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After five grueling eight-mile loops through thick and twisted single track, 21-year-old Kyle Beshaw took his first series overall win at the Arizona Motorcycle Riders Association Desert Scrambles at RockStars Ranch in Superior, Arizona.
Beshaw, an open A rider, took the lead from Travis Schultz after battling through a gnarly section of mud and tough rocky uphills, and ended up winning the overall by less than a minute.
"This race course was killer," Beshaw laughed, "and really tight" tighter than any other race I've done. But I have to say it was a lot of fun. The washes were fun to go through, but up on top of the hills it was really slick "that's where I crashed the most."
Beshaw said he went down on one of the hills and for a minute blocked the trail when Schultz met up with him and pushed him all the way up that section. They battled back and forth for most of that lap.
"Just after beginning the last lap Kyle got by me in the open stream section," Schultz remembered. "I hung with him and was faster until we came to the one mud hole on the track and a lapper was stuck in the main line. Kyle went inside and I went outside and got caught up. That one mistake gave Kyle the lead he needed to hold on until the end."
| Beshaw takes his first AMRA overall win at the RockStars Ranch Desert Scrambles in Superior, Arizona. |
Beshaw's Average speed was 20 mph. "One of the reason I race AMRA events is because they aren't fast. They do a great job finding and improving technical courses that require skill," he said.
Beshaw's young enthusiasm helped to beat out experienced and skilled riders that he generally looked up to, including Ken Kozlik, who ended up third to Schultz by half a minute. Kozlik took the overall at the Sycamore Creek event last November, and is turning into a legend as he consistently places high in AMRA events.
Don Hood, AMA representative for District 31 in Arizona, said this was the first race he had been a participant in after 12 years.
"Hats off to the Rock Stars for creating a great course that had a little bit of everything. The single track was tight and twisty with a number of ravines and creeks to snake in and out of. I never would have thought you could get 5 miles of trail on 100 acres but they did it."
"Having the spectators all over the place cheering you on is also a blast. I yelled back and it was just a fun atmosphere," Hood said.
Schutltz felt the same way. "I know the fans loved the action at the front as well, I could really hear them yelling every time we came through the stream section. The event overall was fantastic."
AMRA was formed in 2004 by a group of avid racers looking to add opportunities for slower, more technical races in Arizona. This is the second race of the 2005 AMRA Desert Scrambles series.
AMRA Desert Scrambles
RockStars Ranch Scramble
Superior, Arizona
MARCH 12, 2005
http://www.amraracing.com
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