Black and White Rider Pics from Gopher Dunes
By Billy Rainford
I haven’t had time to get sarcastic with a ‘Faces at the Races‘ column this week, so let’s just have a look at a few rider pics from Gopher Dunes with an artsy black and white/vignette treatment…
#818 Cindy Trudel is our Out of the Blue featured rider this week 
Winning never gets old, just ask #1 Nathan Bles 
#325 Tallon Unger and his dad, Trevor Unger 
#118 Chris DaSilva had probably the best ‘stay calm under pressure’ moment you’ve ever seen 
#30 Hayden Halstead would have been in the US racing the AMA circuit 
Cale Foster and Marco Cannella have their eyes focused on a podium 
Look at that head of hair on #19 Marshal Weltin! #jealousbaldguy 
#381 Jacob Piccolo had his breakout ride going in moto 2 on Sunday 
#17 Cheyenne Harmon will be the first to tell you he wanted more last week 
#32 William Crete quietly had some very solid rides Sunday 
#119 Jared Petruska had a scary crash off the side of the old finish line and was done for the day 
#92 Richard Taylor will fit in nicely, with a good start 
#11 Davey Fraser had two great starts Sunday 
Top Intermediate rider, #223 Austin Jones 
#437 is Kyle King 
#154 Travis Ford kept the old guys happy by ripping a 2-stroke 
With this number comes great irresponsibility… 
#767 Justin Barnhart will put his time at Club MX to use this season 
Was it hot and crazy tough on Sunday? Ask #18 Tanner Ward! 
Matt Bannon in the “new normal” 
Weltin took 2nd overall 
Cale and Marco again 
Marco snagged 2nd in the final moto 
#15 Jess Pettis will be very tough to beat 
#2 Matt Goerke’s weekend started out a little rocky 
He managed to take 3rd overall 
Phil Nicoletti after the 3rd moto, where he took 2nd 
Funny how winning keeps you feeling fresh 
Matt getting ready for his live TV interview
