Continuing his rise through northern Nevada’s mini ranks, Dakota May (728) leveled the Supermini field at round three of the MX West Summer Nights Series with a decisive 1-1 victory.

Although the Supermini class was split into two divisions for the evening, most eyes were on division two, in which May and the rest of his 85cc Intermediate competitors lined up. May had little trouble grabbing both holeshots on his potent Yamaha, leaving him free to charge the tight Carson layout ahead of fellow Intermediate speedsters Wayne Appleton and Zak Riley. May stretched his lead a little on each lap of both motos to claim comfortable margins by the end of each outing. Appleton put in a strong ride to grab second on the evening while Riley rode to a steady third overall.

May might have also claimed the 85cc Intermediate victory had he not struggled with lappers late in the second moto, allowing Appleton to slip by to take the win with a 2-1 score over May’s 1-2. Dakota Neuffer scored third on the night.

“I had a pretty big lead,” May explained of the second Intermediate moto. “But then I got into some lappers, and they were a little squirrelly, and Wayne caught up to me and made a clean pass. But the Supermini moto went really good. I was able to get away and get a big lead, and I felt really smooth.”

In Pro action, Nick Baugh claimed a 2-1 score to top the 250cc class over Tommy Jean’s 1-2 posting. Baugh fought off a persistent charge from Jean throughout the second moto, crossing the line just ahead of Jean for the overall victory. After the race, Baugh said it was difficult to decide whether to run the safer, more defensive inside lines or the slightly faster but more vulnerable middle and outside grooves.

“Tommy was riding a great race out there,” Baugh said. “There were pretty much two lines out there: the fast line and the smart line. It was hard to decide which one to go with. I had to go for the smart line while leading, and he was catching me on the fast lines. But other than that, it was good.”

Jean returned to handily win the 125cc Pro class over Carl Baker and Clint Martin, claiming a 1-1 tally of his own.

The Pee-wee ranks saw Austin Rodgers claim the premiere 50cc 7+ Factory class win over Braxton Giovanetti. William Ionno scored the win in the 50cc 4-6 Factory class, and Drake Evans and Gaige Demars took the 50 7+ and 4-6 Privateer class wins, respectively.

Look for coverage of this event in Cycle News in a few weeks.

Results
50 (4-6) PRVTR: 1. Gaige Demars; 2. Connor Jardine; 3. Christian Anderson. 50 (4-6) FCTRY: 1. William Ionno; 2. Dylan Galliett. 50 (7+) PRVTR: 1. Drake Evans; 2. Gavin Clouser; 3. Gaige Bobbitt. 50 (7+) FCTRY: 1. Austin Rodgers; 2. Braxton Giovannetti. 65 BEG: 1. Ryan Greb; 2. Austin Rodgers; 3. Zak Harjes. 65 JR: 1. Austin Ching; 2. Corwin McIntosh; 2. Hunter Kelly. 65 INT: 1. Brian Sjogren; 2. Chase Eichele; 3. Josh Davis. S/65: 1. Brian Sjogren; 2. Cole Brosgart; 3. Corwin McIntosh. 85 BEG D-1: 1. Skyler Giovanetti; 2. Nick Perez; 3. Michael Paquin. 85 BEG D-2: 1. Carson Philbrook; 2. Daniel Mills; 3. Aaron Mangione. 85 JR D-1: 1. Austin Robinson; 2. Tanner Davis; 3. Billy Baumgartner. 85 JR D-2: 1. Brian Sjogren; 2. Weslee Valerio; 3. Lucas Jones. 85 INT: 1. Wayne Appleton; 2. Dakota May; 3. Dakota Neuffer. S/MINI D-1: 1. Ricky Goddard; 2. Kaley Fye; 3. Jamie Eisemann. S/MINI D-2: 1. Dakota May; 2. Wayne Appleton; 3. Zak Riley. 125 BEG D-1: 1. Mike Thomas; 2. Luke Huff; 3. Tony Merrill. 125 BEG D-2: 1. Kenny Keeler; 2. Cody Whalin; 3. Aaron Whalin. 125 BEG D-3: 1. Mike Coleman; 2. Michael McCreary; 3. Alexander Lewis. 125 JR D-1: 1. Devon Olsen; 2. Kenny Carter; 3. Chris Wear. 125 JR D-2: 1. Dylan Jennings; 2. Phillip Hodge; 3. Wayne Appleton. 125 INT D-1: 1. Beau Meier; 2. Scott Polan; 3. Clint Loudenburg. 125 INT D-2: 1. Ryan Eager; 2. Andrew Valdez; 3. Johnny Vallerio. 125 PRO: 1. Tommy Jean; 2. Carl Baker; 3. Clint Martin. 250 BEG: 1. Kenny Keeler; 2. Dee Wade; 3. Jared Sutliff. 250 JR: 1. Justin Amos; 2. Michael Bergman; 3. Frank Cody. 250 INT: 1. Ryan Eager; 2. Eric Gillen; 3. Nate Vandermade. 250 PRO: 1. Nick Baugh; 2. Tommy Jean; 3. Carl Baker. SCHBY D-1: 1. Danny Tester; 2. Cory Barr; 3. Chris Wear. SCHBY D-2: 1. Ryan Eager; 2. Mike Walker; 3. Scott Polan. 25+ BEG: 1. Mike Thomas; 2. Jesse Mecready; 3. Casey Imdieke. 25+ JR: 1. Darren Reid; 2. Paris Archie; 3. Sean Miller. 25+ INT: 1. Zack Perryman; 2. Brian Kuelper; 3. Mike Gonzales. 30+ BEG: 1. Jesse Mecready; 2. Rick Rein; 3. Dan Egesdahl. 30+ JR: 1. Craig Schultz; 2. Paris Archie; 3. Sean Miller. 30+ INT: 1. Zack Perryman; 2. Reid Jamison; 3. Jon Dadak. 30+ EX: 1. Kevin Knight; 2. Anthony Pulera. 30+ PRO: 1. Randy Maga; 2. Donny Roberts. 38+ PRO: 1. Randy Maga. 40+ JR: 1. Chris Shapiro; 2. Allen Christian; 3. Rick Rein. 40+ INT: 1. Mike Torres; 2. Scott Spracklin; 3. Marty Kennedy. WMN: 1. Normajean Jean. FAST 50: 1. Derek Saxon; 2. Cody Whalin; 3. Wylin Jensen.