OFF ROAD
ROUND 6 / SEPTEMBER 17-18, 2016
SPANGLER HILLS STATE VEHICULAR RECREATION AREA / RED MOUNTAIN, CALIFORNIA
P72
KENDA/SR T AMA HARE & HOUND N ATION AL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Both Ricky Brabec and Ivan
Ramirez have a rally in their immedi-
ate futures: the Oilibya Rally of Mo-
rocco, which runs from October 1-7.
Ramirez will then fly directly from Mo-
rocco to Spain where he'll join Team
Mexico on its Junior World Trophy
team at the ISDE.
Looking ahead farther, Johnny Camp-
bell hinted that the JCR Honda squad
will more than likely depend exclusively
on the new CRF450RX on both coasts
with Chris Bach again chasing the
GNCC title and Ricky Brabec the Na-
tional Hare & Hound Championship.
Look for Trevor Bollinger to once
again compete in GNCC's XC2 cat-
egory on a CRF250R.
The Chidester Transport Racing
team enjoyed a huge weekend, with
team owner Dallas Chidester calcu-
lating that four of his riders wrapped
up their class championships: Joe
Wasson in FMF Pro 250, Tyler Lynn
in Big Wheel (150cc, 12-15 years old),
Ty Woolslayer (Junior Girls, 7-11
years old) and Dean Hawley (Vet C).
Second in Open A at the Jackrab-
bits was likely enough to wrap up that
class championship for Grant Stat-
ley and his Motoworld/DP Racing/
Precision Concepts YZ450F.
The Purvines Racing Beta squad suf-
fered through an off day. Nick Bur-
son had a good race going, running
as high as third before hitting a rock
that put a race-ending hole in the
stator cover of his 480 RR as well
as damaging the fork. Axel Pear-
son got a decent start but couldn't
find his groove and settled for sixth
place. After switching from the FMF
Pro 250 class to the open Pros at
the previous round, Damon Bush
earned ninth Pro and 20th overall.
Kyle Erickson made his first National
as a Vet A memorable. He got a good
jump off the start and found himself
well inside the top 10 at the end of
the bomb, after which he passed a
few guys that he admitted, "I had no
business passing," and found himself
running third overall, by his estimate.
Predictably, he wasn't able to hold off
the Pros who hadn't enjoyed starts
that matched his and he dropped
back to 17th overall, which still gave
him second Vet A in his class debut,
second only to Ty Renshaw, who
was 15th overall.
Briefly...
(L-R) Runner-
up Elis Rael,
winner (and
class champion)
Racer Fry and
third-place
Micah Mills
celebrate on
the Pee Wee
podium.
