Manitoba Race Report: Grunthal Centennial Raceway

Jun 23 2009 - 10:19am - quasimoto

Manitoba Race Report: Grunthal Centennial Raceway

Report and Photos by Doug and Troy Engstrom

Round six of the Westside Honda Spring Provincial Championship series headed to Grunthal Centennial Raceway. With rumors floating around about the tracks imminent closure, racers and fans were greeted by a facility uncharacteristically ill prepared to host the event. Some track maintenance at the intermission returned the joy of riding the fabled GCR track to many of the 500 entries in moto two.

Justin Gevoga used his first moto win of the season and a 1-4 day to get on the podium, taking third overall in MX-2 Junior action. Gevoga made another podium appearance in the MX-3 Junior class with his 5-3 finishes giving him third. Finishing ahead of Gevoga in MX-2 was Rio Stoesz and Carson Wiebe while Stoesz and Sidney Froese grabbed the first two spots in MX-3

Tyler Groening (61) was locked in battle for two motos with Tye Beischer (222) in the 50cc 7-8 class. Beischer came out ahead on this day taking fourth overall with 5-4 rides to Groening’s 4-5 finishes behind the podium of Jaxton Unrau, Radek Unrau and Adam Wiebe.

It was nice to see Sun & Snow’s Danny Winistok back on the track after he suffered a nasty get off at round three of the series. Winistok went 2-3 for third overall behind Kim Houde and Renold Sawatsky in the 40+ class.

Tanner Garnham made it to the podium in the 65cc 10-11 class finishing second overall between Jordan Devloo and Dylan Williamson.

Ryan Linto picked up a pair of second place overall finishes in the 85cc 12-16 and Supermini classes. Linto finished behind double class winner Richmond Morin and ahead of Mark Sexton in Supermini and Brayden Blaine in 85’s.

Randall Klassen made a pair of podium appearances taking both motos and the overall in the 40+ B class as well finishing third overall in the Vet Junior class with 4-2 finishes.

Headingley Sport Shops Steven Navitka made his second appearance of the 2009 season at GCR. Navitka took home second place money in MX-2 Pro behind Formula Suzuki’s Aaron Pfrimmer and ahead of Transcanada Motorsports Connor Kroeker.

Not content to let Dad bring home all the hardware, Randy Klassen finished on the last step of the box in the MX-1 Junior class behind Stefan Rohm and Ian Smith.

Kim Houde picked up his first Vet Master overall of the season with a 2-1 day.

Brandon Berard rode to victory in the first moto of the 50cc 4-6 class and secured the overall with a fourth place moto two finish. Following Berard to the podium was Kasen Andrushko and Brandon Millard.

Dan Gavel walked away from the ATV Pro class in both motos. Mike Mooney and Jordan Harms round out the podium positions.

Gisele DeKoninck seemed raring to go right from the drop of the gate when she grabbed a moto one holeshot in the Ladies class. DeKoninck put in a pair of third place finishes for third overall behind Jamie Burmey and Lauren Gilmore.

Samuel Morin made one of his infrequent appearances in the MX-2 Intermediate class. Morin took the last step on the box with 3-4 moto scores behind the 1-1 day of Josh Pfrimmer and the 2-2 day of Stuart Brincheski.

James Freudenberg just missed the podium with a fourth place finish in the Youth B main. The Youth B podium was Brayden Foster, Dylan Wiebe and Kirk Green.

Nathan Williamson made his second podium appearance of the season, taking third overall in the 65cc 7-9 class.

Johnnie Unrau picked up the second place money in the 25+ class behind David Ledarney and ahead of Luke Macfadden.

Cole DeKoninck fresh from a near miss at his Loretta Lynn’s Regional Qualifier battled tooth and nail for a pair of moto wins and the overall in the 85cc 7-11 class. DeKoninck was joined on the podium by Jordan Devloo and series points leader Brett Foster.

Cole Viskup picked up the win in the ATV Beginner class with 1-2 finishes.

Madison McAlinden came out on top of the Little Ladies class taking both moto wins.

Westside Honda’s Eddie Anderson had a monster day at GCR. Anderson took all four moto victories and the overalls in the MX-1 Pro and the Youth classes.

Landon Stephenson appears to have a renewed drive in 2009. Stephenson just missed the MX-1 Intermediate podium taking fourth overall with a 5-3 day. The podium consisted of Josh Pfrimmer (1-1), Lindsay Masse (2-2) and Chris Giesbrecht (3-4)