After a not so cold Minnesota winter, the 2002 District 23 hillclimbing season opened at the Indianhead Cycle Club’s grounds in Red Wing, Minnesota. The weekend of racing began with a practice day on the hill so riders would have a chance to tune their bikes and refine their skills on Red Wing’s hill. When Sunday rolled around, they were ready to go.

Going into the 80 Open, Open class national champion Todd Cipala had the fastest time of the day with a time of 5.880 seconds. First up to the line was 600 class winner Brent Donaldson. He had a run of 6.326 seconds on his KTM, but his lead was short lived when Park River, North Dakota’s Dan Dvorak flew up the hill in 6.035 seconds to take the lead. Dvorak’s time stood through out the class with the only real close call coming from La Valle, Wisconsin’s Kirk Mueller with a time of 6.073.

Results

Micro Mini 1.Zach Degross 2.Jake Exner 3.Casey Wood

Peewee 1.Jason Sternitzke 2.Casey O’Neil 3.Henry Kelley

Mini Jr 1.Harry Exner 2.Jason Sternitzke 3.Henry Kelley

Mini Sr 1.Nate Redmann 2.Jay Sallstrom 3.Sam Heiderscheidt

125 1.Kevin Braun 2.Danny Mears 3.Dan Dvorak

200 1.James Marquardt 2.Danny Mears 3.Tina Paider

250 1.Craig Schultz 2.Robert Ruemmeler 3.Ryan Peterson

450 1.Paul Hackbarth 2.Ryan Peterson 3.Chad Koopsma

600 1.Brent Donaldson 2.Arnold Jelinek 3.Kirk Mueller

750 1.Todd Cipala 2.Jason Northrup 3.Kaleb Northrup

Open 1.Todd Cipala 2.Chad Koopsma 3.Justin Odegaard

Sr 1.Jay Curtis 2.Mike Gorder 3.Dennis Jelinek

Super Sr 1.Dennis Jelinek 2.Mel Piontek 3.Henry Kelley

Fast time of the day Todd Cipala 5.880

80 Open Dan Dvorak