Jared McKay had a good weekend, despite a painful crash, at the Pleasure Riders doubleheader weekend. He was a double class winner on Saturday night, taking the wins in both the 600cc and Open Stock classes. Mark Schroeder ruined his perfect night by beating him in the 250cc class and taking the fast time award with a time of 4.379 seconds. McKay was second behind Schroeder in both the 250cc class with a time of 4.681 seconds, and in the Fast Time contest, as he posted a 4.439 second time for that win. He also crashed hard on his CR450F on his second ride in the Open Stock class, painfully twisting his knee and damaging his bike to the extent it could not run on Sunday.

    On Sunday, McKay was obviously still in pain as he walked (limped), but you couldn’t tell it from the way he rode. He first won the 250cc class with a 4.430 second time on his YZ250, just enough to edge Schroeder who had to settle for second with a 4.440 second run on his Yamaha. Riding his KX540 in the 600cc class, McKay won the class again with a 4.231 second ride in the second round, overtaking ‘Fast Andy’ Fortner who had posted a 4.279 second class leading fast time in the first round. The time would hold up for Fast Time of the Day. McKay wasn’t quite done yet, however, as he came back to win the King of the Hill shootout for the ten fastest riders, giving him three class wins and Fast Time – a perfect day!

    Schroeder did get a win on Sunday to go with his Fast Time win of the night before, posting a 4.560 second time to win the 400cc Stock class – not too big a surprise as he is the defending 2003 National Champion in that class.

    The Pleasure Riders also give a Youth Fast Time award, and Kieven Hillard claimed it on Saturday night with a 5.634 second winning time in the 85cc Senior Mini Class. Mike Popham claimed the big trophy on Sunday with an outstanding 5.193 second run on his YZ85.

    In other youth class action, ‘Jammin Joe’ McGurer had a good weekend with three class wins. Joe won both the 65cc and 85cc Junior Mini classes on Saturday, and on Sunday repeated the win in the 65cc class and took second place in the 85cc class behind district point leader Caleb Emory.

    The ‘Golden Gockens’ had another good weekend also. Young Matt took the wins in the 50cc automatic class on both days, while brother John Michael was a double class winner on Saturday, riding Jared McKay’s CR450F to the win in the 600cc 4-Stroke class, and his YZ250 to the 400cc Stock class win.

    The Pleasure Rider’s next hill climb weekend will be the State Championship weekend on August 21 & 22. The Saturday night race will be the Illinois State Championship, and a District 17 card is required to be eligible for the championship trophies. Those with a District 15 card only will be allowed to compete for their D-15 points only, and not be eligible for the trophies. On Sunday, the Indiana State Championships will be run, and a District 15 card is required to qualify for the state championship trophies. Those riders with a District 17 card only will be allowed to compete for their D-17 points, but not be eligible for the trophies.

50cc Auto: 1.Matt Gocken (KTM), 2.Garrett Holycross (KTM), 3.Cole Garriott (Pol), 4.Jeremiah Lyday (Cob), 5.Logan Moody (Pol).

65cc: 1.’Jammin Joe’ McGurer (Kaw), 2.Matt Gocken (Kaw), 3.Brett Kalaher (Kaw), 4.Jared Keller (Hon).

85cc Jr: 1.’Jammin Joe’ McGurer (Kaw), 2.Caleb Emory (Kaw), 3.Dylan Brady (Hon), 4.Drew Daniels (KTM), 5.Chris Peters (Yam).

85cc Sr: 1.Kieven Hillard (Kaw), 2.Shane Green (Yam), 3.Blake Cappello (Kaw), 4.Mike Popham (Yam), 5.Justin James (Kaw).

125cc: 1.Richard Miller III (Kaw), 2.Mike Popham (Yam), 3.Brent Bowman (Hon), 4.Shane Green (Yam), 5.Kevin Bond (Hon).

200cc: Jake Tackitt (Kaw), 2.Jimmy Cox (Kaw), 3.Gordon Green (Kaw), 4.Chris Peters (Kaw), 5.Lisa Ellis (Kaw).

250cc: 1.Mark Schroeder (Yam), 2.Jared McKay (Yam), 3.Jon Creek (Suz), 4.Josh Mingee (Hon), 5.Rod Kalaher (Kaw).

450cc: 1.Gordon Green (KTM), 2.John M Gocken (Hon), 3.Mike Bacon (Yam), 4.Mike Peters (Yam), 5.Will Dalenburg (Hon).

600cc: 1.Jared McKay (Kaw), 2.Justin Trent (Hon), 3.Jake Tackitt (Hon), 4.Jason Northrup (Hon), 5.Josh Denson (Kaw).

600cc 4-St: 1.John Michael Gocken (Hon), 2.Jake Popham (Yam), 3.Mike Peters (Yam), 4.Josh Denson (KTM).

750cc: 1.Paul Hillard (Kaw), 2.Josh Brown (Yam), 3.Jason Northrup (Kaw).

OPEN: 1.Scott Sheets (H-D), 2.Jason Northrup (Tri).

SENR: 1.Kevin McKay (Kaw), 2.Mike Bacon (Yam), 3.Mark Peters (KTM), 4.Scott Petty (Hon), 5.Ron Todd (Kaw).

SSNR: 1.Ron Todd (Kaw), 2.Billy Pearson (Suz), 3.Keith Klett (KTM), 4.Bud Northrup (Hon), 5.Chuck Schroeder (Kaw).

PROD: 1.Scott Sheets (H-D), 2.Bud Northrup (Tri).

400 Stk: 1.John Michael Gocken (Yam), 2.Richard Miller III (Kaw), 3.Mark Schroeder (Yam), 4.Jake Tackitt (Hon), 5.Rod Kalaher (Kaw).

OPN STK: 1.Jared McKay (Will Dalenburg (Hon), 3.Mike Bacon (Mai), 4.Jeff Jack (Kaw), 5.Brian Klett (Yam).

2-St QUAD: 1.Brad Franklin (Suz), 2.Wade Garriott (Hon), 3.Ryan Garriott (Suz), 4.Paul Hillard (Yam), 5.Mark Crum (Yam).

4-St QUAD: 1.Mark Crum (Hon), 2.Tony Kinsler (Bom), 3.Jim Mahan (Hon), 4.Luke Luck (Hon), 5.Jim Bray (Suz).

50CC Auto: 1.Matt Gocken (KTM), 2.Cole Garriott (Pol), 3.Jeremiah (Cob), 4.Garett Holycross (KTM), 5.Logan Moody (Pol).

65cc: 1.’Jammin Joe’ McGurer (Kaw), 2.Brett Kalaher (Kaw), 3.Matt Gocken (Kaw), 4.Jared Keller (Hon).

85cc Jr: 1.Caleb Emory (Kaw), 2.Joe McGurer (Kaw), 3.Jake Wood (Suz), 4.Dylan Brady (Hon), 5.Chris Peters (Yam).

85cc Sr: 1.Mike Popham (Yam), 2.Shane Green (Yam), 3.Blake Cappello (Kaw), 4.Justin James (Kaw), 5.Kieven Hillard (Kaw).

125cc: 1. R.D. Miller III, 2.Kevin D. Bond (Hon), 3.Mike Popham (Yam), 4.Shane Green (Yam), 5.Justin Trent (Hon).

200cc: 1.Gordon Green (Kaw), 2.Jake Tackitt (Kaw), 3.Jimmy Cox (Kaw), 4.Chris Peters (Kaw), 5.Keith Klett (Kaw).

250cc: 1.Jared McKay (Yam), 2.Mark Schroeder (Yam), 3.Jon Creek (Suz), 4.Matt Peters (Hon), 5.Josh Mingee (Hon).

450cc: 1.Matt Peters (KTM), 2.Mike Bacon (Yam), 3.Josh Denson (KTM), 4.Gordon Green (KTM), 5.Mike Peters (Yam).

600cc: 1.Jared McKay (Kaw), 2.Andy Fortner (Hon), 3.Jake Tackitt (Hon), 4.Josh Denson (Kaw), 5.Justin Trent (Hon).

600cc 4-Stk: 1.Josh Denson (Ktm), 2.Jake Popham (Yam), 3.Mike Peters (Yam).

750cc: 1.Paul Hillard (Kaw), 2.Josh Brown (Yam).

OPEN: 1.Scott Sheets (H-D), 2.Steve Shafer (H-D).

SENR: 1.Scott Petty (Hon), 2.Ron Todd (Kaw), 3.Mike Bacon (Yam), 4.Jeff Jack (Kaw), 5.Steve Shafer (H-D).

SSNR: 1.Ron Todd (Kaw), 2.Billy Pearson (Suz), 3.Keith Klett (KTM), 4.Bud Northrup (Hon), 5.Chuck Schroeder (Kaw).

PROD: 1.Scott Sheets (H-D), 2.Bob Fisher (H-D).

400 Stk: 1.Mark Schroeder (Yam), 2.Jake Tackitt (Kaw), 3.Rod Kalaher (Kaw), 4.John Michael Gocken (Yam), 5.R.J. Watson (Hon).

OPN Stk: 1.Will Dalenburg (Hon), 2.Mike Bacon (Mai), 3.Jeff Jack (Kaw), 4.Bud Northrup (Hon).

2-St QUAD: 1.Wade Garriott (Hon), 2.Brad Franklin (Suz), 3.Ryan Garriott (Suz), 4.Paul Hillard (Yam), 5.Jim Mahan (Hon).

4-St QUAD: 1.Mark Crum (Hon), 2.Jim Mahan (Hon), 3.Luke Luck (Hon), 4.Jim Bray (Suz).

KOTH: 1.Jared McKay (Kaw), 2.Justin Trent (Hon), 3.Mark Schroeder (Yam), 4.Jake Popham (Yam), 5.John Michael Gocken (Hon).