Those who have ridden and raced in and around San Felipe know that the area’s sand washed and whooped out terrain is among the most nasty and grueling places to ride or race on the planet. But racers sign up to take on the SCORE course every March in the San Felipe 250.  

Again, HONDAs JCR and Co. lead the way with Colton Udall (3x) earning his FIRST ever SCORE Championship as rider of record. Jeff “The OX” Kargola helped Udall and the JCR “B” beat out former champs and contenders Robby Bell and Steve Hengeveld on the BLLUE C WAHOOS MONSTER KAWASAKI (2X). You’ve never seen a more elated Colton Udall in your life. Henge suffered a flat and had to ride it for a while before reaching the next pit.

JCR Honda’s Timmy Weigand (A team) suffered a minor stroke and discovered a serious heart condition requiring surgery just one week before race day. With Weigand  out and Quinn Cody on injured reserve, Campbell gave the go ahead for Kendall to run the race solo, something Norman has always wanted to do. At the end of the day he brought a respectful finish to the team after cart wheeling at over 65MPH outside of Morelia Junction.  

The morning started off routine with racers leaving the famous arches of San Felipe heading north. Early on, DP Racing’s AJ Stewart (10x) got off the bike early with a broken collarbone around race mile 10. Class 30 Champ Mike Johnson (300x) blew a head gasket early on.

It was a bit of a surprise to see Kendall Norman solo the event when Johnny Campbell could’ve filled in for Weigand. But Norman wanted to go it alone and, according to some accounts, he had the time adjusted lead at one point as he had the 3x bike of Udall in his sights.  That was until Norman crashed and spent a half hour in the pits rebuilding the 1x machine.

TOP TEN OVERALL BIKES

TOP TEN OVERALL BIKES

1   3x Colton Udall              53.3 MPH
2   2x Robby Bell                52.6 MPH
3   5x Ryan Penhall             48.8 MPH (Ridden By Connor Penhall and Brent Harden)
4   306X Francisco Septien 47.8 MPH
5   1x Kendall Norman        47.7 MPH  SOLO
6   302x Jim ONeal             47.3 MPH
7   402X Louie Franco        46.0 MPH
8   153x Jason Trubey / Carl Maasberg 42.7 MPH
9   7x Cody Everson            42.6 MPH
10   104x Adam Nuewirth     42.1 MPH
RESULTS BY CLASS (Top 3)

Class 22 Open Pro

1   3x Colton Udall              53.3 MPH
2   2x Robby Bell                 52.6 MPH
3   5x Ryan Penhall             48.8 MPH (Ridden By Connor Penhall and Brent Harden)

Class 21 (450 cc)
1   104x Adam “Crazy Guy” Nuewirth     42.1 MPH
2   102x David Gonzalez     41.6 MPH
3   106x Sol Saltzman          39.3 MPH

Class 20 (250cc)
1 153X Jason Trubey  42.7MPH
2 150x Jesus Rios 40.3 MPH
3 169x Anna Cody 39.9 MPH

Class 30 (Older dudes)
1  306x Francisco Septien 47.8 MPH
2  302x Jim Oneal 47.3 MPH
3 Javier Hernandez B. 38.4 MPH

Class 40 (Kind of old dudes)
1 402x Louie Franco 46 MPH
2 Henrik Anderson/ Colin Corrigon 35.6MPH
3 403x Duane Dickinson 34.5 MPH

Class 50 (Old Dudes)
1 Jim Oneal/ Andy Kirker 40.4 MPH
2 Ryan Armitage 34.5 MPH
3 Jose Chavez 23.9 MPH

Class 60 (Medicare)
1 Donald Lewis 31.8 (one finisher out of 2 starters)

Sportsman Under 450cc
1 207x Ron Tolman 41.8 MPH

Sportsman Over 450cc

1 251x Salvador Sainz 32.0 MPH