WITKOWSKI TOPS OMA
NATIONALS IN MISSOURI
R
ound one of the 2017 OMA
Nationals Series, the SRT
Grouch XC, was held on the
Kirkpatrick family land in rural
Memphis, Missouri, May 13-14,
and approximately 100 motorcy-
cles lined up for Sunday's main
event.
Mike Witkowski (Maxxis RPM
KTM) took the holeshot after
the green flag dropped for the
Pro line, and the youngster from
North Liberty, Indiana, kept
his head down to lead all eight
of the nine-mile laps that were
made up of mostly rolling grass
tracks and tight woods trails. He
took both the overall and Pro 1
win.
"It feels good," said Wit-
kowski. "Today was
an awesome day. The
track was the best we
could ever ask for. They
put on a good event. I got the
holeshot and tried to figure out
my bike the first few laps. It just
started flowing, and it was fun. I
couldn't have asked for anything
more."
Second place in Pro 1 went
to 2016 Pro 2 Champion and
Yamaha YZ250-mounted Cody
Barnes (Peterson Chiropractic/
Maxxis) after a good battle be-
tween him and eventual winner
Witkowski.
Sherco-mounted Nick Fah-
ringer rounded out the Pro 1
podium after eventually breaking
IN
THE
WIND
P48
PRO
1. Mike Witkowski (KTM)
2. Cody Barnes (Yam)
3. Nick Fahringer (Shr)
4. Andrew Smith (KTM) Pro 2
5. Adam Bonneur (Suz)
6. Cody Bollinger (Yam) Pro 2
7. Mark Heresco (KTM) Pro 2
8. Steve Leivan (KTM)
9. Logan Lowery (Bet) Pro 2
10. Beau Malcom (KTM) Pro 2
Mike Witkowski
got the 2017 OMA
season started off
with a victory at
the SRT Grouch
XC in Memphis,
Missouri.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
JOHN
GASSO
Cody Barnes tried to keep
Witkowski in sight and finished a
strong second.
away from what had been a day-
long battle with Suzuki-mounted
Adam Bonneur.
Missouri's own Andrew Smith
wedged his KTM 350 between
Fahringer and Bonneur to take
fourth overall and the top spot in
the Pro 2 class.
Second place in Pro 2 went
to Cody Bollinger (Lakewood
Electric Yamaha), followed by
Mark Heresco (SRT KTM).
John Gasso
