Beautiful weather set the stage for a great day of motocross racing this weekend.

The Sandbox, or Fernley Lion’s Motocross track, was the scene of the second 775 Spring Classic motocross series. This time the Over The Hill Gang staged the event.

Layne Kolbet, OTHG president said they had 189 riders sign up for practice on Saturday so attendance was probably over 200. On Sunday however there were at least a 100 more on hand to race bringing the total closer to 300.

For one aspiring pro that’s chasing his dream Sunday was a perfect day as he swept three classes.

After winning the final 250/450 Pro moto Jesse Gore said, “It was a sweep and I saw them back there the whole moto, those guys are riding great. And I want to thank all of my sponsors, CMS, Gore Plumbing, PBS and everybody that helps me.”

It’s been a while since Gore raced here so he explained what’s been going on.

“I’ve been actually pursuing that national circuit and trying to get my pro card at the moment,” he said. “We’re almost there so I’m excited.”

While he swept three classes winning the 250/450 Pro motos wasn’t a cakewalk. Gore did get the hole shot but was chased by Tucker Larrieu and Chad Heishman.

Lap after lap they stormed around the track with not more than two or three seconds separated them from each other.

In the end however Gore won the day. It was the same story in the 125/250 pro motos but this time he was pursued by Chad Heishman, who also won the Intermediate overall victory although he was the runner up behind Gore.

And Gore also scored a third victory in the 18+ Open but again was chased by Larrieu and Heishman.

After his final 125/250 moto victory Gore was asked about if he would compete in the rest of the spring series.

“I swept all my classes, which feels pretty good and I’ve actually been traveling the country doing pro/am races. That’s where I’ve really to up my game so coming out here and sweeping the weekend gives me a boost of confidence before the California Classic. And I’m really enjoying riding the bike now.”

Next week he’ll head south for the FMF California Classic at Pala Raceway. The events runs from April 7th to 10th and has double Pro Am points as well as points for the King of the West series.

In both the 125/250 and 250/450 Intermediate classes Heishman scored the victories with Tony Giusti in the runner up position.

There were other double winners as well. T.J. Taylor won in 125/250 and 250/450 junior classes while Jeff Simas took the 30+ Expert and Club victories.

 

Another double winner was Scott Chick as he won both the 30+ Junior and 52+ Expert overall titles.

Several classes had over 20 riders at the gate and that speaks well for the future of the sport in our area. Even the 250/450 races had 25 riders on the starting gate.

Several races had moto long chases even if they weren’t very close at the finish. One came when two riders from 30+ Expert and 38+ Expert had a race long duel.

Coming out on top was Jeff Simas, a 30+ racer and 38+ racer Rich Thorwaldson who chased him the entire moto.

Another close battle was in the Women’s Class where veteran Sedanna Losey squared off against high school senior Ashleigh Trapanese.

When their final moto began Trapanese had the advantage out of the gate but Losey was right on her back fender. In fact Losey may have briefly held the lead before Trapanese took it back.

Lap after lap both women tore around the course but in the end Trapanese scored the overall victory while Losey was second ahead of Ashtyn Shepard.

After congratulating each other after taking the checkered flag both women talked about it.

“I made a couple of little passes, two I think then she got me back so she knew I was there,” Losey said.

Then Trapanese replied, “Oh yea and it was fun.”

“The track good but getting rough,” Losey said. “I might have passed her if I didn’t get tired about lap three so that’s all I had for her.”

Then Trapanese thanked her parents, grandparents, brother, Team Testa and Custom Motor Sports.

After which Losey thanked her husband for his support as well as he brothers that keep her bikes running and Moto Source for supplying any needed parts.

 

Another second moto that started close was the 125/250 junior race. On point after the gate dropped was T.J. Taylor with Julian Domingo close behind.

This duel went on for a while until first Taylor added a small gap then Domingo ended his race with a crash. This left Taylor with a huge lead over runner up Tyreli Pedotti and third place Tristen Mathisen.

In junior or Pee Wee set the oldest rider was Joseph Mitchell, who ran away with the combined class motos. Hadleigh Kahabka won the 4 to 6 year old class while Rylan Skulason was the 4-Stroke winner.

During the day there was a couple of interesting things. In the second set of motos Layne Kolbet and Tucker Larrieu switched bikes. Most people are used to a certain rider being on a particular bike so this was a change.

Another happening was when the water truck got high centered while trying to spray a hill. It took a few minutes to get the front loader out to push the water truck over the top of that hill.

In two weeks the Old Timers Nationals will be at the track. After hearing that two 80-year-olds will compete Old Timer President Jeff McCollum got an older bike and for the first time in years took to the track to compete in a couple of classes.

As usual some riders went down but usually either only egos or bodies are bruised and the fallen got up and carried on. However two of them did need medical attention and while no one was transported they probably visited a hospital later in the day for a check up and treatment.

The next round in the series will be on April 9-10 at Winnemucca while Old Timer’s National event is on April 16-17.

OTHER RACING NEWS

• NASCAR traveled to its smallest track this weekend, the Martinsville Speedway that’s also known as the “Paper Clip,” due to its shape.

In Saturday’s Camping World Truck Race Kyle Busch started second and won the event. Then in Sunday’s Sprint Cup event he made it a sweep by starting seventh and winning while older brother Kurt came from 23rd to finish 13th.

• On Tuesday, around 2:15, maybe a couple of minutes before that I’ll be on Teresa’s Garage radio program. While her show is geared to women involved with automotive things or racing I usually do a preview of what’s coming up. You can listen to the show on 1180 A.M. or hear it streaming at amm.streamon.fm.

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RESULTS

775 Spring Classic MX Series – Round 2

Fernley Lion’s Motocross Track – April 3, 2016

52+:

+ Jr: 1. Bill Buttrum, 2. John Burnham, 3. Ted Griffin, 4. Jeff McCollum, 5. Brent Allen, 6. Mike Fillmore, 7. Scott      Jones.

+ Interm: 1. Peter Mayforth.

+ Exp: 1. Scott Chick.

48+:

+ Intrm: 1. Chris Leone, 2. Chris Dyer.

+ Exp: 1. Tony Fagundes, 2. Ron Kauble, 3. Layne Kolbet.

45+:

+ Jr: 1. Gary Dyrr, 2. Bob Woebbeking, 3. Jim Shepard, 4. Chris Stone.

DNS: Chris Gaarenstroom.

38+:

+ Beg: 1. Brian Murdock.

+ Jr: 1. Kevin Hargett, 2. Sedanna Losey, 3. Mike Stumbaugh.

+Intrm: 1. Kirk Sego, 2. Jeromie Sorhouet, 3. Aaron Bissell.

+ Exp: 1. Rich Thorwaldson.

30+:

+ Beg: 1. Zach Howell, 2. Joseph Iribarreu, 3. Jesse Melendy, 4. John Barrera.

+ Jr: 1. Scott Chick, 2. Daniel Martin, 3. Nicholas Lapin, 4. Matt Wilkins, 5. Larry Owens, 6. Matthew Sorhouet, 7. Philip Fell, 8. Chance Lambert, 9. Robert Kelsey.

+ Intrm: 1. Wayne Calkins, 2. Sedric Robinson.

+ Exp: 1. Jeff Simas.

+ Pro: 1. David Gassin.

25+:

+ Open: 1. Coleman Smith, 2. Jeff Simas, 3. Nolan Rudd, 4. Jeffery Butler.

18+:

+ Open: 1. Jesse Gore, 2. Tucker Larrieu, 3. Chad Heishman, 4. Bryson Olson, 5. Matthew Leavitt, 6. Brendon Borrego, 7. Jaxom Fye.

Pee Wee:

+ 7-8 Years: 1. Joseph Mitchell.

+ 4-6 Years: 1. Hadleigh Kahabka, 2. Riley Gentry.

+ 4-Stroke: 1. Rylan Skulason, 2. Graeson Kahabka, 3. Aidan Conner.

65cc:

+ Beg: 1. Declan Kahabka, 2. Tovin Kahabka, 3. Connor Gaarenstroom, 4. Cash Dunbar, 5. Grant Stephens, 6.   Tanner Stambaugh, 7. Elijah Auble, 8. Lala Turner, 9. Hub Losey, 10. Landon Wilkins, 11. Nathan Riipi, 12. Brook Ward,      13. Emmett Pedotti, 14. Landon Martin.

+ Jr: 1. Lux Turner, 2. Owen Bills.

+ Open: 1. Lux Turner, 2. Owen Bills, 3. Tovin Kahabka, 4. Connor Gaarentstroom, 5. Declan Kahabka, 6. Cash Dunbar, 7. Grant Stephens, 8. Tanner Stambaugh.

DNS: 1. Dametre Proutsos.

85cc:

+ Beg: 1. Dametre Proutsos, 2. Nakana Domingo, 3. Trevor Hargett, 4. Jared Mariscal, 5. Cory Sego, 6. Owen Bills, 7. Cody Zimmer, 8. Garrett Rychlik, 9. Cole Palotas, 10. Colton Chamness, 11. Treyton Maskaly, 12. Megan Sharp,      13. Chet Maga, 14. Garrison Dyrr, 15. Holland Losey, 16. Tyler Nichols, 17. Nolan Olsen, 18. Cameron Radli, 19. Tovin Kahabka, 20. Liam Spears.

DNS: Gant Bergman.

+ Open: 1. Jared Mariscal, 2. Nakana Domingo, 3. Ian Knight, 4. Colton Chamness, 5. Cole Palotas, 6. Liam Spears.

+ Supermini: 1. Dylan Thorwaldson, 2. Ryan Palmer, 3. Tommy Jackson, 4. Sean Dingley.

+ Club: 1. Jeff Simas, 2. Tony Fagundes, 3. Kirk Sego, 4. Sedric Robinson, 5. Chris Dyer, 6. Jeromie Sorhouet, 7. Mike Stumbaugh, 8. Aaron Bissell, 9. Bill Buttrum, 10. Matthew Sorhouet, 11. Chris Gaarenstroom, 12. Ted Griffin, 13. Jason Spicer, 14. Chris Leone, 15. Jeff McCollum, 16. Rich Thorwaldson, 17. Ron Kauble, 18. Layne Kolbet, 19. Kevin Hargett, 20. Brent Allen, 21. Peter Mayforth.

+ Women: 1. Ashleigh Trapanese, 2. Sedanna Losey, 3. Ashtyn Shepard, 4. Cassie  Larrieu, 5. Mackinze Dingley, 6. Kayla Faul, 7. Nicole Carlson, 8. Amanda Ross.

+ Schoolboy: 1. T.J. Taylor, 2. Colton Lara, 3. Shane Vandamme, 4. Julian Domingo.

+ 2-Stroke Open: 1. Avery Dyrr, 2. Layne Hornback, 3. Tony Giusti.

DQ: Nate Block.

125/250:

+ Beginner: 1. Chase Rychlik, 2. Payton Kenneson, 3. Devon Vanderberg, 4. Talon Schwall, 5. Tyler Crittenden, 6. Christian Wisser, 7. Bear Terry, 8. Kyle Zimmer, 9. Dawson Fettic, 10. Drew Nelson, 11. Tim Fotheringham, 12.      Colton Dobson, 13. Mitchell Keen, 14. Tristan Furlong, 15. Cory Sego, 16. Lyle Stoddah, 17. Austin Mason, 18. Cole Jackson, 19. Jaxon Pokorny, 20. Paul Pullen, 21. Ashtyn Shepard, 22. Wesley Teague, 23. Harley Fausey, 24.      Stephen Ward, 25. Wyatt Ward, 26. Brandon Jacober, 27. Kyle Zinda.

DNF – Zach Higley

+ Jr: 1. T.J. Taylor, 2. Tyrell Pedotti, 3. Tristen Mathisen, 4. Shane Vandamme, 5. Jaron Thompson, 6. Kyle Brink, 7. Tyler Gunn, 8. Cooper Lara, 9. Tommy Jackson, 10. Nathan Dians, 11. Bodhi Tanner, 12. Julian Domingo, 13. Dalton Reed, 14. Garrett Knudson.

+ Intrm: 1. Chad Heishman, 2. Tony Giusti, 3. Bard Maga, 4. Austin Johnson, 5. Bryson Olson.

+ Pro: 1. Jesse Gore, 2. Aaron Siminoe.

250/450:

+ Beg: 1. Layne Hornback, 2. Edward Mirad, 3. Austin Schlegelmiloh, 4. Tommy Jackson, 5. Christian Lassen, 6. Dawson Fettic, 7. Tony Van Dover, 8. Devon Vanderberg, 9. Mitchell Keen, 10. Nicholas Lapin, 11. Trevor Arden, 12. Josh Greene, 13. Walter Ball, 14. Joseph Delligatti, 15. Greg Owen, 16. Brandn Jacober, 17. Kyle Zinda, 18. Colton Scudder, 19. Jakobee, Reviglio, 20. Joseph Iribarreu, 21. Jordan Brown, 22. Rico Hammack, 23. Jerett Tisue, 24. Tyler Crittenden.

DNF: Colton Dobson.

+ Jr: 1. T.J. Taylor, 2. Colton Lara, 3. Avery Dyrr, 4. Hunter Roberts, 5. Lucas Jones, 6. Zack Martinez, 7. Matthew Leavitt, 8. Rowdy Wachsmuth, 9. Ed Sellers, 10. Michael Combs, 11. Kyle Brink, 12. Tyler Gunn, 13. Jaron      Thompson, 14. Tim Trainor, 15. Tyrell Pedotti, 16. Shane Vandamme, 17. Sean Botelho, 18. Garrett Burnett, 19. Tristen Mathisen, 20. Brent Amato, 21. Brendon Borrego, 22. Thomas Huggans, 23. William Winters, 24. Julian Domingo, 25. Tim Stone.

+ Interm: 1. Chad Heishman, 2. Tony Giusti, 3. Collin McHaney, 4. Brad Maga, 5. Michael Jepsen, 6. Austin Johnson, 7. Matthew Watson.

+ Pro: 1. Jesse Gore, 2. Tucker Larrieu, 3. David Gassin, 4. Coleman Smith, 5. Billy Adam, 6. Robert Tanner.

DNF: Preston Joy.