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loads o f w heel sp in ex iting corne rs . The ra ce ended in a photo fi ni sh too up c om i n g ro u n d o f t h e Sout hwe st Series in Ca lifo mia. CN close to call, but an no u nc er J .B. No rri s g av e S ch wantz the nod b y a " Tex a s t am ale ." Ko p p spun so m e 1IIytowa. Teus Results: April 22, 2001 sweet feet-u p doug hnuts in g o o d - PREM : 1. Kevin Sch.....antz (Suz) ; 2 . J oe Kopp (KTM) : 3. J oson Tyer (Hon): 4 . Keith Coker (Hon) : 5. Bill y Click (Hbg). Ho_n Raceway PI" natured protest at the winn er's circle. "I had a ton of fun!" Schw antz said of his first SuperTT outing , adding S PT : 1. Mar k Miller (Yam) ; 2. S teve li berty (KTM): 3. Croig Chedsey (Can) : 4. Billy Click (Hbg) : 5. Billy Chedsey (Hon). M/W: 1. Joh nny lse ecs (Ya m) : 2. Bill y Ched sey (Hon). l./W: 1. Bill Chedsey (Hon) . that he 's game for competi ng in an District 6Points Race Hurricane H Sports Center ills Carsten Clever By JIM P. S ANDE RSON CLIFFORD, PA, APR. 14 ro m ley Suzuki's nationally ranked Pro rider, Ba rry Carsten, topped the 125cc A , 250cc A and Vet (Over 30) A classes at the Hurricane Hills Sports Center 's second District 6 points race of the season on Saturday, April 14 . Carsten had some defi nite competition at this race , held the day before Easter Sunday. Carsten rode to a 2 -1 score for top honors in the 125cc A class ; Paul Corey won the first moto, and Carsten had to get the second -moto w in to secure th e overall. In the 250cc Open A class as well as in the Vet (Over 30) A class , Car st en battled with Boyesen E ng i ne ering 's Dag Boyesen , ma nagi ng to co me out o n t op . Boyesen earned sec on d overall after they traded moto w ins, w ith Carst en g ettin g th e second-moto win in each class to claim the o verall victo ries . Car st en put his RM at th e front of th e pa ck early in th e fi rst 250cc Open A m o t o , with D a v i d Ginolfi , D a g Boyesen . Larry Harper and Jeff Paul trailing . The same three were out fro nt at the start of lap two, while Paul made his way around Harper to claim fourth. The top five r ema ined unchanged for lap three , but about halfway through lap four G inol fi caught Carsten but couldn 't make a pass. Boy esen then caught Gino lfi and managed to get around him for second , dropping Ginolfi back to th ird. Boyesen was tripling a section of the rhythm section, wh ich allowed him to make t ime on Carsten and mak e the pass for the lead on lap six with a lap to go. Boyesen hel d on for th e fi rst-moto win , w ith Ca rsten , Ginolfi, Pau l and Harper in tow . Carsten na il ed another holeshot in th e second 2 50cc Open A moto . T railing Carste n through the fir st turn were Boyesen, M ik e Leavitt, Paul and G ino l fi. T h e t op fo ur remai ne d the same t hrou gh th e end of lap th ree , wh en Tim Burton passed Gi nolfi for fifth . Ginolfi dropped to sixth . Burton ca ught Paul by lap five and made the pass to cla im fourth. Paul now found h imsel f in fifth . Carsten stayed out B 44 M AY 23. 2001 • e: U e: I III front and got the seco nd -mote w in . Trailing him were Boy esen , Le av itt, Burton and Paul. Carsten earn ed the overall in th e 250cc Open A class v ia hi s 2 -1 ri des. Bo yesen 's 1-2 ta lly got hi m second ov era ll , an d Pau l' s 4 -5 ri des we re good enough for third overall. Butch T ay lor piloted his Honda to the fro nt of th e pa ck in the first 250cc Open C moto. In tow off t h e sta rt were Eu g en e DeNap le s , Rod n e y Irw in . T odd Artonou vlia an d Joseph Mangravito. The top five had cha nged considerab ly by the start of lap two. T aylor was still in the point po sition, with Johnny Palmieri making his way up to second. Artonouvlia held th ird, DeNa pIes dropped back to fourth and F r a n k Hu g h e s moved up to fifth. Hu ghes quickly caught DeNaples and m ade the pass fo r fo urth on lap three. Hu gh es was o n a charge and soon caug ht and passed Artonouvlia for third. Meanwh ile , Palmieri was chip ping away at T ay lo r' s lead, and he m ad e t h e pass f o r the lead abou t halfwa y through lap thre e . Ta ylor dropped t o second . Hughes was still charging , and he manag ed t o catch Taylor and pass him for sec ond in the turn before the downhill tabletop on lap four. Ta ylor dropped another spot to third . Hughes cl o sed the g ap o n Palmieri out front by the last la p and made the pass for the lead with ha lf a lap to go. Hughes took th e first-moto wi n , w it h Palmieri. Ta y lo r , A rton o u vlia and Matt Doorey tr ailing. Hughes go t a much bett er st art in th e second moto - th e holeshot. In tow we re Ta y lor. A r t o n o u v li a , J im Duc kworth and Doo re y . Hugh e s began to p ull away to a four -sec ond lead by the start of lap tw o. Artonou vlia passed Taylor for second , drop ping Taylor to third . Doorey passed Duckworth to cla im fourth. Duck worth was relegated to fifth. The top five remained the same for lap three, but Artonouvlia crashed on lap four , which allowed Taylor to move up to second . Doorey was third. Du ckworth inh erited fo u rt h and Garrett Green f i eld now found himse lf doi ng one pl ac e b etter , in f ifth. T h e se cond moto went i n the reco r d boo ks a s n e vv s Hurricane Hills Sports Center: Bromley Suzuki's Barry Carsten topped the 250cc Open A podium in Cliffo rd, Pennsylvania, carding a 2·1 score after battling with Dag Boyesen throughout both motos. Hughes , T ay l or, Doorey , Du ckworth and Greenfiel d. Hughes eamed the t op spot o n the p o d ium w ith h is perfect I - 1 rid es . T ay lo r ' s 3 -2 sc o re s were good for ru n ne r - u p , an d D o ore y 's 5 - 3 t ally was good enough for the las t tier on th e 250c c Open C pod ium. CN 50 ( 4 -6): I. Connor Gillespie (KTM ). 50 ( 7 - 8 ) : I. Ja c o b E rb e (Co b ) : 2 . J om e s Doolittl e (Co b ); 3. Ryan Fran cis (KTM); 4 . Jordan Schu ltz (Pol); 5 . Denielle Tri ano (KTM) . P/W (4- 8) : 1. Darian Teggart (YlIm ): 2. Jordan Sc hu l tz ( Ya m) ; 3 . A ar o n Ecclest o n ( Ya m); 4 . Theod ore Loomis (Suz) ; 5 . Tr ey Buch ter (Yam) . 65 ( 7 · 9 ) : I. Je sse Ku zbyt ( KT M) : 2 . K y le Gill espi e (KTM); 3 . J am es Doolitt le (Ka w); 4 . Alec Eccleston (Kaw); 5. Codey Rogers (Yam ). 65 (10 · 11 ) : I. Dan i el Holton J r. ( Ko w) : 2 . J ordan Mann (Kew) : 3. Corey Kulroon ey (KTM). 85 ( 7- 9) : I. J esse K uz by t ( KTM) : 2. K yl e Gill espie (Kaw). 85 ( 10 - 11) : I. Phill ip Nlcolet t l (Hen): 2. Cody J ony (Kaw) ; 3. Marshall Hurd (Suz) ; 4. Mic hael Mazur (Kow ). 85 ( 12- 13): 1. K erry Kom i n sk i e (K ow ) : 2. Robert Garthe (Ka w) ; 3. Christopher Cheney (Hon); 4. David A ndrew Karney (Yam) ; 5 . Kyle J enceleski (Kew ). 85 ( 14- 15) : 1. Walter Zebrowsk i (Hon) ; 2. J acob Feaster (Kew); 3. Bart Holt (Ktlw); 4. .Jerrett Newby (Hon ): 5. Steven Izzo (Han ). 5 /MINI : 1. Ro be rt Garth e (Ka w); 2 . Den McM ull en (K aw ) ; 3 . Welte r Zebrowsk i ( Ha n) ; 4 . Darnel Zabro wski (Hon); 5. Steven Grossweiler (5 02). 125 BEG: 1. Bill Hopk in s (Kaw); 2. John Calvey (Yom): 3. Nick Bader (Hen): 4. Jeff Yatsko (Yom): 5 . Greg Perri (KTM). 125 A: 1. Barry Carsten ( Suz); 2. Paul Core y {Yam} : 3 . Dave G inolfi (Yam) ; 4 . Jason Harper (Ktl w); 5 . Mike Leavitt (Ka w). 12 5 B: I. Patric k Sim pso n (KTM ); 2. Patric k Benner (Yam); 3. Thomas Seasik (Kaw) ; 4. Richa rd Allen (Hen) : 5. Morty Zimmer (5 uz) . 125 C: I. Zachary Fe aster (Kaw): 2 . Lawrence Gill (Hen ): 3. Mike Hallina n (5 uz): 4. Fronk Hughes ( Hus): 5. J oson Morro (Yom) . 250 O PEN A : 1. Berry Carst en (5uz) : 2. Dog Bo yesen (Hon); 3. Je ff Paul (Yam); 4. Oli ve Ginolfi (Yam): 5 . Theme s Burto n (YlIm) . 25 0 OPEN C: I. Fronk Hughes (Hus) : 2. Butch T a ylor ( Han); 3 . M,att Doorey ( Yam) ; 4 . Eugen e Dert eples (Hon ); 5 . Ja mes Duckworth (Hon). 250 OPEN B: I. Patrick Benner (Yom): 2. Dian Prim an i (Suz) ; 3 . J ohn Kerp esc ( KlI w); 4 . J ust in Mutek (Yam) ; 5. Willi am Heras (Yem }. SCH8Y: 1. Patr ick Simpson (KTM) ; 2. Michee l Halli nan (Han); 3. Russell Vanzile III (Yam); 4 . J oseph Frank (Suz); 5 . Cory Gager (Suz). CLG8 Y: 1. Paul Co rey ( Yam ): 2. David Ny zio (Yam ); 3. Ma rk Waldele (Kaw) : 4 . J ed Schappert (Han); 5 . Jarred Kimble (Han) . 3 0 + A : 1. Barry Carsten (SUI ); 2. Dag Bc yesen (Han) ; 3 . Tim oth y Henry (Hon) ; 4. Robert Sim pso n (Hon) ; 5. Will iam Je ff Cheney (Hon) . 3 0+ 8 : I. L an c e Rowla n d (KTM ) ; 2 . St an Brozgul1 s Jr . (SUI); 3. Thom as Britzk e (Hus); 4. Kim Kline (Hon); 5. Kenneth Burke (Kaw) . 3 0 + C: I . Rodn ey Irwin ( Ho n ); 2 . Step hen VasseJlo (Hon) ; 3. Edward Hontz (Hon); 4. Jo seph Mangravito (Yam) ; 5. Jim Triano (SUI ). 40.: 1. Fi sher J am es (KTM); 2. Kim Kline (Hon); 3. Ja rrett Newby (Hon); 4 . Robert Murphy (Yam) ; 5. Gary Dipietro (Yam) . WMN : 1. Abbie Bardo (SUI) ; 2. Nancy Ne wby (Hon ) . Texas Series 80 d 2: Oak Hill MX P ark Marshall Arresting at Oak Hill B y K A T S PA N N A N D T HE B E C K 5 T E R DECATaR, TX, APR. 8 eam Green /H ighland Kawasak i's James Marshall arrested the com petition in the 125cc Intermediate, 125cc Open and 250cc Intermedia te even ts by l assoing five out of six moto wins for all three overall posi tions at round two of the 29th annual T ex a s Seri es at Oak Hi ll MX Park , northwest of Fort Worth . Ma rsha ll's first c o nq ue st ca m e in the 125cc Open event , as he to o k th e che c k e red f la g fi rst i n both m oto s. Hon d a of Housto n ' s Ty Conne r T ch ased Marsha ll in th e first m oto for second , followed b y Adam Turner and Brandon Fulton. The second moto had Fulton behind Marshall at the fini sh, with Conner in third. Seven motos later, Marshall lined up at the gate in the 125cc Int erm ediate class , w hich was doubl e -ga t ed with the 125cc Experts. The Experts were cu t loose fir st , with Ada m Mon toya leading the charge into the first turn , follow ed by Aust in Sq uir es. J er em y Durrett t ook the holeshot in th e Interm ed iat e ga te , w ith Con ner at his rear fender. Conner t oo k the lead from Durrett on the fi rst lap, and then

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