Cipala Kicks Off Motoclimb
Championship With Win
T
he 2022 AMA IRC Motoclimb
Super Series, Presented by
Monster Energy kicked off at
Carnegie SVRA in Tracy, Califor-
nia, April 2-3. The Golden State
National was the first time the
Carnegie hill has been used in
two and a half year years due to
the pandemic, and thousands
came out to watch the action un-
fold. Athletes drove from around
the country to race up the 500-
foot hill, which was set up with a
few different courses through the
grass for the various pro classes.
The lineup was stacked, and it
was Logan Cipala of Ellsworth,
Wisconsin, a two-time MSS
Champion, who walked away
with a close overall win.
Cipala won the 450cc main
on a GasGas MC 450F in an
exciting final race against Petey
Krunich and finished fifth in the
450 main.
2018 MSS Champion Logan
Mead won the Open class on his
KTM 1290 by nearly 1.5 seconds
against the next fastest rider in
that class, Shane Speed.
Austin Teyler finished fourth
in the 450cc main and had a
wild third-place ride in the Open
class, which earned him a third
overall on the day.
Cipala's dominance in the
450cc main is carrying into
2022, but the top three in the
MSS Championship points are
sitting very close and should
make for an exciting race at
round two, which will be the
South Hills Showdown in Billings,
Montana, April 30. It will share
a venue and weekend with the
Bentonite Brawl Hard Enduro,
May 1, round two of the AMA U.S.
Hard Enduro Series.
Matt Musgrove
OVERALL
1. Logan Cipala (41 points)
2. Logan Mead (40)
3. Austin Teyler (38)
4. Jon Wolfson (31)
5. Petey Krunich (28)
IN
THE
WIND
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Logan Cipala (right) leads Joseph
Allnutt at the AMA MotoClimb
Championship opener at Carnegie
SVRA in Tracy, California.
PHOTO:
CASEY SCHNEIDER/DEFY FOCUS PHOTOGRAPHY
