RENO, NV (Feb. 8) – Once again the Reno Livestock Events Center echoed with the sounds of Arenacross. The series is now Kicker AMA Arenacross presented by Lucas Oil and it has returned to the Biggest Little City.
Unlike the previous series the racing card had all the classes including both pro divisions. The afternoon was for heats and if a class had too few entries that main was run before the evening show.
Each night the colors were presented by a quartet from the Spanish Springs High School Army JROTC. After that it was time to go racing.
For one North Carolina racer it was a great two days as he swept three out of the four pro events, which included both Saturday races.
“I was able to sweep tonight, didn’t have the greatest start but won my first heat and my other one so really had to put my head down,”Kyle Peters said. “There’s a lot of good competition here and they made me work for it. Track is awesome, ruts are starting to form and it makes for some really good racing.”
When the 450 Pro main began Saturday Peters emerged from where the track wove around the two pro jumps. Not far behind his teammate Jace Owen was closing fast.
However Peters was not to be denied and put a gap between himself and Owen, who ended up second ahead of Kyle Bitterman.
After the victory interviews with the announcer it was time to break out the champagne and spray each other down. This happened after the mechanics got their motorcycles out of harm’s way.
A little earlier the 250 Pro main was run and once again Peters was on point with Owne giving chase. At the end of the long section of whoops Owen went down in the 180-degree turn that caught several riders during the weekend.
This allowed Kyle Bitterman to grab second with Gared Steinke taking third. At the end Owen wound up fourth.
When the pro races started they wound around two jumps then after that they’d get some really big air flying over these two jumps.
Things were a little different during Friday’s evening show. When the gate dropped to start the 250 Pro main Owen jumped into the lead with Peters giving chase with Bitterman third. They finished in that order.
When the 450 Pro main began Owen was on point with Peters giving chase. Later in the race these two came upon some lap traffic and Peters used that to make the pass for the lead and his first of three victories.
Owen had to settle for the runner up spot followed by Oregon rider Gared Steinke.
Asked about the race Peters said,” The race was good had my team mate Jace in front of me. He was riding really, really good and we got into some lap traffic where I was able to make the pass and hold him off for the win. It was a great race.”
Of course the largest crowd of fans was on Saturday although Friday’s wasn’t that bad either. They not only were cheering for the pros but for the younger riders as well including the ones that flew over the finish line making that jump a double.
During a break in the show there was a fans “handle bar race.” Each contestant had to hold a handlebar in both hands while running.
The women were given a head start as they began in the whoops while the men started their race at the top of the second jump.
On Friday almost everyone crashed in the whoop section and one of the men won the race. On Saturday one of the women left everyone in her dust winning the race. When asked how she did so well her answer was that the others were slow.
While many of the pros came from the east coast there were a bunch of locals competing in the supporting races and some of them won their races.
There were some double winners Saturday like Byren Spear, who scored victories in both 51cc Limited 7&8 and in the open races. Lux Turner scored a double Saturday when he won in Supermini then in the 250 Novice race as he’s moving up to the big bikes.
Another area rider scoring a double was Casey Carmichael, who won in 250 Intermediate as well as Schoolboy while Ian Naccarato topped both the Vet classes. Tanner Clark won in 450 Beginner as well as the Beginner class.
Scoring one for the girls Lala Turner won in 85cc 9-12 but was claimed by the whoops as she crashed out of the 9-15 class Saturday. In fact after her win she was called to the finish line where the announcer interviewed her.
There will be TV coverage of at last the pro races on Fox Sports 2. The program will air at 9 a.m. on March 7th. Later the program will air again on Sunday, March 25 at 8:30 Pacific Daylight Time.
Once racing ended Saturday promoter Tod Hammock was asked how the weekend went.
He said, “It was absolutely spectacular and both nights the crowd was incredible and the racing, well everybody just got into it. It really was an amazing weekend and we’re going to come back sometime in late February 2021.”
He also mentioned that his group has bought Endurocross and they are working on building that series as well.
“We’re trying to find a date and we do want to bring Endurocross back here as well. We think it’s going to be in 2021 before we can get an open date here in Reno,” he said.
REPORTER’S NOTE: There is a photo gallery after the results with most of the pros and Saturday winners.
OTHER RACING NEWS:
• This coming weekend MRANN begins it’s 2020 season north of the Nightingale exit east of Fernley. Motocross riders aren’t being left out for the holiday weekend as 95 Motor Sports Complex will be having three days of practice sessions on it’s new track this holiday weekend.
• Apparently there will be some changes in this year’s Virginia City Grand Prix. The pits and vendor area are moving back to the traditional spot on E Street by the Silverland Hotel. In fact the awards will be handed out there after each day’s racing.
And once again there will be a Moto Mouth Mini Grand Prix for the younger riders Saturday afternoon. The race honors the late Bob Cavakis, who passed away and announced the VCGP from it’s beginning.
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RESULTS:
Kicker Arenocross – Reno Livestock Events Center
Overall Finishes.
• Saturday, Feb. 8
51cc:
+ ( Limited 4-6): 1. Talon Hinson, 2. Talon Baker, 3. Colton Corona, 4. Lionel Ducati-Fayet, 5. Jack Cal Lender.
+ (Limited 7-8): 1. Byren Spear, 2. Graeson Kahabka, 3. Walker Van Dover, 4. Grayson Kromberg, 5. Colby Daniels.
+ (Open 4-8): 1. Byren Spear, 2. Talon Hinson, 3. Graeson Kahabka, 4. Grayson Kromberg, 5. Talon Baker, 6. Colton Corona, 7. Garrett Robinson.
65cc:
+ (7-9): 1. Kingsley Chou, 2. Brayden Hernandez, 3. Mason Gray, 4. Laken Hailey.
+ (10-11): 1. Jesse Furtado, 2. Holster Snyder, 3. Amari Arnold, 4. Drew Marson, 5. Gage Foster, 6. Williamm Teninty, 7. Cash Schneider.
+ (Open): 1. Jesse Furtado, 2. Amari Arnold, 3. Drew Marson, 4. Brayden Hernandez, 5. Kingsley Chou, 6. Gage Foster.
85cc
+ (9-12): 1. Lachlan (LaLa) Turner, 2. Luke Kunkel, 3. Amari Arnold, 4. Holster Snyder, 5. Hadleigh Kahabka.
+ (9-15): 1. Peyton Marks, 2. Declan Kahabka, 3. Luke Kunkel, 4. Jaxzen Tully, 5. Connor Gaarenstroom, 6. Zackery O’Neill, 7. Austin Squier, 8. Nathan Riippi, 9. Kyle Felter.
DNF: Lachlan (LaLa) Turner.
Supermini: 1. Lux Turner, 2. Peyton Marks, 3. Chase Cannizzaro, 4. Declan Kahabka, 5. Jaxzen Tully, 6. Connor Gaarenstroom.
250cc:
+ (Beginer – Non Series): 1. Austin Walker, 2. Tsiiopi Minder, 3. Richie Whitney, 4. Bryce Daniel, 5. Nicholas Wilford, 6. Tristen Strange, 7. Jess Wilford, 8. Sean Dingley, 9. Travis Rummer, 10. Lucy Moran, 11. Christian Strange, 12. Dylan Casey, 13. Dylan Atkinson.
+ (B Intermediate): 1. Casey Carmichael, 2. Carter Adams, 3. Andred Bragdon, 4. Blayne Herrera.
+ (C Novice): 1. Lux Turner, 2. Demetre Proutsos, 3. Ayden Katzenmeyer, 4. Chandler Beveridge, 5. Otto Albrecht, 6. Talon Schwall, 7. Kyler Metcalf, 8. Walker Thomas 9. Tovin Kahabka, 10. Jett Lloyd, 11. Oliver Bonner, 12. Declan Kahabka, 13. Joshua Paley, 14. Jonathan Sawyer, 15. Daniel Marcom.
DNF: Robert Hailey, Dawson Daniels, Mac Nichols, Nakana Domingo, Lucus Russ.
Schoolboy (14-17): 1. Casey Carmichael, 2. Lux Turner, 3. Robert Hailey, 4. Ayden Katzenmeyer, 5. Chandler Beveridge, 6. Walker Thomas, 7. Otto Albrecht, 8. Oliver Bonner, 9. Jett Lloyd, 10. Bemetre Proutsos, 11. Joshua Paley, 12. Lucy Moran.
DNF: Nakana Domingo.
450cc:
+ (Beginner – Non-Series): 1. Tanner Clark, 2. Ryan Gerber, 3. Justin Graves, 4. Gabriel Morton, 5. Christian Strange, 6. Reynold Hysell, 7. Jerrett Gallagher, 8.Tristen Strange, 9. Brayden Marler.
DNF: Clayton Ambrose, Chance Morlan-Tabor, Nick Frnkoski, Tyler Sperling.
+ (B Intermediate): 1. Carter Adams, 2. Andrew Bragdon, 3. Blayne Herrera.
+ (C Novice): 1. Robert Hailey, 2. Ayden Katzenmeyer, 3. Johnathon Ayers, 4. Walker Thomas, 5. Alex Ficco, 6. Kyler Metcalf, 7. Talon Schwall, 8.Tovin Kahabka, 9. Edwardd Minard, 10. Jonathan Sawyer, 11. Nicholas Lapin.
DNF: Max Domashuk, Mac Nichols, Blake Ray, Mikhail Zorich, Kameron Carter.
Collegeboy (16-24): 1.Carter Adams, 2. Robert Hailey, 3. Andrew Bragdon.
Beginner Open (Non-Series): 1. Tanner Clark, 2. Tsiidopi Minder, 3. Ryan Gerber, 4. Tristen Strange, 5. Nicholas Wilford, 6. Dylan Atkinson, 7. Jess Wilford.
Vets:
+ (25+): 1. Ian Naccardato, 2. Tyler Pfeifer, 3. Johnathon Ayers, 4. Alex Ficco, 5. Ryan McElfish, 6. Nicholas Lapin.
+ (30+): 1. Ian Naccadrato, 2. Ryan McElfish, 3. Paul Mudd, 4. Jessie Gregg.
+ (40+): 1. Paul Mudd, 2. Ryan McElfish, 3. Mike Smith.
DNF: Barry Bonner.
250 Pro Sport:
+ 1. Kyle Peters, 2. Kyle Bitterman, 3. Gared Steinke, 4. Jace Owen, 5. Franky Martini, 6. Adam Conway, 7. Ayden Nyland, 8. Skyler Adams, 9. Steven Lopez, 10. Tyler Moore, 11. Joshua McGinnis, 12. Greye Tate.
DNF: Zachary Butkiewicz, Jared Struebing.
450 Pro Sport:
+ 1. Kyle Peters, 2. Jace Owen, 3. Kyle Bitterman, 4. Kinser Endicott, 5. Gared Steinke, 6. Skyler Adams, 7. Franky Martini, 8. Ayden Nyland, 9. Joshua McGinnis.
DNF: Greye Tate, Tyler Moore, Jared Struebing, Zachary Butkiewicz, Adam Conway.
• Friday, Feb. 7
51cc Limited:
+ (4-6): 1. Talon Hinson, 2. Talon Baker, 3. Colton Corona.
+ (7-8): 1. Graeson Kahabka, 2. Byren Spear, 3. Grayson Kromberg, 4. Payeton Segale, 5. Colby Daniels.
+ (Open 4-8): 1. Byren Spear, 2. Talon Hinson, 3. Graeson Kahabak, 4. Grayson Kromberg, 5. Garrett Robinson, 6. Colton Corona.
65cc:
+ (7-9): 1. Gage Schwemer, 2. Brayden Hernandez, 3. Jevin Hubbard, 4. Jax Tamulevich, 5. Laken Hailey.
+ (10-11): 1. Holster Snyder, 2. Amari Arnold, 3. Drew Marson, 4. Gage Foster.
+ (Open 7-11): 1. Amari Arnold, 2. Drew Marson, 3. Brayden Hernandez, 4. Jevin Hubbard, 5. Gage Foster.
85cc:
+ (9-12): Lachlan (LaLa) Turner, 2. Holster Snyder, 3. Amari Arnold, 4. Luke Kunkel, 5. Colton Dickenson, 6. Hadleigh Kahabka.
DNF: Samuel McCord.
+(9-15): 1. Peyton Markd, 2. Declan Kahabka, 3. Lachlan (LaLa) Turner, 4. Luke Kunkel, 5. Colton Dickenson, 6. Jaxzen Tully, 7. Connor Gaarenstroom, 8. Zackery O’Neill, 9. Austin Squier, 10. Samuel McCord.
+ Supermini (12-15): 1 Lux Turner, 2 Chase Cannizzaro, 3. Peyton Marks, 4. Declan Kahabka, 5. Colton Dickenson, 6. Jaxzen Tully, 7. Connor Gaarenstroom.
250cc:
+ (B Intermediate): 1. Carter Adams, 2. Andrew Bragdon, 3. Alexander Orr, 4. Austin Rogers, 5. Blayne Herrera.
DNF: Dallas Serpa, Casey Carmichael.
+ (C Novice): 1. Robert Hailey, 2. Demetre Proutsos, 3. Lux Turner, 4. Ayden Katzenmeyer, 5. Talon Schwall, 6. Chandler Beveridge, 7. Walker Thomas, 8. Oliver Bonner, 9. Tovin Kahabka, 10. Jett Lloyd, 11. Declan Kahabka, 12. Otto Albrecht, 13. Tyler Metcalf, 14. Jared Mariscal.
+ (Beg. Non-Series): 1. Austin Walker, 2. Tsiidopi Minder, 3. Bryce Daniels, 4. Tavis Rummer, 5. Dylan Atkinson.
DNF: Dustin Reed.
Schoolboy (14-17): 1. Casey Carmichael, 2. Robert Hailey, 3. Lux Turner, 4. Ayden Katzenmeyer, 5. Otto Albrecht, 7. Demetre Proutsos, 8. Oliver Bonner, 9. Jett Lloyd, 10. Jared Mariscal, 11. Joshua Paley.
DNF: Nakana Domingo.
450cc:
+ (B Intermediate): 1. Andrew Bragdon, 2. Austin Rogers, 3. Blayne Herrera.
+ (C Novice): 1. Robert Hailey, 2. Alex Ficco, 3. Walker Thomas, 4. Talon Schwall, 5. Tyler Metcalf, 6. Ayden Katzenmeyer 7. Tovin Kahabka, 8. Nicholas Lapin.
+ (Beg. Non-Series): 1. Kyle Cutler, 2. Ryan Gerber, 3. Tanner Clark.
Beginner Open (Non-Series): 1. Tanner Clark, 2. Tsiidopi Minder, 3. Dylan Atkinson.
Collegeboy (16-24): 1. Carter Adams, 2. Robert Hailey.
DNF: DylanGalliett, Dallas Serpa.
Vets:
+ (25+): 1. Ian Naccarato, 2. Tyler Pfeifer, 3. Ryan McElfish, 4. Tommy Jean, 5. Alex Ficco.
+ (30+): 1. Ian Naccarato, 2. Dustin Miller, 3. Tommy Jean, 4. Ryan McElfish, 5. Michael Worrall.
+ (Senior, 40+): 1. Ryan McElfish, 2.Barry Bonner, 3. Darrell Chapman.
250 Pro Sport:
+ 1. Jace Owen, 2. Kyle Peters, 3. Kyle Bitterman, 4. Skyler Adams, 5. Ayden Nyland, 6. Greye Tate, 7. Adam Conway, 8. Joshua McGinnis, 9. Tyler Moore, 10. Steven Lopez, 11. Zachary Butkiewicz, 12. Franky Martini, 13. Jared Struebing.
DNF: Gared Steinke, Gaige Demars.
450 Pro Sport:
+ 1. Kyle Peters, 2. Jace Owen, 3. Gared Steinke, 4. Kyle Bitterman, 5. Zachary Butkiewicz, 6. Greye Tate, 7. Skyler Adams, 8. Joshua McGinnis, 9. Jared Struebing, 10. Ayden Nyland, 11. Kinser Endicott, 12. Adam Conway.
DNF: Franky Martini, Tyler Moore, Gaige Demars.
PHOTO GALLERY: (Unless noted all winners are from Saturday.)
Ian Naccarato is the Vet 30+ Class. 
Vet 25+ winner Ian Naccadrato. Every night before the show began a honor guard from the Spanish Springs High School Army JROTC presented the colors. 
Schoolboy winner Casey Carmichael. After the Saturday 450 Pro race ended the winners were interviewed. Winner Kyle Peters (38) in the center with runner up Jace Own (1) on the left and third place Kyle Bitterman on the right. 
450 Pro start on Saturday. Promoter Tod Hammock stands by the announcing stand before Saturday’s evening show began. Kyle Peters on his way to winning Friday’s 450 Pro race. Jace flies high on his way to winning Friday’s250 Pro race. After each 450 main the top three got to spray each other down. 
The top three in Saturday’s 450 Novice race. 
Tanner Cladrkk won Saturday’s 450 Beginner race. 
Carter Adams goes over the finish line jump on his way to winning the 450 B Intermediate race. 
Top three 250 winners on Saturday. 
250 Novice winner Lux Turner is chased by runner up Demetre Proutsos. 
Austin Walker won the 250 Beginner race. In the Saturday 250 Pro main Kyle Peters (38) is being chased by Kyle Bitterman. 
Lala Turner was the only female winner at Arenacross. Here she is in Saturday’s 85cc 9-12 race. 
in the 85cc 9-12 race winner Peyton Marks is chased by Conner Gaarenstroom. 
Jesse Furtado won the 65cc 10-11 race and the 65cc Open race. 
Byren Spear was a double winner in both 51cc 7-8 and Open. 
The 51cc 4-6 was won by Talon Hinson.
