We pleased to announce that 4 of our riders have made it through the regional and will be going to Loretta Lynn’s Amateur National this year!
They are:
Jessie Wharton - Qualified in Women’s 14 plus
Tanner Berry - Qualified in 4 classes will need to pick 2
Don McBride - Qualified in the 35+ class
Curtis Wharton - Vet b/c 30 plus
Congratulations!
Oakwood Overall Point Standings
Wyatt Baker 7th in 250 BEG, 1st in 450 BEG, 2nd in UNLIM BEG
Collin Baker 4th in 51cc Stock (4-6), 14th in 51cc Stock (7-8), 7th in 51cc Open (4-8), 2nd in 51cc Stock Oil Inj.
Cody Geller 1st in 250 INT, 1st in 450 INT, 1st in UNLIM INT
Matt Mortenson 2nd in 250 INT, 6th in 450 INT, 2nd in UNLIM INT
Austin Wurster 3rd in 250 INT, 2nd in 450 INT, 3rd in UNLIM INT
Shay Campbell 9th in 85 expert, 6th in Supermini (9-16)
Tanner Berry 11th in 85 expert, 8th in Supermini (9-16)
Chris Walsh 3rd in 250 JR, 2nd in UNLIM JR
Mike Stretch 8th in 250 JR, 9th in 450 JR, 6th in UNLIM JR
Scott Campbell 4th in 40+ Enthusiast
Tony Baker 7th in 40+ Enthusiast
Don McBride 6th in 40+ Master
Jessie Wharton 20th in 250 JR, 1st in Women Expert
Team BRT had a good arenacross season this year. It was nice to have a local series and to not be so far from home on the weekends.
Jay Whipple has been working with a lot of top notch guys in the 2010 Supercross Series and his latest man just earned himself a ride on the Factory FMF/KTM team for the remaining supercross rounds. Congratulations to Jay Whipple and Phil Nicoletti. You can view the video here: http://www.racerxonline.com/video/Phil-Nicoletti-supercross-04-27-10.aspx
Pacific Northwest’s J.Whipple is having a great year so far, his students Ryan Villipoto and Josh Hill are tearing up the supercross tracks in 2010. Ryan Villipoto hired longtime friend and trainer (J.Whipple) to start working for him at the second supercross of the year. “I got the call at the Phoenix Supercross saying he needed help. We took off 1.5 seconds from the first timed practice to the second. From there he got second that night and we have been working together since.”
Also since being hired by R.V I was hired by the Hart and Huntington team last week to come out and work with there guys in Las Vegas. I worked with Chris Blose and Matt Boni. They both did an awesome job. Unfortunalety Boni had a crash and did not race this weekend but Blose had his best heat finish yet with a 4th place. Starting this week I will be flying to California to work with my new lites rider Phillip Nicoletti and R.V. for the San Diego and A3 rounds.
Well it’s been awhile since our last posting busy through the holidays and all that…
We went down to Utah for Thanksgiving with our good friends Lance, Brenda and Mike Stretch. They have been busy building their dream home on 20 acres in the mountains by Park City. As you can see by the pictures the most important part of any homestead was completed well ahead of the house being a kick ass track built by Brandon Thomas. The property rests at 8000 feet so breathing and jetting was a bit different but didn’t seem to slow us down too much.
Lance and Brenda are huge supporters of BRT and their son Mike is a Team BRT Junior rider this year with his sights set firmly on going to Tennessee for the Loretta Lynn Nationals. We as a team also have access to their track as a private training compound for BRT. We have plans to be down there as much as possible once the snow melts.Lance and Mike are in Phoenix this week training with Brandon Thomas and trying out their 2010 Honda setup for them by our own Matt of MRP.
Other happenings…we have been racing at Oakwood quite a bit this winter. This track as been a great resource added to the area. With the first 2 weekends of every month set aside for Saturday practice and Sunday racing with training on Tuesday with Jay Whipple and Brandon Thomas and open practice on Wednesday we are able to get quite a bit of riding during the rainy season. We have enjoyed having Mike Stretch up to race with us along with Jessie Wharton, Chris Walsh, Matt Mortenson, Matt Holtman, Tanner and Avrie Berry, Austin Wurster, Don and Josh McBride, and Ross Johnson has been around as well.
Austin Wurster suffered major injury to both feet at Oakwood while doing a triple and his bike went into positive neutral. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers while he has ongoing surgery and an extensive recovery and rehabilitation.
Tanner Berry is out on injury as well right now, but seems to be healing up quickly.
Ross Johnson has been racing locally a bit sweeping the classes at Pasco and Wenatchee. Also zipping back and forth to Europe and doing quite well in the European SX series ongoing over there.
Ryan Skinner has been training hard in California at the SX Academy. He had his debut SX ride at Phoenix which ended in a crash when he had some carburetor problems. But he is ok and going onto A2 with good spirits and determination.
Cody Geller has been ripping the track up here locally and in Wenatchee at the Bad Boys of Arena Cross stop in the INT. Class. He is on a blue 250 2-stoke and it seems to fit him quite nicely. Don’t blink when he goes by or you might just miss him. Pulling down 1st and 2nd Place he is making all of us very proud.
The Wharton family spent their holidays in So Cal training with Jay Whipple with their sights set firmly on Tennessee.
The Campbell family has been racing non stop across the NW. Shay has been picking up speed and experience, thanks to Eric Waunch and his Dad’s size 10 boot. But seriously Shay has been putting in some hard yards and it is really starting to show.
Collin Baker and Wyatt Baker have been riding a lot and advancing well in their races. Collin made his pass and made it stick to take a 3rd Place trophy. Wyatt has been coming alive as well pulling some hole shots and wins.
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Hope to see you all at the track safe and sound. T
Oakwood Arenacross series started this weekend with a resounding success. BRT is a lead sponsor in the series promoted by Ken Coker and his staff at MotoX Promotions http://www.motoxpromotions.com/
Ken reported over 150 rider entries. Ken has been hard at work building the arena back to usable condition, bringing in new dirt, lighting, sound system, brand new starting gates and fresh paint.
BRT was represented this weekend by Collin Baker (4 years old) Collin’s first race ever he pulled down a 2nd place trophy on a Cobra CM. Being the youngest rider on the track he was lavished with attention by the announcing crew.
Also representing this weekend was Cody Geller, Scott Campbell, Shay Campbell, Chris Walsh, Austin Wurster, Tanner Berry, Avrie Berry, Don McBride, and Tony Baker.
Other happenings:
BRT is proud to be sponsoring Team AES Racing for the 2010 season with hard parts. They are a great team with a lot of talented riders and we are excited to bring them aboard!
Ross Johnson took 12th overall in Stuttgart, Germany over the weekend.
BRT has added the following as sponsored riders with our line of hard parts for the 2010 season.
Ryan Skinner
Khyler Sizemore
Austin Wurster
Don and Josh McBride
Tanner and Avrie Berry
Ken Coker
Team AES
Upcoming:
This weekend BRT is planning on having a Team Ride at HRMC Nov. 21st and 22nd. We aretrying to squeeze in a bit more outdoor riding before winter sets in.
Ross dropped us a line to let us know he is on his way to Germany today to compete in the ADAC Supercross Stuttgart, taking place this Friday and Saturday. The races will be free to watch live at http://www.cpm24.tv/
After checking out the entry list, there appears to be quite a few riders from the USA heading over there, including our very own Tiger Lacey, Cole Siebler, and Ben Evans! You can check out the entry list here (Ross does not appear to be on the list just yet). Good luck to all of our local competitors!
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BRT is very excited about several new developments over the past few weeks.
Jessie Wharton along with her brother Mason and father Curt will be riding for Team BRT. This a very dedicated and talented family. We are very proud to add them to our roster.
We are excited to be helping out Ross Johnson for the West Coast Lites in 2010. He will be sporting some of our new hard parts we have developed. We have been watching this exceptional rider over the last few years and congratulate him on being picked up for European SX tour this winter.
CP Pistons has offered us a team sponsorship for 2010 season, another exciting partnership for us.
We just got home from the US Open down in Las Vegas and had a great time hanging out with J. Whipple and his wife, Shannon. Chris Aldredge raced the 85 Invitational and took 1st place. He was the first rider in practice to clear the SX finish double, this was the highlight of our trip.
We had very nice Team Dinner’s all 3 nights a big thanks to Deah Campbell for taking care of all of us. Fred Thomas had fresh fruit out during the day to help keep everyone charged up. A big shout out to Cody Baker for the T-shirt designs and Big Brian Geller stepped up as Team Manager helping out tremendously.
Thanks to Lance and Brenda Stretch from Evergreen for providing water and Gatorade for the whole weekend along with the big whiteboard to keep everyone on track.
Jeff Money had a killer light show and MX movies and X-Box on the projector at night.
Our Riders and Classes covered:
BAKER, JAMIE HON 29 Women Beg (D)
BAKER, TONY HON 717 40+ Sportsman (D/C)
BAKER, WYATT HON 526 250 Beg (D)
BAKER, WYATT HON 526 Unlimited Beg (D)
BERRY, AVRIE KTM 36 65cc Beg (D)
BERRY, AVRIE KTM 36 65cc Open
BERRY, TANNER YAM 655 85 Int (B)
BERRY, TANNER YAM 655 85-150cc Supermini (C/B)
BERRY, TANNER YAM 655 Schoolboy 12-16
CAMPBELL, SCOTT KAW 329 40+ Sportsman (D/C)
CAMPBELL, SHAY KAW 52 85 Jr (C)
CAMPBELL, SHAY HON 29 85-150cc Supermini (C/B)
GELLER, BRIAN HON 217 40+ Sportsman (D/C)
GELLER, CODY HON 55 250 Jr (C)
GELLER, CODY HON 55 450 Jr (C)
JURIN, COLLIN SUZ 621 250 Int (B)
JURIN, COLLIN SUZ 621 450 Int (B)
JURIN, JOHN YAM 62 40+ Legends (B/A)
KUMMERFELDT, RYAN KAW 418 450 Int (B)
KUMMERFELDT, RYAN KAW 418 Collegeboy 17-24
KUMMERFELDT, RYAN KAW 418 250 Int (B)
MONEY, CODY YAM 715 Unlimited Jr (C)
MONEY, CODY YAM 715 250 Jr (C)
MONEY, QUENTIN YAM 794 250 Beg (D)
MONEY, QUENTIN YAM 794 Unlimited Beg (D)
MORRIS, TANNER YAM 926 85 Int (B)
MORRIS, TANNER YAM 926 85-150cc Supermini (C/B)
RUMINER, JOEY YAM 642 250 Pro (A)
RUMINER, JOEY YAM 642 450 Pro (A)
SOLTERO, ROBERTO YAM 486 Unlimited Jr (C)
STRETCH, LANCE HON 407 30+ Sportsman (D/C)
STRETCH, MIKE HON 949 Unlimited Jr (C)
STRETCH, MIKE HON 949 250 Jr (C)
THOMAS, BRANDON HON 237 25+ Pro (A)
THOMAS, FRED HON 56 50+ Relic
WHARTON, JESSIE KAW 129 Women Sportsman (C/B)
WHARTON, JESSIE KAW 129 250 Jr (C)
WILSON, SHON YAM 14 Unlimited Pro (A)
WILSON, SHON YAM 14 250 Pro (A)
WILSON, SHON YAM 14 450 Pro (A)
WINTERS, SHANE YAM 128 Unlimited Jr (C)
WINTERS, SHANE YAM 128 250 Jr (C)
HOLTMAN, MATT HON 711 Unlimited Beg (D)
HOLTMAN, MATT HON 711 250 Beg (D)
WHARTON, CURTIS HON 88 40+ Int (B)
WHARTON, CURTIS HON 88 30+ Int (B)
WHARTON, MASON SUZ 76 Schoolboy 12-16
WHARTON, MASON SUZ 76 85-150cc Supermini (C/B)
WHARTON, MASON SUZ 76 85 Int (B)
Last weekend Team BRT did pretty good at Washougal—the track got good and rough by all accounts. Even our trainer Jay Whipple showed up to race Sat and pulled down a 1st in the 30+A and 3rd in the 25+ A showing us he does know what he’s talking about.
Next week we move onto one of our favorite events of the year Top Gun see you there!
NW Championship Series at Washougal #5 8/22/09
Cody Geller
250C 7th Overall
Open C 2nd Overall
Matt Holtman
250D 4th Overall
Open D 2nd Overall
Jessie Wharton
250C 18th Overall Holeshot!
Women 7th Overall
Brian Geller
40+ 16th Overall
NW Championship Series at Washougal #6 8/23/09
Shon Wilson
250A 2nd Overall
Open A 8th Overall
Cody Geller
250C 4th Overall
Open C 2nd Overall
Matt Holtman
250D 4th Overall
Open D 1st Overall
Brian Geller
40+ 13th Overall
Last weekend Team BRT did pretty good at Washougal—the track got good and rough by all accounts. Even our trainer Jay Whipple showed up to race Sat and pulled down a 1st in the 30+A and 6th in the 25+ A showing us he does know what he’s talking about.
Next week we move onto one of our favorite events of the year Top Gun see you there!
NW Championship Series at Washougal #5 8/22/09
Cody Geller
250C 7th Overall
Open C 2nd Overall
Matt Holtman
250D 4th Overall
Open D 2nd Overall
Jessie Wharton
250C 18th Overall Holeshot!
Women 7th Overall
Brian Geller
40+ 16th Overall
NW Championship Series at Washougal #6 8/23/09
Shon Wilson
250A 2nd Overall
Open A 8th Overall
Cody Geller
250C 4th Overall
Open C 2nd Overall
Matt Holtman
250D 4th Overall
Open D 1st Overall
Brian Geller
40+ 13th Overall
Well the boys are almost home from Tennessee we had mixed results and walked away with a determination to train harder for next time.
Cody Geller got a nice 20th overall in the 450c class. His last moto Saturday he collapsed after the race and to be given to bags of IV to rehydrate.
Shon got 14th on 1 race in the 250A class but a 38th overall. He ended up in the hospital after pulling off the track and passing out from heat exhaustion and then got sick on top of that and never did snap back.
We had tornado warnings come through camp one night and had different warnings to evacuate and then a little later to just hunker down. A whole lot of lightning with wind and rain but thankfully the tornado passed north of us. This was a bit different for a bunch of Washington boys… other than the rain!
Josh McBride brought his bike down with us in hopes of getting bumped up from an alternate position, this unfortunately didn’t happen for him but he hung out with his Dad an rooted all the locals on.
Joey Ruminer of AES racing also rode out of our trailer. Joey pulled down a 14th overall in the 250A class and 16th overall in the 250 A Pro Sport ! Joey showed tremendous heart and will power. His 1st moto of the week he also collapsed at the end and the medics rushed him down to the river to bring his core temperature down.
As you can tell the climate is brutal down there. We felt we had trained hard and we were ready but next time we need to triple everything we were doing. It is definitely the Amateur race of a lifetime and anybody who makes it there are already tough customers and in for some of the best racing they will ever see.
Well it’s been non stop training and testing for most of the month. The time has almost arrived to pull the BRT race machine out of the driveway and down the road to Tennessee. Trailer is prepped and ready to rock. Along with the BRT bikes we are bringing Joey Ruminer from Team AES down and Josh McBrides bike. Should be some fun going on in the pits!
We shot a cool new video with DTM Wed July 22nd with a focus on our Trainer Jay Whipple at local private track. Very fast bunch of boys showed up during filming: Ross Johnson, Lamay, Tyler Hansen, Wardius, Tanner Berry and others along with Team BRT and made it a great day. This should come out right before Loretta’s and will be posted on DTM and this site.
DTM will be doing daily phone interviews with the boys from Tennessee to get a feel for the racing and the atmosphere at night with all the cool non-racing events going on.
Shon and Cody have been working very hard getting their conditioning to peak performance and all of us are very proud of their efforts. They have that look in their eyes glad I’m not on the line with either one of them.
Jamie has moved up to a “BIG” bike and is loving her brothers 08 250 Thanks Cody! Which in turn has moved her beloved Honda 150 to Shay Campbell to use in the Super Mini Class-he hasn’t stopped grinning for 2 weeks!
Wyatt has got anew piston in his bike and swears he is riding a 450 but if you know Wyatt you know his stories….He is busy getting ready for the next Hi-Point race at Washougal coming up on Aug 9th along with his Dad.
And lastly plans are proceeding very well for Top Gun most of the positions are filled—but we are looking for 1 or 2 intermediate riders who like to go fast and have fun doing it. If you are interested drop us a line.
We have a couple of race updates here as we have been doing a lot of racing lately!
July 2nd: Cody and Shon trained with Jay Whipple at Riverdale and Wyatt, Brian Geller, and Tony worked hard on the track as well. Then everyone loaded up and left to run down to Portland for Thursday Night Motocross. Everyone did well and had a good night with the exception of Shon who had a mishap on the finish line table pretzeling a bike and coming away with a nasty headache.
July 3rd: We left PIR early and shot up to Washougal for a full day of practice getting ready for the weekend hi-point series. We pitted and camped with team AES having a great time with the Money family, Jake Anstett, and the Howells.
July 4th: Today was Tony and Lori’s anniversary so congratulations to them! We also had a great day of racing in the heat, so Loretta’s here we come! The night was awesome and Washougal had a band and fireworks with Brian Barnes stepping up to the mike and laying it down.
July 5th: Today brought more great racing with Shon feeling better and hitting the track. Cody Geller had some great rides as well.
This week the guys are training with Jay at Burnt Ridge Thursday and Riverdale on Sunday. Shon and Geller are hitting the gym hardcore while Matt is healing up and getting Shon’s and Cody’s bikes ready for Tennessee. Shon will be sporting #14 and Geller #34.
On a better note, team riders Shon Wilson and Cody Geller are training hard and preparing to leave for Loretta Lynn’s on July 25th. We are also taking pro rider Joey Ruminer from AES and the bikes of Josh McBride. Check back later this week for results from all of our riders last weekend at PIR. This weekend we are heading to Washougal for their series. Wish us luck!
