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Thor/Parts Unlim ited Northeast Classic M otocross Series Round 4 : Br oome-Tioga Spor ts Center e) 10.0 Bv J IM P. (Le ft! David Glnolf l t opped the 125cc Expert podi um , riding his yz to a 2 -1 score at round f our o f the Northeast Clas sic Motocross Se ries. Glnolfl leads the 125cc Expert c las s i n series points after f our of se ve n rounds. S A N D E RSO N BINGHAMTON, NY, JUNE 3 ore tha n 500 rid e rs came out to Broome -Tioga Sports Center for rou nd four of th e Thor/Parts Unlimit e d Northeast C la s s ic S er ie s . Rid er t u rn o u t was excelle nt , c o ns id e ring that the So uthwic k National Amateur ra ce was be ing hel d th e same week e n d. Us u a ll y , t h e Br oome- T ioga ro und attracts the top East Coast Pro r id e rs , a s they get to run th e ful l Nat ional t r a c k as a wa r m -up fo r round I I of the Chevy Tru cks/ AMA Pro Nat io nal s , hel d there the las t weekend in Aug ust. Dav id Gino lfi topped the podium in th e ex t re mely competi ti ve 12 5 c c Expert class . Gino lfi finis hed th e first moto be hind Jame s Mc Ne ill , who smoked th e field of 17 rid e rs , taking th e c h e ck ers w it h a 14- sec o n d advan tage. Gino lfi d idn 't gate we ll and had to work his wa y through the pa c k to ev en tually finis h second . In the second moto, Ginolfi gated fou rth , taking the lead and the second-moto win ahead of McNeill , who had to work his wa y up to finish the moto in second . To m Bur ton ro u nded t he s witc h ba c k first tum in th e lead of the first 12 5cc E xp e rt mo t o , w it h Mik e Finnerty, Ryan O 'Malley, McNeill and Scott Roc kwell tra iling. With threequarters of a lap co m pleted, Burton and F innert y rem a in ed ou t front. McNe ill passe d O 'Ma lle y for t hi rd . Rockwell was fifth. Bu rton was still ou t front at t he st art of la p two . McNeil moved up to second , O 'Ma lle y was t hi rd , Willie Bozack was fourth an d Rockwell was st ill fifth. At th is po int , the top three were unchanged . Finn erty moved up to fourth , dropp ing Bozac k to fifth . Just before the huge sk i jum p , Ginolfi pa ssed Bozack to m ov e into the top five. McNeill appea red at the to p of the Nationa l hill halfway through the second la p with the lead and qui ckl y pulled aw a y from Burton, now in sec ond. O 'Ma lley was th ird, Gino lfi wa s fourth and Finnerty fifth . At th e sta rt of la p three, McNeill's lead was nine seconds. Gino lfi caught and passed O 'Ma lle y for t hi r d . McNe ill c am e off the Nationa l h ill w ith a 12-second advantag e ov e r Ginolfi, who managed to pass Burton for second. McNe ill took the check ered flag with a huge 14 -second lead. Trailing h im we re G ino lfi, Burton , O 'Malley and Bozack. O'Ma lley led the pack out of the first t urn in the second moto , wit h M • Gino lfi had a s ix-sec ond lea d on la p two . McNeill made it up to second by t h e e n d of la p two . O 'M a ll e y dropped to th ird, while Roc kwe ll an d Burto n held fo urt h a nd fifth. Gino lfi go t the s econd -moto w in , w it h McNeil, Roc kwell , O 'Malley and Hunt traili ng . Gene C. Nig h m a n le d the 25 0 cc O pen Amateur class out of the firs t tu rn in th e first moto , with William Val wa y, Karl Morin , Chad Cha rb on neau and Michael Faust tra iling. Nea r the end o f t he firs t lap , Nig hman 's le ad was five seconds. Ch arbonneau passed Va lway for second. Then Val wa y and Morin bu mped, trading some paint; Morin ca m e out of th e alterca t io n w it h t h ird. Ni ch olas Mow ry roun de d out t h e to p five. Toward the e nd . of lap two, Mor in went down in t he t ree turns , all owin g Va lwa y t o move to th ird and Mowry to fourth. Mor in remounted in fifth . Mowr y passed Valway fo r th ird on lap three . The batt le for the lead came to a head shortly after th e s ta rt of the la st lap , when Char - . (Above) Willie Bozack (6S1 ) battles Glnolfl (461) for fifth place In the fi rst 125cc Expert moto at the BroomeTi oga Sports Center. (Right) Boyesen Engineering's Dag Boyesen topped the 250cc Open Expert, Over 25 and Over 30 Expert podiums In Binghamton, New Yo r1l. Jason Fox , Rockwe ll , Gino lfi and Matthew Hunt in tow. Just before the pack disappeared from view , O 'Mal ley and Fox we re the top two , Ginolfi ha d mov ed to th ird , Rockwe ll ha d dropped to fourth and Hunt was fifth. Gino lfi qu ickl y made two passes on the back side of the National hill and emerged in the po int position. O 'Malley and Fox were relegated to second and th ird . Rockwell wa s fou rth , and Burton moved up to fifth. . cue I EO bonneau caught Nighman and they bumped at the firs t t u rn. Nighman managed to hold Cha rbonneau off th at tim e, but he soon found himself releg a te d to s e c o nd on th e s u pe rc ross section. Charbonnea u to o k the first- mote win. Rounding ou t the top five were Nighman , Mowr y , Va lwa y and Morin. Fa us t got his Yamaha to the front of the pack in th e seco nd moto. Trailing hi m were Nig hman , Va lw ay, Jason Maraugha and Ma tt Rich e y. Nighman was in t he lea d when the pack emerged from the supercr os s section . Fa us t drop ped to second , Valway wa s th ird , Mowry m oved up to fourt h and Ma raugha drop ped to fifth. Nighman had a six -second lead by the start of la p two . Nighman held o n fo r th e second -mote win. Rounding out th e top five were Fa ust, Valway , Bloc k a nd Charbonneau . Nighman 's s e cond-m oto wi n assu red him of the overa ll. Round ing o ut the 250cc Ope n Am a teur po dium were Charbonneau an d Valwa y. eN Bl1Iome-Tioga Sports Center Binghamton, New Yo'" Results: Ju e 3, 2001 (Round 4 at 71 P/W : 1. Paul Tira do (Ya m) ; 2 . Corey Burnett (Yam) ; 3 . Zachary Putman (Ya m) ; 4 . John Laskowski (Suz); 5. Ryan Shepler (Vam). 50 ( 4- 6): 1. Nick Desi derio (Pol) ; 2. Kameron Poge (Cob); 3. J ustin Fo ster (Co b) ; 4. Hunter Yorker (KTM ); 5. Zoch Pinney (KTM) . 50 (7 · 8): 1. A.J . Catanzaro (Pol) ; 2. Zachary Rosch (Cob) ; 3. James Doolittle (Cob); 4. Zach ery Pisanchyn (Cob ); 5. Tyler Wozney (Cob) . ClSC PIW: 1. Nick Desiderio (Yam ); 2. Justi n Foster (Yam) ; 3. Kameron Pege (Vam ). JR MINI 60: 1. Lowell Spangler (Kaw); 2. Ryan Blizz ard ( KTM ) ; 3 . Kyle Wern er ( KTM) ; 4 . Co lton Harri son (KlIw ); 5. An thony Peregrin (KTM) . J R MINI 80: 1. Sean Hac kley (KllIw); 2. Mik e Picone (Suz); 3. Jo sh Stoodley (Ka w); 4 . Mike Cose (Kaw); 5. Lowell Spangler (Kaw). SR MINI NOV; 1. My les Word (Vam ); 2. Steven Rome r (Ka w) ; 3. Brenton l ew is (Y am ); 4. D erek Mill er (Vom): 5. Jo hn Wholey (Vam) . SR MINI: 1. Mi tc h Do ugherty (Suz); 2 . Sco tt Sears ( K 8W); 3. Br i an M ur ph y (Y am ) ; 4 . Dave Disciull o (Han); 5. .Jem es Ayres (Hon) . MINI COMB; 1. Mrtch Dougherty (Suz); 2. Scott Sears ( Kaw ) ; 3 . J o sh Stood le y ( Ka w) ; 4 . Sean Hockley (Kaw) ; 5 . Kyle Hutson (Suz). 125 NOV : 1. St eph en Stella ( Kaw); 2 . Br ia n Funkh ouser (Suz); 3 . Bennett Rym on (Yarn): 4. Sean Mclaug hlin (Hon); 5. J ason Doy le (Yam) . 1 2 5 AM ; I . Ch arl es Elli s { Sua}: 2 . Gene C. Nighman (Ka w) ; 3 . Jack Carp ent er (Hon) ; 4 . feliz Delrn orel ( Yam ); 5. Kart Mori n (Ka w). 12 5 EX: 1. Dave Gino lfi (Yam); 2. James McNeil (Ho n) ; 3. Rya n O 'M alley (Ya m); 4 . M ik e Finnert y (Hon) ; 5. Scott Rockw ell (Hon ). 2 5 0 OPEN NOV , 1. Butc h T oylor ( Hon ) ; 2 . Ad am Kocsis (Hon ); 3. A lex J oro shevich (Yam ); 4. Rick Pence (Yam) ; 5. Scott Hartwick (Yam). 250 OPEN A/o\ 1. Gene C. Nighmo n (Kow); 2. : Chad Cherbormeeu (Hon); 3. Willia m VDlway (Yam); 4 . Michael Faust (Hon); 5. Nichol as Mowry (Suz) . 250 OPEN EX: 1. Dog Boyesen (Hon) ; 2. Dove G ln olfi (Vo m); 3 . Sc ott Rockwell ( Ho n) ; 4 . Tom Burt on (Vom) ; 5. Willie Bozack (Sua). SCHBV: I . J ason Doyl e (Vom); 2. Stephan Stel le ( Kaw); 3 . J o hn Gianto nio ( Ka w); 4 . Rya n Wood (Suz); 5. Jay Niedzialk owsk i (Hon ). CLGBY: 1. Charles Elli s (Suz) ; 2 . Tom Burton (Ya m); 3 . Ja mes Mc Neil (Han) : 4. Matthew Hunt (Suz); 5. .Jcrde n .Jeck son (YlII ). m 25+ AM : 1. Carl Wolter (Yam); 2. Bill Orrego (YlII ); 3. Tom Griffin (Yam ); 4. Stan Bruzgulis (Suz) ; m 5. Chris Curtis (Yam) . 25+ EX : 1. Da g Boyesen (Han ) ; 2 . Ste phe n Desiderio (Yam ); 3. Grant Gasstro m (Ka w); 4. Mik e Finnerty (Han); 5. Willi am Canaguier (KTM) . SR NOV: 1. A lex .Jarus bevi ch (Yam); 2. Paul Br ya n (Ha n) ; 3. Ri cha rd Ludl um ( Han) ; 4 . Barry Ja mes (SUl ); 5. David Stella (KoiIw ). SR A/o\ I . Jeff Ford (Kaw ); 2. Bill O rrego (Vom); : 3 . To m Gri ffi n ( Yam); 4 . T im Gillesp ie (v e m): 5 . Doug Weinma n (Han). SR EX; I. Dog Boyesen (Hon); 2. Robert Hoyes (Yam) ; 3. Stephen Desiderio (Yam); 4 . Mike Finnerty (Han) : 5. Richar d Pinney (Ka w}. S/SR: 1. Gene Nighmlln (Kew); 2. Jarrett Newby (Hon) ; 3. Keith Marougho (Suz); 4. Lee Heeee (Vom); 5. Bob Champlin (Hon ). WM N : 1. Abbie Bardo (Suz); 2. Cayl" Stisser (Hon) ; 3. Olga Wood (Suz); 4. Noncy Newby (Hon) ; 5. Judith Salton (Yom ). n EO _ S • JULY 11, 2001 67

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