Grand Kankakee Trail Riders 3rd Annual Sand Gobblin Enduro
AMA District 14, 15, 16, & 17 Round 2 Sponsored by Work Enduro Rider
By Heather Adams
Rain in the forecast did not detour the 300 plus riders ready to brave the many obstacles that the Grand Kankakee Riders had in store for them. By race time the temperatures soared in the upper 70’s and the sporadic 2 minute long showers help keep the dust down on the grass track. The track consisted of hills, a large grass track, sugar sand whoops, creeks, logs, logs, and even more logs as stated by one club member. The club did a great job of marking the spectator spots; the land owners really enjoyed the creek crossing that seemed to have been mysteriously dammed up, which looked like the work of a busy beaver.
I talked to many riders, most agreed that the freight training through the sugar sand whoops in the second loop was the most tiring section in the whole race and the last section that the AA and A class rode was the most fun. I did have some riders say the creek crossing was the most tiring for them. They must have been the ones that had their bike pulled out with log chains. I did talk to one rider who learned a valuable lesson, think before you take advice from spectators that you do not know or you may end up riding 20 extra miles. I would hate to name names but Scott Hoffman made that mistake. In the second to last section Scott did not see arrows that the spectators were standing in front of and they pointed him onto the wrong trail. Scott ended up placing 11th in the AA class and 13th overall.
Thanks to Works Enduro Rider for sponsoring this event. Also thanks to the following sponsors for supporting the 2005 District 17 Enduro Series. Moose Racing, CRD, Progrip, Proclean 1000, Works Enduro Rider, and Fredette Racing. Support them as they support our sport. Also check out www.midwestenduros.com for all the up to date information on District 14, 15, 16, & 17 Enduro series points, race schedules, sponsors, etc… Ryan Moss has done a great job with this web site. He has volunteered a lot of time on this website for his fellow riders so check it out and let him know what you think.
Top 10 Overall
1. Leonard Keen 2. Cody Mastin 3. Ron Scharphorn 4. Ben Shafer 5. Andrew Stokely 6. Aaron Adams 7. Craig Molasek 8. Rob McGee 9. Steve Vollmar 10. Cory Calkins
AA Class
1. Leonard Keen 2. Cody Mastin 3. Ron Scharphorn 4. Ben Shafer 5. Andrew Stokely
SS Class
1. John Dameron 2. Jeff Kirkwood 3. David Kiesow 4. Richard Mertes 5. Dennis Sheneman
200 A Class
1. Rob McGee 2. JD
Friebel 3. Jeff Kaylor
4. Pete Laubmeier 5. Kiel Mueller
250 A Class
1. Jared Parker 2. Cory Maryan 3. William Hardesty 4. Bradley Becker 5. Brian Southworth
Open A
1. Steve Ricketts 2. Dave Edsall 3. Neil Soenesen 4. Brian Grote 5. Randy Knox
200 B Class
1. Shawn Lee 2. Michael Wesley 3. Scott Mertes 4. Brian Meyer 5. Jeff Koniak
250 B Class
1. Steve Kaylor 2.
Brian Vankoevering 3. Mark Adams
4. Ken McKeever 5. Jonathon
Williams
Open B Class
1. Marty Steinacher 2. Tom Elliot 3. Lance Mereau 4. Mike Davenport 5. Bill Elliot
Vet A Class
1. Jeremy Garber 2. Phil Peterson 3. Mark Becker 4. Todd Walsworth 5. Richard Belles
Vet B Class
1. Tim Beougher 2. A. Eugene Frazier 3. Paul Borden 4. Steven Laplante 5. Paul Toth
Senior A Class
1. Patrick Flynn 2. Brian Woodward 3. Tony Robinson 4. David Peters 5. David Vandecar
Senior B Class
1. Frank Shepeck 2. Robert Houts 3. Jack Drummond 4. Daniel Meyer 5. James Payne
4-Stroke A Class
1. Travis Krist 2. Mike Ricketts 3. Ryan Lowman 4. Rodney Brown 5. Tom Farris
4-Stroke B Class
1. Mike Mauer 2.
Aaron Wright 3. Roger Ice 4. Kevin DeKock 5. Aaron Babb
Trail Rider Class
1. Brett Campbell 2. Mark Lyons 3. Josh Aspell 4. Ed Tervoort 5. Craig Hamilton
Skip Hardesty gets the bike up the bank
Clearing the grass track log
Bryan Dixon staying clean like always
The Ryan family helping out Dave Edsall