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Higgi ns was second by the end of the
lap , and he picked up the pace to catc h
Kear. Tublewicz and Ties ler dropped to
third and fourth while Andrew Lucas
pa ss ed H everly to ta ke fifth . Higgins
began chipping away at Kear 's lead and
was pressuring him. Kear , about to take
the white flag on the spectator finish-line
triple, didn't triple, which gave Higgins
the chance he needed. Higgins assumed
the poi nt position. Kear seemed to drop
off the pace once Higgins passed him.
The first moto went in the books as Higgins, Kear , Tiesler, Esposito and Lucas .
Lucas ea r ned the second -moto
holesh ot and the early lead , tra iled by
Hever ly, Dona ld Dicillo j -, Tu blewi cz
and Kear. By halfw ay th ro ugh la p o ne,
Dicillo, Kear and Tiesler moved u p to St.'Cond, third and fou rt h. Heverly dropped
back to fifth. Lucas star ted lap two wi th a
triple. Kear passed Lucas for the lead on
. the hu ge Hurrican e step-u p bu t crashed
exiting the following tum . Kear was visibly shaken, an d it took him several mi nut es to remo unt. Lucas go t some breat hing room after Kear 's crash, bu t Higgins
was o n the m o ve agai n and s lici ng
through the pack. The top five at the start
of la p thr ee were Lucas, Dicillo, Tiesler,
Higgins an d Darryl Smi th . Dicillo too k
the lead w hen he made a pe rfect blockpa ss on Lucas nea r the end of lap three.
Higgins passed Tiesler for third by the
start of lap fou r and was soon pressuring
Lu cas for seco nd. Tiesler dropped to
fourth. Higgins passed Lucas for second '
about halfway through lap four. Dicillo
w as out front by five seconds , but it
didn't take Higgins long to cut his ad vantage to two seconds . Hi ggins took th e
lead on the spectator finish -line triple by
tripli ng, while DiciUo didn't. Higgins took
the checkers and the overall with a perfect 1-1 score. Rounding out the top five
were Dicillo, Tiesler, Lucas and Esposito.
Nichol as McPhee earned h im s e lf
holeshot honors in the first 50cc (7-8 ) class.
Trailing McPhee were Jake Beebe , Jesse
Kuzbyt, Zachary Whitmore an d Stephen
Chapkovich, Whitmore managed to move
up to second by the end of the firs t la p.
Beebe, Kuzbyt and Chapkovich dropped
to th ird , fo ur th a nd fift h. Wh it mo re
passed McPhee on the last lap to earn the
mo to win . Trailing Whi tmore were
McPhee, Beebe, Kuzby t and Chapkovich.
McPhee repeated his good start of the
first mo to wit h another holes hot and the
early lea d . In tow were Whitmo re ,
Ku zbyt, Beeb e a nd Chapkovich. Beeb e
passed Kuzbyt for third at the start of lap
two . Kuzbyt dropped a position to fourth.
Whitmore took the lead by d oubling the
small step-u p d ouble in th e back of the
ra ce co u rse whil e th e leader , McPhee,
didn't. Whitmore picked up the pa ce and
took the checkers with a nin e-second lead.
Rounding out the top five were McPhee,
. Beebe, Kuzbyt and Chapkovich.
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Clifford, Pennsylvania
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30+ C: 1. 8iIl Matthe ws (Kaw): 2. David Dcl icat i
(5uz) ; 3. Steve Locklin (5uz) ; 4. Ken neth Burke (Ka w ): 5.
Andrew Yurka nin (5uz).
125 BEG : 1. Brya n Berry (Suz): 2. Vernon Johnson
(Y.1m); 3. Jose ph Gray CHon); -t. Justin Stangl {Kaw): 5.
Kevin Ien ts ( Ke w ) .
125 A: 1. Casey Higgins (Y am): 2. J.:lSOn Kear tSu z ):
3. Clint Espos ito If-ion ): 4. Andrew Lu cas (Ya m ); 5.
Michael Fortune (Yam).
125 B: I. Jeff Roma