With over two inches of rain the day before the event, partly cloudy skies, and temperatures in the 70s most of the day, traction was abundant, very different from the oven-like conditions of the previous event. Not surprisingly, the times on the 290-foot climb improved considerably. The hill record of 4.50 would see some serious challenges before the day was over.

In the first round, Mike Wood was the first under five seconds, clocking a 4.928 to lead the 600cc class. That time stood until Cipala rocketed his Open class ride up the hill in 4.65. That time would stand through the first round. Following overall were 600cc riders Wood, Jason Braun, Cipala, and Steve Cain, Senior leader, Dan McMurlyn, and Open riders, Duane Walser, and Justin Odegaard, all coming in under 5.3.

After two rounds of all the classes, it was on to the King of the Hill competition. The top ten fastest riders of the day qualified to take one shot at the hill. Although there is a championship for this class, and a good finish is important because of that, the big cash prize awaiting the winner of this event didn’t have too many riders thinking about anything but a win. Cipala was one of the first up the hill, not able to better his times from earlier in the day, but setting the KOH mark at 4.899. Despite some great attempts under tough conditions, no one else was able to crack five seconds, and the time stood to the end. Sallstrom came the closest to beating it, running a 5.016. Wood and Cain had the next fastest attempts.

This was the last event for 2005, so the riders will need to wait until 2006 to get their next try at the hill, and its hill record. Many local sponsors help the Kato Cycle Club make these events possible, including Reichel Insulation and Spotless Drywall, Kato Roofing, Pro Home Builders, John Prom Construction, and The Road House Bar and Grill.

Results:
Micro 4-8:
1.Mitchell Koester; 2.Nathan Prebe; 3.Luke Cipala; 4.Loran Cipala; 5.Logan Peterson; 6.Jared Tanley; 7.Jacob Walser; 8.Cole Exner;

65cc:
1.Kyle Ohnsorg; 2.Mitchell Koester; 3.Logan Cipala; 4.Nathan Prebe; 5.Dylan Nichols; 6.Logan Peterson; 7.Zach Gulden;

Mini Jr:
1.Zach Degross; 2.Jackson Exner; 3.Dylan Nichols; 4.Kyle Ohnsorg; 5.Casey Wood; 6.Logan Cipala; 7.Mitchell Koester; 8.David Fasnacht;

Mini Sr.:
1.Jacob Prebe; 2.Jason Sternitzke; 3.Collin Cassem; 4.Seth Seymour; 5.Jaclyn Gerdes; 6.Kim Olander; 7.Bryce Werner; 8.Tanner Knudson;

125cc:
1.Jacob Prebe; 2.Scott Braun; 3.Nate Redmann; 4.Kevin Braun; 5.Kory Fasnacht; 6.Jared Gitter; 7.Jessica Prebe; 8.Bobbi Cipala;

200cc:
1.Jay Sallstrom; 2.Jacob Prebe; 3.Nate Redmann; 4.Jason Sternitzke; 5.Jared Gitter; 6.John Curtis; 7.Shane Sandmeyer; 8.Zach Nelson;

250cc:
1.Mike Wood; 2.Aaron Prebe; 3.Nate Redman; 4.Kirk Mueller; 5.Ryan Peterson; 6.Kory Fasnacht; 7.Jamie Griecar; 8.Jason Braun;

450cc:
1.Jay Curtis; 2.John Curtis; 3.Aaron Prebe; 4.Jeff Colhour; 5.Jamie Grecar; 6.Darren Degross; 7.Corey Danberry; 8.Dave Byer;

600cc:
1.Mike Wood; 2.Jason Braun; 3.Todd Cipala; 4.Steve Cain; 5.Jay Sallstrom; 6.Dan Mcmurlyn; 7.Jamie Griecar; 8.Kaleb Northrup;

750cc:
1.Todd Cipala; 2.Kaleb Northrup; 3.Kirk Mueller; 4.Tc Allen; 5.Brad Cain;

Open:
1.Todd Cipala; 2.Kurt Koester; 3.Curtis Sullivan; 4.Justin Odegaard; 5.Duane Walser; 6.Mike Wood; 7.Matt Gulden Jr.; 8.Dennis Eiken;

Senior:
1.Dan Mcmurlyn; 2.Duane Walser; 3.Jay Curtis; 4.Askley Eiken; 5.John Steinmetz; 6.John Curtis; 7.Bob Chase; 8.Steve Doty;

50+:
1.Ashley Eiken; 2.John Steinmetz; 3.Dave Byer; 4.Rick Wiltscheck; 5.Greg Schmidt; 6.Tim Loomis; 7.Henry Kelley; 8.Walter Krech;

Four-Stroke:
1.Jeff Colhour; 2.Aaron Prebe; 3.Tc Allen; 4.Kory Fasnacht; 5.Corey Danberry; 6.Steve Doty; 7.Logan Sheppard; 8.Bob Teager;

Stock:
1.Jay Sallstrom; 2.Bradley Teager; 3.Jeremy Hage; 4.Collin Huggins; 5.Kyle Ohnsorg; 6.Bob Chase; 7.Collin Cassem; 8.Bryce Werner;

King of Hill:
1.Todd Cipala; 2.Jay Sallstrom; 3.Mike Wood; 4.Steve Cain; 5.Jason Braun; 6.Duane Walser; 7.Kurt Koester; 8.Dan Mcmurlyn;

ATV:
1.Josh Perry; 2.Steve Clark; 3.Tyler Clark; 4.Steve Atherton; 5.Tod Hintz; 6.Darren Degross; 7.Ryan Lewis; 8.Drew Cook;

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