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A s always, th e 12Scc C cl ass was j am packed with excitem ent, and m ota tw o was a
barn -b urn er of a race . As th e ga te d ro p ped
and th e pack th u nde re d in t o t he fi r st tu rn ,
first -m ota winner Lar son went down hard and
ca lled it a da y . T hi s set th e st age for a show down betw een friendly riva ls McC lain Du rst
and Ted Zwei fel . who had placed seco nd and
thi rd in m ot a one and were now ru nn ing first
and seco nd. Du rst , rid in g hard, pull ed a slig ht
lead ove r Zweifel and put it on cru ise contr ol,
taking th e ove rall v ict ory.
Kristoph er Mille r was the top Min i ride r of
the day , tak ing win s in the Mini Sen io r and
Sup ermini cla sses. Mill er pu shed his KX to the
limits, tak ing all four motos w ire to wire. Mill er
too k th e 8 0cc Sen ior win over J immy Kin g
and Jam ie B ab co ck and the Superm ini wi n
over Brand on Bor gen and Kimbe rly Kocher.
th e checke rs in first. Fo ll ow ing the bat tl ing
duo in both m ot os was Mi ke Pontious. Nich o ls
(2 - 1) took the ove rall win , followed by Ulrich
(1-2) , Pontious (3- 3 ), Tr evor Bill ups (4- 4 ) and
Brody Th orn (S-S) .
A lec Watts was nothin g short of awesome
at Del ta Park . earn ing four perfect m oto wins
in th e Supe rmini and 80c c Interm ediate class es . In th e fi rst co m bi ne d 80cc Junio r and
Inte rmedi ate m ota , Wa tt s shot o ut into th e
le ad . In to w were Zac h Johnson and Dr ew
Mitchell, unt il Johnson crashed on a slick, offcam ber co m er. Mitchell th en tuc ked into sec o nd p lace and went after W att s, b ut Watts
answered all of Mitchell's advances by turn ing
up th e heat and pulling out a 18 -second lead
at th e checke rs for the win . Mi tc hell foll ow ed
in second , and Larry Haws fin ished a qu iet
th ird.
Watt s smoked the cla ss onc e agai n in the
sec ond m ota , never lett in g any ot her riders
even get close to him , taking the victory once
aga in . Mitch ell fin ished in second, and Haws
co pie d h is ea rlie r m ota , fin ish ing a lo ne ly
third .
Watts ( 1-1) wo n th e Interm ed iate clas s,
whi le Mi tch ell (I -I) took the w in in the J unior
po rt ion . In second an d th ird . resp ectively , in
th e 80cc J un ior port io n were Haws (2- 2) and
Th om as Nichol s (3 -4 ). A disap po inted J ohn so n (6 -3) fi nished fourt h, and fifth wen t to
Zack Ag uirre (S-S) .
Re sult s
50 BEG: I. R.C. Donaldson (Yam ); 2. Cole OosSllrd (KTM); 3.
Skyler Evenole (Cob): 4. Ference Cole (KTM) .
50 (4·6) : 1. Seth Hamisfeger (KTM); 2. Brady Patterson (KTM);
3. Stephen Gretchen (KTM); 4. Ryan Patchin (KTM); ~. Kohitin Miles
(KTM).
50 (7 ·8 ): 1. Connor Ference (KTM) ; 2. Zachary Knotts (Pol); 3.
Jo rdan Brewer (KTM ); 4 Christopher Kern (Cob); 5. Josh Leemester
(Cob) .
65 BEQ: I. Callie Krieg (Hon) : 2. Cooper Zoeller (Sw.); 3 . Cait o
lyo Zoeller (Han); 4. Abbey Riechow (Yam ); 5. Eri~ Riechow (Han) .
65 (7 ·9) : I. T odd Kr ieg (KTM ): 2. Brendan Mach (SUz.); 3.
lllchary Knotts (Suz ); 4. Zane Bum s (Sw); 5. Connor Ference (Suz).
65 (10· 11): I. Joh n MicM 1 (Kaw); 2. Rocky Parsons (Yam) : 3.
1
Stephen Gm aloc tc ( Ka ...); 4 . Ja mes Hud ak (SUz.); 5 Cam ero n
Bartholo... (KTM).
85 (7. t I) : I. Eric MerrirnIIn (Yam) ; 2. Ti m Wlllker (Ka...): 3. Jef .
frey Parke r (Suz); 4. Joh n Michell (Yam ); 5. Rock y Parsons (Yam ).
85 ( 12·15): 1. Kristo pher Miller (Kaw ); 2. Jimm y King (Kaw); 3.
Jami e Babcock (Kll w ): 4. Cody Minard (Kaw ); 5. Steven Bre...er
Re s u lt s
50 (4· 6): 1. Wyatt Aguirre (KTM); 2. Shaden Nugffit (KTM); 3.
Cody Smith (KTM); 4 . Conner Mitchell (Cob) ; 5 . Ryder Wait~ (KTM).
50 (7 .8) : I. Coltin Scott (KTM); 2. Zachary Berrym an (Pol); 3.
Travi s Thompson (KTM); 4. Keltin Boykin (Hus); 5. Cor~y MockllY
(Hon ).
60 (6· 8): I. Cooper Garza (KTM ); 2. Tyler Webb (KTM) ; 3 .
Zachary Berryman (Ka...); 4. Nathan Ht"Ck (Kll "') ,
60 (9· 11): I. ThOl'Tl8 s Nichols (KTM); 2. Austin Ulrich (KTM); 3.
Mik e Pontious (KTM); 4. Trevor Billu ps (Kaw ): 5. Brody Thorn (Ka...).
60 OPEN: I. Austin Ulrich (KT M); 2. Mik t' Pontiou s (KTM); 3.
Tyler Webb (KTM); 4. Cooper Garza (KTM); 5. Trevor Billup s (Ka...).
80 BEG: 1. Fred Degrandpre (Y