Competition gets Nicked at I-90 Arena Motocross

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Riders from five states headed indoors to ride the first event on the 2006 Motokazie schedule, the I-90 Arena Motocross. Nick Claire was the only rider able to win four classes over the course of the two nights, sweeping the competitive 125cc B and 16-24 B classes. Nick Jackson was the top placing A rider, winning the 250 class both nights and Friday’s 16-24 A race.
 

Haley Greig showing good form on her Tom Grieg tuned KTM   Photo courtesy of Mark Conley 		Although the winter in this area has been mild in relative terms, riding outside on unfrozen dirt was still not even close to being an option. Enter the I-90 Arena. Located very close to the Iowa border and less than 100 miles from South Dakota, the facility usually hosts competitions involving horses and other farm animals, but the venue proved to be a very capable facility for indoor motocross. The track, pit area, concessions, and restrooms were in one heated area. Lap times on the areanacross-style track ranged from 35-45 seconds.
 
The first night of racing saw the grandstands filled to their 500-person capacity. Nearly 150 entries lead to plenty of action for the spectators all night. Early in the order was Claire’s first race, the 125cc B class. Consistency proved to be the key as a pair of seconds gave him the overall win. Moto winners Shane Gailey and Landon Rasch both had problems in their other races. He had an easier time of it in 16-24 B, sweeping both motos and taking the overall over Trevor Bakken. Jackson won every moto he entered, sweeping the tough 250cc A and 16-24 A classes. The only other racer to win two classes was Wisconsin’s Tayva Strom in the 50cc Chain and 50cc Open classes.

The track was running from Thursday to Monday. Mixed in with the practice sessions were the races Saturday and Sunday, pit bike races Friday night, and a Race School on Monday, which featured one of Iowa’s own areanacross stars, Cody Gilmore.

 

Women’s class hotshoe, Kristen Oja, looked comfortable on her new Kawasaki   Photo courtesy of Mark Conley 		The second night of races saw quite a few new faces, but a slight drop in the total entries. Claire won all four motos this time, giving him a perfect overall record for the two nights. In 250cc A, Jackson traded wins with Josh Sorenson, but got the overall with the second moto win. South Dakota’s Jesse Frost took wins in Schoolboy and 125cc C, which. Combined with his Saturday win in the 125cc C class, made him the only other rider to win three classes over the two nights. Henry Miller also won two classes on the evening, taking the 50cc Chain and 65cc 7-9 classes.
 
Several riders were able to win one class on each night. Adam Bistodeau won the Mini quads each time out, Kristen Oja swept the Women’s class, and Cody Lakore was undefeated in Supermini. Casey Schriock, all the way from Minot, North Dakota, followed up his Schoolboy win Saturday, with a win in 125cc A on Sunday. Joe Neumann picked up wins in 85cc 7-11 and 85cc 9-12. Jay Sallstrom, a frequent Hill climb competitor, took the 16-24 C wins each night. Trying to keep pace was King of thr Hill contender, Steve Cain, who took the 250cc C win on Sunday.

The events were helped made possible by DougSports Center, Jackson Cycle, Delano Sports Center, Coca Cola, DLC Cycle, Edge Motorsports, SRP, GPS Racing, Silver Dollar Bar, Holiday Inn, Super 8 Motel, AmericInn, and Best Western. The next event on the Motokazie Indoor Motocross schedule is Fergus Falls, Minnesota on February 16-20.

Results
January 14
50cc Oil Inj.:
1.Colton Falkman (Yam); 2.Donny Albers ; 3.Catlin Derocher ; 4.Dayton Nielson ; 5.Alex Ingalls (KTM);

50cc Chain:
1.Tayva M. Strom ; 2.Alex Ingalls (KTM); 3.Justin Wallace ; 4.Sophia Johnson (KTM);

50cc Open:
1.Tayva M. Strom ; 2.Justin Wallace ; 3.Sophia Johnson (KTM); 4.Isaac T. Schreurs (Yam);

65cc 7-9:
1.Joshua C. Anderson ; 2.Austin Anderson ; 3.Blake Peterson (Kaw);

65cc 10-11:
1.Keenan F. Strom ; 2.Trevor Ferry ; 3.Jordan Hanna ; 4.Kali Wald (Kaw); 5.Jacob Lackore ; 6.Dylan Nichols ; 7.Chaz Derocher ;

65cc Open:
1.Trevor Ferry ; 2.Keenan F. Strom ; 3.Chaz Derocher ; 4.Matthew Huinker (KTM);

85cc 7-11:
1.Joe Neumann ; 2.Brady Rhode (KTM); 3.Jeremy Dewall ; 4.Travis Stewart (Suz); 5.Chaz Derocher ; 6.Cody Stromborg ; 7.Tyler Ingalls ; 8.Jordan Hanna ; 9.Tanner Hargan ;

85cc 9-12:
1.Marshall Pilgram (KTM); 10.Calvin Pomeroy ; 2.Travis Stewart (Suz); 3.Trevor Hanna (KTM); 4.Joe Neumann ; 5.Jeremy Dewall ; 6.Reid Gerhardt (Kaw); 7.Sean Castle (Yam); 8.Brady Rhode (KTM); 9.Austin Falkman (Suz);

85cc 12-15:
1.Gavin Faith (KTM); 2.Zach Wallace ; 3.Joe Perron (Yam); 4.Marshall Pilgram (KTM); 5.Austin Falkman (Suz); 6.Damon Barnick (Hon); 7.Josh Lindgren ; 8.Reid Gerhardt (Kaw); 9.Slater Peterson (Kaw);

Supermini:
1.Cody Lackore (Yam); 2.Joe Perron (Yam); 3.Damon Barnick (Hon); 4.Sean Castle (Yam);

Schoolboy:
1.Casey Schriock ; 2.Jesse Frost (Kaw); 3.William Doane (Yam);

125 A:
1.Cody Jaeschke ; 2.Casey Schriock ; 3.Cole Matthees (Yam);

125 B:
1.Nick Claire (Hon); 10.Jeremy Hullett (Yam); 2.Jd Carsten ; 3.Shane Gailey ; 4.Douglas Bakken (Yam); 4.Justin Mckinley (Kaw); 5.Landon Rasch ; 6.Ryan Orres ; 7.Shea Lingle (Yam); 8.Matt Gamble (Yam); 9.Jeremy Quinzon ;

125 C:
1.Jesse Frost (Kaw); 10.Andy Collins ; 2.Jay Sallstrom (Hon); 3.Hardy White ; 4.Cody Lackore (Yam); 5.Andy Barthel ; 6.Andrew Fletcher ; 7.Kristen Oja (Kaw); 8.Kyle Willemssen (Kaw); 9.Josh Lindgren ;

250 A:
1.Nick Jackson (Yam); 2.Josh Sorenson (Hon); 3.Nick Oja (Yam); 4.Shannon Bakken (Yam); 5.David Powell ; 6.Luke Mattila ;

250 B:
1.Landon Rasch ; 2.Trevor Bakken (Hon); 3.Jacob Karg (Yam); 4.Dylon Turner ; 5.William Doane (Yam);

250 C:
1.Chris Anderson ; 2.Heath Kingery ; 3.Wes Blankenship ;

16-24 A:
1.Nick Jackson (Yam); 2.David Powell ;

16-24 B:
1.Nick Claire (Hon); 2.Trevor Bakken (Hon); 3.Jacob Karg (Yam); 4.Jeremy Quinzon ; 5.Jeremy Hullett (Yam); 6.Justin Mckinley (Kaw);

16-24 C:
1.Jay Sallstrom (Hon); 2.Chris Anderson ; 3.Cameron Griese ; 4.Hardy White ; 5.Kyle Willemssen (Kaw);

25+:
1.Kevin Bronson (Kaw); 2.Kiel Bormann ;

Vet +30:
1.Jeff Sorensen (Hon); 2.Steven Riordan (Hon); 3.Matt Ludescher (Yam); 4.Tim Myre (Yam); 5.Jon Holtz (Kaw); 6.Jeffrey Schreurs (Yam); 7.Brain Albers (Hon); 8.Troy Lang ;

Women:
1.Kristen Oja (Kaw); 2.Kali Wald (Kaw);

Mini Quad:
1.Adam Bistodeau ; 2.Dakota Schwichtenberg ; 3.Haley Olofson ; 4.Charlize Bistodeau ; 5.Breanna Bistodeau ; 6.Aaron Amin ; 7.Jewel Weiss ; 8.Bryan Brandt (Hon);

Quad 250:
1.Kyle Golberg (Hon); 2.Ben Horgen ; 3.Tony Haan (Yam); 4.Monte Heemeyer ;

Quad Open:
1.Ben Horgen ; 2.Monte Heemeyer ; 3.Kyle Golberg (Hon); 4.Shane Sharp ;

January 15
50cc Oil Inj.:
1.Alex Ingalls (KTM); 2.Colton Falkman (Yam); 3.Donny Albers (KTM); 4.Dayton Nielson ; 5.Kyra Boaz ; 6.Haley Greig (KTM);

50cc Chain:
1.Henry Miller (PLN); 2.Tayva M. Strom ; 3.Alex Ingalls (KTM); 4.Sophia Johnson (KTM);

50cc Open:
1.Sophia Johnson (KTM); 2.Dayton Nielson ; 3.Isaac T. Schreurs (Yam);

65cc 7-9:
1.Henry Miller (PLN); 2.Wyatt Livingston ;

65cc 10-11:
1.Matthew Huinker (KTM); 2.Kali Wald (Kaw); 3.Jacob Lackore ;

65cc Open:
1.Keenan F. Strom ; 2.Matthew Huinker (KTM); 3.Kali Wald (Kaw);

85cc 7-11:
1.Travis Stewart (Suz); 2.Joe Neumann (Suz); 3.Jeremy Dewall ; 4.Kali Wald (Kaw); 5.Tanner Hargan ;

85cc 9-12:
1.Joe Neumann (Suz); 2.Dan J. Greig (KTM); 3.Travis Stewart (Suz); 4.Jeremy Dewall ; 5.Sean Castle (Yam); 6.Austin Falkman (Suz); 7.Tyler Ingalls ; 8.Reid Gerhardt (Kaw);

85cc 12-15:
1.Joe Perron (Yam); 2.Austin Falkman (Suz); 3.Reid Gerhardt (Kaw); 4.Damon Barnick (Hon); 5.Josh Lindgren ;

Supermini:
1.Cody Lackore (Yam); 2.Joe Perron (Yam); 3.Sean Castle (Yam); 4.Cole Bernloehr ; 5.Damon Barnick (Hon);

Schoolboy:
1.Jesse Frost (Yam); 2.Casey Schriock ; 3.Micheal Sharp (Hon); 4.William Doane (Yam);

125 A:
1.Casey Schriock ; 2.Cole Matthees (Yam); 3.Cody Jaeschke ; 4.Ryan Orres ;

125 B:
1.Nick Claire (Hon); 2.Jed Carsten (Yam); 3.Shea Lingle (Yam); 4.Justin Mckinley (Yam); 5.Micheal Sharp (Hon); 6.Jeremy Hullett (Yam);

125 C:
1.Jesse Frost (Yam); 2.Jay Sallstrom (Hon); 3.Cody Lackore (Yam); 4.Cole Bernloehr ; 5.Kristen Oja (Kaw); 6.Kyle Willemssen (Kaw); 7.Andy Barthel ; 8.Josh Lindgren ;

250 A:
1.Nick Jackson (Yam); 2.Josh Sorenson (Hon); 3.Nick Oja (Yam); 4.Luke Mattila ; 5.David Powell ;

250 B:
1.Jacob Karg (Yam); 2.Matt Gamble (Yam); 3.Dylan Turner (Yam); 4.William Doane (Yam); 5.Clayton Feine (Suz);

250 C:
1.Steve Cain (Hon); 2.Chris Anderson (Kaw); 3.Jim L. Blount (Hon);

16-24 A:
1.David Powell ; 2.Nick Jackson (Yam);

16-24 B:
1.Nick Claire (Hon); 2.Jacob Karg (Yam); 3.Jeremy Hullett (Yam);

16-24 C:
1.Jay Sallstrom (Hon); 2.Chris Anderson (Kaw); 3.Steve Cain (Hon); 4.Kyle Willemssen (Kaw); 5.Taylor Ghere (Yam);

Vet +30:
1.Matt Ludescher (Kaw); 2.Derrick E. Boaz (Hon); 3.Jon Holtz (Kaw); 4.Tim Cain (Yam); 5.Jeffrey Schreurs (Yam); 6.Brian Albers (Suz);

Women:
1.Kristen Oja (Kaw); 2.Kali Wald (Kaw);

Mini Quad:
1.Adam Bistodeau ; 2.Charlize Bistodeau ; 3.Haley Olofson ; 4.Jewel Weiss ; 5.Aaron Amin ; 6.Breanna Bistodeau ;

Quad 250:
1.Monte Heemeyer ;

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