BOWERS VICTORY IN RENO
RENO, Nev. – The eighth round of AMSOIL Arenacross, including Ricky Carmichael’s Road to Supercross, arrived at an emotional conclusion on Saturday night in Reno, Nev., inside the Livestock Events Center as the last 10 riders that will contend in the Race to the Championship were resolved. After a couple of sensational Arenacross Class Main Events, Babbitt’s Monster Energy/AMSOIL Kawasaki exhibited by Maxxis rider caught his 6th general triumph to cement his position on the title standings. For the second in a row evening, Factory Connection Honda’s RJ Hampshire ruled the Western Regional Arenacross Lites Class to clear the division Main Events in AMSOIL Arenacross make a big appearance end of the week.
PBR/TiLube/TUF Racing Honda’s Jacob Hayes assumed control over the early lead in the opening Arenacross Class Main Event, Babbitt’s Monster Energy/AMSOIL Kawasaki partners Zach Ames and Bowers close by. Arbors squandered brief period in making his turn to the front, passing Ames for second on Lap 2 and after that Hayes for the lead on Lap 3. Once out front, Bowers never thought back. Then, Ames and Hayes occupied with fight starting on Lap 3 with Ames following his partner to assume control second place. In any case, on Lap 7 Hayes advanced back around Ames, who at that point experienced mishap on Lap 8 and fell somewhere inside the best 10. That permitted Motosport.com/MJM Express/Spinechillers Racing KTM’s Willy Browning to assume control third, however his chance in a platform spot was brief as PBR/TiLube/TUF Racing Honda’s Kyle Regal assumed control third on Lap 11. Groves was taken after over the line by the TUF Racing couple.
Arbors chose the reversal for the second Main Event, and for the second night in succession modified the whole field of 16 riders.
Hampshire, who completed eleventh in the primary Main Event, exploited the reversal to accept the early lead in the last Main Event, trailed by Motosport.com/MJM Express/Spinechillers Racing Kawasaki’s Michael McDade and AJ Oilfield Services Kawasaki’s Gray Davenport, who was soon passed by Farmers Insurance/Reynard Mods Suzuki’s Cory Green. Thickets began in ninth, Hayes in 6th, and Regal in thirteenth. Neither Hampshire nor McDade were truly tested out front, yet the resulting fights behind them gave a wild 15-laps of hustling. Hayes moved his way into fourth and was hoping to secure a potential third straight general triumph, yet experienced setback on Lap 3, which likewise gathered Bowers and dropped the two riders outside the best 10. Green persevered through predictable weight for third from any semblance of Motosport Hillsboro Kawasaki’s Gared Steinke, Ames, and his partner Colt Nichols. Out front, Hampshire hustled to his first vocation Arenacross Class Main Event win with McDade in second. They were joined on the platform by Green, with Nichols fourth, Ames fifth, and Steinke 6th. Thickets fought his way back to complete seventh, with Regal in eighth. Hayes recorded a DNF and completed fifteenth.
Prior at night, Bowers vanquished Hampshire to win Head-to-Head Bracket Racing, and the extra title reward point demonstrated basic in the general standings.
Nooks’ amazing flexibility in the second Main Event vaulted him to first generally speaking regardless of 1-7 completes the process of, pushing out his colleague Nichols (4-4) by only one point. Nichols’ sprinter up exertion was a vocation best outcome. Grand balanced the general platform in third (3-8). Hampshire’s first profession head class win landed him simply off the platform in fourth (11-1), while Hayes completed eleventh (2-15).
Nooks, who assumed control over the focuses lead on Friday, now enters the Race to the Championship as the best seed. He will be joined by (arranged by seeding): Ames, Hayes, Regal, Green, Browning, Nichols, McDade, Sewell and Gared Steinke. Group Faith/FLY Racing KTM’s Kelly Smith passed up a major opportunity for a qualifying spot by only six focuses. The title focuses will be reset for these 10 riders for start of the Race to the Championship one weekend from now.
In simply his second Western Regional Arenacross Lites Class Championship Main Event, Hampshire indicated how agreeable he as of now is in AMSOIL Arenacross. Hampshire got the early lead in the 18-lap Main Event and looked just as he’d go wire-to-wire for the second in a row night, however a bobble on Lap 5 gave the prompt KMS KTM’s Dave Ginolfi. Be that as it may, only one lap later Hampshire recovered the position and set sail to triumph. Behind him, the fight for the platform warmed up as KTM rider Michael Horban moved into third on Lap 8 and after that moved into second only a few laps later. BWRengines.com Honda’s Maxx Malatia at that point expected the last spot on the platform on Lap 13, while Ginolfi went from the race prompt a fourth-put result over the last 10 laps of rivalry.
BWRengines.com Honda’s Kyle White, who completed fifth, moved into the lead in the Western Regional Arenacross Lites Class standings. He holds a six-point lead over AJ Oilfield Services Kawasaki’s Gray Davenport, who completed 6th.
AMSOIL Arenacross proceeds one weekend from now for the opening round of the Race to the Championship from Tulsa, Okla., and the BOK Center. Activity initiates next Saturday, March 1, starting at 8 p.m. ET.
Arenacross Class Results – Main Event 1
Tyler Bowers, Danville, Ky., Kawasaki
Jacob Hayes, Liberty, N.C., Honda
Kyle Regal, Grand Prairie, Texas, Honda
Colt Nichols, S. Muskogee, Okla., Kawasaki
Kelly Smith, Ludington, Mich., KTM
Willy Browning, Pleasantville, Ohio, KTM
Travis Sewell, Westville, Ind., KTM
Cory Green, Nowata, Okla., Suzuki
Zach Ames, Prospect, Ohio, Kawasaki
Gared Steinke, Woodland, Calif., Kawasaki
Arenacross Class Results – Main Event 2
RJ Hampshire, Hudson, Fla., Honda
Michael McDade, McDonald, Ohio, Kawasaki
Cory Green, Nowata, Okla., Suzuki
Colt Nichols, S. Muskogee, Okla., Kawasaki
Zach Ames, Prospect, Ohio, Kawasaki
Gared Steinke, Woodland, Calif., Kawasaki
Tyler Bowers, Danville, Ky., Kawasaki
Kyle Regal, Grand Prairie, Texas, Honda
Willy Browning, Pleasantville, Ohio, KTM
Kelly Smith, Ludington, Mich., KTM
Arenacross Class Results – Overall (Main Event Finishes)
Tyler Bowers, Danville, Ky., Kawasaki (1-7)
Colt Nichols, S. Muskogee, Okla., Kawasaki (4-4)
Kyle Regal, Grand Prairie, Texas, Honda (3-8)
RJ Hampshire, Hudson, Fla., Honda (11-1)
Cory Green, Nowata, Okla., Suzuki (8-3)
Michael McDade, McDonald, Ohio, Kawasaki (12-2)
Zach Ames, Prospect, Ohio, Kawasaki (9-5)
Kelly Smith, Ludington, Mich., KTM (5-10)
Willy Browning, Pleasantville, Ohio, KTM (6-9)
Gared Steinke, Woodland, Calif., Kawasaki (10-6)
Western Regional Arenacross Lites Class Results
1. RJ Hampshire, Hudson, Fla., Honda
2. Michael Horban, Grant Pass, Ore., KTM
3. Maxx Malatia, Itasca, Ill., Honda
4. Dave Ginolfi, Boston, N.J., KTM
5. Kyle White, Freeport, Ill., Honda
6. Dim Davenport, Lehi, Utah, Kawasaki
7. Axell Hodges, Encinitas, Calif., Honda
8. Robert Noftz, Red Bluff, Calif., Yamaha
9. Brandon Glenn, Mesquite, Texas, KTM
10. Dylan Rouse, Florence, Ky., Honda
Arenacross Class Race to the Championship
Tyler Bowers, Danville, Ky., Kawasaki – 6
Zach Ames, Prospect, Ohio, Kawasaki – 5
Jacob Hayes, Greensboro, N.C., Kawasaki – 4
Kyle Regal, Grand Prairie, Texas, Honda – 4
Cory Green, Nowata, Okla., Suzuki – 3
Willy Browning, Pleasantville, Ohio, KTM – 3
Colt Nichols, S. Muskogee, Okla., Kawasaki – 2
Michael McDade, McDonald, Ohio, Kawasaki – 2
Travis Sewell, Westville, Ind., KTM – 1
Gared Steinke, Woodland, Calif., KTM – 1
Arenacross Class Points
Kelly Smith, Ludington, Mich., KTM – 207
Steven Mages, Sardinia, Ohio, Kawasaki – 124
Nathan Skaggs, Chillicothe, Ohio, Kawasaki – 116
Jeff Gibson, Pataskala, Ohio, Honda – 90
Robby Marshall, Stow, Mass., KTM – 85
Dave Ginolfi, Boston, N.J., KTM – 83
Aaron Plessinger, Hamilton, Ohio, Yamaha – 75
Kyle White, Freeport, Ill., Honda – 67
Keith Tucker, Fuquay Varina, N.C., Yamaha – 57
Daniel Blair, Lodi, Calif., KTM – 45
Western Regional Arenacross Lites Class Points (After Race 5 of 10)
1. Kyle White, Freeport, Ill., Honda – 63
2. Dim Davenport, Lehi, Utah, Kawasaki – 57
3. Maxx Malatia, Itasca, Ill., Honda – 54
4. Steven Mages, Sardinia, Ohio, Kawasaki – 53
5. Daniel Blair, Lodi, Calif., KTM – 43
6. Dave Ginolfi, Boston, N.J., KTM – 43
7. Path Staley, Chillicothe, Ohio, KTM – 26
8. Brian Alquist, LaGrange, Calif., KTM – 21
9. Josh Struebig, Crown Point, Ind., KTM – 17
10. Ryan Breece, Athol, Idaho, Kawasaki – 16
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