by Mary Maillette

Just between you and me, I think that when God made boys He pre-programmed them to love dirt.  It's the only way I can explain the magnetic attraction my boys have to dirt.  No matter where we go they'll find it.  Doesn't need to be much, even a small little mound will do.  My three year old just loves to lie in it and push his trucks around.  Or, better yet, fill my flower beds with water and jump in!  So, when we arrived at Midway MX Park last Saturday, it didn't take him long to find the pee wee track and lots of dirt to play in.  Oh, and that's where all the other boys were, too!

This was round 3 of Midway Mx's Survivor Series and I can't imagine a more fitting combination than Father's Day and Motocross Racing, so how could it not be an awesome weekend!  Especially when you throw in beautiful weather!  Midway is a fast track with some nice jumps - the kids had a blast.  It gets dry, but when it is groomed, it's perfect.  Cindy and Jack helped the Dad's celebrate Father's Day with prizes and chocolate chip cookies.  The racers were treated to Dairy Queen coupons, a perfect treat after a day of racing.

50cc

Kaleb Carmen, #201 was rock'n on his KTM, taking the win in the Micro Multispeed 4-8 class.  Jaxon Opitz, #88 won our Heart and Spirit award for the day by getting back on the bike after a heart wrenching crash (as you'll see on the video).  Jaxon pulled the holeshot and was riding in the lead until his rear end spun out and he went down. He was down but far from out!  He jumped back on the bike and took off like a shot and managed to pull a second place finish!  This is why I love motocross - the kids are so amazing!  Congrats Jaxon!  Too bad school is out for summer because that would be a great story to tell your friends at school!  Deuce Peplinski, #102 rounded off the top three in this class.  Great racing guys!

85cc 9-12

The racers in the youth classes are fast and fun to watch, but what usually gets my attention is when there is either a battle between racers, or a racer has to overcome an unexpected obstacle.  An obstacle can be any number of things like crashing or tipping the bike in a turn.  It can be another racer who happens to go down right in front of you or it can be problems out of the gate.  No matter what it happens to be, it's interesting to watch how racers react.  Nine out of ten times it lights a fire in them and that's when you see what these kids are made of.  And, that's exactly what happened to Sawyer Brownlee, #34 in the second moto of this class.  Sawyer won the first moto and is a very smooth rider.  In the second moto, he was still on the gate when everyone else had already checked out.  That's when his fire was lit because once he was out of the gate he was flying, passing riders right and left until he finished in fourth place. Great racing, Sawyer!

Henry Miller, #292 took the win in the second moto and the overall win.  Brody Penman, #434, took second in both motos.    

85cc 12-15

Jesse Wentland, #26 and Zachary Williams, #276 were both flying on their Suzuki machines.  These two are excellent riders and smokin fast!  Jesse took the overall win with a 2:1 finish and Zach, second with a 1:2 finish.  Can't wait to see these guys race again.

Congrats to all the racers!