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February 27th, 2011
Louisiana Cross-Country Series
Round 1: Leesville Motorsports Park
Parker and Breaux Come Out Swinging
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By: AcadianaRacing.com
Photos by: Terrie Shaw and Chris Shows
Leesville, LA
As anticipated Round 1 of the 2011
Louisiana Cross-Country series started off with a bang. Over
250 racers were able to enjoy the dark loamy dirt of Leesville
Motorsports Park during a pleasant, breezy February day.
Hundreds of spectators scattered around the course and were
entertained with many spectator points to choose from such as the
MTA Cliff Jump, the Gas Gas Rock Pile, the FilterSolution.com
Culvert Jump, two motocross tracks, nice trail sections, and so on.
Excited and anxious riders on the starting line were asked to shut
off their bikes for the National Anthem; thanks to Team 3/4 for this
great addition to our program.
At the slightest movement of the green
flag Mississippi's Kyle Henderson blasted off the start on his Best
Loading Services KTM 300 to nail the XC1 class holeshot.
During the first lap of the race defending series champion (and past
World MX Champion) Trampas Parker backed by KTM/TCP MX
Schools/Munn/Fly/Arai worked his way past the majority of the class
after a poor start. He then found himself coming through the
scoring tent already in first place but Andy Beebe (KTM) backed by
MTA/Scott Equipment/Hutchinson ATV wasn't far behind in second.
Henderson remained in the top 5 for most of the race until an
unfortunate crash from an over-jump set him back. Parker and
Beebe held their positions through the finish and XC1 class rookie
Jake Haddox (KTM/Soil Stabilizers/Brewton Insurance) put in a very
impressive ride to start the season off with a third place finish.
| Another exciting highlight of the day was XC2 Lites champ Ryan Breaux (KTM/Chuck's Used Appliance/Performance Cycles) getting the holeshot on the second row, fighting past the XC1 class, and earning a 3rd Overall / 1st XC2 finish; meanwhile taking home his share of the $500 purse. |
A knee injury didn't stop Jason Reine
(KTM/Moose/FMF) from finishing in second place and young XC2 Lites
rookie Zach Rambin (KTM/Mike's Outdoor) was excited to stand on the
podium in 3rd.
In conclusion it was another successful
Acadiana Racing promoted event, thanks to the land owner Rick Allen
and everyone who participated! As usual picture / video links
can be found on our website and even more coming soon!
About the series:
The MTA Louisiana Cross-Country Series is a 10-round championship
series promoted by AcadianaRacing.com. Venues test each
rider’s overall ability by offering motocross sections, hills,
roots, occasional rocks, woods trails, grass tracks, extreme
obstacles, etc. In addition to pure speed riders must have the
endurance to push hard for over an hour and a half. The series
is made possible by title sponsor MTA, Gas Gas Offroad US,
FilterSolution.com, Pierce & Shows Attorneys, Spectro, Enduro
Engineering, KTM, Mike’s Outdoors, Southern Trophy, Woods Tank,
Wallis Wood Works, Team ¾, Bayou Suspension, Fair’s Diesel Service,
Moose Racing, Evangeline Specialties, RidePG.com, MXPrints.com, Dirt
Wise, OutOfBoundFilms, iFence, SideLineFilms, and Honda.
Results:
OVERALL: 1. Trampas Parker (KTM); 2. Andy Beebe
(KTM); 3. Ryan Breaux (KTM); 4. Jason Reine (KTM); 5. Jake Haddox
(KTM); 6. Kevin Hutchinson (KAW); 7. Stephen Sturges (SUZ); 8. Zach
Rambin (KTM); 9. John Mclemore (KTM); 10. Wesley Burks (KTM); 11.
Joel White (YAM); 12. Clint Woods (KTM); 13. Kyle Henderson (KTM);
14. Stephen Reed (SUZ); 15. Russ Wiggers (KTM); 16. Brett Fontenot
(KTM); 17. Brandon Tynes (KAW); 18. Adam Cedillo (HON); 19. Jared
Henden (SUZ); 20. Nicholas Anderson (YAM);
XC1: 1. Trampas Parker (KTM); 2. Andy Beebe (KTM); 3. Jake Haddox
(KTM); 4. Kevin Hutchinson (KAW); 5. Stephen Sturges (SUZ);
XC2: 1. Ryan Breaux (KTM); 2. Jason Reine (KTM); 3. Zach Rambin
(KTM); 4. Clint Woods (KTM); 5. Brandon Tynes (KAW);
NOVICE: 1. Jared Henden (SUZ); 2. Dakotah Smith (KTM); 3.
Christopher Roberts (KTM); 4. Michael Elshout (KTM); 5. Bruce
Macfarlane (KAW);
NOV LITE: 1. Brett Fontenot (KTM); 2. Corey Altazin (KAW); 3. Aaron
Saxon (YAM); 4. John Beauchamp (SUZ); 5. Gary Kennon (YAM);
SENIOR A: 1. Clayton Parker (YAM); 2. Scott Hopkins (KTM); 3. Al
Cravens (KTM); 4. Hoot Parker (HON); 5. Robin Fair (KTM);
JUNIOR: 1. Chase Joubert (KTM); 2. Braeden Van Way (KTM); 3. Andrew
Zaunbrecher (YAM); 4. Johnny Demoura (HON); 5. Devin Thomas (YAM);
SENIOR B: 1. Kelly Christ (HON); 2. Robbie Wallis (KTM); 3. Robert
Mottet Jr. (HON); 4. Jeremy Oxley (KAW); 5. Kevin Joubert (KTM);
SENIOR 50: 1. Donny Graham (GG); 2. Kenneth Hagen (HON); 3. Mike
Elshout (YAM); 4. Jimmy Winn (KAW); 5. David Newell (KAW);
BEGINNER: 1. George Bofinger (KTM); 2. Cody Carrico (YAM); 3.
Woodrow Borskey (KTM); 4. Craig Soileau (KAW); 5. Bryan Soileau
(KTM);
BEG LITE: 1. Josh Bennett (HON); 2. Brandon Hooper (YAM); 3. Jacob
Watkins (YAM); 4. Justin Peltier (KTM); 5. Travis Fulcher (YAM);
BEG 4-STK: 1. Christopher Thibodeaux (HON); 2. Cody Hawthorne (HON);
3. Jason Bible (HON); 4. Casey Lewis (HON); 5. Jesse Whittington
(SUZ);
BEG 40+: 1. John Pellerin (KTM); 2. Paul Schaffner (KTM); 3. Gregg
Kirk (YAM); 4. Tyler Neely (YAM); 5. Joel Negrotto (HON);
KIDS VET: 1. Daltyn Kennedy (HON); 2. James Walerius (KAW); 3.
Cameron Reed (SUZ); 4. Cannon Shirah (KTM); 5. Michael Beauchamp
(SUZ);
WOMEN: 1. Courtney Gerald (KTM); 2. Shelia Monk (KTM); 3. Julie
Broussard (KTM); 4. Carrie Breaux (KTM); 5. Teri Beauchamp (HON);
KIDS INT: 1. Seth Hopkins (KTM); 2. Jacob Freeman (KTM); 3. Palmer
Neely (KTM); 4. Thomas Bofinger (KTM); 5. Walker Shows (KTM);
GIRLS: 1. Aspen Neely (KTM); 2. Chandler "Hank" Haddox (KTM); 3.
Kristen Gautreau (KTM); 4. Jenna Ford (HON); 5. Jessica Delee (KTM);
PEEWEE: 1. Tyler Thomas (COB); 2. Easton Worley (COB); 3. Zorion
Mcclarty (KTM); 4. Caid Thomas (KTM); 5. Cole Fontenot (YAM);
BEG PW: 1. Austin Bradford (KTM); 2. Daniel Reine (YAM); 3. Coty
Woods (KTM); 4. Connor Fair (YAM); 5. Travis Randle (KTM);
