XC2 Lites’ Weisenfels Wins the Overall

Louisiana Cross Country Series
Round 10: The Jim Bowie

By Lucas Comeaux/AcadianaRacing.com
Photos by Jenny and Lucas Comeaux
SICILY ISLAND, LA, NOV. 14, 2010

The Jim Bowie – the final round of the 2010 Louisiana Cross Country Series – featured near-perfect ground conditions and nice, cool weather. Several class championships had already been determined, but that didn’t stop a large crowd of riders from trying their hand at the technical, hilly and challenging Sicily Island racecourse.

To no one’s surprise, Hutchinson ATV-backed Kawasaki jockey Kevin Hutchinson grabbed another holeshot on his 250cc two-stroke. Having wrapped up their respective classes, young guns Jake Haddox (48, below left), on a Yamaha, and Hutton Woods, on a KTM, stepped up to run with the big boys in the XC1 class and ran at the front of the pack for more than a lap until the Expert-class veterans said, “We ain’t having this.” KTM/ Munn/ TCP MX Schools’ Trampas Parker, Warren Drilling/ Moose/ Rekluse/ Shoei/ Dunlop-backed KTM rider Bryan Vaughan, Stephen Reed, Andy Beebe and the gang soon worked their way past.

But they weren’t in the clear yet, as Arkansan Kawasaki jockey Josh Weisenfels, starting from the second row in the XC2 Lites class, ran down all of the XC1 riders and eventually captured the overall win! Parker finished off the season with another XC1-class win, followed by Vaughan in second. Third place went to Gas Gas-sponsored rider Carsten Cagle (39, above right) from Mississippi.

Overall, the podium was topped by Josh Weisenfels (below, center), with Trampas Parker (left) as runner-up and Bryan Vaughan (right) in third.

Weisenfels’ overall win was the first time in LACC history that an XC2 Lites rider grabbed the majority of the $500 cash purse. Second place in the XC2 class went to the newly crowned 2010 XC2 Lites champion, KTM/Performance Cycles/ Chuck’s Used Appliance-backed KTM rider Ryan Breaux, and young KTM rider Russ Wiggers took the hard-earned final podium spot.

Parker had the 2010 championship locked up, but this final race determined several other positions. The top five riders of 2010 are Trampas Parker, Andy Beebe, Stephen Reed, Stephen Sturges and Kevin Hutchinson. Also, for the second year in a row, Kevin Hutchinson was crowned the Vintage champion.

The LACC Series staff sincerely thanks all of the 2010 landowners, volunteers and participants for their contributions to another successful season. Excitement is already building for the 2010 awards banquet. See you there!

The MTA Louisiana Cross Country Series is a 10-round championship series promoted by AcadianaRacing.com. Venues test each rider’s overall ability by offering motocross sections, hills, roots, occasional rocks, woods trails, grass-tracks, extreme obstacles, etc. In addition to pure speed, riders must have the endurance to push hard for more than an hour and a half. The series is made possible by title sponsor MTA, Deb’s Creative Photography, Enduro Engineering, Filter Solution, Pierce & Shows Attorneys, Moose Racing, Woods Tank, RidePG.com, BMW/Husqvarna, Bayou Suspension, KTM, Chuck’s Used Appliance Center, Honda of Lafayette, MXPrints.com, Performance Cycles, Open Throttle Moto-Parts & Accessories, Adrenaline Motor Sports, Team ¾, Cornerstone Glass, and Evangeline Specialties.

Results

OVERALL: 1. Josh Weisenfels (Kaw); 2. Trampas Parker (KTM); 3. Bryan Vaughan (KTM); 4. Carsten Cagle (GG); 5. Stephen Reed (Suz); 6. Andy Beebe (KTM); 7. Kevin Hutchinson (Kaw); 8. Ryan Breaux (KTM); 9. Hutton Woods (KTM); 10. Russ Wiggers (KTM); 11. Evan Shows (KTM); 12. Glen Myatt (Suz); 13. Jake Haddox (Yam); 14. John McLemore (Yam); 15. Joel White (Yam); 16. Zach Rambin (KTM); 17. Jonathan Plunkett (KTM); 18. Stephen Sturges (Suz); 19. Brett Fontenot (KTM); 20. Jake Hines (KTM).

XC1: 1. Trampas Parker (KTM); 2. Bryan Vaughan (KTM); 3. Carsten Cagle (GG); 4. Stephen Reed (Suz); 5. Andy Beebe (KTM).

XC2: 1. Josh Weisenfels (Kaw); 2. Ryan Breaux (KTM); 3. Russ Wiggers (KTM); 4. Evan Shows (KTM); 5. Jason Harmon (Yam).

NOV: 1. Joel White (Yam); 2. Jake Hines (KTM); 3. Christopher Roberts (KTM); 4. Brad Warren (KTM); 5. Lance Ford (Suz).

NOV LITE: 1. Zach Rambin (KTM); 2. Brett Fontenot (KTM); 3. Heath Lybrand (Kaw).

SR A: 1. Al Cravens (KTM); 2. Johnny Rhodes (Yam); 3. Mark Jamroz (BMW); 4. Hoot Parker (Hon); 5. Gene Spence (Kaw).

JR: 1. Ceylon Godfrey (Hon); 2. Corbin Nixon (Yam); 3. Chase Joubert (KTM); 4. B.R. Reed (Suz); 5. Kaylon Guedry (Hon).

SR B: 1. Randal Evans (KTM); 2. Clayton Parker (Yam); 3. Roy Smith (KTM); 4. Lee Jay Haddox (KTM); 5. Chris Fontenot (KTM).

SR 50: 1. Donny Graham (KTM); 2. Kenneth Hagen (Hon); 3. Mike Elshout (Yam); 4. Greg Pruss (KTM); 5. Pat Labiche (KTM).

BEG: 1. Brandon Fair (Yam); 2. Jeremy Oxley (Kaw); 3. Kevin Joubert (KTM); 4. George Bofinger (KTM); 5. James Winn (Kaw).

BEG LITE: 1. Brian Burns (Yam); 2. Brian Griffith (Kaw); 3. Kevin Ingo (KTM); 4. James Aitken (Hon); 5. David Shaw (Hon).

KIDS VET: 1. Trey Frandria (Kaw); 2. James Walerius (Kaw); 3. Trenton Greenwood (Hon); 4. Logan Nixon (Yam); 5. Johnny Demoura (Hon).

KIDS INT: 1. Evan Wiggers (KTM); 2. Cameron Reed (Suz); 3. Jacob Freeman (KTM); 4. Palmer Neely (KTM); 5. Thomas Bofinger (KTM).

WOMEN: 1. Aspen Neely (KTM); 2. Kylah Van Horn (Hon); 3. Sheila Monk (KTM); 4. Carrie Breaux (KTM); 5. Alex Wiggers (KTM).

PEE WEE: 1. Walker Shows (KTM); 2. Jessica Delee (KTM); 3. Allyson Ingo; 4. Cole Fontenot (Yam); 5. Grayson Fair (KTM).

BEG PEE WEE: 1. Zorion McClarty (KTM); 2. Landon Shively (KTM); 3. Nicholas Walerius (KTM); 4. William Walerius (KTM); 5. Ethan Comeaux (Yam).

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