JOSH GRANT AND BRETT METCALFE WIN
250F/450 NATIONAL PREQUEL AT GLEN HELEN



The infamous Muddy Straight is now the Muddy Sweeper.

With the Hangtown National looming, Glen Helen's pre-National warm-up race was a chance for AMA Pros to test their suspension, handling, power and fitness on a fully prepped National track (albeit one that they won't see again until September).

Andrew McFarlane, Bradon Jones and Les Soito in the Canyon.

    Josh Grant missed practice and showed up with a CRF450 instead of this Sobe/Samsung CRF250, but it didn't matter. Without practice and not even knowing that the massive triple layer step-up could be jumped, Josh won both 450 motos with ease. In fact, Josh never jumped the triple step-up and, even though it cost about a second a lap,  he pulled away to win the first moto by 20 seconds and the second moto by ten seconds. For his efforts Josh pocketed $7000 (about triple what he could win at the Hangtown AMA National).

This is a really, really big step-down!

    In the 250F class virtually every rider jumped to the second level of the triple step-up and, in practice, two riders, Sean Hackley from Texas and Nathan Ramsey from Team KTM, decided that they could make the 120-foot uphill leap to the top of the REM pits. They both made it to the top, but Hackley broke the spokes out of his rear wheel and Ramsey cased the lip and broke the spokes out of his front wheel. Ramsey's “Flying W” looked horrendous, but he got up and rode away with a wobbly front wheel. He elected not to race.

  The WMA Women's class with Mt. Whitney in the background.

  Jason Lawrence showed phenomenal speed in the first 250F moto, marching past Matt Goerke, Sean Hackley, Brett Metcalfe, Andrew McFarlane and Troy Adams to take the win. Unfortunately, Lawrence hurt his heel in the process of winning and didn't ride the second moto.

Troy Adams (323) and Matt Goerke (53) both got to lead the 250F class.

    Martin Davalos won the second moto over Brett Metcalfe, but Metcalfe got the overall win for Yamaha of Troy. McFarlane would have taken second overall, but he pulled out of the second moto near the end while running third.

  The rider in the foreground isn't stepping up, while the rider in the background is stepping down.

  The most impressive 250F riders on the day were Martin Davalos of the Lucas Oil/Star racing team, Brett Metcalfe of YoT, Jason Lawrence of Rockstar, Troy Adams (who got second overall) of Monster/Pro Circuit and Sean Collier of Lucas Oil/Star Racing.

    The best 450 riders were Josh Grant, Antonio Balbi, Darcy Lange, Colton Fasciotti, Daniel Sani and Joe Oehlof.

    Having incredibly bad days were Sean Hamblin, who's RM-Z450 blew up in both motos, and Heath Voss, who fell several times and started each 450 race in last place.

 

Race Results
125 PRO
Finish Number Brand License # Name City,State Moto 1 Moto 2
1 123 Yam   Brett Metcalfe Valencia, CA 2 2
2 323 Kaw 311876 Troy Adams Brooksville, FL 4 3
3 86 Hon 457168 Daniel Sani Murrieta, CA 6 4
4 53 Yam 479692 Matt Goerke Lake Helen, FL 5 5
5 577 Yam   Martin Davacos Cairo, GA 10 1
6 47 Yam 109 Sean Collier Tilley,childress, CA 7 6
7 732 Kaw 386722 Kyle Chisholm Seminole, FL 9 7
8 89 Hon 443361 Sean Hackley Ovilla, TX 8 9
9 93 Kaw 684353 Teddy Maier Ft. Dodge, IA 12 8
10 124 Yam   Andrew Mcfarlane Valencia, CA 3 20
11 256 Yam   Bryan Johnson Cairo, CA 14 10
12 21 Yam   Stephane Roncada Menifee, CA 15 12
13 111 Ktm 222674 Jay Marmont   13 14
14 196 Hon 508694 Levi Reid Llano, CA 17 11
15 745 Hon 512020 Kevin Rookstool Menifee, CA 11 21
16 424 Yam 345823 Charles Castloo Montgomery, TX 18 15
17 171 Yam   Brad Kelly Yuba City, CA 19 16
18 368 Ktm   Eulon Soito Madera, CA 22 17
19 467 Ktm   Les Soito Madera, CA 21 18
20 791 Kaw 360287 Ramon Guzman Riverside, CA 20 22
21 671 Yam   Andy Bakken Long Beach, CA DNF 13
22 100 Yam 623115 Jimmy Albertson Billings, MO 27 19
23 65 OTH 777777 Sign Up Come To   16 DNF
24 880 Hon 556854 Doug Schmid Campbell, CA 26 23
25 316 Hon   Brandon Jones Denair, CA 23 DNF
26 397 Hon 436174 Jeff Page Las Vegas, NV 24 DNF
27 518 Hon 503654 Nate Hawley Costa Mesa, CA 25 DNF
28 338 Suz 639972 Jason Lawrence Murrieta, CA 1 DNS
29 401 Hon 669394 Eric Mccrummen Oakley, CA DNF DNF
30 423 Yam 781572 Chris Nihan Laguna Hills, CA 28 DNS
DNS 64 Yam   Richie Owens Menifee, CA DNS DNS
DNS 25 Ktm 471739 Nathan Ramsey Menifee, CA DNS DNS
250 PRO
Finish Number Brand License # Name City,State Moto 1 Moto 2
1 24 Hon 319716 Josh Grant Riverside, CA 1 1
2 965 Hon 37203 Antonio Balbi Riverside, CA 5 2
3 330 Kaw 449600 Dercery Lange San Jacinto, CA 2 6
4 88 Yam 533906 Bobby Garrison Sparks, NV 4 5
5 49 Suz 244652 Joe Oehlhof Hesperia, CA 3 9
6 16 Kaw   Colton Facciott Aldergrove, BC 9 4
7 407 Hon 629120 Adam Chatfield Jbc, 7 10
8 350 Suz 782240 Shawn Skinner Stuart, FL 14 7
9 72 OTH 2000 Sign Up Come To   13 8
10 13 Yam 578954 Heath Voss Mico, TX 11 11
11 414 Hon   Josh Bagge Shadow Hills, CA 16 12
12 198 Hon 590540 Jacob Saylor Knoxville, TN 26 3
13 299 Hon 351981 Derek Mahoney Murrietta, CA 12 17
14 317 Hon 322671 Jimmy Hazel Kings Beach, CA 17 13
15 442 Kaw   Justin Mace Hesperia, CA 19 15
16 61 Yam 646673 Clark Stiles Athens, AL 8 27
17 180 Kaw 102 Doug Leavitt Littleton, CO 22 14
18 133 Hon 66020 Josh Brown Menifee, CA 20 20
19 992 Yam 634316 Ryan Rozinski Dillon, CO 21 21
20 244 Kaw 5055662 Tyler Kalisiak Mission Viejo, CA 24 19
21 417 Yam   Travis Smith Lancaster, CA 23 22
22 717 Kaw   Kyle Mace Hesperia, CA 15 30
23 871 Hon 461719 Jared Minor Devore, CA 33 16
24 649 Kaw 538218 Garrett Linkus Brighton, CO 25 24
25 165 Hon 256457 Carter Gurnee Murrieta, CA 10 DNF
26 14 Suz 874 Paul Temmerman Visalia, CA 32 18
27 499 Hon   Trevor Doniak Watsonville, CA 28 23
28 205 Hon 461387 Justin Herrmann La Costa, CA 27 25
29 617 Yam   Tim Castrone Hoover, AL 29 26
30 692 Suz 876 Ryan Orr Pinon Hills, CA 18 DNF
31 647 Hon   Paul Kellen Lakewood, CA 30 28
32 332 Hon   Chad Robbins Montclair Yamaha, CA 31 29
33 52 Suz 748452 Sean Hamblin Murrieta, CA 34 DNF
34 426 Hon 426 Chris Barrett Pinon Hills, CA 35 DNF
35 138 Suz 429034 Michael Lapaglia Murrieta, CA 6 DNS
DNF 591 Hon   Adam Miller Fairfield, CA DNF DNS
DNF 229 Ktm 523528 Jeff Loop Claremont, CA DNF DNS
DNF 738 Hon   Garlett Carter Stanwood, WA DNF DNS
DNS 15 Suz 873 Dieter Temmerman Visalia, CA DNS DNS