TURLOCK, CA

The final round of the AMP Fall Series was held at the Oatfield Raceway. It had rained earlier in the week, allowing the dirt to soften up and the AMP crew to make some track changes, including a new finish-line whoop section. The riders got acclimated to the new section during Saturday's practice and prepared themselves for Sunday's racing.

One of the first motos of the day was for the Supermini class. Amateur title holder Connor Pearson (126, above) had his work cut out for him, as he struggled with his starts. Bruno Moreda hopped out front aboard his YZ85 and took off like a rocket, trailed by Marcus Nims and Logan Baker. As each lap went by, Pearson and another rider, Cole Barbieri, were charging through, trying to catch Moreda. Pearson made some quick moves on Baker and Nims and left Barbieri back in fourth, fighting with Nims and Baker. By the final lap, Pearson had caught Moreda, and he knew where he could make the pass. Pearson waited until he had three corners to go and dived it in on Moreda to take the win. Nims finished third, and Barbieri was fourth.

In moto two, Barbieri got out front, with Pearson and Moreda buried back in the pack. On lap two, Pearson moved riders out of his way and went from seventh to second and then slowly started chipping away at Barbieri's lead. Baker and Nims followed up the front two, waiting for the battle to unfold. Sure enough, on the last lap, a mistake by Barbieri allowed Pearson to take the win and Baker to slip by for second. Nims finished fourth. Moreda had a horrific last-lap crash that he was lucky to walk away from.

Pearson went on to walk away from the field in the 85 Open and 85 Intermediate classes as well - a nice, clean sweep for Connor Pearson on his Mach 1/RPM-backed Yamaha.

As usual, there was more great racing in the 250 and 450 Intermediate classes. All of these riders entered the Four-Stroke Open class as well to bring home some more factory contingency money. Tyler Bereman blasted out of the gate in the first Four-Stroke Open moto. Ty Keenom (127, above) was railing the inside and outside lines, trying to make one work to pass Bereman. On lap three, Bereman stuck the front end into a corner and, in his words, "heard a pop" in his knee, ending his day completely. Keenom settled for the easy win in moto one, knowing no other wins would come that easily. Robert Noftz (701, below right) put on one of the strongest charges of the day as he went from 13th on lap one to second at the finish. Drew Thomas worked his way forward to finish third.

"I'm either going to hit the gate or win," Noftz declared before moto two.

Noftz rocketed out of the gate aboard his Yamaha 450 and took off. Noftz knew Keenom was hot on his tail but never looked back to see where he was. Keenom stayed about four seconds behind Noftz but couldn't catch him. On lap two, Mick Pernsteiner moved into third, in front of Davey Blair, and that's how they finished.

Noftz and Keenom had more competition in the 450 Intermediate class, with Mark Braden and J.B. Buller getting in there to mix things up. Moto one ended up with Noftz getting the win, over Braden, Buller and Keenom.

In moto two, Braden jumped out front and put down some solid laps. Noftz stayed right on his rear wheel but couldn't catch him. Buller and Keenom diced it out, and Buller got the better of Keenom. Noftz took the overall victory, with Braden in second, Keenom in third and Buller fourth.

Keenom wasn't going to settle for seconds and thirds; he wanted some wins for himself. He did just that in the 250 Intermediate class and the Schoolboy class. After a few years of bad luck and injuries, Ty Keenom can't wait to get back out there and show his competitors at the Amateur Nationals that he's still got the speed to win titles.

Results

50 (4-6) STK: 1. Jacob Vierra (Cob); 2. Luke Greene (KTM); 3. Anthony Gonsalves (Cob); 4. Niko Williams (Cob); 5. Tanner Dillashaw (Honda).

50 (7-8) STK: 1. Zayne Schallberger (Cob); 2. Christopher Shenoy (Cob); 3. Valen Provine (Cob); 4. Tyler Toline (Pol); 5. Hunter Cross (Cob).

50 (4-8) OPEN: 1. Zayne Schallberger (Cob); 2. Christopher Shenoy (Cob); 3. Tyler Toline (Pol); 4. Hunter Cross (Cob); 5. Ryan White (Cob).

65 BEG: 1. Devin Petitt (KTM); 2. Ryan Matthews (Kawasaki); 3. Westen Williams (KTM); 4. Jack Stucky (KTM); 5. Jason Wilson (KTM).

65 NOV: 1. McClellan Hile (KTM); 2. Zach Darnley (Kawasaki); 3. Kyle Greeson (KTM); 4. Dante Oliveira (KTM); 5. Angelo Lanford (Pol).

65 INT: 1. Dillon Farmer (KTM).

65 OPEN: 1. Dillon Farmer (KTM); 2. Zach Darnley (Kawasaki); 3. McClellan Hile (KTM); 4. Dante Oliveira (KTM); 5. Kyle Greeson (KTM).

85 BEG: 1. Max Provine (Yamaha); 2. James Gipson (Yamaha); 3. Jack Saggau (Honda); 4. Dante Oliveira (Yamaha); 5. Kyle Greeson (KTM).

85 NOV: 1. Bruno Moreda (Yamaha); 2. Dillon Farmer (KTM); 3. Nick Decarli (Suzuki); 4. Dylan Tighe (Yamaha); 5. J.T. Blattman (Yamaha).

85 INT: 1. Connor Pearson (Yamaha); 2. Patric Longo (Suzuki); 3. Cole Barbieri (Yamaha); 4. Logan Baker (Yamaha); 5. Marcus H. Nims (Suzuki).

85 OPEN/BIG-WHEEL: 1. Connor Pearson (Yamaha); 2. Cole Barbieri (Yamaha); 3. Logan Baker (Yamaha); 4. Bruno Moreda (Yamaha); 5. Austin Prewitt (Honda).

S/MINI: 1. Connor Pearson (Yamaha); 2. Cole Barbieri (Yamaha); 3. Marcus H. Nims (Suzuki); 4. Logan Baker (Yamaha); 5. Nick Decarli (Suzuki).

150 4-STRK (11-15) BEG: 1. Blake Prewitt (Honda); 2. Jack Saggau (Honda).

150 4-STRK (11-15) NOV: 1. Austin Prewitt (Honda); 2. Tyler Pansini (Honda).

150 4-STRK (11-15) INT: 1. Steven Lopez (Honda); 2. Jacob Becvar (Honda).

125 BEG 2-STRK: 1. Colby Dirickson (Yamaha); 2. Bobby Ducharme (Yamaha); 3. Shayna Williams (Yamaha); 4. Malone Ahern (Yamaha); 5. Dominic Greeson (Yamaha).

125 NOV 2-STRK: 1. Steven Lopez (Honda); 2. Tallon Newman (Yamaha); 3. Landon Cohen (Yamaha); 4. Aaron Barnhart (Yamaha); 5. Billy Cocking (Suzuki).

250 BEG: 1. Michael Mayfield (Honda); 2. Colby Dirickson (Yamaha); 3. John Rowe Sexauer II (Honda); 4. Zakry Andris (Kawasaki); 5. Tony Damian (Kawasaki).

250 NOV: 1. Mike Northrup (Yamaha); 2. Jake Blaine (Honda); 3. Alex Milton (Kawasaki); 4. Tyler Bolin (Yamaha); 5. Jesse Janco (Kawasaki).

250 INT: 1. Ty Keenom (Kawasaki); 2. Ryan Rangel (Yamaha); 3. Mark Braden (Honda); 4. Matt Marden (Honda); 5. Dillon Firpo (Yamaha).

250 PRO: 1. Topher Ingalls (Yamaha); 2. Corey Pennington (Kawasaki); 3. Gared Steinke (Yamaha); 4. Ryan Theisen (Yamaha); 5. Austin Ingalls (Yamaha).

450 BEG: 1. Michael Mayfield (Honda); 2. Cory Rogers (Suzuki); 3. Logan Mayfield (Honda); 4. Tony Damian (Kawasaki); 5. Zakry Andris (Kawasaki).

450 NOV: 1. Keopele Osako (Kawasaki); 2. K.J. McKenzie (Yamaha); 3. Dylan Kappeler (Honda); 4. Jake Blaine (Honda); 5. Alexah Pearson (Yamaha).

450 INT: 1. Robert Noftz (Yamaha); 2. Mark Braden (Honda); 3. Ty Keenom (Kawasaki); 4. J.B. Buller (Honda); 5. Dillon Firpo (Yamaha).

450 PRO: 1. Darryn Durham (Suzuki); 2. Topher Ingalls (Yamaha); 3. David Gassin (Yamaha); 4. Corey Pennington (Kawasaki); 5. Keith Knight (Honda).

4-STRK OPEN: 1. Robert Noftz (Yamaha); 2. Ty Keenom (Kawasaki); 3. Mick Pernsteiner (Kawasaki); 4. Drew Thomas (Kawasaki); 5. Davey Blair (Yamaha).

4-STRK PRO: 1. Darryn Durham (Suzuki); 2. Corey Pennington (Kawasaki); 3. Keith Knight (Honda); 4. Topher Ingalls (Yamaha); 5. Gared Steinke (Yamaha).

SCHBY (0-15): 1. Ty Keenom (Kawasaki); 2. Mark Braden (Honda); 3. Tyler Bolin (Yamaha); 4. Travis Burrough (Honda); 5. Jordy Scalvini (Kawasaki).

CLGBY (16-24) AM: 1. T.J. Bettenhausen (Honda); 2. Ryan Rangel (Yamaha); 3. J.B. Buller (Honda); 4. Matt Marden (Honda); 5. Dillon Firpo (Yamaha).

25+ BEG: 1. Greg Pimentel (Honda).

25+ NOV: 1. Mike Northrup (Yamaha); 2. Jesse Pernsteiner (Kawasaki); 3. Frank Frasula (Kawasaki).

25+ INT: 1. Steven Slaney (Kawasaki); 2. Frank Rodrigues (Kawasaki); 3. Mike Hodges (Kawasaki); 4. Robert Becvar (Yamaha); 5. Don Johnson (Kawasaki).

25+ EX: 1. David Gassin (Yamaha); 2. Jeff Willoh (Kawasaki); 3. Steve Thinger (Kawasaki).

30+ NOV: 1. Jesse Pernsteiner (Kawasaki); 2. Wesley Greene (Honda); 3. Chris Sennings (Yamaha).

30+ INT: 1. Steven Slaney (Kawasaki); 2. Don Johnson (Kawasaki); 3. Paris Archie (Honda); 4. Danny Palermo (Kawasaki); 5. Brian Kuelper (Honda).

30+ EX: 1. Troy Cardiel (Honda); 2. Mike Hodges (Kawasaki); 3. Aaron Arnbrister (Kawasaki); 4. Dale Rayzor (Honda); 5. Jeff Becker (Suzuki).

30+ PRO: 1. Jeff Willoh (Kawasaki); 2. Rusty Holland (Kawasaki); 3. Steve Thinger (Kawasaki).

40+ NOV: 1. Jesse Pernsteiner (Kawasaki); 2. Wesley Greene (Honda); 3. Chris Sennings (Yamaha).

40+ EX: 1. Mike Hodges (Kawasaki); 2. Hank Armendariz (Honda); 3. Shawn Freiling (Kawasaki).