Sooner Nationals Race Report

Filed under General on January 23, 2016 | Comment(s)

Day 1 of the 2016 Sooner Nationals is in the books and what a race it was. Friday's was the first 3-day national of the year and featured 171 motos of action inside the Ford Truck Arena.

A-Pro kicked the main events off and rookie Chrystofer Davis (Velocity) shocked the world and took the win from wire to wire in the first of three mains. Santiago Marin (Hostile Elite) looked good until he buzzed Hunter Pelham's (Redline) rear tire in the second corner and hit the Oklahoma clay. In the end these three would take the podium with Hunter on the top slot.

A PRO 

• 1HUNTER PELHAM, CONROE, TX
• 2SANTIAGO MARIN, HOSTILE ELITE, PLANT CITY, FL
• 3CHRYSTOFER (SUPER SONIC) DAVIS, MIDLAND, TX
• 4TOMAS FERNANDEZ, FACTORY SE RACING, ALBUQUERQUE, NM
• 5COLE TESAR, C-YAA FACTORY, HUNTERSVILLE, NC
• 6OLIJUWON DAVIS, DOUBLECROSS BIKES, ST CHARLES, IL
• 7NOAH RICKE, WICHITA, KS
• 8KEVIN SHANKEL, MOTIVE POWER/FLY/TANGENT, STOCKTON, CA

The Presidents Cup for this year fetures awards for both individual riders and for the states. Individuals will be competing for cup titles through the culmination of this weekends three scores. Riders will also contribute to their state's point tally. The state with the best ten finishes will be crowned the 2016 President Cup Champions.

Presidents Cup Final Standings for riders

Presidents Cup Final Standings for states

 Triples

Haro's Madelynn Desantis was not to be denied on Day 1 and won every lap of the day. She's making quick work of the required wins to get herself another Top Gun award.

11-12 MIXED OPEN

• 1MADELYNN DESANTIS, FACTORY HARO/PROMAX, SIMI VALLEY, CA
• 2KALI (WEST COAST) STREETER, VENOM/BLACKCROWN, BLAINE, MN
• 3SARAH BINGHAM, FACTORY BLAZE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
• 4JETT REMINGTON BIRKETT, CYCLE WORKS, SEWARD, NE
• 5PARIS (DIRT DIVA) SEEBOLD, TEAM CALCULATED, CORONA, CA
• 6(SMOKIN) SALEM ROBERTSON, HOSTILE ELITE, SAN ANTONIO, TX
• 7LUKE BARR, CATOOSA, OK
• 8HAYDEN JONES, REPLUBLIC, MO

11-12 GIRLS CRUISER

• 1MADELYNN DESANTIS, FACTORY HARO/PROMAX, SIMI VALLEY, CA
• 2RYENN CAPITANI, FACTORY CRUPI, VACAVILLE, CA
• 3KRISTA MENGES, VENOM/BLACKCROWN, DERBY, KS
• 4LILY SONDERUP, CYCLE WORKS NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NE

12 GIRLS 

• 1MADELYNN DESANTIS, FACTORY HARO/PROMAX, SIMI VALLEY, CA
• 2KAITLYN CASTILLO, HOSTILE ELITE, SAN ANTONIO, TX
• 3ZOIE ROSS, MJT DESIGNS, SAN ANTONIO, TX
• 4MARICRIS NEPOMUCENO, BROKEN SPOKE, PLACITAS, NM
• 5SARAH BINGHAM, FACTORY BLAZE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
• 6LILY SONDERUP, CYCLE WORKS NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NE
• 7ASHLIN LAWING, ARLINGTON, TX

The other triple of the day was J&R's Noah Miguel. This alumni of Pull Magazine's Carve feature was absolutely unstopable on Friday night. This Texan is FAST!

9-10 OPEN

• 1NOAH (DA NINJA) MIGUEL, JR BICYCLES.COM/CHASE/BOX, EL PASO, TX
• 2RONNIE KIM, FACTORY HARO/PROMAX, CORONA, CA
• 3NOLAN COLBORN, SSQUARED BICYCLES, JANESVILLE, WI
• 4BRYCE SHACKLETON, YOUNG GUNS BMX, ELKHORN, WI
• 5BRAYCEN JOHNSON, PRODIGY, WYOMING, MN
• 6JJ HOPPER, CROSSROADS BMX/GHP, PLAINFIELD, IN
• 7RICHARD (JUNIOR) FLORES, SE FACTORY, LONG BEACH, CA
• 8ETHAN LAND, D3, TUCSON, AZ

10 CRUISER

• 1NOAH (DA NINJA) MIGUEL, JR BICYCLES.COM/CHASE/BOX, EL PASO, TX
• 2CANNON WOOD, DOUBLECROSS BIKES, YUKON, OK
• 3KADEN (BAMBAM)LEWIS, COB/FINDLAY/MCDONALDS, KINGMAN, AZ
• 4COHAN PERKINS, HIGH CALIBER / WOOD BROS, PEARLAND, TX
• 5KIAN GRABINSKI, FULT TILT BIKE CO, SARTELL, MN
• 6LAYNE ROWELL, HOSTILE ELITE, BEAUMONT, TX
• 7ANDREW (THE ROCKET) KIRBY, TULSA, OK
• 8BENNO SCHEIDEGGER, BIKEPARTS.COM/CRUPI, VAIL, CO

10 EXPERT

• 1NOAH (DA NINJA) MIGUEL, JR BICYCLES.COM/CHASE/BOX, EL PASO, TX
• 2JOSHUA TRERISE, BLACKBOX/BASIC/FLY, SHERWOOD, OR
• 3CANNON WOOD, DOUBLECROSS BIKES, YUKON, OK
• 4PABLO LOPEZ, ANSWER/RENNEN, AUSTIN, TX
• 5RONNIE KIM, FACTORY HARO/PROMAX, CORONA, CA
• 6KADEN (BAMBAM)LEWIS, COB/FINDLAY/MCDONALDS, KINGMAN, AZ
• 7BRANDON ZEPEDA-ORTH, DENVER, CO
• 8LAYNE ROWELL, HOSTILE ELITE, BEAUMONT, TX

Big Wheels

The elbows were out in 13-14 Girl Cruiser as Hostile Elite's Jaycie Sinclair swooped underneath leader Mackezie Gayheart in turn 2. The Florida girl wasn't having and held her line like a seasoned pro. Sinclair would unclip and fall back to fourth.

Minnesota's Travis Gasner had quite the cheering section as he jumped out to an early lerad in 13 Cruiser but Free Agent's Bryce Rose had other ideas of how he wanted the race to go. The two tangled elbows towards the end of the second straight and Gasner's front tire found the soft track edge and he went down. Colorado's Zack Keelan was in the right place at the right time and grabbed the victory. Rose, who cam unclipped in the maylay held on to third.

31-35 Cruiser only had 4 riders show but the race action was still on fire. Doublecross' Adam Scott was looking great all day long and in the main until the third straight rythem section. Cali's Christian Ricks blew by the retired marine and nabbed the victory.

Louisiana's Chris Kennedy just picked up a brand new sponsor in Black Crown and he did his sponsor proud by talking the 46-50 group by storm. Northwest legend David archibald did everything he could to get around Kenedy but he was forced to settle for the two spot.

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