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Thor/Parts Unlimited Northeast Classic M otocr oss Series Round 3 : Hurr icane Hills Sports Center b ut Stratton came right ba c k a n d passed Lea vitt in the follow ing turn . Hal fwa y into lap t hre e, Ca rpenter pa sse d Ca rste n for secon d. Wa llace was still fourth, a nd Leavitt m an aged to m a ke a pas s on Stratton stick for fifth. The top five s p rea d out ag a in and we re a bout three seco nds a pa rt, running un c han g e d until lap s ix , whe n Boyesen ' s front tire was he d out in the tu rn precedi ng th e big infie ld double a nd went down . Carpenter inherite d th e lead , Cars te n s e cond , Wallace th ird, Leavi tt fourth and Stratton fifth. Boyesen remounted in s ixth. Ca rpen te r on ly had ha lf a lap to the checkers , and he g ot th e moto win , followed b y Ca rs ten , Wallace , Leavitt and Stratton. Carsten ' s 4-2 wa s good for th e ov eral l. Walla c e (3 -3) e a rn e d second , and Bo yese n (1 -6 ) was third eN o vera ll. (Left) RRP's Ty Wallace piloted h i s VZF thumper to the front of the pack In the second 12Scc A moto and rod e wire to wire for the moto win and the overall at Hurricane Hills Sports Center. (Below) B rom l ey Suzuk i' s Ba rry Carsten led from start to fini sh i n the flrst 125cc A moto at round three of the Northeast C la ss i c Series. STO RY AN D P H O T O S By JIM P . S A N D E RSO N CUFFORD, PA, MAY 6 f;\ t round three of the Thor/Parts [;J Un li m it e d No rtheast C la s s ic Motoc ro ss S e ries , hosted by To m Hu rd Mo to rs po rts at the Hurricane Hills Sports Center, Ty Wa llace rode his thu mpers to wins in the 12 5cc A and Over 25 A classes. Wallace trad ed wins with Barry Carsten in t he 125cc A class, with Wallace scori ng 2 - 1 to Ca rst e n's 1-2 for the overa ll. In the O ver 25 A c lass , Wa llac e 's 3- 1 rides got him a no the r ove ra ll. In th e 250c c A cl ass, Ca rsten 's 4 -2 rides we re g o od e no ugh fo r t he overall. Wall a ce earned seco nd overall wit h his 3- 3 tall y. Wall a ce now leads t he 12 5cc A class in series points and is second in t he Over 2 5 A class after three of seven roun ds. Carsten leads both the 2 50cc A and Over 30 A classes , while Husqvarna 's Damien Plotts leads the Over 25 A cla ss. Paul Veracka , who was leading the 125cc A, 250 c c A and Collegeboy c la s s e s coming into round three, m iss ed th is round but still holds th ird place in the 125cc A class and second in the 250cc A and Co llegeboy classes . Carsten got first gate pick, lining up to the in s ide o f th e d oghous e , hop ing for a ho lesh ot in th e fi rs t 125cc A moto . Ca rst en led the pa ck through th e first turn. In tow were Willie Boza ck , Jeff Paul , Scott Rock well and Wa llac e . Carsten was already five seco nds ahead of Boza ck by lap two . Walla ce moved to th ird . Mike Leavitt wo rk ed his wa y up to fourth , and Pa u l dr opped to fift h . Carsten increa sed his lead to seven seconds by lap th ree . Walla ce passed Boz ack for second. Plotts moved to fourth , and Lea vitt was fifth. Halfway into la p three , Plotts passed Bozack for third , and Ryan Mills passed Leav itt and then qu ickly relegated Bozac k to fifth . Carsten 's lea d was e ight seconds b y the s ta rt of la p si x. Th e lea d e rs were pretty spread out. David Ginolfi passed Boz a ck for fifth . Plotts went down on the last lap , losi ng o ne position . Ca rs ten got the win, with Wal lace, Mills, Plotts a nd Ginolfi tra iling. In mot o two , Wa llac e p u t h is bo oming YZF a t the front of th e pac k, fo llo we d by Carsten , Plo tts , J imm y Miller a nd Ginolfi. Ha lfway into lap three , Ginolfi passed Miller for fourth . Just befor e th e start of lap five , Miller we nt d own a nd too k Paul with him . J o sh Ste rr itt in he rit e d fift h . Plo t ts powered by Ca rsten for second. Wal lace he ld on for th e win, with Plotts, Carsten , Ginol fi and Sterritt trailing. Wallace (2-1) to ppe d the po d ium . Ca rsten (1 -3) wa s second , and Plotts (4- 2) was th ird. Walla c e wa s on a ro ll w he n it cam e to holeshots , and he man aged a n o t h e r o n e in th e fi rs t 250 cc A mo to , wh ile a huge pileup in the first turn put ha lf th e gate on the ground. Tra iling Wa lla ce were Dag Boyesen, Ca rsten, Bru ce S t ratto n a nd Plotts . Bo yesen made the pass for th e le a d on la p two . W a ll ac e was relegated to sec ond . P lo tts p a s s ed both C a rs t e n a n d Stratton for thi rd . Carsten and Stratton were relegat ed t o fourth and fifth . The top five spread out , with three seconds separating the to p five throug h the start of la p five . Boyesen was still in t he poi nt p o s it io n with a three -second adva ntage when Plotts passed Walla c e for second . C arsten caught Wallace on lap six and made an att empt to pass o n t h e bac k straight along th e tree line , bu t Wa llac e' s th umper eas ily outpo we red Ca rs ten 's two -stroke . Bo ye sen held o n for the m o to win desp ite lapped traffic , which allowed Plotts to cl ose th e gap on th e last la p. Rounding out the top five we re Wa lla c e , Carsten a nd Stratto n. The second m oto was red -flaqqed after half a lap, as rider s jumped th e g a te . Carsten mad e th e best of the res ta rt a nd pu t his RM into the early le ad , with Boyesen , Pau l Carpente r, Wa llace a nd Sterritt trail ing . With a la p and a ha lf com p le ted , Bo ye sen to ok th e lead o n the ba ck s t ra ight. Stra tto n passed Ste rritt for fifth at the e nd of la p two. Stra tto n couldn 't do the triple at the start of la p thr ee and was passed in the air by Mike Leavitt, cue I e Hurricane Hi Is Sp rts Center Clifford, Pennsylvania Results: May 6, 2001 IRo nd 31 P/W ( 4 - 8) : I . Nikolas D esi den lo (Yam) ; 2 . Kam eron Page (Yam); 3 . Jerden Schu tte (Yam ); 4 . Joshua ViIJ.~melll (Yam) ; 5. Justin Fo ster (Yam ). 50 ( 4· 6) : 1. Kame ro n Pa ge (Cob); 2. Jus t in Fo ster (Cob ): 3. Alex Mald et (Pol ); 4. Porsh a Seal (Yom) ; 5. Stephen Vertucci (Cob) . 50 (7 -8) : 1. Scott Seel (Cob) ; 2. Zecbary Rosch (Cob) ; 3. MlIrk Meite rma n (Co b ) ; 4 . Ron Weilson (KTM) ; 5. Zachary Pisenchyn (Cob) . 65 ( 7 -9): 1. Rya n Bftzzerd (KTM) ; 2. Nicholas M cPhee ( Suz); 3 . M ic h ael M ei t er ma n ( KTM) ; 4 . A ntho ny Peregrin (KTM) ; 5. J esse Kuzbyt (KTM) . 65 ( 10 -11 ); 1. Seen Hockl ey (Kow); 2. Will iom Du ffy J r. (KTM); 3. Lowell Spongier (Kow); 4 . Joe y Keefe (Kew): 5. Zachary Whitmore (Kaw ). 85 (7·1 1) : 1. Sean Hack ley ( Ka w); 2 . Lo well Spangler ( Kew} : 3 . M ich ael Picone (Suz) ; 4 . Rya n Blizzerd (KTM); 5. Will iom Duffy Jr. (Suz). 85 ( 12- 13 ) : 1. .Jeson L. Law ren c e ( Ka w ); 2 . Scott Sears ( Kaw) ; 3 . Mike Gesso (Suz) ; 4 . Robert Garth e (Kaw ); 5. Kerry Kemlnskie (Kew) . 85 (14·15) : 1. Br ion Bo gley (Kow) ; 2. J om es Ayres (Hon); 3. Jacob Feaster (Kaw) : 4 . Joh n Burlew (Kaw) ; 5. Bry en Flischm an (KDw) . S/ MJNI: 1. Brian Bagl ey (Kew); 2. Mike Gesso (Suz); 3. Scott Sears (Ka w) ; 4. Donny Buchter (Hon); 5 . J ames Ayres (Hon) . 125 A : 1. Ty Walla ce (Yam); 2. Barry Cars ten ( Su z) ; 3 . Da m ien Plo tts (Hus) ; 4. Dav id Gin o lf i (Yam) ; 5. Will ie Bcaeck (Suz). 125 B: 1. Chertes Ellis (Suz); 2. Chad Dowl ing (Suz ) ; 3 . Caleb Mi ller (Yam ); 4 . Mllitthe w Kleuk ens (Kow): 5. Felix Delmorol (Yom) . 125 c. 1. Joson L Lawrence (Suz) ; 2. Zachary Feaster (Kew) ; 3 . Benne tt Rym an ( v ern): 4. Cr aig Kollmer (Yam) ; 5. Boyo Toner Jr. (Hon ). 250 A : 1. Barry Cars ten (Suz) ; 2. Ty Wall ace (Y em) ; 3 . Dag Boyesen (Han ) : 4. Paul Ca rpente r (KTM) : 5. Bruc e Stratton (Suz). 250 B : 1. N ic ho l as Mowry ( Su z); 2 . Derek Burlew (Yam): 3. Matthew Kleukens (Kew); 4 . Cla y Combell (Kow ): 5. John Kertesz ( Kow) . 2 5 0 C: 1. Johnny Palm ier i ( Kaw ) ; 2. A ahl ee Woskob (Yam ) ; 3 . Christopher Curtis (Ya m); 4 . Butch Tayl or (Hon) ; 5. Noah Curtis (Hon) . SCHBY: 1. Ryan Mill s ( Hon); 2. Patrick Sim pson (KTM); 3. John Giantonio (Kew) ; 4 . JllIck Carpenter (Hon ): 5. David Stenitt (Hon) . CLG BY : 1. Peul Carpen ter (K T M) ; 2 . Dav i d Ginolfi (Yam) ; 3 . Cha rle s Ellis (Suz ); 4. T hom es Burton (Yam ); 5. Willie Bozack (Suz) . 2 5 . A : 1. Ty Wallace (Yam): 2. Demien Plott s (Hus ) ; 3 . Dag Bo y esen (Hon ); 4 . Bruc e St ratto n (Suz) : 5. Mark Hopkins (Hen} . 25 . B : 1. Jeff Ford (Kaw) ; 2. Carl Wolte r (Hon): 3 . Cloy Cambell ( Kow) : 4 . Bill Orrego ( Yom); 5 . Jo shua Bonito (Hon) . 30. A : 1. Dag Boyese n (Hon ); 2. Barry Carsten (Suz); 3. Bruce Stratton (Suz); 4 . Gayton Dick son J r. (Ka w); 5. Stephen Deslden io (Yam) . 30. B : 1. J eff For d (Kaw) ; 2. Lance Row la nd ( KTM ): 3 . Ron Neilso n (KTM) ; 4 . Timoth y Gill espie (Han) : 5. Bill Orrego (Yom) . 30. C: 1. Bud Kozimor (Yam) : 2. Randi Ho ffm an (Suz): 3. Marti n Weaver (Suz): 4 . Jim Tr iano (Suz); 5. Timothy Ackley (Hon ). 40. : I. Gene Nighman (Kaw): 2. Fisher James (KTM) ; 3. Eric Elsenfelde r (Suz); 4 . Calvin Leinbac h (Yam ): 5. Carl Neidlinger (Yam) . WMN : 1. Nency Newby (Hon) ; 2. Abbie Jo Bardo (Suz). n e _ S • JUN E 13, 2 0 01 31

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