FERNLEY, NV (May 16) – Once again a huge number of riders converged on the Fernley Motocross Track, otherwise known as the Sandbox. They were there to compete in round 4 of this year’s Battle Born Motocross (BBMX) series.
For many classes there were almost full gates, always a good sign for the future of motocross in our area. In fact even the women classes nearly filled the starting gate.
Starting at the bottom of the age ladder are the Pee Wee or 50cc racers. These kids are earning their racing spurs and race in age groups like 4 to 6 and 7 years and older.
Ducati Fayet won the 4-6 class riding an electric motorcycle, something that’s not usually seen. Young Talon Baker scored a double when he won the 7 & Up and Open races.
Moving up to the 65cc class riders now have to learn how to shift as well as control a faster bike. It’s the next step up the racing ladder. Kalvin Roberts was another double winner as scored victories in the 9 & Under and Open races. Wyatt Berrington was the 10 & Up winner.
One fixture of the 65cc class is Abigail McIntyre wearing her distinctive pink Tutu as she races.
Next step on the ladder are the 85cc classes. Faster and a bit heavier bikes they are the last step before a rider graduates into the big bike classes. There were so many of them it took a LCQ race to set the final 12 & under and Open gate.
Rogen Hill scored double wins when he took the 13 & Up and Open races. Hudson Losey was the 12 & under winner while Samuel McCord won the Supermini class. The LCQ winners were Louis Hill Jr. in the 12 & under group while the Open LCQ winner was Garrett Berrington.
Motocross is a sport many compete in for most of their lives and at the top of that age ladder is the 60+ Class. They only had an Open group and Chris Ober was the winner.
One step down is the 50+ group and they have three divisions. Dan Galliett was the Open winner while Donald Goines won in Intermediate while Anthony Fagundes topped the Expert class.
In the 40+ division the class winners were Joel Ray, Beginner, Seth Stout in Junior, Bradley Lundeen won in Intermediate and the Expert winner was Dale Lundeen.
Next step down is the 30+ division and those winners were Cody Mathis in Beginner, Nicholas Cassinelli in Junior, Jayme Salo for Intermediate and the only Master was Zach Fields.
There was only the Open race for the 25+ class and Travis McIver was the winner. Club winner was Michael Worrall.
The Women’s A group was a family affair. Shai Potratz beat her sister Sedanna Losey, who was chased by her third place daughter Hayden Losey. The big story was the Women’s B group that had 21 racers at the gate and the winner of that class was Marissa Honeyman.
Both Schoolboy and Collegeboy ran together. Joshua Black was the Schoolboy winner while Garrett Hueftle scored a double when he won both Collegeboy and 250/450 Intermediate races. Another big bike double winner was Dylan Galliett, who both the Big Bike Open as well as the 250/450 Pro race. There was only one 125/250 Pro racer and that was Alec Green.
Otto Albrecht was another double winner when he topped both the 125/250 Junior and 250/450 Junior classes.
There were so many big bike riders it too a pair of LCQ races to set the 125/450 and 250 450 Beginner gates. Blake Morgan won the 125/450 Beginner LCQ while the 250/450 Beginner LCQ as Jeremy Rials. T
here were several crashes during the day but fortunately only two riders were transported to the hospital. Others if needed to be looked at were taken by their parents or pit crews. The conditions of these riders were unknown when this was published.
Next up for the Reno OTHG is the annual Memorial Day weekend national event. That brings riders from across the west and after Saturday’s two motos there is a BBQ. The final two motos are run Sunday. For further information please check the BBMX website at www.battlebornmx.com.
REPORTER’S NOTE:
• There is a photo gallery after the results at the bottom of the article. It has most of the winners.
OTHER RACING NEWS:
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RESULTS:
BBMX – Round 4 2021 Series Fernley Motocross Track – May 16 Due to the results being so late I’ll only post the first five in the results. The complete results can be seen at www.battlebornmotocross.com.
50cc:
+ (4-6): 1. Ducati Fayet, 2. Parker Hatfield, 3. Suzuki Fayet, 4. Max Trotter, 5. Charlie Bagan.
+ ( 7 & Up): 1. Talon Baker, 2. Billy Smith, 3. Easton Yates, 4. Landyn Stills, 5. Colby Daniels.
+ Open: 1. Talon Baker, 2. Billy Smith, 3. Landyn Stills, 4. Ducati Fayet, 5. Easton Yates.
65cc:
+ (9 & Under): 1. Kalvin Roberts, 2.Sean Panora, 3. Stephen Worrall, 4. London Wooten, 5. Guage Conner.
+ (10 & Up): 1. Wyatt Berrington, 2. Sam Mukha, 3. Isaac Bryant, 4. Ryder Duncan, 5. Wyatte Lavezzo.
+ Open: 1. Kalvin Roberts, 2. Wyatt Berrington, 3. Jaiden Roberts, 4. Sam Mukha, 5. London Wooten.
85cc:
+ (12 & Under): 1. Hudson Losey, 2. Jonny Simpson, 3. Rocket Richardson, 4. Pierson Potratz, 5. Garrett Berrington.
+ (12 & Under)(LCQ): 1. Louis Hill Jr., 2. Landon Gafford, 3. Elias Xavier, 4. Deegan Selby, 5 Nathan Kuehner.
+ (13 & Up): 1. Rogen Hill, 2. Luke Kunkel, 3. Hugwapi Minder, 4. Austin Squier, 5. Emma Helming. +
Open: 1. Rogen Hill, 2. Luke Kunkel, 3. Connor Gaarenstroom, 4. Hugwapi Minder, 5. Hudson Losey. +
Open (LCQ): 1. Garrett Berrington, 2. A.J. Culver, 3. Liam Rasmussen, 4. Broxton Potratz, 5. Austin Partelow.
+ Supermini: 1. Samuel McCord, 2. Luke Kunkel, 3. Rogen Hill, 4. Connor Gaarenstroom, 5. Hudson Losey.
60+:
+ Open: 1. Chris Ober, 2. Jake Jacobs, 3. Tom Baugh, 4. Mark Lane, 5. Larry Cunnally.
50+:
+ Jr: 1. Dan Galliett, 2. Mike Riippi, 3. Bob Heeb, 4. Lonnie Madsen, 5. Larry Mulock.
+ Interm: 1.Donald Goines, 2. Zak Shules.
+ Exp: 1. Anthony Fagundes, 2. Gilbert Chick.
40+:
+ Beg: 1. Joel Ray, 2. Mike Cross, 3. Jeremy Rials, 4. David Squier, 5. Curtis Kibbe.
+ Jr.: 1. Seth Stout, 2. Dan Galliett, 3. Adam McMillen, 4. Peter Pensotti, 5. Jason Rubero.
+ Intrm: 1. Bradley Lundeen, 2. Chad Olson, 3. Aaron Bissell, 4. Chad Johnson. + Exp: 1. Dale Lundeen, 2. Rich Thorwaldson.
30+:
+ Beg: 1. Cody Mathis, 2. Joey Trotter, 3. Warren Slater, 4. Peter Pensotti, 5. John Marchant.
+ Jr.: 1. Nicholas Cassinelli, 2. Swade Malloy, 3. Casey Segale, 4. Jason Simpson, 5. Jeremy Ellison.
+ Intrm: 1. Jayme Salo, 2. Logan Larive, 3. Michael Worrall, 4. Cody Powing, 5. Tyler Bryant.
+ Master: 1. Zach Fields.
25+:
+ Open: 1. Travis McIver, 2. Tyler Pfeifer, 3. Zach Fields, 4. Logan Larive, 5. Rowdy Wachsmuth.
Club Moto: 1. Michael Worrall, 2. Aaron Bissell, 3. Jessie Gregg, 4. Chad Olson, 5. Chris Leone.
Women:
+ B: 1. Marissa Honeyman, 2. Emma Helming, 3. Lilian McMillen, 4. Naomi Wyant, 5. Christian Courtney.
+ A: 1.Shami Potratz, 2. Sedanna Losey, 3. Hayden Losey.
2-Stroke Open: 1. Ethan Lewis, 2. Connor Clifford, 3. Ayden Katzenmeyer, 4. Ian Wicker, 5. Richard Parise.
Big Bike Open: 1. Dylan Galliett, 2. Joshua Black, 3. Gabriel Marchant, 4. Geoffrey Buscho,5.Christopher McPartin.
Schoolboy: 1. Joshua Black, 2. Ayden Katzenmeyer, 3. Samuel McCord, 4. Rogen Hill, 5. Gabriel Marchant.
Collegeboy: 1. Garrett Hueftle, 2. Ethan Lewis, 3. Mason Stone, 4. Tristen Mathisen.
125/250: +Beg: 1. Skyler Giovannetti, 2. Zachary Cardenas, 3. Gunner Smieroth, 4. Justin Curtis, 5.Blake Morgan.
+ Beg. (LCQ): 1. Blake Morgan, 2. Terrance Fetterly, 3.Brin Reynolds, 4. Justin McCord, 5. Kelly Enget.
+ Jr: 1. Otto Albrecht, 2. Seth Clark, 3.Declan Kahabka, 4. Tsiidopi Minder, 5. Dawson Daniels.
+ Intrm: 1.Zayne Billell.
+ Pro: 1. Alec Green. 250/450:
+ Beg (main): 1.Rian Greenwell, 2. Zachary Cardenas, 3. Christian Parker, 4. Chris Slobogin, 5. Justin Curtis.
+ Beg (LCQ): 1. Jeremy Rials, 2. Tyler Jones, 3. Michael Tully, 4. Enzo Sowle, 5.Jacob Perez.
+ Jr: 1. Otto Albrecht, 2. Seth Clark, 3. Gabriel Marchant, 4. Reile Cole.
+ Intrm: 1.Garrett Hueftle, 2. Mason Stone, 3. Tristen Mathisen, 4. Kyle Zimmer, 5. Tyler Gunn.
+ Pro: 1. Dylan Galliett, 2. Tyler Pfeifer, 3. Tim Stone, 4. Nate Tiearney, 5. Travis McIver.
PHOTO GALLERY:
Super Mini Winner Samuel McCord. 
Schoolboy winner Joshua Black 
Collegeboy and 250/450 Intermediate winner Garrett Hueftle. Dylan Galliett scored victories in both the Big Bike Open as well as topping the 250/450 Pro class. 
125/250 Beginner winner Skyler Giovannetti. Otto Albrecht scored wins in the 125/250 Junior and 250/450 Junior classes. 
Hudson Losey won the 85cc 12 & Over race. Kalvin Roberts leads a start. He scored victories in both the 65cc Open as well as the 9 & Under classes. 
65cc Open winner was Cruzite Jimenez. One feature of the 65cc class is Abigail McIntyre as she wears a pink tutu when racing. 
The 65cc 10 and over winner was Wyatt Berrington. 
Another double winner was Talon Baker as he topped the 50cc 7 & Over as well as the 50cc Open races. The 50+ Junior winner was Dan Galliett. One unusual bike, at least for now, is the electric motorcycle Ducati Fayel rode to victory in the 50cc 4 to 6 Class. 
Joel Ray won the 40+ Beginner class. 
The 40+ Junior winner was Seth Stout. 
Cody Mathis was the 30+ Beginner winner. 
Nicholas Cassinelli won the 30+ Junior class. 
The 30+ Intermediate winner is Jayme Salo 
The 25+ Open winner was Travis McIver. 
Rian Greenwell won the 250/450 Beginner class. Rogen Hill was another double winner when he topped the 85cc 13 & Over as well as the 85cc Open races. 
Ethan Lewis was the 2-Stroke Open winner.
