In the new 4x4 Lites Clifton Beasley went start to finish
in the lead while Jerime Dudding kept his bright yellow
Can-AM ahead of David Reese who finished third. This
“new” class did also see a pair of the new
Kymco machines ridden by Ken Robey and Kevin Johnston
that fell off the pace with every lap. The New 4x4 Limited
class was won by Michael Swift followed by Mike Penland
and then David Jessee. This class also got to see the
former motorcycle champion Scott Summers ride one lap
on a Honda quad finishing in the 6th position. In the
4x4 Open class Jesse West landed the top spot with the
Cardio Stack team rider Jamie Bougher chasing hard from
seventh and ending in the second position. Jacob Kirst
came from fifth place to finish to finish in the third
slot. Scott Kilby who had the early lead pulled out
after two laps and finished in the ninth place. Another
new class is the U2 class with the like of Broc Parker.
Parker lead one lap of the race but pulled out ending
his day in the thirteenth position. Michael Benson did
keep on pace for the entire race and crossed the checkers
in the number one position. Jonathan Bowers took the
second spot and Danny Jessee was the third finisher
for the day. The top three finishers in this class for
the day were all riding on Kawasaki’s.
In the 16-19 C Class Joseph Ansbaugh lead the entire
race from start to finish. Kurt Cantonwine and Jeff
Sealig had a good little fight between the two of them
switching positions quite a bit, but on the final lap
Cantonwine made the pass stick and edged out Sealig
to take second spot by only four seonds. Second Place
Junior Quad racer from the 2006 season Cheyne Gravely
chose to race in this class but ended up in the fourteenth
position after falling short on getting a few of his
last minute pieces needed to get his new ’07 Honda
450 ready to race. In the 20+ class Robert Cornwall
held off the others in his class to take the win. Fred
Marley snuck in past David Teeter and finished in second
by only four seconds. Nick Sutton took the win in the
24+ C Class. Mike Stephens charged from 5th on the last
lap to edge out Brandon Symmes for the number two spot
for the day. Frank Storey hald off the others in his
class to take the win in 30+ C while Michael Young snuck
past Gary Blocker for the number two position. 36+ C
Saw Jim Sheer go wire to wire in the number spot ahead
of Chuck Dunn who charged hard to finish in the number
two position. William Graham finished the day in third
after riding there most of the day.
There will be many changes and many broken parts
fixed over the next few days as all of the riders
who will chase the series will get ready for round
2 in Georgia. It will be interesting to see the season
as it progresses and who will be the dominant racers
in each of their classes. See you in Georgia.
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Top Three Overall(Left
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Terry Arick, Traci Cecco, Mike Benson |
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