After spending the past few months pounding out laps in Southern California and at the Canadian Nationals, Jimmy Hazel demonstrated his race sharpness to his friends back home at round five of the MX West Summer Nights Series to take the 250cc Pro win.

Hazel claimed a solid second in the first moto after gating in the middle of the pack, following the surprisingly fast-starting J.L. Bitz and his relatively underpowered CRF250 to the finish. Nick Baugh, who occupied the second spot for much of the race, finished third on the moto.

The second moto saw Hazel grab the early lead with Baugh in tow. Bitz struggled temporarily as he worked up from a bad start, finding Hazel and Baugh out of reach by time he reached third, a spot he eventually relinquished late in the moto after a slideout. The only remaining drama unfolded as Hazel suppressed Baugh’s challenges on the tight Carson layout to take the moto win and the overall via a 2-1 score.

Frank Cody put together one of a handful of multi-win performances on the night by topping the 250cc Junior and Schoolboy division two races. Cody was followed by Michael Bergman and Jeremiah Gottas in the 250cc contest and by Danny Tester and Trey Taylor in the Schoolboy race.

Division one of the Schoolboy class featured one part of another standout performance by Aron Harvey (7z), who, yet again, rode to six moto wins on the evening to top the 125cc Intermediate, 250cc Intermediate and Schoolboy races. The only element that diminished Harvey’s performance was the predictability--his dominating rides have recently become more of an expectation than a revelation. Nonetheless, his victories remained the most polished and decisive of the evening. Johnny Vallerio and Andrew Valdez followed Harvey for second and third in the Schoolboy race.

In mini action, Austin Ching took an impressive victory in the 65cc Junior class, looking very strong on his way to two commanding moto wins. Zach Zito put in a solid second on the evening and Corwin McIntosh rode to third overall.

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

Results
50 (4-6) PRVTR: 1. Jacob Likes; 2. Gaige Demars; 3. Austin Walton. 50 (4-6) FCTRY: 1. William Ionno; 2. Dylan Galliett. 50 (7+) PRVTR: 1. Gavin Clouser; 2. Brad Maga; 3. Chad Heishman 50 (7+) FCTRY: 1. Jesse Sanchez; 2. Austin Rodgers; 3. Garrett Kinsler. 65 BEG: 1. Zach Clauser; 2. Chad Heishman; 3. Eathan Reddick. 65 JR: 1. Austin Ching; 2. Zach Zito; 3. Corwin McIntosh. 65 INT: 1. Aaron Siminoe; 2. Jesse Masterpool; 3. Ty Siminoe. S/65: 1. Aaron Siminoe; 2. Jesse Masterpool; 3. Ty Siminoe. 85 BEG D-1: 1. Nick Blevins; 2. Tyler Baumgardner; 3. Michael Paquin. 85 BEG D-2: 1. Jason Rubin; 2. Curtis Shapiro; 3. Jake Devries. 85 JR: 1. Ty Siminoe; 2. Jake Maga; 3. Weslee Valerio. 85 INT: 1. Wayne Appleton; 2. Travis Pitt; 3. Aaron Siminoe. S/MINI: 1. Aaron Siminoe; 2. Wayne Appleton; 3. Jesse Masterpool. 125 BEG D-1: 1. Tony Marrill; 2. Paul Retta; 3. Chris Samson. 125 BEG D-2: 1. Randy Brooks; 2. Bret Sanchez; 3. Mikeal McCready. 125 JR D-1: 1. Phillip Hodge; 2. Zack Salaun; 3. Parker Dallas. 125 JR D-2: 1. Dylan Jennings; 2. Kyle O’Brien; 3. Martin Kite. 125 INT: 1. Aron Harvey; 2. Andrew Valdez; 3. Johnny Vallerio. 125 PRO: 1. J.L. Bitz; 2. Carl Baker. 250 BEG: 1. Tony Merrill; 2. Jared Sutliff; 3. Josh Roberts. 250 JR: 1. Frank Cody; 2. Michael Bergman; 3. Jeremiah Gottas. 250 INT: 1. Aron Harvey; 2. Eric Gillen; 3. Chris Grant. 250 PRO: 1. Jimmy Hazel; 2. Nick Baugh; 3. J.L. Bitz. SCHBY D-1: 1. Aron Harvey; 3. Johnny Vallerio; 3. Andrew Valdez. SCHBY D-2: 1. 1. Frank Cody; 2. Danny Tester; 3. Trey Taylor. 25+ BEG: 1. Jesse McCready; 2. Christopher Steiger; 3. Brandon Bergener. 25+ JR: 1. Pat Plaskett; 2. Michael Bergman; 3. Darren Reid. 25+ INT: 1. Brian Kuelper; 2. Mike Gonzales. 30+ BEG: 1. Jesse McCready; 2. Rick Rein; 3. Chris Shapiro. 30+ JR: 1. Jared Likes; 2. Craig Schultz; 3. Tyson Terpening. 30+ INT: 1. Brian Kuelper; 2. Ken Reid. 30+ EX: 1. Anthony Pulera; 2. Kevin Knight. 30+ PRO: 1. Randy Maga. 38+ PRO: 1. Randy Maga. 40+ JR: 1. Allen Christian; 2. Rick Rein; 3. Bobby Lichen. 40+ INT: 1. Mike Torres; 2. Marty Kennedy. WMN: 1. Brooklin Hall; 2 Amanda Bohl; 3. Cat Borjeson.