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All Terrain Vehicle Cross Country Series
Round #8
- Tate Ranch XC
Crafton, Texas
June 18th, 2006


By: David Culpepper

Danking
Looks like the rain is finally going to leave us alone. Hot and dusty are the two words that will described Round 8 of the series. The PeeWee track was a long 2 miles with lots of technical terrain for the young riders to tackle. The main track was a short and fast 6.1 miles. This property is in the northwestern part of Wise County and offers somewhat of a West Texas type terrain. Lots of Mesquite Scrub bushes equipped with thorns and dirt that was hard packed and mixed with some white rock. A dirtbike race was held on this property about a month ago and that weekend it rained 5 inches, so there were single track ruts everywhere that had dried as hard as concrete. The promoter attempted to move the trail out of most of the ruts so that our riders wouldn’t have to suffer.

There were 7 riders on the line for the 6 under PeeWee race. Gage Smith jumped out to the early lead but found himself in trouble about mid way around the first lap. Kenzi Potteiger took over the lead at this point and held it for about a lap. Terry Bohanon who started off in third was working his way forward and eventually took over the lead on the third lap. Bohanon went on to win this race followed by Smith, Trey Carrell, Potteiger, Jace Harden, Adalyn Nutt, and Melanie Dunn. There were also 7 riders on the starting line for the 8 under class. Megan Daniel was quick off the line and nailed another holeshot. Before the riders completed the first lap Austin Medley had over taken Daniel for the lead. Kaden Walters was running third and Cameron Swanzy fourth. At the end of lap one Broc Watkins found himself in fifth place, but this didn’t dampen his spirit. He put on the afterburners and gained a spot each lap to eventually finish second place. Third was Walters, fourth Daniel, and fifth Swanzy. Austin Medley went on to win the race. Next up were the 10 under riders and the return of Halston Munoz. Munoz has not been able to attend the races for several rounds but looked to be in great form. He busted out to the early lead and after Nathan Clague had a mishap on the first lap Munoz just pulled away and won the race by a large margin. Wyatt Day had bad luck on the first lap and had to retire from the race with mechanical problems.

In the C Program the Lady 30+ class put on a real race for us. There were 8 riders on the starting line for this class and the top three finishers were very close for most of the race. Sarah Sellers and Patrice Coulter got off to a fast start and were side by side in the first turn. It was close but it looked like Sarah got the holeshot. It didn’t take long and Coulter had moved into the lead. Running a close third was Amy Lee. By the end of the first lap these three riders had pulled out over a 1:20 on fourth place rider Dorothy Rogers and the rest of the field. Coulter was in the lead Sellers 5 seconds behind and Lee 15 seconds behind. These ladies stayed this close for the entire second lap and though the order didn’t change the distance between them did. This time there were only 4 seconds that separate the riders. The third lap turned into disaster for Coulter as she wrecked her quad, which allowed Sellers to take over the lead. Once out in the lead Sellers pulled away from Lee and Coulter. By the end of the third lap Sellers and pulled out to a minute and half lead while Lee and Coulter were still neck and neck. Sellers was the only rider in class that had to do a fourth lap. Lee pulled off second place followed by Coulter who was only 5 second behind. Fourth went to Dorothy Rogers, followed by Mandy Jenkins, Tina Burkett, and Annette Price. In the Lady Open class Lexie Coulter and Heather Best went 1 and 2. On the first lap Becca Stanley was running in third followed by Candice Lively and Morgan Nichols. On the second lap Lively and Nichols moved in front of Stanley and on the final lap Nichols moved in front of Lively. Lively and Bohanon dropped out of the race on the third lap which allowed Stanley to finish in the fourth position followed by Tamira Swanzy who finished fifth. The 50+ class went like this, Dennis Wilson, David Maholick, Sr., Mike Nolan, and Joe Hill. The Youth class had 12 riders on the start and one of the riders was Colton Petty who hasn’t raced with us in a couple years. Petty used to be one of our dominant riders in the PeeWee class. The winner of the Youth race was Travis Brown followed by Kyle Potteiger, Lacey Tinchner, Tori Oliver, and Colton Petty. The current point’s leader Jarod Roberts was unable to finish this race.

Heather getting the holeshot
in the best buddy race
The return of the Buddy Race happened this weekend and it was Heather Best who pulled off the holeshot over all the other riders. She was teamed up with Kyle Porter. Things were looking good until Best got out of shape in corner which forced her to give up the lead. Jason Thomas took over the lead and held on to it until he passed off to his teammate Kevin Smith. In second was Phil Enis who passed off to Marty Stone, third was Chase Cain who passed off to Shawn Hess, fourth was Dwayne Tinchner (on a dirtbike) who passed off to Korey Keifer, and fifth was Bill Wright who passed off to Dan King. Hess/Cain won the race followed by Thomas/Smith, Enis/Stone, Best/Porter, and Tinchner/Keifer. There were a total of 13 teams. The clouds started to roll in after dusk and it begin to rain. After a hot and dusty day this rain was welcomed with open arms. We were blessed with cooler temps as we sat under the canopy and grilled burgers.

Josh and Shawn
Sunday morning the sun was out and the little bit of rain we got Saturday wasn’t going to be enough to keep the dust down. In the Pro Class Josh Hahne got the holeshot and led the elite riders around the track for the first lap. As the riders came through the scoring chute Hahne had close company in the way of Shawn Hess. The two riders would switch positions a few times before Hess took control of the race. Hess won by over 6 minutes followed by Hahne, Cozart, and Dowden. The next class was the Open class and the current point’s leader was ejected from his machine as he rounded the second turn. A little bumping and a low hanging limb caught Kyle Porter between the goggle and helmet visor. Anyone who saw this wreck had to be concerned because it was just plain ugly. Fortunately Porter escaped major injury but he did have to go the ER for stitches. Meanwhile Austin Aldridge was out
Austin Aldridge and Kevin Wells
front with Keven Wells who were both laying down some impressive laptimes. Aldridge had the lead at the end of the first lap and pulled out an additional 20 seconds each lap for the rest of the race. Aldridge won followed by Wells, Brian Firth, Josh Robinson, and Taylor Mink. Lexie got a rear flat, Steven Bryant had mechanical issues and of course Kyle was on his way to the Denton Hospital. Garrett Oliver, Ethan Jones and Chase Honeycutt were running away from the field in the Junior class. Jones and Honeycutt were leading Oliver for the first two laps but then Oliver made his move passed both riders to take the lead. Jones was able to stay close for one more lap but then Oliver pulled away to win the race and finish second overall for the morning program. Jones had second covered and Honeycutt held on to third followed by Colby Nix and Jason Thomas. In the 30+ class Brad Dunn, aka “Carlos”, was able to a win in his bag. Knowlton finished second even though he was forcei think d to race his daughters quad due to his trany locking up on Saturday. Third went to Daniel Pirrie, fourth Glenn Hess, and fifth Marshall Delk.

Larry Gustine
Larry Gustine lead the 40+ class around the first turn to take the convincing win in class. Also, Gustine’s ride was fast enough to net him 3rd overall for the afternoon program. Sammy Spencer came through the scoring chute with sprockets that had no teeth and had to retire from the race early. Rick Terry finished second followed by Steve Day, Jeff Blackwood, and Chuck Clague. The 45+ class was missing several riders this weekend, so Ken Watkins and Scott Robinson had the track to themselves. Robinson busted out to the early lead but when his Honda developed overheating problems he had to pull over and let Watkins take the lead and win. The point’s race in the 4-ST Amateur class is looking to be tight. Marty Stone pulled off another win and Phil Enis got second. This was a tough weekend for Phil, as he had to go get several staples in his head after hitting it on his gooseneck trailer on Saturday. But he couldn’t stop there; he also had a pretty good get off during practice on Saturday afternoon too. David Maholick, Jr. finished third, Roman Solarczyk fourth, and Conner Sebesta fifth. In the Open Amateur class Dan King and Micah Ames pulled away from the rest of the class. At the end it was King who held on for the win but only by 13 seconds over Ames. Austen Gustine finished third, Josh Carlson fourth, and Chase Cain fifth. In the Utility class the door was left
Mike Rogers
open for a new winner as Ron Allen poked a hole in his radiator on Saturday. Nobody had to tell Mike Rogers twice, he pulled out to an early lead and pulled away from the rest of the class. In fact Mike was going so fast he was the only UTE to not be lapped by Larry Gustine. The rest of the class finished like this, Chris Schmidt, Mike Kowis, Daryl Gaddis and David Lee. The Youth class was won again by Cody Ames. Garrett Day finished second and after 5 laps was only 23 seconds behind Ames. Third went to Travis Brown, fourth to Logan Elwood, and fifth to Jeremy Best.

We are now in our Summer Break and will not resume racing until August 27 in Cisco, Texas at Dirt Devil’s. We are having a mini series during the summer break though. It is a 4 race series called the 6-Hour Team Challenge. Teams made up of three riders or less will compete in four races that will begin at 6pm and end at 12 midnight. Should be fun…………..


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