Austin Dooley, Cole Suetos, Drake Barron, & Steve Walton
share their thoughts of the brand new race track at Mammoth Mountain in California
for the final National round of 2018.
Nik Nestoroff kicks off practice in the beautiful high
sierras.
Trevor Boldi sends the big rock on the lower half of the
course.
Bruce Klein made an appearance although not racing, provided
useful advice for the juniors such as Dante Silva.
Dante Silva grabs some brakes down the steep rock chute in
seeding on Friday.
Nik Nestoroff and Trevor Boldi peak out of the lift before
practice on race day.
Trevor Boldi takes a quick dirt nap in the upper section of
the course.
BMX extraordinaire, Bubba Gonzalez threw down a quick time
to take 2nd for the Cat 1
men.
Drake Barron had a rough weekend, crashing throughout
practice, but kept it clean in his race run for 11th place for Cat 1
Men.
Matt Sterling rolls out before the Junior Experts take to
the hill. Matt would end up crashing out to 2nd to last place after
a stellar breakout season. Matt has 2 more years of JR Experts to go.
Austin Dooley flipped over the bars during his race run, but
got up to finish all the while racing with blood in his mouth from crashing.
Adam Durbin clipped a tree in his race run and washed out in
a turn to end up 14th in Juniors.
Kaden Pankow kept it upright and smooth for a 9th
place finish in Juniors.
Travis Claypool edged out Kaden for 8th place
even though he went flying off his bike in the lower rock garden.
Dante Silva takes a foot off around the loose corner up top
on his way to 2nd place in Junior Experts.
Cole Suetos took his first Pro GRT win this weekend topping
the Junior Expert competition by over 5 seconds.
Samantha Kingshill returned for her first race in a while,
choosing to ride her trail bike. She had a handful of crashes in the finals,
putting her last for the Pro Women.
Shane Leslie was on a heater until he slid out in a corner
20 seconds from finishing. He would have to settle for 10th.
Trevor Boldi had a quick run putting him in the top ten with
an 8th place.
Steve Walton threw down an amazing run for 5th
place in pro on his new team, Hyper Bicycles.
Nik Nestoroff had an amazing run and entire first season as
a pro beating out other 1st year pro, Steve Walton by .6 seconds.
Cole Suetos on top of the box with Dante Silva on his left
for the Junior Expert Podium.
Nik Nestoroff and Steve Walton hold down the 4th
and 5th spots on the Pro Men Podium.
That’s a wrap for the National Series for 2018. Hope
everyone has a good off season and we’ll see everyone back next year for some
more downhill.
