Events
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250 0f"EN C: 1. 1t.-rem T. Rockwdl (Yam); 2. MK:h.wJ ~
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lots (Hon!; 3. Josh Waldron (Ka w ); 4. Brua: Charron UCaw); 5. Dan
Vini ng (Ho rd.
16-24: 1. Cud Miller (HtlJl); 2.. Derek J. HutfmAn lK.lw ); J .
Fr.nk Jun~tsch (Yllm ): of. Da n WilT!Ot'nW (Yllm ); 5. Chad Wit-n
(Suz).
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25+: 1. MoIltl\l'W R. Ch ick (H on ); 2. Tammy Kuk U lon ); 3.
Nick Eglc: " . JoeSumbcra (Kaw); 5. Chri,ropht." Wdll (Yam) .
30+: 1. [bn K..~ W. Chapel (Yam ); 2. Fralnicl. Mn'Vau tKaw);
3. Jamn JUJ>tin (Y" m) ; 4. Jamc:s Prino [r. (I-Ion); 5. SidRl."Y Martin
( KIM) . ·
Hurricane Hills Sports Center
Babernitch, Hughson storm
Hurricane Hills
By Jim P. Sande rson
CUFFORD,PA,OCT. 17
Jason Babern itch and Bear Hughson ea rned overa ll win s in th e Co llegebcy and 250cc Open C
classes , respectively, at a regu lar Distri ct 6 points
ra ce hosted by Tom Hurd Promo tions at th e
Hurrican e Hills Spo rts Cen ter. Mothe r Nature
coopera ted by providing a beautiful fall day, a nd
more than 200 riders signed up to race 27 classes.
H ughson and )im me r ~I er earned holeshot
ho nors in th e first Co llegeboy mot o. Th e tw o
were side by side through the 9O-degree left first
turn. Miller had the point posi tion by the time
th e lea ders e ntered th e rh yt hm se ctio n, and
Hu gh son was relegat ed to "second . Rounding
ou t th e top five w er e Fred Metzger , Jason Woeniski and Scott Marzec. Hu ghson was do ing the
spt.Cta tor triple o n the firs t la p. Hu gh son took
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the lead on lap two , w he n he aga in tripl ed and
Miller d idn' t, but Miller managed to ge t back
aro und H ughson for the lead off the hu ge Hu rricane Hills step- up. H ug hso n dropped to S<.'COnd ,
still followed by Metzger, Wocn iski and Marzec.
Th e to p fi ve s p rea d o u t a n d rema in ed
unchanged until U,e las t lap, w hen Jason Kimble
pa sS<...J Wocniski for fourth . Wocn iski d rop ped
to fifth. Wocni ski then cras hed , allowin g Marzec
to take fifth . Wocn iski remoun ted in sixth . Th e
mot o went in the reco rd books as Miller, Hugh son, Metzger, Kimble and Marzec.
Hu ghson na iled th e holeshot in the second
College boy mo ta a nd neve r looked bac k. Tra ilin g him we re Met zger, Mill er , Wocn isk i a nd
Kimb le. Miller q uic kly got aro und Metzger for
second in the rhythm section. The ru nning order
was now Hughson . Miller, Metzger, Wocni ski
a n d Kimb le . Th e top fi ve sp rea d o u t a n d
rema ined unchan ged for the rema inde r of th e
mota . The only battl e that developed was for the
lea d . Miller closed th e ga p on H ug hso n bu t
coul dn' t manage to get around him. Hughson
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took the w in, followed by Miller, Metzger, Wocniski and Kimbl e. Hu ghson ea rned the overall
via his 2-1 sco re. Roun d ing o ut the podium were
Miller an d Metzger.
B.). Stafu rsky ea rn ed holeshot hon ors in the
fi rst 2S0cc Open C m o ta , trailed by Derri ck
Goodrich, Pete O'Ma lley, Zachary Bloc an d Scott
Marzec. By the ha lfwa y mark of la p one, Stafursk y was still ou t front, wi th Good rich, Babernitch, O' Malley and Bill Matthews in tow. Babernitch pa ssed Good rich for sec on d on la p tw o.
O' Ma lley and Matthews held on to fourth an d
fifth. Nea r the halfway mark of lap two, following th e hu ge Hurricane s te p-u p , Babern it ch
pa ssc..J Stafu rs ky fo r th e lead . Goodrich th en
stalled his yz in a turn, allowing O'llolall y and
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Matthews to m o ve up to third and fourth .
Goodrich dropped to fifth. At the end of lap two,
Mar zec and Andy Mas ters passed Goodrich for
fourth and fifth . Babernitch took the checkered
flag with a Io-second advantage, trailed by Stafursk y, O'Malley, Masters and Marzec.
Bloch nailed the holeshot in the second 250cc
Open C moto. Trailin g him we re Marzec, Ton y
Yag loski , Geo rge Ban d a nd Ma ster s. Near the
halfway mark of lap one, Masters passed Band for
fourth. On lap two, Yagloski passed Mar zec to
take S<.'COnd. Masters held fourth. and Babernitch
moved up to fifth. Yagloski passed Bloch for the
l.eadat the end of lap two . The finishing order was
Yagloski. Bloch. Marzec. Masters and Babernitch.
Babernitch earned the overall via hi s 1·5
score . Rounding out the 250cc Open C podium
were Yagloski and Marzec.
Results
P/ W: I. ]uo;tin Mayldlh (y "m ); 2. }on.llhan Daniels (Yam); 3.
Jaml~ Doolittle (Ya m ); 4. Robbie Bardo (Yam); 5. Brandon Wehr
(Ya m).
50 (U) : 1. Jona than Danic:b (Cobl.
50 (1-8l: 1. Ga ~ Will'On (Cobl ; 2. Jon Rdln (Cob); 3. J~
Kuzbyt (Cob) ; 4. Dave ConkJin (Cobl. .
65 (1-9): 1. Sean H,}cl.k.,. (Kaw); 2. M,lrshall Hu rd {K.\w); 3.
~rn-t WilMm (K.lw); 4. Abbi Jo Bardo (Ka w); 5. JOt")' ld K1ing..T (lion); 3.
Craig KoIlmlT (Y. m ); 4. Bra:J Ford (Suz); S. Adam CAmpbdl (lion).
CLGBY: I. a-r Hug1u.orl (K.J,w ); 2. JiJnmeor Eric MilkT (Yam);
3. Fr.d Metz~ ty",m); 4. JArTftJ Kimb .. CHon): 5. Jason WoaUsJci
lSuzl .
S/ Mll\.l: 1. Cakob MiDrr (Yam ); 2. ZactUlry ~ (Ka w); 3.
Jacob ~In" (Kaw); 4. MOO!ll" Hugh!on (Ka w ); 5. Michao..oJ Mazur
(Yam) .
125 BEG: 1. BryJln Deny (Suz); 2. MuoIo Wadsworth (YAm); 3 .
Rkh.u d La~ ('(a m); 4. Moitt Mt"'!'Trl.(Suz); 5. JamcsColli:lon (Su.z) .
125 A: 1. C lint E»~ito (Ho n); 2. Antonio Pocria (Ka w ); 3.
Tom Uttman (Yam).
125 B: 1. Jim mt.T Eric MilI...T (Yam ); 2. r atrick Simfl'lO" (Kaw);3.
John McKean tSuz): 4. Ricky ConRoy (Hon); 5. J....-red Kimble I, MI, sm. 4-6
Moreland 's held a three-day event on the Labor
Day weekend , an d alon g with the actio n-packed
racin g. 40 rock 'n' ro ll ba nd s too k to the stage for
the traditional Battle of the Band s.
On Saturday, ther e was a very large turnout
of racers , many of whom arrived Frid ay nig ht
and ca mped o ut und er the sta rs. Th e weat her
was typical for lat e summer - hot and humid.
In the Wom en's class, three riders came o ut
to compete. Brandy Chupp of Wh ite Cloud,
Michigan, won , with Vanessa McDonald seco nd
and Kim Dines third.
In the 125cc A class, Ian Hammond of Ypsilanti , Michigan, took th e win over three ot her
riders, bu t the 125cc B class ha d 25 riders at the
ga te, and Da nny Becke tt Jr. of Gra nd Rapi ds ,
Michigan, too k a ll the ma rbles. O u t of the 35
125cc C competitors, Rya n Micho of Allendale,
Michigan, took home the first -pl ace gold.
Sunday was another fine day at Moreland's.
Ma ny of Saturday' s racers stayed, and more
arrived, making for another huge turnout of 1250.
Da\;d Fink of Petoskey, Michigan. was riding at the top of his game. He won the Non.current class, for 1994-and-older bikes. Fink put in a
(Above left) zachary Bloch (3Z) nails the
holeshot In the second 250cc Open C
moto at the Hurricane Hills Sports Center
in Clifford, Pennsylvania,
(Above) Pinckney's Ian Hammond styled
his way to the 12Scc A win at the
Moreland's Motocross Labor Day
Weekend event In Stanton, Michigan,
strong performa nce on his 1989 Honda CR2S0 in
bo th mo to s, to ppi ng An th on y Se ll of Fenton ,
Michigan. and District 14 points leader Wilbert
Verpootrn of Pontiac.
In the 80 Beginner cla ss, Stuart Alexan der
rod e a biKe borrowed from Max Lovejoy. In the
first moto, Alexander bit it ha rd wh en he came
up sho rt on the Gravity Cavity, Und aunted, he
go t up and cha sed d own Aaron Sm ith, w ho was
having his own cra sh ing p roq,lems . Alexa nder
could not hold off Smi th in the seco nd mota an d
ha d to settle for seco nd overa ll.
The 250cc A and B rid ers put on a grea t air
show for the specta tors. At the Road sid e Triple,
Ken n y Ry a n d id a g rea t Su per man m ove.
Almos t every com petitor wa s doing o ne· han·
clers and w hips and waving to the cro wd . Ryan
we nt o n to wi n t he 250cc B even t, an d Brad
Kress of Alma wo n the 250cc A class.
Labo r Da y had fewe r riders competing, but
there was still a very healthy turnout. This is the
day Ameri cans honor worke rs, and non e wo rk
hard er than the Mor eland 's crew. The track ovo'tl·
ers, Carl an d Ire ne, can be fou nd working the
en trance gate at every race. Mark Mo reland takes
gr eat care of the track, design ing and bu ilding
new secti ons and obstacl es during the week and
ov e rsee in g ma in te na n ce o n race da ys . C li n t
Moreland runs the sta rting ga te, and his sister
Colette wo rks at sign-up and scorin g, along with
Michell e Moreland. Terry Watts is the track refL"l't."'C, and he d oes all of the live race anno uncing.
All those w ho wo rk to keep Moreland 's go ing
deserve recognition for all their hard work.
The 50cc Sha ft Drive class had five riders,
with Dougie Moline of Sparta taking the win ove r
Austin Ne lso n. In the \'ery po pular 50cc Auto-matic Beginners class, for kids just starting out,
nine riders competed, with Steven Trierweiler of
Lowell, Michigan , winning ove r Bretten Riller.
Results
S.t u rdAy
50 SHAfT: 1. AuKin L Nt"l~ (Ya ml; 2. Adrian Ford (Ya m);
3. JordJln o...mof\'!lt (Yam); 4 . Jack M in ike y ('Yam); 5 . Kenncth
Rt.ogal (Yam).
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SO BEG: 1. CoI~ Thompson (Y.am); 2. Robt.'TI H.tllbt .' g (Yaml;
3 . St.>th C rivac (Ya m); 4. Tnont Fabfor(Y. m ); 5. Brrttm Ritter (Yam ).
SOJR;1. A~tin L Ncbon (Lem ); 2. Sreven Hal bentadt n.A.oml;
3 . Kiernan MaIarrK")' G..t.oml.
SO SR: I. Miltt Watson (Co b); 2. Stevl1' Daly (Cob); 3. Chad
Cooley (Pol) ; 4. Du.,-'Itin 0rQ.w;ha (Cob) ; S. ~b n hcw Hol ley (Cob) .
60: I. Grant W. MJreLmd (Ka w); 2. 8rrlI Bourda~ (K,aw): 38r.tndIKl Cooley (Kaw); 4. JM Itldi (Ka w); 5. Bridn D. PJlrr.t (Kaw).
80 BEG: 1. ~ron Smith CSuz) ; 2. Stu.a11Alex.and..T (Bonl; 3.
M ike Fo rd (K.1w); 4. C.~ Erridgl1' (Y. m ); 5 . John Robi.a de k
; 3. D.avid J. SwiUtU"ndrubcr (Y.am); 4. Ma tt K.. Ford (Kaw );
5. Eh)olh M. ltotsnl berg (Ka w ).
2SO DrE.'l A : 1. Brad M. Krns ( Ka w) ; 2. Ry.n T. Damm
(Soz).
250 OrEN B: 1. Kenny Ryan (Y.m); 2. Chad J. MOIThouo;e
(Kaw ); 3. Joey OeD Sly (Hord; 4. J. rnt'Il O . Aktm (K,aw); 5. MiluRobi.<;haw (K.aw) .
250 OPEN C: 1. JOllh W.. ldron (Kaw): 2. Stt lSu z l; 5. Br..d M.
Kil'!>ter(K,aw ).
80 (12· 15); 1. Nic:hoLas A. VauKhn (Kaw); 2. "-Lucus J. Sh .wer
(Hon); 3. N.athan Barrett ( JCa, w) : 4 _ William M. Hieks (Hoo); 5 .
JU5I:in Jones (Y..m ).
125 JR; 1. Corey 1- Davill (KTM); 2. Kyl.... M. Brown (yJlm); 3.
Mil<.c R. Ford (yil m).
125 A : 1. Nathan J. Millt' r ( Hon); 2. NiehoLJ, G . McNmly
(Yam ); 3. Sha"., n MacDonald (Yam ).
125 B: 1. Brandon Frit b (Ho n); 2. J(ley De ll Sly (H oRl; 3. Jon
lamt'fO CUnningham (Hon); 4, Milu- A. H.Iynt.-'5 U lon); 5. M.atthew
W. u rpcntn"(Kaw). .
125 C: 1. Matt K. Furd (KJlw) ; 2. Kvle M. Brown (Y. m) ; 3.
rn
Joshua K. Klifma n ev.. ); 4. Kyri l S. ~wn (Ya m ); 5 . Phillip J.
Afton (Yam ).
2SOOPEN A: 1. Brad M. ~(K.iw).
150 O PEN B: 1. Joey De ll Sly ( Hem); 2. Ry.n Dorgi e (SuzJ; 3.
Ch.1d M. CooIo. (Hon); 4. Gu nnc.or 6nlinnd ( Kl"M); 5. MJltt M<:Cord
me.(Yam ).
