DADE CITY, FL

The best weather in quite a while greeted the riders for round 12 of the Monster Energy Sponsors Cup, which was also round five of the Vortex Lites Championship Series. Warm and dry conditions were the norm for the night. The best five motos have now been counted toward the championship series. The field has tightened up in points, and it is a whole new series heading into the final 10 rounds.

In the first moto of the Sponsors Cup, presented by Patriot Chevrolet, it was Kissimmee Motorsports/Fox/Oakley-sponsored Tyler Livesay absconding with the holeshot. Michael Picone (972, above) was second, followed by Kory Keylon, Texas' Michael Kasberg, and Ryan Jessip. Livesay and Picone pulled away on lap two. Moving up to fourth was Jessip. Butler Brothers' Kyle Keylon and Jason Thomas were making their way through the field. By the halfway mark, Picone was hounding Livesay for the lead. Kory was riding a lonely third, while Kyle passed Jessip for fourth. At the checkers, Livesay outlasted Picone. Kory rounded out the podium, and Kyle and Thomas rounded out the top five.

The second moto saw Picone run away with his patented holeshot. Livesay filed into second, followed by Kory, Josh Talmadge, and Smith. The top three pulled a gap on the rest of the field. The rider to watch was Ian Millett, who was coming from the back of the pack. At the checkers, Picone took the win, over Livesay. Kory held on for third, ahead of his brother Kyle. Millett made his way to fifth.

"Tyler pressured me the whole time for the win," Picone said on the podium. "I cannot thank all my sponsors enough, and also my mom and dad, girlfriend, and all the others supporting me."

Kissimmee Motorsports' Kyle Keylon (310. above) won the first heat race in the Vortex Lites contest. C.K. Douglas keep him honest in second. Champions Powersports' Kalen Fitzpatrick held off Elite Performance Cycle & Ski's Pup Whatley for third, and Adventure Flex Pack Racing's Eddie Clark was fifth.

The second heat saw Six 12 Suspension's Andrew Stocker lead from start to finish. Mike's Cycle Center's Robert Devonald-Batt was runner-up. Jared Jackson held off R.J. Hampshire for third.

The Vortex Lites main saw Stocker first to the first turn. Keylon was second, followed by Whatley, Devonald-Batt and Jackson. Stocker and Keylon battled for the lead, but by lap three it all came to a stop for Stocker. Keylon took over the lead, with Whatley now second. Devonald-Batt was third, followed by Jackson and Fun Bike Center's Robby Renner. When the checkers flew, Keylon won by seven seconds over Whatley. Devonald-Batt rounded out the podium in third. The battle for fourth tightened up on the last lap, and Jackson, Fitzpatrick and Westbrook crossed the line only a couple of bikelengths apart.

Matthew Lade won the first moto of the 65 (9-11) Beginner class, over Barney's Rocket Racing's Nicolas Rego and Weston Livingston. Tyler Snorek outlasted O'Neal/Scott/Renthal-sponsored Morgan Johnson for fourth.

In the second moto, Rego and Snorek hounded Lade to the checkers. Johnson passed Michael Orlowski on the last lap for fourth.

Adventure Flex Pack Team's Zachary Hart led the first moto of the 85 (7-11) B class. He was followed by Braden Meyer (821, left), Adventure Cycle Center's Tyler Lang, and William Klee. Meyer took the lead halfway through the first lap and never looked back. Hart battled with Lang and Clermont Land & Tree's Travis Rudolph. In the end, Lang took second, over Hart and Rudolph. Klee rounded out the top five.

Meyer took the second-moto win. Rudolph moved up to second, over Hart. Kyle Cheesman got a better start and got fourth, and Klee rounded out the top five.

Results

50 (4-6) A STK: 1. Vincent Valente (Honda); 2. Cameron Trommater (Honda); 3. Ayden Shive (Yamaha); 4. Dylan Varn (Honda); 5. Nolen Huston (Yamaha).

50 (4-6) B STK: 1. Tyler More (Yamaha); 2. Gabriel Helzer (Yamaha); 3. Tyler Hilton; 4. Thomas Harris (Yamaha); 5. Mitchell Sandoval (Yamaha).

50 (4-6) MOD: 1. Vincent Valente (KTM); 2. Cameron Trommater (KTM); 3. Matthew Smith (Cob).

50 (7-8) A: 1. Marc Gonzalez (KTM); 2. Bryce Raub (Cob); 3. Branden Douglas (Pol); 4. Logan Stephens (Cob); 5. Alejandro Zarrate (Cob).

50 (7-8) B: 1. Dawson Green (Cob); 2. Maddox Spatafore (Cob); 3. Christopher Thompson (Cob).

65 (5-8) A: 1. Branden Douglas (KTM); 2. Marc Gonzalez (KTM); 3. Bryce Raub (Kawasaki); 4. Logan Stephens (Kawasaki).

65 (5-8) B: 1. Seth Brown (Apx); 2. Tanner Congleton (KTM); 3. Dawson Green (Kawasaki); 4. Chandler Payne (Kawasaki); 5. Christian Dresser (KTM).

65 (9-11) A: 1. Tyler Lang (KTM); 2. Zachary Robinson (KTM); 3. Ethan Woods (KTM) 4. Mason Green (Kawasaki) 5. David Dean (Kawasaki).

65 (9-11) B: 1. Matthew Lade (KTM); 2. Nicolas Rego (Kawasaki); 3. Tyler Snorek (Kawasaki); 4. Morgan Johnson (Kawasaki); 5. Weston Levingston (Suzuki).

65-150 JR GIRLS: 1. Courtney Long (Honda); 2. Shelby Quast (Kawasaki); 3. Taylor Goldsborough (Kawasaki); 4. Brooke Lynds (Kawasaki) 5. Samantha Malik (Honda).

85 (7-11) BEG: 1. Mason Green (Kawasaki); 2. Ryan Garrett (Kawasaki); 3. Cameron Sepulveda (Suzuki); 4. Darby Harrison (Suzuki); 5. Skylor Clegg (Yamaha).

85 (7-11) B: 1. Braden Meyer (KTM); 2. Travis Rudolph (Kawasaki); 3. Zachary Hart (Kawasaki); 4. William Klee (Yamaha); 5. Kyle Cheesman (Suzuki).

85 (12-15) BEG: 1. Jeremy Belcher (Honda); 2. Mason Osborn (Kawasaki); 3. Michael Teal (Kawasaki); 4. Abby Dorey (Kawasaki); 5. Kirk Gaskell (Honda).

85 (12-15) A: 1. Bodie Colangelo (Suzuki); 2. Austin Winslow (Kawasaki); 3. Hunter Chandler (Suzuki); Kaleb Damon (Kawasaki).

85 (12-15) B: 1. Tyler Congleton (Kawasaki); 2. Michael Glasheen (Honda); 3. Matthew Meadows (Honda); 4. Blake Dorey (Kawasaki); 5. Robbey Ruffner (Kawasaki).

85-150 S/MINI: 1. Austin Winslow (Kawasaki); 2. Bodie Colangelo (Suzuki); 3. Hunter Chandler (Suzuki); 4. Cameron Goins (Suzuki); 5. David Leaf (Kawasaki).

110 AUTO CLUTCH STK: 1. Trace Edwards (Kawasaki); 2. Ethan Roush (Kawasaki); 3. Cole Bradford (Kawasaki); 4. Nolen Huston (Kawasaki); 5. Miriam Johnson (Yamaha).

150 4-STRK TRL STK: 1. Emma Paul (Honda); 2. Chase Parrish (Honda).

125-250 SCHBY: 1. R.J. Hampshire (Kawasaki); 2. Bodie Colangelo (Yamaha); 3. Canyon Vancil (Honda); 4. Addison Morgan (Yamaha); 5. Kyle Jacob (Honda).

250 B: 1. Michael Schwartz (Yamaha); 2. Kyle Jacob (Honda); 3. Sean Johnson (Kawasaki); 4. Rich Wilkes (Kawasaki); 5. Bryan Fulford (Honda).

250 C: 1. Canyon Vancil (Honda); 2. Cody Long (Kawasaki); 3. Claude Peterman (Kawasaki); 4. Quinton Johnson (Honda); 5. Christopher Tipton (Honda).

250 D: 1. Nick Stokes (Kawasaki); 2. Joseph Gonzalez (Kawasaki); 3. Keith Szymanowski (Suzuki); 4. Kyle Aldrich (Yamaha); 5. Clay Rideout (Yamaha).

OPEN B: 1. Dustin Solovitch (Honda); 2. Chris Fischetti (Kawasaki); 3. Scott Westbrook (Yamaha); 4. Kyle Jacob (Yamaha); 5. Michael Schwartz (Yamaha).

OPEN C: 1. Quinton Johnson (Honda); 2. Sean Kimpel (Honda); 3. Canyon Vancil (Honda); 4. Dan Ludwick Jr. (Honda); 5. Kody Swenson (Kawasaki).

OPEN D: 1. Marshall Race (Yamaha); 2. Jason Hurley (Yamaha); 3. Nino Mazzaro (Honda); 4. Lance Smaller (Kawasaki).

4-STRK: 1. Jesse Freeman (Suzuki); 2. Dustin Solovitch (Honda); 3. Matt Lee (Yamaha); 4. Roman Hastik (Honda); 5. Quinton Bigalow (Kawasaki).

WMN: 1. Kayleen Williamson (Honda); 2. Courtney Long (Yamaha); 3. Ashley Jackson (Kawasaki); 4. Beth Rewis (Yamaha); 5. Victoria Pearce (Honda).

25+: 1. Quinton Bigalow (Kawasaki); 2. Roman Hastik (Honda); 3. Jeffrey Klatt (Kawasaki); 4. Michael May (Honda); 5. Jason Peres (Honda).

35+ B: 1. Sal Ginabreda (Yamaha); 2. Jeffrey Clegg (Honda); 3. Ed Garlin (Honda); 4. Rick Bigalow (Kawasaki); 5. Jason Peres (Honda).

35+ C: 1. Kelly West (Honda); 2. Wayne Handley; 3. James Cullen Jr. (Yamaha); 4. Reginald Ferry (Honda); 5. Charles Dolbow Jr. (Honda).

VORTEX LITES: 1. Kory Keylon (Kawasaki); 2. Pup Whatley (Kawasaki); 3. Robert Devonald-Batt (Honda); 4. Jared Jackson (Honda); 5. Kalen Fitzpatrick (Suzuki); 6. Scott Westbrook (Honda); 7. R.J. Hampshire (Kawasaki); 8. Bodie Colangelo (Yamaha); 9. Robby Renner (Kawasaki); 10. C.K. Douglas (Kawasaki).

SPONSORS CUP: 1. Michael Picone (Honda); 2. Tyler Livesay (Kawasaki); 3. Kory Keylon (Kawasaki); 4. Kyle Keylon (Suzuki); 5. Ian Millett (Honda); 6. Josh Talmadge (Honda); 7. Andrew Stocker (Yamaha); 8. Jerry Kopoian (Kawasaki); 9. Ryan Jessip (Kawasaki); 10. Forrest Smith (Kawasaki).