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TRAINING CAMP SPORTS NUTRITION
FOR CHILDREN Kirk Layfield, N.D. M.S. EMT-P
What should my child eat and drink to gain a competitive edge? This is a question pondered by many parents of child athletes. Often parents are bombarded with conflicting messages about nutrition and are misinformed about what foods their children require for good health and the demands of regular physical activity and athletic competition. Energy: Calories in vs calories out According to the 2012 Dietary Reference Intakes, active preteen females (6–12 years of age) require anywhere from 1600–2200 calories/ day, while males of the same age range need 1800–2400 calories/day for normal growth and development. More time spent in physical activity means that more calories and other nutrients are needed to support the extra demands of physical activity. Luckily, most young athletes will naturally increase their food intake to accommodate the day-to-day nutrient needs of their sports participation. Carbohydrates: The competitive edge While many adults shun carbohydrates in the battle of the bulge, carbohydrates are the main source of fuel for muscles during exercise. Offer children carbohydrate-rich foods at each meal and snack, such as: pasta and rice; whole-grain cereals, breads, and tortillas; low-fat muffins; granola bars; crackers; pretzels; yogurt and milk; fruit and 100% fruit juices. Make sure to include some whole-grain foods in your child’s diet, such as brown rice, whole-wheat breads, and whole-grain cereals, to help promote good overall health. Protein: The building block While protein is important for building muscle, proper immune function, and hormone production, excess protein that replaces muchneeded carbohydrate actually can impair athletic performance. Young athletes get all of the protein that they need when eating a carbohydrate-rich, well-balanced, and varied diet. Good sources of protein include: chicken and turkey; eggs; cheese, milk, and yogurt; dried beans and legumes; lean meats. Fat: Not too much, but not too little It is essential to get some fat in the diet for good health and for a source of energy during exercise and recovery. Healthy fats are found in: nuts, seeds, peanut butter, olive oil, canola oil, trans-fat-free margarine, and fatty fish (such as salmon). Unhealthy fats are found in animal-based foods, such as: high-fat dairy products, fatty meats, tropical oils (coconut oil, palm oil, palm ker-
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nel oil), and trans fats, which are found in many commercially prepared foods (anything with “partially hydrogenated” listed on the ingredient label). Hydration: Morning, noon, and night Child athletes have special fluid needs, partly because of the fact that they respond differently to exercise than adults do. For example, children have a lower sweat rate and a greater relative body surface area, so they produce more heat than adults, but they are not as efficient at transferring this heat from the working muscles to the skin. In addition, children are more susceptible to extreme environmental conditions, because it takes them longer to acclimate. Encourage young athletes to drink 4–8 fluids ounces (fl oz) of liquid every 15–20 minutes. Weigh children before and after exercise, and have them drink at least 16–24 fl oz of fluid for every pound lost. Vitamins and minerals: Micronutrients are a big deal Physically active children typically come closer to meeting their requirements for vitamins and minerals than their nonathlete counterparts. Iron and calcium sometimes are the exception. This is especially true for endurance athletes and female endurance runners in particular. If exercise performance has declined, then check blood levels for serum ferritin and hemoglobin, because nonanemic iron deficiency is prevalent in young athletes. Iron-rich foods include: Fortified breads, cereals, and grains; lean meats and poultry; dark-green vegetables; beans and legumes; nuts Calcium-rich foods include: low-fat milk, yogurt, cheese, fortified soy milk, and dark-green leafy vegetables Eat often: Before exercise, during exercise, and after exercise Active children need to eat often to fuel their smaller bodies for physical activity. A small meal or snack every 3–4 hours is a good rule of thumb. Pay particular attention to pre-exercise snacks to help provide fuel for physical activity, as well as the post-exercise snack and/or meal to help speed recovery. Choose a pre-exercise snack that is high in carbohydrate and lower in protein, fat, and fiber, so that it is easily digestible and well tolerated. Suggestions include: granola bars, cereal snack mix, or a raisin bagel. The post-exercise snack or meal should provide a moderate amount of protein, in addition to carbohydrates, to help maximize glycogen stores and repair muscle damage. Some ideas include: fruit yogurt and banana; a turkey and cheese sandwich; or spaghetti with lean meat sauce. To find out what your young athlete tolerates best, experiment during training, not competition. That’s it for this month, please visit www. innovationtrainingsystems.com for all your fitness and nutrition needs.
INDUSTRY PROFILE
DAVE KIMMEY
& ENGINE ICE Text by: Ronnie Monk
FLMX: Dave Kimmey, the mad scientist behind Engine Ice! How are you and how’s life treating you? DK: Life is great! Business is great! Been staying really busy and expanding around the world. FLMX: Before we jump into Engine Ice lets get the story behind you. Where are you from, schooling, family, who is Dave Kimmey? DK: Well, I was born in Jacksonville...wait...you don’t mean junk like that, do you? We’ll skip forward a bit. As I said, I am a Florida native, born in Jacksonville, but lived most of my life in South Florida. FLMX: How did you get involved in MX? DK: My Uncle, also David Kimmey, was a bit of a hot rod and motorcycle nut in his younger days, building hot rods and chopping and channeling cars, early version of making a low rider, I guess you could say. He had bikes over the years and introduced them to my brother, Ken, who secretly raced his Yamaha DT-1 MX at the old Deerfield MX track in Deerfield Beach, FL...the location where the giant Publix distribution facility is now at I-95 and 10th Street. He twisted his ankle and got busted by my Mom, but was hooked on MX and it all went downhill from there...He bought a Suzuki TM125 and began racing. I’d go an watch and be the usual pest of a little brother, but then I started flagging. It was cool to make a few bucks at like 11 yrs old at a motocross track. I was good at it and took it seriously. Got to a point, even at my young age, promoters would ask me to flag, so I’d get good spots. I got a bike in 1976, at age 12, was a Honda XR-75 that my uncle had stroked out to something like 101cc, it was a cheater, but
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I sucked, so I still got smoked. I remember Dougie Longwell jumping over my head on his MCS Supermini at the old Clewiston track by the Evercane Sugar Factory. Can you still find Evercane Sugar? It wasn’t too long before my parents, in all their mercy, saved me from the XR and got me my first “real” MX bike, a 1977 Yamaha YZ80D. Had that bike a few years, and by the time we sold it, it was super trick. It had all the goodies from new CH swingarm, Fox Shox, CH Head, DG Cylinder, big carb and so much more. I remember a kid and his parents coming to see it in order to buy it. I started it, rode it around the yard and tried to hand it off to the kid and he said “no way,” the bike scared the crap out of him, and they left, never even trying the bike. After that, went to a Suzuki RM125 with an RM100 cylinder, raced 100 Class for a bit, then swapped to a 125cc cylinder and went right to expert (no “A/B/C” classes, expert and novice). I did OK, then moved into a YZ125 and raced that a few years. I did OK in expert. I was one of those guys who was a consistent 3rd, 4th or 5th. Could never quite break through to that top level. I was also a good crasher. When I’d show up, people would say “Oh look, Kimmey is here, watch him because he’ll either do really good or eat it really bad” Eventually, the usual girls, cars and other distractions, legal and not, got in the way of racing and I stopped. I missed a few years at the track, but kept up on the pro stuff. After a couple years, went back to flagging to make a few bucks and stay involved at some of Pete Scalzo’s races, the races in Homestead and then Pepsi/Air Dania FLMX: You were part of the South FL crew, I remember you announcing at the old Air Dania! What’s it been like watching generations of MX kids growing up? DK: Yeah, I was at Pepsi/Air Dania from the beginning, started as flagger, then head flagger and then announcer/go-to guy. Seemed I was head-A**hole at times, because I was the enforcer on practice night and race day, I was even referee. I became announcer because the one Brian (track owner) had just flat out sucked. He knew nothing about moto and was clueless, so I made Brian a deal, it was some two day weekend, I think a LL qualifier, and I said, “You let me announce Saturday night, and if I suck, I’ll go back to my hill (finish line) and never say another word. If I don’t suck, you never hire that guy again and I get his job.” Brian agreed, I announced and that guy never came back again. I had never done it before, it just came naturally and I had fun doing it, especially when I was messing with people. I met so many riders and people, from Ernesto Fonseca and Timmy Ferry to Vanilla Ice and Scott McLemore (Scotty Mac) who was the director of the old Motoworld show and is now the head guy of all the programming you see from Lucas Oil, like the off-road truck series. It’s amazing to see so much talent that came out of that track, both racers and racers-turned-mechanics. I mean, Paul Perebijnos who was a staple at that track and who’s mom was head score keeper is now
ness, so we met and he had a coolant idea called “Horizon.” It was an antifreeze, but it primarily focused on being environmentally safe and I really didn’t think it was fully developed. Well, not long after, Horizon failed and I went back to my former employer and said it can be done better and there was some messing around on blending and we hit on something. FLMX: What was it like developing, testing and getting it off the ground? DK: We starting just giving out to people, mostly to test it. Now keep in mind, this was just when the four strokes were coming out and they ran super hot, so hot the power felt like crap after a few laps or overheated mid-moto. We initially gave it out in jugs like windshield washer fluid bottles and since we made it in blue, it actually looked like windshield washing fluid. Some of our early users were James Stewart, Kyle Chisholm, Paul Perebijnos, The Butlers, Mark Beamer and Willie Manning was putting it in the race bikes he was building, especially for his brother, Chris. The reports we were getting back were fantastic, some with almost crazy claims, so we knew we were onto something. We kept pushing it and testing it and it got to a point, people here in Florida were asking me for it. So we prepared to launch, and targeted the Glen Helen National in 2001. A couple weeks before, I went to some SX races to try and get a few privateers to start using it, and the first national level pro rider we signed up Jason “JT$” Thomas. When we got to Glen Helen, I think we had a little buzz going and we slapped stickers all over the place. Launched the website that same weekend with retail on it and actually sold a bottle the very first day. Little known fact, Dr Bodner of the Asterisk Crew was one of our very first customers. FLMX: What makes it the best product to run in your motor? DK: Several things make Engine Ice superior, from our proprietary blending process to the purity of the ingredients used. Engine Ice uses deionized water, which is the purest water you can get, essentially laboratory water, completely free of any mineral or chemical contaminants. It’s this purity of the water, all of our ingredients and proprietary blending process that reduces the surface tension of the coolant as it flows through the system, and the more smoothly you can make the fluid flow, the more you can improve the thermal conductivity.
a championship winning mechanic for Pro Circuit! I remember him on a KX65 killing it, and now he’s one of the top mechanics. It’s been like watching my own kids grow up. FLMX: Where and how did the idea come from for Engine Ice? DK: Truly a comedy of errors and being in the right place and the right time. I worked for a company in the automotive chemical business for a bit and then switched to consumer trade shows. The former employer called me and said he had a guy with an idea for the motorcycle busi-
FLMX: What was your big break that took it to the next level? DK: I remember it clearly, I was at Pepsi/Air Dania and had a voicemail on my cellphone, and that voicemail was the team manager of Steve Lamson’s Works Connection team, and that was a factory bike. He said he heard about out product, heard good things, and wanted to run it in Lamson’s bike. I knew this was the big break, because if it worked in his bike, word would spread. I shipped a case out and spent the week a nervous wreck. That weekend, we had already planned to take the kids to Disney, so all day that Sunday I was a mess. Got back to my hotel and was able to catch some of the online audio, and Lammy was having a good day, and best of all, it was muddy...which was good and bad, because if he did well and the bike didn’t blow up, the product did its job. If the bike blew up, I was screwed. At the end of the day, if I remember right, Lammy finished 3rd and had the points lead at that point, a few rounds in, so obviously I was stoked. It was after that, we did ads featuring Lamson and teams started hearing about it and coming to us. The rest is history. FLMX: Where and how is it available to consumers? DK: Engine Ice is or should be available at every local motorcycle
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INDUSTRY PROFILE dealership and shop, and if they don’t have it, they can get it from any of the major distributors like Tucker-Rocky, Parts Unlimited and WPS/ Western Powersports. FLMX: Have you gone outside of the MX spectrum with the product? DK: We have had competitors use Engine Ice in everything from monster trucks, classic cars, race cars, mini sprints, go karts, RV’s, generators and ultralight aircraft. Craziest one I ever heard was a “Pharmaceutical pill press.” It seems they get so hot from the pressure it takes to compress a powder to a pill, they needed something to help, but that also won’t contaminate all the facility in the event of a spill. We also know a lot of military uses, from on base vehicles to ATV’s and even stuff they won’t tell us about...which makes us imagine crazy stuff! If it has a radiator, Engine Ice can go in it! FLMX: Is their anything new in the works for other products or changes? DK: Funny you ask, and this is an FLMX scoop...we’re changing the bottle plastic to a new translucent type of plastic that is more durable and more easily recyclable, again keeping with our attempting to be more environmentally aware while offering the best you can have, because we believe you can have both. (ED: See attached art rendering of new bottle to insert) FLMX: Has your product turned out to everything you wanted it to be? DK: And then some! I never knew it would be this successful. I was just hoping to get a paycheck and maybe go to a few races, and now I travel the world. I’ve been to races from Moscow, to both Geneva and Zurich, Switzerland to races all over Germany, Holland and elsewhere, not to mention all across the US. FLMX: What are your future goals and outlooks? DK: Keep expanding. More countries where Engine Ice is available. We recently entered into an agreement where TMV, the sister company of Twin Air Filters, is going to help expand our international distribution. So we expect more worldwide distribution and even more domestic market share, even though we’re already the top selling coolant and antifreeze in the powersports industry in the USA. FLMX: Are you still working with riders on over seas races? DK: Yup, just got off the phone setting up a deal for Ivan Tedesco to race the final German Supercross series race in Dortmund, Germany. We love working with teams overseas and helping out riders from here. We don’t make any money, and it actually costs us money to do it, but it’s our way to help out many privateers. FLMX: What do you do with those riders and races? DK: We work with a couple teams, but primarily with Sturm Racing Kawasaki in Germany, to send over good American riders to give them the results they want, wins and podiums. Sometimes we will take over unproven riders to give them a chance that maybe they haven’t had before, an opportunity to prove themselves and most of the time we send over the best riders we can get who aren’t presently in a contract. We need riders who aren’t in contracts, because once on a team, they have preseason obligations to fulfill such as testing and training, so
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we need riders free of that and able to hop on a plane for a weekend and make a few thousand dollars. We’ve worked with Kyle Chisholm, Ricky Renner, Matt Boni, Paul Carpenter, Jacob Saylor, Kyle Tobin and so many more. It’s very gratifying work at times and sometimes a bit frustrating. FLMX: Give us your best all time Moto story. DK: There are a few, like the Steve Lamson story I mentioned earlier, but I think the best was two weeks with Jacob Saylor. The team he was on at the time, Tamer Racing, had a dead set up for Jacob and a teammate to race a supercross in Belfast, Northern Ireland and the Geneva, Switzerland, and since the team manger couldn’t make it, he asked me to go in his place as team manger. We landed Thanksgiving day, so it was weird not being in the US for Thanksgiving, but even trying to explain it to our host in Belfast. Have you ever had to try and explain Thanksgiving? Had Chinese in Northern Ireland for turkey day...how’s that for a mind freak, huh? Now the teammate for Jacob was a no show, so it was just Jacob, who sacked up for the promoter and actually did double duty, racing both 250’s and 450’s, racing twice as many races each night as everyone else, and if I remember right in one class he made podium and finished something like 4th in the other. After that we boarded a plane for Geneva, Switzerland. We had a few extra days, so I rented a car and we drove to the French Alps, at the base of Mount Blanc, and then drove through the Mount Blanc tunnel, one of the longest in Europe, to emerge in Italy, where we had lunch at a small local place where no one spoke a word of English. We then drove back to Geneva and spent a day in town there. Now Geneva is a big race over there, like Bercy, and there was Tortelli, Vuillemin and a lot of really talented racers. We walk in and there’s Jacob’s bike, box stock. Plastic was still covering the seat! We had no suspension, no tools, nothing. We weren’t told we needed it. Kyle Chisholm is there as well, and of course his dad, Gary, brings everything but the kitchen sink in a few hard-sided golf bags, and we don’t have squat. Not even sprockets for gearing changes. We make due as best we can and I keep asking Jacob, “how’s the bike,” and he keeps replying “it’s fine” but I can see it’s not. So without his knowledge, I keep cranking in the compression and slowing down the rebound and keep asking the same question and getting the same answer. Jacob struggles the first night and the promoter isn’t happy. The second day we were able to get some sprockets delivered and with Gary’s help, we get that done and it helps, but suspension is still screwed so I keep cranking and Jacob keeps saying “it’s fine,” but I can see the bike’s coming around and Jacob makes the 450 main and then makes it to the “Superfinal” where they combine top six in 250 and top six in 450 for one battle royale, where Jacob finished 3rd and on the podium, his first big pro podium. I was so happy, I had a little tear in my eye. FLMX: Good luck with everything Dave! Any parting words? DK: Thanks for listening to my rambling? Seriously, thanks for your support and we appreciate all of our customers and if you ever have any questions, call, chances are you’re going to talk directly with me, that’s the customer service we like to provide. www.engineice.com
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FLMX: Forrest Butler is the owner and Team Manager of the BTOSports.com KTM team. Forrest how is 2013 so far? FB: It’s going well, except for not getting to start off the SX season healthy with Byrne. He is still healing up from breaking his leg back at Unadilla late this past summer, and after 3 year together I know I speak for him as well in that we just wish we could show everyone what he still has in SX. Aside from that though, Goerke is doing well and we are inside the top 10 in points headed into round 4, which was definitely our goal. Our sponsors are good, BTO Sports, Palmetto, KTM, FLY Racing and our new team partners in Scott Witt and Bubba Burger - and they are behind us and allowing us to make all this happen! FLMX: Big changes this year as Factory KTM is now apart of the program. How are the bikes and how did everything all come together? FB:Yes, we made the move to KTM and are on full factory equipment. It’s been a long independent run and we have received help from OEM’s in the past and are very appreciative for it. But KTM made us part of their new direction program, and our job is to be top 10 in the 450 class, both in SX and MX - so that is what we are working hard to achieve. The bike is amazing, and after all these years to get to work with factory KTM on this level, in one word - it’s extremely professional. And to date we are having our most successful run in SX with a full healthy field, and we are 1 top team rider down - so I would say the bike is speaking for itself in our results. FLMX: Did you change your home base location? You were telling me the team might set up a shop in Cali. FB: No we are still based out of Miami, but we did open a shop
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in southern Cali right across the street from KTM - and then we have BTO Sports up in Thousand Oaks, so we are spread all over. Goerke lives in southern Cali right by the shop and test tracks, and Byrne is still in FL. Also we have Less Smith filling in for Byrne right now, and he is based out of Tally at RC’s place. Basically we operate around the riders, so the riders are comfortable and not forced to be somewhere they don’t want to be. And then their mechanics live nearby them. They don’t just randomly come to visit the riders like you used to with your rider back in the mid 2000’s - and they don’t really ever quote any Ron Burgendy lines either... FLMX: Matt Georke and Michael Byrne are your 2 riders this year. Matt is killing it so far this year. How does he like the bike? FB: Like I mentioned above Burgendy, Byrne has been hurt since Unadilla! Actually, he started riding on the bike on MX track about 2-3 weeks back and then end of this week will be his first time on SX track. So hopefully a couple more good weeks and we will see him back earlier in the east coast SX rounds. As for Goerke, some people are acting surprised at how good he is doing, but we are not - as that is why we hired him after he showed he was definitely on his way back up after filling in for us in SX last year. Matt is that top level fast, he just had 2 very bad years of injuries. A lot of guys can do good, and get a top finish here and there when the cards work out - whether it’s amateurs or pros. But Goerke I honestly believe is a top 5 guy, and he and I are working hard to prove that. We are working hard not the team side, and Matt is working incredibly hard on the training side. I hate to talk about it anymore than that, and as far as the bike goes - they love it. I keep saying the bike is great, but with all seriousness - the bike is great! Less Smith again is filling in for Byrne, and he just made the first 450 main of his career after just 3 tries and finished 14th. Less could have picked another bike, but he loves the KTM. And he had picked that on his own, before he knew he would be filling in on the team. FLMX: The last time we saw Byrne he was about to win at Unadilla. How is his leg and when will he be returning?
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FB: Really Monk? Haven’t we touched on this question twice already?? I think you are just trying to pour salt in the wound that was “almost” Unadilla... FLMX: What are the goals for the rest of 2013? FB: Top 10 in points, and any finishes that we earn. We really don’t have anything else planned for SX than that, as our goal was and is to be consistent this season and be there at the end in Vegas. Then outdoors, we will start all over and turn up the heat! FLMX: Now with the help of Factory KTM do you see the team going after a big name rider? FB: I was going to go after this kid who used to be fast from FL, but no one can remember his name. I know his number used to be 612, but that’s all I know. If we can’t get a hold of him, I am pretty sure we are going to try to sign Ronnie Mack and race 2-strokes! FLMX: What’s going on with the Bubba Burgers? I heard the pit party’s have been huge!? FB: Bubba Burger is a new team sponsor for 2013 and it has been awesome! To get an outside the industry commercial sponsor like them is something that I think is very big for the sport. They are FL based, and their burgers are awesome. We ran the BTO Pit Party, presented by Bubba Burger at Anaheim 1 - and by 10:30am at round 2 before we had even fired up there grill, we already had a line of industry friends wanting to know when we were going to start cooking. Round 3 grew even bigger, and Bubba Burger is just a great fit to a team like ours. We welcome fans to our pit to hang out, and now they get to have a treat with Bubba Burger. So next time any of our fans are at a SX, please stop in and try them out. FLMX: What else is new on the team this year? FB: KTM and Bubba Burger!! Oh, we were going to have a mascot this year too - we chose a baby elephant. But when we went to load him into the semi before we left FL, he wouldn’t fit, so we decided not to do a mascot. Aside from that, and on a serious note, we re-did a lot of stuff on the semi and with our pit set up this year. It’s exciting, and I honestly can’t wait to get back to the east coast for Atlanta and Daytona SX’s and hang out with all our friends and family. There’s definitely nothing like coming back home for those races - I love it. FLMX: How is JT$ doing with his new role on the team? FB: It’s good, and some things are like they never changed - except he isn’t a team rider. Matthes still makes short jokes all the time and he is still very serious, lol. He is in charge of our Fan VIP Experience, and I think it is going well. He is definitely representing the team colors in full, I’m not sure if you have seen any of his Instagram’s from the first few rounds, but let’s just say he is bright orangish! FLMX: Good luck Forrest and keep it up! Who would you like to thank and any parting words? FB: Thanks buddy! I want to thank our entire Team BTO Sports crew, KTM and of course Palmetto Motorsports. If your buying a KTM, Palmetto is hands down the place to get it - that’s why they are part of our family! FLY Racing, Bubba Burger and our new team partner this year, Scott Witt. Scott and I have been working together for a couple of months now, and he is just a great guy and I’m proud to have him partnered with us. And of course, all our team sponsors that make this team tick: BTO Sports, KTM, Palmetto Motorsports, FLY Racing, WPS, Bubba Burger, Witt’s End Racing, FMF Racing, RG3, Alpinestars, Factory Effex, Pirelli, Smith, Talon, Dubya, ODI, ASV, Engine Ice, Motorex Oils, DT1, Galfer, Hinson,Wiseco, RK, Excel, LeoVince Carbon Fiber, Mechanics Wear, Matrix, ETS Fuel, Full Spectrum Batteries, Gear Custom Products, Pit Posse, ASMF, FLmx, Dream Traxx, Safety Kleen.
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2013 WINTER AM SERIES ROUND 5 - 01.26.13
CHIZ & A ROD CAPTURE FINAL ROUND SIX12 RaceTech Race Report
The final round of the 2013 Unlimited Sports Winter Am Series wrapped up at the Gatorback Cycle Park on the final weekend of January. A great turnout in the majority of classes was great to see as many of the Youth riders tried to get some final riding time in on the track before their Regional that will come up in June. It was a very warm and almost hot weekend as it seems that Winter didn’t stay in Florida very long this year. The track was in great condition and many riders were liking the new changes and getting used to the layout. Anthony Rodriguez came down from MTF to do some racing in the A and Pro classes aboard his Star Yamaha and put on a great show a long with the close to 20 riders racing the class. ARod would win 3 out of 4 classes, with Cody Chisholm taking the other win. In the 450 A class ARod took the win over Cade Clason and Hayden Mellross. On Sunday he would win both of the Pro classes with 20 Minute Motos taking place in those classes. In the 450 Pro ARod took the overall over RJ Hampshire and Tyler Medaglia. In the 250 Pro it was Cody Chisholm in 2nd and Hayden Mellross in 3rd. Chisholm was the big winner in the 250 A class as Cody really stepped it up this last round on his Team Green Kawasaki. Cody took both moto wins for the overall over RJ Hampshire and Cade Clason. The Amsoil/Geico Honda rider Jordon Smith had a great weekend taking home 2 overalls, first in the Schoolboy class over Locurcio and Maxey. He then backed it up in the 250 All class beating out Bryson Taylor and Maxey. Taylor would get his revenge in the 250 B class as he took the overall after Smith had some problems. Zachary BishopBurnett was the man in the 450 B and 450 All classes winning both of those overalls over Keith Tucker, Nicholas Ferrell and Danial Calza. In the Plus classes the man on the weekend was John Grewe! Grewe won 3 overalls, taking the win in Plus 35, 40 and 45! He would battle with Fernando Macia, Earl May and Allen Alford. He came up just short in Plus 25 when Gregory Pamart took the win over Grewe and Elliott Cook, who took the first moto win after coming back from injury.
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The top Mini rider was Mitchell Harrison who had the Supermini classes dialed by winning both of those overalls over Ramyller Alves. Jordan Baily was 3rd in Supermini 1, but he did take home 2 overalls in the 85 (12-13) and SR Mini (12-15) on his WMR KTM. In the 12-13 he battled with Tommy Rios and Ezra Mitchell as those riders were 2-3 in the overall. Gage Linville won the 65 Open (7-11) over Bryce Clark and Seth Brown. He then backed it up with another win in 65 (7-9) over Coly Gatlin and Karson Clements. The top 50 rider was Braeden Kenan who won the 50 Open over Evan Ferry and Jacquel Gonzalez. Backing it up with another win in the 50 7-8, over Gonzalez and Damion Wasendorf.
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GATORBACK RACE REPORT
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RESULTS 85 (9-11)
50 OPEN (4-8)
85 (12-13)
50 (7-8)
SR Mini (12-15)
65 (7-9)
85 Jr. Mini (9-13)
65 (10-11)
Supermini 1 (12-15)
65 OPEN (7-11)
Supermini 2 (13-16)
65 Beginner
Youth (12-16)
1) Braeden Kenan 2) Evan Ferry 3) Jacguel Gonzalez 1) Braeden Kenan 2) Jacguel Gonzalez 3) Damion Wasendorf 1) Gage Linville 2) Colby Gatlin 3) Karson Clements 1) Nathaneal Thrasher 2) Brantley Schnell 3) Bradon Coates 1) Gage Linville 2) Bryce Clark 3) Seth Brown 1) Ryan Fleming 2) Trent Hagy 3) Trip Rexroat
450 ALL
250 PRO
16-24
250 A
PLUS 25
250 B
PLUS 30
250 C
PLUS 35
250 D
PLUS 40
250 ALL
PLUS 45
450 PRO
PLUS 50
450 A
VET OPEN
450 B
WOMEN
450 C
GIRLS (12-15)
450 D
FOUR STROKE
1) Jordon Smith 2) Lorenzo Locurcio 3) Tommy Maxey
50 (4-6)
1) Jon Carver 2) Colton Trouille 3) Jordan Renfro
Schoolboy (14-16)
1) Jalek Swoll 2) Cullin Park 3) Jordan Jarvis 1) Jordan Bailey 2) Tommy Rios 3) Ezra Mitchell 1) Jordan Bailey 2) Colton Eigenmann 3) Hunter Hankle 1) Cullin Park 2) Tommy Rios 3) Camron Mitchell
1) Mitchell Harrison 2) Ramyller Alves 3) Jordan Bailey 1) Mitchell Harrison 2) Ramyller Alves 3) Dylan Greer
1) Lorenzo Locurcio 2) Tommy Maxey 3) Dylan Greer
1) Anthony Rodriguez 2) Cody Chisholm 3) Hayden Mellross 1) Cody Chisholm 2) RJ Hampshire 3) Cade Clason 1) Bryson Taylor 2) Josh Bartosh 3) Jordon Smith 1) Gabriel Guzman 2) Andrew Dinicol 3) Christian Casal 1) Franco Dossantos 2) Adam Aderhold 3) Bailey English 1) Jordon Smith 2) Bryson Taylor 3) Tommy Maxey 1) Anthony Rodriguez 2) RJ Hampshire 3) Tyler Medaglia 1) Anthony Rodriguez 2) Cade Clason 3) Hayden Mellross 1) Zachary Bishop-Burnett 2) Keith Tucker 3) Nicholas Ferrell 1) Garrett Black 2) Bradley Leachman 3) Daniel Calza 1) Franco Dossantos 2) Nicholas Vera 3) Michael Patton
1) Zachary Bishop-Burnett 2) Nicholas Ferrell 3) Daniel Calza 1) Neviker Romero 2) Johan Bender 3) Marvis Staser 1) Gregory Pamart 2) John Grewe 3) Elliott Cook 1) Michael Sandoval 2) Fernando Macia 3) Joey Pilon Lacelle 1) John Grewe 2) Fernando Macia 3) Earl May 1) John Grewe 2) Earl May 3) Allen Alford 1) John Grewe 2) Earl May 3) Allen Alford 1) John Camelio Jr 2) Alirio Sanvdoval 3) Harvey Sorensen 1) John Ayers 2) John Pilon Lacelle 3) Justin Brusseau 1) Christina Older 2) Hannah Hodges 3) Kelsey Morris 1) Taylor Smith 2) Jamie Astudillo 3) Rhianna Bishop-Burnett 1) Franklin Nogueras 2) Oscar Esparis 3) Jordan Orr
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PIC BY: CHRIS WEEDON
A2 RACE REPORT
AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES 2013 ROUND 3 - ANAHEIM, CA
VILLIPOTO
BACK TO HIS WINNING WAYS SIX12 RaceTech Race Report
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Anaheim 2 saw a MX and SX superstar call it quits after a sensational career. The great Kevin Windham finally called it quits and decided to retire after practice at A2. He simply came in from practice, took his gear off and said he was done. Kevin had an amazing career, racing the best our sport has to offer and beat them all one time or another. Windham will ride out the rest of the year in Opening Ceremonies seeing the fans one last time. He will be missed. Back to the racing, in the 450 class, Davi Milsapps is still your points leader, Barcia got his first win the week before and Trey Canard is on fire. RV is looking more like his old self, Reed is still struggling with his bike and James is really struggling with his knee. In practice it was James and RV looking great in practice. In the 450 Main Event it was Weimer and Barcia going in the first turn together, with Weimer leading them around on his Factory Kawaski. Barcia would run second and start battling with Canard who would get past. Barcia then spun on a triple face, cased it and broke his nose! He pulled off, resulting in a DNF and finishing 20th. Canard would then go after Weimer and make his way around to the lead. By lap 4 RV had found his way into 2nd and was flying. He put in a huge charge, running down Canard quickly and making the pass. He then pulled a sizable lead and the reigning champ was back in the winners circle! Chad Reed put in a great ride battling with points leader Millsaps, but it was Chad getting him late in the race putting him on the podium for the first time this year! Davi was 4th and Weimer 5th. Stewart had his problems going down and was 12th. In the 250 class it was a great race with Eli Tomac, Ken Roczen and Cole Seely. Seely would grab the holeshot on his Lucas Oil Troy Lee Designs Honda over Red Bull KTMs Ken Roczen and Geico Hondas Eli Tomac. The top 3 riders sped off from the rest of the pack and would make it a 3 way battle for the lead. Seely would hold strong and lead for a long time with heavy pressure from Roczen who looked noticeably faster. Roczen had his chances to get by but waited to long as Tomac found his way around him and then made quick work of Seely. Once he was in the lead it was all over as he went on to win his 3rd round in a row and extend his points lead to 9.
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A2 RACE REPORT
RESULTS 450 SX Overall
1) Ryan Villopoto 2) Trey Canard 3) Chad Reed 4) Davi Millsaps 5) Jake Weimer 6) Ryan Dungey 7) Andrew Short 8) Justin Brayton 9) Matt Goerke 10) Josh Grant 11) Broc Tickle 12) James Stewart 13) Weston Peick 14) Mike Alessi 15) Kyle Chisholm 16) Vince Friese 17) Chris Blose 18) Robert Kiniry 19) Matt Lemoine 20) Justin Barcia
Kaw Hon Hon Suz Kaw KTM Hon Yam KTM Yam Suz Suz Suz Suz Yam Hon Yam Yam Kaw Hon
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250 SX Overall
1) Eli Tomac 2) Ken Roczen 3) Cole Seely 4) Zach Osborne 5) Jake Canada 6) Christian Craig 7) Jason Anderson 8) Tyla Rattray 9) Kyle Cunningham 10) Jessy Nelson 11) Malcolm Stewart 12) Martin Davalos 13) Travis Baker 14) Dakota Tedder 15) Scott Champion 16) Dillan Epstein 17) Max Anstie 18) Michael Leib 19) Ryan Sipes 20) Joey Savatgy
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GATORBACK IS LOOKING SOOOOOOO SWEET!
JUST WANT TO RIP THIS TURN!
IT’S BEEN A TOUGH 2013 FOR JAMES BUT HE’S STILL SMILING
“I’M KIND OF BORED HERE”
DAVI IS ON POINT IN 2013
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