BMS junior riders take top finishes in wet OMRRA weekend
Jun 01, 2006, By Staff, Copyright 2006, Minigpx.com
Club: OMRRA
Date: May 28, 2006
Location: MAC, McMinnville, OR
Website: Club Website
Next Race: June 18, MAC, McMinnville, OR
It was a wet, gray weekend. Saturday practice wasn't very populated. The few brave souls wrapped banana colored rain suits around their race suits, put on some rain tires and dropped knee. Sunday, race day was just as overcast and morning heats were run with rain tires by most because the track was still damp. Those without the benefit of rain tires were slow going and slide going.
By 3pm when the mains began, the track was dry and small patches of blue littered the sky above. Racing was close in Jr Production between 1st and 2nd place finishers, Peter Lenz & TJ H. The duo ran nose to tail until the final stages of the race when Peter pulled a small gap.
The Jr Open class again started with Peter getting the hole shot. TJ running second was never close enough to make a move for the lead. But he put out a good effort closing down a gap caused by a slow start. Unfortunately his heroic effort resulted in a low-side in turn 9 on lap eight. TJ was unable to reenter the race due to OMRRA's 'crash and you are out' rule for junior riders. The crash resulted in Peter taking the flag unchecked.
Peter Lenz checked out in Jr GP and the battle for 2nd was between riders, Devon, TJ and Bennie. After several laps of nose to tail racing, TJ got around both riders for second place leaving the battle for third a tight one. In the final few laps, Bennie passed Devon to finish third.
The senior races were just as exciting between Randy Agmata and Robert Linse (Lin-See). Unfortunately, riders Steve Kuhnle and Shawn Hill were having mechnical issues and were no match for the faster riders this weekend.
Results
Junior Novice 1
1st #74 Kinzer Naylor, GRC
2nd #96 Tana H, Polini
3rd #9 Grant Beegle
Junior Novice 2
1st #74 Kinzer Naylor, GRC
2nd #96 Tana H, Polini
3rd #9 Grant Beegle
Junior Cag
1st #8 Riley Basher, CAG
2nd #7 Carly Benton, CAG
3rd #13 Ivy Day, CAG
Junior Production
1st #45 Peter Lenz, BMS
2nd #69 TJ H, BMS
3rd #6 Bennie Taylor, BMS
4th #67 Devon McDonough, BMS
5th #8 Riley Basher, CAG
6th #22 Levi Dickson, GRC
5th #66 Nathan Agmata, Banshee
DNF #44 Jared Dickson, GRC
Junior GP
1st #45 Peter Lenz, BMS
2nd #69 TJ H, BMS
3rd #6 Bennie Taylor, BMS
4th #67 Devon McDonough, BMS
5th #22 Levi Dickson, GRC
6th #44 Jared Dickson, GRC
7th #66 Nathan Agmata, Banshee
Junior Open
1st #45 Peter Lenz, BMS
2nd #6 Bennie Taylor, BMS
3rd #67 Devon McDonough, BMS
4th #8 Riley Basher, GRC
DNF #69 TJ H, BMS
Senior Super Production
1st #55 Robert Linse, Gianinni
2nd #56 Randy Agmata, Banshee
3rd #68 Shawn Hill, Gianinni
DNF #20 Steve Kuhnle, BMS
Senior Open
1st #56 Randy Agmata, Banshee
2nd #55 Robert Linse, Gianinni
3rd #68 Shawn Hill, Gianinni
4th #20 Steve Kuhnle, BMS
