SOB Mini Os Report
South of the Border MX Riders Win Seven Championships at the 41st annual Thor Winter Olympics
Alachua, Florida – November 24th, 2012
South of the Border MX Training Complex
riders won an incredible seven championships at the 2012 Thor Winter
National Olympics. SOBMX riders also scored twenty-three top five
finishes and thirty-eight top tens!
Cooper Webb led the way with six
national titles in the A and A Pro Sport classes sweeping all of the 250
classes. Webb added wins in the both 450A classes and had a second and
third in the 450 A Pro Sport, all while riding a 250F. Webb won the
lion’s share of the special awards including the Pro Circuit Platinum
Pipe award and the Dunlop Silver Tire award.
Matt Burkeen won his first national title
in four years winning the Open 4-stroke class. Burkeen also won the 4-
stroke Olympiad and had podium finishes in 250B and 450B. Matt added
the Thor Outstanding Achievement award and the third place cup in the
250B Olympiad to his trophy case!
Brandon Hartranft was a factor in all of
the Supermini classes finishing with a third, fourth and a sixth!
Christina Older had a couple of top five finishes scoring a third and a
fifth in the Woman 12+ class. Jamie Astudillo had two fourth place
finishes in the Girls 9-11 while big brother Jason was seventh in 450A
Pro Sport and eighth in Open 4-stroke.
Kyler West had four top tens with a
seventh, an eighth, a ninth and a tenth in the Schoolboy classes and
only a second moto crash in Youth mod kept him off the podium. Cody
Gragg, Cody McCulloch, Max Tannenbaum, Maksis Vilcins and Andres
Benenaula also scored top tens. Gragg had a second place moto finish en
route to a seventh and a tenth in 250 A, Vilcins carded a tenth in 250C
mod and Tannenbaum rode to two first moto wins and was eighth in SX and
MX in 250B stock. McCulloch was second in two motos with a seventh
overall in Open B stock and Benenaula finished seventh and tenth in
Open 4-stroke. Our youngest rider, Austin Schafer, rode his first Mini
Olympics in the 50cc 4-6 class. Chase Desselle, Jared Jennings and Jake
McDonald each had some good motos but bad luck and crashes derailed
their weeks.
South of the Border MX Training Complex
is a full service motocross/supercross training facility located in
Hamer, SC offering full and part time training opportunities for both
amateurs and professionals.
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