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Mission Mini Cup Series Gets Started T hree new classes were introduced in the open- ing round of the 2023 Mission Mini Cup By Motul at Carolina Motorsports Park and all three featured dominating performances as Cole Peterman (Stock 50 and Stock 110) and Nathan Bettencourt (Stock 125) went undefeated to join Ohvale 160 and 190 winners Nathan Gouker, Ryder Davis and Joshua Raymond in claiming the lion's share of trophies in Kershaw, South Carolina, May 5-6. This year's Ohvale por - tion of the Mission Mini Cup By Motul series has been split into two parts—the FIM Mini Cup Ohvale 160 and 190, and the Mission Mini Cup 160 and 190 classes—with the Carolina Motorsports Park round the first of five qualifiers for the 2023 FIM MiniGP World Series. The FIM Mini Cup classes raced on Friday with the Mission Mini Cup races taking place on Saturday. Nathan Gouker Racing's Na - than Gouker was perfect in the two FIM Ohvale races on Friday, beating Historic GP's Mahdi Salem in both 10-lappers. On Saturday, he made it a three-for- four weekend, missing out on a sweep with his non-finish in Saturday's second MotoAmerica race. The only race that Gouker didn't win was the first of the two Mission Mini Cup races on Saturday with that one going to Kruz Maddison, the son of Australian freestyle motocross legend Robbie Maddison. Mad - dison's Mission Mini Cup debut was a solid one as he came out of it with a win and a second- place finish. Those two results put the American Racing-backed racer atop the point standings in the Mission Mini Cup class by nine points. Maddison, mean - while, holds down fifth in the FIM portion of the championship after a pair of fifth-place finishes on Friday. The FIM Mini Cup Ohvale 190 class wins were split between Alpha Omega's Ryder Davis and American Racing's Joshua Raymond with the pair tied at the top of the point standings at 45 points. Davis, however, dominated the Mission Mini Cup Ohvale 190 classes with a sweep of both races. He leads the MotoAmerica championship by 14 points over Salem, who carded two podium finishes. Peterman Racing's Cole Peter - man had a perfect two days of racing in South Carolina as he was an unbeaten eight-for-eight in Stock class action as he won all four Stock 50 races and the quartet of Stock 110 races. Jacobsen Motorcycle Train - ing/Bettencourt Racing's Nathan Bettencourt also had a perfect weekend, going four-for-four in Stock 125. He heads to round two in Alabama with a 24-point lead over Stump Racing Kids- backed Dylan Cunningham (a third and three seconds) with Dylan's brother, Tyler (a second and three thirds), a further eight points behind. CN WIND IN THE P34 (From left to right) Mahdi Salem, Ryder Davis and Nathan Bettencourt celebrate their top-three finishes from the second Mission Mini Cup Ohvale 190 race at Carolina Motorsports Park.