BooKoo’s Bowers Breaks Bank At Columbus Arenacross
By Rupert X Pellett
American Motosports Arenacross Championship Series
  – Rounds 3 & 4
Ohio State Fairgrounds -Voinivich Exposition Center
Columbus, OH
Dec 1 & 2

Coming home to central Ohio to wreak havoc on the unsuspecting locals, BooKoo Arenacross series racers Tyler Bowers and Zach Ames, both former area motocross stars, returned to take their place amongst the top money winners at this Columbus stop of the 2007 American Motosports Arenacross Championship Series. Hosting races at the Ohio State Fairgrounds for better than twenty years, these indoor races, generally held frigid Midwest weather  conditions outside, always draw a great crowd of racers and spectators alike –  with this year being no exception. With Bowers and Ames coming in from the BooKoo series and North Carolina’s Arenacross ace Jim Neese in attendance,  things were primed to get a little hectic, although nobody apparently told  Bowers he was supposed to fear the competition, as he didn’t. Bowers won all  four of the 125 and 250 pro mains over the two nights, with his only battle coming in the final 125 main on Saturday, where Neese, on his Suzuki, was able to rattle Bower’s cage late in the race. Most of the mains were simply about Bowers ability to quickly get his MDK, SHIFT and Honda sponsored machines into the lead and then charge through the whoops, carve up the tricky far-side rhythm section and then, playfully, launch his bikes over the huge catapult double to thrill the fans and take all the money. Besides Neese and Ames,hard fought and  impressive efforts were put forth by Southern Ohio’s Nathan Skaggs, Pickerington’s Chris Whitcraft and Pennsylvania’s Jeremy Cook.

The most impressive amateur rider over the weekend was, by far, Northern Ohio’s Tony  Gallo, as he pushed his F&S Suzuki’s to wins on both nights, most notably rousting everybody from their slumber with thescreaming two stroke noise of his RM-125.  While the fastest vet rider on the weekend was the number 209, KTM mounted Vincent Karnow, it was Rome, Ohio’s Chuck Nicholson going away with most vet-class  wins,  with Lancaster’s speedy Dylan Walker taking the title as fastest minicycle pilot over the two-night affair. As far as the girls were concerned, Kirsten Grandominico was the grand champion of the weekend’s festivities, expertly piloting her bikes in high gear.

Friday Night Results:

125 B Group 1:  1. Tony Gallo (Suz); 2. Zach Rinard (Suz); 3. Zack Leddingham (Yam); 4. Kyle Hughes (Kaw); 5. Todd Iles (Suz). 

125 B Group 2:  1. Aaron Harvey (Kaw); 2. Eric Holland (Hon); 3. Zachary Cochran (Hon); 4. Jj Anderson (Hon); 5. Wesley Burnett (Kaw). 

125 C Group 1:  1. Aden Burt (Kaw); 2. Christopher Wing (Ktm); 3. Bjorn Parrish (Hon); 4. Tim Glassburn (Suz); 5. Dustin Garber (Yam). 

125 C Group 2:  1. Austin Seelig (Hon); 2. Derek Hartman (Suz); 3. Rod Ardrey (Hon); 4. Dominic Gray (Hon); 5. Matthew Dull (Yam). 

125 Pro:  1. Tyler Bowers (Hon); 2. Nathan Skaggs (Hon); 3. Jim Neese (Suz); 4. Zach Ames (Suz); 5. Jeremy Cook (Hon). 

16-24:  1. Chad Zaiser (Kaw); 2. Dustin Biars (Suz); 3. Justin Michel (Hon); 4. James Blamer (Ktm); 5. Travis Carr (Yam). 

25+A:  1. Paul Justus (Suz); 2. Tony Robinson (Suz); 3. Vincent Karnow (Ktm); 4. Mark Roop (Suz); 5. Brian Purdy (Yam). 

25+B/C:  1. Sam Blair (Yam); 2. Matthew Robinson (Suz); 3. Jeremy Ramsey (Suz); 4. Dale Ringwald (Ktm); 5. John Hammond (Yam). 

250 Pro:  1. Tyler Bowers (Hon); 2. Zach Ames (Suz); 3. Christopher Whitcraft (Hon); 4. Jim Neese (Suz); 5. David Hill (Ktm.). 

250B:  1. Chad Zaiser (Kaw); 2. Dustin Biars (Suz); 3. Adam Tonn (Suz); 4. Wesley Burnett (Kaw); 5. Cody Sterling (Yam). 

250C:  1. Levi Sadler (Suz); 2. Lewis Stein (Kaw); 3. Broc Sheets (Hon); 4. Benjamin King (Suz); 5. Zach Mullins (Ktm). 

30 + A:  1. Vincent Karnow (Ktm); 2. Mark Roop (Suz); 3. Rick Custard (Suz); 4. John Kinnamon (Suz); 5. Chuck Nicholson (Suz). 

30+:  1. Ken Ward (Yam); 2. Dan Jones (Hon); 3. Matthew Robinson (Suz); 4. Mike Lopez (Yam); 5. Lee Fipps (Suz). 

4 Stroke Bikes Group 1:  1. Adam Tonn (Suz); 2. Zack Leddingham (Yam); 3. Cody Smith (Yam); 4. Aden Burt (Kaw); 5. Todd Iles (Suz). 

4 Stroke Bikes Group 2:  1. Jj Anderson (Hon); 2. Eric Holland (Hon); 3. Aaron Harvey (Kaw); 4. Scott Kuchler (Yam); 5. Lonnie Maxson (Suz). 

40+:  1. Chuck Nicholson (Suz); 2. Rick Custard (Suz); 3. Richard Robinson (Suz); 4. Ken Ward (Yam); 5. Kenny Thomas (Hon). 

65cc 10-11:  1. Jesse Walters (Hon); 2. Davey Boysel (Ktm); 3. Tyler Seymour (Suz); 4. Codey Harding (Ktm); 5. Chase Mosher (Suz). 

65cc 7-9:  1. Bryce Miller (Ktm); 2. Carey Davis (Ktm); 3. Austin Sassen (Cob); 4. Dalton May (Ktm); 5. Liston Clayton (Kaw). 

65cc Extra 7-11:  1. Jesse Walters (Hon); 2. Tyler Seymour (Suz); 3. Jacob Burge (Suz); 4. Carey Davis (Ktm); 5. Garrett Baldridge (Suz). 

80cc 12-15:  1. Dylan Walker (Hon); 2. Sheldon Haudenshild (Ktm); 3. Justen Stahl (Yam); 4. Buddy Crabtree (Ktm); 5. Nick Hughes (Ktm). 

80cc 7-11:  1. Davey Boysel (Ktm); 2. Michael Cole (Suz); 3. Mathew Blum (Suz); 4. Drew Minton (Suz); 5. Quentin May (Yam). 

80cc Extra 7-11:  1. Mathew Blum (Suz); 2. Drew Minton (Suz); 3. Dylan Voltz (Yam); 4. Tyler Dixon (Suz); 5. Quentin May (Yam). 

Girls 7-11:  1. Brittney Sparks (Yam); 2. Marisa Grandominico (Ktm).   

Micro 4-6:  1. Cameron Minton (Cob); 2. Brock Hanson (Cob); 3. Cole Neanover (Cob); 4. Cole Bebout (Cob); 5. Brad Potes (Cob). 

Micro 4-8 Group 1:  1. Hayden Vancuren (Cob); 2. Dylan Boysel (Ktm); 3. Cole Bebout (Cob); 4. Nathan Kelly (Ktm); 5. Corey Crabtree (Cob); 

Micro 4-8 Group 2:  1. Nick Mosher (Ktm); 2. Cole Neanover (Cob); 3. Austin Goolsby (Ktm); 4. Tanner Huntsman (Cob); 5. A.j. Sams (Ktm). 

Micro 7-8:  1. Dalton May (Ktm); 2. Brandon Landis (Ktm); 3. Rece Campbell (Cob); 4. Austin Goolsby (Ktm); 5. Dylan Boysel (Ktm). 

Open B/C:  1. Adam Tonn (Suz); 2. Wesley Burnett (Kaw); 3. Cody Sterling (Yam); 4. Kyle Saunders (Yam); 5. Levi Sadler (Suz). 

Pitbike:  1. Zach Rinard (Suz); 2. Levi Louden (Suz); 3. Jeremy Hamilton (Hon); 4. Nick Brown (Oth); 5. Kyle Holcomb (Yam). 

Schoolboy:  1. Tony Gallo (Suz); 2. Chase Kilbarger (Ktm); 3. Brett Gatrell (Suz); 4. Zachary Cochran (Hon); 5. Cody Smith (Yam). 

Supermini 12-15:  1. Chase Kilbarger (Ktm); 2. Sheldon Haudenshild (Ktm); 3. Derek Fowler (Ktm); 4. Justen Stahl (Yam); 5. Michael Young (Ktm). 

Two Stroke Bike Class:  1. Tony Gallo (Suz); 2. Brandon Flaherty (Kaw); 3. Rod Ardrey (Hon); 4. Marcus Hotelling (Hon); 5. Cody Smith (Yam). 

Women's Bike:  1. Kirsten Grandominico (Yam); 2. Tosha Dillon (Yam); 3. Kristin Arvay (Yam).  

Saturday Night Results:

125 Pro:  1. Tyler Bowers (Hon); 2. Jim Neese (Suz); 3. Christopher Whitcraft (Hon); 4. Nathan Skaggs (Hon); 5. Hunter Shryock (Kaw). 

125B:  1. Aaron Harvey (Kaw); 2. Shawn Iles (Suz); 3. Matthew Cottrill (Yam); 4. Kyle Tucker (Yam); 5. Zack Leddingham (Yam). 

125C:  1. Casey Miller (Yam); 2. Nick Brown (Hon); 3. Bjorn Parrish (Hon); 4. Logan Pfleiderer (Suz); 5. Tim Glassburn (Suz). 

16-24:  1. Chad Zaiser (Kaw); 2. Aaron Harvey (Kaw); 3. Kyle Chaney (Hon); 4. Kyle Tucker (Yam); 5. Justin Johnson (Ktm). 

25+A:  1. Vincent Karnow (Ktm); 2. Tony Robinson (Suz); 3. Rob Bingman (Yam); 4. Brian Purdy (Yam); 5. Travis Tracey (Yam) 

25+B/C:  1. Matthew Robinson (Suz); 2. Jason Brown (Suz); 3. Dale Ringwald (Ktm); 4. Benjamin King (Suz); 5. Marcus Vance (Hon). 

250 Pro:  1. Tyler Bowers (Hon); 2. Jim Neese (Suz); 3. Nathan Skaggs (Hon); 4. Zach Ames (Suz); 5. Christopher Whitcraft (Hon). 

250B:  1. Isaac Faine (Ktm); 2. Jj Anderson (Hon); 3. Cody Sterling (Suz); 4. Adam Tonn (Suz); 5. James Blamer (Ktm). 

250C:  1. Levi Sadler (Suz); 2. Lewis Stein (Kaw); 3. Michael Wilson (Yam); 4. Benjamin King (Suz); 5. Frederick Rosch (Yam). 

30 + A:  1. Chuck Nicholson (Suz); 2. Vincent Karnow (Ktm); 3. Rick Custard (Suz); 4. Rob Bingman (Yam). 

30+:  1. Jason Brown (Suz); 2. Dan Jones (Hon); 3. Matthew Robinson (Suz); 4. Ken Ward (Yam); 5. Lee Fipps (Suz). 

4 Stroke Bikes:  1. Zach Rinard (Kaw); 2. Adam Tonn (Suz); 3. Lonnie Maxson (Suz); 4. Zack Leddingham (Yam); 5. Brett Gatrell (Suz). 

40+:  1. Chuck Nicholson (Suz); 2. Rick Custard (Suz); 3. Ken Ward (Yam); 4. Rod Comer (Kaw); 5. Dale Ringwald (Ktm). 

65cc 10-11:  1. Jesse Walters (Hon); 2. Davey Boysel (Ktm); 3. Chase Mosher (Suz).  

65cc 7-9:  1. Robert Vall (Ktm); 2. Bryce Miller (Ktm); 3. Carey Davis (Ktm); 4. Zach Zizzo (Kaw); 5. Clayton Liston (Kaw). 

65cc Extra 7-11:  1. Carey Davis (Ktm).    

80cc 12-15:  1. Dylan Walker (Hon); 2. Sheldon Haudenshild (Ktm); 3. Bradley Baker (Suz); 4. Derek Fowler (Ktm); 5. Justen Stahl (Yam). 

80cc 7-11:  1. Robert Vall (Ktm); 2. Michael Cole (Suz); 3. Davey Boysel (Ktm); 4. Mathew Blum (Suz); 5. Drew Minton (Suz). 

80cc Extra 7-11:  1. Mathew Blum (Suz); 2. Jesse Walters (Hon); 3. Quentin May (Suz); 4. Drew Minton (Suz); 5. Dylan Voltz (Yam). 

Girls 7-11:  1. Marisa Grandominico (Ktm).    

Micro 4-6:  1. Cameron Minton (Cob); 2. Cole Bebout (Cob); 3. Robert Compton Jr (Cob); 4. Brock Hanson (Cob); 5. Caden Florence (Ktm). 

Micro 4-8 Group 1:  1. Nick Mosher (Ktm); 2. Cole Neanover (Cob); 3. Austin Goolsby (Ktm); 4. Tanner Huntsman (Cob); 5. A.j. Sams (Ktm). 

Micro 4-8 Group 2:  1. Austin Sassen (Cob); 2. Cameron Minton (Yam); 3. Cole Bebout (Cob); 4. Caden Florence (Ktm); 5. Dylan Boysel (Ktm); 

Micro 7-8:  1. Dalton May (Ktm); 2. Zach Zizzo (Kaw); 3. Bryce Miller (Ktm); 4. Brandon Landis (Ktm); 5. Trey Ricketts (Ktm. 

Open B/C:  1. Lonnie Maxson (Suz); 2. Cody Sterling (Suz); 3. Adam Tonn (Suz); 4. Kyle Saunders (Yam); 5. Robert Smith (Yam). 

Pitbike:  1. Zach Rinard (Kaw); 2. Jeremy Hamilton (Hon); 3. Shaun Kuchler (Kaw); 4. Levi Louden (Suz); 5. Matthew O'grady (Yam). 

Schoolboy:  1. Tony Gallo (Suz); 2. Matthew Cottrill (Yam); 3. Brett Gatrell (Suz); 4. Cody Smith (Yam); 5. Chase Kilbarger (Ktm). 

Supermini 12-15:  1. Dylan Walker (Hon); 2. Chase Kilbarger (Ktm); 3. Sheldon Haudenshild (Ktm); 4. Bradley Baker (Suz); 5. Logan Pfleiderer (Suz). 

Two Stroke Bike Class:  1. Matthew Cottrill (Yam); 2. Cody Smith (Yam); 3. Joe Wippel (Hon); 4. Matthew Robinson (Suz); 5. Javis Pina (Hon). 

Women's Bike:  1. Kirsten Grandominico (Yam); 2. Amanda Steude (Hon); 3. Tosha Dillon (Yam); 4. Jennifer Barnes (Yam); 5. Kristin Arvay (Yam).