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Brown inherited the lead and stayed
ou t front until Dowd caught and passed
him at th e ha lfway poin t. Dowd sped
away and won with plen ty of roo m to
spare. Brown looked to hav e the ove rall
victory in ha nd as held large advantage over Ferry, who had to fight h is
way past Ji m Neese. Bu t Ferry was
cha rging a nd Brow n struggling with
rear suspension settings th at were too
so ft for th e bumpy track. A f ew la ps
from the finish Ferry mad e the decisive
pass for second tha t ga ve him the overa ll victory s in ce first-mo to win n e r
Carsten languished in ninth.
"My arms started to pump up," said
a weary-looking Carsten. "I probably
could've saved some energy in the first
(2S0/Open) rnoto, but I wanted to win
the race."
Several riders felt the effect of many
laps ar oun d the bum py cou rse, especially those competing in the 12Sec Pro Suppo r t class w hich ran the fi rst moto
between the featured 2SOcc/Open races .
Ferry led much of that first Io-Iap Support heat while Dowd spent the first
half of the race moving to second. Dowd
reeled in Ferry with two laps to go and
after the two exchanged the lead a few
times a m id a pack of tap p ers, Dowd
edged a head and went on to w in the
moto. Ca rst en finished second while
Mike Treadwell leapt by Robbie Skaggs
at the finish to take third.
Ferry wrestled the lead from Neese
early in the second rnoto, while Dowd
started seventh. Once aga in, Dowd
made his way to the front , passing Ferry
on the ninth lap and staying out front
for the win. Ferry finished second, while
Carsten mad e an incredible charge to
third after a first-tum fall left him at the
back of the pack .
In addition to competing in the long
250cc/Open class motos, local James
Kapitan and New York's Kurt McMillen
logged an additional 32 laps in the 25Plus and Vet Expert classes. Kapitan
battled with McMillen and Jerry Seip in
both Vet Expert motos to claim the overall win, while McMillen beat Kapitan to
the finish line in bot h 25-Plus Expert
races .
Brock Sellards turned in the mo st
laps in Saturday's Amateur class competition as he competed in th e 125 and
250cc Amateur and Schoolboy classes.
The former minicycle hotshoe won the
first motos of each division with relative
ease, b u t the 16-year-old fro m New
Philadelphia, Ohio, had to work harder
in the second r o u nd s, w hi ch were
lengthened by one lap.
In the second Schoo lboy moto Sellards started 10th and had to battle with
Jeremy Booher. Sellard s disappeared
after taking the lead on lap two, leaving
Booher a lonely second.
It only took Sellards one lap to move
to the front of the second 2SOcc Amateur
moto. Once again he pulled away to a
convincing win. The real race took place
for second between Mitchell Hodges
and Jason Sybert. Hodges appeared to
have the position lo ck ed up when
Sybert fell down two laps from the end.
But, a lap later, he was off the pace and
Sybert went b y to capture seco n d .
Shawn Ulikowski also took advantage
o f Hodges ' troubles to secure third
place.
Sellards toughest race came when he
fell a t the beginning of the final 125cc
Amateur moto . Sybert grabbed the
holeshot and pulled out a sizable lead,
while Sellards sliced through the 35rider field. Sellards charged all the wa y
to second, but the checkers flew a couple of laps befo re he could catch up to
winner Sybert.
In the first Se nior Amateur class
a
(Above) M Brown (92) grabs the
ike
holeshot ahead of Barry Carsten (40),
John Dowd (16)and the rest the
25010pen class. (Right) Hometrack
favorite Carsten won the first 25OIOpen
class moto.
0'
moto, Bud Fee took the lead from AMA
Professional Motocross Manager Duke
Finch on the first lap and scooted away
to the win. Jim McGinnis moved into
second for a few laps, bu t was overtaken
by the battle between Finch and Bill
Rule. In the end Rule got the better of
Finch to take second.
McGinnis led the wa y to sta rt moto
two and was joined at the head of th e
pack by Fee and Finch. The tfuee stayed
close throughou t the six-lap race, an d
afte r severa l posi tion cha ng es Fe e
passed Finch on the final circuit to score
the win. Finch held on to second, while
McGinnis claimed third.
In th e Collegeboy cla ss, for riders
from 17 to 24 years old, J.D. Collins and
Paul Currie battled for the lead throughou t moto one. Collins got th e edge on
the fifth and final lap and held off Currie's charge at the finish line to score the
win.
Moto two saw Currie with the
ho leshot and he led all six laps of the
lengthened moto to claim the win .
Collins spent the first lap getting around
Rich Zupko, who finished third in moto
one, and once he reached second, Currie
was out of reach. Joel Dengler advanced
to challenge runner-up Collins at th e
halfway point, but dropped back later in
the race to finish a distant third.
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Raceway Park
Englishtown, NJ
Results: October 1-2, 1994
i-i, 2:
250/0PEN EX: I. Tim Ferry (Suz )
M ike
Brown (Hon ) 3-3; 3. Barry Ca rs ten (Suz ) 1·9; 4. Todd
DeHoop (Hon) 4-1; S. jim Neese (!Caw) 6-5; 6. Kevin
Windham (Kaw) 5-6; 7. Mike Treadwell (Hon) 9-7; 8.
Kevin Crine (H on) 1Hl 9. jo hn Dowd (Yam) 32-1; 10.
;
Pa ul Cu rrie (Kaw) 12-10.
125 EX, I. jo hn Dowd (Yam); 2. Tim Ferry (Suz); 3.
Bar ry Carst en (Suz); 4. Jim Neese (Ka w) ; S. Mike
Trea dwe ll (Hon).
25T EX, I . Ku rt McMillen (Suz); 2. james Kapitan
(Suz) ; 3. jim Mcilvaine; 4. Larry Harper; 5. Rkh Iarvts.
VET EX, I. james Kapi tan (Suz) ; 2. Kurt McMillen
(Suz); 3. Jerry Seip; 4. Bruce Zimmerman; 5. BilIl..asche.
TOP GUN MINI: 1. Ricky Carmichael : 2. Ch ris
H un ter; 3. Pa ul Ca rpenter; 4. Ben McCarthy; S. Mike
jaksetich.
80 (10-11): I. jeremy Cook (Ka w) ; 2. jason Bull
(Suz) ; 3. Dere k Burle w (Suz); 4. Dave Ginol fi (!