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Carson City, Nevada; July 1, 2005
Aaron Siminoe (622) unleashed yet another lesson on the virtues of youth and talent to the tune of eight moto victories and four class wins at round four of the MX West Summer Nights Series. Siminoe, who had just returned from an impressive second-place finish in the 65cc 9-11 class at the Mammoth Mountain Motocross, never lost a moto on his way to the 65cc Intermediate, Super 65cc, 85cc Intermediate and Supermini victories. And despite riding more than 40 laps on the evening, Siminoe didn’t even look winded after completing his final moto of the night. “It went really good,” Siminoe said, looking calmly satisfied after outlasting a challenge from Wayne Appleton in the final Supermini moto. “I just tried to stay consistent and not make any mistakes.” That final Supermini moto turned out to be Siminoe’s biggest challenge on the night, as a determined Appleton rode the wheels off of his RM85 in an attempt to displace Siminoe and his KTM at the front, only to find Siminoe’s resolve unshakable. As he had done in every moto prior in the evening, Siminoe met the challenge with a blistering pace and a metronome-like consistency to complete his perfect evening. “He was pushing me,” Siminoe said of Appleton. “But that was great practice for Loretta’s. So I hope to do the same thing I did here at Loretta’s.” “Loretta’s” was of course a reference to this year’s AMA Amateur National Championships, in which Siminoe has already earned his spots to compete for a national title in August. Aron Harvey, another local standout who earned top results in Mammoth, including a fourth-place posting in the 125cc Intermediate final, similarly trounced his competitors with six moto wins to top the 125cc Intermediate, 250cc Intermediate and Schoolboy division one ranks. Harvey’s only dramatic moment on the night came when he stalled his YZ250F while leading the first 125cc Intermediate moto with only two laps remaining. It looked for a moment that new leader Ryan Eager might grab the victory, but Harvey burned through the gap to the lead in the closing moments and sliced beneath Eager in the second-to-last turn to take the victory. “I don’t know what happened,” Harvey said. “I was just coming down a straight and it (the bike) stalled. I thought the motor had blown at first. Then I kicked it over and it fired back up so I said, ‘Oh, OK.’ So I just put my head down and went after the leader. I knew exactly where I could pass him on that last lap and I was able to stick it.” Perhaps most impressive about Siminoe and Harvey was that these two riders, on an evening that featured about 300 riders in 37 classes, claimed nearly 20 percent of the moto victories on the night. Not bad for a couple of kids too young to vote. Look for coverage of this event in Cycle News in a few weeks. Results
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