BATTLE BORN MX ENDS SEASON AT THE SANDBOX

FERNLEY, NV (11-18) – Battle Born MX ended its 2018 season here at the Sandbox or the Fernley/Wadsworth Lions Club Motocross Track. Nice weather highlighted a good day of racing.

Due to the fires in Northern California and a race being postponed there, several racers came to Fernley expanding the rider total to 334 for Sunday.

The big race was when the 250/450 Intermediate and Pro racers were on the track. Their motos are longer than the other classes races.

Reno’s Ryan Ferris scored a double as he won both motos.

When the second moto began Ferris took off with Austin Serpa giving chase. Lap after lap they tore around the track with the gap between them closing.

On the white flag lap Serpa apparently ran into a problem that dropped him back to a third place finish. Up front Ferris won the pro division followed by Austin Johnson.

Asked if he knew how close Serpa was, Ferris answered, “Well I felt him the whole race but looks like he went down on the last lap and gave me a little gap. The track’s getting good, its still a little hard packed, frozen in some spots it starting to work out pretty nice. They went and fixed out some spots, got the dirt loose again and made it so we could hit the turns good.”

Then he thanked his family and his father. Then later he scored again by winning the 25+ Open Class.

Another racer scoring multiple victories, a triple actually was Casey Carmichael as he won in 125/250 Intermediate, 250/450 Intermediate and Schoolboy. It was a very good day for him.

There were several close races, especially in the second moto, which is the money round. Have a good finish in the first, win the second and a rider will either carry the day or be very close to it.

Since this was the final race of the season riders were not only securing class championships but also working to improve their positions in the final points tally.

One of the close races came in the 250/450 Junior group as winner Chris Miller was chased the entire race by runner up Tristen Mathisen.

Another close on was the 2-Stroke Open second moto. Leading the pack was Blayne Herrera but behind him first moto runner up Austin Johnson was on a charge.

Lap after lap Johnson closed the gap and they almost were side by side at the checkered flag. In the end Johnson, by virtue of two second place finishes won the day while Herrera actually finished fifth and first moto winner Chris Miller wound up second overall.

A rider’s combined finish gives them their final place in the results

Another close one was in the 85cc Beginner second moto where winner Luke Kunkel was chased the entire race by Seth Clark. In the end they finished in that order, which was the same in their first moto.

The largest class of the day was the 125/250 Beginner group as they had 31 riders and 30 were at the gate when the moto began

When the dust settled at the end of the day Cole Palotas was the overall winner followed by Otto Albrech, who parlayed a fifth and second place finish to give him the runner up spot while Hayden Fagundes reversed that order and wound up third.

Going through the age scale if there was a Methuselah award it would have to go to Mark Lane, the only rider in the 58+ Class.

Dropping into the “youngster” but old group Larry Mulock was the 52+ Junior winner while the 52+ Intermediate winner was David Thomas.

At the bottom of the age scale the Pee Wee Beginner winner was Stephen Worrall while Abigail McIntyre won the Junior title. Jaiden Roberts scored twice by winning the Pee Wee Intermediate and Open motos.

Moving up to the 65cc classes R.J. Sheehan was the Beginner winner while Hugwapi Minder topped the Junior Class and Rowdy Richardson was the Open victor.

All day there were battles around the track but at the end the next to last moto was for the 85cc Open Class. It was a battle between two young riders, who earlier faced off in the 85cc Intermediate motos.

Leading the charge was Chase Cannizzaro, who won the first moto but right behind him was Californian Drake Sahagnn. Lap after lap they tore around the track until the final lap when Sahagnn was able to take the lead and win the moto.

“It was a tough race, me and him were battling, I think his name was Chase, real fast,” Sahagnn said. “I was trying to catch him then he made a little mistake in the back so I just used that as my advantage to get around him.”

Then he thanked K&K Motorsports, his parents and Mike Metals.

The day ended with the second Open Big Bike moto. Steven Von Berckefelc would win and used his first and third finishes to take the overall. Chasing him was runner up Jay Hatchett, who used his fourth and third place finishes to claim that spot.

Now the season is over and the awards banquet will happen after the New Year. Later this week the final points will be posted at www.battlebornmx.com.

REPORTERS NOTE: There is a photo gallery after the results. Got photos of most of the winners there.

OTHER RACING NEWS:

• Testa Motorsports at 1581 U.S. Highway 395 in Minden is its annual toy drive this week. This time it’s a bit different as some of the donations will be headed over to California to help those kids whose parents lost everything in the Paradise fire.

The goal is to have all donations in the week before Christmas so some of it will go over the hill while the rest helps local children. Should add some cheer for some this holiday.

•     The 51st Baja 1000 was run this weekend and several Northern Nevada racers raced in the event.

The team of Chad Thorton, Dennis Belingheri, Steven Tichenor, Paul Luce and Carl Mossburg combined forces to win the Over 30 Pro class and came home seventh overall in the motorcycle group. They also had help from sponsors C&J Equipment, RMS, DDC, and Moto Graffitx.

Other Nevadans were Chad Hall, 9th in Trophy Truck Spec, J.J. Schnarr, third in Class 10 and Ely driver Marc Van Tossell.

•    Down at the SKUSA Super Nationals in Las Vegas local Jess Petersen ended sixth Sunday in the X30 Master’s class. Not bad as there were 75 of the fastest kart drivers he competed against..

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RESULTS:

Battle Born MX – Round 7

Fernley Motocross Track – Nov. 18

+ Pee Wee:

+ Beg: 1. Stephen Worrall, 2. Broxton Potratz, 3. Cord Hunter, 4. M.J. Steele-Young, 5. Jarred Smith, 6. Sean Panora, 7. Graeson Kahabka, 8. Grayson Kromberg, 9. Michael McCurry Jr., 10. Aiden Chick, 11. Parker Geissinger, 12. Gavin Clark, 13. Connor Gregg, 14. Nia Morgan

+ Jr: 1. Abigail McIntyre, 2. Jason Carroll

+ Intrm: 1. Jaiden M. Roberts, 2. Jaydin Smart.

+ Open: 1. Jaiden M. Roberts, 2. Abigail McIntyre, 3. Cord Hunter, 4. Broxton Potratz, 5. M.J. Steele-Young, 6. Jarred Smith, 7. Jason Carroll, 8. Sean Panora, 9. Stephen Worrall, 10. Grayson Kromberg, 11. Parker Geissinger, 12. Graeson Kahabka.

DNF: Jaydin Smart.

+ 65cc:

+ Beg:1. R.J. Sheehan, 2. Austin Bernard, 3. Jaiden M. Roberts, 4. William Teninty, 5. Hunter Trimbach, 6. Joey Decker, 7. Hadleigh Kahabka, 8. Rowdy Dolllerd, 9. Clayton Allen, 10. Liam Rasmussen, 11. Abigail McIntyre, 12. Riley Gentry, 13. Aiden Thomas.

+ Jr: 1. Hugwapi Minder, 2. Hub Losey, 3. Rowdy Richardson.

DNS: Hudson Losey.

+ Open: 1. Rowdy Richardson, 2. Hub Losey, 3. R.J. Sheehan, 4. William Teninty, 5. Hunter Trimbach, 6. Joey Decker, 7. Clayton Allen, 8. Austin Bernard, 9. Hadleigh Kahabka

DNF: Hudson Losey.

+ 85cc:

+ Beg: 1. Luke Kunkel, 2. Seth Clark, 3. Douglas Pena, 4. Ezra L. Arneson, 5. Adam S. Glaster, 6.Jacob Surane, 7. Max Roby, 8. Colby Olson, 9. Charlie Grubb, 10. Devyn S. Leppek, 11. Connor Allen, 12. Matt Dufur, 13.Sage Trebelhorn, 14. Landon Martin.

+ Jr: 1. Connor Clifferd, 2. Otto Albrecht, 3. Jacob Latham, 4. Treyton  Maskaly, 5. Zackery Paulson, 6. Brock Ward, 7. Sophia Barker, 8. Declan Kahabka.

+ Intrm: 1.Chase Cannizzaro, 2. Drake Sahagnn, 3. Rogen Hill.

+ Open: 1. Drake Sahagnn, 2. Chase Cannizzaro, 3. Treyton Maskaly, 4. Connor Clifferd, 5. Otto Albrecht, 6. Rogen Hill, 7. Zackery Paulson, 8. Jacob Latham, 9. Luke Kunkel, 10. Seth Clark, 11. Brock Ward, 12. Douglas Pena, 13. Ezra L. Arneson, 14. Adam S. Glaster, 15. Devyn S. Keppek, 16.    Charlie Grubb, 17. Connor Allen, 18. Matt Dufur, 19. Colby Olson, 20. Declan Kahabka, 21. Sage Trebelhorn.

DNF: Landon Martin.

+ Super Mini: 1. Nakana C. Domingo, 2. Treyton Maskaly, 3. Rogen Hill, 4. Zackery Paulson.

+ 58+ Interm: 1. Mark Lane.

+ 52+:

+ Jr: 1. Larry Mulock, 2.Troy Decker, 3.Keith Mansfield

+ Interm: 1. David Thomas, 2. Chris Ober.

+ 45+:

+ Beg: 1. Ryan Tanner, 2. Denise Schwartz.

+ Jr: 1. Troy Hawkins, 2. Bob Woebbeking, 3. Marty Moraix.

+ Intrm: 1. Chad Olson, 2. Aaron Bissell.

+ Exp: 1. Dana Belton, 2. Troy P. Fagundes, 3. Chris M. Ponsock, 4. Gilbert Chick.

+ 38+:

+ Beg: 1. Clint Miller, 2. Mike Smith, 3. Frank Abrott, 4. Brian Murdock, 5. Morgan Dickenson, 6. Bill Whalen.

+ Jr: 1. George Frobes, 2. Frank E. Homen, 3. Jason Rubero, 4. Jason Martinez, 5. Bob Woebbeking.

+ Intrm: 1. Sedanna Losey.

+ Exp: 1. Kevin Hargett, 2. Cody Crummett.

+ 30+:

+ Beg: 1. Shane Havens, 2. Alex Toler, 3. Stephen Worrall, 4. Jonathon Trimbach, 5. Mike Sayler, 6. Joel      Robbins, 7. Jake Johnson.

+ Jr: 1. Nick Petz, 2. Michael McCurry, 3. Richard Parige.

+ Interm: 1. Michael Worrall, 2. James Swain, 3. Tyler Rasmussen, 4. Mikey Chick, 5. Danny Martin.

+ Exp: 1. Ryan Eager, 2. Shaun Palmer.

 

+ 25+ Open: 1. Ryan Ferris, 2. Zach Fields, 3. Tim P. Stone, 4. Jay Hatchett, 5. Jeffery Butler.

DNS: Rowdy Wachsmuth.

+ Women:

+ A: 1. Shami Potratz, 2. Lucy Moran, 3. Hayden Losey.

+ B: 1. Hannah Munoz, 2. Christa Ponsock, 3. Jen Leppek.

+ Club: 1. Tony Fagundes, 2. Kevin Hargett, 3. Cody Crummett, 4. Chad Olson, 5. Sedanna Losey, 6. Aaron Bissell, 7. Danny Martin, 8. Chris M. Ponsock, 9. Chris Ober, 10. Larry Mulock, 11. Bob Woebbeking, 12. MarkLane, 13. Mike  Sayler.

+ 2-Stroke Open: 1. Austin Johnson, 2. Chris Miller, 3. Dallas Serpa, 4. Tim P.  Stone, 5. Blayne Herrera, 6. Colin D. Hutson, 7. Austin W. Lewis, 8. Trevor Hargett, 9. Kai J. Kapahee, 10. Josh Chassaing, 11. Chris M. McPartlin, 12. Richard Porise, 13. Brett Stuber, 14. Bill Whalen,15.      Christopher Whalen.

DNS: Ryan Ferris.

+ Schoolboy: 1. Casey Carmichael, 2. Blayne Herrera, 3. Dylan Thorwaldson, 4. Ethan Lewis, 5. Jared Marischal, 6. Kyle J. Zimmer, 7. Deegan Dennis, 8. Chandler M. Beveridge, 9. Walker D. Thomas, 10. Garrett Linnell, 11. Zachary Larsen, 12. James Larsen, 13. Austin W. Walker, 14. Cole Palotas, 15. Jaron Thompson, 16. Luke Rechel, 17. Sam Roby, 18. Zackery Paulson, 19. Colin Belton, 20. Lucy Moran, 21. Justice Doyle, 22. Dawson Daniels, 23. Tristen Strange.

DNF: Christian Strange.

+ Open Big Bike: 1. Steven Von Berckefelc, 2. Jay Hatchett, 3. Steve Lawrence, 4. Garret Linnell, 5. Russell Tonjum, 6. Landon Morand, 7. Jay Hoovler, 8. Ryan Eager, 9. Blayne Herrera, 10. Chris M. McPartin, 11. Colton Sadder, 12. Danny Rudd.

DNF: Tervor Arden.

+ 125/250:

+ Beg: 1. Cole Palotas, 2. Otto Albrecht, 3. Hayden A Fagundes, 4. Justice Doyle, 5. Riley Moren, 6. Sam Roby, 7. Jarred Scott, 8. Tsiidopi T. Minder, 9. Jayce Hawkins, 10. Logan Holmes, 11. Luke Rechel, 12. Austin W. Walker, 13. Ulisses Navarro, 14. Dawson Daniels, 15. Bryce Daniels, 16.      Lucy Moran, 17. Anthony Decker, 18. Jay Hoovler, 19. Holland Losey, 20.  Tristen Strange, 21. Richie Whitney, 22. Colin Belton, 23. Mac Nichols, 24. Austyn Barber, 25. Grant Bergman, 26. Jess Wilford, 27. Dylan Campbell, 28. Wyatt Rawson, 29. Brayden Marler, 30. Christopher Whalen, 31. Christian      Strange.

+ Jr: 1. Kai J. Kapahee, 2. Devin Zinda, 3. Josh Chassaing, 4. Benjamin W. Knoblock, 5. Nakana C. Domingo, 6. Tristen Mathisen, 7. Trevor Hargett, 8. Chandler M. Beveridge, 9. Cole Reile, 10. Collin D. Hutson, 11. Ronnie Courtright, 12. Zachary Larsen, 13. Deegan Dennis, 14. Cooper Lara, 15.      James Larsen, 16. Brian Belton, 17. Paul Pullen, 18. Jared Mariscal, 19. Jaron Thompson, 20. Zachary r. Ketchum.

DNS: Max Domashuk.

DNF: Jacob F. Hofer.

+ Interm: 1. Casey Carmichael, 2. Dylan Thorwaldson, 3. Landon Morand, 4. Dallas Serpa.

+ 250/450:

+ Beg: 1. Michael Pyle, 2. Jayce Hawkins, 3. Brett Stuber, 4. Zach Tanner, 5. Edward Ferd-Allison, 6. West Lawrence, 7. Jared Harmon, 8. Jacob Hill, 9. Carter Smith, 10. Reynold Hysell, 11. Cody Zimmer, 12. Colton Sadder, 13. Chance Morian, 14. Jerrett Gallagher, 15. Dustin Reed, 16. Ian Prince,  17. Zak Grossma, 18. Brett Buck, 19. Tristen Strange, 20. Chance Henderson, 21. Danny Rudd, 22. Nick Wilford, 23. Christian Strange.

DNF: Layne Chambers.

DSQ: Caleb T. Duster.

+ Jr: 1. Chris Miller, 2. Tristen Mathisen, 3. Ethan Lewis, 4. Rowdy Wachsmuth, 5. Kyle J. Zimmer, 6. Russell Tonjum, 7. Jacob F. Hofer, 8. Logan Lasive, 9. Talon Schwall, 10. Brandon Terry, 11. Mason Panerson, 12. Jaron Thompson, 13. Cole Reile, 14. Ronnie Courtright, 15. Walker D. Thomas, 16. Christian Larsen, 17. Jessie Gregg, 18. Brian Belton, 19. Devin Zinda, 20. Max Domashuk, 21. Trevor Arden.

DNF: Justin Larsen.

+ Intrm: 1. Casey Carmichael, 2. Steven Von Berckefelc, 3. Colton M. Lara, 4. Steve Lawrence, 5. Brady Larson, 6. Tyler Duarte.

+ Pro: 1. Ryan Ferris, 2. Austin W. Johnson, 3. Austin Serpa, 4. Zach Fields, 5. Jay Hatchett.

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