MEGACROSS DOMINATED BY
NEW/OLD VETS
By: The Turbo 7-10-2010 Round 7
Photos by Sam, Turbo,
Brett, and Brian!
Round seven of the Megacross Shootout
series has proven to be a reflection of new and old. You don’t understand? Read on. Not too often have I been a spectator to
one of the Duke O’Dirt events but this was one of them and I learned a few
things. The sport has gotten faster, the talent has gotten older and
the racing is always good if you keep a keen eye on the battles within.
The +40 guys had a little battle in the
heat with Steve “I can’t believe it’s not butter” Perkins (164) taking the holeshot on his Yamaha followed
by the Honda’s of Andy Cole and Scott Holmes. Cole stayed on Perkins fender and waited
for a chance in the off camber section on the south side to stick his wheel in
on Perkins. It didn’t happen as Steve’s hard to rattle and went wire to wire
for the heat win, with Cole 2nd, and Scott Holmes 3rd.
Speaking of vet riders, the young vet
rider Ross Martin (837), who also cleaned house in +25A and 250A, showed what speed is to the
young guys of Open A in the heat race. Martin took the holeshot followed by James Garrett’s Kawasaki then Ryan
Poulter on the KTM in third. Poulter
had his work cut out for him with Garrett but finally made the pass around the
outside of Garrett before the finish line only to run out of time to close on
Martin’s 3 second gap. Checkers
come out with Martin, 
Poulter, Garrett and
Malatia parked on Garrett’s fender for fourth.
The 30A heat race had the Kawasaki of
David ‘purple’ Hayes pulling the holeshot and taking it from start to
finish. Skee ‘stay puff’
Hartman stayed behind Purple Hayes till the #40 of Paul ‘buck’ Cherry made
the move in the off camber section to pass Hartman for second. Cruising to the checkers was Hayes (who
would also took the win in +35 and took third in +25A), Cherry, Hartman and the
KTM of Ryan ‘tree’ Moss in fourth. Wow,
another Kawasaki holeshot went to the #18 of Troy ‘invisible fire’ Quest in
the 30B heat. Quest would slowly
check out like he was riding on some sort of space ship and let the #266 Honda
of Brian Goodin’ Plenty slip into second around the 926 Suzuki of Shawn ‘tin-knocker’
Christen. Another Quest, this time
the 14 Honda of Kevin Quest, moved around the 926 and 266 machines and placed
himself in the runner up position till the checkers followed by Goodin in third.
The women’s class had the
FHK Honda of April Roper(15)
taking the holeshot and slowly checking out
in front of the #20 RCR Kawasaki of Kim Chandler and Kayla Miller in 3rd. The Main event happened just the same
with Roper slowly checking out and Chandler giving chase. Third would go to Lauren Hicks who made the trip up from
Georgia with her sister Mallory……Long haul for Megacross!!!
The Open A main event holeshot went to the KTM of Ryan Poulter,
followed by new A rider Max Malatia. Third
was none other than Ross ‘Rollerball’ Martin.
Martin didn’t wait very long to show Malatia how the vet works by
passing him in the corner after the whoops.
Martin coming underneath Malatia now set his site on Poulter. Martin slowly closed the gap and passed Poulter using the
same line through the whoops and corner. Martin
would pull a comfy gap over Poulter, while Malatia just wouldn’t give up the
chase and stayed close to Poulter till the checkers. Fourth went to Garrett and fifth went to
Justin Kelly.
30A main event
had Paul ‘Buck’ Cherry (40)
taking the
start followed by ‘Purple’ Hayes and Lil’ Skee Hartman in third. Hayes was on mission tonight and pulled
up on Cherry and passed the Honda rider down the back straight. Lil’ Skee Hartman followed Hayes, and
Cherry to the checkered flag along with Ryan Moss in 4th. 30B had another Kawasaki out front at
the start with Troy Quest in front. The
2 stroke of Shawn Christen got another good start in 2nd but lost it
to Brain Goodin’ Plenty on the first lap.
Shortly after, Kevin Quest
would take third on the Honda. Quest
out in front was running away like the barefoot bandit while Goodin was trying
to close the gap. Goodin’Plenty
would finally close the gap and apply pressure on Quest. Showing him a wheel on the white flag lap in the last
turn, Quest would close the door on him and take the checkers. Following Quest was Brian Goodin’
Plenty and the younger Quest brother Kevin in 3rd on the Honda. Following the race Brain Goodin’
Plenty has this to say, ”I showed a tire but he would shut the door on me. My Borelli Suspension was all boinged
out and couldn’t have been better.” Winner
Quest has this to say, “Brian was on me like a dog on a piece of meat the
whole race. It’s no fluke, I’ve
been training at home and I pretty much piss excellence.” 3rd place finisher Kevin
Quest (14)
said, “I could run with Goodin at times and other times I’d
drop back. I’m really hungry
right now. I’d like to thank my
son for getting me back into riding and the King O’Spring Garry Borelli
(Borelli Suspension) for the boinger setup.”