HESPERIA, CA

Even though the Vet X racing year is nearing its end, the competition on the track is building up in several classes as the racers battle for the final series titles. Competitive Edge delivered an excellent track for the sixth round of the Xtreme Prize Series. The track was ripped and watered in the morning and it developed multiple lines through the corners, with nice inside ruts forming through the early motos on the inside as well as lines around the outside in every corner. The track left multiple options to set up passes, and many of the riders took full advantage of that fact throughout the day.

The 36-42 Amateur class lined up on the gate early in the day, with great track conditions, and when the gate dropped, the riders thundered up the start hill. As the riders sorted themselves out on the first lap, John Soriano was in the lead, with Dan Osborne chasing him. At the midway point, Soriano was able to maintain the lead, with Osborne homing in on his rear fender. With two laps to go, Osborne was able to get past Soriano and take the lead. Soriano then made a mistake, and Steve Gardner took full advantage of it and moved into second place. Meanwhile, throughout the moto, Mike Colvin (617, below) battled his way from eighth to third. At the finish line, it was Osborne taking the win, followed by Gardner and the hard-charging Colvin.

The second moto again saw Soriano in the early lead, while Colvin again had some work cut out for him, as he rounded the first lap in fourth position. Soriano maintained the lead through the early laps, just ahead of Osborne. With two laps to go, Colvin made a charge, making up two positions and challenging Soriano for the lead - and eventually stealing it. When the checkers were thrown, Colvin took the win, followed by Soriano and Gardner.

Colvin (3-1) captured the overall victory, followed by Gardner (2-3) and Osborne (1-4).

The Over 50 Novice victory was claimed by Proride.com's Phil Cruz (950, left). The first moto was won by Cruz, who put his Honda in front, ahead of Bill Booth. In the second moto, Cruz was able to get an early lead, but within a few laps Milton Mize had worked his way into the lead, ahead of Cruz. In the end, Cruz was unable to win that battle, but he did take the overall win with his 1-2 finishes, followed by Mize (3-1) and Booth (2-3).

In the 43-49 Novice class, Jovie Saulog and Gary Ivin split moto wins, with Ivin winning the first race, just ahead of Saulog, while Mike Kinney cruised his way into third. In the second moto, Saulog was able to steal the win away from Ivin on the last lap. The overall victory was owned by Saulog, his 2-1 scores nudging Ivin (1-2) into second place by virtue of the second-moto-score advantage. Third place overall belonged to Scott Fichter (5-3).

Results

P/W OPEN: 1. Gavin Leachman; 2. Jacob Ortiz.

65 BEG: 1. Luke Ellis; 2. Jasper Kadlec; 3. Jarad Palmer.

65 (9-11): 1. Tyler Vasquez; 2. Cody McCoy.

65 OPEN: 1. Gavin Leachman.

85/150F BEG: 1. Hayden Joseph; 2. Eddie Ayala; 3. Michael Sorensen; 4. Timmy Holt; 5. Rowdy Soland.

85/150F (0-11): 1. Chase Felong; 2. Joseph Morales.

85/150F (12-13): 1. Michael Hazlett; 2. Andres Jaramillo.

85/150F OPEN: 1. Blayne Thompson; 2. Chase Felong; 3. Michael Hazlett; 4. Joseph Morales; 5. Rachel Combs.

BEG NEWBIE: 1. Kyle Vizzo; 2. Thomas Spalliero; 3. Jacob Himmel; 4. Chase Fiedler.

250F BEG: 1. Ian Langmaid; 2. Chris Meza; 3. Andres Jaramillo; 4. Ryan Hildreth; 5. Brandon Evans.

250F NOV: 1. Clint Miglia; 2. Kyle Rutherford; 3. Chet Fair; 4. Cameron Kyler; 5. Alex Durkin.

250F INT: 1. Ryan Trenholm; 2. Zac Ettinger; 3. Broc Shoemaker.

450F BEG: 1. Brandyn Thompson.

450F NOV: 1. Clint Miglia; 2. Derrick Hernandez.

450F INT: 1. Steven Tokarski; 2. Eric Rizzo.

OPEN (NON-PRO): 1. Steven Tokarski; 2. Cody Martin; 3. Ryan Trenholm; 4. Eric Ballejos; 5. Luke Ryan.

WMN BEG: 1. Natalie Schons; 2. Holly Hoffman.

WMN AM: 1. Hannah Minderhout; 2. Monica Somers; 3. Heather Brown; 4. Chandler McCorkle.

28+ INT VX1: 1. Jonathan Rhodes; 2. Chad Hubbard; 3. Chris Yeager; 4. Mike Tomlinson; 5. Jason McGuidwin.

28+ INT VX2: 1. Paul Kuehnel; 2. Janson Turner; 3. Wayne Ashby; 4. Curtis Hanson; 5. Mike Myers.

28+ INT OPEN: 1. Jonathan Rhodes; 2. Chris Yeager; 3. Chad Hubbard; 4. Paul Kuehnel; 5. Mike Tomlinson.

28-39 NEWBIE: 1. Chris Apodaca; 2. Heather Brown; 3. John Pratt; 4. Jami Henderson; 5. Joe Ceja.

28-39 BEG: 1. Joey Emerson; 2. John Heath; 3. Michael Hildreth; 4. Josh Guay; 5. Grant Lewandowski.

28-35 NOV: 1. John Ortiz; 2. Mike Snodgrass; 3. Scott Terrell; 4. Dan Ciesla; 5. Michael Penta.

28-35 AM: 1. John Soriano; 2. Xavier Romero; 3. Brian Packer; 4. Rick Kozlik; 5. Mike Vasquez.

28-35 PRO: 1. Tyson Taylor.

36+ PRO: 1. Craig Davis; 2. Phil Dowell.

36-42 NOV: 1. Michael Penta; 2. Steve Herrmann; 3. Mike Gee; 4. Dave Riley; 5. John Rizzo.

36-42 AM: 1. Mike Colvin; 2. Steve Gardner; 3. Dan Osborne; 4. John Soriano; 5. Pete Ferraro.

40+ NEWBIE: 1. Floredix Tingson; 2. John Pratt; 3. Winston De Los Reyes; 4. Arold Schreuder; 5. Ronny Krogstad.

40+ BEG: 1. Chris Williams; 2. Johnny Matiasevich; 3. Michael McQuinn; 4. Steve Downs; 5. Robert Marmolejo.

40+ INT: 1. Rick Ellis; 2. Larry Baker; 3. Randy Ellis.

43-49 AM: 1. Carlos Neves; 2. Jimmy Matiasevich; 3. Steve Fredericks.

43-49 NOV: 1. Jovie Saulog; 2. Gary Ivin; 3. Scott Fichter; 4. Mike Kinney; 5. Owen Fitzsimon.

50+ NOV: 1. Philip Cruz; 2. Milton Mize; 3. Bill Booth.

50+ EX: 1. Joel Harriott; 2. Rick Johnson; 3. Joe Pena.