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April 3rd,
2011
Louisiana Cross-Country Series
Round 2: Van Way Moto Playground
Harvey Jumps Into Points Lead
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By: AcadianaRacing.com
Photos by: Terrie Shaw, Jenny Comeaux, OutOfBoundFilms.com, and
Chris Shows.
Carencro, LA
Round 2 of the 2011 Louisiana Cross-Country Series, Van Way Moto Playground, was held under breezy sunny skies and in front of a large group of spectators. The nice watered motocross track, the Pierce & Shows Ramp Crossing, the Spectro Culvert Jump, the fun woods sections, various unique bridges, etc. offered a ton of fun for the riders and entertainment for the crowd on hand.
ThermoProbe/Klim/Revloc/Thumper Racing’s Stephen Sturges (KTM) took the holeshot in the highly competitive XC1 class. Young XC1 rookie Jake Haddox (KTM/MTA/Brewton Insurance) put himself in the lead at the end of lap 1 but shortly afterward couldn’t hold off the hard-charging Suzuki pilot Jason Harvey. Once in the lead Harvey seemed to be able to put it in cruise control for the remaining 5 laps to take the checkers and win the majority of the $500 cash purse. Texas off-road ace Cody Potts (YAM) had a bad start but picked off riders the entire hour and a half to earn an impressive 2nd place finish. Jake Haddox kept it pinned to land the final podium spot in 3rd and take home his share of the purse. Runner-up at round 1 Andy Beebe (KTM) was running a strong pace but unfortunately suffered a mechanical DNF after a few laps in. Round 1 winner and defending champion Trampas Parker (KTM) couldn’t attend this round but will be ready for action at the next one. Only 8 out of the 10 rounds count toward the year-end championship so almost all of the riders still have a shot.
 Jason Harvey by Shaw |
 Top 3 Overall by JennyC |
In the XC2 Expert Lites class Jason Reine
(KTM/Moose/FMF) and Ryan Breaux (KTM/Chuck’s Used
Appliance/Performance Cycles) came into the first turn bar-to-bar,
Breaux slid out, and Reine was off! Breaux showed a great
example of determination by putting his head down and fighting back
through the large pack of XC2 riders up to 2nd place at
the end of lap one. He then passed Reine and led for the
remaining five laps to take the class win. Reine held in there
for second place and young XC2 Lites rookie Zach Rambin (KTM)
finished in third. This is the exact same top three class
results as round 1 so Breaux will definitely have a big target on
his back at round 3.
Ryan Breaux on his way to winning the XC2
Lites class. Photo by OutOfBoundFilms.com
Among the intense racing action one of the
highlights of the weekend was SideLineFilms grouping all of the
youth riders together to yell, “we just wanna ride” for a video that
will be submitted to the AMA. The video is regarding the AMA’s
fight against the ridiculous lead law / ban of kid-sized bikes.
Please do your part by joining the AMA! As always picture / video
links can be found on our website and even more coming soon!
 #4 Sturginator back to KTM - takes the XC1 holeshot. |
 Youth yelling "We just wanna ride" for SideLineFilms. |
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 Riding Schools, OutOfBoundFilms.com, iFence, SideLineFilms, and
Honda.
Results:
OVERALL: 1.
Jason Harvey (SUZ); 2. Cody Potts (YAM); 3. Jake Haddox (KTM); 4.
Stephen Sturges (KTM); 5. Ryan Breaux (KTM); 6. Dillon Van Way
(KTM); 7. Cole Cherpak (KAW); 8. Jason Reine (KTM); 9. Zach Rambin
(KTM); 10. John Mclemore (KTM); 11. Jonathan Plunkett (KTM); 12.
Corey Mouton (KAW); 13. Evan Shows (KTM); 14. Wesley Burks (KTM);
15. Corey Altazin (SUZ); 16. Clint Woods (KTM); 17. Nicholas
Anderson (YAM); 18. Aaron Saxon (YAM); 19. Joel White (YAM); 20.
Jared Henden (SUZ);
XC1: 1. Jason Harvey (SUZ); 2. Cody Potts (YAM); 3. Jake Haddox
(KTM); 4. Stephen Sturges (KTM); 5. Dillon Van Way (KTM);
XC2: 1. Ryan Breaux (KTM); 2. Jason Reine (KTM); 3. Zach Rambin
(KTM); 4. Evan Shows (KTM); 5. Corey Altazin (SUZ);
NOVICE: 1. Corey Mouton (KAW); 2. Jared Henden (SUZ); 3. Dakotah
Smith (KTM); 4. Christopher Roberts (KTM); 5. Brian Griffith (YAM);
NOV LITE: 1. Tommy Cannon (HON); 2. Brett Fontenot (KTM); 3. John
Beauchamp (SUZ); 4. Alex Reine (KTM); 5. Nicholas Daigle (KTM);
SENIOR A: 1. Hoot Parker (HON); 2. Gary Little (HON); 3. Kelly
Crenshaw (KTM); 4. Roy Smith (KTM); 5. Clayton Parker (YAM);
JUNIOR: 1. Braeden Van Way (KTM); 2. Brennen Reed (SUZ); 3. Chase
Joubert (KTM); 4. Andrew Zaunbrecher (KTM); 5. Trey Frandria (KTM);
SENIOR B: 1. Chris Van Way (KTM); 2. Lee Jay Haddox (KTM); 3. Todd
Weaver (HON); 4. Joey Frandria (KTM); 5. Buck Vinson (KTM);
SENIOR 50: 1. Edmund Herrington (KTM); 2. Donny Graham (GG); 3. Mike
Elshout (YAM); 4. Bill Hagan (HON); 5. Paul Monju (KTM);
BEGINNER: 1. George Bofinger (KTM); 2. James Winn (SUZ); 3. Matthew
Coffin (HON); 4. Zachary Lemoine (); 5. Cody Bouillion (KTM);
BEG LITE: 1. Josh Bennett (HON); 2. Travis Graham (HON); 3. Richard
Howard (YAM); 4. Brandon Hooper (YAM); 5. Matt Arnold (YAM);
BEG 4-STK: 1. Thunder Mchaffie (); 2. Christopher Thibodeaux (HON);
3. Tim Brasseaux (SUZ); 4. Jesse Whittington (); 5. Paul Steele
(KAW);
BEG 40+: 1. Paul Schaffner (KTM); 2. Tony Rider (KTM); 3. John
Pellerin (KTM); 4. Tyler Neely (YAM); 5. Jay Hayden (KTM);
KIDS VET: 1. Barron Bellard (KAW); 2. Daltyn Kennedy (HON); 3. Evan
Wiggers (KTM); 4. Cameron Reed (SUZ); 5. Cannon Shirah (KTM);
WOMEN: 1. Courtney Gerald (KTM); 2. Julie Broussard (KTM); 3. Carrie
Breaux (KTM); 4. Alex Wiggers (KTM); 5. Susan Reine (KTM);
KIDS INT: 1. Jacob Freeman (KTM); 2. Thomas Bofinger (KTM); 3.
Dayton Shirah (KTM); 4. Palmer Neely (KTM); 5. Trey Pipkin, Iii
(KTM);
GIRLS: 1. Aspen Neely (KTM); 2. Kristen Gautreau (KTM); 3. Jessica
Delee (KTM); 4. Chandler "Hank" Haddox (YAM); 5. Jenna Ford (HON);
PEEWEE: 1. Tyler Thomas (COB); 2. Landon Shively (KTM); 3. Zorion
Mcclarty (KTM); 4. Ryan Reine (KTM); 5. Cole Fontenot (YAM);
BEG PW: 1. Austin Bradford (KTM); 2. Daniel Reine (YAM); 3. Coty
Woods (KTM); 4. Travis Randle (KTM); 5. Pete Comeaux (YAM);
