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Wisconsin ATV MX
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Round #6 Motozone - Tigerton, WI
Round #6 for the Badger State Quad
Championship series takes us to the Doug Gust
built track in Tigerton, WI. This track, along
with the existing ATV park and trails could
easily be voted the best event and facility in
the state. This round of MX racing would be tied
in with other events as this was an all quad
weekend with gates opening Friday night and
events not wrapping up until Sunday afternoon.
The other events going on would include Mud
Bog racing, Dirt Drags, Cross Country, TT, and
of course MX racing. There were also side events
to include trail riding, wheelie contest, teeter
totter contest to name a few. Troy Oleson of
www.racing-extreme.com was on hand the
entire weekend as well to provide the racers and
family members with some great pictures of the
action and pictures for this race report.
On to the race action………..As mentioned, the
MX racing action would be tied in with two other
disciplines this round. Those two disciplines
would be Cross Country and TT. Racers could race
any event or all three. Those racing all there
were competing for the overall title for the
weekend along with some nice size trophies going
to the top 3 in each class. The first event to
kick off the competition for the Triple Crown
was Cross Country racing Saturday morning. The
MX racers usually are kind of chomping at the
bit to get a chance to take a shot at a
different style of racing and Cross Country is
one of the favorites. This CC race would be a
little condensed on time with classes being
split into 4 heats and each heat doing 45
minutes. For a lot of racers this was their
first time doing a CC event and it’s always
great seeing the look on their face after the
first lap and you tell them to keep going. #990
Zac Zakowski, who currently sits 5th in the GNCC
4x4 open class, probably grabbed the most
attention on his Can-Am as he easily won his
heat and class. The Production A and Pro-Am
class were low on the turnout side for the CC
portion as those riders were gearing up for the
TT and MX racing and wanted to ensure their
quads were ready for the action Sunday to
maintain their points battle for the lead.
However, that didn’t stop Steve Runkel, Cody
Janssen, and Adam Warren from duking it out in
the trees. Steve Runkel would win that battle
though in the end. The +25 class saw some really
good entries as well. #85 Roger Brown came out
to show him and his machine still had what it
takes and he did just that. Scott Kinczfogel and
Roger Pinkham rounded out the top 3 in the
class. Blake Kreuser was the kid to beat in the
mini classes.
As the racing wrapped up from the morning of
Cross Country racing, the afternoon of TT racing
would soon begin. With the Tigerton facility
being more of a sand base it appeared the track
would not become too blue grooved for the racers
and most would run their MX tires. During the
heat race Cody Janssen appeared to be the
fastest racer along with Steve Runkel in the
Pro-Am Production class. However, Steve Runkel
would fall out of the main due to mechanical
issues and Cody would limp to a 5th giving the
overall on the TT track to Adam Warren, followed
by Matt Mullen, Cory Gauthier, and DJ Spurling.
One of the more exciting classes had to be the
Production C class as the starting line was
overflowing with racers anxious to grab that
holeshot. In the end, Collin Beshel would be the
racer grabbing the checkered followed by Brekken
Kleinschmidt and Richie Olichwier. There was
plenty of other great race action as well with
plenty of excitement for the spectators. At the
end of the first day of racing, some riders came
out a little more beaten and worn out then the
rest, but Sunday would be a new day.
Sunday the racers were treated to probably
the best MX track in Wisconsin. You could tell
some were moving a little slower coming to
registration after the previous days beating on
the CC and TT track, but the registration
numbers were still good rounding out the weekend
with over 300 entries for the Triple Crown
event. The Fantasy Moto track crew put in a lot
of time watering and prepping the track and it
locked like the racers were in for a treat. In
the Who’s Next Fight Gear Pro-am Production
class the focus shifted slightly as top runner
Steve Runkel would not be able to repair his
quad in time for the MX event. However, current
top runners Cody Janssen, Eric Wenzel, Joey
Tomazevic, DJ Spurling and handful of other
riders were anxious to get some air time on the
big step-up jump. Cody Janssen would be the
fastest and smoothest on the day though as he
would go 1, 1 for the day to secure the win and
also secure the current points lead in the
series. Eric Wenzel would have his rear shock
linkage fail him though in the Production A
class in the first moto, which would allow Cody
more security in his points lead as Eric Wenzel
would not be able to race the 2nd moto of the
Pro-am Production class. DJ Spurling and Cory
Gauthier would be battling it out for both motos
though. In the end DJ would best Cory with a 3,
2 for the day while Cory would follow behind
with a 2, 3 finish on the day. Current leaders
in the Pro-Am Production class battling for the
pair of Fox Shox and the Who’s Next Fight Gear
cash prize are Cody Janssen, Eric Wenzel, and
Steve Runkel. However, Steve Runkel may not
return for the last 3 rounds and leave the door
open for Joey Tomazevic or DJ Spurling to fight
for one of the top 3 spots.
As mentioned, Eric Wenzel was putting down
some good lap times until a suspension failure
would end his day in the Production A class.
Joey Tomazevic also had a rough day with several
get offs. With those two having a rough day,
Cody Janssen would also secure the win in
Production A with a 1,1 finish on the day
followed by DJ Spurling (2,2) and Adam Zalewski
(4,3). Every class had good entry numbers and
great race action as well. #14 Tom Appleton was
able to beat out 14 other racers in the
Production C class, which was one of the biggest
classes of the day. #22 Eric Decker didn’t have
an easy task though either with 12 entries in
the Production B class. He would take the
overall win though with a 2, 1 finish over the
1, 2 finish of #811 Tj Timblin. #199 of Sky
Volkamer made one of the longer trips of the
racers present to race against some of the stiff
competition in the pee wee classes in Wisconsin.
Sky held his own finishing 4th on the day with a
5, 4 in the Mini Mod class. Finishing in front
of him would be #38 of Sam Rowe, #8 Blake
Kreuser, and #12 Gunner Tebon.
Full results are available at
www.xtrmlive.com and current points
available at
http://www.glqra.com/Race_results/BSQC2009.PDF
The next round of action will be at Gravity
Park USA in Chilton, WI on August 15th. Reminder
this round will once again be a night race with
gates opening at 3pm and practice to start
around 5:30pm. Racing action is coming to and
end soon with only 3 rounds to go to include the
schedule 1st round make-up race in Wittenberg,
WI on August 23rd.
Visit
www.WATVMX.com for more information and
upcoming races and the Badger State Quad
Championship series.
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