MRA May 2003

Monthly Amateur Race Coverage

VOLUME 7, ISSUE 3 • MAY 2003

Broc Schmelyun Races Towards Another Stellar Season

The “Manimal” Wins at ATCO

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Harescramble & Short Track Coverage Inside

RD #1 Thor parts Unlimited N.E. Classic at Doublin Gap

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Well it’s May-is it finally over? Yes you know what I’m talking about, this crazy winter. Boy, have we seen it all this year. Anyhow lets just get on with it, where’s the heat and the dust? I for one am looking forward to it.

Thru all the cold and muck it’s hard to believe Memorial Day is right around the corner. We ask that you please pay your respects to the brave men and women that have served our great country, and especially to the ones that continue to do so.

We’re well into the race season here in the district. There are 3 rounds each of both the motocross and harescramble series in the books already. Theres been some fantastic racing out there, I have a feeling it’s gonna be a great season.

Watch MRA this year for more race coverage than ever before, We’re starting to get some very helpful people in place out there to help deliver more racing action to our pages. We have also put up a web site over the off season: log on to www.motorcycleracingaction.com to view and purchase your race photos online.

And again, please remember to support the local tracks and dealers that advertise in MRA. They help the sport be what it is today. Lets remember to thank them by sending our business their way. Ride safe and we’ll see you at the races.

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2003 MOTO CROSS - CHAMPIONSHIP - CONTINGENCY - D6 BUCKS EVENTS (p) INDICATES POINTS RACE (Counts toward the 2003 Class Championship) (**) INDICATES CONTINGENCY (These are district 6 series manufacturer contingency races), check with your bike manufacturer for details. ($) INDICATES DISTRICT – 6 BUCKS (At the end of the year, these races count toward D6 certificates that can be used toward entry fees)

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Volume 7 • Issue 3 • MAY 2003 Our Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Holeshot Hotshot/APRIL–Kerry Kaminskie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Action Motorsports Open House - 4/12/03 – by Jim Bull . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 An Interview with Austin Greenland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 “Mullen Makes Money at Shippensburg ST Opener” – by Len Breech . . . . 8 Atco Motocross Park Results – April 5, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Colby “Manimal” Brake Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Happy Ramblers MX Club – March 29, 2003 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 ATV Harescramble/Flying Dutchmen MC – By Jason & Jacob Hughes . . . . 17 Steel Creeke GNCC Round #3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 “Wallace Wallops ‘em” Round #1 - by Jim Sanderson . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-21 Centerspread: RD#1 N.E. Classic MX Series/Doublin Gap - by Jim Bull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-23 Evansville Quad Results – 3/22/03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Sleepy Hollow Race Results – March 30, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Dutchmen PA Series – April 6, 2003 – By Mike Soudas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 MRA Product Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Hurricane Hills Season Opener - April 6, 2003 - by Jim Sanderson . . . . . . 30 MRA Racer Review - Casey Clark – by Jim Bull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Upcoming Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Pagoda M/C – April 13, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Raceway Park Results – April 6, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Doublin Gap – Saturday & Sunday Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-39 Big Buck GNCC – by Trish Krachun/Pro Parts Racing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 The Racers Edge – by Andy Fleck & Al Carr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 The Marketplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Subscription Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

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MRA MAY 2003 • 4

HOLESHOT HOTSHOT (APRIL)

Event: Rider: Hometown: Bike: District #: Experience: Class: Sponsors:

Pagoda MX – D-6 Points Race Kerry Kaminskie Trevorton, PA Kawasaki KX 100 23 4 years Supermini Dad, Rausch Creek Motorsports, Gap Racing, Valley Drive Racing

Kerry Kaminski from Trevorton, PA is our Holeshot Hotshot for the month of April. Kerry was setting the pace at Pagoda for round 2 of the D-6 MX championship series. He pulled the holeshot in both motos of the supermini division and never looked back. Kerry went 1 - 1 on the day for first overall in his class.

Kerry also competed in the school boy division and placed 2nd overall there. Keep a close eye on this young man if you can - but don’t blink, he rides that fast. Watch out next month, maybe you’ll be the next MRA Holeshot Hotshot.

ACTION MOTORSPORTS OPEN HOUSE – 4/12/03 A.M.S. held their annual open house on Friday and Saturday April 11 & 12. There were great deals to be had on bikes and quads and parts and accessories. The AMS race team was there to show off their equipment and talk with the crowds. There were vendor displays, radio stations, factory reps and free hot dogs. The big hit of the day was their Easter Egg Hunts, one for children and one for the adults. The grand prize Easter Egg held a brand new Suzuki JR 50 – won by a family from York. If you weren’t there you missed a great time, if you would like to attend their next Open House, give the staff over at A.M.S. a call, I’m sure they’ll be glad to put you on their mailing list.

Jim Bull - MRA

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An Interview with Austin Greenland Local youth wins National Dirt Track Championship. Twelve year old Austin Greenland from Spring Mills, PA, is the A.M.A. National Dirt Track Champion in the 85cc 7 – 11 age group in the TT Division for the year 2002. Austin competed in a week long series of races this past year in Springfield, Ill, home to the famous “Springfield Mile”. Riders from all over the country compete to win the coveted #1 plate in their respective divisions. Austin was able to bring home the win in the TT Series.

Dirt track racing, also known as flat track or short track racing (depending on the length on the track) is a form of motorcycle racing. The riders line up, sometimes six wide and two rows deep and compete on a dirt oval anywhere from a third mile in length right on up to a mile long at some of the National events.

Local racer Austin Greenland, son of Ray and Karen Greenland has experienced many ups and downs in his short, but illustrious racing career. Austin, a student at the Center Learning Community in State College starting riding dirt bikes at the age of four. Austin said he actually started out riding a go cart but didn’t care much for that. Then his father brought home a motorcycle, and to use the old cliché, “the rest is history”.

Austin’s first attempt at racing was at the Motorama Speed Show in Harrisburg, PA in 1995. Austin recalls not doing so well there. After that, he then took some time off just to ride and practice. In 1997 Austin got a new ride, a Kawasaki KX60. For those of you not familiar with motorcycles, this is a bright green machine that sits about two feet off the ground with the horse power of a slightly worn out Corvette. To say the least it’s quite a package for any six year old, but Austin loved to ride and was determined to tame his bright green Kawasaki.

Two short years later Austin and his family were back at the track.

Austin told me that when he first got his Kawasaki he used to “wipe out” a lot, the bike was pretty big for his six year old frame and he couldn’t hold a line on the track. But Austin was determined, he says, “I just kept going back to the races and trying, I never gave up. It was frustrating at first, I kept falling down and getting lapped by the other riders.”

Austin has competed in racing events for most of his young life, in 2003 he and his family will be going into their third full season racing flat track. Austin is living proof that no matter what it is that you want to do with your life, hard work and determination will definitely pay off for you. Below is a list of Austin’s successes as an amateur motorcycle racer.

2001 - PA State Champion – 60cc and 80cc Divisions Track Champion at Trailway Speedway Most Improved Rider at Path Valley Speedway District 6 Champion – 60cc and 80cc Divisions 2002 - Southeast Nationals 2nd overall 60cc and 80cc Divisions Northeast Nationals 3rd overall 80cc Division Amateur Grand Nationals 6th overall 80cc DTX 10th overall 80cc Modified District 6 Champion – 80cc Division District 7 Champion – 80cc Division 2003 - Goals: Austin says he hopes to win the Amateur Grand Nationals this year. He wants to find new competition but mainly he wants to do a good job racing and to avoid injuries.

Flat track racing is a real family event, race day actually starts a few days before getting the bikes and all of the gear ready. On race day it’s up with the roosters, depending on how far the Greenlands have to travel (the closest track to their home is an hour and a half drive). Once they arrive at the track they get everything ready to race then Austin said, “I hang with my friends until practice starts, then it’s all racing from that point on. Practice, heats, and then the main events.”

Occasionally the races are held at night under the lights, then race day can last till ten or eleven at night. Then what you ask? It’s off to the next event, camp out with the other race families and get ready to do it again the following day. Austin says, “It really is a lot of fun.”

Austin asked that we thank all of his sponsors that help make his racing career possible: Mom and Dad, Gram and Pap, Greenland and Son Masonry, Action Motorsports, State Amusement, Best Line Equipment, Moose Gear, Bel Ray Oil, Smith Goggles, and H & H Cycle.

Flat track racing is a fantastic way to spend a weekend. Whether it’s competing or spectating it’s a great alternative to spend some time with your family. There are several tracks located in PA to catch a race at, log on the World Wide Web at www.amadistrict6.com for a complete schedule of events. For those of you that still like an old fashioned telephone, you can reach them at 717 272-6896. We’ll see you at the races.

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Mullen Makes Money at Shippensburg ST Opener By Len Breech SHIPPENSBURG, PA. APRIL 6

After his Honda suffered a mechanical problem in practice, Eric Rausch/Rausch Fuel Oils sponsored Donnie Mullen borrowed Brian Phillips' backup Rotax to win a pair of star studded finals, Sportsman and 600 A. Half the field held a National number, with a defending Sportster Champion thrown in. But a young Expert, Shawn Baer, took the lead at the start of the Sportsman final with Mullen, Jared Mees, Jess Roeder and Brian Phillips in close pursuit. Mullen took the lead off turn two on lap four, with Mees taking second in the same spot on the seventh lap. After starting on the penalty line, Rick Winsett moved up to battle Raun Wood for fifth by the eighth lap. After 250 A: 1. 99S Chris Klinefelter 2. 33A Shawn Baer a few more laps, Winsett broke away and started after Roeder. Mees got up to Mullen in the closing laps, getting beside him with three laps to go and putting his Lancaster H-D/Michael's H-D Classics/John's Masonry sponsored machine into the lead starting the eleventh lap, but Mullen regained it entering the third turn. They swapped the lead at every turn to the flag, with Mullen winning by inches at the flag.

Basically the same riders lined up for a twenty-five lap 600 A/Pro final. This time Mullen took the lead from Raun Wood, Brian Phillips and Mees with Mees slicing into second at the end of the opening lap.

The order stayed the same, with the top four very close until about the twelfth when the race was stopped for a downed rider, right after Mees slipped into the lead. It took several restarts for the field to cover four laps, with Jake Johnson going from joy riding around at the rear, to picking off one or two on each restart to go into fifth spot. Off the final restart, Raun Wood took second, with Winsett getting by Mees for third on the fourteenth lap. Mees regrouped, getting by Winsett and Wood on the seventeenth lap. By this time, Mullen had pulled out several lengths, keeping Mees from trying a repeat of the Sportsman final.

Shawn Baer put his Battlefield H-D/Vertucci Performance Equipment sponsored machine in front 85: 1. 8A Austin Greenland 5. 88X Brett Pugh of Chris Klinefelter, John Lewis and Jared Mees at the start of the 250 A final. Coming off the fourth turn on lap three, Klinefelter's Deer Park Cycle/Williamson's Honda/D.M.A. sponsored Honda got a better drive and took the lead. The order stayed the same until Mees got by Lewis for third at the start of the final lap.

Mees did manage to take one class, the 500 2 Valve, on his Lancaster H-D sponsored Buell. Todd Kendig topped the 30 +, with David Smith staying upright for the entire distance for the 40 + win. Mike Keane was quickest of the Vintage riders.

Kenneth Venarchick took the 50 Oil Injected and 50 (4-6) classes, with Tyler Stacey holding off Joey Schmidt for the 50 (7-8) win. Hayden Avery's pressure on Tyler Kidwell paid off with a win as Kidwell fell in the fourth turn on lap six. Kidwell worked up to third off the restart. Although he didn't cause a red flag in the 85 final, Brett Pugh was a victim of it. In the early laps, he held off Austin Greenland, with Chris MacCarty, Evan Baer and Avery behind. Baer worked his way into second by the sixth lap for the 7-11 class win, with Greenland topping the 12-15 group.

Michael Radkey held off Brandon Robinson and Austin Greenland for the 125 win, while Robinson used a last lap bobble by Ohio's Matthew Stevens to claim the 250 B final. Bill Boram won the 600 B final.

Results: 4W 4S: 1. Chris Crull (Hon); 2. Daniel Mowers (Hon);3. Cory Buhrman (Hon) 4W 2 S: 1. Brian Riley (Hon); 2. Chris Crull (Hon); 3. Brett Shettel (Hon); 4. Danny Robinson (Hon); 5. Louis Horvath (Yam); Curt Breinich (Yam); 7. Cory Buhrman (Hon); 8. Mike Dougas (Yam); 9. Dane Delancey (Yam); 10. Matt Dice (Hon) 40 +: 1. David Smith (Rtx); 2. Mike Keane (Rtx); 3. Joe Dohm (W-R); 4. John Henderson (Rtx); 5. Mark Stambaugh (Yam); 6. Bruce Miller (Rtx); 7. Melvin Brown (Tri); 8. Rick Price (Hon); 9. Chris Davis (Bul); 10. Bill Slade (Rtx) 50 Oil Injected: 1. Kenneth Venarchick (KTM); 2. Sammy Smith (Yam); 3. Kevin Bills (Hon) 600 B: 1. Bill Boram (Rtx); 2. Ryan Henderson (ATK); 3. Mark Fillebrown (Yam); 4. Cory Texter (Hon); 5. Jason Cunningham (Yam); 6. Richard Pfanders (Yam); 7. Robert Allen (Yam) 65: 1. Hayden Avery (Kaw); 2. Derek Hersh (Kaw); 3. Tyler Kidwell (Kaw); 4. Kyle Schlimme (Kaw); 5. Tyler Haas (KTM); 6. Cassidy Heiser (Kaw) 4W Sportsman: 1. Brian Riley (Hon); 2. Brett Shettel (Hon); 3. Danny Robinson (Hon); 4. Curt Beinich (Hon); 5. Dane Delancey (Yam); 6.Mike Dougas (Yam); 7. Matt Dice (Hon); 8. Daniel Mower (Hon); 9. Cory Buhrman (Hon); 10.Chris Crull (Hon) 250 A: 1. Chris Klinefelter (Hon); 2. Shawn Baer (Yam); 3. Jared Mees (Suz); 4. John Lewis (Hon); 5. Joey Avery (Yam); 6. Bruce Ingram (Hon); 7. Curt Jones (Hon); 8. Nick Arment (Yam); 9. Gary Conklin (Hon) 50 (4-6): 1. Kenneth Venarchick (KTM); 2. Brandon Atkinson (KTM) 50 (7-8): 1. Tyler Stacey (LEM); 2. Joey Schmidt (LEM); 3. Tyler Mullen (LEM) 30 +: 1. Todd Kendig (W-R); 2. Rich Mellinger (Rtx); 3. Dave Smith (Yam); 4. Melvin Brown (Tri); 5. Joe Dohm (W-R) 85 (12-15): 1. Austin Greenland (Hon); 2. Jordan Harris (Hon) 85 (7-11): 1. Evan Baer (Yam); 2. Hayden Avery (Yam); 3. Patrick Jacobsen (Hon); 4. Kenneth Lamberti (Hon); 6. Brett Pugh (Hon); 7. Tyler Kidwell (Yam); 8. Chris MacCarty (Hon); 9. John Long (Yam); 10. Gerald Langreck (Hon) Sportsman: 1. Donnie Mullen (Rtx); 2. Jared Mees (Hon); 3. Shawn Baer (Yam); 4. Jess Roeder (Hon); 5. Rick Winsett Jr.( W-R); 6. Raun Wood (Rtx); 7. Brian Phillips (Rtx); 8. Chris Klinefelter (Hon); 9. Jason Isennock (Rtx); 10. John Lewis (Hon) 125 B: 1. Michael Radley (Hon); 2. Brandon Robinson (Hon); 3. Austin Greenland (KTM); 4. Wesley Cowardin (Kaw); 5. Brad Phillips (Suz); 6. Kyle Wegman (Yam); 7. Dennis Flynn (Hon) 500 2 Valve: 1. Jared Mees (Bue); 2. Dave Smith (Yam); 3. Michael Headman (Yam); 4. Mark Stambaugh (Yam); 5. Mark Fillebrown (Yam); 6. Dean Maring (Yam) 100 Stock: 1. Gerald Langreck (Hon); 2. Brandon Robinson (Hon); 3. Chris MacCarty (Hon); 4. R. J. Hart (Hon); 5. Brad Phillips (Hon); 6. Harley Wegman (Kaw) 100 Modified: 1. Cory Texter (Hon); 2.Austin Greenland (Hon); 3. Dennis Flynn (Yam); 4. Mark Fillebrown (Yam) 250 B: 1. Brandon Robinson (Hon); 2. Matthew Stevens (Yam); 3. Mike Radley (Hon); 4. Jonathan Jordan (Hon); 5. Brad Phillips (KTM); 6. Cory Tester (Hon); 7. Glen Coldsmith (Kaw); 8. Rick Price (Hon); 9. Vince Bower (Yam); 10. Scott Farcey (Yam) Vintage: 1. Mike Keane (Yam); 2. John Yurejefice (Yam); 3. Chris Davis (Bul); 4. Dean Maring (Yam); 5. Melvin Brown (Tri) 600 A/Pro: 1. Donnie Mullen (Rtx); 2. Jared Mees (Hon); 3. Raun Wood (Rtx); 4. Rick Winsett Jr. (W-R); 5. Jake Johnson (Hon); Sportsman: 1. 26X Donnie Mullen 2. 16A Jared Mees 6. Shawn Baer (Yam); 7. Jess Roeder (Hon); 8. Chris Klinefelter (Hon); 9. Jason Isennock (Rtx); 10. Bryan Douglas (Rtx)

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50cc 7 – 8 yrs 1 188 2 934 3 114 4 7 5 01 65cc 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

7 – 9 yrs 13X 32 10 74 2 234 85 321 46J 7S

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65cc 10 – 11 yrs 1 5H Kyle Hill 2 111 Taylor Chausky 3 9 Eddie McKernan 4 4S Daniel South 5 22 Wyatt Ford 6 166 Austin Harvey 7 83 Larry Mcvay 65-85cc Jr SuperMini 7 – 11 1 5M Michael J. Sowa 2 38X Michael P. Mackeprang 3 4S Daniel South 4 46J Jason Chavez 85cc 1 2 3 4 5

10-11 yrs 5M 38X 18G 14 111

85cc 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

12 – 13 yrs 381 Bryan Wallace 13 Robert Malkiewicz 80 Ryan Gainey 265 Eric Land 16X Dennis Dreher 4Z Zachery Buck 96 Celestyn Napolitan 27A Randy Saxenmeyer 11K Kyle Grow 16 Austin Ebberup

Michael J. Sowa Michael P. Mackeprang JonathanGoldsboro Jr. Eddie Mckernan Taylor Chausky

85cc 14 – 15 yrs 1 41 Peter Devlin 2 10X Brandon Taylor 3 4W Danny B. Woodward 4 10 Michael Obrien DNS 38 Jason Lawrence 80 – 105cc SuperMini 12 – 15 1 41 Peter Devlin 2 13 Robert Malkiewicz

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4W Danny B. Woodward 10X Brandon Taylor 23W Wayne Powell II 381 Bryan Wallace 10 Michael Obrien 14 Travis Powell 4Z Zachery Buck 11K Kyle Grow

86 – 125cc SchoolBoy 12 – 15 1 536 Kyle Whritenour 2 83 William Tocci 3 23W Wayne Powell II 4 X Drew Napolitan Jr. DNS 38 Jason Lawrence

Any cc 25 + Novice – C 1 100 Paul Denioa, Jr. 2 208 John Evanchik 3 117 Gregory Rieck 4 119 Jeffrey Wolcott 5 15C Jonathan H. Gramer 6 253 Jeffrey Denioa 7 572 Todd Covello

Atco Motocross Park April 5, 2003 Quads

Any cc 30 + Expert – A 1 592 Greg Harmer Any cc 30 + Amateur – B 1 52X Felipe Delgado, Jr. 2 99 Patrick Woods 3 97 Garth B. Krady 4 52 Michael Smith

0 – 50cc 7 – 8 yrs 1 788 Michael Thor 2 24 David Nevrotski 3 10M Mikhaila Kels 4 7K Larry Koik II

Any cc 30 + Novice – C 1 821 Paul Zelinsky 2 839 Reginald Ford 3 41 Alex Bogdanov 4 1 Terrence Roberts 5 117 Gregory Rieck 6 10 Jerry Priest 7 85 William Ford

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250cc Novice – C 1 55J Joseph W. Seabridge 2 208 John Evanchik 3 202 Marco Dibattista 4 839 Reginald Rord 5 41 Alex Bogdanov 6 5W Ben Blewitt 7 253 Jeffrey Denoia

Any cc 25 + Amateur – B 1 99 Patrick Woods 2 21 John Cameron III

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125cc Novice – C 1 9 John Burlew 2 171 Thomas J. Jamison 3 536 Kyle Whritenour 4 165 Sean Land 5 15V Bobby Stenger 6 83 William Tocci 7 100 Paul Denioa Jr. 8 912 Clinton Wiggins 9 45J James Jackson 10 635 Jack J. Sayegh Jr.

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Any cc 25 + Expert – A 1 174 John S. Thomas 2 592 Greg Harmer

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Any cc College Boy 16 – 24 yrs 1 37 Michael Grichine 2 316 Jim Romer 3 2 David Bonanata 4 77 Jon Rambo DNF 4J Jimmy Capece

125cc Amateur – B 1 37 Michael Grichine 2 316 Jim Romer 3 940 Greg Roman 4 22 Ryan Rickmers

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Modified 7 – 11 yrs 9K Jeff Seiders 11 Christopher Wild 788 Michael Thor 60 Daniel Toth 10T Tanner Kels 24 David Nevrotski 10 Thomas Lazarski 12 Shane G. Simpkins

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71 – 90cc Production Modified 1 8X Colby Brake 2 20P Daniel Pagnini 3 3 David Guenther Jr 4 63 Glenn Miller 5 18 Chad Davis DNS 33B Jt Bank DNF 71 Derek Bartashus

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Atco Motocross Park April 5, 2003 Motorcycles

71 – 90cc Modified 9 – 15 yrs 1 11B Richard Lindsay 2 2 Quinton Barto 3 8 Billy Brown 91 – 300cc Producion 14 – 15 yrs 1 11B Richard Lindsay 2 69 Matt Smith 3 121 Jeffrey Whritenour DNF 10 Eric Cournoyer 0 – 230cc 16 yrs + 1 5 Matt Hook 2 5X Casey Dickinson DNF 1 Robert Hrubic DSQ 13 Brad Goldman Veteran 30 yrs + 1 69 Michael Munn 4 Stroke A 1 41 2 707 3 419

Donald Lysinger Jr Kevin Olson Michael D. Brown

4 Stroke B 1 410 William Cole 2 24 Ricardo Navarro 3 87 Travis Gerton 4 428 James J. Hughes 5 4 Frank Bowen 6 77 Jeff Gerton 7 27 Jack Obrien 8 23 James M. Nuttall Jr. 9 77X Carl Cooper 10 17 Jeremy Chiti 250cc 2 Stroke A 1 41 Donald Lysinger Jr. 250cc 2 Stroke B 1 53 Joseph Sobue 2 60 Steve Michael 3 5D T J Davis

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Age: 9 Hometown: Quakertown, PA District #: 8 Class: 90 cc Production Modified Years Racing: 2 Machine: Suzuki LT80 Sponsors: Azzatori Chiropractic- “The Natural Pain killer” This is the "Manimals" 2nd year racing. Colby started out on a PW50 back in 2000. He ran his first race on his PW50 up at the Dutchman. Last year he finished 2nd overall in points at the Flying Dutchman in the 90cc class which landed him a spot & the Motocross banquet. Saturday night at ATCO was his first actual overall win, and his first 5 foot trophy. It was wonderful to see Mr. Wild acknowledge Colby for that win. He knows what it meant to us as a family, and also to Colby.

Colby has worked extremely hard, and Saturday night was no exception to that rule. Friday night they traveled to ATCO to get some practice in. By 7:30 the quad was on the back of the truck on its way home with a blown motor.Colby and his dad worked on the quad till almost 3:30 am so that he could come to ATCO and race Saturday night. Their hard work really paid off. We are all very proud of him. It was a long time coming and well deserved for such a fine young man. We'd like to thank all of our friends at the track who have been so supportive through all the good times and hard times. We'd like to say thank-you to everyone, and good luck and have a great season.

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Press Release – April 9, 2003

Woodbine Motocross Track Ready for Weekend

WOODBINE - More than 200 dirtbike riders are expected to converge in a former

sand quarry this weekend to break in the new Mount Pleasant Motocross track.

The park's metal bleachers are still in pieces, the electricity hasn't been installed yet and one of the concession stands won't arrive until next week.

But the dirt track is ready to go, and that's the only thing that really matters, said Amy Bianchino, one of the track's partners.

"It's exciting, but it's a lot of work," she said.

Mount Pleasant joins Atco Motocross Park in Berlin and Raceway Park in Old Bridge Township as the only motocross tracks in New Jersey sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association.

Riders here will compete in Division 6, which includes Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The track will host 46 "motos" or races in 23 different classes, Bianchino said.

The privately owned park will open its track to local riders for a daily fee beginning April 18.

"People have wanted this for years," said Ray Leps, who owns a dirtbike and motorcycle dealership in nearby Tuckahoe. "People see it on TV and so forth. Everybody is into this now."

When they announced their plans to build the park, co-owners Eric Stratten and Lou Bianchino, of Dennis Township, said they wanted to take the riding pressure off Cape May County, where there are frequent disputes between dirtbike riders and private property owners.

State Police regularly respond to complaints about all-terrain vehicles in neighboring Upper and Dennis townships. But it remains to be seen whether local riders will pay to ride legally or continue to flaunt the law for free.

"Police are cracking down on it," Amy Bianchino said. "Who wants to run? You can't enjoy yourself if you're scared you'll get in trouble all the time."

Leps said the park is bound to be popular with families.

"For the most part, the people riding are dads with their kids," Leps said. "They want to spend family time together. It's good for the kids. You have to give them a place to burn that energy off."

The park owners are erecting fencing around the nearly mile-long track to protect spectators.

The park will host 30 professional races this year. The 54-acre park will have public space for riders of all ages and experience levels, Bianchino said.

"You can almost see the entire track except for the back end because of the trees," she said.

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Jarek J. Balkovic Ryan J. Baxter

51cc 7 – 8 1 111 John M. Shafer 2 70 Megan M. Rhodes 3 64 Taylor A. Stevey 65cc 7 – 9 1 128 Loring T. Sparks 2 X Joshua Corbin 3 201 Garrett Armiger 4 6J Joshua Villarreal 5 00 Kyle Davis 6 93 Gregory Galbraith 7 283 David Sanford 8 379 Justin Stewart Jr.

85cc 7 – 11 1 23T Garret Toth 2 2 Broc J. Schmelyun 3 24A Jordan A. Walker 4 10 Joshua R. Ford 5 921 Dylan A. Brajkovich 6 46 Cody L. Lunceford 7 724 David J. Wingate 8 6J Joshua Villarreal 9 381 Daniel Garrett 10 41 Kyle Nettleton

125 C 1 531 2 744 3 8 4 576 5 60 6 10 7 28B 8 42J 9 56 10 365

85cc 12 – 13 1 353 Corey Shipos 2 456X James C. Thompson III 3 26 Tyler E. Carbaugh 4 83 Jeffrey Corron, Jr. 5 253 Josh A. Elsbree 6 963 Steven Hargett, Jr. 7 341 Michael Stella 8 11 Scott Donaldson 9 167 Daniel Corbin 10 3H Ryan R. Higgins

250/Open A 1 360 Jeremy Cook 2 788 Joseph W. Robertson

85cc 14 – 15 1 18T Willy C. Toth 2 456 Grant M. Zartman 3 6 Shawn Weaver 4 912 James S. Helton, Jr. 5 16 Eric J. Macminn Junior Mini 1 23T Garret Toth 2 353 Corey Shipos 3 26 Tyler E. Carbaugh 4 882 Eric N. Desell 5 381 Daniel Garrett 6 2 Broc J. Schmelyun Super Mini 1 18T Willy C. Toth 2 912 James S. Helton Jr. 3 102 Daniel L. Rucker 4 277 Zachaqry E. Harrington 5 456 James c. Thompson, III 6 963 Steven Hargett, Jr. 7 7 Ian M. Haller 8 16 Eric J. Macminn School Boy 1 47 Jordan Helman 2 531 Christopher A. Rucker 3 8 Andrew Baker 4 60 Shane M. Wiegel 5 365 Larry A. Rhodes 6 620 Michael Mccubbin 7 277 Zachary E. Harrington 8 18T Willy C. Toth 9 10 Justin E. Crawford College Boy 1 343 Stephen Stella 2 131 John Dodson 125 A 1 360 2 153 3 788 4 343

65cc 10 – 11 1 1 Broc J. Schmelyun 2 921 Dylan Brajkovich 3 24A Jordan A Walker 4 71 Max T. Stevey 5 16 Jordan P. Donaldson 6 46 Cody L. Lunceford 7 106 Matthew Moore 8 21 Brandon s. Seibold

Jeremy Cook Timothy A. Dabbs Joseph W. Robertson Stephen Stella

125 B 1 47 Jordan Helman 2 100 Kristopher Shumaker 3 551 Ken Nichols 4 131 John Dodson 5 113 Derrick E. Wile 6 794 Toby Leemore 7 555 Joseph M. Farnish, Jr. 8 56 Nick W. Johnson

Christopher A. Rucker Ken Garner IV Andrew Baker Matthew Livelsberger Shane M. Wiegel Justin E. Crawford Brian Martin Joshua D. Gladfelter Chase Hagan Larry A. Rhodes

250/Open B 1 555 Joseph M. Farnish, Jr. 2 56 Nick W. Johnson 3 794 Toby Leemore 4 302 Darwin E. Hayward 5 178 David Arentz, Jr. 6 361 Shane P. Coble 7 938 Vance Lally 250/Open C 1 105 Michael J. Luskey 2 684 David S. Markley 3 31 Chad Clabaugh 4 849 Derek Heyne 5 716 William Vaartjes 6 576 Matthew Livelsberger 25 + A 1 335 2 83M 3 17

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Mike P. Corbin Tim Schmelyun David Hall Scott Sayers John J. Richards

30 + B Vet 1 57 2 748 3 656 4 17X

Dan E. Solomon Andre McDonald Rick A. Rhodes Derek Huzzy

30 + C Vet 1 34 2 716 3 86 4 501 5 47G

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40 + A Senior 1 2N Tim Schmelyun 2 69 Kevin J. Higgins 3 42 Rick Wenger 4 9 Tim Whitehair 5 103 Thomas Whitehair 6 102 Russell W. Seibold 7 209 James Hayes 40 + B Senior 1 555 Joseph M. Farnish 2 23 William B. Lally 3 594 Gene Ward 4 104 George H. Carbaugh Jr. 5 389 David Peck 4 Stroke 1 302 2 153

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By Jason and Jacob Hughes

The 2003 District 6 and Pa. state harescramble series is under way.

This year started unusually early with the first round February 2nd at the Flying Dutchmen in Pine Grove, Pa. The first round also counted towards the Pa state championship points and attendance was surprisingly high even with temperatures in the 20's.

With snow still on the ground and below freezing temperatures the Dutchmen proved to be quite a challenge for a lot of racers. The track that had become known for its flat out pace and sweeping turns had become an ice racing course with mud covering the icy turns. Racers struggled to keep pace as the terrain was unpredictable in places.

Half way through a sweeping turn in 4th gear throttle wide open, then the mud turned to ice, lets just say it was interesting to watch.

There was standing water on much of the track; other parts were a soupy mix of grit and mud.

The premier class in years past has been the 2 stroke A class. This year it appears a few racers have switched to four strokes which has made the 4 stroke A class interesting to watch. The 2 stroke class has gotten smaller but there are a few diehard 2 strokers left that, I'm sure will be around for a while. Chris Borich GNCC #4 was on hand to brave the cold and wet conditions with his Leager/ LRD 250R. Chris got his machine fired first and took the holeshot followed by Mike Lucas aboard his Banshee. Rob Hertz was riding a Herrmann Racing/Powerline 250R and was in 3rd position followed by Daniel Ketterer of Quakertown Pa. on his H&K racing/Powerline machine.

The wet conditions were terrible for racing and it was hard to battle or make a pass. Most passes were made in the pits as racers stopped nearly every lap for goggles and gloves. Chris Borich stayed dry enough to pull a substantial lead on the field and ended up with the win for the day as well as the overall win. Second place went to Banshee pilot Mike Lucas, followed by Ketterer in third. The fourstroke A class was stacked with over 15 entries, the most this class has seen since it was started in 1999. The Hartman brothers from New Jersey, both former B class champs made their presence known both proving they could ride in the slop. Jason Hartman pulled off the win and placed very well overall.

A lot of riders suffered DNF's due to the cold and wet conditions, chances are if you stayed on

#750 Jason Hughes racing to a 7th place finish in 4 Stroke A

the track you were gonna do well.

The March 2nd race at Rausch Creek was canceled due to severe weather and has been rescheduled for August 17th.

After a water logged trip to Florida for the season opener of the GNCC series I returned home to watch the race at the Dutchmen on March 9th. After racing the February race myself I knew what this brutal Pa. winter had done to our favorite home track and made a wise decision to sit this one out.

This entire season so far had been a wet muddy mess, not just for the D6 tracks but the GNCC's also.

The day prior to this event was the GNCC rd. #2 in Georgia and it was Jason and Jacob Hughes two rounds of mud in a row for that ical gremlins got a hold of his machine. Borich series. made a trip to the pits to sort GNCC stock class championship contender things out and was followed shortly by Rob Hertz Jonathon Bowers of Bowers Cycle Supply made who was in second overall at the time. the over night run from Georgia to Pa. in time for Meanwhile Todd Rothermel was able to get his the start of the race. With a lot of the top racers Leager 250R refired and back on the track, but not still at the GNCC event this left the door open for before he was overtaken by the front runners in several other racers to earn valuable points. the 4 stroke class. With Borich and Hertz out of I've seen a few messy races in my day and this the running, bragging right for the overall win were was by far the worst I had up for grabs. Bowers was still in the lead but ever seen. Our 2 stroke A class was down to one Jason Hartman stepped up the pace and made a rider, Mike Lucas from Lykens Pa. also made the charge. With the laps winding down a noise could trip from Georgia to gain some series points, he start to be heard from the tranny in the Hartman elected to be started in the 4 stroke A line rather quad. With only 2 laps to go the tranny had let than ride out the laps by himself. The rules state loose and ruined Hartmans chance for the win. that a rider must finish 1 lap to earn the points for Bowers sped away and younger Jeff Hartman signing up. Lucas however decided to run the inherited the second place spot. entire race against the 4 strokes besting all but At the finish line it was Bowers taking the win one, he ended up with 2nd overall. Jason Hartman in the 4 stroke class as well as the overall win. took the holshot and led for 1 mile until the hidden With Jeff Hartman in second place and myself in ice caused him to spin out and loose his lead. Jon third spot. Todd Rothermel who was out on the Bowers took over the lead from there and rode first lap was able to repair his 250R and get back smooth all race, he was getting some heat from into the race; he came through the pack to take Hartman in the middle of the race but was able to his first ever A class win in District 6, congratulapull off the win. Bowers took the overall win foltions Todd. lowed by 2 stroke A class winner Mike Lucas, and In the B class Nate Gogno continued his 2 stroke B class racer Nate Gogno. streak of convincing wins aboard his Leager Back to the Dutchmen again on March 16th, 250R, finishing well into the top ten after starting clear skies and a more tolerable temperature was nearly 5 minutes behind the A class racers. Traci a nice change but the track was still a little sloppy.

Lenig-Cecco 2001 GNCC womens class champiThis week all the regulars were there ready to get on, used her Alba backed Z400 to tame the muddy dirty on what I consider to be the super speedway conditions, and win the 4 stroke B class by over 2 of the district 6 harescrambles. minutes, way to go Traci.

In past years the powerful Honda 250R has Hopefully spring is really on the way, soon been the quad to beat in most forms of ATV racwe'll all be complaining about the dusty track coning. In the last few years we have seen the develditions and how hot its been. Our next Harescramble opment and release of several new brands which coverage will be from rounds 3, 4, and 5 of the Pa. have showed the potential to dethrone the R. This State Series. Including Hurricane Hills, Foot of the round proved that these new quads are no joke.

Mountain and the new facility in Shippensburg The start of the 2 stroke class was similar to sponsored by Compass Race Team. I'll also be the past few rounds with Sunbury Pa.'s Chris out at the GNCC here in Pa. at Rausch Creek on Borich taking the lead. Rob Hertz and Todd May 10th. Stop by and say hello I really enjoy Rothermel were in hot pursuit but before a lap was meeting new racers and being able to give our complete Rothermel's engine took on some water sport the publicity it deserves. Until next time, ride and left him spectating, but only for a few minresponsibly, respect your neighbors, but when you utes. get to the track let it rip!!!!

Meanwhile Borich pulled a bit of a lead and tried to stay dry. The 4 stroke A class left the line Jason L. Hughes #750 moments later with Jon Bowers taking the lead on his modified Honda 400EX. Bowers was chased by a fleet of current model year modified racers including Suzuki Z400's, Cannondales and the Polaris Predator. Rick Cecco from Shamokin Pa. was in a good position to challenge Bowers for the lead, but was sidelined on the first lap with electrical problems.

As the laps progressed the Hartman brothers stayed within striking distance of Bowers waiting for an opportunity to make their move. Meanwhile out front in the 2 stroke class Chris Borich was heading for another overall win when the mechan-

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ATV Harescramble Report From Flying Dutchmen MC

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STEELE CREEK

Morganton, NC – GNCC Round 3

By Trish Krachun / Pro Parts Racing

Round 3 of the GNCC Series landed upon the scenic Steele Creek campground facility in Morganton, NC. Racer Productions, the promotors, put together an extremely rough 10-mile track. One of the highlights for the fans, was the bridge that the racers navigated their way under in the stream & mud bogs. Fans were crowded on top of that bridge as the racers went under them. Some of those mud-bogs along the track got so bad that many racers, even Bill Ballance & William Yokely had to be pulled out with a tow rope by the spectators! Ballance & Yokely were grateful for the spectators help, without them, they probably wouldn't have won their respective classes.

name for himself. After finishing 1st in the GA GNCC & an impressive 4th Overall, he continued his winning streak. He won the Four Stroke A class again in Steele Creek and, again, placed in the top 10 overall finishing 9th!

In the morning race, there was a continuous battle for the overall lead between top women's contender, Traci Cecco & 4-stroke stock racer, Adam Howell. Cecco, now mounted on a Team Alba backed Suzuki Z400 crashed hard in the first turn leaving her main rival Stephanie Parton to grab the holeshot. Cecco charged hard catch up to Parton & Angel Atwell who was now leading. Cecco passed both Parton & Atwell and held her lead for the last 3 laps. Meanwhile, Adam Howell who is now competing on a Kawasaki V-Force 700 was on auto-pilot most of the race as 2nd place was more than 2 minutes behind him throughout the race. He was set on gaining time to secure his overall win against Cecco who

Other finishes: Pro: 1. Bill Ballance 2. Chris Borich 3. Santo Dirisi Pro Production: 1. William Yokely 2. Chad Duvall 3. Brad Page 250A: 1. Ray Lippencott 2. James Wahl 3. Dirk Decesare 4-stroke A: 1. Bryan Cook 2. Duane Johnson 3. Jeff Stoess Open A: Dave Hogg 2. Brian Schmid 3. Michael Lucas

As the Pro & Pro Production top 20 overall in points standings started on the front row in the grassy field, it was Klotz/LRD backed Bill Ballance who grabbed the much sought after holeshot. He was followed closely by Team Safari/LRD/Pro Parts Racing's Matt Smiley. The remainder of the Pro & Pro Production classes took off 1 minute later. This gives the top guns in each class an equal chance of capturing the overall win. The Pro Production class has really stepped up this year as many more Pro racers jumped ship to join the Pro Production class. Racers such as Yokely (#3), Brad Page (#5), & Johnny Gallagher (#14) are now mounted on Suzuki LTZ400's with stock frames as opposed to the after-market framed 2-strokes.

Top 10 Overall Points going into Round 4: 1. Bill Ballance - 81 2. Chris Borich - 54 3. William Yokely - 46 4. Brad Page - 44 5. Chad Duvall - 43 6. Johnny Gallagher - 36 7. Brandon Ballance - 35 8. Greg Trew - 30 9. Bryan Cook - 30 10. Chris Jenks - 25

The Pro Production class is in it's sophmore year of the GNCC Series. The ATV manufacturers are really relishing this new class. In the past years, the Pro, among other, classes have turned into to an almost totally after-market ATV class which you can not buy in your local dealer showroom. For the Pro Production class, there are rules that each racer has to follow. Among them, they have to run 4-stroke ATV being made today and run the stock chassis & motor mounts, but they are allowed to modify other area's of the ATV. The promoters & racers feel this class will help put the spotlight on the ATV's currently being produced and get the factory's involved. So far, the factory's are starting to up their racing support by offering contingencies & helping dealerships supply top racer's with new ATV's to race. Let's give a BIG welcome back to the manufactures & Racer Productions for starting this class!

As the racers battled for the lead, Ballance was soon being challenged by 20-year old, East Coast/LRD backed Chris Borich (#4). Smiley soon dropped out of the race with a mechanical failure. This particularly hurts Smiley since this is his 3rd DNF this season. Last season, Smiley was nick-named Mr. Consistency for his ability to finish on the podium at almost all the GNCC races, this season he sure needs some of that consistency back! Borich, however, proved to be a force to be reckoned with on this sunny day. Ballance & Borich quickly pulled their lead away from 3rd, 4th & 5th overall, K&K's Greg Trew, Four-Stroke Tech's Chad Duvall & Yoshimura/IMS/ITP/Nac's/Roll backed William Yokely who compete in the Pro Production class by mid-race.

Borich gained the lead as he passed Ballance who was stuck in a mud-hole. It took 5-6 spectators with a tow strap to pull him out! Ballance made a hard charge to catch Borich. Borich was leading the last lap until he crashed pretty hard. "I caught a kicker and it threw me over the bars. The hardest part today was picking the right lines." Said Borich. At this point, Yokely was now leading the Production class in a raging battle with Duvall. Yokely had charged so hard, he was within sight of Ballance & Borich. Once he saw him, he decided to plow hard through the middle of a deep mud hole & got stuck. The spectators, again, saved the day & pulled him out.

At the checkers, it was Bill Ballance with the overall win, with Borich finishing 2nd 30 seconds back. "Chris ran a real good pace today" said Ballance. Yokely & Duvall charged hard to finish in 3rd & 4th overall while placing 1st & 2nd in their Pro Production class. Yokely commented after the race "my bike was working awesome, but I was getting some arm pump out there".

Others racers agreed & many had lots of blisters on their hands to prove what a rough track it was.

Here's someone to keep an eye on... Four-Stroke A's Bryan Cook seems to be making quite a

2. Jimmy Wahl 4. Todd Rothermel 4. Sean Neidlinger 18. Tom Hertz (DNF) 4-Stroke A: 9. Rick Cecco 24. Matt Lawrence Open B: 1. Brad Whitehead 5. Jeff Pickens Women: 1. Traci Cecco 4. Nicole Pennycook 4-Stroke Stock: 6. Jason Hughes 14. Michael Sroka 15. John Bowers 18. Rich Travalena DNF - Doug Hunter

Results from District 6 Racers: PRO: 2. Chris Borich 6. Rob Hertz DNF - Matt Smiley

Utility Stock: 1. Matt Travalena Utility Modified: 2. Dale Hiles

Next Race is Big Buck GNCC in Union, SC on April 12th. Read on in this issue of MRA to see if Balance will pull off another win or if Smiley will make a big return.

Pro Production: 11. Mike Krachun Open A: 3. Mike Lucas 12. Wes Stone DNF - Tim (TJ) Lenig 250A:

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Custom Axis, Inc. announces rider-support days at Rausch Creek MX & ATV Park Rausch Creek Motorsports Park and Custom Axis, Inc. are pleased to announce four rider support days planned for 2003 at Rausch Creek MX & ATV Park. Custom Axis will be on-site, providing free shock dynos, as well as free advice on proper shock and chassis set-up. The Custom Axis technicians will also be available to re-valve and rebuild shocks, for a fee. If you ride an ATV, and use, or plan on using Custom Axis on your machine, make it a point to visit Rausch Creek during a Custom Axis Support Day. The four dates planned for this year coincide with four exciting events at Rausch Creek MX & ATV Park. Following is a list of the dates and events planned:

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Event at Rausch Creek MX & ATV Park

Saturday, April 26th round one

Northeast ATV Motocross Championship,

Saturday, May 24th

Sunday, June 8th

Saturday, September 27th round four

Fourth Annual Open House

EX-riders group ride weekend

Northeast ATV Motocross Championship,

In addition to the four rider support days at Rausch Creek MX & ATV Park, Custom Axis will be joining us on May 10-11, for Round #6 of the GNCC race series. Custom Axis plans on providing the same service as a rider support day, plus more, during the event. Technicians will be on hand to ensure all the riders racing on Custom Axis shocks are set up and ready to win.

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Wallace Wallops ‘em 2003 THOR/Parts Unlimited Northeast Classic Motocross Series Round 1: Doublin Gap Motocross Park

By Jim P. Sanderson Newburg, PA, March 23, 2003 The 2003 Thor/Parts Unlimited Northeast Classic Motocross Series, celebrating its 11th year, is the premier motocross series of the northeast. Round one is one the earliest events on the AMA District Six calendar. Just two weeks prior, the Northeast still had quite a bit of snow cover and Mother Earth had yet to thaw. Over 700 of the best motocross riders in the northeast and beyond, made the trek to Newburg, Pennsylvania. With over $229,000 dollars in Factory Contingency for 2003, one can be sure that the competition will be fierce.

The Yentzer Family, promoters of the super fast and extremely technical, Doublin Gap Motocross Park, did a Bromley Suzuki's Barry Carsten (79) battles for 2nd place with Chris Hunter great job pre(505) and Tom Welch (116) in the final 125 A class moto at round 1 of the Northeast Classic MX Series in Newburg, Pennsylvania. paring the racecourse and the entire facility for that matter, for an outstanding day of great racing.

RRP's, Ty Wallace, AMA National # 85, walloped the competition in the 125 and 250 Open A classes, winning the overall, a nice chunk of change and heads to round two with the series points lead in both classes. Wallace carded 2-1's in both the 125 and 250 Open A classes, respectively, and also finished third overall in the Over 25 A class with a 5-2 score.

RRP's Ty Wallace had a great day at the 1st round of the 2003 Thor/Parts Unlimited NE Classic Series. Wallace rode to a 2-1 score in both the 125 A and 250 Open A classes taking home the overall in both plus a good chunk of the purse and now leads in series points in both classes.

Bromley Suzuki's Barry Carsten, who drove all night from St. Louis where he finished a very respectable 15th in the tiddler class at round 11 of the AMA Supercross Series, led the pack of 37 riders out of the first turn in the first 250 Open A class moto. In tow were Shenandoah Honda's Tom Welch, Barry Taggert Jr. and Yamaha of Camp Hill/ RRP's Jeremy Cook.

After a half a lap, the top five running order changed con-

RRP's Jeremy Cook (360) leads the start of the 1st 125 A class moto at round 1 of the Thor/Parts Unlimited NE Classic. Trailing were Mike Leavitt (213), Barry Carsten (79), and Ty Wallace (85).

siderably. Welch was out front followed by Crossroad Powersports/RRP's Damien Plotts, Wallace, Carsten and Jeremy Tiffany.

Plotts was right on the rear wheel of Welch by the start of lap two and made the pass for the lead by doing the triple just before the expert only section while Welch only doubled the obstacle. Welch was Mike Leavitt (213) leads early in the final 125 A class relegated to second. Wallace moto at round 1 of the Northeast Classic MX Series on March 23rd. Trailing were Jeremy Cook (360), and Carsten were still third Ty Wallace (85) and Damien Plotts (46). and fourth and Kevin Brodsky Jr. moved up to fifth. Plotts and Welch quickly separated themselves, as there was a huge gap back to Wallace in third.

Plotts had a four second lead by the last lap. Welch made a mistake only a short distance from the finish line, which allowed Wallace and Carsten to get by. Plotts got the first moto win with Wallace, Carsten, Welch and Cook trailing.

Cook led the start of the final 250 Open A class moto. In tow were Nick Mowry, Wallace, Carsten and Chris Hunter. The top five running order changed considerably after the leaders got through the tight and twisty infield section.

Cook remained at the point with Wallace, Welch, Carsten, and Dustin Kendall trailing.

The top four remained unchanged after two and a half laps with Plotts moving up to fifth. Welch and Carsten traded passes a few

RRP teammates Jeremy Cook (360) and Damien Plotts (46) battle for 2nd place late in the final 125 A class moto at the 1st round of the 2003 Thor/Parts Unlimited Northeast Classic MX Series held at Doublin Gap MX Park on March 23rd in Newburg, Pennsylvania.

Wallace closed the gap on Cook and made the pass for the lead along the back tree-line section. Cook was relegated to second. With two laps remaining, Carsten passed Cook to take second, dropping Cook to third and soon after was passed by Plotts, dropping Cook to fourth.

in on Wallace and made the pass for the lead. Plotts quickly pulled away and finished the moto with a five second advantage. Rounding out the top five were Wallace, Day, Hunter and Carsten.

Carsten led the start of the final 125 A class moto but was quickly passed by Wallace.

Carsten dropped to second. Rounding out the top five were Hunter, Welch and Dave Ginolfi. The top four were unchanged by lap two with Plotts moving up to fifth.

Wallace took the checkered flag with a three second advantage. Rounding out the top five were Carsten, Plotts, Welch and Cook.

Wallace crossed the finish line for the second moto win with about a four second advantage. Rounding out the top five were Carsten, Hunter, Welch and Plotts.

Wallace got the top tier of the 250 A podium via his 2-1 rides. Plotts 1-3 score was good for runner-up honors and Carsten rounded out the podium with his 3-2 tally.

Wallace earned the overall with his 2-1 rides. Plotts 1-5 tally was good enough for runner-up honors. Carsten's 5-2 rides were good for third overall.

Cook led the start of the first 125 A class moto. In tow were Mike Leavitt, Carsten, Rodney Horrocks and Wallace. Leavitt had the point after about a half lap, displacing Cook to second. Wallace and Plotts were now third and fourth with Horrocks dropping to fifth.

Wallace was out front by the start of lap two with Cook, Leavitt, Plotts and Aaron Day trailing. A few turns later, Plotts passed Leavitt to take third dropping Leavitt to fourth. On the next lap, Leavitt attempted the triple but came up short, giving Day fourth place. Leavitt dropped to fifth.

Plotts passed Cook for second with a lap and a half to go. Cook was relegated to third. Day was a solid fourth and Hunter was now up to fifth. Plotts closed

Crossroads Powersports/RRP's Damien Plotts leads the start of the 1st Over 25 A class moto at round 1 of the Thor/Parts Unlimited NE Classic at Doublin Gap MX Park. In tow were Scott Sayres (335), John Young (22), Jason Palmer (73), Jim McIlvaine (133) and Ty Wallace (85).

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times with Carsten finally making a pass stick on lap three to take third, dropping Welch to fourth.

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Adam Blessing from Toms River, NJ warming up before the race

Doublin Gap was the site for Round # 1 of the 11th Annual Thor Parts Unlimited North East Classic on March 23, 2003. Over 700 riders came out on this beautiful spring day to compete in the kick off race of this years prestige’s event. Riders from up and down the north east coast follow this event to 5 different tracks each year to compete for close to a quarter million dollars in factory contingency money. In addition to that scores of sponsors donate parts and accessories to be given away at each round, and one lucky racer goes home with a brand new mx bike from each event donated by a local dealer.

The North East Classic was an idea spawned by track #103 Chris Deleo gets the holeshot owner Tom Hurd back in the early 90’s. The primary goal was to get riders from the north east to travel to different facilities to see who really is the fastest guy or girl in their respective classes from the region. Since then the series has exploded and sponsors from all over the world offer their wares to the fastest riders in the series. As of print date there are still three rounds left for you to participate in , there is plenty of contingencies and prizes available so load up your bike and head on out to the North East Classic.

Round # 1 3/23/03 Doublin Gap MX Park Round # 2 4/27/03 Raceway Park

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Round # 3 5/4/03 Hurricane Hills Sports Center

JD Methfessel doing the double

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Round # 4 7/6/03 Broome-Tioga Sports Center

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Round # 5 7/27/03 Walden Playboy Motocross

In talking with Tom Hurd he asked that we thank all of the sponsors and track owners that help make these events possible, and also the riders that travel to and participate each year in the series. I would also like to mention the participating dealers that donate motorcycles to be given away at these events, your support of our sport is highly commendable.

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#66 Marcus Hodgeleads the 85cc 7-11 thru the 1st turn

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ROUND #1 NORTHEAST CLASSIC MX SERIES

#47 Nicholas Evennou 125 B Winner

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#177 Ryan Gabers leading the pack

Overall Race Results Overall # Brand Name 50 (4-6) 1 9 Unk Darian Robinson 2 02 HSK Chase Miller 3 4j KTM Sam D. Sheckells 4 110 LEM Scott Walker 5 41m POL Derek Miller 50 (7-8) 1 187 POL 2 10 KTM 3 26 KTM 4 199 COB 5 2j KTM 50 (Oil Injected) 4-8 1 5j KTM 2 111 YAM 3 19a HON 4 8t HON 5 42m KTM 60 (10-11) 1 51 KTM 2 6 KTM 3 21x YAM 4 921 SUZ 5 23 KTM

60 (7-9) 1 30 KAW 2 33 SUZ 3 5 SUZ Desiderio 4 72 KTM 5 187 KAW

Alex S. Maldet Dylan Wolfe Blake Wadsworth Wesley Mattivi Storm E. Sheckells

Sam D. Sheckells Jared R. Ross Addison Emory Iv Tyler Fleming Dustin Miller

Justin Barcia Sunny Drake Brandon S. Seibold Dylan Brajkovich Chaz Light

Albert Catanzaro Jacob Grove Nikolas S. Tyler Wozwey Alex S. Maldet

80 (14-15) 1 18t SUZ 2 23x KAW 3 412 KAW 4 391 SUZ 5 48 YAM

Willy Toth, Jr Kerry Kaminskie Jr Chad Dunning Sean Wallace Jacob Wolfe

80 (7-11) 1 51 KAW 2 34 HON 3 23t SUZ 4 30 KAW 5 66 KAW

Justin Barcia Ryan Blizzard Garret Toth Albert Catanzaro Marcus Hodge

80 (12-13) 1 72 SUZ Michael Picone 2 24 SUZ Marshall Hurd

verall # Brand Name O 3 1 KAW Colton Harrison 4 44 KAW Adam Blessing 5 18 HON Teddy Grant Super Mini 1 72 SUZ 2 23 KAW 3 4 SUZ 4 412 KAW 5 70 SUZ

Mini 9-13 1 23t SUZ 2 34 HON 3 24 SUZ 4 44 KAW 5 348 SUZ

School Boy 1 53 KAW 2 216 KAW 3 18t SUZ 4 4 SUZ 5 201 SUZ

Michael Picone Kerry Kaminskie Jr Robert Marshall Chad Dunning Daniel Holton, Jr

Garret Toth Ryan Blizzard Marshall Hurd Adam Blessing Joey Keefe

Mitchell Dougherty Scott Sears Willy Toth, Jr Robert Marshall Brandon Meier

College Boy 1 461 YAM 2 343 KAW 3 94 YAM 4 384 YAM 5 47 YAM

David Ginolfi Stephen R. Stella Brian Murphy Samuel Forrester Nicholas Evennou

125 A 1 85 YAM 2 46 HON 3 79 SUZ 4 505 HON 5 602 YAM

Ty Wallace Damion Plotts Barry Carsten Chris Hunter Aaron Day

Overall # Brand Name 250 B 1 44 HON Matt Ranum 2 100 HON Stephen K. Hunter 3 380 SUZ Brian Murphy 4 143 YAM Jason Doyle 5 54 KAW Richard White

verall # Brand Name O Vet B 1 907 HON Gregory Lykos 2 555 YAM Joseph Farnish 3 414 YAM Steven Sheckler 4 771 HON Byron Culbertson 5 44 HON William F. Seagle

250 C 1 12 KAW 2 556 YAM 3 7x HON 4 52a YAM 5 15l YAM

Vet C 1 505 HON 2 13 HON 3 912 YAM 4 34 YAM 5 158 HON

Plus 25 A 1 46 HON 2 116 HON 3 85 HON 4 425 YAM 5 456 SUZ Plus 25 B 1 794 YAM 2 9 HON 3 42x HON 4 371 SUZ 5 414 YAM

Vet A 1 79 SUZ 2 456 SUZ 3 22 KAW 4 133 SUZ 5 343 HON

Jonathan Woskob Chalmers S. Helman Todd Selleck, Jr. Aqil S. Sharif Eric Leiby

Damion Plotts Tom Welch Ty Wallace Barry L. Taggart, Jr. Jeffrey Grove

Toby Leemore Christopher Curtis Eric B. Gebhard Michael G. Derosa Steven Sheckler

Barry Carsten Jeffrey Grove John Young James Mcilvaine Jerry Seip,jr

Senior 1 2n YAM 2 343 HON 3 204 HON 4 620 YAM 5 338 HON

Women 1 245 YAM 2 613 YAM 3 32 YAM

125 C 1 24c YAM 2 14 KAW 3 556 YAM 4 869 YAM 5 620 YAM

Todd M. Herman Robert Smith Gregory Henry Mark Wienecks Joey Kilby

Tim Schmelyun Jerry Seip,jr Robert Huston Kevin Mesiah Timothy Brown

Jessye M. Davis Christina Basna Nicki Lingle

Chad Breckbill Bryan Wilmoth Chalmers S. Helman Mike J. Landis Michael Mccubbin

125 B 1 47x YAM Nicholas Evennou 2 44x YAM Zachary A. Feaster 3 28 YAM Andrew Wiegand 4 94 YAM Brian Murphy 5 53 KAW Mitchell Dougherty 250 A 1 85 HON 2 46 HON 3 79 SUZ 4 360 YAM 5 116 HON

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DOUBLIN GAP MX PARK – Shippensburg, PA

Ty Wallace Damion Plotts Barry Carsten Jermey Cook Tom Welch

Jerry Stake of Cumberland Kawasaki Presents Bryan Culbertson of Hillsborough, NJ with a Brand New Kawasaki KX 100 – Bike courtesy of Cumberland & Roxy’s Kawasaki

Jeff Kemp Robert Ralston Adam Fritch Robert Turick Heith Wertman Driayne Rehm

20A 54J 5 305 6H 11 6J

Anthony Carroll Keith Jenkins Jimmie Hill Jason Ivertz Heather Gaul Nick Mickovich Josh Skelton

4 Stroke B Group 2 1.

3B Bruce Wyland 2.

17 John Bradaric 3.

757 Tim Roe 4.

50M Mike Kisner 5.

08 Roy Snyder 6.

33A Andrew Stettler 7.

3 Erik Hines 8.

20 Jason Darlenzo

Veteran 1.

69 Chris Coleman 2.

125 Dan Portanova 3.

08 Roy Ryder Open A 1.

19 Jason Dunkelberger 2.

55 Andy Ehrenzeller 3.

77 James Foglio 2 Stroke A 1.

55 2.

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Bruce Wyland Tanner Cramm Brian Ace Steven Stracka Jason Robinson Sam Wall Dan Portanova Mike Kisner

4 Stroke Under 350cc 1.

305 Jason Wertz 2.

52N Dan Wertman 3.

45 Tony Lucarelli 4.

72 Shaun Lawton 5.

6 Brian Ace

4 Stroke B Group 1 1.

64 Shawn Welsh 2.

254 Steven Stracka 3.

8R Jason Robinson

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Kyle Seiders Dave Nevrotski Greg Shaffer Tanner Kels Thomas Lazarski

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SLEEPY HOLLOW MINI TRACK March 30, 2003

65cc 10-11 1. Tyler Haw Kaw 2. Cody Fidler Kaw 3. Zach Sandoe Kaw

60cc 7-9 1.

Ryan Francis 199 2.

Brad Roth 22R 3.

Scott Heilman 67 4.

Kyle Greenwalt 98 5.

Jonathan Newton 2J 6.

Brett Cooper 15 7.

Jason Chavez 46J 8.

Joey Staskiel 7S 9.

Stephen Buss 10B 10.

Neil Ebert 77E

85cc 7-11 1. Kyle Seidle Suz 2. Timothy Savidge Yam 3. Travis Overly Yam 4. Drey Boddie Hon 5. Kyle Greenawalt Yam 6. Tyler Hawk Kaw 85cc 12-13 1. Cody Schneider Kaw 2. Aaron Ulrich Suz 3. Adam Kline Suz 4. Jason Smith Kaw 5. Zachary Putt Yam 85cc 14-15 1. Alex Sharkey Suz 2. Broc Moore Hon Supermini 1. Kyle Seidle Suz 2. Wayne Powell Suz 3. Jordan Deblasse Kaw 4. Travis Powell Suz 5. Broc Moore Hon Schoolboy 1. Larry Nutshler Kaw 2. Wayne Powell Suz 3. Robert Scheid Suz 4. Alex Sharkey Suz College Boy 1. Jeremy Overly Yam 125A 1. Nate Reitz Hus 2. Brian McCullough Hon 125B 1. Alex Gaul Yam 2. Joseph Gaul Hon 3. Michael Brodbeck Yam 4. Matt Moore Yam 5. Mike Futer Hon 6. Stanley Otto Yam 7. Brian Shields Yam 8. Jason Esterly Yam 125C 1. Jack Hileman Yam 2. Larry Nutschler Kaw 3. Thomas Turnbull Hus 4. Chris Seligman Hon 5. Cory Wampler Kaw 6. Gary Gallagher Yam 7. Judd Lusgcavage Suz 8. Robert Schied Suz

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25+B 1. Mark Barends Hon 2. Jason Esterly Yam 3. Justin Anderson Yam 25+A 1. Johnny Lyons Hon 2. Brad Stepp Suz VetA 1. Brad Stepp Suz 2. Jason George Hon 3. Gary Hall Hon VetC 1. Scott Schauer Hon 2. Steve Kowalchak Yam 3. Kieth Kline Yam 4. Chris Teneyek Hon 5. Steve Westloy Yam 6. Niel Ebert Hon 7. Steve Wright Hon 8. Anthony Dimarzio Ktm 9. Bill Leone Yam 10. John Silberman Yam 4 wheel 2 Stroke A 1. Thaddeus Gross Suz 4 wheel 2 stroke B 1. Alan Fritch Hon 2. Steve Michael Suz 4 wheel 0-230 1. Amanda Bowen Yam 2. Adam Fritch Yam 3. Robert Ralston Yam 4 Wheel Open 4 Stroke A 1. Alexander Kose ?

2. Steve Jacoby Hon 4 Wheel Open 4 Stroke B 1. Corey Athecton Hon 2. Brook Myster Yam 3. Germaine Amadic ?

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50cc 4-6 Oil 1.

Brennan Weindel 2.

Trevor Shaffer 3.

Wyatt Baizto 4.

Logan Ehrets 5.

Kyle Boileau 6.

Justin Cooper 7.

Ethan Bressler DNS Brock Lieberman

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50cc 7-8 Oil 1.

Dalton Worthington 8W XR 50 1.

Bryce Dana 2.

Trevor Shaffer 3.

Mitchell Lenker 4.

Joshua Zartman 5.

Matthew Nolt 6.

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Logan Ehrets 2.

Eric Heilman 3.

Chase Miller 4.

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2003 Sleepy Hollow March 30, 2003 Big Track

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John Hewczuk 2.

Michael Polaski 3.

Benjamin Kief 4.

Gus Colby 5.

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Colby Chinchar 22 2.

Michael Thor 788 3.

Matt Ross 78 4.

Deanna Hicks 5D 5.

Kevin Thor 88K 6.

Zachery Jakubox X 7.

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Michael Thor 788 2.

Tanner Kels 10T 3.

Frank Wendling X 4.

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Thomas Lazarski 10 6.

Daniel Toth 60 90cc Quad 1.

Nicholas Moser X 2.

Jesse Greenwalt 98 3.

Glenn Miller 63 4.

Amber Biasi 18A 5.

Derek Bartashus 71 6.

Taylor Kief 88

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Stephen Buss

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Brandon Wolfe 100 3.

Bobby Kinsley 6F 4.

Addison Emory 19A 5.

Kevin Hicks 6K 6.

Dalton Worthington 8W PW80 – TTR90 1.

Brian Petrovcic 2.

Alyssa Savidge 3.

Cody Fidler

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Ft. of Mountain Neelyton, PA 17239

2003 AMA Sanctioned SP/Y/4W Hare Scramble

Must have a current AMA and A district card to ride these events.

Schedule:

(will be available at track)

Gates and Sign In open: 8AM At approx 10:00AM Youth/Women/PeeWee At approx 11:30AM A-B-Vet Sr-SS motorcycles At approx 2:00PM Quad Classes

Ft. of Mountain reserves the right to shorten times IF a safety factor occurs and reserves the right to cancel due to severe weather conditions.

April 13th

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Spectators assume all liability for any injuries or losses which may occur.

Directions: PA Turnpike to exit 13, right on Rt. 522 to Shade Gap, turn right on Rt 641 through Neelyton, crossroads turn right onto Decorum Rd, track on left OR PA Turnpike exit 14, Rt 75N to flashinglight turn left on Rt 641, 5 miles to crossroad turn left onto Decorum Rd, track on left.

Last fall, MRA was contacted by Shawn Gold, sales manager for Performance Distributing Co. based out of York, PA. Shawn represents products like No – Toil Biodegradable Air Filter Oil and Serfas Spider Grips.

Shawn offered some product samples to us for product testing. In a few days “the present man” as my kids refer to the UPS guy showed up at the door with a new No – Toil Air Filter Kit and a set of bright green Spider Grips for my sons 01 KX 85.

Well it wasn’t long before we were in the garage replacing the necessary parts to go out and play in the mud and begin our product testing. This was mid November last year, then it happened, yes the w word, winter showed up and it never ended. Well we got tired of this about early February and we decided we we’re going to start product testing, winter or no winter.

Fast forward to the present, our review is complete and winter is still trying to hang around.

We think that stinks, but as far as the products go that the present man brought us last November.

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First of all, I’ve been riding motorcycles for over 30 years now and I have never used a pair of grips as nice as the Spiders. They are super comfortable for those long trail rides and they offer excellent grip. As you all know, there’s been plenty of slippery conditions to test our grips in this spring. As far as longevity goes we can’t help you there, we wanted to get our report out as soon as possible. From the appearance of things I don’t see why they wouldn’t hold up as well as any other grip on the market. One last thing, the colors rock.

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Please read the directions completely before using this stuff. (hint:use rubber gloves)I believe the No – Toil products work great, we’ve had plenty of messy weather to test filters and cleaners in this spring. When removing the air filter from the KX it looked like it hadn’t been cleaned in several rides, to me this indicated that the oil was doing its job and trapping the dirt. Then I think to my self, how’s the cleaner going to work? Again follow the diluting directions on the bottle – one bottle of this stuff should last you quite a while. In minutes the filter looked like new again, apply the oil and back into the bike, No – Toil also offers a rim grease that works real good.

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Dutchmen PA Series took place on April 6th.

In youth action Tim Rizzon and Jerod Stoner made it look easy winning the 12-15 85cc and the 100 Super mini classes. Billy King had a great ride in the A class. Danny Palmer riding his first A200 race managed to hang on to a 5th despite an injured hand. Chris Henry took another win in the 125B but not with out pressure from Mikey Soudas finishing second and 5 minutes in front of third. In the senior class things looked good for Ed Hoover but a hard landing off a jump ended his day, making it easy for Brian Desimone to take the win.

RORR on March 30th was another story. Mother nature unloaded on this early spring day with her winter fury. 80+ youth and 135+ adult riders braved the storm. Club members were just awesome in pulling off this event. In Pee Wee action Kelsy Hartem rode hard to capture the Overall win along with first place in the 7-9 65cc class. Troy Desimone and Daniel Bromley took second and third. In the youth classes Jerod Stoner was on fire taking the overall and the win in the Super Mini Class. Mikey Soudas grabbed the super mini holeshot and rode well for 2nd place and 2nd overall. Mike Potts encountered a flat 2/3 of the way into the race but managed to hang on for 1st in the 12-15 85cc class and 3rd overall. In the main event ECEA's long time rider Fred Hoess showed everyone he still has it with an overall win by 3 minutes over Bill Atkinson. Atkinson Photo by Mike Soudas rides this race

almost every year and is alway near the top. This year he was 2nd. Great ride guys. Jim Senecal was 3rd overall. Other top class finishers included Bryan Desimone, Burt Guers, Brian Burt, Scott Chapkovich, Phill Kropp, Danny Palmer, Mike Sigety, Wayne Grenewicz.

On April 12th a few of our Photo by Mike Soudas young riders ventured to South Carolina to compete in the 4th round of the GNCC series. It was a summer like day with temperatures near 80 after a week full of rain. Track conditions were near perfect. Ryan McGaha proved once again he can hang with the best. Ryan took the Overall and the Mini Senior win. This was his second number 1 podium spot in 2 out of 2 youth events. Jerod Stoner has made the podium a few times but this time it was a 1st place spot in the Mini Intermediate class. Other local riders having fine rides included Tiffany Tomlin, Mikey Soudas, Eric Rogers, Jimmy Shea, Robert Camp, Troy Desimone. Adult riders having good riders were Ryan Rogers 250A, Bryan Desimone Senior A, Tom Ebersole to name a few. Chris Borich in quad action had a great ride also making the podium.

May is looking good for alot of race action. We have a couple of PA series races, ECEA events and a GNCC in our backyard at Rausch Creek on May 11th.

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Harrison, Dockray Handle Hurricane Hills

and eventually worked his way to fifth. Cook's 1-5 was good for the final tier of the 125 Amateur class podium.

By Jim P. Sanderson

Harrison got his number one plated KX off the gate and rounded the first turn with the lead. Trailing were Marshall Hurd, Keefe, Christopher Chesniak, and Kriger. Just after the start of the second lap, Hurd made the pass on Harrison for the lead in the corner preceding the huge Hurricane Hills step-up relegating Harrison to second. Third through fifth were unchanged.

Season Opener Hurricane Hills Sports Center CLIFFORD, PA, APRIL 6, 2003

Over 175 riders came out to Clifford, Pennsylvania, to the beautiful Hurricane Hills Sports Center for the season opener on a cold and wind swept spring day. Mother Nature dropped some extensive precipitation on the area several days prior to the event and overnight temperatures went down in to the 20's, which delayed practice sessions due to the fact that the ground was still frozen. Once promoter, Tom Hurd and his crew went to work ripping the entire racecourse, track conditions

The top five quickly spread out and remained the same until the last lap when Hurd crashed on the huge double in the middle of the racecourse giving Harrison the lead and the first moto win. Keefe inherited second while Hurd managed to remount third. Chesniak and Kriger rounded out the top five.

Harrison had another great start in the final 85cc 12-13-class moto. In tow off the start were Keefe, Chesniak, Kriger and Matt Vacendak. Hurd bruised some ribs in his first moto endo and decided to sit out the second moto.

Colton Harrison (1) leads the start of the 1st 85cc 12-13-class moto at the season opener at the Hurricane Hills Sports Center in Clifford, Pennsylvanai. In Two were Sean Wallace (391), Joey Keefe (348) and Marshall Hurd (24, hidden behind Harraison).

After two and a half laps the top two were unchanged. Krieger passed Chesniak to take third place, relegating Chesniak to fourth. Vacendak held fifth. The leaders spread out once again and remained the same to the checkered flag. The second moto finished; Harrison, Keefe, Kriger, Chesniak and Vacendak.

Dockray got his Yamaha out front and led the start of the first 125 Amateur class moto. Trailing were Cook, Ryan Saum, Dan Zabrowski and George Narcum. By the third turn, Cook had the lead with Dockray, Dan Zabrowski, Narcum and Carm Parri in tow. One long straight a way and a turn later, Dockray was back out front with Cook being relegated to second.

Jon Dockray (46) leads the strat of the 1st 125 Amateur class moto at Hurricane Hills in Clifford, Pennsylvania on April 6th.

In tow were Brain Cook (840), Ryan Saum (333), Dan Zabrowski (5z) and George Narcum (360).

improved greatly and continued to do so as the day progressed. When the second half of the race program started, the track was in excellent shape.

Kawasaki pilot, Colton Harrison and Yamaha pilot, Jon Dockray won the 85cc 12-13 and 125 Amateur classes, respectively, at the season opening motocross race at the Hurricane Hills Sports Center in Clifford, PA. Joey Keefe and Jamie Kriger rounded out the 85cc 12-13-class podium. Keefe went 2-2 for runner-up honors while Kriger, who was racing for the first time, carded a 5-3 for the day.

W a l t Zabrowski and Brian C o o k rounded out the 125 Amateur class podiu m .

Dan Zabrowski (5z) leads Jon Dockray (46), Ryan Saum (333) Zabrowski and Walt Zabrowski (81z) in to the first turn of the second 125 Amateur class moto at Hurricane Hills in didn't get Clifford, Pennsylvania on April 6th. quite the start he would have liked in the first moto but eventually worked his way to fourth. In the second moto, Zabrowski's brother Dan nailed the holeshot and the two brothers battled for about a half a lap running one and two. Walt passed his brother Dan on the finish line triple to take the lead and pulled away to a whopping 14-second lead by the end of the moto.

Cook chased down Dockray for the next couple of laps and finally made the pass for the lead on lap three. Dockray dropped to second. Narcum was holding his own in third while Walt Zabrowski had moved up to fourth and David Rockafeller fifth.

85 (14-15): 1. Sean Wallace (Suz); 2. Josh Stout (Kaw).

85 (9-13): 1. Colton Harrison (Kaw); 2. Joey Keefe (Suz); 3. Marshall Hurd (Suz).

S/MINI: 1. Sean Wallace (Suz); 2. Josh Stout (Kaw).

SCHBY: 1. Dan Zabrowski (Yam); 2. Rj Reynolds (Hon); 3. Keegan Saum (Yam); 4. Steve

Cook kept the point position for the rest of the moto, taking the checkers with a small advantage over Dockray. Rounding out the top five were Narcum, Zabrowski and Jim Ayres.

Grossweiler (Suz); 5. Josh Stewart (Kaw).

Dan Zabrowski, who changed from a Honda CR125 to a 250 YZF Yamaha thumper for the 2003 season, led the pack through the first turn in the final 125 Amateur class moto just ahead of Dockray, Ayres, and Walt Zabrowski. One quarter of a lap later the top five were Dan Zabrowski, Walt Zabrowski, Dockray, Cook and Rockafeller.

Miller (Yam).

Walt passed his brother Dan for the lead on the finish line triple at the start of lap two to take the lead. Dan Zabrowski was relegated to second. A half a lap later, Dan Zabrowski cross-rutted in the big sweeper turn by the start area, which let Dockray by for the runner-up position. Dan Zabrowski dropped to third. Ayres and Cook were still fourth and fifth, respectively.

Walt Zabrowski was just flying out front and had an 11-second lead by lap three.

The top five were pretty well spread out by this point of the final 125 Amateur class moto and remained unchanged to the checkered flag. Walt Zabrowski finished the moto with a huge 14-second lead. Rounding out the top five were Docray, Dan Zabrowski, Ayres and Cook.

RESULTS:

P/Wee: 1. Kyla Boorom (Yam).

50 (4-6): 1. Spencer Tompkins (Yam); 2. Nathan Savage (Hon); 3. Jared Lambert (Yam).

Cook battled with Dockray for the first three laps of the first 125 Amateur class moto, finally getting around Dockray for the lead and stayed in the point position, taking the first moto win. Cook, almost exactly opposite of Zabrowski, got a not-so-great start in the second 125 Amateur class moto

50 (7-8): 1. Stephen Buss (Ktm); 2. Kevin

Hicks Hsk 3. Robert Piazza Jr (Ktm); 4.

Justin Ziegenfus (Hon); 5. Joe Ide (Ktm).

65 (7-9): 1. Ryan Francis (Ktm); 2. Brad Roth (Kaw); 3. Jake Stout (Kaw); 4. Tyler Leighton (Kaw); 5. Carlton Stack III (Yam).

65 (10-11): 1. James Doolittle (Suz); 2.

Anthony Peregrin (Ktm); 3. Logan Allen (Ktm); 4. Trevor Mack (Kaw); 5. Anthony Madole (Kaw).

85 (7-9): 1. Tyler Leighton (Kaw).

85 (10-11): 1. Anthony Peregrin (Suz); 2.

James Doolittle (Suz); 3. Logan Allen (Suz).

85 (12-13): 1. Colton Harrison (Kaw); 2. Joey Jon Dockray (46) leads Brian Cook (840) and Dan Zabrowski (5z) early in the 1st 125 Amateur class moto at the season opening Motocross race at the Hurricane Hills Sports Center on April 6th.

Dan Zabrowski (5z) leads his brother Walt (81z) early in the second 125 Amateur class moto at the season opener at the Hurricane Hills Sports Center in Clifford, Pennsylvania on April 6th.

Colton Harrison had a couple of perfect 1-1 rides to take the top tier of the 85cc 12-13 class podium at the Hurricane Hills Sports Center in Clifford, Pennsylvania.

Keefe (Suz); 3. Jamie Kriger (Hon); 4.

Christopher Chesniak (Suz); 5. Matt Vacendak (Kaw).

CLGBY: 1. Walter Zabrowski (Yam); 2. Jim Ayres (Hon); 3. Brian Cook (Suz); 4. Jacob Cope (Hon); 5. Jon Dockray (Yam).

125 Pro: 1. Caleb Miller (Yam); 2. Dave Nyzio (Yam); 3. Sonny Nighman (Kaw); 4. Jimmy 125 AM: 1. Jon Dockray (Yam); 2. Walter Zabrowski (Yam); 3. Brian Cook (Suz); 4. Jim Ayres (Hon); 5. Dan Zabrowski (Yam).

125 NOV: 1. Mark Stephens (Yam); 2. David Szymansky (Yam); 3. Josh Case (Yam); 4. Tom Tressler (Ktm); 5. Shane Saxon (Ktm).

250 Pro: 1. Sonny Nighman (Kaw); 2. Dave Nyzio (Yam); 3. Caleb Miller (Yam); 4. Scott Rockwell (Hon); 5. Jimmy Miller (Yam).

250 AM: 1. Thomas Bernard (Hon); 2. Chris Murray (Yam); 3.

Jacob Cope (Hon); 4. James Teel (Suz); 5. Brad Ford (Hon).

250 NOV: 1. Rj Reynolds (Hon);

2. Mike Fetherston (Yam); 3.

Allen Ervin (Kaw); 4. John

Schafft (Kaw); 5. Jesse Carling (Hon).

+25 EX: 1. Scott Rockwell (Hon);

2. Randy Barker (Hon); 3.

Kenneth Burke (Yam). +25 AM: 1. Frank Hughes (Yam); 2. Dylan Laporte (Yam); 3. B.j.

Wightman (Yam); 4. Mark Barends (Hon); 5. Jim Pudney (Hon). +30 EX: 1. Randy Barker (Hon); 2. Kenneth Burke (Yam). +30 AM: 1. Kevin Hicks (Yam); 2. Tom Lambert (Yam); 3.

Mark Barends (Hon); 4.

Joseph Bollard (Yam); 5.

Dylan Laporte (Yam). +30 NOV: 1. John Schafft (Kaw); 2. Jeff Case (Suz); 3. Ant(Hon);y Dimarzio (Ktm); 4. Craig Munn (Hon); 5. Eric Krisa (Hon). +40: 1. Gene Nighman (Kaw); 2. Joseph Bollard (Yam); 3.

Jim Sanderson (Suz).

Jamie Kriger, who raced for the first time at the season opener at the Hurricane Hills Sports Center in Clifford, Pennsylvania, finished third overall in the 85cc 12-13 class on April 6th.

Christopher Chesniak rode consistently to a 4-4 score for fourth overall in the 85cc 12-13 class at the season opener at Hurricane Hills on April 6th.

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Rausch Creek Motorsports, and Mom and Dad MRA had an opportunity recently to speak with AMA District 6 champ Casey Clark. Casey started his racing career here in district 6 when he was just 6 years old racing a Yamaha 4 Zinger quad. He has since moved on to racing motorcycles and has accomplished many district titles over the years. Casey has been racing in the Expert division for the last three seasons and has done quite well. In both 2000 and 2001 he won both the 125A and 250A class championships, in 2002 he was 1st in the 125A Expert division and 2nd in the 250A division. Casey will be chasing a new dream this year, he will be competing on his Keeney Motosports sponsored Yamahas in the 2003 AMA/Chevy Trucks U.S. MX Series. In talking with Casey he said he plans to hit all of the Outdoor Nationals this year and one of his goals is to earn a top 100 number. MRA would like to thank Casey for the time he gave us and we wish you a great season of racing.

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Upcoming Events Tentative Schedule (Please double check dates with your local track.)

MAY/JUNE MotoCross 5/3

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Final Rider 125 AMATEUR 1 J.MERRILL JR. 2 S.SZMYD 3 B.WALLACE 4 S.EDELSTEIN 5 B.LAPUSNAK 6 C.PEPE 7 D.WALL

8 J.WHITNEY 9 A.DUIGON 10 D.MONTANARO 125 NOVICE 1 R.JIMENEZ JR 2 T.MURPHY 3 T.JAMISON 4 J.MUSHALLA 5 J.SMITH 6 T.WONSKI 7 J.BURLEW 8 N.LACERENZE 9 M.RICE 10 S.LEWIS 125 PRO EXPERT 1 D.PLOTTS 2 T.WALLACE 3 B.CARSTEN 4 J.MC ILVAINE 5 J.HARPER 6 J.PAUL 7 K.RAND 8 G.LURCH 9 B.BERRY 10 T.STAVAC 25+ AMATEUR 1 T.GRIFFIN 2 M.BURKHOLDER 3 J.LUTY 4 B.LAPUSNAK 5 B.DALUSIO 6 B.BIEL 7 B.JENSEN 8 A.DUIGON 9 D.BROWN 10 J.TAVERNESE 25+ EXPERT 1 D.PLOTTS 2 T.WALLACE 3 J.MC ILVAINE 4 J.KAPITAN 5 B.BERRY 6 R.SCHMIDT 7 B.SMITH 8 T.ULIKOWSKI 9 D.EDSALL 10 L.HARPER

Brand SUZ YAM HUS YAM YAM YAM HON YAM YAM YAM YAM SUZ SUZ KTM YAM YAM YAM SUZ KAW SUZ HON YAM SUZ SUZ SUZ YAM KTM YAM HON YAM HON YAM YAM YAM YAM HON HON YAM YAM YAM HON YAM SUZ HON HON HON KTM HON HON YAM

250 AMATEUR 1 S.HUNTER 2 B.GOLDSTEIN 3 S.EDELSTEIN 4 T.GRIFFIN 5 M.BOYCE 6 F.ROCKINO 7 D.WIXON 8 J.THOMAS 9 M.EMICK 10 J.MASSARO

HON KTM YAM HON HON YAM HON HON YAM HON

250 NOVICE 1 V.PALMIERI 2 W.CHAMBERS 3 D.CAMPORA 4 C.KOERKEL 5 D.DIMASI 6 R.FASCONE 7 S.WELDEN 8 V.GRANOZIO 9 M.JORDAN 10 J.KIMOCK

SUZ HON HON HON YAM HON YAM HON HON HON

250 PRO EXPERT 1 B.CARSTEN 2 D.PLOTTS 3 T.WALLACE

SUZ HON YAM

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

C.HUNTER R.ZUPKO J.HARPER J.KAPITAN D.DICILLO, JR J.SEIP JR B.SMITH

YAM YAM SUZ HON YAM HON KTM

30+ AMATEUR 1 J.LUTY 2 D.MCLAUGHLIN 3 D.BROWN 4 M.BURKHOLDER 5 B.BIEL 6 T.KONTRATH 7 A.PERZAN 8 J.LOPALO 9 B.CULBERTSON 10 J.TAVERNESE

YAM KAW YAM YAM HON SUZ HON YAM HON YAM

30+ EXPERT 1 B.CARSTEN 2 R.ZUPKO 3 J.KAPITAN 4 D.DICILLO, JR 5 J.MC ILVAINE 6 J.SEIP JR 7 D.WOLFSKILL 8 G.TURNER 9 M.TIESLER 10 E.BURKHOLDER

SUZ YAM HON YAM SUZ HON YAM YAM HON HON

30+ NOVICE 1 D.DIMASI 2 G.LEEMANN 3 S.MIGIACCI 4 C.KOERKEL 5 J.SCOTTO 6 M.ONDY 7 S.VIRCIK 8 J.POLIZZI 9 J.HAGSTRON 10 A.COULIANIDIS

YAM YAM YAM HON HON HON HON YAM HON HON

40+ EXPERT 1 D.WOLFSKILL 2 J.SEIP JR 3 G.TURNER 4 R.ROSSETER 5 C.VANNOTE 6 A.WATKINS 7 K.BORDZUK 8 J.MACDONALD 9 K.GLASS 10 C.HATCH

YAM HON YAM YAM HON HON HON KAW HON HON

40+ SUPER SENIOR 1 J.MESLER 2 B.CULBERTSON 3 A.PERZAN 4 G.LUCAS 5 J.LAPUSNAK 6 C.TIERNEY 7 G.THOMPSON 8 S.LEWIS 9 C.HUGHES SR 10 R.BLESSING

YAM HON HON HON YAM HON HON SUZ KAW YAM

65CC 10 & 11 YRS. 1 D.TORRANCE 2 T.DISTEFANO 3 R.KOZAK 4 T.CHAUSKY

KAW SUZ HON KTM

5 6

T.VOGEL C.DASILVA

SUZ KAW

65CC 7 THRU 9 YRS. 1.

B.REDIELD 2 M.WILDEY 3 D.KRAUSE

KAW SUZ KTM

65CC 7 THRU 9 YRS. 1.

A.MAIMONE 5 C.EGBERT

KAW KAW

80CC 10 & 11 YRS OLD 1 H.ROJAS 2 D.TORRANCE 3 M.SOWA 4 M.MACKEPRANG 5 A.KOZIMOR 6 M.LACERENZA 7 T.VOGEL 8 M.GRANT 9 N.BORDGE 10 G.DRUNIS

SUZ KAW SUZ HON YAM KAW SUZ HON KAW SUZ

80CC 12 & 13 YRS OLD 1 B.WALLACE 2 A.BLESSING 3 T.GRANT 4 R.MALKIEWICZ 5 R.GAINEY 6 D.KESSLER 7 R.REGALBUTO 8 B.CULBERTSON 9 W.FRANCISCO 10 J.GOURLEY

KAW SUZ HON KAW SUZ KAW HON KAW HON YAM

80CC 14 & 15 YRS OLD 1 T.WONSKI 2 P.DEVLIN 3 M.TIPPIN JR 4 D.WOODWARD 5 C.FIELDS 6 J.LESO 7 M.BRIEN 8 M.DAWSON 9 C.TIERNEY 10 B.TIGHE

YAM SUZ SUZ HON YAM KAW YAM KAW KAW HON

COLLEGEBOY 1 S.HUNTER 2 J.MERRILL JR. 3 M.EMICK 4 S.SZMYD 5 B.GOLDSTEIN 6 G.LURCH 7 B.WALLACE 8 K.RAND 9 J.MASSARO 10 E.BALAWEJDER

HON SUZ YAM YAM KTM YAM HUS KTM HON YAM

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MRA MAY 2003 • 37

2003 Raceway Park Results April 6, 2003

SCHOOLBOY 125 1 T.MURPHY 2 R.JIMENEZ JR 3 T.JAMISON 4 N.LACERENZE 5 B.DOMANSKI 6 C.CAMDO 7 J.PRITCHARD 8 B.WALKOWICZ 9 R.MILLER 10 K.MEISTRICH

SUPER MINI 1 A.BLESSING 2 P.DEVLIN 3 B.WALLACE 5 R.MALKIEWICZ 6 D.KESSLER 7 D.WOODWARD 8 R.REGALBUTO 9 B.CULBERTSON 10 R.GAINEY

SUZ YAM SUZ SUZ HUS HON HON HUS SUZ HON

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Saturday - 04/05/2003

NE Area Loretta Lynn's Qualifier

250 C 1 2 3 4 5 6

782 576 52a 22f 77f x

YAM HON YAM HON HON YAM

HON Neal Knaub YAM Dennis Harnish HON Louis Hocker

25 Plus B 1 14 2 192 3 371

HON SUZ SUZ

Michael S. Cahill Travis Edwards Michael G. Derosa - Q

Vet A 1 2

226 138

YAM Mike Corbin HON David Hall

Vet B 1 2 3

981 414 213

YAM James A. Smith, Jr. YAM Steven Sheckler YAM Jeffrey Smith

Vet C 1 2 3 4 5 6

505 158 214 19a 116 32e

HON Todd M. Herman HON Joey Kilby SUZ Gary Blose HON Addison Emory Iii KAW Christopher Talianer SUZ Edward Conover

Senior 1 2 3 4

7 223 42 208

YAM Kenneth E. Messerman YAM Ken Roma KTM Rick Wenger KAW James Hinlicky

Four Stroke 1 719

Mini 9-13 1 23t 2 265 3 5 4 308 5 13 6 219

SUZ KAW KAW YAM KAW KAW

College Boy 1 71 2 19

YAM David Disciullo HON Blake Harkcon

Garret Toth Gino Spero Joseph Peditto Austin Bixler Kenny Carr Colton Bailey

250 cc Expert Division Moto 1

Patrick Massimiano Matthew Livelsberger Aqil S. Sharif Ronald Favinger Tom Fisher Jed Bange

25 Plus A 1 26 2 414 3 850

Has anybody seen one of those new ktms

50cc rider earning his wings

1 94 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

YAM Stephen B. Plank

125 C (Non Loretta Lynn) 1 66x YAM Cody Graybill 2 869 YAM Mike J. Landis 3 103 YAM C Deleo 4 22k YAM Erik Wilson 5 155 HON Shea O. Maldet 6 82w HON Andrew Weaver 7 220 YAM Justin Talianek 8 846 HON Michael May XR50 1 2 3

19a 8t 564

HON Addison Emory Iv HON Tyler Fleming HON Robbie Civiletti

01. 125 A 1 307 YAM Nicholas Mowry 2 360 YAM Jermey Cook 3 210 YAM Brandon Kuhn - Q 4 871 YAM Jeffrey Paul - Q 5 115 YAM Michael Schneck - Q 6 213 YAM Mike Leavitt 7 62 HON Billy T. Myers - Q 8 97 YAM Blake Taylor - Q 9 7 YAM Zachary A. Camp - Q 10 81 YAM Joshua Sheffer - Q 03. 125 B Stock

YAM Brian Murphy - Q 71 YAM David Disciullo - Q 28 YAM Andrew Wiegand 46 HON Lawrence Gill Iii - Q 583 SUZ Stephen Carlin - Q 219 YAM John Lawrence Iii - Q 648 YAM Derek Wilt - Q 555 YAM Joseph M. Farnish, Jr. - Q 50 YAM Matt Flint - Q 53 SUZ William Atwood - Q

05. 250/Open A 1 62 2 307 3 210 4 360 5 302 6 856 7 115 8 850 9 411 10 26

HON YAM YAM YAM HON HON YAM HON YAM HON

Billy T. Myers - Q Nicholas Mowry Brandon Kuhn - Q Jermey Cook Benjamin J. Bixler - Q Joseph Beatty Michael Schneck - Q Louis Hocker Evan Vochis - Q Neal Knaub

07. 250/Open B Stock 1 555 YAM 2 812 HON 3 447 HON 4 14 HON 5 79 YAM 6 83 HON 7 17t SUZ 8 321 HON 9 415 HON 10 42 HON

Joseph M. Farnish, Jr. - Q Chad Milazzo - Q David P. Langran - Q Michael S. Cahill Jeremy Stewart - Q Chad Aughinbaugh - Q James M. Teel - Q Eric Swarr Brian Scott Chris Clymer - Q

18. 51cc 4-6 Stk (Oil Inject) 1 5j YAM Sam D. Sheckells 2 32 KTM Dylan Blettner 3 xx YAM Katie Corbin 4 8s KTM Sommer Gangaway 5 289 Unk Dillon Kincaid 6 6x YAM Joseph Will 7 29 YAM James Beach 9 99 KTM Zack J. Ross 10 732 YAM Cody Price 19. 51cc 4-6 AMA Stock 1 9x Unk 2 030 KTM 3 834 COB 4 5j KTM 5 289 COB 6 110 LEM 7 02 COB 9 522 KTM 10 732 KTM 20. 51 cc 7-8 AMA Stock 1 83 COB 2 46 COB 3 703 KTM 4 187 POL 5 232 KTM 6 18x KTM 7 6r KTM 9 725 POL 10 2j KTM 21. 65 Stock 7-9 years 1 18 KTM 2 441 KTM 3 83 SUZ 4 5 SUZ 5 3 KAW 6 344 KAW 7 744 KTM 8 531 KTM 9 121x KTM 10 187 KAW 22. 65 Stock 10-11 years 1 51 KTM 2 921 KTM 3 77 KTM 4 62 KTM 5 697 KTM 6 21 KAW 7 18 KTM 8 13 KAW 9 60 SUZ 10 230 KTM 24. 85 Stock 7-11 years

Darian Robinson Drew Lowery Drew Minton Sam D. Sheckells Dillon Kincaid Austin Walker Chase Miller Mitchell Allen Cody Price

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Willy Toth, Jr Chris Colburn Michael Stryker Taylor Beltz David Blithe Kyle Willis Jordan Deblasse Eric J. Macminn Ronnie Hunt Jr

YAM Blake Taylor HON Joseph Beatty HON Benjamin J. Bixler

#18T Willy Toth JR dominated both the Supermini and 85 cc 14-15 Divisions

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

219 66 2 51 23t 23 404 25 722 655

KAW KAW KAW KAW SUZ SUZ YAM YAM SUZ YAM

Colton Bailey - Q Marcus Hodge - Q Broc J. Schmelyun - Q Justin Barcia - Q Garret Toth - Q Chaz Light - Q Tyler Knowlton - Q Timothy A. Savidge, Jr. - Q Jon Reber - Q Josh Abrecht - Q

30. 125 Stock 12-15 yrs. (SB) 1 583 SUZ Stephen Carlin - Q 2 337 YAM Anthony G. Fontana - Q 3 201 SUZ Brandon Meier - Q 4 229 YAM Gregory Wehler - Q 5 50 YAM Matt Flint - Q 6 21 SUZ John G. Hare - Q 7 149 KAW Alexander Sigismondi - Q 8 9c SUZ Joe Clevenger - Q 9 77x YAM Ryan J. Zimmerman - Q 10 9 YAM Ben Eastman - Q

32. Women 80-105 cc 12-15 1 28 HON Sarrina Smith - Q 15. 125 C Stock 1 8m SUZ 2 98 YAM 3 78 YAM 4 24c YAM 5 86y YAM 6 743 YAM 7 38 SUZ 8 229 YAM 9 13 KAW 10 8 YAM

Pasquale Morrocco - Q Rick Eyles - Q David Roeting - Q Chad Breckbill - Q Devin Frederick - Q Mike Mcdaniel - Q Drew Coleman - Q Gregory Wehler - Q Timothy Roth - Q Andrew Baker - Q

25. 85 cc Stock 12-13 years 1 279 KAW Brad Kiester - Q 2 427 SUZ Lowell J. Spangler - Q 3 45 SUZ Michael Stryker - Q 4 217 YAM Keith Moran Jr - Q Kameron Page 5 136 KAW Kyle Willis - Q Dominic Mark 6 225y KAW Aaron Pyhala - Q Scott Carpenter 7 102 SUZ Daniel Rucker - Q Alex S. Maldet 8 411 HON Tyson Clark - Q Cameron J. Gortz 9 21 SUZ David Blithe - Q Mathew Blum 10 167 YAM Daniel Corbin - Q Bobby Lipyanek Cohl Mason Storm E. Sheckells - Q Egan Rosell - Q Ron Neilson Jr - Q Kameron Page Nikolas S. Desiderio - Q Daniel Herrlein - Q Cale Coe - Q Lewis Hunt - Q Todd Krieg - Q Nicholas Patterson - Q Alex S. Maldet - Q

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SUZ SUZ SUZ KAW SUZ KAW KAW KAW YAM

97 856 302

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Super Mini 1 18t 2 120 3 45 4 7t 5 21 6 136 7 39 8 16 9 90

3 4 5

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verall # Brand Name O 80 (14-15) 1 18t SUZ Willy Toth, Jr 2 120 SUZ Chris Colburn 3 144 SUZ Anthony Roth 4 16 KAW Eric J. Macminn 5 881 KAW Jacob Hinlicky 6 39 Unk Matt Hollinger 7 5b HON Matthew Berrier

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MRA MAY 2003 • 38

2003 Doublin Gap Results

Justin Barcia - Q Dylan Brajkovich - Q Aaron Mulhern - Q Bryan Weimer - Q Jesse Moore - Q Brandon S. Seibold - Q Jesse Kuzbyt - Q Kenny Carr - Q James W. Doolittle - Q Tyrell Cunningham - Q

#308 Austin Bixler racing in the Mini Class

Sunday - 04/06/2003

MRA MAY 2003 • 39

2003 Doublin Gap Results

NE Area Loretta Lynn's Qualifier

18 83 703 49 46

COB COB KTM POL COB

50 (Oil Injected) 4-8 1 x COB 2 8w KTM 3 732 YAM 4 64 KTM 5 289 COB KTM KTM KTM KAW KAW

Darian Robinson - Q James Beach - Q Dustin Lepley - Q Joshua Lambert - Q Drew Minton - Q Egan Rosell - Q Kameron Page Scott Carpenter - Q Troy Davis - Q Dominic Mark - Q Tyler M. Hitch Dalton L. Worthington Cody Price - Q Brennen Weindel Dillon Kincaid Andrew Kinsley Andrew F. Johns Tyler Patterson Bryan Smith Vincent Sherry

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60 (10-11) 1 107 2 10j 3 18x 4 20b 5 1v

verall # Brand O Vet A 1 476 HON 2 623 HON 3 138 HON

#307 Mike Futer racing in the 125B Class

60 (7-9) 1 2 3 4 5

5 83 6j 128 15x

SUZ SUZ KTM KAW KTM

Nikolas S. Desiderio Kameron Page Joshua M. Villarreal Steven Sparks Dylan Ahlert

Mini 9-13 1 70 2 219x 3 23t 4 28 5 167

SUZ YAM SUZ YAM YAM

Daniel Holton, Jr Colton Bailey Garret Toth Addison R. Kramer Daniel Corbin

College Boy 1 28 2 71 3 52 4 97 5 74

YAM YAM YAM YAM KAW

Andrew Wiegand David Disciullo John Lawrence Iii Blake Taylor Russell Kollmer

25 Plus A 1 476 2 143 3 623 4 705 5 26

HON HON HON YAM HON

Gregory L. Panart Ed Kunitz Jon Boser Michael Tsakanikas Neal Knaub

25 Plus B 1 950 2 14 3 192 4 32 5 18z

YAM HON SUZ HON YAM

Damien Bell Michael S. Cahill Travis Edwards Todd Artinovich James Osborne

Name Gregory L. Panart Jon Boser David Hall

Vet B 1 2 3 4 5

05 32 18z 134 414

HON HON YAM YAM YAM

Pete L. Brubaker Todd Artinovich James Osborne Timothy Legg Steven Sheckler

Vet C 1 2 3 4 5

505 434 25x 998 512

HON HON KAW HON KAW

Todd M. Herman Scott Schawer Bryan Nuss Thomas C. Needhan Wayne Tatara

125 C (Non Loretta Lynn) 1 44 KTM 2 28b YAM 3 66 YAM 4 27m KAW 5 700 KAW

Greg M. Sadowski Brian Martin Cody Graybill Sean Mccleary Larry Mutschler

XR50 1 2 3 4

Tyler Fleming Addison Emory Iv Robbie Civiletti Carson Good

8t 19a 564 45

HON HON HON HON

02. 125 A/Pro Sport 1 307 YAM 2 360 YAM 3 213 YAM 4 115 YAM 5 503 YAM

Nicholas Mowry - Q Jermey Cook Mike Leavitt - Q Michael Schneck - Q Chris Welsh - Q

04. 125 B Modified 1 94 YAM 2 71 YAM 3 44 YAM 4 28 YAM 5 32 YAM

Brian Murphy - Q David Disciullo - Q Zachary A. Feaster - Q Andrew Wiegand - Q Eric Sebastian - Q

verall # Brand O 13. Senior 40 Plus 1 2n YAM 2 7 YAM 3 102 YAM 4 52a YAM 5 40 TM

Tim Schmelyun - Q Kenneth E. Messerman Russell W. Seibold - Q Kevin Higgins Kim Kline - Q

14. Senior 45 Plus 1 12v SUZ 2 40 TM 3 91 YAM 4 810 HON 5 3 SUZ

Fred Vertucci - Q Kim Kline - Q Tim Titcomb Douglas Wentzell - Q Rees Firestone

16. 125 C Modified 1 229 HON 2 78 YAM 3 743 YAM 4 14 KAW 5 8 YAM

Gregory Wehler - Q David Roeting - Q Mike Mcdaniel - Q Bryan Wilmoth - Q Andrew Baker - Q

17. 250/Open C 1 98 2 864 3 782 4 556 5 743

Rick Eyles - Q Neil Hood - Q Patrick Massimiano - Q Chalmers S. Helman Mike Mcdaniel - Q

YAM KTM YAM YAM YAM

Name

23. 65 Modified 7-11 years 1 1 KAW Broc J. Schmelyun - Q 2 921 SUZ Dylan Brajkovich - Q 3 697 KTM Jesse Moore - Q 4 531 KTM Todd Krieg - Q 5 21 KAW Brandon S. Seibold - Q

1 70 SUZ 2 279 KAW Overall # Brand 3 427 SUZ 4 277 SUZ 5 136 KAW

Daniel Holton, Jr Brad Kiester - Q Name Lowell J. Spangler - Q Zachary Harrington Kyle Willis - Q

28. 85 Modified 14-15 years 1 38 SUZ Jason Lawrence - Q 2 23 KAW Kerry Kaminskie Jr 3 18t SUZ Willy Toth, Jr - Q 4 48 YAM Jacob Wolfe - Q 5 2 KAW Taylor Beltz - Q 29. 105 cc Super Mini 12-15 1 38 SUZ Jason Lawrence - Q 2 23 KAW Kerry Kaminskie Jr 3 18t SUZ Willy Toth, Jr - Q 4 279 KAW Brad Kiester - Q 5 277 SUZ Zachary Harrington 31. 125 Modified 12-15 yr (SB 1 38 SUZ Jason Lawrence - Q 2 243 YAM Matthew J. Eastman 3 201 SUZ Brandon Meier - Q 4 583 SUZ Stephen Carlin - Q 5 337 YAM Anthony G. Fontana - Q 32. Women 80-105 cc 12-15 1 4 KAW Jamie Ports

26. 85 Modified 7-11 years 1 219x YAM Colton Bailey - Q 2 2 KAW Broc J. Schmelyun - Q 3 23t SUZ Garret Toth - Q 4 66 KAW Marcus Hodge - Q 5 5x SUZ Nikolas S. Desiderio Q 27. 85 Modified 12-13 years

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50 (7-8) 1 2 3 4 5

Name

50cc holeshot on the modified course

06. 250/Open A/Pro Sport 1 360 YAM Jermey Cook 2 213 YAM Mike Leavitt - Q 3 307 YAM Nicholas Mowry - Q 4 143 HON Ed Kunitz 5 727 YAM Kevin Brodsky, Jr 08. 250/Open B Modified 1 83 HON 2 149 KAW 3 345 HON 4 555 YAM 5 42 HON

Chad Aughinbaugh - Q Alexander Sigismondi - Q Justin Forer - Q Joseph M. Farnish, Jr. - Q Chris Clymer - Q

09. Four Storke 201-650 cc 1 213 YAM Mike Leavitt - Q 2 503 YAM Chris Welsh 3 83 HON Chad Aughinbaugh - Q 4 48 YAM Brian Carroll - Q 5 45 HON A. Scott Martin - Q 10. Junior 25 Plus 1 59 HON 2 176 YAM 3 45 HON 4 447 HON 5 52 HON

Jeffrey Yentzer - Q Stephen Desidenio - Q A. Scott Martin - Q David P. Langran - Q Jason George - Q

11. Vet 30 Plus 1 59 2 48 3 176 4 52 5 226

HON YAM YAM HON YAM

Jeffrey Yentzer - Q Brian Carroll - Q Stephen Desidenio - Q Jason George - Q Mike Corbin - Q

12. Vet 35 Plus 1 2n 2 52a 3 7 4 414 5 96

YAM YAM YAM YAM SUZ

Tim Schmelyun - Q Kevin Higgins - Q Kenneth E. Messerman Steven Sheckler - Q Stan Bruzgulis - Q

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verall # Brand O 50 (4-6) 1 9 Unk 2 29 POL 3 5l KTM 4 11 KTM 5 834 COB

#583 Stephen Carlin gets the Holeshot

CONGRATULATIONS – CODY GRAYBILL # 66

Way to go Cody on your first of many 125cc holeshots !!

Cody just bumped up to the 125c class this year coming off of an 85. He pulled the holeshot in the 1st moto at Doublin in the non Loretta Lynn race on April 6th, Cody never looked back and took the checkers. In the second moto he went down on the 1st lap but was running high on the adrenaline from his 1st moto win. Cody remounted and charged hard from dead last to work his way up to 5th place, his efforts landed him a third overall for the day. MRA says watch out for this kid – he’s gonna go places.

MRA MAY 2003 • 40

BIG BUCK GNCC

In the 250A class, Jimmy Wahl had a great battle with the Hertz Racing/Pro Parts Racing backed Sean Neidlinger. Wahl & Neidlinger banged bars the entire race until Neidlinger had some mechanical failures on the last lap. Wahl captured the win while Neidlinger was able to still finish 2nd. Third went to Blaine Shick on his Laeger 250R.

Union, SC – April 12, 2003

By Trish Krachun / Pro Parts Racing

Round 4 of the GNCC Series landed upon Union, SC. Like the other 3 GNCC's this year, the week prior to the race drenched the land & left a tough race course for the racers to navigate their way through. Bill Balance managed to get the holeshot once again with Chris Borich & William Yokely leading the rest of the first line of Pro & Pro Production racers to the all important trail into the woods. Borich battled with Balance and eventually passed him on the first lap. Borich, mounted on his East Coast ATV/ Laeger/LRD/Custom Axis 250R at one point had pulled a 20 second lead on the seasoned vet GNCC#1, Balance. Balance, however wouldn't have any of that & put the hammer down to catch & battle with Borich for the remaining 3/4 of the race.

The battle for 3rd - 5th overall was just as exciting. Pro Production Racers Greg Trew, Chad Duvall & Brad Page who was now racing a brand new Kawasaki KFX400. FourStroke Tech's, Duvall turned the pace up & opened up a big gap by the end of the race.

Back in the Pro class, Borich led almost the entire race until the last lap when he got stuck in a mud hole. Balance took advantage of Borich's misfortune & passed him.

Borich broke loose of the mud & charged hard to catch Balance. It was then, that Borich took a real hard crash. "I got stuck in the mud & Bill passed me, then we went through this whoop section & I hit a tree & started barrel rolling. The bike landed on top of me & a spectator had to help me get out. This crash secured Ballance's win.

Borich finished over a minute behind. Balance stated "It was a real good race, we pushed the pace hard today to make sure no one else challenged us, the competition just keeps stepping up". Duvall nearly caught up & passed Borich while Borich was getting back on his feet. Duvall finished only 9 seconds behind Borich to capture 3rd overall & 1st in his Pro Production class. "I had a super good day" recalled Duvall on the podium. Trew & Page finished 2nd & 3rd in the Pro Production class.

LRD/Pro Parts Racing/Custom Axis backed Matt Smiley finished 3rd in the Pro class & 5th Overall. Smiley had to overcome starting in the 2nd row of Pro's this race as this race was the first of the season to start the "current" top 20 in Pro/Pro Production points to start on the first line. Matt (GNCC #2), who was by far the most consistent racer of 2002, had yet to finish a race this year until today. With today's finish, Matt will be back on the first line at the next race in Loretta Lynn's. "It could be a big advantage to start on the 2nd row, but today it wasn't. Today's track was too fast & if you don't start up front, it's hard to pace yourself".

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In the Open A class, Brian Schmid captured the win. Schmid had the lead pretty much the entire race. The real battle was taking place from 2nd - 7th place. These racers were playing musical chairs all race. Joshua Ribley & Wayne Shay finished 2nd & 3rd only 8 seconds apart.

In the morning race, there was a raging battle for the overall spot between 2 women competitors. Stephanie Parton & Traci Cecco. Cecco had the early lead with Parton on her bumper. While Parton pitted for goggles, Cecco pulled a slight lead. Parton put the hammer down, caught Cecco & passed her to pull off her first Overall win & 2nd ever for a woman's class competitor. The first time a woman won the morning class overall was last year at this very track with Cecco taking the win in 2002. "We had a good race today. It was pretty rough out there. I had to really hammer down and catch Traci after two 4-stroke stock guys crashed in front of me." The 4-stroke stock class started in the first line (every race, they alternate between the woman & 4-stroke stock). Rich Travalena captured the win in the 4-stroke stock class & 3rd overall for the morning. Wesley Fruits placed 2nd & Adam Howell on his Kawasaki V-Force finished 3rd. When asked how he felt finishing behind two women, Travelena stated "At least they're a lot better to look at than a guy!"

For District 6 racers, here's the lowdown: Pro: 2. Chris Borich, 3. Matt Smiley, 13. Rob Hertz Pro Production: DNF - Mike Krachun 250A: 1. Jimmy Wahl, 2. Sean Neidlinger, 5. Todd Rothermel, 6. Tom Hertz Open A: 9. TJ Lenig, 10. Matt Lawrence, 15. Dave Grimm, 17. Mike Lucas, 32. Wes Stone 4-Stroke A: 2. Rick Cecco, 28. Dan Destefano Open B: 2. Brad Whitehead, 7. Mike Zimmerman Senior: 3. John Cunningham, Jr. 14. Vince Delucca 4-stroke B: 18. Richard Correll 4-Stroke Stock: 7. Tyler Lenig, 9. John Bowers, 11. Ken Lynch Women: 2. Traci Cecco, 3. Nicole Pennycook 1st Year Racer: 15. Brandon Maurer Utility Modified: 2. Dale Hiles Utility Unlimited: 6. Rob Obrick 2-stroke Novice: 14. Richard Misstishin

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www.reactive-suspension.com This is one article I never thought I would have to write but recent events have made me realize that more racers need to know "How to maintain an Airfilter" In the past few weeks I've had motorcycles in my shop owned by people who have been racing for many years and I was shocked to see the condition of their air filters. Some were completely clogged with dirt but more shocking were the ones that had either the wrong filter oil or no oil at all. I guess the fact that I learned the importance of filter maintenance right from the get go I just assumed that everyone else especially racers also knew this stuff, boy was I WRONG! I've been involved with motorcycles now for over 30 years and I remember that one of the first things I learned regarding maintenance was the correct way to care for the airfilter.

With my first race bike a ''72 Husqvarna 125, maintenance simply meant replacing the filter periodically as it was a paper element, but things changed quickly with the advent of Filtron Foam Filters. In the pursuit of greater performance we now had a serviceable unit that flowed a greater volume of air but which had had to be maintained frequently.

Modern air-filters are constructed from open cell foam which is the opposite of seat foam which is closed cell. Open celled foam is a lattice much like a spiders web but in 3 dimensions and just like a web is designed to catch flies your air filter is designed to catch dirt. Your air filter is the only line of defense your engine has against damage from the elements.

Road Racers don't need airfilters since they run in a clean air environment and can take advantage of the maximum allowable air flow. We dirt bikers on the other hand need to clean up the air we race in before we let it get into the motor.

Two Stroke engines use a lot of anti-friction bearings. Needle rollers on both ends of the connecting rod and ball bearings supporting the crankshaft. Anti-friction bearings such as these are extremely sensitive to dirt. Extreme care is advised in their handling at the time of installation going even so far as to avoid touching the bearing surfaces with bare hands as the oils on your hands can transfer minute abrasive particles.

The only lubrication these bearings get is the pre-mix oil we mix into the fuel. But even this minute amount is sufficient for the bearings to operate efficiently and with a long service life.

A 125 bottom end should last about one season of racing a 250 can go as long as three seasons, but all this presupposes that we don't get any dirt into the engine, dirt particles in a two stroke engine will cause premature wear in all the bearings.

In two and four stroke engines it will wear the Nicasil coating off the cylinder bore. Nicasil is tough stuff and will last a long long time but it is only a couple of thousandths of an inch thick. Dirt in the motor will act like sandpaper between the piston and cylinder and will quickly wear through the Nicasil exposing the aluminum beneath. (Cylinder re-plating will cost you between $150. - $200.) An aluminum piston rubbing on an aluminum bore is a bad combination, one that we must avoid. So how do we do that?

Lets begin with a dirty filter since that's what we all probably have. The first thing we need to do is to get the old air filter oil out of the filter. This is done with a mild solvent that will break down the oils bond with the filter and allow it to be washed away. The recommended cleaning agent is one that is specifically designed for the job. Twin Air sell's just such a product as does Silkolene. Kerosene and gasoline will also work however I caution the use of these as they will also attack the glues that hold the air filter sections together.

Remove the air filter cage and immerse the filter in a bucket of the cleaning agent, squeezing the cleaner out several times should be sufficient to remove the old filter oil and some of the dirt but only some. To get all the dirt out of the filter will require a surfactant. A surfactant is a compound designed to lift dirt particles from surfaces and "hold them in suspension" so they can be removed with the application of a liquid medium. What am I talking about? Soap. Specifically dish washing liquid. Soak the filter liberally with dish washing liquid and work it through the filter working up a good lather then rinse it out with warm water. Do this twice as the first time the cleaning properties of the soap will be compromised by the remaining cleaning solution we used to remove the oil.

The second time round will really work up a good head of suds that will float out any remaining dirt. After thoroughly rinsing out all the soap "squeeze" out the excess water and allow the filter to dry completely. Remember I said squeeze it not wring it, if you wring it out like some old rag I guarantee you'll tear it and if you tear it then throw it away, never use a damaged filter.

into every part of the filter, once the filter is a uniform color you have coated every strand of the foam and can now squeeze out the excess. Your objective here is to coat every strand of the filter with the sticky air filter oil, this is what keeps the dirt out of the engine, the filter itself merely supports the oil. Separately the filter and oil are worthless but together they make a formidable barrier against the dirt that could cost you a bundle in repair bills. Now place the filter over the cage and set it aside for a minute while you clean the inside of your airbox.

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If you don't have one of the airbox covers that Twin Air sells (great product) then stuff a clean rag into the air boot, this will keep any loose dirt from falling into the intake. Spray the inside of the airbox with WD40 and wipe out all the dirt with a clean rag. The reason we do this is so that when we are installing the filter we don't knock any dirt into the intake boot or smear dirt onto our nice clean filter. Some people like to smear grease on to the Air Filter lip to create a better seal, I find this unnecessary but if it makes you feel better go ahead.

After you have the air filter lined up correctly on the airbox tighten the wing nut and run your hands around the base of the filter to make sure its securely sealed against the air box.

Re-install the seat and you're ready to ride. Oh and when you get a new bike don't assume that the filter is ready to go, nearly every one I've seen has very little or no oil at all.

Of all the things you have to do to maintain a race bike I can't stress enough the importance of the air filter. It's a good idea to have at least three filters for your bike as this will guarantee that you always have two cleaned and oiled filters ready to go. The advantages to this are on very dusty days it is a good idea to replace the filter between motos. As the filter clogs your engine cannot breathe efficiently and power will be decreased, also an airfilter can only hold so much dirt, once the threshold is reached dirt will be able to pass through the filter.

If you'd like to know more about this subject or if you have any questions at all about any other maintenance procedures don't hesitate to look us up at the races, we are always happy to answer your questions.

Once the filter is dry you will need a bottle of "Foam Air Filter Oil" Practically every oil company makes one of these, Silkolene, Twin Air, Maxima etc. The bottle must say Foam Air Filter Oil. Motor Oil, Gear Oil, K&N Gauze Filter oil, none of these will work and should never be used.

These other oils do not possess the characteristics required. They will run off the filter quickly leaving the filter dry and unable to stop dirt from getting into your engine.

A pair of rubber gloves will make this next part of the job a lot more comfortable. Holding the filter upside down over a plastic container to catch the excess, pour the filter oil inside the filter thoroughly coating it. Now using both hands squeeze the filter oil

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