Southeast Amateur National ST

Paducah International Raceway

Ladd, Robinson Super On The Short Track

By: Bobby Lewis

Paducah, KY April 21

One hundred twenty riders from thirteen states converged on Paducah, KY's PIR raceway for the Southeast Amateur National Short Track today. After two straight days of rain promoter Steve Nace and his crew did an admirable job of producing an extremely racy track. Aaron Ladd and Brock Schwarzenbacher squared off in the big bike divisions and created quite a show. Ladd won out for a close win in the Pro-Sport class but it was Schwarzenbacher leading the first lap of the Open Pro main. Ladd and Justin Hanna were struck on the groove trying to slip a wheel underneath but Schwarzenbacher would not budge. With two laps left Ladd put a gutsy inside move on the leader and banged into the lead. Schwarzenbacher tried to return the favor on the final lap but came up a bikelength short as Ladd took the win. Jeremy Anderson started from the back row and moved steadily through the pack and his cushion riding line moved him past Hanna to take third at the flag by inches. Jason Goodwin would fill in the top five while John Faulkner held off Chase Sconyers, Kyle Meiers and Chris Boone for sixth. Cody Reifsnider, Kevin Snyder and Dean Faulkner filled out the twelve rider field. Jeff Carver and Brandon Robinson broke out of the 450cc Mod pack and set-up a last lap dash for the flag. Carver led the way on the groove while Robinson ran high into turn three and squared off the corner to get a run on Carver that resulted in a photo finish. The win was awarded to Robinson over Carver whild Derek Weber moved to thid over Colby Chandler and D. J. Slusser, Payton Sassaman led a train of riders for sixth consisting of Dakota Simmons, Nathaniel Vowell, Jacob White, Jed Dunham and Kenny Castle. Robinson would top the 250cc two stroke rematch over Carver also. Carver hit paydirt in the 250cc DTX division as he rebounded from a poor heat race to claim the main event win over Sassaman, Steve Vanderkuur, Frankie Lee Gillim, Adam Cobb and Levi Mayer. Chandler would lead the first lap of the 250cc mod 4-stroke class but Simmons rode the top of the narrow groove to ride around the outside and go onto a convincing win Vanderkuur and Corton Vandezande would move past also to leave Chandler to fend off Cobb and Sassaman for fourth. Frankie Lee Gillim slid past early leader Michael Heiden to ride away for the 125cc win. Heiden held off repeated charges from Zach Oliffe, Jacob Cunningham and Nikki Spore for second. Hayden Gillim doubled up in the 85cc ranks by late race passes to top both the 7-11 and 9-13 age groups. He waited for a mistake from Cunningham to take the lead in the 9-13 group and put a last lap move on Jake Lewis to top the 7-11 field. Ethan Gillim was a solid third over Austin Conant, Nick McFadden, Evan Fields, Ryan Rutland and Logan Demaa.

Results:

50 Shaft

1. Kyle McGrane (Yam); 2. Jarrett Naas (Yam).

50cc stock

1. Kyle McGrane (KTM); 2. Cole Hahn (Hon).

50cc Senior

1. Robert Hall (KTM); 2. Cole Hahn (Pol); 3. David Grief (KTM); 4. Tyler Tudor (Cob); 5. Koda Ronald (Cob).

65cc DTZ

1. Ethan Gillim (Suz); 2. Ryan Rutland (Suz); 3. Nick McFadden (Suz); 4. Logan Demaa (Suz); 5. Luke Baird (Kaw).

65cc Mod

1. Jake Lewis (Suz); 2. Ethan Gillim (Suz); 3. Nick McFadden (Suz); 4. Ryan Rutland (Suz); 5. Logan Demaa (Suz).

85cc 7-11

1. Hayden Gillim (Hon); 2. Jake Lewis (Suz); 3. Ethan Gillim (Hon); 4. Austin Conant (Hon); 5. Nick McFadden (Hon).

85cc DTX 9-13

1. Hayden Gillim (Hon); 2. Jake Lewis (Suz); 3. Jacob Cunningham (Suz); 4. Evan Fields (Kaw).

85cc 12-15

1. Jacob Cunningham (Suz); 2. Eric Iddings (Hon); 3. Robby Hill (Yam); 4. Brett Neville (Yam).

125 cc Mod

1. Frankie Lee Gillim (Hon); 2. Michael Heiden (Yam); 3. Zach Oliffe (Hon); 4. Jacob Cunningham (Suz); 5. Nikki Spore (Hon).

250cc Mod 2-stroke

1. Brandon Robinson (Hon); 2. Jeff Carver (Kaw); 3. Jonathan Heiden (Hon); 4. Frankie Lee Gillim (Hon); 5. Jacob White (Suz).

250cc DTX

1. Jeff Carver (Kaw); 2. Payton Sassaman (Hon); 3. Stephen Vanderkuur (Hon); 4. Frankie Lee Gillim (Kaw); 5. Adam Cobb (Hon).

250cc 4-stroke

1. Dakota Simmons (Yam); 2. Stephen Vanderkuur (Hon); 3. Corton Vandezande (Suz); 4. Cobly Chandler (Hon); 5. Adam Cobb (Hon).

450cc Mod

1. Brandon Robinson (Hon); 2. Jeff Carver (Kaw); 3. Derek Weber (Suz); 4. Colby Chandler (Hon); 5. D. J. Slosser (Hon).

500cc DTX

1. Nathaniel Vowell (Hon).

505 Mod

1. Brandon Robinson (Hon); 2. Gordon schopieray (Rot).

Pro-Sport

1. Aaron Ladd (Hon); 2. Brock Schwarzenbacher (Suz); 3. Justin Hanna (Yam); 4. Cody Reifsnider (Suz); 5. Kyle Snyder (KTM).

Open-Pro

1. Aaron Ladd (Hon); 2. Brock Schwarzenbacher (Suz); 3. Jeremy Anderson (Hon); 4. Justin Hanna (Yam); 5. Jason Goodwin (Hon).

Vet 30+

1. Dallas Mayer (Hon); 2. Mike Dunaway (Hon); 3. Michael Sinnot (KTM); 4. Jason Griffin (Hon); 5. Gordon Schopieray (Rot).

Senior 40+

1. Jeff Jones (Hon); 2. Skeeter Williams (Hon); 3. Marty Allison (Suz); 4. Robert England (Hon); 5. David Allen (Rot).

Super Senior 50+

1. Randy Blackwell (Hon); 2. Steve England (Yam); 3. Mike Anderson (Hon).

Pre-82 Singles

1. Dean Faulkner (C-A); 2. Jason Griffin (Hon).

Pre-75 Singles

1. John Faulkner (Yam); 2. Dean Faulkner (C-A); 3. Wendy Maccoll (Yam).

Open 18+ Singles/Twins

1. Tyler Porter (ATK); 2. Michael Sinnott (KTM).