2014 AZOP Racing Round #7 August 9 , 2014 Flagstaff, AZ

Flagstaff, AZ (8/15/2014) - Round 8 of the 2014 Arizona Off Road Promotions series headed to the cool pine trees of Flagstaff Arizona on August 9th.  The crew laid out a 10 mile loop consisting of technical trails, cinder whoops and hill climbs.  It was the closest thing that the west will ever see to a GNCC course.  In addition to the normal Pro payback schedule a few AZOP sponsors put up additional prize money for Pro and Experts including $1000 in cash from Dave’s Drilling and $750 from Desert Ready Mix and shirts from Motool.

Eleven pro quads took the line at 9am for their 7 lap, 2 hour race.  Chandler Waxman lead from green to checker taking home $812 in cash.  WORCS Pro Am racer Matt Hancock challenged Waxman for the first 2 laps before succumbing to a broken wheel.  Tyler Benally overcame several crashes to hold onto second place narrowly edging out GBC Tires/ Moose Racing rider Trent Kendall by 11 seconds.  Kendall took home $260 for 3rd place.

In the ATV Expert class Moss Outdoors rider Tristan Jones took the win by nearly 3 minutes over Lonestar Racing / DFR rider Ryan Lea.  Lea and Jones were the only 2 experts to get in all 7 laps.  Jones took home $150 for first prize courtesy of Desert Ready Mix

The ATV Sportsmen class was dominated by Colton Stephenson who lead the entire race and beat his brother Justin by 6 minutes.  Tucson, Arizona racer Richard Epperson took home the final podium position.

At 11:30 am nearly 100 motorcycles took the line for their 2 hour race.  The soft terrain was particularly challenging for the bike racers.  David Broderick led the entire race and took home the overall and pro class win by over 6 minutes.  Luke Reynolds finished second ahead of Nicholas Gabbert in third.

The Open A division had a good battle between Cameron Hakes and Tyler Palmer who swapped the lead until Hakes held on and took the victory.  The Open B class was won by Johnny Eason followed by Chad Mchugh and Aaron Moreth.  A full list of results can be seen here

11 UTV’s lined up for the final adult race of the day.  The 1000 class had an epic battle with the win going to Chase Warren from Tempe by only 3 seconds over Larry Ragland!  Angela Olander finished in 3rd.

The Mini and Pee Wee classes had some great racing where Jackson Bluth won the 65cc C class over Hayden Thomas.  Hunter Martinez won the ATV 80cc class over Marcus Harris.  The 80-150cc A class was separated by a short margin between Garrett Osselaer and Brock Donaldson.

Round 9 of the AZOP season is September 20th in Show Low Arizona.  Visit www.arizonaoffroadpromotions.com to learn more.