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ROUND 1 RACE REPORT PAUL FLEMING

2016 is here…

well it’s actually been here for a few months now but 2016 Dade City Motocross racing IS HERE!!!

arch 12th, 2016 marked the official start of the 2016 Renegade Racing Fuels Triple Crown Series at Dade City Motocross. It’s a new year of racing which means a fresh start for 2016, new track layouts, new bikes, new classes for some, a new covered starting gate, new sponsors, and a new series format. The new format consists of two 10 round championship series where you can win one or if you’re good enough you could win both of the series and it all leads up to an epic final, one day championship race for all the marbles. And if you can win both series and the final triple crown round December 3rd then you could end up with $500 on top of everything at the awards banquet. We witnessed an exciting battle out front in the Peewee Stock 4-6 class during both motos. Battling for the lead both times out, Jaidann Lewis went 2-2 taking the overall. Moto 2 winner Hunter Foster who went 4-1 while Moto 1 winner, Colten Shives couldn’t find his groove and end round 1 going 1-6. But the 24 of Shives found his moto 2 mojo in the 50cc 4-6 class when he backed up his moto 1 win going 1-1 and taking the overall at round 1 of the Renegade Racing Fuels Triple Crown Series. Elijah Evans looked good going 2-2 and keeping Shives honest in both motos. Third place finisher Carson Wood had a good round 1 too, but I think Wood could have done a little better if he stops focusing on his crash celebration and focuses on getting back up and going fast like the 26 does. At round 1 we saw a strong presence from our neighbors to the north taking numerous moto wins and a few overalls. Sabastien Racine was a strong part of the Canadian invasion taking both moto wins in the 65 open with Justin Burge (3-2) and Cedric Racine (4-3) rounding out the podium. And then in the 65 9-11 Sebastien lead the way to a 2-1 overall over Tanner Scott’s 1-2 with Hunter Scott in Third with Canadian riders taking the top 5 overall spots. The Open Class had what looked like a great battle shaping up between the 49 of Jerry Kopoian and the 99 of Michael Clarke. Immediately these two found each other after the gate drop and it was on! Clarke got the holeshot and went to the lead but Jerry quickly mounted an attack and took the top spot. We watched these two exchange the lead two or three more times before Kopoian’s Yamaha would lose traction on a landing going into a turn and put the defending 2015 Sponsor Cup Lites Champ on the ground and unfortunately out of racing for the night. NOOOOOOOO!!!! There were numerous close battles for the lead in multiple classes like the 125 two stroke class where Tyler Lang (2-1) and Seth Brown (1-2) split the wins at round 1 with Lang taking the win and overall in moto 2. There was also a tight battle in the Junior Girls class where the 162 of Isabella Contopoulo took the win just like #94 Shelby Quast in the Womens class, both ladies taking their KTMs to 1-1 finishes on the night. With a new series means new classes for some and for some of last year’s peewee riders that means it’s time for FAST 50s. Colt Golembeski showed up at the Renegade Racing Fuels Triple Crown Series ready to take some names. Colt the Bolt really showed some speed at the opening round winning multiple motos and overalls on his 50 and 65 but there may be a problem…he had fun all night long and nothing is worse for the competition when a racer is gaining confidence winning and happy doing it. I’m sure two time champ in 2015 Gavin Brooks will have something to say as the series moves on and he gets more comfortable. Sponsors Cup Lites was a battle between Kyle Chessman and eventual winner William Klee. Moto 1 was close

with Wild Bill Klee riding smooth and fast from gate drop to checkers with the fast 38 of Kyle Cheeseman pressuring him all moto long. Moto 2 was even closer, the Yamaha of Cheeseman was all over Klee’s Husky but the mistake came from the 38 and Kyle slid out in 180 turn pinning his leg under the bike in the process, dropping him back in the pack. Bill Klee rode both motos great earning both moto wins taking the round one overall. In the Sponsors Cup 450 class it was the return of Michael Clarke as he came out to round one to take both moto wins ahead of Bill Klee and Greg Lehto. We saw Kayden Groves and Drake Sadler both go 1-1 taking round 1 overalls in their 65cc age groups. In the 65 classes we saw the Groves Racing Team take the overall and after a strong showing in moto 1 it seemed liked Caleb Groves was looking good at taking an overall in the 85 class for the Groves Racing Team unfortunately a bad moto 2 put the halt on that. Expect Caleb to bounce back at round 2 and battle for the win. Ayden Shive continues to get comfortable on his green machine as he nailed down a first overall in 85 7-11 A and a third overall in the 85 Open at round one. The 85 7-11 B class was easy as 1-2-3 for Jacquel Gonzalez and his Kawasaki going 1-1 and Brandon Coates earn himself a pair of aces in the 85 12-15 A class. Going big in the 85 division was the 116 of Maddax Spatafore winning all of his motos at round 1 of the Renegade Racing Fuels Triple Crown Series in the 85 12-15 B and 85 Open classes. 85 Beginner class winners were the 505 of Casey Stapleton and Mason Hronec aboard the 44 Honda. The Renegade Racing Fuels Triple Crown Series 250 C was an action packed race with 18 riders and sprinkle in a 250 B class and the pace was intense. Joseph Farrell took moto 1 hole shot and ran up front for the moto win but Will Ballard won the tie and took the overall with the moto 2 win. Surprisingly the 250 C racers were matching the opening pace of the 250 B class for the first few laps. In the 250 B class Zachary Hart made his way around the 21 of Farrell and the 284 Suzuki of Andrew Jones followed in tow moving into the second place spot with Tyler Lang rounding out the top three. In moto 2 it was the 28 of Tyler Lang taking his Yamaha to the front spot with Hart and Jones finishing second and third. Zachary Hart took the overall with a 1-2 moto score to Lang’s 3-1 finish and Jones finished third overall with 2-3. I’m looking forward to this class as the series continues, Lang and Hart put in great races and Jones has such a great style it will be a barn burner once Andrew gets back into the racing groove. Chandler Payne took the overall in 250 Beginner going 1-2 with William “No Numbers” Johnson finishing second going 3-1 and 87 of Chi Chi Bammann riding smooth and consistent to third place with 2-3 finishes. Robert Noa nab a coupe overalls in the Plus 45 and Plus 50 classes all while racing and beating kids half his age. Taking both holeshots along with both moto wins was the 353 of Chris Brice in the Plus 35. Kirkland Jack also nabbed himself a couple of hole shots enroute to 1-1 finishes in the Quad 450 class ahead of second place finisher Kaitlin Gibson and third place finisher Joey Chambers. Supermini winner Christian Dresser rode his Husky to 1-1 moto finishes taking the overall and heading into round 2 with the points lead. Going into round 2 I’m thinking Kyle Cheeseman is going to get his first win of 2016. The 38 was all over the gas at round 1 but unfortunately for him second was the best finish he could turn in. He was super close a couple of times but the closest was Schoolboy moto 1 going into the last turn in the lead only to see 513 Kawasaki of Zachary Hart snatch it away… Round 1 of the 2016 Renegade Racing Fuels Triple Crown Series has ended and now the racers have had a chance to get those first racer jitters out of their systems I’m looking forward to round 2. I’m expecting some of the past champions to regain their pace and shake some things up. But could we also see the same winners at round one continue to pad their points lead? Or could we see some more surprise results and some first time winners? Who’s going to win a drum of Renegade Racing Fuel? If you want to find out you’re going to have to show up next weekend at Dade City Motocross for round 2 of the Renegade Racing Fuels Triple Crown Series.

RIDER SPOTLIGHT

Michael Clarke A great start to the series, Micheal Clake with a strong showing at round one. Sweeping Moto’s 1 and 2 in the Open Class and Sponsor Cup.

“I raced the Open Class and Sponsor Cup. And I didn’t know what to expect going in to round 1 or who was even racing it. I felt confident in myself though and my riding ability. I stayed relaxed and had fun and the night went smooth. “ “For round 2 I plan to have the same mindset. I don’t under estimate my competition and I’m coming in ready to battle. I have confidence in myself and if I stay relaxed, ride the way I know how to, I will do good.” ~Michael Clarke Clarke would like to thank: ActiveRide Suspension, Motostar Graphics, Powerdyne Motors

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Andrew Jones

Return to Racing My dad got me into racing when I was four years old. He took me to Dade City and Randy Yoho taught me how to ride on my pw50. I have been to Lorettaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on a pw50. I won a Dade City Championship in 2000, and I have done all the big Florida Series, Gold Cup, Mini Os, from small bikes to big bikes and have taken home some race wins. Although there was a long gap in racing. I was always around the sport, just wasnt lining up at the gate. Started working, cutting lawns and did some flagging at several different events and tracks. What truly brought me back out and around racing was my girlfriend, Marciniak. I wanted to be a role model for her, she wanted to see me race again, and supporting her racing on the sidelines was making me itch for a return. ~ Andrew Jones

RND1 Point Standings 2016 Points Series Round 1 Points Standings Pee Wee Stock (4-6) Pos. # Name Points 1 150 Jaidann Lewis 100 2 27 Griffin Miller 100 3 621 Hunter Foster 90 4 7 Ayden Horsley 90 5 615 Logan Crawford 80 6 414 Austin Brown 80 7 24 Colten Shives 70 8 26 Carson Wood 60 9 25 Levi Kane 50 10 971 Jake Roberts 40 11 4 Tony Miller 20 50cc 4-6 Pos. # Name Points 1 24 Colten Shives 100 2 527 Elijah Evans 90 3 26 Carson Wood 80 4 150 Jaidann Lewis 70 5 414 Austin Brown 60 6 971 Jake Roberts 50 7 25 Levi Kane 40 8 615 Logan Crawford 30 9 11 Derek Holt 20 50cc 7-8 Pos. # Name Points 1 168 Colt Golembeski 100 2 20 Trace Palmer 100 3 85 Gavin Brooks 90 4 621 Hunter Foster 90 5 308 Dougie Niezabitowski 80 6 129 Javion Searight 80 7 414 Austin Brown 70 8 5b Logan Billick 70 9 51 Amya Montenegro 60 10 122 Lang Sadler 60 11 971 Jake Roberts 50 12 7 Ayden Horsley 20 50 Open Pos. # Name Points 1 168 Colt Golembeski 100 2 85 Gavin Brooks 90 3 5b Logan Billick 80 4 20 Trace Palmer 70 5 308 Dougie Niezabitowski 60 6 527 Elijah Evans 50 7 24 Colten Shives 40 8 51 Amya Montenegro 30 0-110cc Auto Clutch (stock) Pos. # Name Points 1 46/ Matthew Doan 100 0-150cc 4 Stroke (stock) Pos. # Name Points 1 46 Tanner Scott 100 2 65 Tyler Doan 90 65 Open Pos. # Name Points 1 122 Sebastien Racine 100 2 161 Justin Burge 90 3 85 Cedric Racine 80

4 54 Austin Whitaker 70 5 199 Kayden Groves 60 6 223 Marvin Niezabitowski 50 7 315 Aj Stepleton 40 8 26 Lane Doyle 30 9 28 Grant Ferrari 20 65 5-8 Pos. # Name Points 1 199 Kayden Groves 100 2 168 Colt Golembeski 100 3 54 Austin Whitaker 90 4 53 Cody Brice 90 5 175 Jason Vlossak 80 6 444 Cody Cameron 70 7 315 Aj Stepleton 20 65 9-11 Pos. # Name Points 1 87 Drake Sadler 100 2 122 Sebastien Racine 100 3 147 Chase Heffner 90 4 46 Tanner Scott 90 5 22 Hunter Scott 80 6 35 Alex Brice 80 7 85 Cedric Racine 70 8 161 Justin Burge 60 9 223 Marvin Niezabitowski 50 10 46/ Matthew Doan 40 11 26 Lane Doyle 30 12 28 Grant Ferrari 20 85cc 7-11 Pos. # Name Points 1 731 Ayden Shive 100 2 505 Casey Stapleton 100 3 123 Jacquel Gonzalez 100 4 22 Hunter Scott 90 5 377 Brandon Thompson 90 6 17 Connor Hull 90 7 25 Cole Marsolek 80 8 462 Colin Strife 80 9 29 Trent Nichols 80 10 46 Tanner Scott 70 11 100 Quentin Sandoval 60 12 17/ Joshua Van Wyk 50 13 56 Fisher Houston 40 14 28 Grant Ferrari 20 85cc 12-15 Pos. # Name Points 1 116 Maddax Spatafore 100 2 44 Mason Hronec 100 3 195 Brandon Coates 100 4 191 Jenna Burge 90 5 95 Cody Russell 90 6 3 Christian Hupp 80 7 133 Tyler Hilton 80 8 73 Austin Howard 70 9 199 Caleb Groves 70 10 155 Rowdy Houston 60 11 128 Brayden Gibson 60 12 12 Richard Kramer 50 13 162 Isabella Contopoulo 50 14 13 Dalton Scharnagl 40 15 88 Carter Walters 40 16 65 Tyler Doan 30 17 124 Bryce Castonguay 20

18 31 Dylan Varn 20 85cc Open Pos. # Name Points 1 116 Maddax Spatafore 100 2 195 Brandon Coates 90 3 731 Ayden Shive 80 4 123 Jacquel Gonzalez 70 5 199 Caleb Groves 60 6 95 Cody Russell 50 7 155 Rowdy Houston 40 8 124 Bryce Castonguay 30 9 13 Dalton Scharnagl 20 10 73 Austin Howard 20 11 29 Trent Nichols 20 12 25 Cole Marsolek 20 13 505 Casey Stapleton 20 14 100 Quentin Sandoval 20 15 462 Colin Strife 20 16 56 Fisher Houston 20 17 17 Connor Hull 20 18 17/ Joshua Van Wyk 20 Super Mini Pos. # Name Points 1 715 Christian Dresser 100 2 319 Chris Post 90 3 43 Jake Buonemani 80 4 133 Tyler Hilton 70 125cc 2 Stroke Pos. # Name Points 1 28 Tyler Lang 100 2 417 Seth Brown 90 3 715 Christian Dresser 80 4 279 Jeffrey Chambers 70 5 319 Chris Post 60 6 710 Esteban Racine 50 7 133 Tyler Hilton 40 8 39 Logan Doyle 30 250 Class Pos. # Name Points 1 24 Will Ballard 100 2 513 Zachary Hart 100 3 92 Chandler Payne 100 4 28 Tyler Lang 90 5 21 Joseph Farrell 90 6 247 William Johnson 90 7 87 Chi Chi Bammann 80 8 284 Andrew Jones 80 9 254 Grady Sammons 80 10 728 John Tracy 70 11 48 Tyler Lincoln 70 12 711 Chace Morrison 60 13 22 Michael Teal 60 14 17 Salvatore Burriesci 50 15 302 Foster Hawthorne 50 16 27/ Cody Bonfiglio 40 17 48/ Frank Milazzo 40 18 42 Shawn Miller Ii 30 19 154 Markus Sowles 30 20 47 Allen Stantz 20 21 279 Jeffrey Chambers 20 22 121 Brian Vogel 20 23 243 Caleb Bennett 20 24 52 Chance Reighard 20 25 5 Fischer Londeree 20

26 611 Cody Whitworth 20 27 764 Nick Severine 20 28 47 Eric Perez 20 29 84 Pavel Janelt 20 30 27 Ray Womac 20 31 522 Michael Velocci 20 32 96 Gabrielle Stead 20 33 39 Logan Doyle 20 34 4 Ryan Garrett 20 Junior Girls Class Pos. # Name Points 1 162 Isabella Contopoulo 100 2 191 Jenna Burge 90 3 362 Kaitlyn Helzer 80 4 6 Kendall Mc Lain 70 Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Class Pos. # Name Points 1 94 Shelby Quast 100 2 222 Molli Roderick 90 3 284 Rose Marciniak 80 4 325 Kaitlin Gibson 70 5 96 Gabrielle Stead 60 Open Class (no Mini Bikes) Pos. # Name Points 1 99 Michael Clarke 100 2 152x Clayton Jett 100 3 7 Andrew Burkhart 90 4 38 Kyle Cheesman 90 5 352 Donald Perkins 80 6 18 Jesse Freeman 80 7 21 Joseph Farrell 70 8 254 Grady Sammons 60 9 24 Will Ballard 50 10 48/ Frank Milazzo 40 11 49 Jerry Kopoian 20 Schoolboy Pos. # Name Points 1 513 Zachary Hart 100 2 38 Kyle Cheesman 90 3 21 Joseph Farrell 80 4 417 Seth Brown 70 5 24 Will Ballard 60 6 48 Tyler Lincoln 50 7 302 Foster Hawthorne 40 8 5 Fischer Londeree 30 9 710 Esteban Racine 20 Plus 25 Pos. # Name Points 1 15 Josh Rabelo 100 2 725 Erwin Ziegler 90 3 91 Charles Glenn 80 Plus 35 Pos. # Name Points 1 353 Chris Brice 100 2 243 Sal Ginabreda 90 3 38 Cory Cameron 80 4 22 Robert Noa 70 5 57 Jim Scott 60 6 23/ Paul Stasiak 50 7 729 John Catalano 40 8 237 Scott Goff 30 9 84 Pavel Janelt 20

Plus 45 Pos. # Name Points 1 22 Robert Noa 100 2 8 Steve Billiter 90 3 23/ Paul Stasiak 80 4 3 Dan Walters 70 5 352 Donald Perkins 60 6 57 Jim Scott 50 7 15 Kenneth Doeg 20 Plus 50 Pos. # Name Points 1 22 Robert Noa 100 2 931 Mark Elliot 90 3 15 Kenneth Doeg 20 Sponsors Cup (450) Pos. # Name Points 1 99 Michael Clarke 100 2 27x William Klee 90 3 549 Greg Lehto 80 Sponsors Cup (250) Pos. # Name Points 1 27x William Klee 100 2 417 Seth Brown 90 3 38 Kyle Cheesman 80 4 254 Grady Sammons 70 5 49 Jerry Kopoian 20 Quad 450 Pos. # Name Points 1 35 Kirkland Jack 100 2 325 Kaitlin Gibson 90 3 914 Joey Chambers 80

Point Standings Continued

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