So Cal Motocross
Xtreme Team Green’s Austin Stroupe seems to have become one with the big bikes as evidenced by his sensational performance at the Showdown. Stroupe was a NSC (non series title contender) but this did not keep him from putting in a historic CMC record setting performance in the event. Teaming up with his mechanic Eddie Laret, Stroupe moto’ed to win, after win after win. Gating against racers like Travis Baker, Travis Freistat, Tanner Langham, Trent Pugmire, he would take a two second lead more often than not in each moto, and then slowly march away. His final undefeated tally for day one were a combined ten moto wins in 125 Open, 125 Intermediate, 250 Intermediate, Schoolboy, 4-Stroke Amateur, and topping that with a sizeable amount of contingency money from Kawasaki. Honda of Houston racer Pugmire was a NSC but raced to a respective second in Schoolboy (2-2) and 125 Intermediate (2-2). Philip Thorstensen was also a NSC but busted through for a second in the 125 Open (2-2) and a third in 125 Intermediate (4-3).