Pro Week Amateur Events – RD 7 and 8 of Super Series
July 12th and 14th
By Rolfe Otterness
Jase Sonnenberg, Brandon Haas and Ryder Malinoski kicked some butt at Round 7 of the Super Series,
each of them taking wins in three classes. Sonnenberg ran strong in the minibike classes. Haas showed
good pace in the 25+, 35+ and Open A races and Malinoski motored to victory in Schoolboy2, 250 B and
Open B classes. Impressive results considering that competition was strong with over 900 entries
totaled for the day. The track was in good shape for Round 7 but had some more challenges in store for
Round 8 as rain hit after the Pro race was concluded and it took a lot of dozer work to salvage the race.
But the Schaefer Tracks crew and the Spring Creek gang worked it over to pull off a decent day of racing.
The Pro Track Challenge reroute up a portion of Mount Martin was not in the cards though.
Jack Lambert jumped out to an early lead in Friday’s 60 Plus class with FXR head honcho Milt Reimer
slotting into second and Donny Bonnicksen trailing them in third. Lambert held on for a couple laps
with Reimer applying more and more pressure until finally making the pass on the white flag lap to take
the win. Bonnicksen was back a bit for third with Kansas-resident William Huffman fourth over the
resilent David Spizman. Reimer crushed it in moto 2, running off for the win and hitting the built-up
jumps more like a 16 year old than a 60 year old. Yikes! Lambert had to settle for second with Huffman,
Spizman and Bonnicksen rounding out the top 5.
Featuring a slightly younger crowd in the Schoolboy 1 class, there was a strong performance by Tanner
Schlegel running out front in moto 1 after another typical holeshot for the young master. His nemesis,
Kyler Hagedorn was right on his rear fender to keep him honest but couldn’t overtake the speedster out
front. At the checkered it was Schlegel with Hagedorn close behind, followed more distantly by Cash
Albertson and Carson Swedeen. Moto 2 played out much the same with Schlegel surging into the lead
at the start and Hagedorn providing pursuit. Schlegel pulled out a couple of seconds worth of real
estate between the two and held it to the flag. Swedeen improved for a third with Hunter Morse and
Nico Trkla scoring the 4-5 slots.
Sunday’s races were less populated due to the weather-related reluctance of the racers, but the Open C
class still had a respectable 21 entries. Cooper Bushman made his trip to SCMXP worthwhile as he ran
out front in both motos to take a first place trophy back to home state Montana. Local rider James
Schaffer kept him honest by running in for second place both times out. Spencer Hein tooke third with
a 4-3 score over the 4-3 result of Carter Drechsel while Josh Lynch rode in for fifth overall on a 6-5 day.
Results: https://www.resultsmx.com/springcreek/index.asp?sp=&s=24&e=441
