FERNLEY, NV (April 22) – This weekend the Reno chapter of the Old Timers hosted a round of their national series. The site was the Sand Box as its known, or the Fernley/Wadsworth Lions Motocross Track.
The format is five timed motos; three on Saturday and two Sunday. This time there were over 150 riders that showed up for the weekend’s action although some of them chose to only race Saturday.
After Sunday’s rider’s meeting both the National and Canadian Anthem were played and everyone was ready ride and race.
First up were riders in three 60+ classes launched in two groups. Up front Mark Kaestner, 62-years-young riding in the 60+ Master class just took off and left everyone in his dust during Sunday’s second moto, which gave him a sweep of the weekend.
Mark Kaestner, a 60+ Master racer on his way to sweeping the weekend.
“Great weekend, everybody had a pretty good time I think,” he said.
Then he thanked his wife, God and his sponsors, Pro Pilot Suspension, Portland Yamaha and 60 Helmets.
Next up were the oldest and most veteran riders with those in the 60+ Novice class being the kids in the field.
After the gate dropped the battle for the lead was between Bill Maxim and Kerry Barnes. They went back and forth and even pulled an inside-outside pass on a lapper early in the second moto.
The lead dual went down to the final two laps but in the end Barnes, from Reno, won this battle however a second place finish for Maxim earned the weekend’s over all victory.
Battle for the lead in the 70+ Expert Class. Kerry Barnes leads overall winner Bill Maxim in their final moto on Sunday.
“He (Maxim) beat me the last three races so we were just dicing back and forth,” Barnes said. “I’m always second behind him, Bill’s a legend and I just can’t catch him..”
Behind them came the two in the Methuselah divisions. Doug McCaleb in the 75+ Class and Dick Lyons in the 80+ Class.
Dick Lyons, an 83-years-young racer, was the oldest Old Timer racing at Fernley this weekend.
Asked about the weekend Lyons said, “I’m winning it, I’m winning it. I’ve been racing with the Old Timers since 1975, over all since the 60’s, out there with Malcom Smith and those guys. But I’m not a professional, just a schoolteacher that happens to ride and I happen to be healthy. I’ve got to thank my lovely bride Patricia of 60-years that let’s me do this.”
The next two divisions were the “kids,” of the weekend in the 40+ and 50+ divisions. In that race Tim Tynan’s runaway victory gave him the overall for the weekend even though he was second in Sunday’s first moto.
“I won all the motos but one, I got second in the first moto today,” he said. “The track is good, they did an awesome job on the on the prep all weekend. It’s not my favorite layout but they did the best they could with it and made it for a lot of fun.”
Then he thanked Steve at Shock Therapy, Mike Marquez at Click Suspension Labs and Cycle West for their great deals on all the parts.
Local chapter member Kevin Hargett on his way to winning the 40+ Expert class overall.
The other winner in that race was a Nevada member and local Kevin Hargett, who won the 40+ expert overall.
Next up was another combined race with the 40+ Intermediate and the 50+ Expert Classes. Layne “Hole Shot,” Kolbet lived up to his nickname by taking both hole shots and in the second moto led for about three laps before fading to fourth, which was his overall finish for the weekend.
Up front Kevin “Danger” Granger was in the lead during the second moto and just ran away with it. Even though he ended up second in the day’s first moto he had enough wins to get the weekend’s overall victory.
“They did such an awesome job here, I can’t stress it enough,” he said. “Anybody that hears this needs to come this is an awesome place. Been a good weekend for me.”
Then he thanked PDR Motorsports from Milton Freewater, Oregon.
The other class 40+ Intermediate has a Nevada 1-2-2 sweep. It also had the rider that came the farthest, Vincent Lanz from British Columbia, Canada.
Those three Nevada riders were Chris J. Leone, the class winner, Jeromie D. Sorhouet, and Chad Johnson.
Next came the largest class of the weekend, 50+ Intermediate. Over all there were 21 riders signed up but three of them never raced during the weekend and three only raced on Saturday.
When the gate fell to start the second moto Eric Mudgett took off and left everyone in his dust. The two local riders Bob Woebbeking and Reno chapter president Jeff McCollum ended up eighth and 16th for the weekend.
“I took first place in all five motos but I’ve never won one in four years,” Mudgett said. “The track is a fun rough ride but its safe. Always want to thank my wife Shawn and my partners Allen and Linda, who came with us this weekend an helped float some of the bill for this ride. Unfortunately Allen broke his arm yesterday, he still here rooting me on and helping me out.”
The final OT race for the day combined the 40+ Novice and 50+ Novice riders.
Tony Clements won the 40+ victory and also swept the weekend. In the 50+ division Nevada’s Doug Wollum would win both of Sunday’s motos but both seconds and his Saturday wins gave Mark Dugan the overall victory for the weekend.
“My first two motos went pretty poor as I tipped over,” Wollum, a Nevada member, said after taking the final checkered. “It was great fun.”
Then the weekend’s overall winner Mark Dugan said, “Racing all weekend has been great. This guy (Wollum) once he gets by me I can’t hang with him for the second half but other than that it’s been a good race.”
Then he thanked Factor Connection Suspension, Fly Racing, Recluse Clutch, Factory Effects (sp?), Lucas Oil as well as his wife Rebecca Barton that lets him race.
Considering the age of many of the riders and the amount of motos there were very few injuries but one rider did need to go and get evaluated Saturday. The worst incident occurred during the big bike support race Saturday. That rider was injured enough to get an ambulance ride but his condition is unknown when this was posted.
(There were support races but the results didn’t include the final motos so I really can’t use them. Sorry.)
Now all the riders head back to their respective homes and wait for the next round in the Old Timer’s National Series.
REPORTER’S NOTE: There is a picture gallery at the end of the results. While I’m am shooting with an article in mind there was another photographer there getting shots of all the riders.
He is Jason Brummond and you can reach him either with a phone call to 971-533-4765 or e-mail him at photo13media@gmail.com.
OTHER RACING NEWS:
- This weekend both Lovelock Speedway and Winnemucca Regional Raceway started their seasons.
On Saturday Dr. Wade Taylor won the IMCA main at Lovelock while Shayna Nieman was the Hobby Stock winner. At the end of Sunday’s racing in Winnemucca the winners were Cory Sample in IMCA, Shayna Nieman in Hobby Stocks, Michael Quillici in Dwarf Cars and the Mini Stock winner was Cole Jones.
• The NASCAR Cup series was at another short track this weekend. In Sunday’s race at Richmond Raceway Kyle Busch started 32nd but won while brother Kurt started sixth and ended up 11th.
• Hope our readers will listen from 2 until 3 p.m. to Teresa’s Garage Radio Show on Tuesday. The show covers all things automotive and this reporter has a preview around 2:15 p.m.
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RESULTS:
OTMX RENO NATIONAL – April 21/22
80+: 1. Dick Lyons, 2. Don Nelson*.
75+: 1. Doug McCaleb.
70+:
+ Novice: 1. Barry Simon.
+ Intermediate: 1. Roger Knight, 2. Gary Kritcher, 3. John Craft, 4. Dave Wilz, 5. Jerry Rerecich.
+ Expert: 1. Bill Maxim, 2. Kerry Barnes, 3. Duane Quick, 4. Wayne Obleness, 5. Art McDade, 6. Bart Kellog*, 7. Dan Fleming*.
60+:
+Novice: 1. Bod Hooker, 2. Kirk Muraoka, 3. Ron McGinnis, 4. Wayne Halozan
DNS: Eric McElroy.
+ Intermediate: 1. Jerry Tucker, 2. Rod Rohrbacher, 3. Ted Griffin, 4. Wyatt Foss, 5. Steve Fugate, 6. Bob Hurst, 7. Charles Egerton, 8. Bill Schultz, 9. Derek Currie, 10. Mitch Alden, 11. Patrick Smith*, 12. Jeff Mitchell*, 13. Brian Swanson*.
DNF: Victor Marshall.
+ Expert: 1. Mark Voegele, 2. Dean Taylor, 3. Steve Bader, 4. Michael Butler, 5. James Neff, 6. John Welsh, 7. Mark Lane, Al Whipple.
DNF: Rick Hopkins, Bill Dougherty.
+ Master: 1. Mark Kaestner, 2. Norman Eberie, 3. Rick Herbst, 4. Ron Hudson*, 5. Tim Sullivan*, 6. Mike Harper*.
50+:
+ Novice: 1. Mark Dugan, 2. Doug Wollum, 3. Ricky Bobby Sluster, 4. Shawn Farley, 5. Tim Kevuelaar, 6. Pat Karvia, 7. Darren McMaster, 8. Bret Engberg, 9. Bill Buffington, 10. Mike Gould, 11. Lonnie Madsen, 12. Steve Pratt, 13. Michael Ward, 14. Thad Burt, 15. Peter Chapin*, 16. Shawn Mudgett, 17. Alan Kest*.
DNS: Kevin Roach.
+ Interm: 1. Eric Mudgett, 2. Keven Stewart, 3. Charles Earp, 4. Butch Garza, 5. Tom Burch, 6. Joe Bruhus, 7. Bret Eckert, 8. Bob Woebbeking, 9. David Huerta, 10. Larry Mulock, 11. Dennis Herberg, 12. Gregg Flood, 13. Allen Blanco, 14. Carmen Ogino, 15. Daniel Anderson*, 16. Jeff McCollum, 17. Bob Ress*, 18. Bill Macdonaid*.
DNS: Nels Jonason, Keith Mansfield, Allen Rudd.
+ Exp: 1. Kevin Granger, 2. Ron Thornton, 3. Nick Nichols, 4. Layne Kolbet, 5. Dave Harden, 6. Stacey Rowe, 7. Scott Burton, 8. Mike Voegele, 9. Len Kooistra, 10. Joe Taurman, 11. Gant Brown, 12. Richard Cervantes*.
DNS: Gilbert Chick.
+ Master: 1. Tim Tynan, 2. Christ Bennett, 3. Ken Peterson, 4. Chuck Heckman, 5. Dennis Child. 6. Randy Law.
DNS: Craig Christian.
40+:
+ Novice: 1. Tony Clements, 2. Lisa Heckman, 3. Denise Schwartz.
+ Interm: 1. Chris J. Leone, 2. Jeromie D. Sorhouet, 3. Chad Johnson, 4. Chris Veale, 5. Vincent Lantz, 6. Keith Goodrigh.
+ Expert: 1. Kevin Hargett, 2. Tim Walker, 3. A.J. Heckart, 4. Brad Peters, 5. Jay Grisby, 6. Aaron J. Turnage, 7. Tony P. Fagundes*.
* – Riders only raced Saturday.
PHOTO GALLERY:
The rider that crashed in the big bike support race is still in the hospital, but stable.
Sorry to hear that news but glad he’s stable. Due to the law I can’t mention
his name unless he or a family member gives me permission. So I either see
the person being transported or ask the medics if they had to transport anyone.
That way I stay within the law and don’t get the medics in trouble. Please give
that rider my best wishes for a speedy recovery and thanks for letting me know.