Just a quick update from the Arenacross series. Storm Lake Honda rider Ricky Draper recently completed the first 3 legs of the tour, traveling from Grand Rapids to Baltimore and most recently, Hampton, Virginia. This week the series lands a little closer to home at Kansas City’s Kemper Arena for a one night show. Draper, who has been racing the East Lites rounds as warm ups, will now begin his quest of an Arenacross Lites West Regional Championship. During the first three rounds, Ricky earned enough points for his AMA Pro license and will be competing the Outdoor Nationals after the conclusion of the Arenacross series. Draper has finished a career-high 8th place on two occasions this year. “I’ve been running a top 5 pace and my qualifying times are right there, but man I’ve got to get some better starts! That’s Arenacross, right? I just about had that holeshot last Saturday…we’ll see how KC goes then Tulsa.”
While the team hammers out the details for the outdoor series, some additional good news has come in the way of title sponsorship for the Arenacross season and possibly beyond. American Payment Systems will introduce their newest product, the PinPoint Card next month and has made the race team a pivotal part of its marketing program. When your company needs a merchant account, American Payment Systems offers quick approvals, lower rates, free pos equipment, and top rated customer service. Please join our team in welcoming our new sponsors. Remember, support the people who support the sport
Results from the 2010 Arenacross Season in Grand Rapids, MI Friday Jan 8th 2010.
From the looks of it, if the rest of the 2010 Arenacross season goes like Friday night’s race did then Jeff Gibson and Chad Johnson will be battling head to head the entire season. Jeff Gibson got the holeshot and lead all but the final 2 & 1/2 laps as former Tuf Racing team Member and Former Arenacross National Champion Chad Johnson now riding a Kawasaki for Team Kawasaki Monster Energy Babbitts pressured Gibson and made the pass and made it stick winning round one in Grand Rapids. Jeff Gibson and team Manager Tracin Seng will no doubt take a look at what then need to do to improve upon to take the win Saturday Night for round 2.
Check www.arenacross.com Saturday Night and sit in on the Live Chat.
Also 2009 Lites Central Arenacross Champion stepped up his game and proved that he is #1 for a reason winning the AX Lites class round one in Grand Rapids. Team mate Ricky Draper from Bellevue, Ne finished a respectable 12th place out of 16. Let look for Ricky to make it into the top 10 Saturday night.
Here are the Un Official Results from AMA Pro Arenacross Round 1 Results Grand Rapids, MI:
AMA ARENACROSS CLASS MAIN EVENT – Friday
Finish # Bike Number and Rider Name:
1. 4 Johnson CHAD
2. 1 Gibson JEFF
3. 11 Ames ZACH
4. 911 Bowers TYLER
5. 5 Skaggs NATHAN
6. 709 Bright TYLER
7. 361 Facciotti COLTON
8. 2 Sellards BROCK
9. 21 Ginolfi DAVE
10. 115 Johnson KEVIN
11. 67 Reynard ROBBIE
12. 3 Demuth JOSH
13. 748 Brown KYLE
14. 6 Davenport GRAY
15. 110 Hofmaster TOM
16. 144 Zimmer RYAN
AMA ARENACROSS LITES EAST MAIN EVENT – Friday
MAIN EVENT 00.00.000
Finish # Name Hometown Brand
1 1c Kurtis Mccabe Cedar Rapids IA HON
2 641 Daniel Aulsaybrook Ortonville MI KAW
3 709 Tyler Bright Lexington NC YAM
4 30 A.j. Catanzaro Middlefield CT KAW
5 239 Devon Pilkington Virginia Beach VA KAW
6 904 Justin Kelly Lelumia IL KAW
7 444 Chad Wages Frederick MD SUZ
8 318 Matt Schneider Ft. Wayne IN YAM
9 900 Randy Woodring Spring Lake MI YAM
10 35 Seth Caldwell Cheswig SC YAM
11 291 Kyle White Freeport IL HON
12 821 Ricky Draper Bellevue NE YAM
13 64 Taylor Futrell Clinton NC HON
14 352 Kevin Markwardt Freeport IL YAM
15 16 Cory Green Nowata OK KAW
16 1m Dave Ginolfi Lake Hopatlong NJ SUZ
