Districts 15 and 17 held their 2008 opening night of the hill climb season at the Pleasure Riders M/C near Cayuga, Indiana on Saturday night, May 3.  Young Shane Green, from Georgetown, Illinois, had a   perfect night, winning all three classes he entered, and posting the top 4 fast times.

            Green’s first win came in the 250cc class where he had to come from behind after crashing at 146 feet on his first ride.  Matt Altfillisch set the first round time to beat with a 5.412 second run, but Green shocked the class on his second ride, posting a 4.842 second time on his YZ250 to take a commanding  class lead and set the Fast Time to that point of the evening.  Chad Altfillisch claimed second with a 5.208 second time on his Honda with John Colbert third.

            Green didn’t mess around in the 450cc class, flying his KTM380 over the top in 4.847 seconds on his first ride to set the Fast Time for the first round.  Chad Altfillisch claimed second in 5.071 seconds with Scott Pearson third.

            In 600cc action, everyone expected Green to post a lower 4 second run on his first ride, but he caught too much air off the second breaker of the 155 foot hill and had to recover from a near crash, posting a 5.481 second time, leaving him in third place behind Randy Trosper (5.213) and John Colbert (5.365).  In the second round, however, Green unleashed an incredible 4.457 second high flying ride on his KX500 to blow away the competition, taking his third class win and a convincing Fast Time of the night.  Trosper responded with a 5.047 second run to retain second, with ‘Big Al’ Petty moving into third with a 5.344 second time on his KX500.  

   Green’s 250cc time was second fastest of the night, while his 450cc class times were third and fourth fastest.  Randy ‘Rocketman’ Trosper was his closest challenger for Fast time with a 4.879 second winning time in the Senior (+40) class.

            Joe ‘Jammin Joe’ McGurer also had a perfect night, taking the wins in his two classes, and taking the Youth Fast Time trophy.  Joe won the 85cc Senior Mini class with a 5.683 second time which was also good for the Youth Fast Time. 

Joe then rode his KX125 with the ‘big boys’ in the 125cc class, and claimed that win with a 5.201 second first round time.  Young Brett Kalaher claimed second with a 5.385 second time on his Yamaha, with the Altfillisch brothers taking the next two spots.

Trosper was also a double class winner. He delivered two very good times of 4.879 and 5.061 seconds on his CR500 to win the Senior (+40) class, with Mike Bacon second in 4.982 seconds. Trosper then took the Open Stock class win on a Honda, with the top two times of 5.203 and 5.120 seconds to claim the win with Kyle Galloway running second in 5.228 seconds.

Green continued his dominant riding on Sunday in the second day of the doubleheader, again winning all three of his classes and taking the top two fast times.  His 4.827 second first round run on his YZ250 was good enough for the win in the 250cc class, but he bettered it himself with an even quicker 4.652 second run on his second ride, which turned out to be the 4^th fastest ride of the day.  The Altfillisch brothers claimed the 2d and 3^rd place spots.

In 450cc class action, Green immediately posted the class leading time with a 4.532 second time to set the class lead and a new Fast Time on his KTM.  Just as in the 250 class, he was even faster on his second ride, blitzing the hill in 4.413 seconds, which was the fastest time of the entire day.  John Michael Gocken claimed second with a 4.904 second run oh his CRF450 with Chad Altfillisch in third place on his Honda.

Green flew his KX500 high over the hill in 4.465 seconds on his first ride to take the lead in the 600cc class, and set a Fast Time to that point.  Dr. John Colbert was his closest competitor both in the 600cc class and overall fast time, with a fine 4.586 second run on his first ride, followed by a 4.514 second time in the second round.  That time was third fastest of the day for the Springfield dentist on his Honda.  Randy Trosper was third on his Honda.

Joe McGurer repeated his Youth Fast Time performance of the night before with a 5.359 second winning time in the 85cc Senior Mini class. 

Trosper repeated his double class wins of the night before by winning both the Senior and Open Stock classes on his CR500 Hondas.

Riders who repeated their Saturday single class wins included Clint Garriott (50cc), Cole Garriott (65cc), Keith Klett (200cc), Paul Hillard (750cc), ‘R.J.’ Watson (Open), and Mike Bacon (Super Senior +50).

RESULTS: (Saturday, May 3, 2008)

50cc: 1.Clint Garriott 2.Reece Hutton, 3.McKhan Brown, 4.Kasadee Ryan, 5.Jordan Brown.

65cc: 1.Cole Garriott, 2.Reece Hutton, 3.Dakota ‘D.J.’ Watson, 4.Ali Harnish.

85cc Sr: 1. ‘Jammin Joe’ McGurer.

125cc: 1.’Jammin Joe’ McGurer, 2.Brett Kalaher, 3.Matt Altfillisch, 4.Chad Altfillisch, 5.Dylan Brady.

200CC: 1.Keith Klett.

250cc: 1.Shane Green, 2.Chad Altfillisch, 3.John Colbert, 4.Matt Altfillisch, 5.Schuyler Kalaher.

450cc: 1.Shane Green, 2.Chad Altfillisch, 3.Scott Pearson, 4.Gordon Green, 5.Dan Groth.

600cc: 1.Shane Green, 2.Randy Trosper, 3.Al Petty, 4.Scott Petty, 5.Bobby Senn.

600 4-St: 1.Matt Altfillisch, 2.Bobby Senn, 3.Dan Groth, 4.Gordon Green, 5.Brian Klett.

750cc: 1.Paul Hillard, 2.’Fast Andy’ Fortner, 3.Bobby Senn, 4.Chris Senn, 5.Marcus Brown.

OPN: 1.Robert ‘R.J.’ Watson, 2. Paul Hillard.

+40: 1.Randy Trosper, 2.Mike Bacon, 3.Scott Petty, 4.Scott Pearson, 5.Mike Pulver.

+50:  1.Mike Bacon, 2.Steve Horath, 3.Keith Klett.

400 STK: 1.Mike Pulver, 2.Andy Fortner, 3.Kyle Galloway, 4.Danny Schumann, 5.John Colbert.

OPN STK: 1.Randy Trosper, 2.Kyle Galloway, 3.Mike Pulver, 4.Scott Pearson.

QUAD – 2St: 1.Wade Garriott, 2.Ryan Garriott, 3.Paul Hillard, 4.Evan Zimmerman, 5.David Brown.

QUAD – 4St: 1.Jim Mahan, 2.Jeff Ramey, 3.Mark Parker, 4.David Brown, 5.Marty Thayer.

YOUTH FAST TIME:  JOE ‘JAMMIN JOE’ McGURER, 5.683, KX85

AMATEUR FAST TIME: SHANE GREEN, 4.457, KX500

RESULTS: (Sunday, May 4, 2008)

50cc:  1.Clint Garriott, 2.Reece Hutton, 3.Kasadee Ryan, 4.Cline Garriott, 5.Jordan Brown.

65cc:  1.Cole Garriott, 2.Dakota ‘D.J’ Watson, 3.Alissa Harnish, 4.Reece Hutton.

85 Sr: 1.Joe ‘Jammin Joe’ McGurer.

125cc: 1.Chad Altfillisch, 2.Matt Altfillisch, 3.Joe McGurer, 4.Brett Kalaher, 5.Randy McIlrath.

200cc: 1.Keith Klett.

250cc: 1.Shane Green, 2.Chad Altfillisch, 3.Matt Altfillisch, 4.Schuyler Kalaher, 5.Zack Brown.

450cc: 1.Shane Green, 2.John Michael Gocken, 3.Chad Altfillisch, 4.Dan Groth, 5.Gordon Green.

600cc: 1.Shane Green, 2.John Colbert, 3.Randy Trosper, 4.Scott Petty, 5.Al Petty.

600 4St: 1.Gordon Green, 2.Matt Altfillisch, 3.Bobby Senn, 4.Brian Klett, 5.Dan Groth.

750cc: 1.Paul Hillard, 2.Bobby Senn, 3.Chris Senn, 4.Marcus Brown.

OPN: 1.Robert ‘R.J.’ Watson, 2.Paul Hillard.

+40: 1.Randy Trosper, 2.Mike Bacon, 3.Scott Petty, 4.Mike Pulver.

+50: 1. Mike Bacon, 2.Steve Horath, 3.Keith Klett.

400 Stk: 1.Kyle Galloway, 2.John Colbert, 3.Gordon Green, 4.Mike Pulver, 5.Zack Brown.

Opn Stk: 1.Randy Trosper, 2.Mike Pulver, 3.John Michael Gocken, 4.Kyle Galloway.

QUAD 2St: 1.Evan Zimmerman, 2.Ryan Garriott, 3.Brad Franklin, 4.Wade Garriott, 5.Paul Hillard.

QUAD 4St:  1.Jeff Ramey, 2.Brad Franklin, 3.Mark Parker, 4.Jim Mahan, 5.David Brown.

YOUTH FAST TIME: JOE ‘JAMMIN JOE’ McGURER, 5.359, KX85

AMATEUR FAST TIME: SHANE GREEN, 4.413, KTM380

Kasadee Ryan	Cole Gariott	Chad Altfillisch
David Brown	UFQ sighting (Unidentified Flying Quad)	'Jammin Joe' McGurer, 3 class wins, Youth Fast Time both days Shane Green, SIX class wins, Fast Time both days