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wins in Super Vet C , and Masters rider Richard
Kirkpatrick ha s ove ralled the Age d ivision at
every eve nt .
"T he w ee ke nd 's eve nt s wou ld no t have
bee n possible without t he dedicated wor k by
PEA's com peti t io n cha irperso ns , Ga rry a nd
Minnie Singleton," poin ted o ut club president
Royce Corbell. ''And t he citizens o f Qui taque
were invaluable in all aspects of making these
events successfu l. Last, but no t least, is a deephearted than ks to the land owners w ho allow
access to their land, withou t w hich non e of th is
wo uld be poss ible. Witho ut the ir suppo rt , we
wo uld not be able to parta ke in the sport that
we hold so dear."
RESULTS
Flanked by runner-up Mike Katin (5) and third-p lace finisher David Oettel
(981), Brad Modjewski (91) celebrates his first career arenacross win at
the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin .
Katin, but Kertn made the move for first on
Woodring and took over the point. Modjewski
followed with a knifi ng bloc k-pass on Woodring
fo r second and the n set his sights on the new
leade r, Katin. The n Katin had som e t ro uble with
lapped t rallic , tangling w it h a r ider, whic h
allowed Mod jew.oki to ta ke the lead o n the last
lap and w in his first arenacross to date . Katin
finished a deva stating second . Another
W isco ns in rid e r ma de t he po di u m: Da vid
O erte l, w ho w as ab o ard a KTM 450 and had
proo f he was working that orange mac hine to
it s limits , as radiator smo ke sp e wed aroun d
him.
"I was at least third or fourth on the start,
but I q uickly made it into a positi o n for the
lead," said an elated Modjews ki. "Katin ran into
some lappe rs on the inside after the Catapult,
but tha t's just the way it goes in arenacross. I
made the move w hen he messed up and took
the win!"
RESULTS
50 (7. 8) : I. Baile y Stefka; 2. Tyle r Skodras: 3. Jaco b
V>ness • . Can>lyn PIonty; S. Alex Andenon. 65 (7 .11 ): I.
;
Lukas Katen; 2. Timmy D raw an t ; 3. Tyler Elliott; .. . Ryley
PauhJs; S. Kyie Kuhn . 8 5 (11· 15): I. Cameron Unsing: 2.
Matt Me nzer; 3. Ph ilip PemWe; 4. Derek Hom ; 5. Dylan
Deoerc. 125 NOV, I. Ph;'p Pemble; 2. RicIw'd Gouge : J.
Roben Jones: 4 . Trier Hom; S. N Kk laufer. 11 5 INT: 1.
Cameron Unsing; 2 . Matt Mraz ; 3. Jew-Paul Pifer; 4. Billy
Holzhauer; S. Justin Tessmer. 115 PRO : I. Randy Woodring;
2. Jim Chester, l . Brad Mod,ewski; .. . Mike Katin; S. Dave
Oertel : 6. Matt Maio" 7. Demy Dooley; B. (;,eg Hodvnuth:
9 . Darby Fowler; 10. David Sterritt. 1 5 0 NOV: I. Tyler
Hom . 150 INT: I. Cory StnideI : 2. Don Kamz. 150 PRO :
I. Brad Modjews k.i; 2. Mike Katin; 3. Da ve Deuel: .. . Jim
Chester; 5. Randy Woodring; 6. Eric Kowalik; 7. D e nny
Dooley; 8. Matt Maie r; 9 . J Kno x; 10 . Darby Fowler.
add
Wilson Conquers Caprockl
QUITAQUE, TX, MAR. 14
M
ichae l Wilson conquered mo re than just
361 competitors with his eve nt overall at
the Post Enduro Assoc iatio n's race in Q uitaque
(t hat' s "kitty-kway" ). Texas . The YZ· mo unted
AA ride r fro m Bo rge r, Te xas. had a pain ful
get-off in the first TSC EC eve nt of the season.
" Eve r since my crash at Renegade, I th ink
I'm st ill a lillie afraid o f go ing all o u t ," said
Wilson. "I just got lucky at this one. A lot of the
to p ride rs burned chec ks. Ric k Higgins and Cole
Kirkpatric k ro de a real good race and kept
things interesting."
W hen scores w ere po sted from all 12
chec ks, a single card flip separated Wilso n and
Higgins.
"I'd like to thank Parts Un limited , Th or, and
Sharps Motorsports for their o ngoing support,"
Wilson added.
A week of wet weather provi de d pe rfect
co nd it io ns fo r Sunday's even t. Tractio n was
Imp r e ss ive. Alt hou gh a fe w grea sy s pot s
re mained on the trails, there was no dust to be
foun d on t he 13,OOO-acre ranch at which the
eve nt was he ld.
At 8:0 I Sunday morn ing, the first row was
flagged into sectio n o ne . T his 90-mph section
72
be gan as a mudfes t thro ugh open fields a nd
the n w ound through the streets and alleyways
of downtown QUitaq ue . following m uch of th e
course used in Saturday 's Grand Prix race. The
chec kout was followed by a few miles of easy
t im e ke e p ing t h ro ugh t he sce nic C ap r o c k
C anyo n St at e Park . A check - in around the
13-mile mark let riders tw ist it up for miles of
fres h singlet rack cut th ro ugh rolling hills and
tight ce da rs.
Everyone followed the sa me course, with
two exce ptions. Two splits gave C ride rs som e
easy rid ing and relax ing resets. wh ile the A and
B ride rs were punished with longer sections of
challenging roc ks and ach ingly tight tu rns. Nter
the last merge , mo re shared singletrack led
bac k to the roa d through th e park. Ano th er 90 mph ru n on the GP co urse ended w ith a t lebreaker finish at 79.3 miles.
The TSCEC seas o n is orr to an exciting start,
with AA riders Wilson , Don Hogan and Mark
Th o mp son each having overalled one of th e
season's th ree events. Jord an Chambliss has a
target on his back after thr ee B-division overall
wins. Cameron Kirkpatrick added his overall in
the C Novice class to two prev ious firsts in the
16 and Under Large-Wheel class. Th e old guys
are hanging in there, too. Kenny Otto has thr ee
APRIL 14, 2004 • CYCLE NEWS
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Regional Arenacross, North Central Region
Resch Center
Katin, Oettel Wowed
the Crowd
BY PETE EMME
GREEN BAY, WI, MAR. 20
F
Rocky Mountain Enduro Circuit
Texas State Championship Enduro Circuit, High Pla ins Division
Texas State Championship Enduro Circuit, Championship Division
Rounds 2/2/3: Caprock Canyon Enduro
By BILL KAMIN
O /A : Michael W ilson (M) (Yam ). AA: l. Cole
Kirkpatrick (KTH); 2. Don Hogan (Kaw) ; 3. Josh Whitaker
(KTM); • . Jeff Hernandez (Hon) ; S. Blake Brody (Y
om). OIA
A: _
H;gg;n, (KTM) . OPEN A: I. Phil johnoon (KTM): 2.
Ken Giles (KTM): J . Rex Md(;nney (Yom '. Michael Mechler
):
(KTM); S. Joel Prock (KTM) . 200 A: r. Gabriel Reos (KTM):
2. GeofIIlrowneII (KTM): J. Te"Y Maxwell (Yom • . Donny
):
Mul'T3Y (KTH ); S. levi Klein (KTM). 1 50 A:. I. Chad Metcalf
(Yom 2. Marl< McDonough (KTM): 3. Abo CM (K.w): • .
);
Jeremy H e n le y (Yam ); 5. Mitch Elso n (Kaw) . VET A
(RMEC) : I. Je ' emr Henley (Yom 2. Dzrren Shannan(Hon );
):
3. Keith Ray (Yam); 4. Rex McKiMey (Yam); S. Erik Nijk.amp
(Yam). 4-ST RK A: I. Billy Radecky (Hon) ; 2. BillBra y (Kaw) ;
3. Austin Wann (Yam); .. . Cory Ad ai r (Han); 5. Michae l
am): 2. Mark Atkin s
Harrell (KTM). SR A: I. John Blythe (Y
;
(Yam); 3. Eric N e her (Suz) ... Aaron Turner (Yam); S. Gary
Mille r (KTM). OIA 8 : Jordan Chambliss (Yam). OPEN 8 : I.
Bryant Cope (KTH) ; 2. Matt Spencer (Hon); 3. DaYid Stuart
(KTM); 4_ Kelty Simmons (KTM); S. Ian Fou ntain (Hon ). 100
B: I. Rkky Lamben (KTM): 2. Zack Crow (KTH ): 3. Kenon
Miller (Kaw); 4. Mike Diesburg; 5 . Tyter And erson (KTN ).
2 50 B: I. Kyle Whuker (KTM): 2. Br.K!MAy (Hen ): 3. Scott
May (Yam) ; 4. Danny Slater (Kaw ); S. Teague ~ (Hon).
4-S T R K 8 : I. Daniel De Vito (KTN); 2 . Jeff Van Hatre
(Hon) ; 3. Tommy Potts (H on) ; 4. Bill Roe (Hon) ; 5. Mitch
M