VIRGINIA CITY, NV (April 28) — Another spring like day greeted riders for day two of the Virginia City Grand Prix. This second day is for Novice racers and includes many classes including a few classes that race on a short course.
No matter which course a rider uses it’s always a challenge. On Sunday morning there were 485 racers lined up on C Street for the 3-hour timed event. Of those 373 finished while 112 were DNF.
This was the most riders the event has seen in the past few years.
Just like Saturday there are two Head Start positions auctioned off. The numbers on these bikes were then changed to “0” and “00.”
Jeff Murray, Number “0”, races in the Open Novice Class took off first and finished 37th after completing three laps. One minute later Brad Collins, Numbere “00”, took off, he races in the 250 Novice Class and after three laps ended up 33rd.
One minute after that each row is launched every 15 seconds. There was even an E-Bike Class and the last row was Dual Sport that included MoPeds, which apparently none were able to finish.
Up front Leed Lulis, racing in the 125 Novice Class, was on a charge and after the first lap he was never headed. His elapsed time was 3:31:39 and he completed four laps.
On the podium he celebrated by spraying people. After this he’ll keep chasing a title in the National Hare and Hound series.
Finishing second was Chance Digiulio, who races in the 250 Novice Class. His elapsed time was 3:32:00 and he completed four laps.
Danner Leavitt, who also races in the 125 Novice Class, ended up third with a time of 3:41:25.
Only 13 of the racers that used the long course finished four laps. The remainder of the racers, who finished either did three, two or one lap.
Joshua Hoyt ended up sixth and he was the first Open Novice to finish four laps.
The first 30+ Novice to finish was 12th place Mike Seikow.
Craig Dieterich finished 14th and the first 40+ Novice to finish.
Finishing 20th was Ryan Jackson who rode in the Bomber Am/Nov Class.
A bit further down in 35th was the first Woman Am/Nov Charlie Nute.
Moving up the age bracket Dave Collet, who rides in the 50+ Novice Class wound up 40th for the day.
The Red Plates ride a shorter course and their results are separate from the overall list. The Electric Class are red plates and that class was won by Joel Ellis.
The Diva Class was part of the Red Plate group and Kendra Angel-Adkinson won her race. She celebrated her victory on the podium.
Some of the biggest bikes are in the Adventure Class. The winner Mario Murillo said his weighed in at 450 pounds, no easy task riding at speed on the VC hills.
There is also the Vintage Class and winner Jason Shakespeare was so fast he did five laps on the short courses.
Now that Sunday is over the Comstock is quiet again. But at the end of next April the Grand Prix will sing its siren song and riders from many places will head for Virginia City.
In fact one of this year’s racers drove, with his girl friend, all the way from North Carolina to race at the VCGP.
So next April again racers will line up and create Thunder on the Comstock.
REPORTER’S NOTE: First of all I want to express my appreciation for all the volunteers that make the VCGP possible. Set up takes a couple of weeks and they are spending a few more days collecting everything. A big shout to the Medix and Sweeps that ride the course and are there to help any rider that needs them.
I also want to thank Moto-Tally for their score keeping and the announcers, Tina Honea and her partner Paul Ziegler for their great work.
The full results can be found at www.moto-tally/vcgp/results.
OTHER RACING NEWS:
• Spring is finally here and sure sign is the Sparks A&W, located across the street from Reed High School, starting it’s Wednesday night cruise in. Time is 5 until 9 p.m. and there is a DJ playing music as well as prizes.
• Go Kart racers are gearing up for the next round with the Northern Nevada Kart Club. One can pre-register before the event. The site is www.nnkcreno.com.
• StadiumGP has released a course map for the event. The outdoor Reno Reno stadium is used as well as some of the area outside of that. Online registration is now open and for further information please check, www.stadiumgp.com.
• Davey’s American Racing is found on Face Book. His focus is on western oval tracks as well as national series.
He recently started his broadcasts so to check Face Book around 6 p.m. Wednesday.
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RESULTS *
Virginia City Grand Prix – April 28
- – Only partial results listed but for full results please to go www.moto-tally.com/VCGP/Results.
- Overall (Long Course): 1. Leed Lulis (125 Nov.), 2.Chance Digiulio (250 Nov.), 3. Danner Leavitt, 4. Ryder Allen, 5. Austin Castaneda, 6. Joshua Hoyt (Open NOV.), 7. Zack Eaton, 8. Myles Friesen, 9. Jenoa Devarges, 10. Trevor Klassen, 11. Michael Venezia, 12. Mike Selkow (30+ Nov), 13. Luke Coley, 14. Craig Dieterich (40+Nov.), 15. Cameron Poe, 16. Lucas Kassity, 17. Connor Ghione, 18. Kashler Angelo, 19. Kristofer Femenia, 20. Ryan Jackson (Bomb Am/Nov), 21.Jacob Roseberry, 22. Mitchell Wheeler, 23. Jacob Benneer, 24. Brendan Chura, 25. Jake Luchitte, 26. Morgan Stier, 27. Nick Csik, 28. Domenic Marconato, 29. Jared Guerrero, 30. Alex Fricion, 31. Jason Behm, 32. John Papapietro, 33. Brad Collins, 34. Ryan Wood, 35. Charlie Nute (Wom Am/Nov), 36. Cameron Stedronsky, 37. Jeff Murray, 38. Andy Stegall, 39. Jeremy Rosenbach, 40. Dave Collet (50+Nov), 41. Daniel Hall (WarrNov), 83. Steve Tindall (Mas. 60-69), 194. Daniel Stipkovich (Ultra Mas70+). 224 Victor Borg(Evo/Nov).
- Short Course Class Winners: Electric – Joel Ellis, Dual Sport Nov. – Dallas Ott, Diva – Kendra Angel-Adkinson, Adventure – Mario Murillo, Vintage – Jason Shakespeare.
