MOTOCROSS
DUBYA WORLD VETERAN MX CHAMPIONSHIPS
NOVEMBER 1-2, 2014
GLEN HELEN RACEWAY/SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA
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the course into a slippery and
rut-filled obstacle course. But
this is motocross and these are
"veteran" racers. You can't be a
vet if you've never raced in mud.
Luckily, by Sunday's event, the
track had dried out considerably
and was in near ideal conditions
for racing.
Other notable wins were Brent
Wallingsford's victory in the 60+
Vet class and Gary Chase's win
over Alan Olson in the +70 Vet
class.
Great Britain's Brian Wheeler
traveled nearly halfway around
the world to compete in the Vet
World Championships. Wheeler
was fresh off his victory at the Vet
Motocross des Nations at Far-
leigh Castle (England); although
he couldn't repeat as winner at
Glen Helen, he still had fun rac-
ing to fourth place in the 40+
class on Saturday and 11
th
overall
in the 30+ Pro class on Sunday.
Dennis Stapleton, a regular
at Glen Helen, had an interest-
ing weekend. While competing,
he suffered an injury when the
Red Bull arch fell onto the track
and Stapleton ran into it. It was
just bad timing for the KTM rider.
He suffered cuts to his fingers
that got caught up in the wires
that were used to hold the arch
in place. But a little blood didn't
stop him. He went on to finish
eighth overall in the 30+ Pro
class.
One of the highlights of the
weekend was Chuck "Feets"
Minert being honored with the
Edison Dye Lifetime Motocross
Yamaha test rider and former
125cc Supercross Champion
Travis Preston won his second
straight 30+ Pro-class title
at the Dubya World Vet
championships. He put in a
dominating performance at
Glen Helen.
