The Fun race was just that, the OK Corral Snack Bar baked a giant "Celebration of the Series" cake that most everyone got a small piece of. Following the annual Awards presentations, the races were topped off with a visit from Motorcycle Hall of Famer and previous American Motorcyclists Association Grand National Champion - National #1 Mike Kidd. Mike's focus for the night was working as crew chief for his son Randy Kidd. Popular motorcycle announcer Dr. Jack Rhodes caught up with the two, changing gearing following the first of two hot lap sessions, on Randy's #72n production Honda CRF-450 in their pit area . Mike looked right at home in the historic OK Corral, coming from a background of short track racing.
Jack spent ten minutes interviewing Kidd, who is the current director of AMA Pro Racing Dirttrack in the U.S. Rhodes, who announced for years at Ross Downs, is very familer with Mike Kidd having watched him grow from a novice to an expert in a short number of years at Ross Downs, and served as the trackside announcer for a number of events produced by Mike Kidd over the past years. The signature Jack Rhodes interview circled around the new production singles class and the ablilty of a larger number of riders to adapt to dirttrack riding a motorcycle familier to them.
This is a snippet from the interview from my memory. Kidd explained that taking a rider from AX, MX, Cross Country, GNCC, Super Motard and other discliplines and setting them on a dirttrack motorcycle in a custom dirttrack frame made the transistion more difficult than incorporating the production chassis class. The learning curve is reduced and we look to see a cross over of more riders into dirttrack. An example of a rider crossing over is #21a Johnny Lewis who came from AMA Supermoto and sat in the main event at Daytona finishing a respective 13 in night one and 12th in night two. Kidd explained the first race of the season held at Municipal Stadium in Daytona, Florida proved that having the entire field on similar bikes created a level playing field and the lap times of the top 30 were much closer than in years past. Creating closer lap times creates closer competition and a more entertaining show for the fans. Kidd went on to say that the youth bikes today resemble the larger 250s and 450s so the transistion for the Grass Roots riders that compete in regional racing such as the AMP Outlaw Winter Natioanls will be more comfortable with the production singles.
Kidds first motorcycle race he attened was produced by Al Johnson in Yukon, Oklahoma. Ed Johnson just so happend to be the promoter that ran the Indoor motorcycle races at Harrah, Oklahoma and the Coke Syrup Indoors at the OKC State Fairgrounds and the famous races held at DeAnza Raceway in Jenks, Oklahoma. As a child on vacation with his family, Mike Kidd spotted a poster in the Arbuckle Mountain area about the races in Yukon, he won out by erging his parents to take him to the race and the rest is motorcycle hall of fame history. Check it out at:
http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/hofbiopage.asp?id=100 A strong lightning storm with large thunder heads disrupted what was set to be a barn burner of a night at the OK Corral Indoor arena Saturday April 18th. With the majority of other outdoor racetracks closed in Oklahoma the focus was on the races indoors at the OK Corral. At 8:06pm the power grid in the area was stuck by lightning and we lost electrical power to the building. A call to OG&E had no set time for repair, but they were working on restoring the power. An electrician was called in and several attempts to locate a generator large enough to power the lights resulted in a timing issue. The race was called complete for the classes that ran heat races, and the remaining 9 classes of the 24 heats were re-scheduled to run prior to the opening round of the series in October.
The Open Pro Singles class looked super strong, with riders showing up from three states. Kenny and Jesse Castle out of Hot Springs, Arkansas, Randy Kidd out of Azle, Texas and the local Outlaws from Oklahoma were set to raise the roof on the barn. Kidd looked strong in hotlaps, coming back from a nasty multiple injury suffered on a moto-cross track that involved damage to his spine, and the worst injury to his ankle. A gearing change improved his speed in the second hot lap session, and Crew Chief Mike Kidd explained they were even better for the heat race. Kinda reminds me of another indoor race held in Oklahoma where famous names come to race and wrench and just have some down in the dirt fun!
Racing action for the Fun Race always to develop into a super cool atmosphere with low pressure and everyone having conversations and fun enjoying what they all love best, dirttrack racing.
Official Results 6th Annual AMP Fun Race April 18, 2009
6th Annual AMP Outlaw Winter Nationals
Indoor Short Track Race Series
OK Corral Indoor Arena - Harrah, Oklahoma
Classes with no "Starting Grid" are the final results based on the night's Feature Starting Grids. Trophies were awarded based on those positions.
Classes with "Starting Grid" did not run heat races due to the power outage caused by the storm April 18, 2009. Those will be run prior to Round #1 of the 7th Annual AMP Outlaw Winter Nationals Oct 3, 2009.
Motorcycle Division
OPEN PRO SINGLES – Starting Grid
1. 61g Bryan Collins; 2. 72n Randy Kidd; 3. 3g Scott Koonce; 4. 1 Kenny Castle; 5. 61 Jessee Castle; 6. 13 Bill Walker
MAD DOGS
12” XTREME LIGHTS – Starting Grid
1. 18 Derek Ogg; 2. 2 Jeff Muehlhausen; 3. 1t Sal Fonte
PRO 600 VINTAGE – Starting Grid
1. Fred Mears; 2. Bill Walker; 3. Kevin Ellingsworth; 4. Darrel Hill
FORMULA 45 - Starting Grid
1. Denny Sowders; 2. Jay Lawson; 3. J. C. Clark; 4. Ernie Shade; 5. Mike Muehlhausen
OPEN AMATEUR M/C – Starting Grid
1. Payton Simpson (Hon) 2. Dylan Simpson (Hon); 3. Jeff Muehlhausen (Yam); 4. Ernie Shade (Yam)
125/250 AMATEUR M/C
1. Payton Simpson (Hon)
85cc AMATEUR M/C
1. Wesley Collins (Kaw); 2. Tony Opichka; 3. Trey Munday; 4. Frankie Bardaro; 5. Rain Carpenter~1st Race
65cc AMATEUR M/C
1. Wesley Collins; 2. Tony Opichka; 3. Frankie Bardaro
PEE WEE ADVANCED M/C
1. Tony Opichka; 2. Frankie Bardaro; 3. Sebastian Ellingsworth
PEE WEE BB-BEGINNER M/C
1. Casey Collins; 2. Whispern Smith, 3. Bradley Castle, 4. Wade Goodall 5. Hutson Carpenter ~1st Race!
Quad Divison
PEE WEE QUAD BB
1. Tre’than’ Lee; 2. Dylan Miller~1st Race
PEE WEE QUAD B
1. Tre’Than Lee; 2. Dylan Miller
PEE WEE QUAD A
1. Dakota Powell; 2. Cole Hocker; 3. Braydon O’Hagan; 4. Frankie Bardaro; 5. Dylan Miller
85CC A QUAD ST
1. Frankie Bardaro; 2. Jaiden Hughes; 3. Bradee Byers; 4. Cole Hocker
95cc MOD QUAD
1. Bailey Hughes; 2. Cole Hocker
300cc BLASTER QUADS
1. Garrett Jennings; 2. Tristan McElyea; 3. Fairon Byers; 4. Mike Wells; 5. Bailey Hughes; 6. Evan Egender
250cc Quad Amateur - Starting Grid
Heat Race 1: 1. 66 Tristan McElyea; 2. Garrett Jennings; 3. Farion Byers; 4. Sean O’Hagan
Heat Race 2: 1. Evan Edgender; 2. Josh Hughes; 3. Steve Payne
Open Quad Amateur - Starting Grid
Heat 1: 1. Sean O’Hagan; 2. Tristan McElyea; 3. Steve Payne; 4. Garrett Jennings
Heat 2: 1. Evan Edgender; 2 Josh Hughes; 3. Kaleb Key: 4. Farion Byers
250 Pro Quad - Starting Grid
1 30 Chad Heil; 2. 69 Jakus Lee; 3. 414 Daniel Chepkauskas
Open Pro Quad- Starting Grid
1 30 Chad Heil; 2. 69 Jakus Lee; 3. 414 Daniel Chepkauskas
Kart Divison
KARTS BEGINNERS 5-7
KARTS BLUE MOTOR
1. Todd Hand, 2. Kevin York, 3. Bobby Lowry, 4. Tony Bona, 5. Dan Boone, 6. Gary Allen
KARTS JR 1 8-11 YEAR OLDS
KARTS JR 2
1. Kody Hill
RUN WHAT YA BRUNG Trophy - Starting Grid
Because there were two heats, Feature race for this class will re-grid and be run prior to the AMP OWN Point Race Rnd #1 October 3, 2009. An additional set of top 3 trophies will be awarded on that night.
Row 1: 22, 00 ~ Row 2: 36T, 26m ~ Row 3: 23, 58 ~ Row 4: 4, 52 ~ Row 5: 54jr, 97 ~ Row 6: 56, 14 ~ Row 7: 17
Results RWYB KARTS April 18, 2009
The Top 3 in each of these Features Recieved Trophies
A Feature –A ~ Scored off Starting Grid from Heat 1 & 2 Inside Row
1. Terry Mattox, 2. Tim Williams, 3. Brailey Hilligross, 4. Nolan Boone, 5. Kody Hill, 6. Gary Allen, 7. Dan Boone
A Feature – B ~ Scored off Starting Grid from Heat 1 & 2 Outside Row
1. Bobby Lowry, 2. Joe Mattox, 3. Todd Hand, 4. Kevin York, 5. Tony Bona, 6. Robbie Smith
RUN WHAT YA BRUNG MONEY
Jr SPRINT NON-WING
Mower Division
MOWERS OHV SINGLES
1. Jerry Heffley
MOWERS MODIFIED FLAT HEAD SINGLES
MOWERS RWYB
MOWERS SS
Attend the AMP Awards Party June 7th, 2009 Frazier's Annual Motorcycle Gathering Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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