After finishing 11th in the qualifier, Kitchen jumped up to an impressive lead in the 450 Pro Sport SX race and never looked back, as he and fellow Yamaha rider Kaeden Amerine checked out on the rest of the pack after the start of the 12-lap main event. Kitchen was spectacular in the A and Pro classes. Once in front, Deegan opened up the lead during the final few laps to take the win over Cochran, who passed Allen with two laps to go.ĭeegan also won the Supermini 1 (12-15) MX overall ahead of Cochran with Team Green Kawasaki’s Krystain Janik third. In the Supermini 2 (13-16) MX final, Collin Allen jumped out front, with Deegan on his heels. Wood finished second for second overall (2-2) and Bareneche finished third in the final and third overall with a 5-3 score.ĭeegan managed to take two races from Cochran, the only rider to do so. Cochran rode a mistake-free race to take the win and the overall. The final order at the finish was Cochran, Deegan, Smerlick and Allen.ĭuring the motocross races, Cochran jumped out early in the final in the Mini SR 2 final, leading KTM riders Thomas Wood and Agustin Bareneche into the first lap. “We went back and forth for a second and then I went under him in the last corner and won the race.” “When I lost my brakes, I couldn’t push as hard as I wanted to, so Haiden caught me and then he passed me on the last lap,” said Cochran. With two laps to go, Deegan made a run at Cochran for the lead when Cochran lost his rear brakes. ![]() A lap later, Deegan passed both Allen and Smerlick for second and set his sights on Cochran. Meanwhile, as KTM riders Collin Allen and Jude Smerlick were fighting over second, KTM Orange Brigade’s Haiden Deegan had managed to gain ground and now had the two riders in his sights. Cochran consistently ran lap times that were clearly faster than his nearest competitors, as the Florida rider pulled away out front. One of the most spectacular races involving Cochran was the Supermini 2 (13-16) supercross race. Evan Ferry captured multiple wins, as well as earning the VP Ironman Award, on his two-stroke Husqvarna. Other special award winners included the Diamond Award, which was won by Jayden Clough the VP Ironman Award, won by Evan Ferry the Oakley Over-The-Top Award, given to Henry Karvasaek the Nihilo Prodigy Award, won by Eiden Steinbrecher the Mini E Olympiad KTM Stacyc Award, given to Gavin McCoy, and the Renthal Mechanic of the Year Award, handed to Miles Atkinson. Lineville won supercross titles in the 250 B, 450 B Limited, and a motocross title in the 250 B Limited class. The Scott Golden Goggle Award, which goes to the rider in the 250 and 450 B and C classes who accumulates the highest number of points in the supercross main and motocross overall combined, went to Rock River Yamaha’s Gage Linville. Kitchen took supercross titles in 250 A, 450 A, 450 Pro Sport and 250 Pro Sport classes, and motocross titles in the 250 Pro Sport and 450 Pro Sport classes. Like Cochran, the Rock River Yamaha rider also won six titles, with Nate Thrasher playing the foil, keeping Kitchen from winning eight titles. The Dunlop Silver Tire Award, awarded to the rider in the Pro and A classes that accumulates the highest number of points in the supercross main and motocross overall combined, was won by Kitchen. “It means a lot to get those special awards that only a few people can say they’ve ever gotten.” “It’s awesome to get those awards because of all the people that have gotten them before me, great riders,” said Cochran. He was second in the Supermini 1 (12-15) MX and Supermini 2 (13-16) MX. In total, Cochran took six Championships: Supermini 1 (12-15) SX Supermini 2 (13-16) SX Mini Sr. ![]() Florida’s own Casey Cochran was the top Minicycle racer. The Thor Bronze Boot Award is given to the rider in the 65cc, 85cc, Mini Sr., Supermini and Schoolboy classes that accumulates the highest number of points in the supercross main and motocross overall combined, and the Pro Circuit Platinum Pipe Award is given to the rider who accumulates the highest number of points in the supercross main and motocross overall combined. Casey Cochran, of Clermont, Florida, emerged as the top Minicycle rider and Levi Kitchen, of Washougal, Washington, rose to the top of the Pro ranks.Ĭochran, a privateer riding GasGas machinery, went home with two of some of the week’s most prestigious awards, the Thor Bronze Boot Award and the Pro Circuit Platinum Pipe Award. And through it all, a number of champions were crowned, including the top Minicycle and A-class riders. Casey Cochran, Levi Kitchen star in Florida Mini O’s The 49th running of the Thor Mini O’s saw a record turnout at Gatorback Cycle Ranch in Florida.Ī record turnout for the 49th running of the Thor Mini O’s packed the Gatorback Cycle Ranch in Gainesville, Florida, which forced organizers to extend racing an extra day to get all of the motos in.
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