KY-IL Winter Indoor Short Track Series

Round 1

Boone and Eslick Fire First Shots

By: Bobby Lewis

DuQuoin, IL November 25

The KY-IL indoor winter dirt track series kicked off tonight with near perfect weather conditions. A whopping 426 riders from eleven different states were whittled down into 16 rider main events for both the short track and TT resulting in a lengthy program. The Steve Nace racing crew handled it well and kept the track racy all night long. A. J. Eslick dropped the hammer first to lead the Open Pro-Am field down the back straight with riders bumping hard behind him. Eslick gained a lot of breathing room as the remainder of the riders balked on the slam fest coming off turn two. Eslick put in solid laps and eased away to a strong win. Sam Lowe had looked strong all night and jammed his way into second by a length over Chris Boone. Jeff Carver had been on the high line and rode it into fourth over Justin Hanna while Jeff Bostic and Kyle Snyder were next in line from the back row. Coty Bowland, Dallas Mayer, John Faulkner, Bill Gruwell, Chaz Lander, Jonathan Heiden, Zack Oliff, Colby Chandler and Alex Rossetta rounded out the large grid. Bowland grabbed the hole shot in the Open Pro final and held the point for two laps before Boon moved from fourth to first on the third lap. Boone stayed on the bottom of the track to earn the win while Bowland held firm for second. Eslick, Lowe and Gruwell went three wide for third with Gruwell gaining the spot while Eslick slipped to fifth. Carver grabbed the lead in the Open Amateur class and immediately went to the top of the track. He opened up a small gap but by the halfway point the field had closed up and Chaz Landers slipped into the lead a lap later. Landers never bobbled in taking the win while carver slid back to fourth. Casee McCammon put in a solid ride for second over Adam Cobb with Nathaniel Vowell rounding out the top five. Oliff, Chandler, Heiden, Dustin Sievers, William Cato, Todd Bokenkotter, Aaron Eagerton and Jacob Williams filled the remainder of the field. The fourteen rider 50cc shaft final was the largest this class has seen in several years with Cody Chisham topping the short track and Jeremy Opp the TT. Several riders earned multiple class wins including Nick McFadden, Ethan Gillim, Melissa Griggs, Jake Lewis, Carver, Hanna and Dallas Mayer.

RESULTS

Short track

50cc shaft: 1. Cody Chisham (Yam);2. Brayton Lynch (Yam);3. Brayden Taylor (Yam);4. Hannah Reichert (Yam);5. Shane Pluemer (Yam).

50cc chain: 1. Cayde Schmulback (Cob);2. David Grief (KTM);3. Devan Austin (Hon);4. Trent Marhanka (KTM);5. Cody Chisham.

65cc: 1. Nick McFadden (Suz);2. Robert Hall (KTM);3. Ethan Gillim (Suz);4. Molly Terry (KTM);5. Thomas Goodnick (KTM).

85cc: 1. Ethan Gillim (Hon);2. Jake Lewis (Suz);3. Kole King (KTM);4. Nick McFadden (Hon);5. Alexia Hoffman (Suz).

Maddog: 1. Nathaniel Vowell (Hon)2. Nikki Spore (Hon);3. Dillon Chisham (Hon); 4. Austin Zentmyer (Hon);5. Alex Hammock (Hon).

Playbike: 1. Melissa Griggs (Hon);2. Ryan Vowell (Hon).

86-160cc: 1. Chalon Spore (Hon);2. Alex Hammack (Hon);3. Dillon Clem (Hon); 4. Burgandy Knopp (Hon);5. Matt Tuttle (Yam).

200cc Amateur: 1. Jake Lewis (Suz);2. Chase Hundrey (Yam);3. Gary Jones (Suz);4. Alexia Hoffman (Suz);5. John Poorman (Suz).

200 Pro-Am: 1. Jake Lewis (Suz);2. Ethan Gillim (Hon);3. Nick McFadden (Hon);4. Ryan Rutland (Yam);5. Austin Zentmyer (Hon).

250cc Amateur: 1. Adam Cobb (Hon);2. Ricky Leak (Suz);3. Jonathan Heiden (Hon);4. Ken Maynard (Hon);5. Levi Mayer (Yam).

450cc Amateur: 1. Colby Chandler (Hon);2. Todd Bokenkotter (Hon);3. William Cato (Hon);4. Levi Mayer (Yam);5. Casee McCammon (Hon).

Open Amateur: 1. Chaz Landers (Hon);2. Casee McCammon (Hon);3. Adam Cobb (Hon);4. Jeff Carver (Yam);5. Nathaniel Vowell (Hon).

Open Pro-Am: 1. A. J. Eslick (Suz);2. Sam Lowe (Hon);3. Chris Boone (Suz); 4. Jeff Carver (Yam);5. Justin Hanna (Yam).

Open Pro: 1. Chris Boone (Suz);2. Coty Bowland (Hon);3. Bill Gruwell (Hon); 4. Sam Lowe (Hon);5. A. J. Eslick (Suz).

Open Expert: 1. Kyle Snyder (Hon);2. Justin Hanna (Yam).

Vet 30+: 1. Dallas Mayer (Hon);2. Kyle Long (Kaw);3. Mike Mayer (Yam); 4. Albert Lowe (Hon);5. Charles Southgate (Yam).

Senior 40+: 1. Dallas Mayer (Hon);2. Randy Blackwell (Hon);3. Charles Truax (Kaw);4. Bryon Ward (Yam);5. Ken Houston (Suz).

Super Senior 50+: 1. Randy Blackwell (Hon);2. Bill Goodwin (Yam);3. Charles Southgate (Yam).

Open Twins: 1. John Gilligan (TRI).

Heavy Vintage: 1. Charles Southgate (Yam);2. Dan Reichert (Yam);3. James Faulkner (Yam);4. Byron Ward (Yam);5. Teny Brennan (Hon).

Results

TT

50cc shaft: 1. Jeremy Opp (KTM);2. Cody Chisham (Yam);3. Jarrett Naas (Yam);4. John York (Hon);5. Shane Pluemer (Yam).

50cc chain: 1. David Grief (KTM);2. John York (Hon);3. Carson Land (Hon); 4. Blake Steinwagner (Suz);5. Trent Marhanka (KTM).

65cc: 1. Ethan Gillim (Suz);2. Travis Zapfe (Kaw);3. Robert Hall (KTM); 4. Thomas Goodnick (KTM);5. Luke Baird (Kaw).

85cc: 1. Nick McFadden (Hon);2. Evan Field (Kaw);3. Kole King (KTM);4. Brett Neville (Suz);5. Ryan Rutland (Yam).

Play Bike: 1. Melissa Griggs (Hon);2. Ryan Vowell (Hon).

86-160cc: 1. Matt Tuttle (Yam);2. Chalon Spore (Hon);3. Alex Hammack (Hon); 4. Haley Granda (Yam).

Maddog: 1. Nathaniel Vowell (Hon);2. Nikki Spore (Hon);3. Alex Hammack (Hon);4. Austin Zentmyer (Hon).

200cc Amateur: 1. Jake Lewis (Suz);2. Gary Jones (Suz);3. Alexia Hoffman (Suz);4. Hayden Granda (Yam);5. David Menser (Hon).

200cc Pro-Am: 1. Jake Lewis (Suz);2. Ethan Gillim (Hon);3. John Poorman (Suz);4. Kole King (KTM);5. Evan Fields (Kaw).

250cc Amateur: 1. Frankie Lee Gillim (Kaw);2. John Poorman (Suz);3. Levi Mayer (Yam);4. Jonathan Heiden (Hon);5. Aaron Eagerton (Yam).

450cc Amateur: 1. Jeff Carver (Yam);2. Chris Fristoe (Hon);3. Dustin Sievers (Suz);4. Mike Heiden (Yam);5. Aaron Eagerton (Yam).

Open Amateur: 1. Jeff Carver (Yam);2. Nathaniel Vowell (Hon);3. Adam Cobb (Hon);4. Colby Chandler (Hon);5. Chris Fristoe (Hon).

Open Pro: 1. Justin Hanna (Yam);2. Alex Rossetto (Hon).

Open Expert: 1. Justin Hanna (Yam).

Open Pro-Am: 1. Justin Hanna (Yam);2. Nathaniel Vowell (Hon); 3. Jeff Carver (Yam);4. Levi Mayer (Yam);5. Jonathan Heiden (Hon).

Vet 30+: 1. Dallas Mayer (Hon).