FERNLEY, NV (Sept. 27) – The Mason Valley Dirt Squirts hosted the latest round of the MRANN series at a very different venue. This time it was at the 95 Motor Sports Complex and the course combined some of the motocross track, parts of the oval’s pits and an off road course south of the oval.
The result was a very challenging course made a bit more difficult by the dust and terrain.
After his dusty ride winner Reece Honea got a drink, took a breath and said, “It was really brutal, the track was too brutal. Tried to stay off the ground but unfortunately I did go down once. The silt was brutal today there was no good lines, so you had to be smart.”
Then he thanked his family and wife Tina, who is expecting their first child in December. He also expressed appreciation for sponsors Big Valley Honda, Fly Racing and M.J.Barrenback Plumbing.
Unlike at the previous race at Honey Lake on this day the experts raced last so the course was a bit used up when they began their ninety minute race.
At the end of the first lap Honea had a huge lead but that would soon shrink. Further back his nephew Brody Honea eventually took over second and started closing the gap with his uncle.
Honea did lose some time after going down once was was still in the lead when I got back up. In the end his elapsed time was 1:32.00:920.
This year Brody Honea and Austin Wilson are both gunning for the overall championship. At the checkered Honea was 23 seconds behind his uncle Reece.
Three seconds behind Brody came Wilson in third but he was only about a half second ahead of former overall champion Stephen Tichenor in fourth.
Looking down the list Chuck Paya, who ended up sixth was the Over 30 winner. Phil Feil’s 19th place finish earned him the Over 40 win while the Over 50 winner was Mike Nash and Joel Ellis won the Over 60 class.
When the banner dropped 33 Experts took off and 32 finished. Earlier 27 Amateurs were on the starting line while 25 finished.
On the start Carson Calder got the hole shot but soon after that Dustin Burrell took over the point. From then on Burrell just left everyone in his dust.
At the finish Jason Parke was the runner up ahead of third place Kyle Marsh while Carson Calder finished fourth for the day.
Parke won the Over 30 class while Gerald Luczk, who finished 16 was the Over 50 winner and the lone woman amateur Camie Ingram ended up 21st.
After taking the checkered Burrell said, “I’m a little tired. I just kept pushing, Just one tip over about a quarter of the way through. I was second then Carson went off the course and I took the lead from there I led the whole thing.”
Then he thanked his father for handling the pit chores as well as sponsors. One Eleven Concepts, Mike Bars, Bell Helmets, TBT Suspension and DTC Sprockets.
Like at Honey Lake the Novice race had the most riders. There were so many they were lined up in two rows and launched a few seconds apart from each other.
Like everyone else the Novice racers had to deal with the dust and the challenging course. At the end it was a pair of California riders that took first and second.
At the start there were 112 lined up and 108 finished the race. There were several crashes and at least two riders earned rides to the hospital. Their names and conditions weren’t known when this was posted.
When the first line was launched Morgan Wheeler was on point and had a pretty good lead when the first lap ended. It appeared that he was on his way to scoring the victory but maybe a pit stop or something cost him some time as at the finish.
Coming home with the overall victory was Shane Curren, from Portola, with an elapsed time of 1:30:58.320 while Wheeler wound up with a time of 1:32:52.061. Third place was Kyler Flood while Caleb Wissenback not only was fourth but won the Over 40 class.
The Over 30 winner as 17th place Jeff Webber while Morgan Peckenhan used his 20th place finish to win the Over 50 class. A bit further back was the Women’s winner Christinia Courtney, who ended up 23rd for the day.
After it appeared he might have won the overall Wheeler said, “I got the hole shot then I was in first but not sure if I got the overall or not. It was pretty dusty out there and towards the end getting kind of rocky as people were picking the rocks up and I was kind of tired and my arms are kind of sore.”
Then he thanked his parents and family as well as sponsors
Norcal Motorsports, Honda, Kawasaki Modesto, Odi Grips and Dunlop.
Next up for MRANN is the “Welcome to Hell l00” run on the weekend of October 10 and 11. Saturday has the usual classes running on a short course.
Sunday however is actually a national race run on two loops. For further information please check the website at www.racemrann.com.
REPORTER’S NOTE: There is a list of sponsors after the results. They keep this site going so please patronize them and also be sure to let them know you heard about them on this site.
OTHER RACING NEWS:
• Special congratulations to the team of Dennis Belingheri, Vance Vance Kennedy and David Mayer along with pit members Mark Jurischk, Ken Downey and Susan Howe-Belingheri. Their team finished fifth overall in this week’s Baja 500 and won the Over 50 Pro class.
• There will be no practice sessions this weekend on the motocross track located at 95 Motor Sports Complex. After the MRANN race the course is being rebuilt.
• As Northern Nevada’s oval track racing for this month winds down there are two big shows over the next two weeks.
The first is this weekend at Rattlesnake Raceway located east of downtown Fallon. It’s the 34th annual Dirt Track Championships.
Up to eight classes will be competing in this two-day show. Saturday’s is supposed to begin with hot laps at 3 p.m. followed by racing while it’s a 1 p.m. start to Sunday’s races.
• On Tuesday from 2 until 3 p.m. is when Teresa’s Garage Radio Show is on the air. It is an hour of automotive talk that includes trends and trivia. In the Reno/Sparks area it vcan be heard at 1180 AM.
The show is also on a Podcast at amm.streamon.fm or can be watched live on Face Book.
RESULTS:
MRANN – Round 5
(Reporter’s Note: All results are unofficial subject to change.)
Sunday, Sept. 27
• Expert Overall:
1. Reece Honea, 2. Brody Honea, 3. Austin Wilson, 4. Stephen Tichenor, 5. Damien Joy, 6. Paya, 7. Tanner Jacobson, 8. Josh Cook, 9. Gregory Phesant, 10. Ricky Dahlberg, 11. Kody Moutafidis, 12. Tyler Bmant, 13. Walker McGreal, 14. Seth Pruell, 15. Nathan Owen, 16.Chris Maas, 17. Wyatt Brittner, 18. Henry Anderson, 19. Phil Fell, 20. Jesse Richardson, 21. Koleton Beguli-Jones, 22. Joel Ellis, 23. Mike Nash, 24. Mike Carlo, 25. Chris Sunderland, 26. Donnie Bird, 27. Ryan Spelts, 28. Greg Ekins, 29. Pete Prichard, 30. Chris Ponsock, 31. Justin Bradlei, 32. Jim Goldberg.
DNF: Travis Sluder.
Class Results:
+ Open Expert: 1. Reece Honea, 2. Brody Honea,
3. Stephen Tichenor, 4. Damien Joy, 5. Tanner Jacobson, 6. Wyatt Brittner, 7 . Koleton Beguli-Jones, 8. Ryan Spelts.
+ 200 Expert: 1. Walker McGreal, 2. Chris Maas.
+ 250 Expert: 1. Austin Wilson, 2. Gregory Phesant, 3. Seth Purell, 4. Henry Anderson.
+ 4-Stroke Expert: 1. Josh Cook, 2. Ricky Dahlberg.
+ 30+ Expert: 1. Chuck Paya, 2. Kody Moutalfidis, 3. Tyler Bmant, 4. Jesse Richardson, 5. Justin Bradlei.
+ 40+ Expert: 1. Phil Fell, 2. Chris Ponsock.
+ 50+ Expert: 1. Mike Nash, 2. Mike Carlo, 3. Chris Sunderland.
DNF: Tavis Sluder.
+ 60+: 1. Joel Ellis, 2. Donnie Bird, 3. Greg Ekins, 4. Pete Prichard, 5. Jim Goldberg.
Amateur:
+ Overall: 1. Dustin Burrell, 2. Jason Parke, 3. Kyle Marsh, 4.Carson Calder, 5. Andrew Robinson, 6. Ian Prince, 7. Shai Raybuck, 8. Logan Larive, 9. Lance Carlo, 10. Jesse White, 11. Scott Gray, 12. David Inmon, 13. Coare McKin, 14. Jake Walker, 15. Josh Adams, 16. Gerald Luczyk, 17. Cody Kemp, 18. Lance Smith, 19. R.J. Moore, 20. Michael Harding, 21. Camie Ingram, 22. Jerry Harmon, 23. Richie Burr, 24. Christopher Mumme, 25. Blair Rankin.
DNF: Sean Connors, Chdris Lacruze.
Class Finishes:
+ Open Am: 1. Dustin Burrell, 2. Ian Prince, 3. Logan Larive, 4. Coare McKin, 5. Josh Adams, 6. Cody Kemp.
+ 250 Am: 1. Carson Calder, 2.Blair Rankin.
+ 4-Stroke Am: 1. Shai Raybuck, 2. Lance Carlo, 3. Jesse White, 4. Scott Gray, 5.Christopher Mumme.
+ 30+ Am: 1. Jason Parke, 2. Kyle Marsh, 3. Andrew Robinson, 4. David Inmon, 5. Jake Walker, 6. Lance Smith, 7. Michael Harding, 8. Richie Burr.
+ 40+ Am: 1. Gerald Luczyk, 2. R.J. Moore, 3. Jerry Harmon.
DNF: Sean Connors, Chris LaCruze.
+ Women Am: 1. Camie Ingram.
Novice:
+ Overall: 1. Shane Curren, 2. Morgan Wheeler, 3. Kyler Flood, 4. Caleb Wissenback, 5. Jordan Brown, 6. C.J. LaCruze, 7. Andrew Bangle, 8. Andy Stegall, 9. Braden Riley, 10. Connar Heywood, 11. William Tummers, 12. Ryan Berg, 13. Tanner Murphy, 14. Neftali Domingez, 15. Nick Connell, 16. Scotty Joa, 17. Jeff Webber, 18.Aaron Wishart, 19. Colby Atkins, 20. Morgan Peckenhan, 21. Donny Schmidt, 22. Brandon Freeman, 23. Christinia Courtney, 24. Kelly Gilman, 25. Dustin Alexander, 26. Quinn Holzer, 27. David Kowalski, 28. Josh West, 29. Chris Crocker, 30. Danny Rudd, 31. Shane Smith, 32. Enzo Sowle, 33. Zack Eaton, 34. Addam Devargas, 35. Zach Clark, 36. Mario Ruiz, 37. Zane Wells, 38. Devin Ellis, 39. Mike Cross, 40. Justin Wicks, 41. Alequin Scheetz, 42. Nick Greene, 43. Jaxon Holland, 44. Zenin Quinn, 45. Jacob Graves, 46. Daniel Springs, 47. Adam Biount, 48. Parker Momaster, 49. Talon Wissenback, 50. Matt Carman, 51. Josh Prigan, 52. Devin Walker, 53. Anthoney Ramirez, 54. Lacey Barnett, 55. Robert Reed, 56. Jameson Nichols, 57. Austin Carmack, 58. Richard Parise, 59. Tyler Davi, 60. Ryan Frum, 61. Zach Hendrickson, 62.Ezra Armeson, 63. Scott Burrell, 64. Anthony Leake, 65. Logan Webber, 66. Daniel Hall, 67. Cole Robinson, 68. Patrick Banford, 69. Jered Belioli, 70. Mark Inman, 71. Nathan Tilman, 72. Rachel Roen, 73. Wade Urban, 74. Jacob Beioli, 75. Carlos Perez, 76. Ricky Ricketts, 77. Jake Bohan, 78. Steven Mitchell, 79. Draegin Sherman, 80. Jermey Barrett, 81. Mark McKenna, 82. Drew Franklin, 83.Talon Pieau, 84. Kelly Thompson, 85. Jeremy Bourbeau, 86. Dominick Johnston, 87. Preston Larramendy, 88. Corey Hansen, 89. Fleix Osorio, 90. Jay Benner, 91. Tinon Galloway, 92.Tylor Vanderville, 93. Reese Scheetz, 94. Jeff Denson, 95. Brooke Baird, 96. Brandon Ruiz, 97. Carlos Unknown, 98. Brandon Van Rooten, 99. Bill Price, 100. Sonny Snodgrass, 101. Caleb Love, 102, Nic Morel, 103. Mac Nichols, 104. Justin Callen, 105. Donovan Gephart, 106. Lawson Williams, 107. Tim McDowel, 108. Aarn Denson.
DNF: Josiah Brown, Edward Ford Allison, Michael Harding, Tim Meadous.
Class Finishes:
+ Open Novice: 1. Jordan Brown, 2. Andy Stegali, 3. Connar Heywood, 4. William Tummers, 5. Brandon Freeman, 6. Dustin Alexander, 7. Danny Rudd, 8.Mike Cross, 9. Nick Greene, 10. Zenin Quinn, 11. Talon Wissenback, 12. Devin Walker, 13. Anthoney Ramirez, 14. Jameson Nichols, 15. Tyler Davi, 16. Logan Webber, 17. Wade Urban, 18. Mark McKenna, 19. Drew Franklin, 20. Dominick Johston, 21. Tirion Galloway, 22. Reese Scheeetz, 23. Carlos Unkown, 24. Mac Nichols, 25. Donovan Gephart, 26. Tim McDowel.
DNF: Edward Ford-Allison.
+ 200 Novice: 1.Enzo Sowle, 2. Zane Wells, 3. Daniel Springs, 4. Ezra Armeson, 5. Nic More,6. Lawson Williams.
+ 250 Novice: 1.Shane Curren, 2. Kyle Flood, 3. C.J. LaCruze, 4. Andrew Bangle, 5.Nick Connell, 6. Colby Atkins, 7. Zack Eaton, 8. Justin Wicks, 9. Parker McMaster, 10. Josh Prigan, 11. Zach Hendrickson, 12. Cole Robinson, 13. Carlos Perez, 14. Jake Bohan, 15. Draegin Sherman, 16. Preston Larramendy, 17. Tylor Vanderville, 18. Brandon Ruiz, 19. Justin Calien.
+ 4-Stroke Novice: 1. Morgan Wheeler, 2. Ryan Berg, 3. Tanner Murphy, 4. Neftali Domingez, 5. Scotty Joa, 6. Quinn Holzer, 7 . Mario Ruiz, 8. Devin Ellis, 9. Jaxon Holland, 10. Austin Camack, 11. Ricky Ricketts, 12. Talon Pleau, 13. Kelly Thompson, 14. Jeff Denson, 15. Caleb Love, 16.Aaron Denson.
30+ Novice: 1. Jeff Webber, 2.Aaron Wishart, 3. Zach Clark, 4. Jacob Graves, 5. Adam Blount, 6. Matt Carman, 7. Richard Paerise, 8. Patrick Banford, 9. Jered Belioli, 10. Nathan Tilman, 11. Jacob Beioli, 12. Jeremy Barrett, 13. Corey Hansen, 14. Brandon Van Rooten.
DNF: Michael Harding.
+ 40+ Novice: 1. Caleb Wissenback, 2.Branden Riley, 3. Kelly Gilman, 4. Davide Kowsiski, 5.Josh West, 6. Chris Crocker, 7. Shane Smith, 8. Adam Devargas, 9. Robert Reed, 10. Ryan Frum, 11. Daniel Hall, 12. Steven Mitchell, 13. Jeremy Bourbeau, 14. Felix Osorio, 15. Jay Benner, 16. Sonny Snodgrass.
DNF: Josiah Brown, Tim Meadous.
+ 50+ Novice: 1. Morgan Peckenhan, 2. Donny Schmidt, 3. Scott Burreli, 4. Anthony Leake, 5. Mark Inman, 6. Bill Price.
+ Women Novice: 1. Christinia Courtney, 2. Alequin Scheetz, 3. Lacey Barnett, 4.Rachel Roen, 5. Brooke Baird.
• Saturday, Sept. 26
Pee Wees:
+ Overall:
1.Cord Hunter, 2. Walker Segale-Vandover, 3. Quinn Connors, 4. Wyatt Lavezzo, 5. Maverick Parke, 6. Bennett Stone, 7. Mason McGreal, 8. Cash Connors, 9. Wyatt Mirell, 10. Barrett Stone, 11. Stephen Worrall, 12. Oliver Lapin, 13. Justin Spencer, 14. Christopher Tully, 15. Devan Tichenor, 16. Cruz Grant, 17. Landen Ruano, 18. Noah Acree, 19. Isaac Bryant, 20. Billy Smith, 21.Jackson Sangster, 22. Easton Yates, 23. Jake Lazzarino, 24. Dayeton Segale, 25. Teigen Biddle, 26. Jayden Pheasant, 27. Braydon O’Brien, 28. Chase Ruano, 29. Cash Rody, 30. Ada Sangster, 31. Liam Rasmussan, 32. Abby Gower, 33. Jeff Welton, 34. Luke Williams, 35. Parker Hatfield, 36. Breighdon Swenson, 37. J.D. Richardsen, 38 Eli Lapin, 39. Keygan Pleasant.
DNF: Luke Brown.
65cc:
+ Novice:
1. Cord Hunter, 2. Wyatt Lavezzo, 3. Bennett Stone, 4. Cash Connors, 5. Barrett Stone, 6. Stephen Worrall, 7. Justin Spencer, 8. Landen Ruano, 9. Noah Acree, 10. Jackson Sangster, 11. Dayeton Segale, 12. Chase Ruano, 13. Liam Rasmussan, 14. Abby Gower, 15. J.D. Richardsen.
DNF: Luke Brown.
50cc:
+ 6 & Under: 1. Jayden Pheasant, 2. Cash Rody, 3. Luke Williams, 4. Parker Hatfield, 5. Eli Lapin, 6. Keygan Pleasant.
+ 7 & Older: 1. Walker Segale-Vandover, 2. Quinn Connors, 3. Maverick Parke, 4. Mason McGreal, 5. Wyatt Mireli, 6. Oliver Lapin, 7. Christopher Tully, 8. Devan Tichenor, 9. Billy Smith, 10. Easton Yates, 11. Teigen Biddle, 12. Braydon O’Brien.
+ 7 & Older, 4-Stroke: 1.Cruz Grant, 2. Isaac Bryant, 3. Jake Lazzarino, 4. Ada Sangster, 5. Jeff Welton, 6. Breighdon Swenson.
Mini Bikes:
+ 1.Morgan Wheeler, 2.Austin Key, 3.Walker McGreal, 4. Kadyn Morton, 5. Landen Williams, 6. Titan Allen, 7. Carson Key, 8. Casey Pinther, 9. Ryder Allen, 10. Jacob Engelke, 11. Wyatt Rankin, 12. Rowan Gowan, 13. Tucker Whitworth, 14. Ben Malone, 15. Devin Croskery, 16. Michael Acree, 17. Jaiden Roberts, 18.Kaydence Marsh, 19. Travis Donaldson, 20. Travis Donaldson, 21. Shea Zastawniak, 22. Walker Segale-Vandover, 23. Jace Young.
DNF: Peyton Maas, Hayden Himphill, James Manning, Gabby Sluder.
65cc:
+ Ama: 1. Jaden Roberts, 2. Walker Segale-Vandover.
+ Exp: 1. Peyton Maas.
100cc:
+ Novice: 1. Morgan Wheeler, 2. Titan Allen, 3. Casey Pinther, 4. Ryder Allen, 5. Wyatt Rankin, 6. Rowan Gowan, 7. Ben Malone, 8. Devin Croskery, 9. Michael Acree, 10. Kaydence Marsh, 11. Hannah Engelke, 12. Travis Donaldson, 13.Shea Zastawniak, 14. Jace Young.
DNF: Hayden Himpill, James Manning, Gabby Sluder.
+ Expert: 1. Austin Key, 2. Walker McGreal, 3. Landen Williams.
Women/Bomber/Vintage: 1. Arie Furlong, 2. Hayden Losey, 3. Scott Martin, 4. Taylor Kemp, 5. Danielle Walkiewiez, 6. Curtis Calder, 7. Sierra Koch, 8. Jazlyn Brussatoi, 9. Allison Clift-Jennings, 10. Claire Petrie, 11. Ted Elswick, 12. Sarah Marsh, 13. Chrystal Ponsock, 14. Terry Scheetz, 15. Colleen Connors, 16. Bob Burns, 17. Amanda Novick, 18. Amanda Rogers, 19. Emily Hall, 20. Emma Hickey, 21. Max Elswick, 22. Addison Humphrey, 23. Jim Duane, 24. Lisa Davis, 25. Sue Harris.
DNF: Sarah Walker.
Vintage:
+ 1. Ted Elswich, 2. Max Elswick.
Bomber:
+ 1. Arie Furlong, 2. Scott Martin, 3. Curtis Calder, 4. Terry Scheetz, 5. Bob Burns, 6. Jim Duane.
Women:
+ Expert: 1. Hayden Losey, 2. Taylor Kemp, 3. Danielle Walkiewiez, 4. Chrystal Ponsock, 5.Colleen Conners.
+ Amateur:1. Claire Petrie, 2. Sarah Marsh.
+ Novice: 1. Jazlyn Brussatoi, 2. Allison Clift-Jennings, 3. Lisa Davis, 4. Emily Hall, 5. Sue Harris, 6. Emma Hickey, 7. Addison Humphrey, 8. Sierra Koch, 9. Amanda Novick, 10. Amanda Rogers, 11. Sarah Walker.
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