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1998 Broome-Tioga SuzukVArctic Cat Amateur Nationals
allowed Cilbrith to take the lead. Kiniry
had trouble getting his bike started, and
when he finally did , he resumed racing
in fifth. On the last lap, Kiniry crashed
hard on the Broome-Tioga dinner table
and DNFed the m o to , Cilbrith took the
moto w in, followed by Kleu skens, Ellis,
Kuhn and Mike Leavitt.
Cilbrith aga in man ag ed holeshot
honors in th e second moto. When the
pack emerged from th e front section ,
Cilbrith still had the lead , followe d by
Kleu skens, Ell is, Lea vitt and Caleb
Miller . Cilbrith crashed in the huge ruts
after the tree turns and dropped out of
the top five , whi ch now included
Kleuskens, Elli s, Leavitt, Miller and
Kuhn. Leavitt got by Ellis for second on
lap two and took th e lead from
Kleuskens on lap three. Ellis took second on the las t lap and the moto finishing order read: Leavitt, Ellis, Kleuskens,
Miller and John Lawr ence.
Di
Resu lts
P/W : 1. Nicholas Lu u (Ya m) ; 2. Ryan We im an n
(Yam); 3. Zachary Hat field (Yam); 4. Jona than Dan iels
(Yam) ; 5. Ke lsev O'Conno r (Ya m) .
T.J. Chicoskl nabs t he
Over 25 Amateur
Gro up B hole sh ot at
the start of moto two of
the Amateur Nati onals,
held at Broom e-TIog a
in con junction with t he
AMA National
• Motocross series.
By Jim Sanderson
B 'llGHAMTON, NY, AUG. 2S-29
h
oe Sa n to r a, Wes le y Phi lli ps a nd
Cha rles Ellis took top hon ors in the
Over 25 Amateur class groups A and
B and the Mini (9-15) class, respectively,
at the 1998 Broome-Tioga Suzuki I Arctic
Ca t Am at eur Nationals, which were
held in conjunction with round 11 of the
1998 AMA Mazda Truck 125/250cc Pro
Nat ionals at the Broom e-Tioga Sports
Center.
Day on e of the tw o-d ay Amateur
event began with a ve r y w a r m and
su n ny d ay, with ju st over 750 rid ers
coming out to race in 23 classes. Due to
the large rider turnout, prom oter Tom
Hurd d ecided to run tw o g ro u ps in
mo st classes - which wer e run, scored
and awarded trophies sep a ra te ly rather than to run qualifiers in which
~ome rid ers would end up racing onl y
one moto for the two-da y event.
The first Over 25 Am at eur class,
Group A, go t off the gate with Lou
Scagnelli leading the pack through the
90-degree hard-right first turn. Trailing
Scagnelli were Joe Santora, Doug Weinman , Jason Lewis and Chuck Markelon.
Santora took the lead at the top of the
hill just before the downhill triple .
When the leaders emerged from th e
jump-infested front supercross section
on lap two, Santora had a comfortable
lead . Lewis moved up to second, Wein-
m an d ropped to third , Scagne lli was
fou rth a nd Markelon held on to fifth.
Santora took the checkers wi th a 14-second lead. Round ing out th e top five
were Lewis, T.J. Chicoski, Scagnelli and
Markelon.
Ch ic o s ki abscond ed wi th th e
holeshot in the second rnoto, with John
. Gu stafson, Kevin Krueger, Danny Hubbard and Mike Me yers in tow .
Gus tafson had the lead when the pack
emerged from the front section. Meyers
moved up to seco nd ,y nd C h icos ki
dropped to thi rd . Santora mo ved into
the to p five -and w as now in fo u r t h
while Krueger dropped back to fifth .
Santora managed to ge t by Gu st afson
for the lead on th e d ownhill s tra ig h t
near th e s tart area on th e second lap .
Gustafson dropped to second , Meyers
was th ird , Hubbard m a intain ed his
fourth po sition a nd Ch icoski dropped
back to fifth. By the last lap Santora was
out front by 10 seconds. Hubbard got by
Gustafson for second , wh ile Meyers and
Weinman rounded out the top five a t
the checkered flag.
The firs t moto of the Over 25 Amateur class Group B go t under way wi th
Mike Me leski s naggi ng the holeshot,
with Scott Smith, Jim Strin e, Don Betts
and William Bab cock in tow. The top
five remained the same through lap two
with the exception of Wesley Phillips,
who got by Babcock for fifth . On the
long downhill straight by the start area,
Strine and Phillips blew by Smith for
sec o nd a nd third , drop pi ng Smith to
fourth, while Babcock held fifth . Strine cha llenged Meleski for the lead and the
two we re bumping bar s with only one
turn a nd the down hill tr iple to the
checke red flag . Mel eski m an ag ed 'to
keep it o n tw o wheel s a nd take th e
m oto win . St ri ne w ent d own a nd
remounted in fifth . Phill ip s took secon d, Tim H argett th ird , a nd Babcock
fourth.
Lee Ha zen took holesh ot honors for
the second mo to, with Tom Fernandez,
Betts, Philli ps and Rich Winchell trail ing. By the end of the first lap ; Ferna ndez had the lead , followed by Hargett,
Betts, Phillips and Winchell. When the
lead ers eme rged from the front section
on la p tw o, Hargett had th e lead and
wa s fee ling the pressure of the hardcharging Phillips, who was now in second . Fernandez dropped to third, Betts
fou rth a nd Bab cock fifth. Phillips got
a ro u nd Hargett for the lead and Babcock slipped by Fernandez for fourth at
t he end of lap two . Phillips took the
moto win, followed by Hargett, Babcock, Betts and Meleski.
Jessie Cilb rith nailed the holesh ot in
the first Mini (9- 15) class moto . Bob
Kiniry quickly got by Cilbrith for the
lead while Brandon Kuhn, Ellis and
Joshua Pike rounded ou t the top five.
On lap two, Matt Kleuskens worked his
w a y up to third , bump ing Kuhn to
fourth and Ellis to fifth. On the third lap ,
Kiniry got hung up on a hay bale, which
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