MINI O'S: Thursday Photo Report

Day 4 of the Thor Winter National Olympics presented by Pro Circuit started off with a very misty morning that started to disappear as the practice sessions were going off. Racing started around noon time and we did have some exciting racing action going on! The day was filled with sun and blue skies! There was one rider named Rudy Gaskin who was life flighted out of the facility, as there was a nasty 1st turn crash in the 250 C Stock class. Here are some notes and results from the races that ran today!

Highlights From The Day (Photos Are Below)

-Ian Trettel grabs both 250 A Stock and Open A Stock class wins. Tevin Tapia finishes 2nd and Lance Vincent finished 3rd in 250 A Stock. Eli Tomac got around a fast moving Austin Howell in Open A Stock to finish 2nd. Iowa’s Gavin Faith, who was very consistent in SX, had bad motos in both A classes today.

-The 250 B Stock divisions saw exciting racing! Gannon Audette led Division 1 of 250 B Stock before he was ejected off the bike on a step up jump in the middle of the track. Jason Brooks and Brad Frace battled for the win as Brooks took the checkers. Division 2 of 250 B Stock was won by Kyle Goerke, who came under huge pressure from Nicolas Leocata, Grant Ransdell, and Blake Dungey. Dungey was battling Goerke before 2nd before falling over in the turn before a step up jump. Ransdell came from behind and showed great speed on his YZ250 two stroke. Ransdell was also a winner in Division 3 of Schoolboy (14-16). Division 3 was won by Joey Savatgy over Justin Bogle and Alex Spade.

-Both Supermini 1 (12-15) divisions saw Cooper Webb and Adam Cianciarulo take division wins. Both riders are showing very similar speeds this week and the 2nd moto should be really interesting tomorrow. Other top names in the divisions were Colton Ford, Aaron Plessinger, Thomas Covington, and Jesse Masterpool.

-85 (9-11) Stock saw 3 divisions with Chase Bell, Tristan Charbonneau, and Steven Gretchen grabbing division wins. Bell checked out from gate to checkers in Division 1 and also won the 65 (10-11) Stock class moto today. Ashton Hayes stayed in distance of Charbonneau in Division 2 but Charbonneau grew his lead greatly by moto’s end. Gretchen and Donny Brown had a great battle for the lead in Division 3.

-The Women (12+) class saw a full 40 rider gate and your moto 1 winner was Geico Powersports’ Honda rider Jessica Patterson. Patterson checked out as Leah Cantrell finished 2nd and Kasie Creson finished 3rd. In Girls (9-15), Christina Older came away with the moto win and was very pumped after crossing the finish line. Kelsey Morris and Raeslee Weimer finished 2nd and 3rd in the moto.

-Vet classes saw a Kawasaki sweep with Earl May taking the first moto of Plus 45 class and Mike Treadwell winning the first Plus 35 moto.

-250 C Stock saw Matthew Toth and Noah McConahy win their divisions. Other top riders include Cody Rowe, Brad Allison, Colton McLeod, and John Paul Tortorigi (who did very well in SX).

-51 (7-8) Stock saw Tristan Lewis and Jordan Bailey take division wins. 51 (4-6) was won by Daniel McCullon as SX class champion Gauge Keith led the moto until a few corners left to go on the last lap.

-Schoolboy (14-16) saw 3 divisions, which were won by Jessy Nelson, Cole Thompson, and Grant Ransdell. This class is full of heavy hitters like Joey Savatgy, Matt Bisceglia, Justin Bogle, Blake Dungey, Kyle Goerke, Justin Summers, James Justice, Kyle Peters, and many others. This may be the most stacked class at the Mini O’s this year.

-85 (12-13) Stock saw Cooper Webb take the Division 1 win over Thomas Covington, Aaron Plessinger, and Colton Ford. Division 2 saw a great race between Jesse Masterpool and Adam Cianciarulo as Masterpool won the division as Cianciarulo was on his tail the whole moto. Masterpool showed great speed as well as AC. AC did have extra smoke coming out of his exhaust when he landed on the jumps. Not sure if that was holding him back but other wise, the 2nd moto should be a barn burner!

Top Northeast Racer Finishes

-Broc Schmelyun – 4th – 250 A Stock
-Frank Lettieri – 6th – 250 A Stock
-Stephen Stella – 7th – 250 A Stock
-Jason Brooks – 1st – 250 B Stock (Div. 1)
-AJ Catanzaro – 3rd – 250 B Stock (Div. 1)
-Dakota Alix – 5th – Supermini 1 (Div. 2)
-Dakota Yohe – 10th – 250 B Stock (Div. 1)
-Steven Gretchen – 1st – 85 (9-11) Stock (Div. 3)
-Tyler Kirschner – 5th – 85 (9-11) Stock (Div. 3) / 3rd – 65cc (10-11) Stock
-Bennett Mantooth – 9th – 85 (9-11) Stock (Div. 2)
-Mike Treadwell – 1st – Plus 35
-Greg Pamart – 4th – Plus 35
-Kevin Kolb – 9th – Plus 35
-Mike Atkinson – 10th – Plus 35
-John Camelio – 3rd – Plus 45
-Steve Thaxton – 5th – Plus 45
-Matthew Toth – 1st – 250 C Stock (Div. 3)
-Cody Rowe – 2nd – 250 C Stock (Div. 1)
-Justin Wolford – 5th – 250 C Stock (Div. 1)
-Ben Westcott – 6th – 250 C Stock (Div. 2)
-Jacob Belotti – 7th – 250 C Stock (Div. 1)
-Avery Brown – 9th – 250 C Stock (Div. 3)
-Lewis Mackay – 1oth – 250 C Stock (Div. 2)
-James Shockey – 3rd – 51 (7-8) (Div. 1)
-Logan Leitzel – 3rd – 51 (7-8) (Div. 2)
-Dawson Driscoll – 4th – 51 (7-8) (Div. 2)
-Jarrett Frye – 5th – 51 (7-8) (Div. 1)
-Henry Scheetz – 9th – 51 (7-8) (Div. 1)
-Justin Rodbell – 10th – 51 (7-8) (Div. 2)
-Gauge Keith – 2nd – 51 (4-6)
-Justin Cokinos – 4th – 51 (4-6)
-Garret Toth – 10th – Open A Stock
-Tony Archer – 5th – Schoolboy (14-16) (Div. 3)
-Nick Desiderio – 7th – Schoolboy (14-16) (Div. 1)
-Daniel Lippman – 10th – Schoolboy (14-16) (Div. 2)
-Raeslee Weimer – 3rd – Girls (9-15)
-Heather Snyder – 6th – Girls (9-15)
-Jarek Balkovic – 5th – 85 (12-13) Stock (Div. 2)
-Austin Simpson – 6th – 85 (12-13) Stock (Div. 1)
-Austin Toskov – 7th – 85 (12-13) Stock (Div. 2)
-Luke Palonicola – 8th – 85 (12-13) Stock (Div. 1)
-Jake Pinhancos – 6th – 65 (10-11) Stock
-Timmy Crosby – 9th – 65 (10-11) Stock