More from the MTA Two Stroke World Championships

Well, it turns out two strokes aren't dead, in fact, and nearly 200 entries at the inaugural Glen Helen Raceway-hosted event prove it.

I know this because I was there. I learned how to shift again, I found a Maxima Quick Mix bottle and I borrowed bikes from the Dirt Rider Testing fleet as everyone else was working (more on my weekend below). But this isn't about me. This is about the Pros battling it out in one of the most entertaining races I've seen and another championship going to the Dubach household. And this time, it was in the Dubach's first race!

Little Champ

Doug Dubach isn't new to winning. He's won exactly a bajillion championships and races. That bajillion breaks down, accurately, to four Four- Stroke Word Championships, 15 World Vet Championships (!), Five Loretta Lynn's Championships and he even won a Supercross main event in San Jose, CA before the internet was invented.

But Carter Dubach, the PW pilot and youngest offspring of The Doctor with a spooky on-the-bike resemblance to papa Doug, hadn't won any races, any championships or even gotten any holeshots leading into this race. Because this was his first race.

It turned out winning wasn't too difficult for Carter. This is likely because he has the unmatched combination of trophy-attracting genetic code, a posse of Yamaha Factory friends (cough-parts-cough) and he might have been the only one who signed up in his class. But who's counting?

Still, calling your championship with a number one salute before practice is gutsy! Follow along in the photos and captions for an entertaining look at a rather famous first race.

Pro Action

Dubach had the championship wrapped up, in the bag and packed in the van halfway home after Howell dropped his bike in a flat turn in moto 2. But KTM's Kurt Caselli came inside in a bottom turn and took the win out of his grip-and his grip off of his bike. That contact helped Garrison charge in front of Caselli in the closing laps and into the mathematical win. Sleeter ended up in third (even though Tom White tried to give it to Caselli-who can blame him? That's a lot of math).

Meanwhile, Tye Hames was way out front in moto 2. He put the smack down for sure. Bummer about your moto 1 result, Hames.

During both Pro class motos the pack was tight and the racing was intense. In fact, I haven't seen this much passing since DR Associate Editor Pete Peterson asked me to watch him speed date.

Check out these photos from the Pro Class.

Magazine Guys Everywhere!

I'd like to start by saying, very loudly, that I beat Joe Melton in the 30+ Intermediate class with a 1-3 for second overall. Joe went 3-2 on the Dirt Rider Yamaha YZ125. I sort of cheated by riding a 250 against Joe on a 125 but he's pretty fast on a 125 so I'm calling it a fair fight. Keith Loonsfoot took the overall class win with a 2-1 score on his Suzuki RM250. Good racing, Keith!

The 125 Intermediate Class was basically a media class with Transworld MX, Dirt Bike Magazine, Motocross Action and Dirt Rider represented by editors. Also, the Big Cat himself, Brian Catterson, from Motorcyclist showed up to play in the dirt. Those silly street guys just can't stay away.

There were some fast guys in that class that beat us all pretty easily. Four of them to be exact: Cody Woodsworth, Steven Gibson, Starr Savage and Billy Musgrave finished 1-4 respectively. But from fifth-ninth it was a bunch of guys that shoot photos and write words battling it out.

The Yamaha YZ Crew

That's it from my perspective. Check out Ricky Yorks' story about racing the pro class on the Dirt Rider YZ250 here.