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Motora_ In....r Races a d Speed Show Harrislllll'J Farm Show Complel Welch, Johnson Master Motorama Bromley Suzuki's Barry Carsten led the pack out of the first turn in the HARRISBURG, PA, FEB. 17 eight-lap Vet Expert main event, with uzuki pilot Tom Welch and Honda Johnson, Todd Stith, Gaylon Dickson pilot Keith Johnson topped the and Jim Mcilvaine trailing. The top podium in the 125 and 250cc Expert five remained the same up until classes, respectively, before a packed halfway, when Johnson, 'in retaliation house at the 23rd annual Motorama for being stuffed by Carsten in the Indoor Races and Speed Show. The first turn at the start, pushed Carsten bar-to-bar racing action of arenacross to the outside and into the wall, caushad the crowd on its feet as they ing Carsten to go down. Johnson watched Welch and Honda rider Jeff assumed the point position. Dickson Yentzer battle right down to a photo and Stith moved up to second and finish in the 125cc main event. The third. Carsten remounted in fourth and Mcilvaine remained fifth. Carsten crowd was treated to another great quickly passed Stith to move up to battle in the 250cc Expert final, in third. Stith was relegated back to which Johnson and RRP's Ty Wallace fourth. On lap five, Mcilvaine and Tim went head to head the entire race. Schmelyun moved into fourth and Motorama, the largest event of its fifth. On lap seven, due to lapped kind in northeastern Pennsylvania, traffic, Carsten was able to pass features a speed show, short-track Dickson for second with one lap to go racing, go-kart racing, radio-conwhen Dickson was unable to double trolled-car racing, trials exhibition and Carsten did. Johnson took the and competition, the Miss Motorama checkered flag and the win, with beauty pageant, and two days of areCarsten, Dickson, Mcilvaine, and nacross racing. Motorama's areSchmelyun trailing. nacross is traditionally the first race "It's so hard to pass out there," of the new season on the District 6 Johnson said of his duel with Carsten. calendar. "There's only one tum with any kind of a berm to make a block-pass, and I went to the inside. Neither of us backed off and we came together and I pushed him to the outside, but [ didn't mean for him to go down - but that's arenacross racing, I guess. It was kind of like what he [Carsten] did to me in the first turn." "Well, the start [of the race] kind of went the same way," Carsten concurred. "We went into the first turn real hard and slid into each other like that, so he kind of just retaliated later. It riled me up a little bit and I came back for second." When the gate dropped for the Harrisburg Fa"" Show Complex: RRP's Ty Wallace (90) and much-anticipated Keith Johnson (73, partially hidden) battle for the lead in the late 125cc Expert main stages of the 250cc Expert final at the Motorama event in event, Welch earned Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Johnson won in the final comer by holeshot honors and block-passing Wallace, who led the race until the last lap. rounded the first turn n _ .... s 42 MARCH 28, 2001 • c u e • • By JIM S P. SANDERSON in the lead with Johnson, Yentzer, Aaron Day and Dickson trailing. Carsten went down in the first turn, remounted dead last and made a respectable comeback to lOth by the checkered flag. The top five remained the same and was like a tightly packed freight train through lap six. On lap seven, Yentzer, with the help of the lapped field, caught and made the pass on Johnson to claim second. Johnson dropped to third. Prior to Yentzer's pass on Johnson, Welch was out front with a three-second advantage, but Yimtzer quickly closed the gap in the remaining laps. On lap 10, Yentzer and Welch were side by side in the whoop section. Yentzer was set up for the inside line exiting the section, but he came up short trying to double the last two whoops, allowing Welch to keep the point position. The exact same thing happened between the two leaders on the last lap, but this time there was no mistake by Yentzer and it was a drag race to the checkered flag. It w!is so close, it was a photo finish. The official scoring gave Welch the win, although from this author's perspective, it looked like Yentzer crossed the finish line first. Rounding out the top five were Johnson, Day and Dickson. "I felt pretty good towards the end," Welch said of the close finish. "I knew Jeff was fast enough to catch up, and with the lappers slowing me down, I was scared the last couple of laps. I had a feeling it was going to be close. I knew he [Yentzer] was real close, and with the lappers I knew he'd have an advantage, being behind me, being able to see what I was going to do." "I thought I had him," Yentzer said. "I don't know. It's not my decision. It's hard to get around the lappers, but you just have to do the best you can. [ got second, so I'll have to try harder in the 250cc main." CN Harrisburg nn. Show Complex Harrisburg, PeAnsylvani.l Results: febnaary 17, 2001 125 EX: 1. Tom Welch; 2. Jeff Yentzer; 3. Keith Johnson: 4. Aaron. Day; 5. Gaylon Dickson Jr. 250 EX: 1. Keith Johnson; 2. Ty Wallace; 3. Jeff Yentzer; 4. Gaylon Dickson; 5. Joseph Schueler. 30+ VET EX: I. Keith Johnson; 2. Barry Carsten; 3. Gaylon Dickson Jr.: 4. James Mcilvaine; 5. Tim Schmelyun. 50 (4-6): 1. Joseph Peters: 2. Komeron Poge; 3. Troy Davis; 4. Joshua Swert2; 5. Devon Permelee. 50 (7-8): 1. ao"et Toth; 2. Mork Meitermon; 3. Robert Moore; 4. Brandon Seibold: 5. Dylen Brajkovich. P/W (4-6): 1. Joseph Peters: 2. Ronold Boker Jr.; 3. Kameron Page; 4. Joshua Swartz; 5. Calvyn Beck. P/W (7-8): 1. Andrew Benson: 2. Scott Heilmon; 3. Joshua Villarreal; 4. Christopher Longfield; 5. Brien Petrovcic Jr. 65 (7-9): I. aorret Toth: 2. Broc Schmelyun; 3. Mich8el Meiterman; 4. Fr8nk Lettieri Jr.; 5. Justin Mayloth. 65 (J 0-11): I. Seon Hockley Jr.: 2. Lowell Spllngler; 3. Kyle Werner; 4. Adem Blessing; 5. Daniel Holton Jr. 25+ AM: 1. Jason Johnson; 2. Chris Sokol; 3. Jimmy Hetrick: 4. Donny Ungle; 5. Mike Stith. 125 AM: I. Michoel Schneck: 2. Justin Foret; 3. Broc Seiler; 4. Michael Tsakanikas; 5. Steve Wagner. 125 NOV: 1. Drew Kibler, 2. Benjamin Bixler; 3. Tristan Huey; 4. John Wilney; 5. Tommy Hughes. 250 NOV: 1. Mkheel Klingler; 2. D~w Kibler, 3. Jason Johnson; 4. Frank Allocce; 5. Rudy Matlllck. 85 (14-15): 1. Broc Hepler; 2. Ollvid Oi Sciullo; 3. Benjllmin Bixler; 4. Michllel Foor; 5. Bryan Fleischman. SCHBY: 1. Broc Hepler; 2. Billy Myers; 3. Michael Foor, 4. Chris Knuth; 5. Cody Wenger. 85 (7-11): 1. Seon Hockley Jr.; 2. Lowell Spangler; 3. Kyle Werner; 4. Daniel Holton Jr.; 5. Adam Blessing. 8S (12-13): 1. Chod Wog..: 2. Wmy Toth Jr.; 3. Jay Weller; 4. Derrick Wile; 5. Kyle Perry. 250 AM: 1. Chris Sokol; 2. Michoel Schneck; 3. Mich8e) Tsakanikas; 4. Jimmy Hetrick; 5. Bruce Shorp. m Pre Circuit Winter series Round 5: Tens Motoplel Resweber Rules at Motoplex By BRIAN COMEAU ROSENBERG, TX, FEB. 18. he STC Pro Circuit Winter Series continues to make its way across the south Texas area, stopping at the newly opened Texas Motoplex. The track was designed by Mark Bamett, and it has lots of elevation changes and long lap times. Some 300 riders came out to welcome the Winter Series to the Texas Motoplex facility. The first moto of the Over 40 B class had Ricky Resweber, Robert Porter and Bubba Schultz all going for the lead. Resweber took the lead early and led the class around for its first lap. Hams Racing's Harold Sims and Mike Martin were running fourth and fifth. Dave Cherry came around the first lap in sixth but was looking to move up. He passed Martin on the second lap to take over fifth and put T pressure on Sims for fourth. Back up front, Schultz was all over Porter for second. The Lyle Lovett Motorsports rider couldn't keep Schultz back much longer; on the last lap, Schultz passed him to take the runner-up spot. Cherry was still on the move as well, passing Sims to take fourth place on the last lap. Resweber took the checkers with a comfortable lead over Schultz and Porter. Cherry took fourth, and Sims rounded out the top five. Schultz took the holeshot in the second moto. He had Vernon Patterson and Resweber right on his heels, though. Patterson had scored a 14thplace finish in the first moto when he left on the wrong gate. Resweber quickly passed the HHR/Big Daddy's Racing-sponsored Patterson.and took off after Schultz. It wasn't long before a battle shaped up between the two,