NHHA Round 5 at Johnson Valley OHV, Caselli Wins Again

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PRESS RELEASE

April 25th, 2013

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For Immediate Release

Contact: Chris Blais

NHHA

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AMA FMF/GPR National Hare & Hound Championship Series

NHHA Round 5~Johnson Valley OHV

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This weekend in Southern California, the Vikings MC club will host their 27th Annual

"Virgin Voyage" in the Johnson Valley OHV area. With temps predicted to be in the

mid-80's for the weekend, this will definitely be a bun warmer of a voyage!

The Vikings will be taking racers around their 3 loops of desert terrain totaling

almost 100 miles! The first loop is 42 miles, the second loop is 40 miles, and

the third loop 14 miles. Racers will ride through pit row two times, which makes

it more fun for the pit crews and spectators. The banner drops this Sunday morning

at 9:00am! Sign-ups will be open Saturday 1:00pm-6:00pm, Sunday 6:00am-8:45am.

The bomb run will be open for practice on Saturday afternoon 1:00pm-5:00pm and

again on Sunday 6:00am-8:45am.

Round 5 of the AMA National Youth Series will take place this Saturday, start time

11:00am! Sign-ups will be Saturday from 9:00am-10:45am for all youth classes.

A mandatory rider's meeting will take place on the start line at 10:45am. There

will be trophies and give-aways for the kids, including 2 pair of Kenda tires!

We'd like to thank District 37, Fasst Co, and Kenda for helping sponsor the kid's

events. See attached race flyer for more info.

Round 4 was a brutal one for many racers, which kept the local Rescue 3 crew very

busy on race day. JCR Honda's David Kamo would head into Round 4 in the points

lead, but after having a hard crash early on, Kamo was still able to finish but

now his points would drop him back to the 3rd Place Overall spot, now sitting 12

points behind new current leader, FMF/KTM's Kurt Caselli. Kamo did suffer a break

on his scapula and will have to sit out this upcoming round. Best wishes to him

for a speedy recovery!

Purvines Racing's T.J. Hannifin would have a great start and would lead the pack

down the bomb run, followed by Western Design's Tuffy Pearson, Blais Racing Services

Skyler Howes, Off Road Support's Jacob Argubright, and Caselli's two teammates,

KTM's Ivan Ramirez and Toby Price. After this great battle for the lead position,

and about halfway through Loop 1, both Howes and Price would suffer severe crashes

almost in the same spot. Howes would later be transported to the hospital suffering

a broken back (now in a brace for 6 weeks) with Price being transported by life-flight

with a broken neck to Palm Springs. As of this week, Price was still awaiting surgery

and has been flown back home to Australia. Best wishes to both of these riders

for a speedy recovery!

FMF/KTM's Kurt Caselli would settle into the lead spot later on, taking his time

and trying to stay on the ribbon. With high winds all weekend, many of the course

markings had been blown down and were just gone. Caselli stated he was just taking

his time and being patient and just riding his race. He would cross the finish

line in 1st Place Overall, his second win this season and now the current points

leader.

Off Road Support's Jacob Argubright would also have a great day in the desert and

would have his best finish this season so far on his Kawasaki. Argubright currently

sits 3 points behind Caselli going into Round 5 this weekend, both vying for that

#1 spot.

Purvines Racing's Nick Burson would also suffer a crash at Round 4, hurting his

knee pretty bad but still able to race and finish in the 4th Overall spot. Burson

is having a great season so far on his Beta and currently sits in 4th Overall, 1

point behind David Kamo.

Western Designs Open A rider, Tuffy Pearson, would have a great race at Round 4

and would finish on top of the podium for his first time in the 3rd Overall spot!

Pearson currently leads his Open A class on his TM bike and sits in the Overall

spot in 5th Place, 10 points behind Burson.

Current leaders in other classes after Round 4:

Ben Meza 200A

Sam Bangert 200B

Matthew Krenik 200C

Levi Hutchings 250A

Max Brunson 250B

Tyler Johnston 250C

Tuffy Pearson Open A

Brenden Throckmorton Open B

Jake Johanson, Open C

Dan Capparelli, Vet A

Brian Schuster, Vet B

Gregory Gilbert, Vet C

Mark Weirich, Senior A

Michael Phillips, Senior B

John Beall, Senior C

Mike Whitcomb, Super Senior A

Jon Johnson, Super Senior B

Donald Preuitt, Super Senior C

Larry Kleinschmidt, Masters 60+

Maggie Pearson / Megan Blackburn Woman A/B (tied for 1st)

Dawnell Unsworth Woman C

Andy Lagzdins ATV A

Christopher Peatross ATV B

Mark May ATV C

Braydon Bland Super Mini

James Thomas 85cc

Cody Glover 65cc

Cole Timboe 50cc

Caitlyn Kurtz Girls

We gave away 2 pair of Alpinestar boots at Round 4 to 1st Place 250B rider, Blake

Guyse, and to 1st Place Vet B rider, Brian Schuster. Congrats to them!

Thank you to all our awesome sponsors of the 2013 NHHA series!

See you all this weekend at Round 5!

Round 6 will take place next Saturday near Little Sahara OHV in Jericho, Utah, hosted

by Sage Riders MC! See attached flyers.

Just for signing up to race, each participant will receive a $10 dollar gift card

(post race) from Rocky Mountain ATV/MC.

At this time we want to thank ALL of our amazing sponsors and supporters of the

NHHA series. All the products these companies make/sell are the best in the industry!

Rescue 3, Photos by Grumpy, Mark Kariya, Beau Cottington, GXE, VurbOffroad, Bill

& Sandy Howell, George Antill, Blais Racing Services and our sponsors - GPR, FMF,

KTM, Purvines Racing, Western Design LLC, Acerbis, Leatt, Fasst Co, TBT Racing,

EVS, Regina, Alpinestars, IMS, Bullet Proof Designs, BRP, Dirt Tricks, Rocky Mountain

ATV/MC, Works Connection, HBD Motografx, & Kenda.

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