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after the long tabletop and ma d e the pass stick. Meanwhile, Lane fell in the back secti on, dropping to sixth . The order at th e end wa s Wood, Gardner, Pettit, Pedrero a nd Lind , with Wood pulling ou t a tw o-second le a d at the end . Th e O pen Money class fea tu red so me of the tig htes t raci ng of th e day. Pedrero got th e holesh ot , foll ow ed by Ballard, Wood , Troy Adams and Kenny Yoho . BalIard was the only one to cornpl etely jump th e 90-foot-iong tabl et op comi ng up fro m the sand section of the track . He wou ld make up time, but he could not make a pa ss stic k in the next corner for the lead. A t th e end of lap two , Yoho stu ffed his way p ast Ad ams into fourth in that same corner. Pedrero slowly pulled 'ou t a second per lap and was never challenged . The riders battli n g for second throu gh six th stayed close, separated by on ly four seconds . On lap th ree, Ballard felI in the ba ck a n d th e o rder cha nged. Yo ho now m o v ed up to secon d , fo llowed b y Wood , Adams, Mike Ste venson a n d Ballard. St evenson go t by Ad a ms for fou rth on th e st ra ig ht d roppin g off d own in to the sa nd sec tion . Th e top two pulled away, with th e battle fo r third throu gh fifth s taying close, but th e o r der s tayed th e sa me . Ad am s mad e a last-d itch effort to ge t fou rth back on the last lap . Two corners fro m t he e n d , t ryi ng to make a p a s s, he pushed Steve nson and himself over the be r m. S tevenso n go t bac k o n to the tra ck fi rst 'a n d kept h is fo u r t h-pla ce posi tion . Ball a rd got th e seco n d -mo to holes hot, followed b yYoho, Ad ams, Pedrero and Wood. Ballard went off the tra ck , h and in g th e lead to Yoho a n d mo ving everyo ne else up one spot. The o r d e r o n th e seco n d lap w as Yoh o, Pedrero , Wood, Ad ams, Stevens on and Gardner . On lap three, Stevenson sudd enl y jumped to th ird , ge tti n g b y Ad ams and Wood, who had faltered in the back section. Pedrero was chalIenging for the lead , with Stevenson closing the ga p to the fron t two . The top thr ee were now o n ly two seco n ds apart. Pe d rero was gaining time in th e two horsesh oe sections, and he tried to pass Yoho a couple of times bu t cou ld not get the pass accomplished. The hor sesh oe sections would come back and bite Pedrero, though. On the next-to-last lap, he was going so fast that he ove rshot the tum and went over the berm, losin g all his momentum and a l mos t lo sing sec o n d to Stevenson. Then lapped traffi c became a fact or. Sudd enly, on the la st lap, Stevenson e xp erien ced bike problems a n d dropped out of contention . Yoho us ed this to his ad vantage and pulled ou t to a three-second lead at the end. He wa s foll owed by Ped re ro, Ada ms, Wood and Gardner. eN Dade City Raceway Dade City, Florida Results: September 5, 1999 (Round 22) S/MINl: 1. Matt Goerke; 2. Ky le Chisholm; 3. Beau Svancan 4. Eric Stewart; 5. Vince Cirrincione. PIW OPEN: 1. Icsse Freeman; 2. Jimmy Norton; 3. Ty ler Moore; 4. Tra vis Rogers; 5. Ziggy Graves. P/W OIL-IN]: 1. Ka len Fitzpatrick; 2. And rew G rayson; 3. Robbie Schwarz; 4. MMk Przystawski; 5. Taylor Pladdes . SO ST I< (4-6); 1. Ty le r Moo re; 2. Robby Huss; 3. Zackery Freeberg; 4. Bradl ey Bands; 5. Levi Bufkin. 50 STK (7-9): 1. Chase Co uture; 2. Ryan Lawh on ; 3. Jes se Free m an: 4. Jimmy No rto n; 5. Co rey Woodard. 60 OPEN: 1. Ricky Renner; 2. T.}. Rhonelli: 3. Danny Weyer; 4, Devon Placides : 5. Christian Kelly . 60 BEG: 1. Fran k Charamut; 2. Zackery Freeberg; 3. Justin Hall; 4. Kyle Goerke; 5. Tyler Moo re. 60 (5-8): 1. Orl ando Hami lton ; 2. Ryan Lawhon; 3. Jimm y No rto n; 4, Roger Williams; 5. [esse Freeman: 60 (9-11): 1. Ricky Renne r; 2. Jonathan Camp; 3. T.J. Rho nel1i;4. Devon PIacides : 5. Dan ny Weyer . 80 BEG: 1. Dexte r Bufkin ; 2. Michelle Gosselin; 3. Chad Thompson; 4. Jason Sachs; 5. Neal Krick. 80 (7-11) : 1. Kyle C his holm; 2. Justin Bryant; 3. Ricky Renner: 4. Jona than Camp; 5. Justin Williams. 80 (12-15): 1. Matt Goerke. 2. Augie Lieber; 3. Beau Sva nca r: 4 . Er ic Stewar t: 5. Ryan Warren. . 125 BEG: 1. Trov Allen. 2. Robert Lang red e r; 3. Laurie Fitz patrick; 4. Roger Herb ach; 5. Tracy Shepa rd . 125 8 : 1. Troy Adams: 2. Augi e Liebe r; 3. Shawn Pe tti t; 4. Jarrett Lane; 5. Ronnie Monk . 125 C: 1. Da rren W . Fortin; 2. Mike Finnegan. 3. Cha z Northey; 4. Josh Hildebrand ; 5. Patrick Manning. 250 BEG: J. Andrew Ashlev: 2. Ron Sims; 3 . St ev e Bas s; 4 . ~1i ke Swee t: 5. Brian Burke . 250 8 : 1. Tim Egge rs: 2. Darryl Lind ; 3. Brad Ruel; -I. We; Giffin. J. Mark Ca mpbe ll; 2. Lou 250 l Troncoso: .' David It Gilbert, 4. Cole Studs till; 5. Brett Cara valia . OP EN MNY: 1. Kennv Yohu ; 2. Marcus Pedre ro; 3. Billy'Wood ; 4. Tro y Adams; 5. Mike Steven son . YTH (12·15): 1. Brian Gray; 2. [esse Richard s: 3. Darren Fortin; 4 . Cha z No rthey; 5. Iosh Hildebrand . YTH (15·2 4), 1. Bm y Wood ; 2. Shaw n Pet t it ; 3. Jarre tt La ne ; 4 , Shawn Mayo ; 5. Darryl J. Lind . 25+: 1. Tod d Gard ner; 2. Marcus r edrew; 3. Billy Wakefield . . . 30+: 1. Tim Eggers : 2. Brad Ruel: 3. Ma rk Cam pbell; 4. Lou Tron coso ; 5. To m my Wosyluk. 35+ : 1. Ti m Eggers: 2 . Robert Britton; 3 . Kev in Wil son ; 4. St e ve Rush; 5. Steve Ed wa rds . 40+ : 1. Rob ert Bri tt o n; 2. John Cole ma n: 3. Ke vin Wilson ; 4. Steve Edw ard s; 5. Dave CUrry . 50+: 1. Al Gardner; 2 Gue nter Somm er; 3. Dou gla s Hammond ; 4. Ralph Daugherty. WMN: 1. Trnci Hes s; 2. Tracey Smith; 3. Ashle y Jackson ; 4. Sommer WOCX!; 5. Michelle Gosse lin. C: AHRMA V intage Motocross and V et Championships: Broome-Tioga Sports Center Strenkowski smart . By Jim P. Sanderson BINGHAMTON, NY, SEPT. 25 ick Strenk owski earned the overall win in the AHRMA Vintage 250cc Expert class by way of his 2-1 score at the AHRMA Vinta ge Mot ocross and Vet Cha mpi onships, h osted by Tom Hurd Promotions . The No rth e ast Regional AHRMA Vintag e riders cam e ou t to the Broome-Tioga Sports Center on a beautiful autumn afternoon to race on th e Broome-Ti oga N a tional tra ck . Modern bike riders were also on hand to race the Over 25, Over 30, Over 35 and Over 40 Exp ert, Amat eur a n d Novice classes, making for a fu ll progra m of .racing . Track conditions were perfect and provid ed great racing for all the rid ers. Strenkowski nailed the hole sh ot in th e fi rs t Vin ta g e 250cc Exp ert m ot o . T ra il ing h im were Rich Field , Jo h n Weaver, John Brillo and Edward Schaefer. The top three remained in the sa me positions on lap two, with Schaefer ge tting around Brillo for fourth, dropping Brillo to fifth. On the last lap, Strenkowski mad e a mistake on the Nation al hill that cost him the lead and the first-moto win. When the lead ers appear ed at the top of the hill, it was Field ou t front and Strenkowski second. The moto went in th e A H RMA record b ooks as Field , Strenko w s ki , Brillo , Scha efer and Weaver. . Weaver managed to get the jump off the gate and be the first rid er through the first tum in the secon d Vinta ge 250cc Expert mot!J . Strenkowski q uickl y passed Weav er for the lead . Roun d ing out the top o f th e field were Field, Schaefe r, Brillo and Paul Havir. When the top five cam e off the National hill on lap one, Field was in the point position, with Str enkowski, Schaefer , Ha vir and BrilIo in tow. The top five were spread out by the end of lap two. The only real battle was D for the win. Field cras hed on lap three, allowing Strenkowski to take the lead . Field dropped to seco nd . Round ing out the top five were Schaefer, Bria n Stickels and H a v ir. On th e last lap , Fiel d dropped out of the top five, and the secon d- mo to finishing o rder was Strenkowski, Schaefer, Stickels, Havir and Steve Locker. Strenkowski earned the overall win, wi th Schaefer and Field rounding out the Vin tage 250cc Expert podium. Rich Fogel earned holeshot honors in the firs t Vin tage Evolution 200 Open mo to, Edward Blewet t and Mark Wu ndealand passed Fogel shortly after the first tum . Fogel dropped to third . Dan Lefever and Scott Reutzel rounde d ou t the top five. Blewett took the moto win, fo llowed by Wund ea land , Reutzel, Fogel and Thomas Dalbert. Fogel m ana ged to ge t a no the r holeshot bu t was soo n passed by Wund ealan d for the lead . Rounding ou t the top five were Fogel, Lefever, Mark Griggs and Joseph Va n ell a . Wund eal and was out fron t with a 12-second advanta g e b y the end of lap two . Grig g s moved up to seco nd, dropping Lefever to third . Fogel an d Vanella held fourth an d fifth. Wundealand wo n th e mot o wi th mor e than a 20-second ad vantage, trailed by Blewett, Gri ggs, Lefever and CN Fogel. Broome-Tioga Sports Center Bing hamton , New Yor k Resu lts: September 25, 1999 SPTSM N 250 N OV : 1. David Murphy; 2. C h r is to p he r O 'Brian ; 3 . Mik e Garbus; 4. Rich ard Bradw ell; 5. Michael Piescki. SPTSMN 250 tNT: 1. Eric Betzenberger . 2. Peter Lclas, 3. Jeffre y Kevner. SPTSMN 250 EX: 1. Dick Strenkowski : 2. Edward Schaefer: 3. Rich ard Field: 4. Bri an St ickl es; 5. Joe Brino. CLSC 2SO INT : 1. Dean Hutchinson. EV O 201 O PE N EX: 1. Mark Wundeal and ; 2. Edward Blewett; 3. Mark Griggs. EVO O PEN N OV: J. Dan Lef ev er : 2. Thomas Dalbert; 3. Perry 5ronzert; 4. Joseph Abra te; 5. Michael Steding. EVO OPEN L'!T, I. Joseph Vane lla; 2. Rich Fogel; 3. Jo e Lampchak; 4. Th oma s Oro ller: 5. Fre d Kostenbader. EVO 200 OPEN TW NO V, I. Lars Jacobson. EVO 200 OPEN rw INT : 1, Mike Suleski. EVO 200 OP EN TW EX: J. Tom France. EV a PR E-19 78 OPEN TW NOV : J. Bruce Rounlavi Jle; 2. Steve Chapman. EVO PRE·1978 OPEN 1W (NT , 1. Bob Leskani c. EVO I'RE·1978 OPEN TW EX: J. Bill O'Brian . OPEN TW (NT , I. Rich Baul. OPEN TW EX, I. AI"" Morz . PREM O PEN TW: I. Mar k Mu rph y. SPTSMN 500 NOV: 1. Ty Hagy : 2. Robert Vincent ; 3. Doug Hughes. SPT SMN 500 INT : 1. Lee He ndrickson; 2. Dave Richa rd s; 3. Mark Strassne r; 4. Goray McCaffer; 5 . Bryon Dailey. SPTS MN 500 EX: 1. Dave Goyer; 2. Gu y Loomis. cis c 500 EX: 1. Steve Tucker. AHRMA MDRN NOV: 1. Eric H ernecke : 2. Lars Jacobso n; 3. Matthew Quick; 4. Thomas Danbcrt: 5. John Wcdesdolfer. ~ AHRMA M ORN (NT, I. John McMilla n; 2. Bob Fred eri ck ; 3 . Co ry Bowers; 4. Ric h Fogel ; 5. Bill O' Bri.1O. - Rich Fogel earned holeshot honors in the first Vintage Evol ution 200cc Open mot o at th e AHRMA Vintage MX and Vet Championships . held at Br oome-Ti oga in Bingh amto n, New York. AH RMA MORN EX: 1. Edward Blewitt; 2. Gu v Loomis; 3. John Warcndorfer; 4. Mark Wun dea land; 5. Mark Griggs . SPTSMN u s NOV, 1. Scott Hatch. SPTS MN 125 !NT: 1. Rich Baulen; 2. Joe Lampe ha k. S PTSMN 125 EX: 1. G il W is tru p : 2. Dick 5trenkowski; 3. Tom France; 4. Steve Clare. CLSC 125 EX: 1. John Weisenhoffer . 25+ AM.: J. Mike Meleski; 2. Mike Leonard; 3. Tim Hen ry; 4. Mike Barnum; 5. Kevin Krueger. 25+ E X ~ J. To m Brung ; 2. Rick Pinney; 3. Chris Se gum: 4. Rita Hawkins. 30+ NOV: 1. Eric Hcin ed ee: 2. Martin Wea ver ; 3. Jim Sanderson; 4. Matt Rutt; 5. Greg Bouchard . 3D tNT: 1. Bob Fred eri ck: 2. Ed Hundredmark; . 3. De an Hutchin son: 4. Go rdo n McLaffer ; 5 . Jeff Kellner. ski: 3. Tim . 30+ AM: 1, And y Peetherge; 2. Mike Mele Henry; 4. Mike Leonard; 5. Doug Welch . 30+ MORN EX: J. Rick Pinny; 2. Tom Bruno; 3. Keith Mann; 4. Keith Hawkins; 5. Bart Lucas. 30+ VINT EX: 1. Dave Goyer; 2. Rich Field; 3. Gil Wistrup; 4. Steve Clare . 35+: J. Keith Ma nn : 2. Ba rt Lu ca s; 3. And y Deat herage; 4. Tony Boyes: 5. Mike Meleski . 40+: 1. Keith Mann ; 2. Tony Boyes: 3. Cary Petzcr: 4. Bart Lucas ; 5. Pa ul Han na. 40+ NOV: J. Mike Garkus. 40+ INT: 1. Eri c Be tzenphgee : 2. Pet e r Kolas; 3. Dave Richards; 4. Kevin Guick; 5. Mark Stras sne r. 40+ EX: 1. Joh n Weav er; 2. Gary Peters; 3. Richard Sh ipman; 4. Peter Pileski : 5. Edward Schaffer . 50+: J. Louis Pirotte. 2. Erv Braun . 50+ INT: 1. Ron Dares . 50+ EX: 1. Paul Havir; 2. Bob Hayes. 60+ INT : 1. Ben Kohler . AMA Mid-South Championship Winter Hare Scrambles Series,Round 1 reeks Station :3C Ricketts' rules round one By Debbie Allen GREENVILLE, TN, OCT. 10 he AMA /Pirelli Tire / Pa rts Unlimited /Moose Off-Road-sponsored Mid -South Champion ship Winter Series started i ts 20th s e as o n at 3 Creeks Sta tion, loca ted near Gr eenville, Ten nessee, with 318 ride rs in 19 classes . Th ere were a fe w ch ange s in the s ta rting lin eup, wi th 13 peopl e entering a new Sen ior C class and se ve ra l people rid ing in different classes than in the p rev ious year, but one thin g d id not change: Shad Ricketts was as fas t as in th e pa st, though this year his load was a little ligh ter d ue to his sponsor- T . a> a> a> M il E ~ z 45

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