RACE REPORTS

Foothills Race Report May 7, 2023 (The following is a Story written by our announcer Scott Gonyer- these are not results reported to USA BMX, if you read something in error, please understand that finishes may or may not be 100% accurate, please verify results on our points page. These reports are meant to be entertaining and fun and Scott does his absolute best to be accurate, we thank him for his time!) After what seemed like we lived in the monsoon region of the world we were back racing at our favorite track! As racers were pulling in you could see the smiles all the way from Route 8. The crew at Foothills had been working hard on the track in preparation for opening day. The BMX Gods said we would have to wait one more week, but blessed us with a sunny 75 degree day. As riders were pulling in, we started to see something we weren’t used to in the pit area. What are those electric two wheeled bikes? We would have the controversial Stacyc bikes here to race today. Love them or hate them it definitely had everyone’s interest peaked. We would see a line of new riders ready to give it their first try in BMX. They were eager and excited. They would have a quick rider orientation led by Track Operator Brian Kesl. We ran a little behind because of all the new riders, but that is a great thing! When motos were posted we would see 51 motos! Before we started racing we would pay tribute to Roger Plaskett. Roger was instrumental to starting Foothills. He would be the track announcer for 26 years! Roger would see many accolades over his years involved in BMX and many of the sanctioning bodies of the sport. In 2020 we would learn Roger was diagnosed with cancer. The BMX community was devasted, but in Roger fashion he decided to fight it with all he had. We would also learn that year that Roger was to be inducted into the BMX Hall of Fame. What an honor! Unfortunately shortly there after Roger would unfortunately lose the one race we all wish he could have won. Roger was an inspiration to all of us who knew him. After returning to the sport in 2017 my son and I made the trip from Massachusetts to Foothills. I started talking to Roger from day one of being there. He convinced me to corner marshal. Our conversation talked of myself racing in the 1990s and Roger remembered some of my races! I was surprised by how someone could remember me as a punk teenager that would tear up the tracks. He remembered races I had long forgotten. Then one day he said “hey you have announced races before, come and join me in the tower”. I was petrified to do it again. He gave me some pointers, told a couple off color jokes, and said lets do this. In the short time I got to talk, message, and hang with Roger I was happy to have found a friend that so totally reminded me of my grandfather who had past a few years before. My grandfather was a local TV personality and the announcer at the old Riverside Park Speedway and Stafford Motor Speedway. Roger was just as excited that he was helping the grandson of an announcer he would listen to when he went to the NASCAR races. When Roger learned of his battle to come, he asked me to take over the tower a little more. Soon unfortunately it became more and more. Like everyone I too was devasted to have lost someone I had connected to in such a quick time. I find myself still talking to him in the tower every week. Roger from the bottom of our hearts thank you for all your dedication, time, compassion, and most of all your love of BMX and all of us. Stacyc Class The Stacyc bikes brought everyone to the fences to check out these machines that most riders had never seen before. It would be a total points race that consisted of 5 year old Colton Simon, 5 year old Hailey Dambrosio, and 3 year old Charlie Canny. Colton would dominate the twist throttle all day taking the win. Hailey would finish in second. Charlie would keep trying to throttle up and get over the large jumps. In the third round the throttle was wide open and the crowd would roar in excitement for the young rider coming home in third. 4 Balance Bike We would see Jake Baker, Kasey Ouimette, Connor Hagan, Isaac Bodwell, Tristan Flynn battling it out today. Unfortunately, I have a technical error in who finished in what position in both balance bike classes. Stay tuned next week for better results. 3 Balance Bike Once again, I apologize but a technical issue didn’t allow me to get results, but we had Brody Gore, Honora Osario, Charlie Canny, Ethan Carroll, Carter Smith, Clark Sielken, Cameron Melanson, and second generation racer Remi Markie. Please stay tuned next week for better results. 6 & Under Open The first open of the season and we would see 6 novices battle it out. When the dust was clear Becket Brammer would come home with the win. Second would belong to Evan Day. Johny Doherty would come in third. Matthew Fusari would bring it to the line in fourth. Griffin Miller would finish in fifth. Emerson Bodwell would have a crash in the second round and miss out on the main. The Bug Boy said I’ll be back on top next week. 7-8 Open Reid Waters must have stolen one of those Stacyc batteries as he looked like a kid who stuck his finger in an electrical socket and zapped to first. Logan Armatruda was riding the lightning to second. Caleb “The Flaming Goat” Bodwell set it on fire in third. Lucas Wade would finish in fourth. Lily Torizzo would round out the main in fifth. Ben Hagan would tangle with Bodwell in the first round and have to call it a day. Heal up little buddy! 9-10 Open Asher Hock would be the class of the field today. Making the trip from New York he would qualify first and finish first in the main. Elijah Pagan would try his best but finish in second. Sam Fusari would cross the line in third. Matty Verbanic would finish in fourth (more on him later). Caiden Amatruda would finish in fifth. Andrew Jensen would just miss out on the main. 11-12 Open Two racks and ten riders! Devon Hurley would be the class of the field in this big race. Noah Hardgrove must have grown two feet over winter and was towering over Devon but still couldn’t see the finish line first. “Quick Nick” Maurati would make the podium in third. Logan Gladue would just miss the podium in fourth. Beckett Broadbent would finish in fifth. Sixth would be had by Ryker Parkins. Marco Moreira would be seventh and eighth would go to Gunner Kilton. Adalyn Nevins and Ian Dwyer would sit this one out. 13-14 Open Dion Hurley would be on the top spot today. Carter Gladue would come in second. Johnny Urban would round out the podium. Alyssa McKay would cross the line in fourth. Brennan Nuzzo would finish fifth. Nuno Moreira would finish sixth. Seventh goes to Max Nieves. And just missing out was Brody Kesl. 17-20 Open Dylan Barker would win this one today. Tyler Farwell in his return to racing would finish second. Sparky Pedersen would come home in third. Chris Gonyer would finish fourth. Trevor Cooper would sit this one out. 31 & Over Open Devin Murphy would be sly and try to confuse the announcer today with her NAG and Roc number one plate. She wasn’t confused as she showed why it has a number one on it. Josh Alstede would finish in second. John Gladue crossed in third. Steven Gagnon would finish fourth. Matt Markie must have been exhausted from helping Remi in the balance bike class and would miss the main. 11-12 Girls Cruiser Like totally gnarly girls' cruiser (say it in your best valley girl voice). Cheyenne Stone would put the pressure on all three rounds and find first. Adalyn Nevins would be all over Cheyenne’s back tire but would finish in second. Raquel Olson picked up some more speed this off season and would finish in third. 15-16 Girls Cruiser Pippa Sweet was moving so fast her plate could barely stay on the bike! She would finish on top of the podium. Kyrie would be laughing as I was picking on her sister’s speed in second. Ella Urban made sure to remind me of her beat boxing skills in third. 17-20 Women Cruiser Marissa Lyman put down the textbooks and picked up her bike and zoomed to first. Kelly Theologou went from the ocean to the mountains and finished in second. Jean Dohan would round out the queens of BMX class. 7 & Under Cruiser Austin Dohan and Caleb Bodwell would be on the track to battle it out. Ben Hagan was begging mom and dad for ice cream after his crash in the open. I think that battle goes on every week for most parents. Austin would beat Caleb today. 9 Cruiser Logan Rice would come out of the pressure cooker all puffed up and ready to race today. He put his Rice Rocket to the top of the podium today. Domenic Colombo would finish in second. Reid Waters tried to remove the hot water from the Rice, but he would come up in third. Logan Carroll was left with the empty pot. 11 Cruiser Asher Hock would finish like he did in the open-FAST! He would take another win today. Logan Gladue would try to slow him down but finish in second. Sam Fayad would round out the total points. 13 Cruiser Brody “ODI” Kesl would crank that windup in his back and spring to front today. Carter Gladue would bring it home in second. Connor Emerich would finish on the podium. Dion Hurley would have a mechanical failure and not make the main. 16 Cruiser Escher Chartier would make the trip down from the beach and take the win. Jonah Graves would put his SSquared jersey into the P2 spot. Sparky Pedersen would finish on the podium in third. Josh Plaskett would just miss the main. 31-35 Cruiser Josh Alstede would put his Gold Cup plate up front today. Thomas Howell from Virginia would finish in second. Marcelo Oliveira would finish in third. Joseph Broderick would make his return to racing and just miss the main. 46-50 Cruiser Greg Plaskett would have an emotional week of highs and lows and he would end it on a high note with a win. Joe Doherty was begging Greg for a side hack showdown but would have to settle with a second. The leader of the Misfits would put his flannel in the third position. Don Olson would round out the main. Brian Kesl would miss the main today. 56-60 Cruiser Roger Billings and Mark Reale would have the track to themselves to battle it out today. David Ellenberger from Washington D.C. must have been dragged up the hill by the bear as he wouldn’t make it out on the track. Mark would win each round but not without a fight from Roger. Roger seemed to have fallen asleep in the second round but in the third round he found the No-Doze. 5 & Under Novice Nash Oneill was as quick as an eel and would finish on the wheel of steel and steal the veal. Matt Fusari was just as confused as the announcer about that sentence in second. Beckett Brammer would have to tell people no I’m not dating Marissa in third. Evan Day would ask what is dating in fourth. Emerson “Bug Boy” Bodwell was asking who has bugs in the fifth position. Griffin Miller tried to squash the bug in fifth but came home sixth. Remington Waters didn’t make the main but was giggling about this whole paragraph. 6 Novice Austin Bassett wasn’t hounding around! He would take the win today in the field of seven. Jacob Colombo would finish in second. Third would go to John Goehle. Julian Badia would cross in fourth. Johny Doherty would get the high five. Joseph Torizzo would get sixth. Jacob Ouimette would miss out but will be back. 7 Novice Caleb “Flaming Goat” Bodwell would bring the farm to the finish line. Oliver Hurley would bring the Spartan 300 to the line in second. Bodhi Thomas would round out the podium. Mattie Doyle would just miss out on the main. 9 Novice Well now. Or is it well wow! Matty V Verbanic would go on a winning streak these few days. To top it all off he would win number ten today at Foothills! Welcome to Intermediate Matty! Emilia Conley would try to end that streak but would come up one spot short. Making the podium in third would be Archer Wehner. Lucas Wade would come in fourth. Fifth would go to Rylee Gladue. Ryder Osorio would remind the announcer that he still can’t seem to get his last name right in sixth. Lily Torizzo would bring it home seventh. Andrew Jensen will try again next week. 10 Novice Total points for this fearsome trio. Mason Matteson would go wire to wire for the win. Caiden Amatruda would finish in second. Third would go to Cason Hurley. 12 Novice AJ “Tenacious” Torizzo would tenaciously tantalize the crowd with his first-place finish. Marco Moreira would finish in second position. Ian Dwyer would climb the plywood tower in third. Kameron D’Autorio would finish in fourth. Gunner Kilton would come across in fifth. Cody “The Foot” Bodwell will put his best foot forward next week. 14 Novice Nuno Moreira would score the perfect day while winning all three rounds. Gavin Kesl would finish second. Max Nieves would be on the sheet but never show up. 36-40 Novice Did these guys make it to work on Monday??? These four were trading paint, banging bars, and talking about going to the bar all around the track. They would get three wide numerous times with the lead ever changing. In the end John Gladue would take the win. Steven Gagnon would settle with second fiddle. Daniel Johnson would drive them to the bar in third. Ryan Thomas would miss the main and say he has to buy first round. 46-50 Novice Rick Cancelino couldn’t be cancelled today in this class. He would take the win over Al Torizzo who would take the brunt of the moustache jokes today (and he does have the best one in BMX!). Chris Bird would finish in third and he donated three strider bikes for future riders! Thanks Chris!!! 7 Intermediate Eli Ruopp would Ruopp on the competition today and take the win. Skylar Hardgrove would bring it home in second. Logan Armatruda would miss the first round, but qualify in the second round to finish third. Ben Hagan would sit this one out. 9 Intermediate Kristopher Devaux doesn’t only have a name like a comic book detective, but he solved the riddle for the win. Will Adams would sleuth his way into second. Johnny “Tsunami” Lapenta would bring his Axle Nutts Racing machine across the line in third. Sam Fusari would come home fourth. Wyatt Wehner found his way to fifth. Logan Barker brought it home in sixth. Cypress Thomas will be back to try next week. 10 Intermediate Elijah Pagan would take the win but it was close with Samir Fayad taking the win in the main. Elijah would have the low points and the win. Collin Matteson would lose his chain in the first round and come back second round in second. Ultimately finishing in third. 11 Intermediate Connor Flynn would win all three rounds today. Logan Gladue would take home all the twos. Beckett Broadbent would finish in third. 13 Intermediate Blake Nevins has been on a tear the last few weeks. New team new attitude? Whatever it is, its working as he would take the win today. Ryker Parkins would come home in second. Raquel Olson would have a scary crash today. The crowd would cheer when she got to her feet and rode it out. Last I heard she was training Paul Bunyan how to milk the Blue Ox. Don’t mess with the “Animal”! 15 Intermediate Wesley Flynn was questioned at the finish line if he stole a Staycic motor an installed it in his bike. He would show that the motor was just his quick legs and win today. Hunter Phoenix was asking for the Duracell in second. Toby Schoonmaker thought he had the Energizer Bunny in his corner, but settled for third. Henry Morini was begging to show his energy somewhere in the tower in fourth. Sam Jenkins only had time to buy the Walmart batteries today, but next week he says he is buying the real thing in fifth. Destiny Matunas bought the dollar store ones and missed the main. 41-45 Intermediate Shane Wehner was looking like a bright yellow flame and burned his way to the win. Will Verbanic would follow closely in second. Tim Adams was mad at the announcer for not racing in third. Brian Kesl would finish in fourth after putting the leg work in this week getting the track ready. Thanks Brian and crew!!! Michael Taylor would miss the main but he will be back to show them guys. 51-55 Intermediate Ryan Murphy would have a battle on hand with Dennis Coull and would come out on top. Dennis would have to settle for second. Art Ramsey would finish third after having to read electrical diagrams for throttles. Roger Billings would round out the main. Kelly Theologou would miss the main, but would be all smiles. 12 Girls Expert Adalyn Nevins and Cheyenne Stone would battle hard each round. Adalyn would win the first and third round and ultimately grab the win today. Cheyenne would get second. Natalie Kent would be right on their heals each round and finish in third. 14 Girls Expert Alyssa McKay was a girl on fire today. She would not back down and won each round. Kyrie Sweet would finish in second and Elizabeth Doyle would come home in third. 15-16 Girls Expert Pippa Sweet is being sent a bill for track repairs. The Track Operator has sent notice to USABMX to join the bandwagon on indefinitely suspending for stealing the win and tearing the track apart with her brute rear tire horsepower. Just kidding Pippa. She would dominate and take home the win. Ella Urban would stay clear of the ruts and finish in second. Gwen Hall would come across the line in third. Sarah Gonyer would miss the main but she will be back. 8 Expert Reid Waters would zip around the track like it wasn’t even there and grab another win. Austin Dohan would finish in second. Logan Carroll found himself in third. Jeremy Ruopp would miss the main but hopes for more 7 experts next week. 10 Expert Asher Hock just had to win everything he raced today. Kid is fast! Logan Rice sure gave him pressure in this race but would come up slightly short. Domenic Colombo would finish on the podium in third. 12 Expert Devon Hurley would show off his new Toxic Jersey today out front. Noah Hardgrove would keep the pressure on in second. Connor Emerich would join them on the podium in third. “Quick Nick” Maurati would just miss the podium in fourth. Rylan Spence would miss the main. 13 Expert Dion Hurley was at the head of the class today. Brody Kesl would bring the teacher an apple in a second. Brennan Nuzzo almost forgot his homework in third. Carter Gladue was caught chewing his pencil by the teacher in fourth. Johnny Urban must have had detention as he wasn’t in the main. 14 Expert Hunter Dye was a man on a mission as he would dominate for the win. Damian Conley would finish in second. Kubrik Tarrant would settle for fourth. 16 Expert Jonah Graves would show off his new jersey out front today. Escher Chartier would return to Foothills and finish in second. Chris Pedersen would finish on the podium in third. Josh Plaskett would finish his day in fourth. Fifth place went to James Wolf. Brayden Lanagan was a no show. 17-20 Expert Dylan Barker, Chris Gonyer, Tyler Farwell, Trevor Cooper, and Marissa Lyman would battle back and forth and make it exciting to see who would make it to the line in first. They would finish in the order I listed their names. 21-25 Expert Josh Alstede would lead the “Misfits” around the limestone serpentine today. Devin Murphy would try to pass in second. Joe Broderick would make the podium in third. Scotty Doland would miss the main, but was looking dahm good in his tuxedo. 36-40 Expert I needed my sunglasses on Sunday. Not only was it sunny out but one racer was smiling so much it was blinding. Matt Markie was grinning from one end of the state to the other. Not only did he win, but he got his daughter Remi racing Balance bike and she was loving it. Leigh Waters would try to ruins Matt’s day, but it was not meant to be. Dan King would finish in third. Marcelo Oliveira would cross the line in fourth. Team owner of Warped BMX, Dan Rice would just miss the main. 46-50 Expert Well this would be as exciting as BMX social media was this week! Those that know, know. Before we get to the finish lets look at the two qualifying rounds. First round would see Greg Plaskett run away with it like a thief on the run. The second round would see the three remaining vying for two spots. All three would come down the second straight very tight, with Cliff Benoit just slightly behind but moving up. He would try the low line into turn two but he would wipe out like a criminal running from the police. The main would be a great battle with Plaskett taking the win. Joe Doherty would finish in the runner up spot. Gary “The Clydesdale” Nylund rounding out the main. Cliff would be sitting this one out but he will be back to be the top cop. Well what an exciting first race of 2023! A special award and thanks went to Lori and Pete Pedersen. Very much deserved! They spend countless hours at Foothills doing everything and anything needed. From the bottom of our hearts Thank You! Don’t forget to sign up for Marissa’s beginner and novice clinic. Its always fun and very informative. See registration for details. Our new rider winner of the bike will be at the track next Sunday so he will be presented with his new bike. I spoke to dad and he is excited. See everyone Sunday for Sunday Funday!

RACE REPORT May 14, 2023 Wow what another gorgeous day for racing! Great day for all the moms for Mother’s Day. Thank you to all the moms for everything you do each and every day. Racing moms are extra special moms. They race, water suppliers, find the missing gear, pay all the fees, taxi their racers from track to track, and fix all the boo boos. Most importantly they love unconditionally, motivate, and console. Thank you, moms, for all you do and so much more. It was also a double point race today. It was the Bob Warnicke double point race. Austin Montville would win the rider raffle for his mom and gift his mom with a really cool coffee thermos mug. Al Torrizzo and Northern Farm and Flowers would gift all the moms with flowers. Lori Pedersen would have all the snacks and drinks we could ask for. Christi Bodwell is training with Desiree to be our clerk. Things are taking off here at Foothills and all the volunteers are working hard to make this the best year ever. Thank a volunteer because without them we couldn’t have our fun races. 4 Balance Bike After last weeks blunder on my part with scoring, the racers made up for it today with some of the most exciting balance bike racing I’ve seen in years. Connor Hagan, Tristan Flynn, Christian Badia, Kasey Ouimette, Caleb Darrow, and Isaac Bodwell would bang bars, step on each others feet, have lead changes, crashes, snacks, and have the crowd on their feet each round. Connor Hagan had his hands full with both Tristan Flynn and Christian Badia battling for the lead each time they put the Adidas, Nike, and Vans to the limestone. Hagan would ultimately take the win. Flynn would finish second. Badia in third. Ouimette, Darrow, and Bodwell would round out the rest of the field with smiles. 3 Balance Bike Carter Smith and Austin Balotti would look like they were battling over the last freezer pop. They too would battle to the line each round with Smith taking home the biggest freezer pop. Balotti would get a satisfactory freezer pop in second. Cameron Melanson would get an Italian Ice. Remi Markie split a frozen treat with dad (Matt Markie) after his running with her. 1-2 Balance Bike Ethan Carroll would put his Velcro sneakers into the fast gear today and take the win. Raymond Wade would have the crowd cheering him on in second. 6 & Under Open In the first round we would see Jake Ouimette and Emerson Bodwell would tangle on the second straight. After they got dusted off the would continue on. Becket Brammer would take the win. Landon Darrow would finish in second. Bodwell would recover from the crash and finish third. Jake would not return for second round and miss the main. 7-8 Open Seven riders would vie for the win today. Reid Waters now racing for Elevate Racing would be shot out of a water cannon and take the win. Bennett Pieterse would try to tread water in second. Kira Spence came in on the floaty in third. Daniel French slip and slided into fourth. Caleb Bodwell squeegeed in fifth. Oliver Hurley chammied the sixth spot. Ben Hagan had mom try not to slip in the puddles as she tapped the gate for Ben. 9-10 Open Kristopher DeVaux looked like he had a fire to get too. He totally hosed the field today with another win. Ezra McMenamin had a very impressive second place finish. Matty Verbanic unscrewed the fire hydrant in third. Cypress Thomas was no “Sloth” in fourth even with a crash with he and Cason Hurley. Cason was like a dalmatian in fifth. Ashley French got the ax in the main. 11-12 Open Devon Hurley would edge out Noah Hardgrove for the win. They would be close with Hardgrove just on the edge of besting Hurley. Third we would find Quick Nick Maurati. Dominic Cheavalier would come around in fourth. Rylan Spence would miss the main. 13-14 Open Dion Hurley should change his name to Dom. As in the Dominator. He would take another win today. Mark “The Shark” Aquilio couldn’t quite take a bite out of The Dom. Sawyer Spence was hoping to be swimming with the shark but would come back in third. Brennan Nuzzo would bring his Uzi Nuzzo to fourth. Brooke Mould would get the cement shoes. 15-16 open “Sparky” Pedersen was on fire today. He would win all three rounds in this total points race. Brayden Lanagan would keep the pressure on in second. Wesley Flynn was in the fight all three rounds and would finish in third. 31 & Over Open Justin McMenamin has been looking forward to this race for weeks. Working for Jason Graves at Full Circle it was a matter of time before he switched to BMX bikes. He would win in a dominating factor today. Will Verbanic would run three different classes today and could be scene with an oxygen take in second. Ryan Thomas would bring it home in third. Connecticut State Side hack Series This series will run at each Connecticut tracks Warnicke Double point race and also their state qualifiers. With a final at the State Championship Race. We would see two teams today. They would start out with no team names. The announcer dude would just start mixing letters together of the two riders on each side hack. So Doherty and Torrizo would become Team Doritos. Wehner and Verbanic would become War Dogs. Someone called it the Weiner Mobile but Verbanic wasn’t having none of it, so War Dogs it is. Well the would do their three motos and close racing each round. It was like watching a Ross Chastain and Kyle Larson race (NASCAR drivers). Beating and banging. Team Doritos would take it each round and the early lead in the series. Can’t wait to see this series this year! 17-20 Women Cruiser Marissa Lyman would look like a blur on the track today and grab the win. Adalyn Nevins would stay in the gas in second. Ella Urban would giggle her way to third. Christy Charkowick would miss the main but was wondering how she got stuck with the young blood. 7 & Under Cruiser Ben Hagan would be seen in the pits trying to take two wheels off his temporary wheelchair. He was saying if he takes off just one it could count as a side hack. Nice try Ben. Bennett Pieterse had two wheels but it looked like he was only rising on the rear tire to the win. Caleb Bodwell was on his two wheels and would finish in a close second. 9 Cruiser Logan Rice was once again out front. Uncle Ben would have been proud as he finished the race in less than the advertised ten minutes. Reid Waters could be seen boiling that he got absorbed by the Rice two weeks in a row. Logan Carroll said he is bringing the butter next week. Ryan Roy was salty he didn’t make the main. 12 Cruiser Caleb Palmer was untouchable today. Maybe he was drinking Arnold Palmer teas. Whatever he is drinking I want some! “Da Moose” Musarella just couldn’t wrap his antlers around Caleb. Sam Fayad is a little younger but showed awesome effort in third. 14 Cruiser Brody Kesl would win today in this slow race. Mark Aquilio would turtle it to second. Sam Bond would round out the Teenage Mutant Pump Turtles. 16 Cruiser Jonah Graves would run away with the win today. Chris Pedersen would stay on Jonah’s back tire in second. Now the next two positions was a first I believe here at Foothills. A father and son that raced together in a points race. Greg Plaskett would show the son around the track in third. Josh Plaskett would try his hardest to pass dad in fourth. Charles Jablonski would just miss out on the main. 5 & Under Novice Nash Oneill wont be a novice much longer if he keeps riding like he is. He looked like a seasoned veteran with the win. Beckett Brammer isn’t a slouch each other and he would cross the line in second. Both riders would crash in separate crashes in the first round but have nice recoveries. Emerson Bodwell would bring the Bug Mobile home in third. Remington Waters would miss the main today but he will be back next week. 6 Novice Austin Bassett must have been told winners get sprinkles on their ice cream. He would take the win and I’m sure he chose chocolate sprinkles. John Goehle would be all over Austin like ice cream on a little kids face. Landon Darrow would bring it around in third. Joseph Torizzo would be a “Trooper” in fourth. Julian Badia round the turns in fifth. Jake Ouimette would miss out on the main but I’m sure he will be back and in the mix next week. 7 Novice What a race! Every round had different finishes. Caleb Bodwell was sitting on nine wins going into today. He would win the first round. Oliver Hurley in second and Bodhi Thomas in third. Second round would see Bodhi taking the win, Caleb in second, and Oliver crashing in third. Now the points were close going into the main. Could anyone upset the tenth win? Caleb would put the peddle to the floor and not let up. He would get his tenth win and move to Intermediate! Bodhi Thomas would get second and Oliver Hurley finishing in the third position. 8 Novice Daniel French was on a mission today and he would accomplish the win. Lucas Wade tried to his best to ruins Daniel’s day but he would finish P2. Kurt Hall would smile his way into third. 9 Novice Ezra McMenamin would win the new bike last week and win today on the old bike. Archer Wehner had two snacks too many in second. Andrew Jensen said there is snacks? 12 Novice AJ Torizzo must have had some extra moustache grease from dad on that bike chain. He was superfast and grabbed the win. Ian Dwyer claimed he kept on slipping on something greasy in second. Cody Bodwell was mumbling something about bringing moustache trimmers next week in third. Cason Hurley combed his way to fourth. Austin Esposito was seen growing in his own moustache in fifth. Ashley French just said ewww moustache grease. 36-40 Novice Justin McMenamin heard about these guys last week and decided to join them. He was happy with his first win but upset when they all laughed and said you buy first round this week. Daniel Johnson stayed with the light beer and kept the calories down in second. Ryan Thomas had one of those thick microbrews in third. Steven Gagnon was seen hugging the toilet in fourth. 46-50 Novice Did someone tell them its not a smash up derby? Al Torizzo would sit this one out as he had the 12 Novice kids chasing him with moustache clippers in the infield. Jason Graves and Chris Bird would lean on each other like they were going to the Foothills Prom. They would fight over who was wearing the corsage to the dance. Jason would keep the prom dress on and tell Chris I’m no cheap date. Al was rolling his eyes as he was seen driving them both home in a limousine and only half his moustache intact. 7 Intermediate Fletcher Rabel was “Deadeye” balling the finish line and would find it first. Jack Charkowick would cross in second. Third place would go to Jasper Kent. Just missing the podium was Kira Spence. In fifth place we would see Skylar Hardgrove. Ben Hagan would once again beg to take two wheels off so he could race. Only a few more weeks Ben. 9 Intermediate A “Hurricane” came blowing in from Rhode Island. Ryan “Hurricane” Roy from Rhode Island would devastate the field today. Kristopher Devaux was caught in a strong band and managed second. Johnny “Tsunami” Lapenta brought his own natural disaster to the race today and finished third. Wyatt Wehner wanted to be in the Red Cross tent in fourth. Logan Baker brought hurricane relief supplies in fifth. Matty Verbanic was on duty to restore utilities in sixth. Cypress Thomas must have taken the evacuation route and missed the storm. 10 Intermediate Logan Rice was popping like over cooked rice pilaf in the microwave. He was crispy after all that racing but managed to stay palatable for another win. Sam Fayad could be heard asking who turned the microwave to 120 minutes in second. Elliot Rabel said he will stick with Spaghetti-Ohs in third. 13 Intermediate Nathaniel Alvarado picked up where the last moto forgot to do the dishes. He wiped the table clean and took the win. Austin Montville put away the condiments, I mean competition in second. Blake Nevins would put the rest in the dishwasher in third. Ryker Parkins prepared the soap in fourth. Gavin Kesl got put on KP duty and had the dirty pots to clean by hand. 16 Intermediate Wesley Flynn had his hands full in this total points race. He would come out on top all three rounds. Josh Plaskett would pull into the second position today. Sam Jenkins would also stay in the mix in third. 41-45 Intermediate Shane Wehner was the class of the field today and grabbed another win. Brian Kesl and Will Verbanic would battle for the second spot. Will would get it the first two rounds. Brian would pull a second in the third round but come up short and finish third. 15-16 Girls Expert This was an exciting race in all rounds. These young ladies all wanted it. Ella Urban would have them all grabbing at the back of her jersey today. She would bring home the win. In the second round Sarah Gonyer, Gwen Hall, and Olivia Kaleta would battle for the final two spots. Hall would have a commanding lead leaving Kaleta and Gonyer to battle for the last spot. Going into the last turn Gonyer would eyeball a high low high move. It would work as her and Kaleta would share a shoulder out of turn five. Both racers would go to the line with Gonyer slightly ahead. In the main Urban took the win. Gwen Hall in second and Gonyer in third. 8 Expert Reid Waters looked like he was on the Log Flume ride and he was sitting in the front. He would get the biggest splash. Bennett Pieterse would enjoy the ride and have the best face in the photobooth. Logan Carroll threw the anchor out after the ride was over. 11 Expert Devon Hurley would take first each round and the overall win today. Rylan Spence would finish in position two. Adalyn Nevins would ask where are all the girls my age today in third. 12 Expert Caleb Palmer was just plain and simply unstoppable today. Noah Hardgrove once again was right there but would have to settle for second. Dominic Cheavalier would join them on the podium in third. Thomas Musarella finished the serpentine in fourth. Nick Maurati will try again next week. 13 Expert Dion Hurley was on fire today. Sawyer Spence would bring it home in second. Brody Kesl would round out the main. Brennan Nuzzo would just miss the main. 16 Expert Jonah Graves would put his SSquared jersey in the winners circle today. Brayden Lanagan would try his best but come up one position short of the win. Caleb Kaleta would finish in third after a close qualifying round with Chris Pedersen. 17-20 Expert Trevor Cooper was the man on the move today. He was so happy he was seen after the race jumping the registration building like one of Santa’s reindeer. Pete Balotti did great considering he was almost double the age of all the racers, finishing second. Dylan Barker won last week but must have had too many sprinkles last week and finished third today. Chris Gonyer must have flattened his tires in fourth. Marissa Lyman would miss, the main but is preparing for another great clinic. 36-40 Expert Leigh Waters just pulled away from the field like a rocket booster pulling away from the earths gravity. Steven Kent activated his magnetic tow hook to stay in second. Donald Hottes wanted some of the scientific stuff in third. 41-45 Expert Greg Plaskett would be the locomotive around the track. Joe Doherty still tired from side hack action would couple to Plaskett in second. Dan Rice was the little caboose that could in third. Well the second week was just as fun as the first. Let’s keep this rolling this year. The Gold Cup/State Qualifier weekend is only about four weeks away. Get your racing in and hone those skills. Foothills will have more details coming out any day now on all the great details. It’s going to be exciting! See you all this coming Sunday for your favorite place to be on Sundays!

Foothills Race Report May 28th, 2023 Today was our Memorial Day Race. We remembered all our fallen heroes with a parade lap and moment of silence. These soldiers sacrificed so that we can have our freedoms that we do today. Please remember these soldiers every day and not on just this one day. We would see beautiful weather once again. Last week we unfortunately had too much rain to be able to race. We made up for it today with some great racing! 4 Balance Bike Connor Hagan would dominate the class today. Word on the street is he has been practicing peddle bike so watch out 5 and under novice! Jacob Mahar would stay up towards the front and finish in second. Hailee Williamson would find herself in third. Remi Markie would yell at dad to run faster behind her in fourth. Jake Baker would spin his way to fifth. Isaac Bodwell would smile the whole circuit to sixth. 3 Balance Bike Carter Smith and Austin Balotti would battle it out. Carter must have been promised some extra sprinkles if he won. He was on a mission to get those sprinkles. Austin would finish second but still get his ice cream too. 6 & Under Open Beckett Brammer was a dust devil. He would leave the competition in his dust today. Emerson Bodwell would bring it home in second. Matt Fusari would miss the third round and finish in third. 7-8 Open Eight riders strong in this open today. Logan Amatruda would take the win. Kira Spence would finish in second. Daniel French would make the podium. Caleb Bodwell would circle around to fourth. Michael Herrman would finish in fifth. PJ Mahar would finish in sixth. Seventh would find Anthony Williams. Ophelia Brophy would miss second round and not make the main. 9-10 Open Another eight riders in this open. Jayden Mahoney would have everyone licking at his back tire. He would hold them off like a zookeeper to a lion. Sam Fusari would avoid the taser and finish in second. Caiden Amatruda would bend the cage open in third. Cypress “Speedy Sloth” Thomas found his way out of the treetops for fourth. Logan “Pig Pen” Monczka escaped from his pen and made a mess of fifth. Aaron Maziarz followed the messy trail to sixth. Coby Sickler avoided the elephant poop in seventh. Ashley French missed the main and luckily the elephant poop. 11-12 Open Devon Hurley and Noah Hardgrove would run up front with Hurley edging out Hardgrove for the win. Nick Maurati would follow up with a close third. Dominic Cheavalier would edge out Xander Monczka for the last spot. 13-14 Open Nick Preston would excel today and grab the win. Nathaniel Alvarado would finish in the runner up spot. Sawyer Spence would finish out the main. Toby Schoonmaker would just miss the main. 15-16 Open Total points and man they were fast. Jonah Graves would put on a clinic. Chris Pedersen would pull up alongside but just couldn’t make the pass. Brayden Lanagan would be right in the mix in third. 31 & Over Open Michael Herrmann would be asking himself what did I just get myself into. He would have to race the young guns of Chris Gonyer and Dylan Barker. These two high school graduates took Michael to school today. Boys, its not nice to beat the elderly. Gonyer Would grab the win and Barker in second. 11-12 Girls Cruiser Cheyenne Stone, Adalyn Nevins, and Raquel Olsen would battle it out in this total points race. First round would see Adalyn and Cheyenne battle handlebar to handlebar to the finish. Scorers would find Cheyenne got it. Next round would see the same thing at the line with Adalyn getting the win this time. The Final Round was like DeJa’Vu as they would both pedal to the line and Adalyn getting there first and the win for the day. Adalyn would exclaim I almost died! 15-16 Girls Cruiser Pippa Sweet was zoom zoom zooming today. She would beat Marissa Lyman to the line for the win. Kyrie Sweet would join her sister on the podium in third. Ella Urban would beat box to fourth. Kelly Theologou would miss the main, but she will be back. 9 Cruiser Logan “Short Grain” Rice and Caleb “Flaming Goat” Bodwell would circle the limestone with Ben Hagan tapping the gate as he quickly recovers from having his Terminator legs installed. Logan would take it all three rounds and grab another trophy for the Rice bowl. 13 Cruiser Brody Kesl would take the win the first two rounds and Sam Fayad would get the third round. Brody would grab the win for the day. Sam would get second. Dion Hurley was nowhere to be found and was told he went fishing? 46-50 Cruiser Sparky Pedersen would show the “old guys” a thing or two today. He would tell the officials that he knew when the competition was close to him because he could smell their Ben-Gay. Marcelo Oliveira would finish in the second position. Don Olson would huff and puff to third. Charles Jablonski was seen in fourth position. Brian Kesl was seen putting the kid’s cologne on so that Sparky wont suspect anything next week. 5 & Under Novice Beckett Brammer would run away with this one today. This kid is on a hot streak. Emerson Bodwell tried roping in Beckett but the lasso was a little short and would have to settle for second. Matt Fusari would finish on the low side of the podium. Jack Dayfield would finish in fourth. Sophie Dayfield was the youngest in the group and missed the main, but she put in an awesome effort. 7 Novice Oliver Hurley from Watertown would grab the win today. Mattie Doyle would have one of her best finishes so far this year in second. Joe Torizzo would have a crash in the main but recover to bring it home in third. Karter Balotti and Bodhi Thomas would miss the podium. 8 Novice Daniel French would get halfway to Intermediate class today with win number five. Ophelia Brophy would finish in second. Daissy Michaud would cross in third. Lily Torizzo in a new jersey would finish in fourth. PJ Mahar would finish in fifth. Michael Herrman would finish in sixth. Anthony Williams would miss the main but return next week. 9 Novice Ezra McMenamin would receive his new bike he won in the new rider raffle in week one. He would use his old machine today to grab another win. Logan Monczka would finish in second with his first race this season at Foothills. Aaron Maziarz would round out the podium. Ryder Osorio would miss the main, but he will be back on the podium in no time. 10 Novice Caiden Amatruda would dominate today with a perfect score in this total points race. Ashley French would get second after Cason Hurley would crash in the first round. Miss the second round and return for the third round and finish in second. 13 Novice Man was this kid on fire today. AJ Torizzo would look like a firework that was screaming into the sky. He would get the perfect score for the win. Cody Bodwell would try to snuff the fuse but come up with second. Gavin Kesl was holding his own in third. 36-40 Novice Justin McMenamin would keep his winning ways and grab another win today. Michael Herrmann would put the pressure on in second. Daniel Johnson was right in the mix in third. Ryan Thomas would miss the main, but he was a factor also today. 46-50 Novice Al Torizzo would sit this one out and groom his moustache while corner marshalling. The main would get exciting with riders checking the moisture content in the limestone. Rick Cancelino would ask for some pepper and onions with his as he would crash but go on to win. Wayne Sickler would check the humidity in the air instead of the ground and finish second. Chris Bird also soil sampled and said I’m like a kid and want ketchup in third. 7 Intermediate Logan Amatruda avoided Chris Birds ketchup and would go on for the win today. Kira Spence would come on around in second. Caleb Bodwell would find himself in third. Ben Hagan tapped the gate and was seen yelling I’m coming back soon. 9 Intermediate Watch out for a “Tsunami” is coming! Johnny “Tsunami” Lapenta would grab his first Intermediate win today. This “Axle Nutt” is looking for many more. Sam Fusari rode the wave into second place. Logan Barker got on his inner tube for third. Matty Verbanic had his swimmies on in fourth. Cypress Thomas will catch next weeks wave. 10 Intermediate The Rice just keeps cooking. Put him in the pressure cooker and watch him whistle to the win. Logan “Short Grain” Rice likes the announcers “Warped” sense of humor. Coby Sickler would hang on for second. Sam Fayad would bring it home third. 12 Intermediate Jayden Mahoney was “jumping” for joy as he grabbed the win. Xander Monczka was trying to get some money from his grandfather if he won. I think he got belly button lint for second. Noah Bennett was happy to finish in third after hearing about the belly button lint. Raquel Olson was seen looking for this guy with belly button lint. 14 Intermediate Nathaniel Alvarado was one of the younger guys in this class today but didn’t stop him from winning. Toby Schoonmaker and Collin Ramsey would touch tires coming through turn three and continue the battle to the finish line. Toby would beat Collin to the line. Blake Nevins was seen waking up at noon and missed the main. 46-50 Intermediate Greg Plaskett would boogie to the win. Art Ramsey kept his bellbottom race pants out of his chain for second. Brian Kesl squeezed his helmet over his John Travolta look alike hairdo in third. Kelly Theologou would miss the main as she was busy getting her moves on to the Bee Gees. 13 Girls Expert Kyrie Sweet would leave Adalyn Nevins and Cheyenne Stone to battle it out for second. Cheyenne would best Adalyn for second. 15-16 Girls Expert Pippa Sweet would transfer out first and cross the line in first during the main. Liz Doyle would celebrate her birthday with a second place. Ella Urban would giggle her way into third. Sarah Gonyer would miss the main but she was exhausted from racing for the last few days. 12 Expert Devon Hurley would leave a “Toxic” mess for the competition. Noah Hardgrove would try to avoid the “Toxic” spill but could only settle for second. Nick Maurati was looking to be poisoned and finished in third. Domenic Cheavalier full into the pit of “Toxic” waste this week. He will be decontaminated and return next week. 13 Expert Since Dion Hurley was out fishing the two racers who showed up would put on a show. Brody Kesl would take it over Sawyer Spence in the first round. Sawyer would come back and drag race to the finish each round one “ODI” grip ahead of Brody “ODI” Kesl the last two rounds and secure the win today. 16 Expert Jonah Graves would set the pace of the field today as he would stay out front all day. Escher Chartier would be licking at the back tire but couldn’t quite find a way around. Chris Pedersen was right there and would finish on the podium. Josh Plaskett would say C-YAA to those behind him with fourth place. Brayden Lanagan would bring it home in fifth. Nick Preston at only 14 years old gave a valiant effort but missed the main. 17-20 Expert Three high school graduates and one old eneogh to be their teacher. Dylan Barker was the best in class today. “The Teacher” Peter Balotti would be glad they all wore underwear under their gowns today, would finish second. Chris Gonyer would make the graduation party in third. Marissa Lyman would miss the main and was seen buying the boys extra underwear at Kmart. 36-40 Expert Dan “Long Grain” Rice was like a Rice Crispy and didn’t get soft in the white limestone. He would grab the win and ask who the hell eats Rice Crispys with limestone? Marcelo Oliveira would be towards the top of the cereal bowl in second. Donald Hottes would be glad he wasn’t in that soggy stuff in third. Will Verbanic added a little sugar in fourth. Matt Markie missed the main and must have been disgusted with the thought of Rice Crispys and limestone. One month into the Foothills season and this is looking like one of our best starts. Great to see all the new racers improving, especially those going to Marissa’s rider clinic. Things will be heating up in more ways than one. The weather will be warming up and so will the action on the track. The Gold Cup weekend/State Qualifier is coming up in less than three weeks. For some this will be their first big race. It’s like going to the carnival and the circus all at once. The action will be intense and awesome. The people in the pits will be like something you’ve never seen. Those that have been to these know this is the time to reconnect with friends from afar. Time to race your fastest and hope all that offseason practice pays off. Camping at the track is expected to sell out fast so don’t wait. Lots of volunteers are needed. Please try your best to help if you can. More and more details will be coming forward in the next week or so. See you all next week and don’t forget to say an extra blessing for the soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Foothills Race Report June 4, 2023 Hey someone turn on the heat! Little chilly today but the action on the track was hot! Before we started we held a moment of silence for David Bond that we lost here at the track a year ago. Keep the gates greased for us David! We would see 35 motos and our first mountain bike race. A few new riders and a few move ups. The excitement over Gold Cup weekend is growing. Make sure you check the website for all the info. Camping and tenting is filling up. Team tent spots are also going fast. The excitement over the money open is also growing. Who wants the money the most? Riders make sure your plates are easily readable and the correct number. Make sure you know all the rules of racing. If you have never been to a bigger race you are in for a treat! 4 Balance Bike These little tykes would put on quite the show today. Jacob Mahar would be the class of the field today as he would win each round. Jake Baker would follow up with a very close second. Hailee Williamson would stay right up there and finish in third. Remi Markie would show even more improvement today and finish in fourth. Isaac “Smiley” Bodwell would be all grins in fifth. 3 Balance Bike Carter Smith would also have the perfect score today and grab a win. Ricky Charette would spin the feet into second. Clark Sielken would finish on the podium in third. Cameron Melanson would bring his balance bike home in fourth. Raymond Wade would round out the moto. 13-17 MTB Yup you read that right. This would be our first mountain bike race ever. I was wondering when we would see a field of riders for this new class. Three riders signed up and made the crowd go wait a minute what is this? New this year is the mountain bike and dirt jumper classes. Wes Hamel would be the inaugural first winner here at Foothills. Brennan Nuzzo would finish in second. A few years younger but still having fun was Aaron Maziarz in third. 6 & Under Open Beckett Brammer, Emerson Bodwell. And Jack Dayfield would battle back and forth each round. Brammer would come out on top. Emerson Bodwell would try the low line and be on the edge of being DQ but would finish in second. Jack Dayfield would be right in the fight in third. 7-8 Open Jack Wendt would win this eight rider strong open. Oscar Keneally would speed into the second spot. Caleb Bodwell would bring it home in third. Tristan Fanning would rip it into fourth. We would find Lucas Wade in the fifth position. Ophelia Brophy would finish in sixth. Lincoln Nichols would crash in the first round, but make it to the main in the second round. She would finish seventh in the main. PJ Mahar would miss the main, but is preparing for next week. 9-10 Open This one was a nail biter because the top three kept changing position right to the line. When the dust settled Jayden Mahoney would be on top of the podium. Kris Devaux would slip into the second position. Completing the podium we would see Johnny Lapenta. Matty Verbanic would just miss the top three and finish in fourth. Aaron Maziarz would come to the line in fifth. Rita Keneally would finish in sixth. Kaylee Nichols would just miss the main. 11-12 Open Devon Hurley would have his hands full of Noah Hardgrove in a tight second place. Sandwiching Hardgrove was Hurley’s teammate of Nick Maurati in third. Rylan Spence would miss her teammates and said we will make it a Toxic main next week. 13-14 Open Sawyer Spence would put his stamp on this one today. Dion Hurley would return from fishing and finish in second. Toby Schoonmaker would round out the top three. Brennan Nuzzo would miss the main. 15-16 Open Jonah Graves would look like a leaf as he glided with the wind around the track. Chris Pedersen would put his front tire right into mix, but couldn’t quite make the pass in second. Colin Leblanc would do some backpedaling in third. Liz Doyle would not get to play with the boys today. 31 & Over Open Marc Keneally would be the head honcho today in this open. Kevin Steins would finish in second. Kristan Keneally would finish in the third spot. Destinee Steins would just miss the main in her Foothills debut. 9 Cruiser Bryson Bruns and Caleb Bodwell would battle it out as Ben Hagan would tap the gate. Ben is counting down the days till he is back on track. Bruns would be the elder statesmen and grab the win. Bodwell would finish in the second position. 16 Cruiser Chris Pedersen would “air it all out” and check for wild fires from above. The only wildfire would be the one he would put on the competition today out front. Wes Hamel would try to put out the fire but would finish in second. Adalyn Nevins was out aged and finished in third. 36-40 Cruiser Steven Healey wanted gangsta rap music on his way to first place today. Justin Markie was confused by Healey’s musical choice and shook his head into second. Marc Keneally was glad he didn’t ask for Back Street Boys in third. Cliff Benoit was just happy he didn’t have to listen to country in fourth. John Wolf is a little more classy and wanted Beethoven. Kristan Keneally missed the main, but was seen looking up the next Back Street Boys concert dates for Marc. 5 & Under Novice This freshman class is huge each week and they aren’t slowing down. Matt Fusari would dominate the class of ten riders. Becket Brammer would stay right on his heals in second. Nash O’Neill would close the book on third. Emerson Bodwell would “Bug out” in fourth. Jack Dayfield backpacked to fifth place. Sam Leger brought the teacher a sixth place trophy today. Kasey Ouimette was eager for lunch period in seventh. Connor Hagan made his peddle power debut today and was very satisfied with making the main. Sophie Dayfield and Hudson Halla said they will take them all to school next week. 6 Novice John Goehle would peddle peddle peddle to first place today. Austin Bassett would cross the line in second. Jacob Ouimette would crash in first round but return to finish third in the main. Ricky Wendt would miss the main but will be in the mix next week. 7 Novice Tristan Fanning would grab the win in this confusing moto. Joe Torizzo would cross the line in second. Oliver Hurley would finish on the podium in third. Lincoln Nichols would run in the moto before and therefore she would finish last in the main as she would miss her gate. Mattie Doyle would miss the main but her performance the week before should put her back into the mix next week. 8 Novice Lily Torizzo gets a new jersey and once again she is on fire. I think her jersey is “Pink” but man I swear its flame colored. She rocketed to first. Lucas Wade tried his best to extinguish the flame, but he would finish in second. Anthony Williams tried to wrap the firehose around the group but hung in for third. PJ Maher must have been climbing a ladder as he missed his gate in the main. Ophelia Brophy didn’t make the main, but she was seen playing with dalmatians. 10 Novice Cason Hurley and Aaron Maziarz would battle it out in this moto of four riders. Wait a minute where are the other two riders? Andrew Jensen and Kaylee Nichols must have been chasing the Frisbees from the disc golfers today. They would never make it to the gate. That would leave Hurley and Maziarz to battle it out for the win. Hurley would come out with the win. 12 Novice I would receive a text from a fan in the crowd today. I gotta put a block on these prank callers. I would be informed we were in the presence of the famous reporter from Smallville, Clark Kent. Well actually it was Ian Clark Dwyer. I was informed he wanted to hide his identity as a superhero and go by his professional name of Clark. Well “Clark” couldn’t hide in the crowd as he was out front and grabbed a win. Austin Esposito and Cody Bodwell would battle for second. Cody would finish second in the first moto. Austin would finish second in the next two rounds and therefore finish second today. 36-40 Novice Speaking of superheroes… No no. It wasn’t Batman or Spiderman on the track today. It was parents who are superheroes to their children. It was the second round with a newer rider who would flip, throw their leg back over the steel horse, and keep on going like it was a planned stunt. That “Wonder Woman’ was Destinee Steins who would finish in fifth today. Dan Johnson not to be confused with Miami Vice’s own Don Johnson would get the win today. Kevin Steins would do the grunge look with his orange flannel in second. Ryan Thomas “Rhinoed” his way to the podium in third. Kristan Keneally secured tickets for Back Street Boys between motos and would finish in fourth. Al Torizzo would miss the main but was sure to not get any moustache butter on the camera with his great pictures for the day. 7 Intermediate Oscar Keneally would ask his parents after his win who are the Back Street Boys? Caleb Bodwell would say I think it’s an ice cream brand in second. Walter Steins would say no it’s a bike part in third. Ben Hagan tapping the gate and missing the main would Google The Back Street Boys and laugh and say I think it’s Taylor Swifts parents. 9 Intermediate We would start with 9 riders and have to find eight for the main. It would be an interesting journey getting to that point. There would be some confusion with combining the second round. After a rerun we would have to eliminate one rider for a gate of eight. When we ran it correctly, we would see one rider go from gate six to about gate two in about fifteen feet. Yeah, the crowd and the officials all called foul and unfortunately the rider would learn a valuable lesson from the rulebook. Sam Fusari would learn all about the 30-foot rule. Don’t worry Sam, I know you will not do that again and will be back to the podium soon. Jack Wendt would come away with another win. Johnny Lapenta would excel through the crowd to second place. Wyatt Wehner would follow Johnny through the crowd to third. Cypress Thomas would come in fourth. Logan Barker would round the track into fifth. Matty Verbanic would find himself in sixth. Rita Keneally would finish in seventh and Kristopher Devaux would finish in eight. 12 Intermediate Adalyn Nevins would not holler she was going to die today, but instead put her bike across the line first. AJ Torizzo and Ryker Parkins would battle it out for second. AJ (just moving up to Intermediate this week) would take second in the first and third round and ultimately second for the day. Ryker would put up a good fight and finish in third. 13 Intermediate Austin Montville would dominate today and get a perfect score in this total points race. Blake Nevins would bring it home in second. Gavin Kesl would finish in third. 15 Intermediate The Phoenix has risen. Hunter Phoenix would come in like a bird of prey and swoop up the win. Toby Schoonmaker would finish in the second position. Third would go to Robert Giguere in his first race of 2023. Collin Ramsey put up a great fight but just missed the main. 41-45 Intermediate Well I was talking about pranks earlier. This guy right here pulled a fast one and didn’t tell anyone he was sitting on 19 Intermediate wins. He would give his “Weiner Mobile” all it could take. You could hear Billy Verbanic screaming “give it all its got!”. Cliff Benoit would try to wrap his Misfits flannel over his eyes. Art Ramsey would Scylently Rage he needs to slip in ketchup. Shane Wehner wouldn’t be denied and he would grab win number twenty today. Congrats. Cliff would finish a close second. Verbanic would finish in third and Art will wait for the “old guys” next week. 15-16 Girls Expert Liz Doyle would learn about bike maintenance early Sunday morning. She raced the mud fest on Friday night up north at Whip City. Her hubs weren’t happy with the mud and had to replace her equipment. Well the new equipment definitely worked as she won today. Natalie Kent would finish in second. Sarah Gonyer would grab the third spot. 11 Expert Devon “Wheelie” Hurley couldn’t contain his front tire. It was pointed at the sky most of the way around the track on his way to another win. Bryson Bruns would try to deflate Devon’,s tires, but to no avail. He would settle for second. Rylan Spence would finish in the third spot. Jayden Mahoney would find himself in an unfamiliar spot and miss the main. 13 Expert Sawyer Spence would be the class of the field today and grab a win. Dion Hurley would cross the line in second. Noah Hardgrove would follow Dion to the line in third. Brennan Nuzzo would round out the main in fourth. Nick Maurati would miss the main. 15 Expert James Wolf and Wes Hamel would battle up front as Colin Leblanc was witness to some side by side action. Wes Hamel would grab the win in the first two rounds and get the low points for the win. James would get the win in the third round but get second overall. Colin would throw in some extra practice and be back to grab a win also. 16 Expert Jonah Graves wouldn’t be denied the win today. He would put his Ssuared jersey in the winners circle. Mason Bruns would finish in the second position. Chris Pedersen would be right in the fight but finish in third. 17-20 Expert The Senior class. Not that they are collecting social security quite yet. No, they are all graduating from high school this month. First to graduate across the finish line today was Dylan Barker. Chris Gonyer would be the sale Victorian today in second. Marissa Lyman would steal the boys diplomas in third. 26-35 Expert Justin Markie would return to Foothills to teach the boys of his winning ways on his way to the top of the podium. Steve Healey would still be begging for gangsta rap but would be denied again and denied the win. Marc Keneally would finish in third and was getting packed up for his concert. Ronald Couch would sit this one out. The excitement is brewing with Gold Cup/State Qualifier weekend coming up in less than two weeks! Before that though we have Olympic Day next Sunday. It’s a FREE race for everyone! Bring a friend to race! The track volunteers are please asking for riders to preregister if at all possible for next Sunday as registration will be slightly short on help. We are still looking for volunteers. Make sure to look at Facebook and especially our website for all the info on our exciting weekend coming up! See you all this upcoming Sunday for the FREE Olympic Day race.

Foothills Race Report June 11, 2023 Wow what a day! 51 motos for a single point race. We would see a few faces we haven’t seen yet this year and also a few we never have. Was it the free Olympic Day racing or riders preparing for the Gold Cup and State qualifier events next weekend? I say both and well duh its Sunday Fun Day! We would see a few internet issues that would delay us a little bit. That’s okay as some things are out of our control. You could feel the excitement all around the track with anticipation of next weekend. 4 Balance Bike Jacob Mahar would look like he had ants in his pants as he would move those little legs to the finish line first each round and grab a win. Hailee Williamson would be looking for the ants in second. Remi Markie was all smiles each round and asked dad for more in third. Speaking of smiles, Isaac “Smiley” Bodwell would try to climb turn five like its was Mt. Everest in fourth. 1-3 Balance Bike We would combine the next two motos into one. Pete Balotti said something about buying everyone in attendance ice cream from Pete Doda’s Ice Cream. Everyone cheered and then Pete shook his head no. Pete was last seen being tied up in one of the disc golf goals by a gaggle of little kids. Did anyone cut him loose from the duct tape? I guess we will find out on Friday when we return. Austin Balotti would grab the win and demand sprinkles from dad. Callia Strickland would cross the line in second. Raymond Wade would finish in the third position. Cameron Melanson was on the sheet, but missed his races today. Maybe he was first in line for the ice cream? MTB Second week in a row we would have just enough riders for a mountain bike class. Ryker Parkins would lead the way in the first two rounds. Joe Szydlowski would be all over his rear suspension and in the third round he would beat Ryker to the line, but finish second for the day. Mason Lukach would have a front row seat to the leaders and finish third. 7-8 Open Nine riders would vie for the eight rider main event. When the dust settled Bennett Pieterse would grab the win. Caleb Bodwell would close on Bennett a few times but would finish in second. In third place we would find Daniel French. Logan Amatruda would bring it in fourth. Lucas Wade would finish in fifth. Raelyn Jason crossed in sixth. Emerson Bodwell would be looking fly in seventh. Ophelia Brophy would have a crash in turn four but recover to finish in eighth. Beckett Brammer must have had issues as he would miss the main. 9-10 Open Elijah Pagan would be happy with a win today. Johnny Lapenta didn’t have the greatest start but worked his way through the crowd to second. Brayden Collins visiting from Florida would finish on the podium in third. Aaron Maziarz would finish in fourth. Ashley French just missed the main. 11-12 Open Noah Hardgrove would make it look easy and grab the win. Keiran Collins also visiting from Florida would finish in second. Cody Bodwell would finish in the third position today. 15-16 Open Eleven riders in this open! Round one had the whole crowd jump! The leader (Sickler) would blow a tire on the back stretch but stay on the bike. Cassen Sickler would put some bubblegum on the tube and take the win for the day. Chris “Sparky” Pedersen would try to melt the gum off that tube but would finish in second. Sam Jenkins asked why bubble gum in third. Colin LeBlanc says he uses duct tape in fourth. Kolby Cutler in his first race said why bother with a tube in fifth. Gwen Hall said she uses a hair tie in sixth. Alana Harty said my sponsor has tubes dude in seventh. Sarah Gonyer said she thought it was a wagon wheel in eight. Connor Delaney must have helped Cassen with the gum as he would miss the main. 31 & Over Open Felix Pagan and I would have a talk in registration before the race today. He politely said I was mispronouncing his name. Well when he got on the track and that dang announcer got it correct he looked like a bottle rocket lit. He would smile all the way to the top of the podium. Joel Jason would finish in second. Gary Nylund would be the elder statesman and leave his cane on the starting hill. Will Verbanic was seen holding it for Gary and missing his buddy Wehner. 11-12 Girls Cruiser Adalyn “Rocket Rose” Nevins sure was a rocket today. You could see he face pulled back like a astronaut on their way to the moon. Cheyenne Stone was hanging onto that comet in second. Madalena Jason must have lit the fuse in third. Serenity O’Rourke used her telescope to watch the rocket from fourth. Raquel Olson held the fire extinguisher for the main. 15-16 Girls Cruiser Pippa Sweet would be in her own zip code as she grabbed the win today. Kyrie Sweet put the stamp on second place. Riley Richardson used the express mail in third. Ella Urban was seen making noises into the mailbox during the main. 17-20 Women Cruiser Marissa Lyman must have used her diploma like a magic carpet as she would glide into the finish line for the win. Brandy Haislet at more than double Marissa’s age put the pressure on and hang onto the back of the carpet in second. Jean Dohan was no slouch and finished in third. 7 & Under Cruiser Bennett Pieterse could see the sea around corner c and wanted to seal the feel of first. Did you see? Hudson Strickland was wondering if he was on Mulberry St. in second. Caleb Bodwell wanted to wear the Dr. Suess hat in third. Ben Hagan would tap the gate with green eggs and ham on his state plate. 9 Cruiser Logan “Short Grain” Rice “husked” the competition today. Myles Lukach said he wanted mashed potatoes instead of rice in second. Kristopher Devaux said he prefers his baked in third. Austin Dohan missed the main, but settled for potato chips. 11 Cruiser David Crichton put his red flannel out front like the lead singer of Pearl Jam on stage today and grabbed a win. Sam Fayad was playing like Mike McCready in second. Mason Lukach was on bass like Jeff Ament. They were all seen asking who is Pearl Jam? Is that like a bad sandwich? 15 Cruiser Damian Conley played it cool each round. He would have Brody Kesl breathing heavy on his back. Damian would hold off the dragon and grab the win. Ryder Richardson finish in a close third. 17-20 Cruiser Chris Pedersen and Josh Alstede would both grab a win each in the first two rounds. In their third moto they would battle to the finish with Pedersen edging out Alstede for the win. Josh Plaskett would stay on their heals and finish in third. 31-35 Cruiser Steve Healey would be wearing some old colors but new jersey today on his way to a win. Marcelo Oliveira would try to put his Pink Mango ahead of Healey but that orange goose was not to be denied. Ryan Lukach would join them on the podium. Felix Pagan would finish in fourth. Tommy Healey was signed up but must have been in line for free ice cream. 41-45 Cruiser Pedro “Bala” Nunes was powerful today and would grab a win. Cliff Benoit doesn’t usually like to finish second but he at least seen a familiar flannel in front of him today. Ryan Harty coming from eastern Mass would finish in the third position. Don Olson would miss the main but he will be back next week for the exciting races. 51-55 Cruiser Greg Plaskett said Cyaa to his fellow competitors today and would lead the pack to the finish line. Joe Doherty traded his side hack for his cruiser today and finished second. Rick Marceau made his way down to Foothills and rolled across in third. Mark Reale finished in fourth. David Ellenberger from Washington D.C. must have had to make sure the president doesn’t fall down and didn’t make it to the gate. 5 & Under Novice Matt Fusari would have the incorrect number on his bike. Luckily things got straightened out and he grabbed the win today. Beckett Brammer finished on the podium again this week in second. Emerson Bodwell was seen earlier watching the movie Something About Mary and put the frank before the beans and zip into third. Jack Dayfield would giggle his way into fourth. Sam Leger crossed the line in fifth. Sophie Dayfield finished in sixth. Rounding out the main would be Connor Hagan after a slight crash. Kasey Ouimette will be ready for next week. 6 Novice John Goehle was cranking today. He would win each round and be the overall winner. Jake Ouimette would find himself in the second position. Karter Balotti would finish in the third spot. 7 Novice Jordan Head would be the head of the class today. Jordan would get the perfect score and the win. Oliver Hurley would bring the teacher an apple in second. Mattie “Bratty Mattie” Doyle would claim the dog ate her homework in third. 8 Novice Daniel French from Granby, CT would grab the win out of the six racers. Michael Herrmann would finish in the runner up spot. Lucas Wade would slip a peddle but bring it home in third. Lily Torizzo would put her pink jersey in the fourth spot. Ophelia Brophy would cross the line in fifth. Anthony Williams would miss the main, but is excited for next week. 9 Novice Well I am told the bread winner of the family would show the family how its done. Brayden Collins from Florida would get his tenth win while visiting family and Foothills. Welcome to Intermediate Brayden. Emilia Conley tried to ruin his vacation, but would settle for second. Aaron Maziarz would ask to go to Florida in third. Andrew Jensen said if he doesn’t win next week he wants to go to Florida on vacation. 10 Novice Tyler Head had his eye on the prize today and boy did he find it. Perfect score for the win. Cason Hurley would finish in second. Ashley French would grab up third. 12 Novice The announcers tower must look like the Daily Bugle high rise and Foothills is Metropolis. Clark Kent was seen reporting on the 12 novice class. To get the story Ian “Clark Kent Dwyer needed to be in the front of the freight train. Cody Bodwell in second would say that Clark guy looks familiar. Meghan Gerard swears she seen lasers coming from his eyes in third. Austin Esposito was so confused he didn’t even show up for racing. Stay tuned next week for another exciting episode of the Justice League. 13 Novice Alana Harty and Olivia Shapiro would have the track to themselves to battle as Gavin Kesl was signed up but couldn’t be found. Alana would win each round and grab a win. 16 Novice Well, this was an exciting total points race. Nolan Pouliot would win in the first round over a quick charging Kolby Cutler in his very first race. The next round we would see two vocal riders banging bars again with Kolby taking it this time. The final would see once again the two riders elbow to elbow. Coming down the last straight side by side both Pouliot and Cutler would crash and go down. Both would quickly grab their bikes and Ricky Bobby run it out to the line. Pouliot would get the win. Cutler would finish in second and Connor Delaney would just be glad to be alive in third. 36-40 Novice When these guys go out on the track the people at AFLAC get worried. They hope not to payout because they ran over the duck. Or maybe they are worried about paying out all that money when they claim injuries. Well, the duck survived and so did the racers. Micheal Herrmann quacked his way to the top of the podium. Dan Johnson dressed his duck in best 1980s Miami attire in second. Ryan “Rapid Rhino” Thomas now wants a duck dinner for his trophy in third. Shannon Gerard said I’m not cooking duck in fourth. Al Torizzo took out a new policy on the “Stache” and he needed to make sure that the sun wasn’t changing the PH level of those magical hairs. 7 Intermediate Hudson Strickland was like the Great Hudson Hornet and slid it sideways and crossed the line first. Logan Amatruda was seen drawing lightning bolts on the side of his helmet in second. Caleb Bodwell would go tractor tipping in third. Jack Strickland was seen making plans to visit Radiator Springs. 9 Intermediate Johnny “Tsunami” Lapenta would grab his second win since turning Intermediate. He is one excited kid this year with his first team (Axle Nutts Racing), turning Intermediate, and winning in his new class. Wyatt Wehner would put on a strong appearance in second and tried using his ninja skills to take the lead. Kris Devaux would finish in third. Sam Fusari would bring it home in fourth. Cypress Thomas would just miss the main, but he too is excited for next week. 10 Intermediate Man this kid just keeps the water boiling. He doesn’t go soft on the competition. He might be called “short” but he doesn’t come up short often. Logan “Short Grain” Rice would once again scald the competition today and grab the win. Coby Sickler tried putting the lid on him but came to the line in second. Elijah Pagan tried to put salt in the wound but managed third. Sam Fayad slipped in the butter, but got fourth. Serenity O’Rourke was seen making sure there is no water next week so the Rice is no good. 11 Intermediate David Chrichton would once again put his Misfit flannel up front today. Mason Lukach said he likes Nirvana better than Pearl Jam in second. Cash Edelmann was seen signing autographs in third with people thinking he was a Patriot. Madison Cioffi would miss the main but was seen grabbing a football for autographs. 12 Intermediate Ryker Parkins parked his bike in the winners circle today in the 12 Intermediate class. AJ Torizzo would bring it home in second in only his second week in the Intermediate class. Keiran Collins would join them on the wood box in third. Raquel Olson would round out the main. Xander Monczka would decide to take a dirt bath in the parking lot before the races even started. 14 Intermediate Sam Bond couldn’t be bond down today. He would dominate and grab his 17th win. Aiden Leblanc came across the line in second. Blake Nevins on a borrowed bike would finish in the third spot. Collin Ramsey never made a gate but was seen preparing for next weekend. 16 Intermediate Josh Plaskett said bring it on this upcoming weekend. He would fist pump as he crossed the line first today. Sam Jenkins followed Josh to the line for second. Logan Gendron will try to find a smidge more for next week in third. Robert Giguere would come home in fourth. Ella Urban would miss the main because she got stuck in the mailbox making sounds. 26-35 Intermediate It looked like Will Verbanic was missing his buddy Shane Wehner till the main came up. He would wipe his tears, pull up his big boy pants, and shine his wiener whistle. He would drag race with Brandy Haislet to the finish line and win by a cocktail weinie length. CJ Krutka would finish in third. Ronald Couch must have been on the couch at home as he never made the gate. 46-50 Intermediate Dennis Coull would play it cool today as he would show the Scylent Rage boys the way to the finish line. Art Ramsey would follow him to second. Brian Kesl would round out this total points race. 13 Girls Expert Kyrie Sweet would be a “Heartbreaker” today as she would grab the win. Cheyenne Stone tried her best stunts, but had to settle for second. Adalyn Nevins must have had ran out of rocket fuel and would finish in third. Natalie Kent would miss the main. 15-16 Girls Expert Pippa Sweet would be No Holds the winner today in the senior girls class. Alyssa McKay tried to get her fire ants to bite at the leader but came up a little short and had to settle with second. Liz Doyle would swerve around the ants but they stayed just ahead of her. Gwen Hall took a headshot in fourth. Riley Richardson brought it home in fifth. Sarah Gonyer would miss the main but had fun in the open. 8 Expert These guys would be slicing and dicing like the Ginsu knife. Each round would see a different finishing order. Bennett Pieterse would finish 1-1-2. Austin Dohan would finish 3-2-1. Myles Lukach would finish 2-3-3. So at the end of the day Pieterse would have a total of 4 and the win. Dohan with a total of 6 and second place. Lukach with a total of 8 and third place. 13 Expert Brody “ODI” Kesl would qualify out first and then lead them all to the line for the win in the main. Owen Gendron would finish in the second position. Noah Hardgrove zoomed into the third position. Ryder Richardson would miss the main but I’m sure he will make the trip down from Vermont this next weekend. 15 Expert These five would be so close to each other that you couldn’t stick a piece of gum between them. Cassen Sickler would put his bubble gum machine on top of the podium today. Wes Hamel would stuck the quarter into the machine and got the silver ring in second. Damian Conley tried his luck in the dime machine and he came up with a Tootsie pop. James Wolf tried the nickel machine and got a ring pop. Colin Leblanc forgot his money and didn’t get a prize. 17-20 Expert Chris Pedersen set the Spark and lit the fire on his way to the bonfire finish. Josh Alstede tried to put the water on Sparky but his throw was a little off. Marissa Lyman was growling at the announcer. I need security at the tower please. Nic Tirendi made his first trip to Foothills this year and just missed the main. Maybe Marissa growled at him too? 26-35 Expert Steve Healey practically had the track to himself today. Pete Balotti missed the first round (Must have been paying his ice cream tab). Pete would return for the remaining rounds with a full belly. Steve didn’t have much to do but show off his new wardrobe as he would exit stage 3. 36-40 Expert Matt Markie be nothing but smiles today. I guess hanging out with all those awesome balance bike kids it just makes it contagious to smile. He would grab the win and get a big hug from Remi. Joel Jason would finish in the runner up spot. Marcelo Oliveira would finish in third. Donald Hottes would just miss the main. 41-45 Expert In only his first week as an expert we would see Shane Wehner cross the line first. He would receive a weenie whistle from Verbanic as his trophy. Dan Rice was trying to put the side dish before the main course of a hobo. But the Rice would be the side dish to the hotdog. Pedro Nunes brought the seasoning in third. Gary Nylund was going to bring the beer with the Clydesdales but I hear there is a lack of income for their sponsor. Ryan Harty asked what is for dessert in fifth. Cliff Benoit forgot to bring anything to the table so the boys didn’t allow him in the main. 51-55 Expert Greg Plaskett doesn’t get to say he is the young gun in a class too often, but today he was. He would grab the win and cant wait to see what he does next week. Joe Doherty was seen flying the Team Doritos flag for the next side hack race in second. Guy Tirendi made it to Foothills for the first time this year and grabbed a third. Rick Marceau would miss the main but don’t count him out next week. Well I hope everyone is ready for next weekend. I can tell you all the volunteers are ready! We could always use a few more if anyone is interested. Speaking of volunteers, please remember they are VOLUNTEERS. They all devote their time so we can all enjoy racing. Please thank them and please listen to them. More so than ever this weekend. They are going to be tired and exhausted. I personally want to thank all that volunteer. Its not just the parents but some of our young racers that also give back to the track. Thank you guys and gals! I also wanted to point out a few rules that will be strongly enforced this upcoming weekend. Please go on USABMX and become familiar with the rules. You might be arguing about something and your not aware. It happens ALOT. We all try our best. Please be courteous to other racers, officials, and most importantly to yourself. These are abbreviated rules and for the full description see the rulebook. · 30 Foot rule-No rider can change their lane before the thirty foot mark. Stay in your Lane till after line painted at bottom of starting hill. · Stay in a direct line down the final straight. No swerving or blocking. (30 Foot Rule applies) · YOU are responsible for checking your motos. The stagers are not responsible and will not be able to answer questions in staging. Listen to the stagers directions. NO GATHERING ON THE HILL! · Plate numbers MUST match the moto sheet. Correct number. Correct background color, no obstruction to read numbers, and if you need a letter make sure its on there. Incorrect numbers are a DQ. ALL this info is on the moto sheet! · Staging area is to be clear. NO hanging out on the hill. Go in your correct shoot and listen to stagers directions. Stay in your lane and do not go hang over to the side. Stay in YOUR lane. · NO people below the registration shed. The scorers can not be disturbed. NO LOITERING near the finish line! If you have a dispute with a finish you need to see the Track Operator (Brian Kesl) within 10 motos. Scorers do NOT handle disputes- only race "official" · NO smoking around the track is allowed (State Law Applies). The team tent area and bleachers along front straight are also non smoking areas. Please leave the park area to smoke or vape! There is many more rules than these and these are abbreviated. Please make yourself familiar with them so your experience is the best it can be. We want everyone to have a great time and we have been working hard to make sure that happens. With everyone’s help this could be a memory you never forget. Those of you who this is your first time it will be fast and exciting. If you have any questions please see registration. Registration will close SHARPLY at 11:00! Please presign if you can. Money Open will be register at window only. See you all this upcoming weekend!!!

Foothills Race Report June 16, 2023 I’m not sure if this was a first in the 25 plus years of Foothills racing, but we raced on a Friday evening. Call it Friday night fights or Friday night frights. The excitement was in the air for the weekend. We would see some new faces and old ones returning. We would see twenty motos and the excitement was building… 4 Balance Bike Isaac Bodwell and Austin Balotti would battle it out today. Austin would take the first round. Isaac was still laughing from running the announcer guy over during practice and would win the second round. It all came down to the final round for the coveted ice cream trophy. Austin would win the final round and the win for the dat. Dad was seen heading to the bank for a personal loan. The teller looked confused when asking what the loan was for. Wait till next week when he goes to another bank for a hot fudge loan. 7-8 Open Logan O’Connor would travel from little ole Rhode Island, but he would make it a big night with the win. Anthony Galli also travelling, would grab second. Caleb Bodwell scared them with his “Flaming Goat” and finished third. Paul Galli would round out the main. Emerson “Fly Guy” Bodwell was just too fly for the main. 9-10 Open Krisopher Devaux likes the number one. He got three of them on his way to the win. Eric Adams would finish in the second position. Third would go to Aaron Maziarz. 11-12 Open Devon Hurley was looking for a perfect score, but Nick Maurati would upset that score with a win in the third round. Hurley would secure the win with two firsts. Cody Bodwell would follow up with a third. 13-14 Open Humpty Dumpty rode a Chase. Humpty Dumpty jumped the double. Humpty Dumpty stumped the rest. Christopher “Humpty Dumpty” Pedersen was cracking all up and his shell was unvelcroing ever more with each turn. He kept the yoke and was no joke as he won with just a little poke. Dion Hurley would not crack in second. Matt Horjatschun brought all the kings’ men with him on his way to third. Olivia Shapiro was all scrambled. 15-16 Girls Cruiser Cheyenne Stone was on a mission all weekend and she started with a win in cruiser. Serenity O’Rourke and Ella Urban would want the same spot on the track. Well ladies that doesn’t work. They would both go down. O’Rourke would recover first and finish second. Urban would also recover and bring it home in third. Dani Vyce would ask where are all the mom racers today? 9 Cruiser JD Lataille would be asked what JD stands for. He would respond with Jiggiddy Diggiddy to the finish line I giggiddy. Reid Waters tried to dose the fire with his H2O to go but settled for second. Kristopher “The Vampire” Devaux couldn’t quite put a bite on this one and finished in third. Caleb Bodwell would be all confused with the references. 11 Cruiser Well, this moto would look like a DeJa’Vu of the 11-12 open but with different players. Devon Hurley would win the first two rounds. Asher Hock would win the final round. Devon would get the low points and the win. Anthony Trinca would finish in the third position. 15 Cruiser Greg Plaskett would look back at the young whipper snappers all over his back tire as he would grab the win. Chris Pederesen would duct tape his shell back together and finish in second. Wes Hamel would smile all the way to third. Brody Kesl would finish in fourth. Caleb Palmer was the youngest and sat out the main. 5 & Under Novice This was unusual. This class has been huge the last few weeks and today was only total points. Becket Brammer would go wire to wire each round and grab the win. Emerson “Fly Guy” Bodwell would zip to second. Remington Waters would round out the class. 9 Novice Eric Adams would be running towards the front when he would have a bike malfunction and finish third. Beau Brunson would take advantage and grab the win. Karter Balotti would come home in second. Aaron Maziarz would not start. 7 Intermediate Dean Smith would confuse everyone with the wrong plate. He wasn’t confused where he needed to be each round. He would get the perfect score and grab the win. Caleb Bodwell would try to catch that silly rabbit but finish second. Paul Galli would come in third. 10 Intermediate JD Lataille didn’t need to explain his initials this race. He “J”ust “D”id the job. Johnny Tsunami Lapenta was hard charging and grabbed expert points with a second. Collin Matteson would make the podium. Serenity O’Rourke would cross the line in fourth. Kristopher Devaux was the young gun sitting out the main. 16 Intermediate Wes Hamel showed why he was a past track champion and grabbed another win. Josh Plaskett would finish in the runner up position. Toby Schoonmaker would slide into third. Ella Urban and Sarah Gonyer would battle to be in the main with Ella just beating Sarah. 36-40 Intermediate Well, here we go again. Humpty Dumpty was going so fast he created a spark. That spark cooked all the eggs. The eggs were aged and not able to stay fresh. Chris “Humpty Sparky Dumpty” Pedersen would be the young “chick” in the 36-40 Intermediates. Jed Blanchard tried to be the rooster but couldn’t cluck up enough might and had to settle for second. Maya Brown returned to the henhouse in third. Brian Kesl tried to put that young chick back in the coop in fourth. Dani Vyce was seen yelling for all the kings’ men to hurry up and put him back up on a wall. 8 Expert Reid Waters was creating water hazards all around the track today on his way to first. Logan O’Connor jumped from log to log to finish in second. Anthony Galli sprung from lily pad to lily pad to finish third. Jake Blanchard missed the boat. 11 Expert Devon Hurley would have an anxious Asher Hock all over him like a fly to the bear poop in the woods. Devon would hang on for the win. Anthony Trinca would view the battle from third. Colton Hawker and Matthew Mayer were no shows. Must have been avoiding the bear poop. 12 Expert Caleb Palmer was unstoppable like the late great Arnold Palmer. Caleb would get the hole in one. Cheyenne Stone got the eagle. James Blanchard with a birdie. Nick Maurati with a par. Cody Bodwell ended up in the drink. 13 Expert Matthew Horjatschun would best the field of 13-year-olds today. Brody Kesl would be all over the back tire like Dale Earnhardt to Rusty Wallace’s rear bumper. Dion Hurley would ask who are those guys in third. Olivia Shapiro will be back to battle next week. 41-45 Expert Joe Doherty and Greg Plaskett would have this battle to themselves as Justin Hawker must have been helping the young kids find the bear poop. Plaskett would just edge out Doherty in the first two rounds. Joe would get the final round, but the damage was already done, and Plaskett would take the win. That wraps up our first Friday night race. It was exciting and a great warm-up for the Gold Cup race. The rain would push the Gold Cup race to Sunday instead of Saturday. The state qualifier will be pushed to August. We will be back to our normally scheduled program next week. The track will need some extra hands as a few volunteers will be at the Mass State Qualifier in Billerica. Please help where you can.

Foothills Race Report July 23, 2023 We finally got to race again! After all the rain in the last few weeks we were missing the racing, our friends, and the competition. Brian Kesl and the “crew” worked really hard on getting the track back into shape. We were met with a sunny day and temps around 80 degrees and of course lots of smiles. Today was our Christmas in July race and there was a gift exchange and a collection of toys for the kids at CMCC. We observed a moment of silence for Don Olson as he was detrimental to all of us in the Connecticut BMX scene. Don you will be missed. May the gates drop in your favor and grab the hole shot to the pearly gates. 4 Balance Bike These little guys once again made it exciting. Jacob Mahar would grab the win after battling in the top three each round. Carter Smith gave Jacob a few good runs and settled into second place. Hailee Williamson was right there in third. Remi Markie would chase them in fourth. Frederick MacDonald would come home in fifth. Honora Osario would round out the class. 6 & Under Open Walter Steins would put his flannel on the top spot today. Becket Brammer, two years junior to Walter would finish in second place today. Emerson Bodwell would round out the total points race. 9-10 Open Joseph Celso would make the trip from New York today and find himself on top of the podium. Johnny “Tsunami” Lapenta would finish in a close second. Matty Verbanic would finish on the wood box today in third. Caleb Bodwell crossed the line in fourth. Jayden Mahoney seemed to have a mechanical failure or had tinsel stuck in his spokes in fifth. Eric Adams will try again next week. 13-14 Open Devon Hurley was the Rudolph of the class today. Owen Gendron was a Misfit Toy in second. Mark Aquilio went from being a shark to Blitzen around the track in third. Noah Hardgrove was a Comet in fourth. Dion Hurley was like Dancer in fifth. Mikel Aubrey had to leave early and missed the main but will be back. 15-16 Open Chris “Sparky” Pedersen must have set the spark to the Yule log as he was as fast as dad leaving from the in-laws. Logan Gendron brought the figgy pudding in second. Kevin Steins was seen coming from the porta potties and saying “The S**ter is full” in third. Liz Doyle had her nose pinned behind Kevin in fourth. Destinee Steins just shook her head in disbelief. 13-14 Girls Cruiser Marissa Lyman was out front but complaining like she just got a jelly mold for her Christmas gift. Adalyn Nevins was trying to add the kitty kibbles to Marissa’s jelly mold but was denied. Alyssa McKay said something smelled like burnt cat in third. Cheyenne Stone was yacking on a bone in fourth. Ella Urban said that dog was just gross. 11 Cruiser Devon Hurley was the elder statesman at four years senior to the other two racers. Caleb Bodwell would finish in second. Ben Hagan, still returning from his injury earlier this year, would finish in third. 14 Cruiser Dion Hurley would glide to the first place today. Mark Aquilio would come around in second. Noah Hardgrove would round out the main. Sam Bond would miss the main. 17-20 Cruiser Well, this moto was a mixture of the ages. Sparky Pedersen took the old men to school today as he left them in the dust. Steve Healey at twice the age could only shake his head in second. Shane Wehner was like a crusty hot dog bun in third. 5 & Under Novice Well, this little guy is on fire. He wakes up early with his legs already spinning. Becket Brammer would grab the win and also grab a spot on a team that rhymes with chestnutts. Connor “Vadar” Hagan newly on the pedals would finish in second. Isaac “Smiley” Bodwell could be seen during practice trying out his pedal bike. He decided he needed a little more as he would stay at the gate. 6 Novice Jake Ouimette was the wisest of the wisemen today. He would find his way around the track first. Emerson “Fly Guy” Bodwell was a bright star in second. Griffin Zoni was happy as Charlie Brown on Christmas Day in third. 7 Novice Bodhi Thomas didn’t shoot his eye out, instead he would shoot to first. Oliver Hurley would put the pressure on in second didn’t even “fudge” about it. Joe Torizzo went out for Chinese in third. Matty Doyle didn’t make the main and luckily didn’t lick the flagpole. 8 Novice Well, this moto would get the announcers’ heart pumping. As Anthony Racine was rounding the track, a baby bird would drop onto the moto sheets. The announcer almost recreated the scene in A Christmas Story with the long drawn out Ffuuddggeeee. Lily Torizzo would look pretty in pink in second. Kurt Hall would join them on the podium. PJ Mahar will try again next week. 9 Novice Hometown boy Eric Adams would hold off the competition like grampa’s belt after eating Christmas dinner. Archer “2 Snacks” Wehner tried to pop two more snacks in there to burst that belt but would have to settle for second. Ryder “Blaze” Osorio was on fire in third. 12 Novice This moto was an exciting one. These three riders would change finishing positions each round. The first round would go to Cason Hurley. Ryder Souza in second and Cody Bodwell in third. Second round would see Cody grabbing the win, Cason in second, and Ryder in third. The main would set up the final finishing order for the day with them all finishing with six points each. So, the finishing order was the final results. In the main we would see Ryder cross first for the win. Cody would cross in second and Cason in third. 41-45 Novice Is that Cinnamon candles or the smell of Bengay in the air? This class would see ages from 36-59 years of age. Kevin Steins was the first to escape from Nakatomi Plaza. Dan Johnson threw the chair out the window but came up a little short on the rescue. Ryan Thomas hid the detonators in his fanny pack. Robert Markewicz returned to racing like MacLaine to the terrorist. Al Torizzo unfortunately mixed up his mustache grease with the Bengay and missed the main. 7 Intermediate Caleb Bodwell put on the magical hat and the magic was alive for him in first. Walter Steins was like a jack n’ the box in second place. Ben Hagan wouldn’t let Professor Hinkle ruin his day in third. 9 Intermediate Jack Wendt just went, went, and went! He was on fire today and grabbed the win. Wyatt Wehner was putting on the pressure in second. Matty Verbanic brought it home in third. Cypress Thomas just missed the main but will be back. 13 Intermediate Mikel Aubrey would grab the win the first two rounds in this total points race. Unfortunately, he would have to leave the track early and with no result in the third round he would finish second for the day. Cheyenne Stone would get the win and Blake Nevins would finish in third. 15 Intermediate Toby Schoonmaker was the class of the field today and would go on to win. In the second round we would see a very scary crash on the second straight away. Alyssa McKay and Liz Doyle would be battling for the lead. Halfway down the second straight Liz had a slight edge with Alyssa moving up on her inside. They would ever so slightly tap into each other. Liz would go down hard on the straight. Alyssa would go VERY airborne. She would paratrooper down onto the tarps from nosebleed heights. After a few moments luckily both girls would get up. Alyssa would finish while Liz was helped off the track. Scary wreck and as of this writing I was told both girls are bruised and have slight concussions but are both on the mend and should be ready to go in no time. Get better girls! Alyssa would go on to finish second. Collin Ramsey would finish in third. Liz would miss the main. 16 Intermediate Another great moto with the winner being determined in the final round. Logan Gendron would win the first round. Josh Plaskett in second and Ella Urban in third. Second round would see Logan and Josh swapping spots and Ella in third. The final round would see both Logan and Josh vying for the win. When they crossed the line Logan was the winner with Josh in second and Ella in third. 17-20 Women Expert These three riders were laughing the whole way around the track. Marissa was complaining of old age. After camp this week she will be admitted to the old peoples home. Amanda Rock said she will visit Marissa at her old women’s home and feed her the green Jell-O. Destinee said she will replace Marissa’s tennis balls on her walker once a month. Marissa was seen after her win today looking up brands of tennis balls. 10 Expert Joseph Celso Was looking at a second-place finish till his lucky rabbit foot got extra fluffy. Jayden Mahoney won the first two rounds, but in the third round he had some kind of issue and went from the lead to third thus handing the win to Celso. Johnny Lapenta was the lone intermediate and pulled a solid third. 12 Expert Devon Hurley and Noah Hardgrove battled it out today. Devon would come out on top. Adalyn Nevins would play with the boys today and pull in a third. 14 Expert Dion Hurley went wire to wire and grabbed the win today. Owen Gendron and new expert Sam Bond would battle it out for second. Owen would finish in second in the first and final win and grab a second today and Sam in third. 17-20 Expert Dylan Barker would smile and smirk like Santa twinkling his nose to first place. Sparky Pedersen tried throwing a snowball at Dylan, but it melted before the finish line. He would finish second. Shane Wehner went sledding into third. Steve Healey was running up front and tried for the lead going into turn five. He must have slipped on some icicles and crashed with a thumbs up and a chuckle. Trey Lepicier would return after some absences and miss the main. 46-50 Expert Greg Plaskett put the cart before the horse today. Well maybe the sleigh before the reindeer or Clydesdale to be more specific. Gary “The Clydesdale” Nylund would finish in the second position. Art Ramsey rode in the toy sack to third. Art gave Brian Kesl the lump of coal and denied him a main event. I hear Brian asked Santa to put coal in Art’s stocking next year. Merry Christmas (In July) to everyone. Good luck to all our riders on Saturday going to the State Qualifier at Falcon BMX. Unfortunately we will be closed the weekend after that for the National in Cape Cod. The Sunday after that though is our rescheduled State Qualifier right here at Foothills BMX! I can’t wait to see everyone race their hearts out. Have a hot chocolate, cozy up to the fire, and build a snowman till we see you all again.

Foothills Race Report August 6, 2023 Hello to all the two-wheel warriors. I’m sorry for the delay with this report. Lots of busy life things going on these past few weeks. Well let’s get right into it! 5 & Over Balance Bike Ricky Charette, Hailee Williamson, and Christian Badia would battle this one out each round. Hailee would come out on top. Christian Badia was close to a win but had to settle for second. Ricky was right in the mix and finished third. 4 Balance Bike Jake Baker would run away with this one, winning all three rounds. Remi Markie getting faster each week would cross the line in second. Honora Osario would start just the first round and finish in third. Lukas Van Deusen was on the sheet but didn’t start. 3 Balance Bike Sebastian Badia at only one year old would round the course and finish in second. Raymond “The Juice” Wade would put his all orange race machine into the winner’s circle. 7-8 Open Bennett Pieterse would put his all red Alpha team colors on top of the podium. Caleb Bodwell would follow Bennett to the line for a second place. Ophelia Brophy would finish on the podium in third. Emerson Bodwell would miss the second round and ultimately miss the main. 11-12 Open Garrett Nylund was a man on fire as he would grab the tallest trophy. Lucas Wade would come home in second place. Eric Adams finished out the main. Cody Bodwell just missed the main. 31 & Over Open Sparky Pedersen might have been the youngest of this total points race, but he was the teacher today. Gary Nylund managed to get around the youngster for one round but had to settle for a second. Connor Nylund beat his dad in the first round, but dad was having none of that. Connor would finish in third. 7 & Under Cruiser Bennett Pieterse would keep his winning ways and grab another win. Caleb Bodwell would once again follow Bennett around the limestone and finish second. Ben Hagan would finish out this total points race. 12 Cruiser Some more total points racing with Kris Devaux, Thomas Musarella, and Logan Rice. These guys always race close, and they would show that again today. Logan would win the first two rounds, but Thomas would grab a win in the third round. Thomas would just come up slightly short as Logan would grab the win. Kris was right there but had to settle for third. 16 Cruiser Sparky was at it again! He would zip around the track like a lightning bolt to the ground. Brody Kesl would stay right on the heals of his teammate and finish in second. Josh Plaskett would finish in third. Ella urban would miss the main but had her sound effects for her fellow competitors. 31-35 Cruiser Steve Healey would go wire to wire against Mike Savage and Beth Van Deusen. Mike would finish in second and Beth in third. 6 Novice Emerson “Fly Guy” Bodwell would qualify out first and in the main cross the line first. Reid Dellavecchia would finish in second. Christian Badia would recover from a crash in the first round to finish in third. Connor “Vader” Hagan still getting use to peddles would look great till a crash in second round and sat out the main. 7 Novice The “Hyper Hamster” got out of his cage and screamed to the win like a hamster being chased by a cat. Bodhi Thomas was one happy hamster. Mattie Doyle would finish in second and Julian Badia in third. 9 Novice This was the biggest class of the day, and these seven riders would battle it out. When the dust settled Lucas Wade would grab the win. Ben Van Deusen would finish in second. Wyatt McPhail would finish on the podium in third. Eric Adams would finish fourth. Ryder Dellavecchia would find himself in fifth. Ryder Osorio would finish in sixth. Ophelia Brophy would miss the main. 12 Novice Cody Bodwell really put his “Foot” into it today and would grab a win. Cason Hurley would finish in second. Adelaide Van Deusen would finish in third. Sarah Van Deusen would just miss the main. 26-35 Novice This main would get interesting as they all could have won. Dan Johnson would have his hopes for a win go flat with a front flat tire and finish in third. Steve Gagnon would boogie to the front and grab the win. Eliana Van Deusen would finish in third. Shannon Gerard would miss the main. 41-45 Novice Wow! This race would come right down to the line. The officials would score Robert Drechsler as the winner. Ryan Dellavecchia would come up inches short in second. Ryan Thomas would finish in third. Chris Bird would not start and miss the main. 7 Intermediate Caleb Bodwell would grab another win today. Nick Davis would bring it home in second. Beau Brunson would crash in the main and finish in a respectable third. Ben Hagan would miss the main. 8 Intermediate Jack Wendt would win the first two rounds and ultimately take the win. Bennett Pieterse would win the third round but would finish in second. Michael Herrmann would finish in the third spot. 15 Intermediate Brody “ODI” Kesl was an Intermediate on a mission as he would cross the line first. Hunter Phoenix would finish in the second position. Liz Doyle would round out the top three. Jonathan Van Deusen would finish in fourth. Riley Richardson would miss the main. 10 Expert Well, this one got everyone’s hearts a beating. In the second round Logan Rice was leading going into turn four. Kris Devaux was closing in fast. Logan decided to be a “little stylish” and he and Kris would go down like a sack of rice from a train. Both riders would be a little banged up but okay. When all the rice was counted it would be Logan with the win. Kris in second and Cypress Thomas in third. 12 Expert Da Moose is loose, and he got all their gooses. Thomas “Da Moose” Musarella would finish on top today. Ryder Richardson would finish in second. Garrett Nylund would round out the total points race. 17-20 Expert Matt Markie would put his foot down and say this is my house. Steve Healey tried to take the welcome “Matt” to the cleaners but had to settle for the sitting on the front steps. Sparky Pedersen would have a bird’s eye view in third. Connor Nylund finished in fourth. Ella Urban would sit out this one today. 41-45 Expert Dan Rice was the young man of the group today and he wasn’t polite. Polite gentleman let older folk go first. Dan said nope and grabbed the win. Gary Nylund would try to whip that whipper snapper into shape but finished second. Brian Kesl said he wouldn’t allow Dan to have dessert tonight in third. 51-55 Expert Greg Plaskett would keep the youngsters up front for one more moto. He would grab the win with today’s co-announcer Mike Savage. Shane Hayes would finish in third.

Foothills Race Report State Qualifier August 13, 2023 Thank goodness for good weather finally! Today was the make up date for the rained-out qualifier earlier this season. We had some torrential rain over night, but Brian Kesl and crew prepared for it and were ready to get it repaired. The whole team uncovered the track and did repairs. Practice was slightly delayed as the pond behind the announcer’s stand was drained. The raffle tables were a huge hit and the winner of the 50/50 raffle (Dan Urban) still owes the announcer a few ice creams from Pete Dodas Ice Cream truck. We would see 59 action packed motos. 5 & Over Balance Bike Haillee Williamson just couldn’t be slowed down as she would go and win each round. Ricky Charette would finish in the runner up spot. 4 Balance Bike Caleb Darrow would win two of the three rounds and take the win. Remi Markie would win the first round and finish in second for the day. Honora Osario would finish in third and Rylee Olson in fourth. 3 Balance Bike Carter” Little Boy Blue” Smith would win today in his Sunday best garb. Cameron Melanson would finish in the second position. 7-8 Open Reid Waters would lead the six riders to the checkered flag today. Bennett Pieterse would finish in the runner up spot. Anthony Reck would finish on the podium in third. Becket Brammer would put his new Axle Nutts jersey in fourth place. Ezra Nagy would finish in fifth. Vivianna Lake wouldn’t start second round and would miss the main. 9-10 Open Cole Muller from New York would take it each round today and snap up a win. Nik Mazzara, also from New York, would finish in second. Johnny ”Tsunami” Lapenta would finish in third. 11-12 Open Devon Hurley would best his Toxic teammate for the win. Anthony Trinca would finish in second. Dylan Tomlinson would finish in third. 13-14 Open Well, this one had all of us ready to take a nap as they would just roll the track. Until Johnny Urban decided to do a wild and crazy stunt that resulted in him getting sent flying like a pogo stick that was overloaded. He would be okay (Dad was having a stroke in turn one). Dion Hurley would take the win. Matt Horjatschun in second and Johnny “Pogo stick” Urban in third. 15-16 Open Cassen Sickler would put a hurting on the class today on the way to a win. Sparky Pedersen would finish in P2. Logan Gendron would put his Misfit flannel on the podium in third. Liz Doyle would finish in fourth. Gwen Hall would finish in fifth. Sarah Gonyer would sound like she was talking on the phone in sixth. Holger Rivera would not start. 11-12 Girls Cruiser Adalyn Nevins held up to her nickname of Rocket Rose. She definitely was a rocket but by the end of the day her Axle Nutts jersey didn’t smell like a rose. Cheyenne Stone was all over the rocket fumes in second. Raquel Olson looks to have taken some of Adalyn’s rocket fuel lately as she was right there trying to steal a win. Serenity O’Rourke would just miss the main. 15-16 Girls Cruiser Pippa Sweet found the preferred line like it was a slalom course. She put herself in the winner’s circle over sister Kyrie. Olivia Smith would finish on the podium in third. Ella Urban was seen taking dad’s wallet after the 50/50. Anyone seen Ella? 41-45 Women Cruiser Marissa Lyman wanted one more win before heading off to college. She would most definitely do that today. Kelly Theologou was digging the announcer’s song list in second. Amanda Waring was giggling with all the girls in third. Dani Vyce was giving the ladies advice in fourth. Arielle Bennett would just miss the main. 8 Cruiser Reid Waters was like a raging water flume and rushed down the stream for the win. Anthony Galli would float to second. Matias Culcay bobbed into third. Caleb Bodwell would miss the main but was happy to get to play with a rubber ducky. 10 Cruiser Would a “PNut”, “Short Grain”, or a “Menace” win this one? Bryson “PNut” Bruns would hope he didn’t give anyone any allergies on his way to the win. Frank Kueter tried to be a menace in second. Logan “Short Grain” Rice would come up a few grains short in third. Cameron Lake would miss the main. 11 Cruiser Devon Hurley for Toxic Racing wanted to create a sandwich today. He was the top bread. Max Meinel was the peanut butter in second (Elevate Racing). Anthony Trinca was the bottom half of the sandwich (Toxic Racing). Rylan Spence didn’t want to be part of that sandwich and jellied out. 12 Cruiser Caleb Palmer got the hole in one today. Getting the eagle was Johnny Kueter. Joey Olbrys got the birdie. Noah Hardgrove was on par. Thomas Musarella was one under. Ryker Parkins didn’t tee off. 13 Cruiser Sawyer Spence would grab the win but not before Brody Kesl would try to get the win. Brody would win the third round but with Sawyer winning the first two rounds he was the overall winner. Dion Hurley would finish in third. 15 Cruiser Wes Hamel was like Wesley Snipes, and he was the action star and he saved the day. Sam Bond zigged and zagged to a second-place finish. Johnny Urban pogo stick to third. 17-20 Cruiser Sparky Pedersen, Josh Alstede, and Andrew Connett would put on a show with each one trading finishing order each round. Each would grab a win. When it was all said and done, Sparky would take the win. Andrew in second and Josh in third. 26-30 Cruiser Another cruiser race with changing of positions each round. Justin Markie would use his rear fender to his advantage and grab the win. Steve Healey would finish in second. Reynel Rivera would finish in the third spot. 41-45 Cruiser Brian “The Flying Vegan” Smith would put his Veggie Chopper in the winner’s circle. Cliff Benoit tried to wrap his flannel around the veggie but came up a little short in second. Shane Wehner hung on to Cliff’s coat tail in third. 51-55 Cruiser Greg Plaskett wasn’t going to be slowed down by anything. You could have put a parachute on him, and he would have found a way to win. Eron Lefebvre came unclipped but still came back for a second. Joe Doherty would come around for a third. Mark Reale would put in a great effort but missed the main. 5 & Under Novice Kasey Ouimette would lead the fab five to the finish line. Remington Waters would finish in second position. Isadora Rohm would finish on the podium in third. Dawson Bennett would cross the line in fourth. Jonathan Galli had a crash in the first round and couldn’t recover to make the main. 6 Novice Another Ouimette and another win. Jake would grab the win this time. Karter Balotti would cross the line in second. Alaina Rothstein finished in the three spot. Emerson Bodwell finished in the quattro spot. Lucas Nagy finished with a high five. Andrew Lord would miss the main. 7 Novice Bodhi Thomas was no slow poke today. He would smile on his way to another win. Logan Turro would bring home a second-place trophy. Kadel Schreiner would finish in the third spot. 8 Novice Jameson “Mr. Mischief” Close didn’t have to be mischievous in finding a way to the top of the podium today. Lillianna West would have a crash in the final round but grabbed a second-place finish today. Dillon Cloran would finish in third. 9 Novice Ryder “Blaze” Osorio reminded those of us of who watched the movie Ghost Rider of Johnny Blaze as he would save the day. Archer Wehner had 2 snacks and finished in second. Adrianna Galli would finish in third. Hailey Cloran finished in fourth. Reo Gagnon put the front tire to fifth. Logan Monczka would miss the main. 12 Novice Ian “Clark Kent” Dwyer had his cape on today and flew around the track. He would use his superpowers for a win. Cody Bodwell put his “Foot” into second place. Brooke Cloran put her Retribution team jersey into third. James Shreiner would miss the main. 14 Novice This one would be another barnburner. Gemma Salvato would win in the first two rounds and grab a second in the final round. Gemma would take the win for the day. Brooke Mould and Olivia Shapiro would switch positions each round and when the dust settled, Brooke would have the lower points and finish in second with Olivia in third. 15 Novice Nolan Pouliot would run away with this one today. He would win each round in this total points race. Jake Oboy would finish in second. Destiny Matunas would finish in third. 26-35 Novice Reynel Rivera would grab a win today. Daniel Johnson would follow up in second place. Amanda Waring would finish on the podium with the boys today. Connor Delaney would have a crash in the second round and miss the main. 41-45 Novice These four riders would battle it out like there was only one ice cream popsicle left at the finish line. Edwin Clark would enjoy the ice cream. Chris Bird almost got a lick but was left with just the wooden stick in second. Robert Drechsler would be seen licking the corners of the wrapper. Ryan Thomas was tempted to lick the ice cream off their faces but wisely declined. 6 Intermediate Tucker Jones from New York came to race today and race he did. He would grab the win. Landon Darrow would finish in second. Parker Rohm, also from New York, would finish in third. Becket Brammer for Axle Nutts Racing would finish in the fourth position. Elliott Bennett would finish in the fifth position. Nash Oneil would miss the main. 8 Intermediate Seven riders would try to lift the biggest trophy today. Jack Wendt would be that guy. Anthony Reck would follow him up in second. Finishing on the podium would be Jeremy Baio. Ziggy Sommer would finish in the fourth position. Ezra Nagy would visit Ct and finish in fifth. Caleb Bodwell for Scylent Rage Racing would finish in sixth. Lucy Muller would miss the main. 9 Intermediate Chloe Rothstein racing for SSquared would grab the win today. Wyatt Wehner would lose it and crash in turn one with Cypress Thomas. Wyatt would recover and come back to finish in second. Cypress Thomas wouldn’t make it back for the main. Ethan Pelletier would finish in the third spot. Matty Verbanic would round out the main. 10 Intermediate This one would be a wild one! There was passing and changing of positions all the way around the track. Johnny Lapenta and Elijah Pagan would crash in the first round, but both make it to the crazy main. The finishing order at the line would be: Nikolas Mazzara, Serenity O’Rourke, Johnny Lapenta, Carter Close, Elizabeth Lord, James Baio, Elijah Pagan, and Sam Flowers missing the main. 11 Intermediate Desi Salvato would win two rounds out of three and grab the win today. Walter Heitmann would finish in the second position. Third would go to Cash Edelmann. 12 Intermediate Big class today with 10 riders trying to be the top dog. Ryker Parkins would take the top spot. Noah Bennett would peddle to second. Shaun Rohm would find himself in third. Raquel Olson would race into fourth place. Xander Monczka would give the high five. Madison Cioffi did the half dozen. Lucky number seven goes to Jackson Baio. Dylan Tomlinson would finish in eighth position. Missing the main would be Colton Hawker and AJ Torizzo. 14 Intermediate Gavin “Fireball” Clark was definitely on fire today as he would win all rounds. Collin Ramsey would cross the line in second. Blake Nevins would finish in third. 15 Intermediate These three would mix it up in this total points race. Each would win a single round. When all the points were added up the racer with the low points and the win was Toby Schoonmaker. Sam Jenkins would finish in second. Third would go to Hunter Phoenix. 16 Intermediate Josh Plaskett would put his CYAA bike in the winner’s circle today. Logan Gendron would finish in the runner up spot. Dan Sears would finish in third. Ella Urban would miss the main. 36-40 Intermediate Mark Wierzbicki would grab the win today. Dan Sears and Will Verbanic would battle hard for the second position. The second round was a close drag race to the line. Dan Sears would get the second spot. Will Verbanic would just grab something else on wheels and keep racing. 46-50 Intermediate Brian Kesl must be getting big muscles with all the great track work he has been doing here at Foothills. He would strong arm the competition today and take home the first-place trophy. His teammate Art Ramsey would finish in second. Kelly Theologou was laughing at the announcer for some reason in third. Dani Vyce would miss the main, but she vows to beat Kelly next time. 7 Girls Expert Kira Spence would put her Toxic jersey on top of the podium today. Vivianna Lake visiting from New York would finish in the second position. Eve Flowers would finish in third. 13 Girls Expert Kyrie Sweet once again was the “Heartbreaker” today as she would put a whooping on the class. Fallon Nasse would finish in second. Adalyn Nevins would finish in third. Cheyenne Stone would miss the main but stood proud in her racing today. 15-16 Girls Expert Pippa Sweet wouldn’t sweat the competition today as she rolled into first place. Olivia Smith would finish in the second spot. Liz Doyle would finish the trio on the podium. Gwen Hall would come in fourth. Sarah Gonyer would miss the main. 7 Expert Bennett Pieterse would see the finish line first each round and get another win for this Alpha rider. Matias Culcay would finish in second today. Bentley Clark would round out the total points race. 9 Expert Cameron Lake would have no problems as he would grab a win today. Myles Rohm and Reid Waters would both crash in the first round but return for the main. Myles would finish in second and Reid in third. Anthony Galli would miss the main. 10 Expert Bryson Bruns would speed his way around the track today into first place. Logan “Short Grain” Rice would have a crash in turn two in the first round. It wouldn’t slow him down as he would finish in second. Jayden “Fang” Mahoney would finish in the third spot. Cole Muller would finish in fourth. Frank Kueter found himself in fifth. Coby Sickler would miss the main. 11 Expert Devon Hurley would put his NAG 9 plate out front and not look back today. Max Meinel would crank into the number two spot. Rylan Spence would finish in the third position. Anthony Trinca would find the fourth spot. Peter Pereira would miss the main. 12 Expert Caleb Palmer would find himself in a familiar spot today. Yup up on top of the podium. Johnny Kueter would follow him to the line for second spot. Joey Olbrys would cross the black line for a third. Noah Hardgrove would finish in the quattro position. Thomas Musarella would miss the main. 13 Expert Matt Horjatschun has been a man on a mission lately and that mission is to win. And win he did today. Brody Kesl was all over him, but he would have to settle for second. Dion Hurley would finish in third. Sawyer Spence would finish in fourth. Owen Gendron would have a crash in the second round and miss the main. 15 Expert Cassen Sickler would zig and zag to the win. Everett Stone would finish in second. Wes Hamel would cross the line in third. Kubrik Tarrant would just miss the podium in fourth. Chris Strandberg would finish in fifth. Sam Bond would come in sixth. Colin LeBlanc would miss the main. 17-20 Expert These guys and gals go faster than a digestive trac after Taco Bell. RJ Reale would be the fastest of them all today like a kernel on fire. Josh Alstede didn’t have time to wipe on his way to second. Chris Pedersen had the spicy sauce in third. Colin Gordon pressed the fragrant spray in fourth. Dylan Barker brought the TP in fifth. Trevor Cooper had the sixth sense to stay out of the bathroom. Mason Bruns had a clothespin on his nose in seventh. Jonah Graves slipped on a Fajita in turn one and would finish in eighth. Andrew Connett and Chris Gonyer had clean up duty since they missed the main. 26-35 Expert Holger Rivera would transfer out first and go on to finish first. Steve Healey would bring it home in second. Devin Murphy found herself in the third spot. Justin Markie would follow his teammate to fourth place. Pete Balotti would miss the main. 36-40 Expert Matt Markie would let it be known that this is his house, and nobody beats me at my home. Leigh Waters tried his best to claim it as his but would finish in second. Geoff Schreiner would finish in third. Don Hottes would not start and miss the main. 41-45 Expert Manny Nasse would come up from Danbury and take home the trophy to Danbury. Brian Smith looked like he might steal it away but would finish in second. Justin Hawker would stand on the podium. Shane Wehner would be a little short of a podium in fourth. Dan Rice was a couple grains short of a win today. Cliff Benoit would miss the main but tell the boys to look out at the championship. 51-55 Expert Greg Plaskett was unbeatable today. Joe Doherty would finish in second. Not bad after all the side hack racing. Pete Pereira would spin into third. Eron Lefebvre would unclip but still bring home a fourth. Shane Hayes would miss the main. Side hack Action We can’t leave out this wild, crazy, and fun class. Dylan Barker and Trevor Cooper would come into today’s race in third place in the state side hack series. They would leave today with a win. Could they upset the finale? The Doritos mobile of Doherty and Smith would bring it home in second. They are second in the series before today’s race. Now the third-place winners today were leading the points. Instead of playing it conservative they decided to see if they could launch their Very Weiner mobile like an F14 off an aircraft carrier. They did their best representation of Tom Cruise doing an inverted back dive. The only thing is they looked more like the guy from Wash Out from Hot Shots! (If you haven’t seen the movie you need to now). Manny and Fallon would finish in the fourth spot today. Woo. What a lot to type. It was action packed from the first gate to the last gate. Thank you everyone for your patience as I have been really busy these last few weeks. Please spread the word that these are published, especially for those that don’t usually visit Foothills. During the month of August Foothills is racing both Saturday and Sunday. State Finals are coming up and can’t wait to see all the racing action this year. Maybe this announcer will even race that day? See you all on Sunday!!! Sunday is the Fun Day!

Foothills Race Report 27 August 2023 We would enjoy another one of those rare, nice days this year. We would be a little short on volunteers today, but the team pulled through with Brian, Sarah, and a few others being taught the registration process by the one and only Jen Lyman. Her daughter is off at college and sending us videos racing in Pennsylvania. We would see 25 motos today. Not too shabby with a bunch of big races in the Northeast today. 5 & Over Balance Bike Ricky Charette and Althea Souza would battle back and forth each round. When it came time to cross the finish line Althea would find it first each time and grab the win. 4 Balance Bike Isaac “Smiley” Bodwell would show up to race today. His competitor though would not show. Jacob Maher was nowhere to be found so Isaac would round the course solo three times for a win. 3 Balance Bike Raymond Wade and Walker Wade would line up together on the starting hill. Raymond would complete all three laps while Walker was a little upset and didn’t complete his laps today. 9-10 Open Jayden Mahoney would be the fastest in this seven-rider class. Johnny Lapenta was gaining but would finish in second. Oscar Keneally would finish in the third position. Lucas Wade would just finish off the podium in fourth. Matty Verbanic would pull a five. Rita Keneally would finish the main. Ophelia Brophy would just miss the main. 15-16 Open Liz Doyle would show the boys how to get it done today. She would grab an open win. Michael Agnew, visiting from eastern Massachusetts, would finish in second. Connor Delaney would finish in third. Vivian Tisi would skip the second round and miss the main. 31 & Over Open Chris Gonyer would make quick work of the Keneally’s today. Marc would close in on the youngster and try to sneak a win, but Gonyer just switched the afterburners on each attempt. Kristin would finish in third but not without a few chuckles along the way. 17-20 Women Cruiser Adalyn “Rocket Rose” Nevins was so fast her Axle Nutts Racing jersey looked to be on fire! Ella Urban must think her sound effects will put a spell on the competition. It only worked for a second today. Kristin Keneally would go from the moto before straight to this one. That is some serious ironwoman stuff right there. 8 Cruiser Austin Dohan must have been exhausted after winning the first two rounds. He would fall back to second in the third round but held on for the win. Caleb Bodwell would be that other guy getting two seconds and a first and finishing second overall. Ben Hagan would finish in the third position. He was seen getting some racing advice from a certain racer so look out next week. 14 Cruiser These three would change positions each round. Brody Kesl would grab the win in round one. Sam Bond would take it in round two. Brody would come back to recapture it in round three and the win for the day. Sam would finish in second. Jake Stavropoulos would confuse the announcer with his long last name. He would come home in third. 16 Cruiser Sparky Pedersen would qualify out first and cross the line first in the main. Marc Keneally would get the young guns again but bring home a very respectful second place. Damian Conley would finish in third. Josh Plaskett would just miss the main. 5 & Under Novice These three have gone from Balance bikes to peddle bikes in a matter of months. All three progress each week by leaps and bounds. Connor “Vader” Hagan would get the perfect score and secure a win. Christian Badia would have a little crash in the third round but still pull off a second place. Remi Markie would cross the line in third today. 7 Novice Bodhi “Hyper Hamster” Thomas was like an Evel Knievel wind-up toy as he would go wire to wire and grab the win. Julian Badia would stay on his cape tails and finish in second. Mattie Doyle would finish on the podium in third. Emersen Bodwell would miss the main. 9 Novice Lucas Wade was a man on a mission today. Transfer out first and cross the line first were his goals. Goals met. Anthony “The Machine” Racine was trying to disrupt Lucas’ goals but had to settle for second. Reo Gagnon would finish in the third spot. Ophelia Brophy would just miss the main. 10 Novice Ryder Souza came to Foothills today sitting on nine wins. Well, he isn’t anymore. He is now an intermediate. Cason Hurley would try his best to keep it nine wins but would come up short in second. Wyatt McPhail would be celebrating his birthday right here at Foothills. Happy Birthday and Congrats to Ryder! 14 Novice Michael Agnew would run away with this one today and go home with a win. Vivian Tisi would take away a second. Gavin Kesl would be running in second, but Vivian would find away around each time. 36-40 Novice Dan “Tiger” Johnson would look like Tony the Tiger and stand on top of the podium saying “Theerrreee Great! Kristin Keneally after all the racing she did today told Dan “I’m sticking with my Wheaties.” Ryan “Rapid Rhino” Thomas was sounding like a charging rhino as he neared the announcer’s booth. Luckily the announcer has tranquilizers for these wild beasts. 7 Intermediate Caleb Bodwell was getting tons of pressure from the young Becket Brammer each round but managed to hold him off for a win. Becket would finish in second. Ben Hagan would cross the line in third. 9 Intermediate Evan Dohan must have had the winners circle on speed dial. He rang that number in the first round and connected the call in the main. Matty Verbanic must have been using one of the old “Brick” phones in second. Cypress Thomas was using a rotary phone in third. Rita Keneally was reading the instruction manual for the morse code machine and sat out the main. 15 Intermediate Sam Bond would be the class of the field today. Toby Schoonmaker would give a good battle in second. Johnny Urban had a slightly sour pierogi in third. Liz Doyle would round out the main. Sarah Gonyer experimenting with new pedals and shoes would miss the main. 46-50 Intermediate Greg Plaskett would run away with this one today. Guy Tirendi would make his return to Foothills and finish in a solid second. Brian Kesl would grab some expert points and finish third. 8 Expert Jack Wendt, Austin Dohan, and Oscar Keneally would battle it out each round. Austin and Jack would swap wins in the first two rounds. So, it would come down to the third round to find our winner. Jack would grab that round and the day. Austin would finish in second and Oscar in third. 11 Expert Jake Stavropoulos would run away with the win. Jayden Mahoney and Adalyn Nevins would have a loving moment and Jayden would be the gentleman and let girlfriend Adalyn finish in second. John Lapenta would just miss the main. 13 Expert Brody Kesl couldn’t be touched as he would win all three rounds. Xander Monczka would finish in second. Blake Nevins would finish second in the third round, but it was a little shy and he would finish in third. Blake would have a crash after racing and dislocate his wrist. Blake, we wish you a speedy recovery and see you soon. 16 Expert Sparky Pedersen was on a roll today and would grab another win. Ella Urban would finish in second. Connor Delaney was happy to be getting expert points since he is only a novice. 17-20 Expert Marc Keneally would finally beat the young guns today. The youngsters were seen getting the oxygen bottles out of his trunk for him. Dylan Barker would bring it home in second. Chris Gonyer would finish on the podium. Will Verbanic was seen sneaking off with some of Marc’s oxygen bottles at the end of the race. Well, that wraps up another Sunday Funday. The season is winding down and the kiddos are going back to school. I hope everyone has a great first day! Don’t forget that the State Championship is coming up very soon and can’t wait to see the smiling faces with those trophy plates! See everyone next Sunday and well wishes to our members on the sidelines this week.

Foothills Race Report September 3, 2023 It’s the official end of summer. At least that’s what some people say about Labor Day Weekend. We would enjoy a very nice day and 26 action packed motos. We would get started on time after the announcer mistook Jimmy Buffett for our National Anthem. Sometimes that guy makes goofs. 4 Balance Bike This would be one of the most exciting balance bike races so far this year. They would be swapping positions all the way around the track. Isaac Bodwell, Kade Laudano, Cash Madorran, and jake Baker couldn’t decide on who the winner should be. Honora Osario would miss each round. When the little legs stopped moving it would be Cash on top of the podium. Kade would come in second. Jake would finish in third. Fourth would go to Isaac. 3 Balance Bike Carter Smith and Cameron Melanson would hit the track running. Carter would run away with this one. Cameron would finish in second. 13-14 Open Matt Horjatschun would be battling with Owen Gendron going down the back straight away and Owen would crash coming out of turn three. Matt would go on to win and Owen would walk off the track, finishing third. Eric Adams would finish in second. Ophelia Brophy would not start. Hopefully Owen is feeling better as of this writing. 17-20 Open Chris Gonyer would win the first round. Sparky Pedersen would win the second round. Third Round would find Sparky taking the win while Gonyer got hypnotized by Pete Doda’s ice cream. Liz Doyle would finish in the third spot. 11-12 Girls Cruiser Adalyn Nevins, Cheyenne Stone, and Ella Urban would all make the main. Turn one would see the term “Rubbing is Racing” to a new level. All three would come out clean and run for the win. Adalyn would cross the line first. Cheyenne would finish in second. Ella in third. Raquel Olson would just miss the main. 8 Cruiser Reid Waters would be the fastest squirt gun today. Caleb Bodwell would squirt to second. Ben Hagan would rubber ducky to third. 10 Cruiser JD Lataille would come to race at Foothills today after a short absence. And race he did. He would grab a win today. Dave Chrichton would finish in second. Kris Devaux would bring it home in third. 12 Cruiser Thomas “Da Moose” Musarella would trot so fast you would think it was moose hunting season. He would hoof to the finish line first. Anthony Trinca would follow him to second. Rylan Spence would ask “What’s Up?” as he finished in third. 16 Cruiser Chris “Sparky” Pedersen was like 200 volts of Scylent Rage and zapped the competition. His teammate, Brody Kesl would finish in second place. Sam Bond would be the linesman in third. Tom Healey would make the young mans main and finish fourth. Justin Markie would be signed up but must have been standing in a puddle and got zapped. 5 & Under Novice Connor “Vader” Hagan would dock his starship into the Death Star first. Remington Waters avoided the Swamps of Dagobah and finished in second. Sam Leger made his best Wookie noises in third. Kasey Ouimette shot a few Storm Troopers on his way to fourth. Remi Markie would just miss the main but hopes to be the top Jedi next week. 6 Novice These three amigos would battle it out each round like it was the OK Corral. Jake Ouimette would lasso the first win. Emerson Bodwell would hitch his horse to the post first in the second round. Emerson would shoot his six shooters once again in the third round. He would go on to a few milkshakes at the saloon first today. Collin Halak would put his best bandana on and rob Jake of a second-place finish with grabbing two seconds. 7 Novice I can’t say in all my years of racing I’ve ever seen one like this race. Bodhi Thomas would gain a win, gain a new nickname, and most important to him a tenth win. Bodhi “One Shoe” Thomas would be leading entering into turn two when his shoe would find the ejection seat. He would continue on with only one shoe. It didn’t seem to slow him down as he went on to win and become an intermediate. Congrats Bodhi on a memorable tenth win! Austin Bassett would finish in second. Mattie Doyle would finish in third. Joe Torizzo would just miss the main. 9 Novice Ryder Osorio was one little fast rider today as he would pedal and weave to a win. Eric Adams would follow him around the track for a second-place finish. Lily Torizzo would look pretty in pink and finish in third. Dayton Vierra would have a crash in the main and finish fourth. Ophelia Brophy would just miss the main. 12 Novice Ian “Clark Kent” Dwyer would battle side by side with Cody “The Foot” Bodwell the whole way around the track and right to the line. The scorers would have to watch the line closely and Ian would come out as the winner. Wyatt Mcphail would be an eyewitness in third. Cason Hurley would just miss the main. 36-40 Novice These five guys would battle really hard each and every round. Matt Vierra and Dan Johnson would both qualify out first. Michael Osorio would have a slight crash in the first round. He would return in the second round to transfer in with Ryan Thomas. Al Torizzo would have a couple chuckles each round and watch the main from the sidelines. The four riders would battle hard from the gate drop till turn four where Michael would have a very rough crash. He would be helped off by our medical volunteers. As of this writing I have not heard of any conclusion, but we are all hoping that Michael is healing up and hope to see you soon. Matt would get the win. Dan would finish in second. Third would go to Ryan and Michael would be credited with fourth. Heal up! 7 Intermediate Kira Spence was not to be denied a win as she was unstoppable up front. She would grab a win and Caleb Bodwell would follow her in second. Becket Brammer, three years their junior would finish in third and celebrate his birthday the next day. Happy Birthday Becket! Nash Oneill would bring it home in fourth place. Ben Hagan would just miss the main but was showing some promising speed. 10 Intermediate Kris Devaux would go wire to wire each round and sit atop of the podium today. Matt Verbanic would grab seconds all three rounds. Rounding out the total points moto was Cypress Thomas. 13 Intermediate Cheyenne Stone would put her orange Racing 2 Save Lives bike out front all three rounds and put herself in the winner’s circle. Raquel Olson would follow it up in second. AJ Torizzo would follow very closely in third. 16 Intermediate Toby Schoonmaker would look unstoppable today. He would pedal away with a win today. Jake Oboy would cross the line in second. Ella Urban would giggle to third. Liz Doyle would bring it home in fourth. Sarah Gonyer would miss the main but was too excited about her birthday coming up. 41-45 Intermediate Will Verbanic still had some gas in the tank from racing the announcer on Friday night. He must have learned some new skills from the announcer as he would look like a seasoned veteran on top of the podium. The announcer would awake from his Pro aspiration dreams to see teammates Brian Kesl and Art Ramsey battling for second. Brian would get that spot with Art finishing in third. 8 Expert Ahh yes just like the Saturday morning cartoons of a certain generation group we would turn in to see not the Tom and Jerry Show but the Jack and Ruopp Show. These three would battle just like that cat and mouse. When all the sound effects were done it would be Jack Wendt who would grab the cheese. Eli Ruopp would miss the mouse trap in second. Jeremy Ruopp would be the discouraged cat in third. 11 Expert Holy smokes what a battle! It was anybody’s win as they would all cross the line in a pack. David Crichton would be the lead dog and grab a win. JD Lataille was trying to pull in that harness but came up a little short in second. Anthony Trinca finished on the podium in third. Rylan Spence would finish out the pack. Adalyn Nevins would just miss the crazy main but go home to a new baby calf! 13 Expert These three would mix it up each and every round. The first round would see Brody Kesl take the win, Owen Gendron in second, and Thomas Musarella in third. Next round would see Brody once again out front, Owen in second again, and Thomas in third. Owen would miss the third round as he would have had a crash earlier. Thomas would win this round and Brody in second. When the points were all added up it would be Brody with the win. Thomas in second and Owen in third. As of this writing I was told Owen is a little sore but doing well and should be right back on the track in a few days. 14 Expert Matt Horjatschun has been on BMX tour of New England lately and man he only seems to win wherever he goes. And he did it again today. Sam Bond would finish in second place. Gavin Kesl would finish in third place. 16 Expert These three would also mix it up each round. Chris “Sparky” Pedersen would grab the win in the first two rounds. In the third round he would throw the anchor out the port side of his Chase and finish third. Wes Hamel would win that round and ultimately finish in second. Damian Conley would finish with a third and two seconds and finish in third. 26-35 Expert Should have been called the 18-36 Expert class. Dylan Barker would run away with this one today. Leigh Waters would follow the young guy around the track like he was trying to steal the youngster’s gum. Chris Gonyer would finish in third pulling another one of the “older” guys around the track. Tommy Healey would remind the announcer he is younger than him. True that. Justin Markie was slated to compete, but he didn’t make it to the gate. The leaves will be changing soon and the sunsetting sooner. Kids are back in school, and parents can’t decide on who has more homework. Dad’s keep stealing the pudding packs for their lunch pails and moms are already cleaning the green grass stains out of the new shoes. Yup the season is slowly wrapping up, but we still have lots of time for some fun racing. Next Sunday we are not at Foothills as it’s the Connecticut State Finals!!! Make sure you’re all aware of rules and especially the rules on riding with those state plates. I know there are quite a few questions on those rules. I can’t ever express enough how important it is to know the rules of the sport before it jams you up. All of us at Foothills want to wish you all the very best of luck. Most of us will be there to either race, cheer, announce, or volunteer. There could even be a couple “celebrity” races….

Foothills Race Report September 17, 2023 Finally, it feels like fall. We would wake up with a crisp morning but by race time it was in the low seventies. Everyone was excited and preparing for the state final coming up. Riders were tuning their bikes and themselves. We would see some close finishes and a little bit of sibling ribbing. The season is winding down but lots of exciting things are still happening at Foothills in 2023! The annual outing/awards is coming up soon. Riders qualify for the outing by doing twelve races at Foothills. State qualifier and Gold Cup qualifier don’t count towards that twelve. The cutoff date is October 8th. The good news is there are still three races to qualify. The weekend of October 7 and 8 is a double header! Yup, we race both Saturday and Sunday! No racing on October1st as that is the State Championship. Lots of fun events and food at the outing. Stay tuned for details. There is more really BIG news coming so stay tuned….. 4 Balance Bike Six little tykes on non-peddling bikes today. Carter Smith wasn’t slowing down today. He would cross the line first in the first two rounds and take the overall win today. Caleb Darrow would finish the first two rounds in third but in the final round he put some hot sauce in his shoes and grabbed a win. He would end the day in second place. Ricky Charette III would grab a couple of seconds and a third to place in the third position. Isaac “Smiley” Bodwell would like the number four and finish all three rounds in fourth. Frederick MacDonald would cross the line in fifth. Honora Osario would be on the hill but not start. She was probably checking on Dad after his crash last week. He is doing better but a broken collarbone will end his season. 11-12 Open Devon Hurley would find his way to the line first in the main. Joey Olbrys would follow him to a close second. Johnny Lapenta would round out the main. Lucas Wade would just miss the main. 15-16 Open Chris Pedersen would glide into the win today. Dion Hurley would finish in second place. Colin Gordon would qualify for the main but miss his gate. Jake Oboy would just miss the main. 15-16 Girls Cruiser Adalyn Nevins would run away with this one today. She would win each round and grab some more cruiser points. Riley Richardson would finish in position number two. Raquel Olson would finish in a strong third. 8 Cruiser Reid Waters would have a battle on his hands full and if he had a rearview mirror, it would be full of Retribution’s Logan Carroll. Reid would get the win with Logan in two. Caleb Bodwell was right there trying to find a way around but would finish in third. Ben Hagan would just miss the main event. 10 Cruiser These three riders would battle from the gate to the finish line each round. Sebastian Gonzalez would win each round, but he had JD Lataille and Ryan Roy licking at his tires each round. JD would ultimately finish in second and Ryan in third. 12 Cruiser This would be a back-and-forth race between Devon Hurley and Caleb Palmer. Devon would grab the first win. Next it would be Caleb. The third round they would battle, and Caleb would rise to the top and the win for the day. Joey Olbrys would be right there in the mix but would have to settle for a third. 14 Cruiser Brody Kesl just couldn’t be beat today. He would wear all black except a blue t shirt that looked like a blue tutu or maybe it was his Batman cape. Dion Hurley and Chris Frost would battle back and forth for the second spot. Frost would grab two seconds and second for the day. Dion would finish in third. 41-45 Cruiser Chris Pedersen would show those “old guys” how to get it done today. His “Spark” lit a fire all the way around the track. Shane Wehner would giggle his way to second. Jeff Orlandi would ask who is old and feels insulted in third. Derek Hartline visiting from Virginia would miss the main. 5 & Under Novice Don’t mess with the dark side! Connor “Vader” Hagan would lose his powers in the first round and have a crash in turn five while leading. He would qualify in to the main. In the main he would pull out his light saber and slay the field. Casey Ouimette would take her X wing fighter to second place. Remington Waters was seen using a speeder to third. Remi Markie was seen hanging with the Ewoks while she sat out the main. 7 Novice Emerson “Fly Guy” Bodwell was the flyest of the field. He would zip to the front and put the big boy pants on for the win. Jake Ouimette would qualify out first and finish in second place. Joe Torizzo would battle hard for third. Jaxon Krzynowek would just miss the main. 9 Novice Lucas Wade saved it all for class today. He would qualify out first with Anthony Racine. Lucas would power around the track for the win. Anthony would finish in second. Ryder Osorio would finish on the podium in third. Archer Wehner would battle hard and finish in fourth. Lily Torizzo would just miss out on the action but will be back next week. 12 Novice Ian “Clark Kent” Dwyer would break some buttons on his shirt and reveal that big “S” on his chest. Does that “S” stand for speedy? Well, he was super speedy today and grabbed the win. Cody Bodwell forgot his kryptonite and hung onto the cape for second. Wyatt McPhail used his stout at the Daily Bugle for a third. Cason Hurley was seen talking with Lex Luther about a devious plan for next week. 36-40 Novice Dan Johnson had the Eye of the “Tiger” as he couldn’t be knocked down. He would go wire to wire each round and grab a win. Speaking of getting knocked down and getting back up to battle again, Ryan Thomas was the Rocky today. He would battle hard and crash in round two. He would come back in the third round and finish in second for the day. Al Torizzo tried to be Apollo Creed, but he would finish in third, but he does have the better mustache compared to Apollo. 7 Intermediate Caleb “The Flaming Goat” Bodwell would set fire to the farm today. The burnt smell of goat must have scared the competition today. He would bah bah bah to the top of the podium. Landon Darrow was trying to curry the goat, but he didn’t eat his spinach and had to finish second. Becket Brammer might be the young colt but man he will be a Clydesdale when he gets kids his age. He would finish third. Bodhi “Hyper Hamster” Thomas would escape up the hamster maze to fourth. Nash O’Neill said he prefers some mac and cheese in fifth place. Ben Hagan bought the farm and missed the main. He will be back next week with a tractor! 12 Intermediate Adalyn “Rocket Rose” Nevins must have thought she was playing a video game. She would come down the second straight in second place. She hit the power boost button like Mario Kart and the “rocket” shot rose pedals as she rocketed into first. She must have collected the most Stars as she never slowed down. I think she kept going past the finish line and went past Luigi in the ice cream line. Nickolas Showmaker got Donkey Konged and finished second. Garrett Nylund felt like he just seen Ms. Pac Man gobble up the whole course in third. Raquel Olson got Froggered and was looking for more quarters for next week. 15 Intermediate Matt Horjatschun put his Ssquared bike on top of the podium once again. Christ Frost from New Jersey would finish runner up. Toby Schoonmaker would finish with them in third place. Jake Oboy would make the trip from Bethel to finish in fourth place. Sarah Gonyer would be asking where are all the girls today? 41-45 Intermediate Billy Verbanic would battle with his Scylent Rage teammate Brian Kesl each round. Billy would make sure not to take out the two of them. He would win each round, but Brian was sticking his tire in there each round but couldn’t quite get around. Derek Hartline would finish in third place. 8 Expert These three would make it interesting each round. They would trade positions and paint each round. Reid Waters would cross the line first the first two rounds. Jack Wendt would grab the win in the third round. Logan Carroll would grab to thirds and a second. When dust settled Reid would get the win. Jack would finish in second and Logan in third. 10 Expert JD Lataille put his colorful Toxic jersey into the winner’s circle today. Sebastian Gonzalez tried to disrupt the fluorescent rainbow but had to settle with second. Jayden “Sharkboy” Mahoney was right in the mix and tried to darken the top three with his black jersey. He would finish in third. John Lapenta racing with the experts would finish in fourth. Ryan Roy would miss the main. 12 Expert Devon Hurley would lead the way to the finish line today. Joey Olbrys would follow Devon and finish in second place. Caleb Palmer would join them on the podium with a third place. Colin Baskin from New Jersey would finish fourth. Matthew Mayer, also from New Jersey would round out the main. Ryder Richardson would just miss the main. 13 Expert These three would battle it out each round. Brody Kesl would win the first round with AJ Torrizzo finishing second and Dion Hurley finishing third. Next round Brody would win again. Dion in second and AJ in third. The final round would see Dion in first, Brody in second, and AJ in third. When all the math was added up Brody would get the win, Dion in second and AJ in third place. 16 Expert The four sixteen-year-olds would keep it tight right to the end. Chris “Sparky” Pedersen laid down the gas and lit the spark to burn up the class today. Colin Gordon would finish in second. Adrian Suarez would finish in third. Josh Plaskett would just miss the main. 36-40 Expert Well, if you haven’t been at Foothills or seen the video of these rascals you don’t know what you’re missing. Jonah Graves would be all confused on where to go in the first round but when it came to the main there was no confusion. He would shoot out of the gate like a wrist rocket and grab the win. Justin Markie would battle with brother Matt in turn one and they weren’t arm in arm like walking down the aisle. They looked like two demolition derby cars that locked bumpers. Justin would find the release button and Matt would fall back to fifth. Gary Nylund at 250 pounds and 9 foot two inches had a bird’s eye view of brotherly love in third. Dan King was seen looking between the two bean pole legs at the excitement from fourth place. Shane Wehner would miss the main but was seen at the finish line with the medical team on standby. Well, that’s a wrap for another exciting week at Foothills BMX. Don’t forget about gate practice and racing this upcoming week here at Foothills. Good Luck to our Massachusetts riders on Saturday at the Cape Cod State qualifier. Lots of racing is still left this season and lots of exciting things are still to come at Foothills!

Foothills Race Report October 8, 2023 Today the racers showed up to race the Dan Plaskett Memorial race on the brand-new turn one. Everyone I spoke to had high praises for how smooth it is now. Thank you to DM Hock for another job well done! Also thank you to Brian Kesl and the crew for all their work in getting the track back into shape after the rains on Saturday. Speaking of Saturday, we were supposed to race but once again Mother Nature had other plans. The qualifying races was at twelve but now with a few rained out races it is at ten. I can’t wait to see everyone on November 2nd for the awards ceremony. Before that though we have one more race this year. The Halloween race is on October 29th. Bring your best costume! We are off for the next two weeks for the Gold Cup Finals and the Massachusetts State Championship. Congrats to those who received state plates and good luck to our riders going to the Gold Cup Finals! Last week one class was missed so we will start with them: 9 Intermediate(9/17/23) Wyatt Wehner would put everyone in a Ginsu Blender and slice and dice the class today. He would put them all on puree on his way to the top of the podium. Ethan Pelletier tried to pull the plug but would settle in second. Matty Verbanic was all dizzy but brought it home in third. Cypress Thomas would miss the blender and said next week he pushes the buttons. 4 Balance Bike Carter Smith was a little dude on a mission. Dressed in blue he said guess who? He said Carter Smith with his Kangaroos is who. Ricky Charette had no fret and would finish in two. Honora Osorio wanted some too. After missing two she would race in one race too. 9-10 Open Jayden Mahoney would have his sights on the top of the podium. His eyesight was spot on as Shark Boy grabbed the top spot. Dave Chrichton would follow him to the line and finish in second. Matty Verbanic at one year younger and one class lower was holding his own in third. Chase Mott would miss the main. 15-16 Open Chris “Sparky” Pedersen would be off the hook. He said, “I’m driving this boat to the best fishing grounds”. He would put the four stroke to the test and grab the grand prize. Wes Hamel was reeling in the big one, but it got away from him. He would finish second. Mark Aquilio put the worm on the hook, but he let two fish get away and settled for third. Brody Kesl put the net in the water but couldn’t get the fish in the boat. He would finish in fourth. Wes Flynn was seen throwing chum and would finish in fifth. Sarah Gonyer said she wanted to go tubing behind the boat instead of fishing in sixth place. Liz Doyle was seen getting the ski rope ready in seventh. Brayden Lanagan was doing his best Jack Dawson impersonation in the bow. Gavin Kesl said putting worms on the hook is gross and missed the boat today. 15-16 Girls Cruiser Adalyn Nevins still had some juice left in that rocket from last week. She would blast to the front of the field once again. Ella Urban would be all smiles today in second. Raquel Olson would be giggling with Ella in third. 10 Cruiser Dave Chrichton would put in fall flannel on top of the podium today. Reid Waters would get the hanger out for Dave and finish in second. Sebastian Gonzalez would make sure his Young Guns jersey made it into the podium wardrobe today with a third. JD Lataille had to put his Toxic jersey outside to dry. Caleb Bodwell would miss the main and was seen getting a laundry basket to do everyone’s laundry. 16 Cruiser Sparky Pedersen would get it done once again. Did anyone check and see if he installed a small block Chevy in that frame? Brody Kesl and Mark Aquilio would battle back and forth for second place. Mark would get deuce and Brody in third. 36-40 Cruiser Marcelo Oliveira would be all psyched for this race all week on social media. Well, he lived up to the hype and took the top spot. Scott Peacey on his first visit to Foothills would get an impressive second place. Shane Wehner would smear his ketchup all over the limestone and scrape his bun in a crash. He would recover and finish in third. Josh Alstede would check on the downed hot dog and finish in fourth. Cliff Benoit would miss the main but would enjoy watching his riders do well today. 5 & Under Novice Casey Oimette was smiling from the moment the gate dropped. The smile would continue straight to the finish line. Remi Markie would show remarkable speed and finish in second. Kade Laudano was all over the back tire and finished in third. Caleb Darrow would just miss the main. 6 Novice Emerson ”Fly Guy” Bodwell has been on fire lately. Well today he would win his tenth race and move himself up to the Intermediate class. Congrats! Collin Halak would high five him with a second-place finish. Jaxon Krzynowek would join the party at the finish line in third. Ryder Peacey would just miss the main. 8 Novice Jacob Ouimette would go from line to line first in all three rounds and take the win. Mattie Doyle would finish in third first round but finish in second the last two and finish in two. Joe Torizzo would round out this total points race. 10 Novice Ryder Osorio wanted a win today and a win is what he accomplished. He would go all three rounds with finishes of first each round. Wyatt McPhail would get seconds all across the board. Chase Mott would finish in the third position. 36-40 Novice Dan Johnson would be secretive about sitting on nine wins. Maybe he didn’t want to jinx himself. Well, whatever it was it worked as he would grab his tenth win and now is an intermediate. Kevin Steins would finish in the runner up spot. Ryan Thomas was right in the mix and would finish in third. Al Torizzo would just miss the main. 7 Intermediate Caleb Bodwell would keep the family in victory lane today. Walter Steins would finish in the runner up spot. Becket Brammer would finish on the podium with his mohawk helmet. Landon Darrow would come up one spot short of the podium. Bodhi Thomas would sit out the main. 9 Intermediate Reid Waters brought the monsoon to the winner’s circle. The H2O kid would grab the win once again. Jack Wendt was all over his back tire and would finish in the P2 position. Matt Verbanic was right in the fight and would finish in third. Cypress Thomas would sit out this battle today. 10 Intermediate Kris Devaux was walking around the pit area with a very large smile today. Mom was too, as she would inform me that Kris was sitting at 19 wins. His determination was so great that he would win all three rounds. Welcome to the expert club Kris! Johnny Lapenta would try his best to foil that move up. He would stay right there each round and finish in second. Graydan Lasher would round out the total points race. 12 Intermediate Addy Nevins couldn’t be denied as she would put her bike and herself across the finish line first. Garrett Nylund would cross the line in second. Raquel Olson would finish on the podium. Cody Bodwell would just miss the main. 14 Intermediate Brody Kesl would transfer out first and follow that up by crossing the line first in the main. Collin Ramsey would follow his teammate across the line. AJ Torizzo would round out the main. Gavin Kesl would miss the main. 16 Intermediate Wesley Flynn would lead the way today. Toby Schoonmaker would follow his buddy and finish in second. Liz Doyle would cross in third place. Ella Urban would giggle to fourth. Sarah Gonyer would sit out this main. 46-50 Intermediate Matt Roeder would show up the Scylent Rage boys each and every round. Art Ramsey would finish in second each round and teammate Brian Kesl would finish in the third spot. 10 Expert These boys would go into turn one in the second round, like they were cats in a grocery bag. It was too much claw and too little bag. They would scatter and topple like dominoes. Dave Chrichton and Jayden Mahoney would both crash hard. Sebastian Gonzalez would go on to transfer to the main. Jayden would take a few extra minutes to recover but thankfully would walk off. JD Lataille would win the main. Sebastian in second and Dave Chrichton in third. 16 Expert Brennan Lasher would give the boys a good lashing today. He would grab the win. Brayden Lanagan would peddle into second. Wes Hamel would finish on the podium once again. Sparky Pedersen must have had his spark snuffed in fourth. Damian Conley would miss the main. 26-35 Expert Devin Murphy would once again teach all the boys how to get it done. Nate Lasher would sit in the front of the classroom and finish in second. Marcelo Oliveira would be seen passing notes in third. Justin Markie forgot to bring the teacher an apple and was sent to the principal’s office. 41-45 Expert These four would make it interesting all day long. This was the race of attrition today. We all know us slightly older gentlemen make it exciting. The first casualty would be Billy Verbanic getting a flat tire going down the second straight. Cliff Benoit was seen with a valve cap in his hand and a sly look. Shane Wehner was complaining about something to do with ketchup. Gary Nylund would be leading in the main when instead of hitting the boost button on his horse he hit the eject button coming out of turn three. Gary forgot his parachute and slid his tall body down the back straight. He is so tall he thought he could reach the finish line from turn three. Shane would slip some mayo from his bun and squeeze around to grab the win. Cliff couldn’t see over Gary’s body and would check on his buddy. Gary would finish in second and Cliff in third. Billy was seen deflating Shane’s truck tires looking for a tube during the main. Gary hope your feeling better. If you have him as a friend on Facebook, check out his bruises and war story. Well, that will do it for another week. Once again good luck to the Gold Cup racers and also the Massachusetts regulars going for state plates. See everyone for the Halloween race 10/29/2023 for our last blast of the season!

Foothills Race Report May 1, 2022 After a long winter it was time to dust of the bikes, clean our race jersey (teenagers and laundry …), air up the tires and head out for Sunday Funday at the all new Foothills for the season opener! Everyone in attendance was treated to a whole new track and racing surface for the 2022 race season. Today was the Roger Plaskett Memorial Race. We were all treated to some heartwarming feelings shared by Jen Lyman, Marissa Lyman, and Greg Plaskett. Full Circle Bike Shop donated a gorgeous bench in Roger’s memory. We will get that installed as soon as we can! After the wonderful remembrance we moved on to something that Roger would have loved. Foothills donated a race bike to a new rider. The new riders who went to the new rider orientation were entered to win a Position One race bike. 7 year old novice Kurt Hall was grinning from ear to ear as he was the winner! He rode that bike till it was dark out we hear. Money Open Eleven riders would try for the $1095 purse! The age difference was from 16-50 years of age! We would see two racks of action, with the highest scores being eliminated so we could have a gate of eight. In the first moto we would see Richard Castaldi, Chris “Bulldozer” Gonyer, Devin Murphy, Greg Plaskett, Joe Broderick, and Donald Hottes. The gate dropped and Gonyer and Plaskett battled hard into turn one, with Gonyer edging slightly ahead. The 17 year old would keep the lead till the action heated up entering turn four. 50 year old Plaskett would dive hard and low under Gonyer but he must have slipped on a banana as Plaskett would slide like he was sliding into home in baseball. Gonyer would go on to win with Murphy in two, and Broderick in third. In the second moto we would see Will Carrier, Steve Oldham, Matt Markie, Josh Alstede, and Josh Santiago. The action would be between three riders mostly. Oldham, Santiago, and Markie would be drag racing and swapping for the lead. The top three would be Oldham, Markie, and Santiago rounding out the top three. Second round: First moto would see our six same riders as the first round. Different results. Greg Plaskett would take this round. Murphy in two. Gonyer in Three. Second rack would see Oldham, Markie, and Santiago three wide through the rhythm section! Santiago would prevail. Second would go to Markie. Squeezing in for third would be Carrier. Main Event: Full gate would include Devin Murphy, Chris Gonyer, Matt Markie, Josh Santiago, Will Carrier, Steve Oldham, Joe Broderick, and Greg Plaskett. Gate drops and Santiago would get the holeshot into turn one. With his tires spinning and fishtailing he had a clear track all the way from start to finish. He would collect $550! Second would go to Matt Markie, scoring $365 which he needs for diapers as he is expecting a new addition to the family in June! Congrats once again Matt! Well third place… It was a drag to the new finish line between Greg Plaskett and Steve Oldham. Photo finish and quite a bit of review. The scorers conferred and came back with the results as we prepared to award the checks. Final verdict would be that Plaskett got third. I hear rumors that money may have been transferred between 3rd and 4th place riders. Then again they may have bought diapers for Matt… 15-16 Girls Cruiser Total points in this class that should have been the 6-16 year old class. Marissa Lyman would take the win. Ella Urban would be second and Skylar Hardgrove would round it out. 21-30 Women Cruiser Robyn Blasi, Emily Fullerton, and Jessica Waters would battle it out in this total points race. Fullerton would return to Foothills after a short absence to take the win. Blasi and Waters hard fought for the number two spot with Blasi coming out on top. 7 & Under Cruiser Six riders strong in this one. Reid Waters, Bennett Pieterse, Ben Hagan, Myles Fournier, Logan Carroll, and Myles Lukash tried out the new Foothills on their cruisers. Waters would transfer out in the first round and ultimately take the win for the day. Carroll and Pieterse would round out the top three. 10 Cruiser Total points with these warriors. Logan Rice and David Chrichton would battle like Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker with Chrichton looking like he blew up the Death Star. Mason Lukach would stay close on his X wing fighter in third. 12 Cruiser This was the battle of the nicknames. B-Man, The Crankster, Bobblehead, and an Urban Legend made it sound like a Netflix Horror film with B-Man Kesl murdering the competion on this day. 15 Cruiser Speaking of a horror movie “The Undertaker” would take the win away from Pedersen in position 2, and Aquilo in position 3 in the battle on the track. 17-20 Cruiser Two of our riders from the money Open were racing in this class (Markie and Broderick). Rounding out the class joining them was David Fernandez and Ian Bolle. Markie would take the win with our other non open riders finishing 2 and 3. 36-40 Cruiser Four riders strong in this working class group. Marcelo Oliveira, Brian Kesl, Justin Bolle, and Cliff Benoit would fly high in this group of gentleman. Oliveira would come out on top with Bolle and Benoit finishing 2 and 3. 51-55 Cruiser The “I need Icy Hot when this race is over” group was led all three rounds by Rick Marceau. In the first moto John Wolf would get the “white wash” as he would land hard coming out of turn three. He was able to walk off on his own power luckily but would not return for the day. Heal up John! Motoman Billings would finish number two with a smile on his face all day. 5 & Under Novice Little bikes and big hearts makes up this class of four riders. John Goehle, Parker Mills, Luke Hedges, and Ricky Wendt would finish in that order and demand ice cream before being removed by security (their parents). I don’t want to see what the protest will be next week! 6 Novice Five riders strong, and I mean strong. These five don’t put up without putting up a fight. And when it comes up to a fight no animal can be tougher than a bear. Jeremy “The Bear” Ruopp would take the win today. Daniel French in two, Bodhi Thomas in three, Ben Hagan in four, and Mattie Doyle trying again next week. 7 Novice This group of four riders would battle it out all day with some minor crashes and quick recoveries. Jack Wendt, Colin Hedges, Liam Lucia, and our bike winner Kurt Hall would battle for the win. Colin Hedges would take the win and pick up a sponsor. Our bike winner Hall would take home second on his old bike (new bike next week equals win???), and third would go to Wendt. Lucia was strong but had a tumble and I’m sure will be back in contention next week. 8 Novice Are the bagels ready? I think so. Wyatt Wehner racing for Bagels Plus of Plainville would take the win in this 6 rider strong moto. Cypress Thomas would finish second, with Logan “Pigpen” Monczka rounding out the top three. Emilia Conley, Ryder Osario, and Archer Wehner would complete the class. 9 Novice Luke Mills from Kinderbrook, NY would best the class on the day. Toby Pyzik would get the deuce and Ashley French would finish third. Luke Mills didn’t make the main but will come back strong next week. 10 Novice Hunter Aquilio would climb to the highest spot on the podium. Mason Lukach would stand at shoulder level and Emilee Macguire would join them on the podium in third. Ayden Johnson will attempt the leap onto the podium next week. 12 Novice Four riders would have twelve candles on their cake, while two only had eleven in this six rider strong class. Blowing out the candles would be Logan Cawley. TJ Lepicier, Tenacious Torizzo, Riley Barnes, Olivia Shapiro, and Gavin Kesl would all stand around the table licking the candles clean and hoping to get the biggest piece next week. 14 Novice The only rider from Connecticut would take the win. Wyat Cawley from Amston, CT would make CT proud. Must have been the cake from the 12 novice class! Rounding out the class was Sam Jenkins in second, Robert Giguere third, and Gwen Hall trying again next week. 15 Novice Total points for these teenagers not quite old enough to drive yet. Leading the pack all three rounds would be Josh Styga. Jaylynn Armstrong in two, and Cinderella Urban chasing the two mice and pumpkin. 36-40 Novice Midlife crisis class would be led by Jared Brassard all day. Michael Vigue and Ryan Thomas would finish in respectful second and third. 41-45 Novice We are brittle class would be won by Shane Wehner. David Bond in his rookie race would finish second and third would be had by Al Torizzo. Mr. 365 (Dan Urban) would forget his sunglasses and couldn’t see the main. 6 Intermediate Ripping the competion into submission would be Eli “Ripping” Ruopp. Myles Fournier, Jacoby Young, Trey Davis, Kira Spence, and Skylar Hardgrove will all try to “rip” the title away next week. 7 Intermediate Brantley Carrier from New York would carry the class to the win. Logan Barker would find the second spot. Myles Lukach also from New York would finish third. Cole Lyman was still looking for where his dirt pile went too, would miss the main. 9 Intermediate I was greeted by the Mahoneys early on Sunday morning. Jayden needed a few bike adjustments so that he could race. And boy did he race! Finding out mid way through our race day that Jayden was sitting on 19 wins was exciting (one of my teammates and I should have remembered that, Dumb announcer and teammate). Well with those adjustments he went to show why he HAD 19 wins. Congrats to Jayden on becoming an Expert with the win. Will Adams would stare at Jayden’s back tire all three rounds, and Samir Fayad would finish third. 10 Intermediate This total points race would see the three riders switching positions each round. When the points were tallied Connor Flynn would come out on top. Second would go to a “Monsta” Monczka and third to “Black Knight” Nyland. 12 Intermediate There must be something in the water in New York. New York rider Connor Emerich would take numero uno for the day. Hilltown favorite Landyn “Landshark” Moynihan would swim to second. Jason Armstrong would round out the top three. Olivia “Hot Tamale” Kaleta said she will throw all the candy in front of their tires next week to get a win. 13 Intermediate Another “Shark” would jaw his way in for the win. Mark “The Shark” Aquillo would take a bite out of the other six riders. Rounding out the class would be six awesome riders (Sam Bond, Damian Conley, Toby Schoonmaker, Olivia Smith, Lucas Bolle, And Collin Ramsey. 15 Intermediate Full gate of teenagers! 14 and 15 year old boys and girls would battle for the top spot. They put down the cellphones and gaming consoles to converse and race. Brayden Lanagan would win today with Liam MacNeil in P2, P3 goes to Wesley Flynn. Rounding out the class would be Marissa Lyman, Josh Plaskett, Sarah Gonyer, Henry Morini, and Jaiden Cruz. 16 Intermediate Four riders would make up the driving permit class. “Big Steppa” Shippee would drive home the win. Richard Castaldi would be in the passenger seat and getting the back seat asking if we are there yet would be Laiken Cormier. Looking to get out of the trunk next week will be Alex Young. 17-20 Intermediate The total points race between this three had some Daylight, One Crazy Cat Lady, and T Money. Due to technical difficulties I did not get exact results. But I hear that T Money may have left some Daylight behind him and a Crazy Cat Lady rescueing the cats on the backstretch… 26-35 Intermediate Five riders would make up this fun class. NY, MA, and CT riders would vie for the win. But “There can be only one” (Say it in your best Highlander voice). Desmond Melvin would keep his head and come out on top. Second would go to Leigh Waters, and third to Derek Schneider. Ryan Lukach and Travis Lucia will try to wield the sword next week. 46-50 Intermediate I better be careful how I write this race report. These guys could make put me over a turn. Brian Smith would transfer out first and keep the gas peddle to the floor in the main and take the win for the day. Gary “Clydesdale” would stomp the rest of the field for second. Third would go gentleman Tim Adams and our Medic/VP Brian Kesl would round out the main. I would suffer from microphone strangulation. 51 & Over Intermediate These preretirement group is made up of some awesome guys. ALL are always helpful. Guy Tirendi remembered the Geritol with the win. Mark Reale would bring the denture paste in for second, and Roger Billings at 66 is just glad he remembered to put his pants on in third. Art Ramsey would not make the main as he was busy getting Roger’s Social Security check from the mailman. 13 Girls Expert Total points and totally sweet surprise. Elizabeth “Scooter” Doyle would switch it up this year and move up to Girl Expert. She would go from wire to wire with her first win as an expert! Natalie Kent would finish second and Kayla Barker in third. 7 Expert I missed the second round as I was navigating my way across our new track. First round would go to Reid Waters, second Logan Carroll, and third to Bennett Pieterse. The final round would bring some excitement as Carroll and Waters would crash but recover quickly. While they were recovering Pieterse would go on for the win. As of press time I did not get final results and these three riders may have duct taped me to the Porta Potty if I come up missing. 9 Expert These three riders battle it out from January to December. If there was a thirteenth month they would battle that too. David Chrichton would come out on top this day, but only by a small margin. Logan Rice would take the first round, but settle for second the next two rounds, and second on the day. Sebastian Gonzalez would have a front row seat to the action as he would finish a close third. 11 Expert Another group of young men who would battle it out for 13 months if they could. There must have been something in the “air”. Devon “Air” Hurley would air it out and take home the biggest trophy. The bobbleing his head to second would be Noah Hardgrove. Ryder Richardson third. Da Moose in fourth. Maurati would visit us in the announcers booth by way of turn five and give the fence a big hug. Heal up buddy! Another Hurley would take a win. Dion qualified out in the first round and crossed the finish line first in the main. I think there was jelly beans in Jim “Jellybean” Kaleta’s hand and he wanted a discussion on who owns the rights to the nickname. B-Man Kesl in two. Spense in three. 13 Expert Total points with these three racers battling it out. Gavin Zinger would have the perfect day winning all rounds. Second would go to Nick Preston. Third to Jayden Kent. 14 Expert Let me tell you a Zinger of a story. Caleb Kaleta would give it all he had to pass Caleb Zinger on the last straight away. The battle of the Calebs would go to Zinger. Coming in three was Wes Hamel. 15 Expert Battle of the nicknames! The Undertaker (Graves) would bury his class. Swingin Soiree (Suares) couldn’t quite dance to the front. Sparky (Pedersen) would have his spark snuffed but never gives up. 16 Expert Connor Nyland, Trevor Cooper, Ian Bolle, and Jacob Faunce would finish in that order but not before beat boxing their way to fun around the track. Cooper has been asked to do a half time show next week… 17-20 Expert Eight riders in our older teenagers. Morini, Barker, Zeiner, Lyman, Alstede, Gonyer, Toney, and Scheinost would entertain the crowd. They would finish in the order above. A few of the riders were out of steam after being in the money open. 26-35 Expert Matt “Diaper Changer” Markie would take the win in class and second in the money open. Better get some sleep now! Second would go to Money Open winner Josh Santiago. Third would see Jumpin Joe Broderick. Justin Markie would cheer on all the open riders. 36-40 Expert Will “The Waterboy” Carrier must have that magic blue water that’s always cold as he was refreshed with the win. Dan Rice would come up a little short in second. Third was a battle between Benoit, Oliveira, Oldham, and Hottes. We would welcome back Jim Maclennan in the pits but hope to see him again real soon. 46-50 Expert We went prehistoric with these three heavy weights of local BMX. The battle would be won by a Saber Tooth by Greg Plaskett. Joe Doherty would Stegasaurus into second. Tyranasaurus would go to Rick Marceau. Well I hope you enjoy the first race report of the season and my first one to write. My views do not reflect on Foothills, but are my opinion and mistakes can be made. Hope to see everyone for Sunday Funday at Foothills BMX! RACE REPORT IS A DIPICTION OF HOW SCOTT GONYER SAW THE RACES FROM THE TOWER AND NOT OFFICAL RESULTS SUBMITTED TO USA BMX.

Happy Mother’s Day! The second race of the season would be a little chilly and windy, but it wouldn’t stop the Sunday Funday. The moms decided on the best place to be on Mother’s Day and they would show up early and ready to race. They were in for a treat as the trophies for the day would be flowers. Liam MacNeil would win the big flowerpot for mom. We were a little short on volunteers today, but some wonderful people would help where they could. Anne was filling in for Desiree and boy did she have fun. The USABMX site was giving problems, but Anne kicked it into submission and got us racing. We even had a dance off by the tower and Jason Lyman promised to do the Macarena next week… Well I said there could be mistakes last week. And oh boy did I screw up. There was a technical issue with the write up on the balance bikers last week. Before I am forced to listen to Baby Shark and run over by twenty balance bikes, they get two write ups this week. 5/1/2022 5 & Over Balance Bike Joseph Torizzo and Scout Blasi would be the first balance bikers on the new Foothills track. They would tear it up like Lightning McQueen on high octane. In the end 5 year old Joseph would come out on top, and 4 year old Scout getting a respectful second. 5/1/2022 3 Balance Bike Must have been something in the air three years ago as this would make up the biggest balance bike class for the day. Vincent Young, River Davis, Sawyer Struthers, Connor “Vader” Hagan, and Tristan Flynn would line up behind the yellow tape. These five would battle it out all three rounds with Young taking the win for the day. I can’t wait to see these five as they work up to being experts and running money opens! 5/1/2022 1-2 Balance Bike Jacob Scheinost, Parker Frick, Remington Waters, and Clark Sielken would entertain the crowd and bring them to the fences. Remington Waters would hold off the tide as he would go on for the win. And back to your regularly scheduled program… 5 & Over Balance Bike Joseph Torizzo and Christian Badia would start the day. Torizzo would follow in the family tradition of winning on the BMX track as he would take the win. Badia is just warming up and look out for these two when they go to peddles! 3 Balance Bike These two riders may have nicknames but they mean serious business when they get on the limestone bullring. Tristan “Floppy Ears” Flynn and Connor “Vader” Hagan would battle very close to each other on all three straightaways. “Vader” would engage his lightsaber and strike down the “Floppy Ears”. 1-2 Balance Bike “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday”. Well that’s what they use to say in NASCAR. Well in the modern age I guess Tractor Supply can use that adage. Remington “Muck Boots” Waters and Clark “Carhartt” Sielken would put on a show of the Tractor Supply aisle three specials of the week. Waters would take the win and told the crowd 10% off of muck boots if you go in and say you know “Muck Boots” Waters. 11-12 Girls Cruiser The Cotton Eye Joe dancers would put on a shoe on turn five and on the track. Raquel “The Animal” Olson and Cheyenne “Stunt Girl” Stone would be heartbroken for the day. Their hearts would be heartbroken by the “Heartbreaker” Sweet as she would win all three rounds. Maybe an animal and a stunt girl can mend their hearts and win next week. 15-16 Girls Cruiser I think I seen a limousine arrive early. Did a “Hollywood” star or a prom queen arrive to race today? Well it was both. Marissa Lyman would arrive first to the prom and would be courted by “Cinderella” and the “Predator”. That had to be one exciting prom! 31-35 Women Cruiser Vanessa Fullam would transfer out in the first round and would take the win. Jessica Waters would rush to the finish line and second and promptly head to Tractor Supply for the Muck Boots sale. Jean Dohan would come in third. Caissy Price would miss out on the main, but would winn the race to Tractor Supply and wipe out the Muck Boots. “ There must be some winning formula when you wear Muck Boots”, Caissy would inform the scorers at the finish line. 41-45 Women Cruiser The moms of BMX. Kelly Theologou would race to the win. She needed to win as she had the longest drive home. She heard her local Tractor Supply was having a near riot and wanted the winning boots. Dani Vyce would come home second joining her daughter on the podium in a mommy/daughter hug for Mom’s Day. Melissa Kaleta would finish third and join my fiancé (Sarah Huberty) in a victory dinner paid by the announcer. That announcer guy must be some sucker to foot the bill for those puppy eye moms. 7 & Under Cruiser This was the battle for 16. Not 16th place but who ultimately owned the rights to having number 16 on their plate. Myles Fournier (plate # 16B), Austin Dohan (plate #16), Reid Waters (plate #116), and Logan Carroll (plate #24???????) would battle it out. Fournier would miss the main. Carroll would split the 16 club up by taking second. Dohan would take third, while the Tractor Supply sale would prove once again that the boots make the man, as Reid Waters would take the win. 11 Cruiser Total points and total action! Caleb Palmer would come out on top of the podium. Bobbling into second would be Noah Hardgrove and rounding out the group would be David Chrichton. 15 Cruiser Seven riders were buried by “The Gravedigger”. Jonah Graves would bury the competition on Mother’s Day. I heard he felt so guilty that he went home and planted trees. Was it over seven GRAVE stones? Pedersen would finish P2, Oldham P3, Alexson P4, Plaskett P5, Urban P6, Kesl P7, and the elder Kesl trying next week. 8 Novice Wow! Nine riders would be split into two motos to make a main. In the first moto we would see Monczka, Dohan, W. Wehner, A. Wehner, and Osario. In the second moto we would see Verbanic, Thomas, Hall, and Preston. After combining the remaining riders together in the third round we would see Osario and Verbanic trying next week. Hulk Smashing for the win would be Bentley Preston. Picking things up and putting them down would be Thomas, W. Wehner, Monczka, Dohan, A. Wehner, and Hall respectfully. 10 Novice Blake “Snakebite” Price couldn’t quite bite into first as Mikyla Sobczak would be the Mongoose to the snake and take the win. Third would go to Toby Pyzik and Madison Cioffi getting struck with venom. 11 Novice I hear the dancing queen song playing in my head by ABBA. Dancing to the win would be Raquel Olson. Charlie Young would drum to a different beat in second and third on the fiddle would be AJ Torizzo. Ian Dwyer is hoping to speed up the record player next week and place the needle in the first grove next week. 12 Novice Playing in the sandbox has its advantages. TJ Lepicier racing for Sandbox Kings from Lanesborough, MA would take home the golden shovel today. Grabbing the silver shovel would be Olivia Shapiro. Bending the bronze shovel with a crash in the main would be Thomas Boller. Boller would recover and finish the race. Gavin Kesl was avoiding the sand today, but hopes to build a first place sandcastle next week. 15 Novice What a funny class in this kingdom. The “Jester” would laugh at the competition and take first for the day. Following Styga would be “King” Hitchcock and “Cinderella” Urban. Hunter Price would try for a new deck of cards next week. 36-40 Novice These young pups would finish in the same position each round of their total points. Steven Carroll would make it a perfect day. Coming in two would be Ryan Thomas and mom, Caissy Price would round out the group. 41-45 Novice Nice Save! The third round would see some excitement as David Bond and teammate Will Massinger would make some contact exiting turn one. Massinger would show the “rookie” how to make the main. Shane Wehner would show them all how it is done with taking the win for the day. In second would be Mariusz Sobczak. Will would take third after a rookie was seen throwing peanuts from behind turn one… 6 Intermediate Myles Fournier may not have had luck in cruiser but he sure did in class. He would dominate in class today. Dean Smith would finish second and third would go to Kira Spence. Skylar Hardgrove was busy playing dress up for her prom. They were seen leaving together in the limo. 7 Intermediate Shane Molina would produce a perfect day, winning all three rounds. Logan Barker would find second comfortably. Cole Lyman was last seen removing air from the tires of a limoscine. 8 Intermediate There must be something in the water! Reid Waters would take the win after the family outing to Tractor Supply. Logan Carroll would race to a second and Cameron Lake would stay afloat in third. 10 Intermediate Connor Flynn would be the knight in shining armor today as he would beat the “Black Knight” Nyland. Anthony Trinca would be jousting for third and Sam Fayad will go to battle next week. 12 Intermediate One rider would be scared away from these two fierce young woman. “Hot Tamale” Kaleta and “Stunt Girl” Stone would have the track to themselves. Stone would steal the win, while Kaleta wouldn’t dare steal my Mac and Cheese pizza at the restaurant. 13 Intermediate More total points and total action. Sam Bond racing for Team Wreckless would 007 the field. Second would go to Toby Schoonmaker and third to Collin Ramsey. The name is Bond…Sam Bond. 14 Intermediate And another Flynn for the win! Wesley Flynn to be precise. Blake Noblin would find second and third would be Hunter Phoenix. 15 Intermediate Brayden Lanagan would find the winners circle on this windy day. In the turbulence would be Liam MacNeil and holding the sail would be Josh Plaskett. 16 Intermediate The nickname doesn’t fit the finish. Maybe Christian “Crash” Bradshaw needs a new nickname. He would not “Crash” but take the win. Laiken Cormier would roll to a second place. Third would go to Richard Castaldi. Alex Young will try again next week. 26-35 Intermediate Steve Oldham would find the finish line first. Plaskett having resewn his pants from last weeks slide into home plate would finish second. Leigh Waters must not have been on the family outing to Tractor Supply. He didn’t have Muck Boots and would get stuck in the muck for third. 46-50 Intermediate The Kentucky Derby was raced on Sunday. A “Clydesdale” won the horse race! Gary “Clydesdale” Nylund would find the ring of flowers. Guy Tirendi would be runner up. Tim Adams, Art Ramsey, and Brian Kesl would round out the rest of the field. The announcer would not make the main after being beat up by his fiancé like Amber Heard for not announcing her position on the track. 13 Girls Expert Last week “Scooter” Doyle would get her first girl expert win. This week she would come up a little shy to Kyrie Sweet. Natalie Kent at 11 years old and the youngest rider would come home third. 15-16 Girls Expert In the first round Pippa Sweet would beat the prom queen to the finish. The next two rounds would see the coursage put on the correct wrist as Marissa Lyman would take the second and third rounds for the win. Pippa would finish second. Gwen “Headshot” Hall would make her debut in the girls class. Not a girl expert yet she will find her way back to the winners circle real soon. 10 Expert David Chrichton would get the low score and the win. Rylan Spence would get second. Third would go to the new expert Jayden Mahoney. He too will find the checkered flag again soon. 11 Expert Four riders strong in this moto. Quick Nick Maurati would return from last weeks freaky accident in turn five for the win. Noah Hardgrove sped into the umber two spot. Third would find Dominic Chevalier. Caleb Palmer would sit out the main, but I expect a return next week. 12 Expert Bees! Sawyer Spence would break up the hive of B-Mans. Coming in the B position would be “B-Man” Kesl. The I’m not a bee position would go to Johnny Urban. The other B Man (Brennan “B-Man” Nuzzo) will find his way out of the hive next week. 14 Expert Wesley Hamel would show why he is sponsored by S Squared and take the win. Caleb Kaleta would take second and fall in love with Mac and Cheese Pizza. Third would go to Nick Preston. Colin LeBlanc was in the hunt for the win but must have heard pizza and would fall back to a fourth place finish. Jayden Kent thought they said anchovives was on the pizza and said no to the main dish. 15 Expert The “Undertaker” put the cloak over the field. Owen “Iceman” Golden and Chris “Sparky” Pederesen would swap for second but the final low points would go to Sparky as his Spark would melt the ice. I hear something about Iceman trying to go to worlds….. 16 Expert Two stroke or four stroke? Connor “The Tower” Nylund would find the powerband and twist the throttle to first today. Trevor Cooper would back scratch to second and Jacob Faunce would rip it to third. 17-20 Expert Dylan Barker would be the class of the field today. Kyle Lyman gave a great effort but he would stop on the double by his dad and see if he could buckle him back in. He came unclipped as battling with Barker and almost gave dad a hug. Kyle your supposed to hug mom on Mother’s Day, not dad. Then again dad could use a hug after that announcer guy was picking on him all day. Third would go to Trey Lepicier. Well that’s it for week two. Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful moms out there and especially the BMX Moms! Thank You to all the volunteers. If Your interested in being a volunteer please talk to one of us. We don’t bite. Well maybe on Saturdays. And Muck Boots at Tractor Supply are $24.99…

What a day! We were greeted by some hot and humid conditions, but it didn’t hinder some great racing. We even had a dance show before the mains. One teenager even tried out the theory that limestone helps rid acne, as the dancer would fall off jump one face first. Last I heard it was one of the Kardashians. The dancing was rough, but Jason Lyman will give lessons next week in turn two. Speaking of our volunteers we were short a few this week. Foothills is always looking for more and if your interested please see registration or Gwen Doyle. Volunteering is what makes racing possible and you would be surprised how much fun it can be. Lisa who we all know and appreciate in staging will not be around as much and we really need help there. Jen Lyman has filled in that position in the past, but she was wrist deep in feline surgery this week. Last I heard the kitty is now a Mountain Lion, Tiger, Lion hybrid. Jen is only slightly shredded up. A couple more mistakes last week. The announcer guy is working on his computer skills and his Last Name Hooked on Phonics Course. As I write this I was informed of a scoring mistake last week. 11 year old experts was won by Caleb Palmer and not Maurati. Second would go to Hardgrove, and third was Domenic Chevalier. Maurati would miss the main. Not sure if it was difficult to read, a plate, or binoculars needed. Last week also saw the author miss 5 & Under Novice. John Goelle would transfer out in the first round and ultimately take the win. Austin Bassett would pull into second. Third would be had by Julian Badia. Vivianna Lake would crash in the first round and try in the next two rounds but come up a little short. 6 Novice would see Bodhi Thomas give the bow to the competition as he would wheel to the win. Second was Ben Hagan. Third would be Kai Pyzik who had a North Carolina plate at the beginning of the race. Lucas Preston would round out the field in fourth place. Mattie Doyle would sit this one out. Rider of the week for week two went to Bodhi Thomas. He was eager to grab the mic and answer some questions. Maybe a future announcer here at Foothills??? He sure knows his way around the track as a 6 Novice. Watch for more wins from this kid! 5 & Over Balance Bike Lucas Nagy from New York would get the low points in this total points race and therefore the win. Jaxon “Kryptonite” Krzynowek would get the announcer tongue tied but would find second. Third would go to Griffin Miller. 3 Balance Bike Vincent Young must have had some of those walking tacos as he would gas it in for the win. Connor “Vader” Hagan would be glad he has a mask to avoid the gas. He would get second. Frederick MacDonald would grab onto Vader’s cape to wrestle into third. Fourth would be had by Tristan “Floppy Ears” Flynn. 1-2 Balance Bike We used the two moto transfer system today as there was a chance of a storm. Only storm to be had was in this class. Remington “Muck Boots” Waters would not wear his boots. He didn’t want to jinx the weather. First and no rain! Austin Balotti would steer in for second. Third would go to Clark “Carhartt” Sielken. 15-16 Girls Cruiser The Rockettes! Rocking into first place would be Peyton Pulaski for Factory Zeronine. Marissa Lyman on her Prophecy would chase a close second. Third was Tayler Kuhn. Fourth was the “Stunt Girl” Stone. Cinderella was preparing for the big dance. Her mice forgot to put air in her carriage apparently. 21-30 Women Cruiser The 1990s would win for the day. Flannel power Emily Fullerton riding for Island of Misfit Toys would win all three rounds. Jessica Waters would roll into second. Third would go to Mrs. Terminator Dani Vyce. 7 & Under Cruiser Reid Waters at seven years old would take the win. Second would go to six year old Bennett Pieterse. Also at six years old in third would be Benjamin Hagan. 11 Cruiser With gas prices getting close to $5 a gallon there can only be one scenario. Mad Max stealing all the gas! Walking away with all the gas would be “Mad Max” Meinel. Thomas “Da Moose” Musarella would sit shotgun and Logan Kuhn would round out the trio. 14 Cruiser Piloting the 020 would be Wesley Hamel. At the end of the day he would find the high spot on the podium. “The Shark” Aquillo would ride the wave to number two. One of the many “B-Man” characters would find third (Brody Kesl). Maybe all these B-Mans need to do a dance off??? 17-20 Cruiser 15-47 years of age. The young man would put the “old men” into their coffins. Jonah “Gravedigger” Graves would put the nail in the coffin and take the win. Stephen Oldham would creep out the pit and hold onto second. Third would spark a third place (Christopher Pedersen). Brian Kesl would hope for resurrection next week. 5 & Under Novice John Goelle, Karter Balotti, and Matthew Fusari would battle all three rounds. These three would each take turns swapping positions. John Goehle would crash in the second round but battle back for the low points and take the win by a slim margin. Second would go to Matthew Fusari and Karter Balotti would get third. 6 Novice Yeah mon. We be Jammin Mon. Benjamin “Ben Jammin” Hagan would Rasta the jams for the win. Second would go to last weeks Rider of the Week, Bodhi Thomas. Kai Pyzik would make the podium. “Bratty Mattie” Doyle is getting closer each week. 7 Novice Its good to be French! Daniel French would take the win. Second would find New York rider Ezra Nagy. Third would go to Kurt Hall. Liam Lucia would have a crash in the second round and miss the main. 8 Novice The Demolition Crew! Eight rider demolition crew. John Lapenta, Sam Fusari, Wyatt Wehner, Logan Monczka, Archer Wehner, Matthew Verbanic, and Cypress Thomas would finish in that order, But before the finish would be excitement. This was the most neck wrenching race of the day. There would be a pile up in turn one taking out a few riders. As the rest continued around the track there would be three more wrecks. It was a battle of attrition. Between the seven riders who made the main they probably removed 10 pounds of limestone. I hear Desiree wants it back next week! Ryder Osario might feel relieved he didn’t make the main but at least he doesn’t have to pay back in limestone. 11 Novice Toby Pyzik, Ian Dwyer, and Ashley French had front row seats to the above moto. First place rider Toby had the detonator, second place Ian had the charge cord, and Ashley had the C4. 13 Novice The Massachusetts battle! Jacob Hitchcock from Palmer, MA would take the win. Second would go to Huntington, Ma rider Robert Giguere and Tyanna Lepicier from Lanesborough, MA would take third. 41-45 Novice Shane Wehner and I would have an interesting conversation in the pits today. At the end of the day he would have all the sausage and the win. Will Massinger would best his teammate David Bond but only by a slim margin. These two are so equal its always interesting. 7 Intermediate The Toxic Venom strikes again. Toxic Racing loves having Bennett Pieterse on their team. He would take the win today. Second would go to Cole Lyman. Take away his dirt piles and he gets faster?! Third would find Logan Barker. Kira Spence will try again next week. 10 Intermediate State plate number one would take the one. Reid Waters for the win Second would go to Garrett Nyland. Third would be Chase Kingsland. Connor Flynn will try to beat them all soon. 12 Intermediate Overhaul Racing’s Landyn Moynihan would come out on top in this four man show. Second would find Team Wreckless rider Xander Monczka. Bad Apple Racing would be represented by Cheyenne Stone in third. Surprisingly not making the main would be Olivia Kaleta. Tough group of riders who any could win and Olivia will try to come out on top next week. 13 Intermediate Another group of equally strong riders. Mark Aquillo, Samuel Bond, Toby Schoonmaker, and Collin Ramsey would battle hard but Aquillo would get the win. Second with Bond. Third went to Schoonmaker. 14 Intermediate Wesley Flynn would Fly to the win! Second would go to Henry Morini and rounding out the total points would be Hunter Phoenix. 15 Intermediate I can count to twenty! Brayden Lanagan would show us all his fingers and toes today. Yup he found win number twenty and is now a 15 year old expert! Congrats Brayden! Second would go to Liam MacNeil and third to Josh Plaskett. Ella Urban held Brayden’s socks while he counted on his toes. 17-20 Intermediate Sean Adams isn’t quite old enough for a Sam Adams but he sure is old enough for a win. Second would find “T Money” Lepicier. Third would go to Alex Young. Laiken Cormier would watch Ella Urban holding the socks in disgust. 26-35 Intermediate Stephen Oldham would just slightly edge out Leigh Waters for the win. Third would go to Travis Lucia. Ryan Thomas at 40 years young will try again. 46-50 Intermediate The “Clydesdale” would win again. Gary Nyland had the reins as he steered the riders to the finish line. Tim Adams would be biting at the bit for second. Brian Kesl was high on the horse in third. The announcer would have pooper scoop. 51 & Over Intermediate That dang Guy always seems to win! Guy Tirendi would have the competition wondering how many more wins till he is expert. Mark Reale is almost ready with his reality show (The Adventures of a Little Dog) and Art Ramsey wants producing rights. 13 Girls Expert Scooting to another win would be Elizabeth “Scooter” Doyle. Second would find Newburgh, New York’s Tayler Kuhn. Kayla Barker would finish third. 15-16 Girls Expert Peyton Pulaski would keep her winning ways in this class today. Marissa Lyman left the limo at home and wound up second. Third would go to the youngest rider in the class, Gwen Hall. 10 Expert Max Meinel and Devon Hurley would trade wins in the first two rounds. Coming out on top in the third round would be Devon and ultimately the win for the day. Logan Kuhn would be third. 11 Expert These three are so equal its always a race to the end. Nicholas Maurati and Dominic Chevalier would also trade first place in the first two rounds. Dominic would win round three and the day. Thomas Musarella would wind out the trio. 12 Expert Three S Squared riders would try to best the field of five. Coming out on top would be Sawyer Spence. Second would go to Scylent Rage’s Brody Kesl. Third would find Brennan Nuzzo on the podium. One position short of the podium would be Toxic Racing’s Dion Hurley. Just missing out on the main would be Matthew Horjatschon. 15 Expert Battle of the best hair cut class. Full Circle’s Jonah Graves would have the fastest hairdo. Second would find the conservative haircut of Christopher Pedersen. Third would find enough grease in his hair to lube his chain, Gavin Suares. Wesley Hamel would question why we are talking about hair in fourth. And the mullet would go to Caleb Kaleta. 17-20 Expert The Pentatonix of BMX group. If you don’t know who the band is you need to look it up. The noises coming from this group sounds like some dirt bikes, gassy farts, and I don’t know what. Connor Nyland would make the sonic boom noise on his way first to the line. Second belching world champ Chris Gonyer would find second. Third would go to two stroke Dylan Barker. Four stroke would go to Trevor Cooper. Kyle Lyman would make some noise in his car this week. Well week three was exciting. Just a couple of reminders. First we can only run by volunteering. Please consider helping where you can. Second is an important reminder. We really need everyone to be conscious of how much time and effort went into the new track. We ask that riders stay on the riding surface at all times. This means do not cross the track or “drop in” from top of turns. Also NO stopping on the track. When riders do this it is destroying what we all love. There are tracks that will make you leave immediately for these actions. We don’t want to be those guys but if it continues… Please parents remind your riders to respect the volunteers and the track. Next Sunday looks to be another hot one! And I mean the racing action!

Foothills Race Report May 22, 2022 Week four and the action was hot! It may have been slightly warm out but the action was even hotter! We were lucky to get a cloud cover for this two moto transfer day. If no cloud cover we would need a volunteer to put suntan lotion on Track Director Jason Lyman! A small water fight between our honeymooners celebrating twenty years together. I guess Jen cooling down Jason is the secret to twenty years. Anne would once again pull Desiree duties and no USABMX computer issues. Desiree was busy celebrating her 25th birthday at Woodward. I hear a six year old contestant on American Idol and Foothills racer serenaded her with Happy Birthday. Rider of the Week would go to Elizabeth “Scooter” Doyle. I believe this would be the first Girl Expert picked as rider of the week. But Scooter fell through the loop holes last year and has proven she deserved it. Just moving up to the Expert class, she has proven she can win there too. First race and first place. She has finished no lower than second since moving up. Liz would call out Marissa Lyman as her favorite rider and that’s another very good Girl Expert right there! 5 & Over Balance Bike Griffin Miller and Joseph Torizzo would put on an awesome show all three rounds. Elbow to elbow all the way around each round. Only time they weren’t elbow to elbow was with crossover moves in both turns. You would think they were racing for the best Happy Meal toy of all time. Even calling each other out with I’m coming for you. It was like a money open. Taking home the McDonalds toy would be Miller. Torizzo would get the apple slices. 3 Balance Bike Not to be outdone by the “older” balance bikers, Clark “Carhartt” Sielken and Connor “Vader” Hagan would put on a show. Hagan would once again use his X wing fighter and score the win. Clark would say his weekly hello to the announcer. Waving and smiling into second. Not a bad deal either. 11 Cruiser Noah Hardgrove would just barely win each round. David Chrichton would pull even but Hardgrove would find the afterburners each time. Eight year old JD Lataille being a little younger would make attempts to get in there but would get blasted by the older boys jet blast. 16 Cruiser Grampas and grandkids… The class might have been called 16 Cruiser but the two elders would show them young wipper snappers some old tricks. Mike Savage would make his first apperence at Foothills this year, but would sit this one out in the retirement home. Chris “Sparky” Pedersen at 15 years old would get yelled at by the old guys to get off their lawn as he would win. Marissa Lyman would pull Cliff Benoits wheelchair to the finish line. Cinderella would laugh at the gassy Benoit and finish fourth. 6 Novice Someone has been “Jammin” to his own drum. Benjamin “Jammin” Hagan would show his drumsticks as he would cross the line first. Bodhi Thomas would play the bass guitar in second. Lucas Preston would be on guitar in third. Fourth would Kai Pyzik on keyboards. Matthew Fusari would be on the slide guitar. Hoping to make the band next week would be Mattie Doyle. 8 Novice The Demolition Crew would all stay on two wheels this week. Ryder Osario, Wyatt Wehner, Bentley Preston, Cypress Thomas, Archer Wehner, Kurt Hall, Johnny Lapenta, and Sam Fusari would battle it out on the eight man gate. The eighth nan out would be Kurt Hall to make a seven man gate. Sam Fusari would find the winner circle. 9 Novice Total points and totally Rad! Toby Pyzik would dominate on this hot day. Brooklyn Blackwood would go back and forth with Brady Barnes for second each round. Blackwood would break the tiebreaker in round three and find second. 12 Novice Crowbars break open lids. Well the “Crowbar” Kesl would blow the lid off the competition today. Second would go to Olivia “The Reg” Shapiro. Tenaciously finding third would be AJ Torizzo. Riley Barnes would round it out in fourth. Trying again next week will be Gavin Kesl. 15 Novice Josh “The Jester” Styga would laugh at the racers as he would forget how many wins he has. He would add one more and will figure out how many this week. I hear second place said yellow doesn’t match her dress. I guess black and red jersey matches better. Anoouncement next week? Third would go to Luis Quiros. 41-45 Novice I need to stop eating those nasty Pop Tarts and start eating bagels from Bagels Plus of Plainville. Those bagels make you fast. Shane Wehner riding for Bagels Plus would win again. David Bond would get toasted in second and the crumbs in the bottom of the toaster would be Al Torizzo. I hear Al is bringing all the bacon next week. 13 Intermediate Collin Ramsey, Liz Doyle, Landyn Moynihan, Toby Schoonmaker, Kayla Barker, Sam Bond, Brody Kesl, and Olivia Kaleta would all try to get a hot win today. Only one rider hard a firm grip on the win. Brody “ODI” Kesl would dominate in the main. Sorry Brody, but to many B man nicknames. Pronounce ODI like OH-DEE and it sounds and it sounds like the A man. 16 Intermediate Liam MacNeil would put Gate Nine Custom Plates in the top position. Laiken Cormier would put her Gold Cup plate number three in second. Marissa Lyman must not have liked my diagnoses of her front bearings and would get third. Alex Young as the only novice will hope for more novices next week. 46-50 Intermediate Where is Tim Adams? After getting off the mic I went looking for Tim. He didn’t show up for any of his motos. First round I found him eating the yummy corndogs in registration. Second round he was eating a ten scoop ice cream from Pete Doda’s Ice Cream. Third round found him in the Sani Can. And that’s where he would end up for the day. He would miss Gary Nyland and Brian Kesl swapping 1 and 2. Third round would go to Gary. I heard Gary traded in his stamps for some additional paper for Tim. Brian wanted to tip the Sani Can on his teammate. 51 & Over Intermediate I have never seen an adult racer wear out his Van’s sneakers before the racing even started. Guy Tirendi would be pacing the pits all morning. Why you ask? Well Guy was sitting on 19 wins. That can make you nervous enough. Then to top it off you find out Mike Savage preregistered. Guy would look under every car, bush, corndog, and anything else he could looking for Mike. He thought he was in the clear till he looked to his right on the gate and found Mike. Guy would try his very best for win twenty but would come up one position short. Mark Reale would finish third and Art Ramsey would cheer on the group. 7 Expert JD Lataille would be the older rider this time and find the win today. Second would go to Logan Barker. Third would find Cole Lyman doing his best Trevor Cooper impersonation. 11 Expert Just like in their cruiser class Hardgrove and Chrichton would battle on every straight and every turn. Noah Hardgrove would come out on top. ‘Jumpin” Jayden Mahoney would get his front wheel in the mix but come up short. 15 Expert I think our scorers need bubble suits. In the first round Gavin Suares and Chris Pedersen would battle down the last straight trying to secure a main appearance. Suares and Pedersen were trying to share the right side of the track and Pedersen would be on the edge. He would slide off and into the score booth. Other than chairs flying everyone was okay. Suares would go on to win for the day. Pedersen in second. Gambling to third was Caleb Kaleta and Nick Preston watched the main from a safe distance. 17-20 Expert Kyle Lyman, Dylan Barker, Ryan Thomas, and Cliff Benoit would end the day. Ryan Thomas as a novice is hoping to be with his class next week as he would sit out the main. Kyle Lyman would keep his shoes on this week and take the win. Second would go to Dylan Barker. The elder statesman Clifford Benoit would get third. Thanks to everyone who came out to race today. It was hot, but the racing was fantastic with lots of elbow to elbow racing. Thank You to all the volunteers. We are still looking for more. We can’t race without you! Also a big shoutout to all the racers for abiding by the rules of staying on the track and not stopping on the track. The volunteers spend much time getting the track ready and if everyone follows the rules it makes more time for us with our families. Sunday Funday is back next week with double points!!! Since it’s a double it will be $20. We look forward to seeing you and don’t forget on Monday to remember all those that have fallen in the name of Freedom!

Foothills Race Report May 29, 2022 Another week and another week of action! Forty action packed moto's on this double points Sunday Funday. The track needed attention from the severe weather the day before. A few volunteers showed up extra early to help Track Director Jason Lyman and Track VP Brian Kesl repair numerous “canyons” from all the rain. Jason would look like the Jolly Green Giant after all the weed whacking and mowing. Speaking of mowing we are looking for a working mower. The nice weather on Sunday and double points brought out the racers from near and far. Everyone loved the red, white, and blue theme on the track. Thank You to Jen Lyman for painting the patriotic lines. We did have a gate malfunction, but was rapidly fixed. Very unusual occurrence at Foothills to have a failure. We started our Memorial Day weekend race with a parade lap to pay respect to all those that have fallen defending our freedom. Rider of the week would go to 9 year old Novice Toby Pyzik. He was a little quiet on the microphone, but would be grinning from ear to ear as he received his trophy. His excitement must have paid off as he would get a win today! Way too go Toby! 5 & Over Balance Bike River Davis and Jaxon Krzynowek would battle it out three rounds. Jaxon would take the win and will be a tough competiotor when he throws peddles under his feet. 3 Balance Bike The four riders would battle for the win today. Connor Hagan, Tristan Flynn, Rylee Olson, and Vincent Young would show us how fast they could move their feet. Hagan and Young would swap the wins in the first two rounds. Ultimately Young would find the winners circle. Tristan Flynn would get third. Rylee Olson is a fourth generation BMX racer and she would go the first round but the next two she would demand ice cream. 11-12 Girls Cruiser The nicknames that belong on a WWII bomber plane group would be led by The Heartbreaker. Kyrie “The Heartbreaker” Sweet would go perfect winning all three rounds. Doing “Stunts” in the air would be Cheyenne “Stunt Girl” Stone. “The Animal” would end up with the tail between the legs, but hopes to ravage the competition next week. 36-40 Women Cruiser Thirty-nine birthday years difference in age, but still an exciting race. Pippa Sweet would show the way to the checkered flag. Marissa Lyman would talk to the announcer and find second. The moms of BMX would have conversations about how the kids don’t put their laundry away after race day. Caissy Price would bring home the detergent in third. Dani Vyce would have the dryer sheets in fourth. Melissa Kaleta would get stuck with doing all the sweaty, stinky laundry while everyone else made the main. She hopes to have the kids do the laundry next week and have moms only class. 7 & Under Cruiser The battle of the Northeast states. Alessio Improta from Patchogue, NY would guide his bike to the finish first three times. Myles Fournier from Wilbraham, MA would slide into second. Third would go to Watertown, CT rider Benjamin Hagan. 9 Cruiser Destroyed! “The Destroyer” Chrichton would best the field. Logan Rice would “Warp” into second place. Third would hear a roar as “The Beast” Perito would round out the main. Cole Muller will hopefully make another trip to CT and try again soon. 12 Cruiser Brody “ODI” Kesl would get a grip and grab the win. Noah Hardgrove would battle hard with Johnny Urban for second. Noah would get the upper hand. Jacob Sadowski from Turin, NY would just miss the main. 16 Cruiser Total points and totally rad! Christopher Pedersen and Andrew Connett would duke it out Connett would get first in the third round but Pedersen would get first in the previous moto's and would come out with the low points and the win. Wesley Hamel would be in the mix all three rounds, but just couldn’t quite find a door open and would end up in third. 36-40 Cruiser I think the Mango is ripe. Marcelo “Pink Mango” Oliveira would be on a red frame and wearing red gear, but it was all pink to him. He would cross the line first. Second was seeing all plaid. Cliff Benoit was wanting a pink flannel next week, to better his chances for the win. Third was all bloody riding for Bloodtype BMX. Brian Kesl was all yeller as his yellow jersey wouldn’t find the main. 6 Novice The kids with big helmets and even bigger hearts would put on a show as there would be a few crashes but all would be good. Austin Bassett would qualify out first and then in the main find the finish line first once again. Bodhi Thomas would be runner up. Third would go to Lucas PDoyle. Trying next week for a win will be Tristan Fanning. 8 Novice The bagels make you “Too Fast”! Wyatt “Too Fast” Wehner would chomp down on some garlic bagels and scare the rest of the field with his garlic breathe, as he zoomed to the finish line. “Hulk Smash” Preston would pinch his nose and come in second. Olivia Sadowski would crash in moto one but come back for a podium finish in third. The rest of the field would round out like this: Daniel French, Cypress Thomas, Matthew Verbanic, and Archer Wehner. Ryder Osario would be looking for the breath mints this week. 9 Novice Toby Pyzik would ride high on being Rider of the Week and take his ride to the top of the podium. Second was a battle again this week between Ashley French and Brooklyn Blackwood. Ashley would get second the first two moto's but not easily as Blackwood would battle back and fourth. Blackwood would get second in the third round, but French would have the lower points and get second. 11 Novice Those “Snakebites” can be fatal. Blake “Snakebite” Price would bite into his competition and kill them with some venom as he slithered into first. Ryker Parkins was hanging on to the rattler in second. Parker Tilley followed the snake path to third. Raquel “The Animal” Olson was hunting for some snakes but got fourth. AJ Torizzo “Tenaciously” found fifth. Not sucking the venom out in time was Ian Dwyer, but he got the antivenom dose in time and will hunt a snake next week. 12 Novice Keelan Pagan-Graveline and Tyanna Lepicier would battle back and forth for the win. Gavin Kesl would take up the back watching the battle. In the end Tyanna would get the low points and take the win. 14 Novice Jake Pfeiffer, Luis Quiros, Antonio Amisano, and Robert Giguere would battle hard each round. Luis Quiros would just miss the cut. The remaing three riders would battle hard with Antonio Amisano coming out on top. Second would go to Pfeiffer and third would be had by Robert Giguere. 16 Novice Alex Young would sit out the main, but he must have been shaking his head with what happened as the main was about to start. Kelly Horjatschun would flip the gate as the gate would have a hiccup. After a ten minute break to fix the gate, the action was back in action. Logan Gendron from Westfield, MA would get a Foothills win. Josh Styga would still be doing the math on how many wins he has and finish second. Kelly for third. 36-40 Novice Daniel King would be the King of the limestone today. He would get the perfect score and bring a trophy back to Shelton, CT. Andrew Graveline would roll into second and third would go to Ryan Thomas. 41-45 Novice Weiner, winner, or Wehner??? Well I guess its all three. I was reprimanded by the Bagel Sargeant Major on my pronociation of Shane’s last name. “It is weiner!!!, Shane would inform me as he came out of turn five. Jason Lyman would get another hernia as he was laughing at the announcer guy. The crowd would demand more of the big Wehner as the little Wehner had won earlier. I was promised bagels next Sunday from the big Wehner. Andrew Graveline Would come out second to the Wehner and Al Torizzo was in third wondering why everyone was yelling “Go Wehner!” Jason Lyman was last seen still bent over in laughter on top of turn two on Tuesday night. Someone bring him a bagel! 51 & Over Novice I spend too much time on Facebook. Will Massinger and Chris Bird would battle each round. Jeff McKenna would be a no show on the gate all three rounds. Chris would return to BMX after 38 years of trying to find out what being an adult is about. He never did find it and returned as a kid again today. He would win first round but Massinger would take round two and three for the win. “The Grandpas” would high five and want freeze pops and Topps baseball cards for next week. 7 Intermediate Bennett Pieterse would show why he has a tough to read Nag plate 18 as he would go on for another win! This Toxic Racing racer was on of the youngest rider in this class today but that didn’t slow him down! Myles Fournier who just one free single points races at a track up north would get second. Logan Barker would round out the podium. Cole Lyman would find fourth this week. Fifth went to Trey Davis. Lucy Miller from New York will hopefully make the trip again. 8 Intermediate Ryan Roy, Cameron Lake, Kristopher DeVaux, and Reeyce Perito would go around the limestone bullring for a win. Reeyce Perito racing for The Gatekeepers would take the steps up the podium to the top. Second would go to Kristopher and third to Cameron. Ryan will hopefully make the trip from Rhode island and try again. 10 Intermediate The “Black Night” has fallen. Garrett “Black Night” Nyland would crash trying to get the win and end up fifth. Jacob Sadowski would take home the Damsel in Distress. Anthony Trinca would get second. Cole Muller would be the third rider from New York to make the podium. Fourth would go to Connor Flynn. Will Adams would end the day in the moat. 12 Intermediate Any week any of these riders can win. This group is always a tight battle. Owen Gendron would come out on top today. Second would go to MJ Maresca. Joey Toomey would make his first apperence today and get third. Landyn Moynihan would just miss the podium in fourth. Cheyenne Stone would round out the main. Olivia Kaleta will push team Wreckless into the main next week. 14 Intermediate Kubrik Tarrant at 13 years old would best the field. Damian Conley on bike 59 would be second. David Wolf would make his return in third. Wesley Flynn would make the main and finish fourth. Toby Schoonmaker will come back next week. 17-20 Intermediate There was a lot of Daylight on Sunday. Devin Murphy riding for Daylight Cycles would put her ROC 1 plate in the winners circle. Sean Adams would get second. Joel Geier would round out the top three. Fourth would go to Trey Lepicier. Fifth would find Jesse Salva. Laiken Cormier will try next week. 46-50 Intermediate And the Daylight keeps shining. Jody Toomey would make his first race of the year on his new ride. His pearl Daylight bike would steer him in for the win. The Clydesdale Nyland would finish second and end his winning streak he was on. Tim Adams would find his way out of the tipped over Sani Can finally and finish third. Brian Kesl would wonder what the smell in front of him is and finish fourth. Art Ramsey would go into the infield between the first and second straight. He would let Jason Lyman know he missed a spot weed whacking at 6:00 in the morning. Don’t worry Jason, Art got it. Scott would be locked in the SaniCan by Tim and hopes to get out next week. 6 Girls Expert A bunch of Knuckleheads! Well actually just one knucklehead. Skylar “Knucklehead” Hardgrove would hold her position up front all three rounds taking the win for the day, second would go to Kira Spence. Third would go to Tina Maresca. 14 Girls Expert These girls love nicknames! Pippa “The Predator” Sweet would get numero uno. Second would go to little sister Kyrie “The Heartbreaker” Sweet. Elizabeth “Scooter” Doyle would scoot to third. Gwen “Headshot” Hall would get fourth. Fifth would go to Sarah “Bob” Gonyer. Kayla Barker will try for a nickname and a main next week. 8 Expert There must have been some beans in the rice. Logan Rice would gas his way to a win today. Alessio Improta would come home a little green in the face for second. Third would be all gassed out for Alexander Sadowski. 9 Expert David Chrichton would have a perfect day winning all three rounds. Jayden Mahoney and Sebastian Gonzalez would battle back and forth for second. Gonzalez would just beat Mahoney for second. 10 Expert There must be something in the air. Devon “Air” Hurley would find the one, one, one and get the I won. Xanon Santana would get second and Southbury, CTs Rylan Spence would get third. 11 Expert This total points race was a nail biter. Dominic Cheavalier would just edge out Noah Hardgrove and Nick Maurati. Maurati would beat Hardgrove by one point for second. 12 Expert Battle of the teams! Dion Hurley riding for Toxic Racing would get the W today. Sawyer Spence riding for SSquared would get second. Brody Kesl for Scylent Rage would get third. Fourth would go to Bloodtype BMX rider Johnny Urban. Matthew Horjatschon For SSquared will try next week. 14 Expert Two thirteen and two fourteen year old's would battle. Fourteen year old Wesley Hamel would come out on top. Thirteen year old Christopher Hess would get second. Fourteen year old Caleb Kaleta would get the final podium spot. Nick Preston will be back next week. 15 Expert Who squeezed the cheese??? Gavin Suares would rocket to a win. The battle for second was a battle all day. Liam MacNeil would come up inches short from making the main. He tried but so did Marissa Lyman and Christopher Pedersen. Coming out of turn three in the second moto, Pedersen would be squeezed like a mustard bottle by Lyman. I don’t think you could have squeezed one of the corndogs from registration between his handlebar and the fence. He would squeeze his yellow mustard uniform out from the bun and finish second. Lyman would have the mustard in her face and finish third. 16 Expert These three battled hard. It would come down to the final round to see who the winner for the day would be. Connor “The Tower” Nylund would come out heads above the rest. Second would go to Andrew Connett. Trevor Cooper would “Superfly” to third. Do they call him The Tower because he is taller than the announcers tower? 17-20 Expert The Ding Dongs. These three can be as good as a package of Ho Ho’s or as bad as stale Ding Dongs. Dylan Barker, Christopher Gonyer, and Kyle Lyman would impress the crowds in the first two motos. Barker taking it in the first round. Lyman taking it in the second round. Third moto would be as boring as counting out a thousand Milk Duds. They would creep to the finish line side by side. Lyman would get the win. Gonyer second. Barker third. 21-25 Expert Where is the dinner plate? David Albert Jr. would take the win with a perfect score. Desmond Melvin would get second. John Monteith would not get scored the first two rounds as he had no plate. He wanted some dinner in the third round and brought his dinner plate with him. 36-40 Expert Marcelo Oliveira, Pedro Nunes, and Dan Rice would battle hard all three moto's. In the end after swapping finishing order, Marcelo would get the win. Pedro Nunes would get second. Dan Rice would get third. 46-50 Expert Savage is back! After last weeks pacing of Guy Tirendi, the town of Torrington had to put some new asphalt on the rode where he was pacing. Mike Savage would return and show Tirendi how the expert class works. Congrats to Guy on the win and the move up to Expert. Guy would once again come up a little short to Mike and get second. Third would go to Cliff Benoit. What a day! Thank you to everyone who came to r ace today. And a very big thank you to all the volunteers. You guys rock! Special thanks to those who came to the track early to scrape the mud, fill in the canyons, cut the grass, paint the lines, and so much more. Without that help we never would have been able to race after the monsoon rains. Thanks to those that helped on race day with staging, corner marshalling, scoring, and so much more. The biggest thanks goes to those that paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. No matter what your feelings are about political affairs if it wasn’t for them you wouldn’t have a choice. Thank you to the hundreds of thousands that let us live the lives we live. And once again we need to remind riders that the track is closed on non race or practice days. Also while riding the track you need to STAY ON THE TRACK! Do not drop in from turns, stop on track, or any other behavior that can damage the surface! If you cant follow the rules you will be asked to leave. See you all Sunday!

Foothills Race Report June 5, 2022 When a sailor sets sail for the ocean he loves, he knows the danger of the waves. He goes for the love of the salt air, the openness, the adventure, and the feeling of freedom. He goes to do the one thing he loves. He doesn’t imagine the dangers. He doesn’t think of the what ifs. He doesn’t imagine the worst. He imagines the wrinkles on his face. The wind in his hair. The sail pulled tight as he ventures out on the love of his life. He hopes for good waves. He tells loved ones I am doing what I love and if the sea decides today is my day to join the waves of life let it be. Know I am in my happy place, and I will ride the waves of life from above as I look down on you like the glistening sunbeams on the water. Scott Gonyer I’ve been trying to find the words to write this week’s race report. Words do not come easy when you have a hard time wrapping your mind around a tragic day. We all have had those days and one is not easier than the last. We unfortunately lost a rider today at Foothills. I can say proudly that I am proud how each and every rider, parent, spectator, first responder, and everyone else there today pulled together. We all had hard decisions to make both as a group and individually. I would like to thank each and every one of you. Thank you for your donations for the family. Thank you for hugging each other. Thank you for your words. Thank You! David Bond was doing what he loved to do with his son. David loved the competition. He loved to help other racers. He loved watching his son race at tracks throughout the Northeast and beyond. He loved Foothills. He loved how everyone helped each other every Sunday. David loved his family, and they were most often with him at the racetrack. He helped other racers with their bikes and just helped to help. He loved his race team and all its members. He just wanted to race no matter what the conditions, the weather, or the class. I raced David on a few occasions, and he was always eager to learn more and better himself. He never just went out to ride. He went out to win. You can’t ask anymore from a BMX racer. Once your hooked your hooked. David you will be missed by the BMX community, your fellow racers, your teammates, your friends, and most importantly your family. May your tires have the proper air pressure, your chain lubed, the great gate start, and first to the trophy. The podium in the sky gained an angel. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We would have to start our race with a gate malfunction. Jason Lyman tried everything in his powers to fix it, but it just couldn’t be fixed. The volunteers didn’t want to disappoint so we would have one foot down starts. Little extra practice and we would start our day. Rider of the week would go to Shane Wehner. Shane would bring the whole staff bagels from Bagels Plus of Plainville. No he wasn’t bribing, its his sponsor. Shane would tell us his favorite rider was Greg Plaskett. Shane is always smiling and can definitely take a joke or two. He loves helping his kids with their racing careers. He would enter today with eight novice wins and is trying for number ten, so he can become Intermediate. 1-2 Balance Bike Isadora Rohm, Clark Sielken, Connor Hagan, and Austin Balotti would shuffle their feet quickly looking for a win. Connor “Vader” Hagan would battle hard with Austin Balotti and Clark Sielken. He would find the W today, but boy did they give him a hard go of it. Austin with his GoPro would get second and Balotti third. Isadora would stay at the gate and hopefully next week she will fly around the track. 21-30 Women Cruiser Three out of five riders would finish today. Caissy Price would get the win. Katelynn Adams second. Sarah Huberty third. 12 Cruiser Brody “ODI” Kesl would get the win today. Myles Fournier and Collin Matteson would battle hard for the second spot. Matteson would come out in second. 17-20 Cruiser Jonah Graves would stand on top of the podium. Josh Alstede would “no hand” into second. Third would go to Christopher Pedersen. 36-40 Cruiser Clifford Benoit, Brian Kesl, and Robert Pettinelli would battle. Robert would race first round but then only Cliff and Brian in the two remaining motos. Cliff would get first and Brian second. 51-55 Cruiser Mike Savage would show the way all three rounds. Rick Marceau in second and Roger Billings in third. 6 Novice Silvio Montecalvo, Caleb Bodwell, Lucas Preston, Karter Balotti, Ben Hagan, Bodhi Thomas, Kai Pyzik, Mattie Doyle, and Parker Rohm would be split into two motos. After combining to have a gate of eight, Silvio would come out on top. Hagan second. Preston third. Thomas fourth. Bodwell fifth. Mattie Doyle sixth. Pyzik seventh and final spot went to Rohm. 8 Novice Matthew Verbanic, Kurt Hall, Logan Monczka, Wyatt Wehner, Ryder Osario, Archer Wehner, Cypress Thomas, and Brentley Preston would battle for the win. Wyatt Wehner would take the top spot. Joining him on the podium would be Preston and Thomas. Trying to make it in the top three next week will be Verbanic, Hall, Monczka, Archer Wehner, and Osario. 9 Novice Julien Montecalvo would get the win today. Second would go to Toby Pyzik. Third would be Brady Barnes. 11 Novice Blake Price would enter today with eight wins. He would leave with nine wins. Mikyla Sobczak would enter with nine wins. She would get second. Next week could be the battle to ten first? Third would be Riley Barnes. Ian Dwyer in fourth. Trying next week will be Cody Bodwell. 14 Novice Antonio Amisano would cross the finish line first. Second would be Sam Jenkins. Hunter Price in third and trying next week will be Crawford Kesl. 15 Novice Logan Gendron would get the win. Josh Styga would crash in first round but recover. Ella “Cinderella” Urban would miss the ball. 36-40 Novice For respect we will not report on this moto. RIP David Bond 7 Intermediate Myles Fournier would have a perfect day and the win. Second would go to Cole Lyman. Third would be Logan Barker. 9 Intermediate Jason Sobczak with the win. Second was Collin Matteson and third was Myles Rohm. 11 Intermediate Jayden Mahoney would take each round and the win. Second was Xander Monczka and third was Shaun Rohm. 13 Intermediate Toby Schoonmaker would win today. Collin Ramsey in second. Olivia Kaleta in third and Samuael Bond in fourth. Owen Gendron will try next week. 15 Intermediate Liam MacNeil would win today. Nick Preston Jr. in second. Hunter Phoenix in third. Marissa Lyman in fourth. Isabella Nelson missed the main. 46-50 Intermediate Brian Kesl would win today. Scott Gonyer in second. Tim Adams would not show. 51 & Over Intermediate Mark Reale would take the top spot. Second would go to Art Ramsey. Third Is Roger Billings. 14 Girls Expert Elizabeth Doyle would have the perfect day and get the win. Sarah Gonyer and Kayla Barker would battle hard for second with Gonyer getting second. 12 Expert Brody Kesl would take the top spot. Zachary Still in second and Nicholas Maurati in third. 15 Expert Jonah Graves would be first to the finish line. Second would go to Gavin Suares. Caleb Kaleta would get third. Christopher Pedersen will try next week. 17-20 Expert Kyle Lyman would get the win. Second would go to Laiken Cormier. Third was Dylan Barker. Fourth would go to Trevor Cooper. Alex Young hopes for a 16 novice class next week. 21-25 Expert Joshue Alstede would have the track to himself and the win. Justin Markie in second and Robert Pettinelli in third. 46-50 Expert Cliff Benoit got second and not third last week as reported. This week he would get third. Mike Savage would win and Rick Marceau in second. I don’t have much to say in closing today. Just three things. Thank you to all that helped, even if it was in the slightest way. Please say I Love you more often. And finally, please donate to the Bond family. Love our BMX family!

Foothills Race Report June 12, 2022 Today was a day of wonderment, remembrance, celebration, and the reminder of love for family. We celebrated one of our own. David’s remembrance was celebrated by his team and BMX family. All racers came to the fences as we witnessed his last lap and his climbing the podium to heaven. Thank you to all who have donated to the family this past week. The family really appreciates all the kind words. The racers and their families would raise $2025 in donations on top of the GoFundMe! Moto 121 will always be remembered. We would have a threat of rain so the call was two moto transfers today. Luckily we would stay dry except for tears on the cheeks. The black and pink boundary lines were awaiting for some racing. We would see 36 motos and lots of action on the track. Not too bad considering we were up against a National just down the coast. Rider of the Week would posthumously go to David Bond. As told last week he loved racing. His last complete race happened to be against me. I locked up the win, but it didn’t stop Dave from giving it everything he had to beat me. And that he did in the third moto. He would go rushing back to his wife saying how happy he was to have accomplished it. He loved his team (Team Wreckless). He loved his family and he loved to race. RIP Dave and we will race each other again. 3 Balance Bike Five riders would battle it out on their balance bikes today. Four would show up on the hill and one rider was busy at Pete Doda’s Ice Cream truck. Connor Hagan, Tristan Flynn, Vincent Young, and River Davis would all battle for the win. Young and Hagan would keep swapping back and forth for the win. Not to be out done Flynn and Davis would find the front but would come up short of a win. Young would take all three rounds and the win. Hagan would settle for second. Third would go to Davis. Flynn would settle for fourth and no show Frederick MacDonald would get fifth. 15-16 Girls Cruiser Well actually 11-16 girls. That’s okay though. Marissa Lyman would giggle to the win. Cheyenne Stone would come in second. Raquel Olson would round out the podium. Ella Urban would change her Cinderella dress to red instead of the yellow. She wouldn’t make the main, but was probably trying to figure out where her family was. Dan and Johnny were last seen raising their legs hoping to hitch a ride to the track. 41-45 Women Cruiser The Lawyer Moms. The lawyer practice of Price, Vyce, and Kaleta would hand the announcer his papers of intent to sue. I’m being sued for using their corporation name without proper permission. Price, the winner today would claim to the judge that the announcer was yelling her name too much. Kaleta in second would claim I wasn’t yelling her name enough. And Vyce in third would just say he yells too much. I’m in trouble. 7 & Under Cruiser Myles Fournier would get the tiebreaker win after battling with Austin Dohan. It came down to the third round to see who would get the win. Not too be outdone, Ben Hagan stayed right in the action but would miss third round and finish third. 12 Cruiser Where are the Urbans? Brody “ODI” Kesl would win from wire to wire today over Noah “Bobblehead” Hardgrove. Johnny Urban didn’t show like his dad, but sis was here. Maybe she unhitched the bike and left them stranded? 15 Cruiser Christopher Pedersen would find a thread hanging from his pants as he entered turn four. Most people just pull the string. When you do that you end up destroying the pants. The proper way to take care of a stray nylon thread is to heat it up and melt it. Well “Sparky” would cause sparks as he slid out in turn four in the first round. He took care of that thread properly and would win both of the remaining rounds and secure the win. Wes Hamel would put up a fight but get second. Third would go to Mark Aquillo. 46-50 Cruiser How old are you? 22-55 years of age and everything between! Steve Healey, Vic Rodriguez, Brian Kesl, Cliff Benoit, Brian Brisson, Don Olson, Mike Savage, and Josh Alstede would test the age limit on this limestone ride. The old wise man would show them younger wipper snappers how its done. Savage would qualify out first and ultimately get the win over a hard charging Healey. Brisson would stand with them on the podium. Josh “No Hands” Alsteade would just miss the podium. Cliff Benoit would fly the flannel in fifth. Don Olson would get number six. Victor Rodriguez in his first race this year would make the main, while Brian Kesl would get the Icy hot ready for the old guys. 6 Novice These kids are like a swarm of angry bees! Nine eager bees! John Goehle would put the stinger to the competition today. Ben Hagan might have missed one round in cruiser, but he didn’t miss this one. Hagan would get second. Caleb Bodwell would join them in the hive. In fourth guarding the nest would be Matthew Fusari. Mattie Doyle would stand up and fly in fifth. Kai Pyzik would follow Mattie to the hive in sixth. Bodhi Thomas would brush his wings on the ground, but recover for seventh. Tristan Fanning would be the last bee into the hive. Joseph Torizzo will buzz into the main next week. 7 Novice Daniel French would qualify out first and find the finish line first today. Kurt Hall tried to find away around, but French just zoomed too fast. Third would find Lily Torizzo. Liam Lucia would finish fourth and Anthony Williams will try next week. 8 Novice Well if the six novice was the bees with nine riders, these riders must be the hornets. Nine riders would look for the win. Wyatt Wehner would put a big stinger in the competition today. Sam Fusari was leading the swarm behind Wehner. Johnny Lapenta was buzzing around the third position. Evan Dohan would protect the nest in fourth. Bentley Preston flied into fifth. Cypress Thomas would fly circles around sixth. Matthew Verbanic added to the nest in seventh. Last one to the nest was Archer Wehner. Ryder Osario was squashed by the fly swatter this week, but is a resilient hornet and will try next week. 9 Novice Toby Pyzik would lead from wire to wire. Ashley French would stay on the move in second. Third would find Brady Barnes right on the heals of second. 11 Novice Is there an animal in the house? Raquel “The Animal” Olson had a workout this week. She wrote out and hung up well over a hundred 121 number plates at her home track. It must have built them muscles as she would dominate today. Mayson McCormick would chase the animal around the track in second. AJ Torizzo had the markers in third. Riley Barnes had a animal net but it only reached to fourth. Charlie Young would trip on the animal trap, but recover from his crash in fifth. Ian Dwyer would miss the main, but is going to animal obedience school and hopes to teach them animals. 12 Novice Someone brought the toolbox to the track today. Only one tool was in the box though. A crowbar… Crawford “Crowbar” Kesl would pry the win away from Aryana LaBarge. Third would go to Olivia Shapiro. Getting bonked by the crowbar was Gavin Kesl. 13 Novice Nathaniel Alvarado from Enfield would qualify out in the first round and in the main would win. He was too fast for Hunter Price in second and Brian Fanning in third. Trying to beat them all next week will be Thomas Boller. 15 Novice Josh Styga would make it win number nine. One more to go to intermediate. Trying to take that opportunity away was Robert Giguere. He was close each round but just couldn’t quite get there. Ella Urban was looking for her lost slipper and family in third. 17-20 Novice Why were all the kids asking me for rides after the race? Well because every time I bring a kid to a race and then they race for the first time they seem to win. I need a school bus for next week I guess. Christian Davila would race for the very first time and win all three motos and the overall win today. Alex Young and Addison Rushford would battle hard for second. Young would just edge out Rushford for second. This keeps up I might need a train from my house to the track. All aboard!!! Toot toot! 26-35 Novice Steve Fournier would show how its done with the win today and he had his own cheering crowd in turn four. Fournier and Travis Lucia would swap the win in the first two rounds. In the third round Lucia would crash trying to be the best of the field. Ryan Thomas would finish third today. 41-45 Novice Caissy Price would win all three rounds today. She makes her own energy drinks. I hear the main ingredients are gunpowder, nitroglycerine, Cam2 Race fuel, and some other secret ingredients. Al Torizzo would try to beat her but when she uses those drinks nobody can beat her. Dan Urban was afraid of the Price drink and didn’t even make it to the gate. 51 & Over Novice Neil Dickey would win all three rounds and secure win number 10! Congrats on your move up to Intermediate. Will Massinger would put up a strong battle with Neil. In the second round Will would loop the rear end out coming out of turn three. He would be helped off the track and take a limo ride to the hospital. Will did break his hip, but he has already outfitted his walker with Comp III tires, disc brakes, Onyx hubs, and a drink holder with some of Caissy Price’s drinks. He will be back soon and he is in good spirits! Heal up Will! Jeff McKenna must have been intimidated by Neil going for win ten and he wouldn’t make his gates. 6 Intermediate Myles Fournier would join dad on top of the podium today. Must be that cheering crowd in turn four! Trey Davis gave it all he had to get around Fournier, but would settle for position number two. Fletcher Rabel would make the podium in third. Skylar Hardgrove would crash in the first round but come back for a fourth place. Kira Spence will try again next week. 9 Intermediate Did he win by a tongue? Austin “Tongue Out” Dohan would lick his way to the win today. Slipping in the spit was Elliot Rabel. Third would find Cole Lyman saying” don’t you be licking my dirt pile”. 10 Intermediate Jumpin Jayden Mahoney would be seen doing jumping jacks at the finish line as he would jump to the win. Garrett Nylund would come in a close second. Connor Flynn would be right behind him. After turning Intermediate on Friday night, Blake Price would be introduced to his new class in fourth. Hoping to make it next week was Hunter Aquillo. 13 Intermediate Mark Aquillo would take the win today. Right on his heals and hard charging was Samuael Bond. Toby Schoonmaker would round out the podium. Olivia Smith would find fourth place. Olivia Kaleta would round out the main. Collin Ramsey will be back to put his yellow jersey up front. 14 Intermediate Wesley Flynn, Henry Morini, and Noah Rushford would put on quite a show. These three would switch finishing positions in the first two motos. Flynn having won the first two rounds was sitting great going into the third round. He would finish third, but secured the lowest score and the win. Morini would finish one point behind in second and beg the announcer to give him a ride next week. One point behind Morini was Rushford. These three should be exciting with their next matchup. 36-40 Intermediate Shane Wehner would get his first Intermediate win today, and let out a whoop whoop at the line. Jared Brassard and Michael Taylor would go back and forth for second. Both would finish with seven points. Jarred Brassard would secure second with a win in the third moto. 46-50 Intermediate Gary Nylund, Tim Adams, and Brian Kesl would make up this total points race. The Clydesdale would pull the Sani Can around the track all three rounds. Tim found his way to the track today. He must have given the Urban family his car because it seems to never make it to the track. Brian Kesl would finish in third. 51 & Over Intermediate Mark Reale would take off like a rocket into space and put his Warped Racing jersey into the winner circle. Shane Hayes would come in second and third was Art Ramsey. In the third round Neil Dickey would join the group in a celebratory intermediate move up. 15-16 Girls Expert Marissa Lyman would hippity hop all around the limestone and get the perfect score. Elizabeth Doyle would be a little sore from a scary crash on Friday night but finish second. The third place rider would get mad at the announcer and demand ice cream after the race. Sarah Gonyer didn’t like the announcer saying only winners get sprinkles. It was a quiet ride home. 11 Expert Dominic Chevalier would spin his rear tire to first place today. Nicholas Maurati tried to stop that spin but came up a few revolutions short. Third would go to Noah Hardgrove. Rylan Spence would beat Cheyenne Stone into the main and finish fourth. 12 Expert Brody “ODI” Kesl had the grip again this week as he would get the win. Brian Nuzzo would come around in second. Johnny Urban was somewhere in Connecticut with his family and Tim Adams car. 14 Expert Colin LeBlanc, Wes Hamel, and Caleb Kaleta would put on quite the show as they would stretch their chains trying to cross the line first. Hamel and Kaleta would keep closing the gap but Hamel would just pull away and ultimately the win. LeBlanc would find third today. 15 Expert Gavin Suares would be swinging for the outfield and he wouldn’t be struck out! Christopher Pedersen would hit a double. Josh Plaskett got the triple. Striking out this week was Liam MacNeil but expect another home run from him soon. 17-20 Expert 16-30 ages actually. Seven riders strong. This was liking the new Top Gun movie. Lots of adrenaline. Colin Morini would be Maverick. Steven Healey was Goose on the Mongoose. Connor Nylund was Rooster. Chris Gonyer was Iceman. Josh Alstede was Phoenix. RJ Reale was Hangman. And Kyle Lyman decided to be the catapult button dude as he would launch them from the infield. 46-50 Expert These guys took off their stone wheels and tied up their dinosaurs in the pits. Greg Plaskett hearing that he Shane Wehner’s favorite rider last week showed why as he would take the win. Mike Savage would put up a battle with Plaskett but come home second. Brian Brisson tried to put out the fire in front of him, but would settle in third. Cliff Benoit still mad at saying he finished third a few weeks ago would finish fourth. Guy Tirendi being the newest expert is still learning how the class works. He is a good Padawan and will use the force next week. Well that’s a wrap. Lets all hope Will Massinger a speedy recovery. Next up is the State Qualifier here at Foothills. Come one, come all! This is sure to be an exciting race day. Maybe we can even have Jason’s wieners back.

Foothills Race Report June 19, 2022 We were greeted with some cold temps and a beautifully groomed track on this Sunday Funday. A few volunteers came to the track the day before and spent the day working on the track. They did an awesome job! Special thanks to the Lyman’s, Pedersen’s, Kesl’s, and anyone else who put racing and family time aside and spent Father’s Day weekend getting the track ready. It was so cold that up in New Hampshire they got snow on top of Mt. Washington! It may have been a cool start but the action on the track was hot! Racers from all over New England and beyond came out for the state qualifier here at Foothills. We would see 59 motos and 272 racers. We even seen a few racers we haven’t seen in awhile. We would start our race day celebrating our 2022 graduating high school seniors. Kyle Lyman, Henry Hatt, and Logan Demerski would fly the American Flag during our parade lap. We also celebrated Father’s Day with raffles, baskets, and more! And a team series race with 13 teams entered! 4 Balance Bike Scout Blasi, Xander Hachenberg, and Dylan MacGregor would start the action today and they wouldn’t disappoint! Dylan would take round one. Xander was second and Scout in third. Scout would find the right sneakers in round two and win. Xander would finish second again and Dylan would finish third. Going into the fourth round they would be tied with 4 points each. The finishing order in third round would determine their fate. Scout would find first. Dylan would get second. Third would go to Xander. 3 Balance Bike James Hatt would have the perfect day and grab the win. Connor Hagan and Tristan Flynn would battle hard for the second spot. Connor would just edge out Tristan but they battled hard. I can’t wait till these two are on peddles! 1-2 Balance Bike Austin Balotti and Clark Sielken would go handlebar to handlebar each round. Clark would get mad at the announcer for not waving at him in the first round. He would stop and stare up at the announcer and refuse to move till I said hello. I don’t want to know what would have happened if I didn’t. Balotti would finish first each round but it wasn’t an easy win as each rider would wait for the other and battle to the line. 11-12 Girls Cruiser The preteen class would not disappoint. The four young ladies would battle hard for the number one spot. Kyrie Sweet would transfer out first and ultimately take home the number one. Adalyn Nevins would transfer out next and take home second. The battle to make the main would go down to Charlotte Proctor and Raquel Olson. These two would battle hard for the final spot. Charlotte Proctor would finish ahead of a charging Raquel and finish third in the main. 15-16 Girls Cruiser Peyton Pulaski on her National Age Group plate number three would take the win today. Pippa Sweet would finish second as her and Marissa Lyman would battle hard for that number two spot. Just missing the main would be Ella Urban, but not before making sound effects for the announcer. 21-30 Women Cruiser Liz Roy would speed past her fellow racers and secure the win today. She would win all three rounds. Second would go to Alysha Olson racing for Bloodtype BMX. Katelynn Adams would take a third back to The Island of Misfit Toys. 36-40 Women Cruiser Robin Blasi would take what could have ruined her day into a day to smile I hope. After some issues with Mother Nature just before racing was scheduled to begin, she would use that as a motivational win today. Jean Dohan would try to catch up but Robin was in the win no matter what mood. Dani Vyce was missing her law firm and couldn’t win the judge over. 7 & Under Cruiser Austin Dohan, Logan Carroll, Myles Fournier, and Benjamin Hagan would be very equal to each other but only one can be the winner. Logan Carroll would cross the line in front. Austin Dohan would come in second. Final spot on the podium would go to Myles Fournier. Just missing the main was Ben Hagan. 8 Cruiser Speaking of close…These kids in this class are always fun to watch. Both on track and off. With how hard they battle you would think they are arch enemies. In actuality they are best buddies. The groom today would be Logan Rice. The Best Man would be Bryson Bruns. The Man of Honor would be JD Lataille. Holding the rings from the sideline was Evan Dohan. 11 Cruiser Caleb Palmer and Johnny Kueter would transfer out one and two in the first moto and finish that way today. Noah Hardgrove would join them on the podium. Frank Kueter would finish fourth. David Crichton would have a surprise crash, and finish fifth. Another surprise number two would be DaMoose not making the main. 13 Cruiser Everett Stone for Racer Concepts would cross the line in position one. Brody Kesl would be hard charging but have to settle for second. Not to be outdone, Mark Aquillo would finish third. Johnny Urban would just miss the cut this week. 15 Cruiser These kids are fast! Jonah Graves would best the field today. Escher Chartier would be a close second. Christopher Pedersen would keep it on both wheels today and keep the forest from burning down in third. Wes Hamel battled hard but just missed out. He will be back to battle another day. 16 Cruiser Mason Bruns would get the low score and the win today in total points racing. Andrew Connett would finish one point behind in second. RJ Reale would finish third. 17-20 Cruiser Justin Markie would battle hard with the youngsters today. Nine years senior of his competition he showed experience does matter. Justin would take the win over a returning Logan Demerski. We haven’t seen him in some time but he still has it. Joshua Alstede would finish third and not making the cut was David Fernandez. 36-40 Cruiser Steve Oldham, Dustin Conley, and Marcelo Oliveira would make up this total points race. Each would finish each round in the same position. Oldham would finish first. Oliveira in second and Conley in third. 41-45 Cruiser These guys would follow suit with finishing in the same position each round. Pedro Nunes would get the win. Returning to Foothills was Tim Brown in second. Dan Urban would go for a leisurely ride in third. 46-50 Cruiser The Man of Mystery himself would finish first today. Mike Savage put up a lime rooster tail on his way to his millionth win (or somewhere near there). Efron Lefebvre would be a close second. Brian Smith would find third. Cliff Benoit would just miss the podium in fourth. Don Olson would finish in fifth. Michael Gordon would be the final position. Just missing the cut was Brian Kesl. I hear he is volunteer of the month though! 5 & Under Novice This class is huge and I hope to see each of them still racing in fifteen years! Calvin Lovely was unstoppable today. He would guide his bike to the top of the podium. Austin Bassett would finish in the deuce. Elliott Bennett would finalize the podium. Eve Flowers just missed the podium, but had a very respectful fourth place finish. Matthew Fusari at four years old would finish fifth. Coming around in sixth was Bryce Groeber. Alaina Rothstein would finish in lucky number seven. The final spot would go to Riley Whitcomb who was running really well, but unfortunately had a crash. Missing the main this week was Karter Balotti and Ricky Wendt. They will be back on the podium in no time. 6 Novice Logan Amatruda from Denver, Colorado would take the win today. Must be the altitude adjustment for that win. Silvio Montecalvo would try to figure out where Colorado is in second. Third would find Bodhi Thomas wondering who John Denver is. Benjamin Hagan was just like the Denver Broncos with no Superbowl. Ben they have won so I know you will too! 7 Novice Well we won’t see Jack Wendt in 7 Novice any more. But we will see him in 7 Intermediate, as he got win number ten today! Congrats Jack! Anthony Reck didn’t wreck but finished second. Conor MacGregor would climb on the podium in third. Ethan Pelletier would finish in fourth. Kurt Hall would have his first crash, but recover and smile as he passed me in the tower with a fifth place finish. Just missing the main was Daisy Michaud. 8 Novice 8 Novice and eight riders. Sam Fusari was on a roll with another win. Another Sam would finish second, Sam Banach to be exact. Not a Sam in third was Cypress Thomas. It was a “Pigpen” in fourth with Logan “Pigpen” Monczka. Evan Dohan would be wiping the dirt off in fifth. Archer Wehner brought home the bagels in sixth. Emilia Conley wanted a chocolate chip bagel in seventh. Matthew Verbanic crash on a bagel and missed the main. Matthew will have the cream cheese next week and stick it for a win. 10 Novice Another Montecalvo and another podium finish. On top was Julian Montecalvo. Colton Hawker would swoop in for second. Tyson Cox would finish in third. Mayson McCormick rounded out the main. Just missing it this week was Samuel Flowers. 11 Novice The lower the plate number the better the finish? Sometimes it holds true and today it did. Brody Campbell on the 4 plate would take the win. On the 18 plate was Raquel Olson with second. Ian Dwyer looking to make his 879 a low number next year would finish third. Also looking for the low number next year is Hunter Trafka and I have confidence he will. 13 Novice This class was made up of 12 and 13 years old. The 13 year old’s would rule the day today. Nathaniel Alvarado at 13 years old would take the win today. Hunter Wildgoose also thirteen would have the second position. The only twelve year old on the podium today was Olivia Shapiro. The other twelve year old, Gavin Kesl would just miss the main. 15 Novice Robert Giguere, Jaylynn Armstrong, and Ella Urban would battle hard. Giguere would dominate and win all three rounds. Urban and Armstrong would battle side by side, but Armstrong would come out on top all three rounds. 36-40 Novice Mark Wierzbicki, Aaron Tauscher, and Daniel King also battled hard in their total points race. Wierzbibicki would finish third in each round. Tauscher would finish second to King in the first two rounds. In the third Tauscher would beat King, but King would have the low points and therefore the win today. 41-45 Novice Moto 28 would find the working class trying not too get their Dickies dirty. Mariusz Sobczak would be the boss today. In the foreman's position was Rick Cancelino. Secretary was Bruce Krause. William Verbanic in Human Resources was double checking if they signed their waivers. Dan Urban was on the mop. Stephen Rabel was out back looking for employment next week. 6 Intermediate One of the riders would try to give Jason a hug in turn two. They would lodge their bike in the fence, but come out unscathed. I didn’t catch which rider it was (Dean Smith maybe?). Jacoby Young would find the other side of the fence where the finish line is first. Myles Fournier from Wilbraham, MA would peddle to second. Dean Smith would make it in third. The Ruopp boys would finish fourth (Eli) and fifth (Jeremy). Fletcher Rabel would just miss the main. 7 Intermediate Jasper Lovely would hug the first place trophy today. Ethan Crandall would raise the second place trophy high. Third would would have Carter Cianci smiling. Logan Barker would get a fourth place today. Cole Lyman would try to drive dad’s truck home in fifth. Jeremy Baio would yell from behind the fence for Cole to give the keys back. 8 Intermediate Jason Sobczak would show the other two racers how to get it done today. Orazio Strano would win the first round but get second in the remaining rounds. Wyatt Wehner would make his Intermediate debut and learn it’s a whole new experience in Intermediate. 9 Intermediate William Adams and Elliot Rabel would transfer out in the first moto. They would finish in that same order in the main. Eric MacGregor would join them on the podium. Just shy of the wooden steps was James Baio. Ryan Corso would be the remaining rider in the main. Carter Close was close but has to try again next week. 10 Intermediate This moto would see ten riders and a missed sheet would cause a rerun. Samir Fayad and Peter Pereira would miss out on this crazy main. Connor Flynn would take the win. William De Graffenried would be leading but suffer a crash and finish eighth. Second would go to Garrett Nylund. Logan Gladue would make the podium in third. Chris Schaffer would finish in the fourth position. Noah Crandall would come around in fifth. Hunter Aquillo could be found in sixth. Dylan Tomlinson would find seventh. 11 Intermediate What a race! I thought I was watching a pro race. Xander Monczka would be running in second but put his bars side by side with Domenic Cunningham as they went through turn two. As they entered turn four with Monczka deep on the inside and Cunningham just feet off the bottom of the turn, “The Monsta” would stick it hard left and hold off Cunningham the last 175 feet to the finish. There must have been Velcro on both boys tires to make them moves. Mikyla Sobczak would make her Intermediate debut in third. Jackson Baio would just miss the main. 12 Intermediate Landyn Moynihan would grab another win today. The Overhaul Racing rider would be one of three riders from Mass. Carter Gladue would finish in second. Austin Montville would score a third. Rounding out the main was Blake Nevins. Olivia Kaleta would just miss the main, but will most definitely be back to try again. 13 Intermediate Mark Aquilio racing for Retribution Race Corps would cross the line first. Cameron Engelhardt would fly into second. Sam Bond would dive deep and finish in a podium spot. Toby Schoonmaker from Torrington would peddle into fourth. Olivia Smith would come in fifth. Collin Ramsey would just miss the main but he will put the yellow jersey back in the mix soon. 14 Intermediate Damian Conley would test A positive for Bloodtype Bmx and get the win. Colin Tesla would slip in the blood and finish second. Hunter Phoenix would test positive RAD in third. Wesley Flynn would need some bandaging as he would just miss the main. 15 Intermediate The one 16 year old would take the win today. Peyton Pulaski racing for Factory Zeronine would dominate. Preston Wilder would finish in second place. Marissa Lyman would “buzz” the tower in third. Liam MacNeil would battle with Lyman but finish one position behind her. Josh Plaskett would be the final racer in the main. Jaiden Cruz would crash in the second round and miss the main. 16 Intermediate This would be a two racer total points as Kelly Horjatschun would miss all three rounds. Aden Newell would win all three rounds and take the win. Aidan Tomlinson would get second today. 17-20 Intermediate Uncle Justin Markie likes riding with the younger racers it looks like. He had this in cruiser too. I’m sure he will have a class again soon. He did show them younger guys how to win today. Jesse Salva would finish second. Maya Brown would make the podium in third. Laiken Cormier would round the bases in fourth. Kyle Lieff will try again next race. 26-35 Intermediate Desmond Melvin had the magic of Merlin as he waved the wand into first. Justin Hawker had some magic dust and finished second. Jared Brassard was holding the right cards to finish third. Jaime Couture had a crystal ball for fourth. Liz Roy couldn’t pull the rabbit out of the hat as she missed the main. 41-45 Intermediate Anthony Carneglia must have been busy building Fo’ Wheelz as he was a no show. Shane Wehner has a secret stash of bagels from Bagels Plus of Plainville that must have a secret ingredient to make you fast. He would finish first. Christopher Schaffer would smell fresh out of the oven cinnamon bagels in second. Michael Taylor would join the party with salted butter in third. 46-50 Intermediate Brian Smith would better his second place finish on Saturday at the Massachusetts State Qualifier with a first today. Gary “Clydesdale” Nylund would be down a little horsepower and finish second. Tim Adams decided since the Sani Cans were busy he would race today into third. Teammate Brian Kesl would finish in fourth. Peter Pereira would miss the main. 51 & Over Intermediate The real deal Mark Reale would hammer the peddle to the floorboard today as he wanted win number twenty as an intermediate. He would accomplish that feat and become an expert today. Congrats Mark! Shane Hayes would be the first racer to congratulate Mark as he crossed the line in second. Art Ramsey would join them in third. Daniel Bishop would miss the main. 7 Girls Expert These three would have different finishes each round. In the first moto Avery Long would finish first. Skylar Hardgrove would finish second and Kira Spence in third. In the second moto Spence would finish first, Long in second, and Hardgrove in third. One more round and anyones race. Long would win this round and win for the day. Spence would finish second and get second for the day. Hardgrove would finish in third. I can’t wait to see these three go at it again. 10 Girls Expert It was like a laser guided rocket through a rose garden. To be more exact it was Adalyn “Rocket Rose” Nevins burning up the atmosphere on her way to the win. Chloe Rothstein and Charlotte Proctor have a war of the rose for second. Rothstein would get second and Proctor third. Olivia Pieterse would miss the main, but with a little fertilizer she will be back in the winners circle. 14 Girls Expert What a sweet deal. Pippa Sweet would take the win today. Sister Kyrie would get second. Mary Sloan would join the sisters on the podium. Liz Doyle would scoot scoot to fourth. Kayla Barker did her best Terminator impersonation…I’ll be back. 8 Expert The best buds of BMX. JD Lataille would have bragging rights with his buddies as he would win today. Logan Rice who finished second said its my turn next time. Bryson Bruns said no its my turn from the third position. Logan Carroll said you all are wrong, what is on third. Austin Dohan would be confused by Logan’s response and would sit out the main trying to figure what he meant. 9 Expert David Crichton racing on a team? Yup he is wearing the flannel and joined the Island of Misfits with a win today. Frank Kueter would finish second. Sebastian Gonzalez would finish third. Jayden Mahoney would round out the main. Jason Whitcomb would sit out the main and was surprised by seeing David in a jersey. 11 Expert Caleb Palmer would best the field of eight riders. Johnny Kueter would finish in second. Devon Hurley would finish in third. Dominic Cheavalier would come around in fourth. Nicholas Maurati would finish fifth. Noah Hardgrove would finish sixth. Joey Olbrys would be the last finisher in the main. Thomas Musarella would touch the gate as he recovers from an injury. 12 Expert Brody “ODI” Kesl had the correct grips on his bike again this week as he would win. Dion Hurley for Toxic Racing would finish second. Sawyer Spence would finish third. Matthew Horjatschun would finish fourth. Brennan Nuzzo would come around in fifth. Johnny Urban will try again next race. 14 Expert Wes Hamel would put his SSquared bike on top of the podium. Caleb Kaleta would come on strong but finish second. Everett Stone would finish third. James Wolf would finish fourth. Fifth would go to Jayden Jones. Colin LeBlanc would finish in sixth place. Benjamin Conelius would miss the main. 15 Expert Jonah Graves would get out the shovel and bury the bodies today. Gavin Suares would try to hold the dirt off but would settle for second. Escher Chartier would hold the coffin open in third. Colin Gordon was just holding on to the edge of the hole in fourth. Christopher Pedersen would put a spark to the lantern in fifth. Nicolas Tirendi will rise again. 16 Expert Connor Nylund would keep his winning ways today as he would win. Mason Bruns would come around in second. RJ Reale would finish in third and celebrate with dad on moving up to expert with him. Andrew Connett will be back to try again. 17-20 Expert Surprise! The surprise was they all kept it rubber side down today. Dylan Barker would just simply dominate today. Sean Adams Would finish in second. Chris Gonyer and Hunter Zeiner would battle hard coming out of turn five with Hunter doing a one foot down move but it wasn’t quite enough as Gonyer would get third and Zeiner fourth. Henry Hatt would finish in fifth. Josh Alstede would finish in sixth. Kyle Lyman would finish in seventh. David Fernandez lost his ride I heard and would miss the main. 36-40 Expert Stephen Oldham would grab the win today. Pedro Nunes would roll into second. Marcelo Oliveira would finish third and Dan Rice in fourth. Donald Hottes will try again next time. 46-50 Expert Eron Lefebvre would dominate the field in his bright colored uniform. Trying to beat him on his CYAA frame was Greg Plaskett. Cliff Benoit hasn’t finished second since my error and I think I jinxed him with third. Rick Rothstein for Family Pride just missed the cut. 51 & Over the hill Expert Three of the nicest guys in New England BMX would battle very hard for the win today. First two motos would finish the same. Mike Savage in first, Joe Doherty in second, and Guy Tirendi in third. Third moto would still find Savage out front but Tirendi in second and Doherty in third. Well that’s a wrap on another week and what a race! Lots of tire rubs and handlebar to handlebar battles. Don’t forget we are closed for racing next week as the volunteers will be at Catamount racing in the Gold Cup Qualifier. The results from the team series: 1st SSquared of CT 2nd Washed Up Locals Island of Misfit Toys 3rd Full Circle Bike Shop Retribution 4th Bloodtype BMX 5th Wreckless Racing 6th Sylent Rage Racing 7th Young Guns 8th Broken Skull Congrats to all the teams!

Foothills Race Report July 3, 2022 Happy Fourth of July! We would see some fireworks on the track today. The volunteers were all betting on how many motos we would see today, and we were beyond our expectations except for one volunteer…Last months volunteer of the month confidently called thirty motos and he was spot on. After missing one week for the racers and volunteers to visit Vermont for a Gold Cup Qualifier the action was going to be hot today. 3 Balance Bike Vincent Young and Tristan Flynn would battle it out in our only balance bike race today. They would battle into turn four side by side each round. Vincent Young owned the last straight each round as he would cross the finish line first. 41-45 Women Cruiser Well, this was the battle of the ages. As in 42 years in age difference. Cheyenne “Stunt Girl” Stone would do her best impression of Jessie Graf from America Ninja Warrior in the first moto as she would leap from her bike over the first jump and roll down the first straight. Kelly Theologou would transfer out first and take the win today. After recovering from her stunt, Stone would finish second at only eleven years old. The following ladies said if I state their ages, I might have the microphone cord wrapped around me next week. Caissy Price would finish third. Debra Fraulo would come home fourth. Dani Vyce was so impressed with the Stunt Girl that she missed the main while on the phone talking to the producers of America Ninja Warrior. 9 Cruiser Logan Rice would not be put into the boiling pot of water today. He would instead bring the steam as he would win all three rounds. Collin Matteson and Myles Fournier would battle hard for second each round. Matteson would just edge out Fournier all three rounds. 12 Cruiser These three are like the Justice League. ODI (Kesl) would leap over the tallest building and be faster than a speeding bullet on top of the podium. Bobblehead (Hardgrove) would hammer the competition with his bobbing head superpower. And Da Moose (Musarella) would put the horns down and ram his way into third. 14 Cruiser Wes Hamel found the self-check-out lane today. He bleep bleeped his winning ticket and didn’t even have to self-bag. Kubrik Tarrant and Mark Aquillo would battle hard for the second spot. Aquillo would get second in the first round, but a crash in round two would be a hard recovery. He would finish third and Tarrant would take second today. 17-20 Cruiser Heeeesssss back. RJ Reale would take the win today after a close battle with Chris Pedersen. Teammates Josh Alstede and Steve Healey would battle to make the main, but Healey would have to go back to the pits and hang up his cruiser flannel this week, as Alsteade would make the main and finish third. 31-35 Cruiser Speaking of flannel, Island of Misfit Toys rider, Marcelo Oliveira would take all three rounds and the win. Pedro Nunes would get close each round, but would have to settle for second. Tyrone Baccile would finish third. 46-50 Cruiser Greg Plaskett would join win all three rounds club today. Cliff Benoit would draft in Plaskett’s wake. Brian Kesl was figuring out how many motos Foothills will have when we return to race in third. 6 Novice Bodhi Thomas was like the fuse cord on a firework today as he would be the first to qualify and the first to the parade. Caleb Bodwell would finish in second. Lucas Preston would come around in third. Mattie Doyle would finish in fourth. Joseph Torizzo would finish fifth. 8 Novice Eight novice and eight riders again. Joining the Justice League was Bentley (Hulk Smash) Preston. He would Bruce Banner the competition with using his head instead of his fist today and take the win. Cypress Thomas would finish second. Matty Verbanic would be excited after signing to ride for Scylent Rage Racing and finishing third. I heard in his contract he gets massages every Sunday. Jackson O’Connor would finish fourth. Ryder Osorio would come to the line in fifth. Archer Wehner would roll the bagels into sixth. Final main finisher was Kurt Hall. Lily Torizzo at seven years old will try again and hope for more seven-year-olds. 9 Novice This had to be the most exciting race of the day! Johnny Lapenta and Toby Pyzik would show up for the first round as Brooklyn Blackwood was a no show. In the second round all three riders would be on the gate. Pyzik would be leading all the way into turn three when Lapenta would make a move that “Pistol” Pete Loncarevich would be jealous of. Lapenta would dive low with the left foot dragging as he would slide to first. The third round would find Pyzik and Lapenta battling it out again. Lapenta would take the win, with Pyzik in second, and Blackwood in third. 11 Novice AJ Torizzo would be perfect today as he would get the win. Cody Bodwell and Hunter Trafka would battle hard for second. Bodwell would crash in the second round and Trafka in the third round would crash. When the points were settled second would go to Bodwell and Trafka with third. 14 Novice Robert Giguere would feel like peanut butter today. He was sandwiched between two slices of Cawley. Cawley brothers to be exact. Wyatt Cawley would be the slice on top. Logan Cawley would be under the peanut butter. Cole Walker would say he doesn’t like crust and decided to try another week when he can at least be the jelly. 41-45 Novice The working class was back, but had a new crew. William Verbanic would Punish his coworkers. He didn’t make it to work in the first moto. Must have been up late the night before reading the race report. He would qualify out in the second round and ultimately take the win. Lyle Walker would qualify out first, but didn’t have time to stop at the coffee machine and finish second. Caissy Price joined the work site this week with her special energy drink in third. Al Torizzo would curl up the moustache and finish in fourth. Jeff McKenna would not show up. Last I heard he was looking for Dan Urban’s mop closet as he got mop duty this week. 7 Intermediate Where the $%*@ did he come from?! Cole Lyman must have broken into the sugar jar as he would be faster than the Road Runner this week and beat the coyotes to the finish line. Myles Fournier and Jack Wendt would battle hard for second. Fournier would just edge out Wendt. Logan Barker would finish in fourth. Skylar Hardgrove would miss the main, but she will be back. 9 Intermediate Logan Rice would continue his winning day today. He would beat five other riders to the finish. Coming in second was Kristopher Devaux. Third would go to Collin Matteson. Felix Walker would peddle into fourth. Brady Baccile would finish in fifth. We found Wyatt Wehner in sixth after a slip. Olivia Pieterse will be back to face the limestone. 10 Intermediate round, but that didn’t deter him from coming back to win the next two rounds. He and Connor Flynn would tie in points after the third round. The tiebreaker is who has the better third round finish. Jumpin Jayden would get the win. Hunter Aquilio would finish third. 13 Intermediate Nathaniel Alvarado and Landyn Moynihan would battle each other for the win both in the first round and the main. Alvarado would come out on top. Colin Ramsey would sport the best fourth of July hat in third. Olivia Kaleta would go set off fireworks early in the pits. 14 Intermediate Wesley Flynn would make the trip down from Springfield and grab another win. Henry Morini and Toby Schoonmaker would battle back and forth for second. After the third moto it would be Morini who would get second. 15 Intermediate Liam MacNeil racing for Gate Nine was like a roman candle and just kept popping off first. He would get the win. Second was Marissa Lyman who gave him a strong run. Josh Plaskett would round out the podium. Josh Styga was the only novice but just missed making the main. 46-50 Intermediate Gary Nylund and Randy Komssi would go back and forth in the first two rounds. Tied points for first going into the third and Nylund would pull in the reins and come away with the win. Brian Kesl would finish in third. 51 & Over Intermediate Where did this guy come from? Neil Dickey in his return to Foothills after becoming an Intermediate the race before would dominate and win. Dennis Coull would take round one, but would seem to have mechanical issues after the second round and finish third. Art Ramsey would finish in second place. 13 Girls Expert Alyssa (Fire Ant) McKay would bite the competition all three rounds and take the win. Cheyenne Stone would follow her path to second. Kayla Barker would round the mound in third. 14 Girls Expert These three young ladies sound like a scary movie. The “Nightmare” Mary Sloan would slash her way to the win. Elizabeth “Scooter” Doyle would push her scooter past the big scary announcer’s tower. Sarah “Bob” Gonyer would scream at the tower and threaten to paint the announcers’ toenails as he slept. 12 Expert Deja vu? Same three superheroes with the same results. Makes for a boring sequel but always fun to watch. See 12 cruiser for the same results. Which superhero will join them next? 14 Expert Wes Hamel has been on fire lately and today was no exception as he would win. Caleb Kaleta got on his heels but came up just short and finished second. Nick Preston Jr. would finish third. Kubrik Tarrant would miss the main, but I’m sure we will see him on the podium again. 16 Expert Connor Nylund would have a crash in turn one and would take a seat as he was trying to find his fingernails. He would miss the main as he was not able to scratch his head as to what went wrong. RJ Reale would have a spark all over his rear tire, but was able to extinguish the “Sparky” to second (Pedersen). Third would go to Noah LaPlume. Anthony McGowan would finish in fourth. 17-20 Expert Dylan Barker would lead the field to the finish line today. Teammates Steve Healey and Josh Alsteade would put their flannels on the podium. Alsteade would do his no hands all the way to the third turn while Healey would chase Barker to the finish line. Kyle Lyman would say he was possessed by a BMX demon and not race today. 36-40 Expert Pedro Nunes would qualify out first and take the win today. Marcelo Oliveira would miss the first moto but transfer out in the second round and finish second. Shane Wehner would forget the cream cheese and finish third. Ryan Thomas the only novice would miss the main. 46-50 Expert Guy Tirendi and Cliff Benoit would battle all three rounds for the win. Benoit would get the win in round one and three. Tirendi would find the winner circle in round two. In the third round both would battle to the finish line with Tirendi losing control and skidding into the scorer’s tent! Someone send him a coupon for a new tent! Mark Reale would finish third and offer Guy his Amazon Prime account for a new tent. Thanks everyone for coming to race on this holiday weekend! It definitely was tons of fun and lots of laughs. Don’t forget we are not racing on Sunday July 10 as Bethel will be holding a Gold Cup Qualifier. Good luck to all the racers who are racing at the state qualifier on July 9th. I will not be at the track on the 17th as I have a state qualifier up in Massachusetts. Be gentle to Jen as she most likely will be announcing. She does great and will give it her best. On July 24th it will be the Christmas in July race at Foothills. Come as your favorite Christmas character and don’t get tangled in the tinsel!

Foothills Race Report July 24, 2022 You know Lyman and Hagan And Fournier and Pedersen Kesl and Torizzo And Urban and Adams But do you recall The most famous Track Director of all? Jason the soaked Track Director Had a very shiny garden hose And if you ever saw it You would even say in throws All of the other BMXers Used to laugh and call him names They never let poor Jason Join in any Foothills games Then one hot Sunday Funday Jen Came to say Jason with your hose so tight Won’t you spray Scott tonight Then how the BMXers loved him And they shouted out with glee Jason the soaked Track Director You’ll go down in History We didn’t have a foggy night or a blizzard. The weather forecast was for over 100 degrees, but we would see 90 and twenty mile an hour wind. It actually wasn’t too bad, but the call had been made for an early start and two moto transfer. Santa would bring gifts and there would be a gift exchange. The water gun fight would start early and by the time mains ended it was on and there was no safe place to stay dry. Adults and kids would enjoy the fun equally. 4 Balance Bike Connor Hagan and Isaac Bodwell would be our two balance bike racers today. Isaac was busy designing his own track as he would go forwards, backwards, and through the grass. He had a smile from ear to ear as he was encouraged by Connor. Connor would get the win and for his celebratory victory he would drop his bike at the finish line and pick up the garden hose and go right after Dan Urban who had his back turned away. Dan would get a cool seat as the water wars had now begun. 11 Cruiser These three elves would battle hard for the win today. JD Lataille and Noah Hardgrove would battle for the lead and Myles Fournier 3-5 years younger would stay on their heels. JD would come out with the win today. 15 Cruiser Two twelve-year-olds and two fifteen-year-olds would compete to be the best snowball. Christopher Pedersen would have the best aim as his snowball would hit the bullseye. Brody Kesl would get the second snowball. Sawyer Spence would miss the main but get credit for a third. Ella Urban would have a melted snowball and miss the fight. 31-35 Cruiser This was the class of all ages. Jonah Graves would be The Nightmare Before Christmas as the Undertaker would take the win. Mike Savage would hook up to the sleigh for a second. Marissa Lyman would add present wrap to her bike for good aerodynamics. Tommy Healey in fourth would be a Misfit. Brian Kesl in yellow and not festive colors would miss the main. 5 & Under Novice Emerson Bodwell, Bentley Clark, and Matthew Fusari would battle to be the top hat on Frosty. Clark would garnish the top hat. Matthew Fusari would get the carrot. Emerson Bodwell would be the buttons on Frosty. 6 Novice Ben Hagan would be nothing but smiles today. He would win the gift certificate to Full Circle Bike Shop presented by Foothills and Full Circle. He would then go on and win today. He must have bought some secret ingredients from Full Circle. Caleb Bodwell would roll across the finish line in second. Mattie Doyle would stand up in third. John Goehle was signed up but didn’t start. Grinch must have taken him up the mountain. 8 Novice Sam Fusari would race his last race as a novice today. Sam would go on for the win and become an Intermediate today! Ryder Osorio would cross the line in second. Kurt Hall would finish on the podium. Lily Torizzo would round out the main. Archer Wehner would have a crash in the second round and miss the main. 12 Novice Total points. Gavin Clark would take the win in the first round. AJ Torizzo would finish second and Cody Bodwell in third. In the next round Torizzo would take the win over Clark. In the third and final round it was a race between Torizzo and Clark for the win. Torizzo would cross the stripe first and grab the win. Clark for two and Bodwell for third. 15 Novice Sam Jenkins would have the perfect score and the win today. Robert Giguere would try for perfect seconds, but a slight crash in round two put him in jeopardy of finishing third to Ella Urban. He would finish second in the third round and finish second. Urban was busy designing the sound effects for the announcer and finished third. 7 Intermediate These five elves must have been eating those candy canes. They were flying high like Santa’s sleigh after the sugar. Myles Fournier gobbled down a whole package as he would scream to first. Cole Lyman must have had just one less candy cane as he would finish second. Logan Barker had some gum drops in third. Kira Spence had some ribbon candy in fourth. Hoping not to eat the fruitcake next week is Skylar Hardgrove. 15 Intermediate Liam MacNeil was in a hurry today to get to camp. So much so that he flew to the win. Toby Schoonmaker and Hunter Phoenix would battle back and forth for second. Ultimately Schoonmaker would get second and Phoenix third. 46-50 Intermediate Well now we know what the mall Santas do in the summertime. They shave the beard and come to the white track to see who has the fastest sled. Santa Savage would lead the way all day. Santa Adams would trade his red suit for a yellow one and finish in second. Santa Kesl must work at the same mall as Santa Adams as they both wore yellow. The novice Santa didn’t make the main, but I hear that Santa Torizzo was in talks with Rudolph for some of that magic dust for next week. 15-16 Girls Expert Marissa Lyman was called scary by her competitors today. Is she the Grinch? Nah, she is just that fast. Elizabeth Doyle was following the sleigh tracks and finished second. Sarah Gonyer would follow the tinsel into third. 9 Expert JD Lataille traded in his red suit for a yellow and purple one. Yup new team and still winning. The rider who won the Wakefield style contest would finish second. The don’t call him Jumpin Jayden for no reason! Coby Sickler would come down from the Catskills and finish third. Wyatt Wehner would prepare for the water gun fight early in the pits. 11 Expert Noah Hardgrove would battle hard for the win over Nick Maurati. Thomas Musarella would put his front tire into the mix but would finish third. Rylan Spence would find himself in fourth. Adalyn Nevins would just miss the main, but I know she has more ammo for the next time. 12 Expert Reindeer Brody Kesl would guide the sleigh across the finish line. Helping pull the sleigh in second was reindeer Sawyer Spence. Reindeer Brennan Nuzzo would also help pull the sleigh in third. Reindeer Landyn Moynihan would try to steal the toy sack and would be punished with no main. If he is a good boy Santa said he can try again next week. 14 Expert Wes Hamel and Cassen Sickler would battle hard for the win. Hamel would take the first two rounds and finish second to Sickler in the third round. Hamel would have the low points and therefore the win. Nick Preston Jr. would be right in the mix but come up a little short in third. 16 Expert Three experts and a novice. The three experts would make the main today. Alex Young being the only novice was able to gain some experience from these guys and will be just as fast as them in no time. Jonah Graves would lead the way all day. Gavin Suares would jump the triple like Rudolph over the moon. Sparky Pedersen would light the window candles in third. 17-20 Expert Snowball fight! Dylan Barker would throw the snowballs in the competitors faces and drive the sleigh home first. Chris Gonyer would try to throw snowballs at Barker but was blinded and finished second. And poor Shane Wehner. Old enough to be the other racers father. He needed to have the “boys” throw snowballs at his knees. He stated after that he will catch those young whipper snappers and stuff their faces in the snow. Well, I hope everyone enjoyed the Christmas in July race. I know the kids enjoyed the water fight afterwards! When I return in two weeks, I owe a few people a bucket of water. Good Luck to those going to the Gold Cup Qualifier next Sunday and yes Foothills will be open next Sunday for racing. Camp is coming up and if your interested please message the track. Two very good kids and racers will work hard to better our racing experience and talent. Now I need to go nail up the mistletoe and kiss the fiancé.

Foothills Race Report August 14, 2022 Well after putting away the snow gear from our Christmas in July race and finally drying out from the water gun fight, we were welcomed to a cool day. Today’s race was a double point race that proceeds went to the Race for Life program. The program raises money for Leukemia research. We would raise $1410 for the cause. Special shoutout to the Bodwell family who raised $687!!! Way to go! The call was made to do a two-moto transfer system today. It was about to get exciting. 4 Balance Bike Connor Hagan, River Davis, and Scout Blasi would show us an exciting balance bike race today. Scout would win the first round, Connor in second, and River in third. The second round would see a different outcome. Connor would win, River in second, and Scout in third. The final round would determine our winner today. Scout would win round three and overall, for the day. Connor in second and River in third. 3 Balance Bike Rylee Olson would not make it out on the track today. Must have either been at the ice cream truck or licking birthday candles (more on that in a minute). Isaac Bodwell and Tristan Flynn would battle with each other all three rounds. They would wait on each other and stare each other down in this epic battle of Tykes in a Half Shell. They would swap wins in the first two rounds. Final round would determine the winner and Bodwell would come out on top. Flynn would go back to the pits and demand ice cream from Doda’s Ice Cream truck. 15-16 Girls Cruiser Marissa Lyman would chuckle her way to the win today. Cheyenne Stone would lay down the power into second. Ella Urban would giggle her way to third. Raquel Olson was seen chasing after a kid with fifty birthday candles and ice cream all over her face. 36-40 Women Cruiser Scary first round for the moms of BMX. Caissy Price and Kate Adams would tangle in turn two and crash hard. Kate would get up and continue on. Caissy on the other hand was busy explaining human anatomy to Jason and the physics of her body armor. She would recover but sit out the rest of the day to be cautious and see about those candles and ice cream. She is okay and busy getting ready for the next race. Jessica Waters would skip across the pond for the win today. Jean Dohan would finish second. Debra “Chunky Monkey” Fraulo would finish third (and I need to find out about this nickname!). Recovering from the crash in fourth was Kate Adams. 11 Cruiser The boys of red, white, and black. Tyler Marhafer would visit from New York and take the win today. Noah Hardgrove would finish second. Reid Waters would come in third. The one rider wearing the same colors not making the main was Austin Dohan. All four boys would keep the announcer on his toes with the same colors! 12 Cruiser Dion Hurley would look back once at the competition but that’s all he needed as he would go on for the win. Brody Kesl would be all over his back tire and come in at a strong second. Sawyer Spence would finish third. Just missing the main would-be, Carter Gladue. 15 Cruiser Hey wanna give me a Spark? Chris “Sparky” Anderson would light it up and take the win today. Brayden Lanagan would try to put out the fire, but be left smoldering in second. Mark Aquillo would be crispy in third. Sam Bond as a newer cruiser rider would just miss the main. 17-20 Cruiser Jonah Graves would show his speed and scream around the track all three rounds. Josh Alstede would perform his circus act in second. I hear next week he is planning on adding a monkey to the act. Speaking of monkeys, Dan Urban would sit up in turn one throwing peanuts at the announcer. Jeesh that guy. 46-50 Cruiser Mike Savage was a savage today. He wouldn’t even let the birthday boy have a chance at blowing out the candles. Mike would run away from the field with the cake. Cliff Benoit thought about letting the birthday boy have a shot but then Mike said he would split the cake with Cliff. Poor Don Olson. He would finish third, watch his competitors eating his cake after the race and realize that 50 years ago Alice Cooper’s song Schools Out was number one and the video game Pong was introduced. 5 & Under Novice Nick Davis, Griffin Miller, Matthew Fusari, Remington Waters, Walter Steins, Austin Bassett, and Emerson Bodwell would put on quite the show. In the main they would be flying back and forth with who was leading and who was crashing. They would test their safety equipment, but all would come out unscathed. Bassett would grab the win. Steins in second. Davis in third. Fusari would finish fourth. Fifth would go to Bodwell, and final finisher would be Miller. Only rider not needing to test safety equipment was Waters. 6 Novice Ben Hagan would find the finish line first I his bright yellow Box jersey. Caleb Bodwell would finish right behind him. Bodhi Thomas would finish on the podium in third. Eddie Lapinski visiting for the first time to Foothills would finish fourth. Joseph Torizzo would ride to a fifth-place finish. Lucas Preston would have a hard crash in turn one. Glad to see him recover and hope he is feeling okay. Ricky Wendt would just miss the main. 8 Novice We haven’t had much rain lately, but a few riders wanted to make sure the drainage down the second straight was in working order. All the riders would recover. Cypress Thomas would get the W today. Matthew Verbanic would get second. Ethan Pelletier came around in third. Evan Dohan would finish fourth. Fifth we would find Logan Monczka. Archer Wehner would finish sixth. Lily Torizzo will try again next week. 11 Novice Elijah Pagan is a novice no more! He would get the win and now race as an intermediate. Congrats! Sorry I didn’t know till after the fact. AJ Torizzo would be the first to congratulate the winner as he would finish second. Raquel Olson would finish on the podium in third and ask dad who is Alice Cooper? Ian Dwyer would join the party in fourth. Johnny Lapenta would finish in fifth. Cody Bodwell will try again next week. 13 Novice The handyman with a “Crowbar” would pry open the competition and get the win today. Crawford Kesl would grab the win. Second would go to Gavin Clark and Hunter Price in third. Gavin Kesl would give a great effort, but just miss the main. 41-45 Novice Don’t Cancelino your subscription quite yet. Rick Cancelino would find the winner circle. Al Torizzo would be turning up the edges of his mustache with his smile in second. William Verbanic would have a crash, but finish in third. Caissy Price and Jeff McKenna would both not make it off the starting hill. 6 Intermediate Myles Fournier did some fast foot work and would zoom to the win. Jacoby Young would come in second. Trey Davis had the eagle eye in third. Skylar Hardgrove drove in a fourth. Bentley Clark just missed the main. 8 Intermediate Reid Waters had the H20 to go or was it an energy drink? Either way he would win today. Anthony Reck would want some of that water but would have to settle for diet drink in second. Wyatt Wehner would use his Ginja Ninja skills for third. Cole Lyman would demand a soda in fourth. Austin Dohan and Jack Wendt would split a Capri Sun. Sam Fusari needed a drink, so he missed the main. 9 Intermediate Totally awesome kids and awesome racing from this total points race. All three would compete for the win, but in the end, it would be Collin Tindell on top. Second would go to Kristopher DeVaux. Third would be Will Adams. 11 Intermediate Connor Flynn from Springfield, MA would show the Connecticut boys how to get it done today. Xander Monczka also from Massachusetts would finish second. Cheyenne Stone would be right on his heals in third. Logan Gladue and Jackson Hine would round out the main. Blake Price would sit out the main and help mom with her wounds. 13 Intermediate Sam Bond was unstoppable on his way to the win today. Carter Gladue tried but came up second. Collin Thayer would make the podium in third. Landyn Moynihan would just miss the podium in fourth. Olivia Smith would finish fifth. Collin Ramsey would just miss the main. 15 Intermediate Wesley Flynn was on fire today. He would win today against another very strong racer in Marissa Lyman in second. Dan Sears would finish in third. Hunter Phoenix would cross the line in fourth. Toby Schoonmaker would get fifth and Ella Urban in sixth. Gwenyth Hall still fighting an injury would just miss the main. 17-20 Intermediate Jesse Salva, Joel Geier, and Laiken Cormier would battle. Salva would come out with the win. Geier in second. Cormier would finish third. 41-45 Intermediate Shane Wehner would battle hard with Cliff Benoit all three rounds. The low points would work in Shane’s favor for the win. Benoit would get second. Dan Marhafer would finish in third. Shane and Dan were talking about going and having a six pack on bagels after the race. Well maybe not bagels… 46-50 Intermediate Mike Savage would lead the swarm all day. It looked like a swarm of angry bees behind him. The all-yellow riders from Scylent Rage would chase after him. Tim Adams tried to sting Mike but couldn’t quite get there. Art Ramsey would still score in the honey with a third. Brian Kesl would be the Pooh Bear licking the bottom of the honey pot. The announcer would stay in his booth so as to not get stung. 14 Girls Expert Mary Sloan would battle with Liz Doyle for the win. Couple close finishes, but Mary would come out on top. Sarah Gonyer would finish in third and congratulate the class on not getting stuck in the honey pot. 10 Expert Devon Hurley would show why he was recently the spotlight rider on USABMX. He would win today. Jayden Mahoney would make some crazy fast moves on his way to second place today. Rylan Spence would finish on the podium in third. Sebastian Gonzalez would just miss the main. 11 Expert These three riders would be slicing and dicing like a Ginsu knife each round. When the final bell rang it would be Tyler Marhafer with the win. Noah Hardgrove would finish second. Third would go to Nicholas Maurati. 12 Expert Dion Hurley would jumpitty jump in for the win. Sawyer Spence would finish in second. Brody Kesl would cross the line in third. Brennan Nuzzo would just miss the main. 14 Expert Wesley Hamel would find the winners circle today. Ryan Assheton would be on his back tire in second. Nathan Burlingham was knocking tires also in third. Nick Preston would just miss the podium in fourth. Colin LeBlanc will be back to show that he knows the way around next race. 15 Expert Escher Chartier would say CYAA to the competition as he would win today. Gavin Suares would say YESS to second. Colin Gordon had a Broken Skull in third. Chris Pedersen had a Sparky idea in fourth. Brayden Lanagan didn’t have a nickname yet, so he missed the main. 16 Expert Jonah Graves would scream around the track and in for the win. Noah LaPlume would finish in second. Trevor Cooper would smile and make some awesome brraaappp noises for the announcer in third. 17-20 Expert Johnathan Austin would visit from eastern Mass and take the win. Dylan Barker would finish in second. Sean Adams would round out the total points race. 21-25 Expert Josh Alstede would keep both hands on the handlebars and win. Donald Hottes would close in but not quite steal the win. Ryan Thomas at just a “few” years older would finish in third. It was great to see everyone after a few weeks of being at other tracks for Gold Cup and State Qualifiers. Next week is the National in Trumbull. I know I will be rooting for each and every rider from Foothills and I hope to see every rider do very well. See you at the National and in two weeks at Foothills!

Foothills Race Report August 28, 2022 It was a gorgeous day for racing. Slightly overcast and not overly hot. We weren’t here last week as most riders were down in Trumbull at the National. It was great to see riders from near and far. Colors on jerseys didn’t matter as we all cheered each other on. Great job to all the riders no matter what the outcome of your race. Be proud and smile on! We received a LOT of rain and a few volunteers were out on Thursday and Saturday repairing the rain damage. Thank you for all your hard work. Special thanks to the Kesl’s and Pedersen’s for taking two days out of your busy schedules to repair the track. You all spend countless hours working on the track and it is appreciated every time. Thank you to those who also helped this week with the repairs. Hopefully we don’t see the monsoon rains for awhile. 4 Balance Bike Baby Shark! Connor Hagan must have got into the Mountain Dew in concessions. His little feet looked like the road runner as he screamed to the finish line each round. Isaac Bodwell would smile from ear to ear each round and entertain corner marshal Dan Urban each round. He is getting quicker each week and was sporting sharks on his jersey. Don’t go in the water when this little racer is on track. 17-20 Women Cruiser Well these ladies of BMX would finish in order of age. The youngest being Adalyn Nevins who would hold up to her nickname of Rocket Rose as she would grab the win. Ella Urban wasn’t late for Cinderella's Ball in second. Caissy Price and Melissa Kaleta would battle for the last qualifying spot. Caissy was back after having a scary crash two weeks ago. She would make the main and finish in third. Glad to see you back Caissy! 7 & Under Cruiser What a battle with these 6 and 7 year old's. Reid Waters would have plenty of water in the tank and steer the TNT to the win. Logan Carroll would battle hard and finish in second. Myles Fournier would stick his bike right in there and finish in third. Ben Hagan and I would have a couple smiles and laughs during practice as he was thrilled to help Pete run the gate during practice. The kid has talent on the track and as a gate operator too! 12 Cruiser These four riders would make it difficult if you were betting on races (I don’t recommend it as you don’t want to be the next Pete Rose of BMX). Dion Hurley would come out on top but not till Brody Kesl and Noah Hardgrove gave him a run. At one point or another each one would have the lead but Dion would put on the afterburners each time and scream back into the lead. JD Lataille being out aged gave a valiant effort and was right there, but luck wasn’t on his side and sat out the main. 15 Cruiser Sam Bond would win the first round against the boys two years older than him. Gavin Suares would win the final two rounds and ultimately win for the day. Chris Pedersen (Not Andersen as this ding dong announcer misprinted last week) would be all over Suares like gum on the bottom of a shoe and finish second. 21-25 Cruiser You might as well call this the "all ages" cruiser class today. Jonah Graves would return from an injury. He would not let it slow him down as he would get the big W today. Josh Alstede would keep his hands on the handlebars and leave the monkey and circus peanuts at home as he would come in second. Mike Savage would come in third behind the young guns. Cliff Benoit wouldn’t make the main, but would check track conditions after the race and would give the fence a well-deserved hug. He is okay and a detour sign will be put at the top of turn two. 5 & Under Novice These five riders battled hard for the win today. Austin Basset would come out on top at the end. Anthony Rodriguez was in a very close second. Griffin Miller stayed right in the hunt too and made the podium in third. Fourth would find Remington Waters at just 3 years old. Emerson Bodwell would miss the main, but I know he will be back to battle with all his friends. 6 Novice These kiddos with big helmets and big hearts would battle like it was the Pro race at the grands. Banging bars and rubbing tires all the way around the track. When the dust settled Caleb Bodwell would be on top. Ben Hagan would be a close second. Lucas Preston would be up front battling and finish third. Bodhi Thomas would also be in the mix and finish fourth. Mattie Doyle would finish fifth and be proud she wasn’t banging bars and stood up proud in fifth. Ricky Wendt was screaming fast, but just missed the main. He will be right back banging bars with the rest soon. 8 Novice Cypress Thomas was no sloth today. His nickname is Speedy Sloth and I don’t know if that means fast and slow or something else but he should be called Express Thomas as he would locomotive over the competition today. Matty Verbanic would come in second. Ethan Pelletier would make the podium in third. Ryder Osorio from Torrington would finish fourth. Logan Monczka would round out the field. Kurt Hall would miss the main, but he will hopefully have a class of 7 year old's next week and be back out front. 11 Novice Johnny LaPenta would qualify out first and find the finish line first today. Not bad for a nine-year-old! Speaking of nine years old, Toby Pyzik also nine would finish in second. Cody Bodwell would be the final rider to make the main. Austin Esposito would just miss the main, but I’m sure he will be back for more fun. 14 Novice Robert Giguere and myself would have a couple of laughs both on and off the track about jersey selections today. It must have worked as he would win today. He wants my jersey next. Might have to have a one on one race. Noah Bennett had both of us jealous with his awesome jersey in second. I really dig the colors and design. Brian Kesl corner marshalling in turn two wants one ordered for himself in youth medium! Gavin Kesl would shake his head about Brian’s size selection in third. 6 Intermediate Myles Fournier would build a fence with three fence posts and secure the win. Kira Spence would finish in second. Skylar Hardgrove would bring it home in third. 8 Intermediate Logan Barker, Logan Carroll, Jack Wendt, Cole Lyman, Wyatt Wehner, Bentley Preston, and Reid Waters would zig zag and twist like a 1950s dance craze. Logan “Style King” Carroll would be the “King” today. Reid Waters would “Jitterbug” to second. Wyatt Wehner would “Boogie Woogie” to third. Jack Wendt did a little “Bop” into fourth. Cole Lyman did the “Lindy” in fifth. Bentley Preston did the “Twist” in sixth. Logan Barker decided he wanted to do a more modern dance and was seen doing “The Floss” in the pits. 11 Intermediate Xander “The Monsta” Monczka would scare the competition like a scene from Monsters Inc. He would Mike Wazowski the total points race. Sully was in second, err I mean Sam Fayad. Blake Price would be Boggs and act like a chameleon in third. 13 Intermediate Sam Bond was like a unbreakable epoxy and would stick the win. Landyn Moynihan and Aiden LeBlanc would battle back and forth for second. Landyn would come out on top in the third round and finish second, while Aiden would finish third. 15 Intermediate These seven riders would be made up of 14 and 15 year old's and a 16 Girl Expert. All would receive expert points. Josh Plaskett has been working out like Richard Simmons in the 1980s! Well maybe not with pink tights. Anyway it is showing as he would win today. Liam MacNeil would come in second and glad nobody was wearing tights. Marissa Lyman would want leg warmers from the 1980s in third. Henry Morini would miss the podium because his MC Hammer pants got stuck on his seat. Toby Schoonmaker “pegged” his pants in fifth. Gwen Hall was busy adjusting her Oakley Sunglasses in sixth. Ella Urban was busy shopping for her best neon fishnet shirt and missed the main while her Madonna bracelets rattled. 26-35 Intermediate I Said, Its gettin’ hot in here (so hot) So take off all your clothes…. Well lets hope Donald Hottes leaves his clothes on and keeps his winning ways. Don would best the field. Shane Wehner tried to put the ice on Mr. Hottes but had to settle for second. Leigh Waters would have the water boiling in third. CJ Krutka couldn’t believe all the hot comments and finished in fourth. Ryan Thomas didn’t make the main, but was seen getting Don’s wardrobe ready just in case he started to undress. 46-50 Intermediate Tim Adams wasn’t distracted from the dance off at the finish line and would tap shoe his way to first. Say Hay, Shane Hayes, Play like Mays and ride like Hayes. Shane Hayes would finish second today and was seen doing push ups down by the finish line afterwards. Brian Kesl would finish third and hope he didn’t have to do pushups with Hayes. Speaking of push ups… Robert Markewicz would be seen doing pushups in turn one in his first race at 62 years young. He might not have made the main with the young guns, but don’t count him out yet! 14 Girls Expert These three girls were out having some fun today. Liz “Scooter” Doyle was on point all three rounds and got the win today. Sarah “Bob” Gonyer was dreaming of school shopping in second. Kayla Barker was somersaulting all around the track and enjoying racing with the girls. 9 Expert Jayden Mahoney and JD Lataille would battle back and forth and eventually the points would be added up and Jayden would come out on top. JD would finish in a strong second. Will Adams would stay right in the mix and would finish in third and get expert points. Not bad for an Intermediate! 11 Expert Same kind of action in this class as the one before. Noah Hardgrove and Devon Hurley would battle back and forth. Devon would come out on top in this one. Noah would finish second. Rylan Spence would finish in a close third. 12 Expert Dion Hurley would run away with this one today. He must have had a whole bag of jellybeans as he would sugar coat it with the big W. Brody Kesl and Sawyer Spence would battle hard for the second spot. Brody would come out on top, while Sawyer would finish third. 13 Expert These three riders would change position in each round. Matt Horjatschon , Nick Preston, and Johnny Urban had the scorers doing math like it was their first day back at school. Matt would come out with the low points and the win. Nick would get second. Johnny would get third. 15 Expert Another lesson for the scorers. After doing all this math today they want recess and the square pizza. Gavin Suares would be head of the class today. Christopher Pedersen would bring the teacher an apple in second. Caleb Kaleta would say the dog ate his homework in third. 17-20 Expert Jonah Graves is practicing for The Grands and if today's race was any indicator the competition better look out! He would win and put Full Circle on the map. Dylan Barker would finish in second. Josh Alstede would round out the podium. Chris Gonyer would finish in fourth. Laiken Cormier would round out the main. Riley Park was the only novice in the group an unfortunately not make the main. 46-50 Expert Mike Savage would get the perfect score and help Cliff Benoit show the rookie expert how to soil his shorts in this class. Gary Nylund and Benoit would bang bars and get that pucker effect a few times in today's race. Gary would finish in second. Cliff would give Gary a Tide Pod to wash his shorts. Gary, just remember to use those pods in the laundry on gentle cycle and not to ingest. Well, that’s a wrap on another race week. The BMX community lost one of our own in the past week and I ask for you to say a special prayer for the Carlson Family. Zac Carlson rode his bike up to the pearly gates and will be missed. The BMX community will be thinking of you and the family. We will return next week and hope everyone joins us so that we have lots of riders at the End of Year Banquet. Don’t forget to get your ten races in!

Foothills Race Report September 4th, 2022 We entered September racing with a threat of rain. We would race a two-transfer system today and well beat the rain. We would have a special guest today. James Pennucci and family would visit while on vacation. He would set up his cameras and snap some awesome racing shots. In this guy’s opinion probably the best photographer in BMX. I can’t wait to see more of the pics! We would remind everyone that there is after todays race only two races left to qualify for the outing on October 9th. The riders need ten races to qualify. Each qualifying rider is allowed one guest for free. Additional details on the food, awards, events, and more are forth coming. This is an awards ceremony that has been a blast every year. 3 Balance Bike Three balance bike riders today and one was a first-time rider. Connor Hagan would keep up his winning ways today. I hear the officials want to send of his balance bike to NASA to certify that this thing isn’t made out of some new funky metal or runs on fusion. Honora Osario would give balance bike a try today and finish second. Not a bad start! Isaac Bodwell would switch from sharks on his jersey to dinosaurs today. Shirt might be different, but that smile sure wasn’t as he would finish in third. 15-16 Girls Cruiser Riley Pennucci would visit us from New Jersey and figure out Foothills pretty quickly as she would win on cruiser today. Cheyenne Stone is five years younger than Riley but would stay right on her heals and finish in second. Ella Urban would giggle to third. Raquel Olson would not make the main, but had bigger plans for later in the race… 41-45 Women Cruiser The moms of BMX would put on quite the show today. Jean Dohan would spin the tires into first today. Missy Kaleta and Caissy Price would battle back and forth all day for the second-place position. Missy would make the final move and finish in second. Sarah Huberty would miss the main and corner marshal in turn four where there was lots of action today. 7 & Under Cruiser Austin Dohan would have his “Tongue Out” and luckily kept it out of his spokes as he would see the checkered flag first. Myles Fournier was trying to grab that tongue, but it was a little too slippery. He would finish in a close second. Ben Hagan was “Jammin” in third and avoiding all the slobber in third. 12 Cruiser These four riders would battle hard and very close each round. In the main we would see Dion Hurley, Brody Kesl, and Sawyer Spence go into turn one as if they were on one bike. All three would tangle exiting turn one. Dion would wobble but go on for the win. Brody would be next to his feet and check on Sawyer who was still down. Thomas Musarella who didn’t make the main would come down and check on his competitor as well as Dion. All three would help Sawyer as he was being looked at for injuries. As of this writing I haven’t heard how Sawyer is doing but hope all is well and hope for a quick recovery. 15 Cruiser Christopher Pedersen, Mark Aquillo, and Wes Hamel would battle this total points race right to the end. Pedersen would win all three rounds. Wes Hamel and Mark Aquillo would rub tires for the second spot with Hamel coming out on top for second. 21-25 Cruiser Jonah Graves would think he was at a “grunge” concert. He would crowd surf to the front of the stage and grab the win. Steve Healey would lead the Misfits to second. Josh Alstede would say he was born long after the grunge scene in third. Marcelo Oliveira would miss the tour bus and sit out the main. 46-50 Cruiser Now this group will remember the “grunge” scene of the early 1990s. Pearl Jamming to the win would be Mike Savage. Cliff Benoit would sport the flannel and request for some Nirvana. Don Olson would want some Black Hole Sun in third. Brian Kesl would miss the main and be seen watching the movie “Singles” in his vehicle. 5 & Under Novice These wild and crazy kids make it fun to watch when they have a seven-rider gate. Evan Day would be on top of the podium today. He would battle hard with Matthew Fusari for that spot. Griffin Miller would crash in the first round but come back to finish third. Remington Waters would come in fourth. In fifth we would find Anthony Rodriguez. Rounding out the main would be Emerson Bodwell. Chase Petterson will try again real soon. 6 Novice We would see 7 riders in this group also. Austin Bassett would win in this wild group. Ben Hagan and Caleb Bodwell would have a drag race for second. The scorers would say Bodwell would get second and Hagan in third. Jaxon Vidal would roll across in fourth. Mattie Doyle and Bodhi Thomas would round out the field. Ricky Wendt would miss the main but will be back to enter the battle. 8 Novice The “Speedy Sloth” would confuse the announcer again and leave him with sleepless nights. He can’t figure out if he is fast or slow. Only thing he can figure it must mean fast since he won again. Cypress Thomas for the win to be exact. Ryder Osorio would come in second and be wanting the announcer to be wrong and hope it meant slow. Daniel French would be a no show in the main and must have been contemplating and pondering the same thing. Kurt Hall would miss the main and state he will have the answer next week. 9 Novice Johnny LaPenta his father and I would have a nice conversation about Johnny and his bike as practice began. They informed me about how much fun they are having this year. He had so much fun today as he would win each round today. Toby Pyzik would battle back and forth with Johnny and come home second. Ashley French smile and finish third. 11 Novice I would hand over the mic to a fellow announcer and rider for this special move up. Don Olson would call this moto. He would have an apparent dust issue as he would be teared up and straining to breathe as he would call his daughter in for the win. Not only did she win but got her tenth win. Congrats to Raquel on her move up to Intermediate! Ian Dwyer would have a front row seat to her win in second. Cody Bodwell would finish third but not before helping a fellow rider up after crashing. Austin Esposito would finish in fourth. Audrianna Day would try out Foothills for the first time today. Hope to see you back! 14 Novice This total points race would only see two riders today as Gavin Kesl would be absent. Robert Giguere would win race number nine on Friday night. Going into today he was still begging me for my jersey. Robert if I don’t wear mine, then I have to race shirtless. I don’t think the ladies want me to show my abs like Mark Wahlburg. Gladly Robert would win race number ten and join Raquel on the move up to Intermediate. Congrats! Olivia “The Reg” Shapiro would put her 44 into second today and grab some district points. 36-40 Novice Steve Fournier would make a return to racing and would run away with a win today. Michael Osorio would have a slight bobble and his seat would decide to point up at the sun. Michael would be glad the announcer warned him of a possible enema. Ryan “Rapid Rhino” Thomas would not become extinct in third and was glad his seat was in working order. Jeff McKenna would not start and therefore not be in the main. 7 Intermediate Jack Wendt, Myles Fournier, Jacoby Young, and Kira Spence would be listed in this order on the moto sheet, and it would match to the finishing order. Jack, Myles, and Young would battle hard for the win in this close race. 8 Intermediate Austin Dohan would win in cruiser and also in class today. Sam Fusari and Logan Barker would finish in second and third after battling for the win. Cole Lyman would slip a peddle in the second round and miss the main. 12 Intermediate If Wonder Woman has an invisible jet and a truth lasso what does the Stunt Girl get? She gets first of course, and her superpowers are a secret. Shhhhh. Olivia “Hot Tamale” Kaleta would be throwing candy at the announcer since he called her Missy (mom’s name). He is a little bruised but okay. Blake (Snakebite) Price would come in third and hiss at the announcer for saying wrong names. 14 Girls Expert Liz “Scooter” Doyle would scoot away with the win today as she would win all three rounds. Natalie Kent and Sarah Gonyer would trade positions in second. Kent would be in second in the final round. Gonyer would try one last time entering into turn four. She would crash and have the announcer coming out of the booth. She was just licking the limestone to check its PH level. 15-16 Girls Expert Marissa Lyman would show our guest the way around Foothills today. She would lead Riley Pennucci visiting to our track in a few years. Gwen Hall would come home in third. Ella Urban would miss the main but supply the sound effects for our next promotional add. 10 Expert Devon Hurley would be like “Air” France and fly the friendly skies to first. Sebastian Gonzalez would be a passenger in first class as he would finish second. Rylan Spence would sit in couch and be smiling looking out the window. Kristopher DeVaux was in the cargo hold this week but will want that captains seat next week. 12 Expert Thomas Musarella, Sawyer Spence, Brennan Nuzzo, Brody Kesl, and Dion Hurley would make up this class today. Dion and Brody would battle right down to the line with Dion just edging our Brody at the line. Nuzzo would get third. Sawyer would make the main, but because of his crash in cruiser he would be a did not start. Thomas Musarella wouldn’t make the main but would like to wish Sawyer a speedy recovery as we all do. 14 Expert Wes Hamel and Caleb Kaleta would battle really hard for the win today. At the line the win would go to Wes Hamel by inches. Caleb would finish in second. Matthew Horjatschun would finish in third after almost missing the main. Hunter Phoenix and Johnny Urban would round out the field. Toby Schoonmaker would just miss the main but will be back to try again. 16 Expert Jonah Graves would find the finish line in record time. Christopher Pedersen would come home in second. Alex Young the only novice would finish in third. Keep racing with Jonah and Sparky and you will be just as fast as them Alex! 21-25 Expert The “Bulldozer” would plow down the class today and grab his first win at Foothills this year. Dylan Barker would stay on his back tire in second. Steve Healey would put the flannel on the podium in third. Marcelo Oliveira was the oldest rider but didn’t slow him down in fourth. Josh Alstede would be the final finisher in the main. Devin Murphy would just miss making the main. She is now a proud teacher and ready to teach our youth. 46-50 Expert Mike Savage would zip to the finish line each round out front. Cliff Benoit would make sure to turn right in turn two and finish second. Brian Kesl would finish in third today. Well in closing this week out I’d like to say I've seen some great sportsmanship by so many racers this Sunday. If everyone can show just one piece of sportsmanship in the BMX community, it can help the sport grow. Sportsmanship also entails volunteering. We are able to bring races to everyone, because of volunteers. Only pay we receive is smiles. I’ll take the smiles over cash any Sunday. Thank you to all who volunteer. We are starting to see riders abusing the rules and we ask to please read the rulebook and listen to ALL the volunteers. When riding the track please go in one direction and finish your lap. Don’t slow down as a faster rider could slam into you. We have noticed a few too many close calls lately. Also no dropping in from turns! We don’t want to ask anyone to leave, but its up to everyone to police themselves. We are looking to keep the track nice and keep everyone safe. Bikes only and riders should be the only ones up on the starting hill when you are supposed to be. Stay in your chute until you are called up. This is just a few reminders for both racers and parents. We have two more weeks till the awards outing so make sure you get your ten races in and try your best. The outing will be a blast!

Foothills Race Report September 11th, 2022 We would have a threat of rain on this somber day. We would have a few sprinkles but would get our race in today. Today was September 11th and it is a day of remembrance. We would have an opening ceremony remembering the lives lost and a parade lap led by Scylent Rage with the American Flag. Opening speech by Scott Gonyer for September 11th, 2022 21 years ago, on this day (September 11th, 2001) a tragic event unfolded in America. In New York City at the World Trade Center, in Washington D.C. at the Pentagon, and in a farmer’s field in Pennsylvania the world witnessed a horrific loss of life. Americans will not and should not forget this day. It would be a day that would change how America cares, reacts, and consoles each other. It would leave an indelible mark on generations memories for the remainder of their lives. The world as we knew it had and would change. Now with over twenty years since the tragic events of September 11th, we have generations that were not there or old enough to understand the significance of this day. It is our moral duty and responsibility to educate the next generation and those to become future generations of what this day means. We all know where we were, what we were doing, and who we were with on September 11th, 2001. Those born after or were too young don’t have those memories. Its time to be reminded and taught what it means to be an American. Why we stand proud. Why we should never forget. I hope this current generation and all future generations won’t have to experience an unexpected large-scale event such as this tragedy. Twenty-one years ago we all hugged, wiped each other’s tears, consoled one another, and prayed together even if they were strangers. I ask this generation to reach out and educate themselves on what happened on September 11th. The day that changed America forever. Please be kind to each other. Please remember to be compassionate to each other. Please don’t forget this day. 4 Balance Bike Tristan Flynn and Connor Hagan would battle it out in their three rounds today. Connor would have his legs spinning like the Roadrunner while Tristan was doing his best Wile E. Coyote impersonations and just couldn’t quite get the Acme anvil to stop Connor. Connor is worried if USABMX will start an antidoping protocol, because he might test positive for Caffeine or sugar. Something has got to have them legs spinning that fast!?!? 17-20 Women Cruiser Kyrie Sweet would break some hearts again as she would take the win today. Cheyenne Stone would have her super stunt girl powers turned on in second place. Caissy Price would giggle her way into third. Melissa Kaleta would miss the main, but still have a great time with the girls. 11 Cruiser Noah Hardgrove would win today but not easily as Thomas Musarella would be putting the pressure on each time they hit the track together. Da Moose would finish second. Myles Fournier who was five years younger than Noah and Thomas would stay close behind in third. Ben Hagan didn’t make the main, but he was all smiles. 14 Cruiser Wes Hamel would find his way into the winners circle each round in this total points race. Dion Hurley would finish a close second. Sam Bond who is getting his feet wet in cruiser would finish in third. 17-20 Cruiser Christopher Pedersen, Blake Powell, and Josh Alstede would race a total points race today. Sparky Pedersen would win each round and take the overall win today. Josh Alstede would finish in second. Blake Powell would race the first round and not be seen again. Maybe needed a flight back to Virginia? 26-30 Cruiser Steven Healey would walk away with this one today. Winning each round and scaring one rider away? His team owner would finish second and nod his head in the results today. Justin Markie would finish second the first two rounds and miss the third round. Was he looking for Powell? 6 Novice Ben Hagan was Jammin today! He would battle hard for his ninth win! Caleb Bodwell would be in the mix and finish in second. Anthony Rodriguez would go off the track in the first round but come back strong in the main and finish third. Mattie Doyle would be running towards the back but as soon as she stood up, she shot into fourth like a cannonball. Emerson Bodwell would bring it home fifth. Lucas Preston was running up front in the first turn, but his front tire would meet a fellow riders rear tire and have a spill. He would bring it home in sixth. Ricky Wendt would race the first round, but miss the second round and not make the main. He must have been with the group trying to find the plane to Virginia. 8 Novice Ethan Pelletier racing for Redwood Construction would find the winners circle in only a few starts at Foothills. Cypress Thomas would finish in second and battle hard for first. Ryder Osorio would finish in third after he too battled hard for the win. Dillon Cloran would miss the main but not from a lack of trying. 9 Novice Johnny Lapenta would rack up another win in the nine-novice class today. Toby Pyzik would battle hard up front and come home in second. Hailey Cloran would round out the total points race. 11 Novice Well, this one would really confuse the announcer. Two riders had wrong numbers on their plates and had no idea who was who. When it was all sorted out Charlie Tucker would come out with the win. Ian Dwyer would find himself in second. Brooke Cloran would finish in third. 15 Novice Logan Gendron and Sam Jenkins would battle each round for the win. Logan would take it the first two rounds. Sam would best him in the third round, but the low points would go to Logan and the win. Max Nieves was trying out BMX for the first time today and he did well since he was racing older riders and hope to have you back Max! 36-40 Novice Justin McMenamin would also be a new rider today and what a day it was for him. He would get the win. Behind Justin was some craziness. William Wendt would bring it home in second but not before almost crashing. Luckily, he saved it and got a good finish. Michael Osorio wasn’t quite as lucky as he would get personal with the limestone both in round one and the main but would make the podium in third. Ryan Thomas didn’t make the main, but the Rapid Rhino will be back. 6 Intermediate The top three on the podium would battle all the way around the track for the win. When the dust settled it would be Jaxon Hulbert on top of the podium. Jacoby Young would try with some low side moves to move into number one but would settle for second. Myles Fournier would finish in a close podium finish of third. Kira Spence would round out the main and is hoping her brother well wishes after breaking his collarbone last week. Get better Sawyer! Skylar Hardgrove was being a “Knucklehead” and would miss the main. She might be a “Knucklehead”, but she loves her fellow racers. 8 Intermediate Jack Wendt would Jack Rabbit each round and get the win today. Bentley Preston Couldn’t quite “Hulk Smash” the “Rabbit” and finished in second. Logan Barker would draw even with Bentley each round but just couldn’t quite get around him. He would come home third. 13 Intermediate Sam “No Bond” Bond would be a out on the track with no Bond. Who needs a Bond when the “Landshark” and “The Warrior” Bail Bondsman can’t catch you. Is that a lot of Bond? Landyn “Landshark” Moynihan asked the judge to deny his Bond but was told you get second today. Collin “The Warrior” Ramsey also begged the judge to deny his bond but was told you get third today. 15 Intermediate Wes Flynn would look like a man on a mission today as he wouldn’t relent to the pressure from Liam MacNeil in second. Dan Sears wasn’t to be counted out in third. Liz Doyle would bring home her Mongoose in fourth. Henry Morini would be found begging the announcer to taxi him to all the races in fifth. Toby Schoonmaker would round out the main in sixth. Sarah Gonyer didn’t make the main but was at the announcer’s truck locking the doors so Henry couldn’t sneak in as a stowaway. 12 Girls Expert Kyrie Sweet would be in her own zip code today. She would take the win while Cheyenne Stone and Olivia Kaleta would battle for the number two spot. Stone would hold off the hard charging Olivia. 10 Expert Devon Hurley would be looking for the “Jumping J” that was launching like a grasshopper behind him in second. Jayden “Jumping J” Mahoney would finish second to the “Duke”. Rylan Spence would bring it home in third and ask where did the nickname Duke come from? Sam Fayad would give it his best Intermediate effort, but all the experts would make the main today. Just remember Sam racing them experts makes you faster! 11 Expert Noah “Bobblehead” Hardgrove would keep the spring in his neck from coming loose as he would win today. Thomas “Da Moose” Musarella would try to knock the head loose on the “Bobblehead” but couldn’t quite get there and would finish in second. Connor Flynn was learning from the experts today in third and definitely held his own. 12 Expert Brody “ODI” Kesl is one of the gentlemen of Connecticut BMX except when he follows me around calling the announcer old. Well today he wasn’t following anyone. They were following him. He would grab the win and Brennan Nuzzo would be the first to follow Brody. Third in line following Brody was Dion Hurley. Owen Gendron would miss the main and say the announcer is how old? 14 Expert What a race! Nobody knew who was going to win this one till right up to the dramatic finish. Wes Hamel, Caleb Kaleta, Matt Horjatschon, and Zack Rukakoski would have a crazy main with tons of side-by-side action and passing in every turn. Wes Hamel would make the final move in turn five and grab the win. Caleb Kaleta would finish in a close second. Matt Horjatschon in third. Fourth would go to a returning Zack Rukakoski. Nick Preston would not make the main with the older kids, but he will be back for another win. 16 Expert Gavin Suares would get the win today. Jonah Graves would save it for the Thanksgiving meal at the Grands in second. Chris Pedersen would be drooling thinking of turkey in third. Marissa Lyman would miss the main, but she will bring the gravy next week! 17-20 Expert Devin Murphy would show why she has a ROC 1 plate on her bike. Coming out of turn one she would be in fourth place. She would pick her lines and pick off riders in each turn to put herself out front coming out of turn five. Now that is a come from behind win! Josh Alstede would draft off the back of Murphy for second. Dylan Barker would come across the line in third. Chris Gonyer would follow in fourth. Jesse Salva would find himself in fifth. Jacob Faunce in his return to Foothills would come across in sixth. Laiken Cormier would miss the main but will be back. 26-35 Expert Steve Healey would battle with Justin Markie for first. Markie was still booking his flight to Virginia in the third round and would have to settle for a second. Donald Hottes would bring it home in third and wants to know if there was any good B&B in Virginia. 46-50 Expert Gary “Clydesdale” Nylund forgot to put the feed bag on in the first round as he was asleep on the gate and Cliff Benoit took advantage to qualify first. The “Clydesdale” must have had the reigns pulled tight in the main because he didn’t look like a Clydesdale. He looked like a Kentucky Derby winning horse. He would win today. Cliff would finish in second and question what kind of oats that horse is feeding on. Art Ramsey was seen looking at Gary’s clip shoes to see how big the horseshoes really are. Brian Kesl would miss the main but was seen at the starting hill trying to figure out a way to hitch that Clydesdale to a post next week. The outing is coming up on October 9th. Awards will be handed out, lots of food to consume, and lots of fun and “different” races. To be eligible to participate in the outing/awards you had to have raced ten times at Foothills during the season. Each eligible racer is allowed one free guest. Only qualifying riders are eligible for the outing. Below is the list of who has qualified. An * means you are at nine races and need the September 18th race to qualify. Don’t forget no racing on September 25th as that is the Connecticut State Championship! ON THE BUBBLE Ian Dwyer* Alex Young* Landon Moynihan* Sam Bond* Sawyer Spence* Marissa Lyman* Cruiser Jonah Graves* Cruiser Kyle Lyman* Gary Nylund* Caissy Price* Cruiser Skylar Hardgrove* Qualified Mike Savage Kira Spence Connor Hagan Bodhi Thomas Ben Hagan Caleb Bodwell Mattie Doyle Kurt Hall Archer Wehner Ryder Osorio Cypress Thomas Toby Pyzik Matt Verbanic Johnny LaPenta AJ Torrizzo Ryan Thomas Gavin Kesl Ella Urban Miles Fournier Logan Barker Cole Lyman Wyatt Wehner Olivia Kaleta Collin Ramsey Toby Schoonmaker Liam MacNeil Shane Wehner Tim Adams Brian Kesl Art Ramsey Jayden Mahoney Rylan Spence Devon Hurley Noah Hardgrove Dion Hurley Laiken Cormier Brody Kesl Wes Hamel Nick Preston Gavin Suares Chris Pedersen Caleb Kaleta Jonah Graves Dylan Barker Cliff Benoit Liz Doyle Sarah Gonyer Brody Kesl *=NINE RACES AS OF 9/11/22. NEED TO BE AT THE 9/18/22 RACE TO QUALIFY FOR AWARDS OUTING!!!

Foothills Race Report October 24, 2022 It was great to be back at Foothills on this crisp day. Everyone was a little tired after leaving the Track vs. Track race the night before but were geared up to go. Speaking of which, Foothills would place second in the competition of nine teams! Great job boys and girls! We celebrated a birthday and an anniversary before we started. Happy birthday to Kyle Lyman and Happy Anniversary to Gwen and Rick Doyle. We also celebrated a move up a few weeks earlier. Ben Hagan would move up to Intermediate at the state final. Congrats Ben! Continuing on with celebrations we would recognize the riders who were in attendance with their Gold Cup plates. This year was probably one of the hardest years to earn one of the coveted top three plates. And one more celebration was the giggling Ella Urban with a rider of the week. She would smile from ear to ear as I read a speech given to me from her dad. Congrats to everyone on all your accomplishments! 4 Balance Bike Scout Blasi and Connor Hagan would battle each and every round in this barn burner. In the first round Blasi would take the win. Second round would see Hagan take the win. Now in the final battle they would find out who the winner of the day would be. They would battle side by side all the way and at the line Blasi would cross first and receive the win for the day. 3 Balance Bike Isaac Bodwell and Honora Osorio would have their own little battle between the Paw Patrol tribe. Honora would scream out of the gate each round and cross the line first. Isaac would smile and check out the announcer’s booth on his way to second. 15-16 Girls Cruiser This would be the race of all the cruiser females. Four riders from 11-39 years of age. Adalyn Nevins would be the first one across the finish line today. Ella Urban would cross the line in second. Raquel Olson would find herself in third. Jean “Mean Jean” Dohan would miss the main and have the crowd wondering how she is mean when she is always smiling. 7 & Under Cruiser Reid “H20 on the Go” Waters would be faster than a power washer removing scum off a sidewalk and take the win today. Logan Carroll would try to find a way around but, would come up just a little shy. Austin Dohan was right in the mix in third. Caleb Bodwell would come home in fourth. Ben Hagan would miss the main but was still excited to be out there with his buddies. 14 Cruiser Wes Hamel must not have been tired after the Ironman challenge the night before. He would go on for the win today. Mark Aquilio would come home in a close second. Sam bond still in his first year on cruiser would finish in third. 21-25 Cruiser This cruiser class would have ages ranging from 16-50! Jonah Graves would cross the line first riding for Full Circle Bike Shop. “Sparky” Pedersen would come home in second. Josh Alstede would finish on the podium. Cliff Benoit would race to the line behind his Misfit teammate. Don Olson would question where all the old guys were today from the top of turn two. 6 Novice Caleb Bodwell would peddle to the line first today. Blake Yarmesky would try with everything he had to get his tenth win but would come up one position short. Could we see win number ten next Sunday? Oliver Hurley would finish on the podium in third. Bodhi Thomas would cross the line in fourth. Emerson Bodwell at five years old would finish in fifth. 3 year old Remington Waters would miss the main, but never count him out. 8 Novice Cypress Thomas would put his state plate in victory lane today. Maddox Santiago would come home second. Tristan Fanning would finish in the third position today. Archer Wehner would come to the line with a cinnamon bagel in fourth. Lucas Ruby would cross the line in fifth. Ryder Osorio would ride to sixth. Mattie Doyle would miss the main but was still talking about the sidehacks at the awards ceremony. 11 Novice Johnny LaPenta in his first year of racing would get his tenth win today and now is now an Intermediate! Congrats Johnny! Ian Dwyer would be the first rider to congratulate Johnny as he would come to the line in second. Marco Moreira would peddle to third. Carson Hurley would come home fourth. Austin Esposito would have a crash in the second round and miss the main. 9 Intermediate I think I seen two red flags with black blocks being waved before this moto. Ryan “Hurricane” Roy would blow the crowd down with his win today. Wyatt Wehner would throw the bagel at the hurricane, but he would get cream cheesed and finish second. Evan “EZ-D” Dohan would do his best Easy E impersonation and come home third. 13 Intermediate Olivia Smith had the right “Bloodtype” as she would bring her bike home first today. Sam Bond would wheel his bike into second. Aiden LeBlanc would put a “Misfit” on the podium. Natalie Kent would finish in fourth. Cody Bodwell would miss the main but will put his “Foot” into it next week. 26-35 Intermediate Leigh Waters would show why he has a Gold Cup number one plate on his bike. He would put a high tide on the other four riders and grab the win. Shane Wehner kept nudging his bagel next to Waters but would come home second. CJ Krutka would think those two were crazy and finish in third. Ryan Thomas was the only novice, and he was seen eating Bagels Plus bagels and sipping on a Water. 15-16 Girls Expert Marissa Lyman is getting ready for college but before she goes, she wants some more wins before books. Liz Doyle would come home second today. Ella Urban would finish in third. Sarah Gonyer would probably wear her Overhaul jersey for the last time as she is going to Axle Nutts Racing in 2023. 7 Expert Reid Waters was on the H20 to go go go go today as he would come down the last straight first. Logan Carroll would put the pressure on and come to the line in second. Austin Dohan had the “Tongue Out” in third. Ben Hagan just new to Intermediate got mixed in with the older kids and higher proficiency would miss the main today. 11 Expert Devon Hurley would come around really slow in the first round, but he sure didn’t in the main. He would come home first today. Jayden “Jumpin” Mahoney would be on the Air Force radar and slip a peddle on the backstretch but keep it in control to second. Domenic Colombo would come to the line in third. Raquel Olson would miss the main but I’m sure she will scare the other racers next week at the Halloween race. 13 Expert Matt Horjatschun would say “Can you please pass the Grey Poupon?” Nobody could as he was the top mustard today. Brody “Odi” Kesl tried to put his finger in the jar but couldn’t get the lid off. Dion Hurley would be in the ketchup today in third. Brennan Nuzzo didn’t quite make it to the cabinet and was left on the counter in fourth. Johnny Urban asked who the hot dog is in fifth. Nick Maurati said I don’t like mustard and I’ll sit out this week main. 17-20 Expert Jonah Graves put another nail in the coffin today as the “Grave Digger” would finish first. Holger Rivera would finish in second. Dylan Barker would finish on the podium in third. Chris Gonyer would find himself in fourth. Josh Alstede said his favorite rider was Steve Healey and they were seen hanging together in the pits together. 46-50 Expert This had to be the race of the day. Gary “Clydesdale” Nylund and Cliff Benoit would transfer the win between the two of them the first two rounds. The final race of the day would see these two rider’s handlebar to handle bar. Knee to chin. Chin to knee. Helmet to belt buckle. Well you get the point. Coming out of turn two side by side they both would be spinning their back tires like a top fuel dragster spinning its tires through jelly. They would get their bikes sideways. They would get airborne. Cliff would almost ride under the horse. They would stay on the level and continue side by side to the finish were Benoit would have that little extra something left in the bag of Misfit Toys and find the win. Brian Kesl would finish in third and have a look on his face like the Budweiser guy trying to hold onto the Clydesdale horses for dear life after they got poked by a box of tacks. Well, the leaves are changing. The air is getting crisper. The pumpkin spice everything is everywhere. The ladies have their furry boots on. Yeah its getting down to the end of the racing season here in the Northeast. Lots of big things to come for the 2023 race season. New teams, new series, and new riders always make for more fun. We look back on the ones we lost and some things coming to an end. Soon comes the BMX hibernation. We all snuggle in our warm beds with our shiny bikes and dream of that familiar sound of “Riders ready…”. This is the time to reflect and set goals for next season. We still have a few races here and there and next week is the fun Halloween race. Don’t forget to decorate your trunk. Decorate the racers. Decorate the bikes. Decorate the dog. Decorate the neighbor’s dog. Well maybe not that. We will see you next week for some fun!

Foothills Race Report October 30, 2022 Boo! Happy Halloween to each and every rider, parent, and volunteer. Today would be the last race for 2022. It was a chilly start, but it would warm up nicely by race time. We would see all kinds of ghost and ghouls that were hungry to race and to fill up on sugar. There would be a few contest and the trunk or treat before mains. Best costume would go to Reid Waters. Best trunk went to the Marhafer family. The Best Team Tent went to Scylent Rage. I was walking around the pits quite a bit this week and boy was there some awesome decorations and costumes! I hope everyone enjoyed themselves and the sugar crash wasn’t too bad. 4 Balance Bike Scout Blasi and Connor Hagan would start us out today. Connor would win the first two rounds in the side by side action. These two would go back and forth each and every round and have the crowd excited. Scout would put his Flash costume out front in the third round. Connor would take the win as he had the lowest points but boy was it a close race today! 3 Balance Bike Honora Osorio and Isaac Bodwell didn’t want to be outdone in their balance bike class. They too would battle hard. Honora would take first in the first and second round in her Witch of the East costume. Isaac Bodwell would put his Spidey costume out front in the third round. Honora would get the low points and take the win today. 31-35 Women Cruiser The women of BMX in this class. And of a mix of ages. We even had a first time cruiser racer in this class today. Liz Doyle would race cruiser for the first time today and put the borrowed bike in the winners circle! Kristan Keneally would follow very closely in second. Robyn Blasi would finish on the podium in third. Raquel Olson would bring it home in fourth. Jessica Waters gave it all she had but missed the main. Its okay as she had family to root on! 7 & Under Cruiser Well like I said Jessica had family to root on and the next person to cross the line out front would be none other than Reid Waters. Myles Fournier would come across the line in second. Ben Hagan would round out the finishers in the main. Caleb Bodwell would miss the main but was seen enjoying some Reese’s in the pits. 12 Cruiser Dion Hurley must have eaten a whole bag of Jelly Beans because nobody could catch him in this total points race. Tyler Marhafer would give his best effort in second. Thomas Musarella would be tapping the rear tire of Tyler and bring it home third. 14 Cruiser Wes Hamel would point the front tire straight and true to the finish line first today. Mark Aquilio would be seen having gummy sharks on his way to second. Sam Bond would bring it home in third. 21-25 Cruiser Jonah Graves was the Grim Reaper of the class today as he would put the competition in their grave. Sparky Pedersen was trying to light a spark to the Reapers cloak but came up just a little short. Josh Alstede kept both hands on the handlebars this week and brought his bike home in third. Marc Keneally would round out the main in fourth. Cliff Benoit would miss the main and was seen saying he slipped on a pepperoni pizza. 5 & Under Novice Anthony Rodriguez was unstoppable in his neon race jersey. He would blind the competition on his way to another win. Emerson Bodwell must have had sunglasses on to finish in second. Remy Waters might have been the youngest but man he gives it his all in third. 6 Novice Caleb Bodwell would give the goat hoof to the rest of the six-year-olds today as he would win. Austin Bassett would bring it home in second. Oliver Hurley would enjoy the day in third. Bodhi Thomas would Sonic his way to fourth. Andrew Lord jr. from NY would miss the main but hope he comes back for 2023. 8 Novice Seven riders would go for gold today and the “Speedy Sloth” would sleep his way to the win. Cypress Thomas would be seen asleep in a tree after his win. Lucas Ruby would bring it home in second. Rita Keneally would cross the line in third. Archer Wehner would hot dog to fourth. Ryder Osorio would finish in fifth. Blake Yarmesky would try to short cut and eliminate the whole first turn and get a DQ but bring it home sixth. Mattie Doyle would miss the main but was seen cheerleading for more candy in the pits. 11 Novice Ian Dwyer was like dryer on fire as he would go spin cycle on the field today with his win. Marco Moreira would challenge Ian but end up in the lint trap. Elizabeth Lord would keep it on the light cycle in third. Carson Hurley would just miss the hamper. 14 Novice Destiny Matunas was on a mission as she would win all three rounds for the day. Cody Bodwell would miss the first moto and then come back for two seconds. Gavin Kesl would go second, third, third. With Bodwell missing the first moto second would go to Kesl for the day. 36-40 Novice Ryan “Rapid Rhino” Thomas was thrilled to have a class today and would smile the whole way to the finish line. Kristan Keneally would hang on to the tail of the rhino in second. Making his return to Foothills after a gnarly crash was Robert Markewicz in third. Welcome back! Edwin Clark would miss the main. 6 Intermediate Oscar Keneally would lead the pack the whole 1800 feet to the finish line. Trey Davis had his eye on the prize and would finish in second. Myles Fournier was enjoying the Halloween candy in third. Bentley Clark was dressed up as a Tow Operator and towed his way to fourth. Ben Hagan was hanging on the hook in fifth. Luke Hedges would miss the main but will be back in 2023. 8 Intermediate Eli Ruopp would lead Jeremy Ruopp to the finish line. Must be some extra sugar in their Halloween baskets! Logan Barker would be right behind them in his purple jersey. Colin Hedges would finish in fourth and is excited for next years new team. Wyatt Wehner was running well but would have ketchup squeeze out of his hot dog bun and slip and crash and finish fifth. Kira Spence would miss the main but was seen with a mustard bottle to squeeze at racers next year. 12 Intermediate Aiden LeBlanc would put his flannel jersey in the winner’s circle today. The Island of Misfit Toys rider would best Gavin Clark in second. Olivia “Hot Tamale” Kaleta would join them on the podium. Raquel “The Animal” Olson would just miss out on the main. 13 Intermediate Sam Bond would take the win today. Liv Smith would pump to the second-place position. Collin Ramsey would join them on the podium. Landyn Moynihan would miss the main but was enjoying the trick or treating. 15 Intermediate Marissa Lyman would get dropped off for racing today but she dropped all the competitors as soon as the gate dropped. Logan Gendron would stay all over her back tire and cross the line in second. Hunter Phoenix would almost crash but have an awesome save and bring it home in third. Toby Schoonmaker would round out the main. Liz Doyle would miss the main but was on fire in cruiser. 26-35 Intermediate This group looked like the hangover after a bachelor’s party. Leigh Waters led the hangover with water. Marc Keneally was the reheated pizza in second. Dan King was the leftover Chinese food in third. CJ Krutka must have left the party early and missed the main. I heard he was handing out Advil to his class. 41-45 Intermediate The big Wehner dressed as a wiener was being chased by the ketchup and mustard today. Shane would be heard yelling at Dan Marhafer to “Ketchup” in his red jersey. Brian Kesl was covered in mustard in third in his yellow jersey. 7 Expert Reid Waters and Bennett Pieterse would battle back and forth each round. Each time Bennett got ahead Reid would put some extra H2O to go go juice in the tank and pull ahead. Jaxon Hulbert from Rhode Island would finish in third. 10 Expert Jumpin Jayden Mahoney would look like Superman out there today as he would leap over buildings and be faster than a speeding bullet. Rylan Spence would try to hang onto his cape in second. Johnny LaPenta would hold his own today after just moving up to intermediate and racing the older racers today. Sam Fayad would miss the main but was seen looking for Kryptonite for next year. 11 Expert Devon Hurley would get the three skinny single digits today and grab the win. Thomas Musarella would get third in the first round but get two seconds after that and take home a second place trophy. Tyler Marhafer would cross the line in third for the day. 12 Expert Dion Hurley would join his brother on top of the podium today. Owen Gendron tried to find a way around Dion but would have to settle for second. Nick Maurati would join them on the low step atop the podium. Sawyer Spence still recovering from an injury would miss the main. 14 Expert In the first moto Wes Hamel would take the win, Brody “ODI” Kesl in second, and Brennan Nuzzo in third. In the second moto they would shake things up. Brody would take the win, Nuzzo in second, and Hamel in third. Now we were set up for a race! When the dust settled it would be Hamel across the line first and the win. Kesl in second and second for the day. And Nuzzo in third for the day. 16 Expert Jonah Graves would lead the way today as he gets ready for some Turkey in Tulsa. Gavin Suares would try to grab a turkey leg but couldn’t quite bite into it. Sparky Pedersen got into the stuffing but would settle for third. Caleb Kaleta would have mashed potatoes but no gravy. 17-20 Expert Dylan Barker would show why he was the class leader at the end of the year and grab another win. Chris Gonyer would finish a close second to his friend. Jesse Salva would cross the line in third. Josh Alstede kept his hands on the bars and finished fourth. Laiken Cormier would miss the main. 46-50 Expert These guys decided they needed to steal the show again this week. Gary Nylund would go into turn four with about a four-bike length lead over Cliff Benoit. He must have slipped on some candy bars and would have a hard crash directly onto his right hip. Cliff and Art Ramsey would stop and check on the Clydesdale. After a few minutes they realized they didn’t need to send Gary to the glue factory and continued on with him. Benoit would go on for the win today. Nylund would finish the day and finish second. Ramsey would bring it home third. Heal up Gary! Thank you to each and every racer, parent, and volunteer that enjoyed a great 2022. Not one single rained out race. New race surface. Record setting State Qualifier. And so much more! We all laughed, cried, cheered, and acted like crazy kids. We lost some loved ones and embraced our new found friends. We cried on each other’s shoulders and banded together for one of our own. We watched an amazing Pro Open at the beginning of the year. We competed in Track vs. track and brought home second and $200. The announcer won the announcers race (twice). Lol We all set personal goals and tried our best to beat them. Now we set new goals for 2023. We hope Santa brings us those BMX goodies we want. We enjoy watching or going to the Grands in Tulsa, OK. Time with family and friends. As the snow melts and the tulips and grass start poking through we get excited to get back on our two wheels. We dust of the two wheel steeds and put air in the tires. The 2023 season will be upon us sooner than we think. I’d like to say thank you for all of you who gave nice words this year and all the volunteers that without you we wouldn’t be able to race. Some changes for next year both track and personal as I will be getting married to the love of my life and restarting a race team. I can’t wait to see everyone’s smiling faces again next year and once again Thank you to each and every one of you!

Week #13 started off with the debut of the two new turns. DM Hock Enterprises did an amazing job in rebuilding turns 4 and 5. All comments that we heard were positive. It is unfortunate that there was a triple points event within driving distance that pulled a lot of riders away from the chance to race on them. With an average rider count of 187 this year, today we drew just 114. Kudos also to Torrington Center Congregational Churches Troop 3 Boy Scouts. One of their own, Austin McQuilkin, has taken on a project to re-do a bleacher section as the last thing he needs to do to attain the Eagle Scout award. On Saturday there were two shifts of 12 workers each applying their skills to the project, supervised totally by Austin. Well Done. As most of you now know, I have been diagnosed with an uncurable illness. The amount of love and support that has been shown to me the last few weeks has been moving and overwhelming. Today, Marissa Lyman, our four-time Female Track Champion, presented me with her Gold cup #1 trophy that she earned last Sunday In Akron Ohio. She had a special note written on the back. When she gave me that I found it difficult to find the words that best described how I felt. Its hard to talk anyway with tears in your eyes.​ Earlier, Tim Brown hung a sign on the announcers’ tower. Back in 2010 when I lost my son Dan, the staff named the tower after him. He used to fill in for me if I was away on a National somewhere.​ The Pete Doda’s Ice cream Rider Of The Week award was given to 8 year old Novice Molly Patrick. Molly won her second race last week and has been under our watchful eye for a few weeks. She named Mike Savage as her favorite rider. BALANCE BIKES 5 & Over Just two riders were competing in this one. Julian “Speedy” Gonzales lived up to his name in this class as he raced his way to victory in all three rounds. Logan Kennedy made his debut and finished in the second spot. 4 Year Olds There were three in this group and it was Ben Hagan who ground-pounded his way to a three-round sweep. Parker Whalen was a consistent second while third went to Olivia Cernak. 3 Year Olds The is was 5-rider group of little ankle-biters. Ryder Vaill, With that mohawk-type helmet, was just having too much fun to be beat this day. Asher Smith (Boosted BMX) was the next one across the stripe consistently for second overall. Then came Carter Anthony, Walter Steins and Hailey Dambrosio. 1-2 Year Olds This one was special for me and the reason that I was in the tower to call the first round of Balance Bikes when I am usually track-side taking pictures. 291/2 years ago, I called a moto that was the first race of a little 5-year old named Matt Markie. The track was down in Bristol. Two and one-half years ago Matt married his sweetheart Nikki McDermott. They asked me if I would announce their entrance into the wedding reception hall and I did it like I was introducing Riders standing at the gate ready to race. I promised Matt that I would announce his child’s first race just as I had done his so many years earlier.Today, little 1-year old Remi Markie was ready to race in her first event and I had to be the one to announce it.The order saw Colton Simon, in only his second time here, dominate with a clean sweep of all three rounds. “Flyin” Ryan Lataille was second in each round while Tanner Smith (Boosted BMX) was third. But not caring where she finished, Remi Marki had the biggest smile on her face as her dad was right along-side of her just as her grandfather was along-side her dad when he ran his first race. Remi totally enjoyed the new experience and is expected to be back again very soon. 1 Year Old Remi Markie Iin her first race ​CRUISERS 17-20 Year Olds With just three riders in this total points race, it was pretty clear how the finishing order would go. 14 Year old Marissa Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop), reining Female Cruiser Track Champion would dominate all three rounds for the overall win. 13 Year Old Ella Urban (Scylent Rage Racing) was second each round. 29+ Year Old Melissa Adams, made her foothills debut and finished third. 14 Year Olds This one had 4-riders ranging in age from 9 to 14. The 9-year old was Noah Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop) and he was the rider eliminated. In the main, “The Undertaker” Jonah Graves (Full Circle Bike Shop) started way over in gate 8 but quickly took the lead down the front chute. Isabella Nelson (Hyper) tucked in right behind his rear wheel and this two rider break-away would continue all the way to the finish line. The results were Graves; Nelson and Chris Pedersen (Sand Road Animal Hospital) in the top three.36-40 Year Olds. Dan Whalen was eliminated in the qualifying rounds, but it was the first round of qualifiers where mayhem broke out in turn one. With Steve Oldham in the lead, Logan Demerski (Full Circle Bike Shop) tried to dive to the inside and lost it going down right in front of Mike Savage (Crit Plate). Mike did all he could to minimize the impact his bike would have on the sprawled Demerski right in front of him. Mike put his feet down and kind of body-rolled over Logan. Both were ok but would take the next two rounds for to qualify. The 4-rider main event was on and the group included riders from age 16 to age 53. When the gate dropped Steve Oldham took an early lead with Logan Demerski right on him yet again. This time there was no opportunity for any moves as they would ride single file the entire lap. It would be Oldham, Demerski and Savage at the stripe.​ Mike Savage and Logan Demerski NOVICES 5 & Under This was a field made up of 4-riders. With Haleigh Oldham, Bennett Pieterse and Killian Connelly earning the transfers, it was Skylar Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop) the rider not making it to the main after a podium finish last race. In the main event, Killian Connelly took off quickly and never stood up. He must have felt every bump on the track. Haleigh Oldham used a good move in the second straight to pass Bennett Pieterse for the second spot. The only thing that changed the rest of the way was the size of the lead that Killian build as he crossed the stripe for his first Foothills win. Oldham was second with Pieterse third. 6 Year Olds This was a 3-rider shootout that looked like it would be a sweep for Bentley Preston after he won the first two rounds. In round three as the group entered turn one, Preston was running third when he tried to swoop inside of Ryder Osorio. His front wheel clipped the rear wheel of Ryder and Preston would go down ruining any chance he had for the overall win. Finnegan Connelly, who finished second in the first two rounds, won round three giving him a point total of 5, the same as Preston. Because by rule, the third round is the tiebreaker, Finnegan joins his brother by also getting his first Foothills win. Bentley settled for second with Ryder third. 7 Year Olds This was a class with 4-riders going for those coveted 3 positions in the main event. Olivia Pieterse, despite a great try, would not make it in. Jayden Mahoney was going for 4 out of 5 but would need to content with the rider who beat him two races ago: Dylan Koerner. Jayden got an incredible start and took the lead early. Brynn Whalen went out behind him with Koerner running third. All the way around nothing changed and that would be the order of finish. 10 Year Olds This group had 6-riders registered and it looked like some classic battles would shape up in the motos. Unfortunately, there was a no-show so the remaining 5 riders all would qualify and the motos meant nothing more than gate practice. In the main event it was Tyanna Lepicier, who calls Whip City her home track jumping out in front. We had seen her the first 6-racs here but not seen her since. I’m unsure what she was up to but, what ever it was its worked for her as she earned her fist Foothills win. “Chargin” Charlie Tucker was a close second while third went to Evan Kane. 11 Year Olds This was a 5-rider race and this time it was “The slayer” Aryanna Labarge (Full Circle Bike Shop) missing out on the main event fun. James Drago was the first one to qualify and, as is usually the case, would win the main event and he won it easily. Sam Bond used a good move in going into turn 4 to pass Collin Ramsey (Scylent Rage Racing) for the second spot. Collin held onto third. 14 Year Olds There were just 4-riders registered in this group. Despite a goos try, it was Addison Rushford (Boosted) the rider missing the cut. Maddy Chalko, with her own private cheering section, got the job done leading from start to finish for her third Foothills win. Wyatt Keeler and Josh Styga were second and third. 26-35 Year Olds This was the biggest class of the day with a full gate of 8-riders going for it. The qualifying rounds were hectic but in the last chance qualifier Staci Kennedy went down in flames in turn 4 costing her a shot at the main. Staci would eventually get up and walk it off with a skinned nose. Amazingly, in that last moto Jen Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop) would win her first moto. In the main event they spread out early and the length of the line of riders was so long that when the leader crossed the stripe, the last place rider was in turn 4. The top three were Leigh Waters earning his first Foothills win, Mike Jacobs, wearing a cool Nitro Circus helmet second. The third sot went to James Kaleta (Rubber Side Down). 41-45 Year Olds This was a total points race and it was meaningful to more then one rider. From 1991 to 1996 I was the regular announcer at Bethel supercross. There was a rider, Carl Carlson, who by 1993 was already an Expert. Bethel was his home track so surely, I must have announced one of his move-ups on his home track. Well now, at 41 years old, he is back as a Novice. Although a bit heavier than he was so many years ago, he is just as smooth. Today he earned his 10th Novice win and I called another move up about 28 years later for “The Bulldog” (Boosted BMX). “Big Timber” Tim Adams (Scylent Rage Racing) was second with third going to Sarah Huberty (Overhaul Racing). The reason I wrote it was meaningful for more than one rider is that a cheer went up from the riders Carl has been racing as he is now out of their class!​ Track Operator Jason Lyman And Carl Carlson 46-50 Year Olds This should have been a 3-rider total point race but with one no-show, it became a two rider shoot out between two teammates. Jason Graves and Lyle Labarge (Full Circle Bike Shop) would try everything from pedaling to pumping with the same results. Jason would sweep. INTERMEDIATES 7 Year Olds This was a total points race with not much going on. JD Lataille (Rubber Side Down) would earn his 5th Foothills win with a sweep. Reid Waters (State #1) and Will Adams (Scylent Rage Racing) traded second place finishes, but the second spot overall would go to Adams. 9 Year Olds What a difference a week can make. After winning last week, moving up to the Intermediate class the next, and failing to qualify, its been quite a week for Molly Patrick, reining Rider-Of-The_week. This was a 4-rider class and the main event saw Noah Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop) take the lead on the front straight. Up the second straight “The Monsta” Xander Monczka (Overhaul Racing) went to the point but out of turn three Hargrove retook the lead. All the way around it stayed like that after a near T-Bone in turn 5, it was Hardgrove, Monczka and Tom Musarella 11 Year Olds This class was just 4-riders strong but because of two Experts in the mix, it was Expert points for the three riders who could make the main event. Unfortunately for Cayden Melillo (Family Pride), he would be the rider eliminated leaving Zuleika Bruno as the only Intermediate rider in the hunt. The main event saw 10-year-old Expert Dion Hurley (Family Pride) stay in front of his brother and teammate 9-year-old Expert Devon right to the end. Zuleika finished third earning 64 points. If this were a pure Intermediate class and she won it, that would have earned her just 54 points so that’s how USABMX justifies mixed classes. It’s been like that in previous sanctions as well. 12 Year Olds This was a good-sized grouping with 6-riders vying for the win. The win would be big as this also was for Expert points as Noah Sifuentes, 11-year-old Expert, would battle with the 12-year-old Intermediates. Drayke Palazzi (Boosted BMX) would be the rider missing out on the main event action. When the gate fell for the main, the pack sorted itself out quickly. Nick Preston, who earlier this year had rattled off 6 consecutive wins, really wanted these Expert points and went to the point from the start and he led the entire lap. I totally mis-called the second-place rider as Noah Rushford (Boosted BMX) when it was really Mikey Roy (Boosted BMX). Mikey did hang onto second while third went to Noah Sifuentes. 14 Year Olds This was a 4-rider grouping between 13 and 14-year-olds. One 13-year-old, Liam Macneil, would just miss the cut. Also in the mix was our 4-time Track Champion Marissa Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop) and “The Move Star” would dominate with another win, her sixth. Aden Newell kept it close and finished second. Third went to “The Gambler”, Caleb Kaleta (Rubber Side Down). 15 Year Olds This was a class that was made up of two Novice riders and two Intermediate riders. One of the Novices, Naomi Bruno, was eliminated in the qualifying rounds. Kodi Carlson, (Boosted BMX) who saw his dad earn his 10th Novice win a few minutes earlier, made it a clean sweep for the Carlson family by winning the main event. It was a two-rider breakaway between Kodi and Vinny Fahey (Full Circle Bike Shop). Vinny was making his Intermediate debut after moving up with his win in Ohio last week. Vinny settled for a close second while third went to Zakary Huard (Retribution). Zak made an incredible turn 5 pass in the last-chance qualifier just to get in. 16 Year Olds In this 4-rider shootout it was another mixed class with Expert Aidan Biello (Ramp Farm Racing) in the group. After Sean Adams missed the transfer out of the motos, Aidan had it all his way. He would lead from start to finish. The only question was by how much is he going to win by, not if he’s going to win. Connor Rooney, fluing the Bethel colors, was second. Third went to Dylan Rodriquez (Overhaul Racing). 17-20 Year Olds This was a 3-rider total points event and there was a different order of finish in the first two rounds. Round 1 saw Devin Murphy (Daylight Bicycles) winning it with Kyle Lyman (full Circle Bike Shop) second and Ty Lepicier third. Round 2 it was Lepicier, Murphy and Lyman. Going into the final round, Devin had the lead with 3 points, Ty had 4 points while Kyle had 5 points. In the final round it would be Lepicier, Murphy and Lyman. The point total was 5 points each for Lepicier and Murphy with Lyman sitting with 8. Round three is the tie-breaker so the winner is Ty Lepicier and it was for Expert points! 26-35 Year Olds Its Expert points for this class also as Colin Morini (Full circle Bike Shop) is in the mix as is Expert Steve Oldham. Evan Rooney, State #2, missed the transfer. In the main, Oldham took an early lead down the front chute but Morini used a sweet move in turn 1 to take the lead away. As they done into turn 2, Oldham tried to get inside but slammed on the brakes to avoid the T-Bone. Colin had it all his was after that and went on to his 5th Foothills win. Josh Hardgrove (Full circle Bike Shop) finished second while third went to Danielle Jolicoeur. 41-45 Year Olds This was the last group of Intermediates and was made up of three riders making this a toral points event. Tim Brown (Team K-Mart) easily won all three rounds. Vic Rodriquez (Overhaul Racing) finished second all day long while third went to Scott Gonyer (Overhaul Racing). EXPERTS 13 Year Olds This 4-rider group had 4 evenly matched riders going for it. “The Hammer” Wes Hamel (Family Pride), despite a great try did not make it in today. Chris “Sparky” Pedersen (Associated Lightning Rod Co.), even though he started the main out of gate #6, took the lead early with Dave “Farmboy” Labarge ((full circle Bike Shop) in tow. Noah Andersen (Ramp Farm Racing) was a close third. The “train would stay in that order right to the finish line. 14 Year Olds This was for total points and it was a good race. Jonah Graves (Full circle Bike Shop) would make it 9 wins in just 12 attempts here this year but Isabella Nelson (Hyper) was right on him in every round. Third went to Trevor “Superfly” Cooper. 46-50 Year Olds This was the last race of the day and it was for Total points. Mike savage, reining Track Champion and current points leader, would ace a “prefect” with a sweep of every moto for his 13th consecutive foothills win and keeping his undefeated season intact with just two weeks to go. Rick Marceau was second for Overhaul Racing while “Rockstar” Art Ramsey (Scylent Rage Racing) was third but enjoying Expert points as he is an Intermediate. That’s the way it happened from my point of view. Don’t forget that you need 10 races at Foothills to qualify for a year end award with just two races left. Hopefully, we will all make it through those. Plaskett Out! Full Report

Cloudy skies but a race worthy day. With 192 entrants in 44 motos, this would be another big one. We decided to utilize the 2-moto transfer system so that we could immediately start excavating turns 4 and 5 following the race. I started us off on the microphone and shared a bit of what’s been going on with me and my health issues. The number of well-wishes and prayers were overwhelming. A special thanks to my long-time friend Charlie Fieldson for the things that he said to me in private. It was much appreciated. Also thank you to Dan Urban and Scot Gonyer for filling in for me in the tower. It was soon time for Rider-Of-The-Week and it went to a rider who could have gotten it a number of times previously. 15-year old Vinny Fahey was honored with the award and he named Colin Morini as his favorite rider. BALANCE BIKES There were 14 signed up and we split them into 4 groups. 5 Year Olds With just 3-riders in this one, it was Julian “Speedy Gonzales” leading the way in all three rounds of grounding action. Mattie Doyle and Victoria Machnik were second and third. 4 Year Olds This was another 3-rider group and it was the unmistakable riding style of Ben Hagan scoring three consecutive wins. Parker Whalen had that green fron that he rides hoppin to a second place finish. Third went to Olivia Cernak. 3 Year Olds There were 5 rug-rats in this grouping, and it was Ryder Vaill winning two of the three rounds. You could not miss that spiked helmet. Asher Smith, riding out of the Boosted BMX camp finished second while Walt Steins rounded out the top three. 2 Year Olds With one rider a no-show, the two riders who did had a great battle. Tanner Smith put the Boosted BMX colors in the winner’s circle for the first time this day. Ryan Lataille would be second. CRUISERS 15-16 Girls This one was probably one of the most predictable race of the day. With our reigning Class Champion in the mix, coupled with the fact that she is a National caliber rider, Marissa Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop) would have little trouble in this total points race against two riders who just started racing this year. Laiken Cormier was todays second place finisher while Ella Urban (Scylent Rage Racing) would finish third. 21-30 Year Old Women This was another total points race and nearly as predictable as the previous race. In the mix was 21-year old Devin Murphy, currently sitting NAG #2 and riding out of the Daylight Cycles National Team. Devin would easily get the job done against two 30 plus woman who are pretty darn good in their own age groups. Stefanie Blackburn (Warped BMX) would finish second while Amanda Orlandi finished nt too far behind. 13 Year Olds This was a 4-rider class but the ages were far from 13-year olds across the board. The youngest was Noah “Bobblehead” Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop) and he would be the rider eliminated. In the main it was kid of strange. Chris “Sparky” Pedersen (Sand Road Animal Hospital) exploded out of the gate and took a five length lead over Dave “farmboy” Labarge (Full Circle Bike Shop) into turn one. I thought id strange as that is how they finished meaning the lead never changed and remained five lengths at the strips. The third spot went to Breton “Bee” Provencal (Northeast Factory). 14 Year Olds This was a Total Points Race and somehow Mason Bruns recovered from a bad first round to win rounds two and three for the overall win. “The Undertaker” Jonah Graves (Full Circle Bike Shop), would finish second while Isabella Nelson (Hyper) was third. Graves nearly passed Bruns in the last turn in round three but it was close but no cigar. 31-35 Year Olds This call had 5-riders registered but only 4 showed up. That gave everyone a free pass to the main event. One of the best moves of the day came in the first round when Logan Demerski (Full Circle Bike Shop) dove to the inside of Steve Oldham in turn one with a sweet move to take the lead. In the main he did the exact same this again! At the stripe it was Demerski, Oldham and the “Rabbit”, Jeff Orlandi. This was Logan’s sixth consecutive win here. 51-55 Year Olds This class had 4-riders registered and they ranged from 51 to 64 years old. Oh Yeah, the 51-year-old is former World Champion and current points leader Mike Savage (Crit Plate). Mike made it look easy again with his eighth cruiser win here this season. Ron Green, one of the many riders from Stylin Racing here today was second while his teammate, all the way from Oneida New York, “Chargin Charlie” Fieldson was third. NOVICES 5 & Under There were 10-riders in this mix making it the largest class of the day. In the first group of five there was a no-show so I assume he was not here at all. There was also a no-show in the second round in the second group but I know he was here as he shows up in earlier pictures. Im talking about Jack Charkowick who would miss the cut. In the main it was a full gate of 8 riders. Jack Wendt took off early and grabbed the whole shot in turn one. The big surprise was Skylar Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop), who came out of turn one in second place. Killian Connelly would catch her entering turn two and complete the pass. Wendt could not be caught, and he racked up his third win. Killian was second and Skylar held onto the third spot. 6 Year Olds This group was 6-riders strong and the qualifying rounds were hectic. A scary moment occurred in round one when Bradan Hare crashed down in turn four and his helmet came off. He was okay and qualified in the next round. Finnigan Connelly was not so fortunate as he was the rider missing the cut. In the main Chloe Rothstein grabbed an early lead and she would not be passed as the sorted themselves out early. Braden Hare, the rider who lost his brain-bucket earlier, made a great comeback and finished second in front of a hard-charging Spencer Hare. 7 Year olds This was another large class with 7-riders competing. Cheyenne “Mookie” Orlandi (Warped BMX) hasn’t been here since early August and was a little rusty on this track causing her to miss transferring into today’s main event. In the main event Jayden Mahoney went to the point early on and was building up a nice lead. In turn two he slipped a pedal ad it evaporated immediately. Soleil Schuster caught him and actually eked ahead by inches. Mahoney got back on the gas and passed her for good in turn four. He led the rest off the way. Soliel was second while Brayton Buano (Stylin Racing) battled hard and hung onto third in his first time here. 8 Year Olds This class of 4-riders were all evenly matched competitors. Madelyn Ross, who just signed up a few weeks ago in Bethel, Missed the main event in her first trip here. Molly Patrick, a rider out of Brookfield Ct., was the first to qualify and that set the pace for how the main event would develop. She jumped to an early lead and would not be caught as she earned her second Foothills win. Caleb Barnes, looking like skeletal remains, got by Sofia Teague to earn the second spot. 9 Year Olds This was for Total Points and it was Dylan Murphy earning his second victory in four tries here this year. He did it with a sweep of all three rounds. Charlie Tucker finished second in two of the three rounds to earn second place overall. Third went to Garrett Nylund out of Southwick Ma. 10 Year Olds In this one it was a brand-new Rider, Matt Duval, who did not make the transfer into the main. The 4-rider main saw Shayne Ross, in his first race at Foothills build up such a large lead that when he crossed the stripe, the second-place rider, Cole Dziok, was just coming out of turn 5. Crawford Kesl (Scylent Rage Racing) was third. 11 Year Olds This was a 5-rider shootout. After the qualifying rounds, “The Slayer” Aryana Labarge, who made 8 mains in a row, now has missed the last two here. Corey Dutcher, one of those riders from Chuck Fieldsons “Stylin Racing team” has never been here but he was sure fast on this track. He took off and grabbed the lead in turn one. Collin Ramsey (Scylent Rage Racing) got by a rider in turn one and set his sights on Dutcher. It became a two rider break-away as these two raced around the 1260’ course. At the stripe it was Dutcher, Ramsey and Sam Bond after Shane Baker wrecked in trun 4. 12 Year Olds We went back to Total Points racing in this class and it was just two riders showing up for the final two rounds. Liz Doyle and Alyssa Cosselman (Stylin Racing) each won a round, but it was Cosselman by one bike length in the final tie-breaking round. Nate Duval was credited with third. 14 Year Olds This was a good one with 6-riders going for the gold. Megan Doyle was the rider just missing the transfer out of the qualifying rounds. The main event saw a 3-rider wreck in turn #1 as Naomi Bruno, Addison Rushford and Henry Morini (Full Circle Bike Shop) all went down. Maddy Chalko and Josh Styga were the only two survivors and Maddy built up a comfortable lead. As everyone else picked themselves up, Maddy and Josh continued their battle. Entering turn 5 Maddy had about a 4-bike length lead when it appeared, she let up thinking she had it in the bag. The bag popped and Josh passed her inches before the stripe. Hmmm didn’t her dad do the exact same thing two weeks ago? She settle for second while Bruno would limp across the stripe third. 15 Year Olds In this 6-rider class it would be Landon Crawford missing out on the transfer. The story in the group was the big crash in the first qualifying round when Vin Fahey, (Full Circle Bike Shop) while in the lead, went over the handlebars on the second straight. He got up, jumped back on his mount, and passed everyone except Landon Crawford to qualify. Not many fall like that and still make the transfer in the same round. Laiken Cormier alo bailed in that round and would qualify out in the next round. In the main event It was Fahey with a nice lead up the second straight when he lost a pedal and went from the Penthouse to the Outhouse in 5 seconds. He didn’t fall but pretty much shut it down after that. Landon Crawford inherited the lead and held on the rest of the way to victory. Laiken Cormier made a great comeback for her earlier crash and finished second. Third went to Zak Huard (Retribution). 26-35 Year Olds This was a huge class with 8-riders in the mix. Jamie Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop) was the one who did not transfer. As the main raced down the front straight three riders went down hard. Leigh Waters took the lead with Evan Rooney (ST #2) right on him. Rooney took the lead in turn 2 and Waters now had to play catch-up. That would not happen. The finishing order was Rooney, Waters and Mike Jacobs the top three. 36-40 Year Olds this was a 5-rider battle for the four spots in the main event. Dani (Vyce Squad) Vyce (Bad Apple Racing, was the rider just missing the transfer. Andy Chalko took the lead out of turn one with Terry Kerr right on him. In and out of turn two there was no change but going into turn 3 Kerr dove to the inside and went to the point. They would stay that way right to the finish. Third went to James Kaleta (Rubber Side Down) as he and Jen Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop), were much kinder to each other today. 41-45 Year Olds This was a 5-rider class that saw Sarah Huberty, despite a great try, eliminated in the motos. Carl Carlson, who is two wins away from his move-up, now is only one win away as he put another one in the record book. “Big Timber” Time Adams (Scylent Rage Racing) was second with Nate Suares third. 46-50 Year Olds This was another class of 5-riders and it was Lyle Labarge (Full Circle Bike Shop) not making the cut. The main event saw the finishing order established in turn one. The order they came out it was the order they would run the entire lap. It was Ryan Murphy with his fourth consecutive Foothills win. Next was Jason Graves (Full Circle Bike Shop) followed by Guy Tirendi. INTERMEDIATES 7 Year Olds This 6-rider group included one rider that is only 6-years old. Cole Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop) was the youngest rider and he just missed the cut. In the main it was Mason Delaney taking the lead early. JD Lataille (Rubber Side down) went right out there with him. All the way around these two were close but the was never a change in order. It ended with Delaney earning his second Foothills win. Lataille was second with third going to Nate Gomes (SMG Racing). 9 Year Olds With just 5-riders in this group, the battle to get into the main event was fierce. When the main starting grid was set, it was “The Monsta” Xander Monczka the rider not making it in. The main event was exciting as Caleb Palmer (Robo Quads) was sitting on 19 wins and looking to move up. The gate dropped and Palmer looked like he was shot out of a cannon. He had a big lead in and out of turn one with Dom Cheavalier a distant second. All the way into turn 5 it was still Palmer but the cheavalier, who had closed the gap, made his move. He cut to the inside and pulled off a miracle pass right at the stripe to prevent Palmers move up on this day. Third went to Noah Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop). This was Dom’s second Foothills win. 10 Year Olds Landon Moynihan was the rider on the outside looking in in this 5-rider class. The main event saw Brody Kels (Scylent Rage Racing) take the lead with Zuleika Bruno right on him in second. All the way around it remained like that with Brody earning his fourth Foothills win of the year. Zuleika was second by just a bike length. Third went to Lucas Mancino (Boosted). 12 Year Olds This was a 7-rider class and it had its scariest moment in the first qualifying round. As they raced into turn #2, four riders got tangled and went down in the worst crash of the day. Nick Preston, Toby Schoonmaker, Noah Rushford and Mikey Roy all eventually rode off, but it took a while. Roy looked the worst as he went over the berm into the fence. Mikey was the rider eventually eliminated. The main event saw “The Gambler” Caleb Kaleta (Rubber Side Down) take the lead and hang on right to the stripe. A close second went to Nick Preston while a hard earned third went to Johnny “The Urban Legend” Urban (Scylent rage Racing). 4 Riders went down in turn two. All would be Okay. 14 Year Olds With Zach Adams being the rider just missing the cut, this would be a 3-rider main event. Down the front chute they went with Nick Tirendi and Aden Newell side by side and trading paint. As they tried to exit the turn, Nicks handlebar caught the fence and he went down. Newell and Tom Allen continued on with a classic battle the rest of the way. At the stripe it was Newell and Allen. Tirendi did eventually get up and walk off holding his arm. We all hope he is OK. This was Newell’s first Foothills win. 16 Year Olds This was a full gate of 8-riders when we started. When it was established who would transfer, surprisingly it was “Supergirl” Samantha Sperrazza not making the cut. The main event saw Trevor Toney, the apparent class of the group take the lead. Up the third straight he jumped the big obstacle by the announcer’s tower. Dylan Rodriguez (Overhaul Racing) was second. As they went up the long back straight, something happen to Toney and he got off the gas pedal. Rodriguez sped by and Toney had all he could do to hang onto second. At the stripe it was Dylan, Noah with third going to Connor Rooney. 17-20 Year Olds This was a three-rider total points event and it was the same order every round. Dave Cosselman (Stylin Racing) would sweep the motos, Evan Kryger was second with Nick Frank-Tedesco third. 26-35 Year Olds Moto 33 was made up of 4 riders. Josh Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop) did not make the main. This would be for Expert Points as Justin Provencal was in the line-up. Some thought that Marcelo Oliveira was the Expert but not the case although he rode like one. When the gate dropped Oliveira grabbed the lead with Shawn Kennedy, racing his last race here before moving to the Lone Star, right on his rear wheel. Justin Provencal (Gold Cup #2) was just cruising and let them go. All the way around Shawn remained nearly stuck to the rear wheel of Oliveira but could not pass. Marcelo earned his third Foothills win. 41-45 Year Olds With scot Gonyer preferring the tower over qualifying, he would announce his own main event from the sidelines. It was a three-rider shoot-out with so many changes going on it was amazing. Even going three-wide into turn three! At the stripe it was Chris Proctor with the win, Trevor Toney second and Joel Christofori Third in an extremely close finish. 46-50 year Olds This class was for Expert points as Mike Savage was in the house. “Rockstar” Art Ramsey (Scylent Rage Racing) was the rider who would miss out on cashing in those points. Mike Savage (Crit Plate) would have no trouble earning his 12th consecutive win and keeping his undefeated status intact. Second went to Randy Komssi while Sean Delaney finished third. EXPERTS 14 Year Old Girls With this being a total points race which includes Foothills 4-time female track champion, it was no surprise when Marissa Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop), swept to her fifth Foothills win. Sophia Machnik (Warped) was second. Third went to Mary Sloan )Northeast Factory). 21-30 Year Old Women The was another total points event and another with the same order of finish in every round. Devin Murphy (Daylight Bicycles) was first. Lydia Clarkin (Stedmans) was second. Stefanie Blackburn (Warped BMX) was third. 8 Year Olds This was yet another Total Points race and, yup, the same order of finish in every round yet again. Winning for the tenth time this season was Devon Hurley (Family Pride). Bryson Bruns (Alpha) was second. Third went to Rylan Spence (Racers Army). 11 Year Olds This group had 4-riders entered and Noah Fuentes just missed the cut. Conor Christofori took a nasty fall in round one but was OK. In the main it was all Dion Hurley (Family Pride) as he would log his fifth win in the record book. Conor Christofori (Boosted BMX) was second as he held of Breton Provencal (Northeast Army). 13 Year Olds This was a tough one as there were 4-riders registered but Gavin Suares fell in practice and could only touch the gate to get rider points. In the main it was Zach Rukakoski (Overhaul) taking the lead but Chris “Sparky” Pedersen )Associated Lightning Rod) was all over him in his first race as an Expert. All the way around they battled but there was no passing. It ended up Rukakoski, Pedersen and Wes Hamel (Family Pride). 14 Year Olds This one was a total points race and the kind that I dislike. The same order of finish each round. “The Undertaker” Jonah Graves (Full Circle Bike Shop) would win his eighth Foothills race. Isabella Nelson (Hyler) was not far behind for second. Third went to Nick Smith (Full Circle Bike Shop), in his first race as an Expert. 15 Year Olds This was another total points race but the kind that I love. Three round of motos and three different winners. Round one went to Aidan Biello (Ramp Farm Racing). Round two went to “The Bulldozer” Chris Gonyer )Overhaul). Round three it was Dave Fernandez. So the official order for the day was Fernandez, Biello and Gonyer. 17-20 Year Olds This started off with 5-riders on the sheet but there was a no-show allowing the remaining four to get a free pass to the main event. In the main it was all Ryan Komssi (Alltow) going coast to coast for the win. Colin Morini (Full Circle Bike Shop) was second. Third went to Kyle Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop). 26-35 Year Olds This was the last race of the day and it was a total points race. Steve Odham had it all his way ashe enjoyed a Sunday Sweep. Ryan Rappa, wearing an old Bizzarro shirt he stole from Dave Bedford. Was second. Third went to Scott Doland in his Team USA colors. So that’s how it went down as seen from the tower. No racing next week and good luck to the riders going to Akron for the Northeast Gold Cup Finals. See you in two weeks. Plaskett Out

So, this day was one to be remembered, and for many reasons. But the weather was simply the best for a local BMX race and the riders sure responded. When registration closed there were 190 entries and were split into 42 motos! This just keeps adding to an incredible year. Our average rider count is now at 187! Before we started it was time to name our Pete Doda Ice Cream Rider-Of-The-Week. 14-year-old Novice rider Madison Chalko was todays recipient. After missing 8 weeks due to an injury, she had won the last two weeks for her first Foothills wins of the year. She chose Devin Murphy as her favorite rider. Maddy and Devin Murphy BALANCE BIKES 4 Year Olds It was an amazing turn out today with a Foothills record 17 Striders. This grouping featured 7 riders going for the gold. (They all got gold). Watertown’s Ben Hagan scampered his way to a three-moto sweep. Hunter Whitaker was a close second. Victoria Machnik rounded out the top three. 3 Year Olds This was a 5-rider run for the roses. Asher Smith out sprinted Ryder Vaill for the right to stand on top of the podium. Third went to Jaxon Krzynowek. 1-2 Year Olds This is always a fun group to watch and today it was 5-riders strong. The most consistent racer was Tanner Smith with two seconds and a first. Ryan Lataille (Rubber Side Down) was second and Colton Simon finished third CRUISERS 15-16 Girls This class only had four riders, but it was a loaded one. 21-year-old and sitting NAG 2 is Devin Murphy (Daylight Bicycles Factory); unprecedented 4-time Foothill Track Champion, 14 year old Marissa Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop), New Riders this year 15 year old Laiken Comier and 14 year old Ella Urban. So, it was obvious who the first two to transfer would be but the question is who earns that last spot? It would got to Laiken as she edged out Ella. The main was decided early as Devin grabbed the lead early with Marissa in tow. They would finish that way with Laiken third. 9 Year Olds This was a 4-rider class and the three qualifying rounds were tough. In the end it was Noah Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop) the rider missing out. The last one to qualify was Logan Kuhn. When this happens it usually a sure bet that third place is in the cards for this rider. Oh Contrare! When The pack hit turn two, it was Hunter Heath (Boosted) on the point. Kuhn was second with Bryson Bruns third in a very tight pack. Up the second and third straights it remained the same but very close. Bruns led the charge in turn 4 when Kuhn dove to the inside and passed him as they hit the rhythm section. At the stripe the last one to qualify won the main event. It was Kuhn, Bruns and Heath, How about that? 14 Year Olds This was also a 4-rider grouping and it would be Dave (Farm Boy) Labarge (Full Circle Bike Shop), the rider eliminated, Dave has three win this season and only missed the cut twice. In the main it pretty much stayed the same order the entire lap. Mason Bruns held off a charging Jonah Graves (Full Circle Bike Shop) for the win. Chris Pedersen (Sand Road Animal Hospital) was third. 26-30 Year Olds This class was 5-riders strong and the rider eliminated was a rider who I believe was making his first start in a BMX race. A great try but Ken Bean would have to watch his first race from the sidelines. The 4-rider main it was Terrance Williams (Powers Bike Shop) and Joe Broderick made this a 2-rider break-away. They were within a bike length all the way around, but Williams would prevail. Broderick was second and third went to Nick Frank-Tedesco. 36-40 Year Olds this class was made up of four riders with ages ranging from 36 – 50 years old. 40-year old Jim Maclennan, on his first Cruiser ride at Foothills, missed qualifying today. Steve Oldham earned his second win in as many tries here this season. Steve led Rick Marceau (Overhaul) and Scott Price (Misfits) all the way around but the rhythm section changed the order behind him. Price got alongside of Marceau and they went handlebar to handlebar through that section. Price crossed over out of turn 5 and passed Rick just before the stripe to salvage second behind Oldham. 51-55 Year Olds This was a total points race and it was no contest. The BMX Legend, Mike Savage, had it all his was as he swept the motos. “Moto-Man” Rog Billings (Scylent Rage Racing) finished second whole “Bare Foot” Stu McCready was third. NOVICES This 6-rider shoot-out was interesting to say the least. This was a 6-rider class but, there were 6-riders in the main event! Uh-Oh, so after motos were posted online, there was a changed made to the sheets. A hard copy was reposted on the moto boards. Unfortunately, the update seems to not have occurred on “live motos” and the rider affected did not see it. Originally two would have transferred out of each moto. After round one, the top two finishers figured they had both transferred and sat out the rest of the qualifying. Instead of the transfers being “1-2-2”, in their minds it remained “2-2-2”. At main time, who would be so heartless as to tell a rider who sat out the last two qualifying rounds that they did not make it? Not us hence the 6-rider main. Post-race we reported what happened to USABMX so we shall see how they handle it. At the stripe it was Jack Wendt earning his second win of the year. Gavin Proctor was second with Kira Spence third. 7 Year Olds This was a large 7-rider class and it was Olivia Pieterse missing the cut for only the second time this year. The main event, although large, went off fairly uneventful once they went past turn 1. There were no position changes, and, at the stripe, it was Dylan Koerner with the win, his first here of the year, Jayden Mahoney was second while third place went to Brynn Whalen. 8 Year Olds There were 4-riders in this mix, and it was Luke Mills trying very hard but missing the cut. The main event order of finish as they qualified. Logan Whitaker, who calls Rotterdam’s Clay Monster his home track, won in his first race here. Second place went to Caleb Barnes, a Whip-City rider. Third went to Brooklyn Blackwood, who calls Foothills BMX her home. 9 Year Olds This was a total points race and the first race for Charlie Tucker, who signed up here at Foothills recently. Whoa, this could be the start of something special as this little hot-rod won all three rounds for the overall 9 Nov title. Blake Price was second each round while RJ Gadoury was third in his first race. 10 Year Olds Yet another total points race but it was an important one. Willow Hicks, former rider-of-the-week was victorious in round one. Round two she did it again and complete the sweep in round three. As she crossed the stripe, she became the newest Intermediate rider in the country. Cole Dziok and Olivia Kaleta traded second place finishes, but Cole broke the tie in round three for Second place overall. Willow Hicks, the newest Intermediate 11 Year Olds this was a 5-rider class full of some good riders. Current points leader in this class, Aryana “The Slayer” Labarge (Full Circle Bike Shop) missed the cut for the first time this year. Nathan Rivera pulled off his first win of the year here with a sweet pass in turn one. Vance Knowles, a regular at Billerica BMX under normal conditions, was second in his first trip here. Third went to “The Warrior” Collin Ramsey (Scylent Rage Racing). 13 Year Olds This 4-rider class saw Skylar Squires, making her first trip here all the way from Huntington MA., miss the transfer. Henry Morini (Full circle Bike Shop) held off a determined Josh Styga at the stripe for a close win, his fourth of the season. Josh was second while third went to Liz Doyle. 14 Year Olds This was a 5-rider grouping and it would be Wyatt Keller, after making his last six mains here, miss the cut today. Payton Shippee (Full circle Bike Shop), whom we have not seen since Race #1 when she won, was back today and did it again. Maddy Chalko was solid with a second. Third went to Naomi Bruno (Family Pride). 15 Year Olds This was a 4 rider shoot-out and it was Laiken Cormier, making her debut in the Novice class after racing just Cruiser all year, the rider eliminated. Vinny Fahey (Full circle Bike Shop), who already has four wins this year going in, now has 5 after that effort. Landon Crawford was second with third going to Zakar Huard third for Retribution. 26-35 Year Olds Now onto some large groupings. This one had 6 riders entered. After the qualifying rounds, it was Staci Kennedy just missing the transfer. This was her first elimination of the year here. She may have been glad she was not in this. Luis Ramirez jumped out to an early lead and led all the way to turn two. He simply went over the handlebars entering the turn. Another rider, possibly Liz Roy, smashed into the turn two fence. As the carnage was thought to be over, Stephen Kingsland wrecked his bike into the fence in the long chute. When the dust settled and the fences were repaired, it was Evan Rooney with the win, Leigh Water second and Liz Roy third. 36-40 Year Olds this class was even bigger with 7-riders on the sheets. Dani Vyce (The Vyce Squad) did not make the cut but even worse, no picture of her was posted today. The main event had some good action in it. Eban Whitaker (Rubber Side Down) had the lead early as the “Legend of Doom” rounded turn one. Down in turn two Andy Chalko made a sweet move to the lead. Jen Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop) and Jim Kaleta were trading paint and saying the nastiest things to each other. As the group entered turn 5, Chalko came in too hot and drifted high. Whitaker stayed on the jammy and rushed past him about six feet before the finish line for the win. Chalko settled for second while third went to Terrence Kerr. I’ve heard that Jen and Kaleta may have contracted personal lawyers. 41-45 Year Olds After Sarah Huberty was eliminated in the qualifying rounds, this led to a 4-rider main event. Even starting in gate 7, Carl Carlson (Boosted) managed to be in the lead entering turn 1. Once ahead he was uncatchable and went onto his fifth consecutive Foothills win. Tim “Big Timber” Adams (Scylent Rage Racing) was second while his teammate Brian Kesl finished third. 46-50 Year Olds The last class for the 64 Novices who raced today was a 5-rider group. Sam Bond, in only his third time here, failed to make the cut. Jason Graves (Full circle Bike Shop) took the lead early and never looked back. Guy Tirendi was in hot pursuit the entire lap and was just two lengths behind at the stripe. Chet Mills rounded out the top three. INTERMEDIATES 6 Year Olds Cole Lyman (Full circle Bike Shop) just missed making the transfer out of the motos resulting in a 3-rider main event which featured two riders in their first ride as an Intermediate. Reid Waters and Logan Rivera were those two new-bees and looked like they belonged. Waters led from the start all the way to the rhythm section when Dylan Dobelle powered to the lead. Out of the final turn it was Dobelle, Waters and Rivera. Logan fell in the last turn but was okay. 9 Year Olds With four riders registered this would require qualifying rounds to set the starting grid in the main. However, one rider was a no-show so the motos were nothing but gate practice. In the main Noah Hardgrove (Full circle Bike Shop), took the lead and held off a fierce challenge from Dom Cheavalier all the way around. Dom got alongside twice but could not pass. Xander “The Monsta” Monczka (Overhaul) was third. 10 Year Olds In this 5-rider class it was Mikel Aubrey the rider missing out on racing in the main event after being eliminated in the motos. When the gate dropped in the main, Zuleka Bruno had the best starting gate and made it work perfectly. She grabbed the hole-shot and held off Brody Kesl (Scylent Rage Racing) the entire lap. Third went to Lucas Mancino riding out of the Boosted BMX Team camp. 11 Year Olds It’s always tough to eliminate a rider in a 4-rider class but rules are rules. In this case the hard luck rider was Tayler Kuhn (Alpha). In the main, if Nick Preston could win, he would move up to the Expert ranks. But Johnny Urban (Scylent Rage Racing) had a much better starting position and grabbed the hole shot in turn one. All the way around Preston tried to catch him but the lap that Urban put in was flawless. At the stripe it was Urban, Preston and Finnian Cosgrove. 12 Year Olds This was a big class with 6-riders going for some Sunday glory. It was a tough day for Hunter Phoenix, who recently moved up and this Retribution rider would have to watch the main from the sidelines. In the main it was all “The Gambler” Caleb Kaleta (Rubber Side Down) earning his 6th Foothills win and 5th in a row. Mikey Roy (Boosted BMX Racing) was a fairly close second while Toby Schoonmaker made the podium again this week with a third. 13 Year Olds This was 4-rider group. It was a tough day for 2-time Foothills winner Liam Macneil as he missed transferring. In the main it was all Chris “Sparky” Pedersen (Associated Lightning Rod Co.) as he enjoyed not only another win, but his 20th as an Intermediate moving himself up to the Expert ranks. Nick Tirendi tried hard but settled for the second spot. Tom Allen was third. Chris "Sparky" Pedersen gets certificate from T.O. Jason Lyman 14 Year Olds This was one of the rare total points races on this day and it was big for Nick Smith (Full Circle Bike Shop). Nick pulled off the “perfect” sweep of the motos and became the newest Expert in the county knocking Pedersen off the throne that he had just earned the main before. Aden Newell and Chaz Knowles were second and third in every round. Nick Smith gets his Cert from T.O. Jason Lyman 16 Year Olds This was a large class with 7-riders in the mix. Jesse Salva (State Champ) was eliminated in the motos. In the main it was a train-like lap as everyone remained close but in single file. Connor Rooney led the whole way with Dylan Rodriguez (Overhaul) and Nick Cernak third. All were one bike-length behind each other. 26-36 Year Olds In the next three matchups it would be “Expert Points” on the line as each group includes one Expert rider. Making the main becomes important for the points chasers. Joe Broderick was the rider who would be the first to miss out on this opportunity as he just could not make it through qualifying. The Expert was Steve Oldham and he made winning look easy. He led coast to coast. Marcelo Oliveira and Shawn Kennedy battled for the second spot whish eventually went to “Pink Mango” Oliviera. 41-45 Year Olds In this class there were three Intermediates and one Expert on the sheets. Big Points for all who make the show. Unfortunately, there was a no-show so the rest transferred automatically. The Expert was Rick Marceau (Overhaul) and he showed them how it’s done. Chris Proctor and Trev Toney were second and third but banked some Expert points. 46-50 Year Olds It’s always a tough road when you race an Expert but when it’s Mike Savage (Crit Plate), it must be Intimidating. There were 3 Intermediates who had to do just that. When the main was set, it was minus a “Rockstar” as Art Ramsey (Scylent Rage Racing) was not in it. Savage had no problem in racking up another win. “Big Sexy” Vic Rodriguez (Overall) held off “The Birthday Boy” 65-year old Rog “Moto Man” Billings (Scylent Rage Racing) for the second spot. EXPERTS 14 Year Old Girls This was a total points event and it included a NAG rider. From Woodland BMX it was Danica Bailey (NAG 9) scoring the “perfect”. 4-time track champion Marissa Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop) had to settle for second while third went to Sophia Machnik (Warped BMX). 7 Year Olds Total points racing started off the boy Expert classes. In the first one it was all Bryson Bruns (Alpha) as he nailed a “perfect”. JD Lataille (Rubber Side Down) was second each round with Will Adams (Scylent Rage Racing) third. 8 Year Olds This was another total points race and another where the order of finish was the same every round. Devon Hurley (Family Pride) won his ninth foothills win with the sweep. Logan Kuhn  and Rylan Spence were second and third. 10 Year Olds The line-up in this class was 5-riders strong. Cole Charette would miss his first main here this year despite a great try. In the main it was another Hurley, this time its Dion (Family Pride) leading start to finish. He looked like the Pied Piper as all simply followed him. Sawyer Spence (Racer concepts) stayed in the second spot the entire lap while Chace Wilcox did the same in third. 13 Year Olds The battle for the last transfer spot went right down to the last straight in the last moto but it was Noah Andersen (Ramp Farm Racing) missing his first main here this season. The main event saw Gavin Suares (Rubber Side Down) take off quick and stay in the lead coast to coast. “Iceman” Owen Golden (Rejects BMX) made it close at the end but settled for the second spot. Wes Hamel (Family Pride) passed Brandon Houle early on to salvage third. 14 Year Olds This was another total points race with only 2-riders showing up. “The Undertaker” Jonah Graves (Full Circle Bike Shop), would win each round with former Track champ Trevor “Superfly” Cooper (Ramp Farm Racing) second. 15 Year Olds Starting off with 4-riders on the moto sheets Tyler Bailey (Nat 84) simply touched the gate due to an injury. Chris “Bulldozer” Gonyer (Overhaul) took the lead early in the main and Aidan Biello (Ranp Farm Racing) went right out with him in a 2-rider break-away. All the way around Biello kept the heat turned up but just could not complete the numerous pass attempts. At the stripe it was Gonyer, Biello and Jacob Faunce (Rubber Side Down). This was Gonyer’s third Foothills win. 17-20 Year Olds The was the last non-total-points race with 5-riders registered. After the dust settled from the qualifying rounds, it was Evan Kryger watching from the sidelines. Tyler Farwell got a great start from the outside and took the lead in turn 1. Colin Morini (Full Circle Bike Shop) followed him through the turn and was all over his rear wheel until they reached turn 5. Colin had one last “all or nothing” last chance to pass but wrecked in turn 5 sending him to last place. Hunter Zeiner inherited the second spot while Kyle Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop) moved up to third. 21-25 Year Olds This was the last race of an awesome day and it was a total points event. Terrence Williams (Powers Bike Shop) won every round for the sweep. Warren Ortelt finished second while Ryan Rappa was third. So that’s it for this week. Special thanks to Dan Urban and Scott Gonyer for filling in for my in the tower and Andy Chalko working his magic with his camera. Plaskett - Out

With yet another Gold Cup Qualifier this weekend in Meriden, we had no real idea what to expect for our annual Bob Warnicke Scholarship Race today. It was apparent early on that this was going to be a decent turnout as the parking lot was filling quickly. By 11:30 there were 202 entries split into 41 motos. It was time to catch up on our Pete Doda Ice Cream Rider-Of-The-Week awards and, because he was not here last Sunday, we held off on naming the rider until he was here. For his efforts on August 9th, 7-year old Jayden Mahoney was named as the recipient. Jayden earned his first Foothills win that day. He named Gavin Suares as his favorite rider. The Pete Doda Ice Cream Rider-Of-The-Week for last week’s race was named as Logan Rivera, a 6-year old Novice from Meriden who enjoyed his third Foothills win that day. He said “Chloe” was his favorite rider. BALANCE BIKES 4 Year Olds With twelve little foot-pounders in the house, they were split into three groups. Group 1 was 6-riders strong and titled “4 Balance Bikes” and featured 6-riders. It was Parker Whalen who ran his way to two of three wins which was good enough for the overall. Julian Gonzales was second with Ben Hagan rounding out the top three. Max Delaney, Carter Cardillo and Mattie Doyle were next in the finishing order. 3 Year Olds There were three riders in this one and it was the same order in every round. Ryder Vaill was first; Jaxon Krzynowek was second while Carter Anthony was third. 2 Year Olds “Flyin” Ryan Lataille ran his was to victory in this three-rider shootout. Tanner Smith was second while Novah Heath was third. Parker Whalen Wins His Class Ryder Vaill Wins His Class Ryder Lataille Wins His Class CRUISERS 15-16 Year Old Girls This was one of the few Total Points races and it would be Marissa Lyman earned her 8th consecutive win. Laiken Comier was second. Althea Manville was third. 36-40 Year Old Women This was a 4-rider class. Malissa Kaleta, riding out of the Rubber Side Down camp, was the rider eliminated during the qualifying rounds. Marianne Sklarsky continued her BMX comeback with her second Foothills win this season. Sarah Maguire, raced her first BMX race and finished an impressive second. Caissy Price (Team Misfits) was third. 9 Year Olds This looked like it was going to be a fun class to watch balled in the qualifying rounds with 6-riders going for the five spots in the main event but, when Carmine Angelo was a no-show, the qualifying rounds meant nothing. In the main event, it was Max Meinel (TNT National Team) who blasted from gate 8 to nail the win. Noah Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop) was second while third went to Hunter Heath (Boosted BMX). Blake Price made the main but failed to shop for it. 13 Year Olds This was a 4-rider event and it would be Colden Burkholder, who had only been here just once before, the rider missing the cut. When the gate dropped in the main, it was Jonathan Manns, (Black Crown Bike Shop Team) all the way from Irwin Pennsylvania with the snap, the hole shot, and the win. Â “Farm Boy”, Dave Labarge (Full Circle Bike Shop), starting in gate #1, would hold off Chris Pedersen (Sand Road Animal Hospital) for the second spot. 16 Year Olds This was a Total Points race with a 16-year old battling two 14-year olds. The 16-year old was Liam Knott (Stedmans Racing) and he was just a little quicker that “The Undertaker”, Jonah Graves (Full Circle Bike Shop). Liam would win two of the three rounds for the overall title with Jonah a close second. Third went to Brenden Felser (Crank Out Racing). 46-40 Year Olds This was a large class with 7-riders strong and the qualifying rounds were hectic especially round one. Going into the second turn, Mike Savage (Crit Plate) had the lead when Joe Broderick dove to the inside. His momentum carried him up into Savage and both would go down. Both were ok and they would qualify in later rounds. After Rog Billings (Scylent Rage Racing) just missed the transfer, it would be Savage with another main event win leading the entire lap. Second went to Pedro Nunes while Bian Brisson (Bad Apple Racing) salvaged third. NOVICES 5 & Under This was the largest group of the day with 11-riders vying for 8 main event starting positions. Bennett Pieterse, Kira Spence and Liam Perotte were the riders not making the main event. Perotte was a no-show all day and took a DNS (Did Not Start). In the main, the gate was completely full with 8 riders. When it dropped, they were all sorted out by the first turn when Reid Waters went to the point. Jack Wendt had the second spot with Rhys Adams running third. In and out of turn two, Waters was still comfortably in the lead but Adams found a way to pass Wendt for the second spot. The only other pass happened when Killian Connelly got by Skylar Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop), back in the pack. Officially it was Wates, earning his 5th consecutive win. Adams was second with third going to Wendt. 6 Year Olds This one had 5-riders registered. The hard luck rifer was local Ryder Osorio. When the gate dropped in the main it was reigning Ride Of The Week showing up that last weeks win was no fluke. He blasted his way to the point and never looked back for his 4th win of the year. Bentley Preston and Finn Connelly were second and third. 7 Year Olds Addison Bean made his Foothills debut today but its probably one he wishes to forget as he missed transferring out of the motos. Jayden Mahoney used a sweet pass in the third straight to earn his second win here this season. Soleil Shuster was the victim of the move but managed a solid second place finish. Third went to Dylan Koerner. 9 Year Olds Six riders in the line-up for this shootout. Kyle Noblin, making his first appearance here, failed to qualify for the 5-rider main event. The main became so far widespread that its length was an entire straight away long. The engineer on this long train was Dylan Murphy, with a very cool number plate, earned his first Foothills win. Molly Patrick was a close second yet again this week. Third went to Blake Price (Team Misfits). 10 Year Olds This was another class with 6-riders entered. Olivia Kaleta (Rubber Side Down) just missed the transfer. As the main entered turn one, one of the riders shot up the berm. Evan Kane somehow saved it but it caused a lot of braking within the pack. Willow Hicks, who has two wins early in the season, Stretched out her lead as she raced around the course. At the stripe it was Hicks, Gabe Perrotte and Evan Kane the top three. 11 Year Olds Hunter Price had a tough day and missed the transfer out of the motos. Now up front in the 6-rider main event, Finnian Cosgrove had the lead going into turn three. He drifted up very high, James Drago got underneath him and also drifted up. Cosgrove nearly went through the fence but used his brakes wisely and hit nothing but lost all momentum. At the finish line it was Drago hangin on, Cosgrove got the second spot while Collin Ramsey (Scylent Rage Racing) was third. Finnian Cosgrove recovered from a round 1 crash to finish second 12 Year Olds This group was made up of 5-riders. Janelle Cappa would just miss the cut. Drayke Palazzi lengthened his points lead with his 5th win of the year. Henry Morini (Full Circle Bike Shop) was second with Liz Doyle rounding out the top three spots. 13 Year Olds This was a Total Points race and it was the same order in all three rounds. Magus Harrison finally got his second Foothills win and in impressive style with a “perfect”. Josh Styga was second while Hannah Patrick was third. 14 Year Olds Addison Rushford (Boosted BMX) missed todays main event. The four riders who did make it had to follow Maddy Chalko all the way around and she virtually checked out of the hotel. She was long gone and see ya later. She earned her second win in as many weeks after being on the injured list since week #2. Scott Colgrove watched her fade into the distance from the second spot. Third went to Naomi Bruno out of Falcon BMX. 21-25 Year Olds With just three riders, this was a Total Points event. Evan Rooney would get the job done and he did it times 3 with the “prefect”/ Nick Tedesco was second while Staci Kennedy finished third. 36-40 Year Olds This one was a 5-rider group that included Jen Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop) as the sixth rider. In as much as she nearly lost not only the last qualifying moto but nearly lost the one after that, she missed the cut. In the main Jim Maclennan Grabbed an early lead starting on the pole (Gate #1) But Scott Colgrove passed him on thee second straight. It became a two-rider break-away as these two were glued together up the 3rd straight, turn 3 and the back Straight. As they reached turn 5, Maclennan used an old-skool foot-down move to regain the lead and held onto it the rest of the way. Scott was second and third eventually went to Andy Chalko. 41-45 Year Olds Speaking of ‘Old-Skool” this total points race includes one of the original students in that class. Carl Carlson has been back racing for this his 4th week, and this was his 4th win as he remains undefeated here at Foothills. “Big Timber” Time Adams (Scylent Rage Racing) was second. Third place went to Brian Kesl, also out of the Scylent Rage Racing Stables. 46-50 Year Olds The final Novice class of the day was 7 riders strong. It’s a big disadvantage to draw gate 8 but that’s what happened to Ryan Murphy. It didn’t matter much as he took the lead before turn one and never gave it up. It was close for a while behind him but, when it settled, the order as they crossed the stripe was Murphy, Jason Graves (Full Circle Bike Shop) and Scott Price (Team Misfits). INTERMEDIATES 7 Year Olds Despite another great try, 5-year old Cole Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop) could not overcome the age difference and would not qualify. This was a 9-rider class and was the second biggest of the day. Mason Delaney took an early lead and JD Lataille went right out there with him. Coming out of turn one Kris Meinel (TNT National Team) got by Lataille and set his sights on Delaney. He got close but could not ass him. At the stripe is was Delaney, Meinel and Lataille. 9 Year Olds In this one it turned out to be a free ride to the main event for 5 riders as Carmine Angelo was a no-show. In the main event “Rocket Rose” Adalyn Nevins (Retribution) would lead all the way until turn #4. That’s when Noah Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop) pulled of a sweet pass and took over the rest of the way for the win. Nevins had to settle for a second-place finish while third went to Tom Musarella. 10 Year Olds There were 6-riders in this one and it was Blake Nevins the rider who missed the cut. Brody Kesl (Scylent Rage Racing) took off early and never looked back with an impressive run. He led coast to coast. Landyn Moynihan got by Kevin Nunes for the second spot. Nunes settled for third. 12 Year Olds This group was loaded with 7-riders strong. Hunter Phoenix. After a recent move-up, Hunter Phoenix would just miss the main event. “The Gambler” Caleb Kaleta (Rubber Side Down) took the lead early and never looked back earning his 5th Foothills win of the year. Nick Preston (Boosted BMX) was second with the third spot going to Toby Schoonmaker. 13 Year Olds In this 4-rider shoot-out Liam Macneil would miss his first main of the year after crashing in the third qualifier. Chris Pedersen, (Associated Lightning Rod co.) was the top dog today. Nick Tirendi was second with the third slot going to Tom Allen. 15 Year Olds Zak Huard would miss the transfer into this 4-rider main event. Kodie Carlson would take no prisoners in this one as he powered his way to a hard-fought win. Vinny Fahey (Full Circle Bike Shop) managed to stay in front of his teammate Marissa Lyman for the second spot. 26-35 Year Olds After Josh Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop) was eliminated in the qualifying rounds the main event was on. Shawn Kennedy (Liberty BMX) and Joe Broderick broke away early and battled hard all the way until they reached turn 4 when Broderick baled. Shawn had it all his way after that for his 4th win. Holger Rivera inherited the second spot while third went to Chris Gravelle. 36-40 Year Olds This was a Total Points race but it was a good one. Fabiano Garcia won round one but Marcelo (Pink Magic: won round two setting up the tie breaker. Marcelo captured the final round for the overall win. Fabiano was second with Ryan Emmick finishing third. 41-45 Year Olds This was moto #33 and it was the same order in all three rounds of action. Brian Brisson (Bad Apple) was first. Sean Delaney was second with third going to Scott Gonyer (Overhaul Racing). 51 & Over This was the last of the Intermediate action and it would happen without Art Ramsey (Scylent Rage Racing) as he missed the cut. Mike Savage Crit Plate expert) would dominate and win his tenth consecutive race here this season. Mark Reale (Warped BMX) was second with third going to Rog Billings (Scylent Rage Racing). EXPERTS 8 Year Olds With Rylan Spence (Racers Army) eliminated in the qualifying rounds, this would be a 3-rider main event. Devon Hurley (Family Pride) was the first to qualify and first across the stripe in this one. Jackson Manns, Black Crown Racing) riding out of Pennsylvania, was second. Third went to Carson Burkholder (Chip-N-Dale). 10 Year Olds Hunter Heaths bad day continued here as he would again miss the cut. Dion Hurley (Family Pride) grabbed the early lead and that was all he needed. Max Meinel (TNT National Team) got stuck on the outside and would have to play catch-up from the last spot. Meinel managed to pass Conor Christofori on the second straight but he would get no closer. Hurley ruled the entire lap. Second went to Sawyer Spence (Racer Concepts) while Max finished third. 12 Year Olds Matt Horjatson, who we’ve only seen once this year, did not shake enough rust off to make the main today. The main was 4-riders and it was “Zachattack” Zak Rukakowski (Overhaul) with a great start resulting in a great win. The second spot was very close and it went to Hunter Dye (Hostile Northeast) right at the stripe as he crossed it with Wes Hamel (Family Pride) alongside. 13 Year Olds This was another good-sized class with 6-riders involved. Brandon Houle was so close but would just miss the cut. He may be happy he wasn’t in the mix as there was a huge wreck in turn 2 that took out Owen Golden, Gavin Suares and Brenden Pleasant. Josue Bruno (Family Pride) was standing on top of the podium when the dust cleared. Jonathan Manns (Black Crown Racing) was second. Third went to Golden (Rejects BMX). 25 YearOlds This was a 5-rider grouping and it would be a New Jersey rider missing out on the main event action. Joe Balsavage (Chip-N-Dale) was the odd man out. Brendan Felser (Crank Out Racing) grabbed the lead away from Aidan Biello in the first turn and held on the rest of the way for the win. Aidan was second while third went to “The Undertaker” Jonah Graves (Full Circle Bike Shop). 16 Year Olds This is “The Mod Squad” and had 5 riders going for four main event spots. After qualifying was complete, Sean Adams was the rider eliminated. In the main event Kyle Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop), got the best start of his career from gate #3 and blasted to the front. He stretched the lead out to 5 bike lengths when Liam Knott (Stedmans BMX) started to reel him in. Out of the final turn Kyle would win by two lengths for the first time since last June (2019) here at Foothills. Knott was second. Third went to Tyler Farwell. 17-20 Year Olds The last race of the day and here comes “The Chain-Gang” 17-year-old experts. Autumn Snow, who has net been here in a long time, gave it a good shot but did not transfer. Colin Morini (Full Circle Bike Shop), Jumped out early then hung on all the way around for the win. Hunter Zeiner had a hard challenge for the second spot from Pete “Boom-Boom” Balotti but Pete was just too Foothills rusty to pull off any move like he once did years ago at Foothills. He would finish third. So that’s it, at least how I saw it for another week. No racing at Foothills next week as it’s the State Championship Race down in Bethel. See you in two weeks. “Plaskett Out” Full Report

So, after a two week layoff, we were back at it today in spite of some unbelievable days of rain ending just 16 hours earlier. The track, which had been covered, was in great shape. Catamount BMX in Vermont scheduled their opening day today also and, knowing that many Massachusetts riders would be torn between coming here or going there, we expected a lower rider count than we have been enjoying lately. Averaging 190 riders per race this season, today we were at just 150. Non-the-less the action was good, and the weather was perfect. We elected to not reveal the name of our rider of the week from our last race as that rider was not here yesterday. We will award that rider next week along with a rider from today. This was our annual Race For Life charity event. This is something that USABMX tracks are mandated to do at one race per year. It raises funds in an effort to fight leukemia all in memory of a 12 year old Michigan rider, (Todd Kingsbury) who passed away in 1981 from this disease. BALANCE BIKES There were 13 riders in this category, and we split them into 3 motos. The first was the 4-year old group of 5 runners. Ben Hagan ran his way to a first-place finish in all three rounds. Parker Whalen was second while Cameron Barkyoumb rounded out the top three.| The next group of 5 riders was the 3-year old division. Asher Smith was focused and out raced everyone in all three rounds. Walter Steins was third. The last group of 3 riders was the 2-year old group. Tanner Smith did what his brother Asher did in the 3-year old class and won all three rounds. Ryan Lataille and Novah Heath were second and third. Ben Hagan Asher Smith Tanner Smith CRUISERS 17-20 Year Old Women This was a total points race and included riders aged 14 to 50+. Marissa Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop) extended her winning streak to 7 in a row with a somewhat easy run today. Laiken Cormier, showing much improvement held off Marianne Sklarsky (Team Rubbermaid) for the second spot. 9 Year Olds Dave Crichton (Frye High Performance) won his first Cruiser race here this season with a “perfect” in this total points race. Noah Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop) was second all day while Hunter Heath (Boosted BMX) was third. 13 Year Olds This was yet another total points race and it would be another Full Circle Bike Shop rider earning the win. Dave (Farm Boy) Labarge won two of the three rounds to capture the flag. Chris Pedersen (Sand Road Animal Hospital) was second with the third spot going to “Zachattack” Zack Rukakoski (Overhaul Racing). This was Dave’s third Cruiser win. 16 Year Olds This was the last total points race in the Cruiser classes and it was no contest as the only 16 year old in the mix, Logan Dimerski (Full Circle Bike Shop), had it all his way and he would ace the “perfect”. He remains unbeaten in the class this season. 14 year old Jonah “The Undertaker” Graves (Full Circle Bike Shop), was second with Isabella Nelson, (Hyper) also 14 years old, third. 46-50 Year Olds This was a 7 rider group but, unfortunately, one of the registered riders was a no-show which ruined the qualifying rounds rendering them meaningless as all 6 riders would transfer to the main. Jason Moriarty would draw gate 5 in the main while Mike Savage (Crit Plate) was mired over in gate 8. The inside is always the preferred line here at foothills and Jason took the lead going into turn one. Savage could only follow him at that point and he did that all the way around the track in a two-rider break-away. At the stripe it was Moriarty, Savage and Rick Marceau (Overhaul) for third. NOVICES 5 & Under This class featured 5 riders. Skylar Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop), was the rider eliminated in the motos. She was the only 4 year old in the mix. The main event saw Jack Wendt earn his first Foothills victory with an impressive ride. Justus Pearson, made his BMX debut here today and scored a impressive second place finish. It looks like this Canton rider will be another force for the 5 & Under class to contend with. This third spot went to Bennett Pieterse. 6 Year Olds Our local rider, Ryder Osorio, has been struggling a bit lately and he was the one rider who was forced to watch the main from the sidelines as he missed qualifying for it. Logan Rivera, who considers Falcon BMX his home track, nailed down his third Foothills win of the season. Bentley Preston, put in another solid effort and finished second. The third spot went to Chance Pearston, in his first race ever. 8 Year Olds With only three riders this was a total points race. Brynn Whalen, whose home track is Whip City, has been coming here the last four weeks and her efforts paid off today with her first Foothills win. Brooklyn Blackwood scored her third consecutive second place finish here while Olivia Pieterse was third. 10 Year Olds This was a large group of riders with 7 riders entered. Olivia Kaleta (Rubber Side Down), missed the cut despite a great try. In the main, the win would go to a hot-rod that has only raced once here this season. I have a feeling that we may see more of him now. Nick Maurati, whose home track is Trumbull, nailed down his 10th win as a Novice and moved up to the Intermediate class. It was a perfect lap even though he started way over in gate #7. Willow Hicks was second while the third spot on the podium was occupied by Dylan Murphy on his Redline racing machine. Nick Mauriti receives his move-up certificate from Track Operator Jason Lyman 11 Year Olds This was another good-sized class with 6 riders in the mix. Sam Bond (Agent 007) in his first race ever was the one rider who did not qualify out of the motos. We hope he is not discouraged as he showed some real skills out there. Finnian Cosgrove, riding out of Bethel Supercross, made his Foothills debut a memorable one as he nailed the win. James Drago, who just signed up two weeks ago, finished second today. “The Slayer” Aryana Labarge (Full Circle Bike Shop), was third. 13 Year Olds This total points race was one of those where the same finishing order occurred in all three rounds. Henri Morini (Full Circle Bike Shop), had it all his way and was our winner. Liz Doyle (Rubber Side Down) was second while third went to “Magnum Force” Magnus Harrison was third. 14 Year Olds Total points racing continued with this group as did the repetition of the same order in all three rounds. Maddison Chalco, who has been on the injured list since late June, made her return to the active list and was hotter than a firecracker. She won all three rounds. Wyatt Keeler finished second while Addison Rushford (Boosted BMX) was third. 16 Year Olds Emily O’Connor (Overhaul Racing), just missed the cut today. This was her first time here this year. Vinny Fahay (Full Circle Bike Shop), made it three wins in a row as he captured this one. Luis Rameriz (Boosted BMX) was solid with a second and he kept the pressure on Fahey all the way around. Third went to Zak Huard (Retribution Race Corp). 36-40 Year Olds In this group there was one rider who was making her BMX debut. Looking like she was fresh out of Never-Never Land, Jen Lyman, wearing a racing tutu, did not transfer out of the motos but, she stayed on her bike. She is the track secretary and is now expanding her BMX experience. In the tutu-less main event, Eric Tindell, (Retribution Racing Corp) who was only here once this year when he won, did it again today. Andy Chalco was about five lengths behind and James Kaleta (Rubber side Down) was third. 41-45 Year Olds In this 6 rider group Melissa Kaleta (Rubber Side Down) was the rider eliminated. Carl Carlson (Boosted BMX) decided three races ago to get back into BMX to join his son. Carl was a fixture down at Bethel Supercross when he was younger. Showing that his skills are still there, he won his third main event in as many tries here this year. Brian Kesl (Scylent Rage Racing) was second while Scott Prekasi, making his first trip to Foothills, was third. 46-50 Year Olds This was a total points even and it was “Flyin” Ryan Murphy, flying the Trumbull colors, coming out on top in every round. Jason Graves (Full Circle Bike Shop) was second while Will Massinger was third. INTERMEDIATES 7 Year Olds This class has been kind of sad all year as Cole Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop) is usually the only 6 year old here and is forced to race the 7 year olds. That was the case today and Cole would be the rider not making the cut. JD Lataille (Rubber Side Down) earned his fourth main event win here this year and he kept his perfect attendance intact as well. Gold Cup #1 Parker Moriarty was second while Collin Tindell was third. 9 Year Olds Peter Pereira, after winning his main event just two races ago, missed the transfer today. He sure looked good flying the Falcon BMX colors. Devon Hurley (Family Pride), won his 7th main event in 8 tries as his impressive season continues. Dave Crichton (Frye High Racing), after missing the cut in his last race here, was back on his game today and finished second. Third place went to the first Intermediate across the stripe Dom Cheavalier. Both Devon and Dave are Experts so its Expert points for all riders making the main in this 6-rider class. 10 Year Olds In this 6 rider shootout it would be Mikel Aubrey who was eliminated in the qualifying rounds. Mikel was making his first trip here this year and it appears he will need a little time to get the track dialed in. Logan Moriarty certainly has it dialed in as this Gold cup #2 rider won for the third time this year after not making the cut the last time he was here. Logan got a break as he was the only Expert in this group of Intermediates but its Expert points for everyone thanks to him. Zuleika Bruno came here for the first time this year and earned a very solid second place finish flying the Falcon flag. Brody Kesl (Scylent Rage Racing) was third. 11 Year Olds It was like a candy store from the brothers Hurley this day. After Devon won his main a bit earlier, it was now Dions turn to shine. He put his Family Pride colors in the winner’s circle for the second time this year. This was a total point race and its Expert points for everyone thanks to the presence of Dion. Nick Preston and Cooper Matlasz were second and third. 12 Year Olds There was no combining of proficiencies in this 5 rider class as all were Intermediates. Gold cup #2, Hunter Phoenix (Retribution Race Corp) was solidly in a transfer spot going into the final turn in the last chance qualifier when two riders passed him on each side. It was a heart breaker for this rider from Plymouth Connecticut as he was coming off a big day down in Bethel. Last Wednesday night he earned his 10th Novice win, move up to Intermediate, and was immediately picked up by Retribution Race corp. Hunter is awesome! In this main event “The Gambler” Caleb Kaleta (Rubber Side Down), grabbed his 4th win of the year here with a flawless lap. Mikey Roy (Boosted BMX) was a close second while Toby Schoonmaker earned a hard fought for third place finish. 13 Year Olds This was a total points event and a big one for last years Novice champion. Liam MacNeil earned his for Intermediate win in perfect style. He won every round. Chris “Sparky” Pedersen (Associated Lightning Rod Sponsor) was second while third went to Nick Tirendi. 14 Year Olds This class was 5 riders strong and included a girl. Not just any girl, it included our 4-time track champion Marissa Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop). She would not disappoint as she raced her way to her 4th win. Nick Smith, her teammate, was second while third went to Aden Newell. One of the favorites, Kraig Geissler, wreck in the second round and again in the main event. It was a tough day for Kraig Geissler with a pair of crashes. 16 Year Olds Riding with the Bethel Supercross colors, Sean Adams was the hard luck guy in this one as he missed the transfer. Connor Rooney, in only his second trip here, was putting on an aerial display and jumped into a first-place finish. Kodie Carlson (Boosted BMX) was second while Noah Toney was third. 26-35 Year Olds This was a large class with 6 riders involved. Cliff Benoit was the one Expert who would allow Expert points for all. Billie-Jean Suares made her BMX racing debut and only fell once! She, however, was so slow, she almost lost the qualifying round behind her as she did the one, she was in. Seriously, she was a good sport and seemed to have had fun. The main event saw Shawn Kennedy (Liberty BMX) earned those cherished expert points with his third win of the year. Second went to Derek Schneider while the third spot was earned by Cliff Benoit (Misfits). 41-45 Year Olds This was a total points race that included one Expert so its Expert points for all. The Expert was Rick Marceau (Overhaul) but it was Trevor Toney who pulled off his second win of the season. Rich was second with Scott Gonyer (Overhaul) third. 46-50 Year Olds This class each week is dominated by one rider as he is, more times than not, the only 50+ Expert rider here and gets combined with Intermediates. Such was the case again today and it was Mike Savage (Crit Plate) winning and sprinkling Expert points to all who qualified. After 64 year old Rog Billings (Scylent Rage %Racing) was eliminated in a close final qualifying race. Peter Pereira was second behind Mike while Brian Brisson (Bad Apple) rounded out the top three. EXPERTS 12 Year Olds This was a total points race and it was Zachattack) Zak Rukakowski (Overhaul) with the sweep of the motos. Wes Hamel (Family Pride) sure made him work had for the sweep and finished a close second while James Wolf finished third. 13 Year Olds In this 4-rider class it was Brandon Houle who failed to make the transfer. The 3-rider main event Josue Bruno (Family Pride) jumped out to an early lead but, as they sped up the second straight it was Gavin Suares (Rubber Side Down) pulling off a sweet pass. He would hold off Bruno all the rest of the way and, as they crossed the stripe, it was Suares by one length. Bruno was second and Noah Andersen (Ramp Farm Racing) was third. 14 Year Olds This was a total points race and it was a good one. “The Undertaker” Jonah Graves (Full Circle Bike Shop), won round one. Isabella Nelson (Hyper) won round two. The final round saw Nelson hang on to the lead for the win. Graves was second and Trev Cooper (Ramp Farm racing) was third. 15 Year Olds In this total points race it was “The Westfield Warrior”, Anthony Bartolo (Misfits) winning all three rounds. “Bulldozer” Chris Gonyer (Overhaul) was second in round two with Aidan Biello (Ramp Farm Racing) third. Biello finished ahead of Gonyer in the final round to finish second overall. 16 Year Olds This was the last of the total points races and it was “Flash” Logan Demerski (Full Circle Bike Shop) winning two out of three for the overall win. Tyler Farwell (Time2shine) was second with third going to Kyle Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop). 17-20 Year Olds With Terrance Williams being a no-show, the motos served no purpose other then gate practice as the remaining three riders would automatically transfer. In the main it was Colin Morini (Full Circle Bike Shop) putting yet another win in the books for (Full Circle Bike Shop). “Butter” Hunter Zeiner was second. Devin Murphy (Daylight Bicycles) was third. Next Week is our Bob Warnicke Scholarship Race. Its a DOUBLE POINTER! You dont want to miss this one. See you then. PLASKETT - OUT

This week the weather continues to cooperate, and it was another sizzling day with mild humidity but temps around 90. There was also a Gold Cup Qualifier down in Delaware. This year has been the most unpredictable year in recent memory. Today, was our smallest race of the year with 35 motos and 152 riders. We would certainly welcome that on any given Sunday. Our Rider Of The Week ceremony took place just before we started with the Strider class. This week we named Rowan Harrison; a 10-year-old Novice who nailed his first Foothills win last Sunday. During the interview, I asked him if this was his first win ever and he said that he had a few elsewhere, namely, Whip City. I figured that he had a just a few there because they have not opened this year except for one week. He finished third that one week at Whip. Anyway, he said that his favorite rider was Joe Toomey because he really pushes him. I would say that is a good choice as Joe has 5 wins in a row here at Foothills. I will talk more about Rowan’s wins later in this report. BALANCE BIKES 4 Year Olds Once practice started for these rug-rats it was apparent that there was a lot of them here. The moto sheets verified that fact as we had the most that we have ever had with 15 moto-mites registered. We split them into three groups and ran three rounds consecutively. Moto #1 was7 riders strong with 4-year old’s but only 6 showed up on the starting grid. Max Delaney, who had only run here once before just did not make it. Â Ben Hagan cleaned house outrunning everyone the first two rounds and finished third in the final but was still considered the overall winner (If we were keeping track). Beckett Levesque made his Strider debut with a consistent run. Parker Whalen raced for the third week in a row and looked awesome. Olivia Cernak. Carter Cardillo and Victoria Machnik all looked like they had a great time. (See Below) 3 Year Olds This was a 4-rider group and Asher Smith was totally focused and ran away from the competition every round. Ryder Vaill, with his rad roman style helmet, smiled the whole time running in the second spot. April Vordermnann, sponsored by FBJ Creations, showed us how they do it in Idaho. That’s right, all the way from the Gem State and on tour! “Jumpin” Joe Williams had his GT hot-rod would up and looked great. (See Below) 2 Year Olds This was another 4-rider run off and “Flyin” Ryan Lataille had the “pink panther” machine dialed in with a sweep. Carter Anthony ran his “Green Monster” to a second-place finish. Tanner Smith, the future star of Boosted BMX, was third while rounding out the field was Novah Heath, another hot-rod from Boosted BMX. (See Below) CRUISERS 15-16 Girls The first pointed class off the hill was this usual group of three. Marissa Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop), Current female cruiser track champion, led the charge and was unstoppable as she earned her 6th consecutive Cruiser win. Laiken Cormier continues to rack up points with her 8th consecutive appearance. Ella (Cinderella) Urban rode to a solid third place finish. 31-35 Woman This was a total point race and it was the same order in all three rounds of racing. Stefanie Blackburn (Warped BMX) made just her second visit here and took care of business riding that Squared machine to a sweep. Kristina Delucia (Turnt Racing) made her 2020 debut here and finished second while Caissy Price rode to the third spot. 41-45 Women This was another of the total points races and it featured a New York rider whom we had only seen once before. Jennifer Knapp, Riding for LYPHE Racing and out of Troy New York, was dominate and enjoyed a “perfect” by winning every round. Kasie Provencal, (Answer / Northeast Factory) loves our rhythm section and rode to a second overall. Sarah Huberty (Overhaul Racing) was third and did finish second in round 3. 13 Year Olds This was the last of the total points races in the cruiser classes. Chris Pederson (Sand Road Animal Hospital) has really been on a roll lately and earned his second Foothills Cruiser win of the season. “Farmboy” Dave Labarge (Full Circle Bike Shop) was solid with a second-place finish. Third went to Hunter Heath (Boosted BMX). Hunter went down hard in his expert class and was obviously not his usual speed demon after that. 17-20 Year Olds This class was 5 registered riders but, unfortunately, one was a no-show so all automatically transferred into the main event. Dave Albert Jr. who we have not seen too much of in the last couple of seasons was here for the first time this year and he sure made an impact. Riding for the Answer / Northeast Factory gang, he was unbeatable and won this main event. Jonah Grave (Full Circle Bike Shop), a four-time winner this year, put up a great fight (He is five years younger than Albert) and finished second. Third went to Gold Cup #1, Rog Gould. 41-45 Year Olds This was a four-rider gang and it was a tough one for Dave Maguire. Dave was making his competitive debut and has some special riding skills. Once he stops smoking, maybe he will make it past the third turn riding hard for a transfer spot. He was totally winded but loves being there with his daughter Emilee. In the main event Tim Brown (T-Bone) managed to stay ahead of Jody Toomey for the top spot. Jody (Overhaul Racing) held off Cliff Benoit (Misfits) for the second spot. 46-50 Year Olds This was a large group with 7 riders in the mix ranging from 49 to 64 years old. (Amazing). After the 3 qualifying rounds the rider eliminated was the oldest. Rog Billings (Scylent Rage Racing) just missed getting in. In the main, there was a surprise as Bryon Vordermann (FBJ Creations) was here from Idaho and this guy can ride. He gave our champion, Mike Savage all he could handle. Mike (Crit Plate) did prevail with Bryon second. The third spot went to Scott Price. This rad looking bus was parked in our upper parking lot. It is the Vordermann family touring the U.S. They make custom bicycle bags. Their home is in Idaho. It was great to have them here. NOVICES 6 Year Olds This was a big group with a 4-year old and a 5-year old in the mix. Surely one of those two would be the rider cut from the qualifying rounds. Nope! Both made it in and one of them won it! Local racer Ryder Osorio is in a slump and missed making today’s main. In the main it was 5-year old Reid Waters winning for the fourth consecutive week and this might have been the most impressive. Owen Sanzone, from the same town as Reid (Winsted) was second while Bentley Preston round out the top three. I would bet that the top two ride at Foothills together during the week. Reid used a sweet pass in turn one to get by Owen. Averi Wadman fell in turn 2 during the main but rode it off. 7 Year Olds There were 4-riders in this one and Soleil Schuster missed the cut for the first time this year. Jayden Mahoney followed last weeks second place finish with his first Foothills win today. Caleb Barnes, who missed the cut last week, sure came back strong with a second this week. Brynn Whalen finished in the third spot. Brynn tried to make a pass in turn three during the main and fell costing him a shot at second. He appeared to be ok. 9 Year Olds Last week Rowan Harrison earned his first win at Foothills and was looking for a repeat. Little did we know how hard he wanted it and why. This was a 5-rider class and, after the qualifying rounds eliminated Emilee Maguire, the main event was on. Rowan started in gate #6 so it would need to be a dash to turn one. When the dust settled Rowan did earn his repeat but, we learned later that this was his 10th win and he in now an Intermediate. Congratulations! Dylan Murphy was a close second while the third spot on the podium was occupied by Blake Price. Rowan Harrison receives his move-up award from T.O. Jason Lyman 10 Year Olds In the 10-year old class it was a 5-rider shootout of those 4 spots in the main event. Pat Leblanc gave it a great try but missed the cut. Riding out of the Rubber Side Down racing camp, Landon Moynihan would make it 2 wins in the last three times out. “The slayer” Aryana Labarge (Full Circle Bike Shop) was a close second. Crawford Kesl is showing much improvement and finished third. 13 Year Olds There were just 4-riders in this mix and the hard luck guy was Hunter Price who just missed the transfer. Ethan Cournoyer earned his third Foothills win of the season with a great run. After a first round wreck, Josh Styga finished with a solid second. The third spot went to Magnus Harrison. 15 Year Olds This was also a 4-rider class and this one rider just had a really tough day. Addison Rushford was racing just her second race here. The last two qualifying rounds were especially when she fell in both of those rounds. She is one tough racer and got back on the bike and rode to the finish line in every round. In the main, Pete Drwiega, who fell himself in round one, came back with his first Foothills win. Wyatt Keeler and Paisley Suares were second and third. It was a good day for Paisley as this was her first race ever and she made her main. 36-40 Year Olds This was yet another 4-rider grouping and in this one it was Caissy Price missing out for the second week in a row. The guy making his return to BMX a week ago remains undefeated with another win. Jim Maclennan seems to be blasting his way through the Novice class and earned his second consecutive Foothills win today. I am sure his daughter Katie, who he brought with him, was just as proud as his son Connor was last week. Brian Wadman was second while a very dusty Andy Chalko was third. Andy took a digger in round one and, some wondered if his day would continue. I guess they grow them tough in Meriden. 41-45 year Olds Matching the biggest class of the day this was a group that were 7-riders strong. Sarah Huberty (Overhaul Racing) was the rider watching the main from the side lines. She took a fall down in turn four in the second round. Carl Carlson, who I have called some of his races when he was a teenager, is now 41 years old and decided to try a comeback this year. So far so good as he won here for the second time in as many races. Chris Knapp (LYPHE Racing) was second as he held off for “Big Timber” Tim Adams (Scylent Rage Racing) for that spot. 46-50 Year Olds This was a 5-rider class and it would come down to the last qualifying round to see who would be the last two in between Mark Dukeman, Willi Massinger and Ryan Murphy. As soon as the gate dropped it was settled. Mark slammed the gate before it fell and, when it did, so did he. So much for that brand-new Chase Bicycle to remain without any scratches. Mark said that he was sore but should be good to go for next Sunday. In the main it was Ryan Murphy, one of the last two to qualify, winning the Main and it was his first trip here this year. Scott Price was second. Jason Graves (Full Circle Bike Shop), hung on to the third spot. INTERMEDIATES 7 Year Olds If anyone could use a break its this kid. 6-year-old Cole Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop), is the youngest regular Intermediate here at Foothills and constantly has to compete against older riders. Such was the case today and Cole would have to watch the main from outside the fence. Cole had just turned 6 this past week. JD Lataille regained his winning ways after three winless races and was back on top today. Mason Delaney put in a nice effort and was rewarded with a second-place award. Rounding out the top three was Kris Devaux, who seems to be positioned to convincing his mom to get a cruiser and come join the fun. 9 Year Olds Evan Wadman was the odd man out in this class which featured the presence of an expert rider which means all rider making the main earn expert points. Dominic Chevelier (Spelling unsure) picked a great time to earn his first Foothills win. 106 points get added to his total. “Smilin” Rylan Spence (Racer Army), the expert, was second while “The Monsta” Xander Monczka (Overhaul Racing) was third. 11 Year Olds In this 4-rider class it was Jayden Jones (State #1) who calls Bethel Supercross his home track, who was cut after the motos. Nick Preston, flying the Concrete Kings colors, made it six in a row with another win. “The Urban Legend” Johnny Urban (Scylent Rage Racing), worked hard and earned a solid second with his teammate Brody Kesl finishing third. 12 Year Olds This was a total points race and things got a little scary in the first round when Toby Schoonmaker almost smashed into the turn three fence. Instead, he made an incredible save and rode the rim like a rim-rider. So round one saw the order of finish as Colin Leblanc 1, Noah (Honey Badger) Rushford (Boosted BMX) 2 and Schoonmaker 3. Round two was Rushford, Schoonmaker and Leblanc. So round three should be interesting. The order was Leblanc, Rushford and Schoonmaker again giving Leblanc his second win. Rushford and Schoonmaker were second and third overall. 13 Year Olds This was another total points event with Chris (Sparky) Pedersen (Associated Lightning Rod) earning another “double as he also won his cruiser class. Nick Tirendi was a little erratic with a 3rd, 2nd and a 1st but earned second overall. Liam Macneil was third. 15 Year Olds Again it was a total points race and this time it would come down to the third round tie-breaker to settle the score. With Kodie Carlson and Marissa Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop) tied with 3 points each going in the third round meant everything. Marissa Held of a determined Kodie down the final straight for the win. Kodie was second with Nick Smith (Full Circle Bike Shop) third. 16 Year Olds This would be the last total points race in the Intermediate classes and it was one of those, unlike the previous couple, featured the exact same order in all three rounds. Dylan Rodriguez was first, Connor Rooney was second and, a brand-new rider sponsored by the Litchfield County BMX Group Inc. Luis Ramirez was third. Luis was the only Novice in this group, so he gets Intermediate points. 26-35 Year Olds with this being a 5-rider group its always tough to send someone home, but such is the case with BMX and its especially tough when the rider traveled all the way from New Hampshire to be here. Chris Lefave must have had a long ride home to the Granite State. The first one to qualify out of the motos was Cliff Benoit (Misfits) and the rest served his well as he blasted his way to the point in the main and never looked back. This was Cliff’s first win here in a long time. Joe Lataille was a solid second with the third spot going to Gold Cup #1 Stefanie Blackburn 9Warped BMX). 41-45 Year Olds This was a fun race to watch. Scott Gonyer (Overhaul Racing) was the one rider from this class who watched it from behind the fence which, maybe was not the safest place to watch from. As they raced into turn #2, Justin Provencal shot up the turn and crashed into the fence so hard, he broke the 4x4 post. While the crowd gasped, he grabbed his bike and jumped right back on. As the crowd cheered, Tim Brown led the charge out of turn 5. Then something amazing happened. Brown stopped five feet short of the stripe. Jody Toomey and Joel Christofori pulled up along side of him and stopped. Here came Provencal out of turn5 with a huge smile on his face. As he crossed the stripe, it was the last time he would do that as and Intermediate. That is one he and we, will remember for a long time. For that moment, Justin Provencal (Answer / Northeast factory) became the newest Expert in the country. Second went to Jody Toomey (Overhaul Racing) while third went to Joel Cristorfori (Boosted BMX). Justin Provencal receives his move-up award from T.O Justin Lyman EXPERTS 10 Year Olds The first of the expert class saw 5 riders in the mix. In the second round of qualifying Hunter Heath (Boosted BMX) wrecked in turn 2 and never seemed the same after that. He did not qualify but we hope all is well. Sawyer Spence made it two wins in the last three races with a nice one here. Conor Cristofori (Boosted BMX) earned the second spot. Matt Horjatschon finished third in his first trip here this year. 12 Year Olds this was a 5-rider grouping on paper but Zack Rukakoski (Overhaul Racing) was injured the night before in Meriden and did not make it here. We wish him well and hoe that it is nothing serious. So all transferred into the main which could be called “Hammer Time”. Wes Hamel (Family Pride) who won the first two weeks here but winless since, was back to his winning ways and captured this main event. James Wolf, put in a really good lap and finished second. Breton Provencal (Answer / Northeast Factory was third. 13 Year Olds Braden Pleasant (aka Flying Squirrell) had a tough day with a nasty crash. He kept riding but failed to make the main event. This was a 5-rider main and Shane “The Hurricane” Upham (Full Circle Bike Shop), with some new parts on his bike, came back from a hard crash in practice to win this main event for his first win here this season. Gavin Suares (Rubber Side Down) nailed a sweet second while Noah Andersen enjoyed a third. 14 Year Olds With Shane Johnson a no-show, this was a three-rider main event. Unbelievably our 4-time track champion Trevor “Superfly” Cooper (Ramp Farm Racing) was winless after his first six races. That certainly changed today as he finally got to the top spot. Kayden Smith was second with Jonah Graves (Full Circle Bike Shop) was third. Jonah Graves third? Yep, He flipped the gate in the main event. 15 Year Olds The last two classes were total points racing. This one was amazing as, after all three rounds, all three riders had a total of 6 points. So the order of finish in the final round is considered the tie-breaker, her is how it worked out. First went to “The Bulldozer” Chris Gonyer” (Overhaul Racing). Second was Aidan Biello (Ramp Farm Racing). Third went to Lance Miller (Eliminator). 17-20 Year Olds Wrapping up the day was this 3-rider total points race and, unlike the one previously, this would be the same order all day long. Dave Albert was first (Answer / Northeast Factory), Kyle Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop), was second with Rog Gould the last across the stripe for the day. So that is it for this week. Next week is our Race For Life. See you then. “Plaskett Out” Full Report

This was going to be a day of decisions regarding the weather. Saturday night the weather forecast was for scattered showers in our area around 2:00 P.M. As of 9:00 P.M. that night we only had about 45 riders pre-registered so it looked like this would be a small race and we might be able to get it in. When registration closed at midnight, we were approaching 160 riders! The forecast in the morning had changed (no surprise there) and rain was now predicted for much earlier and that any time after 12:00 PM the rain could arrive. So now what do we do? Turn away 160 riders or make some adjustments to try to get a complete race in? The staff made an unprecedented decision to push the starting time forward to 11:30 AM and plaster Face Book with the news in hopes that everyone would get the message. It was also added to the website schedule and in the latest news section. It was also decided to go with the two-moto transfer system and run the races as fast as we could without affecting rider safety. The final tally was 165 entries split into 40 motos. During practice there were a few sprinkles, but we got to 11:30 without rain. Just before we ran the Push Bikes, we named our Rider-Of-The-Week. We chose Drayke Palazzi based on his big win at last week’s State Qualifier. Drayke has been here every week and that was his third win of the season and 5th in his career. He said that Mike Savage was his favorite rider. Former Rider Of The Week, Cooper Jarest, greets Drayke at the finish line BALANCE BIKES 4-Year Olds With 11 of these rug-rats in the house they were split into 3 groups. The first was the for the 4-year old’s but one would be a no-show. The four that made up their class sure looked to be having fun. Parker Whalen ran his way to the front of the pack in all three rounds of action. Mattie Doyle had that matching bike and helmet combo working for her as she was right behind Parker. Olivia Cernak was totally focused on making it around the course as she crossed the stripe in third. Victoria Machnik would win the BMX fashion contest as she looked like a racer in a complete BILT uniform. 3-Year Olds There were three in this group and Asher Smith sprinted his way around and easily won putting his FOX colors on the top sot on the podium. Ryder Vaill, a late add to the moto sheets, would run to a second place finish while Joe Williams was third. 2-Year Olds There were just three runners in this one and Tanner Smith out-ran them all, putting the Boosted colors across the stripe first. Carter Anthony, wearing some cool looking checkered shorts, was second. Novah Heath, a member of the Boosted gang< had a tough time today but did manage to put a third in the record books. CRUISERS 17-20 Year Olds This was a class where the ages ranged from 14 to 35. Marissa Lyman (full circle Bike Shop), earned her fifth consecutive cruiser win with a sweep in this total points race. Laiken Comier, who trails Marissa in the quest for the female Cruiser title, was second. Third went to Amanda Orlandi as she kept the heat turned up on Laiken right to the stripe in two of the three rounds. 36-40 Year Olds This was another total points 3-rider shootout. This time it was Caissy Price earning her first Foothills win. She did it impressively by winning every round. Kasie Provencal (Answer/Northeast Factory) held off Sarah Huberty (Overhaul Racing) for the second spot overall by finishing just ahead of her in two of the three rounds. 9 Year Olds This was a 4-rider class and, after the two qualifying rounds, it was Dave Crichton the rider missing the cut. Dave was the only 7-year old in the mix and gave it a great try. His day would get much better a little later. In the main it was Tyler Marhafer (LYPHE Racing), drawing gate 1, leading from start to finish. Hunter Heath (Boosted BMX) had his hands full of Noah Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop) but was able to hold him off for the second spot. 13 Year Olds This was also a total points event and it was “The farm-Boy” show as Dave Lebarge was dominate. This was Dave’s second cruiser win here this season. Chris Pedersen (sponsored by the Sand Road Animal Hospital), had a great night at Falcon BMX last night with a “double” but was second here today. Breton Provencal (Answer/Northeast Factory) was third. 17-20 Year Olds The biggest rivalry at Foothills this year is between two evenly matched riders. They are Jonah Graves (Full Circle Bike Shop) and RJ Reale (Warped BMX). Whether it’s a cruiser class or a 20-inch class, these two hot-rods go at it with a vengeance. You just cannot predict who is going to win but they sure put on a show of skills. Jonah Graves and RJ Reale. Foothills biggest rivalry Today this was a total points race and we got to see these two go at it head to head for three rounds. In round one it was RJ holding off Jonah. In round two it was Jonah. In the final round it was Jonah winning the tiebreaker. We had it wrong in the tower and I mistakenly announce that RJ was the overall winner, but it was Jonah. Joe Broderick had the best view of anyone as he finished in the third spot every round. 36-40 Year Olds This was a 4-rider class, well, kind of. Unfortunately, one rider was a no-show and that causes a situation where the two qualifying rounds mean absolutely nothing as all three remaining riders would automatically qualify. This is the second week in a row this has happened, and it seems that the no-show rider, only registers so that he can ride the track in practice with his child. It seems that he is not aware that, for half the price of an entry fee, he can simply pay for practice and ride the track before racing. If I’m wrong with my thought on what’s going on, then I apologize. Anyway, in this main event it was and old Foothills regular, Steve Oldham coming back and looking like he never left. He easily won the main event. Cliff Benoit (Misfits BMX of Cape Cod) was second while third went to “The Rabbit” Jeff Orlandi. 46-50 Year Olds This is always a fun class to watch as 4-riders were going hard for each position. After the two qualifying rounds it was Rog Billings (Scylent Rage Racing) the rider eliminated but he sure pushed it right to the finish line. In the main it rare to you see Mike Savage (Crit Plate) get a bad start but that is what happened in this one. As Jason Moriarty led the charge down the front straight Mike was chasing him but in turn one Scott Price got to the inside and passed Mike. Then up the second straight Price got a little squirrely but kept going. By turn 3 Mike had the oportunity and passed Price as they headed up the back stretch. At the stripe it was Moriarty, Savage and Price. NOVICES 5 & Under The qualifying rounds were as exciting as the main event. Skylar Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop) had missed transferring out of the motos the last three weeks. Today she just made it in as she held off Carter Mancino for the last spot. In the main Austin Dohan took an early lead at built to about a half a straight away by the time he reached turn 3. Into turn three he dove, and it did not look like he was going to make it out. He came in low and headed right up the track nearly crashing into the wooden fence. He managed to turn just before impact and cruised the rest of the way to victory. Killian Connelly finished a distant second with a good run. Bennett Piererse was all over the rear wheel of Skylar Hardgrove and it looked like he had a good shot to find a way around her. It never happened and Skylar would enjoy her best finish ever at Foothills with a solid third. 6 Year Olds This was a large class with 7-riders vying for those six spots in the main event. Ryder Orsorio, one of our local Torrington riders, would miss making the transfer for only the first time this year. The main event was five riders strong as Owen Sanzone’s pit thought this was a three-moto transfer system and missed the main. They sorted themselves out early and all the way around there was single file racing. It would be Logan Rivera winning for the second time this year. Bentley Preston, a winner earlier this year was second. Third went to Finn Connelly, matching his best finish here this year. 7 Year Olds Starting with 5-riders we eliminated Caleb Barnes in the qualifying rounds. He was making his first trip here ever from Lansborough Massachusetts. Parker Moriarty (Gold Cup #1) is a two-time Novice winner here and he would win today for the third time. He will not compete for a fourth Novice win because this was his 10th win in the class and becomes the newest Intermediate. Well Done! Second place went to Jayden Mahoney while rounding out the top three was Brynn Whalen. 9 Year Olds This was the only total points race in the entire Novice groups. Rowan Harrison, with two second place finishes earlier this year, took it to the top spot in his third try and he did it with an exclamation point by winning three rounds. Blake Price and Emilee Maguire were second and third. 10 Year Olds Pat Leblanc, from Russell Massachusetts, has not been here this year and only three times last year. It was obvious that he hasn’t had enough track time to get the new configuration dialed in and he missed the transfer today. Landon Moynihan, after winning the Rider Of The Week award two weeks ago, came back and backed up the big second place finish in the state qualifier with his second win of the season. Crawford Kesl, after taking a couple of races off, was back today and nailed a solid second place finish. Olivia Kaleta was third. 11 Year Olds In the first round Hunter Price wrecked in the first straight and eventually, was the rider eliminated. The main event Ethan Cournoyer had the lead going into turn three when Drayke Palazzi (Boosted BMX) got on the inside and took the spot away. Ethen kept battling but at the stripe it was Palazzi, Cournoyer and Collin Ramsey (Scylent Rage Racing). 13 Year Olds This was a wild one. Jocelyn Orlandi is still trying to make her first main at Foothills and, unfortunately, her quest continues as she did not make it today. In round one Josh Styga, in his first race ever, baled down in turn four but he would make the main and finish 4th. Zach Adams was a boy on a mission today and this will be one that he will remember for a long time. He took the lead early and enjoyed his last ride as a Novice because when he crossed the stripe, he became the newest Intermediate in the country, at least at that moment. Liz Doyle would finish second with Magnus Harrison held on for third. 14 Year Olds Despite a great try, Addison Rushford (Boosted BMX) did not transfer out of the two qualifying rounds. The three-rider main event the battle was for the second spot because Kraig Geisler (Family Pride) checked out early. He would cruise across the stripe while Wyatt Keeler and Marcus Bodley battled for the second spot which would go to Wyatt. 36-40 Year Olds This was a four-rider class that saw Caissy Price be eliminated after qualifying. In the main event, this rider has not raced in about 30 years but sure looked good today. Jim Maclennan drew the inside gate for the main and he made that preferred starting position work for him as he blasted out of the gate and, even with Andy Chako charging hard, would not be denied his first win in a lot of years. It is pretty cool as he had his son Connor with him to try and instill some interest in BMX racing in him. What a proud moment that must have been for both. Chalko was second with the third spot going to James Kaleta (Rubber Side Down Racing). 41-45 Year Olds This was a good-sized group with six riders in the mix. Sarah Huberty (Overhaul Racing) was the rider missing out of participating in todays main event. This was interesting as there was a rider in it that I used to call his races when he was about 12 years old. Now 41 Carl Carlsong was going to give BMX another try as his son Kodie has been racing for a few years. Brial Kesl (Scylent Rage Racing led the charge down the front straight into turn one after starting in gate one. His teammate, Tim Adams, was starting the closest to him in gate 4. He would go right out there with Brian. Carl Carlson, starting in gate 6 was in the mix down the front chute. As they navigated through turn one, Carlson threaded the needle between the two Scylent Rage racers and grabbed the lead. It was a lead that he would hang onto all the way around. At the stripe it was Carlson, Kesl and Adams. What a way to come back to the sport. (No Carl, I’m not gonna stay long enough to announce a race your grandchildren might be in.) 46-50 Year Olds One of our most intense riders when he’s on the track is Willi Massinger, who considers Billerica BMX his home track. Today he would miss his first main event here this year. Willi had a mechanical problem in turn 4 in the final qualifying round costing him any shot at making the main. Jason Graves (Full Circle Bike Shop) made it two in a row here with a dominate run in this main. He led start to finish but he was pushed hard by Scott Price who tried multiple times to find a way around. Third went to Pat Golden (Rejects BMX). INTERMEDIATES 7 Year Olds In this 5-rider race, one of those riders was only 5 years old. That is the fate you suffer when your so good you earn your move up from Novice and your only 5. There simply are not many 5-year-old Intermediates around. Such is the fate of Cole Lyman (full Circle Bike Shop). Some day he will reap the benefits of this early experience, but it will not be this day as he did not make the transfer. In the main the order was sorted out early and remained that way the entire lap. At the stripe is was Dave Crichton (Frye High Racing) first, JD Lataille (Rubber Side Down) second and Cooper Jarest (Rubber Side Down) third. Now this was special because it was win number 20 for Crichton and he rode his way right into the Expert class. What a comeback after missing the cut in his cruiser class. This was Dave’s fourth Foothills win in 2020. 9 Year Olds So this was a total points race and it was one of those where it is the same order of finish in every round. Noah Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop), after winning the first two weeks of the season but then experiencing a drought for the next four, was back on top today. Adalyn Nevins (Retribution Race Corps) was solid with a second while third was Xander Monczka (Overhaul Racing). 11 Year Olds This four-rider class fought hard in the qualifying rounds and, after the dust cleared it was Lucas Mancino (Boosted BMX) was the tough luck rider. In the main it was Nick Preston pulling away from two riders out of the Scylent Rage Racing camp. Nick, flying those Concrete Kings colors, was our winner but it was the usual battle for second between Johnny Urban and Brody Kesl. This time Brody got past Johnny in the second straight and held him off to finish second. 12 Year Olds In this one Noah Rushford (Boosted BMX), who has made the main the last three weeks, did not make it today. Noah has been on a roll making the last three mains here. In this main event Caleb Kaleta and Mikey Roy, both teammates on Boosted BMX, broke away from the pack and had their own battle for supremacy. When it was over, it was “The Gambler” Kaleta pulling off his third win in four tries here. Roy was second but almost passed him in the final turn. The third-place finisher was Colin Leblanc riding “The Green Machine”. 13 Year Olds We now go back to a total points race and it was The Associated Lightning Rod sponsored Chris “Sparky” Pedersen winning the first two rounds. Nick Tirendi, always competitive, finished a close second in those rounds but won round three. Sparky finished second which was not a “prefect” but good enough for his third win this weekend counting the two he got Saturday in Meriden. Third today went to Liam MacNeil. 15 Year Olds This was one of the two largest classes of the day with a full gate of 8-riders. In the mix was a girl. Surely the boys were confident of their skills? After the qualifying rounds, it was a free ride for seven riders as Vinny Fahey was a no-show. So well rested, the seven riders were ready to rock and roll in the main. Noah Toney took the lead down the front chute with Kodie Carlson busting a neat move in turn one to get up to the second spot. Marissa Lyman emerged from the pack up the second straight and, by the time they reached turn two, it was nearly a three-rider breakaway. The only pass that occurred the rest of the way was Nick Smith (Full Circle Bike Shop) passing Hayden MacDonald but that was for the fourth spot. The top three were Toney, Carlson and Lyman. 17-20 Year Olds This was the biggest class of the day with 9-riders going for some Sunday glory. After two hectic rounds of qualifying, it was Sean Adams missing the cut. The main was a full gate of 8-riders. Tyler Farwell, starting in gate 2, got a great snap out of the gate and grabbed the lead. Devin Murphy also got a good start out of gate 4 but Farwell had the inside line and would maintain the lead out of turn one. As they raced up the second straight there was a bit of paint sharing going on between Ty Lepicier and Nate Barnes battling of the third spot. All the way around it was Farwell, undoubtedly remembering the situation last week when Murphy (female) beat all the boys in her class. Farwell (Time2shine Racing) must have felt the hot breath of Devin on his back because he ran a flawless lap and managed to stay in front of Devin Murphy (Daylight Bicycles Factory). The battle for third went to Ty Lepicier (Sand Box Kings). Farwell, being an Expert, means its Expert points for everyone in the main. 26-35 Year Olds This was a crazy grouping as there was an Expert and a Novice mixed in the Intermediates. As expected, it was Joe Lataille the rider eliminated despite a valiant effort with the more experienced riders. Hunter Zeiner (Butter) was the expert and, after finally turning it on last week in the State Qualifier with his first win, was on fire again today and made it two weeks in a row. Hunter was a regular here for years and is a former Daniel Plaskett Memorial Award winner. Last year he suffered a terrible crash (not here) and it required surgery. He was out for months and is still on the path to full recovery. The last two weeks he looks like the old Hunter who was given the nickname “Butter” because he is so smooth. Shawn Kennedy, who earned his first two Intermediate wins the last two weeks, asked me who that “fast expert” was. Shawn, “That masked man was the Lone Ranger”. Shawn finished second with third going to Josh Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop). 41-45 year Olds This was a 5-rider grouping of some evenly matched riders. Anyone could be eliminated after the two rounds. This time it was Scott Gonyer Overhaul Racing) missing his first main of the year. Trevor Toney and Justin Provencal (Answer/Northeast Factory) were side by side down the front chute but in turn one it was Toney taking control. The rest of the way around it was the same. At the stripe it was Toney, Provencal and Joel Cristofori (Boosted BMX). 51 & Over This was a 4-rider class which included Expert legend, Mike Savage (Crit Plate). Obviously, this would be big for those who made the main due to its now Expert points. 64-year old Rog Billings (Scylent Rage Racing) was the rider not enjoying those points but not because of effort as he gives it his all every time out. In the main it was Savage all the way, but it was a good race for the second spot and those 84 Expert points. Art Ramsey (Scylent Rage racing) had that spot for the first two straights but heading into turn two, Mark Reale (Warped BMX) had a head of steam and passed art with an inside move. The rest of the way it stayed the same. Savage, Reale and Ramsey. EXPERTS As we hit the Experts classes the sprinkles started, and the wind picked up. We dropped the gate one after another to get in. The gate would drop when the last rider in the previous group had reached turn 3. This was a total points race. Devon Hurley put the Family Pride colors in the winner’s circle in all three rounds. Tyler Marhafer looked good and finished second for LYPHE Racing. Logan Rice (Warped BMX) and the only 7-year old in this mix, was third. 10 Year Olds In this one, Gold cup #2 Logan Moriarty, who has not missed a main event here in recent memory, did not make it today. I found out later that he had earned his 20th Intermediate win at Bethel this past week and this was his first race here as an Expert. The other rider should enjoy this while it last because Logan sped his way through the lower proficiencies, and it will not be long when riders will be looking at his rear wheel fading off into the distance. Dion Hurley (Family Pride) earned his first Foothills win of the year in this main event and it was not close. Conor Cristofori (Boosted BMX) was second as he held off a determined Cole Charette (Overhaul racing). 12 Year Olds The next two were total points events and run fast. This one saw a “perfect” from “Zachattack” Zack Rukakoski (Overhaul Racing) as he swept everything. Breton Provencal (Answer/Northeast factory) was second with third going to Ben Machnik (Warped BMX). 13 Year Olds As we wind down and the sprinkles has stopped, Gavin Suares (Rubber Side Down Racing) had the broom out and swept the motos. Noah Andersen (Ramp Farm Racing) was second with the third spot going to Brandon Houle. 14 Year Olds. Kayden Smith crashed in the first round down in turn two and that was all she wrote for him. I do not know if he was hurt or the bike was damaged, but he did not show for the last chance qualifying round. The main event was a three-rider shootout that featured that Foothills rivalry I wrote about earlier. With RJ Reale (Warped BMX) qualifying first forcing Jonah Graves (Full Circle Bike Shop) to qualify out of the second round along with Trevor cooper (Ramp Farm Racing). So, with RJ firing the first shot across the bow with that qualifying run how would the main event go? Jonah drew gate two with RJ all the way over in gate 8. Cooper was in gate 5. Bam, the gate dropped and both Jonah and Rj exploded out of the gate. Into turn 1 Jonah had a slight lead as RJ tried and inside move but Jonah kept the door shut. All the way around RJ was all over “The Undertaker” like gum on the bottom of your shoe. The lead never exceeded one bike length, nor did Jonah give up the lead. At the stripe it was Graves, Reale and Cooper. 15 Year Olds After Chris “Bulldozer” Gonyer was eliminated in the motos, just as his dad was earlier, it certainly was a tough day for the Gonyer riders. These guys are stars on the Overhaul Racing team, and this is something that you don’t see very often. The three-rider main event saw these riders in a pump race so no one really took it seriously. Anthony Bartole (Misfits of Cape Cod) pumped his way to the win. Jacob Faunce (Rubber Side Down) was second while third went to Aidan Biello (Ramp Farm Racing). They all were having fun and that is the most important thing. 26-35 year Olds This was another total points race and it was the same order. Steve Healey nailed the ‘perfect”. Danielle Jolicoeur, after splattering herself all over the first straight in a round 2 crash was second. Matt Markie, who sat out the final two rounds, was third. 36-40 Year Olds The final race of the day was this total points race and it was Steve Oldham earning a “double” today winning this class to go along with his Cruiser class win. Dan Rice (Warped BMX) was second with Cliff Benoit (Misfits of cape Cod) third. We made it just before the rain which arrived within five minutes after we finished. Whew. Thanks, every one for your continued support. We sure appreciate you all. See you next week. Plaskett Out Full Report

So here we are at our biggest weekend of the year. State Qualifier on Saturday and Gold Cup Qualifier tomorrow. The rider count was awesome when you consider the largest State Qualifier in Connecticut in the last two years was 208 riders. Today we enjoyed 266 entries split into 58 motos.| Before our first gate drop, we chose our Pete Doda sponsored Rider-Of-The-Week. There were four candidates once I had short listed based on their performance the week before. One rider really stood out. He had raced here for the last three season and never finished in first place. Last week, he was finally able to break through that barrier. He is 10-year-old Novice racer Landon Moynihan. His reaction when his name was called was priceless. He yelled and came running to the tower with the biggest smile on his face. He said Blake Nevins was his favorite rider. BALANCE BIKES In the first group of these pedaless ground pounders, there were 6 riders aging 3 or 4 years old. Asher Smith took no prisoners and ran himself to three first place finishes. Parker Whalen would be second while third went to Tyler Hillman. Mattie Doyle, Kennedy Hillman and Victoria Machnik all made a good showing. In the second group there were three 2-year old’s. Tanner Smith would win two of the three races. Ryan Lataille would finish second even after stopping to talk to mom half way around in round 2. Carter Anthony was third. For the riders coming from the top of the hill this was the USABMX’s two-moto transfer system. This race has double point value including track points. CRUISERS 13-14 Year Old Girls This was a 4-rider group and Ella Urban was the rider eliminated in the qualifying rounds. The main event saw a mixed bag of ages. 14-year-old Marissa Lyman would win it. 10-year-old Kyrie Coddington-Sweet was second with 13-year-old Mary Sloan third. 17-20 Year Old Women This was also a mixed bag of ages ranging from15 years old to 53 years old. This was a total point race so there would be three rounds of motos. Marianne Sklarsky bounced her way to a perfect sweep of all three rounds after pulling off a sweet pass of Laiken Cormier in the second turn. Laiken suffered a nasty crash in the fourth turn in the final round but still salvaged a second place finish overall. Sarah Huberty was third. 8 Year Olds This was a 5-rider class. After the two qualifying rounds it was Lorenzo Guliani missing the transfer. In the main event Max Meinel would blast his way to the point and never look back as he cruised across the stripe first. Tyler Marhafer, who I mispronounced his name most of the weekend, was a solid second. Dave Crichton was third. 9 Year Olds The was another 5-rider group and this time it was a New Jersey rider who would miss the cut. Travis Keller, using this race as practice for tomorrows Gold Cup qualifier, worked hard trying to get the track dialed in in his first trip here but fell just short of making the show. “GI Joe” Olbrys (Stedmans Racing) won this class last week and would repeat this week. Hunter Heath (Boosted BMX) was second just as he was last week. Third went to Ryder Richardson (Warped BMX). 11 Year Olds This group started off with just 4-riders. Jeff “The Dreamweaver” Weaver, (Ramp Farm Racing) was making only his second start on the Cruiser here this year and could not muster up enough speed to transfer out of the motos. The 3 riders who made the main were all out-of-staters. Shane Maghan (Chip N Dale) would show us why he is Gold cup #3 with a nice win. Shane is from New Jersey. Justin Donahue (Factory Racer Concepts) NAG #9 was second riding out of Rhode Island while New Jersey’s Ryan Keller (Racer Army) was third. 13 Year Olds This was a total points 3-rider shootout and, like most of these events today would feature the same winner in all three rounds. It was yet another New Jersey rider showing the Foothills regulars how they do it in the Garden State. John Delvecchio swept the motos for the win. Dave (Farm Boy) Labarge (Full Cycle Bike Shop) was second while third went to Chris Pedersen (Sand Road Animal Hospital). 14 Year Olds With only 4-riders in the group it was a battle in the qualifying rounds to transfer. This day it was Pete Cutrona, a rider out of New Jersey, miss the cut in his first trip to foothills. RJ Reale (Warped BMX) had it all his way and he would win for the second week in a row. “The Undertaker”, Jonah Graves, put the Full Circle Bike Shop Colors in the second spot. Third went to Dylan Maghan, part of today’s New Jersey contingent, was third. 17-20 Year Olds This was a total points race and it sure was a good one. In round one Logan Demerski (Full Circle Bike Shop) would win, In round two it was Liam Knott (Stedmans Racing) winning. The round three tie-breaker would go to “Flash” Logan Demerski in an esciting lap. Knott was second overall with Steve Healey. Flying the Exit 3 colors, was third. 31-35 Year Old Cruisers This was a bigger class with 6 entries. Unfortunately, there was one entry who never showed causing the qualifying rounds to be nothing but track practice as all 5-riders transferred. This was one of the most competitive classes and also one of the scariest. Pedro Nunes and Emmett Vedder were really going at it with numerous pass attempts between the two. As they came out of turn 5 they were side by side up the short-chute. About 3 feet short of the stripe they locked handle-bars and both would go down in a cloud of dust as they slid across the stripe. Pedro would be declared the winner with Vedder second, it was clear immediately that Vedder was in distress. He remained down and was withering in pain. It was awhile but eventually his dislocated shoulder was manipulated back in place. Nothing was broken so the recovery process should be short. The third spot in the main went to “Choo-Choo” Tommy Healey as he wove his way through the finish line carnage for Overhaul racing. 46-50 Year Olds After Frank Juliani was eliminated in the qualifying rounds, the main event featured three of the most experienced riders in the Northest as all of these guys have spent many years behind bars. (Handle-bars). The fastest guy was Matt Dallas who is ranked NAG #5 and rides on the National circuit for Blot-Out Graphics. Matt won the main. Second went to the BMX legend who has sported the Crit Plate colors in most of his impressive career, Mike Savage. Jason Moriarty would round out the top three in this 4-rider main event. NOVICES 5 & Unders this was a class with 10 riders going for it. They were split into two groups of five with one rider eliminated i9n each group making up the starting grid for the 8-rider main event. Cannon Rinkerman was a no show so his name was the one eliminated in round one. Round two saw Skylar Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop) the rider missing the transfer. In the main it was Reid Waters winning his third foothills main event in a row. Eli Ruopp, in his first ever visit here was second. Third went to his twin brother Jeremy Ruopp, also making his Foothills debut. 6 Year Olds This was also a large class with a full gate of 8-riders starting in the first qualifying round as they raced hard to result in one rider missing the transfer. That would be Cole Valerioti, a second-generation racer who had not yet been to Foothills. Cole recently joined USABMX down in Bethel. He had a really tough time managing the course here and took a couple of diggers. In the main William Zinn, also a rider new to the sport just signed up a week ago at Bethel’s opening night, finished in the top spot, where did those skills come from? Second went to Braden Hare with Logan Rivera finishing third. 7 Year Olds This class was 9-riders strong and was split into two groups in the first round then the remaining riders were combined in the final round. Brooklyn Blackwood was the hard luck racer missing the cut. Eric Macgregor would break the ice with his first Foothills win of the year. Teagan Fowler was second while Gold cup #1 Parker Moriarty salvaged the third spot. 8 Year Olds There were 6-riders vying in the qualifying rounds for those 5 main event spots. At least that’s how it looked on paper. But because of a no-show, all five riders automatically transferred. It was Chris Shaffer, a rider out of Norwalk, won in his first trip here and for double points! Lorenzo Guliani enjoyed his best finish here this year with a second. Sofia Teague, out of Woodland BMX in Rhode Island, was third. 9 Year Olds This was the first total points race in the Novice classes today. Joe Toomey, Gold Cup #1 who has won in all four of his previous races here this year, remained undefeated as he swept the class today. Nick Maurati was second and Emilee Maguire was third. 10 Year Olds This class, 7 riders strong, had some wild and wholly moments. Dom “The Rooster” Cunningham wrecked in the first turn in the first turn then came back and won the final round to make the main only to crash again in the main. Owen Grodon was the rider to making it in. Beckett Fowler, a Buckeye all the way from Ohio, had the track dialed in and won the main event. Last week’s winner Landon Moynihan (Rubber Side Down Racing) almost had it but finished second. Third went to Aryanna “The Slayer” Labarge (Full Circle Bike Shop) after Tyanna Lepicier crashed her Redline. "The Rooster" does the first turn tumble. He made a great comeback later 12 Year Olds Collin Ramsey (Scylent Rage Racing, has done pretty well the last few weeks. Today was probably frustrating for him as he would miss making the main event. Drayke Palazzi (Boosted BMX) would put his third Foothills win of the year in the record books with a great run. Liz Doyle, after her crash in the first round, came back with a nice second place finish. Third went to Gold Cup #2 Hunter Phoenix. Liz Doyle goes over the handle bars in the forst round of qualifying 14 Year Olds This was another total points race. It would another one of those with the same order of finish every round. In this case it was Kraig Geissler (C-Yaa Frames) first, Owen Bower put his Bether Supercross colors in the second spot while third would go to Zack Adams, also flying the Bethel colors. 15 Year Olds In this 4 rider class, it appears that Gage Rinkerman was a no-show allowing everyone else to enjoy a free ride to the show. Vinny Fahey, riding for the Full Circle Bike Shop, was first across the stripe, Joel Geier and Zack Adams were second and third. 26-35 Year Olds This was another 4-rider class with an apparent no show. The three remaining riders who coasted to a main event appearance had a good run in the main. Joe Lataille, coming off a third place finish last week, was on fire this week and put this one in his win column. “The Panda” Chris Lefave, all the way from the granite state, was second. Third went to Staci Kennedy in her first BMX race ever. She already looks like she may be able to beat her husband Shawn (The Weatherman) real soon. 36-40 Year Olds This was a four-rider class and it belonged to one of our staff members, assistant Track Operator, Andy Chalco. He was first to qualify and first in the main across the finish line. Chrissane Verstreate (Streate BMX) put in a solid effort and finished second. Third went to Jim Maclennan mounted on a DK. Missing the cut into the main was Dani Vyce (Bad Apple Racing) who took a nasty fall in the first round and sat out the last chance qualifier. She did get to take home a soil sample imbedded in her helmet. 41-45 Year Olds This was a good sized class with 6 riders vying for those 5 gate positions. Brian Kesl (Scylent Rage Racing) did not make it this week. For the last 5 races, this guy has driven all the way from New Hampshire to compete here. He has won the last four weeks and now adds his 5th win at Foothills. He is our current Novice points leader, but if he keeps going like this, he may win the Intermediate class once he moves up. Tony Dickerson (AOT Racing Gear) has been on fire. He was the first to qualify today and first in the main. Chris Proctor, the only racer to beat Tony this year (week #1) would have to accept the second spot. In the third spot it was Chris Proctor (Fasthouse). 51 & Over Four riders again and only three show for the qualifiers. Dan Bishop wearing a plain-wrap, was todays top gun. St #1 Shane Hayes was second. Willi Massinger put his Mongoose machine in the third spot. INTERMEDIATES 6 Year Olds Nag #7, Caleb Gassaway (Toxic Racing) in his first race ever here, made it look easy with a sweep of the motos in this total points race. Dylan Dobelle looked good in his mohawk type helmet and finished second. Gold cup #3, Cole Lyman (Full circle Bike Shop was third. 7 Year Olds Will Adams (Scylent Rage Racing) who is having a bit of a tough stretch at the moment, missed the transfer in this 5 rider class. Dave Crichton, (Frye High Performance) our 7 year old Intermediate points leader this season. Added some serious double first place points to his total with his third Foothills win this year. “Natedog” Nate Gomes (SMG Racing) was second with thie third spot going to JD Lataille finished third. 8 Year Olds Back to total points racing and it was only two riders as we had another no-show. Peter Periera put his Falcon BMX colors on the top tier of the podium while Charlotte Proctor occupied the second tier. 9 Year Olds This was a large class starting the qualifying rounds with a full gate. Cheyenne “Stunt Girl” Stone was the unfortunate rider missing out on the seven rider main event. St #3 Caleb Palmer (Robo Quads) would show us why he is determined to do even better in the state series this year as he rode his way to a big win in a big class. Gold Cup #2, Logan Moriarty, who has won here two of the last three races, had to settle for second although he was right on Caleb all the way. Third went to Dominic Chevelier riding his hot looking GT machine. 10 Year Olds We went from eight riders in the 9 year old class to only three in this one. So with total points on the line Brod Kesl (Scylent Rage Racing) was awesome after he crashed hard in practice in turn three. He came back and won every moto of this total points race. Kevin Nunes wasn’t far behind and finished second. Third went to Cayden Melillo (Family Pride). 11 Year Olds When your reining State Champion does not make the main, you realize just how tough this class can be. Jayden Jones suffered that fate today. Nick Preston, sporting the colors of The Concrete Kings contractors, made it 4 in a row with this big win and some big points. Ryan Keller (Racer Army) was focused in his first trip here from New Jersey and was second. Gold Cup #3 Noah Sifuentes put the Falcon BMX flag in the third spot. 12 Year Olds This was another one of those class where a state ranked rider missed the cut. St #2 Damian Conley put in a great effort but fell short of making the main. State Champ Ryan Assheton, whose home track is Bethel Supercross, had it all together and scored a big win. Mikey Roy (Boosted BMX) was also solid finishing second. The “Honey Badger” Noah Rushford, who always seems to manage to wreck in practice, finish third riding out of the Boosted BMX stables. 13 Year Olds Another big class and another full gate of 8-riders in the first qualifying round. Johnny saladin was the rider eliminated in the qualifiers. The main saw the rider known as “Flying Squirrel” (Hostile BMX) put this one in the record books as a win. (shhhh his real name is Brenden Pleasant). He was able to hold off a hard-charging Chris Pedersen (Associated Lightning Rod) who was coming strong. Nick Tirendi also was strong with a third in this large group. 15 Year Olds This is the second class in a row that started with a full gate of 8-riders. This was the most concerning main event of the day. As the tight group was charging up the second straight, Hubert Miszcuk (Gold cup #1) lost it and crashed on the big obstacle half-way up the straight. Kodi Carslon, who finally had a class at foothills where he didn’t have to race experts went down with Hubert. Kodi got up fairly quickly but Hubert did not. Across the finish line Dave Fernandez was first then it was Peyton Pulaski (Warped BMX) and Gold Cup #1 Noah Toney. Back at the crash site, there was obvious concern with Huberts condition. An Ambulance was called and the race was held up about 20 minutes. It was learned later last night that He suffered a broken collarbone and had a slight concussion. We only had the pleasure of seeing him on our track two previous times this year. We certainly wish him the best and a speedy recovery. 17-20 Year Olds This was a 9-rider class that used separate motos in the first round and then combined them for the second round, all to eliminate one rider. That one rider was Courtney Vedder. Just a tough day for the Vedder family from New York. In the main Gold Cup #1 Devin Murphy (Daylight Bicycles factory rider) took off early and she could not be caught. All the way around she was beating up on all the boys. Ty Lepicier (Sandbox Kings) was second had the look of determination as he sped by the tower. Steven Healey (Exit 3) was third. Steve is an expert so this was double expert points for all the Intermediates in this group. 26-35 Year Olds After the two qualifying rounds to get this group down to three for the main event it was Josh Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop) the rider missing the transfer. Shawn Kennedy (Liberty BMX Racing) was in his first Gold Cup as an Intermediate and he delivered the goods! This was Shawn’s second win in a row at Foothills. Derek Schneider nailed down a solid second while the third spot went to Chris Gravelle in his first race as an Intermediate after winning his Novice class here last week. 41-45 Year Olds In this one, everyone was aware that expert and NAG #6 Matt Dallas was in the mix. This would mean that anyone making the main event would enjoy expert points. Matt (Blot-Out Graphics) easily won the main. Jody Toomey put the Overhaul Racing colors into the second spot while Anthony Carneglia showed some Bethel Supercross pride with a third. Oh yes, Scott Gonyer was the raider not able to cash in on the big points. 46-50 Year Olds This group started with 9 riders and, when finally whittled down to the final 8, It was Bill Fellows who did not transfer. It’s amazing to me that he even got on a bike as he was walking very gingerly earlier in the day suffering from a bad back. In the main, Mike Savage (Crit Plate) Won it and spread expert points to everyone else as he was the only expert in the mix. St #1 Eron Lefebvre was second while third went to Rolando Limjoco. EXPERTS 11 Year Old Girls This was a three rider class and the total points motos would all be won by Kyrie Coddington-Sweet. “Fireant” Alyssa McKay (Retribution Race Corp) was second with Lilly Voss (TNT National Team) third. 13 Year Old Girls This was also a totally points race and also a race where one of the Sweet girls won all three rounds. This time it was “The Predator” Pippa sweet. Gold Cup #2 Mary sloan was second with Riley Richardson (Warped BMX) third. 14 Year Old Girls Another Girls class and another total points race and another clean sweep of the motos by one rider. This time doing the deed was “Superbmxr” Samantha Sperrazza on her Gold Cup #3 eider. Gold Cup #2 and reining Foothills Track Champion, Marissa Lyman (Full circle Bike Shop) was second while Sophia Machnik (Warped BMX) was third. 7 Year Olds This was a tough class as is evident when Gold cup #2 Kris Meinel (TNT National Team) does not make the cut. Gold Cup #1 rider Asher Hock, who has been here only once before, Had a great ride and won the main. The second spot went to Joey Dietz (Warped BMX) while third went to Isaiah Salerno (Racer Concepts). Logan Rice (Warped BMMX) and Isaiah Salerno (Racer Concepts) crashed in the main but were able to walk it off. 8 Year Old Experts Rylan Spence (Racer Army)Â was eliminated in the motos for the first time since opening day 6 races ago. Devon Hurley (Family Pride) won for the 5th time this year at Foothills. Max Meinel (TNT National Team), NAG # 16, finished a close second. Third place went to Tyler Marhafer on his GT bicycle. 9 Year Olds It was a tough class for Ryder Richardson (Warped BMX), after winning just two races ago, he missed the cut today. “GI” Joe Olbrys (Stedmans Racing) would make it two wins in as many weeks here this day. Parker Murray (TNT National team) made his Foothills debut and was solid with a second. Travis Keller (Racers Army) settled into the third spot. 10 Year Olds This was another frustrating day for one of our favorites Jeffery Weaver (Ramp Farm Racing). Jeffrey could not gain the speed required to make the main event. A New Jersey rider, one of many, showed up here for the first time and rode his way to the top spot on the podium This race was owned by JC (Joey Bananas) Pateman (Factory Bombshell). Justin Donahue (Factory Racer Concepts) NAG #10 was second with Sawyer Spence (Racer concepts Dev Team) third. Sawyer and Dion Hurley (Family Pride) crashed in the first turn during the main. Sawyer got up quick enough to salvage that third place finish. Dion eventually got up and rode to the finish line. 11 Year Olds This was the only total points race in the expert classes. Shane Maghan (Chip N Dale), after winning his cruiser class earned the double with a win in this class. Hunter Dye (Hostile Racing) needed the third round to earn the second spot overall as he was tied with Everett Stone (Racer Army) going in. Everett would have to settle for the third spot. 12 Year Olds This was a class featuring 6 riders at the onset. After the two qualifying rounds we lost Pat Voss to the elimination process. Pat crashed in the final turn in the last qualifier in a great try to make it in. In the main Zack Rukakoski (Overhaul) crashed hard and that took himself out of the running. John Delvecchio, another rider from the New Jersey Contingent, won this main event. Cole Melillo (Family Pride) was second. His teammate, Wes Hamel, finished third. 13 Year Olds After local favorite Noah Andersen (Ramp Farm Racing) just missed the last transfer spot in the qualifiers, the main event would go to Gavin Suares (Rubber Side Down). Josue Bruno (Family Pride) was a close second. “Nasty” Nate Giroux (Speedco/ J&R Bikes) was third 14 Year Olds Gold Cup #3, Pete Cutrona (Chip N Dale) was one of the New Jersey riders not transferring into their respective main events. This was a rare occurrence this day. In the 5-rider main event RJ Reale (Warped BMX) remained undefeated here this year with his fourth win. New Jersey’s Dylan Maghan (Chip N Dale) was solid with a second. Rounding out the top three wqs “The Undertaker” Jonah Graves (Full Circle Bike Shop). 15 Year Olds This was a large class with 9-riders in the mix. After some hectic qualifying rounds, it was “The Mad Man” Matt Robinson (Robo Quads) missing the cut. “The Westfield Warrior” Anthony Bartolo (The Island of Misfit Toys) Pulled off his third Foothills win this year and definitely this biggest. Aidan Biello (Ramp Farm Racing) pulled off another incredible pass in the final turn on Spike Miller (Eliminator) to earn the second spot. 16 Year Olds In this one it was Robo Quads Xander Lancey just missing out on some main event fun. Two riders have been battling all day for the top spot and its obvious that both are pretty evenly matched. This time it was “The Mighty Knott” Liam Knott (Stedmans Racing) who got the best of “Flash” Logan Demerski (Full Circle Bike Shop) who would finish right behind him. The third spot went to “The Hurricane” Henry Hatt. 17-20 Year Olds Joey Neale has never been here bof0re today and his lack of experience on the Foothill course cost him a shot at todays main. In the main “Butter” Hunter Zeiner rode the hardest and most aggressive that he has all year and blasted his way to his first Foothills win of the season. Colin Morini (Full Circle Bike Shop) tried a last turn pass but not this week. Jake Bidwell was third. 36-40 Year Olds This was the last race of the day and it was quite welcomed when we reached it. Pedro Nunes did not make the main after his finish line wreck in the cruiser class. Gold cup #3 Craig Deitz (Warped BMX) took the lead right from the start and led the charge to the finish line. Joel Jason, all the way from Delaware, earned the second spot while Warped BMX star Dan Rice was third. So that’s the way it happened from my point of view. Hopefully we all get back to normal next weekend. Huge Gold Cup tomorrow. See some of you next week. Plaskett Out! Final Report

This would be the hottest and most humid day of the year to date according to the weather forecasters. They were predicting temps approaching 100 degrees with tropical humidity. With that in mind and the safety of our riders, we chose to go with the two-moto transfer system for the classes that have qualifying rounds. (Total Points races excluded). It appears that was a good choice as no complaints were heard. We did let the Balance Bikes run three rounds. Despite the heat we enjoyed 144 entries split into 41 motos. In the pre-race festivities Joe Toomey (10 Year Old Novice) rider who was named The Pete Doda’s Ice Cream sponsored Rider Of The Week two Sundays ago for his efforts on June 28th where he won his third Foothills race in a row, was called to the tower. He was not here when we called his name last week and Vic Rodriquez, a teammate on Overhaul racing, came up on Joe’s behalf and said he would get the trophy to Joe. Vic thought that Joe would probably claim him as his favorite rider. So, I called up Joe to verify that his favorite rider was Victor. When asked he said “Nope, my favorite rider is Connor fields.” Well how about that. He chose Connor fields over Victor Rodriquez. Conner does have a few impressive credentials. He is the gold medalist at the 2011 Pan American games, the UCI World Champion in 2013, an Olympic gold medalist from the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio and even a world cup race in 2020. Never mind numerous National titles. Victor Rodriquez, Well, he does ride for Overhaul and has finished here in second place twice in the last two years. Yeah, Conner is a good choice. Naming the Rider Of The Week for last week was tough as there were many great candidates. I chose to go with a rider who won his first race ever and it was in the biggest class of the day. Reid Waters won the 5 & Under Novice main event which started with a full gate of 8 riders in the qualifying rounds. He said his dad Lee Waters, who raced at Foothills when he was a kid, was his favorite rider. BALANCE BIKES 4 YEAR OLDS Ben Hagan outran the field in all three rounds in this group of four. Mattie Doyle gave it a great try as she finished second. Victoria Machnik and Olivia Cernak were the next two across the finish line. 3 YEAR OLDS Only two riders were in this one but neither seemed to care where they finished. Both smiled all the way in each round. If there was a winner, Asher Smith was first across the stripe. 2 YEAR OLDS This was a group that were 4-riders strong. Ryan Lataille was “Flyin Ryan” as he ran herself to a three-round sweep. Tanner Smith was second. Carter Anthony would be third. Novah Heath (4th place) and Tanner Smith stopped in the first round trying to figure out which way to go. Any one have a road map? CRUISERS 13-14 YEAR OLD GIRLS Ella Urban just started racing last week and is still learning the ropes. She was in a class that featured our current Track Cruiser Class Champion and a very experienced National Rider along with another rider who has a ton of National experience as well. Ella tried hard but did not make the transfer but was in a great mood as she smiled even after elimination. In the main it was all the “Movie-Star” Marissa Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop) winning for the third week in a row. Kyrie Coddington-Sweet was a solid second even being four years younger than Marissa. Laiken Comier was the third-place finisher. 9 YEAR OLDS This was a good-sized group with 6-riders entered. Noah (Bobblehead) Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop) missed making the main event for the first time this year after transferring 4 weeks in a row. The Main Event saw everyone sort themselves out early. By the time they reached turn 2 there would be no changes in the running order. “GI” Joe Olbry’s, all the way from West Grennwich Rhode Island had the lead and he would not give it up. This would be his first Cruiser win here this year. Hunter Heath (Boosted BMX) was a solid second while Ryder Richardson (Warped BMX) rounded out the top three. 12 YEAR OLDS This would be a 3-rider total points race, the first of many total points races this day. In this one it was Chris “Sparky” Pedersen (Sand Road Animal Hospital), after finishing no higher than third in his previous four races here, blast his way to a 3-round sweep and the win. The third round was scary as both Zack Rukakowski (Overhaul) and Jeffrey Weaver (Ramp Farm Racing) tangled in turn one and went down hard. Eventually both would get up and ride it out. Zack would finish second overall with Jeffrey third. 14 YEAR OLDS This was another total points race and it was a good one. RJ Reale (Warped BMX) and Jonah “The Undertaker” Graves (Full Circle Bike Shop) traded wins in the first two rounds. Shane Johnson (C-Yaa) would finish in the third spot as the battle raged in front of him. In the tie-breaking third round, RJ would get an awesome snap out of the gate and lead the charge into turn one by half a bikes length. But coming out of the turn he took the lead and Jonah was on him all the way. At the line it was RJ by one bike length and he would hand Jonah his first loss on Cruiser here this year. 17-20 YEAR OLDS It’s total points again and anther seep with all three rounds finishing in the same order. Tijaye Henderson (Bad Apple Racing) would ace the “perfect”. Joe Broderick continues to amaze with the speed he generates for a big guy and enjoyed a hard earned second place finish. Braeden McDonald, flying the O’neal colors proudly, was third. 41-45 YEAR OLDS Hey, lets do a total points race for a change. In the one Tim Brown got on the inside of last weeks winner Jason Moriarty in turn one and went on to win the opening round. Jason was second with Jody Toomey (Overhaul) third. In round two it was Moriarty keeping Brown behind him causing the need to break the tie in round three. Jason took the lead early and that’s all she wrote. Tim Brown was about two lengths behind at the stripe and settled for the second spot. Toomey was third. 51-55 YEAR OLDS The was yet another Cruiser total points race and it was head-lined by the BMX legend Mike Savage (Crit Plate). Mike raced two guys that I have not seen in a while. Mike was perfect with three wins. Shawn Morris, from Scotia New York was second. Shawn was once on the Board of Directors at Rotterdam BMX and someone I knew from back in the NBL Days. Third went to “Barefoot” Stu McCready. He is an old friend from Huntington Massachusetts. He and I have something in common that we both wish we did not. That is another story for another time. NOVICES 5 & UNDER YEAR OLDS Last week this was the biggest class of the day starting with 8 riders. Reid Waters one his first race ever in that one. This week the class was half that size. Skylar (Knucklehead) Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop) was the hard luck rider missing the transfer out of the qualifying rounds. Reid Waters did it again this week with an exclamation point! He not only won but it was by a full straight away. Killian Connelly, making his first trip ever to Foothills, was second with his brother Finnegan Connelly earning the third spot. 6 YEAR OLDS This was also a 4-rider class and this time it was Olivia Pieterse the rider eliminated in qualifying. The main event saw Owen Sanzone, a local rider from Winsted Connecticut win his second race in a row. Bentley Preston was solid again for the 5th week in a row and earned a nice second place finish. Bentley pulled off a great pass in the second round to earn his transfer spot. Ryder Osorio, from Torrington, was third. 7 YEAR OLDS The next four races were all total points events. Parker Moriarty (Gold Cup #1) made it two weeks in a row with a win. He did it this week with a sweep. Soleil Schuster and Tyler Norrie traded second place finishes, but it was Norrie holding him off in the third round for second overall. 8 YEAR OLDS In this one (total points) Drake Videtto would win the first two rounds and finish second in the final round. This was good enough for him to earn the top spot on the podium after his second place finish a couple of weeks ago in his only time here. Molly Patrick, who missed her second moto, won the last round giving her second overall for the day. Gretchen Dalton made her Foothills debut and earned third. 9 YEAR OLDS More total points racing and another sweep for the top spot. This time it was Joe Toomey, who claimed Connor Fields was his favorite rider, kinda rode like Connor today. Joe was “perfect”. Rowan Harrison was second this week as he was last week. Third went to Aiden Felizardo. 10 YEAR OLDS Here we go again with a total points race and a class that featured the same order of finish in every round. It was Landyn Moynihan, in his fifth Foothills race this year, finally getting the winners circle with a great win. Tyanna Lepicier enjoyed her best finish here this year with a second. Third went to Olivia Kaleta. 12 YEAR OLDS Finally a class with more than three riders. Five were going for it in this group. All the way from Coventry Rhode Island, Blake Noblin made his first ever trip to Foothills but must have been disappointed that he missed the transfer. He sure has some skills; he just doesn’t know the track yet. In the main event it was Ethan Cournoyer and Drayke Palazzi in a two-rider break-away. All the way around it was Palazzi all over the rear wheel of Cournoyer. In the rhythm section he got along side but took the exact same line into turn five. The lack of a final turn move sealed Palazzi’s fate and he would settle for second. Cournoyer would win for the second time here this year. Third went to Henry Morini (Full Circle Bike Shop). 14 YEAR OLDS This was a total points race but only two riders as Dillon Smith had pre-registered but did not show up. Magnus Harrison and Wyatt Keeler would go at it hard. Magnus had the Redline racing machine looking like it had a four-barrel carb under the hood. He would outrace Wyatt for the overall win. 15 YEAR OLDS This gang of three was another total points race. Vinny Fahey (Full circle Bike Shop) had it all his way and he would win every round for the sweep. Trey Lepicier, mounted on a nice-looking GT bike, settled for the second spot. Third went to Peter Drwiega. This was Vinny’s second win here in five tries. 26-35 YEAR OLDS This was four rider vying for the three starting spots in the main event. James Kaleta (Rubber Side Down Racing) was the rider missing the transfer. Chris Gravelle (Vengeance BMX) was the first one to qualify and the first one across the stripe in the main event. Andy Chalko showed some gutsy moves and overcame an early flat tire to earn a solid second place finish. Joe Lataille settled into the third spot. 41-45 YEAR OLDS With four riders on the entry list, it should have provided some exciting racing during the qualifying rounds. As it turned out they meant nothing as everyone qualified. Tim “Big Timber” Adams had entered but was a no-show assuring everyone racing would qualify. Our Novice points leader, who sits on top of the leaderboard by one point, did himself proud again this week as Tony Dickerson, all the way from New Hampshire, made it four wins in a row adding 29 points to his total. Brian Kesl (Scylent Rage Racing) was second with Nate Suares was third. 46-50 YEAR OLDS this was the last Novice class and it was also a total points race. Jason Graves, father of “The Undertaker” Jonah Graves, rode like he was “The Cremater” as he simply burned the competition today for the gang at the Full Circle Bike Shop. Jason won everything he raced. Pat Golden III was second for Team Rejects” We could hear his son Owen encouraging him on by yelling “second place is the first loser”. So Pat was the first loser while third went to Terry Miller. This was Jason’s first win here. INTERMEDIATES 7 YEAR OLDS This was the biggest class of the day with 7-riders in the mix. Looking forward to some hectic qualify in never happened as one rider who had entered was a no show, Its frustrating when this happens as the qualifying rounds mean nothing as everyone makes it in. The main was a good one. Dave Crichton had that checkered helmet up front and he would earn his second Foothills win. “Racin” Mason Delaney was fast and earned a nice second place finish. Joe Lataille, who was involved in a horrendous crash here last week in the qualifying rounds, Finished in the third spot. 9 YEAR OLDS Carmine Angelo has now tried three times to make a Foothills Main event and came up just short once again. We are all rooting for him and hope he does not get discouraged as this kid from Poughkeepsie can ride. So, Jason Moriarty set the bar high for his class when he won his Cruiser main earlier today. Then it was Parkers chance in the 7-year-old novice class, and he came through. Now the pressure was on Logan who crashed last week. Well what a difference a week makes. What a ride home it must have been for the Moriarty clan as Logan completed the family sweep. Dom Cheavalier was second with Noah Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop) Third. 11 YEAR OLDS In this 4-rider class it was a surprise to me when Gold Cup #3, Noah Sifuentes missed transferring out of the motos. Maybe a mechanical problem or he wasn’t feeling well? IN the main Nick Preston would earn his third Foothills win in a row. “The Urban Legend”, Johnny Urban (Scylent Rage Racing) was second with his teammate Brody Kesl finishing third after crashing in turn one. 12 YEAR OLDS This was a battle using the total points 3-rider system. “The Gambler” Caleb Kaleta (Rubber Side Down Racing), mounted on an Elite XL, was unbeatable scoring wins in all three rounds. Noah Rushford (Boosted), after a hard crash in practice, was solid with a second-place finish. Third went to Toby Schoonmaker. 13 YEAR OLDS Another total points race but this one was not as predictable as some of these have been. In round one it was Nick Tirendi coming out on top. In round two it was Chris Pederson (Associated Lightning Rod) the winner. This set up a classic battle between these two in the tie-breaking third round. Unfortunately, heading into turn one, Tirendi blew a tire and “Sparky had the rest of the lap without a serious challenge. CT #3 Liam McNeil would finish second behind him but, overall, it was Pedersen, Tirendi and McNeil. 26-35 YEAR OLDS This was a total points race and it was a little nostalgic as thee guy who came out on top, was once a regular here. Shawn Kennedy, now 34 years old, moved up to the Intermediate class this year and Sunday, he scored his first win. Jody Toomey and Joe Broderick were second and third. Back to Shawn, in 2003 he finished on top here in the 18-20 year old Intermediate class. Then he left for Iraq as a member of the United State Marine Corp. We gave him a proper send off. When he returned in 2007, one of his biggest fans was 12-year-old Austin Vaillancourt (Shades). Austin wrote a poem about how happy he was that his hero had returned safely. That year Shawn rode as an Expert but we didn’t see him after that until just a couple of years ago. Now he has stepped up and is a valued member of our staff. Congratulations to Shawn as he works his way through the ranks again. 46-50 YEAR OLDS This was a nice sized class and it would be Expert points for everyone making the main event as Mike Savage was in the mix. Jason Dalton was the only rider not able to take advantage of the big points as he missed the cut. Mike Savage (Crit Plate) has not been beaten in a 20-inch class this year and the streak is now 5 in a row after today. Second went to Sean Delaney and third across the stripe was Shawn Morris (Hostile). EXPERTS 12 YEAR OLD GIRLS We went back to another total points race in this group and it would be pretty sweet to watch. Pippa Sweet earned her third 2020 Foothills win in as many tries with a three-moto sweep. Second went to her younger sister Kyrie Coddington Sweet with Tayler Kuhn picking up the third spot. 14 YEAR OLD GIRLS It was another total points race and another one of those with the same finishing order in all three rounds. Reining Track champion Marissa Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop) had little problem in winning this class and it will increase her points lead in the quest for an unprecedented fifth championship. Sophia Machnik (Warped BMX) was second while her teammate from Vermont, Riley Richardson was third. 8 YEAR OLDS Another total points race and the fourth Foothills win for “Air Devon” Devon Hurley (Family Pride). Logan Kuhn was second. Rylan Spence, who flipped the gate in the first round, was third. 9 YEAR OLDS Robo-Quads Joe “GI JOE” Olbrys made the trip from Rhode Island worth the long ride as he earned his first Foothills 20-inch win. Ryder Richardson (Warped BMX) and Hunter Heath (Boosted) traded second place finishes with Ryder earning second overall in the tie-breaking third round. 10 YEAR OLDS This was a four-rider group. Jeff Weaver, who moved up to Expert at the end of last season after earning 10 wins here, is struggling in the higher class. This is very normal but, when you are a front runner in Novice and the same in Intermediate, it’s just a matter of time for the same to happen in Expert. Jeff missed the cut today. Sawyer Spence, after 4 consecutive second place finishes finally got to the top podium spot with, his first Foothills win of the year. Dion Hurley (Family Pride) held off Cole Charette (Overhaul Racing) for the second spot. 12 YEAR OLDS A great lineup was the feature in this 5-rider group. Ben Machnik (Warped BMX), seems to be struggling a bit getting Foothills dialed in and he would miss the transfer today. Matt Meagher (C-Yaa Factory) had it all his way with his second win in as many weeks here at Foothills. Zack  (Zackattack) Rukakowski, after wrecking in his Cruiser class, came back with a strong effort here and grabbed the second position. Hunter Dye put his Hostile colors on the third tier of the podium. 13 YEAR OLDS Back to total points racing and, “The Iceman” Cometh for sure as Owen Golden (Team Rejects) wanted nothing to do with any spot but the top spot. He would win for the second time here this season. Gavin Suares (Rubber Side Down) was second while Ramp Farm Racing’s Noah Andersen was third. 14 YEAR OLDS This one had four of the fastest 14-year olds around in the mix. After two rounds of hectic qualifying, it was Shane Johnson (C-Yaa frames) the rider missing the cut. “The Undertaker” Jonah Graves (Full Circle Bike Shop) is undefeated in three races so far this season here. RJ Reale (Warped BMX) is the same after two races. Three days ago Jonah had a birthday and now these two BMX Titans are in the same class. Today it would be RJ across the stripe first with Jonah pushing him all the way hoping for a mistake that never came. Rj win with Jonah second and 4-time track champion, Trevor Cooper (Ramp Farm Racing) third. 15 YEAR OLDS Kodie Carlson whose home track is Bethel Supercross could not make it into todays 3-rider main event. Kodi was the only 15 year old Intermediate here today and was matched with these experts. In the main Lance “Spike” Miller (Eliminator) had it all his way leading from start to finish. Oh wait, he led from start to 20 feet short of the finish line when, maybe he let up thinking he had it in the bag, allowed Aidan Biello (Ramp Farm) to speed by as he stayed on the Jamy right to the end. A surprised Miller settled for second while another birthday-boy Jacob Faunce (rubber side down) was third. 16 YEAR OLDS This was a total points race and one that I’d like to forget. Tyler Farwell won the first two rounds and looked well on his way for an overall win with a perfect. Gordon Johnson finished second and third in the first two wounds while Kyle Lyman (Full circle Bike Shop) finished third and second. So, going into the final round Farwell and Lyman were tied for second with 5 points while Farwell had 2. Here’s where it gets confusing. When I looked up after calling the previous moto, I only saw two riders, Johnson and Lyman. At the stripe it was Lyman and Johnson in that order with Farwell no where to be seen. So thinking Farwell was a no show he would take a 4 as a no-show gets last place plus 1 giving him a total of 6. Kyle Lyman, by winning that last round also has a 6. The third round is a tie- breaker so the win goes to Lyman with Farwell second and Johnsons 7 gives him third place. It was later that I learned what happened. Farwell was in the gate for round three but had a mechanical problem out of the gate, stopped and walked off the side of the track. This happened while I was still announcing the previous moto where Biello stole the win at the line. Because he actually started the moto he takes last place which is a 3 not last place plus 1 (a 4) per the USABMX rules. I verified this with a call to USABMX that afternoon. So the official finish is Farwell with a 5, Lyman with a 6 and Johnson with a 7. (Side Note: I looked at Tim Browns replay video and I said “Big Bale on the starting hill” so this was really my error in scoring). 17-20 YEAR OLDS The last two races were total points events and this one was pretty escitingl as Colin Morini put the Full Circle Bike Shop colors across the stripe first in all three rounds while Devin Murphy (Daylight Bicycles) was all over his action trying to get by after Colin passed her in turn three in the final round. Colin wanted nothing to do with getting beat by a girl and scored the win. Devin was second with Zack Cernak third. 26-35 YEAR OLDS This was also a total points event and in round one it was Nick Stodolski, the man in black with the ewin. Round two saw Tijaye Henderson (Bad Apple Racing) with the win tying the score after a great pass in turn 4. In round three Henderson grabbed the lead and stayed there for the overall win. Stodolski was second and Danielle Jolicouer was an awfully close third. So that’s the way it went down. Don’t forget the deadline to register for this weekend big events are 8:00 pm tonight. See you this weekend PLASKETT OUT!

This was our annual Daniel J. Plaskett memorial charity race with some of the proceeds going to the United Leukosystrophy Foundation in Dan’s name. This foundation does research to try and develop treatment and, eventually, find a cure for the disease that took Dan’s life. Adrenomyloneuropathy (AMN) is very rare and only about 30,000 people world-wide are afflicted. Aidan Biello was chosen as this year’s recipient of the Memorial Award. Donna Plaskett (Dan's Mom) Presented the Memorial Trophy to Aidan Biello Today was yet another large turnout with 216 riders registered and were split into 52 motos. Before we started we wanted to catch up on our rider of the week awards and, for the race held on June 28th, we chose Joe Toomey as the recipient. Joe wasn’t there so we will wait to find out who his favorite rider is. For last weeks race we chose Willow Hicks. She said that Kirsten McDonnell was her favorite teammate and rider. BALANCE BIKES We had 11 of these ankle-biters in the house today and they were split into three groups (motos). The first was a 4-rider runoff for 4-year olds. Liam Vedder made it look easy as he ran away with the class and swept the motos. Ben Hagan enjoyed himself with a solid second place run. Mattie Doyle smiled her way to a third place finish. Olivia Cernak would finish in the fourth spot. 3-Year Olds This was a three rider group and, like the previous group, all three rounds had the same running order. Asher Smith was first, “Runner-up” went to Keira Dobelle. Third place was Joe Williams. 2-Year Olds Four Riders were in this mix of little people. Tanner Smith out ran them all and finished in the top spot. Novah Heath was second. Ryan Lataille and Carter Anthony were 3rd and 4th. CRUISERS 13-14 Year Old Girls This was a Total Points race and, our current Girls Cruiser class champion, Marissa Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop) made it look quite easy as she racked up another first place finish with the sweep. Mary Sloan was second and, making her BMX debut, Ella Urban, 32 year old sister of Johnny Urban, was third. Its highly recommended that Ella find a jersey that cover her shoulders the next time out as any fall could have certainly left a nasty mark. 17-20 Year Old Women Total points racing again for this group of three riders and Amanda Orlandi made it two out of three weeks standing on the top spot of the podium when this one was over. Laiken Cormier was solid again finishing second. Caissy Price was standing tall with a third place finish. 41-45 Year Old Women Once a fixture on the local scene, Marianne Sklarsky came out of semi retirement in honor of Dan Plaskett and she performed well. Using some of those old passing skills, she won two of the three rounds in this total points event. Kelly Theologou, all the way from Plymouth Massachusetts, made her first trip to Foothills a good one and finished in the second spot overall after winning round two. Sarah Huberty was third. 8 Year Olds This was a 5-rider class and it was Lorenzo Guliani missing the transfer out of the qualifying rounds. In the main event it was Max Meinel with a great start and would lead from start to finish. Logan Kuhn stayed comfortably in the second spot while the battle for third was heating up. Dave Crichton looked like he would finish at least in that spot when he came completely unglued halfway up the second straight. He managed to stay on his bike but while he was doing the fliberty-jiblets, Carmine Angelo sped by him and would capture that spot at the stripe. 9 YEAR OLDS This was a Total points event and it was one of those with the same order of finish all three rounds. On the point was Chace Wilcox, “G.I. Joe” Olbreys was second with the third spot going to Ful Circle Bike Shop’s Noah Hardgrove. 13 Year Olds With four riders going into the qualifying rounds it would be a frustrating time for one of them. After winning this class last week, “Farm-Boy” Dave Labarge (Full circle Bike Shop) missed the cut today. The competition was sure heavy this day. “The Undertaker” Jonah Graves (Full circle Bike Shop) had it all his way and easily won the main event. NAG 9, Justin Donahue, making his first trip here this year from Rhode Island, was second and Chris “Sparky” Pedersen (Associated Lightning Rod) was third. Sparky lost all his chances at the start when he flipped the gate. 15 Year Olds This was back to a total points event and it really was a two-rider breakaway between Shane Johnson (C-YAA National Team) and Isabella Nelson (Hyper). Braeden Mcdonald was making his first trip here and was still trying to get the track dialed in. Isabella made Shane run all three rounds flawless which is exactly what he did for the sweep. 21-25 year Olds This was a four rider class but the name is deceiving. It was from 16 Years old to 30. The 30 year old, Joe Broderick, despite a valiant effort, missed the transfer out of the qualifiers. It was shaping up to be a classic shootout between Wes Reel and Logan Demerski but, at the start, Reel’s chain problems that he suffered all day continued and he was out of it on the starting hill. Demerski was gone in a flash! He cruised to victory with Steve Healey second and Reel walking across the stripe for third. 36-40 Year Olds After a long absence from Foothills “Ludacliff” Cliff Benoit was back sporting a team Misfits jersey. Unfortunately, the track has changed since he was last here and he just missed qualifying. In the main event the gate position meant everything on the front straight. Tijaye Henderson had gate 1 while Charlie Fowler was in gate 3 with Jeff Orlandi over in gate 5. At the snap both Henderson and Fowler were handlebar to handlebar but, with the inside line, Henderson took the lead exiting turn one. Henderson led the rest of the way with a great battle behind him between Orlandi and Fowler. At the stripe it was Fowler for 2 and “The Rabbit” for 3. 46-50 Year Olds this was the largest cruiser class 2ith 6 riders entered. The qualifying rounds saw some heavy hitters grab the transfer spots. Names like Savage, Moriarty, Marceau, and Brisson were all in. The last chance qualifier saw Price the last one in eliminating Frank Juliani. The main event was a classic. Mike Savage drew gate # 8 while Jason Moriarty was locked and loaded in gate #7. They both got great starts but just having the inside by only one gate position was enough for Moriarty to hold off Savage for the lead in turn one. Up the second and third straights it was a two-rider breakaway with Savage all over Moriarty’s rear wheel. Though the long straight and rhythm section Savage got within a half a bike for the lead. Hitting the final turn Mike dove to the inside but Jason was ready for it and made sure the door was shut. It was a great sprint to the line by these two veterans but in an upset. Jason Moriarty would beat Mike Savage this day. Third went to Overhauls Rick Marceau. NOVICES 5 & Under We will start this group with a full gate of 8 riders. This was nothing but mayhem everywhere. The second round saw a wreck in the first turn involving 3 riders as Kira Spence, Carter Mancino and Bennett Pieterse all tangled up. They would all be ok. Skylar Hardgrove wreck in the second turn. Â In the main event Jace Parsons took an early lead but slipped a pedal just before the first turn and dropped back to third. Reid Waters was the new leader with Eli Skulte second. Down in turn two Jace passed Skulte for the second spot. Kainen Crowe was running third. In turn 4 Skulte dropped back to fourth as Crowe made his move. At the stripe it was Waters, Parsons and Crowe in a wild one. 6 Year Olds Another big class with six riders vying for the 5 starting spots in the main event. After the qualifying rounds the one rider who was eliminated was Emmett Vedder IV who was making his first trip here from Highland New York. In the main it was al Owen Sanzone, riding out of Winsted, building up a big lead by the halfway point Behind him was Logan Rivera from Falcon BMX. Behind him was a big gap but that’s where the action was. Torrington’s Ryder orsorio was running third when he got passed by Bentley Preston on the second straight. In the third straight Orsorio returned the favor and re-took position three. It would stay like that even though Orsorio sat down the entire lap, he managed a third behind Sanzone and Rivera. 7 Year Olds Chad Macdonald was the one rider missing the main event after the qualifying rounds in this 5-rider class. In the main event, only a couple of mains after his father pulled off the big win over Mike Savage, Parker Moriarty was on fire and it wasn’t even close. He scored an easy win. Soleil Schuster held onto second place holding off the charging Brooklyn Blackwood who would finish third. 8 Year Olds Claire Williams, who signed up down at Bethel Supercross, was the rider who missed the transfer. The 3-rider main event saw Bake Price take off and never look back as he nailed his first Foothills win of the year. Molly Patrick, who was the first rider to qualify, was second while third went to Lorenzo Guliani. 9 Year Olds Dominic Cunningham, in only his second trip here this season, was the hard luck guy as he just missed qualifying for today’s 3-rider main event. The main event was wild and wholly. Tommy Musarella and Rowan Harrison were battling hard all the way around with a couple of lead changes as they went back and forth. Everett Williams was running a few lengths back in the third spot watching all the action in front of him. When the top two reached the final turn, it was side by side for the sprint to the stripe. Just 3 feet short of the stripe they both went down in flames while Williams, in the right place at the right time, sped by them for victory. Wow, if you can’t be good you gotta be lucky and Williams was a little bit of both in this one. Harrison dragged his bike across the stripe for second with Musarella doing the same for third. 10 Year Olds With six riders in the class making the main was gonna be tough. Tyanna Lepicier just couldn’t find a way to make it in. This was another crazy main event as Willow Hicks led all the way around until the fourth turn went she self-destructed all by herself and went from the penthouse to the outhouse in one turn. “The Slayer” Aryanna Labarge was the benefactor of Willow’s misfortune and inherited the lead and the win for the Full Circle Bike Shop folks. Landyn Moynihan was second with third going to Olivia Kaleta. 11 Year Olds This was a 3-rider total points race and all three rounds would go to Drayke Palazzi. This was Drayke’s second Foothills win this season. Collin Ramsey (Scylent Rage Racing) was solid with a second place finish while third went to Hunter Price. 12 Year Olds Janelle Cappa had not been here since last season and she found making the main event just a little to much this day and was forced to watch it from the sidelines. The riders in this one sorted themselves out early and there were no changes except the size of the distances between them. It was Henry Morini earning his second Foothills win, Elizabeth Doye for second and Hunter Phoenix for third. 13 Year Olds Jocelyn Orlandi is trying so hard each and every week to make it out of the motos but still hasn’t been able to break through as was the case again today. But, with her willingness to keep trying that day cannot be far off. This was a 3-rider main event+ and not much close racing after the first straight. Zack Adams, wearing the Bethel Supercross colors, made it look easy as he scored the win. Magnus Harrison was second with Josh Styga third. 14 Year Olds We went back to total points racing for this group and it was Kraig Geisssler acing the “perfect” with the sweep. Naomi Bruno was second and Wyatt Keeler was third. 15 Year Olds This was another total points race and some sort of mix up happened in the first round when both Roscoe Spencer-Dubuc and Vinny Fahey missed the moto allowing Trey Lepicier win the round as a solo rider. When you miss a moto by USABMX rule, you get last place minus one so both received a “4” in this 3-rider race. Trey would finish second in the next two rounds but that ‘4” the other two guys had to take assured Trey with the overall win. Fahey would earn a second while Dubuc was third. 21-25 Year Olds This was a four-rider class and, in the first qualifying round two riders missed their moto. I have no idea what was going on but obviously there was some problem. At the end of qualifying it was Courtney Vedder the rider missing the transfer. Adam Dougherty built up a lead so big he was in a different area code when he crossed the stripe. Christian Castro was a disdant second with third going to Maddy “Fake News” McKay. 36-40 Year Olds It was nearly a full gate in the first qualifying round with 7 riders in the gate. By the time we got to the main it would be without “The Vyce Squad” Dani Vyce the rider eliminated. In the main the best move came in turn one from Stan Crowe as, while running in the fourth spot came through the middle of the pack up to the second spot. He would get no closer as Jaime sanchez held on for the win. Crowe was second and Justin Williams salvaged a nice third. 41-45 Year Olds After Melissa Kaleta was eliminated in the motos, the 4-rider main was on. Tony Dickerson maybe blinded them with color as his bright red uniform was glowing as he took the lead and kept it all the way around. The next two guys were Scylent Rage Racers with “Big Timber” Tim Adams and Brian Kesl running second and third. Tony’s point total was missed on last weeks points cover sheet as he is sitting in the third spot in the Novice championship points race. Chances are he will be moving up to Intermediate class well before the end of the season. Points are updated each week so watch for it this week. 46-50 Year Olds After the qualifying rounds which saw Frank Juliani, despite some very competitive racing, not make the cut. Scott Price was in a class by himself in this run as he just kept pulling away right to the stripe. Jason Graves put his Full Circle Bike Shop colors in the second spot after Mark Dukeman tried an aggressive inside move in turn one and lost all his momentum settling for the third spot. 51 & Over The last Novice class was this total points race. There were no changes at all in all three rounds. Ronnie Donahue was first, Pat Golden III was second and Willi Massinger was third. INTERMEDIATES 5 & Under Moto 30 and it was a total points race. Tripp Fowler would win round one but finish third in round two. Dylan Dobelle finished second in the first round and won the second. Fowler would have 4 points going into the final round while Dobelle had 3. Dylan Dobelle won the final round giving him his third Foothills win for the season. “Rock-n-Roll” Cole Lyman, with his third round second place finish earned himself second overall while fowler was third. 7 Year Olds There were 7 riders registered in this extremely competitive class. Will Adams, after a solid second place finish last week, could not put it together this week and missed the transfer. Logan Rice took off early with Dave Crichton in tow and it became a two rider breakaway. These two were about two lengths apart all the way to the stripe but Rice would hold on. Crichton was second while Joe Lataille, after a horrendous wreck in the first qualifying round, came back and earned a solid third. The good new is Logan is an Expert so its experts’ points for all riders who made this main event. Joe Lataille loses it in turn one Joe falls right in front of two riders Kris Meinel and Cooper Jarest 9 Year Olds After traveling all the way from Poughkeepsie New York, Carmine Angelo just could not make it into today’s main event. This one featured another rider out of the Moriarty racing stables. Dad Jason Moriarty won his Cruiser Main earlier. Parker Moriarty won his main event and now it could be a sweep as Logan Moriarty was in the mix. Caleb Palmer had a slight lead in and out of turn one but Logan (Gold Cup #2) was charging and charging hard. He took the inside line going into turn two attempting to pass and slid out wrecking. Caleb went onto the win with Noah Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop) second. Moriarty was ok and settled for third. 11 Year Olds This was another good sized Intermediate class with 5-riders going for the gold. Lucas Mancino missed making the main event in this class today. Nick Preston took the lead on the front straight and held on the entire lap as Nick Sifuentes kept the pressure on. Siguentes would finish second while third went to Johnny Urban as he held off his Scylent Rage Racing teammate Brody Kesl for position three. 12 Year Old Inter It’s always tough when a rider misses his main event by failing to qualify. Its especially tough when it happens after making the last 3 main events. That was the case today when Toby Schoonmaker missed for the first time this year. Colin Leblanc got the job done in his first visit here this year. Colin had two win here last year in 6 attempts. Second place went to Mikey Roy while rounding out the top three was “The Gambler” Caleb Kaleta. 13 Year Olds This was a total points race and Chris Pedersen was back on top after the third place finish in cruiser. The Associated Lightning Rod Company sponsored ride was on the top spot on the podium in class for the first time since last July 7th 2019. Its been a long year. Second went to Liam McNeil, last years Novice class champion. Third went to Nick Tirendi. 15 Year Olds It was disappointment for the Orlandi clan as Vinny just missed making the cut in this group today. The 5-rider main event saw Hayden MacDonald, after qualifying first, use the rest wisely as he captured his first Foothills win this season. Marissa Lyman just couldn’t find a way around him and finished a close second. Third went to Nick Smith for Full Circle. 16 Year Olds Dylan Rodriguez aced a three-round sweep in this total points race for his first Foothills win this year. Jesse Johnson was second with Sean Adams in the third spot. 17-20 Year Olds This was a 6-rider group and it would be Expert points for everyone as Matt Markie was in the mix. After Vanessa Fullam, in her visit here, missed the cut it was Matt Markie’s race to win as he was the definite favorite. “The Marvelous One” did not disappoint as he outraced Devin Murphy (Daylight Bicycles) who finished second. Third went to Ty Lepicier, who was the first Intermediate across the stripe. 26-35 Year Olds Total points racing in this one and it was all Derek Schneider in his first win here in recent memory. Derek swept the motos. Josh Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop) and Joe Broderick traded second place finished but Josh beat him in the third round giving him second overall. 46-50 Year Olds After Art Ramsey (Scylent Rage Racing) could not find a way to qualify today, it was Expert points ofr the three riders that made the main. The challenge was to beat The International Man of Mystery and reining Foothills BMX track champion Mike Savage. Well, of course no one could and Mike scored his fourth consecutive win here at foothills. Brian Brisson was solid and finished second while third went to “Big Sexy” Vic Rodriguez. EXPERTS 12 Year Old Girls This was another total points race and “The Fire Ant” Alyssa would win the first two rounds. Tayler Kuhn and Mary Sloan each had five points going into the final round so all Alyssa had to do was show up and she would win overall. She did just that and took a chill-pill finishing third in that last round but it was good enough for the overall win. Mary Sloan was second with Kuhn Third. 8 Year Olds Logan Kuhn had a rough time and missed the cut today in this class. The 3-rider main saw the Family Pride colors standing on top as Devon Hurley led the entire lap. Max Meinel was really close but settled for second. Third went to Smilin Rylan Spence. 9 Year Olds This was another one of those total points races that feature the same order of finish every round. Chace Wilcox was first, “G.I. Joe” Olbreys was second while Hunter Heath third. 10 Year Olds It was tough to see Conor Christofori get eliminated in the qualifying rounds after a good showing last week. NAG #10 rider Justin Donahue sure showed us why he has a National Ranking as he easily won the main event. Sawyer Spence looked good and finished second. Third went to Dion Hurley (Family Pride). 12 Year Olds There were just three riders left for the main event as Ben Machnik just missed making the main. Matt Meagher, on the moto sheets with bike #325 but running the #16 plate (Ugh) was the winner in this group. “The Hammer” Wes Hamel (Family Pride) was second with James Wolf finishing third. 13 Year Old Experts Brandon Houle missed qualifying for the first time this year in a class that was 6-riders strong. Riding out of the Full Circle Bike Shop camp, “The Undertaker” Jonah Graves made it three wins in three races here this season. “The Ice Man” Owen Golden was a very solid second while Josue Bruno was third. 14 Year Olds This class featured the biggest surprise I’ve seen at Foothills in a very long time. To my knowledge this racer has never missed a main event here. He is a 4-time Foothills BMX Track Champion. This week “Superfly” Trevor Cooper missed qualifying for the main event. WOW! Shane Johnson would go onto winning it. Isabella Nelson (Hyper) was second. Third went to Noah Laplume. 15 Year Olds The “Wild Bunch” was only 3-riders strong this week so it was a total points race. “The Westfield Warrior” Anthony Bartolo won round one while “The Bulldozer” Chris Gonyer would win round two setting up a round three tir-breaker. Bartolo would hold him off for the overall win. Gonyer was second with Aidan Biello third. 16 Year Olds The was yet another total points race but no tie-breaker needed in this one. “Flash” Logan Demerski put his third foothills win in the record books representing the Full Circle Bike Shop. Ty Farwell hell off Kyle Lyman (Full Circle) for the second spot overall for the day. 17-20 Year Olds Despite trying hard Hunter Zeiner missed the cut into todays main. Hunter recently had major shoulder surgery and is easing his way back into racing. Slow but sure progress is being made. Wes Reel was the favorite here but mechanical problems continued and he would finish third. Colin Morini was second but no one could catch Nate Theologou, who made his first visit here memorable as he was uncatachable. 36-40 Year Olds #-rider total points shootout was the situation in this class. Tijaye Henderson, coming so close the last two weeks, won for the first time here at Foothills this season with a complete sweep of the motos. Dan Rice was second as he held off “The Rabbit” Jeff Orlandi who settled for third. 41-45 Year Olds The last class of the day was moto 52 and it was a total points race with all three riders finishing in the same order every round. Rick Marceau, who is just four years away from being eligible to retire from the fire department, was our winner this week and it was his first at Foothills in this class this season/ Cliff Benoit was second with the third spot going to Scott Gonyer. It was another great turnout with over 200 riders for the second week in a row. The Plaskett family thanks everyone for coming out to this charity race in Dan's memory. It makes the 10 year anniversary of his passing just a little easier to get through. See you next week. Plaskett Out Full Report

It’s the fourth of July weekend and we are coming off two big weeks that featured over 180 riders in each race. Surely, being a holiday weekend with temps around 90, people would opt out of racing for some family time by the pool or campground. By the motos were posted there were 226 riders on the sheets split into 49 motos. Unfortunately, At least 7of those riders were no-shows so we will go with 219 riders. It has been an exceptionally long time since Foothills saw this many riders for a regular single points race. With Roger (me) not being there this week, we decided to skip the regular Rider Of The Week presentation and will wait until he returns to catch up. My situation was as follows: After last Sunday's race, I felt short of breath walking up to the upper parking lot and had to stop once just to catch my breath. Monday and Tues saw no improvement so I called my Doctor on Wednesday. He ordered the dreaded COVID-19 test which I took in Farmington Wednesday afternoon. By Sunday morning I was feeling better but, because of the holiday weekend, my results were unavailable. Self-guarantining I felt it best to stay away until I heard from Doc. This afternoon my test results came back Negative so i"m ggo to go for Sunday and feeling pretty good. BALANCE BIKES There were seven racers in this group, and they were split into two motos. The first were four 3-year olds. Asher Smith picked up were he left off on opening day and ran himself to three moto wins. “Chargin” Charlie Molloy pounded out a second-place finish. Third would go to “Leapin” Lucas Kohler while the fourth spot went to “Dancin” Keira Dobelle. The second group was the 3-rider two year old division. Tanner Smith and Novah Heath traded wins in the first two rounds. The final round determined the finishing order for the day. It would be Tanner Smith, Navah Heath and Ryan Lataille. CRUISERS 15-16 GIRLS Savanna Cortis made it to foothills from Chicopee for the first time this year. She did not get the track changes dialed in and was forced to watch her sister and 3 others battle it out in the main event. This was settled by the time they reached the first turn as there simply was no passing at all. Marissa Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop) would lead the entire lap. Shyanne Cortis (Overhaul) was second with Laiken Cormier rounding out the top three. 31-35 WOMEN this was a four rider battle and, after the qualifying rounds, Caissy Price was the rider missing the cut. In the main it was the same deal as the previous main with no passing. Jennifer Knapp, out of Troy New York, who may have een making her first trip ever to Foothills, was impressive in scoring the win. Kaylynn Cortis was second with Amanda Orlandi finishing third. 7 & UNDER this class had 4-rider going for the three spots in the main event. Westfields Dave Crichton was the hard luck guy missing the cut today. Asher Hock, most likely making his first visit to Foothills since 2018, led the charge down the front straight. Going a little wide into turn one, Logan Rice got under him and took the lead. After that, the real battle was for second between Hock and Carson Burkholder. At the stripe it was Rice, Hock and Burkholder. 9 YEAR OLDS “Gi Joe” Olbrys, riding out of Rhode Island, made the long trip rather frustrating by missing the transfer out of the qualifying rounds. Joe hasn’t been here in a couple of years so he definitely was at a disadvantage. All the action was on the front straight in the main as a landslide of 4 riders were in a tight mix heading into turn one. It was then that Joe Knapp would wreck. No one else was involved and it was clear sailing for Tyler Marhafer, another New York rider making his Foothills Debut. He would win the main with Vermont’s Rider Richardson (Warped BMX) second and Noah Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop) in the third spot. 13 YEAR OLDS This was a 3-rider main event after Talen Russell, who finished second last week, failed to make the cut today. Last weeks third place finisher, Dave “Farm Boy” Labarge, who finished third last week, had it all his way in this one as the Full Circle Bike Shop Colors were on the point the entire lap. Landon Johnson held of Chris “Sparky” Pedersen (Associated Lightning Rod) for the second spot. 15 Year Olds This was a total points race and Nick Barone would win round one but misfortune struck inn round two giving him a third with RJ Reale winning that round. In round three Barone had it all together and was back on top for the overall win. RJ was second with Shane Johnson third. 17-20 YEAR OLDS This was another total points race and one of those where the finishing order was the same in all three rounds. Wes Reel would earn his first Cruiser win of the year with Liam Knott second and JT Kelleher third. 26-30 YEAR OLDS The total points theme continued for the third class in a row. This one was unique with a different finishing order in all three rounds. “Choo Choo” Tommy Healey (Overhaul) would win the first two rounds while Joe Broderick and Dan Cortis traded second place finishes. In round three it was Healy with a big lead at the halfway point but Broderick was coming. By the time they hit turn four Broderick pulled off a classic swoop and passed Healey. He stayed in front the rest of the way. When the points were tallied it was Healey first, Broderick second and Cortis third. 36-40 YEAR OLDS So we interrupted the string of total points races with a four rider class in this one. Unfortunately, if anything could go wrong it certainly did for “Rabbit” as Jeff Orlandi missed out on transferring. If he watched the main he may have been glad he wasn’t in the mix going into turn one. They were virtually side by side and 3-wide in and out of the turn. Jody Toomey came out on top and led the way all the way to turn four. In the rhythm section Tijaye Henderson got along side as they went handlebar to handlebar through the humps. Toomey had the inside line entering the final turn and he crossed the stripe just one bike length ahead of Henserson. Austin Bolle had the road blocked inn front of him and would finish third. 46-50 YEAR OLDS Once Sponsored years ago by General Motors on the National Scene, Chris Deamelio would lead the charge in all three rounds of this total points race. Anther “blast from the past” Jason Moriary was second with New York’s Chet Mills third. 51-55 YEAR OLDS This was the last Cruiser event and another total points race. Â Just looking at the moto sheet here it was easily predictable what the outcome would be4 and it was that way in all three rounds. The “International Man of Mystery” Mike Savage was first. Shawn Morris (Hostile) was second while 64 year old Rog “Moto-Man” Billings put the Scylent Rage Racing colors in the third spot. NOVICES 5 & UNDER This class has been large every race and today was no exception with 7 riders in the mix. I think one of these riders might have been a no-show as Jeremy Baio was the rider not making the cut. Other members of his family were given DNS so he may have also. Anyway, the main event it quickly became a two-rider shootout as Cole Friese and Kainen Crowe really went at it. There were numerous passes but the final one happened in the last turn when Crowe powered his way around the outside of Friese to capture the win. Kainen has never been here and made the long trip from Cap Cod well worth the ride. Friese was second and, rounding out the top three it was Liam Perrotte. 6 YEAR OLDS This was a total points 3-rider battle between riders from three different states. With a perfect three race sweep it was Rhode Island’s Jacob Molloy. Second overall went to Connecticut’s Owen Sanzone. Third went to Massachusetts Bentley Preston. 7 YEAR OLDS This one was screwed up from the start as 5 riders were registered but only three showed up. It was then a free ride to the main event for the racers that did show up. Cooper Jarest would make it three wins in a row as he was top dog again today. Parker Moriarty was a solid second while third went to Cheyenne “Mookie” Orlandi. 8 YEAR OLDS After the qualifying rounds eliminated one rider (Luke Mills) the three-rider main event was on. “Girl Power” was alive and real in this one as Molly Patrick was on the point the entire lap and could not be caught as she ran a prefect lap. Drake Videtto made her stay the course with no mistakes as he finished a close second. Third went to Blake Price. 9 YEAR OLDS This one was messed up also because of two riders that were a no-show. So originally it was a 5-rider class, because of the no-shows it was 3 rounds of meaningless qualifiers before the main event as all remaining riders were automatically in. In the main it was settled right at the start when Joe Toomey out snapped everyone on the gate for the early lead which he would never give up. All the way around it was the same order. Toomey, Bradon Martin and Ava “Aviator” McKay. 10 YEAR OLDS this was a good-sized group with 6-riders going for the 5 spots in the main. Tyanna Lepicier, who made the main last week, just missed the transfer this week. In the main it was a very tight group going into the first turn. They all got through cleanly but immediately sorted themselves out the rest of the way around. At the stripe it was Willow Hicks first. The “Slayer” Aryana Labarge second and Landon Moynihan third. 11 YEAR OLDS With only 4-riders registered, it’s always heartbreaking to eliminate a rider but such are the rules with the transfer system. This time it was Hunter Price suffering that fate. The 3-rider main event Ethan Cournoyer was dominant leading the entire run. Drayke Palazzi was second with Scylent rage racing’s Collin Ramsey third. 13 YEAR OLDS it was another tough week for Jocelyn Orlandi as she missed the cut but sure looks like steady improvement every time out. The 3-riders who did make the main event they put on a show. It was an very tight group most of the way around with Henry Morini in the lead. When they reached the rhythm section Dillon Smith took over. Henry Morini was running second out of the final turn. Smith held on for the win but an incredible sprint to the line by Antonio Amisano earned him the second spot as he sped by Henry. 15 YEAR OLDS This was one of the six classes today with 7-riders in the mix. Wyatt Keeler was eliminated despite a great effort to qualify. The main was stacked with talent. Roscoe Spencer-Dubuc used a nice third straight pass to take the lead away from Vinny Fahey. He would hang on the rest of the wy for the win. Vinny was second while Trey Leicier round out the top three spots on the podium. 36-40 YEAR OLDS It took three rounds of hard-fought qualifying to make todays main event. James Kaleta would just miss. The 4-rider main was a good one. Eric Tindell and Stan Crowe went side by side from turn one to turn four when Tindell finally got in front by a bike length. T the stripe it was Tindell, Crowe and Mike Amisano. 41-45 YEAR OLDS This was a four-rider battle for three main event spots and it was Brian Kesl missing the cut as the Scylent Rage local racer sat and watched for the second time this year. The main event was like two races. Chris Knapp led the first half with Tony Dickerson all over his action like white on rice. Into the turn three hole they dove, and Tony used a great cut in the turn to take the lead. He would go the rest of the way unchallenged for his second foothills win in a row. Knapp settled for second while third went to an incredibly improved “Big Timber’ Tim Adams for Scylent Rage Racing. 46-50 YEAR OLDS There were 6-riders going for some 4th of July glory in this group. Terry Miller would not make it out of the qualifying rounds in this one. The main event saw this become more of a battle for the second spot than for the top spot. Scott Price took off early and, by the halfway point was probably in a different zip code. The second spot battle was classic with a couple of changes, but the last pass belonged to Mark Dukeman as he held off Chris Rivera who finished a close third. INTERMEDIATES 6 YEAR OLDS This was a 4-rider class with one rider eliminated in the motos. This week it was Nick Slater suffering that fate. In the main it was all Joe Lataille from start to finish. Dylan Dobelle was really impressive as he was the only 5 year old in this 6 year old class and finished a solid second third went to “Rock N Roll” Lyman. (Full circle Bike Shop). 7 YEAR OLDS Collin Tindell just missed making it out of his motos. Dave Crichton was first to qualify and first across the stripe in the main. Will Adams, who has failed to make the cut the previous two weeks, grabbed the last transfer spot today and then put the Scylent Rage Racing colors in the second spot on the podium. “Krankin” Kris Devaux pushed him all the way but stayed in third. Kris is still working out the kinks getting used to his new bike. 9 YEAR OLDS this was another of those huge 7-rider classes but unfortunately, it had two riders in it that were no-shows meaning everyone that showed up made the main. Logan Moriarty got the snap out of the gate and led the charge to the first turn hole shot. The big move came there from “Hamerin” Cameron Friese who went into the turn fourth and come out second. All the way around he would chase Moriarty but never quite get there. Moriarty, Friese and Noah Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop). 11 YEAR OLDS Making his first trip ever to Foothills was too much for this rider from Glenville New York as Lucas Bolle missed transferring out of the motos. The 3-rider main event Nick Preston easily got the job done. Two Scylent Rage Racing teammates battled hard for the second spot. It was Brody Kesl and The “Urban Legend” Johnny Urban racing door handle to door handle. Out of turn two Johnny finally took the second spot with a full bike length lead and was able to keep Kesl behind him the rest of the way. 12 YEAR OLDS For the second week in a row it was Noah Rushford missing the main event in this class. We admire his persistence and, if he keeps trying as hard as he has been, will be in the mix before long. The main event “The Gambler” Caleb Kaleta grabbed the lead down the front straight with a great gate snap. As the exited turn one it was Caleb with Toby Schoonmaker second but a hard charging Mikey Roy coming with a head of steam. Mikey passed Toby on the outside going into turn two and that would be the last of the passing. At the stripe it was Kaleta first, Roy second and Schoonmaker third. 13 YEAR OLDS Here was a 7-rider class where everyone showed up. Riley Richardson (Warped BMX) was the hard luck racer missing the cut after driving all the way from Vermont. In the main it would be a close finish. All the way around the top three were Landon Johnson with Nick Tirendi and Chris “Sparky” Pedersen (Associated Lightning Rod Co) running nose to tail. As they sprinted out of the last turn it ended in that order but all three were within one bike length of each other. 14 YEAR OLDS So here we have 5-riders entered with one being a girl. Surely she would be the underdog. Oh contrare, This is Gold Cup #2 and 4-time female track champion Marissa “Movie Star” Lyman. After Nick Smith qualified first, and feeling really good about himself, it was Vico Tirillo the rider missing the cut after a second-place finish last week. The main event Marissa would start in gate 4 while teammate Nick smith drew gate #6. Bam, the gate dropped and Lyman got the snap. Into turn one she held off a sweet inside move by Nick. The two black shirted Full Circle Bike Shop riders raced up the second straight. Into turn two Nick again tried an inside move but Marissa slammed the door. The rest of the way Marissa maintained a three-length lead right to the stripe. Nick settled getting beat by a girl and stood on the podiums second tier. Third went to Marcus Rivera. 17-20 YEAR OLDS Even a Gold cup #1 ranking wasn’t good enough for Amanda Rock to make it into today’s main event. The main was a three-rider shootout. Last week it took an incredible move in the final turn of the last chance qualifying for Ty Lepicier to make it into the main event. This week, he not only was the first to qualify, he led the entire lap with a huge lead by the time he reached the finish line. The second spot went to Adam Dougherty out of Southwick. Adam is a Novice so he earns second place Intermediate points for his efforts here. Third went to Kirsten McDonnell (Time2shine) in one her first races back after a long time off. 26-35 YEAR OLDS Here we go with another loaded class featuring 7 riders. These guys were very competitive but after the three qualifying rounds it was “Big Nasty” Matt Giroux the rider eliminated. The main event had everyone holding their breath as the tight pack went in and out of turn one but no mayhem this time. Marcelo Oliveira and Shawn Kennedy, the first two to qualify, led the charge up the second straight. As the pack sorted themselves out not much changed anywhere except the size of the lead for Oliveira. He would win with Shawn second and Joe Broderick earned an impressive third in this large gang of riders. 41-45 YEAR OLDS Dan Marhafer, in his first trip here, left without making the main event. That has to hurt after traveling all the way from Schenectady New York. We certainly hope he gives us another try soon. The main event was now down the three-riders. Chris Deamelio, (Expert) making a rare Foothills Appearance, easily got the job done going coast to coast. The second spot belonged to Jody Toomey as he spent the entire lap holding off third place finisher Trevor Toney. All riders earn “expert points” thanks to Chris. 51 & OVER There were five-rider riding hard through the battle rounds and they ranged in age from 52-64 years old. Unfortunately for 64 year old Rog “Moto-Man” Billings, he could not keep those Scylent rage Racing colors in a qualifying position. “The BMX International Legend” Mike Savage (Expert) and current Foothills BMX Track Champion, had it all his way leading end to end. Shawn Harris kept the second spot in his possession the entire lap while Scylent Rage Racings team manager Art Ramsey and Mark Reale battled the entire length for the last podium spot which went to “The Rock Star” Art Ramsey. EXPERTS 12 YEAR OLD GIRLS Jenna Miller, who hasn’t been here in a couple of years, Won all three rounds of this total points event. The “Fire Ant” Alyssa McKay was second with Mary Sloan a close third. 7 YEAR OLDS after Carson Burkholder just missed the cut, this three rider main was locked and loaded. Out of gate #1 it was Logan Rice with the hole shot. Asher Hock was running second when Joey Deitz made his move passing Asher in the first turn. Up the second and third straight the order remained the same. But entering turn four Asher got on the inside of Joey and took the spot away but just for a moment. Side by side through the rhythm section, Hoey now had the inside preferred line into the final turn and he would hold off Asher for the second spot. Logan Rice could not be caught and he won it. 8 YEAR OLDS There were five-riders in this line up and it was impressive list of names. Joe Knapp was the hard luck guy and he had to watch from the sidelines. Usually gate 8 is the kiss of death for any chance to win a main event from. When the gate dropped it was Devon Hurley (Family Pride) with the lead until they reached turn two. That’s when the guy that started in Gate #8 dove to the inside and put the hurt move on Hurley. Ty Marhafer was the new leader of the pack. It became a two-rider breakaway as he and Hurley pulled away. Brody Ryan was a distant third. As they crossed the stripe it was Marhafer by two lengths over Hurley with Ryan third. 9 YEAR OLD EXPERTS This was one of the three-rider total points races. It was Vermont’s Ryder Richardson (Warped BMX) with a ‘perfect”. Hunter Heath was second with Joe “GI Joe” Olbrys credited with a third but I’m not sure he was even there. 10 YEAR OLDS This was our first look at “The Dream Weaver” Jeff Weaver this season. There was obvious rust as he just could not make it into a qualifying position. For the rest of the riders, enjoy that while it lasts because it will not last long. In the main they sorted themselves out early on. Britton Ryan, all the way out of Ossining New York, would take the lead and never look back. At the stripe it was Ryan, Sawyer Spence and Dion Hurley (Family Pride0 rounding out the top three in this five-rider main event. 12 YEAR OLDS This was back to a three-rider total points event. Matt Barone aced a “perfect” with three wins. This was Matt’s first appearance this season. “Rukus” Zack Rukakoski was second overall with third going to last weeks winner “The Hamer” Wes Hamel. (Family Pride). 13 YEAR OLDS This was another large group with seven-riders going hard for those six spots in the qualifying rounds. Â For the second week in a row, times were tough for “The Farm Boy” Dave Labarge as he missed the cut. The main event saw “The Ice Man” Owen Golden out snap everyone and take a nice early lead into turn one. He would hold off the challengers all the way around to capture his first Foothills win this season. “Nasty” Nate Giroux was on him all the way but could not find a way around and scored an impressive second place finish. Gavin Suares rounded out the top three. Shane “Hurricane” Upham had a tough day as he had trouble staying on his pedals. Shane Upham had this problem all day long 14 EXPERTS The bad boys of BMX is what I’ve always referred to this bunch as. Today there 7 riders battling hard to make today’s main event. That “Cat in the hat” Jacob Hatt just missed qualifying. In the main event RJ Reale took the lead down the front chute. Four-time foothills BMX Track champion, Trevor “Superfly” Cooper passed him coming out of turn one. RJ returned the favor down in turn 2 and regained the top spot. He would lead the rest of the way while Shane Johnson was all over Coopers rear wheel. At the stripe it was Reale, Cooper and Johnson in a three-rider break-away. 15 YEAR OLDS The “Wild Bunch”, my nickname for this gang that I have been using for years. That was the case today for sure. Hayden MacDonald was the rider missing the transfer into the main. Nick Barone was on fire today and he exploded out of the gate like a rocket. He would hang on all the way around for a “Full Pull”. The second spot went to “The Westfield Warrior” Anthony Bartolo with a solid run. Noah Toney would finish third. 16 YEAR OLDS This is “The Mod Squad” and it was a 5 rider class that eliminated Gordon Johnson in the motos. Liam Knott used the gate #1 advantage to out power Ty Farwell down the front straight for the turn one hole shot. All the way around to turn four he led when Farwell tried to pass but just could not get by. As they headed to the final turn it was Knott and Farwell with Kyle Lyman awfully close. Turn five saw Lyman self-destruct handing the third spot to “The Hurricane” Henry Hatt. 17-20 YEAR OLDS Now it’s time for the “Chain-Gang”. JT Kelleher, despite a valiant effort, did not make the cut. To me, this was just maybe the race of the day. The “Smooth Move of the day” for sure. All the way around it was Wes Reel in front. Wes won 14 out of 15 main events last year and put another in the record books last week. So again, Wes led the pack all the way around, until turn 5 happened. In the rhythm section Wes left the inside door open and Colin Morini was there. Colin dove to the inside and completed the smoothest pass of the day in the turn surprising Wes Reel who settled for second. Third went to Hunter “Butter” Zeiner. Collin Morini had "The Pass of the Day" 26-35 Year Olds This was a three-rider main event after Scotty Doland Missed the cut. Scotty has not been a regular here so he is definitely not used to the track. In the main it was all Tyler cortis, at least the first two straights. On the obstacle going into turn two it looked like Cortis pulled off an unintentional one-footer. He was bouncing around on the saddle totally out of control. Somehow he held on but lost a lot of momentum as Steve Healey made the pass heading for turn three. Cortis was still in second when he did the mumble-jumble again right in front of the tower completing his “from the penthouse to the outhouse” performance in half the track. He did recover and pass “Choo-Choo” with a final sprint to the line. At the stripe it was Steve Healey, Ty Cortis and Tom Healey. 36-40 Year Olds The final race of the day was a total points event. The winner in round one was Tijaye Henderson. In round two it was Craig Deitz setting up a ty breaking third round duel. Craig led the entire last lap but Tijaye got along side of him in the rhythm section and actually they were trading paint with contact. Nobody went down but craig muscled his way to the finish line with a slight lead. Tijaye was second with Dan Rice finishing third. So that’s how it went down as far as I could tell watching for home. Next week is our annual Daniel J Plaskett Memorial charity Race with certificates as awards. Some of the proceeds with go to the United Leukodystrophy Foundation in Dan’s name. Hopefully, I’ll see you all then So long for now. Plaskett Out

On Thursday night we looked at that overwhelming turnout as something that was one time only situation. After all it was free, opening day and we are the only game around at that point. So yesterday it started all over again. When the few quirks associated with on-line registration was over with, the count was 188 with 46 motos! This is amazing. The social distancing was much better today as well so hopefully, things will really smooth out as we go forward. Before we started, we named our weekly Rider Of The Week. This week it went to a rider who has been around Foothills for the last three seasons. He won once in his first year but was winless last year. Thursday night he was on fire and grabbed his first Foothills win in quite a while. 7 year old Cooper Jarest is our rider of the week. He said Wes Reel is his favorite rider. Cooper Jarest hanging with Wes Reel BALANCE BIKES We had 7 riders strong and they were split into two groups. Group one was made up of three 4 year olds. Tyler Hillman easily pounded his way to glory with 3 wins. Kennedy Hillman was right behind him for second while Mattie Doyle smiled her way to a third place finish. In the second group there were four riders aging 2-3 years old. Lucas Kohler won the first round. Max Delaney won the second round. The final round went to Max as did the overall win. Lucas was second. Third overall went to Keira Dobelle with Ryan Lataille finishing fourth. CRUISERS 13-14 Year Old Girls This one had four very fast ladies in it. After the qualifying rounds, Mary Sloan just missed making the main. Isabella Nelson and Marissa Lyman, both 14 years old, made it a two-rider break-away with “Bella” holding off Lyman for the win. 10 year old Kyrie Coddington-Sweet finished third. 17-20 Year Old Women This was a total points race and it was no contest for the top spot. Amandi Orlandi had it all her way as she powered her way to a “perfect” by winning every round. Laiken Cormier and XCaissy Price battled hard for the second spot where Laiken would prevail. 41-45 Yr Old Women Kasie Provencal won two of the three rounds of total points racing for her first BMX win ever! Sarah Huberty won the last round which was good enough second overall. Dawn Sweet fell in the second round and sat out round three. 9 Year Olds This class was a combined class made up with two 7 year olds and two 9 year olds. 7 year old Cooper Jarest was the one rider missing the cut. All the way from Vermont, Ryder Richardson had it going today in the main event and held off a hard charging Noah Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop) for the win, oah was second with Dave Crichton finished third. 13 Year Olds this was a large class made up of 7 riders. After 3 hectic qualifying rounds it was Nick Tirendi the rider eliminated. Gold Cup #3 Jonah Graves (Full circle bike shop) led start to finish in this one. Talen Russell, in his first trip here from Long Island, had it dialed in early and finished second. Dave (Farm Boy) Labarge, put his full circle colors in the third spot. 17-20 Year Olds Total points racing for this group of three ranging from 16-23 years old. Logan Demerski kept the dominance of the Full Circle Bike Shop Riders going with another impressive three-round sweep. JT Kelleher was second with Wes Reel mired in the third spot. 36-40 year olds This was a four rider battle for three main event spots. Unfortunately, it’s only rider points for “The Rabbit” Jeff Orlandi who just missed qualifying. In the main it was Tim Brown leading coast to coast but Tijaye Henderson, in his first trip here ever, kept the heat turned up and made a classic stretch at the finish line to reduce the win margin to one bike length. Overhauls Jody Toomey was third. 46-50 Year Olds This was anther total points race and it was one of those that featured the same order of finish in all three rounds. Rick Marceau and Vic “Big Sexy” Rodriguez, both riding out of the Overhaul racing stables, would finish 1-2. The third spot went to Troy New York’s Terry Miller, who was participating in only his second race ever. 51-55 Year Olds Same as the previous class, this was also a three-rider total points and it also featured the ssame order of finish all three rounds. Mike Savage was pretty much unchallenged, Shawn Morris was second with the ageless wonder, Rog Billings (Scylent Rage Racing) finishing third. NOVICES 5 & Under There were 11 riders registered in this group so the were split into two groups in the qualifying rounds where 3 riders would be eliminated. Skylar Hardgrove, Jack Wednt and Jeremy Baio were the unfortunate kids, despite a great effort, missed transferring into today’s main. In the main event one would expect some wrecks early on with 8 riders leaving the gate. By the 1st turn they had sorted themselves out pretty will with Logan Slater taking a commanding lead by the time they hit turn 2. He would maintain that lead all the way to the stripe. Gavin Proctor earned the second spot on the podium while Cole Friese pulled off a sweet pass of Reid Waters in the second turn to capture position three. 6 Year Old Novice With so many riders in the 5 & under group, this group only had three so it was total points racing. Bentley Preston was uncatchable as he won each round by a big margin. Ryder Orsori was second while Evan Dohan, surviving a third round crash, was third. 7 Year Old Novices This was a bigger class with 6 riders going for it. Unfortunately one rider had to miss the cut and it was Cheyene “Mookie” Orlandi. In the main event, last Thursday winner did it again today. After only one win here after two seasons, Cooper Jarest has now made it two in a row and he did it easily. Eric Macgregor was second. The third spot was closely contended and it went to James Baio. 9 Year Old Novices Blake Price gave it a great try but just missed qualifying for today’s 4 rider main event. It became a two-rider breakaway in the main as Gold Cup #1 Joe Toomey (Overhaul) and Braden Martin went out hard and fast. Toomey led the entire lap with Toomey pushing him hard for second. Jackson Baio was third. 10 Year Old Novices One of the hardest crashes of the day occurred in the opening round of qualifiers in this one when Tyanna Lepicier dug her pedal into the asphalt in turn one and flipped. She hit pretty hard but would come back and qualify out of the final round Crawford Kesl was the hard luck rider eliminated. In the main there was some late passing but not up front. Willow Hicks (Time2shine) was the first to qualify and also the first across the stripe in the main. “The Slayer” Aryana Labarge (Full Circle Bike Shop) mad a pass late to capture second place while Landyn Moynihan passed Tyanna Lepicier late for the third spot. Tyanna Lepicier starts to lose it 11 Year Olds This was a Total Points race and Colin Ramsey looked well on his way by winning round one. But the next two rounds saw Drayke Palazzi win giving him the overall title for the day. Colin was second with Hunter Price third. Drayke is a new rider. That’s a great way to start. 12 Year Old Novices Hunter Phoenix, in spite of owning the Gold Cup #2 plate, did not have it today and missed making the main event. Henry Morini, Full Circle Bike Shop, had this in the bag right from the start. The battle was for the second spot. Tayshawn Reilly used a turn 2 pass to get by Elizabeth Doyle to grab the second spot. 14 Year Old Novices Jocelyn kept the Orlandi bad luck streak going as she missed the cut to today’s main event. The main saw a tight pack go into turn one but, after the exit the three riders were all sorted out and the order would stay the same right to the stripe. Dillon Smith, Kraig Geissler and Maddy Chalco 1-2-3. 15 Year Old Novices This was a nice sized group with 6 riders entered. New rider Peter Drwiega, showed some raw skills and, even though he failed to qualify, looks like he could be a good one. The main event saw two Full Circle Bike Shop teammates really go at it. Vincent Fahey and Trey Lepicier almose took each other out in turn 2 but no harm no foul. At the stripe it was Fahey, Lepicier and Rosco Spencer-Dubuc for three. 41-45 year Olds This group was another one made up of six riders. Even after traveling from Rhode Island, the long ride did not provide enough energy for Pat Golden III to qualify. Tim Adams, looking so much improved this year for the folks at Scylent Rage Racing, held onto the lead all the way to turn three. Halfway up the long back stretch, Tony Dickerson, in second BMX race ever, got on the inside and completed the pass in turn 4. He would hang on for the win with Adams second. Third went to Dan Russell riding out of Shoreham BMX. Tony definitely has some skills. When asked he revealed he was a motocross racer and always wanted to give BMX a try. INTERMEDIATES 5 & Under This was a total points race and it was a good one. Round one went to Tripp Fowler. Round two saw Dylan Dobelle in the winner’s circle. Round three saw Cole Lyman and Dylan dangle down in turn one allowing Tripp to cruise on to the finish line unchallenged. Dylan was second while Cole was third. 6 Year Olds This also was a total points race and it was as good as they get. Round one went to Nick Slater. Round two saw Mason Delaney capture the win. Round three Slater jumped out in front early and never looked back. Mason was second and third for the day went to Joe Lataille. 7 Year Olds Will Adams was the hard luck racer tonight as he just missed making the cut. Logan Rice was hot and, even though Dave Crichton was first to qualify, Logan beat him in the main event as they would finish 1-2. Third went to today’s birthday boy, “Krankin” Kris Devaux, riding and brand new DK bike he just got today. 9 Year Olds Through the hard fought qualifying rounds we qualified 4 riders. Xander Monczka was the one that didn’t make it. Noah Hardgrove and Cameron Friese made this a two-rider breakaway moto. They fought hard all the way around and, if the track was 20 feet longer Friese may have gotten him at the stripe as he was about one bike length behind but closing fast. Third went to Adalyn Nevins. 10 Year Olds It was back to total points racing and this time it was “Urban Legend” Johnny Urban getting the best of his teammate Brody Kesl by beating him two of the three rounds. Brody was second overall with Bryden Vaccaro finishing third. 12 Year Olds This would be a 5-rider shootout to get those 4 spots in the main event. Noah Rushford just missed making it in. In the main it was Toby Schoonmaker leading the charge up the second straight but he left the door open into turn two and Mikey Roy took advantage and passed him. In turn three Quinn Burke found a way around Nick Preston for the third spot but the win again went to Mikey Roy. 13 Year Olds This group was loaded. Besides our own regulars there was one hot-rod riding out of the Shoreham Long Island track. It wasn’t until the third round when Talen Russell qualified, but, in the main event he grabbed the lead early and that was all she wrote. Nick Tirendi kept the heat turned up but it would take a mistake by our leader if he was to has a chance and that just never happened. Russell won it with Nick second and Chris “Sparky Pedersen (Associated Lightning Rod) was third. 14 Year Olds We went back to total points racing for the next two groups. In this one Full Circles Nick Smith had it all his way as he was “perfect” in all three rounds. Vico Tirillo and “Mad” Maddy Philbrick were second and third. 15 Year Olds As mentioned this was another total points race with Noah Toney perfect going into round three. But round three saw Hubert Miszczuk leading heading up the second straight. Toney had a head of steam and Hubert was pushing hard, maybe too hard. He ran off the track at the big obstacle and Toney had it all his way once again. Overall it was Toney, Miszczuk and Hayden Macdonald third. 26-35 Year Olds Caissy Price gave it a great try but missed making into today’s main event. In the main it was Dan Rice, starting in gate 5, who blasted out of the gate and took the lead by the 30 foot line. He was uncatchable. It was fairly close for the second spot but in the end, the entire lap saw no passing at all. Dan Rice won it, Adrian Crichton was second and Josh Hardgrove (Full Circle Bike Shop) was third. 41-45 Year Olds This was a large group with 7 riders going for it. Dege Russell, in his first time here, was the one rider who missed the cut. The 6-rider main event was a close one as 4 riders went nose to tail all the way around. In the rhythm section Trevor Toney got alongside our leader Jody Toomey but could not seal the deal. At the stripe it was Toomey, Toney and Tim Brown. EXPERTS 12 Year Old Girls this was a three rider total points event and it was really sweet. In fact, that was the finishing order in the top two spots. 12-year old Pippa Sweet aced a “perfect’, her sister Kyrie Coddington-Sweet was second while Mary Sloan finished third. 14 Year Old Girls Total points was the theme in these early Expert classes. In this one it was Isabella Nelson and Marissa Lyman really going at it each round but “Bella” would prevail. Marissa (Full Circle Bike Shop) was second while Riley Richardson, all the way from Vermont, was third. 17-20 Year Old Women Yet another total points race and a dominating performance by our winner. Devin Murphy, recently picked up by Daylight Cycles, rode that new machine like a pro and enjoyed a “perfect” Sunday. Amanda Rock was solid and finished second while Kirsten McDonnell (Time2shine) was third. 8 Year Olds This was another dominating total points race with the same finishing order in all three rounds. Devon Hurley (Family Pride) was almost in his own area code all day long as he was way out in front for the wins. Brody Ryan was second all day with Rylan Spence in the third spot. 10 Year Olds There were 4 riders vying for those coveted 3 main event spots. Unfortunately, it was Ryder Richardson who failed to make the cut. In the main the order was determined early. Briton Ryan jumped to the lead and held off everyone behind him for the win. Sawyer Spence was in hot pursuit but could not find a way around and settled for the second spot. Dion Hurley (Family Pride) was third. 12 Year Olds James Wolf was the hard luck rider this time. After only missing one main last year here, he missed it today. As the three riders in the main event sped down the front chute, Wes Hamel was running third. He made an incredible swoop move in turn one and passed both riders. That was definitely the pass of the day. All the way around he led with “Ruckus” Zack Rukakoski second and Breton Provencal third. 13 Year Olds After looking so good in his cruiser class, Dave “Farm Boy” Labarge just missed making the cut ion this class. “The Undertaker”, Jonah Graves, (Full Circle Bike Shop) led the procession from start to finish. “The Iceman” Owen Golden was close behind for the second spot. Third went to Noah Andersen. 14 Year Olds We said goodbyt to Kayden Smith after the qualifying rounds despite his great effort. In the main it was Noah Laflume in the lead with “Superfly” Trevor Cooper in tow. Trevor made his move in the third turn and got nearly alongside Laflume. But Laflume closed the door on him. That was the closest our former track champion would get. Laflume prevailed with Cooper second and third went to Kyle Macdonald (Time2shine). 15 Year Olds On this crazy day we’ve seen some very fast riders miss qualifying and that was certainly the case here. Lance “Spike” Miller did not qualify. The main was a hot one with “The Westfield Warrior”, Anthony Bartolo and former track champ Aidan Biello running close together with “The Bulldozer” Chris Gonyer right in the mix as well. Bartolo would not be denied this day and he hung on for an impressive win. Biello was second with Gonyer third. 16 Year Olds Eliminating top riders continued in this class “The Mod Squad” as Dylan Rodriguez missed the cut. In the main Logan Demerski was simply the best. He led the entire lap and jumped the big obstacle going into turn 3. Tyler Farwell (Time2shine) was running good but seemed to pull up as Kyle Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop) held him off for second. It was learned later that Tyler’s neck bolt had come loose and his handlebars were moving. 17-20 Year Olds This was a crazy situation as the real race was the last chance qualifier between Hunter Zeiner and Ty Lepicier. Hunter was ahead of him all the way until they got to turn 5. Ty made a great pass to take the spot away but, regardless of what the person 60 feet passed the finish line thought she saw, the pass was clearly inside the white stripe. I had the absolute best view as it happened 10 feet in front of me and I could clearly see the bike track which I even took a picture of. Hunter was consulted to see what he wanted to do and decided “He Got Me” and no protest was lodged so Ty was in and Hunter was out. In fairness to Ty, the white line was a little crooked where the pass was, and it was a great move. In the main it was all Wes Reel leading the way. Wes appears to be one of our fastest riders this year. Full Circles Colin Morini was second with Ty Lepicier third. 26-35 Year Olds This was the last class of the day and it was a total points race. Jeromy Slator would win all three rounds. Tijaye Henderson was second in the first two rounds but Danielle Jolicoeur was ahead of him in round three. In the rhythm section Danielle simply left the door open and Tijaye moved on by for the “perfect” second while Danielle would settle for third. So another fun Sunday goes into the record books. It has been an epic start of the season and lets make it continue next week. See you then. Plaskett Out Full Report

It certainly has been a long time coming but finally, it was "Opening Night" at Foothills. Even though it's Olympics celebration night, it's really designed to introduce new riders into the sport as there is no entry fee. At least that’s the theory. So, because of the COVID-19 pandemic and related mandated guidelines, we made registration on-line only so that there would be minimum lines at the Registration window. Race day registration was reserved for renewals and new memberships. Last year we were overjoyed when we had 66 riders split into 20 moto for Olympic night. That was our best Olympic night ever at that point. Well, hang onto your helmets, our biggest race last year was our State Qualifier where we drew 154 racers. Last night we had 183 riders split into 43 motos! OVERWHELMING to say the least. 5 states were represented. We had hoped to get started at 6:15 but it was about 6:40 when we actually started but it was pretty wild, and everyone seemed to adhere to the social distancing rules. This would be a two-moto transfer system as we have no lights at Foothills and needed to push hard to get done with proper daylight. BALANCE BIKES There were two groups of these little sprinters: the first was four racers made up of 3 and 4 year olds. Asher Smith made it look easy as he pushed his way to total victory. Lucus Kohler was second while Keita Spence and Mattie Doyle ran third and fourth. The second group was three racers strong and they were all 2 years old. Tanner Smith had it all his way as he pounded the track hard for an overall win. Novah Heath and Ryan Lataille were second and third. CRUISERS 13-14 Girls This was a total points race in which the favorite certainly was Marissa Lyman, movie star and reigning Cruiser track champion. At 14 years old she had a big advantage over 12 year old Mary Sloan and 10 year old Kyrie Coddington Sweet. All she had to do is show up basically. In round one it was Marissa with the win and seeming on her way to enjoy her first overall win of the season. Kyrie was second and Mary was third. So round two went exactly the same way. The final round, in which we kept announcing we were starting from both the tower and the registration building was a disaster for the red carpet girl. As the gate dropped, she was seen running through the parking lot trying to get to her gear. The unthinkable had just happened. Marissa Lyman had missed her moto. Kyrie won it with Mary second. Because Marissa is awarded last place minus one per rule book. She takes a 4 meaning Kyrie was the overall winner by 1 point. What a way to start! 41-45 Woman This was a five rider duel. Kasie Provencal made round one look easy as she and Laiken Cormier transfer out. Round two saw Dawn Sweet and Sarah Huberty make it in. Stephanie Blackburn was the one not making the cut but it looked to me like this Warped BMX rider was being very generous. In the main it was Kasie leading until Dawn Sweet pulled of a “sweet” pass in the second turn to take the lead and held on for her first win in her first race! Kasi was second while third went to Sarah Huberty. 8 year olds After the qualifying rounds Lorenz Guliani was the one rider missing the cut. In the three rider main event, it was Logan Kuhn leading the way to the stripe. Bryson Bruns was a close second while third went to Blake Gauthier. 11 year olds This was a total points race and it would be one of those where it’s the same finish all three rounds. Breton Provencal was first; Chace Wilcox was second with Noah Hardgrove third. Noah took a hard fall in practice but looked ok. 13 year olds This line was four riders strong and it was stacked. You know its loaded when Full Circle Bike Shops Dave Labarge misses the cut. The main event did see Full Circle colors in the winner’s circle as The Undertaker Jonah Grave turned the deed. Zack Rukakoski was second with Chris “Sparky” Petersen (Associated Lightning Rod) a close third. 14 year olds This was a total points event that was hindered by the fact that Isabella Nelson was a no-show. Mason Bruns (Gold Cup #2) and RJ Reale were left to do battle and all three rounds were very close but Mason was unbeatable tonight in spite of RJ giving it all he had. 36-40 Cruiser There were five riders in this lineup and after the two qualifying rounds, Jeff Orlandi was the rider eliminated. in the main event the Hare wasn’t there. Logan Demerski was awesome and easily the class of the field as this Full Circle Bike Shop rider easily dominated. JT Kelleher was also strong and finished second. Third went to Jody Toomey. 46-50 Cruiser There were five riders going for the four spots in the main event. Terry Miller out of Troy New York really gave a good effort but could not find a way to make it into the main. Mike Savage picked up right where he left off last year with an easy win. Rick Marceau was second across the stripe while “Big Sexy” Vic Rodriguez was third. NOVICES 5 & Under Eleven riders in this group making it the largest of the night. Despite great tries Lucas Preston, Carter Mancini and Raya Gauthier had to watch the eight rider main event from the sidelines. Gavin Proctor earned a very impressive win as they were falling like bowling pins out there for a while. Cole Friese made it through the mayhem for a second place finish while third went to Reid Waters. 6 year olds We went from feat to famine in one age group as 11 riders in the 5 & under gang there just 3 riders in this one. Logan Rivera was perfect in this Total points shootout with Bentley Preston and Evan Dohan second and third. 7 year olds with four riders going for the glory it would be Ryan Cassidy the hard-luck rider missing the main event. Cooper Jarest turned up the heat and powered his way to a win. Eric Macgregor was second while Soleil Shuster was third. 9 year olds a strong field of six racer made up this lineup. Liam Cassidy was odd man out as he just missed the cut. Joe Toomey proved why he wears the Gold Cup #1 plate on his bike as he was first to qualify and first across the main event stripe. Braden Martin grabbed the second spot with Dom Cunningham rounding out the podium positions. 10 year olds Another big field with 6 riders registered. Crawford Kesl, in just his first race, just missed transferring into todays main event. Brodie Preece, out of New Harford grabbed the victory. Willow Hicks was strong and earned a second place finish. Tyanna Lepicier was third. 11 year olds Just four riders in this group and, unfortunately, it was Scylent Rage Racings Collin Ramsey who missed the transfer. Ethan Cournoyer was our winner with Thaydin Peluyera and Drayke Palazzi second and third. 12 year olds When Brodie Preece won the 10 year old class two mains earlier his older brother took the challenge. Flynn Preece was truly “Flyin Flynn” in this one as he also won the main event. Elizabeth Doyle was second with Hunter Phoenix Third. 14 year olds In this four rider class Jocelyn Orlandi did not make the transfer into the three rider main. Payton Shippee was amazing and turned in a flawless lap for the win. Kraig Geisler was second while Madison Chalco finished in the third slot. 41-45 year olds It may be that Brian Kesl was feeling generous tonight as he was not in the main event. Anyway, Chris Proctor was taking no prisoners and held off Tony Dickerson for the main event win. “Big Timber’ Tim Adams put the Scylett Rage colors in the third spot. 46-50 year olds Things are tough when you only have two chances to qualify and Pat Martin suffered the elimination fate in this group. Frank Juliani qualified first and won the main event as well. Mark Shea was second with the third spot going to Willi Massinger. INTERMEDIATES 5 & Under This was a total points event but only between two riders as Tripp Fowler was a no show. Dylan Dobelle held off the efforts of Cole Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop) in all three rounds. 6 year olds This was total points racing at its best. In round one Joe Lataille won it after a first turn wreck. Kristopher Meinel was second and Kristopher Devaux was third. So round two saw Meinel on the top spot with Devaux second and Lataille third. So going into the final round Meinel had 3 pts, Lataille had 4 while Devaux had 5. Meinel took the lead early and that was all she wrote. As he powered his way through the rhythm section and headed to the finish line, it would be last time he did that as an Intermediate. Once he crossed that stripe, he became the newest Expert in the country. Lataille and Devaux were second and third. 7 year olds Five riders strong was this group it was tough going in the qualifying rounds. Schlett Rage Racings Will Adams just missed getting in. Bryson Bruns, one of the six riders from Rhode Island, grabbed the main event win. Blake Gauthier, looking much improved, was a solid second while third went to Logan Rice. 9 year olds Anther group of five riders and the action was fast. After Carmine Angelo, after traveling all the way from Poughkeepsie was eliminated, the 4 rider main was on. Full Circle’s Noah Hardgrove put on a show in this main as he held off a hard-charging Cameron Friese. Cameron was second with Zander Monczka a close third. 10 year olds This ended up being a 5 rider group all making the main as one rider was a no-show. Scylent Rage racing was well represented in this one with “The Legend” Johnny Urban winning the first round. The starting gate position proved to be the determining factor in the class as Urban won that qualifier out of gate #1. In the Main, his teammate Brody Kesl drew the pole position and it worked for him just as it did for Johnny earlier. It was a two rider breakaway but Brody stayed in front all the way Johnny was on him but could not pass. Third went to Cooper Marlasz. 12 year olds This was a four rider group but Noah Rushford the rider eliminated in the qualifiers. Mikey Roy had this one in control all the way and he easily won the main. Toby Schoonmaker had his hands full hanging onto second as Nick Preston was all over him like a wet t-shirt. They would finish in that order in a tight mix. 13 Year Olds There were 5 riders in this group going for the four spots in the main. Kevin Kelleher was disappointed as he missed the cut. Nick Tirendi was awesome as he put in a great lap in winning the main. Chris “Sparky” Petersen put his Associated Lightning Rod sponsored ride in the second spot while Liam Macneil, looking incredibly competitive was third. 15 year olds A full gate of 8 riders reminded us what BMX used to be around these parts. Joel Geier was the one rider not making this big main event. Noah Toney just seems to love the hills of Foothills as he flew over most of them in winning this main event. Hubert Miszczuk (Gold Cup #1) was equally as impressive but settled for the second position while Pat Martin salvaged a hard earned third. 21-25 year olds This was one of those cringe worthy groups as there seemed to be a dark cloud hanging over one of its riders. In round one Family Prides Devin Murphy had a slim lead going into turn one. Liberty Racings Shawn Kennedy tried to dive to the inside but ended up buzzing the tire of Murphy. Immediately clank clank clank was the sound coming off his machine as his disc brake got destroyed and was chewing up spokes. Devin cruised to victory in that round with Ty Lepicier in second. Stefanie Blackburn was scheduled but I’m not sure she ever raced the class. In the main it was between Devin, Shawn and Ty. Shawn was going for some redemption glory when, as he exited turn one and started up the second straight something flew off his racing machine causing him to pull up. Murphy had it all her way and she easily held off Ty for the win. 36-40 year olds Total points racing inn a three rider class that had a no-show. Dan Rice had this one under his control in all three rounds. “Big Nasty” Matt Giroux was second. 41-45 year olds Another larger group with six riders entered. Unfortunately for Anthony Carneglia, he was eliminated in the qualifiers. Jody Toomey jumped out to an early main event lead and never looked back as he earned his first Foothills win ever. Trevor Toney was right on him but could not seal the deal and ended up second. Joel Cristofori was a solid third. EXPERTS 10 year old girls For many seasons this little lady was the youngest in her class and, more times than not, would not even qualify out of her motos. Tonight, it was time for a little karma. 10 year old Kyrie Coddington Sweet won all three rounds of this total points race. 8 year old Adalyn Nevins was second while 9 year old Haley Blackburn (Warped BMX) was third. 12 year old girls Another total points event and it was another Sweet race to watch. This time it was the “”Eye of the Tigress” Pipps Sweet leading start to finish in all three rounds. Mary Sloan held off Tayler Kuhn for second overall. The three Sweet ladies all earned first place awards tonight. 14 year old girls This was yet another total points race and another one where the order of finish was the same in every round. Payton Pulaski (Warped BMX) was first. Marissa Lyman (Full Circle Bike Shop) was second and Sophia Machnik was third. 8 year olds With 6 riders in the mix this was hectic trying to qualify. Rylan Spence missed making it this night. Family Prides Devon Hurley was uncatchable or at least unpassable as he stayed in the lead the entire distance. Max Meinel kept it close finishing second. Hunter Heath was third. 10 year olds After Conor Cristofori was eliminated in the two qualifying rounds it was main event time. Here was a class that the winner came out of gate #7. Briton Ryan was able to work his way to the front and stay there after misfortune took out some of the top competitors. Sawyer Spence was second while Chace Wilcox was third. 12 year olds This was made up of four really good riders. One of the best of them, Zack Rukakoski was eliminated in the mtot rounds. In the main event it was Hammer Time. “The Hammer” Wes Hamel for Family Pride was as fast as ever tonight and won the main event. Breton Provencal was close but no cigar. He would settle for two while James Wolf finished third. 13 year olds It was a tough night for Dave Labarge as he missed this cut in this group of seven “The Undertaker” Jonah Graves led the procession all the way around to the end. (Not dead end). Gavin Suares was a real strong second place rider while “Nasty” Nate Giroux was third in a stacked field of racers. 14 year olds With Isabella a no-show it was a free ride to the main event for these three. RJ Reale was amazing and held off Mason Bruns and Jacob Faunce. 15 year olds “The Bulldozer” Didn’t have it tonight and Chris Gonyer missed make the transfer. In the three rider main event it was Ramp Farms Aidan Biello showing the way right to the stripe. The “Westfield Warrior”, Anthony Bartolo, put in a strong run for second while third went to Lance Miller. 16 year olds I’ve always called this class “The Mod Squad”. Tonight, however, there were only three riders going for it. Logan Demerski was perfect as that Full Circle Bike shop uni was first across the stripe in all three total points rounds. Dylan Rodrigues (Overhaul) was second in round one while Kyle Lyman (Full Circle) was second in round two. Dyan would get second overall based on his round three finish. 51 & Over The last race of the night was for the Geritol gang. The International Man of Mystery, Mike Savage, easily won this total points event. The “Rock Star” Art Ramsey put his Scylent Rage Racing colors on the second podium spot while Mark Reale was third. So this was quite a night, as one of the announcers trying to figure out who the rider was when the number plate on the bike did not match what was on the moto sheet. This was the worst I have ever seen and I've been around the block a few times. Hopefully, whoever registers their rider going forward realizes how important this is. There were so many new faces her tonight and we all hope that those that visited us for the first time, found a new place to go and have some race fun. It was a pleasure have you. See you Sunday. Rog Full Report