AMA/SRT HARE & HOUND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
VOL. 51 ISSUE 20 MAY 20, 2014 P91
here in Caliente," said Ramirez
said. "Last year, it was [team
manager] Antti [Kallonen], Kurt
[Caselli] and I right here in this
park. I know Kurt's watching us
right now from above and he's
happy for us.
"We've got to keep doing the
hard work and keep pushing dur-
ing the break so I can feel better
for the next few rounds. We still
have three rounds left and it's
going to be close for the cham-
pionship." CN
OVERALL
1. Ivan Ramirez (KTM)
2. Ricky Brabec (Kaw)
3. Nick Burson (Beta)
4. Jacob Argubright (Hus)
5. Axel Pearson (Beta)
6. Brandon Prieto (KTM)
7. Skyler Howes (KTM)
8. Tallon Taylor (Beta)
9. Steve Kirk III (YaM)
10. Morgan Crawford (KTM)
Briefly...
pete in round six of the AMA West-
ern Checkpoint Enduro Cham-
pionship Series. Run in an ISDE
Qualifier format, it proved a good
tune-up for those interested in riding
the Idaho City 100 Qualifier in two
weeks. It's the first of two AMA ISDE
Qualifiers to choose the Club and
Junior World Trophy teams headed
to Argentina. Ivan Ramirez proved
the best at that one as well, followed
by EnduroCross/extreme enduro
specialist Kyle Redmond and Nick
Burson. They swept the Heavy-
weight A division. Paul Krause won
Senior Heavyweight A the day after
topping Senior Expert at the Nation-
al, while son Brandon won Light-
weight 2 (200cc) A after placing third
in 200cc Expert at the National.
Woman Expert Krista Conway was
one of the more spectacular DNFs.
Riding through the pits after the first
loop, she looked down and saw her
KTM was on fire! It reportedly took
two fire extinguishers to quell the
blaze.
There were not only a couple Pear-
sons racing, but 2007 AMA Hare &
Hound National Champion David
Pearson played the role of hare for
The Sawmill Run. Leaving about two
minutes before the field, he stopped
around mile 10 — reportedly with a
three-minute lead — and noted Ivan
Ramirez as the first to pass him.
Later, he wandered over to the fin-
ish and waved the checkered flag for
much of the afternoon. He plans to
join Ricky Brabec and the rest of the
THR Motorsports/Monster Energy/
Precision Concepts Kawasaki team
at the Baja 500 next month.
(Bottom left) Jarett Megla put all his
effort into winning the Super Mini and
overall Youth race in the morning.
Here, he passes Caitlyn Kurtz who
won the Girls class for the fourth time
while Megla topped Super Mini for the
fourth time this year.
(Bottom right) Jacob Argubright's run
of bad luck returned at The Sawmill
Run when his bike refused to start in
a timely manner.
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