Motowest Memorial Day Motocross Championships
Hollister Hills OHV Park
(Left! Jeff Alessi won three class
championships - in the 85cc (12-131,
125cc Novice and 250cc Novice
classes - at the 10th annual Motowest
Memorial Day Motocross
Championships in Hollister, California.
Alessi explained. "I hit them and
STORY AND PHOTOS BY
twisted up my foot and had to go ice
R.C. DOHAN
HOWSTER, CA, MAY 26
earn Honda rider Jeff Alessi
~ scored three separate class
championships on three differentsized machines during the 10th annual running of the Motowest Memorial
Day Motocross Championships held
at Hollister Hills OHV Park, which was
run in conjunction with the Ponca
City NMA qualifier.
Jeff's day started a little sideways.
"Well, when practice started today,
I didn't even make it to the first turn
before some riders just stopped,"
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it during practice."
His lack of practice time didn't
hamper Alessi any, as he went to
the line for the first 125cc race of
the day.
"The track is pretty simple," Alessi
said, "so I knew if I could get a good
start, I could still win."
And start he did! Alessi shot out
front early in the race and kept
his competition at bay to the end,
scoring an impressive win in front of
Anthony Houser, who matched Jeff's
pace late in the race and posted
a strong second, in front of Kale
Deibler.
The second moto was a mirror
image of the first, with Alessi
out front, chased by Houser and
Tom Fountain. Jeff went on to
the eventual win and celebrated
by thrusting his fists in the air at
the finish.
"These number-one plates are
really cool when you win this race,"
he grinned.
Charlie Morrison won the 125cc
Schoolboy contest at Hollister Hills
OHV Park.
Alessi
stepped up to bigger
machinery in the 250cc ranks, but
the results were all too familiar:
Alessi earned another solid pair of
wins over hard-charging Korey Heess
and Yamaha rider Justin Reese.
The final conquest for Alessi came
after he faced off against his older
Nick Davis scored the 125cc
Intermediate victory at the event,
which doubled as a Ponca City
qualifier.
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sibling Mike in the 85cc (12-13)
class, where Mike was handed his
first defeat of the day.
