Star Racing Round 12 Race Report

September 14, 2011, 9:15am

Pala, Ca. - The AMA Motocross series came to a conclusion over the weekend at Pala MX Park in Pala, California. . DNA Shred Stix/Star Racing/Yamaha comprised of #25 Ryan Sipes, #35 Kyle Cunningham, #387 Gareth Swanepoel, #533 Gannon Audette, rookie newcomer #210 Kyle Peters, and #1 Jessica Patterson went out trying to make it one of the most successful races of the season, seeing our members ride on to finishes high up in the standings.

In moto one for the Star boys final race, Swanepoel started off in a 7^th but within a lap had moved up to 6^th. Running the speed of the leaders, Swanepoel went to work and through the halfway mark he sat in 5^th. At this point he showed strength by finding his lines and breaking away; as he went on to take the 5^th position at the checkers. Also in moto one, the rest of the Star squad all came out pretty well with Cunningham 6^th, Sipes 17^th, Audette 18^th, and Peters was 27^th.

In moto two, it was Cunningham and Peters who acquired good starts and continued on riding outstandingly through most of the race. Early on Cunningham paced himself in 3^rd until the midway point when he dropped back to 5^th; however Peters holding a top ten position crashed out and cut his great race short. Meanwhile, Swanepoel raced up to near his teammate, holding down 7^th and he was applying the pressure to move forward. In return, a hard fought day for the South African would result in a solid 6^th and just behind in 7^th was Cunningham. Fortunately after terrible starts, Sipes and Audette kept it together and mounted a charge to a better spot. In doing so, Audette salvaged a 19^th and Sipes a 20^th place finish.

Results:

Moto 1 Moto 2 = Overall Finish

Gareth Swanepoel 5^th 7^th = 6^th

Kyle Cunningham 6^th 8^th = 7^th

Gannon Audette 18^th 19^th = 19^th

Ryan Sipes 17^th 21^st = 20^th

Kyle Peters 27^th 34^th = 31^st

With the twelve race championship in the books, the series rankings shaped up with our riders:

Cunningham 5^th, Swanepoel 6^th Audette 15^th Sipes 21^st

Holding the torch high for the team, Jessica Patterson went out and destroyed her competition in a convincing fashion. Moto one took a little more effort, starting 2^nd after making a mistake; Patterson forged forward on lap two and took the 1^st spot which gave her the win. Starting out moto two in 1st, Patterson checked out and took the win leading every lap to take the overall win with a statement.

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