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Rounding out the top five
The first race at AMP Xtreme was a big deal for everyone who made it up to the track in Madison, Fla. where riders tested their lines at the newest sand track in Florida. What a good idea Mr. Wyn Kern had in scheduling the track for the fifth round of the Gold Cup Series. Once all the sand got pushed out, they picked out the fast line around the twisty, technical track that, yes, you could have used a monster truck to get through. The spectator’s area had one excellent view of the riders coming off the finish line jump and around the big sweeper turn where some of the more experienced riders were backin’ it in old-school for the fans.
A few new faces made the trip up to AMP Xtreme including Mike Picone who scrounged up the Adventure Cycles/Stellar MX Suzuki ride just in time for the race. Picone rode the 250f machine to victory in the Four Stroke and 250 A and 250 Pro classes. Ian Trettel also made an excellent showing and proceeded to win all three classes he signed up in without being seen walking around the pits at all!
Kade Walker was once again the one to beat in the 65 10-11 class. In Moto 1, Walker and Austin Winslow got off the gate together and it was Walker with the lead coming out of the first corner. The top two pulled away from Tommy Maxey and Walker checked out to the finish. In Moto 2, Walker was first again after the start, this time with Maxey in third over Winslow skimming through the rhythm section. Winslow passed for second before the last lap to finish 2-2 over Maxey’s 3-3.
In 7-9, Joshua Guffey shot straight out for the holeshot in Moto 1, and Jordan Bailey had his eye on the outside line until Guffey took first out of the corner ahead of Tyler Pantley and Bailey right there after the start. One lap later and Guffey was wide over Bailey in second until Guffey made a mistake out of site and Pantley had lead now. The top three pulled a huge gap over 4th while Guffey gained back behind Bailey on the last lap, but Bailey held onto second while Pantley took the easy win. In Moto 2, Guffey and Bailey were out front again over but Pantley had second after the first turn. By the green flag, Bailey was third over Chandler Fritzius, until Pantley had to pull off when his bike locked up, and Bailey took second ahead of the Fritzius with Travis Rudolph in fourth.
Quinton Bigalow scored the holeshot in Moto 1 of the Four Stroke class ahead of Mike Picone who passed for the lead over the rhythm section. Jesse Braden was third and right behind Bigalow with Robby Renner and Russell Clay rounding out the top five. Braden stayed tight behind Bigalow looking smooth to run down Picone but Picone started pullng away and Braden eventually passed for the second spot. On the last lap, Picone had a ten-second lead over Braden
In Moto 2, it was redemption time for Bigalow as soon as he ripped a second holeshot over everybody and immediately pulled a gap through the rhythm section. Picone caught the tail end of the dust until Bigalow landed the center tabletop and pulled off the track to look down at his bike – he’d cracked the head pipe. So, Picone took the easy win over Braden once again, and Renner was back in fourth.
The Plus 35 class saw Vince DeVane with the holeshot over Barry McCarty and Earl May. After the green flag, Dennis Bourque was up in there and the battle was tight – those guys were banging bars in the sand! DeVane had checked out by then, but the second through fourth were on the gas and McCarty held May right to the finish. In Moto 2, May took the lead over McCarty and Bourque after the start, with DeVane pushing his way up to second after the first lap. DeVane took the lead over May to the checkered flag, with Bourque in third ahead of McCarty at the finish.
In Moto 1 of the Super Mini class, Jeremy Winslow scored the holeshot over the Geico Honda-backed ride of Eric Grondahl out of New Hampshire, with Jett Johnson in third – the top three were less than a second apart, and Clifford Sanders was hanging in fouth. Johnson passed Grondahl and caught up to Winslow to make the pass in the back section. Winslow took it back for the white flag and held the lead until two turns before the checkered flag when Winslow dropped the front end in a turn and Johnson would squeak by with the win.
Winslow scored another holeshot in Moto 2 ahead of Johnson and Sanders after the start. While Sanders worked the outside around Johnson, Winslow pulled away unchallenged. Then Sanders went a little too wide in a turn and Johnson took advantage of the inside pass to take second overall with a 1-2.
The bright yellow Trick Threads/Sky Powersports Suzuki ride of Kory Keylon stole the show in the first moto of the 250B class while his brother Kyle watched from the sidelines; Kory was wide open out front on the first lap while Josh Talmadge and Ian Trettel played for positions. Trettel took the initiative down the back stretch and moved past Talmadge to pull on Keylon and the top two checked out. Nick Myers found third now over Talmadge and Paul Farnsworth was fifth. Keylon kept it pinned over Trettel, while Trettel looked to be taking it easy in second. Myers and Talmadge became the new stars of the show now in a last lap battle for third. Talmadge set up the pass on Myers who came back at the very last second for a side-by-side finish with Talmadge to take third.
In Moto 2, it was Trettel this time with top honors ahead of Myers, Talmadge, Renner and Keylon back after the start. The top five were tight behind Trettel at the green flag and Keylon was third until the next lap when he crashed off a double in the back section sending a shiver through the pits. (Get well soon, Kory!) Trettel maintained the lead with seven seconds over Talmadge on the last lap with Myers in third ahead of Paul Farnsworth and Nick Taylor inside the top five.
Sean Sattanno took the first holeshot in the 250 C class but it wasn’t long before Chris McGlynn fought from a third place start to the top of the running order ahead of Sattanno, Evan Walker and Dylan Odell. In Moto 2, McGlynn caught the holeshot and never looked back; he was wide open over Walker and Sattanno inside the top three.
Derek Hall went undefeated in the Open Pro class, even after he stalled it in the second moto and had to catch up half a lap to regain the lead. He’s just that good.
In 16-24, Quinton Bigalow was once again in command of the holeshot and both moto wins ahead of Brandon Westberry and Russell Clay. A note worth mentioning: in Moto 2, Bigalow had a good 10-second lead after the first lap, he increased that to 14 seconds on the third lap, and he crossed the finish line with 18 seconds over Westberry in second.
Mike Picone was the 250 Pro champ and the only one tripling in one fast section before a corner. In Moto 1, Tyler Livesay was obviously not riding at 100 percent, rode around and let Picone get away with a massive 25-second lead on the last lap! The goons came out in Moto 2, and Picone went wide in the first corner and let Livesay get away; Picone was just playing this time as he yelled ‘WOO’ catching up behind Livesay in the corners. When Picone dropped his bike in a corner, Livesay took off in the lead until Picone came back with a no footer to take the lead and the win. Tommy Washington came all the way from Oklahoma to ride with the Florida boys and finished 4-4 for fourth overall.
Derek Hall wheelied the start in Open A ahead of Scott Garritson, Taylor McDonald and Derek Almy. The battle for second saw the most action with McDonald and Garritson mixing it up until the last lap when McDonald secured the second spot while Hall worked a 20-second lead without even riding hard. In Moto 2, McDonald looked like he got he jump off the line until Hall came from the outside, looked to McDonald pulling up beside him and popped another wheelie to take another holeshot.
Josh Talmadge was on his A-game in the sand at AMP and took both moto wins in the Open (No A) class. In the first moto, Talmadge ran down the pro riders on the first gate and was wide open in the lead ahead of Larry “bo” Partin, Jr. on the #48 Suzuki while Shawn Gann and Scott Westbrook battled for third. Partin closed the gap behind Talmadge but the leader kept his focus on the checkers. In Moto 2, Talmadge had it easy over Partin this time with Gann in third again over Westbrook. Talmadge was not playing around (unlike the goons in the pro class) and he blew right by the 250 Pro riders like they were tied to a tree.
Jordan Bailey was once again the most consistent rider in the 50 Open class and took the first moto win over Cody Holdeman and Joshua Gibbs. Then, in Moto 2, Bailey was out front again over Robert Smith and Gibbs after the start with Holdeman on the gas in fourth while Bailey pulled away with a ten second lead on the second lap. With his head over the bars, Bailey worked it to a 20-second lead at the finish, with Smith over Gibbs and Holdeman.
The School Boy 14-16 (125/250F/250 ) class was stacked with new talent as Eric Goodson came down from MTF, along with Trettel and Keylon and the rest of the crew. In Moto 1, the two Suzuki riders pulled away from the pack and it was Trettel with the inside over Keylon followed by Cody Smith and Goodson. After the green flag, Smith had third easy over Goodson with Sean Sattanno in fifth. Keylon followed Trettel for a few laps before getting anxious and actually missed an obstacle and got off track, so Trettel took off. Keylon made a last lap charge once again on the leader, while his brother Kyle was giving Kory some sort of hand single from the sidelines. Trettel maintained the lead and the win with Keylon in second ahead of Smith. In Moto 2, Trettel and Goodson went at it for the holeshot and Goodson actually took the inside over Trettel heading into the first corner, but Trettel just took it back through the rhythm section and pulled away without a worry. Goodson maintained second over Evan Walker in third and Smith was fourth ahead of Sattanno.
In Open B, Larry “bo” Partin, Jr. took the outside over Josh Talmadge in the first moto, and Partin held the line through the rhythm section to maintain the lead on the first lap. Jesse Braden found third with Shawn Gann and Scott Westbrook inside the top five; at the green flag, it was Partin, Talmadge and Braden and the top two pulled away. Talmadge found the fast line around Partin to take over the lead and pull away to the finish. In Moto 2, Talmadge grabbed the holeshot but proceeded to fall off the outside of the berm in the first turn, so Partin took advantage of the inside and the lead. Partin looked poised for the gold cup overall win until he went down and Myers was there to take first over Braden and Talmadge had third by the checkered flag.
The last round of racing heads back to the ever-famous Gatorback Cycle park and it’s still anybody’s ball game, or, race…for the coveted Gold Cup!
RESULTS
~ 65cc (7-9)
1. Joshua Guffey
2. Jordan Bailey
3. Chandler Fritzius
4. Travis Rudolph
5. Glenn Richard
~ 65cc (10-11)
1. Kade Walker
2. Austin Winslow
3. Tommy Maxey
4. Trevor Boyles
~ Plus 35
1. Vince Devane
2. Earl May
3. Barry Mccarty
4. Dennis Bourque
5. Steve Dumond
~ Four Stroke
1. Michael Picone
2. Jesse Braden
3. Russell Clay
4. Robby Renner
5. Quinton Bigalow
~ s.mini (12-16)
1. Jeremy Winslow
2. Jett Johnson
3. Clifford Sanders
4. Travis Ingram
5. Eric Grondahl
~ 250 C
1. Christopher Mcglyn
2. Evan Walker
3. Sean Sattanno
4. Dylan Odell
5. Justin Morgan
~ 250 B
1. Ian Trettel
2. Josh Talmadge
3. Nicholas Myers
4 . Paul Farnsworth
5. Nicholas Taylor
~ Open Pro
1. Derek Hall
2. Taylor Mcdonald
3. Scott Garritson
4. Tommy Washington
5. Ricky Renner
~ 85cc (12-13)
1. Travis Ingram
2. Austin Avery
3. Eric Grondahl
4. Jett Johnson
5. Daniel Cook
~ 85CC (14-15)
1. Jack Sigismondi
2. Jason Frank
~ 85cc (9-11)
1. Mason Price
2. Kade Walker
3. Chandler Jenkins
4. Brandon Carvalho
5. Maxwell Kimer
~ 50cc (4-6) stock
1. Cullin Park
2. Parker Mcguire
~ 50cc (7-8) stock
1. Jordan Bailey
2. Glenn Richard
3. Cody Holdeman
4. Joshua Gibbs
5. Conner Morris
~ Plus 25
1. Vince Devane
2. Billy J. Wood
3. Earl May
4. Dennis Bourque
5. Brad Kadau
~ 16 - 24
1. Quinton Bigalow
2. Brandon Westberry
3. Russell Clay
~ 250 Pro
1. Michael Picone
2. Tyler Livesay
3. Derek Almy
4. Tommy Washington
5. Ricky Renner
~ Open (No A)
1. Josh Talmadge
2. Larry "bo" Partin Jr.
3. Shawn Gann
4. Scott Westbrook
5. Michael Olson
~ 50 Open
1. Jordan Bailey
2. Robert Smith
3. Joshua Gibbs
4. Cody Holdeman
5. Jacob Riner
~ Plus 30
1. Vince Devane
2. Earl May
3. Dennis Bourque
4. Brad Kadau
5. Steve Dumond
~ S BOY 14-16 (125/250F/250 )
1. Ian Trettel
2. Eric Goodson
3. Cody Smith
4. Sean Sattanno
5. Evan Walker
~ 65 Open
1. Kade Walker
2. Tyler Pantley
3. Joshua Guffey
4. Jordan Bailey
5. Tommy Maxey
~ open A
1 . Derek Hall
2. Taylor Mcdonald
3. Derek Almy
4. Scott Garritson
5. Ricky Renner
~ open B
1. Josh Talmadge
2. Jesse Braden
3. Nicholas Myers
4. Shawn Gann
5. Scott Westbrook
~ YTH 12-16 (125CC, 150 4-STK
1. Ian Trettel
2. Jeremy Winslow
3. Eric Goodson
4. Justin Morgan
5. Jett Johnson
~ open C
1. Christopher Mcglyn
2. Sam Baker
3. Duncan Johnson
4. Chase Klingensmith
5. Chase Northrip
~ Plus 45
1. Marcus Ricketts
2. Richard Powell
3. Rodney Joell
4. Rob Nagy
5. Dan Shawgo
~ Women
1. Lydia Greiner
2. Victoria Pearce
3. Kelsey Morris
4. Shelby Quast
5. Leah Cantrell
~ 250 A
1. Michael Picone
2. Tyler Livesay
3. Derek Almy
4. Ricky Renner
5. Tony Gracey
~ 250 Open (No A)
1. Josh Talmadge
2. Nicholas Myers
3. Nicholas Taylor
4. Paul Farnsworth
5. Cody Smith
~ Jr. Mini 85cc (9-13)
1. Mason Price
2. Clifford Sanders
3. Austin Avery
4. Brandon Carvalho
5. Chandler Jenkins
~ Plus 40
1. Earl May
2. Barry Mccarty
3. Marcus Ricketts
4. Richard Powell
5. Rick Bigalow