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Indiana XC ATV Racer Jake Stonebaker
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Springville, IN (4/22/2008) - For the second round of the IXCR series we were blessed with wonderful weather, a great track, and a partnership with District 15 which added up to a great day at the track! This was are first race to offer District 15 points and the bikes showed up to earn points for two different series at the same time! With almost 400 entries Sunday the track was sure to get rutted up fast.
Next up was the youth quads, and I have to admit this may be my favorite race of the day. The kids that race these things are some of my best buddies at the track and they are all willing to give a hand and put on a show! Matthew Harris made the drive over from Ohio and won the Super Mini class. In the 90cc production class Charlie Welch and Vincent Harris did battle all race long and the parents of these boys were on pins and needles waiting on them to come around each lap! Charlie got the best of Vincent this race but I bet we’ll see this battle all year long! In the 90cc stock class Travis Pettit was victorious with Lee Smith and Cole Setser in tow. Sadie Welch won her class and hopes to carry this momentum over to the nationals.
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The Indiana XC ATV Racing Series featured a Creek Jump as an alternative to taking taking a longer way around
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The adult classes faced a brutal, yet entertaining, 9.8 mile course which included almost every obstacle known to cross country racing. The creek jump was the hit of the day, where you came across an open grass field and launched over a creek or took the long easy way around. Several spectators gathered here as this was a great place to catch a glimpse of your favorite riders.
For the quad race we had 185 entries and it was a site to see an open field filled with anxious riders and vehicles. Donald Ockerman continued his winning ways by taking the overall and pro class wins with Todd Demaree in the second slot. Jonathan Fugate seems to be a man on a mission this year and he won the A class while Scott Graham and Wayne Tharp followed him the finish line. Jake “The Snake” Stonebraker has been up against some hard luck this year, but he broke thru and took the “W”! He had a great race with Justin Lewicki, Travis Mader, and Tyler “T-Rex” Moore in the 16-25 B Class as they all swapped spots several times. The 26+ B Class saw Mike Goss in the third place spot and Seth Irwin as the runner up. Matt Sillery was the victor in this class. Justin Kirchhoff put his Honda out in front of the Humphrey boys on this day but I’m sure Zach and Jay will be back to try for the top spot in the 16-21 C Class. The 22-29 C Class was won by Garry Stallard,
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The IXC ATV Race had a 185 rider entries
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and Russell Keck was second with S.I.C.C. Racing’s Jonathan Benham taking third. Mike Muskoff showed a Kawi can finish up front in the 30+ C Class and one Humphrey boy did finish out front! Jake won the D class/First Year Racer with Ryan Edmondson and Chad Wiggins in second and third. John East was our sport class winner. And Brad Morrison took his Snyder Motor Sports Raptor 250 to the front of the sport lites class and Bruce Marshall did the same in the Vet 30+ class. Dan Bradford looked like a Green Machine on his 400ex when sailing over the creek jump but he could quite catch David Robinson who won the senior 40+ class. Josh Kissinger won the UTE class in dominating fashion on his freshly rebuilt Moto-Xperts utility and looked to be having a blast on the rough and rocky course.
That basically sums up the happenings of April 20th in the IXCR world and we hope everyone had a great time and is eager to come back for more. We’ll take a few weeks off and see you again on May the 18th in Southern Indiana where Demaree Farms will host round three.
Until next time, Stay between the trees!
Garon Davis
Racer Representative
About Indiana XC Racing
Indiana XC Racing was formed in 2007 to offer Indiana and surrounding state's cross country racers a fun, safe, competitive race environment. With races located across central Indiana, IXCR brings in a variety of racers at all levels. More information regarding IXCR can be found at http://www.ixcr.com
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