The season ending event for MRANN was held under almost perfect weather and had a good field of competitors.

 

BOTTLE CREEK, NV (Nov. 13) – MRANN had its final race and showdown in an area between Winnemucca and Imlay at Bottle Creek Road. The race was hosted by the Mason Valley Dirt Squirts and was named the Stars and Bars Hare Scramble.

When the dust settled a visiting rider was first through the timing chute.

“I got a really good start and I just kind of held it there and was charging hard all day,” Joe Wasson from Mountain Home, Idaho said after his finish. “Felt really smooth and was riding really well. The course was awesome, flowed really well and was great.”

Then he thanked his wife for her support as well as Cycle City of Mountain Home, TVT, Chidester Transport, Dragon Goggles, GPR and everybody else that helps me out.

As usual the big bikes lined up in three lines for Expert, Amateur and Novice. First off the line were the experts.

This time around they used a shotgun start. Riders would stand behind their bikes and when a shotgun was fired they jumped on, kicked their rides to life and took off across a dry lakebed.

The course was 45-miles in length and any rider that wanted to be counted as a finisher had to complete one lap.

After all three lines were sent on their way there were 76 riders that started the event.

Up front Wasson had a bit of a hiccup when he turned around after going part way up the waterfall. Thought he missed a turn off but the course worker told him to go all the way to the top.

At the end he was turning laps around 1 hour and 15 minutes and had a six-minute lead over second placed Dennis Belingheri. There overall times were; Wasson 2:31:173 to Belingheri’s 2:37:50.566.

The Desert Fox as he’s known had a lot riding on this race. A good finish would probably clinch this year’s overall points championship.

So he rode steady, was running solo in second and also finished the race about three minutes ahead of third place Willy Heiss.

After taking the checkered flag Belingheri said, “It was super fun, I really thought the dry lake bed was fun just because it’s fast. I would really hate to be back in the dust, overall it was a good day for racing, nice weather, good course, a lot of rocky uphill waterfall things. I just kind of cruised as I knew how to finish and just had a lot of fun.”

Then he thanked his wife, Rimbenders, Steve Tichenor and his wife for pitting.

His next even will bte the Baja 1000 this coming weekend. It’s a race he’s never done before and pre running starts this week so he left for Mexico on Monday after the race.

When the second lap began Willy Heiss was third followed by Wyatt Brittner, Drew Chattin, Austin Wilson, Titan McKibben and Josh Wilson.

Heiss hung on and finished third a little over a minute ahead of Drew Chattin, who was almost six minutes ahead of Wilson. Unfortunately Brittner had problems so was only credited with completing one lap.

After taking the checkered flag Heiss said, “Man that was great, what a fun track a lot of good stuff out there. The uphill waterfall was awesome, really technical and a lot of fun. I got about sixth or seventh on the start so I had to catch a couple of guys then before we came in for the first pit I passed Tyler and then we pretty much stayed in clean air for the rest of the race.”

Then he thanked Concours Body Shop, RMS, CMS for an awesome bike, my wife, the Trailblazers team.

Out of the 76 that started their charge across the dry lake bed six never finished the race due to one thing or another. And only 36 riders actually completed both laps.

The first amateur to finished the entire race was Bryce Walker with an an elapsed time of 2:55:30:806.

” I crashed once,” he said. “It wasn’t a big crash and other than that it was a great race. No complaints what so ever,it wasn’t whooped out, new canyon and super stoked with the club setting it up and marked it very good.

Then he thanked Ed McCoy for the suspension work on the bike and John Stringer his mechanic.

Keeping the honor of the most senior riders, Chris Loer finished 15th overall in the Over 60 Expert class with an elapsed time of 3:00:39.848.

Dominic Gabiola from Winnemucca was the first Novice to complete both laps with an elapsed time of 3:19:44.748.

Asked about the race he said, “The race was good but I ride the other way quite a bit. I like the technical part of the course and liked the waterfall, it was a good time and everything went good.”

Then he gave thanks to his buddy Jarret Johnson and his wife Jayme.

During the day some riders went but no one had to be transported although a couple will need to be checked out after the event.

Now the season has finally ended on a positive note. While some will be heading for Baja others will ride and enjoy the fall and winter. This year’s awards banquet is scheduled for January 14 and tickets can be purchased at RMS.

OTHER RACING NEWS:

• Two young riders raced with Team Testa at the Triple Crown event at the Argylle track in California and both of them scored their first victories. They are Colton Chamness in 85cc Beginner and Cash Dunbar in 65cc Beginner.

• NASCAR’s three top divisions were in Phoenix this week and drivers settled who will be in the final four at the championship race in Homestead, Florida next weekend.

In Saturday’s Xfinity event Kyle Busch started on pole and won while fellow Nevada native Brendan Gaughan was involved in a wreck so he ended up 34th.

Sunday was the big day for the Sprint Cup drivers and defending champion Kyle started 19th finished second so he will be in the final four. His older brother Kurt started 12th finished fifth but he didn’t make the cut.

Now the teams head to Homestead and the final race of the year for all three series; Camping World Trucks, Xfinity and the Sprint Cup.

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RESULTS:

Motorcycle Racing Association of Northern Nevada

Round 9 – November 12/13

• Sunday Results*:

+ Overall: 1. Joe Wasson, 2. Dennis Belingheri, 3. Willy Heiss, 4. Drew Chattin, 5. Austin Wilson, 6. Titan McKibben, 7. Chris Maas, 8. Bryce Walker, 9. Lawrence Zoon, 10. Tayler Thompson, 11. Jeff Miller, 12. Chuck Faul, 13. Josh Wilson, 14. Randy Wood, 15. Chris Loer, 16. John Levie, 17. Mike Schwartz, 18. Jesse Cunnally, 19. Clay Connelly, 20. Tyler Seehuetter, 21. Thomas Duncan, 22. Ian Prince, 23. Alan Morton, 24. Colton Scudder, 25. Brendan Driscoll, 26. Mike Cullen, 27. Dominic Gabiola, 28. Steven Finch, 29. Mark Souliere, 30. Beth Legenbauer, 31. Nathan Owen,32. Cody Jones, 33. Mike Majors, 34. John Rychlik, 35. Jeff Shepard, 36. Steven Oest, 37. Wyatt Brittner, 38. Jeff Engelke, 39. Steve Tichenor,  40. Sean Connors, 41. Craig Swindells, 42. Jimmy Graham, 43. Conner Heywood, 44. Pete Prichard, 45. Matt Davis, 46. Eric Wylie, 47. Dane Johnson, 48. Cody Schlefstein, 49. Anthony Walsh, 50. Brett Picolet, 51. Scott Schlefstein, 52. Greg Clark, 53. Nicholas Prater, 54. Tad Meadows, 55. Cody Kemp, 56. Peter Pensotti, 57. Brian Cameron, 58. Jared Silva, 59. Jeff Reynolds, 60. Tyler Hough, 61. Caleb Dick, 62. Chris Ponsock, 63. Hayden Fulk, 64. Oran Feiner, 65. Steve Rose, 66. C.J. Lacraze, 67. Chris La Cruze, 68. Greg Ekins, 69. Brian Anderson, 70. Ezra Belingheri.

DNF: Josehph Bell, Nathan Delaney, Jake Himphill, Cory Liska, Riley Woods, Paul Ziegler.

Class Results*:

+ Over 60:

Nov: Greg Skins.

Exp: Chris Loer, Pete Prichard.

+ Over 50:

Ama: 1. Jeff Shepard.

Exp: 1. Lawrence Zoon, 2. Jeff Miller.

+ Over 40:

Nov: 1. John Rychlik, 2. Stevewn Oest, 3. Matt Davis, 4. Brett Picolet, 5. Greg Clark, 6. Brian Cameron.

Ama: 1. Chuck Faul, 2. Mike Schwartz,3. Mike Cullen, 4. Sean Connors, 5. Chrig Swindells, 6. Nicholas Prater, 7. Chris La Cruze

Exp: 1. Dennis Bellingheri, 2. Titan McKibben, 3. Randy Wood, 4. Clay Connelly, 5, Jeff Engelke, 6. Chris Ponsock.

DNF: Nathan Delaney, Paul Ziegler.

+ Over 30:

Nov: 1. Tad Meadows, 2. Jeff Reynolds, 3. Brian Anderson.

Ama: 1. Alan Morton, 2. Caleb Dick, 3. Jake      Himphill.

Exp: 1. Willy Heiss, 2. Josh Wilson, 3. John Levie, 4. Steve Tichenor.

+ Women Amateur: 1. Beth Legenbauer.

+ 4-Stroke:

Nov: 1. Dominic Gabiola, 2. Cody Schlefstein, 3. Peter Pensotti, 4. Jared Silva, 5. Oran Feiner.

DNF: Cory Liska.

Ama: 1. Bryce Walker, 2. Thomas Duncan, 3. Natahn Owen, 4. Scott Schiefstein, 5. Tayler Hough.

Exp: 1. Drew Chattin.

+ 200:

Nov: 1. Cody James, 2. Anthony Walsh, 3. Hayden Fulk, 4. Steve Rose,  5. C.J. Lacraze, 6. Ezra Belingheri.

DNF: Riley Woods.

Exp: 1. Austin Wilson, 2. Chris Maas.

+ 250:

Nov: 1. Mike Majors.

Exp: 1. Jesse Cunnally.

+ Open:

Nov: 1. Steven Finch, 2. Conner Heywood, 3. Eric Wylie, 4. Cody Kemp.

Ama: 1. Tayler Thompson, 2. Tyler Seehuetter, 3. Ian Prince, 4. Colton Scudder, 5. Brendan Driscoll, 6. Mark     Souliere, 7. Jimmy Graham, 8. Dane Johnson.

DNF: Josehph Bell.

Exp: 1. Joe Wasson, 2. Wyatt Brittner.

• Saturday Results:

Pee Wee:

+ Overall: 1. LandenWiliams, 7 & Older, 2. Zane Wells, 65cc Nov., 3. Kadyn Morton, 4. Peyton Daughhetee,, 5. Peyton Maas, Under 6, 6. Tyler Davenport, 7. Jacob Engelke, 8. Tucker Whitworth, 9. Wyatt Rankin, 10. Ava      Delaney, 7 & Older, 4 Stk., 11. Hayden Himphill, 12. Shea Zastawniak, 13. Troy Pensetti, 14. Brynn Belingheri, 15. Hannah Engelke, 16. Isaac Warner, 17. Cash Connors, 18. Kali Belsher, 19. Tyra Tichenor, 20. Mikele Levie, 21. Jacie Levie, 22. Devon Tichenor, 23. Cole Hough, 24. Quinn Connors, 25. Wesley Calder.

Class Results:

+ 65cc Novice: 1. Zane Wells, 2. Kadyn Morton, 3. Peyton Daughhetee, 4. Tyler Davenport, 5. Troy Pensetti, 6. Brynn Belingheri, 7. Kali Beisher.

+ 50cc, Under 6: 1. Peyton Maas, 2. Tucker Whitworth, 3. Wyatt Rankin, 4. Hannah Engelke, 5. Isaac Warner, 6. Cash Connors, 7. Mikele Levie, 8. Devon Tichenor, 9. Cole Hough, 10. Quinn Connors, 11. Wesley Calder.

+ 50cc, 7 & Over: 1. Landen Williams, 2. Jacob Engelke, 3. Shea Zastawniak, 4. Kyra Tichenor, 5. Jacie Levie.

+ 7 & Older, 4-Stroke: 1. Ava Delaney, 2. Hayden Himphill.

Mini Bike/Sat. Women/Bomber:

+ Overall: 1. Kendrick Martin, Bomber, 2. Mike Majors, 100cc Exp., 3. Henry Anderson, 4. Ezra Belingheri, 5. Tylor Kemp, V Wmn Exp., 6. Riley Wood, 100cc Ama., 7. Caleb Bonneville, 100cc Nov., 8. Carson Calder, 9. Arie Furlong, 10. Camie Ingram, 11. Annette Castillo, 12. Christian Courtney, V Wom Ama., 13. Colleen Conners, 14. Curtis Calder, 15. Kayla Faul, V Wmn Nov., 16. Elliette Kennedy, 17. Jessi Abplanalp, 18. Sarah Gley, 19. Austin Hough, 20. Jordan Maas, 21. Anthony Braun, 22. Anthony Braun, 23. Nikki Hannon, 24. Zach Geddry, 25. Lawson Williams, 26. Dalton Legenbauer, 27. Alyson Wilson, 28. Morgan Martin, 29. Scott Martin, 30. Sheah Ferrara.

DNF: Blair Rankin, Tyler Thompson.

Class Results:

+ 65cc Ama: 1. Austin Hough, 2. Jordan Maas, 3. Anthony Braun, 4. Dalton Legenbauer.

+ 100cc:

Nov: 1. Caleb Bonneville, 2. Carson Calder, 3. Camie Ingram, 4. Zach Geddry, 5. Lawson Williams.

DNF: Blair Rankin.

Ama: 1. Riley Wood, 2. Arie Furlong.

Exp: 1. Mikey Majors, 2. Henry Anderson, 3. Ezra Belingheri.

+ Bomber: 1. Kendrick Martin, 2. Curtis Calder, 3. Scott Martin.

DNF: Tyler Thompson.

+ V Women:

Nov: 1. Kayla Faul, 2. Elliette Kennedy, 3. Jessi Abplanalp, 4. Sarah Gley, 5. Erin Grieve, 6. Nikki Hannon, 7. Alyson Wilson, 8. Morgan Martin, 9. Sheah Ferrara.

Ama: 1. Christina Courtney, 2. Colleen Conners.

Exp: 1. Taylor Kemp, 2. Annette Castillo.

+Team Race:

+ Overall: 1. Tichenor/Bellingheri, 2. Wilson/Wilson, 3. Levie/Maas, 4. Bryce/Fletcher, 5. Engelke/Himphill, 6. Picolet/Cunnally, 7. Rynolds/Morton, 8. Heywood/Schlefstein, 9. Pensotti/Davis, 10. Burns/Maas.

DNF: Delaney/Johnson.

* – All results are unofficial and subject to review and adjustment.

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