A stacked Open A class with winner Ross Martin getting the holeshot as #33 Malachi Messenger slides wide
Annual Fair Night at Stateline MX Pecatonica, Illinois - Aug. 13 By Josh Rud, More images at www.ShiftOnePhotography.com
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his past week on Tuesday Stateline MX ran their final Battle at the Border series race along with their fair race for the year. The track was extended out in front of the grandstands, adding a few new sections to keep everything interesting. It was a long weekend for the track crew, having a race Saturday and a make-up race Sunday morning,
then back on Tuesday for the fair action. This was the last race of the series, but there is one more make-up race from the very first round that got rained out, coming in October. The track was looking great, keeping everything interesting for the fair-goers and racers alike. Supermini was up at the gate ready to kick off the fair racing for the evening. Off the start, Nick Lorenz came out up front followed by Rj Mackenzie and Anthony Wallace. Cruising through the new fair section Wallace made his move on Mackenzie while Lorenz was already making a gap up front. Coming into the rhythm section Cody Barnes went outside to pass Mackenzie taking over third. As they moved through the table section everyone got bunched up as Wallace and Barnes caught up with Lorenz, making it anyone’s game. They all battled back and forth the entire race until on the last lap Barnes was able to make a pass stick for second, holding out for the finish line. Blasting through the sand rollers to the checkered flag Lorenz took the win followed by Barnes and Wallace. 250C was a packed
50cc Injected rider Mikah Carpenter finished second.
gate tonight with nineteen riders showing up to the line. As the gate dropped there was a huge pile-up around the first turn. Justin Peterson was able to make it out front and avoid the carnage. Joey Fortune missed the action and moved to second and Juan Wonders made it out of the pack in third. Charging hard, Peterson was starting to make a good gap on his Honda while Austin Beaty moved into third after being stuck in the first lap crash. Beaty and Fortune were going back and forth as Peterson created a good gap on the pack. Coming across the line Peterson took the win with Fortune holding on for second and Beaty a solid third place. 50Sr was up next with some good action from the little rippers. Coming off the line Ryder Beth took the holeshot followed up by Jackson Oehlhof and Matthew Blumer. Out of the grandstand section Talan Zollers was on a mission - flying by Blumer over the hill to grab third. Up front Beth was riding smooth, starting to pull away as Zollers battled it out Oehlhof, finally finding a line and making the pass stick to move up to second. The laps wound down with everyone pushing hard as Beth kept it out front for the win followed by Zollers and Oehlhof. 250B had some great racing tonight with Nick Wallace grabbing the holeshot followed by Matthew Bates and Nick Blumer. Moving through the first rhythm section Brian Krohn passed Blumer. Right before the tabletop section Krohn blasted through the inside line taking second from Bates and closing in on Wallace who was riding extremely clean up front. Coming around on the third lap, alCYCLE USA, September 2013
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