Chaparral Motorsports/Bar X Motorsports/Suzuki Amateur MX Team Members Race Their Way To 2017 AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship
June 20, 2017 (San Bernardino, CA)-Chaparral Motorsports is proud
to announce that every member of the Chaparral Motorsports/Bar X
Motorsports/Suzuki
Amateur Race Team: Cole Barbieri, McClellan Hile, Brock Bennett,
and Brock Papi have all earned guaranteed spots to the 2017 AMA
Amateur National Motocross Championship. Two weeks ago Barbieri,
McClellan, and Hile got their tickets punched for the Nationals
while racing the Northwest Regional Qualifier at Washougal and a
week later Papi scored his pass racing the Mid-West Regional at
Hangtown.
Cole Barbieri (#972) from Ukiah, California, has had a great series
racing an
RM-Z450 in the Open Pro Sport class and a RM-Z250 in the 250A
class. Barbieri secured spots for the Nationals in both the Open
Pro Sport and 250A classes at the Washougal Regional event. In the
Open Pro Sport he went 3-2 for a second place overall finish and
then followed up with another 3-2 and second place in the 250A
Class.
McClellan Hile (#505)
from Atascadero, California, has also been riding the Suzuki
RM-Z450 and
RM-Z250. At the beginning of April he placed 7th in
the 450B class at the Southwest Region Area Qualifier held at Glen
Helen. Then at the Washougal Regional he went 3-6 for a fourth
place overall finish in the 250B Class and placed second overall by
going 3-3 in the Schoolboy 2 (12-17) B/C Class.
Brock Bennett (#211)
from Bakersfield, California, has been racing remarkably on his
Suzuki RM85. He nearly had a clean sweep at the Northwest Region
Area Qualifier held at Albany MX Park, where he took first place in
85cc (9-12), Mini Sr 1 (12-13) and Mini Sr 2 (12-14), and then
grabbed third in the Supermini 1 (12-15). At the Washougal
Regional, Bennett scored guaranteed spots for the Nationals aboard
his
RM85 in the 85cc (9-12) and Mini Sr 2 (12-14) classes by
finishing in third place and second place overall respectively.
Brock Papi (#14) from
Clermont, Florida, has also been pulling double duty aboard an
RM-Z250 and a RM-Z450. At the Mid-West Regional held at Hangtown,
Papi raced his way to three guaranteed spots for Nationals by
taking third overall in the 250B class and first overall in both
the 450B and Schoolboy 2 (12-17) classes. In the 250B Class he went
2-3 and then followed that up with spectacular 1-1 finish in the
450B Class and a 3-1 in the Schoolboy 2 (12-17) Class.
The AMA National Motocross Championship is the premiere event in
amateur motocross racing and has been held annually at the ranch of
famed country music star Loretta Lynn in Hurricane Mills,
Tennessee, since 1982. With 55 Area Qualifiers held all throughout
the country and 13 Regional Championships, the program to the
Nationals provides riders across the country stepping stones to the
big dance at Loretta's. After qualifying for the Regionals from an
Area Qualifier, riders need to place either 4th or
better or 6th or better (depending on the region) in
order to get a guaranteed slot for the Nationals. More than 20,000
racers compete for one of 1,482 spots in the 38 classes at the
Nationals, making the event a great opportunity to get noticed by
potential sponsors and race teams. The 2017 AMA Amateur National
Motocross Championship will take place Monday, July 31 through
Saturday, August 5.
In preparation for the National Championship, all four Chaparral
Motorsports/ Bar X Motorsports/Suzuki team members along with team
manager, industry veteran, Larry Brooks, will be heading to Mammoth
Lakes for the Monster Energy Mammoth Motocross June
17th-25th. This year marks the
50th Anniversary of the Mammoth Motocross, the oldest
continuously running motocross event in the USA. Almost as popular
as the AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship, the Mammoth
Motocross has become another prime event for amateur racers to
break out amongst the ranks. Barbieri, Hile, Bennett, and Papi are
all looking forward to the Mammoth series where they hope to
continue their great success and continue to make names for
themselves.
About Chaparral Motorsports
Chaparral Motorsports started as a family motorcycle parts business
in 1980 and now encompasses a 160,000 square-foot footprint in San
Bernardino, California. Recognized as one of the largest motorcycle
dealerships in the country, Chaparral Motorsports offers a great
selection of parts, accessories, riding gear, motorcycle tires for
dirt bikes street bikes, ATVs and UTVs. Over its 37 years in
business, Chaparral Motorsports has developed into a multi-line
motorcycle, ATV and UTV superstore, offering vehicles from Honda,
Yamaha, Kawasaki, KTM, Suzuki, Can-Am, Victory, Polaris, and Kymco.
For more information on Chaparral Motorsports, visit www.chaparral-racing.com.
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