Ray Wins Carnegie Classic, Cipala Takes Title
T
he final AMA IRC Motoclimb
Super Series round took
place at the Carnegie Classic
in Tracy, California, on October
29. This 500-foot-long hill at
Carnegie SVRA was dry and
rough, challenging some of the
best Motoclimb athletes in the
nation and making the points
race even closer than expected.
In addition to the racing action,
the event featured youth racing,
over a dozen vendor booths,
pumpkin carving, trick-or-treating
and elevated starting pads on
semi-trailer decks where racers
launched off and into the hill.
Logan Cipala had hopes of
wrapping up his fourth AMA
IRC Motoclimb Super Series
Championship and also the three
all-new points class champion
-
ships. Going into the final round
at Carnegie, Cipala had a lead in
all four classes, but his standing
was at stake, with Austin Teyler
and Logan Mead all within strik
-
ing distance in different classes.
The Pro Mod class kicked off the
race day with about 21 of the 41
racers making it over the hill and
with non-series racers throw
-
ing themselves into the mix and
upsetting the points standings.
Joseph Allnutt laid down the
fastest run on his KTM 450 SX-F
with swingarm extensions, with
Logan Mead only 0.2 seconds
behind in second place. Cipala
finished this class in seventh
place and barely won the 2023
Pro Mod Championship by one
point over Mead.
In the Pro Stock Qualifier, the
racers started off the elevated
starts to get a feel for the metal
starting gates and checked their
speed going from the landing
and into the hill. This hill was
very difficult, where a handful
was feet away from making
it over the top as none of the
36 racers crested it in the first
round. In the second round of
racing, it was Joseph Allnutt
who made it over the top on the
same KTM 450 SX-F but without
extensions and remained the
only athlete to get through the
top timing lights. This put Allnutt
in the number one seed of the
top-32 bracket in the Pro Stock
Main.
WIND
IN THE
P44
Logan Cipala wrapped up
the overall MotoClimb Super
Series Championship in
Tracy, California.
PHOTO:
STEVE GOODALL
