ROUND 6 OF GUAM MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS

PRESS RELEASE – Round 6 of the 10 round 2022 Monster Energy Guam Motocross Championships was held this past Sunday at the Guam International Raceway in Yigo. Racing kicked off at 11 am with the schedule full of kid’s minibike and kids atv classes along with the bigger riders aboard the big bikes and atv’s. Weather along with course conditions were at their best making for a full day of high flying intense bar to bar racing.

Highlights and results

In the first heat of two for the Open Motorcycle class #7 JR Cepeda aboard a Yamaha jumped out to the early lead followed by #85 CyclesPlus Kawasaki rider Blaze Aiken and #1 Little Jon Aguon close behind. The trio battled each other for several laps with Cepeda being threatened by the #85 of Aiken for the lead. At the halfway mark of the heat Aiken took his Kawasaki and made a clean swooping pass on Cepeda to take over the lead and immediately pulled some distance between himself and the battle now on going for the second place position.

With just three laps remaining, Aguon aboard the CyclesPlus Kawasaki, pulled the trigger on Cepeda by using his momentum out of a tight corner to sling shot past Cepeda into second. At the heat one checkers it was Aiken followed by Aguon and Cepeda, respectively.

In heat two, Cepeda once again took the lead with Aguon this time in second and Aiken in third. The trio again stayed close all the way o the finish with Cepeda in first Aguon second and Aiken third. Overall, Cepeda with his first and third place finishes aboard his Yamaha was declared the round six winner. Aiken took second overall with Aguon in third. The rest of the field finished as follows:

4^th #23 Jordan Leon Guerrero

5^th #921 Jason Monnin

6^th #25 Larry Limtiaco

7^th #49 Bong Radam

After six of the ten rounds completed #7 JR Cepeda extends his lead in the Opan Motorcycle class championship points with 292 points over #1 Little Jon Aguon with 263 points. #85 Blaze Aiken sits in third in the championships with 249 points.

In the Open Atv class Yamaha mounted #27 James Lujan took the early lead followed closely by #88 Camillo Lorenzo also aboard a Yamaha and #2 Georgie Santos on a Kawasaki. It didn’t take the #2 Kawasaki of Santos who has been dominating to move his way up and by lap six had taken the lead.

Lorenzo also moved up a position over taking Lujan for second. Also making moves forward was the #4 of Robert Bucek aboard the CyclesPlus Suzuki who had been back in seventh place but by lap four was running fourth and had closed up on third by lap seven to take the position. Bucek then gained another position when the #2 machine of Santos suffered a mechanical failure and fell off the pace allowing the #88 of Lorenzo to take over first with taking Bucek second. Bucek still wasn’t done moving up and went to work on getting past Lorenzo who was refusing to go down without a fight.

Bucek got by Lorenzo twice and both times Lorenzo was able to retake and defend the lead but then on his third attempt Bucek pulled a classic block or stuff pass on Lorenzo in a tight one eighty degree corner to finally make the pass into the lead stick. At the heat one finish Bucek took first with Lorenzo second and Lujan third.

In heat two the #14 of Pierre Banes aboard a Suzuki took the lead with #17 Aaron Blaz in second and #27 James Lujan in third. Lujan moved past Blaz into second on lap four as Bucek coming from the back of the pack moved up into fourth and then quickly found himself in first. At the finish it was Bucek first with Lujan second and Banes in third. Bucek aboard the CyclesPlus Suzuki was declared the overall round 6 winner with James Lujan on his Yamaha taking second and Pierre Banes in third aboard a Suzuki. Rest of the field finished as follows:

4^th #88 Camilo Lorenzo

5^th #24 Alan Blaz

6^th #17 Aaron Blaz

7^th #2 Georgie Santos

After six of the ten rounds completed #4 Robert Bucek with 271 points moves into the Open Atv championship points lead. #2 Georgie Santos with his ound six mechanical issue falls into second in the championship with 241 points. Third in the championship points is #88 Camilo Lorenzo with 221 points.

In the Schoolboy/girl class Ktm mounted Local Strains team rider #10 Abraham Guerrero took the win in both heats. Taking second was #25 Lawrence Limtiaco on a Kawasaki with #17 Isaiah Salas in third and #33 Mariana Wenden in fourth aboard a Ktm. 

After six of ten rounds completed #10 Abraham Guerrero leads the championship in the Schoolboy class with 294 points over #25 Lawrence Limtiaco with 268 points. Third in the championship points is #33 Mariana Wenden with 222 points.

In the Open Minibike class #31 Richard Wenden on his Rocky Mountain Precast supported Ktm had yet another serious battle with #18 Jonathan Aguon aboard a Kawasaki. Wenden after battling it out with Aguon took the win with Aguon second and #8 Arceo Kanen on a Yamaha finishing third. Rest of the field finished as follows

4^th #23 Jonaye Cruz

5^th #7 Maddox Monnin

After six of the ten rounds completed #31 Richard Wenden leads the championship in the Kids Open Minibike class with 291 points over #18 Jon Boy Aguon with 273 points. Third in the championship points is #23 Jonaye Cruz with 218 points.

In other class results

Open Novice Motorcycle class saw Local Strains team rider #20 Zack Cruz taking the win over team Cycles Plus #25 Lawrence Limtiaco. Third went to #17 Isaiah Salas. The rest of the field finished as follows:

4^th #96 Jude Sandlin 

5^th #33 Mariana Wenden

6^th #66 Anthony Blaz 

7^th #69 Derek Larance 

8^th #13 Breean Larance 

9^th #38 Derek Larue

After six of ten rounds completed #20 Zak Cruz leads the championship in the Open Novice class with 288 points over #25 Lawrence Limtiaco with 275 points. Third in the championship points is #96 Jude Sandlin with 215 points.

Womens Open Novice

1^st #33 Mariana Wenden

2^nd #13 Breean Larance

450cc Motorcycle class

1^st #7 JR Cepeda 

2^nd #1 Little John Aguon

3^rd #921 Jason Monnin

4^th #49 Bong Radam

250cc Motorcycle

1^st #85 Blaze Aiken 

2^nd #23 Jordan Leon Guerrero

3^rd #25 Larry Limtiaco

Over 40 Vet Motorcycle

1^st #49 Bong Radam

2^nd #25 Larry Limtiaco

After six of the ten rounds completed #25 Larry Limtiaco leads the championship in the Over 40 Vet class with 111 points over his brother #11 Mike Limtiaco with 72 points. Third in the championship points is #49 Bong Radam with 65 points.

150cc Kids Minibike

1^st #23 Jonaye Cruz 

85cc Kids Minibike

1^st #31 Richard Wenden

2^nd #18 Jonathan Aguon 

3^rd #8 Arceo Kanen

Womens Minibike

1^st #23 Jonaye Cruz

2^nd Nicole Delos Reyes

65cc Kids Minibike

1^st #2 Alize Mondia 

2^nd #24 Daniel Glen Jr. Salas 

3^rd #38 Travin Blaz 

4^th #21 Christopher Leon Guerrero

5^th #3 Talen Diaz San Nicolas

6^th #33 Aaron Palacios 

7^th #50 EJ Larance 

8^th #4 Landon Grey

After six of ten rounds completed #2 Alize Mondia leads the championship in the Kids 65cc class with 283 points over #3 Talen Diaz San Nicolas with 230 points. Third in the championship points is #24 Daniel Glen jr. Salas with 229 points.

50cc Kids Minibike

1^st #108 Cannen Brooks 

2^nd #3 Cason Brooks 

3^rd #1 Jeriah Guzman

4^th #119 Mace Monnin 

5^th #100 Kyan Mayo

6^th #16 Kiko Grey

7^th #6 Owen Harris

After five of the ten rounds completed #108 Cannen Brooks leads the championship in the 50cc Kids Minibike class with 283 points over #1 Jeriah Guzman with 249 points. Third in the championship points is #3 Cason Brooks with 240 points.

Kids Mini Atv 

1^st #18 Austin Quinata 

2^nd #7 Gaven Lorenzo

3^rd #40 Taiden Blaz 

4^th #60 Troy Larance

After six of the ten rounds completed #18 Austin Quinata leads the championship in the Kids Mini Atv class with 280 points over #60 Troy Larance with 241 points. Third in the championship points is #24 Taiden Blaz with 167 points.

Kids Mini Atv Intro

1^st #4 Kyan Mayo

2^nd #88 Giancarlo Lorenzo

3^rd #24 Rogen Nauta 

4^th #38 Brooklyn LaRue

5^th #6 Aria Zapatos 

6^th #17 Samantha Ross

7^th #2 Ava Zapatos

8^th #19 Jude Zapatos

9^th #39 Tayliana Blaz

10^th #20 Auhriene Santos

11^th #23 Gianna Lane

After six of the ten rounds completed #24 Rogen Nauta leads the championship in the Kids Mini Atv class with 278 points over #88 Giancarlo Lorenzo with 225 points. Third in the championship points is #4 Kyan Mayo with 206 points.

Up next on 2022 motocross schedule will be Round 7 of the ten round 2022 Monster Energy Guam Motocross Championships and will be held on Sunday September 4^th. Those interested in getting involved or are looking for more information can visit www.GIRMAC.Teamapp.com or contact Robert Bucek at 727-5381.