Racing returned to Fernley this weekend at the Wadsworth/Fernley Lion’s Motocross Track.

FERNLEY (May 14) – Battle Born MX celebrated Mother’s Day by returning to the Sandbox as its known for round 4 of its spring series. The hosting club this time was the Old Timer’s Motorcycle club.

Despite cool temperatures and some wind around 300 riders showed up to compete on Sunday.

“Yea, got the sweep, first in 450 Pro, got the hole shot and checked out,” Jesse Sanchez said after winning his second moto. “I was charging the entire time, trying to see how fast I could go and ended up getting the win. They fixed the track up, it was awesome, can’t thank the crew enough for putting this on and I’m just stoked to be out here.”

Then he thanked Cody Crumett and everyone that supports him.

When the gate dropped for the first 250/450 moto Billy Adams had the hole shot but he soon lost the point and would finish second to Sanchez. The next time around Sanchez got the hole shot with Adams second but that was short lived as he went down hard after finishing the first lap.

Fortunately Adams wasn’t hurt as now veteran Tony Evans was in second and doing his best to try and catch the fleeing Sanchez. In the end Sanchez prevailed with Evans a solid but distant second while Chris Paras won the 250/450 Intermediate class and T-Mo Moore was the lone 125/250 pro.

One of the races of the day came during the combined 85cc Supermini and Women’s race. Both are combined with the Supermini group starting first.

But the women, well two sisters really, put on a show.

In their first moto Shami Potratz took off first with sister Sedanna Losey on her back fender. Round and round they went, over the jumps and tearing through the corners as they battled and, in the end, Potratz won that contest.

When the gate dropped for their second moto Losey was ready and got the jump on her sister. Still it was no cakewalk as she was tailed the entire race by Potratz.

In the their combined finishes Losey won the day and after the race both sisters congratulated each other on a good race.

Then, while catching her breath Losey said, “I said I did it when it counts for that second moto. We’ve done that once before and I ended up with the overall, makes all the hard work worth it in the end. It was a good race, we had a good battle, she was right on me the whole time, I could hear her the whole time.

“Same thing with the first moto, I was right on her the whole time but took a little spill on the last lap. So I did it when it counts.”

Then she thanked Moto Source, her husband for his hard work keeping her bike ready and her two brothers, Butch and Scott for working on the bikes.

In the Supermini Class it was a runaway as Casey Carmichael won both motos with Demetre Proutsos and Trevor Hargett ending up second and third.

After taking the checkered flag Carmichael said, “It was pretty fun, just trying to find some good lines so I don’t get tired and worn out. I need to thank my parents, Amy and my Grandma.”

Race 4 combined five classes of riders so while there is an overall finish as well as individual class finishes.

Winning the second moto was 30+ Expert Jeff Simas, who commented after taking the checkered flag, “It was good, had a lot of fun and my bike works fairly good out here. I need to thank TRS Consulting, Big Valley Honda, Tech One Designs, Fast House, X-Brand Goggles and Guts Racing.”

Finishing second in second moto was, 38+ Master rider Scott Stillmock, who a little bit different take on which bike to race.

“It’s fun, I don’t ride as much as I used to but once the gate drops I remember how do everything again,” he said. “I got out front and people underestimate my little 350 against all the 450’s and it’s an amazing bike. You can run it up higher in the RPM’s and it slows down quicker in the corners as it doesn’t have as much inertia, feels like a 250F weight wise but has enough grunt to run with any 450.”

He also mentioned that he plans to open a new shop in Fernley then thanked Reno KTM for their support. And he added that his daughter Hope, who flew in that morning, was able to not only attend the event but raced as well.

In the 45+ Expert class Rich Thorwaldson won but taking two seconds was snowboard legend Shaun Palmer while “Hole Shot,” Layne Kolbet was third. Brett Fay was the 30+ Intermediate winner and the 38+ Intermediate winner was Chad Olson.

With a rider’s combined finishes used to determine their final placing a moto winner doesn’t always wind up first overall. This happened in the second moto for the 125/250 Junior and Intermediate classes.

After taking the checkered flag Garrett Hueftle, who won but ended up second overall in the Intermediate class said, “I knew he was closing in but I didn’t do so good in the first moto so didn’t get the sweep.”

Then he thanked his parents, Moto Source and Garnet.

In the end T.J. Taylor’s very close second place gave him the overall Intermediate victory while Ethan Lewis used his runner up finish in the Junior division to claim the overall victory.

Judging by the turn out the future of motocross in our area looks bright indeed. One example was the 50cc, or Pee Wee, Beginner class that has 19 riders listed while the Junior division has 4.

These youngsters are earning their racing spurs and ride on a short course. And when they race there are many adults not only cheering them on but rushing to help any rider that happens to fall.

Joseph Mitchell was the Pee Wee Junior winner while the Beginner winner was Richard Duncan. Moving up to the 65cc bikes, where the riders have to learn how to shift the winners were, Skyler Roberts in Beginner, Connor Gaarenstroom in Juniors, Sam McCord the Intermediate winner and Owen Bills the Open winner.

Another indicator was the 85cc Beginner Class as it had to be divided in half with 16 starting in one group while 15 made up the other. These youngsters are moving up and some will join the big bike group in the next few years.

The 85cc winners were Garrison Dyrr, Division 1 Beginner and Division 2 winner Aren Duncan. Taking the Junior and open class was Demetre Proutsos while Casey Carmichael was the Supermini winner.

In that next group up the ladder the 125/250cc Beginner Class also had to be divided with one division starting 15 riders while the other had 13 in the gate.

During the day some riders went down but no one earned a ride to the hospital.

Now the Sandbox is quite for a spell as the next round of the series moves to Winnemucca on the weekend of June 3 and 4.

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OTHER RACING NEWS:

• If you’re a fan of our local motocross events you can now help out. There is a need for lap checkers and while you’ll have to ge there all day Sunday, and maybe Saturday you will get paid for your time.

If interested please contact Ronda Gentry at 775-742-2914.

• The big event in our region next week is the annual Hangtown Outdoor National race. It begins the outdoor season.

For those going I’ll have a track map in my preview article on Thursday. Also on Sunday, the next day after the big race, Zeb Armstrong announced the first 100 riders going to practice at E Street MX Park will get in free.

A good time to have some throttle therapy after watching the pros.

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RESULTS:

Battle Born MX – Round 4

Wadsworth/Fernley Lion’s Motocross Track – May 14

50cc:

+ Beg: 1. Richard Duncan, 2. Jaiden M. Roberts, 3. Gaven Giomi, 4. Branden  Kuhn, 5. Gage L. Carlucci, 6. Jace Conner, 7. Abigail McIntyre, 8. Jayden  Latham, 9. Graeson Kahabka, 10. Steve Worrall, 11. Walker Segale-Vandover,      12. Caiden Willford, 13. Brody Roberts, 14. Isaac T. Bryant, 15. Rylan Skulason, 16. Payeton Segale, 17. Maycie Hill, 18. McKenna Evans, 19. William Saindon,

DNS: Grayson Krombert.

+ Jr: 1. Joseph Mitchell, 2. Pierson S. Potratz, 3. Hadleigh Kahabka, 4. Aidan Conner.

+ Open: 1. Pierson S. Potratz, 2. Richard Duncan, 3. Aidan Conner, 4. Jaiden M. Roberts, 5. Hadleigh Kahabka, 6. Walker Segale-Vandover, 7. Graeson Kahabka, 8. Abigail McIntyre, 9. Payeton Segale, 10. Caiden  Willford, 11. William Saindon, 12. Gaven Giomi, 13. Rylan Skulason.

65cc:

+ Beg: 1. Skyler Roberts, 2. Colby Olson, 3. Hub Loesy, 4. Rowdy Richardson, 5. Rodger E. Facey III, 6. Hudson Loesy, 7. Joseph Mitchell, 8.  Charlie Grubb, 9. Isacc Duncan,10. Christa Ponsock.

+ Jr: 1. Conor Gaarentstroom, 2. Chase Cannizzaro, 3. Rogen Hill, 4. Brock Ward.

+ Open: 1. Owen J. Bills, 2. Sam McCord, 3. Connor Gaarenstroom, 4. Rowdy Richarson.

85cc:

+ Beg, Div 1: 1. Garrison Dyrr, 2. Cole Palotas, 3. Cameron Radli, 4. Jarred Scott, 5. Skyler Roberts, 6. Grant Bergman, 7. Treyton Maskaly, 8. Ian Robinson, 9. Brock Ward, 10. Joshua Paley, 11. Connor Clifford, 12. Drew Johnson, 13. Dawson Daniels, 14. Laim Spears, 15. Bryce Daniels, 16. Lucas Evans.

+Beg., Div 2: 1. Aren B. Duncan, 2. James Larsen, 3. Rogen Hill, 4. Tyler Nichols, 5. Jacob Latham, 6. Rodger E. Facey III, 7. Truman Belingheri, 8. Daniel Nolasco, 9. Zachery Paulson, 10. Kaden Solinski, 11. Justin McCord, 12. Hannah Munoz, 13. Colby Olson, 14. Joey Borrego, 15. Seth Clark, 16. Garrett Duncan.

DNS: Dylan Frost.

+ Jr: 1. Demetre Proutsos, 2.Chase Cannizzaro, 3. Colton Chamness, 4. Ayden Katzenmeyer, 5. Zachary Larsen, 6. Owen J. Bills, 7. Declan Kahabka, 8. Tovin Kahabka, 9. Ollie M. Bonner.

+ Open: 1. Demetre Proutsos, 2. Ayden Katzenmeyer, 3. Zachary Larsen, 4.  Colton Chamness, 5. Declan Kahabka, 6.Tovin Kahabka, 7. Greg W. Bradshaw, 8. Cole Palotas, 9. Ollie M. Bonner, 10. James Larsen, 11. Rodger E. Facey      III, 12. Cody Zimmer, 13. Grant Bergman, 14. Connor Clifford, 15. Zachery Paulson, 16. Lucas Evans, 17. Liam Spears, 18. Seth Clark.

+ Supermini: 1. Casey Carmichael, 2. Demetre Proutsos, 3. Trevor Hargett, 4. Ayden Katzenmeyer, 5. Jared Mariscal, 6. Hayden L. Hines.

52+:

+ Jr: 1. Chris Ober, 2. David Thomas, 3. Ted Griffin,  4. Jeff McCollum.

45+:

+ Jr: 1. Bob Woebbeking, 2. Chad Johnson, 3. Martin Moran, 4. Jim Shepard, 5. Chris Stone.

+ Exp: 1. Rich Thorwaldson, 2. Shaun Palmer, 3. Layne Kilbet.

38+:

+ Beg: 1. Nickolas Belingheri, 2. Chris Ward, 3. Jason Daniels, 4. Frank  Abrott.

DNF/S: Matt Hirsch.

+ Jr: 1. Jamie Bonner, 2. Philip R. Fell, 3. Coby Madewell, 4. Bob Woebbeking, 5. Martin Moran.

+ Interm: 1. Chad Olson, 2. Aaron Bissell, 3. Sedanna Losey, 4. Jeromie D. Sorhoute, 4. Chris J. Leone, 6. Dan Lorntzen.

+Master: 1. Scott Stillmock.

30+:

+ Jr: 1. James Swain, 2. Jamie Bonner, 3. Chrystal L. Ponsock.

+ Intrm: 1. Brett A. Fay, 2. Danny Martin, 3. Matthew Sorhouet.

+ Exp: 1. Jeff Simas, 2. Tony Evans.

25+ Open: 1. Ryan Ferris, 2. Tim P. Stone, 3. Daniel Pearce, 4. Will Botto, 5. Brett A. Fay, 6. Brett Stuber.

18+ Open: 1. Cole Carmichael, 2. Brad L. Maga, 3. Austin W. Johnson, 4. Michael Jepsen, 5. Trevor Arden.

+ Club: 1. Jiff Simas, 2. Scott Stillmock, 3. Layne Kolbet, 4. Chad Olson, 5. Aaron Bissell, 6. Chris J. Leone, 7. Matthew Sorhouet, 8. Sedanna Losey, 9. Jeormie D. Sorhouet, 10. Shami Potratz, 11. Tate Morehead, 12. Ted Griffin,      13. Jim Shepard, 14. Bob Woebbeking, 15. Deanna Sorhouet, 16. Denise  Schwartz, 17. Danny Martin.

Women: 1. Sedanna Losey, 2. Shami Potratz, 3. Ashtyn Shepard, 4. Hope L. Stillmock, 5. Lucy M. Moran, 6. Chrystal l. Ponsock, 7. Amanda Ross, 8. Hayden Losey, 9. Jasmyne Herrera, 10. Natalie Russ, 11. Claire Petrie, 12. Sierra Koch, 13. Denise Ponsock, 14. Denise Schwartz, 15. Deanna Sorhouet.

Schoolboy: 1. Garrett Hueftle, 2. Julian Domingo, 3. Dylan Thorwaldson, 4. Mikey Hillyer, 5. Avery Dyrr, 6. J.W. Thompson, 7. Tommy Jackson, 8. Kyle J. Zimmer, 9.  Nickoli Klemsih, 10. Chet Maga.

2-Stroke Open: 1. Austin W. Johnson, 2. Danny Hillyer, 3. Ethan Lewis, 4. T.J. Taylor, 5. Brandon Jacober, 6. Christian Larsen, 7. Justin Larsen, 8. Kai. J. Papahee.

DNS: Blayne Herrera.

125/250:

+ Beg, Div 1: 1. Jared Marischal, 2. Trevor Hargett, 3. Kai J. Kapahee, 4. Paul Pullen, 5. Lucas Russ, 6. Justice Doyle, 7. Logan Holms, 8. Holland Losey, 9. Lucy M. Moran, 10. Tristen Gargano, 11. Nathan Gonzalez, 12. Garrett Linnell, 13. Terrance Fetterly, 14. Kevin Gonzalez.

DNS: Dylan Frost.

+ Beg, Div 2: 1. Chet Maga, 2. Mason Patterson, 3. Cameron Solinski, 4. Chandler Munoz, 5. Dawson Fettic, 6. Nathanial Jaramillo, 7. David Nolasco, 8. Robert Morrison, 9. Wyatt T. Hovde, 10. Natalie Russ, 11. Cole Jacober,      12. Colin D. Hutson.

DNF/S: Kristian Terelak.

+ Jr: 1. Ethan Lewis, 2. Dylan Thorwaldson, 3. Casey Carmichael, 4. Danny Hillyer, 5. J.W. Thompson, 6. Tristen Mathisen, 7. Chase Rychlik, 8. Tommy Jackson, 9. Tyler Gunn, 10. Payton Kinneson, 11. Nickoli Klemsih, 12. Justin Larsen, 13. Wyatt Ward, 14. Kyle J. Zimmer.

+ Intrm: 1. T.J. Taylor, 2. Garrett Hueftle, 3. Julian Domingo.

+ Pro: 1. T-mo Moore.

250/450:

+ Beg: 1. Cameron Solinski, 2. Wesley Willford, 3. Koleton Reguli-Jones, 4. Donney Moore, 5. Dawson  Fettic, 6. Garrett Linnell, 7. Brett Stuber.

+ Jr: 1. Mikey Hillyer, 2. Austin W. Lewis, 3. J.W. Thompson, 4. Brendon Borrego, 5. Jarrin Conn, 6. Brandon Jacober, 7. Tristen Mathisen, 8. Blayne Herrera, 9. Tyler Gunn, 10. Caleb Richey, 11. Christian Larsen, 12. Sean      Botelho, 13. Wyatt Ward, 14. Nathan Dains, 15. Logan Lasire, 16. Philip R. Fell, 17. Larry Owens.

DNF/S: Trevor Arden.

+ Interm: 1. Chris Paras, 2. Brad L. Maga, 3. Cole Carmichael, 4. T.J. Taylor, 5. Julian Domingo.

+ Pro: 1. Jesse Sanchez, 2. Michael Jepsen, 3. Tony Evans, 4. Billy J. Adams.

DNF/S: Collin McHaney.

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