Peters Back On Track At
Amarillo Arenacross
A
fter seeing his win streak
come to an end last week,
Kyle Peters got back to his domi-
nant ways again after topping both
250cc and 450cc main events
at the Amarillo National Center in
Amarillo, Texas, January 15.
The 250cc Pro qualifying
races kicked off the evening with
Peters in the first heat. Peters
had an unusual start as he was
in fourth place through the first
lap before falling back to the
seventh spot in lap two. From
there he got into a rhythm and
made his way back to the second
spot ahead of teammate Heath
Harrison by the end of the race.
Matthew Curler took the win.
Mike Alessi and Lance Ko-
busch headed up the second
heat, and through the first lap,
looked to be bringing the battle
for the top spot. But during the
second lap, Alessi came out
of a turn and crashed. His bike
got in the path of Kobusch and
caused him to go down as well.
Both riders remained down for
much of the heat but were able to
walk it off by the end of the race.
This ended Alessi's racing for the
evening, but Kobusch was able
to shake it off before the 450
Pro qualifying races. Rylan Smith
took the win ahead of Devin
Xindaris and Adam Conway.
The third and final heat of the
250 Pro qualifiers was led off the
gate by newcomer Henry Miller
for the first handful of laps, but by
lap five of the eight-lap heat race
Kyle Bitterman took the lead and
held onto that to finish first in the
third heat. He finished ahead of
IN
THE
WIND
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Kyle Peters won both 250cc
and 450cc main events at the
Amarillo Arenacross.
PHOTOS: JACK JAXSON
