LAKE ELSINORE, CA

With a three-moto format instead of the usual two motos, the day began fast and furious as the first race of five multiple-class races started off the day with the big bikes on the line.

Thirteen-year-olds Matt Cerami (140, above), John Haygood (711) and Thomas Hoffman (24) and fortysomething rider Mike Herbert (119) battled for the holeshot in the first big-bike moto, while Taylor Hiner gave them all a 10-second lead by waiting at the start gate before chasing them all down. With just one more race to go in the four-round series, the goofing around came to an end really quickly. Hiner caught all but Cerami on lap one, quickly overtaking him to win each moto. Cerami held a strong second place on each lap thereafter. The overall finishing order for race one was Hiner, Cerami, Haygood, Hoffman and Herbert.

Putting on a good show, 250cc four-stroke riders Taylor Hiner (above left) and Matt Cerami (above right) executed the so-called "Hucking the Matterhorn." The mountain in question is the newly labeled 120-foot spanker that has added much excitement to the races for the riders, their families and the spectators. The newest members of the "Huck the Matterhorn" club are 125cc racer John Haygood, 150cc racer Jordan Di Bella, and 85cc racers Carson Carr and Michael Quinn. Noah Fraley (271, below) and Matthew Haygood (313) enjoy honing their "hucking" skills over the apex of the Matterhorn trail. Haygood vows to catch his trackside and pit buddy Fraley on the racetrack someday soon.

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Results

50 PEE WEE/JR (4-6): 1. Luke Sparks (Suzuki).

50 2-STRK STRTR (4-6): 1. Dillinger Herbert (KTM).

50 BEG 2-STRK (4-6): 1. Aidan Scrimpshire (Cob).

50 BEG 2-STRK (7-8): 1. Jacob Wondolowski (Cob); 2. Justin Alvarado (KTM); 3. Jacob Camp (KTM); 4. Seth Sirrs (KTM).

50 NOV 2-STRK (7-8): 1. Skyler Smith (Cob): 2. Manuel Moreno (Cob).

50 NOV 2-STRK (4-6): 1. Tyler Nicolson (Cob).

50 OPEN (0-8): 1. Skyler Smith (Cob).

65 STRTR (0-12): 1. Jacob Wondolowski (KTM); 2. Alex Lamar (Kawasaki); 3. Ian Sirrs (KTM); 4.Cory Ferguson (Cob); 5. Christopher Weigle (KTM).

65 BEG (0-12): 1. Brandon Nicholson (KTM); 2. Jake Sparks (KTM); 3. Matthew Busch (Kawasaki); 4. Colton Mathison (KTM); 5. Hunter Huddleston (KTM).

65 NOV (0-12): 1. Nathan Di Bella (Kawasaki).

65 INT (0-12): 1. Michael Sandoval (KTM); 2. Ezra Lewis (KTM).

65 OPEN (0-12): 1. Michael Sandoval (KTM); 2. Ezra Lewis (KTM); 3. Matthew Busch (Kawasaki).

85 STRTR (0-13): 1. Gavin Whitcomb (Honda); 2. Jamal Brinkley (Kawasaki); 3. Brandon Nicholson (KTM); 4. Maxwell Ruml (Honda); 5. Evan Scrimpshire (Yamaha).

85 BEG (0-13): 1. Noah Fraley (Suzuki); 2. Matthew Haygood (Yamaha); 3. Jake Brown (Honda).

85 NOV (0-13): 1. Michael Quinn (Yamaha); 2. Carson Carr (Yamaha): 3. Marshall Stewart (Kawasaki).

85 NOV (14-16): 1. Jack Bergstrom (Kawasaki).

85 OPEN (0-16): 1. Michael Quinn (Yamaha); 2. Carson Carr (Yamaha): 3. Jack Bergstrom (Kawasaki); 4. Gavin Whitcomb (Honda).

125 2-STRK BEG: 1. John Haygood (Yamaha); 2. Thomas Hoffman (Honda).

150 4-STRK STRTR: 1. Cooper Del Mar (Honda); 2. Joshua Dondick (Honda); 3. Kelly Brown (Honda); 4. Connor Brown (Honda).

150 OPEN (0-16): 1. Jordan Di Bella (Honda); 2. Ty Mercer (Honda); 3. Joshua Dondick (Honda).

250 4-STRK NOV: 1. Taylor Hiner (Honda); 2. Matt Cerami (Honda).

250 40+ AM: 1. Mike Herbert (Honda).