Breece Beats 'Em at Prescott Arenacross
T
he AMA Arenacross Series
headed to Prescott Valley,
Arizona, for round eight of the
2024 season. A tight layout
inside Findlay Toyota Center saw
close racing as the points tight
-
ened up, too.
Ryan Breece made up ground
in the championship standings
by winning both feature main
events, while his main rival, Kyle
Peters, surprisingly finished off
the box in both races.
Breece is gaining momentum
in the latter half of the 2024
season. His perfect day started
by clocking the fastest qualify
-
ing time before later winning his
heat race. Breece then led every
lap of the first 18-lap main event,
easily taking the win by more
than five seconds over second-
place Kyle Bitterman. Robbie
Wageman crossed third in the
main one as he took advantage
of the West Coast Supercross
series break. Peters grabbed
fourth after a poor start and
struggled to come through the
field.
As usual, race two flipped the
grid and put the front-runners
on the second start row. This
allowed Arizona native Deven
Raper to lead the first few laps
while Breece, Wageman and
Austin Politelli made their way
to the front. By lap seven, Breece
passed Politelli for the lead and
he never looked back. Wageman
managed to grab second late in
the race and couldn't close the
gap to Breece out front. Politelli
held on for third after leading
four laps in the early stages.
Peters again struggled to get
through the pack, and a big mis
-
take on lap four saw him lose the
tow to the leaders.
Breece claimed the overall win
by going 1-1 on the night over
Wageman's 3-2. Peters still sal-
vaged a third overall with a pair
of fourths. He continues to lead
the championship points, now
just 13 clear of Breece.
"In the main event two, I've
obviously been struggling with
the back row," said Breece. "I've
been watching a ton of coverage
on how to weave through these
guys and not be dirty, but I want
to show them a wheel. It's my
time now and it was an overall
good night for us. We're on to
something right now."
"Me and Breece had a good
battle on maybe lap four or five,"
Wageman said. "We got into first
and second and just ran with it.
I think I had a better line in the
whoops and was gaining on him
through there. I think he was just
being smart, but man, I wanted
to close the gap badly."
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1. Ryan Breece (Yam) 1-1
2. Robbie Wageman (Yam) 3-2
3. Kyle Peters (Hon) 4-4
4. Kyle Bitterman (Hon) 2-7
5. Austin Politelli Kerr (GG) 7-3
WIND
IN THE
P50
Ryan Breece is surging
in the second half of
the AMA Arenacross
Series. He dominated
in Prescott.
Robbie Wageman was second overall.
