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Happy 4th of July everybody. This is a great holiday. We get to celebrate the birthday of this great country we call home. I believe as time moves on it carries more meaning. Many times we just see it as another day off work, or a time for celebration and fireworks. But please remember that as our ancestors fought for our freedoms so many years ago, so do the young men and women that serve in the armed forces today. Many are not home with their families or even able to celebrate like we will. They are on high alert in a foreign land still fighting for our freedoms. Fighting to keep this land and others like it safe and independent. Please, whether you are for or against this grave conflict that we find ourselves in, pray for our soldiers and the leaders of the world that we may find a solution to the situation while keeping these great

freedoms that we celebrate each and every day in this country we call America. After all, it is the greatest place on earth and it still has the fastest racers on the planet. On top of all that, school is finally out for another year. I expect to see everyone picking up their lap times now that there is plenty of time to practice. Please stay safe and out of trouble and go easy on your parents. Our lives still go on as normal, so help us out where you can. Race season is in full swing here in the area. June was big but July is getting even hotter. The flat track racers have their National Championships the first week of the month and many of the regional qualifiers will be in the books for Lorettas. Only a few weeks left to we find out who the fastest racers in the land are. Hold on to your hats, I believe it’s going to be good year for D6 and the surrounding area. As always we’ve packed as much race coverage as possible in this issue. We would love to cover them all, but it just isn’t happening. We value your opinions and concerns and we thank you all for reading. Keep on tap to the weekly race images both from MRA and its contributors. There are many great photographers out there every week covering the action and you can check most of them out by logging onto our website at www.mcracingaction.com. Then click on the contributors corner. Ok, thats it for now. Keep the rubber side down and we’ll see you at the track. Until next time. Jim Bull, MRA

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Name: Kelsey Green Event: Ultimate MX and MDRA Series Age: 17 years Hometown: York, PA Ride: Suzuki RMZ 250 / RMZ 250 Big Bore Class: Women, 125 C, 250 C Racing #: 48 Experience: Racing 4 years Fav. Racer: Sarah Whitmore / Penny Cirus

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A Kids View Whats Up? This is Chase. I would like to give you a little information about one of the last races that I was at....which in my opinion was one of the hardest tracks I have ever raced on. RORR (Reading Off Road Riders) hosted this race which was located in the middle of “coal-mining heaven in Pennsylvania! At the start there was at least 6 inches of “coal soot” which made the start even more challenging. I felt like I was riding in sand. The track was approximately 5 miles long with tons of rock all over. Passing was available at many parts of the track because of the many lines to choose from. At one point in the race we actually had to ride up a small stream which made it even more fun...but challenging. So, if you are up for a challenge, hit this race next year!! One of things that I enjoy most about racing is the friendly competition. Many people arrive at the track the day before the race to check out the track and have fun. We talk about racing, school, play football and have a great time! After the race we talk about the track, banging bars and getting the “hole-shot”...we even try to cheer up whoever had a bad day. Having friends at the track makes racing even better!

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Jim Bull MRA

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Ever get the desire to swing your leg over a motorcycle and ride? If so, then throw your pretty hair in a ponytail, strap on a helmet and come out to Happy Ramblers on July 21 for a girls only motocross school. All skill levels are welcome, even those who have never ridden a day in their life, or don’t have a motorcycle can come! It struck me one day when I was on my way to a motocross school. I had a scheduled class with another rider. Not knowing anything about him, other then the fact that he was about the same ability in riding skills, I was a bit nervous. On the way to the track where the school was going to be, I explained to my Dad how I was uneasy about the fact. To reassure me, Dad said if it didn’t go well, next time I could bring a girl along to my lesson to ride with. (The day turned out really well actually, minus the fact that I crashed pretty hard!) When talking to other girls about this, they seemed a little uneasy about taking lessons with guys also, which gave me the idea. A school that is specially for girls! On July 21, I will sideline my riding to teach other girls. Happy Ramblers is going to be reserved for the school on that Saturday. My Dad will be working the grill to serve lunch, while I will be teaching. Then, at the end of the day, my sponsors have generously donated some products that I will be giving away to the girls. So, all you ladies who have an interest in those two wheel racing machines, give me a call to reserve your spot! Arrangements may be made for some girls who do not own a motorcycle or equipment to rent for the day. -Kelsey Green #48 (717) 683-2240

What are the biggest differences between Iceland and the US? The tracks here have a lot more jumps and are more technical. Our tracks are more natural terrain style, like in Europe. I’ve only saw a few tracks so far so it’s hard to say. And of course the amount of racers! Also I’m not used to all driving to go racing… takes a long time!

Yeap, Motocross is truly universal and the USA is the center of that universe. Icelander MXer Viktor Gudbergsson, a soft-spoken well-educated 15-yearold, chose D6 for his US racing premiere. Son of an International stuntman and multi times Rally car champion Beggie Gudbergsson, Vik was dreaming of becoming a Grand prix racer. But, via a common friend and a hook up from CrossRoad Powersports, he’s got the opportunity to come here and get his feet wet. Imagine yourself traveling from a country (and Island) of 300.000 peoples and 150 mx racers, to the biggest and toughest place to race on the planet! But the size of your country has nothing to do with the amount of talent and passion you have for the sport. I have to admit that I didn’t know much about Iceland before meeting Vik and his father.. I find out that really cool peoples live there and the place look like a blast to ride and race, and it’s not as cold as you’ll think…

So Vik, what do think of America? It’s great! I love it! How would you describe the Icelandic MX scene? Well, we have about 150 racers and around 2500 off road riders. We have 10 outdoor tracks within 20 minutes of Reykjavik (the Capital). We have plenty of space to ride. Not bad! And you have a championship or a series? Yes, it’s only 5 races for 5 classes (85, women, 125, MX1 and MX2 witch are A and B, bike size of your choice).But we have a good time and the level is pretty good. Are you running up front? Yes, I won 3 out of 4 races and finish 3rd of the series in the 85 class.

How did you get into riding? When I was 6, I got a go-kart from my dad. I rode it around for 3 years but I really wanted a motorbike after my dad took me to see a motocross race. So he picked up a used beat up 01 RM 50 and he let me fix it by myself. He just told me what to do and I replaced all the bearings, tires, etc.. I rode it for a year, loved it and then I started racing at 10 years old.

Cool! How many girls who raced? About 20 or so, but it represent over 15% of the total racer. The best woman rider is my age and we are in the same school and same class! What is your program for the summer? I’m here for three months with Frenchie training, racing and traveling, getting used to the US. It’s great and really intense. Next year I’d like to do the Loretta Lynn, it will be cool. Anybody you’ll like to thanks? My dad for giving me such a great opportunity, CrossRoad Powersports in Upper Darby for my bike and RRP to set it up, Frenchie for taking care of me and teaching me the ropes, and to everybody that I meet so far, everybody is very nice to me! Thanks Viktor and have fun this summer!

Your father is a rally car champion, how come you’re not into cars yourself? I guess because he let me chose what I like to do and doesn’t try to push me in a particular direction. Plus he rode bikes too. My 19 years old sister is into car racing, that what she like.. and my mom race mx in the women class.

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Saturday - Practice Day 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Sunday - District 6 Ultimate Series Contingency Race!!! Suzuki, Kawasaki, Honda, Husq 2007 Happy Ramblers points series Awards presentation 4ft. Trophies sponsored by Jayel Builders and Home Improvement

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www.mcracingaction. com Cody Lunceford; 5. Eddie Jones; 6. Aaron Houser; 7. Derek Miller; 8. Thomas Coluzzi; 9. Kyle Ferri; 10. Bryce Downes. 50 Oil (4-6) 1. Seth Hammaker; 2. Shawn Rothstein; 3. Zachary Lahman; 4. Jack Rogers; 5. Chris Calvy; 6. Nathan Murphy; 7. Kyle Roeder; 8. Dustin Radford.

125 A 1. Willy Toth; 2. Chad Muterspaugh; 3. William Duffy; 4. Derrick Wile; 5. Patrick Wastler; 6. Chad Wages; 7. Dan Bogdan; 8. Justin Crawford; 9. Eric Myers; 10. Jason Crisp.

The MDRA Race Series continues to attract over 650 racers to each round. The first group up on the day was the Vet C division. You can see these guys on this months cover and I tell you what, they are as excited about racing as are the youth and the amateur and expert riders. Two of them approached me during the day wanting to know if I got that holeshot picture claiming they were the first guy there. Well, they say a picture tells a thousand Round # 3 of the MDRA Race Series found itself stories, you decide. In the end it was Jose Lemus at Tomahawk MX in Hedgesville, WV the third with the win. weekend in May. Again over 650 riders came out Next up were the 125 A and B groups. In the A to participate on this day making this the largest division it would be Fastmann Racing sponsored rider turnout series in the region. The weekend Patrick Wastler getting the good start with West started off with a Saturday practice during the Shore Suzuki’s Willy Toth ending up the victor on day followed by pit bike racing in the late the day. Toth is just getting back from an early afternoon. Sunday rolled around for race day season injury, but seemed in top form at this round. Toth performed well in the 250 A motos as and the gates were full and the racers were well finishing second overall behind Chad ready to rock. Wages. Other hot racing action on the day included the 85cc (12-15) B division. Tony Archer would be your winner but the battle for second was tremendous between Cody Lunceford and Steven Sparks with Lunceford getting the edge for the position. In the mini ranks over 53 entries showed up between the Junior and Senior Mini classes with TBT’s Dylan Brajkovich winning Senior and Steven Sparks winning Junior. The next to the last class of the day brought the Women to the line with ten entries on the gate. Kelsey Green and n i acing r e r fi Jessica Childs would battle thru out n o y is . s s a l c the motos with the overall going to Sean Baxle C ) 7-11 the 65cc ( Green. You can get all the details on

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125 C 1. Patrick Morrissey; 2. Christopher Heinlein; 3. Mark Azadl; 4. Shannon Weaver; 5. Aaron Houser; 6. Zac Ely; 7. Steven Bosley; 8. Thomas Nilan; 9. Jeff Marshall; 10. Zane Donnelly. Vet (Plus 30) A 1. Gregory Pamart; 2. John Bowlin; 3. Michael Bear; 4. Jon Boser; 5. Jeffrey Grove; 6. Christopher O’hara; 7. Dale Weller; 8. Brian Domschke; 9. Joe Caruso; 10. Michael Hall. Vet (Plus 30) B 1. Jeremy Watson; 2. Jason Galbralth; 3. Chris Deleo; 4. Clint Early; 5. Glenn Murphy; 6. Peter Overeem; 7. David Mock; 8. Erik Brown; 9. Michael Dempster; 10. Joseph Hardesty.

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

Vet (Plus 35) A 1. Jeffrey Grove; 2. Jon Boser; 3. Christopher O’hara; 4. Mike Weimer; 5. Joe Caruso; 6. Steven Sheckler; 7. Jonathan Skinner; 8. Brian Sullivan; 9. Patrick Elbburn; 10. Brad Stepp.

Vet (Plus 35) B 1. Joseph Hardesty; 2. Tom Boschert; 3. Ewell Gilliam; 4. Keith Hausman; 5. Jason Fordney; 6. Sam Aspinwall; 7. Darrin Verderose; 8. Aaron Patten; 9. Allen Weaver; 10. Rolando Caluv. Four Stroke Open 1. Garret Toth; 2. Thomas Mudgett; 3. Broc Schmelyun; 4. Jacob Grove; 5. Tyler Gant; 6. Jason Mitchell; 7. Michael Kailer; 8. Luke Richards; 9. David Wingate; 10. Mark Azadl.

Junior Mini (9-13) 1. Steven Sparks; 2. Kyle King; 3. Anthony Smith; 4. Christhian Pinto; 5. Jarek Balkovic; 6. Thomas Webb; 7. Storm Sheckells; 8. Stanley Bolen; 9. Matthew Shutt; 10. Austin Toskov. Super Mini (12-15) 1. Dylan Brajkovich; 2. Tony Archer; 3. Steven Good; 4.

Willy Toth is back on top of the 125 A division after an early season injury.

9. Joey Kilby; 10. Keith Hausman. Plus 25 A 1. Kevin Brodsky; 2. Gregory Pamart; 3. John Bowlin; 4. Michael Bear; 5. Jason Carroll; 6. Joey Yagloski; 7. Jon Boser; 8. Dale Weller; 9. Daniel Leonhard; 10. Eric Anderson. Plus 25 B 1. Patrick Morrissey; 2. Chris Deleo; 3. Adam Dietrich; 4. Raymond Mcgowan; 5. Jeremy Watson; 6. Jason Galbralth; 7. David Mock; 8. Brad Woodfall; 9. William Rinker; 10. Kenneth Smith.

Tony Archer wins the 85cc (12-15) B division. 85 (7-11) C 1. Daniel Bohon; 2. Brandon Garlock; 3. Cole Mizak; 4. Sam Sheckells; 5. Marcus Smestad; 6. Adam Dailey; 7. Graham Nelson; 8. Holt Panek; 9. William Myrick; 10. Nicholas Carruba. Senior A 1. Michael Crocker; 2. Patrick Elbburn; 3. Steven Sheckler; 4. Brad Stepp; 5. Robert Huston; 6. John Myers; 7. John Richards; 8. Andrew Delauder; 9. Russell Seibold; 10. Bert Schulteis. Senior B 1. Ewell Gilliam; 2. Darrin Verderose; 3. Elmer Morgan; 4. Dan Solomon; 5. Michael Marley; 6. Allen Shaffer; 7. Mike Jones; 8. Michael Perkins;

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Triggs; 9. Caleb Keck; 10. Shane Akers. 50 (7-8) 1. Mark Hushon; 2. Bailey Cox; 3. Austin Mcnamee; 4. Devin Griffith; 5. Austin Waugh; 6. Cameron Keck; 7. Ethan Bowlin; 8. Kyle Chrisovergis; 9. Marshall Wood; 10. Austin Bear.

50 (4-6) 1. Seth Hammaker; 2. Logan Leitzel; 3. Shawn Rothstein; 4. James Shockey; 5. Ryley Nield; 6. Jack Rogers; 7. Zachary Lahman; 8. Taner

250 C 1. Zac Ely; 2. Steven Bosley; 3. Patrick Morrissey; 4. Preston Strickler; 5. Chris Regalia; 6. Chad Rogers; 7. Nicky Morgan; 8. Seth Kimble; 9. Norman Potter; 10. James Dow.

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85 (7-11) B 1. Jarek Balkovic; 2. Dillon Thomas; 3. Christhian Pinto; 4. Tristan Kimble; 5. Matthew Shutt; 6. Austin Toskov; 7. Jacob Runkles; 8. Jesse Pulliam; 9. Austin Cox; 10. Arie Reachard.

85 (12-15) B 1. Tony Archer; 2. Cody Lunceford; 3. Steven Sparks; 4. Steven Good; 5. Eddie Jones; 6. Derek Miller; 7. Kyle King; 8. Brandon Mcmanus; 9. Thomas Coluzzi; 10. Thomas Webb. 85 (12-15) C 1. Stanley Bolen; 2. Joseph Kevin Brod Dreisonstok; 3. Devon Armiger; 4. sky s Ryan Didone; 5. Joey Gray; 6. of the 25+ its on top A group. Stanton Bowers; 7. Kyle Toth; 8. Bret Shipley; 9. Dalton Haschert; 10. Brenten Knott. Paul Pinto; 10. Austin Toskov. 250 A 1. Chad Wages; 2. Willy Toth; 3. William Duffy; 4. 60 (7-11) C 1. Sean Baxley; 2. Hunter Ringrose; 3. Dylon Kevin Brodsky; 5. Patrick Wastler; 6. Derrick Wile; 7. Gregory Pamart; 8. Chad Hobart; 4. Wayne Bayly; 5. Jonathan Muterspaugh; 9. Michael Bear; 10. Jason Chrysovergis; 6. Justin Streets; 7. Nicholas Carruba; 8. Cameron Keck; 9. Isiah Baker; Carroll. 10. William Myrick. 250 B 1. Gary Radford; 2. Thomas Mudgett; 3. Tyler Women Gant; 4. Jesse Armiger; 1. Kelsey Green; 2. Jessica Childs; 3. Shayla 5. Shane Wiegel; 6. Stephens; 4. Jessica Jones; 5. Raeslee Weimer; Tyler Carbaugh; 7. 6. Karingtin Hess; 7. Stefanie Skinner; 8. Emily Ryan Shifflett; 8. Ely; 9. Belinda Lellock; 10. Caitlin Birrell. Christopher Snyder; 9. School Boy Sam Archer; 10. 1. Garret Toth; 2. Broc Schmelyun; 3. Dylan Michael Dailey. Brajkovich; 4. Tony Archer; 5. Britton Stewart; 6. Michael Thompson; 7. Jimmy Bloom; 8. Daniel 60 (7-11) B 1. Jarek Balkovic; 2. Garrett; 9. Dakota Yohe; 10. Jacob Grove. Dillon Thomas; 3. College Boy Jacob Runkles; 4. 1. Shane Krabal; 2. Drew Kibler; 3. Tyler Tristan Kimble; 5. Carbaugh; 4. Curtis Baker; 5. Jordan Helman; Kevin Stoner; 6. Austin 6. Jason Mitchell; 7. Shane Wiegel; 8. Justin Ellis; wins the 50cc Cox; 7. Joseph 9. Donald Hyre; 10. Grant Zartman. Balkovic; 8. Mark

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they have their own Supercross series and they are holding Harescramble races in both the PA State and the Northeast Harescramble Series. In addition to all that they offer open practice times at their facility on specific non race days. Wow, or did I already say that. It seems that Evansville offers something for everybody no matter what your fancy. If you haven’t checked them out in a while I suggest you give them a try. You can get all the details on their website at www.evansvillemxpark.com. I know that there are plenty of opportunities to compete at Evansville yet this year. They are giving away a couple of motorcycles and an ATV and they are offering up a free Pig Roast at their Ultimate MX race on August 5th. Check out their ads here in MRA or log onto the web, then grab your buddies and your machines and point the truck towards Berwick, PA. Both bikes and quads are welcome so we look forward to seeing you there.

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Supermini 1. Samuel Swavely; 2. Evan Houston; 3. Sally Ferreira. 100-150 1. Taylor Pecika; 2. Landon Wolfe; 3. Shawn Kozak; 4. Thomas Shughart; 5. Ty Evans; 6. Tabatha Roser; 7. Mitchell Powers; 8. Darren Sammartino; 9. Benjamin Shughart; 10. Jordan Barnett. Air 110 1. Andrew Powers; 2. Cody Gerhard; 3. Max Tomazin;

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The battle for the series championship in the 250 Pro/Expert class raged on at round four of the MSR/ ANSWER RACING Northeast Classic Motocross Series, hosted by the Fritz’s, at the beautiful Hurricane Hills Motocross facility, in Clifford Pennsylvania. Can-Do Powersports/VPE backed Kawasaki pilot, Damien Plotts and Bromley Suzuki’s, Barry Carsten continued their battle for the series championship in the 250 Pro/Expert division. Plotts came into round four with a one point advantage over Carsten. Plotts suffered from poor starts in both moto’s, starting outside the top five but charged back to finish 2-3 to Carsten’s 3-2. Carsten, on the other hand, Matthew Fisk (423), Lowell Spangler (427), Nick McPhee (214) started the first moto in fourth and holeshoted the and Jimmy Ide (704) lead the start of the 1st 125 B moto. second, only to quickly relinquish the point to Honda pilot, “Flyin” Phil Nicoletti, who ran away to finish the Charles Fox III, Chris Cheney and Fisk closed out the Jonathan Jankowsky (Hon); 4. Rachel Engdahal first moto eight seconds ahead of Plotts but (Suz); 5. Bryce Dana (Kaw). top five. only three seconds ahead of Carsten in the second. Spangler, McPhee, Erik Wilson and Fisk led the start Carsten and Plotts are now tied at 34 points apiece of the final moto. Again Spangler checked out, taking 85 (14-15): as they head to the final round of the series at Walden the checkers eight seconds ahead of McPhee. 1. Frank Lettieri (Suz); 2. R.j. Beck (Kaw); 3. Austin Phelps (Kaw); 4. Frank Robie (Ktm); 5. Austin Toomey Motocross on June 17th, in Wallkill, New York. Wilson, Cheney and Fisk rounded out the top five. Nicoletti, Mark Waldele, Ryan Zimmerman and Spangler (1-1) took the overall. McPhee (2-2) second (Hon). Carsten led the start of the opening 250 Pro/Expert and Cheney (4-4) third. Fisk, with 32 points, leads the OPEN MINI (12-15): moto. Nicoletti was quickly pulling away from the rest division championship by 11 over McPhee with one 1. Frank Lettieri (Suz); 2. Austin Phelps (Kaw); 3. R.j. of the pack when Zimmerman moved up to second. round to go. Beck (Kaw); 4. Austin Toomey (Hon); 5. Frank Robie Plotts quickly moved up to third after a poor start (Ktm). followed by Tyler Witmer, who displaced Carsten to 50 PW BEG: 125 SCHB: fifth. Plotts passed Zimmerman before the end of the 1. Zachary Butkiewicz (Yam); 2. J Ryder Fox (Cob); 3. 1. Frank Lettieri (Suz); 2. Tyler Wozney (Kaw); 3. Larry second lap taking the runner-up position and set off Tyler Kozik (Hon). Mcvay Jr (Yam); 4. James Doolittle (Suz); 5. R.j. Beck after Nicoletti. Nicoletti’s lead was six seconds and (Kaw). 50 PW ADV (NECL): climbing by the start of lap three. Plotts could not SCHBY LITES: keep Nicoletti’s pace and his lead grew to nine 1. Emmett Dowd (Ktm); 2. Danny Congdon (Ktm). 1. Michael Eichler (Ktm); 2. Matthew Moore (Yam); 3. seconds by lap five. 50 (4-6): Carsten had been 1. Dawson Driscoll Charles Fox Iii (Yam); 4. Sal Calamita (Hon); 5. Saxon slicing through the (Cob); 2. Zakary Sprouse (Kaw). pack and made his Shaffer (Cob); 3. CLGBY: way up to third just Zachary Butkiewicz 1. Phillip Nicoletti (Hon); 2. Ryan Zimmerman (Hon); 3. before the start of (Ktm); 4. J Ryder Fox Charles Fox Iii (Hon); 4. Andrew Pingotti (Hon); 5. lap six. Nicoletti’s (Cob); 5. Tyler Kozik Tyler Witmer (Hon). lead had increased (Ktm). 125 PRO/EX: to 12-seconds by 50 (7-8): 1. Phillip Nicoletti (Hon); 2. Damien Plotts (Kaw); 3. lap six but he clearly 1. Will Agnew (Unk); Anthony Roth (Hon); 4. Derek Rummel (Hon); 5. dropped it down a 2. Josesph Tait Andrew Pingotti (Hon). notch on the last (Kaw); 3. Ezra Wright 125 B: lap, taking the (Cob); 4. Justin 1. Lowell Spangler (Kaw); 2. Nick Mcphee (Suz); 3. checkers with an Yedinak (Ktm); 5. Chris Cheney (Hon); 4. Erik Wilson (Kaw); 5. Matthew eight second lead. Lincoln Brookens Fisk (Yam). Plotts, Carsten, (buckshot) (Can). Zimmerman and 125 C: 65 (7-9): Damien Plotts (280) and Ryan Zimmerman Witmer closed out 1. Jeremy Parsons (Kaw); 2. Saxon Sprouse (Kaw); 3. (776) battle for second early in the 1st 1. Miguel Correia Eric Shirk (Hon); 4. Anton Kotubski (Kaw); 5. Jonathan the top five. (Ktm); 2. Schae Carsten, Witmer, 250 Pro/Expert moto. Jankowsky (Hon). Thomas (Ktm); 3. Nicoletti, Waldele and Zimmerman led the start of the final moto. Danny Colachino (Kaw); 4. Will Agnew (Ktm); 5. 250 PRO/EX: 1. Phillip Nicoletti (Hon); 2. Barry Carsten (Suz); 3. Nicoletti took only a half a lap to get by Witmer and Josesph Tait (Kaw). Damien Plotts (Kaw); 4. Tyler Witmer (Hon); 5. Ryan Carsten and take the 65 (10-11): lead. Plotts, who started around seventh, was battling 1. Zachary Putman (Suz); 2. Trevor Shaffer (Ktm); 3. Zimmerman (Hon). through the pack but it took him until lap three to Austin Littler (Ktm); 4. Evan Richard (Kaw); 5. Koda 250 B: break the top five. Meanwhile, Carsten, the veteran, 1. Lowell Spangler (Kaw); 2. Taylor Beltz (Hon); 3. Smith (Hon). was doing a great job holding young Nicoletti’s lead Chris Cheney (Hon); 4. Scott Sears (Kaw); 5. Nick 85cc (7-11): to a mere four seconds. Plotts continued to move up, Mcphee (Suz). 1. Robert Piazza (Kaw); 2. Trevor Shaffer (Suz); 3. passing Witmer for third on lap five. Nicoletti got Luke Palonicola (Kaw); 4. Elliot Phelps (Kaw); 5. Kyle 250 C: the win, only this time by a slim three second margin. 1. Jeremy Parsons (Kaw); 2. Eric Shirk (Hon); 3. Dillin (Kaw). Carsten, Plotts, Witmer and Zimmerman closed out Bernard Kelly (Suz); 4. Michael Moore (Yam); 5. Justin 85 (9-13): the top five. Stangl (Yam). Matthew Fisk, Lowell Spangler, Nick McPhee and 1. Ryan Zaveral (Hon); 2. Jake Scott (Yam); 3. Robert Jimmy Ide led the start of the opening 125 B moto. Piazza (Kaw); 4. Elliot Phelps (Kaw); 5. Kyle Dillin 25+ A: 1. Damien Plotts (Kaw); 2. Mark Waldele (Kaw); 3. (Kaw). Spangler, clearly in a class of his own, took the lead Kurt Mcmillen (Suz); 4. Dave Ginolfi (Kaw); 5. Gaylon before the end of the first lap and checked out. By the 85 (12-13): third lap, Spangler’s lead had jumped to eight 1. Ryan Zaveral (Hon); 2. Jake Scott (Yam); 3. Dickson (Kaw). seconds and by the finish, 12-seconds. McPhee,

By Jim Sanderson 25+ B: 1. Rob Peck (Hon); 2. Paul Peck (Hon); 3. John Spotts (Yam); 4. Chris Ellefsen (Hon); 5. Eric Frable (Kaw). 30+ A: 1. Barry Carsten (Suz); 2. Kurt Mcmillen (Suz); 3. Gaylon Dickson (Suz); 4. Darren Edsall (Kaw); 5. Joshua Bozzuto (Yam). 30+ B: 1. Paul Peck (Hon); 2. Phil Spagnola (Hon); 3. Russell Myers (Hon); 4. Michael Adams (Kaw); 5. Eric Frable (Kaw). 30+ C: 1. Jeremy Parsons (Kaw); 2. Larry Mcvay Sr (Hon); 3. John Pica (Hon); 4. Jon Murray (Hon); 5. Glenn Smith (Hon). 40+ A: 1. Kurt Mcmillen (Suz); 2. Barry Carsten (Suz); 3. Joe Fritz Sr (Hon); 4. Kenneth Messerman (Suz); 5. Steve Lapointe (Yam). 40+ B: 1. Roland Beck (Hon); 2. Mark Rinaldi (Kaw); 3. Phil Spagnola (Hon); 4. Louis Giomboni (Yam); 5. George Gilmour (Hon). 40+ C: 1. John Pica (Hon); 2. Joao Emery (Hon). 50+: 1. Eric Heinecki (Hon). 4 STROKE - 250: 1. Lowell Spangler (Kaw); 2. Matt Babbitt (Kaw); 3. Michael Eichler (Ktm); 4. Andrew Mikolaichik (Kaw); 5. Jimmy Ide (Kaw). 4 STROKE-450: 1. Lowell Spangler (Kaw); 2. Dave Ginolfi (Kaw); 3. Mark Waldele (Kaw); 4. Scott Sears (Kaw); 5. Gaylon Dickson (Suz). WMN: 1. Samantha Fritz (Hon); 2. Jenna Smith (Yam); 3. Erica Rizzo (Yam); 4. Rachel Engdahal (Suz); 5. Christina Basna (Yam). QUAD A: 1. Thomas Lombaido (Yam); 2. Tony Lucarelli (Hon); 3. Patrick Tichilo (Yam); 4. Sean Hubbard (Hon). QUAD B: 1. Dan Portanova (Hon); 2. Justin Pamick (Hon); 3. Donald Littlejohn (Yam). QUAD C: 1. Dan Bushe (Yam); 2. Jakub Ingham (Yam); 3. Bouwe Aukema (Hon); 4. Chris Fergoson (Yam); 5. Jamie Strohl (Hon). QUAD CLGBY: 1. Tony Lucarelli (Hon); 2. Justin Pamick (Hon); 3. Patrick Tichilo (Yam); 4. Donald Littlejohn (Yam). QUAD 25+: 1. Bouwe Aukema (Hon); 2. Jamie Strohl (Hon).

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N.E. Classic At Hurricane Hills

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Raceway Park - AMA Supermoto June 3, 2007

Defending Supermoto champion Jeff Ward had to settle for second in the Supermoto class. When the AMA was looking for a Northeast point to take its 2007 National series, Englishtown was the most logical choice. The facility was the perfect venue and their brand new road course would be the site of the inaugural event. But for a Supermoto to be exciting there has to be a dirt section as well. So practice track designer Carl Anderson was called in to create two exciting motocross style jump sections that received rave reviews from the competitors. Since the series is still in its infancy the pits are an open style with no extra ticket required to get up close and personal with the men (and woman) and their machines. The series is contested by all of the major manufacturers and the entry list reads like a who’s who of motorcycle racing. From motocrossers like David Pingree and Jeff Ward, freestylers like Carey Hart, World Gp riders like Kurt Nicoll and the man behind Troy Lee Designs, Troy Lee himself this sport has it all. Sunday’s event was lightly attended due to the rain in the forecast for the afternoon but those who came to the race saw excellent competition in all three professional classes. Hot Wheels Supermoto Lites Graves Motorsports Yamaha’s Brandon Currie took the class win after taking the pole in his qualifier. He grabbed the early lead running Troy Lee Designs Honda rider wide in the first turn and never looked back. If he did get the chance to see behind him his goggles would have been full of Pingree who kept the Yamaha rider in his sights ready to make the move when Currie would make a mistake. That mistake never came and Currie went on to take the win with Pingree in second and Monster Kawasaki rider Matt Abbott in third. M&R Supermoto Unlimited Factory Aprilia Rip It Energy Racing’s Ben Carlson was the class of the Unlimited field taking the

advantage from the pole and stretching his lead to a multi second advantage before backing it down to a close race by the end. Factory HMC KTM teammates Kurt Nicoll and Johnny Lewis rounded out the top three. AMA Supermoto Premier Class Although the forecasted rain held off for most of the day, by the time the premier class got started there was a light but steady drizzle coming down. Troy Lee Designs Honda rider Cassidy Anderson grabbed the early lead only to throw it away in the first slippery dirt section. Anderson’s teammate Jeff Ward and Motorsports Graves Yamaha mounted Mark Burkhart showed the rest of the field that this was to be their race eventually Brandamore Pennsylvania’s John pulling out to a 20+ second Lewis rounded out the Unlimited lead. Ward and Burkhart battled each other tooth and class podium on his KTM. nail as the track conditions deteriorated. Burkhart would go on to take the victory 4+ seconds over Ward with factory KTM rider Troy Complete Results at: Herfoss rounding out the podium. www.amasupermoto.com It looks like Supermoto racing is here to stay in the Northeast. With tight racing and exciting action it appears to be around for awhile. Check it out next time it’s around.

By Scott Lukaitis

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Jason Conlon from Mount Airy, MD finishes 6th in the Supermoto division.

Supermoto 1. Mark Burkhart 2. Jeff Ward 3. Troy Herfoss 4. Micky Dymond 5. Steve Drew 6. Jason Conlon 7. David Baffeleuf 8. Danny Casey 9. Tyler Evans 10. Benjamin Carlson Unlimited 1. Benjamin Carlson 2. Kurt Nicoll 3. John Lewis 4. David Baffeleuf 5. Travis Marks 6. Josh Chisum 7. Gary Trachy 8. Robert Loire 9. Brian Capper 10. Monte Frank Lites 1. Brandon Currie 2. David Pingree 3. Matt Abbott 4. Dalton Dimick 5. Paul Allison 6. Chad Cose 7. Troy Lee 8. Adam Cini 9. Michael Corbino 10. Corey Jones

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Pennsylvania Short Track Mason Dixon And Shippensburg By Len & Ben Breech

and Nick Henderson. In the last event before intermission, Sportsman, Yoder’s time was the slowest of four, behind Wood, Mullen and Chris Klinefelter.

85 (7-11) winner (41), Colton Smith

Mason-Dixon:

Jacob Shoemaker was awarded three wins in the rain shortened Mason Dixon Fairgrounds short track. The Delta/Cardiff Fire Company sponsored event fell victim to the rains that seem to have followed every Saturday night short track events in this area since April. Unlike the previous rain outs this season, this one was several small rain falls that gradually made the track unworkable. The decision was made when the first final of the evening, Open A, had three riders slide out on the slick surface. With the weather turning cooler and the moisture starting to come back to the surface, the riders felt it was not safe to ride on. Despite heroic efforts by track crew to iron it out, finals were paid by starting positions in the final. In the Open A and Sportsman finals, the difference between first and fourth was a second or so. Shoemaker had fastest heat times in the 250 B, Open A and 250 Sportsman. In the 250 B and 250 B

Open A: 1. Ken Yoder (Suz); 2. Joey Parks (Hon); 3. Cory Strickler (Yam); 4. Nick Henderson (Hon); 5.Raun Wood (Hon); 6. Don Mullen (Hon); 7. Chris MacCarty (Hon); 8. Kevin Varnes (Suz); 9. Casee McCammon (Yam); 10. Mike

Standiford (Hon) 50 Shaft: 1. Ryan Rassa (Yam); 2. Chris Thomas (Yam); 3. Joseph Reece (Yam); 4. Aaron Wise (Yam); 5. Zack Kolsovsky (Yam); 6. Kara Smith (Yam)

Rebecca Zafia (Yam); 4. Megan Bell (Hon); 5. Amanda Hardy (Yam); 6. Matt Raines (Suz); 7. Ryan Dragunas (Hon); 8. Petey Colonell (Hon) 50 Sr. (7-8): 1. Devin Owens (Con); 2. Bobby Otto (KTM); 3. Colin Cunningham (Cob); 4. Georgie Price (Con); 5. Ken Kolsovsky (Con); 6. Megan Chester (KTM); 7. Allen Fogle (Cob); 8. Rachel Martin (KTM); 9. Colbe Elliott (Yam) Womens: 1. Erin Kissinger (Kaw); 2. Megan Bell (Hon); 3. Rebecca Zafia (Yam); 4.Jennifer Messner (Hon); 5. Chris Mester (Hon); 6. Amanda Hardy (Yam) 65: 1. Colton Smith (Kaw); 2. Tristan Avery (Suz); 3.Ryan Varnes (Suz); 4. Devin Owens (KTM); 5. Dylan Almony (Suz); 6. Dustin Healey (KTM); 7. Greg Ey (Kaw); 8. Ryan Dragunas (Kaw) 250 B: 1. Jacob Shoemaker (Suz); 2. Sam Wiggins (Hon); 3. Tyler Kidwell (Hon); 4. Jesse Long (Hon); 5. Jimmy Carr (Suz); 6. Haden Avery (Hon); 7. Dalton Winkler

500 2 Valve: 1. Joey Parks (Yam); 2. Chris Hathaway (Yam) 750: 1. R. J. Hart (Yam); 2. Brian Eckhart (Tri) Sportsman: 1. Raun Wood (Hon); 2. Don Mullen (Hon); 3. Chris Klinefelter (Hon); 4. Ken Yoder (Suz); 5. Joey Parks (Hon); 6. Jonathan Jordan (Hon); 7. Nick Henderson (Hon); 8. Mike Standiford (Hon); 9. Mike Poe (Hon); 10. Kevin Varnes (Suz) 100 Adult: 1. Mike Poe (Hon); 2. Scott Barnes (Hon); 3. Jesse Long (Yam); 4. Dale Verzi (Suz); 5. Evan Baer (Kaw); 6. Steve Horton (Hon); 7. Joe Dragunas (Hon); 8. Todd Chester (Kaw)

Shippensburg: Evan Baer and Chris Klinefelter split wins at the rescheduled Shippensburg Speedway opener. The Don’s Kawasaki/Baer Racing sponsored event was rained out from April 1. Baer won the Open A over Klinefelter, while Klinefelter took the Sportsman finally in fairly easy fashion over Nick Henderson and Baer.

30 +: 1. Chris Hathaway (Yam); 2. Roy Miller (Suz); 3. Dale Verzi (Kaw); 4. Damion Kocovinos (Hon); 5. Ken Godwin (Hon); 6. Konstantine Tsimberg (Yam) 50 Chain: 1. Colin Cunningham (Hon); 2. Dylan Almony (Cob); 3. Chase Smith (Cob); 4. Ryan Rassa (KTM); 5. Graham Hyde (KTM); 6. Jesse Snyder (Hon); 7. Brandon Price (Cob); 8. Megan Chester (KTM); 9. Jacob Gast (KTM) 125: 1. Charles Houck (Yam); 2. Scott Barnes (Hon); 3.

50 7-8 1st (5D) Devin Owen, 2nd (15) Cameron Smith (Hon); 8. Chris Paranzino (Hon); 9. Erin Kissinger (Kaw); 10. Ryan Connelly (Kaw) 85 (7-11): 1. Colton Smith (Kaw); 2. Austin Jenkins (Suz); 3. Greg Almony (Suz); 4. Tristan Avery (Hon); 5. Kody Mishkee (Hon); 6. Jordan Desemba (Yam) Vintage Lightweight: 1. Robert Langrehr (Bul); 2. Bob Kohlbus (Hon)

Baer put his Baer Racing Rotax in front of Klinefelter, Roy Miller and Ken Yoder. After a few laps, the front two’s battle for the lead had put several lengths on the veteran’s battle for third. The order stayed the same to the end. Yoder returned later and grabbed the 30 + lead from Miller and kept him at bay for that win. Klinefelter jumped out to a large lead in the Sportsman

85 (12-15): 1. Tyler Phillips (Kaw); 2. Greg Betts (Yam); 3. Matt Langrehr (Kaw); 4. Mike Kozak (Hon)

250 and 250 Sportsman winner (5J) Jacob Shoemaker. Sportsman classes, Sam Wiggins won the other slightly slower heat. Colton Smith was the only other rider to win two classes as he took the 65 over Tristan Avery, Ryan Varnes and Devin Owens in the only heat race. He took the 85 7-11 over Austin Jenkins, Greg Almony and Avery. Ken Yoder took a pair of A heat wins. In the first class run, Open A, he had the fastest time of the four heats, beating Raun Wood in their heat and turning a quicker time than other winners Joey Parks, Cory Strickler

Todd Chester (Kaw); 4. Tyler Phillips (Yam); 5. Seth Valentin (Yam); 6. Ben Messner (Suz); 7. Tim Clark (Suz); 8. Erin Kissinger (Kaw); 50 Jr. (4-6): 1. Chase Smith (Cob); 2. Dustin Otto (KTM); 3. Jacob Rassa (KTM); 4. Brandon Price (Cob); 5. Carl Wheeler (KTM); 6. Jacob Gast (KTM); 7. Owen Griffith (Hon) 8. Trayer Williams (Hon) 150 Air Cooled: 1. Matt Langrehr (Hon); 2. Ryan Hawkins (Hon); 3.

40 +: 1. Mike Mester (Rot); 2. John Henderson (Rot); 3. Joe Dragunas (Kaw); 4. Ray Jenkins (Hon); 5. Ed Hyde (Hon); 6. Ken Haldeman (Hon); 7. Mike Klopp (Rot) Open B: 1. Jacob Shoemaker (Suz); 2. Tyler Kidwell (Suz); 3. Dalton Winkler (Yam); 4. Travis Diem (Suz); 5. Scott Barnes (Suz); 6. Aaron Beaudry (Rot); 7. Jacob Miller (Kaw); 8. Konstantine Tsimberg (Yam); 9. Jack Sheridan (Hon); 10. John Long (Suz) 250 Sportsman: 1. Jacob Shoemaker (Suz); 2. Sam Wiggins (Hon); 3. Toshee Ohmori (Suz); 4. Nick Guiseppe (Hon); 5. Jesse Long (Hon); 6. Haden Avery (Hon); 7. Evan Baer (Yam); 8. Tyler Kidwell (Hon)

Sportsman winner (99S) Chris Klinefelter final over Nick Henderson, Cassee MacCammon, Baer and Joey Parks. Baer got into third on the seventh lap, with Parks taking fourth on the following lap. As he had done the night before at the rain-shortened Delta race, Colton Smith won the 65 and 85 (7-11) classes. The closest was the 65, as Dustin Healey and Ryan Varnes all ran nose to tail for the entire

125: 1. Ryan Connelly (KTM); 2. Erin Kissinger (Kaw); 3. Charles Houck (Yam); 4. Jimmy Carr (Hon); 5. Tyler Phillips (Yam); 6. Nicole Mester (Hon) 65: 1. Colton Smith (Kaw); 2. Dustin Healey (KTM); 3. Ryan Varnes (Suz); 4. Tristan Avery (Suz); 5. Kyle McGrane (Suz); 6. Dylan Almony (Suz); 7. Cameron Smith (KTM); 8. Colin Cunningham (Kaw); 9. Devin Owens (KTM) Open A: 1. Evan Baer (Rot); 2. Chris Klinefelter (Hon); 3. Roy Miller (Suz); 4. Ken Yoder (Suz); 5. Nick Henderson (Hon); 6. Kevin Varnes (Rot); 7. Chris MacCarty (Hon); 8. Garret Wilson (Yam); 9. Brett Pugh (Suz); 10. Joe Gathercole (Hon)

Open A winner (64) Evan Baer distance with Tristan Avery and Kyle McGrane further back. The 85 had Smith in front of Avery, with Dylan Almony and McGrane following. Sam Wiggins took the 250 B lead over a tightly bunched group of John Long, Haden Avery, Dalton Winkler and Jacob Shoemaker. Shoemaker slipped into fourth on the sixth lap, while Long tried to slip under Wiggins in turn two on the final lap, but Long’s front tire touched Wiggins and Long fell. After making a last lap pass for the win at the previous race here, Jordan Harris did away with dramatics this time, taking the lead from Long, Wiggins and Shoemaker and never looking back. Ryan Connelly took the 125 lead at the end of the opening lap over Charles Houck, Erin Kissinger and Jimmy Carr. Houck drifted high in turn three on the fifth lap, letting Kissinger into second. Cameron Smith grabbed the 50 7-8 lead from Devin Owen, Colin Cunningham and Georgie Price. Smith

kept the lead most of the way with Owen just behind and Cunningham a few lengths back. Coming off the final turn, Owen got a little better drive and just edged by Smith for the win.

Open B: 1. Jordan Harris (Yam); 2. John Long (Suz); 3. Sam Wiggins (Hon); 4. Jacob Shoemaker (Suz); 5. Dalton Winkler (Yam); 6. Travis Diem (Suz); 7. Aaron Beaucley (Rot)

85 (7-11): 1. Colton Smith (Kaw); 2. Tristan Avery (Hon); 3. Dylan Almony (Hon); 4. Kyle McGrane (Suz) 150: 1. Rebecca Zafia (Yam) Womens: 1. Erin Kissinger (Kaw); 2. Rebecca Zafia (Yam); 3. Kristina Mester (Hon); 4. Amanda Hardy (Yam) 50 Sr. (7-8): 1. Devin Owens (KTM); 2. Cameron Smith (Con); 3. Colin Cunningham (Cob); 4. Georgie Price (Con) 50 Jr. (4-6): 1. Chase Smith (Cob) 85 (12-15): 1. Greg Betts (Yam); 2. Tyler Phillips (Kaw) 750: 1. R. J. Hart (Yam) 500 2 Valve: 1. Bill Boram (Yam) 30 +: 1. Ken Yoder (Suz); 2. Roy Miller (Suz); 3. Mike Klopp (Rot) 250 Sportsman: 1. Jacob Shoemaker (Suz); 2. Toshee Ohmori (Suz); 3. Jesse Long (Hon); 4. Nick Guiseppe (Hon); 5. Cody Gillen (Yam); 6. Haden Avery (Hon); 7. Sam Wiggins (Hon); 8. Ryan Connelly (Kaw)

40 +: 1. Mike Mester (Rot); 2. Bill Boram (Hon); 3. Scott Slade (Mai) 50 Chain: 1. Dylan Almony (Cob); 2. Chase Smith (Cob); 3. Colin Cunningham (Cob) 250 B: 1. Sam Wiggins (Hon); 2. Haden Avery (Hon); 3. Jacob Shoemaker (Suz); 4. Jesse Long (Hon); 5. Dalton Winkler (Hon); 6. Erin Kissinger (Kaw); 7. Ryan Connelly (Kaw); 8. John Long (Hon); 9. Tyler Phillips (Yam); 10. Jimmy Carr (Hon)

250 B winner (56) Sam Wiggins, 8th (36) John Long (fell last lap)

Sportsman: 1. Chris Klinefelter (Hon); 2. Nick Henderson (Hon); 3. Evan Baer (Kaw); 4. Joey Parks (Hon); 5. Brett Pugh (Suz); 6. Cassee MacCammon (Hon); 7. Dalton Winkler (Yam); 8. Chris MacCarty (Hon); 9. Mike Poe (Suz); 10. Garrett Wilson (Yam)

Getting Sideways with Cory Texter

Hey Everyone, Hopefully everyone is having a good and safe season so far. The weather has been pretty good to us this last month and I’m finally starting to develop a pretty snazzy tan. Well, the last couple of weeks have been hectic for me. May 18th and 19th we were in Guthrie, Oklahoma for a big Boo Koo Dirt Track race. Stock frame chassis only. All of the big names were there and we decided to head out there for a warm-up race before my next national which was held on May 26 in Springfield, Illinois. I was very excited to race these guys on a much better track then Daytona after months of hard work and getting used to my new bikes, I felt more then ready. Our First race was the TT. I qualified 12th out of 45 riders. I only got one good session in. They give us three and the first session, I was getting used to the track and then the 2nd session we had a red flag and the third session I crashed on the first lap. I lined up for my heat race starting 4th over from the inside. It was Kopp, Carr, Schnabel, Me, Bergen, and J. Halbert. It is still such a thrill lining up with these guys. It didn’t intimidate me much as I snagged the holeshot going into turn one. I went in a little hot and almost smacked the wall coming off turn two, and Kopp, Schnabel, and Carr all went by. I passed Carr going into the infield first corner on the outside and I hit the jump, and I went into the right hander on the outside of Schnabel and squared him off for a pass on the inside and he

checked up because Kopp was in front of him and I high sided off his rear wheel and stalled my engine. I couldn’t re-start my motor and a back row, outside-start starting spot for my semi made it almost impossible for me to get into the top two to make the final. It was a bummer, because if I would of had a little bit more patience, I would of possibly made a pass and if not at least make the main because they took the top 4. Oh well, I learned from it and it gave me a big boost of confidence knowing my speed is right there to run with those guys. I just made a rookie mistake. The next day on the short track we were struggling with some set-up. We made some changes and it helped but it was still not enough to move me onto the front row in the heat race. I came from the back row and I was already up to 4th when a rider in front of me fell and I hit his bike. My boot got caught on my footpeg and I got drilled from behind and I broke my ankle and sprained my wrist. My day was done. I came home and they told me that I would need surgery if I ever wanted to walk properly on my left ankle again. I got surgery two days later where they put in 2 screws. As we speak I am recovering and doing physical therapy so I can race the first Junior 750 race on June 23. It is an 8 race series with 7 clay half miles and 1 cushion half mile. I am really excited and I won’t be satisfied with anything less then the number one plate. The next AMA Singles National takes place as

a doubleheader in Castle Rock, Washington on August 10th and 11th. It is a great facility and I am totally excited to go back there, now as a pro expert rider. The TT is on the 10th and the Short Track is on the 11th. After Joliet, I will be attending the AMA Amateur Nationals in Duquoin, Illinois helping my sister Shayna go for the AMA Dirt Track Horizon Award to bring it back to District 6 and Pennsylvania. She has a great chance and has some great competition ahead of her. After that, I can come home and rest before we head to our next junior national July 14th in Saluda, Virginia. Then we’re off to some more local races before my “hometown” track at Hagerstown, Maryland on July 28th which is going to be Round 3 of the Junior 750 series. Jared Mees currently holds a slim lead over Kenny Coolbeth in the AMA Twins Series with Jake Johnson leading the AMA Singles

Championship as well as the Overall Championship on the factory Suzuki bikes. Until the next issue, be safe and have a great July. I hope to do the same!

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50 Shaft: 1. Zack Kolsovsky (Yam); 2. Kara Smith (Yam)

MRA JULY 2007 • 18

at Sleepy Hollow May 27, 2007 By Jim Bull

the expert win with Martin Moto’s Eddie Anewalt taking the checkers in the amateur division. Next up were the 65cc racers with Addison Emory IV taking the (10-11) win with young Damian Thompson winning (7-9). Watch Thompson as we progress towards the Amateur Nationals at Loretta Lynns. He won quite a few of the area qualifiers and is a serious threat for the National Championship coming up in August. There were many top racers at Sleepy this day including Team Greens Lowell Spangler. Spangler would notch the 250 B win over Gary Radford then Nicholas Finelli. Spangler also David Wingate rides the AMS Yamaha on the won the first moto of the 125 B way to the Four Stroke win. class but retreated for the second moto of the day. The Memorial Day weekend Round # 4 of the D6 Ultimate skies opened up about MX Series came to Sleepy Hollow MX Park. The party midway thru the second motos and the racing had to started with an open practice day on Saturday be stopped. The thunder storms and heavy rained followed by pit bike racing on Saturday afternoon. passed by in a short period of time, but left Sleepy’s (see spread elsewhere in this issue) course with several “pond” type areas on the track. Sunday morning dawned as close to 400 racers Many braved it out and continued to race, but it came to take part in the day’s event which was being certainly had an effect on the overall finishes of the sponsored by Action Motorsports York and day. Motographx. Double D6 points were offered on the Sleepy’s next event will be an MDRA race the day as this race also kicked off Sleepy Hollow’s Mini weekend of July 1st. Please remember there are no Series that is being sponsored by Red Bull Energy quads on this date only, quads run on all other race Drink. This is a three race series beginning with dates. To view images from today’s event log onto: today’s race, racers need to attend all three races www.mcracingaction.com. with the next one being July 29 and it will wrap up over Labor Day weekend on September 3rd. Racers Four Stroke 14 yrs. and up 1. David Wingate; 2. Anthony Fiore; 3. Celestyn Napolitan; 4. Travis Overly; 5. Ryan Acri; 6. David Houseal; 7. Joshua Black; 8. Jesse Martin; 9. Seth Keefer; 10. Lee Chavous. 50 stock 7-8 1. Mark Hushon; 2. Scott Stockunas; 3. Oscar Kelchner; 4. Christopher Ford; 5. Cody Wagner; 6. Austin Bear; 7. Thomas Mossop; 8. Jamis Perrotta.

Justin Frederick soars to the win in the 125 B group. in the 125A, B and C divisions as well as Supermini are eligible to win series awards sponsored by Red Bull. You can log onto www.sleepymx.com for all the details. Today’s racing action started off with the 25 + divisions. The Frenchmen Greg Pamart would grab

Mini 65 10-11 1. Addison Emory; 2. Evan Richard; 3. Micheal Giovanniello; 4. Kevin Rivera; 5. Trevor Shaffer; 6. Fred Kramer; 7. Ronald Perry; 8. Arie Reachard; 9. Brett Cox; 10. Christian Gosch.

Mini 85 7-11 1. Chase Miller; 2. Trevor Shaffer; 3. Luke Palonicola; 4. Evan Richard; 5. Addison Emory; 6. Fred Kramer; 7. Matthew Mangine; 8. Eric Heilman; 9. Micheal Giovanniello; 10. Arie Reachard.

Mini 85 12-13 1. Daryn Thompson; 2. Patrick Sharkey; 3. Tyler

Tyler Witmer takes the 250A win at Round # 1 of the Red Bull / Sleepy Hollow Mini Series. Conner; 4. Brad Roth; 5. Nate Kreider; 6. Ryan Batman; 7. Brandon Woolf; 8. Jamey Holleran; 9. Nicholas Detrick; 10. Alex Gosch.

Grejdus; 4. Brian Bolus; 5. Michael Davis; 6. Gerard Ricciardelli; 7. Michael Ferrara; 8. Steve Westby; 9. Gary Thomas; 10. William Lightner.

Mini 85 14-15 1. Andrew Johns; 2. Gage Seyfert; 3. Daniel Lagreca; 4. Luke Lurz; 5. Nicholas Krautsack; 6. Zachery Warnock; 7. Brandon Kinsey.

Senior - 40+ B 1. George Gilmour; 2. Michael Davis; 3. Larry Arnold; 4. Mike Cepress; 5. Timothy Nowroski; 6. Craig Moore; 7. Gerard Ricciardelli; 8. Neil Ebert; 9. Ralph Edwards; 10. Kerry Williams.

Super Mini 1. Kameron Page; 2. Andrew Johns; 3. Darren Taughinbaugh; 4. Tyler Conner; 5. Zachary Donlin; 6. Zachery Warnock; 7. Billy Eaton; 8. Daniel Lagreca; 9. Brad Roth; 10. Travis Chavous. Junior Mini 1. Daryn Thompson; 2. Luke Palonicola; 3. Ryan Batman; 4. Matthew Mangine; 5. Micheal Giovanniello; 6. Nate Kreider; 7. Jamey Holleran; 8. Jay Jajich; 9. Garrett Schwippert; 10. Robert Piazza.

250/open A Blackmans 1. Tyler Witmer; 2. Michael Bear; 3. Michael Davis; 4. Chad Aughinbaugh; 5. Kyle Haas; 6. Peter Oconnell; 7. Gregory Pamart; 8. Dean Smith; 9. Eric Kemmerer.

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Schoolboy-4 stroke 1. Richard Kastle; 2. Neil Ebert; 3. Timothy Savidge; 4. Alex Maldet; 5. William Hauser; 6. Kyle Haas.

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2-Stroke 1. Dylan Brajkovich; 2. Stephen Morelli; 3. Joshua Villarreal; 4. Rocco Fazzolari.

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125 B 1. Justin Frederick; 2. Nicholas Finelli; 3. Alex Hilderbrand; 4. David Wingate; 5. Timothy Savidge; 6. Douglas Zee; 7. Celestyn Napolitan; 8. Bryan Weimer; 9. Lowell

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Spangler; 10. David Houseal. 125 C 1. Zachary Klaptosky; 2. Ryan Higgins; 3. Steve Wehr; 4. Anton Kotulski; 5. Billy Eaton; 6. Drayton Bumbaugh; 7. Mike Semilia; 8. Rusty Shawver; 9. Kevin Messerman; 10. Matthew Melhorn. 125 A Montgomeryville 1. Kyle Haas; 2. Michael Shaud; 3. Chad Aughinbaugh; 4. Eric Balawejder; 5. Lee Chavous. 25 + A 1. Gregory Pamart; 2. Michael Bear; 3. Todd Weindel; 4. Peter Oconnell. 25 + B 1. Eddie Anewalt; 2. Jeremy Kready; 3. Nathan Reiss; 4. Ethan Waybright; 5. Michael Benbrook; 6. Nicholas Weber; 7. Samuel Aspinwall; 8. Erik Brown; 9. Steve Brown; 10. Patrick Farrell.

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October 21 - Turkey Poker Run Sign Up 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

September 23 - Motocross & 8th Annual Peiffer Memorial and Mini Track Appreciation Day

November 11 - Junk Car Race, Rain Or Shine

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NJ Motocross otlight Rider Sp t Lukaitis By Scot

The state of New Jersey has a rich history in motocross racing. From the early days of Micky Kessler to today’s stars like Jason Lawrence and Barry Carsten, New Jersey riders have always had that something special. My new website www.njmotocross.com was designed to explore that history and the riders who made it. Below is the next in a series of interviews with some of New Jersey’s most well known racers. This month’s NJ Motocross.com New Jersey Rider Spotlight is:

Tommy Ulikowski You are a well recognized figure around Raceway Park. Tell us a little about yourself. I’m 33 years old and own Robertsville Landscaping. I race 25+, 30+ expert and pit bikes, and I live in Bayville NJ with my wife and two dogs. How long have you been racing? I started in 1988 so 19 years What got you started in racing? My neighbor had a track and raced and my brother and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. That year my mom worked two jobs to get us each a CR 80 for Christmas and we’ve been riding ever since.

What is your involvement with Raceway Park? I started out as an instructor at the Jay Irwin motocross school, and I became more involved as the years went on, helping Jay, Richie Zupko, and Mickey Kessler from picking up garbage to helping with the track design. Do you have a favorite Raceway Park memory? My all time favorite memory was the 1997 Kawasaki Race of Champions, when my buddy Joel Dengler got the holeshot and led most of the race to finish 3rd behind Jeff Emig and Ryan Hughes. Your brother Shawn has been a factory mechanic for several years now and even has a Supercross Championship to his credit. Do you make him work on your bike when he comes home for the holidays? Shawn is very busy with his rider, Travis Preston, who can’t even lube his chain, so I give him a break and let him just chill when he’s home. However, he does show me the way things are done on the factory bikes when he can, and that’s pretty cool. What does the sport of motocross mean to you? I love the energy and adrenaline that I get from racing, there is nothing like going into the first turn with 39 other guys, but I also love this sport because I not only met my best friends racing, it’s where I met my wife Joy. She was a score girl at Powerline Park and thanks to the Zupko’s I have a great wife. You have a tight knit group of racing friends, how important to you is the social aspect of the motocross community? As much as I love racing, I probably wouldn’t ride as much if it wasn’t for the fact that all my friends are there. Raceway is like a second home to me and the people are as important as the racing. You are a top competitor in both the regular race series and the pit bike series. Do you enjoy the pit bike or big bike racing more? The big bike is serious racing and the pit bikes series is all about having fun. I wish I could get the results on the big bike that I get on the pit bike, but I enjoy both. Who would you like to thank for helping you out in your racing career? My brother Shawn, if it wasn’t for him my bikes would be junk, my mom for getting me started, Mickey Kessler at KPS, Kenny Watson, Ken Landerman, the Zupkos , the Irwins, the Denglers, Buford at Utopia and my parts guy Scott Lukaitis.

This month I have a few quick tips from Brad “twinkie” Keeney from Keeney / TBT racing. Here’s some of Brad’s tips: - Carb hoses: Keep your drain / overflow hoses routed to below your bike or quad, but run the vent lines into your airbox. You can drill some holes the exact size needed (to keep dirt and water out) and secure them with zip ties. This will keep them from blocking with mud. - If you’re riding a 4-stroke, check the freeplay in your hot start cable. If your cable is too tight, it can open when the steering is turned. - If you run a holeshot device on your forks, don’t over tighten the clamp around your fork tube. This can cause that fork leg to bind. Don’t believe it? Next time you have forks off, over-tighten the clamp and work the forks individually. You’ll see the difference. - Always break in a fresh motor with a petroleum based oil, the synthetic oils don’t allow the rings to seat properly. - If you’re using oxygenated fuels such as VP’s ultimate 4, don’t store your fuel in a plastic jug. The vapors pass through the plastic of both the jug as well as you bike’s plastic gas tank. That’s why most tank graphics are perforated. I use a plastic gas jug during race day, but then dump the fuel

back into the metal can until the next riding session. This is also the same reason we’re seeing many of the factory bikes such as Ricky Carmichael’s using aluminum tanks. - Again if you’re using oxygenated fuels, don’t use one of those short gas cap vent hoses with the metal top. The vapors are too heavy and don’t pass through the one-way vent top. Keep the long type vent hose that came with your bike. - One more tip for oxygenated fuels. If you’re in a high altitude or very hot weather, you may have to mix your fuel 50/50 with pump gas. Keeping your fuel cool is also very important. Many of the factory teams are even keeping their fuel tanks in ice before a moto. If you’re a serious rider, here’s some more tips to keep your bike cool: ß Use Engine Ice or some other high performance coolant. ß Install a Boyesen high flow impeller kit ß Use a header wrap on your headpipe, CV4 makes a good one. ß Line the bottom of your fuel tank with a heat shield material to keep the engine heat away from your gas. I like the material from Moose. I hope some of these tips will help. Any questions or comments, email me at techtips@gapracing.com. -

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IN MEMORY OF Our race community has suffered a great loss. On May 12th, 2007, Mike Bange was fatally injured in a motorcycle accident. Our family would like to extend our most sincere thanks for the many cards, calls, f lowers and prayers during this most difficult time. Mike will be greatly missed by many! Sincerely, The Bange and Smith Familys

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Who knew clowns could ride? Who says you have to be an adult to make a difference. That is the line on their tshirts and it is true that a kid can make a difference. When 9 year old Rocky Cagno was inspired by the good deeds of his school in raising money for children with cancer through a lemonade stand he thought of a way to do more. Combining his want to help those in need and his love for the sport of motocross the MX Kids Racing for Hope was born. The first annual event was held in the fall of 2006 and with the help of 40 riders raising money through donations the group raised over $25,000. The second annual event was held on the 9th of June at Raceway Park in conjunction with their Youth Day event. Sunny skies and warm temperature greeted the riders and their families for this great event. A full schedule of motos were held and riders on bikes from 50s-90’s competed for their class victories. The local shops and sponsors got involved and bikes and gear were given away during a special intermission that even featured a riding demo by former National and Supercross champion Jeff Emig. Emig was on hand to lend his name to a great cause and he, combined with local rider Bobby Jimenez and former local John Sigismondi, put in a couple of laps to wow the crowd on hand. But the racing was secondary this afternoon as all of the donations were

d the MX people behin ky and e h t d n a g i co, Roc Jeff Em for Hope. Roc g n i ac R s id K Wendy Cagno.

By press time over $30,000 had been raised this year alone. going to The Institute for Children, now known as the Embrace Kids Foundation. This organization helps children and their families by providing counselors, educational teachers and financial assistance to those suffering with cancer. Sometimes who wins the moto is not important. The event was a huge success and as of this writing has raised over $30,000. In today’s me first society it is refreshing to see kids putting their best foot forward to help those in need. For more information on the Embrace Kids Foundation check out their website at www.embracekids.org Donations on behalf of the MX Kids Racing for Hope are still being accepted. Any help you can provide is appreciated.

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

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

Sept. 16, Sunday D-6 Bucks & Double D-6 Points Awarded, Ultimate Motocross Championship Series. Suzuki & Kawasaki contingency paid out in most classes. All 2-Wheel Classes Run.

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

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

Pee Wee MX / Youth Quad Schedule Race Dates May 26, Saturday June 9, Saturday: RP MINI DAY. All Pee Wee MX Youth Quad classes as well as all of the 65cc & 85cc Youth classes.

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Reaching the third round of the inaugural Cernics Suzuki Pennsylvania Regional Series, racers head back out to western Pennsylvania to the famous High Point Raceway. Although a hard rain swept the High Point area Friday evening, the track crew worked vigorously throughout the day on Saturday to have the track 100% for racing on Sunday. With a pro-am field filled with the top D6 Quad riders, it was sure to be a showdown in each moto. Two qualifying motos needed to be run to shake down the class to 20 worthy competitors. After an intermission for track maintenance, the 30 sec rose up and motors revved as the intensity grew for the final moto. Reaching the top of the uphill start was Mark Vaia aboard his Hybrid Honda. East Coast ATV Teammates, Tommy Fink and Randy Lehr were hot on his heels. Fink applied pressure as Lehr was searching for a good line for a pass. As they entered the six pack on the second lap, Lehr doubled through and catapulted into the lead. Behind Fink was a hard charging Andrew Travis. Travis would later drop out leaving the door open for Hetrick Racing’s Trent Kandel. While Lehr was checking out in the lead, the battle ensued for the remaining positions. With the checkered flag flying, it was Randy Lehr holding a 41 second lead over Mark Vaia. Tommy Fink crossed the finish line just inches behind Vaia as they drag raced down the last straight away. Hetrick Racing

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sponsored teammates Billy Cottage and Trent Kandel would round out the top five overall. The Unlimited A class final moto holeshot belonged to Tommy Fink. Fink’s quick lap times were just not enough to hold off Randy Lehr from slipping by and cruising to another Located in www.eastcoastatv.com overall win. Andrew Travis Coopersburg, PA would make a comeback and slide ahead of Fink to The entire East Coast ATV team a m a z i n g motos, Nick pulled off just before the finish line and let bump him into the second showed up to race. drive to the the remaining riders cross before him. Joshua Walker overall position. Billy front to apply took home second overall with Jordan Kaufman Cottage’s 2-5 finishes were good enough to earn him third place overall. pressure on Bard in the second moto, but would not rounding out the top three, while Joel Hetrick walked Fink would lock down the 4th place overall with Chris be quite enough as he would go home with a second away with the win. Holden rounding out the top 5. Josh Helder put a place overall. Another East Coast ATV rider, Matt A battle ensued in the 90 CVT class with Ryan Smith coming out on top. Kyle Kozura fought hard, but hard run in and used his 7-6 finishes to slide into a 6th Haines put another Yamaha on the podium. If I was settled in for the second overall position. place overall position. The College (16-29) class allows some lower class given the Joseph Espesy III traveled riders a taste of what A and B class speed is all about. opportunity from Scottdale, PA and Kyle Bard answered to no one as easy math took his to hand out rode hard to score a third n two moto wins and a overall, but would end up computed honorable racing to an overall win in an overall mention, I the 70 CVT class. v i c t o r y. would have Michelle Suciu has been M a t t no second laying down some Shapaka t h o u g h t s impressive finishes this w o u l d about giving year in the women’s class, make an it to Nick Moser. and took no time to pulling Riding the in another win on her new n e w Suzuki race quad. Heather CR F 1 5 0 Gaul put the hammer down mini quad, and wrapped up second he was over place overall. Kristy Laurine the motor marked up 3-3 moto limits for 90 finishes for third overall. modified Kelly Winters would push c l a s s . her Yamaha into fourth Although he overall with Lori Stein Randy Lehr has been ran a strong rounding out the top 5. dominate everywhere he goes. race holding Watch for this D6 racer as View complete results second place in he attends some upcoming Heather Gual #63 races to a second from this event at: www.district5ama.org b o t h

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Round # 4 of the D6 Quad Championship Point Series came to the new for 2007 Dutchmen MX Park quad track on Memorial Day Monday. New owner Rob Papp has stepped up and expanded the old Flying Dutchmen’s youth track. For 2007 quads race the course in addition to the mini bike classes. The day began with a huge group of Open B class riders. Zach The Supermini division provided some Frantz would sweep excellent racing action. the division with some battling going on around and go on for the victory. Both pleased the behind him. In the first moto Jonathan Balascsak crowd with some really cool look backs over the and Robert Lee would rub plastic going second big double on the back straight. and third respectively with Balascsak finishing As always the mini quad racing proved exciting consistent in moto 2 for second overall. John with great battles in several classes. James Grove would go 5-3 for third overall. Nichols would go 2-1 to win the 90/125 class with Kool Kidz Kevin Kubanik winning quad Junior Mini. DMX’s next event will be Sunday July 8th. It will be Round # 7 of the D6 Ultimate MX Series. For details go to www.dutchmenmxpark. com and to view images from today’s event you can check out www.mcracingaction.com.

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4W Open B 16+ 1. Zachary Frantz; 2. Jonathan Balascsak; 3. John Grove; 4. Cody Morgan; 5. Tyler Lebo; 6. Michael Brackbill; 7. Harry Press; 8. Rob Robinson; 9. Blair Neixsell; 10. Robert Lee.

Quad Super Mini (8-15) 1. Morgan Wotring; 2. Peter Cusumano; 3. Shay Honeywell; 4. Hunter Titus; 5. Shawn Campbell.

Both the Open C and the 200/300 (13-15) divisions would bring two groups to the line to create a main event for the 50 Stock Unlimited I final moto and the valuable D6 championship 1. Leonard Wyda; 2. Dakota Shirk; 3. Wyatt Kowalchuk; 4. points. In both Delanie Davis; 5. divisions racers Zachary Salem; 6. that won their first Joshua Holley; 7. motos would get Connor Yedinak; the overalls on the 8. Kyle Snook; 9. day. Daniel Dj Bassani; 10. McMullen would Ryan Bohenek. be your Open C champ with Tyler 2 Strk 90/4 Strk Dommel getting 125 the checkers in 1. James Nichols; the 200/300 2. Trevor Davis; 3. group. Tyler Turner; 4. In expert class Robert Celani; 5. racing both Zach Frantz wins the first class Colton Hehnly; 6. Randy Lehr and of the day at DMX’s D6 Points Jamie Davis; 7. Kale Witmer Devon Brown; 8. Race Open B. would square off Z a c h a r y in two divisions, Bagrosky; 9. Tyler Young; 10. Cody Kubinak. Open A and Unlimited. Lehr ran away in Unlimited with Witmer running in the lead for a few laps in 4W Open C 16+ the Open A battle. Lehr would eventually get 1. Daniel Mcmullen; 2. Andrew Kelchner; 3. Nevin

Aungst; 4. Peter Rio; 5. Trevor Borger; 6. Adam Sinz; 7. Trevor Warner; 8. William Jabara; 9. Shane Sniffin; 10. Chad Shafer. 4W Open C 16+ Consi 1 1. Austin Murphy; 2. Steve Misko; 3. Brian Faust; 4. Kimber Wayne; 5. Joshua Ladd; 6. Daren Rice; 7. Jayce Doulin; 8. Jarret Reichard; 9. Mike Marshall; 10. Cori Site. Quad Junior Mini (6-11) 1. Kevin Kubinak; 2. Travis Wotring; 3. Joseph Bauguess; 4. Dylan Evans; 5. Hunter Titus; 6. Tyler Perfetto; 7. Gage Lloyd. Quad Unlimited A 16+ 1. Randy Lehr; 2. Kale Witmer; 3. Matt Haines; 4. Joshua Helder; 5. Shawn Simmermon; 6. Aaron Bivighouse; 7. Andrew Zimmerman; 8. Brenten Dum.

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3. Ryley Butler; 4. Dylan Evans; 5. Tyler Perfetto; 6. Delanie Davis; 7. Cody Kubinak. CRF/TTR 50 1. Nathan Rocuskie; 2. Adam Berg; 3. Wyatt Graham; 4. Michael Altland. CRF/XR 70-80 1. Eric Sague; 2. Trevor Davis. Quad Unlimited B/C 16+ 1. John Grove; 2. Thomas Perfetto; 3. Jarret Reichard; 4. Daren Rice; 5. Kristen Valent; 6. Tyler Lebo; 7. Steven Monserrate. 50 Stock (4-6) 1. Nathan Rocuskie; 2. Keith Struzinski.

65 (7-9) Beginner 1. Cristopher Mazzei; 2. Kevin Graff; 3. Adam Berg; 4. Wyatt Graham. 91-200/91-300 (13-15) Consi 1 1. Ethan Keiffer; 2. Alec Marshall. 91-200/91-300 (13-15) 1. Tyler Dommel; 2. Brett Cusumano; 3. Kyle Baker; 4. Edward Brackbill; 5. Tyler Beard; 6. Travis Perry; 7. Dylan Swartz; 8. Samuel Campbel; 9. Gaetano Press; 10. Matthew Shroyer. Quad 25+ Randy Lehr pu 1. Michael Salerno; 2. Thomas way to win ts on a riding clini c on his ning Open Perfetto; 3. Shaun Lawton; 4. A and Unli mited A. Thaddeus Gross; 5. Bryan Rabatin; 6. Myka Carpenter; 7. Jerry Terpay; 8. Christopher Scaletti; 50 Stock (7-8) Beginner 9. John Partington; 10. Edwin Castelo. 1. Christopher Mazzei; 2. Aiden Kimmet; 3. 50 Oil Injected (4-6) Lauren Plate; 4. Griffin Bonte. 1. Nathan Rocuskie; 2. Wesley Shaffer. 4W Open A 16+ 1. Randy Lehr; 2. Kale Witmer; 3. Shawn Simmermon; 4. Matt Haines; 5. Joshua Helder; 6. Christopher Mccauley; 7. Christopher Walls; 8. Aaron Bivighouse; 9. Heather Gaul; 10. Andrew Zimmerman.

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e g d E s ’ RacerGet Smart B y Al Carr

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news program is telling me how to cut fuel consumption. It’s always the same thing, smaller cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, car pooling, public transportation. Does anyone notice whats always missing? That’s right Motorcycles/Scooters. They never ever mention the benefit of commuting on a Motorcycle, why is that I wonder. I’ve ridden street bikes since my first, a Suzuki GS450 back in 1983. Back then I rode simply because I loved to ride, it wasn’t to save money on gas because I don’t think I ever checked the fuel consumption. Since then I’ve gone through a host of different street models. Today I ride not just for the enjoyment but for a host of other reasons not the least of which is gas

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Nominations for PaOHV Executive Director Sought The PaOHV Board of Directors is seeking nominations for Executive Director for the Association. The Executive Director is the elected chair of the Association’s board of Directors. A full job description and qualifications can be found as part of the bylaws posted on www.paohv.org. Nominations should be submitted to Board members or club Representatives by the Association’s July 20 Board meeting. The Board will close nominations at that time and vote a candidate will be selected at the Association’s October meeting. The successful candidate will fill the unexpired term vacated by Greg Hamill earlier this year. Mr. Hamill resigned to devote time to local pursuits on behalf of the OHV community and to devote more time to his family. Two and one half years remain in the term.

Summer of 2007 As I sit here pondering on what subjects to write about, my mind can’t help but wonder off to our Sunday plans. My Wife and I plan to attend a much anticipated dice run with our friends and fellow club members in McKean County Pennsylvania. Located next to the New York-Pennsylvania border, high in the Appalachian Mountain chain, one might compare the mountains and scenery to that of our friends to our south in West Virginia. Nonetheless the ride throughout this pristine area is one of true enjoyment. With gas prices clipping our wings this year, we have really been looking forward to this ride. Our friends in the McKean chapter of the club have several dice runs each year. They are lucky enough to have so many areas to ride that they never hold a run on the same trails in each year. This first dice run of the year will be June 10th at the Otto Twp. Fire Hall. This is the run my wife and I are attending tomorrow. This run will already have taken place by the time this goes into print. The weather forecast is supposed to be perfect, and I am betting that if you went, you had a great ride. The McKean Chapter’s next run will be Aug 5 at the Eldred Twp. Fire Hall Dice Run. To get to Eldred Twp. Fire Hall, head for Bradford Pa. Traveling on rte. 219 coming in to Bradford, you will exit off at the Foster Brook exit, make a left and follow rte. 346 east for about 16 miles to make a left on the Wind Fall Rd. The Fire Hall is on the right. It’s the last run for the year, and in my estimation it’s the best because of the autumn season, it is Oct. 7, 2007, at the Rew Fire Hall. To get to the Rew Fire Hall, head for Bradford PA. Traveling on rte 219 to Bradford, you will exit at the Foster Brook exit and make a right. Go to the traffic light, and make a left. About a mile down the road you will go under an underpass where you will pick-up rte. 46. Follow rte. 46 east for about 10 miles. At the stop sign make a right and you’ll find the Rew Fire Hall on left. With summer upon us, there will be many rides and special events to attend within and outside our club. Our membership participates in as many poker and dice runs as we can during the year, most of which take place in the spring, summer and autumn. The many Parades, ATV Jamborees, club picnics and trail rides keep us busy on weekends when dice runs are not going on. As you might have guessed by now, not just in our summer

months, but our entire year is packed with things to do with our ATV Traction family. The members of this club are separated by miles only. Under the wing of ATV Traction, no one is an outsider. All these events are shared with our families, both young and old. We not only have good times, but much of the proceeds from our club events are donated to help other organizations and charities throughout Western Pa. ATV Traction has embarked on a new and very important project. We have set forth to make ATV Youth Safety Training a priority for not only the youth in our club, but for all the kids we can get to participate. Pennsylvania State law states that in order for any child 8-15 years of age to ride an ATV off of their own property, he/she must possess a DCNR safety training certificate. We have approximately fifteen club members who are approved DCNR ATV Youth Safety Instructors. Many more signed up to receive the necessary training to become instructors in July. They not only teach the proper riding skills, maneuvers, and proper use of safety gear to ensure safe riding but also instill the ideals of Tread Lightly. It has become an increasing concern of all when we hear of the tragic accidents that may have been avoidable if only our youth had the proper training. We offer this training free of charge, donations acceptable, with all expense being absorbed by the chapter holding the training. We encourage all parents of young ATV riders to consider some type of training for their children. Regardless of training, always make sure your children as well as yourself wear the appropriate safety gear at all times. Space limits us from adding all of our activities to this entry, but if you think you might be interested in joining us at a dice run, attending a club meeting or just out of curiosity finding out more about us, you can check out our club web site for more information: www.atvtraction.org. We hope to see many of you along the trails this summer and to make many new friends as well. May God Bless every ride so We May Live to ride another day.

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Tire Selection for the Beginner Motorcycle Rider By: Tommy Pickup, General Manager, TNT Cycles www.tntcycles-atv.com Hello Guys and Gals. Hope you all have been getting out on the trail or track and enjoying this wonderful season of riding. This month, as a request, we are going to cover tire selection on dirt bikes. (Sorry quad riders, but I ran out of space to go into quad tires. Next month.) First and foremost this is a basic guide to tire selection for beginner motocrossers, harescramblers and trail riders. This guide will help you make a more informed selection of what tire you run and why. Tire selection is an often-overlooked performance enhancement. Regardless of the amount of motor or suspension work you have done, if the knobs on your tire have lost the sharp edge, none of it matters. Putting the power to the ground and holding your line are greatly affected by the condition and type of tire you have. The factors that affect this are: tire compound, tread pattern and air pressure. First and foremost, let’s look at what makes up a wheel assembly. A wheel assembly is made up of: the rim, spokes, rubber rim strip, rim locks, an inner tube and the tire. It is important that the rim is true and straight and that the spokes are tight. The rubber rim strip should be elastic and not torn. The tube should be replaced every time the tire is

dismounted. The rim lock(s) should be in good overall condition and the rubber should be secured to the metal stem. And the tire should be in good condition; sharp edge on knobs, beads in good shape, etc. Moving on to the tires. The first thing we will look at is tread patterns and compounds. There are many different patterns and compounds available. Your tread pattern is the actual location of the knobs on the tire. (The rubber blocks that protrudes off the circumference of the tire itself). Compound is the overall softness or stiffness of the tread blocks. Generally hard compounds work well in soft terrain … mud, loose dirt and sand. These tires usually have a tread pattern of large spacing between the tread blocks to promote “self-cleaning”. (The act in which a tires groove is cleaned by wheel rotation and centrifugal force and nothing else). Soft compounds are better suited for harder terrain … hard packed ground and hard clay. These tires feature a tighter tread pattern to better conform to the ground and allow more rubber contact to the ground. An Intermediate tire compound is available to give us something in between. This tire is good for harescramble riding where you are exposed to various conditions of wet muddy loose dirt, tree roots, rocks and hard packed ground. There are two types: hard to intermediate, and soft to intermediate. The next thing to look at is air pressure. Adjusting the air pressure is done to allow a certain tire compound to conform to a certain terrain to achieve maximum traction. Generally lower air pressure is used with a hard compound tire and soft terrain and a slightly higher pressure for soft compounds and hard terrain. I cannot offer you a set air pressure as each rider varies in what he or she likes. Generally, 8 to 10 psi is the minimum I would recommend and 16 to 18 psi the max. While on the subject of air pressure, we should take a look at puncture protection. Run too low of an air pressure and you could pinch a tube on a hard landing or slamming into a rock. There are many gimmicks offered to us to prevent this, but I have yet to find a liquid that I can put in the tube before hand that seals pinches and punctures as they occur. What I have found that works really well is heavy-duty inner tubes. These tubes are extremely thick and resist pinches very well. They are heavier however, and this could hurt performance on a small bore bike, so keep that in mind when deciding whether or not to run them. What they do not resist is punctures from a shape pointed object; (i.e. a nail). There are several other options available as well to offer added protection. Tire Balls are a bunch of rubber balls that are inserted between the rim and tire. Air pressure is adjusted in each individual ball to achieve your desired air pressure. Dunlop offers a Crescent Mousse, which also fits between the tire and rim. You can read more about this at www.dunlopmotorcycle. com.

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History and Background Last year and again in April 2007, PaOHV issued an alert seeking co-sponsors for legislation amending the Recreational Use of Land and Waters Act (RULWA). The introduction and passage of legislation is among one of the strategies PaOHV has been pursuing to improve accessibility to land for riding. Sen. Bob Robbins (RCrawford) reintroduced the legislation as SB 497. The bill has been referred to the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee. Common sense legal reform is the core of this issue. Private land owners must be granted protections from the costs of litigation filed by overreaching lawyers. Until land owners are protected from the cost abusive and baseless lawsuits, there is little or no incentive for landowners to allow the use of private land for any To the incidental recreational use. contrary, the current system promotes a climate of fear and intimidation preventing landowners from utilizing their properties as they desire including loaning it to others for recreational use. Senator Robbins’ bill provides attorney’s fees for defendant landowners when cases brought against them are found to be baseless and without merit. The Robbins bill creates a firewall for landowners protecting them from enormous costs of opportunistic lawsuits. Late last month, the House of Representatives passed HB 13 which also amends RULWA. The bill provides for marginal tort protection for landowners in cases where hunting accidents occur. While minimally useful for its prescribed purpose, HB 13 is exceptionally narrow and fails to address many greater outstanding issues regarding landowner liability. HB 13 currently resides in the Senate Game and Fisheries Committee.

The Senate must decide whether to take action HB 13 and whether to correct the deficiencies of the legislation as it currently written. This presents the OHV community with an extraordinary opportunity to broaden the scope of protections afford to landowners. Senator Robbins and PaOHV are pressing for the language of SB 497 to be amended into HB 13 as part of a large omnibus amendment that will expand the definitions of recreational activities. If amended, HB 13 would provide all of the additional protections for landowners who allow people to hunt, ride and otherwise recreate on their property. Therefore, it will be easier for individuals and clubs to find places on which to engage in OHV activities.

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Action Needed Contact, (call, write or email), your state senator. Make your Senator aware that HB 13 is in the Senate Game and Fisheries Committee and that INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP FORM Senator Robbins For Club or Corporate Memberships please go to www.paohv.org will be offering and amendment to HB 13 Annual Dues: $20 per member to achieve the purpose Name:_________________________________________________________________________ and objectives as listed above. Be sure to cite Street Address:_ _________________________________________________________________ the bill numbers for easy reference. City:___________________________________________ State:_ ______ Zip:______________ 1. Ask your Senator to Email Address:__________________________________________________________________ support the Robbins Amendment to HB 13. Daytime Phone:_________________________ Evening Phone:_ __________________________ 2. Explain the Robbins PLEASE FILL IN THE APPROPRIATE SECTION AND REMIT PAYMENT TO: amendment is contains provisions identical to PaOHV, P.O Box 61741, Harrisburg, PA 17106-1741 the Senator’s SB 497. 3. Explain that the amendment seeks fairness by leveling the playing field between landowners and overreaching lawyers. 4. Ask your Senator to encourage the committee chairman to bring the bill to a vote in committee and to support the Robbins Amendment. 5. Should your Senator sit on the Game and Fisheries Committee (list below), ask the Senator to support the Robbins amendment in committee.

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Where Can I Ride? ATV Trails On State Forest Land Summer Trails

These trails are open from the Friday before Memorial Day through the last full weekend in September

Martin Hill - Bedford County 18 miles of summer trail. Access to the trail is from the parking area located on Route 326 two miles south of Rainsburg. Contact: Buchanan State Forest, 440 Buchanan Trail, McConnellsburg, PA 17233 Phone: (717) 485-3148 Sideling Hill - Fulton County - 15 miles of summer trail in the Wells Tannery area. Access is from Ray’s Cove Road or Childers Ridge Road. Contact: Buchanan State Forest, 440 Buchanan Trail, McConnellsburg, PA 17233. Phone: (717) 485-3148 Potter County - 43 miles of summer trail. A loop trail located south of Denton Hill State Park. Access to the trail is from Lyman Run State Park, on SR 44 north of Cherry Springs, or the intersection of Rock Run Road and the Ridge Trail (ATV trail). Registered Class II ATV’s are permitted on this trail that are less than 58” in width and less than 1,200 pounds. Contact: Susquehannock State Forest, PO Box 673, Coudersport, PA 16915 Phone: (814) 274-3600 Dixon R. Miller Recreation Area - (Formerly the Pohopoco Tract) Monroe County, 13 miles of summer trails. Access is from Route 115 five miles south of I-80. Contact: Delaware State Forest, HC 1 Box 95A, Swiftwater, PA 18370 Phone: (570) 895-4000 Maple Run Tract - Pike County - 8 miles of summer trail. Access is from a parking area on Route 402 1-3/4 miles north of the village of Pecks Pond. Registered Class II ATV’s are permitted on this trail.

Contact: Delaware State Forest, HC 1 Box 95A, Swiftwater, PA 18370 Phone: (570) 895-4000

Summer and Winter Trails

These trails are open during the summer and winter seasons. The summer season runs from the Friday before Memorial Day through the last full weekend in September. The winter season runs from the day following the last day of the regular or extended antlerless deer season as established by the Game Commision through the following April 1. Burnt Mills- Pike County - 7 miles of summer and winter trail. Access is from a parking area on Route 402 one mile south of Porters Lake. Registered Class II ATV’s are permitted on this trail. Contact: Delaware State Forest, HC 1 Box 95A, Swiftwater, PA 18370 Phone: (570) 895-4000 Adams & Cumberland Counties- 36 miles of summer trail. During the winter season the trail system is expanded to 42 miles by using some dirt roads that are gated during the winter. Part of the trail system is shared with snowmobiles when there is sufficient snowfall. The trail is located between Big Flat and Pine Grove Furnace State Park. Access to these are from parking lots located at Big Flat along Shippensburg Road about 1-1/4 miles north of its intersection with Route 233 and on Piney Mountain along Bendersville Road south of Pine Grove Furnace State Park. Contact: Michaux State Forest, 10099 Lincoln Way East, Feyetteville, PA 17222 Phone: (717) 352-2211 Snyder & Union Counties - 7 miles of summer trails. Access is at the parking area located along Route 235 three miles south of Glen Iron. The trail includes the East Kettle Road which has been closed to other types of motor vehicles. Contact: Bald Eagle State Forest, 18865 Old Turnpike Rd, Milmont, PA 17845 Phone: (570) 922-3344 Clinton County- 45 miles of summer and winter trail. Winter use begins after muzzle loader deer season in mid January. Check with the district office for exact date. Access is from the Two Miles Road 1-1/2 miles west of Westport toward Kettle Creek State Park. Contact: Sproul State Forest, HCR 62 Box 90, Renovo, PA

17764 Phone: (570) 923-6011 Bloody Skillet- The Bloody Skillet ATV riding area, located in Centre County, consists of 20 trail miles (phase 1) and is accessed from SR 144 approximately 18 1/2 miles north of Snow Shoe. Turn right onto DeHaas Road and travel 5 miles south to the Northern Terminus Trailhead. Contact: Sproul State Forest, HCR 62 Box 90, Renovo, PA 17764 Phone: (570) 923-6011 Lycoming County- 17 miles of summer and winter trail. Trails are located near Haneyville and include the Button Road and a network of wooded trails built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930’s. Access to the trail is from a parking area located at the former parking area located at the CCC Camp along Route 44 one mile south of Haneyville. Contact: Tiadaghton State Forest, 423 East Central Avenue, South Williamsport, PA 17702 Phone: (570) 327-3450

State Game Lands

ATVs are not permitted on State Game Lands except those used by disabled hunters.

Allegheny National Forest

The federally-operated Allegheny National Forest has more than 100 miles of ATV trails. ATV trail season runs from the Friday before Memorial Day through the last Sunday in September, winter season is from December 20-April 1. Contact the Allegheny National Forest Supervisor’s Office, P.O. Box 847, 222 Liberty Street, Warren, PA 16365 Phone: (814) 723-5150. Effective July 1, 2002, the Allegheny National Forest implemented the Fee Demo Program for ATV and motorized bike trails. An annual $35 permit fee is required, and can be purchased from any Allegheny National Forest office, and some local vendors, or online at www.fs.fed.us/r9/allegheny. The following trails are within the Allegheny National Forest (ANF). Please contact the ANF using the information above concerning these trails: • Marienville ATV/Bike Trail on State Route 66 east of the town of Marienville. • Timberline ATV Trail, accessed from State Route 948, north of Ridgway (also connects to the Marienville ATV Trail). • Rocky Gap ATV Trail,

accessed from Township Road 3005, southeast of Warren. Willow Creek ATV • Trail on the eastern side of the Allegheny Reservoir, just south of the New York State line. Closed during the winter season.

Private and other public trail opportunities

Many other ATV riding opportunities exist across the state on public lands and local municipalities. Contact the local Tourist Promotion Agency, ATV clubs, dealers or county governments to find out more about your region of interest.

Private Riding Facilities

This is a partial list of riding areas that you can pay by the day to ride with some offering annual memberships. Some offer riding for motorcycles or quads only and others allow both. Please check with the individual businesses before you make the trip. Atco MX Berlin, NJ www.atcomx.com Breezewood Proving Grounds Clearville, PA www.breezewoodprovinggrounds.com Doublin Gap MX Newburg, PA www.doublingap.com Evansville MX Park Berwick, PA www.evansvilleraceway.com Hatfield McCoy Trails Lyburn, WV www.trailsheaven.com

Hill Top Lodge Emporium, PA www.hilltoplodge.com Irish Valley MX and ATV Park Paxinos, PA www.irishvalleymx.com Majestic Trails Rew, PA www.majestictrails.com Mines and Meadows Resort Wampum, PA www.minesandmeadows.com Mountaineer Raceway Inwood, WV www.mountaineerraceway.com Mountain Ridge Resort Reels Corner, PA www.mountainridgeatvtrails.com NJORVP Chatsworth, NJ www.njorvp.org Rausch Creek Motorsports Tremont, PA www.rauschcreekracing.com Rocket Raceway Three Springs, PA www.rocketraceway.com Rock Run Patton, PA www.rockrunrecreation.com Timber Ridge Extreme Sports Park Berkeley Springs, WV timberridgeextremesportspark.com Tomahawk MX Hedgesville, WV www.tomahawkmx.com Tower City Trail Riders Tremont, PA www.tctri.org If you have a riding area and would like to be listed in our pages: please contact Jim Bull at: (717) 464 -5381 or email: Jim@recrider.com

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SC 125 C - GROUP 1 1. Richard Kastle; 2. Michael Major; 3. Andrew Heckman; 4. Anthony Miller; 5. Brandon Conley. SC 250 A 1. Gregory Pamart; 2. Erik Schuster. SC 250 B 1. Adam Russler; 2. Derek Martzall; 3. Nicholas Weber; 4. Kyle Mell. SC 250 C 1. Tyler Rehm; 2. Matthew Schwantz; 3. Michael Grejdus; 4. William Gibble; 5. Corey Noll. SC COLLEGEBOY 1. Bryan Weimer; 2. Michael Major. SC 25 + 1.Gregory Pamart; 2. Erik Schuster; 3. Benjamin Hoffman; 4. Nicholas Weber; 5. Adam Russler; 6.William Folmar.

Dave Green gives Nick Weber a look in the opening heat at the Pagoda SX. SC 30 + VET 1. George Sabo; 2. Steven Wright; 3. Eik Schuster; 4.Emmett Young; 5.John Silberman; 6. Mchael Grejdus; 7. James Muckel.

Bill Gibble sports the new SX approved headgear. The Pagoda Motorcycle Club in Birdsboro, PA kicked off the month of June with their 1st of two Supercross races that they will be holding in 2007. The race was co - sponsored by the Sleepy Hollow MX Park in Fredericksburg, PA. JR’s Cycle of Ephrata, PA brought the starter girls and the holeshot awards. They offered up $20.00 gift certificates to the riders that grabbed the holeshot in the main event motos on the night. As always the Pagoda club members were out in force offering up games for kids, Gatorade for the racers and just generally making sure that everyone was having a good time. The race turnout was low on this night, but all that came seemed to enjoy the Pagoda course. Some classes were combined to keep the racing exciting with the 25+ and 40+ racers kicking off the action. The crazy Frenchman, Greg Pamart was on hand, Pamart took the win over Erik Schuster in second and Ben Hoffman in third. Dave Green would get the win in Senior racing action. In 65 cc racing, Scotty Stockunas of Gap Racing fame would win the qualifier but it would be Ronald Perry turning it up to win the main event. Both 85cc divisions would take to the track on a split gate and it was DMX’s Rowland Papp winning the (7-11) group and LVC’s Patrick Sharkey grabbing the (12-15) win. In other action, Michelle Kastle would race the women’s class and her brother Ritchie would race to the 125 C win. There was some guy named Gibble testing some new Mexican headgear and 1 fast kid on a 50 showed up and raced against the 65’s. All in all I think everyone had fun and found themselves with lots of track time, 8 lap qualifiers and 10 lap main events. In all seriousness, Pagoda builds an excellent and safe SX course. If your available on Saturday

SC 40 + SENIOR 1. Dave Green; 2. Eric Eisenfelder; 3. Harry Moore; 4. Robert Moore.

October 13th, make sure you check out their next one. If not, I’d say change your plans and head on out to Pagoda and see what you’ve been missing. You can get all the details online at: www.pagodamotorcycleclub.com.

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JR’s Cycles supplied the starter girls and the Holeshot money. Ronald Perry takes the 65cc main event win. SC 50 1. Savion Terry. SC 65 1. Ronald Perry; 2. Scott Stockunas; 3. Cole Zapf; 4. Dominic Tibberino; 5. Logan Huff. SC 85 7-11 1. Rowland Papp; 2. Logan Ehrets; 3. Karl Ciamaichelo; 4. Luke Palonicola; 5. Kyle Robinson. SC 85 12-15 1. Patrick Sharkey; 2. Zachery Warnock; 3. Avery Brown; 4. Christian Major; 5. James Munch; 6. Nathan Kreider; 7. Bryce Dana. SC 125 B 1. Jason Smith; 2. Bryan Weimer; 3. Chris Seligman; 4. David Sparr; 5. Kyle Mell.

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Water, Ades, Energy Drinks and Race Day Foods Hydration is quite possibly one of the most important factors that affect how an athlete is able to perform. Since the human body consists of ninety percent water it is hard to imagine how someone would be able to perform consistently at their maximum level without being properly hydrated. All of the major functions of the body are dictated by the amount of water present in your cells. Even movement or possibly life itself would be hard to imagine without the presence of water. This substance is one of the most important building blocks of life, and should be respected and guaranteed to all. For all athletes water should be their drink of choice, this is because it gives you everything you need; providing you are a generally healthy person and you have been eating right. If for some reason you have not been able to eat much that day it might be a good idea to drink some Gatorade or PowerAde slowly throughout the day. Do not substitute the Gatorade/PowerAde for water because it contains a high amount of sugars that will just end up making you edgy and then tire much faster. Energy drinks should not be consumed on a day of activity, because all these drinks contain nothing that actually gives you long lasting usable energy. If you drink these during race day you will most defiantly feel a burst of energy followed by a hard “bonk” that leaves you unable to regain momentum throughout the day. If you want to perform your very best nothing will ever beat proper nutrition, proper rest and good hydration. When you drink Gatorade or PowerAde as a water substitute you take in an enormous amount of carbohydrates that were derived from corn. (aka high fructose corn syrup) Carbohydrates derived from corn are long chain molecules which are harder for your body to break down. The reason you get an energy rush from these drinks is because your carbohydrate flooded body is attempting to rid it self of excess energy before refueling. That is also why you get the “bonk” or sudden loss of energy, because your body switches from expending it’s excess to breaking down the new carbs. In contrast to this phenomenon fruit derived carbohydrates

share a special relationship with our body. The carbs contained in any fruit that is not a member of the grass family are almost instantly broken down when eaten by humans. This is most likely because humans evolved in the jungles of the world where fruit was plentiful, and as we evolved we became very effective at obtaining energy from the food we most often ate. The enzymes in your saliva and stomach have the unique ability to break down carbs and amino acids from fruit faster and with greater efficiency, than nutrients from other sources. On race day there is an array of foods that are great to keep you going and will not bog you down. Most large quantities of meat are extremely detrimental to your energy level, because meat is the most complex food your body can break down. This means that every time you eat meat huge amounts of blood goes to your stomach in an attempt to break it all down. This causes other parts of your body like your brain and muscles to suffer from a decreased level of blood flow. If you want to be able to perform correctly on race day you need to adhere to a strict diet of fruits, vegetables and possibly small portions of fish or eggs in the morning. As far as what you should drink, water is all you need. Unless, you wish to mix up a celebration drink to enjoy after the race, leave the Red Bull at home, because it will only bring you down in the end.

-Jay

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High Point – May 27, 2007 Motocross Results 1. R. Carmichael; 2. J. Stewart; 3. D. Millsaps; 4. T. Ferry; 5. A. Short; 6. G. Langston; 7. K. Windham; 8. M. Byrne; 9. M. Alessi; 10. D. Vuillemin. Local Racers 19. Barry Carsten; 25. Ashley Woskob; 31. Brian Shuckhart; 36. Adam Blessing; 39. Jeremy Cook Motocross Lites Results 1. J. Grant; 2. R. Villopoto; 3. B. Townley; 4. R. Dungey; 5. J. Lawrence; 6. T. Hahn; 7. J. Weimer; 8. B. Tickle; 9. J. Hill; 10. M. Goerke. Local Racers 27. Ben Ritter; 36. Stephen Stella; 37. Kevin Hoge.

Southwick – June 10, 2007 Motocross Results 1. R. Carmichael; 2. J. Stewart; 3. G. Langston; 4. A. Short; 5. M. Alessi; 6. G. Gracyk; 7. J. Dowd; 8. T. Adams; 9. D. Vuillemin; 10. K. Windham.

Josh Grant goes 1-3 to win the Motocross Lites division at High Point.

Stewart and Carmichael - the old rivarly. RC wins the first three rounds.

Local Racers 31. A. Woskob; 36. S. Roman. Motocross Lites 1. B. Townley; 2. R. Villopoto; 3. R. Dungey; 4. J. Lawrence; 5. J. Grant; 6. K. Chisholm; 7. J. Hill; 8. B. Laninovich; 9. B. Ainsworth; 10. R. Kiniry. Local Racers 36. K. Hoge.

The long sand start at Southwick tests the skills of the Lites division riders.

Upcoming Toyota Motocross Rounds July 14-15 Unadilla Valley Sports Center, Inc. 5986 State Highway 8 New Berlin, NY 13411 www.unadillamx.com July 21-22 Thunder Valley Motocross Park Rooney Road Lakewood, CO 80228 www.mxthundervalley.com

The town of Southwick declared June 10th Ricky Carmichael Day. RC celebrated by notching his 99th AMA Motocross victory.

July 28-29 Washougal Motocross Park 40912 NE Borin Road Washougal, WA 98671 www.washougalmx.com

The Motocross class thru the first turn at High Point.

Pro Circuits Ben Townley grabs his second Lites division win of 2007 at Southwick.

Lawrence and Villopoto, the new rivarly.

Five time World MX Champion Roger DeCoster takes part in the Motocross Legends Tour at High Point.

Photos by Allen Gavlak www.gavlakracing.com

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AMA Toyota Motocross Championships

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ar National Yamaha AllMXSt - June 2-3, 2007 Doublin Gap

The annual Yamaha All Star National came to Doublin Gap MX Park the weekend of June 1-3, 2007. The event was sponsored by Yamaha Motor Corporation and local Yamaha dealers, Action Motorsports, B & B Yamaha and Yamaha of Camp Hill. The event was also a Round # 1 makeup from April of the D6 Ultimate MX Series and featured Suzuki and Kawasaki contingency as well as double D6 Points. The action started off on Friday with a practice day on Doublin’s main track followed by a warm up race on Saturday and the All Star National on Sunday. The Four Stroke Open division got things started off on Sunday with local expert rider Tyler Witmer going at it with School Boy ace Garret Toth. Witmer would have a slight edge going into the first turn but Toth would quickly get by and race on to the victory. Watch Toth as we approach the Amateur Nationals at Loretta Lynns, he is a true contender and will most likely be at the top of both School Boy divisions after the dust settles in August. Today’s race brought many youth riders from out of the immediate area to prepare for the youth regional happening here at the end of June. The results showed riders from New York, North Carolina and Virginia at the top of the lists as the battle continues on the road to Loretta’s. As always at a big race like this the 250 expert racing action was red hot. In the end it would be Derrick Wile with the overall over names like Carsten, Cook and Plotts. Plotts was challenging at the end of moto one but went down in the commandments right before finish line and Carsten was off pace with an early moto crash that slowed him down. Not to discredit Wile, the local A racer has been red hot this season and is notching wins all over the area. Doublin Gaps next race is a MDRA round on July 14 -15. It starts Saturday with a practice day and pit bike racing and rolls into a Sunday race offering Yamaha, KTM and Suzuki contingencies. If you’re looking for competition, check out this race as the MDRA is averaging well over 600 riders per event. Get the details at www.doublingap.com and check out race photos at www.mcracingaction.com.

Derrick Wile (114) races to the O/A 250 A win.

By Jim Bull

Zachary Smith; 5. Joshua Villarreal; 6. Kevin Messerman; 7. Quinton Harmison; 8. Zachary Helmick; 9. Timothy Scott; 10. Kyle Haas. 50 (4-6) 1. Ricci Randanella; 2. Jo Myers; 3. James Shockey; 4. Jack Rogers; 5. Jared Mcgill; 6. Dawson Driscoll; 7. Geronimo Woodard; 8. Hunter Mumper; 9. Caleb Keck. 50 (7-8) 1. Scott Meshey; 2. Ryan Daly; 3. David Milana; 4. Oscar Kelchner; 5. Christopher Ford; 6. Dain Vallie; 7. Sourbeer Josh; 8. Austin Bear; 9. Tyler Woodard; 10. Anthony Ringrose. Vet (Plus 30) A 1. Damien Plotts; 2. Michael Bear; 3. Barry Carsten; 4. Jeffrey Grove; 5. Jeffrey Yentzer; 6. Rod Yentzer. Vet (Plus 30) B 1. James Sanders; 2. Douglas Gosch; 3. Jason Cotterino; 4. George Gilmour; 5. Stephen Geary; 6. Mike Garbacik.

TBT’s Jeremy Kready (818) makes the holeshot stick and races to the 25+ B win. Four Stroke Open 1. Garret Toth; 2. Tyler Witmer; 3. Jack Hileman; 4. Jacob Grove; 5. Gary Bausum; 6. Justin Maylath; 7. Christopher Snyder; 8. Raymond Garges; 9. Tyler Carbaugh; 10. Tyler Custer. 60 (7-9) 1. Damian Thompson; 2. Schae Thomas; 3. Miguel Correla; 4. Brandon Garlock; 5. Chase Miller; 6. Paul Pinto; 7. David Milana; 8. Sean Knoll; 9. Hunter Ringisoe; 10 . Christopher Ford.

Hileman; 4. Matthew Berrier; 5. Joshua Rutherford; 6. Robert Moore; 7. Curtis Baker; 8. Gary Bausum; 9. Joshua Fisher; 10. Justin Maylath. 125 C 1. Dakota Yohe; 2. Steve Wehr; 3. Joshua Black; 4.

Gianni Lumadue goes 3-1 to win the 50cc Oil Injected race.

60 (10-11) 1. Dillon Thomas; 2. Austin Dodd; 3. Zachary Putman; 4. Addison Emory; 5. Austin Littler; 6. Arie Reachard; 7. Fred Kramer; 8. Dustin Lepley; 9. Christian Gosch; 10. Austin Toskov.

80 (7-11) 1. Jeremy Wendelken; 2. Dillon Thomas; 3. Austin Littler; 4. Robert Allen; 5. Gregory Sidebotham; 6. Addison Emory; 7. Chase Miller; 8. Fred Kramer; 9. Zachary Putman; 10. Arie Reachard.

Women 1. Kelsey Green; 2. Lacie Grasmick; 3. Taylor Stevey; 4. Rachel Engdahl.

80 (14-15) 1. Tyler Coppersmith; 2. Steven Good; 3. Max Stevey; 4. Austin Toomey; 5. Daniel Lagreca; 6. Tyler Boyer; 7. Anthony Zucco.

125 A 1. Zachary Miller; 2. Jeremy Cook; 3. Damien Plotts; 4. Eric Myers; 5. Willy Toth; 6. Richard White; 7. Zachary Camp.

80 (12-13) 1. Ryan Zaveral; 2. Caleb Schachtler; 3. Thomas Coluzzi; 4. Kyle King; 5. Zak Riden; 6. Jackson Ringisoe; 7. Aaron Lease; 8. Tyler Monn; 9. Tyler Mumper; 10. Jake Scott.

125 B 1. Erik Wilson; 2. Broc Schmelyun; 3. Jack

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Vet (Plus 30) C 1. Timmy Shipp; 2. Patrick Stansbury; 3. John Lumadue; 4. Jamie Smith; 5. Todd Mcfadden; 6. Michael Ferrara; 7. Michael Fumia; 8. Jesse Portanova; 9. Scott Herb; 10. Donald Zufall.

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250 A 1. Derrick Wile; 2. Jeremy Cook; 3. Tyler Witmer; 4. Willy Toth; 5. Zachary Miller; 6. Michael Bear; 7. Eric Myers; 8. Barry Carsten; 9. Damien Plotts; 10.

Senior B 1. George Gilmour; 2. Edward Kerlin; 3. William Niswander.

In a preview for the youth regional, Jeremy Wendelken (72) leads the 85cc (7-11) group to the checkers. Richard White.

9. Caleb Schachtler; 10. Daniel Lagreca.

250 B 1. Erik Wilson; 2. Douglas Zee; 3. Christopher Snyder; 4. James White; 5. Levi Leatherman.

Junior Mini (9-13) 1. Jake Scott; 2. Robert Allen; 3. Jeremy Wendelken; 4. Gregory Sidebotham; 5. Kyle King; 6. Jackson Ringisoe; 7. Taylor Stevey; 8. Aaron Leininger; 9. Eric Grondahl; 10. Zak Riden.

250 C 1. Austin Edwards; 2. Scott Keller; 3. Justin Haas; 4. Norman Potter; 5. Ted Merritts; 6. Jeremy Leatherman; 7. Kelsey Green; 8. Zachary Helmick; 9. Michael Ferrara; 10. Jesse Portanova. 50 Oil Injected (4-6) 1. Gianni Lumadue; 2. Ty Claycomb; 3. Hunter Mumper; 4. Ricci Randanella; 5. James Shockey; 6. Geronimo Woodard; 7. Jack Rogers. Super Mini (12-15) 1. Ryan Zaveral; 2. Dylan Brajkovich; 3. Steven Good; 4. Tyler Coppersmith; 5. Darren Taughinbaugh; 6. Max Stevey; 7. Austin Toomey; 8. Zachary Donlin;

School Boy 1. Dylan Brajkovich; 2. Garret Toth; 3. Broc Schmelyun; 4. Jordan Walker; 5. Joshua Fisher; 6. Jacob Grove; 7. Joshua Rutherford; 8. Dakota Yohe; 9. Joshua Villarreal; 10. Bryan Hoff.

College Boy 1. Curtis Baker; 2. Jordan Helman; 3. Anthony Soistman; 4. Matthew Berrier; 5. Zachery Neidig; 6. Scott Keller; 7. Ryan Hoy.

Results from Saturday Warm Up at: www.doublingap.com

Plus 25 A 1. Michael Bear; 2. Daniel Leonhard. Plus 25 B 1. Jeremy Kready; 2. James Sanders; 3. Jason Cotterino; 4. Douglas Gosch; 5. Ian Heller; 6. Stephen Geary. Senior A 1. Barry Carsten; 2. Kenneth Messerman; 3. John Myers; 4. Bert Schulteis; 5. Brad Stepp; 6. Gregory Henry; 7. Thomas Nagle; 8. Rick Wenger.

College Boy racing action - 5 wide.

Wednesday & Thursday 2:00 to 8:00 (practice on main race track on Wednesdays)

Saturday and Sunday 11:30 to 5:30 Saturday, July 14 MDRA Race - Practice 10:00-4:00 Saturday Night Pit Bike Race Immediatley Following Practice Sunday, July 15 Race-Youth BC Classes and All Regular Classes KTM, Suzuki and Yamaha Contingencies Sponsored by Twigg Cycles Saturday, August 18 Practice 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Sunday, August 19 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; MDRA Race Youth BC Classes and all Regular Classes Sponsored by Action Motorsports Saturday, September 1 Practice 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Sunday, September 2 Rider Appreciation Day, Final Race for 2007 Track Points For a complete event schedule www.doublingap.com

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The Annual Yamaha All Star National, sponsored by Yamaha Motor Corp, Action Motorsports, B & B Yamaha and Yamaha of Camp Hill was also a D6 Ultimate MX round.

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2007 Ultimate District 6 Motocross Championship Series Round 5: Hurricane Hills Motocross By Jim Sanderson Clifford, PA, June 10, 2007

Now in its third year, the Ultimate District Six Motocross series continues to grow and offers some of the best competition and contingencies of any series on the east coast. Five rounds now feature factory contingency from Suzuki, Kawasaki, Honda, Yamaha and Husqvarna, two rounds feature contingency from Suzuki, Kawasaki, Honda and Husqvarna and five rounds feature at least one factory and some up to three factory contingencies. Rounds that don’t offer factory contingency will award double District Six points. At the conclusion of the series, the top three riders in each class will be awarded series jackets, merchandise and more at the annual Ultimate District Six Championship Series banquet. Round five of the series was hosted by the Fritz’s at the Hurricane Hills Motocross facility in Clifford, Pennsylvania. Hurricane Hills just recently made changes to the racecourse, including a second “Elevator” jump in line directly behind the originally famous “Hurricane Hills Elevator”. Hurricane Hills also features the “Ten Commandments” a rhythm section originally made famous at Loretta Lynn’s. Local Pro/Expert Kawasaki rider, Damien Plotts topped the extremely competitive over 30 A class with two first place finishes. In the first outing, Plotts got off the gate fourth and took the point by the fifth turn of lap one. Plotts was never challenged for the lead for the rest of the moto, taking the checkers with a six second advantage. Plotts did much better on his start in the final moto by leading the pack out of the second turn and again rode wire to wire for the win with another six second lead. Kawasaki pilot, Gaylon Dickson took the second tier of the podium with a 4-2 performance and Darren Edsall completed the podium with a 2-4 score. Mike Spear, Edsall, Dickson, Plotts and Joe Fritz Sr. lead the start of the opening over 30 A moto. Plotts quickly moved to the front, taking the point after only a quarter of a lap. Edsall moved to second, Spear dropped to third, Dickson dropped to fourth and Anthony Poccia completed the top five. Plotts started the third lap three seconds ahead of Edsall. Kurt McMillen, who started the moto just outside the top five, was now pressuring Poccia for fifth and made the pass to take the position before the start of lap four. Meanwhile, Plotts continued to add to his lead, starting the fourth lap with a four second advantage. Dickson had by now closed the gap on Spear in third but couldn’t quite get close enough to make a pass due to lapped traffic. Plotts took the checkered flag six seconds ahead of Edsall. Spear, Dickson and McMillen closed out the top five. Plotts, Spear, Poccia, McMillen and Dickson lead the start of the final over 30 A moto. McMillen moved to third before the end of lap one, displacing Poccia to fourth. Dickson quickly moved up to challenge Poccia but couldn’t make a pass until the infield section of lap two. Poccia was relegated to fifth. On lap three, Plotts lead was three seconds when Spear went down on the downhill triple. Plotts lead instantly doubled as McMillen inherited the runner-up spot followed by Dickson, Edsall and Poccia. Dickson closed the gap on McMillen and got within striking distance by the white flag lap. With only one turn to go, Dickson dove to the inside and made the pass on McMillen. Plotts got the win with another six second advantage. Dickson, McMillen, Edsall and Poccia closed out the top five. Robert Piazza, Austin Behrens, Kyle Dillin, Ryan Mauro and Luke Palonicola lead the start of the first 85cc 9-13 division moto. Greg Sidebothom took over the point just before the start of lap two, relegating Piazza to second. Palonicola, Kevin Hicks Jr., and Austin Behrens rounded out the top five. Piazza re-took the lead on the infield section of the racecourse on lap two. Sidebothom was relegated to second. At the start of lap three, Piazza’s lead was two and a half seconds. The gap

separating Sidebothom in second and Palonicola in third was a whopping 13 seconds. Sidebothom reeled Piazza in and re-took the lead on lap four and held on to take the win. Piazza, Palonicola, Behrens and Mauro closed out the top five. Piazza, Sidebothom, Palonicola, Dillin and Behrens lead the start of the final 85cc 9-13 moto. Sidebothom quickly got around Piazza to take the lead after only a half lap. Piazza was displaced to second. Behrens passed Dillin in the rhythm section taking fourth just before the start of lap two. Dillin was relegated to fifth. Sidebothom got out of shape in the rhythm section on lap two and went down hard. Piazza inherited the point and a healthy lead after Sidebothom crashed. Palonicola, Behrens, Matt Mansine and Dillin all advanced. Sidebothom remounted dead last. At the start of lap four, Piazza’s lead was seven seconds and the top four were all spreading out when Sidebothom came ripping through the pack to eventually finish the moto in fourth. Piazza took the checkers nine seconds ahead of Palonicola. Behrens, Sidebothom, and Mauro rounded out the top five. Piazza (2-1) took the overall. Palonicola (3-2) took second and Sidebothom (1-4) third. Honda Pilot, Matt Vacendak, Zac Zopp, Frank Lettieri, Jimmy Ide and Andrew Mikolaichik lead the start of the first Open 4-Stroke division moto. Lettieri had the point by the third turn and quickly pulled away to start lap two with a six second lead. Vacendak held second followed by Mikolaichik, Ide and Jonathan McDermott. Mikolaichik passed Vancendak to take second at the end of lap two. Vacendak dropped to third. Lettieri started the third lap with a ten second advantage. The top four were all spread out when Justin Maylath passed McDermott taking fifth. Lettieri began the white flag lap with a 14-second lead and increased it to 17 seconds at the checkers. Mikolaichik, Ide, Vacendak and Maylath closed out the top five. Lettieri, Vacendak, Maylath, Mikolaichik and Joe Fritz jr. led the start of the final Open 4-Stroke moto. Lettieri set a blistering pace and quickly pulled away and started lap two six seconds ahead of Mikolaichik, who had just passed Vacendak to take second just prior to the start of lap two. Half way into lap three, Lettieri’s lead had doubled to 12seconds. Mikolaichik was a solid second followed by Ide, Maylath and Fritz. Lettieri increased his advantage to a staggering 18-seconds by lap four and took the checkered flag 22-seconds ahead of Mikolaichik. Ide, Maylath, and William Hauser completed the top five. Lettieri topped the podium with a perfect 1-1. Mikolaichik’s consistent 2-2 rides earned him runner-up and Ide rounded out the podium with a consistent 3-3 tally.

Matt Vacendak (350), Frank Lettieri (461), Zac Zopp (444), and Andrew Mikolaichik (112) lead the start of the opening Open 4-Stroke moto. 85 (9-13): 1. Robert Piazza; 2. Luke Palonicola; 3. Greg Sidebothom; 4. Austin Behrens; 5. Ryan Mauro. 85 (10-11): 1. Greg Sidebothom; 2. Luke Palonicola; 3. Trevor Shaffer; 4. Kevin Tompkins; 5. Angelo Curro. 85 (12-13): 1. Luke Renzland; 2. Robert Marshall; 3. Cody Sawyer; 4. Justin Yanvary; 5. Ryan Mauro. 85 (14-15): 1. Tyler Hawk; 2. Alex Gillespie; 3. Andrew Johns; 4. Eavan Ellefsen; 5. R.J. Beck. S/MINI: 1. Tyler Hawk; 2. Andrew Johns; 3. Dylan Braykovich; 4. Alex Gillespie; 5. R.J. Beck. SCHBY: 1. Frank Lettieri; 2. Dylan Braykovich; 3. Matthew Moore; 4. Zachariah Mauro; 5. Joshua Gotthall. SCHBY LITE: 1. Charles Fox III; 2. Andrew Homick; 3. Justin Maylath; 4. Jonathan Jankowsky; 5. Robert Marshall. CLGBY: 1. Phillip Nicoletti; 2. Tyler Witmer; 3. Charles Fox III; 4. David Szymansky; 5. Justin Frederick. 125 A: 1. Phillip Nicoletti; 2. Damien Plotts; 3. Brian Mulcahy; 4. James Mcneill; 5. Chris Spear. 125 B: 1. Lowell Spangler; 2. Chris Cheney; 3. Charles Fox III; 4. Joshua Gotthall; 5. Erik Wilson. 125 C: 1. Andrew Homick; 2. Dominick Guastella; 3. Anton Kotubski; 4. Zachary Klaposky; 5. Jonathan

4. Erik Wilson; 5. Joshua Gotthall. 250 C: 1. Jeremy Parsons; 2. Ryan Slater-weimann; 3. William Hauser; 4. Michael Moore; 5. Saxon Sprouse. 25+ A: 1. Dave Ginolfi; 2. Kurt Mcmillen; 3. Gaylon Dickson; 4. Mike Spear; 5. Darren Edsall. 25+ B: 1. Jeremy Parsons; 2. Nathan Reiss; 3. Johnny Palmieri; 4. John Spotts; 5. Chris Deleo. 30+ A: 1. Damien Plotts; 2. Gaylon Dickson; 3. Darren Edsall; 4. Kurt Mcmillen; 5. Antonio Poccia. 30+ B: 1. Johnny Palmieri; 2. Chris Deleo; 3. Louis Giomboni; 4. George Gilmour; 5. Chris Rogers, Sr. 30+ C: 1. Joe Unger, Jr.; 2. William King; 3. Brian Bolus; 4. Joseph Wincek; 5. Steven Lewis. +35: 1. Tim Henry; 2. Brian Bolus; 3. Chris Rogers, Sr.; 4. Donald Hilstolsky; 5. Jerry Williamson. 40+ A: 1. Kurt Mcmillen; 2. Mike Spear; 3. Kenneth Messerman; 4. Joe Fritz, Sr.; 5. Tom Sabastian. 40+ B: 1. Roland Beck; 2. Mark Rinaldi; 3. Louis Giomboni; 4. George Gilmour; 5. Scott Bartlow. 50+: 1. Steve Kummerfeldt; 2. Eric Heinecki. OPEN 4-STROKE: 1. Frank Lettieri; 2. Andrew Mikolaichik; 3. Jimmy Ide; 4. Justin Maylath; 5. William Hauser II.

50 PW BEG: 1. Connor Sawyer; 2. Tyler Kozik.

WMN: 1. Samantha Fritz; 2. Sonia Williams; 3. Rachel Engdahal; 4. Christina Basna; 5. Kayla Moyer.

50 PW Advanced: 1. Emmett Dowd; 2. Eddie Clark; 3. Donald Moyer; 4. Danny Congdon; 5. J Ryder Fox.

QUAD A: 1. Thomas Lombaido; 2. Michael Carnevak; 3. Patrick Tichilo.

50 (4-6): 1. Zakary Shaffer; 2. Dawson Driscoll; 3. Eddie Clark; 4. Zachary Butkiewicz; 5. J Ryder Fox.

QUAD B: 1. William Dambrosio; 2. Dj Mcbridge; 3. Justin Pannick; 4. Joe Butkicwicz; 5. Ryan Capato.

50 (7-8): 1. Scott Meshey; 2. Alexander Guerrierie; 3. Oscar Kelchner; 4. Nate Gorman; 5. Ezra Wright. 65 (7-9): 1. Schae Thomas; 2. Sean Knoll; 3. Justin Tompkins; 4. Danny Colachino; 5. Alexander Guerrierie. 65 (10-11): 1. Trevor Shaffer; 2. Kevin Tompkins; 3. Evan Richard; 4. Fred Kramer; 5. Eric Vonada. 85 (7-9): 1. Schae Thomas; 2. Danny Colachino; 3. Kenneth Rupp, Jr.; 4. Colby King.

Mike Spear (6), Darren Edsall (348), Damien Plotts (280), Gaylon Dickson (930) and Joe Fritz Sr. (605) lead the start of the 1st over 30 A moto. Mcdermott. 250 A: 1. Phillip Nicoletti; 2. Damien Plotts; 3. Tyler Witmer; 4. Anthony Roth; 5. Brian Mulcahy. 250 B: 1. Lowell Spangler; 2. Chris Cheney; 3. Scott Sears;

QUAD C: 1. Jakub Ingham; 2. Kevin Fredenburg; 3. Anthony Retallick; 4. Steven Steffens; 5. Brett Shaffer. QUAD CLGBY: 1. Patrick Tichilo; 2. Justin Pannick; 3. Joe Butkicwicz; 4. William Dambrosio; 5. Kurt Feverstock. 25+ QUAD: 1. Joe Morea.

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riders came out in the Adult Mid Mod class but it was one of the best shows w w w.mcbridespor tsaccessories.com of the night. Shae Maldet and Drayton Bumbaugh locked up and kept their throttles pinned. In the end Authorized it would be Maldet with the Pitster Pro Dealer 1st moto win. Neither racer could come out for the 717-877-5462 717-214-4401 (fax) second moto as the thunder storms set in at Lemoyne, PA 17043 jmlmcbride@comcast.net Sleepy to shorten the evenings racing. The second round in Sleepy’s Pit Bike Series takes place on June 30th with the final round on September 8th. Remember to ride all three to have a rip roaring good time and get a chance at that brand new Pitster Pro. Check out www.sleepymx.com for details or head on over to McBride’s site at: www.mcbridesportsaccessories.com. To view photos from tonight’s event go to: www.mcracingaction.com.

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Pit Youth 50 stock 1. Dominick Dreisbach. Pit Adult 50 Open 1. Jerod Stoner; 2. Joshua Sheffer; 3. Shelby Reitz; 4. Michael Bear; 5. Jason Sipe; 6. Shae Maldet; 7. Cody Clingan; 8. Keith Walborn. Pit Youth Mid Stock 1. Alex Maldet; 2. Richard Kastle; 3. Fred Kramer; 4. Jay Jajich; 5. Scott Stockunas. Pit Adult 50 Stock

Youth 50 Stock launches the gate at Round # 1 of Sleepy’s Pit Bike Series. 1. Joshua Sheffer; 2. Ryan Higgins; 3. Robbie Holtzman; 4. Craig Rauch; 5. Jason Fidler. Pit Adult Mid Stock 1. Lowell Spangler; 2. Eric Sebastian; 3. Ryan Sebastian; 4. John Forry; 5. Dylan Brajkovich. Pit Youth 50 Open 1. Gage Seyfert; 2. Zackery Rudy; 3. Alex Maldet; 4. Zachary Itter; 5. Jesse Rhinesmith. Pit Adult Open 1. Jerod Stoner; 2. Shelby Reitz; 3. Todd Weindel; 4. Gauge Keith; 5. David Snavely; 6. Steve Carberry; 7. Samuel Pence; 8. Eric Ewing; 9. Michael McAlister; 10. Matt Stabinger.

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Keith Walborn out of Lebanon, PA. The class would eventually spread out and with two laps to go Stoner would get by Sheffer and race to the win. The second moto would shape up pretty much the same way with Sheffer leading most of the race. Again Stoner would put on his late race charge to get by for first O/A followed by Sheffer then Toy Tech’s Shelby Reitz in third, Bear and Sipe would round out the top five. All the local hotshots lined up for the Mid Stock division. The racing action was intense with Team Greens Lowell Spangler grabbing the O/A followed by Eric and Ryan Sebastian with John Forry and Dylan Brajkovitch finishing off the top five. Only two

Pit Adult Mid Mod 1. Shae Maldet; 2. Drayton Bumbaugh. Pit Youth Open 1. Rowland Papp; 2. Brennen Weindel.

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Pit 30+ 1. Jeffrey Webb; 2. Timothy Curtis; 3. David Snavely.

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Round # 4 of the MDRA Race Series took place back at the scenic Mountaineer Raceway in Inwood, WV. This was the second trip here this year for the MDRA and close to 550 competitors came out to battle for the class championship points. The racing was exciting in many classes with near full gates, and in some cases two divisions in the novice classes. The mini gates were full as well with young racers eager to compete for those year end MDRA bucks. The race results for this round came in real close to our deadline so we thought we would offer up a photo gallery this time out. By the time this issue goes to print you’ll be able to log onto the MDRA website at: www.mdramxracing.com to see how your favorite racers did. You can also view hundreds of pictures from today’s event over at: www.mcracingaction.com. The next round of the MDRA Series takes place in mid July at the Doublin Gap MX Park in Shippensburg, PA. Saturday will offer a practice day with pit bike racing immediately afterwards and a full race program on Sunday offering KTM, Suzuki and Yamaha contingencies. Please remember in addition to holding AMA sanctioned events that Mountaineer is a full service practice facility. They are open for members seven days a week for you to hone your mx skills. See their ad here in MRA to find out how you can get a free practice pass for you and a friend and be sure to stop back here come October to check out their Fall Series races. Get all the details at www. mountaineerraceway.com.

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But also consider the mental side of it. What’s going on inside your head? What do you think about at the gate before the card goes sideways? How do you handle the first turn? Does being too aggressive have the potential to put you down, so you become traction for the guy behind you? And not being aggressive enough leave you choking on mud clumps?

This is where I turn things over to you again. Can you answer any of these questions? I used Motocross as the main focus for starting, primarily because in a race with fewer laps, the start is that much more critical. However, techniques for starts in Hare Scrambles and Enduros can just as easily provide some good opportunities for feedback. Let me know your responses to these questions, bring up new 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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