniel Kirkbusch finish fifth, then went on to take third in the +30B class in the afternoon. The C class was the largest of the day with twenty-one racers. Yamaha rider Noah Dalsing and Husqvarna mounted Caden Hosking put on a great show up front and were never more than 35 seconds apart when coming through scoring. Noah took the hard fought win. With the virgin trail and soft soil, many tree roots were exposed during the race. Local rider Lance Bunde was seen after the race inspecting his newly acquired arm scrapes which he said were the result of one of those roots. CYCLE USA, September 2018

I heard a spectator comment “Someone’s jumping the supercross track double on a Yamaha IT!”. That someone would turn out to be AA class regularSpeedy Pete Laubmeier. Pete went go on to claim the Vintage class win along with a seventh place finish in the afternoon’s hotly contested AA class. James Williams and Buck Vincent rounded out the top three. Fourth place went to Steven Kaczmarowski who rode nearly the entire race with a broken clutch cable. The two hour, 1:00pm race used all of the trail from the earlier races and an ad-

ditional loop which went through a large area of planted pine trees. This section contained some very tight areas with log crossings. The fifth of the five wave start was the +30B class. Dave Peters rode well to take the win. District 16 Referee Matt Sather found enough time between registration, scoring and printing results to make it to the start on time and go on to finish second. McCutchin Motorsports and CMJ Raceway sponsored rider Brent Hanke took the B class win, besting Patrick Mullarkey on a KTM by nearly a minute.

Riders wait for the start of what was a great day of racing.

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Third went to Jake Zyhowski. A slew of riders; Greg Steffes, Joe Vadeboncouer, Aaron Cihlar, Ronny Zastrow and Karl Lueschow kept the racing tight in the +40 class, finishing in that order. Craig Amerling pulled off by the scoring area and said that he was retiring for the day. After a short sit, he said the course was just too much fun to not ride, and jumped back in to finish. Upon seeing the Endurocross section that morning, Lueschow commented that it looked a bit sketchy. Once the race was over, Karl was all smiles and stated that he loved the course and hoped it would be on the schedule again in 2019. The 16 rider A class was moving at a very fast pace with a few of the top riders mixing it up throughout the day with some of the AA class riders which had a minute head start. Local rider Ben Kortbein had to retire after three laps with an engine issue. Jay Mittelstaedt of Jay’s Powercenter – the event’s primary sponsor, finished seventh on his Gas Gas after tweaking his back while picking up his bike during the race. Mitchell Buth took a well-deserved second place after bending his KTM’s shift lever on the first lap, and having to ride the rest of the race stuck in one gear. Husqvarna mounted Heath Drone won by nearly a half minute. With an extra $500 added to the normal AA class purse, thirteen riders showed up for a shot at the money. The first corner was quite chaotic with everyone wanting to be the first to the tight and challenging Endurocross section. Dylan Narrel’s chances of a good start were ruined when the back-up bike he was riding did not start on the first kick. Mat Herrington on his Husqvarna 125 also had a bad start and trouble on the first lap. Mat had spent the entire prior day walking the woods at Hixton, in preparation for the upcoming Gran Prix and Harescrambles doubleheader. He still managed to work his way back to a very respectable eighth place finish. His wife Lyndsey was also on trail duty Saturday and then came with Mat to Camp Douglas to do registration and scoring for the event. As noted earlier, Speedy Pete was on his second race of the day and still managed a seventh

place finish. Ryan Moss finished sixth riding most of the race with his visor broken off. A quick glance at the consistency in his lap times showed that he must have bounced back up as fast as he went down. Tanner Whipple, JD Friebel and Eric Mischler finished 3-5th respec-

tively and were rarely separated by more than thirty seconds. The main battle that the spectators were anticipating was that between GNCC XC3 round 3 winner Cody Barnes and Kenda National Enduro regular- Nate Ferderer. Barnes was armed with his Beta from GNCC racing

while Ferderer was riding a 2009 Yamaha YZ-125. Barnes grabbed the lead and the battle ensued. At the hour mark, only four bike lengths separated the two. Both the Supercross track section and the Endurocross section were easily accessible to the spectators. The skills and determination shown by these two riders drew many cheers from the spectators at those areas of the course. In the end, Barnes was able to hold on to the win and take home the largest portion of the purse. A big â&#x20AC;&#x153;thank youâ&#x20AC;? from all goes out to the Georgeson family for hosting the spectacular event! Results: 50cc: 1.Beau Garetson 2.Brooks Laubmeier 3.kellon Drone 4.Braxton Jacobson 5.Easton Taylor +50: 1.Carl Jahns 2.Brad Kortbein 3.Ron Whipple 4.Bryan Nebel 5.Daniel Kickbusch C: 1.Noah dalsing 2.Caden Hosking 3.Levi Riggs 4.Wade Jacobson 5.Jonathon Bradley Vintage: 1.Pete LaubmeierS 2.James Williams 3.Buck Vincent 4.Steven Kaczmarowski 5.Richard Kaczmarowski +30B: 1.Dave Peters 2.Matthew Sather 3.Daniel KickbuschS 4.Mike Barney 5.Joe Luskey +40: 1.Greg Steffes 2.Joe Vadeboncoeur 3.Aaron Cihlar 4.Ronny Zastrow 5.Karl Lueschow A: 1.Heath Drone 2.Mitchell Buth 3.Jamison Stachel 4.Sam Wolf 5.Collin Buth AA: 1.Cody Barnes 2.Nathan Ferderer 3.Tanner Whipple 4.JD Friebel 5.Eric Mischler B: 1.Brent Hanke 2.Patrick Mullarkey 3.Jake Zyhowski 4.Jonathan Geary 5.Marko Lazarevic 65cc: 1.Walker Garetson 2.Boede Wallner 3.Dane Cihlar 4.Maximus Schultz 85cc: 1.Travis Bloyer 2.Mason Kubis 3.Rex Valek 4.Elias Saigh 5.Reid Amerling Women: 1.Nadia Ellingson

Jason Friberg enjoying the nice wooded trails in the C class.

District 16 President Todd Ellingson getting ready for the +40 class start. CYCLE USA, September 2018

Trials returns to Manchester Manchester, Iowa - August 11 By Kevin Huber

ast year Chris Halverson of CMJ Raceway acted on his vision to have a Trials event at a whitewater park built on the Maquoketa River in Manchester, Iowa. This was in conjunction with a town celebration called the “Bacon and Hops Festival”. That trials event was not on any club schedule, but word spread through the Wisconsin, Illinois, and Minnesota trials clubs and around 25 riders were there. After the event the riders were so impressed that they quickly spread the word about the unique sections with many step-up and down rocks placed on the banks. It was also unique watching the kayakers and float tubers going down the river just a few feet away from the riders. This year both AMA District 16 and 17 added this event to their schedule for season points. This resulted in 56 riders from Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, Michigan, and Iowa competing in the various classes. The Tuesday before the event there was a little scare. A six inch rain storm had caused the river to rise over six feet. This covered most of

the rocks that were to be used for the event. Chris was worried that he might have to cancel the event. Fortunately, the river came down fast and by Friday morning it had dropped five feet, allowing a group of volunteer riders to mark all eight sections for the Saturday event. Unlike last year, two of the sections were on the other side of the river, requiring riders to cross the bridge on the sidewalk that was roped off for them. One of those sections had a steep sandy hill climb that offered some excitement for the top three classes. Not everyone made it up their first try. The other new section took the champ class out into the river on a rock jetty before sending them back up the hill over very large rocks. Once again there was a large amount of spectators. They could sit in one spot and see almost all of the sections, even the two Pat Doll won on the other side of the river. the Expert class.

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This year they were even able to watch some very young riders compete in the Youth class on their small electric trials motorcycles. Though they could not go up and down the bigger rocks their part Continued on page 44

Wiles & Janisch at Peoria Peoria, Illinois - August 18 By Gordon Lunde

enry Wiles continued his unbelievable win streak at the August 18th Peoria TT. Fourteen consecutive wins on this challenging track, the last two on the revamped version. A huge amount of work was done to get the track in shape after recent heavy rains in the area. Compliments to all involved in doing such a great job prepping it all. The hills were covered with excited race fans for the 72nd running of this legendary race. It is the longest consecutively running dirt track in the country. Due to the track prep and time constraints, AFT twins went

straight from qualifying into semis, no heat races, leaving twins teams struggling for set up time. Wiles qualified third in class with a 27.313 time, then won his semi to put the Bandit Industries/ Wilco Racing/ Willy Built/ Kawasaki Ninja 650 on the front row for the national start. At the start of the twenty-five lap final, Wiles slipped and got off in fourth place. Ahead were fast qualifier Briar Bauman, Jake Johnson and AFT Twins points leader Jared Mees, all on Indian Scout FTR750â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Mees and Johnson fell back quickly as Wiles put on his charge to the front. Bauman was out front flying and it took Wiles to lap five to catch him.

Janisch with the #196 in honor of his friend and fellow competitor Alec Muth

Jesse Janisch on his way under Cole Fredrickson, then off to take the Singles win. CYCLE USA, September 2018

After chasing for another three laps, Wiles made his move on lap eight and got by Bauman coming out of last turn. Bauman tried to repass into turn one, but Wiles was not to be denied. From there on it was all Wiles and his Kawasaki. The undisputed King of Peoria then went on to build a strong lead to the finish. Bauman held onto second place with Johnson securing the final podium spot. With this victory, his first on the year, Wiles moves ahead of Chris Carr for the most AFT Twins class wins at Peoria and keeps him second in the season points race. In AFT Singles, 2015 and 2017 Peoria winner Jesse Janisch claimed a repeat victory. Turning in fast qualifier time, heat race win and second in his semi, Janisch looked to be on his game from the start again this year. With permission from AFT, Janisch ran the #196 during practice in honor

of his friend and fellow AFT Singles competitor Alec Muth who passed away recently from injuries he received in a race at South Dakota. Janisch (Roof Systems/ West Bend HD Yamaha YZ450F) got off the start in third place chasing leader Ryan Wells and Cole Frederickson aboard Honda CRF450R’s.

Frederickson got by Wells very early and led for the next couple of laps before Janisch stuck himself in the lead with a pass, in the air, over the first jump. Janisch then proceeded to pull away to the win. Wells managed to get past Frederickson again to reclaim second. Get your tickets for the 73rd running of this great race next summerI’ll be there! Results AFT Twins: 1.Henry Wiles 2.Briar Bauman 3.Jake Johnson 4.Jared Mees 5.Hayden Gillim 6.Bronson Bauman 7.Jarod Vanderkooi 8.Robert Pearson 9.Davis Fisher 10.Michael Kirkness

Henry Wiles won the Twins race, his fourteenth victory.

AFT Singles: 1.Jesse Janisch 2.Ryan Wells 3.Cole Frederickson 4.Jacob Lehmann 5.Ben Lowe 6.Dan Bromley 7.Tristan Avery 8.Jake Fell 9.Morgen Mischler 10.Parker Lange

Trials, Continued from page 42 of the sections had them taking some tight turns and bouncing over some of the smaller slabs. The youngsters especially enjoyed being cheered on by the crowd. I think the big kids also enjoyed being cheered on. After the event there was already talk about returning next year. Results: Champ: 1.Pat Smage 2.Jason Waldo 3.David Smage 4.Will Check Expert: 1.Pat Doll 2.Keith Johnson 3.Bryan Moenssen 4.Mitch Littlefield 5.Wyatt Beaird Advanced: 1.Tim Chambliss 2.Doug Hay 3.Jacob Loer 4.Eric Reno 5.Kyle Kremer Intermediate: 1.Jim Findlay 2.Tyler McMahan 3.Eugene Judge 4.Travis Lange 5.Kyle Hach Novice: 1.Gretchen Orme 2.Tyler Ingold 3.Dennis Pacha 4.Camden Gault 5.Connor Todd Senior: 1.Hugh Hadfield 2.Ralph Littlefield 3.Tom Littlefield 4.Mike McCanaughy Youth: 1.Kevan Ingold 2.Will Loer 3.Ivan Misek 4.Veronica Misek 5.Aubrey Ingold Women: 1.Loralie Hart 2.Kyler Prew 3.Abby Fuegen Vintage: 1.Glen Fuegen 2.Lee Orme Expert rider Keith Johnson along the water’s edge.

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Great Weekend at Azzie Lake Mills, Wisconsin - August 12 Aztalan Cycle Club

ummer arrived in full force for this extended weekend of motocross activity at the popular Lake Mills facility. The Aztalan Cycle Club kicked it all off with an open ride on Saturday. That evening the new and quickly growing Twilight Series racing took over under the lights. Minis, youth and pit bikes - a lot of pit bikes as nearly sixty entries filled those three classes alone all total there was close to 150 entries for this short evening of fun. Sunday saw temps climb well into the 80â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as there was nothing but sunshine all day for the almost 400 entries on this District 16 points paying event. Racing kicked off with the youngsters in the 50cc 7-8 class on the front half of the big track. Ryder Skodras got a good jump and held it through the first corner with Jayce Wolf right next to him. As they came to the barn section for the first time Skodras momentarily got hung up and that was all Wolf needed to slip past. Skodras held onto second with Michiganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cole Goedert in third. As the laps ticked away, Zach Augustine worked up to fourth just ahead of Chase Blazek. In the second moto Wolf grabbed the holeshot and led Skodras through every

The nine riders of the +60 class.

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Kodie Kadinger, Jett Wolf and Lacey Jennison - the top three finishers in the 50cc 4-6 class.

lap. They were close again and quick to share smiles with each other after a fun moto where they both rode well and Wolf took the win. Behind them it was a flipped order from the first race. Blazek had a great start and ran in third all moto with Augustine and Goedert behind him. They were all tied up in the overall points

with eight each so the second moto set the overall order - Blazek getting the best of it for third. Using the smaller track up top, 50Jr left the gate with full enthusiasm... and parents chasing around the infield fence line to keep an eye on them all. Out front, Lacey Jennison had timed the gate per-

fectly to lead Jett Wolf, Kodie Kadinger, Grant Pellmann, Audi Agnew and the rest of the eleven rider class. Wolf kept pace with Jennison through each lap. By midmoto Pellmann had slipped by Agnew for third as Kadinger ran in fifth. Jennison felt Wolf at her back fender to the checkered but never flinched getting the win. Moto two looked like it may be a repeat off the start with Jennison leading Wolf. Pellmann and Skyler Fritz were there and ahead of Kadinger this time though. It took a while, but it all changed up as Wolf found a way into the lead as Kadinger made some moves and got all the way up to third on the last lap. This set up a unique result as the top three in the class were all young ladies... Wolf, Jennison and Kadinger. Careful boys, these young speedsters are coming your way sooner or later. Smooth and steady often works for great results... proven today by Brock Noreen in the Open B class. Noreen led the first 1.5 laps until the non-stop efforts of DJ Gritzmacher propelled him into the lead. Logan Rusk, Tyler Gamble, Nicholas Gaskell and Nick Heilman were

Beckham Smith rode to eighth place in 50cc 4-6.

Joe Schuster had two great rides for second overall in +45.

in the mix fighting behind them all moto. Just when it looked like Gritzmacher had the win he lost two spots with just over a lap to go. He managed to get back around Rusk for second but Noreen had the win locked down. Gaskell fought hard for fourth ahead of Gamble.

In the second moto it was all Noreen out front as we missed out on a rematch when Gritzmacher didn’t start. Sportland2/ Mike’s Motorsports/ J&J Masonry backed Noreen after the moto, “I got the holeshot in the first moto then was passed - but retook the lead when he went down. This moto I got out front and rode smooth for the win. I just got the 450 this year and it has taken a while to get comfortable on it. The track was awesome and there’s a bunch of different lines out there so riding is great. I’d like to thank my mom and dad for all their support as well.” Behind Noreen, Gamble put in a solid ride for second and third overall (5-2). Rusk fought off and swapped spots with Heilman through the moto to prevail in third for second overall (3-3). Twenty-six riders left the gate with a sound of thunder in the Open C class... right away Jeremy Engelbart and Mark Wendt locked into a tussle for the lead. Shawn Haus and Brandon Heinzel were there with a good view as you could tell right away there were some riders cutting through the crowd to get towards the front. A lap later and the fight was still going out front with Austin Beilke now hot on their heels in third as Zaiden Sigmund was in fifth, all over Heinzel’s rear fender. The third and fourth laps saw plenty of changes as Engelbart bobbled CYCLE USA, September 2018

Michigan’s Makayla Peterson pushed to fifth overall in the fourteen rider Women’s class.

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just a little in the sand allowing Wendt and Beilke to slide by. Jake Robinson was on fire, working up to fourth ahead of Sigmund for the final order. Wendt got the win, but not without a ton of work and late pressure from Beilke. In the second moto Shawn Haus was on it. Starting in second behind Engelbart, it took a while but once Engelbart began to run out of steam Haus moved to the front and grabbed the moto win (9-1). Wendt rode a solid race to finish second and still earn the overall (1-2). Wendt after the moto, “After the first three laps my arms really started giving up on me as I was riding so hard. I didn’t get the best of starts but managed to work my way back up and I’ll take second any day. I made it all up in the corners and back in the sand.” Engelbart slid back to fifth this time after starting out front again. As he crossed the finish line he was still plenty happy with his day. “I pulled the holeshot and led the laps early but then just pumped up and couldn’t keep up with them any longer. I don’t ride much because of work and it shows. I had a

Twenty 65cc 7-11 riders off the gate.

blast just the same. The track was fun, a little rutted but that’s good and it was great to be out here.” The adult age classes were big today, as usual at Aztalan. In +45 nineteen riders saw the rear fender of Joe Schuster lead everyone out of the first turn. Schuster never had a chance to relax and celebrate the great start as frequent class front runner Frank Weiss was knocking hard in second. By the third lap Schuster was done looking over his shoulder and just fighting to hold on to that lead. Michael Ferkans was now in third with Kevin Yde and Tom Ferguson filling out the top five. Schuster finally gave up the lead on the last lap after a great effort to beat the relentless Weiss.

Yde had the best reactions off the second moto start and led Schuster and Weiss through the first lap. Out back Schuster took over on lap two and Weiss quickly moved into second. Like the first moto, Weiss went right after Schuster. Weiss didn’t get it done until the last lap, making a pass stick for another win after another fun battle between the two long time competitors. The Women’s class saw Sportland2’s Bryanne Wolf lead Haley Nowicki most of the moto. Near the end, and out of sight Wolf ran into a problem and Nowicki grabbed the win. Dana Hanna, Brittany Cornelius and Brooke Kennebeck had a nice tussle over the next few spots with Kennebeck winning out for third.

Hanna finished fourth just ahead of Cornelius in the fourteen rider class. Wolf put the first moto behind her off the start in moto two and led everyone right to the checkered flag. Nowicki finished second ahead of Hanna who got the best of a four way battle this time. New to the track Makayla Peterson stepped it up to finish fourth in the moto after a sixth place in the first outing. Kennebeck was rock solid going 3-5 for fourth overall. Peterson made the trip down from Little Lake, Michigan (5 hours away) and had a good day. Peterson after the close racing, “I had good holeshots and was with riders all moto. It was a really good battle right to the end. There wasn’t any

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bumping around or anything - just good fun racing. This is my first time here and it was a lot of fun - I’d love to come back again.” Ayden Price came over from Fall River, WI and made a statement in 85cc 9-13. After a hard fought first lap with Riley Busse, Price put his KTM out front and slowly motored away for the win. The running order was set after the opening lap as Gavin Templen, Ryan Bussen and Zane Siminak quickly filled the top and held there to the finish. The second moto was more of the same with Price pounding out impressive laps for a second run away win. Busse didn’t go home without his share of glory though as he topped three of his four motos in the 65cc 7-11 and 85cc 9-11 classes. Templen won both of his motos in 85cc 12-15 ahead of Brock Nowicki and Cooper Meyer. Templen at the end of his busy day, “I took first in both of my motos in this class and it was fun. It was hard though as the track got really rough. I’d like to thank Rob’s Performance for all thier help in getting my bike set and working well. Also my mom and dad.” Frank Weiss returned later in the twenty-seven rider +50 class and swept both moto wins ahead of Kevin Yde. Carl Hein had a good first moto starting in second before Yde worked past, but then didn’t finish moto two. Tim Boblin was glad to put in his consistent 4-3 motos for third overall ahead of Jeff Ramsay (5-4) and Gregg White (6-6). Results: 125cc: 1.Brandon Martyniak 2.Dylan Duclos 3.Spencer Hein 4.Elijah Tetzlaff 5.Dylan Knoch 14-24B/C: 1.Logan Rusk 2.Nicholas Gaskell 3.Tyler Gamble 4.Brandon Simes 5.Deven Fell 2-Stroke B/C: 1.Brandon Martyniak 2.Elijah Tetzlaff 3.Mitchell

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Malaney 4.Jacob Oldenburg 5.Dylan Duclos 250A: 1.Seth Doeberlein 250B: 1.Deven Fell 2.Tyler Gamble 3.Vince Janaky 4.Michael Fiorentino 5.Dj Gritzmacher 250C: 1.Braden Warner 2.Maxwell Mayer 3.Spencer Hein 4.Tyler Lee 5.Jason Koziczkowski 51cc 4-6: 1.Jett Wolf 2.Lacey Jennison 3.Kodie Kadinger 4.Grant Pellmann 5.Skyler Fritz 51cc 7-8: 1.Jayce Wolf 2.Ryder Skodras 3.Chase Blazek 4.Zack Augustine 5.Cole Goedert 65cc 7-11: 1.Riley Busse 2.Ryder Skodras 3.Kain Jennison 4.Benjamin Blazek 5.Jayden Wolf 85cc 9-11: 1.Riley Busse 2.Ryan Bussen 3.Ryder Johnson 4.Benjamin Blazek 5.Zane Siminak 85cc 9-13: 1.Ayden Price 2.Riley Busse 3.Gavin Templen 4.Ryan Bussen 5.Zane Siminak +25A: 1.Brandon Marescalco 2.Aaron Smith 3.Cody Richter 4.Nicholas Pellmann +25B/C: 1.Jacob Oldenburg 2.Cody Sigler 3.Nicholas Czechowicz 4.Eric Leach 5.Nate White 85cc 12-15: 1.Gavin Templen 2.Brock Nowicki 3.Cooper Meyer 4.Tanner Rossi 5.Carsen Ouimette NonCurrent: 1.Deven Fell 2.Tom Ferguson 3.Devin Denman 4.Josh Dearborn 5.Levi Musselman Open A: 1.Dylan Bunkoske 2.Brandon Marescalco

3.Seth Doeberlein Open B: 1.Brock Noreen 2.Logan Rusk 3.Tyler Gamble 4.Nick Heilman 5.Nicholas Gaskell Open C: 1.Mark Wendt 2.Austin Beilke 3.Jake Robinson 4.Jeremy Engelbart 5.Shawn Haus Schoolboy 1 12-17: 1.Elijah Tetzlaff 2.Brandon Martyniak 3.Mitchell Malaney 4.Cole Godfrey 5.Spencer Hein +40A: 1.Roy Nafzger 2.Frank Weiss 3.John Stewart 4.Marc Ottenad 5.Andy Bowman +40B/C: 1.Andrew Omundson 2.Thomas Wolf 3.Andrew Bussen 4.Jeff Ramsay 5.James Torgerson +45: 1.Frank Weiss 2.Joe Schuster 3.Kevin Yde 4.Tom Ferguson 5.Andrew Bussen +50: 1.Frank Weiss 2.Kevin Yde 3.Tim Boblin 4.Jeff Ramsay 5.Gregg White +60: 1.Tim Boblin 2.Michael Zimmerman 3.Tim Dieball 4.Phil Berndt 5.Greg Niles Unlimited A: 1.Cody Richter +30A: 1.Lucas Padrutt 2.Keith Degrand 3.Roy Nafzger 4.Justin Fluger 5.Aaron D Smith +30B/C: 1.Josh Ramsay 2.Nate White 3.Jake Kadinger 4.Brad Yoe 5.Andy Walters Women: 1.Bryanne Wolf 2.Haley Nowicki 3.Dana Hanna 4.Brooke Kennebeck 5.Makayla Peterson Ayden Price was very quick as he won both motos in 85cc 9-13.

Dylan Knoch going to fifth place in the first 125cc moto.

LTM Fly Series Continues Casey, Illinois - August 19 By James and Rollanda Pinckard

incoln Trail Motosports hosted round 6 of the Fly Showdown Series in Casey, IL. Rain leading up to the event left the track crew with a challenge. With 573 entries from eight states signed up to race the crew did a great job providing a good track. With that many racers and bikes on the track, it was rough, rutted and had multiple lines in every corner; it was awesome! Motocross at its best. You ever know when you’re in the presence of greatness? Well everyone at LTM this day should have had that feeling. Seven Team Green rider Krystian Janik (now only riding an 85) took four moto wins and two overalls in 85 Open and 85Jr. For those who didn’t get to watch Janik they were for sure on the fence to see Lance Kobusch. What they saw was pure smooth. Kobusch looked like he was on a different track. The rough, rutted track left everyone bobbling a little, except Kobusch. He has an effortless style with no wasted energy, reminding me of Robbie Reynard when he was young. Kobusch took four moto wins in the very stacked 250 and Open A classes. Expect to see him on TV at the Nationals and Supercross in the future but for now it was great having him here. Halls Husky rider Zennon Shain suffered an injury at the first race of the year that kept him off the track for some time. This weekend he was back and racing the Supermini and Schoolboy 1. In Schoolboy Zennon wasted no time going to the front for the first moto win with Kawasaki rider Jace Arrington second and Kevin Huddleston third. In the second moto it was more of the same with Shain taking the win again ahead of Arrington and Huddleston. In the Supermini class Shain showed he’s feeling fine because it was the last moto of the day and the track was super rough. Before the first moto I asked Zennon if he was going to win and he said "I’m going to try". In the first moto he took the holeshot and never looked back. KTM rider John Perovic put in a strong 52

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ride for second ahead of Brayden Warfield. In the second moto Shain again nailed the start and took off with Perovic in tow. Shain kept on the gas and took yet another moto win. Perovic had another strong ride for second as KTM rider Ace Enloe rose to the third spot in the moto and overall. The +40A class was full of fast riders and one was Yamaha rider Anthony Mcvey. He said, "My home track is Joliet but I’m glad I made it down to LTM. I’m also riding Open A so I hope

it goes well today." After finishing eleventh in the Open A, which was a very stacked class, the battle in the 40A class was on. In the first moto it was a fourway battle for the lead between Honda rider Billy Fosnock, Mcvey, Ronnie Ford and Matt Pursley. Fosnock got himself out front and took the moto win. Behind him was a great race. As the moto ran the A riders caught the end of the B pack. Mcvey held second the first of the moto but Ronnie Ford made a pass having Mcvey on his tail the rest of the moto. As

Krystian Janik won all four motos in his two 85cc classes.

Anthony Mcvey rode to second overall in +40A.

the riders approached a B rider moved over to let them by and without knowing blocked Ford. Mcvey made the move passing Ford and went on to take second for the moto. In the second moto Fosnock had his Honda out front taking the win. Mcvey made his trip to LTM worth it taking second for the moto and overall. The battle this moto again included Honda riders Ford and Pursley. Some days everything goes your way and others not - for Ford it was a not. Pursley took third for the moto giving him third overall. Results: 50 (4-8): 1.Colton Chaplin 2.Brian Kendall 3.Liam Venz 4.Reid East 5.Mason Albin 50 (4-6): 1.Owen Shull 2.Colton Chaplin 3.Tyson Miles 4.Cooper Levin 5.Tyler Franklin 50 (7-8): 1.Preston Ross 2.Colton Waites 3.Mason Howton 4.Maverick Snider 5.Jax Ellul 50 Open (4-8): 1.Colton Waites 2.Preston Ross 3.Wyatt Duff 4.Brock Heidbrink 5.Tom Luberda 65cc (7-9): 1.Nathan Hummel 2.Ely Gross 3.Colton Waites 4.Brock Heidbrink 5.Preston Ross 65cc (10-11): 1.Oliver Kamp 2.Nicholas Stefancik 3.Hunter Savage 4.Tristan Dalton 5.Brian Dickey 65 Open (7-11): 1.Oliver Kamp 2.Nathan Hummel 3.Ely Gross 4.Tristan Dalton 5.Nicholas Stefancik 85cc (9-11): 1.Krystian Janik 2.Ace Enloe 3.Nathan Hummel 4.Owen Hill 5.Caleb Bates 85cc (12-15): 1.John Perovic 2.Josh Brunck 3.Connor Dawkins 4.Kobyn Kimmel 5.Brandon Bollino 85 Open (9-15): 1.Krystian Janik 2.Owen Hill 3.Connor Dawkins 4.Collin Lomax 5.Teegan Dowers SuperMini: 1.Zennon Shain 2.John Perovic 3.Ace Enloe 4.Alyssa Cole 5.Preston Leaf

Schlboy 1: 1.Zennon Shain 2.Jace Arrington 3.Kevin Huddleston Jr 4.Preston Leaf 5.Caleb Fryer SchlBoy 2 (12-16): 1.Skyler Leaf 2.Jacob Mcgee 3.Tyler Castongia 4.Quentin Postlewaite 5.Aren Kendall 14-24: 1.Dawson Ryker 2.Skyler Leaf 3.Austin Goeken 4.Kyle Campbell 5.Brett Richardson +25A: 1.Billy Fosnock Sr 2.Mason Eck 3.Nick Click 4.Travis Eck 5.Jason Waters +25B/C: 1.Clint Burkeen 2.Eric Zimmerman 3.Aaron Carter 4.Zack Mcqueen 5.Jordan Penner +30A: 1.Billy Fosnock Sr 2.Jason Waters 3.Ian Batson 4.Ronnie Ford 5.Neil Borgic +30B/C: 1.Kris Cavaness 2.Scott Kooistra 3.Clint Burkeen 4.Eric Zimmerman 5.Aaron Carter +40A: 1.Billy Fosnock Sr 2.Anthony Mcvey 3.Matt Pursley 4.Ronnie Ford 5.Stan Schuessler +40B/C: 1. Cory Daugherty 2.Jason Berry 3.Chris Navel 4.Jason Mckinstry 5.Randy Hug +50A: 1.Harry Friedman 2.Paul Mumper 3.James Anderson 4.Paul Willis 5.Brad Kopsho +50B/C: 1.Brad Adams 2.Dan Hall 3.Lyndon Campbell 4.Ted Maxedon 5.Mark Buchanan +60: 1.Mark Roberts 2.Lyndon Campbell

3.Charles Nice 4.Charles Spindler 125 Two Stroke: 1.Brett Greenley 2.Jace Arrington 3.Jc Hoyt 4.Alex Mitchell 5.Kevin Huddleston Jr Open 2 Stroke: 1.Austin Crum 2.Seth Unkraut 3.Hunter Prather 4.Mark Buchanan 5.Michael Kistler Vintage: 1.Joshua Franklin 2.Kit Turpin 3.Zach Garrels 4.Luke Jones 5.Jerome Schutzenhofer Women: 1.Alyssa Cole 2.Jaden Pogliano 3.Ellie Goeken 4.Caroline Smith 5.Kristen Nunlist 250A: 1.Lance Kobusch 2.Michael Norris 3.Michael Hicks 4.Carter Gordon 5.Mason Eck 250B: 1.Brett Greenley 2.Willie Patton 3.Kyle Coffman 4.Jared Smith 250C: 1.Austin Goeken 2.Jacob Mcgee 3.Aidan Glasgow 4.Brody Conkling 5.Cody Brunck Open A: 1.Lance Kobusch 2.Michael Hicks 3.Billy Fosnock Sr 4.Mason Eck 5.Michael Norris Open B: 1.Dawson Ryker 2.Brett Greenley 3.Joshua Franklin 4.Kyle Campbell 5.Edward Kline Open C: 1.Brett Richardson 2.Aidan Glasgow 3.Justin Taylor 4.Ryan Parks 5.Mitchel Kuenstler Open Beginner: 1.Austin Rein 2.William Frederick 3.Cory Woodyard 4.Dillon Phelps 5.Gavin Schuessler PW50 (4-8): 1.Liam Venz 2.Brian Kendall 3.Mason Albin 4.Clayton Jones 5.Jack Duff Super Jr. (9-11): 1.Alex Halbrooks 2.Nathan Keith +35: 1.Jason Waters 2.Matt Pursley 3.Jason Berry 4.Bret Milan Girls (9-15): 1.Layla Stephenson 2.Emma Chaplin 3.Callie Sutton 4.Lauren Brooks 5.Amelia Washburn Open C (+21): 1.Randy Romann 2.Gregory Layne 3.Dallas Davis 4.Driskell Jamie 5.Christopher Godfrey

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Quad Motocross September 16 Cambridge MX......................Cambridge

Hare Scrambles

16 Flying Dutchmen MC Club........New Ulm October 13 Shadow Valley Drift..New Richmond, WI 14 Shadow Valley Drift..New Richmond, WI

Motocross September 16 RTW Race Promotions...........Cambridge 16 Spring Creek Park MX ...............Millville 23 Motocity Raceway ......................Staples 23 Bermbenders ................................Mora 30 RTW Race Promotions...........Cambridge

September 30 Motocity Raceway ......................Staples October 7ERX Moto Park.........................Elk River 14 Golden Eagles CC......................Millville

Non Points Motocross Events: October 7 Spring Creek Park MX ...............Millville 7 Echo Valley Moto Park ...........Brookston 14 Bermbenders ................................Mora 21 Motocity Raceway ......................Staples

Dirt Track

Enduro

September 15 Flying Dutchmen MC ...............New Ulm

September 15-16 MN Off road rides.......................Crosby

Dual Sport September 22-23 Twin City Trail Riders ..........Huntersville October 6-7 Norsemen Cycle Club .........Danbury, WI

Trail Rides September 8-9 Golden Eagles CC....................Thielman 23-23 Twin City Trail Riders ..........Huntersville October 20-21 Paul Bunyan Forest Riders ..........Akeley

District 23 Club/ Promoters

Berm Benders Raceway...............320-679-2582 Dice Brothers..............................507-545-2346 Echo Valley..................................218-348-4754 Flying Dutchmen .........................507-388-1671 Golden Eagles.............................507-273-7400 Hi-Winders- Spring Creek MX Prk.507-753-2779 Indianhead MC ...........................651-755-6709 Kato Cycle Club............................612-460-6190

Midwest Off Road Riders..............320-815-8199 Motocity Raceway........................218-894-2826 Motokazie ...................................952-601-1169 MS River Road Run ......................612-423-4192 Northern Lite Cycle Club..............320-493-3531 Norsemen Motorcycle Club ..........612-396-2932 Paul Bunyan Forest Riders...........763-269-1822 Range Riders...............................218-341-9691 River Valley Enduro Riders...........612-247-2039 RideX365 ....................................218-821-5692 RM Promotions/Little Falls..........218-894-2826 RS Promotions ............................507-254-7522 RTW Race Promotions..................320-980-4419 Shadow Valley Drifters ................715-338-8048 Straight Arrow Enduro Riders ......651-785-8898 Twin Cities Trail Riders .................612-965-8618 ARMCA/District 23 Office: Shannon Rumpca........................651-998-0406

2018 D16 Events 16 * Sugar Maple MX .................Hill Point 23 * Fantasy Moto.......................Tigerton October 14 * Aztalan Cycle Club.............Lake Mills

Enduro September 30 WFO PromotionsÂ ....................Geneseo, IL November (2019 Points) 4 Riders M/C ..............................Goshen, IN 11 Forest City Riders MC ............Leaf River, IL

Dirt Track www.amadistrict16.com Dates subject to change

Hare Scrambles GP - Indicates new GP style events. These pay hare scramble points, will run a shorter two moto format, roughly 25 minutes each. Vintage class runs at Wisconsin events September 15 GP Rapid Angels MC Club .........Dyracuse 16 Rapid Angels MC Club .........Dyracuse

Trials September 15 WOTA ..................................Mauston 16 WOTA ..................................Mauston October 6 WOTA .................................Wauzeka 7 WOTA .................................Wauzeka

Motocross * Indicates D16 Points Paying Event September 15 * Sugar Maple MX .................Hill Point

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September 15 ST Aztalan Cycle Club.............Lake Mills 16 ST Aztalan Cycle Club.............Lake Mills October 13 ST Shadow Val Drifts.......New Richmond 14 ST Shadow Val Drift ........New Richmond

Dual Sport September 22-23 Wisconsin Dual Sport Rid......Wabeno October 20 Kettle Moriane Sprt Rid.....West Bend 27 Madison MC Club............Cross Plains

Annual Meetings/ Banquet November 9 District 16 MX Meeting ..................WI Dells 10 D16 Annual Meet/Banquet ...........WI Dells

Clubs and Promoters

Arkansas Creek Cycle Club...........715-285-5679 Aztalan Cycle Club.......................None Available Beaver Cycle Club........................920-319-6889

CMJ Raceway ..............................608-220-6853 Door County Fair Association........920-495-7320 DVR Enterprises...........................262-689-2842 Fantasy Moto ..............................920-419-2863 Gravity Park USA ........................920-378-3864 Kettle Moraine Sports Riders........262-334-1743 Madison M/C ..............................414-659-2684 Marshfield T & T Riders................715-384-4555 Range Moto-X.............................906-369-8461 Rapid Angels Motorcycle Club.......715-451-1168 Rib Mountain Riders ....................715-359-9543 Southeast Wisconsin End Riders....262-930-0358 Southeastern Short Trackers.........262-339-7430 Sugar Maple MX..........................608-415-2564 UP Sandstormers.........................906-869-6724 Valley Springs MC Club ................715-594-3726 Wausau 525 Group .....................715-409-6054 Wisconsin Dual Sport Riders.........920-350-2030 Wisconsin Observed Trials ............319-330-8016 X-Mas Family Motorsports ...........847-702-1400

Referees and Pointskeepers:

Dirt Track, Danny Vrana ..............262-689-2842 Enduro, Steven Kaczmarowski .....262-930-0358 Hare Scram, Matt Sather .............608-577-9962 Hillclimb, Mike Bronk ..................715-325-4034 Motocross, Scott Biese..................920-419-2863 Dual Sport, Brett Lobajeski ..........920-922-0979 Trials, Kevin Huber ......................319-330-6700

Banquet Time

IS HERE!

Reserve your rooms and get tickets ordered ASAP.

D17 Events

district 16

2018 AwArds

21 21 28 Q

Stadium MX

Banquet & Dinner

B indicates Bonus Points paying event September 14 Joliet Motosports.......Willmington 22 B Joliet Motosports.......Willmington October 13 Joliet Motosports.......Willmington 27 Joliet Motosports.......Willmington

November 10, 2018 Come celebrate the

conclusion of a great season... District 16 will again hold our annual meeting and awards banquet at the fantastic Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells, WI., come stay the weekend. Make room reservations with the hotel ASAP, mention AMA Dist 16 for the very special rates. AMA Dist. 16 room rates:

Hare Scrambles www.amadistrict17.com Dates subject to change

Enduro

•Dinner served at 5:00pm!

September 23 Muddobbers M/C .......Upland, IN 30 WFO Promotions .............Geneseo October 14 Cahokia Creek DR ........White City November 4 Riders MC ...................Goshen, IN 11 Forest City Riders MC....Leaf River

Check in 4-5:00

Dual Sports

Awards only - Check in 5:30-6:30pm

September 29 WFO Promotions .............Geneseo November 4 Brush Poppers..................Sterling 10 Forest City Riders..........Leaf River

Rooms from $159, Call 877-253-5466.

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Room rates held to Oct. 10 only!

Wisconsin Dells, WI www.kalahariresort.com

Evening Schedule

Awards will be presented after dinner!

Drawings and DJ starts at 8pm! 2 Motorcycl es, 2 generators & much more will be raffled of f!

Gran Prix

Saturday dinner ticket order form Please complete and return with your payment Make check payable to: AMA District 16 8440 26th Street South • Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494 Questions? district16banquet@gmail.com 715-213-0068

Tickets will be held for you at the door!! Name tickets should be held under (first, last) ___________________________________ Seating is NOT reserved this year. First come first serve. If looking to sit with a group, it is best to show up early

Orders must be post marked by Oct 17th! Back in 2018! All dinner ticket holders get a free t-shirt. Total $ Dinner Buffet & Awards Presentation Quantity

$29/adult

$________

No tickets at the door!

Children 12 & under Buffet & Awards $17/person No tickets at the door!

$________

Indicate quantity/ sizes ____ Small ____ Med ____ Lg ____ XL Adult sized shirts, one per person attending dinner

Awards Presentation Only $10/person (order in advance. Tickets will be sold at the door ($15) until capacity is reached, 5 yrs & under free w/ paid adult

$________ Enclosed $_ ____

Linclon Trail Motosport........Casey Motosports Park .................Byron Muddy Waters .............Port Byron

September 15 Moto Pro Inc ....................Wedron October 28 Canton M/C ......................Canton

Hill Climb Q Quad classes included , N= Night time event September 29 N,Q Pleasure Riders M/C ...Cayuga, IN IL State Championship 30 Q Pleasure Riders M/C ...Cayuga, IN

Dirt Track Q indicates Quad classes included October 13 TT,Q Splinter Creek .............Fosterburg

Motocross Q indicates Quad classes included, B is a Bonus Points Paying event September 16 Q,B Mc Moto Park ................Mt Carrol AMA D-17 Illinois State MX Championship 22 Sunset Ridge MX ...............Walnut 23 Linclon Trail Motosport........Casey 23 ProAm Sunset Ridge MX ...............Walnut 30 Q Galesburg M/C ............Galesburg October 14 B Sunset Ridge MX ...............Walnut 20 Linclon Trail Motosport........Casey

Q indicates Quad classes included, B indicates Bonus points paying round September 16 Q Moto Pro Inc ....................Wedron 22 Q Only Pleasure Riders ................Cayuga 23 Pleasure Riders ................Cayuga October 7 Q WFO ...............................Geneseo 14 Q,B Moto Pro Inc ....................Wedron 21 Variety Riders ...................Ottawa 18 Q,B WFO ..................................K-Burg Team Charity Races No Points November 4 Cahokia Creek DR ........White City 11 Belleville Enduro Team...Belleville

Road Events September 23 Turk Rn Peoria M/C........................Peoria

Dist 17 Clubs & Promoters

4P/ Sunset Ridge MX................(815) 379-9534 Belleville Enduro Team..............(618) 277-3478 Brush Poppers M/C...................(815) 622-4099 Cahokia Creek Dirt Riders .........(618) 946-4316 Canton M/C Club ......................(309) 202-1144 Central Illinois M/C...................(217) 649-6354 Dirt Rider, Inc. ..........................(217) 789-0107 Forest City Riders M/C ..............(779) 221-9383 Fox Valley Off-Road..................(815) 539-9021 Galesburg M/C.........................(309) 344-1714 Grand Kankakee Trail Riders.....(708) 946-0999 Hill and Gully M/C....................(708) 424-1969 Joliet Motosports Park ..............(815) 476-7433 Kiesow Racing ..........................(217) 632-0277 King City Dirt Riders..................(618) 266-7208 Lamoine Ramblers M/C ............(309) 837-9436 Lincoln Trail Motosports.............(217) 932-2041 Moto Pro/ Megacross MX..........(815) 539-9021 M.C. Moto Park.........................(815) 541-1209 Midwest Off-Road .....................(815) 228-6143 Motosports Park .......................(815) 234-2271 Muddy Waters ..........................(309) 948-1560 N.I.T.R.O ...............................(815) 335-2749 Pekin M/C................................(309) 231-4945 Peoria Motorcycle Club..............(309) 697-4981 Pleasure Riders M/C .................(217) 247-2216 Riders M/C...............................(574) 209-1234 Rock River Riders M/C..............(815) 645-2351 Splinter Creek Dirt Riders..........(618) 977-5587 Tri-City M/C, Inc. ......................(309) 799-9449 Variety Riders M/C ...................(815) 434-3669 Woodstock Racing.....................(815) 337-3511 WFO Promotions.......................(309) 314-3343 CYCLE USA, September 2018

Open B riders having a good close race.

All Fun at Muddy Waters Port Byron, Illinois - July 29 By Josh Rud, ShiftOnePhotography.com

uddy Waters was back in action July 29th with some great racing and an awesome turnout. The facility is in a constant state of improvement with the new owners really stepping up and making this place a great destination for riding and spending the weekend with family. The track has underwent some changes to add in some spice of a new layout as well as outfitting a full sprinkler system to make watering much more efficient. All the work is making an awesome track even better. There was a lot of great action out there, and some really tight races making for an entertaining Sunday for everyone. 250C delivered a great race today with twenty three riders lining up. In the first moto it was Lane Christians taking the win followed by Joe Quest and Kyleigh Mclaughlin. The gates dropped on the second moto with everyone tight around the first corner as Cameron Campbell grabbed the holeshot followed by Daniel Mormino and Christians. The three bat56

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tled up the hill with Christians keeping it pinned to the top,l taking over second and running down the lead. Not far behind was Quest making moves as they dropped into the woods. After several laps went by things had shaken up once again with Christians in the lead Quest moving up to second and Mormino holding off a pack of riders while in third place. They fought all the way to the finish as Brain Goerdt was making up ground the entire race, sliding into third over the triple. Christians took the win and the overall for the day followed by Quest and Goerdt who went 5-3 for third overall. Up next was 85Jr. In the first moto Hunter Savage took the win followed by Christopher Colantoni and Sadie Quest. They took off in the second moto with Savage jumping out front on his KTM for the holeshot, with Quest and Colantoni right behind as they went up the hill into the sweeper. Colantoni came around the outside heading into the

Hunter Billingsley charged to second in the 125cc class.

back of the track to take over second while Savage was starting to make a gap up front. The laps wound down with Savage coming out top for the win and the overall. Open B was one to watch today with some great racing. In the first moto Nick Blumer came out on top followed by Joshua Franklin and Aaron Anderson. Heading off the line down the hill for moto two Eddie Kline had an early run to the line as Blumer came in hot from the outside to grab the holeshot. Right behind him was Anderson and Franklin all battling for position. As the pack started up the hill Scott Kooistra charged up to third behind Anderson as the group was close all the way to the back of track. Coming around on the next lap things had changed up quite a bit as Kooistra was pushing hard and into second now with Blumer still in the lead. Meanwhile Franklin had charged back and took over third. Then on a final charge Kooistra was able to get a good line around the outside to take over the lead. The checkers flew for Kooistra with Blumer and Franklin rounding out the podium. The overall went to Blumer having a first and second place finish, Franklin in second with a second and third, and Kooistra in third having finished fifth in the first moto. It was a great turn out for the track today and the dirt was amazing. The property is looking amazing and you can see all the hard work going into everything. The crew at Muddy Waters is working hard to keep the facilities in top shape and it really shows. Be sure to make your way out to catch a race or practice before the end of the season. Results: +60: 1.David Thomas 2.Charlie Spindler 250A: 1.Conrad Schipper 2.Rj Mackenzie 3.Kevin Goette 250B: 1.Nick Blumer 2.Stephen Kupferschmid 250C: 1.Lane Christians 2.Joe Quest 3.Brian Goerdt 4.Kyleigh Mclaughlin 5.Daniel Mormino Open A: 1.Conrad Schipper 2.Nick Wallace 3.Rj Mackenzie Open B: 1.Nick Blumer 2.Joshua Franklin

3.Scott Kooistra 4.Stephen Kupferschmid 5.Eddie Kline Open C: 1.Lane Christians 2.Daniel Mormino 3.Joe Quest 4.Jacob Marquette 5.William Kent 125cc: 1.Kash Schnowske 2.Hunter Billingsley 3.Zennon Shain +25A: 1.Lucas Smith +25B/C: 1.Benjamin Schmidt 2.Michael Main 3.Matt Guderjan 4.Stephen Stocklen Jr 5.Joel Rittenhouse +30A: 1.Lucas Smith +30B/C: 1.Scott Kooistra 2.Zach Phares 3.Brian Kooistra 4.Robert Goodin 5.Andy Kooistra +40A: 1.Roy Nafzger 2.Jack Taylor 3.Ernest Peterman 4.Harry Friedman 5.Scott Spindler +40B/C: 1.Aaron Virag 2.David Genung 3.Troy Quest 4.Andy Kooistra 5.Robert Goodin +50A: 1.Roy Nafzger 2.Ernest Peterman 3.Jack Taylor 4.Harry Friedman 5.Scott Spindler +50B/C: 1.David Genung 2.Mark Obrien 3.Andy Kooistra 4.Jeff Curtis 5.Steve Cervenka Vintage: 1.Joshua Franklin 2.Brian Kooistra 3.Trevor Callear 4.Jerome Schutzenhofer 5.Eddie Kline Women: 1.Haylee Peterman 2.Kyleigh Mclaughlin 3.Sadie Quest 4.Rochelle Longstreth 5.Krystal Fisher 14-24: 1.Eddie Kline SchBoy 1: 1.Hunter Billingsley 2.Zennon Shain 3.Cole Dekker

SchBoy 2: 1.Kash Schnowske 2.Lane Christians 3.Joe Quest 4.Patrick Wessels 5.John Marshall SuperMini: 1.Zennon Shain 2.Brandon Bollino 3.Joe Elliot 4.Ian Murphy Open Mini: 1.Christopher Colantoni 2.Noxx Lewin 3.Gavin Roth 4.Jakob Niles 5.Kallin Thomas 85Sr: 1.Brandon Bollino 2.Jakob Niles 3.Jake Richardson 85Jr: 1.Hunter Savage 2.Christopher Colantoni 3.Sadie Quest 4.Kallin Thomas 65Sr: 1.Hunter Savage 2.Gavin Roth 65Jr: 1.Noxx Lewin 2.Gunnar Heikkila 3.Jaxon Huston 4.Joey Arnold 5.Matthew Alshouse 50 (4-8) Small Track: 1.Lincoln Paxton 2.Christopher Smallberger 3.Corbin Colantoni 4.Grayson De Ano 5.Cole Mccombs 50 (4-8) Non-Pnts SmallTrack: 1.Eastig Busch 2.Brock Day 50Jr BigTrack: 1.Rylen Hofmaster 2.Lincoln Paxton 3.Grayson De Ano 50Sr Big Track: 1.Tom Luberda 2.Connor Cooper 3.Joey Arnold 4.Jaxon Huston 5.Matthew Alshouse 50 Open Big Track: 1.Tom Luberda 2.Ryder Mcgee 3.Cashton Dilley 4.Jack Snook 5.Rylen Hofmaster Quad A: 1.Colin Lyon Quad B: 1.Mark Dekker 2.Dakota Hitchcock Quad C: 1.Cheyanne Hitchcock 2.Alex Veith Quad 300: 1.Chase Dorsey Quad 90: 1.Joey Schweitzer

Rj Mackenzie looking good in the A class. CYCLE USA, September 2018

Kewanee, ILâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lincoln Paxton going home with some hardware after having a good day on his 50.

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‘13 ktm 250sx 2 stroke. FMF pipe, MX tech suspension with Huck valve set up for 190lb vet rider, Dicks racing stage 1 carb upgrade. Rebuilt end of every season. We'll maintained. Original owner. $3100 obo text 815-953-3834 ‘82 Husqvarna CR250, 2 races on it since rebuilt, engine, suspension, not a pristine show bike, this is a ready to race bike, $2700, bike is in N. IL. 779-3680646

‘17 Sherco 250 ST Factory. Purchase June 30, 2017. Very low hours. Extras. $6700 obo. Ray 563-528-0317

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Bikes only, All classes both days!! Stay ALL Weekend! PRO-AM Racing Sunday • Dist 17 Points both days

Oct 13...... Racer-X Vet Race

Make-up for July rain-out. Day for our vet riders... including special Vintage classes, see website, no youth or ATV classes.

Oct. 14...Bikes & Quads.....Dist 17 MX Nick Hoffman Memorial race to close out another fantastic season!

Weekend Practice Schedule 10-4pm See website for changes, additions and more information

•Sept 30 •October 6, 27

Oct 28th Rider Appreciation!! See website for special Wednesday practice info