Gas Gas, reaped revenge on Brad Hannon and
Toyota Racing Development-backed Gas Gas
pilot Dave Pyle after losing to Pyle at the last
ro und. Pyle suffered a tough five on lap three
when his foot broke a stake in section two.
That was all it took for laPlante to close the
door and take the win.
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The Advanced clas s saw Kiw i t ransp lan t
Pete Croft. on a Montesa, lose eight and still
take the win by one point over Ry;in Miller. who
lo st nine. Th ird was Mar cu s Miller, with IS
points . over Paul Aswald, with 17 points lost.
Randy Lewis was reall y outstanding in the
Interm ed iat e class on his Gas Gas, losing on ly
three points. Second best on the Intennediate
sections was IO-year-old National Champion
Eric Storz. on a She rco 125; Storz d rop ped
eight. Third best was fo rme r Montesa factory
rider Rich De laney, just one more po int back,
with nine. Tied fo r fourth were 12-year-old Gas
Gas 80 rider Andrew O ldar and 14-year-old
Beta-mounted Mickel Wenge r. with 10 po ints
each. Old ar; however. had more clean s, so he
received the much-needed fourth-place points.
The Sportsman class also proved to be very
competitiv e, w ith a-yea r-old Nat ional
Champion Chase Harker taking the wi n on his
Sherco, over 200 2 AHRMA National Champi on
Len Sims, on a Yamaha.
T he be st Novice was Jeff McKeow n. wh o
lost three po ints. over Gas Gas ride r Kristjan
Thardarson, with five. Third was the ever-brave
young lady Nikole Tanke , on her Montesa.
The Kids w inners were Beta-mounted
Morgan Tanke in the A class and Gas Gas pilot
Rebecca Leavitt in the B class.
R ESULTS
KIDS A:. I. Morgan Tanke (Bet). KIDS 8 : I. Rebecca
Lea vitt (GG) ; 2. Tann er De kar ; 3. Kirs tin Benn e t ; 4. Ty
Collins ; S. Brlanna Ben ne t . NOV: I. Jeff Mc Keo wn ; 2.
Krist ja n T har d a rso n (GG ); 3 . Ni kol e Tan ke (M on ) .
SPTSMN: I. C has e Harke r (She); 2. Len Sims (Yam ); 3.
Gerakl Bigger; 4. Steve Storz. INT: I. Randylewis (GG) ; 2.
Eric Ston (She); 3. Rich Delane y (Mo n); .. . Andrew Oldar
(GG); 5. H ick.. Wenger ( Ile<). ADV, I. Fet e Croh (Hen); 2.
Ryan M i l ~r; 3. Marc us Miller, 4. Paul AswaJd. MST R: I.
Gary lAPIant. (GG): 2. Ilr.>d Hannon; J. Dave Pyle (GG) ; <
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Reid DavIs; 5. Harl.Md>on (Cob); 2. Jo«lan
Quarie> (KTH); J . Nolan Brown (Pol); <. T
..."", Tare (KTJ1);
5. 1Y'e' Headrick (Kaw). 65 (7-')' I. Kenton 8<>SWe11(Suz);
2. Tyte r N utter (KTM); 3. Hu nte r Roberts (Kaw); .. . Kyle
Gibson (KTM); S. Hun ter Ro6en (Suz). 65 (10- 11): I. Jake
Baume1); 2. T""""" McH d>en (Kaw ); J . Lovi Smith
(Suz ): 4 . Edward H ut ch iso n ( Kaw); S. Matthe w Turner
(KTM). 65 MOD: I. Jake Baume rt (KTM); 2. Matthe w
Turn er (KTM); 3. Kent on Braswell (Suz); -4. Kyfe Gib son
(KTM); S. Hunter Roberts (Kaw). W MN 65-85: I. Kayla
Lynn Boswell (y",,): 2. S.....by Rolen (Hen ); J . Shelby Ooo>ey
(Suz) ; 4. Danie lle zage r (Suz); S. Leila Mullins (Su z). 85
8EG, I. J",h IU>beBon (y",,); 2. Matthew Tuck... (Su%); J .
Chase Ste vens (Hon) ; 4. Andrew ShM!lds( Kaw ); S. Wes ley
Fou tch (Y ). 85 (7 . 11): I. Kris Hardy (Yam); 1. Tn!nton
am
HcHd>en (Hon) ; J . juan McCuun.tt (Suz ); 2. Joel Sewel l
(Suz ); J. Chuck Palme, (Y
am); <. Gary Farleu (Hon ); 5. C,.;g
Greer (Suz) . 40+ : I. Chuck Palmer (Y ); 2. Billy Scoggins
am
(Yam); J. COf"ey Salerno (Hon ); 4. Ga ry Sumn er (Yam ); S.
Vincent Hanwright (Suz). 45+: I. Vncent Hanwright (Suz);
2. Billy Scoggins (Yam) : 3. Dan Foster (Y .
am)
MX Winter Cha llenge
Final Round: Washougal Motocross Park
Winter's End
By JUSTIN
WHARTON
WASHOUGAL, WA, MAR. 14
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of the
the last
flocked
race of t he Winter Challenge. More than 400
riders showed up to do battle on one of the
world' s most beautiful tracks .
The Four-Stroke clas s was dominated by
Andy Page. on a o ne-da y-old CRF450R, despite
losing out to Brandon Sinden in the first moto.
Pag e , who 's sp o nso r ed by Team Moto
Outfi tters, Troy Lee Designs, HRp, Scott USA
and JJW Designs. won the overall with a 2- 1
score afte r stalling his bike in moto one . Sinden
( 1-2) earned second overall, and Joshua True
(4- 3), who ha ils fro m Gresham . O regon ,
rounded out the po dium in th ird . KTM mou nt ed Mark He ctor (5-4) finished fourth,
and Lee Slater (3-DNF) beat out all the other
DNFers with fifth.
Th e Wo men's class was hot ly co ntested , and
the top girl of the day was Jennifer Wilson , who
w on both motos o n he r wa y to the overall.
Nine -year old Sierra Bragg put her Yamaha on
the podiu m w ith second overall , beating
women more than twice he r age . Bragg finished
with a 3-2 mota tally. Mary Radmach er (2- 3)
took the third -place pos ition, and in fourth and
fifth, respectively, wer e Jamey Parks (4-4) and
Vicki Shoc key (5-5).
Brad Frace was o n fire throug hout the day;
he got even the announcer on his feet as he
soared over all the jumps, giving the whole 65cc
(9- 1I) class a schooling with his I-I finishes .
Tak ing second was KTM-mounted Devon
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Moore (2-2). and Bragg (3-3) fought off the rest
of the pack to take th ird. J.B. Daniels (4-4) was
fourth. and Tyl r Bunch (5-5) took fifth.
e
Ricky Miranda had a perfect day, winning
every mota of the 85cc (7- 1I) and Supermini
(7-1 I) classes. Taking sec ond to Miranda in each
mo t a was Tre vor Coltrane, and Aust in Van
Meter (3-3) took th ird in the 7- 1I class. Ben
Baldasano (5-4) finished fourth , and Kevin Flynn
(4-S) new to fifth . Taking th ird in the Supennini
class was Conner Sumpter (3- 3). t he Hondamounted Baldasano (5-4 ) too k fou rth. an d
rou nding out the top flve was Flynn (6-5).
At the end of the day, the riders gathered at
th e tower to collect t heir yea r-end trophies,
but some of the riders shined abo ve the rest.
Polini pilot Matthe w Shirley won the 50cc (7-8)
and SOcc O pen cla sse s, dom inating almost
every mota throughout the se ries. Washo ugal
MX Par k's ow n Kyle Hu ffm an w a s a lso a
dou ble-c lass winne r, topping the 65cc (4-8) and
6Scc Open clas ses. Danny Gubser won the
8Scc ( 12- 15) and Supermin i ( 12- 15) classes;
Gubser w on almos t every moto of the ye ar
until Shawn Haberlock ended his streak at the
last roun d.
RESULTS
50 OIL-IN!' I. Ashley Tee! (Hen). 50 «-6), I. Ilnyden
Masse y (Pol); 2. Cody Fend ley (Cob); 3. Michael Ramirez
(KTM); 4. R)"Ul Burggren (KTM); S. Tanner Moms (KTM).
SO (7")' I. CoItin Scott (KT>1); 2. Darian Sanayei (KTM ); J.
Alyas Ward ius ( KT M); 4. Wyatt James (KTM): S. Jacob
Ca rpente r (KTM). 50 OPEN : I . Colt in Scott (KTM); 2.
Ilnyden Hauer (Pol); J. Jacob CMpent er (KT>1); <. Tra~ .
""nen (y",,); 5. H.tthew S,"
