2007 Bookoo Arenacross, Salem, Oregon, Round 1 Race Report – Dirt Rider Magazine

Babbit’s Kawasaki rider Darcy Lange won 3 of 4 main events at the BooKoo Arenacross Championship Series opener this past weekend at the Selland Arena in Fresno, California. The season opened with new teams, sensational rookies, typical wide-open-slam-bam racing until the checkered flag flew in each class all weekend.Several young-guns showed up at the Selland Arena to mix it up with many of the best arenacross riders in the world. Friday night rookie Kyle Cunningham grabbed the 250 Motorsports.com 1st first lap award of $250.00 and led the main event until going down in a berm when he lost the front-end. Then 15 yr old sensation Tyler Bowers did the same thing as Cunningham in the 450 main event, with Bowers holding the pressure until the closing laps when Lange put his experience to work taking the win. The next young-gun to show the `Bad Boys of Arenacross’ the way to the winners circle was Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey taking the win Saturday night in the 450 main event.To put the nights racing into perspective, Denny Bartz veteran arenacross team manager for Babbit’s Kawasaki commented, “I have never seen the pace of any arenacross this fast for the entire race. These guys are flying and riding hard…it’s going to be a very competitive series.”The BooKoo Arenacross Series moves this weekend November 10-12 to The Pavilion in Salem, Oregon. The next stops after that are November 17-19 at The Dundome in Yakima, WA, then December 29-31 at the Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum in Fort Worth, TX. Tickets on sale at www.ticketswest.com or for more information call MKEG at 817-595-5844, or go to www.racearenacross.com.250 FridayDARCY LANGE – KAW
RYAN DUNGEY – SUZ
TIGER LACEY – HON
JOSH WOODS – SUZ
MICHAEL BLOSE – SUZ
KYLE CUNNINGHAM – YAM
ERIC MCCRUMMEN – HON
TOM HOFMASTER – YAM
ZACH AMES – HON
JIMMY NELSON – HON
KEVIN ROOKSTOLL – HON
JEFF NORTHROP – KAW
COLT HUMPHREY – YAM
RYAN BEAT – YAM
TYLER BOWERS – HON
450 FridayDARCY LANGE – KAW
TYLER BOWERS – HON
MICHAEL BLOSE – SUZ
ZACH AMES – HON
JOSH WOODS – SUZ
JEFF NORTHROP – KAW
KEVIN ROOKSTOLL – HON
TOM HOFMASTER – YAM
BRAD RIPPLE – HON
TRAVIS BANNISTER – HON
RUSTY HOLLAND – HON
KYLE CALDERINI – KAW
JIMMY NELSON – HON
TIGER LACEY – HON
250 SaturdayRYAN DUNGEY – SUZ
DARCY LANGE – KAW
ERIC MCCRUMMEN – HON
MICHAEL BLOSE – SUZ
JOSH WOODS – SUZ
JEFF NORTHROP – KAW
CHAD WARD – HON
JIMMY ALBERTSON – YAM
TIGER LACEY – HON
TOM HOFMASTER – YAM
RILEY KUROSKY – HON
TRAVIS BANNISTER – KAW
JIMMY NELSON – HON
RYAN BEAT – YAM
RAMON GUZMAN – KAW
450 SaturdayDARCY LANGE – KAW
MICHAEL BLOSE – SUZ
BRAD RIPPLE – HON
TIGER LACEY – HON
JEFF NORTHROP – KAW
ZACH AMES – HON
TOM HOFMASTER – YAM
JOSH WOODS – SUZ
TRAVIS BANNISTER – HON
RILEY KUROSKY – HON
JIMMY NELSON – HON
TYLER BOWERS – HON
RUSTY HOLLAND – HON
COLT HUMPHREY – YAM
BRYCE HUFFMAN – SUZ
BOOKOO CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS
1st – DARCY LANGE (3 Wins)
2nd – MICHAEL BLOSE
3rd – JOSH WOODS
4th – JEFF NORTHROP
5th – TIGER LACEY
6th – TOM HOFMASTER
7th – RYAN DUNGEY (1 Win)
8th – ZACH AMES
9th – TYLER BOWERS
10th – JIMMY NELSON