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Well after rain on Friday it looked like it was going to be a wet weekend. But it cleared up for racing Friday night and turned out to be a nice weekend of racing. From the get go Jordan Marinda showed he was the man to beat in the 12 X class. Winning both open and class and a 2nd in Cruiser on Saturday he let his class know he wasn`t letting anyone beat him on his home track. Sunday Jordon doubled in class took a 2nd in open and got caught up in some aggressive riding in cruiser and went down. Great weekend for Jordon. Dustin Hammond has a good weekend with a 2nd in Class and open on Saturday followed up with a 2nd is class and a 3rd in open after hitting the gate he caught the pack and finished 3rd as a 7 year old. Good Job Dustin. Alden Volle made both of his mains on Saturday with a 4th in Class and and 2nd on cruiser. Sunday was even better with 2 2nds. Dakotah Isenburg racing his first race at 14 was in good position to transfer out of semis but was taken off the track at the last corner. The rider was disqualified but it didn`t help Isenburg as the damage was already done. He came back on Sunday making both of his mains finishing the weekend with a 4th in class and a 2nd on cruiser on Sunday he also finished 5 on cruiser Saturday. 11 year old Bryce Betts took a 4 in cruiser on Saturday and a on Sunday with a 6th in class. Amanda Volle took a 4th Saturday and 5th on Sunday. Daniel ran into some bad luck all weekend fighting a cold and flu. Danny Essley took a 5th and 6th on Cruiser. AA Josh Oie came down to get some track time racing open all 3 days. taking a 3rd on Friday and Sunday and hitting the dirt on Saturday. A pro Tommy Bellew just missed making mains both days. Both are getting ready for Washington the next AA race. The team had some bad luck on Saturday with Isenberg going down but came back with a 3rd on Sunday.

Intense Challenge Pasco race report Hello everyone, As most of you were aware a small group of Intense/Challenge riders made the trip to Pasco last weekend. here is Alden Volle was on fire all weekend doubling on class and cruiser Saturday and taking 1st on class and 2nd on cruiser Sunday. With a short first straight and short track overall, Alden was very aggressive down the first straight and into the corners.On Sunday nothing changed taking a 2ND coming from the outside on cruiser but killed class on 20 inch with another win. Great job Alden. Our mighty mite Dustin Hammond tore up the completion in class getting a lead down the first straight and never giving it up. Taking first on Saturday and Sunday in class and a 2ND on Saturday and 3rd on Sunday in open. Great job Dustin. Maybe you need to give your Dad a clinic. Another rider making the trip having a good weekend was our senior rider Trevor Fay. Trevor made both of his mains in AA Saturday against the top group of pros. Sunday Trevor won his first pro race wining Pro Cruiser. Our other AA pro Josh Oie made the trip riding well but just missed making the cut. Keep working Josh it will come around. Danny Essley and Daniel Sawyer also made the trip and both made mains on Sunday and rode well. Josh, Trevor and Tommy are in Nellis this weekend, Lets wish the well and I look forward to seeing all of you in Phoenix.

After 3 weeks of non stop rain, a lot of people had their doubt`s if the U.S. National at Oak Creek BMX in Roseville Ca. would be a repeat of Ontario several years ago, but the Sky`s cleared and track directors Bruce and Linda Minton did a great job keeping the track in good shape. Intense / Challenge came a needing a couple of good scores. With no AA Class race, AA pros Josh Oie and Trevor Fay decided to race in the Pro open for the weekend. Josh had a good start taking a 2nd to AA Paul Lange Friday, On Saturday with AA Paul Lange, AA Michael Hughes and Trevor Fay, Vet # 1 Jason Carnes and a solid group of A pros, Josh had a good race with Revtec`s Fabin Hernandez on Saturday. With Hernandez winning a tie breaker and Josh had to settle for a 2nd. Josh followed it up with a win on Sunday. Trevor Fay rode well for spending the week in the weight room, placing 3rd on Sunday. The team did great on Saturday with a 220 score placing 2nd to the Intense / Phantom-Ontrac crew. Sunday was like watching domino`s for a number of our class riders, going down one after the other and ended up with a 4th. Our mighty mite Dustin Hammond continued to tear up the 7X class taking wins both Saturday and Sunday. Most of the weekend Dustin was in another ZIP code. New team member Heather Allread had another good weekend winning Cruiser Saturday and Sunday. Taking a break from competitive horse riding 15 year old Amanda Volle returned to the BMX track taking a pair of 5Th`s in class. Little brother Alden Volle took home a win in 9 Cruiser and was one of the domino`s hitting the ground on Sunday in class. The surprise of the weekend might have been returning team member Christian Camacho coming off of a 3rd in Phoenix, won the 12 x and led from start to finish. A great win after only being back for a couple of months.Danny Essley, Bryce Betts, Dakotha Isenberg and Daniel Sawyer all rode well making their mains. a A Pro Tommy Bellew was fighting off a bug not feeling 100% but will be ready for Lake Paris. 11x Gerold Cuyle just getting back from a 2 week long field trip to Washing D.C barley got on his by the weekend. Our next team race will be at Lake Paris. Intense / Challenge would like to think their sponsors. Intense Bikes, Intense Tires, SINZ, THE, FLY, CAIRI, Answer, HOT SHOPPE, FSA, ACS and Challenge Racing

Intense Challenge Winter National Race Report The weather was great and it turned out to be the biggest moto count in a couple of years. Our mity mights has good weekends with 7 X Dustin Hammond winning class both days and finishing 2-3 on 7-8 open. Alden Volle finished strong with a 2nds in class Saturday and Sunday and a 4th on cruiser Saturday. Sunday he got mixed up with another rider in the first corner and went off the track. 11 yr. old Bryce Betts made 3 of his 4 mains finishing 5th in class on Sunday in the always tough 11 x class. Welcoming back one of our past riders Christian Camacho ran into some tough luck on Saturday but after being back racing only a few weeks finished with a 3rd in the 12 x class. Great to have Christian and his family back. Our other new rider Heather Allred had a good debut with Intense/Challenge with a pair of 2nds on cruiser. Good to have Heather with the team. The weekend started out great for 14 year old Dakota Isenberg winning cruiser on Saturday but got caught up in class on Saturday and has a bad crash on cruiser on Sunday during 1 st round to come back and take a 2nd on cruiser. AA Pros Josh Oie had a great gate first round on Saturday just behind Donny into the first corner but company came fast running him off the track. Sunday Josh rode well and made his semi`s but missed the main by 1 place. AA Pro Trevor Fay took a 5 in pro cruiser