Ives Wins at Perris

August 9, 2008, Perris, California, Perris Raceway, Hot Summer Nights, Round 4

Perris Raceway continues to accommodate the Women racers with multiple classes at their annual Hot Summer Night's ten round series. This round had fifteen Women racers scattered across six classes. With one complete all Women gate as the Women Pro and Intermediates split the gate with the Women Beginner class. This report covers the Women racers participating in round four, let's race.

Women Intermediate Brittney Marcotte is out in front in moto one, Intermediate Jackie Ives second, Intermediate Bryanna Marcotte third, and WMA Pro Ayala Cabus fourth in the inter-class gate of Women Pro's and Intermediates. On lap two Brittney Marcotte holding off Cabus who has now moved into second, Ives in the hunt and stalking in third. Brittney Marcotte cross-ruts in a corner near the half-way point allowing Cabus and Ives to move by. Ives immediately puts the steam to the moto leader Cabus, but Cabus responded in kind holding off the scrappy Ives for the moto win, Ives second, and Brittney Marcotte third at the checkers.

The moto two gate is down as Surflex's Cabus and D & E Yamaha's Ives are out of there sparing no prisoners running one-two and leaving the pack behind. Cabus is speeding her bike into the ruts and gassing full-tilt out of the turns but Ives is doing the same and seems unshakable, just waiting for her moment to pass. Cabus showing no weakness seems to hitting up a gap and pulling away slightly. Cabus suddenly slows allowing Ives back into the race. Ives pulls within a few bike lengths of Cabus looking for a passing line as they both dodge lapped racers. Cabus was having an asthma attack and kept on fighting but just did not have enough to keep Ives at bay. Ives gets by for the moto win and race overall over the Pro Cabus. Cabus second at the checkers, Brittney Marcotte third. Ives (1-1) was first Intermediate, Brittney Marcotte (2-2) second Intermediate, and Bryanna Marcotte (3-3) third overall. Cabus won the Pro class (1-1) and was second overall in theinter-class battle.

The twenty year old Jackie Ives started racing about eight years ago in Hanford, California. As her skills progressed she begun traveling to series such as CMC's Golden State Nationals and ran near the top in the Women's class as well as some Boy's classes on a consistent basis. Winning her share of series titles along the way, the Yamaha pilot has been nagged throughout the past few years with a series of shoulder injuries slowing her step upto the Women's Motocross Association (WMA) Pro class, but 2008 is forming up to be one of her best seasons ever after manufacturing her first WMA 'B' class overall in round three at Washougal, as well as holding the WMA 'B' class points lead going into the fourth and final round of the WMA Amateur series at Steel City. Ives is more than ready for the WMA Pro and should be breaking the top ten regularly when she moves into the class at the WMA Cup. Iveswould like to thank Mark Ives Landscape and Curb Mate.

Heather Miller has been flying under the radar for the past year but with a class of her own in the Women Beginner, she has relished the spotlight and this night it shined brighter than ever. Riding away with both wins in the six racer Women Beginner she won the overall decisively. Lacie Price (4-2) was second and Lauren Hammond (3-3) overall. Lauren Woods motored with thelarger bikes and plowed her KTM 65 to a second place in moto one, but lost her wheels in moto two for sixth and fourth overall.
 

WMN. Pro: 1. Ayla Cabus, 1-1, (Kaw).

WMN INT: 1. Jackie Ives, 1-1, (Yam); 2.Brittney Marcotte, 2-2, (Suz); 3. Bryanna Marcotte, 3-3, (Suz).

WMN NOV: 1. Taylor Cannon, 1-1, (Yam).

WMN BEG: 1. Heather Miller, 1-1, (Hon);2. Lacie Price, 4-2, (Suz); 3. Lauren Hammond, 3-3, (Yam).

WMN 25+ VET: 1. Laurie Cary, 1-1,(Yam).

WMN 85cc-110 OPEN: 1. Taylor Cannon,1-1, (Yam); 2. Lauren Woods, 2-2, (KTM)