Dustin Farthing celebrates overall Pro victory at Michigan City – July 2024. Photo RonnyMac
Farthing Racing and JetX Racing both put in big-results weekends as Dustin Farthing extends his AquaX championship lead and Deven Farthing takes 3rd in the PRO, while JetX’s Jay Edworthy takes 2nd in Pro and Nathan Dalli takes 2nd in AM 300.
P1 AquaX rolled into Michigan City this past weekend for Round 2 of the SBT P1 AquaX 2024 Series, and racers in all three divisions were definitely aiming to best their Daytona Beach Round 1 performance and boost their points standing.
Racing kicked off Saturday at Washington Park under sunny skies, with the calm waters of Lake Michigan promising fast laps as the AM 300 Class hit the line. Heat 1 saw Valentina Lezcano (Sea-Doo RXPX 300) come out swinging, with an impressive win over Ian Smith (Sea-Doo RXPX 300) and Canadian rider Nathan Dalli (Sea-Doo 325). Cayman Island racer Cline Glidden (Sea-Doo RXPX 300) put in a solid performance to take 4th place.
Next up was AM Enduro 200, where an action-packed Heat ended with Cooper Caldwell (Yamaha FX SVHO) claiming the win, followed by Kayden Baldwin (Yamaha GP1900HO) and Enrique Chia (Yamaha GP1900HO).
Deven Farthing wins opening Pro heat at Michigan City 2024. Photo RonnyMac
With the PRO Enduro Heat 1 race up next, Farthing Racing again placed father and son behind the line, with Dustin (Yamaha FX SVHO) and Deven (Yamaha FX SVHO) lining up against competition from 19 other racers, including names like Macclugage (Yamaha FX SVHO), Baldwin (Yamaha GP1800) and Snyder (Yamaha FX SVHO). After wire-to-wire battles, it would be a Monster Energy sweep, with Deven Farthing taking the checkered flag ahead of his father, Dustin, and Chris Macclugage taking 3rd – all three repping Monster Energy.
Following the PRO Heat, The AM classes headed into Heat 2, with AM 300’s Lezcano pouring on the speed and headed to a second win of the weekend, but an old injury came back to haunt her, causing her to dislocate her shoulder. Despite fighting the new injury, Lezcano kept her head in the game and her hand on the throttle and finished Heat 2 with a 3rd place finish, behind Ian Smith in 1st and Nathan Dalli in 2nd.
Closing out the day Saturday, the AM200 class saw a repeat in the first two spots, with Cooper Caldwell taking the win, followed by Kayden Baldwin in 2nd and Cayman Island XINSURANCE rider James Monroe Jr. (Yamaha HO) finishing in 3rd.
Kayden told WCJ that Round 2 was both fun and challenging, saying, “The race this weekend was great the course was challenging, but very manageable, and very fun at the same time. I had some great battles, and rode my 200 ski class way up into the 300 class. I look forward to LaPorte, my RIVA Racing GP1900 has been flawless this season and I cant wait to get it back on the track again.”
Saturday’s mild weather morphed into storms Sunday morning that delayed the start of racing, but when the weather cleared, the PRO Enduro class hit the line to battle it out for their race 2 of the weekend. Flipping race 1’s results, Dustin Farthing edged out Deven to take the victory, with Jay Edworthy (Sea-Doo RXPX 300) claiming 3rd.
With points on the line, the AM classes headed into the final race of the weekend, and in AM 300 Enduro, Ian Smith (2,1,1) again claimed 1st, together with an overall win for the weekend after a disqualification for a technical infraction bumped Valentina Lezcano (1, 3, DQ) to 4th place overall. Nathan Dalli (3, 2, 3) took the second place overall and Cline Glidden took the third podium spot with a 4, 4, 4 weekend.
Ian Smith – Overall AM 300 winner at Michigan City 2024 Photo RonnyMac
It was definitely a young guns weekend in the AM 200 Enduro, with Cooper Caldwell (1, 1, 1) nailing a hat trick with another win in Heat 3 and claiming the top podium spot overall. Kayden Baldwin (2, 2, 2) was on his heels the whole weekend and claimed the 2nd podium spot. James Monroe Jr. (DNF, 3, 3), flying the flag for the Cayman Islands, locked down 3rd place in Heat 2 and Heat 3, but a DNF in the Heat 1 tally let Peruvian racer Enrique Chia (3, 4, 4) edge him out for 3rd overall.
With the final Heat saved for the PROs, it was an all-out battle, with Deven and Dustin again right in the mix at the front of the pack, until an impressive dismount finished the race early for Deven (1, 2, DNF), and Dustin (2, 1, 1) took his second win of the weekend to nail down the top overall podium spot. Camden Powell (DNR, 9, 2) claimed the Heat 3 second place and RIVA rider Chris Landis (14, 5, 3) took 3rd, but Jay Edworthy’s 4, 3, 5 weekend gave him enough of an edge to grab the 2nd overall spot, and even with a DNF in Heat 3, Deven secured 3rd overall.
P1 AquaX officials thanked The City of Michigan City and Visit Michigan City La Porte for the warm welcome and event support, and reminds riders and fans that the next AM Enduro race will be in LaPorte, Indiana on July 27-28 and the next PRO round will be in Kissimmee, Florida, over the weekend of September 20-22.
Be sure to check out all the Round 2 results here, and the US points standing here.
Team Points as of Round 2
Farthing Racing – 425
Jet-X – 369
MACC Racing Monster Energy – 274
Champion Powersports – 214
Snyder Built RIVA Racing – 142
Team 71 – 132
Seaside Marine/Allira Construction – 124
Last Minute Racing – 109
RIVA Racing – 103
Miami Jet Ski Shop – 64
Speed Racing – 47
