Record-Breaking Entries for
Spring A Ding Ding MX
T
he MotoPlayground Spring
A Ding Ding motocross race
at Oak Hill Raceway in Alvord,
Texas, drew a record number of
entries from March 8-15. Ac-
cording to MotoPlayground's
Harold Martin, this year's race
was the largest amateur moto-
cross event in Texas MX history.
Racing kicked off on Monday,
March 9, and went on almost
nonstop until Sunday, March 15.
It featured both supercross- and
motocross-style races across
nearly 40 classes, with champi
-
onships won in both SX and MX
categories.
Some of the week's big win-
ners included Yamaha rider Kane
Bollasina from Missouri, who
topped the 250 Pro Sport classes
in both SX and MX. He won the
SX final and exchanged moto
wins with fellow Yamaha rider
Jesse Furtado in MX, with Bolla
-
sina's 1-2 finish topping Furtado's
4-1 for the overall victory.
Bollasina also won the SX
Futures/Combine class over Wy-
att Thurman (KTM) and Chace
Lawton (Kawasaki). In the MX
Futures/Combine class, KTM
rider Grayson Townsend from
Utah won both motos for the
overall victory, finishing ahead of
Wyatt Duff (Kawasaki) and Dar
-
ren Pine (Triumph).
In the SX Open A class final,
Carson Wood from Florida led an
all-Yamaha podium sweep, with
Riley Busse finishing second and
Logan Edwards third.
In the MX category, a famil
-
iar name emerged victorious.
Triumph Factory Racing's Mikkel
Haarup was the overall winner,
but he did not win both motos;
he shared moto victories with
Wood, who won the first moto
but had troubles in the second,
finishing 16th. Haarup's 3-1
WIND
IN THE
P40
Carson Wood celebrates
winning the SX Open
A Championship at
the Spring A Ding Ding
amateur motocross race
at Oak Hill MX in Texas.
