Wageman, Hoeft Prevail At Two-Stroke
World Championships
T
hough two-strokes no longer
rule at the top levels of mo-
tocross, two-stroke fans have at
least one race a year to look for-
ward to, and that race took place
the day before Easter, April 20. It
was the 9th Annual Wiseco Two-
Stroke World MX Championships,
Hosted by Fasthouse, which was
held at Glen Helen Raceway.
Over 500 entries (including
stars like Mike Alessi, Mike Brown
and many others) made this the
biggest edition yet, with everyone
enjoying great conditions on a
cool spring day with excellent
track conditions, a fun layout
and—of course—the aromatic and
auditory bliss of full gates of two-
strokes on the mainjets up the
many hills at Glen Helen Raceway
Park.
As Open Pro winner Robbie
Wageman said, "I love the two-
strokes! If I could race them all
the time, I would—I love them.
There's something about the
sound, the vibration, the smell—
just everything about the two-
strokes, it all comes together and
puts a huge smile on my face."
In the two Pro classes, Wage-
man took the prestigious Open
Pro title for the first time (after
winning the 125cc Pro Champion-
ship the past two years) with a 1-2
score, followed by fellow Yamaha
riders Carlen Gardner (3-1) and
Coty Schock (4-3).
Yamaha-mounted Justin Hoeft
topped the 125cc Pros with his
1-1 over Chris Plouffe (4-3) and
Colton Aeck (6-2).
It didn't take Wageman long
to control the first moto aboard
his Gasper Transportation/Pro
Circuit/Fasthouse YZ250, as he
led every lap to finish almost eight
full seconds ahead of Tyler Bow-
ers—one of the few to choose an
old big-bore (a 1991 Pro Circuit/
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The 125cc Pro champ for
the past two years, Robbie
Wageman laid it down in
Open Pro this year, going
1-2 for the overall over
Carlen Gardner (3-1) and
Coty Schock (4-3).
