RENO, NV (Dec.4) — While the New Year is here it’s time for series to award last season’s champions. The MRANN series did this on a rainy Saturday at the Boomtown Casino.
On this night those riders that finished in the top three of their class were honored. There was an entire table bull of the hardware hey would receive.
For the class champions there were special trophies for them.
REPORTR’S NOTE: There is a large photo gallery at the end of this article for the winners. To see the full list of standings please go to www.racemrann.com and check the standings.
The night was a two-part affair. First those that race on Saturday were given awards; this was followed by a great buffet style dinner from Boom Town
After that Special Awards were handed out and the big bike awards followed
On Saturday the youngest racers compete as well as the Saturday Women and Bombers, those racing older big bikes. They race on a short course.
The youngest class is 50c, 6 & Under. The top three were Mason Viadyka, Lee Ackerman and Ryder Brown.
The 50cc, 7 & Over Class was a very tight points battle in the end Jesse Chandler took the top spot just 10 points ahead of runner up Parker Coons. The next group was the Pee Wee 4-Stroke Class where Jesse Shriver won the overall.
Moving up next were the 65cc classes and Gage Sessions toped his group. In the 100cc or Mini Classes and Justin Johnson was that overall winner. In the Bomber Class Tyler Rasmussen was the overall winner.
Saturday Women race on the same short course as do the 100cc or Mini Bikes. Jordan Jones was the Women’s expert winner while Presley Hayes topped the Amateurs and Kaeleigh Rodgers was the highest placed Novice.
Just before the break all those Stacyc racers present were called up on stage. They were given a badge that was hung around their neck. This group is the future of the sport.
After the dinner break special awards were handed out.
The Sportsman of the year went to Keygan Pheasant, who gave a lot of help to others during the events.
The Family of the Year award went to the Danner Family that has two sons racing in the series.
Now it was time for the Big Bike classes and awards. These riders race usually on Sunday and they use a long course that’s several miles long.
First up where the 200cc Class where Vaughn Brannan topped the Amateur group and Kade McPartland was the Novice winner.
In the 250cc Class Reese Inman was the top expert while Brett Haaglund topped the Amateurs while Brett Haaglund was the highest scoring Novice.
Looking at the 30+ Class the expert winner was Mario Murillo while Joseph Delaski was the first Amateur while Brandon Zeddies was the highest Novice in points.
Moving up the age ladder Brad Hall topped the 40+ Experts but it was close as runner up Jared Silva was only 10 points behind him. The top Amateur was Andrew Candia while Richard Parise topped the Novice group.
Don Hayes topped the Over 50 Class while Danny Young was the top points earner in the Over 60 Class.
The top two Women Amateurs were a Mother-Daughter duo. Carley Lengenbauer topped her runner up Mom Beth Legenbauer. The women’s Amateur winner was Anastasia Hall while the top Novice was Jordan Jones.
In the Open Class Colten Leavitt was the Expert winner while Joseph Holzer is the top Amateur. A bit further down the list Landon Gafford was the top Novice.
In the 4-Stroke Class Natwe Hohlt was the top Expert while Wyatt Westbrook topped the Amateur group. Sean Sullivan was the Novice winner.
Those in the top 20 in points will get to have a front plate on their bike showing where they finished. Once their names were called everyone moved to the front of the stage and picked up their front plate.
Now only one more trophy and plate was left, that was for who earned the most points during the season. A delighted Blayde Jones received the large trophy and stood by his bike that was on the podium riser.
Asked about his year he said, “Oh man it’s challenging, you have to put a whole race season together. I always thought when I was racing, when I was younger, that you just had to get one race right, like ‘I got to win today’ but now you’ve got to put that whole season together.
“What’s cool about this MRANN series is that’s there all sorts of different styles of racing. I believe the MRANN season is building because of how they are putting their races together”.
Then he thanked Jason at Let’s Ride. Seems he’s helped Blayde a lot and has earned his respect.
Now everyone has gone home and are enjoying their trophies as well as the jackets every over all class champion received,
For many this week starts preparation to the first race in 2026. That is on January 31/February 1 and put on by the Tankslappers MC. Location is the Fernley 95A Speedway south of the Fernley airport.
• There were two car meets on Sunday and both started at 10 a.m.
- Reno Jeeps & Coffee had a small turnout due to the wet weather. Still four of the brave were in attendance.
- Not far away Reno Cars & Coffee had its first meet of the year. While attendance was low there was a gray El Camino on display.
There was only one complete row of cars, plus two Chevy Trucks on display. The next meet will be on Sunday January 18 and hopefully Mother Nature will smile on everyone.
OTHER RACING NEWS:
• On Tuesday, starting at 6:30 p.m., Trucks & Tacos of Northern Nevada will meet at Cielito Lindo Tagueria. Location is 3687 Kings Row in Reno.
• If one in intending to compete in the first round of the Frigid 8 Series registration is now open.
• Davey’s American Racing can be found on Face Book.
He also posts schedules for various tracks and there related subjects.
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