Another Hot Day at Aztalan Lake Mills, Wisconsin - July 8 By Dave Hollub
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his move as lap three was winding down. Maier kept charging and just before the white flag, got by Cobian in the freeway section. Dillon Kau grabbed the moto two holeshot just ahead of Maier and Joshua Marescalco. Maier got by Kau and then
fter a week of temperatures over 100 and no rain for weeks the fate of the July race looked questionable. Starting early Thursday the dedicated track crew showed up and began pouring water nonstop onto the track in quantities so huge they had to keep a close eye not to run the pond dry. By Friday afternoon they had put down enough water that tilling the track was possible, before the real watering continued. By Sunday morning the track was perfect for the 330 entries. When the gate dropped for 50Jr., Noah Bindas was out front with a big holeshot. Owen Haseleu was running second with Nolan Schweighardt close behind. Bindas quickly made a move into the lead by the time he went past the scoring tower. Schweighard held on to third while Nathan Postma finished fourth. Haseleu got the moto two holeshot and was able to stay out front all moto. Schweighard was running second until lap two when he slid out leaving the door open for Bindas and Ben Blazek to move up into second and third. By the time lap three was over Kaiden Snyder got by Blazek and held on to third to the checkers. Haseleu took the overall with a 2/1 day while Bindas and second finished (1/2) Schweighard came back for a moto two finish in fourth to grab the final podium spot. Neil Knottnerus edged out Dillon Riemann for the Open C moto Jeremy Smith (41) and Riley Telfer battle in Open C. one holeshot while Timothy Fischer came around in third. By the time everyone stayed out front to the finish. Kau held on in came over the plateau Fischer was challengsecond while Marescalco finished third just ing for the lead and Austin Gardinier had ahead of Jake Angove. slipped past Riemann for third. This running Kevin Yde led Jim Beckman as they order held to the finish. In moto two Knotrounded the holeshot in moto one of +30B/C. tnerus again put his Honda out front at the Yde looked like he was going to run away holeshot but before they came out of the west with the moto until Jason Haessig slipped by end Fischer was out front. Fischer went down just before the plateau on lap two to take over in the east end leaving Knottnerus out front the lead. Haessig stayed out front and soon and Gardinier in second. By the time the Kevin Yde had pressure from Brad Yde. Brad checkers flew Shane Cooper rounded out the was sticking a wheel in and finally on the final top three. lap in the west end managed to squeeze Matthew Maier led Open A all the way through. Tom Ferguson moved up through down the start in moto one with Tyler Smulthe pack and finished in fourth. Kevin Yde ders close behind. Lukas Cobian was third repeated his holeshot in moto two and was and Dale Kathan fourth. By the end of lap able to get some breathing room, and cruised three Smulders had dropped out and Cobian out front to the win. Brad Yde worked his was now closing in on Maier. Cobian made way around Jim Beckman but soon had 52
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Robert Manke breathing down his neck. The third time over the plateau Manke outjumped Brad for second place. Brad went down soon after and had to settle for a mid-pack finish for the moto. Kevin Yde was able to turn his 3/1 day into the overall win while Haessig (1/3) was second and Greg Niles converted his 5/4 into third overall. Kirsten Raemisch powered down the start straight in Women’s moto one and then proceeded to disappear out front. In second, Jade Wennlund had Sierra Dortch on her rear wheel. Dortch had cut her way through the pack after being last around the holeshot. Dortch finally found a gap to get past Wennlund on lap three. Brenda Garland finished fourth just ahead of Dawn Cox. Moto two was a repeat for Raemisch as she again got the holeshot and checked out. Dortch got by Wennlund right away but then went down and lost a few positions. By the middle of lap two Dortch had fought back and now had Wennlund Dortch caught up to in sight. Wennlund and as they came out of the sand in the west end, slipped past into second. Later, after racing Women’s, 250C and 125Jr. Dortch commented on the second moto, “In moto two I got a pretty good start and was in second at the parastyle but I tried to take an inside line and I tipped over. When I tried picking up my bike it took a couple tries to get it up and running again so I lost two or three spots. I guess I was mad at myself and I rode hard and was able to get by everyone again on the second lap. It was kind of fun, maybe I need to do that more often, I like playing catch up, I ride harder. Thanks to Forward Motion, my Mom and Mike, Dennis Ponton Graphics, Premier Powersports, and Spiderwebmxpics. I also want to thank Sportland 2 because next week I’ll be getting a new KXF250 from them.” Tim Boblin grabbed the +45 holeshot in moto one but Robert Raduenz was out front by the time he hit the plateau. Tom Dretzka was in second and Boblin was in front of a pack of hard charging riders including Gary Behrens, Daryl Willing, Mike Zimmerman, and Paul Marescalco. Willing took over third in the east end on lap one and before the checkers flew Marescalco also moved past Boblin. Raduenz got the moto two holeshot but this time Dretzka was right behind him and poised to take away the lead. Raduenz held him back for the first three laps, but Dret-