IN
THE
WIND
P36
Carver
Cashes In At
Digger Helm
Memorial
W
illow Springs Raceway
hosted the Digger Helm
Memorial, a round of the Eddie
Mulders West Coast Dirt Track Se-
ries, in Rosamond, California, May
4-5. Twenty Pro racers turned up
for a piece of the $57,000 purse.
Jeffrey Carver ended up taking the
biggest chunk.
Riding a Ron Woods Rotax sin-
gle, Carver was the big winner on
Sunday, as he took the Dash For
Cash and the Pro main event over
the Dodge Bros. Harley-Davidson
XR750 ridden by Sammy Halbert,
and Indian-mounted Jared Mees in
both races.
In the Dash For Cash, Carver
got the holeshot and never looked
back, while Halbert and Mees
battled for second. Halbert held
Mees back to claim the position,
while Mikey Rush, on a Honda
CRF450, took fourth.
Halbert grabbed the holeshot
in The Digger Helm Pro race. He
looked like he was going to walk
away with the win when Carver
started to gain on him lap after
lap. With a handful of laps to go,
Carver made his move on Hal-
bert and drove under him in turn
four. Halbert got the drive out of
the corner and pulled away. The
Woods bike seemed to be on rails
the rest of the race, as Halbert
tried to gain the spot back but to
no avail.
Mees did not get a good start
and was a distant third place over
2018 AFT Single Champion Dan
Bromley (KTM) and Rush.
Dalton Gauthier rode one of the
Dodge Bros XR750s and settled
into sixth-place position, where he
would finish out the race.
Mitch Friedman
Dash for Cash
1. Jeffrey Carver (W-R)
2. Sammy Halbert (H-D)
3. Jared Mees (Ind)
4. Mikey Rush (Hon)
Digger Helm Memorial Race
1. Jeffrey Carver (W-R)
2. Sammy Halbert (H-D)
3. Jared Mees (Ind)
4. Dan Bromley (KTM)
5. Mikey Rush (Hon)
Jeffrey Carver (23) was the big winner at the Eddie Mulders West
Coast Dirt Track at Willow Springs. PHOTO: MITCH FRIEDMAN
Carver and
Sammy Halbert
(69) spent much
of the day this
close.
