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S uzuki/Arctic Cat Amateur Nationals By Jim P. Sanderson B INGHAMTON, NY, AUG. 27-2 8 amaha-mou nted Kurt McMille n domi na ted the Ov er 25, Ov er 30 a nd 250cc Open Expe rt classes a t the Suzu ki! Arctic Ca t Amateur ationals, hosted by Tom Hurd Promotio ns at the Bro ome-Ti oga Spo rts Ce n ter. Th e amateur eve nts on Frida y an d Satu rda y were run in conju nction w ith round 11 o f th e Ma zd a Tru ck s / AMA Suzu k i / Arcti c Ca t 125 /250cc Pro Motocross ational o n Su ndav . More than 75 0 amateurs signed up te; race the 25 classes sla ted for the d ay's progr am . Most classes were split into two gro ups so that all rid ers were guaran teed two full motos. McMillen managed to get his Yamaha throug h the first tu rn ahea d of the pack but lost the lead to Steve Burd ett e by the finish-line double. Round ing out the top five we re McM illen, Rick Pin ney, Mike Spea r (spor ting the Over 30 Expert AMA District 34 number -one plate), and Mark Tiesler. When the lead . ers came off the front supercross section of th e race course, McMillen was up front again. Burdette dropped to second, Spear m ov ed up to th i rd , Pinn ey d ropped to fourth and Tiesler held on to fifth . Ju st befor e the pack d isappeared into th e fr an t se cti on , Da g Boyes en passed Tiesler for fifth on lap two . Spear managed to pass Burd ett e for seco nd by lap three, d roppin g Burd ette to th ird . McMille n easil y won the mo ta w ith a 12-seco nd margin, trailed by Spea r, Burd ette, Boyesen and Pinney . Yama ha- mou n ted Spea r nailed th e holeshot and took the ea rly lead in the second Over 30 Expert mot a. Rou ndi ng ou t th e top fiv e through th e first turn w er e McMill en , Boye sen , Pinney and Burd ette. McM illen closed th e ga p on Spear by the middle of lap two and made the pass for the lead just after the tunnel ju m p followin g th e s ta rt a rea . Sp ear dropped to second. Boyesen and Pinney . rem a ined third and four th, an d Tiesler passed Burdette to roun d out the top five. H alfwa y throu gh lap three , Boyesen , chargi ng hard , go t aro und Spear for seco nd . Wh en th e w hi te fla g wav ed , McMi lle n 's lea d was se v en se co nds . Boyesen ma naged to red uce tha t gap to two seconds bv the end of the mota but cou ldn 't manage to ge t arou nd McMillen by the checkered flag. McMillen took the mota win, followed by Boyescn, Spear, Pinnev and Ties ler, McMillen earned the ct o verall with a perfe I-I score. Rou ndi ng out the pod ium we re Spear and Boyesen.. KX-mounted Josh St erritt ea rn ed holeshot honors in the first 125cc Expert mota, wit h Jerem y Eardley in tow . There was a big pileup in the second tum and half the pack wa s on the grou nd . When the lead five came off the front supercross section, the ru nni ng o rder wa s Ste rritt, Eardley, Doug Stottle, Mike Doug herty Jr. and Scott Phelps. The lead order di d n' t change un til the end of lap two, w hen Phe lps mad e a pa ss on Dou gherty for fou r th . Dou g h er ty d ropped to fift h . Dou gh ert y then mounted a cha rge a nd had second by lap four . Sterrit t remained ou t front wit h a five-second lead . At the start of lap five, the leaders .were Sterri tt, Hill , Dou gh erty, Ea rd ley a nd Sto tt le , That 's also how the first 125cc Expert moto went in the record books. Spectators watching the second 125cc Expert moto on Satu rday got a bit of a su r p r ise when n ation ally ran ked p ro rid er Chris topher C ossela ar lined up on the concre te start pad . Word from th e tow er prior to the start was that no on e wa s su re if it w as actua lly Cosse laa r who was ra cin g th e last 125cc Exp ert mot a . When the ga te d ropped and the pa ck ro u nded the first turn, ther e was Y Events eMillen mAsters rQQme-TiQ A (Above) Kurt McMillen gets the holeshot in the second Over 30 Expert moto. McM illen earned overall wins in the Over 25, Over 30 and 250cc Open Expert classes. (Left ) Nationally ranked and FMF/American Hon da-backed Christopher Gosselaar surprised sp ect ato rs by rac ing the second 125cc Expert mo to on Saturday at the Broome-Tio ga Amateur Nationals. pretty mu ch no doubt that the lead ing Honda was being piloted by Cosselaar. Rounding out the top five were Sterritt, Hill, Jarrett Rhodes a nd Stottle. By the end of the seco nd lap, local favorite Paul Carpenter was -in thir d . Cosselaar had a seven-second advantage by the start of lap three. Halfway through the lap , Co sselaar's front tire washed out in the turn preceding the finish-line double and Gossela ar we nt down, allowin g a patient Hill to take the lead. Round ing out the top five were Ca rpenter, Gosselaar, Sterritt an d Dougherty. Ca rpenter closed the gap on Hill but co u ld n ' t ge t a round h im . Cosse laar we nt down again in the sa me turn on the last lap and rem ounted fifth . H ill managed to hold Carpenter off and take the secon d -mote win . Traili ng were Carpenter , Sterrill, Dou gh ert y a nd Cosselaar. Hill earned the ove rall with his 2-1 sc o re. Th e r e ma in in g p odium spo ts eN ' went to Sterritt and Dougherty. Broome-Tioga Sports Cente r Binghamton, New York Results: August 27-28, 1999 MINI (9- 15 ): 1. DilVi Mil baps (5 u z ); 2. Br yan Jtlh nS(,lIl (SU.l); 3 . Bob Kin iry (Ka ......); -I. Fdi x [)(..Imn ral (Kim:) ; 5. Tt'li Hl'ndrick'Oun ( K.1W). PIW : 1. ZKh But ll'r (Y.l m) ; 2. Rub B.lrd u (Y,l m ); 3. jaml.S Duo littll' (Yam); 4. Z lCh H.ltfidd (Ya m ); 5. Dvl., n ' Ahlt'rt (Y.l m) , • 50 (4-6): 1. To ny I'er egrin (Cob); 2. [o ..h E!'il'1it\llois ( KT ,\1); 3 . Ma r k M l,j tl'rm ,ln (Cob): 4, [o-cph Pd t' r o,; ' (Co b): 5. Kvle ja ckson .0 E 1I> C. 1I> en 47

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