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36 MPG • AUGUST • 2018
THE USUAL SUSPECTS
DYLAN GREER
Dylan Greer spent a couple of years away from the Ranch between 2013 and 2016, but he returned to Hurricane Mills in fine form, taking home a fourth place overall finish in the School- boy 2 class. The Floridian made the jump to the
A class for the 2017 racing season and wasn’t able to rediscover the same form as the previous season, but he’s ready to give it another shot after a year’s worth of experience in the expert division. The Yamaha rider started off the season with a plethora of overall victories at the Florida Winter Am Series before capturing a fifth place
in the 250 A Class at the Daytona RCSX. Greer was scheduled to compete at the JS7 Freestone Spring Championship, but wasn’t able to do so after a crash from Daytona proved to be worse than the initial diagnosis confirmed. He returned to competition at the Southeast Regional Quali- fier at WW Ranch, trading first and second place overall with Carter Halpain in Open Pro Sport and 250 A. Although Greer didn’t have a full season
of preparation for the Ranch this year, he could easily ruffle some feathers in the A class when the board goes sideways in Hurricane Mills.
TALON HAWKINS
Talon Hawkins did what most amateur motocross riders dream of and scored
a top ten finish at the Loretta Lynn Amateur National Championship in his very first attempt, recording eighth place overall in the 85cc (9-12) class back in 2016. The Californian didn’t repeat the same success last year in the Mini Sr. divisions, but he’s since moved up to the Supermini classes. Hawkins started the year off with a couple of wins in the now defunct AMA Arenacross Series and then moved onto the JS7 Freestone Spring Championship, scoring two top ten overall finishes in Supermini 2 and Mini Sr. 2 (12-14). The Fasthouse rider landed two fifth place overall finishes at the California Classic in the Supermini classes and found his way onto the box in the Mini Sr. 2 class, finishing third overall. He took on the challenge of contesting both Supermini classes at the Northwest Regional qualifier, leaving the Mini Sr. class behind, and the move paid off as he qualified comfortably in both divisions. Hawkins was one of
the most impressive riders at Mam- moth Mountain Motocross, collecting
a number one plate in the vintage
class as well as a pair of second place overall finishes in Supermini. It’s easy to assume that the Californian will break back into the top ten this year at the Ranch, but the sky is really the limit for the teenager.
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