Stallings on the Move
H
aving missed the season
opener due to a back injury,
Kawasaki rider Kyleigh Stallings
grabbed her second 1-1 sweep
in a row with a standout perfor-
mance at the Ironman National
WMX round at Ironman Raceway
in Crawfordsville, Indiana, round
five of eight of the Women's
Motocross Championship series,
August 23. At the previous round
in Mt. Morris, Pennsylvania, Stall
-
ings went 1-1 to top Yamaha's
Jordan Jarvis (2-2) and Kawa-
saki rider Sophia Phelps (3-3) for
the overall win.
At Ironman Raceway, Stallings
turned in a nearly identical per
-
formance, grabbing the holeshot
in the opening moto and building
a 4-second cushion over 17-year-
old Lachlan Turner (Yamaha),
which Stallings held to the finish.
Lachlan, who dominated rounds
two and three of the series (win-
ning all four motos) held onto
second, while Honda's Mikayla
Nielsen finished third. Phelps
and Jamie Astudillo (KTM)
rounded out the top five for the
moto.
Jarvis challenged Nielsen
for third at one point during
the moto but went down and
dropped to sixth at the finish.
"I was battling for a while,
stuck behind Nielsen, and I was
trying to make the pass because
we were running out of time
and I ended up going down and
smacking my head pretty good,"
said Jarvis. "It just took me too
long to get up. Something was
going on with my clutch, and I
lost my front brake, but I ended
up being able to catch up to
sixth in the end."
Nielsen got the jump in moto
two, leading Stallings and Turner
into the opening lap. Jarvis heat
-
ed up her clutch on the line when
the gate was held up longer than
usual, and she was last into the
first turn, although she was able
WIND
IN THE
P62
The fifth round of the
WMX Championship
was held during the
Ironman Pro Motocross
Championship in Indiana.
PHOTOS: MITCH KENDRA
