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By: Tim Povenski
Photos: Tim Povenski
WV State Harescramble Championship Series
Koontz Promotions HS @ Trans Allegheny Lunatic
Asylum
Round
5: Weston, WV
Gabe Phillips (Hon)
T.J.
Shaw (KTM) |
The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
(http://trans-alleghenylunaticasylum.com/) in
Weston, WV was the scene of the latest Koontz
Promotions harescramble. Just as the dust was
beginning to settle from the bike race, the ATV
racers were lining up and getting anxious to try
the big hill and tear into the new track. Gabe
Phillips, Bryan Channell and a host of others
showed up to see who could get the win and take
home some points. The hilly terrain provided a
challenging track. At the same time, there were
many high speed sections that let the riders max
out their machines.
With the drop of the
flag, Channell took the hole shot and let the
Open A class to the big hill, which waited about
a half mile into the track. Channell slowly
tracked up the hill with Phillips right behind
him. At the top, Channell got hung up and that
led to Phillips getting hung up. Channell was
the first to get free and made up to the top and
left Phillips behind him. This led to Phillips
having to play catch up early on a fast track.
Phillips talked about the hill after the race
with Roy Dains, “The hill wasn’t that bad, but
channel was the first to go up. I followed,
Channel got almost to the top of it and got
stuck, so that screwed me up there. Then, I had
to play catch up for a lap.” Catching Channell
on the hill was not an option the second lap as
the course workers rerouted the track after
havoc ensued on that hill for those who at least
tried it.
Eventually Phillips caught
Channell. Lappers happened to slow Channell down
for a moment as Phillips whipped by and made a
double pass to take the overall lead. He never
looked back. “There was a road on top of the
hill when I was behind him. We came up onto lap
traffic. He waited to pass and I just passed
them both at the same time and never looked
back.” Phillips also talked about track
conditions, “The track was really fast. There
was a sweet jump on top where you could fly out
this road and launch off it. The worst part was
above the check in. I hit a tree trying to get
around lap traffic, but other than that, I had
an alright day.”
Channell eventually had
to drop out due to a broken chain. This led to
Open C (16-29) rider TJ Shaw to second Overall
and Open B rider Jesse Kelly to take third
overall. The top ten overall only saw two A
riders and one B rider! Seven of the top ten
riders were from the Open C (16-29) class.
OVERALL:
1. Gabe Phillips (Hon)
2. T.J.
Shaw (KTM)
3. Jesse Kelly (Hon)
4. Mark Moore
(Yam)
5. Emery Cutlip (Hon)
6. Ryan Booth (Hon)
7. David Whitacre (Yam)
8. Tyler Armstrong (Hon)
9. Devin Bohon (Pol)
10. Chad Turner (Suz)
OPEN A:
1. Gabe Phillips (Hon)
2. David Whitacre (Yam)
3. Bryan Channell (Hon)
OPEN B:
1. Jesse Kelly (Hon)
2. Ritchie Thomas
(Hon)
3. Richie Nolan (Suz)
4. John Marmol Jr.
(Yam)
5. Travis Jones (Yam)
OPEN C (30 &
UP):
1. Ryan Price (Hon)
2. Peter Dandrea Jr.
(Hon)
3. Kevin Helmick (Kaw)
4. Ken Smithberger
(KTM)
5. Jerry Arbogast (OTH)
OPEN C
(16-29):
1. T.J. Shaw (KTM)
2. Mark Moore
(Yam)
3. Emery Cutlip (Hon)
4. Ryan Booth (Hon)
5. Tyler Armstrong (Hon)
VET (30 & UP):
1. Kevin Doljac (Hon)
SENIOR (40 & UP):
1. Kenneth Kelly (Hon)
UTILITY:
1.
Chad Belt (Kaw)
2. Gary Wiant (Kaw)
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