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| Trent Poska first place 250C |
The first race of the evening brought 250 C up to the line with 12 riders ready to get the season started. Matt Gregory charged hard to get out front with the hole shot, Trent Poska on the number 2 Yamaha holding onto second and Cody Johnson in third. Gregory and Poska continued to battle back and forth through-out the rest of the race. On the last lap Gregory had a bobble which allowed Poska to pass and come across the line for the win. Gregory held on for second place while Cody Johnson on the Honda came across third. The 378 of Andrew Friebele made a good showing through the race battling for third position ultimately taking fourth place, with Alec Leasure rounding out fifth.
85 open was next up to keep the pace of the night going, and the action coming strong. Excited riders pinning it off the gates makes for some crowd pleasing action off the line, and Troy Mead comes out ahead with the hole shot. Gage Pace was holding on strong in second place with Karson Kokotan, close in third. The battle for third place was huge with the entire pack bunched together, while Mead and Pace were creating a pretty big gap. Coming over the large table top Mead had a mechanical issue allowing Pace and Kokotan to pass him. After the dust settled Pace took first place, with Kokotan in second, Mead in third, Bret Dannis in fourth, and Nicky Shelton taking fifth place.
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| Greg Pace 1st place 85 open |
The 250 A and B race made for some great action getting the crowd into the racing as the lights came on and sun went down. Jon Williams on his Suzuki is back in 250 A for his first race since his hard crash last year breaking his elbow. He lined up with the 7 other participants in the 250 B class, being the only 250 A rider of the evening. He was looking really fast out there, and seems to have lost nothing with being injured all winter. August Miksys came out with the holeshot with Harvey Bushby right next to him and Brian Krohn breathing down their necks in third. Bushby was having a great race battling with Miksys and was able to pass him in the air to take over first. Coming over the finish Bushby took the win while Miksys held onto a second place with Krohn in third, Kyle Poska came in fourth with David Davis holding on for fifth place.
Open A, B, and C shaped up for great racing with those looming rain clouds finally making their presence known. Open A and Open B staggered off the line with two riders in Open A and three in Open B. Open A had Jeremy Smith out in front for the hole shot with Rick Ivey close behind him. The two of them rode hard keeping right next each other the entire race with Smith holding on to first and Ivey grabbing second. Right behind them was open B with Mark Seeforth coming out in front, Aj Miksys in second place and Brandon Domark sitting in third. After battling hard Miksys was able to get around Seeforth grabbing an inside line and coming across the line for the win. Seeforth held on to second place with Domark taking third.
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| Jon Williams first place Open A |
Open C started out with a massive pile-up right at the first turn. This allowed Curt Horrigan to get out in front with Nick Waszak on his Yamaha in second and Tim Evans in third. After a few laps Horrigan and Waszak were starting to check out from the rest of the pack when literally out of nowhere Skyler Harkless on his Yamaha 450 came right up on them. Harkless sinks in tight to the inside and flys past Waszak. Then on the last lap Horrigan got pushed to the outside while Harkless passes him taking the lead, Waszak is able to capitalize on the moment and get into second place. The rain started coming down hard and Harkless creates a large gap to take the win with Waszak in second and Horrigan in Third. I spoke with Nick Waszak after the race to get his thoughts on Skyler Harkless and his very fast ride to the front, and here’s what he has to say.
Me: “So you were battling hard with Horrigan for first place the entire race then out of nowhere the number 265 Yamaha flew around you guys what were you thinking?”
Waszak: “I remember looking behind me when I was going over the finish line table after the first lap to see if there was anyone close to me and the closest guy was a good quarter of the way behind me. When he passed me I was so confused, then he about took out the guy that I was battling for first with which got me back up to second.”
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| Nick Waszak second place Open C |
125 2-stroke came up to the line with everyone ready to get their first night of racing under their belt. Brian Krohn on his KTM is able to stick the hole shot with Kyle Moore coming around the outside of everyone to settle into second, and Kyle Poska taking grabbing third. In the middle of the race Poska was coming in hot and had a bobble dropping him back to the end of the pack, pushing Eric Mack into third place. This left Krohn still in the lead and Moore in second. On the last lap Mack was able to get around Moore taking the fast outside line through the sweeper to take second place and Poska got around his brother Trent Poska to move into fourth. The checkered dropped with Krohn taking first, Mack in second, Moore in third, Kyle Poska in fourth and Trent Poska in fifth.
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| Brian Krohn 1st place 125 2-stroke |
SuperMini was up next with Chad Saultz looking to get his outdoor season started after a great Areanacross season. In Arenacross this year he placed first in points for supermini senior, and 85cc 12-15 with a second place points finish in supermini junior. In the main 85 class he took third in points for 85cc 9-15 in the north and central division. When the gates dropped Saultz came out with the hole shot with Brian Krohn in second and Gage Pace in third. Saultz and Krohn created a gap from the pack putting down some really fast laps. On the third lap Saultz bobbled a bit, but didn’t go down, Krohn got right up on him, but was unable to pass. However the last lap of the race Saultz ran into a lapper giving Krohn the opportunity he was fighting for, passing him for the win. Gage was holding onto third the entire race, and Saultz finished in second.
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| Chad Saultz 2nd place SuperMini |
14*24 was a very eventful race, with the 40+ class out there and the Womens class racing as well. Jon Williams came out fast to take the hole shot for 14*24 with Harvey Bushby in second and Mark Seeforth in third place. Aj Miksys was hard on their trail when Skyler Harkless came into the first turn hot and took himself and Miksys down allowing Pete Hinich to take over in fourth place. Lary Bank came out in Front on the 40+ start with Arek Kruk in second and Mike Madden in third. Gina Madden being the only registered rider in the womens class comes out with a great showing, has a little trouble in the first turn, but is able to finish the race strong. In 14*24 Bushby was running a fast race, but came down from a jump and landed right on Banks back fender which sent him hard into the dirt. He was laying there for a second, but was able to get up and walk it off. He ended up breaking his handlebars and was unable to continue. This allowed Seeforth to take second place behind Williams in first and Hinich coming in third, with Miksys and Harkless coming in fourth and fifth. In 40+ the order stayed the same with Banks coming in first, Kruk in second and Madden in third.
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| Lary Banks 1st place 40+ |
30+A and 30+B also had a staggered start tonight with Billy Loy taking the holeshot in 30+A with Alex Kruk in second and Larry Bank in third. In 30+B Greg Pollak came out with the hole shot with Brian Carey in second and Ryan Speirer in third place. 30+A had some fighting for position throughout the race with the results ending the way they started; Loy taking first, Kruk in second and Bank in third. In 30+B Pollak and Carey carried themselves out front for a pretty substantial lead. Towards the end of the race Speirer went down putting him to the back of the pack. This allowed Curt Horrigan to grab the third spot, while catching up with Carey giving him a good fight trying to take second. Ultimately the race ended with Pollak taking the win, Carey in second and Horrigan in third.
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| Curt Horrigan third place open C |
85 jr blasted off the line with Christopher Gallaher grabbing the hole shot with Joey Gura in second and Nolan Dickinson in a battle for third. After the first turn Nicky Shelton came from fourth place and passed everyone all the way to first place. Coming over the table top things were completely shaken up. Shelton was in the lead starting to pull away with Dickinson trying to catch up, and Ben Ibianskas following their lead to keep third place. After the big sweeper Dickinson went off the track just enough to allow Ibianskas past him to attempt chasing down Shelton who was building a nice lead. Ibianskas charged hard and got close but was un-able to make the pass leaving Shelton to cross the line in first, with Ibianskas taking second and Dickinson holding onto third place.
85 Sr brings back Chad Saultz to come out in front once again with the hole shot, Troy mead behind him in second and Gage Pace fending off the pack in third. In the third lap Mead and Gage both get passed by Karson Kokotan who was pushing hard to get up to the front. When the final lap comes around Gage had been working on Kokotan and finally gets around him to cross the line in second. Saultz was able to hold the lead the entire race, and Kokotan took third.
In 65 open we had Christopher Gallaher taking the hole shot again, he was getting great starts all night. Right away in the first turn Nolan Dickinson gets around him for first and Timothy Lowe holds on third. The three of them keep out in front without a change in the order Dickinson comes in first, Gallaher in second, and Lowe in third.
The season opener for Joliet was a great night of racing and everyone had a great time! With 177 riders registering there was plenty of competition out there. The rain was never a huge issue and track was looking amazing all night. With 3 races this month Joliet MX will be the place to be for sure, Make sure to check out their website www.Jolietmx.com for the race schedule this season, they have a great motocross track in the back that will be getting some use at the end of the season as well so look out for that!
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| Aj Miksys 2nd place 250B |
Results:
125 2-stroke: 1.Brian Krohn 2.Eric Mack 3.Kyle Moore 4.Kyle Poska 5.Trent Poska
14*24: 1.Jon Williams 2.Mark Seeforth 3.Pete Hinich 4.August Miksys 5.Skyler Harkless
25+ A: 1.Charles Buffun 2.Austin Brack 3.Jeremy Smith 4.Rick Ivey
25+ B: 1.Billy McCauley 2.Timoth Armstrong
250A: 1.Jon Williams
250 B: 1.Harvey Bushby 2.August Miksys 3.Brian Krohn 4.Kyle Poska 5.David Davis
250 C: 1.Trent Poska 2.Matt Gregory 3.Cody Johnson 4.Andrew Friebele 5.Alec Leasure
30+ A: 1.Billy Loy 2.Arek Kruk 3.Larry Bank
30+ B: 1.Greg Pollak 2.Brian Carey 3.Curt Horrigan
40+: 1.Larry Bank 2.Arek Kruk 3.Mike Madden 4.Justin Martino
4-wheel A: 1. James Herbet
4-wheel C: 1. Kelton Zeman
50 Jr: 1.Krystian Janik 2.Ian Murphy 3.Will Swango 4.Mac Cullen 5.Johnathan Pacholski
50 Sr: 1.James McDannel 2.Hunter Billingsley 3.Wyatt Mattson 4.Wojtasow Tomas
50cc 4-8: 1.Krystian Janik 2.Mac Cullen 3.Dave Frawley 4.Brooklyn Loy 5.Talan Zollec
65 Beg: 1.Hunter Billingsley 2.Trevor Hughes 3.Kaylor Speirer 4.Justin Friebele
65 Jr: 1.James McDannel 2.Timothy Lowe 3.Noah Miller
65 Open: 1.Nolan Dickinson 2.Christopher Gallaher 3.Timothy Lowe 4.John Greer 5.Noah Miller
65 Sr: 1.Nolan Dickinson 2.Christopher Gallaher 3.Cristian Swieton 4.John Greer
85 Beg: 1.Ryan York 2.Eric York 3.Brian Connelly 4.Timmy Evoy
85 Jr: 1.Nicky Shelton 2.Ben Ibianskas 3.Nolan Dickinson 4.Shane Reilly 5.Christopher Gallaher
85 Open: 1.Gage Pace 2.Karson Kokotan 3.Troy Mead 4.Bret Dannis 5.Nicky Shelton
85 Sr: 1.Chad Saultz 2.Gage Pace 3.Karson Kokotan 4.Troy Mead 5.Leonard Glatczak
Mid-Size (MOD): 1.Justin Martino 2.Derek Devine 3.Ernie Bruhn 4.Brian Avergis 5.Eric Swanson
MiniQuad 0-50: 1. Preston Zollers
MiniQuad90: 1.Nathan Esterland
Open A: 1.Jeremy Smith 2.Rick Ivey
Open B: 1.August Miksys 2.Mark Seeforth 3.Brandon Domark
Open C: 1.Skyler Harkless 2.Nick Waszak 3.Curt Horrigan 4.Cody Johnson 5.Cody Meyer
SuperMini: 1.Brian Krohn 2.Chad Saultz 3.Gage Pace 4.Eric LaPorte 5.Kevin Madden
Women: 1.Gina Madden
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