Tigerton, WI (8/20/2009) - Round #6
for the Badger State Quad Championship series
takes us to the Doug Gust built track in Tigerton,
WI. This track, along with the existing ATV
park and trails could easily be voted the best
event and facility in the state. This round
of MX racing would be tied in with other events
as this was an all quad weekend with gates opening
Friday night and events not wrapping up until
Sunday afternoon.
The other events going on would include Mud
Bog racing, Dirt Drags, Cross Country, TT, and
of course MX racing. There were also side events
to include trail riding, wheelie contest, teeter
totter contest to name a few. Troy Oleson of
www.racing-extreme.com
was on hand the entire weekend as well to provide
the racers and family members with some great
pictures of the action and pictures for this
race report.
On to the race action………..As
mentioned, the MX racing action would be tied
in with two other disciplines this round. Those
two disciplines would be Cross Country and TT.
Racers could race any event or all three. Those
racing all there were competing for the overall
title for the weekend along with some nice size
trophies going to the top 3 in each class. The
first event to kick off the competition for
the Triple Crown was Cross Country racing Saturday
morning. The MX racers usually are kind of chomping
at the bit to get a chance to take a shot at
a different style of racing and Cross Country
is one of the favorites. This CC race would
be a little condensed on time with classes being
split into 4 heats and each heat doing 45 minutes.
For a lot of racers this was their first time
doing a CC event and it’s always great
seeing the look on their face after the first
lap and you tell them to keep going. #990 Zac
Zakowski, who currently sits 5th in the GNCC
4x4 open class, probably grabbed the most attention
on his Can-Am as he easily won his heat and
class. The Production A and Pro-Am class were
low on the turnout side for the CC portion as
those riders were gearing up for the TT and
MX racing and wanted to ensure their quads were
ready for the action Sunday to maintain their
points battle for the lead. However, that didn’t
stop Steve Runkel, Cody Janssen, and Adam Warren
from duking it out in the trees. Steve Runkel
would win that battle though in the end. The
+25 class saw some really good entries as well.
#85 Roger Brown came out to show him and his
machine still had what it takes and he did just
that. Scott Kinczfogel and Roger Pinkham rounded
out the top 3 in the class. Blake Kreuser was
the kid to beat in the mini classes.
As the racing wrapped up from the morning
of Cross Country racing, the afternoon of TT
racing would soon begin. With the Tigerton facility
being more of a sand base it appeared the track
would not become too blue grooved for the racers
and most would run their MX tires. During the
heat race Cody Janssen appeared to be the fastest
racer along with Steve Runkel in the Pro-Am
Production class. However, Steve Runkel would
fall out of the main due to mechanical issues
and Cody would limp to a 5th giving the overall
on the TT track to Adam Warren, followed by
Matt Mullen, Cory Gauthier, and DJ Spurling.
One of the more exciting classes had to be the
Production C class as the starting line was
overflowing with racers anxious to grab that
holeshot. In the end, Collin Beshel would be
the racer grabbing the checkered followed by
Brekken Kleinschmidt and Richie Olichwier. There
was plenty of other great race action as well
with plenty of excitement for the spectators.
At the end of the first day of racing, some
riders came out a little more beaten and worn
out then the rest, but Sunday would be a new
day.
Sunday the racers were treated to probably
the best MX track in Wisconsin. You could tell
some were moving a little slower coming to registration
after the previous days beating on the CC and
TT track, but the registration numbers were
still good rounding out the weekend with over
300 entries for the Triple Crown event. The
Fantasy Moto track crew put in a lot of time
watering and prepping the track and it locked
like the racers were in for a treat. In the
Who’s Next Fight Gear Pro-am Production
class the focus shifted slightly as top runner
Steve Runkel would not be able to repair his
quad in time for the MX event. However, current
top runners Cody Janssen, Eric Wenzel, Joey
Tomazevic, DJ Spurling and handful of other
riders were anxious to get some air time on
the big step-up jump. Cody Janssen would be
the fastest and smoothest on the day though
as he would go 1, 1 for the day to secure the
win and also secure the current points lead
in the series. Eric Wenzel would have his rear
shock linkage fail him though in the Production
A class in the first moto, which would allow
Cody more security in his points lead as Eric
Wenzel would not be able to race the 2nd moto
of the Pro-am Production class. DJ Spurling
and Cory Gauthier would be battling it out for
both motos though. In the end DJ would best
Cory with a 3, 2 for the day while Cory would
follow behind with a 2, 3 finish on the day.
Current leaders in the Pro-Am Production class
battling for the pair of Fox Shox and the Who’s
Next Fight Gear cash prize are Cody Janssen,
Eric Wenzel, and Steve Runkel. However, Steve
Runkel may not return for the last 3 rounds
and leave the door open for Joey Tomazevic or
DJ Spurling to fight for one of the top 3 spots.
As mentioned, Eric Wenzel was putting down
some good lap times until a suspension failure
would end his day in the Production A class.
Joey Tomazevic also had a rough day with several
get offs. With those two having a rough day,
Cody Janssen would also secure the win in Production
A with a 1,1 finish on the day followed by DJ
Spurling (2,2) and Adam Zalewski (4,3). Every
class had good entry numbers and great race
action as well. #14 Tom Appleton was able to
beat out 14 other racers in the Production C
class, which was one of the biggest classes
of the day. #22 Eric Decker didn’t have
an easy task though either with 12 entries in
the Production B class. He would take the overall
win though with a 2, 1 finish over the 1, 2
finish of #811 Tj Timblin. #199 of Sky Volkamer
made one of the longer trips of the racers present
to race against some of the stiff competition
in the pee wee classes in Wisconsin. Sky held
his own finishing 4th on the day with a 5, 4
in the Mini Mod class. Finishing in front of
him would be #38 of Sam Rowe, #8 Blake Kreuser,
and #12 Gunner Tebon.
Full results are available at www.xtrmlive.com
and current points available at http://www.glqra.com/Race_results/BSQC2009.PDF
The next round of action will be at Gravity
Park USA in Chilton, WI on August 15th. Reminder
this round will once again be a night race with
gates opening at 3pm and practice to start around
5:30pm. Racing action is coming to and end soon
with only 3 rounds to go to include the schedule
1st round make-up race in Wittenberg, WI on
August 23rd.
Visit www.WATVMX.com
for more information and upcoming races and
the Badger State Quad Championship series.
