MRA Sept 2004

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VOLUME 8, ISSUE 7 • SEPTEMBER 2004

2004 2004 AMA AMA Horizon Horizon Award Award Winner Winner John John Lewis Lewis VV Brings Brings home home 33 national national championships championships

Motocross harescramble flat track inside!!!

2004 Amateur National Champions issue

MRA SEPTEMBER 2004 • 2

On Sunday July 25, 2004 the Sunday Patriot News, one of the largest daily newspapers in the Central Pennsylvania region ran a 2 full page plus story about motocross racing. Ford Turner of the Patriot News exposed our sport of motocross to hundreds of thousands of people. They featured Willy and Garret Toth and their family and they showed the masses how great our sport truly is. The story started on the front page and continued into the main section of the newspaper and covered two full pages. Not too often does our sport get this kind of exposure into the mainstream, especially on a positive note. Ford Turner, his photographer and the Patriot News did a fantastic job of covering the lives of two of our local heroes as well as showing the rest of Central PA what a cool sport the rest of us participate in.

Wouldn’t it be great if we could get more of this kind of coverage.

I would like to ask everyone that reads this paper to send a thank you note to Ford Turner and his staff at the Patriot News.

The Address is: The Patriot News, PO Box 2265 Harrisburg, PA 17105-2265 ATTN: Ford Turner Maybe if they get enough response, they may do more stories on our great sport, and who knows, maybe they’ll feature your family next time around.

Jim Bull - MRA

Hello Race Fans!

Happy Labor Day everybody!! Boy do I love these issues that are released on holidays. It sure makes it easy to get this column started. Anyhow, what a great holiday, we get to celebrate our jobs. You know that word that stands for “Just Over Broke”. The best part about it is, we get some extra time off from our jobs to go racing.

This holiday is jammed pack full of racing opportunities. Depending on your discipline and what you are looking for your options are great. In motocross there are district point races, and there is a bike giveaway, a rather nice one as a matter of fact. In the harescramble world you can enjoy a barbecue and participate in a round of the PA State Series, and you short trackers have a Paul Crumling memorial benefit race.

Wow, who needs family picnics with the in-laws, let alone where do you find the time. Just tell them you’re hanging out with your race family, what better way to spend the holiday. Be sure to check the pages of MRA for complete race schedules and happenings.

Also in MRA this month we are celebrating Amateur National Champions from the area. There are quite a few of them, check out their bios inside and when you see them at the track give them a big high five, it is a major accomplishment on their part. We also have local mx, harescramble and short track coverage. There are a lot of places to check out amateur race coverage, but no one covers the local racer better than MRA.

One last thing while I have you.

There’s another major holiday on the horizon, Christmas. Yes Christmas, I know some of you may be thinking, that’s months away. Think back though how fast the summer has slipped away, it will be here before you know it.

OK, so what about Christmas?

MRA Photos. MRA Photos make great Christmas gifts. What better way to reward your racer for their accomplishments than a memento they can treasure for years. MRA Photos are also great for awards and resumes too. Log onto mcracingaction.com to check out all of the racing action that we can’t squeeze into these pages and to purchase that special photo for that special racer in your life.

Until next time.

Jim Bull, MRA

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Our Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Holeshot Hotshot – Wyatt Barto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Harescramble Hotshot – Kelsey Hartem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 HMDR Harescramble-August 8, 2004 – The Shotgun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2004 AMA Horizon Award Winner–John Lewis V – By Jim Bull . . . . . . . . 8 2004 National Flat Track Champions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2004 AMA Loretta Lynn Amateur Nationals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Sleepy Hollow MX – August 1, 2004 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Flying Dutchmen MX – August 8, 2004 – By Jim Bull . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,17 OX BO Harescramble – July 25, 2004 – By Brian Hartem . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Rausch Creek AMA National Harescramble – By Andy Stutzman . . . . . . . . 23 Timonium Short Track – August 6, 2004 Photo Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 The Racer’s Edge...Work by the Numbers - By Andy Fleck & Al Carr . . . . . . 25 Upcoming Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Doublin Gap MX – August 15, 2004 – By Jim Bull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,27 2004 Western PA Championship Wolfmanns Motocross – August 15, 2004 . . . . 29 Miles Mountain MX – July 3, 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Got Focus? – By Bob Schuler, Total Two Wheel Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Subscription Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Happy Ramblers MX – August 22, 2004 – By Jim Bull . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,33 MRA Photo Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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MRA SEPTEMBER 2004 • 3

In This Issue

ATTENTION RACERS

MRA SEPTEMBER 2004 • 4

HOLESHOT HOTSHOT Rider:

Wyatt Barto

Event: Sleepy Hollow MX Hometown: Jonestown, PA Age: 7 yrs.

Ride: KTM 50 District#: 529 Experience: 2nd Year Racing Class: 50cc 4-6 Oil / Stock Hobbies: Wrestling Sponsors: G & L Trophies, Lebanon Valley Cycle, Keeney Motosports, Action Photos, Yamaha KTM of Camp Hill, Shelly & Dad and a special thanks to Grammy.

MRA would like to feature Wyatt Barto as this months Holeshot Hotshot. We caught up with Wyatt at Sleepy Hollow last month and as usual he was pulling the holeshots in both of his classes. Wyatt is a consistent winner around the region, he is leading D-6 in the 4-6 oil division and is currently in second place in the 4-6 stock class, he missed a few races there due to some bike trouble. Wyatt is also shooting for his first track championship at Sleepy Hollow this season. It seems like wherever we bump into this young man, he is out front and on the gas. Wyatt has a ton of support from the family, his dad John holds an A card in the district and his Grammy is in charge of the whole racing effort. Keep an eye on this young hotshot, my bet is you’ll see him on the podium many times in the years to come, and watch out next month, you just might be the next MRA Holeshot Hotshot.

Jim Bull MRA

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Hobbies: Dance, Art, Fishing, Animals, Cars, Sports Sponsors: Fairway Cycle, Shoemakers Auto Machine Shop, Maurtco Powder Coating, HRP, Scott, and Grandmom her # 1 Fan. MRA would like to feature Kelsey Hartem as this months Hare Scramble Hotshot. We’ve been watching Kelsey over the last few months competing in the ECEA Hare Scramble Series. Let me tell you, this young lady is on her game. Kelsey has dominated the series in her division this year taking home 6 wins and 1 second place finish. She has been the series champion the last three years in the 65cc 7-9 group and she looks to repeat for 2004 in the 10-11 class. Off the track Kelsey is a winner also, she is an honor roll student and she participates in the Big Sister/Big Brother program at her school.

She also frequently helps kids of all ages right in her own back yard perfect their riding skills and helps them become better prepared for competition. Kelsey is an all around hotshot if you ask me. I’d recommend keeping an eye on this young lady, I believe her future is very bright.

Watch out next month, you just might be the next MRA Harescramble Hotshot.

Jim Bull-MRA

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MRA SEPTEMBER 2004 • 8

2004 AMA Horizon Award Winner - John Lewis V

Central Pennsylvania is a hotbed of talent for motorcycle flat track racers. Ever hear of names like Jake Johnson or Jared Mees, or who is that other guy, oh yeah Chris Carr. We could go on and on, Texter, Bromley, Heiser, I’m sure there are many more. How about the new guy, ever heard of him? If not you soon will.

If you don’t know him already, let me introduce you to John M. Lewis V. Lewis is the 2004 AMA Horizon Award Winner for Amateur Grand National Dirt Track Racing. What is the Horizon Award you ask? The Horizon award is given to the rider with the best chances of a pro career on the horizon. Wow !!

Some might say it has to do with his geographic location, John lives just a few miles down the same road as Jared Mees who won the same award in 2001. I believe it was just hard work and raw talent from the 15 year old Lewis who resides in the little town of Brandamore just outside of Coatesville, PA.

John started racing with the help of his father at the age of 6. His first race was a motocross event but John quickly made the switch to flat Suzuki asked John to ride Kevin Varnes’ track racing. He has competed confactory Suzuki in the TT race. sistently over the years and has John won that one also. really started to come into his own in the last year or two. In 2003 John won the number one plate in the 250 division as well as taking the number two spot in the inaugural running of the AMA Super Moto Series in Las Vegas.

Not only did John win the Horizon Award while competing at the Amateur Dirt Track Nationals, he brought home three number one plates in three of the eight premier classes that the AMA has to offer. It has been years since another racer has accomplished that. That man was Georgie Price, just another dirt track racer from our region of the country.

John won overall championships in the 250 modified two stroke, 450 modified and 505 modified divisions. John won 8 of the 12 races he entered, he was tore down three times randomly by the AMA and once by a rider that protested and he had a birthday all in the same week.

I agree with the AMA, I

John Lewis V with his father accepting the 2004 Horizon Award. believe John has a great chance John Lewis V on his way to of becoming a becoming National Champion. truly great racer.

John has been racing super motard as well as flat track, and he desires to delve into the road race scene also. John will be attending the Kevin Schwantz Road Racing School in Atlanta Georgia at the end of August.

John asked that we thank all of his sponsors and supporters, and his mechanic Tom McGrane Sr. MRA would like to thank the whole Lewis family for their time for this interview, we wish you the best in your future endeavors.

Jim Bull MRA

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MRA SEPTEMBER 2004 • 9

More 2004 National Flat Track Champions Cassidy Heiser Wins National Championship On The Half Mile Name:

Cassidy Heiser

Kenny Venarchick Sweeps Four Classes On His Way To National Championship

Age: 9 Years Class: 65 Modified Cassidy Heiser from York, PA is the 2004 Number: 67 A AMA Amateur National Champion in the Hometown: York, PA 60 Modified Division on the 1/2 mile.

Experience: Racing 5 years Sponsors: Action Motorsports, Tiger Plates, Don Hughes, PR2, Mom and Dad.

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Kenny Venarchick

Age: 7 years Class: 50 Jr. 4-6 Number: 4X Hometown: New Castle, DE Experience: Racing 2 1/2 years Sponsors: Bromleys Motorcycles, Kenneth Venarchick swept all four of his Moto Jockey, Alan DeCarlo at Blue classes making him the overall AMA National Dirt Track Champion in the 50cc 4-6 Division.

Diamond Park, Mom and Dad.

Cassidy Heiser from York, PA has been racing flat track for several years now under the guidance of his father Steve. Steve is a veteran racer himself and has many championships under his belt (see MRA - October 2003). Steve and Cassidy made the trip for the first time together to the Grand Championships in Springfield, Illinois to showcase Cassidys talents on the 65cc machine and they came home winners.

Racers compete in 4 different events while at the nationals, a short track, a TT, a half mile and the mile. Cassidy took the win to earn the title of “National Champion” in the half mile event. His consistent finishes in the remainder of his events was good for third overall in the 65 modified division. Back home Cassidy has been competing on an 85cc machine as well. Keep an eye on this young racer from Central PA, racing runs deep in his blood, Action Motorsports sponsored combine that with his exceptional talents Cassidy Heiser on the line and I’m sure there’ll be more number 1 at Springfield plates in his future.

Kenny Venarchick took it one big step further this year. The reining District 6 Champion from 2003 turned up the heat in Springfield, Illinois at the AMA Progressive Insurance Dirt Track Grand Championships.

Kenny was the only youth rider to win all eight of his races, sweeping four classes on his way to winning the overall National Championship in the 50 Junior division. Way to go Kenny, very impressive to say the least. The Grand Championships are tough, there are four disciplines to compete in on the way to the overall, and to win them all is no small feat.

Watch out for Kenny in 2005, he will concentrate mainly on motocross in the upcoming season. The goal, a Loretta Lynns National Championship, my bet is he’ll be there. We wish Kenny and his family the

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Joe Bromley, the name goes hand in hand with motorcycles and motorcycle racing. Joe’s family has been in the motorcycle business since before he was born, his dad Bob founded Bromleys Motorcycles in 1959. Not only is Joe the sales manager at his families dealership, he’s held the office of president of our district for close to a decade and is the current vice president.

Joe is also one of the promoters for the PA State Hare Scramble Series and is involved in all facets of motorcycle and ATV racing in the area. Joe continues the tradition with his sons, Danny and Joe; they are both involved with racing in one form or the other. Joe Bromley is a legend when it comes to the sport of motorcycles in general. Joe has won National Flat Track Championships 18 out of the 21 years he has been attending the nationals. His goal is to win 20 out of 25, who knows, he could win 22 out of 25. The next time you see Joe at an event, please thank him for his service. He has dedicated his life to our sport with no end in sight.

Joe Bromley wins his 18th National In my eyes he is a true champion, Championship in the TT Race in the 600 Modified division. on and off the track.

MRA SEPTEMBER 2004 • 10

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2004 National Champion - 125B Modified and 250B Modified

Jason Lawrence #38

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Web site: Lawrence38.com Location: Estell Manor, NJ Date of Birth: April 8, 1987 Racing Class: 125 and 250 Amateur for the remainder of ‘04. 125 & 250 Expert in ‘05.

My Rides: RM125 2004, RM250 2004, RMZ250 2004, DRZ 110 2004 Crossover Sports: BMX Sponsors: Bromley Suzuki in Trevose,Pa : American Suzuki : FMF Racing : PR2 Engines : PR2 Suspension : Sponsorhouse.com : No Fear : Spy Optics : Alpinestars : DC Shoes : MotoXstation.com : Raceway Park, Doublin Gap, Sleepy Hollow, Atco MX Park : Dunlop : Renthal : Wiseco : CTI2 : Braking : Motion Pro : SFB Engine Covers : Twin Air : Maxima : 661 : N-Style : Works Connection : Moto Tassinari : Pivot Works : Hinson Racing : IMS : Simpson : Sunoco Fuels : NGK : Vortex : Cometic : Gaskets : Ogio Bag : Millenium Tech : Oberg Sports

MRA SEPTEMBER 2004 • 11

2004 AMA Loretta Lynn Amateur Nationals

Background:

I began learning to ride on my home track at 2 years old. Two years later I began racing.

By 1994 I had earned a 2nd overall at Loretta’s, my first Amateur National. I’ve qualified and been to Loretta’s every year for the last 10 years. In ‘03 I was unable to compete due to and injury.

I progressed through the 50’s, 60’s, 80’s and onto big bikes in 2004 and in the path have had more than 800 overall wins. I rode for Kawasaki Team Green in ‘01 & ‘02. For 2003 and 2004 I signed on with American Suzuki.

American Suzuki pilot Jason Lawrence put in some of the fastest lap times of the week on his way to becoming the 2004 Amateur National Champion in both the 125 B and 250 B Modified Divisions.

Career Highlights:

2004 was another very successful year. We’ve won almost everything at over sixty local, regional and national events this year.

Most Recent Results

General: Multi-Time Loretta Lynn’s Amateur National Champion Multi-Time Ponca City and Winter Olympics Champion Multi-Time Canadian Amateur National Champion Multi-Time World Arenacross Champion Multi-Time AMA Amateur Regional Champion Multi-Time State Champion Multi-Time District Champion

08/04/04 Loretta Lynn Amateur National Championships 250B Mod -1st overallwith 1-1-1 moto finishes - moto win by 45 sec. with fastest lap times of the week.

National Titles Summary: 2004 Championships (3) with Florida Winter Olympics yet to be run ...Loretta Lynn Championships in 125B Mod class ...Loretta Lynn Championships in 250B Mod class ...Ponca City GNC Championship in 250 B Mod class 2002 Championships (4) ...Florida Winter Olympics: Top Olympiad Overall ...Florida Winter Olympics Motocross National Title in 85cc 14-15 ...Canadian National Champion at Walton, Ontario, Canada in 85cc 13-16 class ...Canadian National Champion at Walton, Ontario, Canada in Supermini 2001 Championships (3) ...Lorettas Lynn’s Amatuer National Champion. ...World Arenacross 85cc Champion, MGM Grand, Las Vegas. ...World Arenacross Supermini Champion, MGM Grand, Las Vegas

07/26/04 Ponca City Grand National Championships 250 Mod 1st overall Be sure to check out Jasons website at www.

Lawrence38.com to view his complete bio and to keep up to date on his most recent accomplishments.

Jay Celebrates his Number 1 Plate.

Jason Lawrence is one of the most talented amateur riders, not only in our district, but in the entire country. Jason will be bumping up to the expert division for 2005 and I’m sure his results will remain the same. This young man truly is an amazing talent, if you’ve seen him ride I’m sure you’ll agree. If not, you might want to pay attention the next time you see his name on the sign up sheets at a race you are attending. Lets all pull together and support Jason, if anyone has a shot at the pro ranks from our area in the near future, this is the guy. Jay congratulations Jim Bull MRA on your finishes at Lorettas, I know you’ll go far. We wish you the best.

Eric Sebastian races to a 9th overall in 250/ OPEN B Stock.

Josh Lingle from Manheim, PA races to a Fifth Overall in the 250/ OPEN C Division.

Photos By Jere Swarr

Ken Messerman(15) takes an 11th Place Finish in Senior 40 Plus.

MRA would like to congratulate each and every racer that competed in the 2004 AMA Air Nautiques Amateur National Motocross Championships at Loretta Lynns in August of this year. Although there can only be one winner in each division, you are all champions in my eyes. Pictured are several D-6 racers that competed this year in Tennessee that finished in the top 10, there were many more locals there and we congratulate you on your performance as well. Log into mxsports.com to view complete race results and photos of your favorite racers.

Jim Bull MRA

Photo by TFS And TOE

08/04/04 Loretta Lynn Amateur National Championships 125B Mod 1st overall with 1-1-2 moto finishes - moto win by 23 sec. with fastest lap times of the week.

Kameron Page from Denver, PA goes 7-8-7 good for 6th in the Nation, 65 Stock 7-9.

James Max flies to a 13th in 30+ and 17th in 25+

Dag Boyesen of Boyesen Engineering had a great week finishing 3rd in 35+ and 5th in 30+

Lowell Spangler from Lebanon, PA races to a 10th Place Finish in the 85 12-13 Stock Class.

MRA SEPTEMBER 2004 • 12

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MRA SEPTEMBER 2004 • 13

If You Want To Start Racing, Sleepy Is The Place. We Have A Class For Just About Anyone.

4 Years to 60. Give Us A Call. 717-653-4830. Owner’s Cellular # 717-278-8998

MRA SEPTEMBER 2004 • 14

Sleepy Hollow MX – August 1, 2004 85 (7-11) 1 25 2 8M 3 90 4 98 5 523 6 11 7 67 8 118 9 7S 10 74X 11 5B 12 429

Timothy Savidge, Jr. Matt Melhorn Patrick Sharkey Kyle Greenwalt Eric Hanson Anton Kotulski Scott Heilman Drey Boddie Joey Staskiel Kyle Haas Brian Brady Daniel Lagreca

College Boy 1 20J 2 10M 3 78 4 14 5 307 6 261 7 818

Joseph Gaul Matthew Moore Daniel Roeting Michael Klinger Mike Futer Jason Holley Jeremy Kready

Vet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Robert Rose Jeff Groff Steven Wright, Jr Mark Barends Justin Hagstrom Louis Giomboni Charles Bohl Keith Kline Robert Kotulski, Jr. Steve Kowalchuk

53 385 534 28E 111 201 513 216 228 84

Quad Prod. B 1 178 2 103 3 99 4 54 5 73 6 235 7 111 8 52W 9 911 10 25 11 72 12 121 13 13B 14 29W

Justin Parmer Ed Simcox Thomas Perfetto John Mackwish Russel Valerio Tyler Lebo Jordan Hower Daniel Wertman Bryan Wilhelm Ian Tolbert Myka Carpenter Ross Miller Brandon Otto Hieth Wertman

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Brendan Schulte Broc Emery Charles Gabel Andrew Maroney Kevin Rivera

School Boy 1 27 2 4G 3 39J 4 23W 5 713

Michael Polaski Raymond Garges Jordan Deblasse Wayne Powell Andrew Mastin

Quad 50 (4-6) 1 13 2 218 3 5J 4 44 5 4 6 31 7 X 8 44K 9 55 10 1 11 99

Oscar Kelchner Tyler Yonkovitch Jody Crouse Everett Bivighouse Wyatt Kowalchuk Travis Wotring Cody Delong Kyle Haines Nathan Tress Michael Carbaugh Colton Reider

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Larry Okonski takes the win in the 30+ Quad Division.

MRA would like to thank the Finish Line Flagger for doing a great job and for all the help on this race day.

Dustin Miller(42M) celebrates his birthday with a Second Place Finish at Sleepy Hollow.

MRA SEPTEMBER 2004 • 15

Mike Goldberg(768) leads Kyle Sidle thru the new infield whoop section in the Supermini race.

Jonathan Newton(2J) battles William Eaton(723) in the start of the 65cc 7-9 Group. Newton would go on for the win.

View Event Photos At MCRACINGACTION.COM Kevin Rivera soars over a table top in the XR 50 Division.

Steven Wright JR(534) wins the 25+B Division

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MRA SEPTEMBER 2004 • 16

Flying Dutchmen MX August 8, 2004

Bright skies and warm temperatures welcomed over 450 racers to the Flying Dutchmen Motorcycle Club in early August to do battle on their two courses for the five foot trophies they were offering on the day. The competition was fierce in both the youth and adult divisions offering races for both motorcycles and ATV’s. MRA would like to give two thumbs up to the crew at the Dutchmen, I’ve seen their attendance dwindle thru out this season and I’ve heard the bad press they’ve gotten from some. There was even a race I attended earlier this season where I was disturbed by the lack of flaggers on one of their tracks.

I know it has been a concern for most of the members there, and they have been asking, what do we need to do? It seems to me that they are taking strides to make their facility better and more desirable for racers and spectators to attend. Every time I go there I see improvements of one sort or the other. I know the flagging situation has drastically improved, I’ve seen track changes and increased spectator seating. I see new staff at the mini track and they seem to really care about the kids. I see less pit riding and fewer spectators on the tracks. I know they’ve been hauling dirt in and a new sprinkler system has been added. All these things add up to a better race environment for all.

I would like to thank Luke, Tina and the whole crew out at the Dutchmen for making the effort to improve what was already a good thing. I know there can be times when issues arise. I also know that bad news travels quicker than good news, there are also just times when, as things roll on down the lane they can appear to be worse than they actually are. All that MRA asks is that you find out for yourself. If you’re already racing there you know what I mean, if you haven’t been there for a while, give it another try. I’m sure you’ll be glad you did.

Jim Bull MRA

John Sheaffer from Lancaster, PA takes the win in the 50 Stock 4-6 Year Old Group.

Christopher Ingles(411) grabs the holshot and races to the win in the 71-90cc 4 Wheel Class.

Michael Reed’s gang smiles for the MRA camera.

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Michael Reed sponsored by Zechman’s Yamaha and The Station House Fine Food & Spirits grabs an impressive 11th Place Finish in his first race ever.

50 Oil 4-6 1.

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12 Trystan Johnson 3.

11w Kyle Watkins 4.

15l Lewis Williams 5.

94 Christian Valle 6.

5a Alexander Guerriene 7.

3 Pollux Fisher 8.

180 Jacob Wasser 9.

9w Cody Wagner 10.

89r Ricci Randella 11.

15 Jason Troutman Jr. 12.

22t Tyler Sands 13.

999 Dalton Dunman 14.

399 Derek Erb 15.

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50 KTM Oil 4-6 1.

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22 Mason Evitts 3.

7 Dominic Tibberino 4.

11e Ethan Bressler 5.

13 Oscar Kelchner 6.

999 Dalton Dunman 7.

38 Ryan Dempsey 8.

72 Dakota Rupell 9.

199 Christopher Mazzei 10.

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Jared Dawson Randall Good III Sammy Kachmar Steven Chiappa Zachery Erb Jason Smith Aaron Ulrich Allen Lindsay Tyler Clark Bryan Shock Gregory Harnish Paul Meier David Sparr Jr. Brian Bower Shawn Hannum Matthew Janes Eric Krout Mark Moran Kyle Mell Nicholas Stubblebine Albert Levanavage Kyle Rossi John Fisher Robert Watkins Blake Pantelich Charles Thomas David Houseal Daniel Ogouski Matthew Rutt Bryan Nevil James Phipps Kyle Umstead Evan Tobias Scott Gobrecht James Fisher

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Jesse Sheaffer(311) grabs the lead and never looks back in the Anything 4 Wheel Division.

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Dakota Rupell(72) soars his KTM in the 4-6 Oil Injected KTM Class.

Yamaha pilot Jared Dawson goes 1-1 for the Overall in the 125c Division.

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Trophy Day, Bike Give-A-Way, Practice . . . . . . 9:30-11:15am

Double Track Points Riders Meeting . . . . 11:30am Race Time . . . . . . . . 11:45am

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MRA SEPTEMBER 2004 • 18

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MRA SEPTEMBER 2004 • 19

2004 125 B Mod. / 250 B Mod. National Champion Jason Lawrence

Bromley Suzuki/American Suzuki/FMF/PR2 Racings Amateur National Champion Jason Lawrence back home in action at the D-6 Points Race at Happy Ramblers.

MRA SEPTEMBER 2004 • 20

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MRA SEPTEMBER 2004 • 21

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MRA SEPTEMBER 2004 • 22

OX BO Harescramble July 25, 2004 Story By Brian Hartem

Central PA’s offroad connection.

Well I must say that I was happy the rain never showed face because we didn’t need a quagmire in the middle of a bone yard goin’ wide open!! What a heck of a race we had today. I’m glad to Stocking a full line of Offroad accessories. report that there were no injuries to the youth other then the normal bumps, bruises and cat brier throat Supporters of Offroad Racing. slashes. 140 kids showed up to ged er duuuuuunnn!!

It was a tough race for the big kids as well as the lil’ guys. Everyone gave 110% including all Skip Stoner the parents & brothers/sisters out there helpin out. Thanks for always pitchin in, that’s what helps keep 455 Rosstown Road (717) 938-0690 it safe and enjoyable. We’d really like to thank the OXBO/SPER club for making sure that every Pee Lewisberry, PA 17339 Fax: (717) 932-1097 Wee rider and over half the youth riders went home with a nice award. Thanks to FAIRWAY, SCOTT USA, SIDI BOOTS & NJORVP for the great give aways!! A special thanks to MCRACINGACTION for the continued coverage.

Here we go Guys & Gals, gather ‘round now I have a story to tell....First to take off the line was the 12-15 100cc class and what an Epic battle it was between Efren, the ripper & the razor. “til the very end there was lots of nail bitin going on! 1st place & 1st overall ever # 66 Efren Jorge-well deserved win dude!! 4 seconds later # 568 Alex “the Ripper” Shaw who got the hole shot, 2nd place & 2nd overall, excellent racing! # 22 Chris “the Razor” Rizzon took a solid 3rd & 3rd overall. The 100cc class dominated the scene today FOR SURE!!

Since 1982 12-15 85 class was taken again by # 112 Tyler “the Tornado” 2909 S. Queen St. • Dallastown, PA 17313 Klinger for 1st & 7th overall, he’s 6-9 Evenings, 9-5 Saturdays • Phone/Fax: (717) 244-4850 Honda Ace Walter Bond(out front) holdin tight to that place because # wins the 4-8 50cc Oil Class.

818 Jarred “coolcat” Folweiler was on him for 2nd & 9th overall with a flat tire again, your goin’ thru some sneakers boy!! 3rd place & 10th overall # 584 Justin White consistant rider.

10-11 85cc # 6 Dale “Bugsy” Wakefield takes another win, # 563 Matty “the Marvelous” Gift totally secured 2nd place with # 977 Zachary Smith next for 3rd.

10-15 150cc Back to the front of the pack # 230 Derrick Kell takes another 1st place, 2nd # 274 Teddy Lynch & also back to the front of the pack 3rd place # 18 Dana “Possum” Haney.

Tom Phillips (355) gets off to a great 10-11 65cc 1st place # 105 Kelsey “the Bruiser” Daniel Hadley leads the start in the EL start before an early race crash Hartem, Great job girl!, 2nd place the holeshot king our The 12-15 100cc Group off the start.

110 Group and holds it till the end. took him out for the day.

Efrin Jorge (66) would race to the boy # 156 Joel Chapman and 3rd # 401 Jeremy Overall Win. Prignano.

First race ever for the new EL Womens class 1st

4-8 OI 1st race for our series place # 626 Ms. Sally Ferreira, 2nd and he takes 1st place # 263 Walter # 252 Marie Hartem & 3rd # 48 Jodi Hartem. WAY TO GO Bond with # 119 Thorn Devlin hungry GIRLS! Come on moms and big sisters come out and for his back tire takin’ 2nd and # 148 have fun. Let them pit for you!!!!!

Aaron “the Slasher” Lasher kept 3rd in Pee Wee 7-9 65cc was a great one today for # 504 his pocket.

Tanner “the Wildman” Thomas, after a bad wipeout right Once again you guys showed at the start he was in 12th place and came back to sweep everyone just what you are made of.

1st, great riding you wildman! 2nd place # 241 Daniel Many of you took some bad pile up role Bromley and # 842 Ethan Walter lovin his 65cc takes jobs and played chicken with the rocks, 3rd. jumped up, threw the bike back under Sally Ferreira is your Champ in the 4-8 50cc taking another 1st under his belt # 238 Dieter you, took off for the barrels and when Newly formed EL Womens Class. Ladies Willenbrock, 2nd place back in action # 96 David “the check this out!! caveman” Foley & # 134 Chase Rusden 3rd, great ridin the day was done everyone was hangin out and havin’ fun.

GREAT RACIN’ ! today.

El 110cc 1st place back in the front # 17 Daniel Hadley, KEEP SHOWIN’ EM WHAT securing 2nd # 240 Eric Smarr & the Junk Yard Dog gettin THE ECEA KIDS ARE ABOUT!! mean # 425 Jonathan Duerr with 3rd.

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Ryan McGaha is your 200 A Class Champ.

Dieter Willenbrock (38) battles with Tanner Barnhardt (543) at the start in the 4-8 50cc Division. Willenbrock would race on for the win with Barnhardt finishing 5th.

A big thanks to Brian Hartem and his Family for working so hard week in and week out to make the Youth Harescramble Program so successful.

Derrick Kell wins the 10-15 150cc Division and is the first 4 Stroke to hit the barrels for an 8th Overall.

AA Rider William King (406) is your Overall Winner putting in 5 laps in 1 hr. 58 min. & 34 Sec.

View Event Photos At MCRACINGACTION.COM

THANKS FOR READING MRA

By Andy Stutzman

The 2004 Rausch Creek AMA National Hare Scramble came down to the final few feet to determine the winner. After nearly 3 hours of racing along the toughest terrain Rausch Creek could throw at these riders a last minute pass was the determining factor. Barry Hawk and Jason Raines battled along the 11 mile course all afternoon. When the riders were in sight of the finish line Barry Hawk blasted a final attempt to take the lead from Jason Raines. These two Yamaha teammates gave each other no quarter as they came into the last hundred yards of the final lap. Hawk made the pass stick and they crossed the line Hawk first and Raines second.

Raines ran a great Jason Raines, the 2003 National Hare Scramble Champion gets pinned to the inside at the start of the race keeping the Rausch Creek National Hare Scramble. pace and running in the lead most of the way. Hawk had more problems falling a total of three times and rallying back from 6th to take the National victory. This was the first real test for Hawk who was back for his first three-hour national race after an injury sidelined him earlier in the year.

The third place rider, Nathan Kanney got a poor start but was able to keep touch with the lead pack early on in the race. Then when the Suzuki rider Doug Blackwell made a mistake Kanney took advantage and climbed his way into a well-deserved 3rd place finish. More at rauschcreekracing.com

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Name Class Barry Hawk AA Jason Raines AA Nathan Kanney AA Doug Blackwell AA Bill King 201-250A Chuck Woodford AA Brian Lawson AA Travis Green 0-200A John Barber 201-250A Frank Messina 201-250A

Class Champions Barry Hawk Travis Green Bill King Michael Cole Chris Galit Thomas Pierce Dennis Decker Burd Guers

AA 0-200 A 201-250 A 251-Open A 4 Stroke A Vet A Senior A Super Senior A

Brand Yam Yam Yam Suz KTM Kaw Yam Kaw Gas Yam

Laps Time 5 2:48:49 5 2:48:55 5 2:50:14 5 2:52:21 5 2:59:07 5 2:59:24 5 3:00:10 5 3:04:53 5 3:04:57 5 3:05:46

Heather Wilson Jerod Stoner Daniel Roeting David Henninger Roger Spires Bill Kronen Brad Waddell Karen Clymer Kevin Oswald

Women A 0-200 B 201-250 B 251-Open B 4 Stroke B Vet B Senior B Women B 0-Open C

Nathan Kanney 3rd Place, Barry Hawk 1st Place, and Jason Raines 2nd Place, on the podium at the Rausch Creek AMA National Hare Scramble.

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www.reactive-suspension.com When I was a kid growing up in England the monetary system must have been utterly confusing to someone who hadn't grown up with it. One pound consisted of 240 pennies, 12 pennies made one shilling, 2 1/2 shillings made a half crown, one pound and one shilling made a guinea and we had more coins than you could shake a stick at, all the way down to a farthing which was a quarter of a penny. It worked, but a base 12 system is confusing and more complicated than it needed to be.

Sometime around 1970 it was revamped into a base 10 system which although not quickly embraced by everyone finally did catch on. The reason I mention this is I want to talk about our equally confusing system of weights and measures and our march toward adopting the metric system.

Granted we are as a nation moving slowly toward adopting the metric system with slow being the operative word. I believe that one day we'll get there, not totally maybe, I think we may cling to MPH for quite a long time but since the rest of the world has accepted or is in the process of accepting it we will follow suit.

As dirt bike enthusiasts we are a little more savvy to the metric system than the average Joe. The most he knows about it is the strange numbers in parentheses after the word quart on his milk container, (.946 L.) We are familiar with our engine displacements in Cubic Centimeters, I don't think I've ever heard of anyone with a 125 bragging about his 7 and a half cubic inch motor. 125 sounds much more impressive. Our gearbox oil and engine oils are measured out in Cm 3 or ML which stand for Centimemters Cubed and Milliliters which are both CC'ss. All our nuts and bolts are metric. The threads are measured in thread pitch, the distance from one thread to the next rather than TPI threads per inch. Your case bolts are 6 x 1.0, 6 mm thread diameter and 1 mm per thread. The next most common is the 8 x 1.25 used in your triple clamp pinch bolts.

A comprehensive decimal system was first proposed way back in 1670 by Gabriel Mouton, vicar of St. Pauls church in Lyons, France. It's proposed basis would be the length of an arc of one minute of a great circle of the earth. Eventually the meter, the unit of length, was to be one ten millionth part of meridional quadrant of the earth and was the standard through most of the 19th century. In 1960 the meter was redefined by the 11th general conference on Weights and Measures as equal to 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red line of krypton 86 under specified conditions. I wonder if Superman was there? Anyway the bottom line is that the meter is the basis of measurement in the metric system. All other measurements are based on it as follows

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If you have an event that you would like promoted please mail it to MRA. 1 mm = .03937 " 1 meter = 39.37" 1 kilogram = 2.2 lbs.

454 grams = 1 lb.

55.88 lbs/in. = 1 kg/mm .736 NM (Newton Meters) = 1 ft./lb.

1 liter = 1.057 liquid quarts 1 kilometer = .621 miles

terameter = 1,000,000,000,000 meters gigameter = 1,000,000,000 meters megameter = 1,000,000 meters kilometer = 1,000 meters hectometer = 100 meters decameter = 10 meters meter = 1 meter (duh) decimeter = .1 meter centimeter = .01 meter millimeter = .001 meter micro = .000001 meter nanometer = .000000001 meter

To convert from inches to millimeters multiply by 25.4, for example 12" of rear wheel travel is actually 304.8 mm, doesn't that sound more impressive? Come to think of it there are some things better measured in mm because it sounds more impressive, think about it everything sounds bigger and when weighed the metric system makes things sound lighter as well. Your 200 lb. YZ125 weighs just over 90 kilos, wow thats a featherweight

For liquid measure a liter is defined as .001 cubic meters exactly. The same system of names applies. A milliliter is .001 liters, a decaliter is 10 liters and on and on. Next time you need a case of engine oil ask your dealer for a decaliter of Silkolene Comp 4 and see if his eyes glaze over. Anyone notice that a lot of the oil suppliers are now selling oil in Liter bottles? Oh and let me get a little political, the next thing will be the oil companies re-doing the gas pumps to sell us gas by the liter. Most people will think things are getting better when they see the signs at their local station saying 80 cents for 93 octane when actually it works out to over $3.00 a gallon. Thank you Mr. Bush.

3.1415926 (Pi) x 2.7 squared (half 54mm is 27mm which is 2.7 Cm) x 5.4(stroke in Cm) = 123.something CC Believe me when I say that it is easier to calculate this in millimeters than in inches.

There are many times in the course of a day that I am forced to convert from one system to another, mostly when boring cylinders since my calipers are graduated in inches and my bore gauge in millimeters so having a good grasp on this is essential.

Following are some conversion values that everyone should know.

1 inch = 25.4 mm or 2.54 cm

With everyone talking about big boring their cylinders I'll pass along the formula for calculating engine displacement, there are several formulas but I've been most accustomed to the following... (Im just trying to fill space here so this article has at least a modicum of length) Pi x bore radius squared in Cm x stroke in Cm. So in a 125 motor we have a bore and stroke of 54 mm x 54 mm so the formula would read...

I hope I have again enlightened you and not added to the confusion. We'll be at the next Pagoda race and look forward to seeing you there and just for fun the first person to tell me what I weigh in stones gets a free bottle of Twin Air filter oil, hint I weigh 144 lbs. See you there.

Al Carr

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Doublin Gap MX –

D-6 Points/D-7 Expert Points August 15, 2004

Ephrata Cycle and Sports was your sponsor for the day at the combo D-6 and D-7 Expert points race held at the Doublin Gap MX Park. They offered holeshot awards in each class and hats and caps were given to the top three riders in each division. The weather was bright and sunny for the large crowd that had assembled from both districts 6 and 7 to compete for the championship points that were being offered on the day.

The A classes had great rider turnouts in anticipation of the district points that were available. Only two men would prove victorious out of the five classes being offered for experts. District 6 rider Jeremy Cook would win 6 motos to sweep the 125A, 250A and 4 Stroke A divisions. District 7 veteran Jeff Grove would go on to sweep the 25 plus A and 30 Plus A battles.

Ryan Zimmerman from Narvon, PA made his return after an early season injury in the highly competitive school boy division. Zimmerman was getting his wheels back under himself in the first moto finishing up 9th while coming back strong in the second moto for the win capturing 3rd overall. Matt Hougentogler grabbed the top podium spot followed by Wayne Powell III.

In the college boy group, Michael Foor from Chambersburg, PA took the top spot followed by Joe Farnish Jr. and Michael Reynolds Jr. Thomas Nagle was the big winner in both the Vet B and Senior B classes.

Winners in the mini ranks included the likes of Seibold, Kramer, Clemens and Villareal. And in the 50 divisions the names Barto and Blettner keep popping up around the region, watch out for those two youngsters in the future. Log onto doublingap.com to check out complete race results and to view photos from the event, check out mcracingaction.com.

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Jeff Grove (12) leads the Vet A Division thru the first turn at the D-7 expert Point race at Doublin Gap. Grove would go on to sweep the 30+ A and 25+ A.

Levi Clemens (17) grabs the Holeshot in the 85cc 12-13 Class and races to the win.

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65 7-9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Kameron Page Jarek Balkovic Ryan Clites Bobby Kinsley Cody Burgoyne Justin Foster Billy Kwiecinski Gregory Sidebotham Avery Brown Darren Streets Dillon Thomas Addison Emory, IV Ryan Baxter Wyatt Bosley Stanton Bowers Zachery Waldrop John Shafer Dominick Dreisbach Dylan Blettner Jesse Dreisbach Tyler Fleming Dillon Kincaid Lucas Clites Dylan Smith Tyler Murphy

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19F 424 4Z 34 221 107 318 48 44M 155

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Yamaha of Camp Hill’s Jeremy Cook was the Big Winner of the Day, winning 6 Motos for 3 Overalls in the Expert Division.

John Shafer from Chambersburg, PA soars in the 50 Stock 7-8 Class.

John Tate (636) chases down Andrew Deakin (15) for the win in the 250 C Division.

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Robert Greiner is your Vet C Champion.

Dylan Johnson from thomas, WV grabs a Second in the 85cc 7-11 Group.

Reed Chapman (08x) leads Andrew Wolfe (395) in the School Boy Division. Chapman races to the win.

Quad Action from Wolfmanns.

J.R. Strosnider wins both the 250 B and 4 Stroke Divisions.

Tyler Patterson (18) leads Chans Feather (63) in 85cc 12-13 Action.

Photos By Jeff Hornbaker Joseph Turner from Edgewater, MD takes the 25+ Win.

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2004 GNC Motocross Amateur national Champions DISTRICT 6 QUAD RIDERS FINISH IN THE TOP TEN IN ATVA NATIONALS Pro JOHN NATALIE JR.- 2ND PLACE PRO AM 265 & PRO AM PRODUCTION PAT BROWN – NATIONAL CHAMPION PRO AM PRODUCTION GIL ATTIX – 4TH PLACE 4 STROKE A JEFFREY THOMPSON – NATIONAL CHAMPION JESSE SHEAFFER – 4TH PLACE

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265 A JESSE SHEAFFER – 5TH PLACE 4 STROKE B THOMAS FINK – 9TH PLACE 16-24 YEARS JESSE SHEAFFER VET GREG LOMBARDO – 3RD PLACE 50 cc LIMITED CLASS DAVID NEVROTSKI - NATIONAL CHAMPION NICOLE WILD - 6 th PLACE 70 cc MODIFIED CLASS BRAIN PETROVCIC - 2 nd PLACE CHRISTOPHER WILD - 3 rd PLACE DAVID NEVROTSKI - 6 th PLACE 90 cc PRODUCTION CLASS COLBY BRAKE - 6 th PLACE

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2004 Western PA Championship Wolfmanns Motocross

MRA SEPTEMBER 2004 • 30

Miles Mountain MX

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By: Bob Schuler – Total Two Wheel Training Have you been to a national competition lately? If you have then you know, it’s incredible how fast all these guys are going and yet Ricky Carmichael and Bubba Stewart are still running away from them. It has gotten to the point where you are really there to see who comes in second and which riders will be in the top ten. Even being in the top ten doesn’t guarantee the leader hasn’t lapped you. It is crazy watching Ricky and Bubba tear up the competition.

Now I know everyone who has thrown a leg over the seat wishes they could go that fast but there is a difference between those two and the rest of us mere mortals. They were born with something special. A combination of balance, hand and eye coordination, cat like reflex, and a huge “what ever it takes will to win” attitude. Along with all this natural talent they also have focus. This focus pushes them. It is what allows them to go the 110% when they need to. This focus and great work ethic is what separates them from the pack. Natural talent alone will not always put you on the top (of course it helps). It is the dedication and hard work that gets and keeps you there.

A lot of times the natural is not willing to go the extra effort because things have always come so easily for them. They don’t really understand the need to dig deep inside to go that extra lap or mile. They want to rely on their natural talent to get them by and when that is not enough they need that hard work ethic and deep desire to win to help push them. Remember Ricky’s first season on the 250? Remember how many times he hit the ground and yet he still got up and pushed 100%. He has the hard work ethic and that deep desire. This is why he is winning today over and over. And like Jeremy McGrath, once Ricky loses the desire to win he will also retire with the respect of his competition.

Another example of a natural is Travis Pastrana. He came out and ran up front at Daytona after being out of the race scene for over a year and a half. You want to talk about natural speed! Unfortunately his body ran out of gas due to lack of endurance.

Travis’ focus has always been “fun”. If he is not having fun his heart and most importantly his head is not in it. His first year on the 250 he trained harder than he ever had and yet he crashed and got hurt over and over again. Travis was not having fun. He lost focus or should I say changed his focus. He knew that 75-foot jumps with a “Wilma” or double heel clicker, or a back flip and throw in a “no hander” landing were fun. I am not saying that making the kind of money he is to jump your bike is a mistake but I really wish he would regain his racing focus and come back for another race season.

This is what I am talking about – having the focus to follow through to win and never give up. I have worked with both types of athletes the natural and the hard worker.

When I took the USA Cycling Team to the Junior World Championships last year in Moscow, Russia there were two guys on the team one a natural and the other a hard worker. Both were in their first of two years as juniors. The natural finished in the top five, while the hard worker ended up 15th. The natural spent his winter training a little harder than before figuring that would be enough to put him in the top three.

The hard worker on the other hand set a goal and really focused on what he needed to do to reach it. At this year’s Junior World Championships in California the natural didn’t even make it to the finals and the hard worker ended up with a close second place. It was nice to see how that deep desire to win pushed the hard worker past the natural in competition.

I would always rather work with a hard worker with some talent then a natural that does not think he needs to work. Of course you can’t beat the naturals like Ricky and Bubba with determined focus and the deep desire to win. Remember we only go around once in life so set your goals and go for them while you can. Push yourself to the limit. Go that extra lap or mile while you are out training. When you do you may surprise yourself. Always give this great sport 100% every time you are out there racing.

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Natural Talent Vs. Hard Work Ethic

MRA SEPTEMBER 2004 • 32

Happy Ramblers MX D-6 Points August 22, 2004

Action Motorsports in York, PA sponsored the 4 foot trophies at round 13 of the D-6 Championship Points Series at the Happy Ramblers Motorcycle Club. What a beautiful day for racing, with temperatures in the 70’s and a great crowd on hand including recently crowned National Champion, Jason Lawrence. It was an event not to be missed.

The action started off in the 250 C division with Gary Gallagher Jr., currently in third place in the points standings on hand to try and better his position. The number 1 and 2 point holders were vacant on this day opening up an opportunity for Gary to catch up. Gallagher put in a solid 4th place finish on the day on an unfamiliar track while suffering from arm pump. Great job Gary.

Next off the gate was the 25 plus A division, this along with the Vet A race would prove to be some of the best racing of the day. In both divisions Jimmy Mcilvaine took the early leads and the race was on with Jeff Yentzer and Jeff Grove in tow. The three would battle thru out the day, swapping positions on the long 6 lap motos that Ramblers provided in all classes. Yentzer was the man of the day in the end, he was able to sweep all 4 motos for the overalls.

In the 65cc divisions, Kameron Page was the victor in the 7-9 group with Steven Sparks taking the 10-11 win. In moto number one Page, starting on the second split gate was able to catch and pass all of the 10-11 year old riders while lapping everyone but Sparks in moto number two.

In super mini racing action it was the Spangler and Kaminskie show, boy can these guys fly. In the end it was Kaminskie edging out Spangler for the win. These two would go at it again in the school boy division, only this time Kaminskie would be on the bigger bike with Spangler competing on the 85cc machine. Kaminski would again take the win with Spangler ending up in third against the mostly larger machines.

In 50cc action, Dustin Miller would take the 4-6 checkers with Bobby Kinsley coming out on top in the 7-8 division. In the oil injected classes, Wyatt Barto won the 4-6 group with Dylan Blettner grabbing the win in 7-8.

The guy to watch on this day Colin Forer from Etters, PA won the 25+B battle was # 38 J.L.. Lawrence competed maintaining his points lead in D-6. in three divisions winning all six of his motos convincingly. He dominated both the college boy and 125 B races. In the first moto of the 250 B race he got outside in the first turn and got sucked into the soft stuff and went down. Lawrence remounted and charged, by lap number three he had caught and passed everyone in his division and to the end of the moto he had picked off several of the expert racers. In moto number two, Lawrence got a good start and cruised to the victory again.

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2004 National Champion Jason Lawrence was on hand to claim victory in College Boy, 125B and 250B

Lebanon Valley Cycle rider Jordan Moyer flies to a 5th place finish in the 85cc 12-13 division.

Lowell Spangler was flying as usual, Spangler went 1,2,3, on the day. 1st in 12-13, 2nd in Super Mini, and 3rd in School Boy.

Kawasaki mount Craig Folmar (81) leads the charge in the Vet B Division. Joe Farnish (555) would go on for the win.

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Colin Forer Toby Leemore Steven Sheckler Andrew Will Jason Cotterino Scott Schauer William Vaartjes Bob Muscovitch Nathan Lenig Daniel Rapp Todd Supko Craig Folmar Alex Kosatschkow

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Jason Lawrence Cody Graybill Patrick Wastler Michael McCubbin

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50 Oil 4-6 1 529 2 33 3 178 4 25 5 34 6 68 7 5

Wyatt Barto Dalton Blettner Austin Felts Cody Young Jackson Grove Brendan Wagner Natalie Soloman

50 Oil 7-8 1 32 2 4K 3 501 4 28

Dylan Blettner Kyle Boileau Les Warfield Chase Alosa

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Kerry Kaminskie put on a great show taking the wins in both Super Mini and Schoolboy.

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Mid-Atlantic Winter MX Series