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Hello Race Fans More champions in this issue include two youth riders that won Amateur Grand National Dirt Track Championships in the month of July in Duquoin, IL. Riders compete from all over the country in the Mile, Half Mile, Short Track and TT events for a combined overall victory. See who came home winners.

Local racing you ask? Yes we have that too.

Everything from flat track to harescramble to motocross. In this issue you’ll find a combined ECEA and PA State Harescramble race along with coverage from Back Mountain, one of the favorite venues on the schedule.

In motocross racing action find coverage from two MDRA rounds and three District 6 Ultimate MX rounds. Plus our featured rider on the cover, Ricky Carmichael grabs his 100th combined win at Budds Creek. Get all of the details inside.

August, the month of Champions. Actually, lets start over. I consider every man, woman and child thats out there competing and doing their best on the race track, no matter what discipline you race, a champion. Whether you’re going to Loretta’s, winning a local race or finishing dead last every week, if you’re out there doing it, and doing it to the best of your abilities than please be proud of yourself. Listen to your mentors and keep going and I promise, you’ll continue to get better.

Now, back to that champion thing. By the time most of you are reading this, the 26th Annual Air Nautics Amateur National Championships will be in the books. 33 racers will be crowned and the rest will go home and start over again for next year. Please see our preview in this issue and watch out next month to see who brought home the gold.

And last but not least, don’t forget our regular features along with the contributors that make it possible each month. We have tech advice and fitness tips plus rider interviews and input. It all adds up to everything racing right here in your hometowns.

Once again, thank you all for reading and supporting MRA. We do it all for you, and so we can eat. See you at the track.

Until next time.

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By Scot

The man behind the microphone:

The Rich Trevelise story Welcome Race Fans. From the time you get to the track in the morning until “Happy Trails” plays at the end of day one voice rings out of the loudspeaker at Raceway Park motocross events.

Rich Trevelise is the man behind the mike. This is your chance to get to know “The voice of Raceway Park motocross” Raceway News: So Rich how long have you been the man behind the mike?

Rich Trevelise: 2007 will be the 23rd year announcing at Raceway Park. In 1984 I also announced at Bridgeport Raceway which was a track that the Shiver family owned in South Jersey.

RN: What got you started announcing?

RT: I started announcing because I got hurt racing. It was at the Maico Super Series, a race that Sleepy Hollow and Raceway Park Ran in the late 70’s early 80’s. Amateur and Expert riders rode together in I guess what would be a money race series between tracks. I was in my qualifier and was in 2nd place, I was so stoked cause I was still an Amateur!, Terry Tucker was in first and fell right in front of me. To avoid him I went to the outside and got hit by somebody else.

Somehow my hand wound up in my back wheel.

I tore the ligaments in my hand and it was pretty bad. A few weeks later I met up with my cousin, who was a DJ and on the radio in Philadelphia at the time, at WYSP, and the next thing I knew we were working together doing ALL kinds of parties. I couldn’t stay away from Moto so I put them both together.

RN: What kind of pre-race preparations do you do?

RT: Nothing as far as pre-race prep.

RN: How do you keep all the riders straight?

RT: I was always pretty good with numbers, so I just kinda made almost like a second language relating names and numbers.

RN: After all the years do you have a favorite racer?

RT: To name one favorite rider is tough, local old school riders I have an enormous amount of respect for are Scott Edlestein, Jay Irwin, Ed Horan, Ed Brazina and Kenny Adams, Mickey Kessler and Barry Carsten.

Current riders would still be Mickey Kessler, Barry Carsten, yup they’re both still in there, Ty Wallace, Jimmy Mac, Jason Harper, the more I think about it there really have been so many talented riders that have come thru Raceway it’s so tough to call. Seeing the progress of riders from mini’s to big bikes has been very cool. These guys include Richie Zupko, Ty Wallace, Jay Lynch, Jay Jay Irwin and now Jason Lawrence. Being a “Mini Dad” now I really enjoy the mini classes, we happen to have some fast local talent including Dakota Kessler, Nick Desiderio, Joey Peters, Anthony Maimone, Frank Lettieri, Luke Renzland the list goes on and on. All time Pros in my top Five, I just can’t pin it down, include Ricky Carmichael, James Stewart, Bob Hannah, Tony Distefano and David Bailey. My favorite, it is and always will be two, my boys, Richie and

Ryan.

RN: Do you have a favorite KROC race?

RT: Favorite Race of Champions, that’s a tough one. Of course, for anyone that remembers when we did the mini-bike race at the Race of Champions, when expert riders would race on 80’s for one moto winner take all. The famous Mickey Kessler Billy Liles BATTLE has to be one of the most memorable. These two were all over one another back and forth the whole race it was awesome. We have had so many great races and riders over the years it’s hard to pin point my favorite. I think it’s been great to have the factory riders here, and I hope they still come. But, I really like it when our local guys give them a run for there money and its happened a lot at Raceway.

RN: Have you ever thought of making the jump to professional announcing?

Supercross or Arenacross?

RT: I would love to do a National or a Supercross, I kind of had the opportunity to do part of the Supercross that was at the Meadowlands I believe in 1987 or 1988 but at the time I guess I asked for too much money and that door never opened back up. If the opportunity came up again I would leave a mark.

RN : With all the talking all day long, do you still have a voice on Monday morning?

RT: Usually the only time I would not have a voice on a Monday would be if we had a long break and then went into the KROC weekend. I would be a little groggy sounding till about lunch time.

RN: What is your least favorite and most favorite thing about your job as the announcer?

RT: The least favorite thing would have to be calling for flaggers and then having to change the order after I just announced it to everyone.

My favorite would have to be the people, for the most part; the best people on the planet are at the race track. We get our whiners every once and a while and people who just like to complain about something but that just happens in life, you can never please everyone all the time. But overall the people and that racer rush that happens when there is a good race going on and you’re kinda thinking to yourself what you might do in that next turn or straightaway to hold off or pass someone, that really keeps me going.

Thanks for your time Rich. Now you know a little more about the man behind the microphone.

A Kids View Hey race fans, it’s Chase and I am going to tell you about round # 6 of this years ECEA series. On Saturday June 30 and Sunday July 1 South Penn Enduro Riders (SPER) hosted this years OXBO hare scramble race located in Pennsylvania farm land with plenty of fun things to do for the whole family. On Saturday S.P.E.R. put on the second junior enduro race of the year with two halves that not only challenged the kids, but the adults as well. The first “leg” of the race was really fast with field sections and the second half was very rocky with a fast flowing river to cross. At night the club cooked a big and delicious chicken BBQ followed by the “Martini Brothers Band” for entertainment.

The peewee’s were up early once again and eager to get the racing started! Michael Magee took the overall win followed by Andy Powers of the 10-12 EL class and Thorn “Slappy” Devlin of the 7-9 65cc class which rounded out the top three. The youth race was around 5 miles long and had some great wins and good battles. Cody Mummert took the overall win followed by Jacobus Ferreira and Stephen Harris of the AA class close behind. This track was pretty fast with some jumps, field sections and man-made obstacles.

See you on the starti ng line....

Chase

40 for riders at least 25, 30 or 40 years old, respectively, riding two- or four-stroke motorcycles with displacements of 86cc-open; and a Women’s class for women riding two- or four-stroke motorcycles with displacements of 80cc-open.

The AMA amateur motocross classes for 2008 will also recognize a Pit Bike class. The specifications for the Pit Bike class are still being finalized and will be submitted for AMA Congress approval at the October meeting.

AMA Approves New Amateur Class Structure for 2008 AMA Racing June 15, 2007 AMA competition bulletin: amateur motocross class rules changes To: AMA Off-Road Congress delegates, AMA promoters Please be advised that the AMA Board of Directors ratified a new amateur motocross class structure for the 2008 racing season at its May 2007 meeting.

Nationally recognized amateur motocross classes for 2008 will include: • MX Lites (100cc-153cc 2-stroke/151cc-250cc 4-stroke); • 125 Class (86cc-125cc 2-stroke only) • Motocross (154cc-285cc 2stroke/251cc-450cc 4-stroke); • 250 Class (126cc-250cc 2-stroke only); • Open (251cc-500cc 2-stroke/390cc-650cc 4-stroke).

Displacements may be OEM or achieved by aftermarket modification.

The amateur motocross class structure for 2008 also includes Plus 25, Veteran 30 and Veteran

The 2008 structure for AMA Youth Classes will be the same as in 2007.

The new class structure is the result of a directive the AMA Board of Directors issued to AMA staff late last year to consult with technical experts in the field and recommend a measured approach to leveling the playing field between two- and fourstroke motorcycles in amateur motocross.

Also at the May meeting, the AMA Board of Directors ratified three rules that passed AMA Congress in 2006 for the 2007 season but were not ratified at the November 2006 Board meeting.

These additional changes to Amateur, Semiprofessional & Youth Competition Rule Book take effect immediately: • Add sentence (chapter 4, section B, paragraph 3, page 14): “In addition, in Dirt Track, TT, Scrambles and Ice Race, riders changing machines must start on the penalty line on their next race.”

• Last sentence to read (chapter 4, section B, paragraph 7 I, page 15): “and riders will be started in a procedure consistent with Pro Racing restarts.”

• Change (chapter 5, section C, paragraph 1, page 44): “Class 6 Change age to 7-11. Delete Maximum (adjusted length) wheelbase 45 inches.

Move brackets between 85cc classes and hillclimb classes 13 & 14. Place the wheel sizes below to be included with classes 13 & 14: Front Wheel Max 17 inches, Rear wheel min 12 inches, Rear Wheel Max. 16 inches. Delete Wheelbase 51 inches or less for Hillclimb.”

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By Jim Bull

Round # 6 of the District 6 Ultimate MX Series brought double championship points to Elkland, PA and the scenic Miles Mountain Motocross course. The event was sponsored by Ackley and Sons Sporting Goods in Westfield, PA. As always the folks at Miles Mountain roll out the red carpet for racers and spectators alike. This event brought Saturday night supercross racing along separate quad and motorcycle mx events on Sunday.

Miles continues to expand and improve their new for 2007 quad track and even as this issue is being produced, construction and expansion continues on that track in preparation for their upcoming ATV points race on August 12th. In addition they are preparing for their second leg of the D6 Ultimate MX that will be returning here the last weekend of August. That event will mark the midway point of the series and will offer factory contingencies from all of the major manufacturers.

There’s no better time than now to experience Miles Mountain. If you’ve been there before we know you’re headed back, but if you’ve been on the fence about making the trip from D6 central pack the gear and load the trucks, you’ll be very glad you did.

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Vet 30+ A 1. Joe Ellington; 2. Rich Jarvis; 3. Andrew Ujhelyi.

Vet 30+ B 1. Frank Smith; 2. George Gilmour; 3. Thomas Baney; 4.

Donald Hilstolsky; 5. Bobbi Joe Colburn; 6. Michael Garbacik; 7. Stephen Carnevale.

Vet 30+ C 1. Brian Bolus; 2. Joseph Wincek; 3. Mark Sheeley; 4.

Brian Bright; 5. Stephen Vassello; 6. James Moreck; 7. Kyle Oetting; 8. Bill Cunningham; 9.

Jerry Roys; 10. David Ives.

Arie Reachard from Dover, PA takes the 65 (10-11) win.

0-51 auto 4-6 1. Nathan Rocuskie; 2. Edgar Clark; 3. Bryce Moore; 4. Alexis Castellaneta; 5. Jordan Jarvis; 6. Foster Kosa.

0-51 auto 7-8 1. Oscar M. Kelchner; 2. Mathew Harrington; 3.

Christopher Ford; 4. Caleb Warn; 5. Bryce Bright; 6. Eythan Briggs; 7. Travis Warn.

0-51 oil 4-6 1. Nathan Rocuskie; 2. Edgar Clark; 3.

Bryce Moore; 4. Jordan Jarvis; 5. Henry Scheetz, Jr.; 6. Tyler Hancock; 7. Braden Castellaneta.

40+ A 1. Joe Ellington; 2. Steven Moser; 3. Andrew Ujhelyi; 4. Bill Perry.

40 + B 1. George Gilmour; 2. Stephen Carnevale; 3. Gregg Bouchard; 4. Gary Haskell; 5. Robert Gruver.

Women 80cc/Open 1. Samantha Ujhelyi; 2. Melinda Giberson; 3.

Korinne Shortino; 4. Nicole Hetzko.

0-65 7-9 1. Sean Knoll; 2. Austin Kosa ; 3. Oscar Kelchner; 4. Christopher Ford; 5.

Mathew Harrington.

George Gilmour soars to the win in the Senior B division.

0-65 10-11 1. Arie Reachard; 2. Addison Emory, IV.; 3. Eric Vonada; 4. John Roys.

85cc 12-13 1. Tyler Conner; 2. Ryan Batman.

85cc 14-15 1. Daniel Lagreca; 2. Kyle Schappeel.

85cc 7-11 1. Addison Emory, IV.; 2. Arie Reachard; 3. Eric Vonada; 4. Jason Chacho; 5. Seth Anderegg; 6.

Dane Bright; 7. Tyler Baney.

125 A 1. Kyle Bear.

Daniel Legreca wins 85cc (14-15).

125 B 1. Christopher Cheney; 2. Justin Maylath; 3.

Justin Frederick; 4. Justin Morse; 5. Neal Kulp; 6. Justin Cifoni; 7. Matt Geheh; 8.

Jerome Justofin; 9. Jeremy Parsons.

125 C 1. William Eaton; 2. Zachary Klaptosky; 3.

Shay Tewksbury; 4. Thomas Nilan; 5. Andrew Chacho; 6. Steve Wehr; 7. Corey Recla; 8.

Anton Kotulski; 9. Ned Lorson; 10. Nicholas Freeborn.

250/Open A 1. Kyle Bear; 2. Joe Ellington.

250/Open B 1. Christopher Cheney; 2. Jim Whipple; 3. Troy Zeigler.

250/Open C 1. William Hauser; 2. Anton Kotulski; 3. Austin Edwards; 4. Joshua Loucks; 5. Jared Mertes; 6.

Mike Semilia; 7. Justin Talianek; 8. Jon Murray; 9.

Jason Woodling; 10. Jesse Portanova.

College Boy 16-24 1. Justin Frederick; 2. Matt Geheh; 3. Josh Haskell.

Addison “Rubber Dude” Emory is your 85 (7-11) champ.

This track offers natural elevation changes and is dedicated to motorcycles only (the quads run their own track at Miles). I believe the course is close to 1.5 miles in length and is challenging yet safe. They offer overnight parking along with food concessions and some of the most peaceful settings that you can find in the entire state of Pennsylvania. On top of that the hospitality is great and the owners are always open to

School Boy 12-15 1. William Eaton; 2. Andrew Chacho; 3. Broc Rupert; 4. Nicholas Freeborn.

Supermini 1. Tyler Conner; 2. Zachary Donlin; 3. Nicholas Freeborn; 4. Daniel Lagreca; 5. Gordy Titus; 6.

Colton Engel; 7. Nate Tucker.

4 Stroke 1. Kyle Bear; 2. Jon Rebert; 3. William Hauser; 4.

Shay Tewksbury; 5. Zachary Klaptosky; 6. Justin Maylath; 7. Troy Zeigler; 8. Thomas Nilan; 9. Josh Hanley; 10. Jerome Justofin.

25+ B 1. Bobbi Joe Colburn; 2. Donald Hilstolsky.

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By Jim Bull

Frank Lettieri came to Doublin needing to qualify. He wins Schoolboy and qualifies in the MX Lites (14-16).

Late July brought the Loretta Lynn Northeast Youth Regional to the Doublin Gap MX Park in Shippensburg, PA. The country is broken down into 7 regions with final qualifiers being held for both youth and amateur racers to be eligible in 33 different classes come early August in

Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.

This race was one of 13 such events.

Even though the event is held in a particular region of the country, racers from all over the USA are eligible to attempt to qualify in any given region. Racers must first qualify in what is known as an area qualifier to be able to move onto the regional qualifier.

The event is a three moto format held over two days with the the top 7-8 finishers from each class moving onto the final amateur championship at Loretta Lynns.

Pictured and listed here and on the following pages find the best of the best that have qualified from our readerships area. We wish them all the best while at the championships and a safe return home.

Watch next months issue of MRA to find out who comes home winners.

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2007 Loretta Lynn Preview Welcome to our preview for the 27th Annual Air Nautiques AMA Amateur National Championships, presented by Amsoil, at the legendary Loretta Lynn’s Ranch in scenic Hurricane Mills, Tennessee Racers compete nationwide from March through June in the various 64 Area Qualifiers and 13 Regional Championships to determine the final rider roster for the Amateur Nationals.

Approximately 20,000 racers attempt to qualify for the national with just under 1400 making the final cut.

Since its inception in 1982, the hope for this race by founders Dave Coombs Sr. and Paul Shlegel was to hold a championship amateur motocross race that was fair, safe and fun for all the riders and their families. A nationwide qualifying system ensures equal representation from all parts of the country. A track raced only one time a year ensures that no one will have a chance to ride or race on it before the rest of the competition arrives.

amateur national series in the United States, and the proving grounds for America’s future professional Supercross and Motocross heroes.

Pictured here and on the previous page from the Youth Regional at Doublin Gap you will find our local heroes that are on their way to the big show. Also listed below are yet more racers from our local districts that will be competing starting July 30th thru August the 4th. By the time some of you are reading this it will all be over and the champions will be crowed. Stay tuned to next months issue to see how your favorite racers faired and be sure to log onto www.mxsports. com for all of the final finishes.

Good luck to all in attendance, you are already champions for making it this far. I would also like to apologize in advance, just in case we missed anyone or maybe got our facts a little crooked.

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South Penn Enduro Riders OX BO Harescramble - July 1, 2007 Photos By Tim Dennis • Story By Tori Devlin

What a beautiful day nature gave us to race in Three Springs, Pennsylvania. This race was hosted by the South Penn Enduro Riders in honor of Jim “Ox” Devlin and Bo Bald, and recently fallen Tim Swarner. These three men were very huge supporters of the sport, and each had their lives taken too early in life. As they all rode through the sky looking down on us, I’m sure they enjoyed every second of the race. I had an extra hard time writing this since; Jim Devlin is my uncle, and this all hit real close to home. The old saying goes it’s not what you take when you leave this world behind

the excitement on those kids’ faces as they lined up was priceless. Each time these kids show up at a race it is amazing to see how versatile they are with the terrain. This track had a little bit of everything to offer. From grass track to woods riding this was an awesome track. This track is also infamous for the bridge crossing that got more slick with each passing. I heard a lot of positive feedback from the young riders, but most wished they could get their chance at the field of tires.

As the checkered flag was thrown this race was

AA 1. Ryan Rodgers; 2. Andrew Delong; 3. Andrew Tsakanika; 4. Timothy Rizzon; 5. Kevin Bennett; 6. Michael Lafferty; 7. Cristopher Rizzon; 8.

Jerod Stoner; 9. Marc Grossman; 10. William King.

A 0-200 1. Jason Sipe; 2. Jacob Martin; 3. Timmy Hunter; 4. Joseph Mangione; 5. Darren Schoeneb; 6.

Christopher Curlet; 7. Jarred Folweiler; 8. Casey Grzybowski; 9. Fred Baxter; 10. Derrick Kell.

A 201-Open 1. Eric Rodgers; 2. Tyler Mccreight; 3. Alex Shaw; 4. Leonard Rehatchet; 5. Wesley Becker; 6. Aaron Cree; 7. Jedediah Haines; 8. Michael Soudas; 9. Joe Sumpter; 10. Robert Oreilly.

A 4-Stroke 1. Matt Dillon; 2. Tyler Klinger; 3. Michael Tsakanikas; 4. Joseph Caruso; 5. Louis Green; 6.

Kenneth Held; 7. James Tevis; 8. Daniel Mccaslin; 9. Bill Legg; 10. Bryan Palanchi.

A Vet 1. Craig Shenigo; 2. Jason Wills; 3. Dale Hiles, Jr.; 4. Wayne Grenewicz; 5. Vance Draghi; 6.

Michael Kilduff; 7. Carmen Tino; 8. Dewitt Harrell, II.; 9. Michael Wilbert; 10. Jospeh Cichon.

A Senior 1. Greg Turner; 2. Jerry Borcherdt; 3. Alan Jessat; 4. Ronald Curtis; 5. Jay Dean; 6. James Franks; 7. Eric Jordan; 8. Jeffery Betton; 9. Mike Ego; 10. T B. Haley.

MRA Contributor Chase Rusden wins 85 (10-11).

B 201-Open 1. Jeffrey Pasqua; 2. Jarod Kulp; 3. Wayne Sheppard; 4. Jesse Gill; 5. Jeremy Nease; 6.

Sean Koeller; 7. Christopher Petrov; 8. Noah Antonio; 9. Luke Dantonio; 10. Dennis Haggererty.

Youth start at the OX BO - Cody Mummert (109) takes the win. you, but you leave behind you when you go. In each of these three men’s lives that was definitely the case. They each made their own impact in the sport, and we should all live as if today were our last.

As the families started filling in the fields, we all realized what was about to happen. Camps were set up, bikes unloaded, and friendships were rekindled as everyone sat back to listen to the Martini Brothers. As the sun came up the next day everyone was getting their game face on. To see

added to the long list of successful events. Any group of people that can work together as well as SPER did will definitely have people talking. The three men that were riding up above would have been proud to call SPER their home.

Women 1. Sara Chapman; 2. Demeray Zimmerman; 3.

Unregistered Other; 4. Courtney Compton; 5. Patricia Blair; 6. Megan Horseman; 7. Jacueline Prignano.

C 0-200 1. Ian Pannebakker; 2. Valen Garrison; 3. Ryan Mentzer; 4. Brian Boyer; 5. Matt Landerer; 6.

Richard Acri; 7. Todd Bauerband; 8. Blaine Sheppard; 9. Stra Teodosic; 10. Greg Curlett.

C 201-Open 1. Joseph Crist; 2. Adam Burke; 3. David Dalmasso; 4. Aaron Bates; 5. Jeremy Kulp; 6. Bradley Bernet; 7. Michael Shenigo; 8.

Brian Acri; 9. Dana Haney, II.; 10. Kyle Shenigo.

C 4-Stroke 1. Dustin Morris; 2. Robert Jones; 3. Mathew Pratola; 4. Addeli Held; 5. Scott Filce; 6. Wade Glover; 7. Brent Lehmann; 8. Andrew Sarclette; 9. Tyler Stevens; 10. Andrew Barrick.

C Vet 1. Joe Pettit; 2. Michael Shaw; 3. John Studley; 4. Scott Enman; 5. Herbert Higbee, III.; 6. Matthew Eilers; 7. Michael Creed; 8. Jeremy Jaques; 9. Daniel Zimmerman; 10. Mark Shaw.

Andy Powers gets the win in the 10-12 EL group.

C Senior 1. Craig Lambert; 2. Donald Hake; 3. Dan Grimes; 4. John Morris; 5. Mark Garrity; 6.

Greg Palen; 7. Joseph Funaro; 8. David Marcarelli; 9. Allen Wagner; 10. Norman Diefenderfer.

The ECEA and the PA State Series race together at SPER. Ryan Rodgers (356) wins the O/A. A SuperSenior 1. Mike Mcintire; 2. Thomas Cichon; 3. Jerome Lynn; 4. Thomas Cacacie; 5. Christopher Hunter; 6. Dale Doty; 7. Scott Wolfersberger; 8. John Diobilda.

B 0-200 1. Shane Hufford, Jr.; 2. Stephan Check; 3. Brett Curtis; 4. Drew Kelson; 5. Ryan Kelson; 6. Travis Corchado; 7. Joshua Smith; 8. Kyle Mckelvey; 9. Joshua Geusic; 10. Ryan Stapleford.

B 4-Stroke 1. James Dzierwinsk; 2. Cody Mulligan; 3. Jon Marchesano; 4. Michael Trauch; 5. Justin Shough; 6. Steven Holmes; 7. Matthew Morris; 8.

John Herrschaft; 9. Alexander Dusenk; 10.

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B Vet 1. Bernie Adkins; 2. Richard Wentzel; 3. Jacob Coy; 4. Samuel Gray; 5. Billy Slane; 6. John Schoeffling; 7. Jack Mattera; 8. Shawon Bohince; 9. Wesley Bower; 10. Chris Maher.

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B Senior 1. Gerald Peklak; 2. Michael Demos; 3. Rich Matthias; 4. Doug Mccabe; 5. Steven Powers; 6. John Sobolak; 7. Wayne Ervin; 8. Steven

Wood; 9. Tanner Dillon; 10. Dylan Kauffman.

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4-9 EL 1. John Lawton; 2. Devrynn Clugston; 3. Austin Higbee; 4. Kyle Oliphant; 5. Neil Enman; 6. Wally Yaros; 7. Evan Vinil; 8. Joseph Carter, Jr.; 9. River Sewell; 10. Ty Franks.

4-8 O.I. 1. Tucker Hake; 2. Stephen Green; 3. Mike Shaw; 4. Jared Sowers; 5. Ryan Boyd; 6. Jessica Schoeffling; 7. Chris Adams; 8. Christopher Kendrick.

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12-15 AA 1. Stephen Harris; 2. Zach Shepps; 3. Nick Davis; 4. Gregory Schneider; 5. Tyler Haney; 6. Kelsey Hartem; 7. James Dibenedert; 8.

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Samuel Swavely; 4. Evan Houston; 5. Keith Oliphant; 6. Zachary Snyder; 7. Philip Bennett, III.; 8. Sally Ferreira; 9. Aaron Kauffman; 10.

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14-15 85cc 1. Jesse Groemm; 2. Robert Artsma; 3. Ryan Slane; 4. Zack Van Atter; 5. Marcus Ward; 6.

Zachary Huberty; 7. Randy Kindade; 8. Steelman Peterson; 9. Brandon Engle; 10. Richard Vautard.

B SuperSenior 1. Cristofer Nauta.

7-9 65cc 1. Michael Mcgee; 2. Thorn Devlin; 3. Timothy Lambert; 4. Wyatt Vugrinec; 5. Jarrett Mohn; 6.

Gary Enman; 7. Logan Greer; 8. Dillan Abrams; 9. Kevin Kearney; 10. Elijah Olsen.

12-13 85cc 1. Kyle Mcdonal; 2. Joel Chapman; 3. Kenny Tenner; 4. Zachary Smith; 5. Michael Medeiros; 6. Angelo Rispoli, Jr.; 7. Kamran Azadi; 8. Trevor Stevens; 9. Brock Turner; 10. Corby Gill.

4-8 50cc 1. Salvatore Cusimano; 2. Bryan Butler; 3.

Joshua Sourbeer; 4. Kyle Tino; 5. Daulton Fry. 10-12 EL 1. Andy Powers; 2. Eric Matthias; 3. Max Tomazin; 4. Hunter Kann; 5. Cody Gerhard; 6. Nicholas Mccollough; 7. Daniel Boyle; 8. Eric

Ian Pannebakker wins 0-200 C and the C Classs O/A.

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10-11 85cc 1. Chase Rusden; 2. Tegan Temple; 3. Robert Civiletti, Jr.; 4. Ethan Walter; 5. Dieter Willenbrock; 6. Ethan Jaudas; 7. Tanner Way; 8. Chris Gordon;

9. Daniel Gandy; 10. Jake Butterly.

13-15 150cc 1. Michael Wilson; 2. Philip Morshead; 3. Colin Black; 4. David Adams; 5. Benjamin Shugha; 6.

Dylan Hartz; 7. Deric Adams; 8. Mitch Powers; 9.

Stephen Andrescava; 10. Brock Stinson.

10-11 65cc 1. Jeffrey Hall; 2. Brandon Ryan; 3. Henry Ferreira; 4. Craig Delong; 5. Jeremy Williams; 6.

Sean Dolan; 7. Albert Santelli; 8. Bryan Font; 9.

David Butler; 10. Francisco Held.

10-12 125cc 1. Thomas Shughart; 2. Eric Carrero; 3. Michael Anderson.

EL Women 1. Tabatha Roser; 2. Rylee Devlin; 3. Megan Horseman; 4. Carly Markovich; 5. Alyssa Haney; 6. Tiffany Bennett; 7. Jacqueline Prignano; 8.

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RD #6 - PA State Harescramble rtySeries - June 24, 2007

By Dennis Hagge

Dennis Haggerty launches to a 5th in 201-Open B. This past Sunday Round #6 of the PA State Harescramble Series was held “down by the river” at BMER in Dallas, PA. Not a cloud was to be seen in the bright blue sky while temperatures were teetering, at a comfortable 80 degrees. The track was absolutely perfect and the atmosphere had a feeling of anxiousness coming off a three week break. The BMER crew could not have run a more professional event, the track layout was awesome, there were flagmen surrounding the course, the scoring worked great and the over-all even ran smoothly. Having good results in the past in Dallas I looked forward to one of my favorite tracks on the circuit. Because the starting area was a bit smaller than normal and the number of riders, more than anticipated, the traditional start standing in front of your machine was turned into a normal on your seat dead engine start.

I got another great start and went into the first turn second. I made a conscious effort to continue to push to make sure that I didn’t loose sight of the front of the pack like previous races. I pushed hard and stayed behind the leader for the whole first 7 mile lap. The course was awesome and I felt really comfortable on the bike. After coming through the scanner 2nd on the first lap I felt as if I had a good enough push to settle into my race pace. I was passed on the 2nd lap dropping me to 3rd and then again on the 3rd lap dropping me to 4th. I got my second wind and continued to race towards the front of the pack. The track wore in really well and the soil was just awesome, there was a little sand, a little dirt, a little bit of roots, some up hills, some sweet drop offs, multi line tight tree sections, grass fields, and even some shale sections. This track had just about everything you could think of except my friends the boulders, that most other tracks contain. I felt really good on the 4th lap but I made a mistake and both the D’Antonio brothers passed me. We all hung together for a good 4 miles and then Luke took off leaving Noah and I to battle it out. It took another mile or two for me to put my head down and charge around Noah but by the time I made the pass I saw Luke was a good 40 seconds in front of me.

I came around for the 5th lap and the guy was standing there with the flag, not looking at me, and when I was getting scanned I asked if it was half way and they indicated that it was in fact the last lap. I’m starting to get used to getting screwed with

lap indications. Coming through the scanners on the last lap I found myself in 5th. After giving it my all and using up everything that I saved for the last lap; pushing ahead and trying to catch up to Luke, I still found myself in 5th place when I crossed the checkers.

After all was said and done, just being able to race on such an awesome track, on such an outstanding day and come home healthy – that’s all that mattered.

D. Haggs Sr. had a good ride despite his demanding work schedule from the prior week pulling in a 13th on a packed line. Racing stays in full effect when we travel this weekend to an area just outside of Johnstown, PA. Having this event being a combined series with the ECEA there is no doubt that the cream of the crop will be in attendance and the racing action will be packed!

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50cc Stock 4-8 Years 1. Trenton Poust; 2. Elizabeth Mulhern; 3. Daulton Fry; 4. Wyatt Koeller.

65cc 7-9 Years 1. Jarrett Mohn; 2. Gary Enman; 3. Dylan Chapman; 4. Noah Keller; 5. Ryan Hall; 6. Wendy Jaudas.

100-150cc 4 Stroke 1. Hunter Murphy; 2. Taylor Pecika; 3. Thomas Shughart; 4. Tabatha Roser; 5. Benjamin Shughart;

Jumper; 4. Logan Weishaar.

Romanowski; 9. Paul Sumerfield; 10. Martin Nye.

4w 71-90cc Prod 9-15 Years 1. Brandon Hess; 2. Curt Goodman; 3. Andrew Thorson; 4. Ryan Brinker; 5. Colby Chinchar; 6.

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Nathan Burkholder.

Vet A 1. Brian Sworen; 2. Jason Wills; 3. Craig Shenigo; 4. Joseph Cichon; 5. Vance Draghi; 6. Dewitt Harrell; 7. Thomas Moyer; 8. Steven Perrotto; 9.

David Heebner; 10. Jim Cassel. Vet B 1. Dan Perrotto; 2. Billy Slane; 3. Erik LaRue; 4.

John Scott; 5. Gary Bower; 6. Brian Walsh; 7. Ryan Hix; 8. David Colarusso; 9. Robert Keiser; 10.

Steven Vanbuskirk.

201cc-Open A 1. Ryan Rodgers; 2. Timothy Rizzon; 3. Eric Rodgers; 4. Luke Bange; 5. Aaron Mulhern; 6. Tyler Mccreight; 7. Lloyd Wildoner; 8. Christopher Rizzon; 9. Nathan Updyke; 10. Broc Zerbe.

201cc-Open B 1. Jarod Kulp; 2. Christian Epting; 3. Dave Houssock; 4. Luke Dantonio; 5. Dennis Haggerty, Jr.; 6. Cody Milligan; 7. Brock Myers; 8. Noah D Antonio; 9. Wayne Sheppard; 10. Christopher Bittenbender.

Danny Bromley wins 85cc (7-11).

6. Steven Cresci; 7. Mitchell Powers; 8. Kyle Miller; 9. Broc Stinson.

110cc Air Cooled 1. Andrew Powers; 2. Cody Gerhard; 3. Max Tomazin; 4. Eric Matthias; 5. Hunter Kann; 6.

Devrynn Clugston; 7. Neil Enman; 8. Matthew Frankelli; 9. Antonio Frankelli; 10. Tucker Poust.

65cc 10-11 Years 1. Craig Delong; 2. Henry Ferreira; 3. Timothy Lambert; 4. Jeremy Williams; 5. Jeffrey Hall; 6.

Evan Leibensperger; 7. Jesse Shellock; 8. Walter Bond III. 85cc 12-15 Years 1. Zack Smith; 2. John Hodle; 3. Joel Chapman; 4.

Ryan Slane; 5. Brock Turner; 6. Austin Mulhern; 7.

Logan Diehl; 8. William Haller; 9. Micheal DeWald; 10. Damian Hix. 85cc 7-11 Years 1. Daniel Bromley; 2. Ethan Jaudas; 3. Christopher Vanbuskirk; 4. Cody Steele; 5. Ryan Brinker.

Supermini 12-15 Years 1. Jacobus Ferreira; 2. Nick Davis; 3. Matthew Gift; 4. Evan Houston; 5. Samuel Shavely; 6. Sally Ferreira; 7. Eric Stinson; 8. Eric Toscano.

Jacobus Ferreira and Ethan Jaudas.

65cc (10-11) riders at Back Mountain.

4w 0-50cc Stock 4-8 Years 1. Brandon Shughart; 2. Kara Clark; 3. Tyler Thomas; 4. Daniel Stine.

4w 51-70cc Prod 6-11 Years 1. Hunter Grimes; 2. Andrew Williams; 3. Brock

201cc-Open C 1. Chris Murray; 2. Edward Bejeski; 3. Brian Acri; 4.

Luke Hursh; 5. Ryan Francis; 6. Jason Butler; 7.

Michael Shenigo; 8. Kyle Shenigo; 9. Scott Fleece; 10. Aaron Bates.

86-200cc A 1. Andrew Delong; 2. Jason Sipe; 3. Jacob Martin; 4. Timmy Hunter; 5. Kevin Karwaski. 86-200cc B 1. Josh Smith; 2. Jacobus Ferreira; 3. Jared Dzugan; 4. Ian Quire; 5. Owen Mccreight; 6. Mike Cortese; 7. Bobby Kershaw.

86-200cc C 1. Patrick Desantis; 2. Adam Hursh; 3. Richard Acri; 4. Leanne Bange; 5. Dianne Fitzgerald; 6.

Blaine Sheppard; 7. Brian Ego; 8. Michael Demchak; 9. Daniel Considine; 10. Austin Mulhern. 10th Masters 1. Burd Guers.

Senior A 1. Kevin Bennett; 2. Greg Turner; 3. Philip Carlin; 4.

Glenn Scherer; 5. Jerry Borcherdt; 6. Dennis Fitzgerald; 7. Thomas Maley; 8. Hank Knabe, Jr.; 9.

Andy Bylsma; 10. Mike Ego. Senior B 1. Michael Gagatek; 2. Glen Davis; 3. Dave Gagatek; 4. Alfred Schnug; 5. Rich Matthias; 6. Dale Wakefield; 7. Steven Powers; 8. Steven Murphy, Sr.; 9. Aaron Ermel; 10. Ron Lehman.

Super Senior 1. Thomas Cichon; 2. Jerry Lynn; 3. Christopher Hunter; 4. Dale Stone; 5. John Haduck; 6. Brian Okeefe; 7. Michael Mcgalliard; 8. Thomas

91-200cc 2st 91-300cc 4st 1. Dylan Ferguson; 2. Christopher Kuperavage; 3.

Travis Umbenhauer; 4. Chad Weikel; 5. Derek Burkhard; 6. Matthew Kohler; 7. John Reed; 8.

Adam Pittman; 9. Joseph Bromley; 10. Matthew Burkholder.

4w Open A 1. Steven Stracka; 2. Thomas Koontz; 3. Josh Whitehead; 4. Blake Kramer; 5. Chad Livingston; 6.

Karl Lehman; 7. Scott Mchaster; 8. John Shull; 9.

Ralph Johnson; 10. Lonnie Garland, Jr. 4w Open B 1. James Kuperavage, Jr.; 2. Khyle Willis; 3. Jesse Peters; 4. Michael Damario; 5. Rick Popek; 6. Bill Miles; 7. Jason Ellis; 8. Robert DeWitt; 9. Bryan Vonderchek; 10. Samantha Vanbuskirk.

4w Open C 16-24 Years 1. Ryan Marlatt; 2. Dustin Worner; 3. Justin Perry; 4. Seth Alberts; 5. Shane Parent; 6. Thor Markus; 7. Justin Mace; 8. Travis Jumper; 9. Michael Papa; 10. Edward Gill.

4w Open C 25 Years 1. Jason Miller; 2. James Hancock; 3. Justin Brehm; 4. Chris Ickes; 5. Matt Bruns; 6. Keith Wolfinger; 7. Steve McGuire; 8. Michael Bastian, II.; 9. Bill Walsh; 10. Charles White, Jr. 4w Senior 1. Darrin Jumper; 2. Jeff Kearney; 3. Randy Smith; 4. Lonnie Garland, Sr.; 5. Donald Brinker; 6. Ronald Reath; 7. Mark Neely.

4w Utility 1. Chad Kline; 2. George Richards; 3. Nicolas Brajuka; 4. Paul Minnelli; 5. Karl Vanassen; 6.

James Tower; 7. Bryan Van Assen; 8. Dave Porzi; 9. John Crispen.

4w Vet 1. Jason Hughes; 2. Kenneth Tincher; 3. Michael Lucas; 4. Michael Johnson; 5. Robert Bennet; 6.

Charles Godshall; 7. George Albright; 8. John Duris; 9. Kevin Crawn; 10. Brian Marsh.

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MRA AUGUST 2007 • 17

2007 Penna State Harescramble

MRA AUGUST 2007 • 18

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they were both awarded a very memorable trophy and a free 3 month membership to the park. With both guys already being members they raffled off the memberships and donated the proceeds to Anthony Mastracola who suffered a spinal cord injury while riding last year.

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MRA AUGUST 2007 • 19

Evansville Harescramble

RD #8 - PA State H.S. - July 15, 2007 Photos By Jamie B. Brown

Mcclenning; 10. George Esmet.

WINNER!!

201 Open A 1. Jedediah Haines; 2. Tyler Mcreight; 3. Mathew Hunter.

201 Open B 1. Wayne Sheppard; 2. Luke Dantonio; 3. Jesse Gill; 4. Adam Burke; 5. Christian Epting; 6. Troy Fisher; 7. Joseph Ford; 8. Bryan Weimer; 9.

Jarod Kulp; 10. Mark Matthias.

Brian Dolan of Hamburg, PA

201 Open C 1. Chris Borich; 2. Dustin Morris; 3. Steven Hoffman; 4. Luke Hursh; 5. Michael Shenigo; 6.

Brian Acri; 7. Aaron Bates; 8. Keith Hearn; 9.

Matt Drury; 10. Matthew Brown.

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Vet A 1. Craig Shenigo; 2. Jerry Borcherdt; 3. Dewitt Harrell; 4. Jason Wills; 5. Thomas Moyer; 6.

Joseph Cichon; 7. Vance Draghi.

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Vet B 1. Billy Slane; 2. Brian Walsh; 3. Richard Fisher; 4. Steven Holmes; 5. Steven Vanbuskirk; 6.

Richard Kipilla.

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50 Cc Oil 1. Justin Kipilla.

Quad 71-90 1. Ryan Brinker; 2. Katie Kearney; 3. Trevor Mcnulty; 4. Andrew Thorson; 5. Brandon Hess; 6. Colby Chinchar; 7. Ethan Worden; 8. Curt Goodman; 9. Brian Thorson; 10. Allie Slate.

50 Cc Stk 1. Daulton Fry. 65cc 7-9 1. Jarrett Mohn; 2. Logan Greer; 3. Wendy Jaudas; 4. Brandon Tuite.

Air 110 1. Andrew Powers; 2. Max Tomazin; 3. Eric Mathais; 4. Cody Gerhard; 5. Hunter Kann; 6.

Devrynn Clugston.

100-150 1. Taylor Pecika; 2. Landon Wolfe; 3. Ty Evans; 4.

Colin Black; 5. Benjamin Shughart; 6. Thomas Shughart; 7. Drew Evans; 8. Joseph Bromley; 9.

Brian Ego; 10. Mitchell Powers; 11. Kyle Powers.

85cc 7-11 1. Ethan Jaudas; 2. Daniel Bromley; 3. Dieter Willenbrock; 4. Ryan Brinker; 5. Jake Butterly; 6.

Alex Bonner; 7. Christopher Vanbuski; 8. Cody Steele.

Supermini 1. Evan Houston; 2. Samuel Swavely; 3. Kyle Mcdonal; 4.

Brock Peck; 5. Sally Ferreira; 6. Matthew Gift.

91-200 /300 1. John Reed, Jr.; 2. Chad Weikel; 3. Derek Burkhard; 4. Joseph Bromley; 5. Matthew Kohler; 6. Adam Pittman; 7. Christopher Kuperavage; 8.

Dylan Ferguson.

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Quad Open C 25+ 1. Bryan Axline; 2. Jason Miller; 3. James Hancock; 4. Justin Brehm; 5. Kevin Esterly; 6.

Matt Bruns; 7. Chris Ickes; 8. Keith Wolfinger; 9.

Matthew Weishaar; 10. Steve Mcguire.

Senior A 1. Philip Carlin; 2. Alan Jessat; 3. Mike Ego; 4.

Robert Murphy; 5. John Hilton; 6. Dennis Fitzgerald; 7. Michael Strause.

Quad Open A 1. Chris Borich; 2. James Wahl; 3. Rob Hertz; 4.

Josh Whitehead; 5. Steven George; 6. Chris Ulrich; 7. Chad Livingston; 8. Lee Dickerson; 9.

Jeremy Richardson; 10. Lonnie Garland.

Senior B 1. Michael Gagatek; 2. Scott Evans; 3. Dave Gagatek; 4. Steven Powers; 5. Boyd Toner; 6. Richard Matthais; 7. George Willenbrock; 8. Thomas Simpson; 9. Michael Hess; 10. Christopher Heilbock.

86-200 A 1. Andrew Delong; 2. Jason Sipe.

Quad Open B 1. Khyle Willis; 2. James Kuperavage; 3. Michael Damario; 4. Jesse Toigo; 5. Rick Popek; 6.

Andrew Achey; 7. Jason Ellis; 8. Robert Dewitt; 9. Douglas Grabiec; 10. Samantha Vanbuskirk.

Quad Vet 30+ 1. Michael Lucas; 2. Thomas Wright; 3. Jason Hughes; 4. Kenneth Tincher; 5. Kevin Crawn; 6.

Charles Godshall; 7. Jeffrey Stewart; 8. Jeffrey Musser; 9.

Jeremy Richardson; 10.

Bernard Weishaar.

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86-200 B 1. Joshua Smith; 2. Jacobus Ferreira; 3. Owen Mccreight; 4. Bobby Kershaw; 5. Ian Quire; 6. David Hettler.

86-200 C 1. Jesse Balliet; 2. Adam Hursh; 3. Ryan Mentzer; 4.

Richard Acri; 5. Blaine Sheppard; 6. Matt Landerer; 7. Brian Ego; 8. Diane Fitzgerald; 9. Michael

Quads off the line at Round # 8 - PA State HS Series.

1 Quad C 16-24 1. Dustin Worner; 2. Justin Perry; 3. Adam Whary; 4. Seth Alberts; 5. Ryan Marlatt; 6. Justin Mace; 7. Shane Parent; 8. Travis Jumper; 9. Thor Markus; 10. Christopher Hosford.

65cc 10-11 1. Henry Ferreira; 2. Craig Delong; 3. Evan Leibensperger.

85cc 12-15 1. Zackery Smith; 2. Joel Chapman; 3. Logan Diehl; 4. Michael Gialloreto; 5. Richard Vautard; 6. Logan Anderson; 7. Joseph Sichelstiel; 8.

Michael Dewald; 9. Brandon Engle; 10. Nicholas Roberts; 11. David Wiernusz.

Quad 51-70 1. Hunter Grimes; 2. Logan Weishaar; 3. Andrew Williams; 4. Brock Jumper.

50 + 1. Thomas Cichon; 2.

Jerome Lynn; 3. Christopher Hunter.

60+ 1. Burd Guers.

Jed Haines wins 201-Open A at Evansville.

Quad 0-50 Stk 1. Kara Clark; 2. Brandon Shughart; 3. Zachary Bauguess.

Senior 40+ 1. Darrin Jumper; 2. Jeff Kearney; 3. Randy Smith; 4. Scott Slough; 5. Lonnie Garland; 6.

Albert Janes.

Utility 1. Chad Kline; 2. George Richards; 3. Joe Borich; 4. Dave Porzi; 5. Anthony Ruberto; 6. Dennis Rinehimer; 7. Daniel Pisauro.

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MRA AUGUST 2007 • 20

Happy Ramblers Motocross Hanover, PA - July 8, 2007 Photos By Ed Brown

6. Michael Kos; 7. Jacob Myers; 8. Zachary Smith; 9.

Jordan Stambaugh; 10. Eric Deatrick.

65cc 10-11 1. Jacob Runkles; 2. Sean Baxley; 3. Evan Peterson; 4. Cory Gilliam; 5. Sam Sheckells; 6. Cody Hipkins; 7. John Schmidt; 8. James Richards; 9. Zachary Summers.

125C-D2 1. Steve Bosley; 2. John Witmer; 3. Donald Hyre; 4.

Kyler Hull; 5. Charles Rill; 6. Justin Crider; 7. James Dejordy; 8. Tyler Ward; 9. Austin Robson; 10. Robbie Mccaslin.

40 Plus (Senior) A 1. Russell Seibold; 2. Bert Schulteis; 3. Jeffrey Russo; 4. Kevin Higgins; 5. Jim Hilty; 6. Steven Stair.

30 Plus C 1. Brian Bolus; 2. John Lamadue; 3. Kerry Bollinger; 4. Steve Brown; 5. Todd Mcfadden; 6. Pat Stansbury; 7. Jamie Smith; 8. John Ward; 9. Jason Foit; 10.

Timothy Tyler.

40 Plus (Senior) B 1. Ewell Gilliam; 2. Steve Boggs; 3. Mike Beavan; 4.

John Ward; 5. Michael Wetzel; 6. Brian Semder; 7.

Kerry Bollinger.

51cc oil 4-6 1. Jack Rogers; 2. Ryan Ganoe; 3. Gianni Lunadue; 4.

Andrew Brodbeck; 5. Dustin Radford; 6. Hunter Numper.

School Boy 1. Garret Toth; 2. Broc Schmelyun; 3. Brandon Seibold; 4. Darren Taughinbaugh; 5. Carter Luck; 6.

Joshua Fisher; 7. Stanley Bolen; 8. Eric Deatrick; 9.

Aaron Lease; 10. Stephen Hall.

51cc oil 7-8 1. Beau Livingston.

College Boy 1. Gregory Lamey, Jr.; 2. Addison Kramer; 3. Curtis Baker; 4. Zachary Harrington; 5. Chris Colburn; 6.

25 Plus A 1. Jon Boser; 2. Christopher Ohara.

Tommy Coluzzi sweeps Supermini.

Jeff Brannan takes the checkers in 125 C Div. 1 racing action.

250 A 1. Chad Wages; 2. Stephen Stella; 3. Willy Toth; 4.

Derrick Wile; 5. Gregory Lamey, Jr.; 6. James Palmer; 7. Derek Wilt.

Four Stroke 1. Garret Toth; 2. Broc Schmelyun; 3. Derek Wilt; 4.

Brandon Seibold; 5. Addison Kramer; 6. Jeffrey Grove; 7. Daniel Rucker; 8. Zachary Harrington; 9.

Michael Stella; 10. Ryan Higgins.

250 B 1. Michael Mccubbin; 2. Josh Crider; 3. Kristopher Shumaker; 4. Cory Acri; 5. Gary Radford, Jr.; 6.

Daniel Rucker.

Unlimited 1. Levi Leatherman; 2. Jacob Myers; 3. Nate Peck; 4.

Trevor Sypult; 5. Dustin Study; 6. Nathan Green.

250 C 1. Ryan Higgins; 2. Jeff Brannan; 3. Zac Ely; 4. Zach Donnelly; 5. Steve Bosley; 6. Justin Hass; 7. Josh Kreitz; 8. Charles Rill; 9. Mathew Hargett; 10. Austin Robson.

85cc 12-13 1. Kyle Davis; 2. Jackson Ringrose; 3. Thomas Coluzzi; 4. Ryan Batman; 5. Zak Riden; 6. Patrick Sharkey; 7. Keith Meshey; 8. Stephen Ward; 9.

Charles Cross, IV.; 10. Jacob Claxton.

Junior Mini (9-13) 1. Kyle Davis; 2. Stanley Bolen; 3. Ryan Batman; 4.

Zak Riden; 5. Jackson Ringrose; 6. Daniel Bohon; 7.

Sam Sheckells; 8. Joshua Short; 9. Austin Foit; 10.

Makiyah Gorman.

85cc 14-15 1. Zachery Warnock; 2. Derek Mercer; 3. Zachery Russo; 4. Michael Jones; 5. Josh Debeaumont.

65cc 7-9 1. Scott Meshey; 2. Reggie Powell; 3. Nicholas Carruba; 4. Brandon Garlock; 5. Shane Desell; 6.

Makiyah Gorman; 7. Isiah Baker; 8. Cody Lawn; 9.

Hunter Ringrose; 1 0 .

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Super Mini (12-15) 1. Thomas Coluzzi; 2. Zachery Warnock; 3. Michael Jones; 4. Patrick Sharkey; 5. Tyler Mumper.

Chad Wages is your champion in both premier expert classes.

Nick Johnson; 7. Kristopher Shumaker; 8. Michael Mccubbin; 9. Shawn Walz; 10. Jordan Helman.

85cc 7-11 1. Jacob Runkles; 2. Daniel Bohon; 3. Brandon Garlock; 4. Cole Mizak; 5. Sean Baxley; 6. Cory Grant Mizak Gilliam; 7. Amanda Poling; 8. Makiyah Gorman; 9. shows real Sam Sheckells; 10. Nicholas Carruba.

form on his way to winning the 4 Stroke 50cc division.

51cc 4-6 1. James Shockey; 2. Jack Rogers; 3. Tucker Hake; 4. Gianni Lumadue; 5. Kinser Smith; 6.

Hunter Numper.

51cc 7-8 1. Scott Meshey; 2. Mark Hushon; 3. Shane Desell; 4. Alec Hoffman; 5. Kyler Coles; 6. Carson Buffalow; 7. Brendan Ciaburri; 8. Logan Hull; 9.

Joshua Kline; 10. Austin Johnston.

OFF ROAD CYCLE SUPPLY OF HANOVER

30 Plus A 1. Jeffrey Grove; 2. Jon Boser; 3. Christopher Ohara; 4. Jonathan Skinner; 5. William Vaartjes.

30 Plus B 1. Eric Brown; 2. David Jackson; 3. David Hall; 4.

Charles Cross; 5. Mike Beavan; 6. Ewell Gilliam; 7.

Joseph Lachnit; 8. Thomas Miley.

125 A 1. Chad Wages; 2. Stephen Stella; 3. Willy Toth; 4.

Derrick Wile; 5. James Palmer; 6. Chris Colburn; 7.

Jeremy Vaeth; 8. Nick Johnson.

125 B 1. Broc Schmelyun; 2. Gary Radford, Jr.; 3. Daniel Rucker; 4. Anthony Soistnan; 5. Michael Stella; 6.

Shawn Walz; 7. Carter Luck; 8. Curtis Baker; 9. Darren Taughinbaugh; 10. Cody Riden.

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25 Plus B 1. Benjamin Hoffman; 2. David Hall; 3. John Lamadue; 4. Thomas Miley.

Women 1. Kelsey Green; 2. Alexis Harwood; 3. Emily Baker; 4.

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CRF/XR/TTR 50 1. Grant Mizak; 2. Tucker Hake; 3. Beau Livingston; 4.

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MRA AUGUST 2007 • 21

2007 RACE SCHEDULE

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Will some other motocross journalist be reporting years from now how RC used to be the greatest of all time. Will some other, yet to be known racer catch and beat his records? Only time will tell and my only wish is that the rest of you enjoy finding out as much as I have enjoyed watching Ricky Carmichael become the “Greatest of all Time”.

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Monster Energy Budds Creek National, presented by Yamaha Budds Creek Motocross Park – Budds Creek, Md. The race for the final podium spot in the Lites Division at Budds provided some of the best racing of the year to date.

Local favorite Jason Lawrence (338) earns the spot.

Ricky Carmichael is:

MR 100!!

By Jim Bull

15 Time AMA MX/SX Champion Ricky Carmichael born November 27, 1979 becomes MR 100.

Actually RC who began his pro racing career in 1996 surpassed the 100 win mark 3 years ago. This latest of many records earns Carmichael 100 wins

Round 4 of 12 Motocross 1. Ricky Carmichael 3. Chad Reed 5. Timmy Ferry 7. Grant Langston 9. Ivan Tedesco

2. James Stewart 4. Andrew Short 6. Mike Alessi 8. Kevin Windham 10. Michael Byrne

Motocross Lites 1. Ryan Villopoto 3. Jason Lawrence 5. Josh Grant 7. Jake Weimer 9. Steve Boniface

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for combined outdoor motocross victories notching 26 as a Lites rider with his win at Budds Creek being # 74 as a Motocross class contender. To put that in perspective, James Stewart is his next closest rival with a combined 31 wins.

Carmichael has done quite well for himself at Budds. He is undefeated here in the Motocross division winning the last 8 years in a row and Budds is where RC notched his 100th overall MX/SX combined win in 2004. Today’s race win marks # 148 for Ricky and with only a few races left in his motorcycle racing career can the 150 mark be

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Villopoto gets back on top of the Lites division at Budds Creek.

reached?

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at Dutchmen MX Park July 8, 2007

By Jim Bull

Dutchmen’s rhythm section along the woods.

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50 Oil Injected (7-8) 1. Lauren Plate; 2. Jamis Perrotta.

Decarvalho; 3. Aparecido Silva; 4. Guy Fitzgerald; 5. Joao Emery; 6. Edward Tarlecky; 7. Mike Fumia; 8. Richard Peacock; 9. Jesse Portanova; 10. David Blickley.

85 (7-11) 1. Rowland Papp; 2. Jarek Balkovic; 3. Gregory Sidebothom; 4. Luke Palonicola; 5. Alexander Frye; 6.

Addison Emory, IV.; 7. Trevor Shaffer; 8. Eric Heilman; 9. Arie Reachard; 10. Michael Giovanniello.

50 Stock (4-6) 1. Zakary Shaffer; 2. Edgar Clark; 3. Devin Kusmider; 4.

Ryan Trevelise; 5. Jordan Jarvis; 6. Gavin Evitts.

50 Oil Injected (4-6) 1. Edgar Clark; 2. Devin Kusmider; 3. Jordan Jarvis; 4. Henry Scheetz, Jr.; 5.

Wesley Shaffer; 6. Ryan Trevelise; 7. Carson Shaffer.

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The racing action was intense today even with the lighter rider turnout. In the mini divisions, many Loretta seeded riders were on hand getting ready for the big show come August with the 65cc classes providing some of the best competition of the day. In the 7-9 division, Joe Balkovic would pull out the win over Damian Thompson and Schae Thomas and in 10-11 racing action Trevor Shaffer would put on a smokin’ performance in the second moto to get the overall win over Addison Emory and Jarek Balkovic.

No D6 Points 1. Lauren Plate; 2. Kyle Tretter; 3. Christopher Rapp, Jr.; 4. Griffin Bonte; 5. Russel Steele.

125 C 1. William Bleich; 2. Zachary Klaptosky; 3.

Viktor Gudbergsson; 4. William Hauser, II.; 5. Steve Wehr; 6.

Anton Kotulski; 7. Neil Ebert, III.; 8. Tyler Killeen; 9. Daryn Thompson; 10.

Coty Sebastian.

Vet (30+) A 1. James Mcilvaine; 2. Rich Jarvis; 3. Steven Sheckler; 4. Michael Bear; 5. Andrew Ujhelyi.

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Scotty Stockunas takes the O/A in 50cc (7-8) stock.

In other mini action, Loretta participants and DMX’s own Rowland Papp found himself battling with YCH’s Jarek Balkovic in both the 85 (7-11) and Junior Mini divisions. These two racers are the only youth riders in the entire country to qualify for 4 different divisions. Papp would come out on top on this day.

Other stellar performances on the day found Loretta’s bound Charles Sherby taking charge in both School Boy divisions with expert rider Ronnie Stewart winning College Boy, Four stroke and 250 A. Stewart has the new DMX track dialed in being the only rider to quad, quad, double,

Vet (30+) B 1. Ethan Waybright; 2. James Sanders; 3. George Gilmour; 4. Rodney Dehaven; 5. Steven Wright, Jr.; 6. Jeffrey Groff; 7. Geraldo Santos; 8. Stephen Geary; 9.

Michael Reynolds; 10.

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School Boy 4 Stroke 1. Charles Sherby, Jr.; 2.

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Super Mini (12-15) 1. Viktor Gudbergsson; 2. Zachary Donlin; 3. Max Stevey; 4. Tyler Conner; 5. Jake Eckhart; 6. Daniel Lagreca; 7. Kameron Page.

TBT’s Max Stevey wins 85cc (14-15).

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Andrew Mikolaichik.

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Ronnie Stewart wins three classes at DMX including 250 A. Ellis; 6. Cole Gabel; 7. Sean Knoll; 8. Dawson Eyitts; 9. Savion Terry; 10. David Vertucci.

Joe Balkovic races hard to win 65 (7-9).

65 (10-11) 1. Trevor Shaffer; 2. Addison Emory, IV.; 3. Jarek Balkovic; 4. Arie Reachard; 5. Ronald Perry; 6.

Michael Giovanniello; 7. Christian Gosch; 8. Fred Kramer.

Francisco; 4. Ryan Sebastian; 5. Alex Hildebrand; 6. David Wingate; 7. Alex Maldet; 8. Neal Kulp; 9.

Brook Gosch; 10. Joshua Gottshall.

250 C 1. Anton Kotulski; 2. William Hauser, II.; 3. Austin Edwards; 4. Coty Sebastian; 5. Jared Hebtes; 6.

Alex Lythwyn; 7. Kevin Givnin; 8. Marc Munn; 9.

Matthew Dolan; 10. Mike Fumia.

65 (7-9) 1. Joseph Balkovic; 2. Damian Thompson; 3.

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School Boy 2 Stroke 1. Charles Sherby, Jr.; 2. Alex Hildebrand; 3. Alex Maldet; 4. Kameron Page.

Junior Mini (9-13) 1. Rowland Papp; 2. Jarek Balkovic; 3. Gregory Sidebothom; 4.

Alexander Frye; 5. Luke Palonicola; 6.

Michael Giovanniello; 7.

Richie Trevelise; 8.

Matthew Mangine; 9. Keith Lengle; 10.

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Neil Ebert, Jr.; 7. Craig Moore; 8. Richard Peacock; 9. Ronald Stump.

50 Stock (7-8) 1. Scott Stockunas; 2. Dawson Eyitts; 3. Oscar Kelchner; 4. Christopher Ford; 5. Austin Bear; 6.

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Women 1. Nikki Stewart; 2. Taylor Stevey; 3. Melinda Giberson.

85 (14-15) 1. Max Stevey; 2. Daniel Lagreca; 3. Kraig Howe; 4. Brandon Gettel.

250 A 1. Ronnie Stewart; 2. Louis Hocker; 3. Casey Clark; 4. Michael Bear.

250 B 1. Derek Martzall; 2. Neal Kulp; 3. Clayton Powers; 4. Joshua Gottshall.

4 Stroke 1. Ronnie Stewart; 2. Charles Sherby, Jr.; 3. Jon Reber; 4. Jason Smith; 5. Daniel Woodward; 6. Justin Maylath; 7. William Hauser, II.; 8.

Andrew Mikolaichik; 9. David Wingate; 10. Michael Klinger.

Senior (40+) A 1. James Mcilvaine; 2. Kenneth Messerman; 3. Brad Stepp; 4.

Rick Rosseter; 5. Steven Sheckler; 6. Randolph Hayes; 7. Andrew Ujhelyi.

Senior (40+) B 1. George Gilmour; 2. Timothy Nowroski; 3. Geraldo Santos; 4.

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at Sleepy Hollow MX July 1, 2007

By Jim Bull

happy. Two of their biggest challenges were that number one, they can’t start racing until 11:30 am and number two, when you get the loyalty that the MDRA racers have to follow a series along with Sleepy Hollows great following of regulars, the numbers become huge. All of this has pushed the promoters of the MDRA Series to finalize their decision to offer a great new series, in addition to the one they currently run, for the 2008 race season.

(Please see more details in the MDRA Doublin Gap race spread in this issue).

On to the racing, this event brought many Jack Hileman sweeps 125 B against some of the of the racers from the best in the business. south to do battle with racers from the Records are made to be broken and both the north, maybe a prelude of what’s to come in the MDRA and Sleepy Hollow are starting to become future. As you can image the gates were full and famous for records set. In 2006 Sleepy Hollow the racing intense. In my best guess by looking joined the MDRA Race Series that is based at the results I would say the south won 17 and mainly along the Mason Dixon Line and in having the north won 14. Now keep in mind that maybe only one event that year, they set the record for a bunch of racers from the north might not have number of racers attending. In 2007 Sleepy has been there because it was a scheduled MDRA round, but then again, maybe they were. All this may lead up to what’s to come in 2008, a grand finale between the racers from the north and the racers from the south, again watch for more details in this and future issues of MRA. My bet is that it’s about to get real good come the new racing season.

Check out results here and at Sleepy’s website: www.sleepymx.com. Sleepy Hollow has some more big events this year offering D6 Ultimate MX on Labor Day Monday and their final round of the MDRA Series on September the 9th. See you then.

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Chad Aughinbaugh; 8. Shane Krabal; 9.

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125 B 1. Jack Hileman; 2.

Joshua Gottshall; 3.

Dylan Brajkovich; 4.

Bryan Weimer; 5.

Curtis Baker; 6. Luke Richards; 7. Justin Maylath; 8. Ryan Acri; 9. Anthony Soistman; 10. Alex Hildebrand.

250 A 1. Jeremy Cook; 2.

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Jeremy Yagloski; 10. Coty Sebastian.

250 B 125 C 1. Brian Langhorne; 2. Timothy Savidge, Jr.; 3.

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Matthew Melhorn; 10. Jon Witmer.

250 C 60 (7-11) B 1. Zac Ely; 2. Ryan Higgins; 3. Austin Edwards; 4.

1. Dillon Thomas; 2. Arie Reachard; 3. Tristan

90 + 125 C riders came to Sleepy Hollow - Pagoda’s Ritchie Kastle beats them all. stepped up to offer two rounds in the series and at their first round of the year they again set an attendance record for this series now in it’s third year, 748 racers.

Now you can image that’s quite a lot of racers to run thru in one race day. Despite their challenges the crew at Sleepy did a good job of handling the masses. They had to shorten up the motos and move at breakneck speed, but they got the job done and I believe most people went home

16 women line up, Jessica Smith goes home the champ.

School Boy 1. Garret Toth; 2. Dylan Brajkovich; 3. Frank Lettieri, Jr.; 4. Joshua Gottshall; 5. Tony Archer; 6. Kameron Page; 7. Matthew Melhorn; 8. Darren Taughinbaugh; 9. Tyler Webber; 10. Joshua Fisher College Boy 1. Tyler Witmer; 2. Addison Kramer; 3. Greg Lurch; 4. Jack Hileman; 5. Shane Wiegel; 6.

Bryan Weimer; 7. Stephen Morelli; 8. Tyler Gantt; 9. Jordan Keller; 10. Curtis Baker.

Zac Ely wins 250 C as he prepares for Loretta’s.

125 A 1. Casey Clark; 2. Jeremy Cook; 3. Dakota Kessler; 4. Patrick Wastler; 5. Dennis Johns; 6.

750 racers showed up for Round # 5 of the MDRA Race Series.

85 (7-11) B 1. Robert Piazza, Jr.; 2. Dillon Thomas; 3. Luke Palonicola; 4. Arie Reachard; 5. Michael Giovanniello; 6. Jacob Runkles; 7. Matthew Shutt; 8. Tristan Kimble; 9. Brennen Weindel; 10.

Dominick Dreisbach.

Four Stroke Open 1. Frank Lettieri, Jr.; 2. Garret Toth; 3. Dennis Johns; 4. Addison Kramer; 5. Ryan Higgins; 6.

Mark Azadl; 7. Matthew Dasher; 8. Troy Zeigler; 9. Luke Richards; 10. Andrew Failor.

85 (7-11) C 1. Daniel Bohon; 2. Cole Mizak; 3. Sean Baxley; 4. Cory Gilliam; 5. Brandon Garlock; 6. Micheal Maresca; 7. Tim Green; 8. Austin Herr; 9. Adam Dailey; 10. Jacob Lewis.

Women 1. Jessica Smith; 2. Heather Snyder; 3. Shayla Stephens; 4. Abbrielle Tardelli; 5. Michelle Kastle; 6. Taylor Stevey; 7. Jenna Weindel; 8. Jessica Jones; 9. Heather Boschert; 10. Jessica Childs.

85 (12-15) B 1. Tony Archer; 2. Frank Lettieri, Jr.; 3. Kameron Page; 4. Andrew Johns; 5. Patrick Sharkey; 6.

Daryn Thompson; 7. Eddie Jones; 8. Max Stevey; 9. Anthony Smith; 10. Christopher Duynich.

50 (4-6) 1. Logan Leitzel; 2. James Shockey; 3. Seth Hammaker; 4. Ryley Nield; 5. Ryan Trevelise; 6.

Shane Akers; 7. Cody Schaeffer.

50 (7-8) 1. Scott Meshey; 2. Mark Hushon, Jr.; 3. Oscar Kelchner; 4. Cameron Keck; 5. Austin Mcnamee; 6. Ethan Bowlin; 7. Austin Waugh; 8. Cody Wagner; 9. Devin Griffith; 10. William Beezel, Jr.

85 (12-15) C 1. Stanley Bolen, III.; 2. Kyle Toth; 3. Justin Jones; 4. Stanton Bowers; 5. Ryan Didone; 6. Devon Armiger; 7. Ryan Batman; 8. Bret Shipley; 9. Richard Runion; 10. Aaron Lease.

Junior Mini (9-13) 1. Daryn Thompson; 2. Robert Piazza, Jr.; 3. Kyle Davis; 4. Anthony Smith; 5. Luke Palonicola; 6.

Thomas Webb; 7. Stanley Bolen, III.; 8. Brennen Weindel; 9. Richie Trevelise; 10. Cody Woods.

60 (7-11) C 1. Sean Baxley; 2. Nicholas Carruba; 3. Michael Maresca; 4. Hunter Ringrose; 5. Dylon Hobart; 6.

Oscar Kelchner; 7. Jacob Lewis; 8. Cameron Keck; 9. Jonathan Chrysovergis; 10. Isiah Baker.

Super Mini (12-15) 1. Frank Lettieri, Jr.; 2. Kameron Page; 3. Tony Archer; 4. Joseph Peters; 5. Tyler Webber; 6.

Christopher Duynich; 7. Eddie Jones; 8. Max Stevey; 9. Viktor Gudbergsson; 10. Zachary Donlin.

125 C racers battle over the Bonzai in qualifying action.

Plus 25 A 1. John Bowlin; 2. Darren Edsall; 3. Jason Wolfgang; 4. Michael Bear; 5. Jason Carroll; 6.

Jon Boser; 7. Jeremy Hyde; 8. Louis Hocker; 9.

Antonio Poccia; 10. Todd Weindel.

Plus 25 B 1. Eddie Anewalt; 2. Adam Russler; 3. Jeremy Kready; 4. Steven Wolford; 5. Bill Folmar; 6. Clint Early; 7. Ian Heller; 8. Michael Dempster; 9. John Silberman; 10. Nicholas Weber.

Vet (Plus 30) A 1. Michael Bear; 2. Darren Edsall; 3. Christopher O’hara; 4. Jason Wolfgang; 5. Antonio Poccia; 6.

Jeremy Hyde; 7. Brian Domschke; 8. Jon Boser; 9. Joseph Zimmerman; 10. Michael Cahill.

Vet (Plus 30) B 1. Eddie Anewalt; 2. Timothy Green; 3. Jeffrey Groff; 4. Charles Dietrich; 5. Sam Aspinwall; 6.

Michael Reynolds; 7. Steven Wright, Jr.; 8.

Kenneth Smith; 9. Clint Early; 10. Robert Reedinger.

Vet (Plus 30) C 1. Jose Lemus; 2. Brian Bolus; 3. Michael Davis, Sr.; 4. Keith Walborn; 5. Patrick Stansbury, Sr.; 6.

Matthew Stauffer; 7. Eugene Bork; 8. Tim Wiest; 9. Joseph Morga; 10. Matthew Brown.

Senior A 1. Kenneth Messerman; 2. Michael Crocker; 3.

Brad Stepp; 4. Ed Halstead; 5. Steven Sheckler; 6. John Myers; 7. Thomas Nagle; 8. Bert Schulteis; 9. Richard Rosseter; 10. James Mcgee.

50 Oil (4-6) 1. Seth Hammaker; 2. Ryan Trevelise; 3. Paul Brobeck; 4. Kyle Roeder; 5. Kiersten Roeting.

50 Oil (7-8) 1. Lauren Plate; 2. Andrew Dixon; 3. Brice Russell; 4. Coby Brady; 5. Bailey Haschert.

Vet (Plus 35) A 1. Kenneth Messerman; 2. Jon Boser; 3. Brad Stepp; 4. Christopher O’hara; 5. Roy Bowlin; 6.

James Mcgee; 7. Steven Sheckler; 8. Frank Barbagallo, Jr.; 9. Jonathan Skinner; 10. Jeffrey Miller.

Vet (Plus 35) B 1. Eddie Anewalt; 2. Michael Reynolds; 3. Charles Dietrich; 4. Brian Bolus; 5. Kevin Stutzman; 6.

Sam Aspinwall; 7. Jeffrey Groff; 8. Robert Reedinger; 9. JD Combs; 10. Robert Monko.

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Senior B 1. Drew Dreisbach; 2. Michael Davis, Sr.; 3.

Timothy Nowroski; 4. Mike Cepress; 5. Allen Weaver; 6. Michael Marley; 7. Kerry Williams; 8.

Mike Jones; 9. Ewell Gilliam; 10. Micheal Maresca.

Kimble; 4. Jacob Runkles; 5. Damian Thompson; 6. Michael Giovanniello; 7. Fred Kramer; 8.

Ronald Perry; 9. Brandon Garlock; 10. Kevin Stoner.

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HARESCRAMBLE

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Nutrition & Fitness Thru Jay’s Eyes

Beat the Summertime Heat Every dedicated motocross racer out there knows that the heat and humidity can be one of your worst enemies at this time of year. When it gets really hot it makes it hard to do even half the laps at the same speed you normally could. Likewise temperatures over 100°F can easily cause a fully gearedup rider to suffer from heat stroke. One good thing about it is everyone out there has to deal with it too. So, if you can figure out how to beat the heat you will have a major advantage over your competition on race-day.

When preparing to go out riding on a hot and humid day the first thing that you should think about is hydrating yourself very well. If you do not have adequate water in your body you will not sweat properly which will cause you to overheat quickly and suffer from heat stroke. The more water you drink the better off you will be when fighting the heat because the only way your body can cool down is by sweating. One interesting fact is that you should always drink room temperature or warm water on really hot days because it hydrates you faster. Cold water has to be warmed up in your stomach before it can be absorbed by your body.

Once you are completely hydrated it is safe to go out riding in small increments of time, being sure to take breaks when you feel like you need one.

While out in the heat you may wonder how the pro riders can go so fast with hardly ever showing signs of fatigue. One part to this is just being out there enduring the heat

them to save energy. By utilizing correct form you can get comfortable enough to ride an entire race and come off the track feeling good. This is the main weapon that any good rider will use to beat the heat, and this is exactly how the pros go so fast. It is important to take small steps at a time when training in the heat, because it can take a few weeks before you become completely adapted to it. This is important because overheating or heat-stroke can be deadly to an athlete who is not in top condition.

Because many of us are not in top physical condition you should stop frequently to hydrate and cool down. You should always seek out the shade too, when pulling off of the track to rest. On days when it is not humid out it will be hotter in the sun standing still, than it would be on your bike when you’re moving. Always remember that conserving energy reduces body heat given off by your muscles, and drinking water replenishes water lost through sweating.

These are the two most important factors that dictate how you will experience the heat while riding. Beyond these two tips all you can do is learn to tolerate and live with the heat.

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as much as you can. The more time you spend in the heat the more adapted your body will become to it. You will also build up a tolerance by doing this as well. This means you will be able to perform for longer than those who do not have a heat tolerance built up. Another trick to beating the heat is adopting a riding position that does not require you to muscle the bike around.

Most of the pros have a riding style that flows with the motorcycle thus allowing

-Jay

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Riding Gear

This month I’d like to offer a few tips on riding gear. I’ll start with a few eyewear tips from a friend of mine, Bevo “supercross’s biggest loser” Forti, of Scott goggle fame.

He’s a great guy, even if he did get beat by a clown in a recent pitbike race. One problem many of us have had is getting dirt inside our goggles. To prevent fine dirt or sand from getting through the vent foam (on the top of most goggles), try using some baby oil on the foam. This works on the same principle as oiling your air filter. A dry piece of foam will not stop fine particles from passing through. If you’re one of those riders who always seems to get a piece of dirt bouncing around inside your goggles, try putting some Vaseline on the bridge of your nose and below your eyes inside your goggles. The dirt will stick to the Vaseline instead of eventually getting in your eye. Using windex on a lexan lens will cause it to crack, use plain water.

Most smart riders are wearing knee braces.

To prevent the braces from wearing through your riding pants and attacking your graphics, many manufacturers offer a gear guard. This little piece of padding attaches over the hinge of your brace. Some riders wear an additional kneesock over the outside of their braces for the same purpose.

Have a helmet that doesn’t fit quite right? All of our heads are shaped a bit differently and it’s impossible for a helmet manufacturer to build a helmet to fit everyone. If you have a helmet that fits tightly against an area of your head such as your forehead, try this.

Remove the helmet liner and slightly indent the foam shell. For most instances you can just use your thumb pressure. If necessary, you can use a very small hammer. You don’t

want to compress the foam too much. The slightest change will make a difference in the way the helmet feels against your head.

Using a boot stand when washing your riding boots makes the job much easier. It also helps keeps the insides dry. They’re available to purchase, but I’ve made mine from pvc pipe and fittings. Don’t use glue on the upright pieces, that way they can be removed for storage. You can rig a bungee cord on the inside of the removable pieces to keep everything in one place.

One of the most popular items lately is the Leatt neck brace. This piece of gear is something every rider should consider.

As with any protection device, the brace does not function if it’s not worn properly.

There’s not enough time to discuss it all here, but the main point I’d like to stress is to have the brace setting on your shoulders, not on top of your chest protector. There are instructions included with each brace.

Here’s a website address for a fitment video on Leatt’s website: http://www.leatt-brace.com/gpx_fitment. asp Want to help keep your fingers warm in cooler weather? Try latex surgical gloves under your riding gloves. If you’re having trouble with blisters on your palms, use some crazy glue if the blisters have burst and there’s a hole in your hand. Some grip glues such as ProTaper and GripIt are the same as crazy glue and a lot less expensive.

I hope some of these tips will help. Any questions or comments, email me at techtips@gapracing.com.

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Racer’s Edge To Click What, Which Way, When Since I am always asked questions regarding suspensions and adjustments I thought that this month I would make up a little cheat sheet that everyone could put in their tool boxes and refer to whenever needed. So here we go with some of the more frequently asked questions:

FORKS

Too much compression damping on the clicker adjust Too much compression damping in the stack - internal adjust Spring rate too stiff - replace with correct spring Oil level too high - adjust For “sticky” forks Check axle clamp (fork tube alignment) Check for worn bushings Bent tubes - replace Dented sliders - replace Worn anodizing on outer tube - re-anodize or replace

Problem: Bottoms, Too Soft, Wallows First you need to ask yourself 1) Under what conditions? G-Outs, landing from jumps, face of jumps, etc.

2) Does it feel good otherwise?

3) Does it feel too soft everywhere?

Oil level too low - raise oil level - will firm up the last third of travel.

Not enough low speed compression damping - adjust Not enough high speed compression damping adjust internally Spring rate too soft or broken spring - replace Not enough preload - adjust compression valve o-ring broken/leaking - repair debris in valving - repair damping rod not attached to cap - repair

Problem: Doesn’t turn, pushes Too much preload - adjust Spring rate too high - replace with softer spring Too much low speed compression damping - adjust Rear riding too low - tighten spring preload Wrong tire or compound - replace Incorrect tire pressure - adjust

Problem: Too stiff - deflects, harsh, nervous, twitchy Ask yourself - everywhere or just on square edge bumps

Problem: Dives under braking It should ! under braking the total dive is controlled by spring rate and pre-load not damping.

Problem: Turns in too quick, tucks Spring rate too soft - replace with correct springs Not enough preload - add preload Not enough low speed compression damping - firm up clicker or internal valve stack.

Oil level too low - adjust Low speed rebound too fast - adjust

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SHOCK Problem: Kicks This is the most commonly mis-diagnosed symptom.

Most people think the shock is rebounding too fast when it is actually too much high speed compression or anything that makes it too stiff.

Too much high speed compression damping - adjust clicker or internally Spring rate too stiff - replace with softer spring Too much preload - adjust Too much rebound damping (not too little) - adjust Too much low speed compression damping - adjust Linkage bearings seized - replace Too high tire pressure - adjust Problem: Bottoms Too much static sag - adjust Not enough low speed compression damping - adjust Not enough high speed compression damping - adjust Spring rate too soft - replace with correct spring rate Piston ring O-ring, piston ring or shock body worn - repair Suspension fluid worn out – replace seal blown - repair No nitrogen, cavitating - repair

Problem: Swaps Too much high speed compression damping - adjust Not enough low speed rebound damping - adjust Not enough high speed rebound damping - internal adjust required Spring rate too stiff - replace with correct spring Spring rate too soft - replace with correct spring Problem: Feels loose Not enough low speed rebound - adjust Not enough high speed rebound - internal adjust required Not enough low speed compression - adjust Problem: Poor traction Too much low speed rebound - adjust Too much low speed compression - adjust Too much tire pressure - adjust Poor tire selection/compound - adjust Tire worn out - replace Too much preload - adjust Spring rate too stiff - replace with correct spring Not enough low speed rebound - adjust

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Problem - Sticky shock Linkage not maintained - repair Swingarm bearings not maintained - repair Shock eyelet bearings not lubed - repair Missing or improper bearing spacers - correct Bent shaft - repair or replace Wherever I have listed the fix as “adjust” you should have an external adjustment that you can perform yourself. Familiarize yourself with what clicker does what (check your manual) and don’t be afraid to give it a go, but keep in mind if your suspension isn’t being serviced regularly then all the adjusting in the world isn’t going to help. As always when I write these articles I feel they could turn into book length as with every tid bit I share I feel I should expand on it but we are limited by space so if you have any questions feel free to call me or catch me at the races and I’ll try to answer them. Till next month.

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By Jamie Jordan

Hello, everyone! If you didn’t notice my article was missing from last issue. My wife and I just had a baby boy named Nate. Of course a life changing experience always gets you thinking.

Having a new baby to provide for and being self employed I began to think of riding safety. Over the past few months I’ve seen and heard of several serious neck injuries. I knew that there was away to prevent this type of injury now - the Leatt neck brace. I did my research to see if it was all it was hyped up to be. Any website about the neck brace clearly shows the benefits of wearing one. The brace helps prevent the head from extreme forward, rear, and sideways head movement. It also protects against compression of the neck. I wondered if the neck brace would hinder my ability to look around while riding. I’m here to tell you that I barely know I’m wearing one and it is worth the money. The Leatt neck brace is available in three different models that have three different price tags. The least expensive, Club, is completely glass reinforced nylon. The Sport is part glass reinforced nylon and part carbon fiber. The most expensive, Pro, is completely carbon fiber. You

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at Doublin Gap MX July 15, 2007

By Jim Bull

Four Stroke Open 1. Garret Toth; 2. Jordan Walker; 3. Cody Riden; 4. Kyle Huston; 5. Luke Richards; 6. Michael Kailer; 7. Anthony Barbagallo; 8. Ryan Acri; 9.

Mark Azadl; 10. Raymond Garges.

Vet (Plus 30) A 1. John Bowlin; 2. Michael Bear; 3. Jon Boser; 4.

Michael Cahill; 5. Joseph Turner; 6. Christopher O’hara; 7. Michael Hall; 8. Jeremy Hyde; 9. Chris Deleo; 10. Frank Barbagallo, Jr.

Father and son John and Ethan Bowlin win 30+ A and 50 (7-8) respectively.

Broome Tioga. This would allow a whole new group of riders to participate in a structured series that has been very successful to date along the Mason Dixon Line. The events are well run and the end of year payouts are huge, the Yentzers told the riders that almost all of the money paid into the series for membership cards is paid back to the racers in one form or another and that all events would still be sanctioned thru the AMA and District 6.

I guess the even bigger news on top of all that is the end of year shootout that will take place. 15 riders from the north series and 15 riders from the south series plus 15 riders from the PAMX association (which holds events at mostly western PA tracks) in each division will be invited to a three moto format end of season race to see who the fastest riders from the area really are. No more one day state championship races in three different areas of the state. This folks would be a true series for different regions with a grand finale race that would leave no questions as to who the man or woman was in each division. Imagine how this could help in attracting sponsors let alone the bragging rights.

There are many details that need to be worked out at this point. The Yentzers ask everyone to stay tuned to MRA and their website: www.mdramxracing. com for future updates.

I believe with the right planning and cooperation that this could truly be a huge advancement for racing in our area. It will offer all racers a series that is manageable in terms of travel and time Gap Racing’s Tim Savidge wins 250 B. invested with great payouts and incentives to series for the racers that live in the northern regions of our area. The two series would not participate. have any conflicting dates, so a racer can chose Sorry, I didn’t give you any details about today’s which series they would like to run, or they could race. The action was hot and the results are listed participate in both. Some tracks that were here. You can also check out the pictures at our mentioned were Sleepy Hollow, Englishtown and website: www.mcracingaction.com, as they say, a picture tells a thousand stories.

Vet (Plus 30) B 1. Jason Galbralth; 2. Glenn Murphy; 3. Jason Cotterino; 4. Jim Dobbs; 5. Clint Early; 6. Kenneth Smith; 7. Peter Overeem; 8. Charles

4. Brandon Garlock; 5. Brandon Martz; 6. Sean Baxley; 7. Cory Gilliam; 8. Tyler Davis; 9. Nicholas Carruba; 10. Dalton Blettner.

125 A 1. Chad Wages; 2. Derrick Wile; 3. Sammy Holland; 4. Willy Toth, Jr.; 5. Eric Myers; 6. Colton Bailey; 7. Shane Krabal; 8. Patrick Wastler; 9.

Daniel Holton, Jr.; 10. Kyle Huston.

125 B 1. Curtis Baker; 2. Timothy Savidge, Jr.; 3. Tyson Clark; 4. Jacob Weeks; 5. Robert Moore; 6.

Jordan Helman; 7. Anthony Soistman; 8. Brent Pyler; 9. Bryan Smith; 10. Jordan Walker.

Round # 6 of the 2007 MDRA Race Series brought more great racing action to the Doublin Gap MX Park in mid July. In addition and maybe even more importantly, it brought news of additional race opportunities for both the current racers following the MDRA series and future racers of a new MDRA Series for the North.

At the Sunday morning riders meeting, Rod and Jeff Yentzer announced that they will offer for 2008, in addition to their current series, a MDRA North Series that would encompass tracks other than where they compete now. Many of the details are still to be worked out, but some examples they gave included the following.

The current 12 race series would still be offered for racers to compete at that live in the southern areas of our region. They said that Sleepy Hollow would move to the north series so that the current racers would not need to travel so far. This would also potentially eliminate the huge rider turnouts that keep us all at the track longer. They may add an additional track or two into the South series.

Next, they would start a 12 race MDRA North

College Boy into the first turn. Curtis Baker (108) wins this race as well as 125 B. Dietrich; 9. Jamie Jordan; 10. William Beezel.

Vet (Plus 30) C 1. Jose Lemus; 2. John Trindel, Jr.; 3. Eugene Bork; 4. Patrick Stansbury, Sr.; 5. James Akers; 6. Jason Foit; 7. John Lumadue; 8. Jamie Smith; 9. Jon Appleton; 10. Timothy Tyler.

50 (4-6) 1. Logan Leitzel; 2. Seth Hammaker; 3. Ryley Nield; 4. Jared Mcgill; 5. Jack Rogers; 6. Edgar Clark; 7. Taner Triggs; 8. Hunter Mumper.

85 (12-15) B 1. Kameron Page; 2. Steven Good; 3. Tony Archer; 4. Thomas Coluzzi; 5. Max Stevey; 6. Kyle King; 7. Brandon Mcnanus; 8. Thomas Webb; 9.

Anthony Smith, Jr.; 10. Travis Worthington.

85 (12-15) C 1. Stanley Bolen, III.; 2. Cole Martin; 3. Stanton Bowers; 4. Joseph Dreisonstok; 5. Ryan Batman; 6. Devon Armiger; 7. Justin Jones; 8. Bret Shipley; 9. Ryan Didone; 10. Joey Gay. 85 (7-11) B 1. Bobby Kinsley; 2. Dillon Thomas; 3. Austin Toskov; 4. Jackson Marlow; 5. Jacob Runkles; 6.

Tristan Kimble; 7. Arie Reachard; 8. Austin Foit.

85 (7-11) C 1. Daniel Bohon; 2. Dylan Blettner; 3. Cole Mizak;

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Vet (Plus 35) A 1. Jon Boser; 2. Christopher O’hara; 3. Brad Stepp; 4. Joseph Turner; 5. Jonathan Skinner; 6.

Dennis Shoop; 7. Frank Barbagallo, Jr. Vet (Plus 35) B 1. Charles Dietrich; 2. Ewell Gilliam; 3. David Hall; 4. Tom Boschert; 5. Allen Weaver; 6. Robert Bragg; 7. Mike Beavan; 8. William Niswander, Jr.; 9. Michael Marley; 10. Timmy Shipp.

125 C 1. Seth Kimble; 2. Aaron Houser; 3. Zane Donnelly; 4. Thomas Nilan; 5. Donald Hyre; 6. Jon Witmer; 7. William Eaton; 8. Carl Hammond; 9. Christopher Heinlein; 10. Steven Bosley.

60 (7-11) B 1. Dillon Thomas; 2. Jacob Runkles; 3. Tristan Kimble; 4. Evan Richard; 5. Austin Toskov; 6. Arie Reachard; 7. Cory Gilliam; 8. Dylan Blettner; 9. Scott Meshey.

Holton, Jr.; 10. Shane Krabal.

250 B 1. Timothy Savidge, Jr.; 2. Shane Wiegel; 3. Tyler Carbaugh; 4. Luke Lorson; 5. Michael Dailey; 6.

Cory Acri; 7. Jacob Weeks; 8. Jesse Armiger; 9.

Jeremy Savage; 10. Steven Wolford.

250 C 1. Seth Kimble; 2. Richie Bunting; 3. Justin Maraugha; 4. Zach Donnelly; 5. Scott Keller; 6.

Zachary Helmick; 7. Michael Travis; 8. James Dow; 9. Joshua Kreitz; 10. Austin Robson.

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50 (7-8) 1. Ethan Bowlin; 2. Mark Hushon, Jr.; 3. Cameron Keck; 4. Austin Mcnamee; 5. Austin Waugh; 6.

Richard Stalnaker; 7. Scott Meshey; 8. Devin Griffith; 9. Trent Markle; 10. Dain Vallie.

50 Oil (4-6) 1. Jack Rogers; 2. Edgar Clark; 3. Gianni Lumadue; 4. Nathan Murphy; 5. Henry Schectz; 6. Kyle Roeder; 7. Hunter Mumper; 8. Seth Hammaker.

50 Oil (7-8) 1. Andrew Dixon; 2. Brice Russell; 3. Coby Brady.

Junior Mini (9-13) 1. Bobby Kinsley; 2. Kyle King; 3. Anthony Smith, Jr.; 4. Stanley Bolen, III.; 5. Jackson Marlow; 6.

Jackson Ringrose; 7. Cole Mizak; 8.

Brandon Garlock; 9. Stanton Bowers; 10. Ryan Batman.

Super Mini (12-15) 1. Kameron Page; 2. Tony Archer; 3.

Steven Good; 4.

Eddie Jones; 5.

Max Stevey; 6.

Thomas Coluzzi; 7.

Perry Toskov; 8.

Zak Riden; 9. Travis Worthington; 10.

Kyle Ferri.

60 (7-11) C 1. Sean Baxley; 2.

Nicholas Carruba; 3.

Dalton Blettner; 4.

J o n a t h a n Chrysovergis; 5. Cameron Keck; 6.

Cody Hipkins; 7.

Dakota Harris; 8.

Matthew Boyer; 9. Dylan Blettner races to a second Plus 25 A Miles Francis; 10. place finish in 85 (7-11) C. 1. Sammy Holland; Jacob Lewis.

2. Jason Carroll; 3.

250 A Michael Bear; 4. Jon Boser; 5. Michael Cahill; 6.

1. Chad Wages; 2. Sammy Holland; 3. Willy Toth, Daniel Leonhard; 7. Chris Deleo; 8. Jeremy Hyde; Jr.; 4. Patrick Wastler; 5. Colton Bailey; 6. Jason 9. John Bowlin.

Carroll; 7. Derrick Wile; 8. Eric Myers; 9. Daniel

P l u s The racing action is always tight at a MDRA event.

25 B School Boy 1. Jason Maraugha; 2. Jason Galbralth; 3. Jeremy 1. Garret Toth; 2. Tony Archer; 3. Joshua Villarreal; Kready; 4. Steven Wolford; 5. Jason Cotterino; 6. 4. William Eaton; 5. Joshua Fisher; 6. Eric Douglas Barker; 7. Kenneth Smith; 8. Jeremy Deatrick; 7. Michael Thompson; 8. Michael Savage; 9. Clint Early; 10. Ian Heller.

Fessler; 9. Derek Sylvain; 10. Dakota Yohe.

Senior A 1. Kenneth Messerman; 2. Scott Mcgill; 3. Michael Crocker; 4. Brad Stepp; 5. Russell Seibold; 6.

Keith Maraugha; 7. Bert Schulteis; 8. Andrew Delauder; 9. John Myers; 10. Thomas Nagle.

College Boy 1. Curtis Baker; 2. Jordan Helman; 3. Anthony Soistman; 4. Tyler Carbaugh; 5. Drew Kibler; 6.

Shane Wiegel; 7. Cody Riden; 8. Tommy Staubs; 9. Curtiss Lapointe; 10. Zachary Smith.

Senior B 1. Stephen Hoover; 2. Ewell Gilliam; 3. Allen Weaver; 4. Mike Jones; 5. Mike Beavan; 6.

William Niswander, Jr.; 7. Michael Wetzel; 8.

Robert Bragg; 9. William Donnelly; 10. Michael Marley.

Women 1. Kelsey Green; 2. Jessica Childs; 3. Erica Rizzo; 4. Taylor Stevey; 5. Shayla Stephens; 6. Jessica Jones; 7. Stefanie Skinner; 8. Karingtin Hess; 9.

Emily Ely; 10. Maggie Gay.

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2007 FLAT TRACK SCHEDULE AUGUST 4 Path Valley (ST) Night

AUGUSt 18 Path Valley (ST) Night

Sept. 1 Path Valley (ST) Night

Sept. 2 Shippensburg-Paul Crumling Memorial (ST) Night

Sept. 8 Hurricane Hills (ST) Night

Sept 9 Piston Poppers (TT) Day

Sept. 15 Path Valley (ST) Night

BIG 6 CHAMPIONSHIP SHOOTOUT! Sept. 22 Mason Dixon (ST) Night

Sept. 23 Shippensburg (ST) Day

Oct. 6 Trailway (ST) Night

Oct. 7 Piston Poppers (TT) Day

Oct. 13 Path Valley (ST) Night

Oct. 20 Hurricane Hills (ST) Night

with Cory Texter

Hey Everyone, Well, this past month has been pretty busy. Not the kind of busy, a racer would want in the summer as I have been healing my ankle up and just itching to get back on the track. It is natural for any racer, to rush the process, but I have been doing pretty good with waiting until my ankle is fully healed to come back into the race action.

On June 30th, I went to Lima to watch the pro race they had there. I rode out there with my New Jersey buddy Jakey Johnson and my best friends sister Jodi Lewis, and another racer Paul Lynch. It was a great race and Jared Mees won the final with Kenny Coolbeth coming from the third row to finish 2nd and Bryan Smith rounding out the podium. After Lima, I headed over to Duquoin, Illinois to watch the AMA Amateur Dirt Track Grand Championships with Kenny Coolbeth.

My sister Shayna was up for the Horizon Award this year and although she missed it, she rode very well and impressed me with some of her finishes. She won the 450 Premier Class on the mile, which was probably one of the biggest races of the week. She also made the podium on the TT and on the Half Mile and was very impressive all week. If it wasn’t for some bad luck, she would of very well had won the 450

class overall, missing it by 3 points. She also finished a 3rd overall in the 250 4-stroke premier class. Jeff Carver won the Horizon Award and I felt he deserved it winning three overall championships. Between Carver, James Rispoli, Shayna, and Brad Baker from Washington, it was a great series. Also, from District 6, I know Cameron Smith won the 50cc class overall and looked really fast and smooth. I nicknamed Cameron “50 cent” a while ago, and he is one of my little buddies and definitely deserved the win.

After Duquoin, I headed over to my first race back in Joliet, Illinois with Chris Carr and his family. I knew it was going to be a LONG day of racing as I could still barley walk. I got on the bike and my ankle was hurting bad. It felt like an alligator was constantly ripping at my ankle the whole night. I survived and got some points out of it. I was very disappointed, but Chris and Kenny said it was a smart decision to ride and it just might pay off at the end of the year. Jared Mees AGAIN won at Joliet and looked very fast.

Bryan Smith finished 2nd, with Jersey Jake Johnson in third.

I went home for a week and finally got to heal up some before I made my trip to Saluda, Virginia on July 14th, for my next basic twins race. After the first practice, I felt horrible and my ankle hurt pretty bad. I was running 25 second lap times and I was 2 seconds off the pace. I went back to the rig by myself, thought hard and got completely focused on what I had to do to turn this around, hurt ankle or not. I lined up for my heat race. I got a good start but got pushed wide. I caught and passed for 4th place and I put my head down. I forgot all about my ankle and made a charge and started catching the leaders. A couple of big changes to the bike for the final, and I actually feel confident I can win this thing. I lined up for the final, and didn’t get too great of a start. I came off in fourth and the leaders started gapping me. I once again put my determination in front of me and charged front. I made up the half straightaway gap on the leaders and found myself in a 4 way battle for the win. It was hard to make a pass, not having a very strong ankle to use in completing the pass but I dug deep and tried some outside and inside passes to get into the lead. I came up short and finished 4th, missing the win by half a second. I was disappointed I didn’t win, but my lap times in the final were awesome and I was just happy with how I rode even though my ankle wasn’t 100%.

I am very confident I can make up the 15 points that I am behind in the series, and my team and bikes are great.

Kenny Tolbert, Chris Carr and Pam Carr, Bubba and Jerry that help out under the tent, and most of all my father, grandfather, and my sister have been behind me 100% and with these people and many more behind me, I feel confident for the remaining 6 races in the series and also for the upcoming singles nationals I have been looking forward to all year.

As for the GNC points, Jared Mees is still holding onto first place. After winning Saluda, Kenny Coolbeth closed the gap a little bit and still holds second place. Jake Johnson continues to impress on the Suzuki and is in third. It should be an awesome year.

Now it’s back to the practice tracks and the training programs harder then ever. I will be doing a local race or two getting back into the swing of things a little more before Hagerstown.

Hagerstown, Maryland is on July 28th. It is the closest national of the year. If you guys have not been to an AMA Pro Flattrack race, this is your chance to make it! You don’t want to miss it. If you have time, shoot over to our pits at the race and say hello. I’ll be under the Ford tent and I love to chat with everyone and anyone. See ya there!

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June 30 - July 7, 2007

2007 AMA Black Cat Gold Dirt Track Grand Championships June 30 – July 7, 2007 Duquoin, IL Smith holds on in short track Cameron Smith didn’t nail the holeshot in the 50cc Sr. Stock (7-8) class main in the afternoon program on Du Quoin’s short-track, but that didn’t keep the Coatesville, Pennsylvania, rider from slipping into the lead.

It only took Smith about a lap to move in front of fast starter Alec Espos. From there, Smith started to gap the field, and after a red-flag restart, Smith found himself all alone out front, leading Turner Roberts and Brandon Foerg to the checkered flag.

Smith said the reason for his success is simple.

“I’ve been practicing a lot. I practice everyday,” Smith said.

Cameron Smith is your Grand Champion in 50cc SR (7-8) Stock.

Texter wins a close one She didn’t get a great start, but Shayna Texter did about everything else right to come from behind and claim the win in the Wiseco 450 Modified class on the mile at the AMA Black Cat Gold Dirt Track Grand Championships.

Although Tony Davila nailed the start over Brad Baker, and it was Travis Wyman who took the early lead, Texter put her head down and closed the gap on Wyman, slipping underneath the Macedon, New York, rider in Turn 4 on the third lap of the race.

That gave Texter a clear track to run from the field, but the only problem was James Rispoli was carving his way to the front faster than Texter was pulling away.

Kyle McGrane is your Grand Champion in 50cc Pee Wee Shaft Drive.

So far, that practice has also earned Smith a second on Monday’s half-mile in addition to his win on the short-track.

While most riders in his class are on KTMs, Polinis or Cobras, Smith, who’s backed by Miller’s Cycles and Stacey Racing, is one of only two riders at the 2007 AMA Black Cat Gold Dirt Track Championships this year riding a Conti brand motorcycle.

By the mid-point of the race, Rispoli caught Texter and tried to take the inside line through Turn 1, but he couldn’t stick it. The two went back and fourth for the rest of the race until Texter successfully outran Rispoli’s draft pass attempt on the last lap.

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“I like them because they go real fast,” Smith said.

Shayna Texter wins the Mile in the 450 Mod. division.

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Getting Sideways Flat Track Nationals

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Timonium Short Track

Timonium Fairgrounds - July 18, 2007

By Jim Bull

The Baltimore County Trail Riders along with the Cockeysville Optimist Club kick off the 13th Annual Kevin McNicholas Memorial Series to benefit Cystic Fibrosis. The Wednesday night event begins a 6 race series that will take us into the second weekend of August with the opener offering 4 foot trophies sponsored by Rothstein Design.

As always the racer turnout is great at Timonium with 170 plus riders coming out for the first race of the 2007 series. The Sportsman class 15 lap final was first off the line tonight. The race would prove exciting with two pileups between turns 3 and 4 before the race would end. The green flag dropped with Michael Poe jumping out into the early lead. It was beginning to look like Poe was taking control of the race when over half the pack got tangled up in the turn. After a red flag and a re start it would be Raun Wood getting out front this time with the pack in pursuit. As fate would have it, only two laps later there would be another big pileup in the same turn. This time the officials let the race continue and it was Wood cruising to the win.

In amateur class racing one rider would stand out at Timonium in both the 250 and 450 classes.

Jake Shoemaker in only his second year on the big bikes is starting to show the future potential that he may have. In 250cc racing action Shoemaker would finish behind Sam Wiggins in his heat race and even had to work his way around him in the main but ended up with the win. Again in the 450 class Shoemaker would finish second in his heat behind Dalton Winkler and would again have to battle him in the main achieving the same results – checkers in the end.

Watch this young racer as he progresses into the expert divisions, I believe he has a bright future in this sport.

The race of the night and more so in a sportsmanship manner rather than swapping spots on the race track went to the Womens division. In the main event Rebecca Zafia and Erin Kissinger would battle the entire race with Zafia holding the point position. Then in turn three on the last lap Zafia, with the race in control got into some lappers and went down allowing Kissinger to cruise by for the win. Kissinger seeing what happened rode over and told Zafia to jump on, the girls then took a victory lap together with Zafia riding on the back, checkered flag waving in the air. This my friends is what amateur racing is all about. Huge props to these two young ladies, may they be a shining example to the rest of the racing world.

Scott Powersports Raun Wood (88) wins the Sportsman Main.

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Greg Boutwell steps back on after a 15 year layoff to grab a 3rd in 40+.

Sportsman 1. Raun Wood; 2. Chris Klinefelter; 3. Brandon Robinson; 4. Nicholas Henderson; 5. Jacob Shoemaker; 6. Dalton Winkler; 7. Paul Lynch; 8. Jason Isennock.

50 Open (4-6) 1. Shawn Rothstein, II.; 2.

Brandon Price; 3. Karl Wheeler; 4. Dustin Radford; 5. Jakob Rassa; 6. Joseph Reece; 7.

Jacob Gast; 8. Chase Smith; 9.

Michael Rothstein; 10. Travis Tyler.

Colin Cunningham (29a) battles Brandon Price (92) on his way to winning 50cc Oil Injected.

40+ 1. Michael Mester; 2. William Kraft; 3. Greg Boutwell; 4. Ed Hyde; 5. John Henderson.

50 4 Stroke (4-8) 1. Colin Cunningham; 2. Cameron Smith; 3.

Ryan Hall.

250B 1. Jacob Shoemaker; 2. Sam Wiggins; 3. Jesse Long; 4. John Long; 5. Jack Sheridan; 6. Dalton Winkler; 7. Erin Kissinger; 8. Albert Cook; 9. Troy Openshaw; 10. Chris Paranzino.

Adult 50 1. Louis Smith; 2. Sam Villani.

Chris Klinefelter (99s) wins the first heat to kick off the 13th Annual Outdoor Series.

30+ 1. Dale Verzi; 2. Damian Kocovinos; 3. Kenneth Godwin; 4. Henry Mangels; 5. Kenneth Doane.

50 Open (7-8) 1. Cameron Smith; 2. Devin Owens; 3. Chris Thomas; 4. Colin Cunningham; 5. Allan Fogle, III.; 6. Megan Chester; 7. Brandon Price; 8.

Samuel Lee. Youth 100 (7-15) 1. Daniel Bromley; 2. Jeremiah Snow; 3. Rebecca Zafia; 4. Joey Alexander; 5. Matthew Langrehr; 6. Joseph Bromley; 7. Megan Bell; 8. Richard Leary; 9. Petey Colonell.

450 / Open B (Stock/Mod frame) 1. Jacob Shoemaker; 2. Dalton Winkler; 3. John Long; 4. William Kraft; 5. Scott Barnes; 6. Troy Openshaw; 7. Ben Bosley; 8. Jeffery Mcmanus, Jr.; 9. Jack Sheridan; 10. Aaron Beaudway.

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Erin Kissinger (66) and Rebecca Zafia (6) take a victory lap after a close battle in the Womens division.

50 Oil Injected 1. Colin Cunningham; 2. Brandon Price; 3. Ryan Rassa; 4. Shawn Rothstein, II.; 5. Chris Thomas; 6. Alec Hoffman; 7. Graham Hyde; 8. Megan Chester; 9. Dustin Radford; 10. Chase Smith.

65 (7-11) 1. Colton Smith; 2. Dustin Healey; 3. Jeffery Hall; 4. Devin Owens; 5. Jacob Miller; 6. Greg Ey; 7.

Ryan Hall; 8. Jordan Desomba.

450 / Open A (Stock/Mod frame) 1. Brandon Robinson; 2. Raun Wood; 3. Jason Isennock; 4. Michael Poe; 5. Joey Parks; 6.

Nicholas Henderson; 7. Chris Klinefelter; 8. Paul Lynch; 9. Frankie Valentin; 10. Austin Greenland.

85 (7-11) 1. Daniel Bromley; 2. Jeremiah Snow; 3. Colton Smith; 4. Ryan Dragunas; 5. Dustin Healey; 6.

Petey Colonell; 7. Austin Tippett.

85 (12-15) 1. Joey Alexander; 2. Joseph Bromley; 3.

Matthew Langrehr; 4. Gregory Betts.

125 1. Erin Kissinger; 2. Benjamin Messner; 3. Seth Valentin; 4. Dennis Wheeler; 5. Steven Harton; 6.

Heather Alexander; 7. Joseph Bromley; 8. Stuart Rodgers.

Adult 100 (150cc Max-4 Stroke) 1. Jacob Shoemaker; 2. Scott Barnes; 3. Dale Verzi; 4. Jack Stedding; 5. Albert Cook; 6.

Michael Bell; 7. Chris Caudill; 8. Ben Bosley.

Womens (150cc Max-4 Stroke) 1. Erin Kissinger; 2. Heather Alexander; 3. Nicole Henderson; 4. Samantha Resch; 5. Nichole Balenger; 6. Kristina Mester; 7. Jessica Langrehr; 8. Courtney Klinefelter; 9. Kelly Bell; 10. Rebecca Zafia.

Jake Shoemaker comes up big winning 250B, 450 B and Adult 100.

Dirt Talk

By Bryan Bitzer

A break in the action

In my last 12 years of riding I have raced over 140 races between Motocross, Hare Scrambles, Enduros, Cross Country Championships and I.S.D.E. Qualifiers and had never had a serious injury until this past July at Sleepy Hollow. If you do the math, the odds are still fairly good…what was most ironic about this incident, now referred to as “my season ending moto” is that just prior to that start, my 11 year old daughter was asking if I had ever broken any bones while racing. I may have well been jinxed right there, but I mentally knocked on wood and said no as I lined up for the race.

The more bitter irony of the incident is that I had my best start of the season, running about 5th in a field of 20. A few turns later I took an inside line around a sharp corner in attempt to move up in position. It was here where I unfortunately cross-rutted, and this caused me to lose my balance momentarily. In a matter of seconds, the rider behind me who was locked into that inside rut ran directly into my right leg. As he hit, I felt a small unusual tingle in my lower leg but it was quickly overtaken by that typical rush of muscular pain. It reminded me of my days as a kid, when I went punch for punch, with my buddies, seeing who would give in first. My fellow competitor quickly pulled back out of our entanglement and continued on his way. As for me, I gently let the bike fall to the side so I could sit for a second and run my own quick mental and physical diagnostic check before making the decision to continue or not. Well, I quickly realized something was just not right.

Upon inquiry by the nearest flagger, I asked for the paramedics without hesitation. As the paramedics began to evaluate my condition, and cut off my sock, it became very obvious to them what I already felt, something was broken.

Back at the emergency room, a quick x-ray showed a fracture to my lower leg and severe dislocation of the ankle, requiring surgery to put everything back in place. Within two days I was scheduled for the operation. It left me with one permanent plate and 8 pins holding together the 3 fractures in my fibula, 2 long temporary pins holding my ankle to my leg and 38 staples

closing off the incision. I will be at least 4 -6 more weeks before the second surgery takes place to remove the pins in the ankle and I am sure that it will be at least another 8 to 10 weeks after that before I can even think about getting on a bike again. Don’t even try to keep up with the math here…the only part I remember clearly is how many painkillers I can take to numb the pain.

So here I sit with plenty of time to think. My first thought is that at least I got my first (and hopefully last) break out of the way. And I feel fairly lucky, not having any serious injuries before this point in my riding career. Breaking a bone in this way does not bring a sever amount of pain for too long, but I imagine that other injuries must be very painful.

If you have had long term injuries, I would like to hear about the extent of the injury, how much therapy your injury required, how long was it before you could ride again and when you did, how did the injury affect your confidence?

Or maybe you want to share how long you’ve been at it, skillfully avoiding any serious injuries or how fate stepped in and sparred you from any incidents that may initially have seemed inevitable.

Let me know your responses to these questions, share a story of your own, or simply add a comment. Here’s what you can do to get in touch with me: 1. Send an email to dirt-talk@hotmail.com 2. Put the title of the article in the subject line.

3. Indicate if you want your name (class and riding number if desired) credited or if you prefer to remain anonymous. – Your comments, topic suggestions, or own stories may be included in future articles.

Until next time, ride safe and have fun.

Bryan Bitzer #41 Sponsored by: O’Neal Racing - www.oneal.com East Coast Powersports - www.eastcoastksp.com

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at Raceway Park July 15, 2007

By Vito Lukaitis

Matthew Berrier; 5. James Mushalla; 6. William Francisco; 7. Brian Kilduff; 8. Joseph Chmielewski; 9. Todd Gordon; 10. Anthony Farina.

250 Pro/Expert “A” 1. Ronnie Stewart; 2. Barry Carsten; 3. Jason Harper; 4. Ryan Gainey; 5. Dave Ginolfi;

25+ Amateur “B” 1. Jonathan Bronne; 2. Daniel Jones; 3. Gregory Jaronczyk; 4. Ethan Waybright; 5. Ed Graham; 6.

Mike Biondo; 7. Ed Allen; 8. Richard Jacobs; 9.

Steve Geary; 10. Geraldo Santos.

25+ Expert “A” 1. Jason Harper; 2. Dave Ginolfi; 3. Gaylon Dickson; 4. James Mc Ilvaine; 5. Darren Edsall; 6. Christopher Chomko. 7. Jerry Seip; 8. Mike Giulian; 9. Neil Woermer, III.; 10. Brian Smith.

30+ Novice “C” 1. Jose Romero; 2. Frank Greco, Jr,; 3. Chuck Schellhardt; 4. Glenn Sutton; 5. Erik Galloway; 6.

Chuck Allocca; 7. James Thomas; 8. Edward Lokerson; 9. Lawrence Mcvay; 10. Daniel Showell, Jr.

Gregory Lamey (991) grabs the Collegeboy holeshot with Greg Lurch (7) and Matthew Berrier (511) in tow.

30+ Amateur “B” 1. Daniel Jones; 2. Russ Myers; 3. Ed Graham; 4.

Ethan Waybright; 5. George Gilmour; 6. Anthony Maladra; 7. Steve Geary; 8. Bill Ostlin; 9. Douglas

Christopher Duymich; 4. Damon Benefield; 5.

Ryan Roller; 6. Evan Connolly; 7. Justin Garzone.

Jose Romero was the winner of the 30+ novice class.

65cc 7-9 1. Justin Cooper; 2. Brandon Hartranft; 3. Damian Thompson; 4. Schae Thomas; 5. Sean Knoll; 6.

Joey Mathis; 7. Gage Solis; 8. Oscar Kelchner; 9.

Brian Engdahl; 10. Eric Mathias.

85cc 7-11 1. Robert Piazza; 2. Gregory Sidebethom; 3.

Jacob Hartranft; 4. Justin Cooper; 5. Luke Palonicola; 6. Tyler Betsch; 7. Bruce Redfield; 8.

Trevor Shaffer; 9. Addison Emory, Iv.; 10. Rocky Cagno.

85cc 12-13 1. Joey Peters; 2. Luke Renzland; 3. Jesse Pierce; 4. Bobby Lipyanek; 5. Robert Marshall, Jr.; 6. Matthew Gahrmann; 7. Justin Maclay; 8.

Brett Cooper; 9. Richie Trevelise; 10. Adam Scicchitano.

85cc 14-15 1. Frank Lettieri; 2. Zachery Warnock; 3.

After missing the fast 40 at the Unadilla national Barry Carsten drove home to catch some racing at Englishtown. The 5 hour ride was well worth it as Carsten won 5 of his 6 motos.

Gosch; 10. John Tavernese.

40+ Senior Amateur “B” 1. Russ Myers; 2. Doug Kitchell; 3. John Tavernese; 4. George Gilmour; 5. Scott Sampson; 6. Anthony Maladra; 7. Bill Ostlin; 8. Michael Davis; 9. Geraldo Santos; 10. John Sitar.

65cc 10-11 1. Trevor Shaffer; 2. Addison Emory, Iv.; 3.

Michael Pettit; 4. Keith Pierce; 5. Christian Gosch; 6. Randy Hernandez; 7. Collin Macauley; 8. Joseph Galbraith; 9. Evan Iuzzolino; 10. Brett Cox.

Ronnie Stewart went 1-1 to take the Open 4 Stroke victory.

6. Gregory Lamey; 7. Bryan Wallace; 8. Darren Edsall; 9. Christophe Chomko; 10. Mike Giulian.

Junior Mini (9-13 years) 2nd 1. Robert Piazza; 2. Brett Cooper; 3. Gregory Sidebethom; 4. Jacob Hartranft; 5. Luke Palonicola; 6. Brian Laul, Jr.; 7. Tyler Betsch; 8.

Richie Trevelise; 9. Bruce Redfield; 10. Anthony Maladra.

Women 1. Nikki Stewart; 2. Virginia Roma; 3. Rachel Engdahl; 4. Jennifer Singleton; 5. Bree Ann Young; 6. Charlotte Van Cott; 7. Melinda Giberson; 8. Nicole Hetzko; 9. Marika Wehrle.

Supermini (12-15 years) 1. Frank Lettieri; 2. Joey Peters; 3. Christopher Duymich; 4. Viktor Gudbergsson; 5. Luke Renzland; 6. Tyler Conner; 7. Bobby Lipyanek; 8.

Zach Donlin; 9. Robert Marshall, Jr.; 10. Zachery Warnock.

125 Amateur “B” 1. Mike Lacerenza; 2. Justin Frederick; 3. Sal Calamita; 4. Nicholas Mcphee; 5. Erik Wilson; 6.

Addison Kramer; 7. William Francisco; 8. Eric Land; 9. Scott Kalnas; 10. Brett Tave.

Austin Harvey used his consistant 2-1 moto scores to take the 125 Novice class victory.

40+ Senior Expert “A” 1. Barry Carsten; 2. Kurt Mcmillen; 3. James Mc Ilvaine; 4. Jerry Seip; 5. Larry Harper; 6. Joe Reilly; 7. Andrew Ujhelyi; 8. Ken Bordzuk; 9. Al Collioud.

30+ Vet Expert “A” 1. Barry Carsten; 2. Gaylon Dickson; 3. James Mc Ilvaine; 4. Darren Edsall; 5. Larry Harper; 6.

Victor Schepisi; 7. Brian Smith; 8. Frank Rockino; 9. Sean Gillies; 10. Gabi Stancik.

125 Novice “C” 1. Austin Harvey; 2. Zak Klaptosky; 3. Billy Hauser, III.; 4. Anton Kotulski; 5. Kevin Allen; 6.

Chad Ulmer; 7. Max Henkel; 8. Todd Gordon; 9.

Steven Wenk; 10. Dustin Davis.

125 Pro/Expert “A” 1. Bryan Wallace; 2. Dakota Kessler; 3. Ryan Gainey; 4. Greg Lurch; 5. Daniel Bogdan; 6. Jordan Crawford; 7. Steve Katsanevakis; 8.

Anthony Roth; 9. Dave Ginolfi.

Open 4 Stroke 1. Ronnie Stewart; 2. Frank Lettieri; 3. Charles Sherby, Jr.; 4. Kyle Sidle; 5. Sal Calamita; 6. James Mushalla; 7. Brandon Williams; 8. Addison Kramer; 9. Billy Hauser, III.; 10. Jeffery Yeomans, Jr.

Schoolboy (12-15 years) 2-str 1. Frank Lettieri; 2. Sal Calamita; 3. Michael Voorhees; 4. Joey Peters; 5. Luke Renzland; 6.

Talon Distefano; 7. Joey Peditto; 8. Christopher Duymich; 9. Tyler Conner; 10. Viktor Gudbergsson.

250 Novice/Open Novice “C” 1. Michael Sowa; 2. Billy Hauser, III.; 3. Anton Kotulski; 4. Alex Stavola; 5. Richard Carragher; 6. Kenny Rodgers; 7. Austin Ebberup; 8. Anthony Farina; 9. Chuck Schellhardt; 10. Greg Christian.

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250 Amatuer/ Open Amateur “B” 1. Nicholas Mcphee; 2. Michael Voorhees; 3. James Henshaw; 4. Erik Wilson; 5. Gregory Jaronczyk; 6. Jeffery Yeomans, Jr.; 7. Daniel Jones; 8. Kyle Sidle; 9. Richard Jacobs; 10.

Mike Lacerenza.

College Boy (16-24 years) 1. Gregory Lamey; 2. Justin Frederick; 3. Daniel Bogdan; 4.

Nicholas McPhee was the top rider in the 250 Amateur class.

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David Mosier Welcomes “Factory Phil Nicoletti” WMXtreme.com Interview WMXtreme race team would like to welcome Phil Nicoletti, National #715 to our team. Phil is an 18 year old, who has loved to ride since he was 4 and still has fond memories of his first race at Southwick at the age of 5 on his PW 50. His goal then was to keep from being lapped by Ryan Mills and his current goals are to do the best he possibly can at the Amateur Nationals at Loretta’s and perhaps get a team ride for 2008.

Even though at the present moment Phil is on the injured list, he expects to come out flying and better his finishes in 2006 of 2nd in the 125 and 3rd in the ProSport at Loretta’s where he will be piloting the WMXtreme.com Honda. In preparation for Loretta’s and the last four Nationals of 2007, Phil has been spending most of his time getting back in shape bicycling and training with Gary Semics while healing his recent injury. He is looking forward to the

Amateur Nationals, where he says the track is ever changing from muddy one day to hardpacked the next and everything in between. He will be riding MX Lites and Pro-sport classes with the MX Lites being his favorite. Phil enjoys a healthy life style by working out, eating right and practicing good family values.

He admires motocrosser, Mike LaRocco and bicycle racer, Lance Armstrong.

We want to thank Phil for this personal interview and wish him well on his coming up events.

Most of our team riders had the pleasure of meeting and spending time with Phil and his family at Sleepy Hollow last month when he stopped in to help out close friends and sponsor Michael Maresca and his family, also the WMXtreme team riders. After only a short time, we realized having Phil on our team would be such a great advantage, not only because of his riding ability but because he also shares our beliefs in keeping good family values while participating in the sport of motocross.

See us online at: www.wmxtreme.com

230 Pension Rd Englishtown, NJ 07726

732-446-7800 • 732-446-1373 fax Info@etownraceway.com

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32nd Anniversary RACEWAY PARK 2007 Motocross Race Schedule August 11, Saturday Pee Wee MX & Youth Quad Only

August 12, Sunday The Monmouth Cycles Yamaha Down and Dirty Motocross Race.

Normal Semi-Pro Race Day. All 2-Wheel Classes Run.

Sept. 1 Saturday 15th Annual VET & VINTAGE REUNION (Expanded Vet classes & ACR Vintage classes only at this event).

Sponsored by Kessler Pro Suspension in memory of Bruce Zimmermann. Exact race classes run on this day listed on website www.racewaypark.com Motocross page.

Sept. 2, Sunday

Normal Semi-Pro Race Day. All 2-Wheel Classes Run.

Sept. 16, Sunday Monmouth Cycles Honda Day Hell on Wheels Race. Normal Semi-Pro Race Day. All 2-Wheel Classes Run. Last RPMX Track Points Race.

Oct. 6th & 7th, Saturday & Sunday

31st Annual KAWASAKI TEAM GREEN MOTOCROSS RACE OF CHAMPIONS And Round #5 of the Eastern Pro-Am Championship Series All 2-Wheel Classes Run. See many of the finest motocross racers from all over the country at this very special event. The best race of the year. Kawasaki, Suzuki, Honda & Yamaha contingency paid out. All trophy classes and 25+, 30+, and 40+ Expert classes race on Sat. ONLY. 125 and 250 Pro-Expert Feature

Classes along with IRONMAN CLASSIC, Mt. Holly Kawasaki MINI CYCLE SHOOTOUT, and Town & Country Cycle Center KESSLER CUP on Sun. only. (Check website www. racewaypark.com for exact classes and race order).

Special Kawasaki Team Green Motocross Race of Champions mid-week practice scheduled for Wed. Sept. 27th on race track based on fair weather conditions, open to all riders.

Call before traveling for weather and track conditions report.

Oct. 20, Saturday Tentative Open Practice + Banquet

October 21, Sunday

Pee Wee MX / Youth Quad Schedule Race Dates

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August 11, Saturday

September 15, Saturday

Pit Bike Schedule Race Dates September 15, Saturday August 11, Saturday October 5:

Honda

Motocross School Visit www.motovation.com for details.

Sponsored September 8, Saturday by October 13, Saturday Trapani’s

Friday Pit Bike Race of Champions

WPSA Race Dates

ATV & Quad Race Dates Raceway Park Quad Races November 11

August 19

Trophy Class Day with one combined Expert Class (25+, 30+, 40+, 125, 250 Experts run together for one single purse).

For further information call (732) 446-7800 or www.racewaypark.com

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Tomahawk MX Race Times For ALL Races 6:00am - Gates Open 6:00am - Sign Up

2007 TMX Schedule August 5 District 7 Harescramble, Quad harescramble & Quad MX

AHRMA Races: $10 gate fee $30 - 1st class $25 - 2nd class

August 11 & 12 MDRA Race Series Saturday - Practice Sunday - Race

8:15am - Church Service

September 9 District 7 Harescramble, Quad harescramble & Quad MX October 7 Pig Roast

8:30am - Riders Meeting 9:00am - Practice 10:00am - Race

DIRT DRAGS

October 21 Pig Roast

NEW AT TOMAHAWK!

November 4 Ironboss race

AMA Cards required at all Races. MDRA cards required for MDRA races. No district cards needed to race.

District 7 Harescramble, Quad harescramble & Quad MX Races are all in one day Harescramble race times: . . . . . . . . . . 10am – 12pm Quad harescramble times: . . . . . . . . . . 12:30 – 2pm Quad MX practice begins:. . . . . . . . . . . 1 pm

STARTING IN MAY!

OPEN PRACTICE 7 Days A Week 10am-7pm Weekdays 10am-5pm Weekends

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Stop By The TBT Trackside Support Trailer For All Your Race Day Needs Parts & Accessories Carb Mods Suspension Services Free Yoshimura Pipe Demos Or If You Just Want To Chat

Congratulatio ns to all TBT riders attendin Loretta Lynns!g

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