MRANN headed east for Round 2 of its Fall series and did a rare one-day event.
TOULON (Sept. 27) – Western States Racing Association had a busy weekend here. On Saturday they ran an Enduro event for AMA District 36 the on Sunday the club hosted round 6 of the MRANN racing series, The Wild Horse Hare Scrambles.
Big bike winner Austin Serpa had a little “oops,” as he started his second lap. He got up and still won the race.
“I think I started riding over my head really early in the second loop,” Austin Serpa said after winning the big bike race “I had a lot of close calls and Capparelli got really close to me in the middle of the second loop but I put a gap on him at the end. The track is just brutal, it’s beat, rocky, whooped out, rain rutted, dusty and just anything you can think of.”
Then he thanked sponsors Carson Motor Sports, Tech One Design, X Brand Goggles, Tony from Parts Unlimited and his father Keith.
When the expert line started the race Sean Jones led the charge but Serpa was close behind him as the field left the starting line, whipped through a sharp turn and headed up into the wilds.
Right after the expert line stated Sean Jones briefly led overall winner Austin Serpa.
Jesse Richardson led the amateur charge while Ryan Pederson got the hole shot when the Novice line was released.
Jess Richardson had the hole shot when the Amateur line was started.
MRANN races separate the experts, amateur and novice riders into separate lines. Then the experts lead the charge followed, after a time pause, by the others one line at a time.
When the Novice riders started Ryan Pedersen was on point.
When the first lap ended Serpa had a good lead then lost the handle and went down. It took a bit to get back up and take off so his lead shrunk to less than a minute over then second place Kyle Townsend while Capparelli was less than a minute and a half behind the leader.
Runner up Dan Capparelli begins his second lap.
Attrition began early as riders started dropping out after only completing one lap. In MRANN to be classed as a finisher a rider must complete one of the two loops around the course, which this time was 45-miles long.
Chris Martin was the first Novice to complete both laps. Here he is starting his second lap.
At the checkered Serpa completed his two laps with a time of 3:12:29.003 while the veteran Capparelli ended up with an elapsed time of 3:14:01.174.
When he met Serpa at the finish they exchanged greetings and Capparelli said he had an “oops.”
First and second place riders Austin Serpa (left) and Dan Capparelli give thumbs up after a good race.
Then he said, “Well there was a couple or three times I think Austin seen my front tire coming over a couple of ridges. But being so close to the finish I just got out in the middle of nowhere and just tried to pin it to win it. But I had fun, I mean Austin never made a mistake all day and was riding great and the course was awesome, by far the best course this year I think and it fit my riding style.
Then he thanked sponsors Sierra BMW, Beta, O’Niel, FMF and City Boots.
The first amateur to cross the line was Donavyn Morris with a time of 3:53:59.255 good enough for eighth overall.
Donavyn Morris won the Amateur class at Toulon. Here he’s beginning his second lap.
Once Morris caught his breath he said, “I got a bad start, it was reall rocky, sandy and there were a couple of spots where if I had my other bike I probably would have ate it real good. But it was a good race though.
Then he thanked sponsors Morris Ag Air, CMS and his parents and family for their support.
Leading the veteran charge was fourth place Over 30 Expert Josh Wilson followed by Titan McKibben, who rides in the Over 40 Expert division and finished ninth.
Beth Legenbauer finishing 24th was the highest placed woman and only one that completed both loops. Her time was just over 4 hours, 45 minutes.
Beth Legenbauer had some words of encouragement for her bike when she began her second lap.
Only 26 riders out of the 56 that started completed both laps. Jeff Shepard, who rides in the Over 50 Amateur class was the last rider to do two full circuits as did Over 60 rider Scott McKay, who ended up 23rd overall.
Before the Big Bikes took to their course the Mini Bikes, Women and Bombers ran their combined event. Taking the overall was Ezra “Little Fox,” Belingheri followed by fellow 100cc rider Henry Anderson.
Ezra “Little Fox,” Belingheri led the charge and won the overall for the Mini Bike/Women/Bomber race.
Two women claimed fourth and fifth as novice Kohlette Dubran bested amateur Jolene Harsch. The first 65cc amateur was 15th placed Lawson Williams while the only Bomber racer was 32nd place Gary Moore.
Kohlette Dubray won the V Women class.
Jesse Miller topped the Pee Wee field while Genevieve Miller came home second. Jesse rides in the Under 6 class while Genevieve rides in the 7 & Over class. These youngsters are the next generation that’s earning its spurs in desert racing.
OTHER RACING NEWS
- NASCAR’s Nevada Quintet was busy this weekend but in two different venues.
The Xfinity race was in Kentucky where Brendan Gaughan finished sixth, Dylan Kwasniewski ended up 17th and T.J. Bell wound up 35th.
At New Hampshire in Saturday’s Camping World Truck race Kyle Busch started second and ended up 11th. Then in Sunday’s Sprint Cup event he wound up 37th while older brother Kurt finished 19th.
RESULTS
MRANN – Round 6
Toulon – Sept 27
Pee Wees:
Overall: 1. Jesse Miller, 2. Genevieve Miller, 3. Wyatt Rankin, 4. Peyton Maas, 5. Tucker Whitworth,
- Blake Crane, 7. Jordan Maas, 8. Tyler Davenport, 9. Dalton Legenbauer, 10. Dayden Himphill, 11. Shea Zastawnirk, 12. Seth Rigsby, 13. Landen Williams, 14. Garrett Denn, 15. Jesse Richardson, 16. Lucas Dean, 17. Jacob Engelke, 18. Destry Rigsby, 19. Kyre Tichenor, 20. Hannah Engelke, 21. Austin Hough, 22. Devan Tichenor, 23. Londynn Armstrong, 24. Brynn Belingheri, 25. Isaac Schwarts.
65 Novice: 1. Blake Crane, 2. Dalton Legenbauer, 3. Garrett Denn, 4. Lukas Dean, 5. Austin Hough
50cc (Under 6): 1. Jesse Miller, 2. Wyatt Rankin, 3. Peyton Maas, 4. Tucker Whitworth, 5. Shea Zastawnirk, 6. Jesse Richardon, 7. Hannah Engelki, 8. Deven Tichenor, 9. Londynn Armstrong.
50cc, 7 & Older: 1. Jordan Maas, 2. Seth Rigsby, 3. Landen Williams, 4. Jacob Engelke, 5. Destry Rigsby, 6. Brynn Belingheri, 7. Isaac Schwartz.
7& 4 Stroke: 1. Genevieve Miller, 2.Tyler Davenport, 3. Hayden Himphill, 4. Kyra Tichenor.
Mini Bikes/Women/Bomber:
Overall: 1. Ezra Belingheri, 2. Henry Anderson, 3. Gary Henrey, 4. Kohlette Dubray, 5. Jolene Harsch, 6. Jesse White, 7. Cassie Searle, 8. Paul Pullen, 9. Riley Wood, 10. Zach Geddry, 11. Carle Lengenbauer, 12. Angie Figg, 13. Amanda Ross, 14. Ryder Schwartz, 15. Lawson Williams, 16. Tina Bodden, 17. Gus Loring, 18. Christina Courtney, 19. Danielle Hornsman, 20. Kelly Miller, 21. Justin Grves, 22. Carson Calden, 23. Sarah Gley, 24. Chrystal Ponsock, 25. Kody Gray, 26. Sean Dingley, 27. Mackinze Dingley, 28. Johanna Stone, 29. Brittany Hutchings, 30. Loren Shepard, 31. Kayla Faul, 32. Gary Moore, 33. Anthony Drawn, 34. Karen Loer, 35. Tristan Morrice.
DNFs: Brooke Davis, Denise Schwartz, Zayne Swindells.
65cc Ama: 1. Lawson Williams, 2. Carson Calden, 3. Anthony Drawn, 4. Tristan Morrice.
100cc:
Nov: 1. Gary Henrey, 2 Paul Pullen, 3. Riley Wood, 4. Zach Geddry, 5. Carley Legenbauer, 6. Ryder Schwartz, 7. Gus Loring, 8. Justin Graves.
Ama: 1. Ezra Belingheri, 2. Henry Anderson, 3. Jesse White, 4. Sean Dingley
Exp: 1. Kody Gray
Bomber: 1. Gary Moore.
Women:
Nov: 1. Kohletter Dubray, 2. Christian Courtney, 3. Danielle Hornsmann, 4. Kelly Miller, 5. Sarah Gley, 6. Johanna Stone, 7. Loren Shepard, 8. Kyla Faul, 9. Karen Loer
Ama: 1. Jolene Harsch, 2. Cassie Searle, 3. Angie Figg, 4. Amanda Ross, 5. Tina Bodden, 6. Mackinze Dingley, 7. Brittany Hutchings.
Exp: 1. Chrystal Ponsock.
Big Bikes:
Overall: 1. Austin Serpa, 2. Dan Capparelli, 3. Nathan Wright, 4. Josh Wilson, 5. Jacob Kinkel, 6. Tital McKibben, 7. Austin Wilson, 8. Donavyn Morris, 9. Chris Martin, 10. Matthew McKimmy, 11. Chris Mass, 12. Alan Cameron, 13. Kurtis Gray, 14. Devin Walker, 15. Dino Rosa, 16. Jesse Richardson, 17. Thomas Duncan, 18. Chuck Faul, 19. Philip Rhodes, 20. Keith Serpa, 21. Chris Sunderland, 22. Tim Lambert, 23. Scott McKay, 24. Beth Legenbauer, 25. Ryan Pedersen, 26. Jeff Shepard, 27. Dylan McFarlank, 28. Derek Davis, 29. Jeffery Tabrizi, 30. J.J. Brock, 31. Justin Lydick, 32. Aaron Hawkins, 33. Andrew Robinson, 34. Dane Johnson, 35. Nichole Collins, 36. Pete Prichard, 37. Wyatt Brittner, 38. Clint Von Linsowe, 39. Mike Gauvreau, 40. John Ludwick, 41. Jakobee Reviglio, 42. Tom Beard, 43. Tyler Bogan, 44. Julianne Zotter, 45.Mason Stone, 46. David Rich, 47. Wyatt Konen, 48. Brad Bower, 49. Brandon Castro, 50. Brian Cameron.
DNF: Eric Dean, Sean Jones, Chad Martyn,Jason Mascar, Chandler Munoz, KyleTowsend.
Over 60: 1. Scott McKay, 2. Pete Prichard.
Over 50:
Nov:1. Tom Beard
Ama: 1. Chris Sunderland,2. Jeff Shepard,3. Mike Gauvreau
Over 40:
Nov: 1. Tim Lambert, 2. David Rich, 3. Brad Bower, 4. Brian Cameron
Ama: 1. Chuck Faul, 2. Keith Serpa
Exp: 1. Titan McKibben, 2. Alan Cameron
Over 30:
Nov: 1. Ryan Pedersen, 2. Waytt Konen
Ama: 1. Jesse Richardson, 2. Philip Rhodes, 3. Aaron Hawkins, 4. John Ludwick
Exp: 1. Josh Wilson
Women:
Nov: 1. Julianne Zotter.
Ama: 1. Beth Legenbauer, 2. Nichole Collins
4-Stroke:
Nov: 1. Dylan McFarlank
Ama: 1. Donavyn Morris, 2. Thomas Duncan, 3. Jakobee Reviglio
Exp: 1. Dan Capparelli, 2. Jacob Kinkel
Open:
Nov. 1. Chris Martin, 2. J.J. Brock, 3. Andrew Robinson, 4. Dane Johnson, 5. Clint Von Linsowe
Ama: 1. Dino Rosa, 2. Justin Lydick
Exp: 1.Matthew McKimmy, 2. Jeffery Tabrizi, 3. Wyatt Brittner.
200cc:
Nov: 1. Brandon Castro.
Ama: 1. Kurtis Gray.
Exp: 1. Austin Wilson, 2. Chris Mass.
250cc:
Nov: 1. Tyler Bogan.
Ama: 1.Devin Walker, 2. Derek Davis
Exp: 1. Austin Serpa, 2.Nathan Wright, 3. Mason Stone
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