Staats/Challenge Las Vegas Race report

With much anticipation, the STAATS / Challenge team rolled into Las Vegas for the ABA Las Vegas National. The million dollar question everyone was asking each other since Utah was how many moto’s, what age groups would carry the biggest groups?  After it was all said and done it was the largest moto count at a national I can remember.   With some huge group counts, you can imagine team managers as well as riders were licking their chops. Coming off wins in each of their last 3 nationals in Bakersfield, Roseville and Utah.  The STAATS / Challenge team hit the track looking to record their 12^th team score. 7 Girl McKenzee Kibbe started the racing off for the STAATS / Challenge team taking home a 4^th and 5^th in class for the weekend. Heather Allred finished with a 3^rd on Saturday and a 2^nd on Sunday in 21-25 Girl Cruiser.  9x Dustin Hammond and Dougie Butcher had a rough day Saturday not making their Cruiser mains but came back to place 5^th and 8^th in class Saturday. Hammond took it out on the field Sunday coming out of the gate like a rocket to take the win in the 9x class.  Alden Volle was welcomed to the 11x class with the biggest rider count of the weekend. Taking a 7^th on Cruiser Saturday, and a 6^th in his class main Saturday. Volle took care of business Sunday with a win in the biggest class of the weekend 11x. Alex Jones had a tough weekend between kissing the gate getting being run off the track and not getting clipped in he still managed to make both Class and Cruiser mains Sunday. After not getting clipped in he never gave up pushing all the way to the finish line ending up with a7th in Class and 8^th on cruiser in the huge 11x group. Dakotah Isenberg pulled out a strong 2^{nd on} Saturday and a 3^rd on Sunday in 15 Cruiser and 4th and 6^th in class.  Melvin Shadrick had a good weekend with a1^st and 2^nd in the 31-35 Cruiser and a 1^st in class Sunday.  Joey Backus survived the carnage Saturday in 19-27 Boys taking home the win in one of biggest classes of the weekend and a 3^rd in 17 over open Saturday and a 4^th in Class Sunday. Teammate Corey Reid took care of business Saturday winning the 17-20 Cruiser and taking 7^th and 5^th in the 19-27 class. In 36-40 Cruiser Chris Westbrook, coming off of a bad spill in Utah put away the 20 inch Sunday and made the main Sunday in 36-40 Cruiser, Christian Camacho and Danny Essley rode hard and continue their training and look forward to Reno. AA Pro Josh Oie just missed the cut Saturday and continues his new training program and looks forward to his next challenge in Reno. Josh will be leaving for a tour in Japan with STAATS in early August.

Our 247 score was good for a 2^nd.Sunday and put the STAATS/Challenge team into 3^rd place over all.   Great Job everyone.

Staats/Challenge Salt Lake City Race Report

 STAATS / CHALLENGE Factory BMX racing team

STAATS, CIARI, DC Shoes, FSA, Troy Lee Designs, Tangent, LDC, Electric, Answer, Hot Shoppe Designs, ACS & Challenge Racing.

 STAATS / CHALLENGE Factory BMX racing team Jan 5-7

STAATS / CHALLENGE Winter National Race report: - March

 

After 2 second place finishes with only 4 riders in Pasco, the Challenge crew started where they left off. Our 2 mighty mites Dustin Hammond and Dougie Butcher dominated the 8 expert class all weekend long with Hammond taking 2 first and Butcher taking a 2 on Saturday. 10 year old Alden Volle has been on fire all year, already qualifying and receiving his Top Gun Jacket. Alden started he started off the weekend with a win in 10 yr old cruiser. Alden finished the weekend with a 2nd on cruiser Sunday and a 3 rd and 4th in 10expet. 11 year old Alex Jones looks like he is on his way back to his to form making his mains both days in class and cruiser with a 2nd on cruiser on Sunday and a 4th on class.  In his first race since turning 15,  Dakotah Isenberg took home a 1st on cruiser Saturday and with 45 riders after crashing in the main on Saturday, Isenberg took a big  1st in class on Sunday. Perhaps the best race of the day was in the 31-35 cruiser main between STAATS /Challenge Melvin Shadrick and Linders Brent Pee Wee-Lee. The two had been battling all weekend long with Pee Wee getting the win Saturday. Sunday Shadrick was not to be denied holding off Lee in the final 2 turns for the win.  Heather Allred had her normal stellar weekend with a 1st on Saturday and a 2nd on Sunday in 21-25 cruiser.  Taking a break from her training with horses, 16 yr old Amanda Volle made her mains both days with a 5th on Saturday and a 2nd on Sunday.    

Looks like AA Pro Josh Oie is back on track.  Oie a 2 time back to back Amateur champion and 2005 Rookie of the year looked strong in route to making his AA main Saturday but after hard crashes in each of the first 2 rounds of the main resulting in a slight concussion, the STAATS /Challenge camp determined his weekend was over but was very encouraged with what they saw.   

AA Pro Trevor Fay was back on the track after taking over a year off and becoming a new dad, Chris Westbrook, A Pro Tommy Bellew and Christian Camacho all rode hard and are looking forward to the next race in Bakersfield CA.  

Thanks to our Sponsors: STAATS, CIARI, DC Shoes, FSA, Troy Lee Designs, Tangent, LDC, Electric, Answer, Hot Shoppe Designs, ACS & Challenge Racing.

 Staats Challenge U. S. National race report - April

The STAATS CHALLENGE team was red hot this week-end in Bakersfield California for the ABA US National.  Saturday was all about our talent in the cruiser classes.  With very stiff competition, wins were brought home by Alden Volle in 10 cruiser, Dakota Isenberg in 15 cruiser and Melvin Shadrick in 31-35 cruiser. 8 year old Dustin Hammond brought in a 3rd in 9& under cruiser and Danny Essley and Alex Jones made their cruiser mains as well.  Alex went down hard in cruiser and after a trip to the hospital was out for the rest of the week-end.  Get better fast Alex!!!  In the Saturday class races, 8x was won by Dustin Hammond with a very impressive 2nd by Dougie Butcher.  Saturday was wrapped up by great rides in class by, 10x Alden Volle, 15x Dakota Isenberg, Melvin Shadrick and Chris Westbrook.  Staats Challenge took home the 2nd. place Factory Team honor on Saturday.

Better things were yet to come on Sunday.  It was class dominance on day two of the US National. Wins by Dustin Hammond, Alden Volle, Dakota Isenberg, Melvin Shadrick on cruiser, and great riding by Dougie Butcher, Danny Essley, Christian Camacho, Amanda Volle, and Chris Westbrook, all brought home a huge Factory team win for team Staats Challenge!!!  Celebrating and cheering could be heard from the Staats Challenge compound as the happy team began to realize what they had just accomplished.  Against great competition they had done their sponsors, owners and themselves proud.  It was a week-end to remember and savor at Bakersfield.Staats Challenge took home the 1st. place Factory Team honor on Sunday. The Staats Challenge team looks forward to great things and great racing at possibly one of the best tracks in the ABA, Oak Creek BMX in Roseville, California.  See you all there!!Thanks to our Sponsors: STAATS, CIARI, DC Shoes, FSA, Troy Lee Designs, Tangent, LDC, Electric, Answer, Hot Shoppe Designs, ACS & Challenge Racing.

Staats Challenge Northwest National Race Report - March

Big was not necessarily better this past week-end in Pasco, Washington. 

With a small skeleton team of 4 riders Staats Challenge pulled down 2 second place factory team finishes and held our own amongst the "Big Boys". 

Both days started out with a win in 31 to 35 cruiser by our newest member Melvin Shadrick.  What a smile on this guy's face as he pulled to the finish line in front of all comers!!!

Next was a win by Heather Allred in 21 to 25 girl’s cruiser.  She was the one to beat both days but it couldn't be done. 

Then came little dynamo Dustin Hammond in 8X spinning his way to 2 days worth of wins  in class and open. He was also smiling ear to ear with his double double. 

So all that was left was for our 10x rider, Alden Volle', to do his thing and give Staats Challenge a perfect team sheet to turn in.  And do it he did! Alden dominated all week-end and came home with wins in open, class and cruiser, giving him a triple, triple and a Top Gun jacket as well!! 

So all totaled our little team of 4 took home 14 wins all week-end!  Staats Challenge is so proud of our riders and wants to thank our generous sponsors, our competition and the ABA for a great week-end in the Great northwest! 

See you all in Phoenix with our team roster full and our fabulous trailer all decked out with new designs! 

Thanks to our Sponsors, Staats, DC, Ciari, Ogio, FSA, Tangent, Troy Lee, Electric, Maxxis, Answer, LDC, Hot Shoppe, Finish Line

 Challenge Racing -  Congratulations  - 2006

Alden Volle 2006 NBL National Series Standings 10 Expert #1

Challenge Racing -  Winter National-Phoenix - 2006

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. 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

Challenge Racing -  Great Northwest National-Pasco - 2006

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.

Challenge Racing -  U S National-Roseville - 2006

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,  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

Challenge Racing -  Bakersfield - 2006

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. 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.

Corey Potter

is on leave from the team after 10 years to the Challenge Team.  Corey has joined the U.S. Air Force. Thanks Corey, Be Safe...

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