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Loretta Lynn's Race Report: Thursday

Friday, August 5, 2011 | 9:00 AM

It wouldn't be Loretta Lynn's without a good old-fashioned downpour. It's inevitable that every year at some point during the week, Mother Nature will unleash her fury on the Loretta Lynn Ranch, but it has come to be one of the many traditional ways of this historical race. Despite Wednesday night's power-threatening thunderstorms, the racetrack was in prime condition come Thursday morning race time. The rain mixed well with the newly added sand on the track, making for the pefect mixture of soil, sand and moisture on the ground.


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Chase Fasnacht finished just behind Logan Stokes in 65 10-11 Stk in 8th.
Photo: Brent Stallo / Vurbmoto.com

At this point in the week, championship runs are starting to shape up in several classes as a majority of the second motos have been completed and things are starting to sort out. The heat is definitely playing a factor in the latter part of these motos and riders are quickly realizing the importance that hydration and fitness are going to play in the last set of motos this weekend.

In 25+ racing action, Barber Cycles/Factory Connection's Clark Stiles holds the overall after going (1-2) in the first two motos. In the second moto, Stiles rode a patient race behind Reynard Mods/Fox Racing/Yamaha's Robbie Reynard, knowing that finishing second behind Reynard would give him the overall going into the final moto. Reynard went on to take the moto two win, but it's going to be difficult to dig himself out of the moto one DNF. Indiana's James Povolny didn't make the top ten in moto one but charged hard in moto two, taking home a fourth in the moto, putting him into seventh place overall heading into moto two.


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Zach Bell won 250B Stk.
Photo: Ryne Swanberg / Vurbmoto.com

Schoolboy 1 moto two saw XTreme Rockstar Suzuki's Jace Owen out front early on with Monster Energy Kawasaki Team Green's Nick Gaines right there. Gaines went high on a berm and slid out, losing quite a few positions. Owen lost his lead after going down on the tabletop, but managed to stay inside the top five. Rock River Yamaha's Aaron Plessinger has put in a consistent (5-6) score, giving him fourth overall after two motos. Owen rounds out the top five overall with (9-4) finishes.

After cleaning up both Supermini first motos, Monster Energy Kawasaki/Pro Circuit's Adam Cianciarulo wasn't able to find the same ease in the second set of motos. AC got the Supermini 2 moto 2 holeshot and cranked out the fastest lap time of the moto before going down on the fourth lap. Gaines took the moto two win, redeeming himself from the Schoolboy 1 spill he took on the berm just before the Ten Commandments. Sharp Moto/JMS Performance's Josh Osby maintained third place for most of moto two until Rockstar Suzuki/MTF/Factory Connection's Jordon Smith contested him in the final laps. Cianciarulo still holds the overall with (1-2) finishes and Gaines is in second with (3-1) for second.


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Jeremy Martin and Zach Bell put on a show in the second 250 B Stk moto.
Photo: Brent Stallo / Vurbmoto.com

Nassau Powersports/DHR Suspension Jazzmyn Canfield is the girl to beat this week in the Girls (9-11) class. New to the lineup this year, the (9-11) class runs as a staggered start with the Girls (12-15) class, giving some of the more advanced younger girls a chance to run with the older age group. Moto Armor/Fly Racing's Kaylee Darby was cruising in moto two as she made her up to the third position, but a crash set her back to seventh, giving her (5-7) finishes a fourth overall heading into moto three. Duroy Racing/Twice Production's Eve Brodeur put in a solid day of riding as she posted a podium position in moto two, giving her second overall heading into the third moto.

Triangle Cycles Yamaha's Kyle Peters continues to put in good rides as he chalked a second place finish in moto two of the 250A. Red Bull Honda's Jessy Nelson was all over Peters for the first five laps and then dropped a few spots back after crashing on lap four. The real story here, though, is amateur sensation Justin Bogle, who got a sixth place start and rode the wheels off his Factory Connection Honda to catch and pass the leader Kyle Peters at the end of the moto. Bogle currently sits in first overall in the 250A and has a (1-1) score in the 450A class as he guns for a three-race sweep at his last amateur event before moving to the pro ranks.


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AC would pick up his bike in 40th position and put on an amazing charge to 3rd and is tied with Jordan Smith going into the final moto.
Photo: Brent Stallo / Vurbmoto.com

Friday will wrap up the second set of motos beginning at 7:30 a.m., and then 8:30 a.m. kicks off the final set of motos at this year's Red Bull AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship. Sixteen Champions will be crowned tomorrow at the 30th year running of the Loretta Lynn's Amateur National. To follow Live Timing and Scoring from the event, click HERE. Follow us on Twitter @LorettaLynnMX for unique updates that you won't find anywhere else! Click HERE to find results, lap times and anything else you need to find from today's racing.

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someguy wrote: 9:24am August 5, 2011

40th to 3rd, that's definately respectable.

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jairtime suks wrote: 9:52am August 5, 2011

Hope Gavin Faith can get a win.
Adam C. is lucky not to get hurt, he's been throwing it away in a couple motos, he is faster than everyone else in the class so he needs to tone it down, and be patient. He doesn't need a win by 60 seconds over 2nd place.
Sounds like Alex Martins brother, Jeremy is going to be a force coming thru the ranks. Wonder if he is as short as Alex?
The Ranch is hot? lets see.................. where I live the last 4 days read like this............Monday-109 Tues.-110 Wed.-111 Thur.-108 and today its supposed to be 108 again. Been 100 or above for 37 straight days.....now thats hot!

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jairtime suks wrote: 9:57am August 5, 2011

I would absolutely love to watch and listen to the 125cc two stroke schoolboy class race at Lorretta's, what a sight that would be to see the 125's going at it again. The screaming 2 stroke! That would be the highlight for alot of folks.

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raddad wrote: 10:12am August 5, 2011

Yes Both Martins are about the same size, oh and Polvony is from Minnesota, you know where all the best riders are from!;)

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jairtime suks wrote: 11:00am August 5, 2011

@ Raddad, yeah all the best riders are from district 22, just south of Minnesota and district 23.
Faith is from 22. Go Gavin

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raddad wrote: 11:09am August 5, 2011

Ha! Yep Gavin is one of the best up-n-comers but i see him race here at Martins track more than i do in iohway!

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jairtime suks wrote: 11:37am August 5, 2011

@Raddad, yeah I live where its real hot now, and summers suck, but my brother lives outside of Rochester, about 25 minutes from Spring Creek.
I've been there for Nationals back in the 80's. He's lived there since 1978.
Miss those tracks, but TX does have good tracks and dirt.
Some tracks are closing due to NO water and the extreme heat.

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jairtime suks wrote: 11:37am August 5, 2011

@Raddad, yeah I live where its real hot now, and summers suck, but my brother lives outside of Rochester, about 25 minutes from Spring Creek.
I've been there for Nationals back in the 80's. He's lived there since 1978.
Miss those tracks, but TX does have good tracks and dirt.
Some tracks are closing due to NO water and the extreme heat.

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Brokenmoto wrote: 12:04pm August 5, 2011

Pretty sure vimeo has schoolboy race on video.

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Sean wrote: 6:59pm August 5, 2011

realling wondering what happened to Alexander Frye that lead him to going DNF-DNS and DNS-DNS-DNS in the 80 12-14 motos. If anyone knows be much appreciated.

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yokkotorro wrote: 5:31am August 6, 2011

Racer X, please show us some videos of these races.

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nickeldude wrote: 1:50pm August 6, 2011

I live about an hour west of lorettas and there may be areas in the country with a higher posted temperature but with the humidity here in tenny its a whole different ballgame. Wednesday at 5 o'clock the temp read 105 with a heat index of 117! I'm not trying to say we have it worse than anywhere else but anyone who finishes the races here definitely deserves a pat on the back. I've seen a lot of guys pull off the track because of heat exhaustion.

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