Day one of the Sparks Xtreme Beach Sport Festival got off to a fast start with the Pro-Am Runabout Open class on the water. Dustin Farthing ripped a huge hole shot on his Monster Energy Mountain Motorsports Yamaha and was able to lead wire to wire, however running nearly the same pace in second position was Edge Performance, Rius Racing Yamaha rider Nicolas Rius. Rius was unable to track Farthing down but definitely looked to have enough speed to possible make a run at him in the next two motos. Claude Clayton, on his Judge Motorsports, Oakley powered Sea-Doo, held off a furious attack from fellow Sea-Doo rider Brian Baldwin to secure the third finishing spot. In the Pro Ski GP class Chris MacClugage leapt out to an early lead and was never pressured as he took his Monster Energy Macc Racing Hydro Turf boat to another first place finish. Behind him however the battle raged with Rockstar Energy rider Rob Flores working hard to hold off the tough challenge of Kommander Industries, Blowsion racer David Redinger who eventual crossed the finish line third with fellow Kommander Industries rider Kody Copenhaven in fourth. In the Pro Am Runabout Stock class we had several red flag restarts and when we finally got the race under way three riders had to start with a dead engine. Troy Snyder took advantage of their misfortune and pulled the hole shot on his Snyder Built, Riva Racing Sea Doo boat. The Neptune racing rider settled into a nice rhythm and was able to take the moto one win. Ryan Hardwick on his Mountain Motorsports Farthing Racing Yamaha was pressured throughout the race by the Monster Energy, Hydro Turf Sea-Doo of Chris MacClugage. There were several spots where it looked like MacClugage was going to get around Hardwick but the Yamaha pilot was able to hold the G.O.A.T. off and take 2nd overall with MacClugage crossing the finish line in 3rd. In our Freestyle Exhibition, Daniel Martin continued to impress in the Amateur class as he builds toward a possible IJSBA World Title shot in Lake Havasu, AZ this fall. You can find Saturday's race results a www.uwpinc.com.
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