Ketchum's Cody Peterson tore around the Soldier Mountain cross-country course and won Saturday's Knobby Tires Series event in the Pro/Semi Pro class with a time of two hours, five minutes, 12 seconds.
Rounding out the top three top-flight racers were Ketchum racers Lars Erik Johnson 2.11:28 and Whit Albright 2.12:27. Women's winner was Stacy Scanlon (2.46:52) over Lorien Lightfield (2.57:58). There were 95 XC racers.
Other local XC results included Sam Adicoff second in Beginner Men 40-49 in 1.37:01, Willie Adicoff third in Junior Beginner Boys 13-14 in 1.33:03, Rolf Hebenstreit second in Men Sport 50+ in 2.08:00 and Scott Mary fourth in Men Sport 40-49 with a finishing time of 2.07:03.
Sunday's downhill attracted 31 racers led by Silas Hesterberg (4:08) and Phil Vega (4:17). Corey Bellinger (4:31) finished fourth and Matt Preucil (4:38) was eighth in a tight field. Hebenstreit (5:49) won Sport 50+.
Meanwhile, May's $220 million Powerball winner Brad Duke, 33, of Star was fourth in the Sport Men's 30-39 class with a downhill of 7:46. The fitness club manager from Salmon earned a one-time. lump-sum $84 million after taxes.
Complete results follow:
Soldier Mt. cross country
Pro/Semi Pro Men: 1—Cody Peterson 2.05:12. 2—Lars Erik Johnson 2.11:28. 3—Whit Albright 2.12:27. 4—Brandon Akers 2.14:05. 5—Thomas Grant 2.23:30. 6—T.J. Henshall 2.24:02. 7—Darren Lightfield 2.28:52. DNF—Ryon Butterfield.
Expert Men 30-39: 1—Keith Hickerson 2.24:13. 2—Lou Gilbert 2.32:51. 3—Chris Bondurant 2.35:39. 4—Chad Howard 2.38:11. 5—Orlando Piva 2.38:35. 6—Todd Howe 2.42:41. 7—Greg Coy 2.42:45. 8—Alex Phipps 2.43:18. 9—Robert Uetrecht 2.46:14. 10—Mike McDonald 2.51:37. DNF—Sean Ollila.
Expert Men 40-49: 1—Jon Gould 2.24:39. DNF—Adam Winstral.
Sport Men 19-29: 1—Adam Snyder 1.53:43. 2—Ryder Bennett 2.08:30. DNF—Joe Feider.
Sport Men 30-39: 1—Geoff Baker 1.57:15. 2—Paul Willard 1.58:14. 3—Rich Hardy 2.02:17. 4—Tyson Ekstrom 2.06:39. 5—Steve Comish 2.08:38. 6—Hal Miller 2.14:07. 7—James Liddle 2.17:43. 8—Jon Carmack 2.25:47. DNF—Graham Hill.
Sport Men 40-49: 1—Mark Klinger 1.56:56. 2—Greg Parker 2.02:40. 3—Lance Taysom 2.04:55. 4—Scott Mary 2.07:03. 5—Chuck Keene 2.07:38. 6—Steve Claridge 2.10:39. 7—Steve Rogers 2.28:08. DNF—Bob Hoffman.
Sport Men 50+: 1—John Land 1.59:30. 2—Rolf Hebenstreit 2.08:00. 3—John Sparks 2.12:30. 4—Michael Duffy 2.16:38. 5—Jack Heagy 2.20:15.
Beginner Men 19-29: 1—Nick Morley 1.13:23. 2—Brian Foley 2.02:28.
Beginner Men 30-39: 1—Todd Wong 1.14:30. 2—Lee Richard 1.48:22. 3—Daniel Hidalgo 2.01:25.
Beginner Men 40-49: 1—Cahill Jones 1.25:01. 2—Sam Adicoff 1.37:01.
Junior Beginner Boys 13-14: 1—Seth Anderson 1.28:35. 2—Brady Adams 1.29:05. 3—Willie Adicoff 1.33:03. 4—Ian Fahey 1.46:13. DNF—Nick Silva.
Junior Beginner Boys 15-16: 1—Brian Tweedle 1.18:12. 2—Bryce Klinger 1.25:59. 3—Kenne Johnston 1.34:59. 4—Stephen Fletcher 1.54:00.
Beginner Clydesdales: 1—Bill Buckland 1.16:34.
Junior Sport Boys 13-14: 1—Ben Moore 3.10:12.
Junior Sport Boys 15-16: 1—Keaton Keene 2.09:23. 2—Riley Black 2.18:26.
Sports Clydesdales: 1—Kevin Voyles 1.48:59. 2—Charles Mills 2.01:30. 3—Chris Freeman 2.06:01. 4—Eric Kafka 2.13:27.
Expert Single Speed: 1—Joe Jensen 2.33:38. 2—Becky Bjork and Sonny Andrick 2.51:57. 4—James Moores 3.26:08.
Pro Women: 1—Stacy Scanlon 2.46:52. 2—Lorien Lightfield 2.57:58.
Expert Women 19-29: 1—Sarah Barber 2.50:10. 2—Jill Forsmann 3.06:57.
Expert Women 30-39: 1—Jody Bradbury 2.59:26. 2—Monique Simone 3.04:35. 3—Tamara Adamek 3.12:20. DNF—Stephanie Uetrecht and Tracy Steffen.
Sport Women 19-29: 1—Terra Brollier 2.50:00.
Sport Women 30-39: 1—Kristi Kendrick 2.15:39. 2—Julie Richardson 2.24:33. 3—Bonnie Hunt 2.30:40. 4—Alisa Feldman 2.35:40.
Sport Women 40-49: 1—Christi Hall 2.17:59.
Beginner Women 30-39: 1—Kristi Regotti 1.48:11. 2—Angela Earle 1.48:57.
Beginner Women 40-49: 1—Kendra Smith 1.41:55.
Top Trailblazers: In fast times were Bridget Fahey, 9, and Jesse Taysom, 10.
Soldier Mt. downhill
Pro/Semi Pro Men: 1—Silas Hesterberg 4:08. 2—Phil Vega 4:17.
Pro Women: 1—Denise Wardwell 5:28.
Junior Expert: 1—Taylor Reed 4:28.
Expert Men 19-29: 1—Carl Marcum 4:32. 2—Eric Daft 4:33. 3—Matt Poluga 4:44. 4—Riley Mallord 4:55.
Expert Men 30-39: 1—Jerry Vanderpool 5:04.
Expert Men 40-49: 1—David Barclay 5:18
Sport Men 19-29: 1—Denver Were 4:35. 2—Art Widmar 4:45. 3—Matt Wolfe 5:00. 4—Dustin Richcreek 5:32. 5—Theo Vanderschaaf 5:53.
Sport Men 30-39: 1—Doug Frei 5:06. 2—Leland Long 5:07. 3—Tyler Brown 5:41. 4—Brad Duke 7:46.
Sport Men 40-49: 1—Randy Earle 5:30.
Sport Men 50+: 1—Rolf Hebenstreit 5:49.
Junior Beginner Boys 13-14: 1—A.J. Barclay 7:00. 2—Nick Silva 7:18.
Junior Beginner Boys 15-16: 1—Jordan Hopewell 5:33. 2—Roland Forbes 6:08. 3—Kenne Johnston 7:18. 4—Brian Tweedle 7:46.
Junior Sport Boys 13-14: 1—Daniel Reed 5:03.
Junior Sport Boys 15-16: 1—Michael Shell 22:37.
Junior Sport Men 17-18: 1—Corey Bellinger 4:31. 2—Matt Preucil 4:38