This was Evan’s first race at Stockton, though he had been to a few track days there. Saturday practice went well, but in his last practice session on Sunday, Evan went way hot into the corner after the long straightaway and slid his bike hard into the hay bales. He was perfectly fine, but the crash had snapped his handlebars, and his first race was coming up soon. With some help from Chris and Dean, Miles got Evan’s bike back together with some old handlebars. Evan had just enough time to do one lap to check the bike out and see how it felt. All was good except for the kill switch, but that was easily reconnected.
The Minimoto Jr. grid was full this round, which was great to see. Evan got the holeshot with Emi in hot pursuit. Within a few laps, lapped traffic became a factor. They both sliced their way through traffic expertly. Just when it looked like one of them was going to get balked, they would find a way around. Evan held on to first the entire race, but Emi gave him absolutely no breathing room, finishing a very close second.
In race 2, Emi got out ahead of Evan on the start. Evan stayed on her tail, and at the start of lap 2 tried for an inside pass. He didn’t get the pass finished in time, and they made contact at the apex. Evan went down immediately, and Emi ran off track and crashed as well. The race was red flagged to look at Emi’s shin, which took a hit when she went down. Evan got the holeshot on the restart and held on to the lead the entire race, getting his second win of the weekend.