(l e ft) Winner J im
J o y (4) leads the
125 c c Amateur
cl a s s a t Broom eTio g a Sports
Ce nte r's fin al ra ce
of the s eason .
(Rig ht) Winner
lowe ll Spang le r
nabs the hol e shot
In t he first 50c c
(7-8) moto at
Hurrica ne Hills
Motocross in
Pennsylvania.
MO NOV : 1. Stl"Vl'TIH ernand ez (Yam); 2. Ryan Philpo tt (Yam);
3. Ro ry Rad o v ich (Hll n) ; 4. An d y D' Ard igo (Suz); 5. Tyso n
Enz wider (Suz) .
80 INT: 1. Ryan Mo rais (Yam); 2. C ha rlie Mo rriso n (Yam). 3.
Eric McCrummen (Yam); 4. Ma ll McCntmmen (Yam ).
KOS/ MIN I: 1. Matt McCrumm..n (Yam); 2. Eric Mc:Crummt'TI
; S. Dere k Chl 'ney
(f-Ion).
•
2SO NOV : 1. Clu'llitoph..'r l..on.-'t.Xl (Yam); 2. Craig Hu mphrey
(Yaml; 3. Billy JW"l"Vich (KTM ); 4. Jlbtin Sprugasci (Su.z); S. jimmie
Pit 'rTf' (Ho n) .
2SO INT: 1. Cra ig Truglio (K.w); 2. Brian Tou ee (Stul; 3.
Miclwcl Ht.'1'I\.1I\det. (I(a w); ... Chris F'latcro (Suz); S. Ron Delesas
lSu.z).
2SO I'RO: I. Danny Paladino (Yam ); 2. Jdf Brownlee (YolIn
).
500 I'RO: 1. Jdf BrownJt..e. (Ya m ).
...
25+ BEC: 1. Nick Huetb.'r(Yam); 2. Ruben Hernand ez (Kaw);
3. R\lSM WilC'OJ: (SuzJ.
'1I
25+ NOV: I. St-dn Dra pinski (Ho n).
25+ INT : 1. Mik Sc-gundo (Hon); 2. Phil Sc-gundo Cf-Ion); J .
Don Mendertlw.1l (Ya m) .
25+ EX: ) .kff Bro wnlee {Yam).
30+ BEC: 1. Nick Hu erter (Yam) ; 2. Bill McCa!J.and (Hon); 3.
Mid \
o
z
26
B1NGHA
MTON,NY,OCT.18
jim joy used great starts and grea t riding to take
home the overa ll win in the extremely competi tive 12Sec Amateur class a t the lates t round of
District 3 motocros s a t the Broome-Tioga Sports
Center,
Ju st over 200 rid ers sho wed up to race 25
classes on a beautiful fall d ay. Track promoter
Tom Hurd did a grea t job of preparing the tra ck
for the season-ending even t.
joy blasted to the fron t of the pack in the first
m oto a nd nev er looked back. Trailing Joy
thro ugh the first tum and the Pro National finishline double were track promoter Tom Hurd (who
was riding a 125cc machin e for the first time in
year s), Pau l Peck, Mike Ching an d jason Pott er.
When the lead ers emerged from the front supe rcross section of the race course, Potter lk1dmoved
up to fourth, dropping Ching to fifth. On lap two,
Potter go t by I'c'Ck for th ird , dropping Peck to
fourth. By the third lap, joy was out front by
eight St.:ocond s. Potter began putting pressure on
Hurd for second by lap four . jason Gelber moved
into fourth. joy's lead increased 10 13 seconds by
the last lap . POller passed Hurd for second just
after takin g the wh ite flag. Hurd charged hard to
try to regain seco nd , but Pott er, realizing Hurd
was right on
go t on the gas and pu t some
dis tance betw een them. Wh"" the checke red flag
lllm
,
flew, it was joy taking the moto win , followed by
Pot ter, Hurd, Chin g and C}, Talarski.
jeff Ingersoll nailed the ho leshot in the second 12See Amateur m ote . Trailing him were Joy,
Matth ew Hibba rd , Hunt an d Tra m pa s Henr y .
Wh en th e leaders ca me off th e front section of
the cou rse.In ge rso ll still had the lead, joy was
seco nd , Hunt ha d moved up to thi rd , Hibbard
had d rop ped to fourth and Potter ha d moved u p
to fifth. On lap two, the top th ree remained the
same, bu t Potter got a roun d Hibbard for fourt h.
Halfw ay th rou gh lap tw o, a t th e tunnel ju mp ,
Mike Ayen passed Hibbard for fifth. joy passed
Ingersoll for the lead just a fter the big off-camber d ouble on the back hill of the course. On lap
three, Ayen ma de the pass on Potter for fourth
and then crashed, dropping out of the top five.
Potter was now fourth and Hib bard fifth. Hunt
blew by Ingersoll for secon d on the off-cambe r
doubl e on the back hill. Hunt passed joy for the
lead on the off-camber doubl e bu t crashed hard
on the land ing and rem ounted abo ut mid pack.
The mot o finished with j oy, Ingersoll , Potter ,
Hibba rd and Hurd in the top five spo ts. '
Resu lts
P /W; 1. Ch ris Brockw a y; 2. Nichol.l~ Luu ; 3. Alex ~'V8 rd; 4.
S. Steven P terce.
SO (4-6) : 1. Jo h n Ve rg a li to; 2. Ta n ne r N it"dzia lko wroki; 3.
Antho ny Pl'Tl");T'in; S. Zad",ry Rosch.
SO (7-8) : 1. Mike Case; 2. jerry Zenzillo Jr.; 3. Corey Ahl; 4.
Tyn me Bapp Jr.; S. David Co nklin.
JR MINI 60: 1. Mitch Do ug he rty ; 2. [ usnn Barney; 3. Scott
Sc a l'K; 4, Ch ris Cht"l\y; 5. Gl'Offrry M" cEwt.-'Il.
JR MINI 80: I, Mitch Dou g herty; 2; Jay Nilodzialkllws ki; 3.
Scott Sl'.lI'S; 4 . W.' yne Jl-nnings; 5. Ch ris Lapa tra .
SR MINI NOV : 1. Da niel Harbs t; 2. Mike Biondi ; 3. Don nte
E."pt*ito; 4. [o nathan Agne w; 5. Kev in Pa f!l(ln s.
SR MIN I: 1. Ton y Zenzillo; 2. B.J. Smi th; 3. JOt.' Gray; 4. J.l rnt"ll
Eric
Iia in~;
A "",.
MINI CO MB: 1. Ton y Zt-nzillo; 2. B.J. Smith; 3. Jame8 Ay n.os
.
125 SCH BY:1. Matthew Hunt; 2. Jim Joy; 3. Ricky Co nll')' ; 4.
J(k Pike.
.;h
C LC BY: 1. Mike Ayen ; 2. Jawn Hu nt; 3. Geoff Ingl'rsoll; 4.
Ja!l{'ln Pl>ltl'i'; 5. M.t.ttww Hibba rd .
l
125 NOV : 1. Rick y Co nley; 2. Bry a n Benja min; 3. Shaw n
Wyman; 4. Diwe Grover; 5. Chris Ha ncoc k.
125 AM: 1. Jim Joy; 2. Jaso n Patin; 3. Geoff lngenoll; 4. Tom
H urd; S. Mike Ch ing
125 EX: 1. Mike Hnnerty; 2. David Burgl'l'; 3. Mil E'Wilcclx; 4.
Mike Dougherty ) 1'' ; 5. MiL.-Zimmertnil n.
250 O PEN NO\': 1. Chris MUrTay; 2. StIr'VIr' Ar:ldey ; 3. Tim
Ha rris; 4. Dyla n Laporte; 5. Michael Swan.
250 OPEN AM: 1. Jclf Arm!>trong; 2. Rich At!r.in.<;(lI\; 3. JafiO
n
Hunt; 4. Gra nt G.t~bOn\; S. Carl Snyd er .
250 O PEN EX: 1. Mik e WilcolC; 2. o..vid BUf};n'; 3. Ch ri s
lyUn!i; 4. TeTT)' Kuhn; S. Tom Cole .
25 + A M : 1. Jeff Arm5tro ng ; 2. Timothy Henry; 3. Gary
Haskell; 4. Gotry Delahunt ; S. Michae l Jones.
25+ EX: 1. Otri:. lykens; 2. Tnry Kuh n; 3. Mik Finnerty; 4.
Darryl Smith; S. Tom Cole .
SR. NO V: 1. john Tru esd ,lil; 2. Tom Herman; 3. Ene HeiJll"Clr.e;
4. o.n Auegt"l; 5. Ca rl Snydn.
SR AM: 1. TlIIk)lhy Heruy; 2.Jroe Madey; 3. Bn.tn'.'S tratton; 4.
AI Cifont"lIi; S. J,lr:kO;".lew .
SR. EX: I. Terry Kuhn; 2. David Burg er, 3. MikE' Murra y; 4.
Jl-rry Newby; S. Dennis Gilbert.
S /SR: 1. Jerry Ne wby; 2. Bruce Stratton; 3. Kt"Vin Wil'lOn; 4.
Erv Braun; S. Jerry L:nzjUo.
Hurricane Hills Motocross
stars Spangler
By J im Sanderson
CUFFORD PA, OCT.25
,
Da m ie n Plo tts and Low ell Spangler took top
honors in the 12Sec Expert and 50cc (7-8) classes ,
resp ectively, at the final motocross of the 1998
seaso n a nd th e 16th a n n u a l Santich C ycl es
Gra nd Prix of Motocro ss at the Hurricane Hills
Sports Center. Just over 350 riders came ou t to
race 27 classes.
Jason Kear na iled th e h ol ~s h ot in the first
125cc Expert m oto. Plotts had the lea d by th e
end of the technical whoop section, while Kear
held second , Alex Blackwell third, Mark Pillion
fourth and Paul Bruno fifth. Plotts had a 13-se<:-
ond lead by the end of lap tw o and went on to
win by more than 20 seconds. Rounding ou t the
top five we re Kear, Blackwell, Pillion and Bruno.
Blackwell gra bbed th e holesh ot in mot o two,
with Plott s, Kear, Bruno an d Pillion in tow . Pillion got by Bruno for fourth in the wh oop section. Plotts had th e lead by th e three-quarter
ma rk of lap one, Kear was seco nd , Pillion now
had third, Bruno fo urth a nd Bla ck w ell fifth .
Blackwell passed Brun o for fou rth in the wh oop
section at th e end of lap M ·O. Pillion we nt down
or had mechanical problems near the end of the
moto an d di d not finis h, Plot ts took th e moto
win with be tter tha n 20 seconds in ha nd. Roundng ou t the lop five were Kear, Blackwell, Brun o
and Darrell Ada ms.
Spangle r got th e holeshot in the first 50cc (78) class moto aod never looked back. Marshall
Hurd, Ryan Blizza rd and Rob Martinchio gave
chase. When the top five em erged from the technical Hurrican e Hills whoo p sectio n, they were
now Spa ngler, Hu rd , jord an Mann, Blizzard and
Marti nchi o. Ne ar the end of the first lap, at the
sm a ll s tep -u p d ouble at th e ba ck of th e rac e
co u rse , Spa ng ler led, followed by Hurd, Bliz7sard . Martinchi o and zachary Whitmore. Whi tmor e passed Martinchio for fourth just after the
s ma ll ste p-u p, d ropping him to fifth . Mann
passed Martinchio for fif th on la p three, but
Martinchio had fifth back by the last lap . When
the chec kered flag fell , Span gler took th e w in
over Hurd, Man n, Whitmore and Martinchio.
Spangler managed to grab the second-mete
holes hot, an d trailing him th rou gh the first tum
were Hurd, Blizza rd , Martinc hio a nd Ma nn.
Mann and Whi tmo re had moved up to third and
fourth, d ropping .Martinchio to fifth by the end
of lap two . Spangler took the checkers with a big
margin over Hurd, Mann, Whitmore and Martinem o.
Results
P/ W: L Fra nk Lettieri (Yam ); 2. Justi n Mayla th (KT M); 3.
Micha el Sowa (JaM); 4. John He lll'l' (Yaml ; 5. Jona than Danie 15
{Yam).
o
SO (4--6) : 1. Ryan Blizza rd (Cob); 2. NichoLls Md"ht.. e(Cobl ; 3.
Jon Re ber (KTM ); 4. Anthony Per~n (Cob); S. Cody Chafft-'l'
( K'TM ).
50 (7-8): 1. loweD Spa ngler (Cob); 2. Ma r.mall Hurd (Cob ); 3.
Jordan M.1.nn (Co b); 4. z.chary Whi tmore (Cob ); 5. Ru b Ma rtindUo (Cob) .
60 (1-9): 1. Ma ttl'rw Uou J;entogier (Kaw ); 2. Manhall Hu rd
(Kaw); 3. David Wein gartl'l'l (K.l w); 4. Zachary Whit~ (Ka w) ;
S. Abbie Bardo (K.l w t
60 00-11 ): 1. Sean Wa lla« (Ka w); 2. Jorda n fk,n UCaw ); 3.
Billy Bccl\ler {Yam); 4. Matthl-w RicE' (Ka w).
80 (7·11 ): 1. StevE' Coruz;i (fU,w) ; 2. To ny E5gro (Su z ); 3.
DavKt Weingarten (K.1w); 4. Brad Lamhl·rt (Yam); 5. Jacob Fell5ter
( Ka w).
80 (12·13): 1. Pat SUnp9Ol\ ()(a wl ; 2. Billy H«1unan (K.aw); 3.
fk'R nt.'1: Rymon (Suz); 4. James Ayres (Hon); 5. Zachary Ft'as tn'
t
(Yam).
80 (14-1S): 1. Jeffrey Mount (Hon) ; 2. R.J. Berg.anino ()(a w); 3.
Jotleph G ray (Hanl.
S/ MIN1: 1. Je ffrey Houn t (!(a w); 2. R.J. Bt-rgani no (Kaw ); 3.
Billy Hld man (Kaw); 4. Bennett Rynun (Suz); S. Stll-"phen Coram
(K.1w).
125 SCHBY:· l . Jarred Kimbl.. (Ho i'll.
CLG BY: 1. Jason Kear (Suz); 2. Jef rey Dunlap (Yam); 3. O in t
f
E8~ito (Ya m); 4. Jl.'d Schappert {Yam); S. Tim O' Bri;1 (Yam) .
n
125 BEG: 1. Step hen Buss (Yam) ; 2. David Maltl-r (Ju. w); 3.
aw).
Jml n Pahl (Kawl ; 4. Ja mt"5Hl's..l' (Suz); S. Gll'T\Ho ffman (lC
o
125 NOV : t. Willia m King (Yam); 2. Matthew Loprea to (Suz );
3. Michael Edw ard ... n Ta trault (Yam); 5. Ro beI'I r ickett
a
{Yaml .
250 NO V: 1. Chris Munray (Yam); 2. Tim M.1. tthl'W1l (H un) ; 3.
Nicho las Hartf ord (Kawl; 4. Ga briel Englis h (Ya ml; 5. S!l"VCl\ Ack·
1...y(SuzI.
250 OPEN AM : 1. Jl>dSchaPP"'Tt (Yaml; 2. Ch i$tophl'l' C(lOk
(Ho n); 3. Rich Atkin<;(l(l (Ho n); 4. luk Schappert (Yam); 5. Jue
Fontana (y",m).
250 O PEN EX: I. Damien P10tb IKThU; 2. Stephen ~i dt'rio
( Ka w); 3. Ja so n Ke a r (S uz) ; 4. C hris Lvkn5 (K.n v); 5. Ja rr ell
,
Nt"wby (Hon).
.
25+ AM: 1. C hris tup hl'TCoo k (H(ll\); 2. Oeey Bowe r (Hon); 3.
Kt"i th
