MRA Oct 2003

Monthly Amateur Race Coverage

VOLUME 7, ISSUE 8 • OCTOBER 2003

ATCO Race Action!

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MRA Visits Miles Mountain Motocross

Labor Day points race from the flying dutchmen

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Happy October everyone, it’s hard to believe that fall is upon us. It’s been quite the season weather wise with all of the cool weather and rain earlier this year. It seemed like summer was never going to get here, and just like that, now it’s gone. I hope everyone got thru Isabelle ok; she came in hard and fast, did her damage and was gone.

Fortunately for us she didn’t seem to interrupt our race schedule.

The fall race season is upon us, that means more hare scramble and trials events for all, and for all you mx racers watch your local tracks schedule, a lot of facilities are starting their 2004 points races this month. The schedule runs strong locally right thru November so keep your eyes on MRA for all your event information. After that check out the Mid Atlantic Winter Series running just south of us over the winter months, it’s a great way to stay in shape and to keep the rust off your chain. Check their ad right here in the pages of MRA. As always I want to thank everyone that supports us. MRA is here for you, so please support our advertisers, contributors and racetracks. Please remember the businesses and promoters that advertise in the pages of MRA are the ones that support motorcycle and atv racing the most, so lets be there for them also. Don’t forget subscriptions are available. Even though we currently give it away at the tracks, your contribution lets us bring you more racing action.

Til next time.

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Volume 7 • Issue 8 • OCTOBER 2003 Subscription Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Our Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Holeshot Hotshot/September – Frankie Lettieri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 MRA Racer Review – Dennis Lobiato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Miles Mountain MX – September 14, 2003 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,7 Happy Ramblers – September 1, 2003 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Doublin Gap Motocross Park Results – August 31, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Back Mountain Harescramble – by Jason Hughes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 ATCO Motocross Park Results -September 6, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,17 Centerspread: Flying Dutchmen D-6 Points Race - August 30-31, 2003 – by Jim Bull . . . . . . . . . 18-19 Tomahawk MX – August 24,2003 Results -By Kevin Sheckells . . . . . . 20 Hurricane Hills – September 7, 2003 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Sleepy Hollow – Big Track Results, September 1, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Team Heiser/Hughes – by Jim Bull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Matthews Farm GNCC – by Trish Krachun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Upcoming Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 The Racer’s Edge...Tools and Fool - By Andy Fleck & Al Carr . . . . . . . . . . 31 MRA Photo Gallery – NEW MONTHLY FEATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,33 The Marketplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,35 MRA Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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Hello Race Fans!

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RACER REVIEW Name:

Dennis Lobiato

District #: 15 Age: 28 yrs.

Class: Production A / 4 Stroke A Bike: Yamaha YFZ 450 Experience: Racing 3 years Hometown: Staten Island, NY Sponsors: Burgard Cycle, East Coast

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Deptford Yamaha, East Hanover Yamaha.

MRA would like to feature Dennis Lobiato from Staten Island NY. Dennis is an up and coming ATV Racer from the Big Apple, yeah, that’s right, New York City. Dennis popped onto the scene just a few short years ago; when I saw him ride and had learned where he was from I was very intrigued. I’m thinking where does a guy from the city learn to ride a quad like that? Dennis started racing in 2001 in the 2 Stroke B class, by the next year Dennis had switched gears and jumped on a 4 stroke machine.

In 2002 after only 5 races Dennis had been bumped to the A class and was beating down the door of some of the top racers in the sport. For 2003 Dennis built a Lost Creek machine and was determined to compete in the GNC Series. Unfortunately due to some outside influences and a few small inju-

ries this season Dennis was unable to chase his dream. He has been competing on the local MX scene and is still sitting in 5th place in the points in the 4 Stroke A class after missing a number of events this year. 2004 will bring new opportunities to the man from Staten Island, NY. Dennis has a new machine and a new group of sponsors to work with. He is definitely going to compete at the nationals this coming year and has set some pretty hefty goals for himself. My bet is he’ll do just fine; this guy is an accomplished rider and can run up front with some of the best in the business. Dennis asked that we give a special thanks to the following people: Chuck Lehr, Dave Gibson, Izzy Burgard, Ram Productions, and Nikki. Thanks to Dennis for his time and we wish you the best in the upcoming seasons.

– Jim Bull, MRA

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HOLESHOT HOTSHOT (AUGUST) Event: ATCO MX Rider: Frankie Lettieri Hometown: Brick, NJ Bike: Suzuki RM 65/85 Age: 11 yrs.

District #: 461 Experience: Racing 5 years – Riding 9 years Class: 65cc 10-11/ 85cc 7-11

Sponsors: Action Motorsports, Kessler Pro Suspension, Playground Magazine, Sponsorhouse.com, Smith Optics, Thor, Twin Air, Wes Gilbert, Boyesen, Excel, RK Chain, FMF, Alpine Stars, 909, Tag, Mom & Dad Our Holeshot Hotshot for the month of September is Frank Lettieri Jr. from Brick, NJ. MRA caught up with Frankie at the ATCO MX Park in Berlin NJ in mid September. Frankie was riding his AMS Suzukis in three different classes on this September eve at ATCO and boy was he hot. The 5 time Loretta Lynn Qualifier pulled the holeshot in 5 out of 6 motos. Frankie went on to win all 6 motos and the overalls in 65cc 10-11, 85cc 7-11 and Junior Mini. Keep an eye on this young man, I’m sure we’ll see many more victories from this mx’er in the years to come. Watch out next month, you

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Miles Mountain MX September 14, 2003

Hey MX racers, check this out, Miles Mountain MX the latest facility to make a bid for racing rights in District 6. Miles Mountain is located in beautiful Elkland, PA right along Route 49 on the PA and NY border.

They opened as a practice facility several years ago and on September 14th of this year they stepped up to the plate and held their first ever MX event. I would like to thank the Eggleston Family, Mike, Jody, Marlo, and Phil for sharing this beautiful place with the rest of us that they call Miles Moutain MX. And ‘a Mountain’ is exactly what it is, the track is located on the side of a mountain which used to be pasture land.

If you like an old school MX track with lots of elevation changes, if you like a place where you can twist the throttle till it rips, if you like big jumps that are built to accommodate both novice and expert riders alike, then Miles Mountain is the place you want to check out. This track made me wish I was still racing the circuit.

Miles Mountain has two more events this year and they do offer open practice days.

Check their ad in MRA for details or log onto www. milesmountainmx.com or give them a call at 814-258-5593.

Jim Bull, MRA

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Miles Mountain Motocross Results from Inaugural Race Four wheelers: 2 Stroke 1st Jesse Stocking 2nd Luke West 3rd Roxanne Hamilton 4 Stroke 1st Tyler Stickler 2nd Joe Giglia 3rd Robert Wilson 230 cc 1st Chris Holden 2nd Dylon Dibble 3rd Matt McGonigal

Motocross: Mini 7-11 1st Jessi Hider 2nd Cilff Willis 3rd Taylor Willis Mini 12-15 (85cc) 1st Aaron Ulrich 2nd Justin Cleveland 3rd Wade Davis 125 A 1st Trevor Young 2nd Matt Smith 125 B 1st Chris Cheney 2nd Phil Egleston 3rd Matt Miller 125 C 1st Matthew Stickler 2nd Michael Doan 3rd Clayton Ayers 250 A 1st Jason Plumley 2nd Nate Anderegg 3rd Scott Rockwell 250 B 1st Robert McCollum 2nd Matt Merrick 3rd McLane Hebe 250 C 1st Rick Angood 2nd Matthew Stickler 3rd Levi Gardner

+25 B 1st McLane Hebe 2nd Rick Angood 3rd Robert McCollum

Vet/Senior 1st Robert Rayeski 2nd John Dininny 3rd Mike Delosn

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+25 A 1st Scott Rockwell 2nd Jason Plumley 3rd Nate Anderegg

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October 12 Fall Spectacular October 26 Final Race of Season

Gates Open Sat: 5pm-Midnight Racing Starts at Noon Registration 7:30-9:30

Motocross and ATV racing is coming to the Twin Tiers! Join us this fall to witness the excitement for yourself. This is the launch of our newly improved track. Next year we will be featuring a full race and practice schedule; including a track championship series. Try it out now and get a leg up on the competition. Overnight camping is available. Gates open Saturday 5pm - Midnight and Sunday starting at 6:30am. Rider registration 7:30-9:30am. Practice 9:30-11am.

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September 1, 2003 Finish # Brand Name 51cc 4-6 1 911 2 1x 3 107 4 7 5 4j 51cc 7-8 1 35 2 2j 3 3 4 1 5 613

COB KTM COB KTM KTM COB KTM KTM KTM KTM

51cc 4-6 oil 1 3j YAM 2 911 COB 3 5j KTM 4 135 COB 5 142 KTM

Jarek J. Balkovic Jacob C. Runkles Ryan J. Baxter Tristan S. Kimble Sam Sheckells Joey Peters Storm E. Sheckells Thomas A. Coluzzi Austin A. Cox Richard E. Benesky Dakota Harris Jarek J. Balkovic Sam Sheckells Tyler Webster Bailey Cox

51cc 7-8 oil 1 41 KTM Dillon Dyer 2 49 KTM Nick R. Beatty 3 3 COB Paxton Parkhurst 65cc 7-9 1 33 SUZ 2 35 KAW 3 128 KAW 4 39 SUZ 5 8j KTM

Jacob H. Grove Joey Peters Steven Sparks Jacob A. Diana Gerald Gangaway Jr

65cc 10-11 1 1 KAW 2 46 KAW 3 921 SUZ 4 191 YAM 5 107 KTM

Broc J. Schmelyun Cody L. Lunceford Dylan A. Brajkovich Andrew Benson Andrew Kinsley

85cc 12-13 1 277 KAW 2 44 YAM 3 25 SUZ 4 468 SUZ 5 15c SUZ

Zachary E. Harrington Sean Layer Landon Yingling Ben Lewis Paul Callahan

85cc 14-15 1 18t SUZ 2 125 HON 3 4 HON 4 10 YAM

Willy C. Toth Michael W. Groves Justin L. Bowler Michael Brien

Race: 11 30+A Vet 1 12 2 2n 3 15 4 23 5 17

SUZ YAM YAM HON HON

Jeffrey M. Grove Tim Schmelyun Kenneth E. Hesserman Keith F. Jansen John J. Richards

Race: 16 125 Unlimited 1 444 SUZ 2 719 YAM 3 936 SUZ 4 23 YAM

Chad M. Wages Stephen B. Plank Jacob T. Lally Chris Pulanco

Race: 12

Junior Mini 1 23t SUZ 2 18 YAM 3 33 SUZ 4 6z SUZ 5 724 KAW

Garret Toth Gary S. Radford, Jr Jacob H. Grove Zackery Rudy David J. Wingate

30+C Vet-D1 1 32 KAW 2 501 YAM 3 929 YAM 4 135 HON 5 67 HON

Super Mini 1 18t SUZ 2 125 KAW 3 277 KAW 4 15c SUZ 5 4 HON

Willy C. Toth Michael W. Groves Zachary E. Harrington Paul Callahan Justin L. Bowler

Race: 13

School Boy 1 444 2 390 3 8 4 18t 5 113

Chad M. Wages Robert J. Kraft Andrew Baker Willy C. Toth Derrick E. Wile

85cc 7-11 1 23t SUZ 2 2 KAW 3 921 SUZ 4 21 YAM 5 46 YAM

Garret Toth Broc J. Schmelyun Dylan A. Brajkovich Brandon S. Seibold Cody L. Lunceford

College Boy 1 343 KAW 2 135 YAM 3 153 YAM 4 911 HON 5 4 HON

Womens 1 55 KAW 2 963 KTM 3 293 HON 4 66 KAW 5 27 SUZ

Ana M. Ward Katie J. Corron Amanda Brown Lauren Snyder Kathleen Cook

30+B Vet 1 731 HON 2 917 HON 3 17x YAM 4 57 KTM 5 412 HON

Scott Cooney James A. Jarvis Derek Huzzy Dan E. Solomon Keith Bowman

Kevin Clites Justin Stewart Sr Derek Grubb Mike Beavan Patrick Brooks

4 Stroke 1 719 YAM Stephen B. Plank 2 182 YAM Gary R. Harding 3 715 YAM Robert M. Rexrode

Race: 14 125A 1 2 3 4 5 125B 1 Jr 2 3 4 5

97 YAM 153 YAM 192 YAM 7 YAM 343 KAW

Blake W. Taylor Timothy A. Dabbs Shane D. Krabal Zachary A. Camp Stephen Stella

102 HON Michael T. Reynolds 6k YAM 86 YAM 547 HON 744 YAM

Shawn Knapp Derrick J. Crawford Earl M. Luhn Iii Ken Garner Iv

Race: 15 25+A 1 2 3 4 5

45 HON 705 YAM 17 HON 221 SUZ 47 HON

Michael Crocken Michael P. Tsakanikas John J. Richards Todd Harper Troy Dezwart

25+B 1 950 YAM Damien L. Bell

SUZ KTM YAM SUZ YAM

Stephen Stella Cory Stickler Timothy A. Dabbs Isaac G. Blevins Michael A. Foor

YAM YAM SUZ SUZ SUZ

Andrew Baker Dylan M. Kautz James Palmer Bradley Clites Christopher A. Rucker

250/Open A 1 911 HON 2 12 SUZ 3 4 HON 4 135 YAM 5 705 YAM 6 192 YAM

Isaac G. Blevins Jeffrey M. Grove Michael A. Foor Cory Stickler Michael P. Tsakanikas Shane D. Krabal

250/Open B 1 938 SUZ Vance Lally 2 361 HON Shane P. Coble 3 950 YAM Damien L. Bell 40+ A Senior 1 2n YAM 2 15 YAM 3 102 YAM 4 132 SUZ 5 209 YAM

Tim Schmelyun Kenneth E. Hesserman Russell W. Seibold Jim Palmer James Hayes

40+ B Senior 1 23 SUZ 2 917 HON 3 169 KTM 4 594 YAM 5 620 YAM

William B. Lally James A. Jarvis Keith L. Nicastro Gene Ward James F. Mccubbin

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Happy Ramblers

125C/D1 1 8 2 44d 3 132 4 786 5 531

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2003 MOTOCROSS RACE SCHEDULE October 19

District 6 & 7 Motocross; District 7 Expert Points. – 4 Foot Trophy Day Sponsored by JT Motorsports, Frederick, MD

November 2

District 6 & 7 Motocross

November 16

District 6 & 7 Motocross; Rider Appreciation Day, 1st class $25. Second class $15.

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Only Two Remaining Races for 2003. We would like to thank all Riders, Spectators, Sponsors and Employees for all their continued support at Doublin Gap. October 25 –

Doublin Gap Awards picnic and Fun day- Open to any rider who competed in seven races in our points Series Event this year. Pre-registration is required.

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Suzuki Labor Day Championship August 31, 2003

Overall Race Results Overall # Brand Name 50 (4-6) 1 2 3 4 5

270 107 4j 456 95

KTM COB KTM COB POL

Jacob Runkles Ryan Baxter Sam D. Sheckells Jacob Jones David Byers

50 (7-8) 1 84 2 35 3 1 4 01

COB COB COB KTM

Kameron Page Joseph Peters Tyler Murphy Austin Cox

SUZ SUZ SUZ SUZ HON

Garret Toth Broc J. Schmelyun Brandon S. Seibold Darren Taughinbaugh Alex S. Maldet

80 (12-13) 1 102 2 411 3 194 4 25 5 456

SUZ SUZ SUZ SUZ YAM

Daniel Rucker Tyson Clark Patrick Wastler Landon Yingling James C. Thompson

Super Mini 1 18t 2 125 3 149 4 102 5 67

SUZ KAW KAW SUZ YAM

Willy Toth, Jr Michael Groves Tony Vanetese Daniel Rucker Kyle Knapp

3 4

25 Plus B 1 14 2 23 3 254 4 361 5 192

Mini 9-13 1 23t SUZ Garret Toth 2 18 YAM Gary S. Radford, Jr. 3 2 SUZ Broc J. Schmelyun 4 411 SUZ Tyson Clark 5 83 HON Kameron Page

#510 James Max wins the Triple Crown on the day - 1st in 250A, and Vet A 5 3 25+A KTM Thomas Coluzzi 50 (Oil Injected) 4-8 1 3j KTM 2 41 KTM 3 5j KTM 4 286 KTM 5 95 POL

Dakota Harris Dillon Dyer Sam D. Sheckells Austin Toskov David Byers

60 (10-11) 1 2 2 21 3 921 4 24a 5 107

SUZ SUZ KTM KAW KTM

Broc J. Schmelyun Brandon S. Seibold Dylan Brajkovich Jordan Walker Andrew Kinsley

60 (7-9) 1 50 2 35 3 39 4 8j 5 6j

SUZ KAW SUZ KTM KTM

Kameron Page Joseph Peters Jacob A. Diana Gerald D. Gangaway Joshua M. Villarreal

80 (14-15) 1 18t 2 68 3 125 4 16 5 419

SUZ SUZ HON KAW KAW

Willy Toth, Jr Aaron Ulrich Michael Groves Eric J. Macminn Devin Manahan

School Boy 1 444 2 18t 3 744 4 108 5 912

SUZ SUZ YAM SUZ YAM

Chad Wages Willy Toth, Jr Ken Garner Iv Curtis Baker James Helton

College Boy 1 343 2 302 3 97 4 4 5 911

KAW HON YAM HON HON

Stephen R. Stella Benjamin J. Bixler Blake Taylor Michael Foor Isaac G. Blevins

125 A 1 2 3 4

343 97 7 91

KAW YAM YAM KAW

Stephen R. Stella Blake Taylor Zachary A. Camp Dustin Kendall

125 B 1 2 3 4 5

83 113 11z 6k 182

HON YAM YAM YAM YAM

Chad Aughinbaugh Derrick E. Wile Stanley Szmyd Iii Shawn Knapp Gary R. Harding

250 A 1 2 3

510 HON James K. Max 302 HON Benjamin J. Bixler 4 HON Michael Foor

250 B 1 2 3 4 5

83 40 56 204 14

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Chad Aughinbaugh Craig Kollmer Nick Johnsonn Eric Myers Michael S. Cahill

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Craig Colvin Jon Landis Richard Sanner Larry Rhodes Mike I. Muretic

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Michael S. Cahill Robert Kahmer Craig Albright Shane Coble Travis Edwards

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KAW Wesley A. Turner HON John Richards HON David Hall

Vet B 1 2 3 4 5

359 731 40 991 254

YAM HON KTM SUZ HON

Adam Searer Scott Cooney Sr Donny Lingle Jim M. Mandrin Craig Albright

Vet C 1 2 3 4 5

32 929 427 443 948

KAW YAM YAM YAM YAM

Kevin Clites Derek Grubb Mike Wylie Timothy Curtis Larry A. Arnold

Senior 1 2 3 4 5

2n 15 102 40 912

YAM YAM YAM KTM HON

Tim Schmelyun Kenneth E. Messerman Russell W. Seibold Donny Lingle Gregory Henry

Senior B 1 2 3 4 5

38 991 92 594 51

HON SUZ HON YAM HON

Kevin Stoner Jim M. Mandrin Robert Wernig Gene Ward Stephen Burgand

Women 1 2 3

55 66 27

KAW Ana Ward KAW Lauren Snyder SUZ Kathleen Cook

HON James K. Max YAM Kenneth E.

Four Stroke 1 83 2 182 3 7 4 443 5 218

HON YAM YAM YAM HON

Chad Aughinbaugh Gary R. Harding Zachary A. Camp Joshua Boschert Rich Boschert

125 C 1 2 3 4 5

66 786 25 194 8

YAM SUZ SUZ SUZ YAM

Cody Graybill Bradley Clites Eric Yingling Patrick Wastler Andrew Baker

XR50 1 2 3 4 5

8t 7 19a 620 624

HON HON HON HON HON

Tyler Fleming Lucas Clites Addison Emory Iv Joseph Baier Heather Baier

Tony Vanetese from Chambersburg, PA grabs a third in Supermini.

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MRA OCTOBER 2003 • 14

Back Mountain Harescramble

Round #9 – September 14, 2003 Severe rain threatened yet another Back Mountain event. is Joe Luzny. Luzny finished 5th at Back The race was scheduled for the week before but was can- Mountain and is third in the Pa State celed and rescheduled for the 14th. This was the second visit Championship points. Luzny is another to this track for the season and round 9 of the PA State rider using consistency to his advantage.

Harescramble championship.

He has yet to win a round this year but Chris Borich took the top spot for the day aboard his has been in close more than once.

By Jason and Jacob Hughes Yamaha 450. Chris raced in the ever growing 4 stroke A class Gogno,Thompson and Luzny are sepaand out rode some fast competition on his way to the overall rated by less than 15 points in the State left at Foot of the Mnt. Then one round at Rausch. Don't win. Chris is from Sunbury Pa. and is backed by East Coast series and are most likely going to be forget to visit www.amadistrict6.com for info on the series.

ATV/Custom Axis and Leager. Chris has been charging harder moved to the A class for 2004, way to go guys!! than ever after 2 straight overall wins in the elite Grand The B class fourstrokes were out in full force again this And www.EXriders.com for all the latest ATV racing from National Cross Country series. Chris has been the only rider round. Pro Parts racing's Brian Delucia took top honors around the country.

In closing I would like to send this message to all the atv this year to outride defending champion Bill Ballance. He's finishing just ahead of Ralph Johnson. Johnson had led currently second in points behind Ballance and is on track to Delucia in points going into this round, this should make for racers around the state that are able to read this. If you are be wearing #2 next season. Congratulations to Chris and an exciting next round at the Flying Dutchmen. Matt Highlands reading this, stop and think of where you got it. Do you have good luck in the upcoming GNCC events. has a commanding points lead and should be able to wrap a subscription to MRA? Did you grab it from the table at the Traci Cecco finished second to Borich in the 4 stroke A up the title even after his unfortunate DNF at Back Mnt. Craig local track, or dealership? And if so, did you leave a donaclass. Traci can also be found competing in the GNCC series. Sulivan had an impressive finish coming in third, his best tion. Please contact the staff here at MRA, buy a subscription, She has won the Womens class championship before and this finish had been a 4th at Jack Frost earlier this and let them know you would love to read more on ATV racing from around the east coast. MRA has gone above and year is currently second in points. Traci has been racing in season. Congratulations Craig. the B class here in District 6 and would easily out pace the The Blaster's have company. Powerline ATV racing's Joe beyond to allow us to report on the racing action we love so entire field. Her impressive second place finish proved she Papa is attacking the 0-230 class aboard a 4 stroke Honda. much. Great things are happening in ATV racing and with has the speed to compete with any of the guys. Following This class has been primarily Blasters for years, but Joe Papa your support MRA can grow with it and bring you racing Traci to the checkers was New Jerseys Mike Krachun of Pro is making waves on his 250EX shaft drive Honda. Bryan action from our home state as well as neighboring states and Parts Racing in third. Fourth place went to Marylands Harlen Vonderchek took the win for Back Mnt. followed by Kevin series. In the last few months we have seen the release of the Foley. Harlen is backed by Ray Wilt Cycle and Burgards Crown,Greg Kiddish and Joe Papa. Kiddish who finished 3rd, new Yamaha YFZ450, and more recently Honda has introracing, and recently took over the reigns as administrator for leads the class in points for both series. Vonderchek used his duced its new TRX 450R. Honda named GNC Pro Tim Farr a popular ATV website. EXriders.com has become one of the win to close the gap on Kiddish for the State series champion- as the first factory backed Honda rider since 1987. Only days most visited ATV website out there with over 10,000 ship. Joe Papa is in 4th in the State series which is impressive later Suzuki announced there plan to back GNC racer Doug members. There message boards are always packed full of for his first year of competition. Papa seems to be at an Gust 100 %. This is big news for our sport and I myself am new info and racing news. Check in with Harlen at EXriders. advantage at the woods style courses, but says the 2 stroke excited to see where it goes from here. So lets all get involved com,become a member and share your information with the Blasters eat him up at the fast tracks. Joe plans to change that from this point on, get your subscription to MRA and let rest of the worlds ATV community. situation for next season though and is on board with the them know how far we can take this thing.

In the 2 stroke class it was Mike Lucas holding down a Powerline ATV race team planning to gain more speed over second place finish and adding points to his D6 the winter. Good luck Joe!! championship chase. There was a scoring error by the Joe Borich has been tearing up the Vet class. Borich took officials that had the winners mixed up between Mark Walters another win at Back Mnt. but the points lead belongs to and Wes Stone. The officials ended up scoring Walters with second place finished Chad Kirby. Kirby leads the points in the win?? both series and has a ten point lead in the State series over B class action is heating up again. Nate Gogno won this Ken Kresge. round. Nate has a firm hold on the District points race but the Back to the Dutchman for the fall. There are a few stops State series points are getting close. Mark Thompson has come on strong in the middle of the season. Thompson who rides a ECATV/ Gibson equipped R has won a few October 5, 2002 - Double Track Points rounds this year but Gogno's October 26, 2003 - 2003 Track Points End consistent riding style has November 16, 2003 - Rider Appreciation Day kept him in the points lead.

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MRA visited the ATCO MX Park in Berlin, NJ on a beautiful Saturday night in early September. This was our first visit to ATCO, but I can assure you it will not be our last. ATCO MX Park is a beautiful facility 125 B 1 327 SUZ located on the grounds of the ATCO Raceway, they’ve 2 536 SUZ 3 23b HKY designed a supercross style track there and they race A Saturday nights under the lights. ATCO also offers 125 1 201 KTM 5c HON dates for open practice on Wednesdays, Fridays, and 2 Sundays, check their ad in MRA for dates and times 250 A 1 294 HON or log onto www.atcomxracing.com . ATCO also rec- 2 5c HON ommends you give them a call prior to all events to 250 B SUZ insure openings at 856-768-6000. If you’re an ATCO 12 536 15 SUZ racer, you already know how awesome this track is. 3 41 HON If you’ve never been there, I recommend you check it 65cc 7-9 KTM out, and don’t forget they have a D-6 championship 12 13x 56 KAW KAW points race coming up next month Saturday night 34 161 10 KAW 5 32 KAW November 15th.

– Jim Bull, MRA Photographs By

Taylor R. Murphy Kyle Whritenour Brian Domanski Mclaughlin Sean Chip J. Koban Keith Santora Chip J. Koban Kyle Whritenour Greg Roman Alex Bogdanov Damian C. Krause Bruce Redfield Brian Harris Max Henkel Morgan Gustray

85cc 10-11 1 461 SUZ 2 5m SU 3 38x KAW 4 114 YAM Jackson 5 18g HON 85cc 12-15 1 15c SUZ 2 27 HON Saxenmeyer 3 53 SUZ 4 355 YAM 5 14 YAM 85cc 14-15 1 10 2 10x 3 120 4 4w

Taylar Murphy takes a 2nd in School Boy and wins the 125 B Class

YAM SUZ YAM HON

85cc 7-9 1 13x KTM 2 56 KAW 3 234 KAW 4 46j KAW

Robert Garthe Taylor R. Murphy Kyle Whritenour Thomas J. Jamison Danny B. Woodward Frank Lettieri Jr Michael J. Sowa Michael P. Mackeprang Jeremy C. Jonathan Goldsboro Jr Danny R. Callahan Randy Dennis Dreher Brett Tave Randall W. Good Iii Michael Obrien Brandon Taylor Andrew Marcus Danny B. Woodward Damian C. Krause Bruce Redfield Charles R. Platt Jr Jason Chavez

Quad 0-230 1 16 YAM Robert Hiubic 2 5c YAM Matt Hook 25+ B 1 2

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Zachery Jakuboski in 50cc Quad Action

Schoolboy 1 43 YAM 2 327 SUZ 3 536 SUZ 4 171 SUZ 5 4w HON

41 HON Alex Bogdanov 99 HON Patrick Woods

25+C 1 2

839 YAM Reginald Ford 572 KAW Todd Covello

30+B 1 2 3

99 HON Patrick Woods 41 HON Alex Bogdanov 97 HON Garth B. Krady

30+A 1 2

44 HON Alan Jessat 423 HON Dean A. Bush

30+C 1 2 3 4 5

839 YAM 9 KAW 511 YAM 15 HON 351 HON

Reginald Ford Troy Gentry Glen A. Leemann Thomas Clark Michael Waldmann

Collegeboy 1 294 HON Keith Santora 2 5c HON Chip J. Koban

3 112 HON Quad 2 Stroke A 1 110 HON 2 10 SUZ 3 216 HON

George Ritter Iv Randy L. Lehr Rich Buckley Robert Miller

Quad 30+ 1 216 HON Robert Miller Quad 4 Stroke A 1 110 HON Randy L. Lehr 2 707 HON Kevin Olson 3 10 SUZ Rich Buckley Quad 4 Stroke B 1 19 HON 2 39 HON 3 64 HON 4 88x YAM 5 24 YAM

Logan Bird James Silfies Shawn Welsh David Huttanus Michael Stevenson

Quad – Anything 1 39 HON 2 19 HON 3 20 HON 4 88x HON 5 88 YAM

James Silfies Logan Bird Christopher Tait Brian G. Tait Jr. David Huttanus

Senior 40+ 1 44 HON 2 64 YAM 3 97 HON 4 947 HON

Alan Jessat Gary Gengel Garth B. Krady Larry Doumler

125 C 1 43 YAM 2 171 SUZ 3 213 SUZ 4 40 KTM 5 165 YAM

Robert Garthe Thomas J. Jamison Brett Lightner James Mushalla Sean Land

Quad 2 Stroke B 1 64 HON Shawn Welsh 2 9 YAM Robert Snyder 3 5c YAM Matt Hook Super Mini 1 15c SUZ 2 27 HON 3 10 YAM 4 355 YAM 5 4z KAW

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Quad 70cc Mod. 7-11 1 9k KAW Kyle Seiders 2 11 HON Kevin D. Kelley Jr 3 60 UNK Daniel Toth 4 24 UNK David Nevrotski 5 6 POL Zachary Rivas

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Frank Lettieri Jr Michael J. Sowa Michael P. Mackeprang Jeremy C. Jackson Mike Greco

Quad 50cc 7-8 1 24 UNK 2 788 UNK 3 27 LEM 4 51 LEM

David Nevrotski Michael Thor Zachery Jakuboski Frank Wendling

Dennis Dreher and Thomas campanella do battle in the 85 cc 12-13 Division

MRA OCTOBER 2003 • 17

Jr. Super Mini 1 461 SUZ 2 5m SUZ 3 38x KAW 4 114 YAM 5 475 HON

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Quad 90cc Mod 9-15 1 11 HON Richard Lindsay 2 81 HON Billy Brown 3 2 KAW Quinton Barto Quad 91-300 cc Production 14-15 1 87m YAM Austin Moser 2 121 SUZ Jeffrey Whritenour 3 11 HON Richard Lindsay

Alan Jessat wins two classes also – 30+A and Senior 6

788 UNK Michael Thor

250 C 1 15f HON Mike Bergholz 2 213 SUZ Brett Lightner 3 706 YAM Arnell Bell 50cc 7-8 1 934 POL 2 188 BET 3 626 COB 4 271 KTM 5 4 KTM 6 198 COB

Cody Trout Michael Frankenfield Todd Riggleman Michael P. Waldmann Robert Piazza Jr Ricky Dieva

65cc 10-11 1 461 SUZ 2 18 KTM 3 139 KTM 4 4s KAW 5 92c KAW 6 85 KTM

Frank Lettieri Jr Jesse Kuzbyt Eddie Mckernan Daniel South Christopher Dasilva Patrick Cannon

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Flying Dutchmen Flying Dutchmen MC was the site for a District 6

August 30-31, 2003

championship points race over the Labor Day weekend. MRA was there along with a group of hot MX racers from around the district and the country for that matter. The race action was sizzling and several class track championships were decided. The Dutchmens mini track had a

National Champion Pat Morrocco Racing at The Dutchmen

need record turn out, and the rest of the classes

Results:

had nearly full gates at the big track. Super mini

Big Track Motocross 8-30-03 Overall Race Results

action had Jason Lawerence from NJ, pitted

Overall # Brand Name

against Phil Nicoletti out of New York, and Sean

125 A 1 2 3 4 5

Hackley from Ovilla Texas. Sean was featured this year on Disney’s ‘Follow your Dreams’ and he is originally from our area. What a race this

250 A 1 2 3 4 5

was, if this is a preview of what we can expect out of the pro ranks in the coming decade, we better hold on to our hats. I for one can’t wait. Pat Morrocco, recent National Champion in the 125C divisions at Loretta’s also made the trip to the

Dalton Blettner from Hanover, PA

300 781 90 501 158 914 29 300 501 476

HON YAM KAW YAM KTM SUZ KAW HON YAM HON

125 C GROUP 1 1 8M SUZ 2 138 SUZ 3 30j HON 4 21 HON 5 08 SUZ

Jarred Kimble David Nyzio Gene C. Nighman Michael T. Schneck Jr. Chad Bellott Michael Bear Gene C. Nighman Jarred Kimble Michael T. Schneck Jr. Gregory Pamart Pasquale Morrocco Drew D. Coleman John Higbee Chris Teneyck Benjamin Mcgowen

Dutchmen to compete on this day. With the sun high in the sky and a ton of local talent on hand the Dutchmen was the place to be.

- Jim Bull, MRA

Avery Smith finishes 8th in the PW 80/TTR 90 Class

#371 Andrew Pruzinsky wins his first ever 5 Footer

125 C GROUP 2 1 33B YAM 2 22K YAM 3 77 YAM 4 700 KAW 5 454 KAW

Brandon M. Whelan Erik A. Wilson Ryan Zimmerman Larry A. Mutschler Robert W. Stanton

85 CC 7-11 1 15 2 25 3 62 4 5 5 88

Kyle R. Sidle Timothy A. Savidge Jr. Bryan D. Weimer Joseph A. Peditto Anthony L. Guzensky, Jr.

SUZ YAM YAM KAW YAM

85 CC 12-13 1 89 KAW 2 71 HON 3 764 KAW 4 44 SUZ 5 28 YAM

Sean L. Hackley Jr Phillip J. Nicoletti Eliot K. Jackson Adam Blessing Addison Kramer

85 CC 14-15 1 38 2 23 3 26 4 50t 5 3

SUZ KAW SUZ SUZ YAM

Jason Lawrence Kerry L. Kaminskie Michael P. Tippin Jr. Steven Chiappa Jared Dawson

SCHOOLBOY 1 71 2 038 3 138 4 327 5 23

HON SUZ SUZ SUZ KAW

Phillip J. Nicoletti Jason Lawrence Drew D. Coleman Taylor Murphy Kerry L. Kaminskie

COLLEGEBOY 1 32 YAM 2 8M SUZ 3 10M YAM 4 300 HON 5 781 YAM 125 B 1 28 YAM 2 038 SUZ 3 327 SUZ 4 157 YAM 5 903 YAM 250 B 1 2 3 4 5

Eric Sebastian Pasquale Morrocco Matthew Moore Jarred Kimble David Nyzio Andrew Wiegand Jason Lawrence Taylor Murphy Edwin Anderson Travis Harnish

92 157 536 43 16

HON YAM KTM KAW YAM

Dean Smith Edwin Anderson Kyle Whritenour Alex Kosatatschkpw Joe Sumpter

SUPERMINI 1 038 2 71 3 89 4 23 5 15

SUZ HON KAW KAW SUZ

Jason Lawrence Phillip J. Nicoletti Sean L. Hackley Jr Kerry L. Kaminskie Kyle R. Sidle

25 + A 1 476 2 914 3 345 4 697 5 19

HON SUZ HON YAM HON

Gregory Pamart Michael Bear Justin C. Forer Harry Laughlin Iv Tony R. Cavazza

25 + B 1 43 2 O5 3 361 4 10W 5 44

KAW HON HON HON HON

Alex Kosatatschkpw Peter Brubaker Jason W. Dineen Charles Webber Kevin Kolb

VET A 1 2 3 4 5

476 914 701 52 223

HON SUZ HON HON HON

Gregory Pamart Michael Bear Larry Desimone Jason George Glenn C. Hoffman

VET B 1 2 3 4 5

O5 18Z 9M 20 414

HON YAM YAM HON YAM

Peter Brubaker James Osborne Jeffery D. Miller Rodney W. Dehaven Steven J. Sheckler

VET C 1 2 3 4 5

210 978 21 25 542

YAM HON HON YAM YAM

Shawn Phillips Kerry Williams Chris Teneyck Bryan J. Boyd Greg L. Dobyns

SENIOR 1 29 KAW Gene C. Nighman 2 44 HON Alan M. Jessat 3 70 YAM Thomas Sebastian Jr

4 5

69 HON Kevin J. Higgins 19 YAM Tom G. Cutter

4 STROKE MC 1 32 YAM 2 92 HON 3 10M YAM 4 701 HON 5 414 YAM 250 C 1 210 YAM 2 15F HON 3 700 KAW 4 7 KAW 5 44 HON

Shawn Phillips Mike Bergholz Larry A. Mutschler Jason Tolbert Kevin Kolb

0-230 1 2 3 4 5

Eric Sebastian Dean Smith Matthew Moore Larry Desimone Steven J. Sheckler

5c 69 114 87m 21

YAM YAM YAM HON YAM

Matt Hook Casey Dickinson Kyle Turney Austin Moser Adam T. Fritch

ANYTHING 1 55 2 26 3 3B 4 18 5 1v

Unk HON HON HON HON

Andy D. Ehrenzeller Stephen C. Dibble Bruce Wyland,jr.

Jay Derosa Anthony M. Capuano

VET 1 2 3 4 5

HON YAM HON HON HON

John Pierson Mark Rasieleski John M. Partington Thomas J. Perfetto Jay P Bonners

116 47 66 99 191

2 STROKE A 1 55 Unk Andy D. Ehrenzeller 2 116 HON John Pierson 3 51 YAM Jeremy Klein 2 STROKE B 1 64 2 191 3 114 4 33

HON HON YAM YAM

Shawn Welsh Jay P Bonners Kyle Turney Raymond Pursell Jr

4 STROKE A 1 76 CAN Justin S Wills 2 26 HON Stephen C. Dibble 3 85 HON Paul Gregg 4 STROKE B 1 3 2 64 3 47 4 21x 5 9

YAM HON YAM HON HON

Thomas Terry Shawn Welsh Mark Rasieleski Mike Granese Joe Cuccaro

Mini Track Motocross 8/31/03 Overall Race Results Overall # Brand Name 50 CC OIL INJECTED 4-6 YEARS 1 11B YAM Bryce M., Davis 2 225 YAM Ryan Vuksta 3 117 YAM Caleb M. Bordner 4 191 COB Donte P. Grim 5 24 YAM Michael Wickkiser 50 CC OIL INJECTED 7-8 YEARS 1 119 YAM Austin L. Davis 2 3X YAM Dallas J. Shahan 3 2X SUZ Jordan Navarro 50 CC STOCK 4-6 YEARS 1 64 KTM Brennen Weindel 2 98 COB Logan A. Ehrets 3 76 COB Eric Heilman 4 4k COB Kyle J. Boileau 5 57 KTM Timothy Lambert

– By Jim Bull, MRA

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50 CC 7-8 STOCK 1 6R KTM 2 6F KTM 3 100 KTM 4 247 COB 5 4 KTM

Robert J. Lipyanek Robert M. Kinsley Brandon Woolf Mitchell A. Ovell Robert M. Piazza

65 CC 7-9 group 1 1 7 KTM 2 259 KTM 3 42 KTM 4 14e KTM 5 6R KTM

Brett Forman Michael Schalkoff Daniel Nienstadt Eric W. Hanson Robert J. Lipyanek

65 CC 10-11 1 461 SUZ 2 62 KTM 3 417 SUZ 4 OO7 KTM 5 2M KAW

Frank J. Lettieri Bryan D. Weiner Talon N. Distefano Christian Castillo Brandon Mcmanus

90 CC 4W 1 64M 2 6 3 11 4 15 5 7

98 KTM Logan A. Ehrets 32 KTM Dylan F. Blettner

XR 50 HONDA 4-8 YEARS 1 4 HON Daniel J. Bromley 2 68E HON Broc R. Emery 3 91 HON Trevor B. Shaffer 4 13K HON Kevin Hoffman 5 81 HON Brendan R. Schulte PW 80,TTR 90 1 25X YAM 2 247 YAM 3 7a YAM 4 94 YAM 5 44 YAM

Anthony Mazella from Baltimore,MD

XR 100, TTR125, 150 HONDA 1 44 KAW Adam Blessing 2 275 YAM Austin D. Edwards 3 81 HON James S. Barnes Iii 4 x YAM Charles H. Lengle 5 94 HON Ryan Quigg Unk LEM LEM Unk Unk

Kasey Vickery David Nevrotski Michael Thor Nicole M. Wild Dominic J. Tibberino

70 CC 4W 1 9K 2 60 3 24 4 12 5 788

KAW POL Unk Unk ET

Kyle E. Seiders Daniel Toth David Nevrotski Shane G. Simpkins Michael Thor

Michael Cheshire Khyle Willis Anthony R. Burke Jacob W. Finkbiner Zakary J. Burke

#16F Craig Fowler racing in 65cc Action XR 70, XR 80 HONDA 1 91 HON Brian L. Barnes 2 290 HON Paul D. Mcmullen 3 x KAW Charles M. Burnett 4 14 HON Zachery Warnock 5 47 HON Zachary Reinson 65cc 7-9 group 2 1 3 KAW 2 22R SUZ 3 98 KAW 4 28G KAW 5 33 KAW

Richard Kastle Bradley R. Roth Kyle A. Greenwalt Dustin Geis Anthony L. Heller

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Alyssa R. Savidge Curtis Northcutt Amber N. Biasi Jay Seigfried Trent L. Noll

50 CC 4W 1 8k 2 24 3 788 4 3 5 77

HON HON HON POL HON

80 cc MODIFIED 4W 1 371 SUZ Andrew Pruzinsky 2 71 HON Derek Bartashus 3 1 SUZ Christopher N. Wild

KTM OIL INJECTED 4-8 YEARS 1 91 KTM Trevor B. Shaffer 2 11M KTM Michael Mcdonald 3 64 KTM Brennen Weindel 4 5

Sean Hackley chases Phil Nicoletti in the 12-13 Division

MRA OCTOBER 2003 • 19

D-6 Points Race

Dominic Tibberino takes a 5th in the 50cc Quad Division

Sean Hackley featured in Sports Illustrated For Kids and on Disneys Follow your Dreams was in town over the Labor Day Weekend. MRA had the privilege of speaking with this young man and accomplished MX racer at the Flying Dutchmen points race over the holiday weekend. Sean, born in Baltimore, MD grew up racing in our area. He and his family lived in Hanover, PA just a few miles from the Happy Ramblers Motorcycle Club for quite a few years before moving off to the great state of Texas.

Sean is a Kawasaki Team Green rider and competes in most of the larger amateur events around the country. He and his family along with a friend and fellow racer from California were in PA for the Broome and Steele City races. Sean said whenever they come to the area if time allows they like to hit the Dutchmen for a race. And what a weekend to show up, there were a lot of local fast guys at the Dutchmen and some of the best racing of the day was to be found in the mini classes.

Sean has had a great trip to the East Coast. He won the overall in the 12-13 class up at Broome Tioga, and at the Dutchmen he again won the 12-13 class and managed a third in the Supermini class behind Jay Lawrence of NJ and Phil Nicoletti of NY. Sean is also a regular at the Loretta Lynn Amateur Nationals and he will be competing at the Mini O’s and the US Open in Las Vegas this month. Sean let us in on a little secret while at the Dutchmen – right after the US Open he’ll be jumping on a 125cc machine., all I can say is lookout world.

MRA would like to thank Sean and his family for the time that they gave us. Kids if your looking for a hero this is the guy – Sean is one of the most polite people you will ever meet, and on top of that he can make a motocross bike fly.

Sean asked that we thank all of his sponsors that help him along the way : Team Green Kawasaki, No Fear, Spy, Alpine Star, PCS, Pro Circuit, Excel, Dunlop, Twin Air, DC Shoes, M2R Helmets, Valley Kawasaki, D & S Kawasaki, Renthal, Cycra and Mom and Dad.

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TOMAHAWK MX August 24, 2003

District 7 Youth Points

Story and Photos by: Kevin Sheckells Tomahawk MX Park in Hedgesville, WV held a District 7 Youth Points Race in late August, the weather was great and the racing fast.

50cc 4-6 stock action started with Jake Runkles running away in the first moto with Ryan Baxter and Sam Sheckells rounding out the top three. In the second moto the action was very much the same with Runkles taking the overall followed by Baxter and Sheckells.

50cc oil injected saw Paxton Parkhurst bust out of the gate on his new Cobra. Sam Sheckells slid by for the lead and shortly after Paxtons shock blew and sent him to 4th. Bailey Cox rallied to 2nd and Dakota Harris finished in 3rd. In moto 2 it was another Parkhurst holeshot followed by Harris, Cox, Brandon Seibold 65 10-11 “Stylin”

Tomahawk MX Results 8-24-03 50ccc (7-8) 1 84 2 1 3 01 4 2j 5 02

Suz Suz KTM KTM Suz

Kameron M. Page Tyler M. Murphy Austin A. Cox Storm E. Sheckells Ian M. Facey, Jr.

50cc (4-6) 1 270 KTM Jacob C. Runkles 2 107 COB Ryan Baxter 3 4j KTM Sam D. Sheckells 4 07 KTM Tristan Kimble 5 93 COB Collin T. Bowers 50cc Oil Injected (4-8) 1 5j KTM Sam d. Sheckells 2 3j KTM Dakota Harris 3 142 KTM Dailey I. Cox 4 41 KTM Dillon B. Dyer 5 03 Yam Paxton R. Parkhurst

Dillon Dyer and Sheckells. Dyer moved up front and Sheckells pursued and took the lead, Dakota Harris battled to the 2nd spot as Dyer held 3rd. Bailey cox held on for 4th.

The first moto of the 50cc 7-8 stock class saw Storm Sheckells charge to the corner but Kameron Page quickly moved to the front. Tyler Murphy headed up the chase but threw a chain and was postponed. Austin Cox snatched 2nd with Sheckells following, Murphy reset his chain and battled back to 3rd. The second moto brought another close start as Page once again went to the front. Tyler Murphy kept his Cobra intact and held 2nd with Cox and Sheckells rounding out the 3rd and 4th spots.

Justin Bowler claimed a 1-1 for the overall in the 12-15 supermini. Matthew Bobst placed a 2-2 for 2nd with Daniel Rucker taking 3rd. Brandon Seibold turned in another impressive ride in the 65cc 10-11 class with a 1-1 ride with Aaron Houser grabbing 2nd overall with a 3-2 score.

65cc 7-9 action saw Jake Grove and Kameron Page racing hard as Grove walked away with the overall scoring a 1-1. Page settled for 2nd and Josh Corbin took 3rd place honors.

Junior Mini was commanded by Billy Windsor with a 1-1 for 1st overall. Anthony Jones placed 5th in the first moto but rallied for a 2nd in moto 2 and took 2nd overall. Aaron Hower took 3rd with a 4-3 posting. Justin Bowler took the overall win in the 85cc 14-15 class with Devin Manahan 2nd and Jeremy Rutledge in 3rd overall.

Daniel Rucker of Point of Rocks, MD turned in a 1-1 for the overall in the 85cc 12-13 group with James Thompson and Patrick Wastler finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Brandon Seibold rode another impressive ride in the 85cc 7-11 division taking a 1-1 to the podium. Billy Windsor took a 2-3 for 2nd with Anthony Jones placing 3rd.

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85cc (12-13) 1 102 2 456 3 194 4 999 5 52

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85cc (7-11) 1 21 Suz Brandon Seibold 2 175 Kaw Billy Windsor 3 770 Suz Anthony M. Jones 4 243 kaw Luke Richards 5 107 KTM Andrew Kinsley 125A 1 707 Hon Andrew Tsakanikas 2 7 Yam Zachary A. Camp 3 93 Hon Gregory Batts 125B 1 2 3 4 5

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Yam Todd A. Wilcom Yam Gary Harding Yam Pete M. Sneeringer Kaw Justin E. Crawford Hon William B. Phillips

Jeff Grove “puttin the hammer down” in Vet A

Jason E. Galbraith Justin C. Reel Patrick B. Wastler Christopher A. Rucker Jason Mitchell

Super mini 12-15 1 4 Hon Justin L. Bowler 2 302 Hon Matthew Bobst 3 102 Suz Daniel L. Rucker 4 456 Yam James C. Thompson 5 26 Kaw Tyler Carbaugh

Suz Jacob H. Grove Suz Kameron M. Page Kaw Joshua Corbin Suz Tyler M. Murphy Suz Jacob A. Diana

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Yam Kaw Suz Suz Hon

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682 KTM Chris N. Schueler 1 Hon Andrew Tsakanikas 911 Hon Isaac G. Blevins 969 Hon Cliff Bruneau, Jr. 192 Yam Snane Krabal

250B 1 2 3 4 5

950 740 122 30 656

Yam Damien L. Bell Yam richie Myers Yam Ryan D. Shoaf Hon Ira Himelright Kaw Justin E. Crawford

250C 1 2 3 4 5

858 19 364 684 735

KTM John D. Meyer, Jr. Hon John P. Cosgrove IV Yam Larry Rhodes Yam David S. Markley KTM Brock Myers

25+A 1 2 3 4

12 17 781 716

Yam Hon Suz Hon

25+B 1 2 3 4

23 950 30 656

Unk Robert Kahmer Yam Damien L. Bell Hon Ira Himelright Yam Rick Rhodes

Senior A (+40) 1 12 Yam 2 102 Yam 3 810 Hon 4 781 Suz 5 103 Suz

Women 1 55 2 30 3 27

Suz Jim M. Mandrin Kaw Bryan K. Unger Yam Gene Ward Hon Roger Morton Yam Ted Veneman

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Hon Brian Butler yam Gerald L. Jones TM Jeffery St Denis Yam James J. Ballantine Hon Gary T. Sullivan

Jeffrey M. Grove John Richards Robert M. Curtin chris Rhoten

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Hurricane Hills

September 7, 2003 – D-6 Points Results:

P/W: 1. Brennen Weindel (Ktm); 2. Jake Jones (Ktm); 3. Dylan Blettner (Ktm);

4. Logan Ehrets (Cob); 5. Kyle Boileau (Ktm).

50 (4-6): 1. Brennen Weindel (Ktm); 2. Jake Jones (Cob); 3. Logan Ehrets (Ktm);

4. Kayla Boorom (Ktm); 5. Schae Thomas (Hsk).

50 (7-8): 1. Bobby Kinsley (Ktm); 2. Bobby Lipyanck (Ktm); 3. Ricky Benesky (Ktm);

4. Tyler Tillman (Cob); 5. Sean Ballard (Ktm).

65 (7-9): 1. Nick Desiderio (Suz); 2. Ryan Francis (Ktm); 3. Dustin Geis (Kaw);

4. Brett Forman (Ktm); 5. Bobby Lipyanck (Ktm).

65 (10-11): 1. Broc Schmelyn (Kaw); 2. Bryan Weimer (Ktm); 3. Jonathan Mcdermott (Ktm);

4. James Doolittle (Suz); 5. Talon Distefano (Suz).

85 (7-9): 1. Nick Desiderio (Suz); 2. Timothy Savidge (Yam); 3. Zach Pisanchyn (Kaw);

4. Stephen Buss (Kaw); 5. Richard Kastle (Kaw).

85 (10-11): 1. Broc Schmelyn (Yam); 2. Jesse Kuzbyt (Suz); 3. Kyle Sidle (Suz);

4. Austin Kozimor (Suz); 5. Bryan Weimer (Yam).

85 (12-13): 1. Lowell Spangler (Suz); 2. Addison Kramer (Yam); 3. Joey Keefe (Suz);

4. Travis Rudd (Suz); 5. S. Bowen (bo) Moore (Suz).

85 (14-15): 1. David Karney (Yam); 2. Cody Schneider (Kaw); 3. Broc Moore (Kaw);

4. Jorelan Deblasse (Suz).

Mark Pearson (476) leads the pack into the 1st turn in the final; 250cc Novice moto. Trailing were Larry Mutschler (700), Shawn Phillips (210), Mike Worobij (240)and Derek Zydalis (80) at Hurricane Hills. +25 EX: 1. Greg Parmart (Hon); 2. Michael Bear (Suz); 3. Scott Rockwell (Hon);

4. Mike Giulian (Yam); 5. Kevin Krueger (Hon). +30 NOV: 1. Shawn Phillips (Yam); 2. Robert Stober (Yam); 3. Jeff Case (Suz);

4. Wayne Tatara (Kaw); 5. Mike Frank (Ktm). +30 AM: 1. Mark Nevil (Hon); 2. Brian Sworen (Kaw); 3. William Frank (Yam);

4. Kevin Hicks Sr (Yam); 5. Pete Brubaker (Hon). +30 EX: 1. Greg Parmart (Hon); 2. Jerry Seip (Hon); 3. Michael Bear (Suz);

4. Darryl Smith (Kaw); 5. Al Collioud (Yam). +40: 1. Tim Schmelyun (Yam); 2. Jerry Seip (Hon); 3. John Hilton (Hon);

4. Mike Shattuck (Hon); 5. Tom Sabastian (Yam).

WMN AM: 1. Jamie Ports (Yam); 2. Nancy Newby (Hon).

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Jim Sanderson Lawrence Mombelardi (769) leads the start of the 1st 125cc Amateur moto with David Szymanski (399) and Matt Flint in tow at the District Six Championships at Hurricane Hills on September 7th in Clifford, Pennsylvania.

85 (9-13): 1. Broc Schmelyn (Yam); 2. Marshall Hurd (Suz); 3. Jesse Kuzbyt (Suz);

4. Timothy Savidge (Yam); 5. S. Bowen (bo) Moore (Suz).

S/MINI: 1. Lowell Spangler (Suz); 2. Joey Keefe (Suz); 3. Kyle Sidle (Suz);

4. Zachary Whitmore (Kaw); 5. Tommy Lewis (Hon).

SCHBY: 1. Cody Graybill (Yam); 2. Sean Wallace (Suz); 3. Matt Flint (Yam);

4. Alex Sharkey (Suz); 5. Steve Grossweiler (Suz).

CLGBY: 1. David Disciullo (Yam); 2. Eric Sabastien (Yam); 3. Dave Grover (Hon);

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125 NOV: 1. Ryan Zimmerman (Yam); 2. Cody Graybill (Yam); 3. Chad Brekbill (Yam);

4. Erik Wilson (Yam); 5. Taylor Beltz (Kaw).

125 AM: 1. David Szymansky (Yam); 2. Matt Flint (Yam); 3. Dave Grover (Hon);

4. Chris Cheney (Hon); 5. Russ Kollmer (Kaw).

125 PRO/EX: 1. Jeremy Cook (Yam); 2. Chris Welsh (Yam);

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Name Matt Hook Austin S. Moser Adam T. Fritch Casey L. Dickinson David P. Ott John Pierson Jason O. Ickes Robert L. Burbridge Dwayne F. Walter Jeffrey M. Weiss

Quad Anything 1 7 2 15 3 241

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Warren D. Draper Walter Kreidell David Miller

Quad 2 stroke A 1 55 2 116 3 10g 4 51 5 43

Unk HON YAM YAM SUZ

Andy D. Ehrenzeller John Pierson Justin A. Gleim Jeremy M. Gleim Thaddeus Gross

Quad 2 Stroke B 1 72 2 64 3 79 4 29 5 64t

HON HON YAM YAM HON

Alan Fritch Shawn V. Welsh Benny N. Franks Brandon J. Rau Jonathan L. Cahill

Quad 4Stroke A 1 110 2 10 3 1 4 17

YAM YAM YAM HON

Randy L. Lehr Warren D. Draper Thomas M. Lombardo Steven D. Jacoby

Quad 4 Stroke B 1 64 2 3 3 52 4 08 5 98

HON YAM HON YAM SUZ

Shawn V. Welsh Thomas N. Terry Dana W. Wolf Roy A. Snyder David Miller

Mini 65 10-11 1 461 2 62 3 417 4 007 5 24r

SUZ YAM SUZ KAW KAW

Frank J. Lettieri Bryan D. Weimer Talon N. Distefano Christian R. Castillo Broc Rupert

Mini 85 7-11 1 461 2 123 3 15 4 25 5 62

SUZ SUZ SUZ YAM YAM

Frank J. Lettieri Chaz Light Kyle R. Sidle Timothy A. Savidge Jr. Bryan D. Weimer

Mini 85 12-13 1 71x 2 89 3 427 4 764 5 28

HON KAW SUZ KAW YAM

Phillip J. Nicoletti Sean L. Hackley Lowell J. Spangler Eliot K. Jackson Addison R. Kramer

Veteran- 30+ C 1 210 2 216 3 978 4 25x 5 534

YAM YAM HON KAW HON

Shawn Phillips Keith Kline Kerry Y. Williams Bryan S. Nuss Steven N. Wright,jr.

Mini 85 14-15 1 38 2 23 3 3 4 7 5 26

SUZ KAW YAM TM SUZ

Jason Lawrence Kerry L. Kaminskie Jared M. Dawson Tyler B. Kline Michael P. Tippin Jr.

Senior - 40+ B 1 55 2 64t 3 70 4 3b 5 585

HON HON KAW KAW YAM

R. Michael Scavello Troy Pitts Daniel Carsley Bruce Wyland Kirk Reinson

Super Mini 1 2 3 4 5

38 71x 89 23 427

SUZ HON KAW KAW SUZ

Jason Lawrence Phillip J. Nicoletti Sean L. Hackley Kerry L. Kaminskie Lowell J. Spangler

125 A 1 2 3 4 5

141 360 71 788 52b

YAM YAM YAM HON HON

Casey M. Clark Jeremy Cook David Disciullo Joseph W. Robertson Brian Mccullough

Junior Mini 1 2 3 4 5

44 187 5 3h 4t

SUZ HON SUZ YAM YAM

Adam Blessing Alex S. Maldet Joseph A. Peditto Ryan R. Higgins Tyler M. Brady

125 B 1 2 3 4 5

38 67 54 157 10m

SUZ SUZ KAW YAM YAM

Jason Lawrence Tyler K. Witmer Richard R. White Edwin T. Anderson Matthew H. Moore

Schoolboy 1 38 2 71x 3 89 4 67 5 949

SUZ HON KAW SUZ YAM

Jason Lawrence Phillip J. Nicoletti Sean L. Hackley Tyler K. Witmer Andrew C. Jackson

125 C 1 2 3 4 5

138 77 33b 30j 48k

SUZ YAM YAM HON YAM

Drew Coleman Ryan Zimmerman Brandon M. Whelan John E. Higbee Kristopher R. Baldwin

Collegeboy 1 71 2 32 3 711 4 157 5 10m

YAM YAM HSK YAM YAM

David Disciullo Eric Sebastian Shelby M. Reitz Edwin T. Anderson Matthew H. Moore

250/open A 1 2 3 4 5

141 79 476 360 788

YAM SUZ HON YAM HON

Casey M. Clark Barry P. Carsten Gregory Pamart Jeremy Cook Joseph W. Robertson

25+ A 1 2 3 4 5

79 476 914 896 687

SUZ HON SUZ HON SUZ

Barry P. Carsten Gregory Pamart Michael P. Bear John B. Lyons Todd G. Weindel

250/open B 1 2 3 4 5

92d 54 83 321 43

HON KAW HON HON KAW

Dean Smith Richard R. White C. Chad Aughinbaugh Eric E. Swarr Alex Kosatschkpw

25+ B 1 2 3 4 5

78 103 371 14 43

HON YAM SUZ HON KAW

Warren E. Cisney Christopher Deleo Michael C. Derosa Michael S. Cahill Alex Kosatschkpw

250/open C 1 2 3 4 5

210 52a 18x 103 52

YAM YAM HON YAM KAW

Shawn Phillips Aqil Sharif Saunders M. Moore Christopher Deleo Larry A. Mutschler

Veteran- 30+ A 1 79 2 476 3 914 4 896 5 642

SUZ HON SUZ HON YAM

Barry P. Carsten Gregory Pamart Michael P. Bear John B. Lyons Robert Burfield

Senior - 40+ A 1 69 2 8 3 75 4 19 5 70

HON SUZ YAM YAM YAM

Kevin J. Higgins Eric Eisenfelder James Mcgee Tom G. Cutter Thomas Sebastian Jr

Veteran- 30+ B 1 9m 2 18z 3 414 4 434 5 385

YAM YAM YAM HON HON

Jeffrey D. Miller James M. Osborne Steven J. Sheckler Scott H. Schauer Jeffrey S. Groff

Women 1

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Jill Polanczyk

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TEAM HEISER / HUGHES Flat Track Racing

It all started 31 years ago when a 14 year old kid from York, Pa threw his RM 100 in a pick up truck and headed off to Trail Way Speedway to race motocross. Yes, I know there are a lot of you racers out there that remember Saturday night racing at Trail Way and Sunday too on the big track out back. Those days of MX racing are long gone from Trail Way, but the kid, he’s still around. Still at Trail Way and still going around, around the dirt oval at Trail Way that is.

Steve Heiser quickly made the switch from motocross to flat track in those early years of racing at Trail way Speedway. He continues to race 31 years later and he has brought along some company over the last several years. Most flat track weekends you can find Steve along with his wife Cathy, his step son Travis and his youngest son Cassidy racing the AMS / Don Hughes prePromotions on his racing PW. Currently, Cassidy is riding the AMS Suzuki in the 65cc pared machines at the local division and the Don Hughes XR 100 in the 4 stroke class. Cassidy is gaining tracks here in district 6. valuable experience in his early years of racing and will no doubt finish in the top 5 in Steve has done a lot of his respective classes at various tracks around the district this year. Cassidy’s future goal racing over the years, he’s is to be a roadracer like two of his heros, his dad Steve and that other road racer, whats done everything from motohis name ? Oh yeah, Nicky Hayden. cross to flat track to road Steve asked that we thank the people that help keep him and his family at the track racing. By 1979 he had a D-6 championship under doing what they love to do. His sponsors: Action Motorsports, Don and Diane Hughes and his belt flat tracking. In Tiger Plates. I would like to thank the entire Heiser family for giving me the time for this 1985 he started road racing interview, but more importantly for keeping it all in and in 1993 he was part of an endurance team” Pure the family. Flat Track racing Sports Racing” that had won is a great sport and a great way to spend some time a national event on their Travis Sennett riding the Don Hughes Yamaha Honda CBR900RR. with your family. I recommend that everyone would By the mid 90’s Steve started building the foundation for Heiser Racing well into the next generation. In 1994 follow the Heisers example and head on out to the his son Cassidy was born and Steve was still racing, at this time he started to get his step track for a great day of Flat son Travis Sennett involved with the sport as well.

Travis started racing at the age of 12 in the 80cc divisions under Steves guidance. Track Racing.

– Jim Bull MRA Travis took to the sport well and within a few short years he had two Photos Courtesy of district championships Len Breech under his belt, 600 B champ in 2000 and 2001. Last year at Trail Cassidy Heiser riding the AMS Suzuki Way Speedway Travis earned the Track Champion award in the 500 2 valve class. I September 16, 2003 believe 500 2 valve is the Heiser / Hughes Rausch Creek Raceway is Back on Track Racing charm, between Rausch Creek Land, LP is pleased to announce the revival of the highly anticipated Rausch Creek Steve and Travis they’ve North Course roadracing project. Rausch Creek Land, LP (RCL) is a newly formed partnership, which has acquired the assets of Rausch Creek Motor Sports, LP. RCL has also completed the transfer of won a combined 10 all necessary permits and zoning approvals from the former parent company of RCMS. The new championships in the general partner, Robert Rivkin, will lead the partnership to the completion of the North Course and the Steve Heiser riding the Don Hughes triumph future development of the property surrounding the track. Mr. Rivkin brings a strong business sense last 5 years on the Donny of large development projects to the table for RCL and is eager to complete the North Course Hughes Yamaha.

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Matthews Farm GNCC September 6th, 2003 Taylortown, PA By: Trish Krachun After a little more than a 2 month break in the GNCC series, all the racers were itching to get going again in Taylortown, PA which hosted the Matthews Farm GNCC, which is the 10th of 13 rounds on the GNCC circuit.

Since the last race, the new YFZ has become a popular hit.

Many racers came back on the new quad raving about how awesome it is. Among the racers jumping ship was a handful of PRO racers including #2, Matt Smiley & #7, Chad Duvall.

Also, Bill Ballance, reigning GNCC Champ & current points leader, swapped his LRD 2-stroke for the Suzuki Z-400 he's been testing out for the last couple of months. Why the sudden change? Simply put.... Most of the tracks this year have been totally 4-stroke types of tracks! With all the rain this year, many of the tracks have been a muddy mess. 4-strokes have really dominated the season & have been on the podium at almost all the races. Of the pro’s that made the switch, LRD/KLOTZ backed Ballance commented: “This was my first race on my Z400. I will make some changes & try again. I think this bike will be real competitive.” Smiley added: “I was really impressed with my new YFZ.” NAC's/Yoshimura backed William Yokely took the holeshot on his Suzuki Z400. Chris Borich, Matt Smiley & Santo DeRisi chased him the entire first lap. As these riders came through the the scoring tent, the 5th-7th place racers Ballance, Chad Duvall & Brad Page made a wrong turn as they came out of the woods right before the scoring tents. Page quickly turned around as he noticed they missed getting scored, however, Ballance & Duvall continued giving them a 30-second advantage. Course Marshalls were then notified & told to hold

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Meanwhile, East Coast ATV's Borich & LRD/Pro Parts Racing backed Smiley turned up the heat on Yokely. They got around him & extended their lead by 45 seconds by mid-race. Yokely lost some more spots, on the 4th lap of the 6 lap race, due to rear brake problems as Duvall & Ballance passed him as well.

Ballance turned the pace up a little & passed Duvall. He then caught sight of Smiley, which surprised him. “I thought I was battling for the lead with Yokely & Page, but then I saw Smiley & realized I wasn’t winning” commented Ballance after the race. Never one to settle for less than a win, he was all over Smiley. Borich, by this time, had extended his lead to over 30 seconds... leaving Ballance to think he was in 2nd. At the finish, Borich claimed his 2nd straight win this year, Smiley & Ballance battled until the last turn. Smiley stalled his bike 2 turns from the finish & Ballance got past him to take 2nd place.

Smiley claimed 3rd while Duvall & Yokely rounded out the top 5 OVERALL. “I wanted to let Bill think he took the win” said Smiley after the race.

“Me & Matt had some real good battles today, I loved the fast track” said Borich. Smiley jokingly replied “He's younger and stupider than me, he almost lost it a few times out there. He gets a pat on the back for holding on. A few times I was able to pass him, but he got right by me”. The track was extremely fast & much easier than most of the other tracks on the series.

On the morning action, Troy Racing’s Stephanie Parton clinched another 1st OVERALL. She came from behind on the 2nd row starting grid to be in the top 10 by the end of the first lap. Parton battled early with Traci Cecco, her main rival in the Woman's class who competed on her new YFZ. Parton then pulled a 2-minute lead on Cecco by the end of the race after Cecco had been set back by getting tangled together with another rider. Cecco said “It took 3 people to free the quads from one another, I lost some pretty valuable time, but I am ready for Sparta” referring to the next GNCC. Cecco placed 2nd in Woman’s & 6th Overall. Parton had to wait a couple minutes after the race was over to see if she clinched the Overall win. After factoring in the 1-minute lead the 4-stroke stock class had, it was determined that Parton had won by 11 seconds. Parton commented “I basically raced against time the entire race. I was on the hunt. My bike was awesome with the new Vector a-arms & AXIS shocks. I have to say though, that it is really hard starting on the 2nd row because some guys just can’t accept a woman beating them. I hope we start on the first row all the time in the future.”

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10/11 Atco I sometimes wonder, when the first caveman picked up a pointed stick did he use it Observed Trials 10/12 Mt. Pleasant as a tool or did he poke his eye out with it. Man developed tools to help him create 10/4-5 PA Trials Riders (Modern) 10/12 Wolfmanns new things that made life better and then to fix the things he’d made, all logical ends.

10/12 River Hills Trials Some people look in a tool box and see things differently than you and I. When I look 10/12 Pagoda at a pair of pliers I see a tool for pulling out a cotter pin or holding a piece of pipe, but 10/25 Candytown – Vintage 10/18 Atco some people see a wrench that covers everything from 10 to 17mm. A screwdriver.

10/26 Candytown - Modern 10/19 Happy Ramblers Its name by definition means a tool for driving screws not the thing you jam between

(4’ Trophy Day) case halves to pry them apart. When I see a vice grip I see a tool that allows me to hold two pieces of metal together while I weld them, somebody else sees a shift lever.

MISC. 10/19 Hurricane Hills The Discovery Channel thinks it was a big deal discovering the wreck of the Titanic, 10/3-4 White Rose MC 10/25 Atco you want a real discovery find the guy who first lost a shift lever and instead of going

(Antique MC Meet) 10/26 Doublin Gap out and getting a replacement clamped a set of vice grips onto his shift shaft and 10/11 District 6 Meeting –

(Track points begin – 2004) headed aback out into the corn fields. Heck they could devote a whole half hour to

Moto Cross Meeting @ 3:00 PM how this guy not only made this work, but how adept he became at shifting with this 10/26 Mt. Pleasant 11/1 Pre Sanction Meeting – set up, adept to the point he completely forgot about ever getting a new shift lever.

11/1 Atco I’ve actually seen this more than once and by the time it gets to me it has passed

FDMC @ 9:00 AM 11/2 Happy Ramblers through two more stages. First comes the inevitable”unanticipated repositioning due to frictional decline”, in other words, it starts slipping on the shaft usually under downshifts. This is corrected with the help of the bigger brother who can squeeze the Hare Scramble vice grips tighter on the shaft. This buys a few more precious hours of riding time but 10/5 Ft. Of Mountain inevitably the splined end of the shift shaft finally surrenders. Logic finally prevails

(Double Track Points) and a new shifter and shift shaft are purchased?? Not when Uncle Bobs got a welder.

10/12 Flying Dutchmen That’s right, they weld the vice grips on. You think I’m kidding, I really have seen this

(5’ Trophy Day) more than once.

Last week a couple of guys came into the shop, they had bought a ’86 YZ250 in 10/19 Flying Dutchmen non-running condition. After dis-assembling the engine (I don’t want to know how),

(5’ Trophy Day) they found the connecting rod was bent, a common occurrence if the engine was 10/19 Reading Off Road – submerged while still running and sucked water, it had. New crank assembly?

Dual Sport Rebuild the old one? Nope, they straightened it. With a hammer. It actually ran for 10/26 Ft. Of Mountain an hour, before the rod broke in half and took out the cases.

Had a YZ80 some months ago, an ’84 I think. They had lost the front axle 11/2 Rausch Creek spacer. Did they buy a new one? Nope, a 3/4 inch nut with the threads drilled out so the axle would slide through was the solution.

Chain stretched, no more adjustment, take out a link. Chain snaps, put in another master link. I’ve seen chains with five master links. Chain slips because all the sprocket teeth are gone, tighten the chain until you can play a tune on it.

I truly believe that the local hardware store has a chart that they supply to their clerks that says you can substitute a 5/16 SAE coarse thread bolt for an 8 x 1.25.

I also believe that the people who make Helicoil thread repair kits need to expand their advertising into a genre that might better capture the attention of those people whose solution to a stripped 8mm thread is drill it out and fit a 3/8 bolt.

These are just a few of the dare I say hundreds of examples of bad mechanics I’ve seen over the years, but sometimes you hear about it done wrong right. One of the Brett Pugh and best examples of this is a story my Dad told to me years ago. My Dad grew up in #34 Tyler Kidwell England during World War II, a time at which everything was in short supply including motorcycle parts. During the war a friend of his owned a Triumph 500 speed twin that unfortunately chose that period in history to cook a piston. Try as they might, they could not locate a piston anywhere as all manufacturing had been converted to supplying material for the war effort. Even raw aluminum could not be Photographs By found anywhere. The one thing that was available though was wood. That’s right, they machined a piston out of wood. Lignum Vitae to be specific. A very dense wood with its own built in lubricity, it was used for over a hundred years as a bearing surface in everything from Al Carr Andy Fleck clocks to wagon wheels. They were able to duplicate the piston in nearly every detail and fit it to the original wrist pin and piston rings. Thermal expansion was actually less that Aluminum so a good working tolerance was easily achieved. I know what you’re thinking, it would burn. Actually no. There was some Engine Services Suspension Services Parts & Acc. light charring of the piston crown but this layer of • Rebuilding • Re-Valving • Aftermarket • Porting • Rebuilding • OEM carbon acted as a thermal barrier preventing any fur• Machining • Authorized Race • Discounted ther damage. The piston performed without incident Price Tech Center for over seven years. So I guess if you have to do it #91 Tyler Stacey battles Phone: 215-541-0430 E-mail: suspensionGuru@aol.com wrong, do it wrong right.

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