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Thor/Parts Unlimited Northeast Classic Motocross Series Round 5: Broome-Tioga Sports Center CaliPenter COns1iluftts Ano1fber One his rear wheel. Bloch was hanging tough in third, while Vanorden moved up to fourth and Mike Colavita was fifth. Mowry finally made his move on Nighman on lap three but came into the turn a little too hot and high-sided a berm and went down, allowing Bloch to take second. Mowry STORY AND PHOTOS BY JIM P. SANDERSON BINGHAMTON, NY, JULY 4 M ore than 500 of the Nor3theast's best motocross riders decided to celebrate Independence Day at round five of the Thor/Parts Unlimited Northeast Classic Motocross Series, hosted by Tom Hurd Motorsports at the Broome-Tioga Sports Center. Rider turnout was excellent for a race held on a weekday, but Mother Nature had other ideas and decided to cut the celebration short by sending thunderstorms, along with torrential downpours, to the Binghamton, New York, metropolitan area. The race program was eventually stopped after only nine of the 25 classes got to ride their second moto. The 125cc and 250cc Open Expert riders had the opportunity to ride the full National track. Nationally ranked local riders Barry Carsten, Paul Carpenter and Aaron Dieter were on hand to get some track time on the National course in preparation for the upcoming National held at Broome-Tioga in late August. Carpenter, aboard the big KTM 520cc four-stroke, thumped his way to the win in the 250cc Open Expert class. Dieter earned third overall and Carsten was sixth overall. In the highly competitive 125cc Expert class, Paul Veracka battled with Ryan Mills in the first moto, just edging out Mills for the moto win, with Dieter finishing third. Veracka managed to make it a perfect day with another moto win, this time over Dieter, with Mills finishing a strong sixth. Veracka's perfect 1-1 rides earned him the overall, with Dieter second with 3-2 rides. Mills' 2-6 tally got him the final spot on the 125cc Expert podium. Bromley Suzuki's Carsten rode to a perfect 1-1 tally in the Senior Expert class, ahead of Gaylon Dickson and John Young. Carsten now leads the class in series points, but only by one point over Boyesen Engineering's Dag Boyesen after five of seven rounds. Its unlikely Carsten will (Above) Nationally ranked rider Aaron Dieter (87) leads Paul Carpenter (80). Stephen Desiderio (176). Paul Veracka (251) and the rest of the pack out of Broome-Tioga Sports Center's first tum in the first 250Cc Open Expert mota at round five of the Northeast Classic Motocross Series. (Above right) Veracka topped the podium in the extremely competitive 125cc Expert class and finished a very respectable fourth In the 250cc Open Expert class. [Above) Carpenter topped the 250cc Open Expert podium on July 4 in Binghamton. New York. attend round six of the Northeast Classic Series, as he has been contesting all the East Coast Nationals and round eight of the series is being held the same day at Kenworthy's Motocross Park in Troy, Ohio. Young Team Suzuki pilot Bob Kiniry flew in from California to ride round five of the Classic at BroomeTioga. Kiniry won the highly competitive Schoolboy class and finished a strong second in the Senior Mini class, behind a superfast local rider, Kawasaki Team Green's Scotty Sears. Carpenter nailed the holeshot on his big KTM thumper in the first 250cc Open Expert moto and never looked back, riding wire to wire unchallenged. Unfortunately, the rest remounted third. Nighman held on for the moto win, with Bloch, Mowry, . Vanorden and Colavita in tow. Nighman earned the top spot on the 250cc Open Amateur podium. Rounding out the podium were Bloch and Mowry. CN Broome-TIoga Sports Center Binghamtan, New York Results: July 4, ZOOI (Round 51 of the class never had a chance to make a comeback in the second moto, because the program was stopped due to dangerous lightning and torrential rain. Trailing Carpenter out of the first turn were Dieter, Mills, Stephen Desiderio and Veracka. When the top five appeared at the top of the National hill, Carpenter remained out front, while Mills had made his way around Dieter for second. Veracka moved up to fourth, and Young rounded out the top five. On lap two, the top three were unchanged, while Joe Fontana and Gaylon Dickson moved up to fourth and fifth. On the following lap, the top three were again unchanged, with Dickson moving up to fourth and Desiderio fifth. Carpenter had a six-second lead by the start of lap four. The top four remained unchanged, with Veracka making his way back into the top five. Halfway through lap four, Veracka caught and passed Dickson for fourth. The top five were spread out for the remaining laps and the moto went in the record books as Carpenter, Mills, Dieter, Veracka and Dickson. Carpenter earned the top tier of the 250cc Open Expert podium. Mills earned second and Dieter third. Gene C. Nighman led the pack out of the first turn in the first 250 Open Amateur moto, with Nick Mowry, Zach Bloch, Rich White and Dylan Vanorden trailing. The top five remained the same until halfway into lap two. Nighman was still in the point position, with Mowry right on c y c l ... P/W: 1. Jordyn Abulencioll (Yam); 2. Corey Burnett (Yam); 3. Sean Ballard (Yam); 4. Bryce Dan8 (Yam); 5. Dylan Willis (Suz). P/W elSe: I. Nikolas Desiderio (Yam); 2. Klimeron Page (Yam): 3. Josh Villarreal (Yam); 4. Alex Maldet (Yam); 5. Justin Foster (Yam). 50 (4-6): 1. Nicholas Desiderio (Pol): 2. Justin Foster (Suz); 3. Kameron Page (Cob); 4. Alex Maldet (Pol); 5. Troy Davis (Cob). 50 (7·8): 1. A.J. Cantanzaro (Pol); 2. Michael Rommel (Cob); 3. James Doolittle (Cob); 4. Zachary Pisanchyn (Cob): 5. Zachary Abulencia (Cob). 65 (7-9): 1. Nicholas McPhee (KTM): 2. A.J. Cantanzaro (Kaw); 3. Ryan Blizzard (KTM); 4. Anthony Peregrin (KTM): 5. Sunny Drake (KTM). 65 (10·11): 1. Lowell Spangler (Kaw): 2. David Fraser (Kaw); 3. Jeremy Medaglia (Kaw); 4. Colton Harrison (Kaw); 5. Mike Halia (Kaw). 85 (12·13): I. Scott Sears (Kaw); 2. Milch Dougherty (Suz): 3. Tyler Medaglia (Yam); 4. Frank Bums (Kaw); 5. Sean Wallace (Suz). 85 (14·15): 1. Bob Kiniry (Hon): 2. Allen Robinson (Kaw); 3. Jake Feaster (Kaw); 4. Bart Holt (Kaw); 5. Chad Kwiatkowski (Hon). JR MINI 60: I. Lowell Spangler (Kaw); 2. David Fraser (Kaw); 3. Jeremy Medaglia (Kaw); 4. Cotton Harrison (Kew); 5. Nicholas McPhee (KTM). JR MINI 80: I. Mike Picone (Suz): 2. Marshall Hurd (Suz); 3. Brandon Meier (Suz); 4. Ryan Blizzard (Kaw); 5. Lowell Spangler (Kaw). SR MINI NOV: 1. Brett Ward (Kaw): 2. Tommy Lewis (Yam); 3. Brad Donnison (Yam); 4. Shae Maidel (Han): 5. Steven Romer (Kaw). SR M.INI: 1. Scott Sears (Kaw); 2. Bob Kiniry (Han); 3. Mitch Dougherty (Yam); 4. Tyler Medaglia (Yam): 5. Frank Bums (Kaw). MINI COMB: I. Mitch Dougherty (Suz); 2. Mike Picone (Suz); 3. Tyler Medaglia (Yam); 4. Mike Case (Kaw); 5. Marshall Hurd (Suz). 125 NOV; I. Zachary Feaster (Kaw); 2. Ashlee Woskb (Yam); 3. Chris Curtis (Yam); 4. Boyd Toner (Hon); 5. Dave Terwilliger (Yam). 125 AM: 1. Nicholas Mowry (Suz); 2. Zach Bloch (Suz): 3. Jedediah Haines (Kaw); 4. Rich White (Kaw): 5. Gene C. Nighman (Kaw). 125 EX: 1. Paul Veracka (Kaw): 2. Aaron Dieter (Yam): 3. Ryan Mills (Hon); 4. Paul Corey (Yam); 5. Barry Carsten (Suz). 250 OPEN NOV: 1. Johnny Palmieri (Kaw); 2. James Maguire (Kaw); 3. Robert Blow (Han): 4. Alex Kosatschkow (Yam); 5. Butch Taylor (Han). 250 OPEN AM.: I. Gene C. Nighman (Kaw); 2. Zach Bloch (Suz); 3. Nicholas Mowry (Suz): 4. Dylan Vanorden (Yam); 5. Mike ColZlvita (Hon). 250 OPEN EX: 1. Paul Carpenter (KTM); 2. Ryan Mills (Hon): 3. Aaron Dieter (Yam): 4. Paul Veracka (Kaw): 5. Gaylon Dickson (Kaw). SCHBY: 1. Bob Kiniry (Suz): 2. Jedediah Haines (Kaw); 3. John Giantonio (Kaw); 4. Ryan Wood (Suz); 5. Jay Niedzialkowski (Hon). CLGBY: I. Dave Ginolfi (Yam); 2. Paul Carpenter (KTM); 3. Mike Veracka (Kaw); 4. Tom Burton (Yam); 5. Willie BozlIck (Suz). 25+ AM: I. Carl Wolter (Yam): 2. Jeff Ford (Kaw); 3. Bill Orrego (Yam); 4. Tom Griffin (Yam): 5. Tim Gillespie (Hon). 25+ EX: 1. Stephen Desiderio (Yam): 2. Gaylon Dickson (Kaw); 3. Rob Stilwell (Yam); 4. Sean Skulnik (Yam); 5. Jason Plumley (Yam). SR NOV: 1. James Maguire (Kaw): 2. Chris Cerminaro (Suz): 3. Rich Millom (Yam): 4. Mark ZOPP (Kaw); 5. Paul Bryan (Hon). SR AM: I. Jeff Ford (Kaw); 2. Tom Griffin (Yam); 3. Bill Orrego (Yam): 4. Mike Colavita (Hon): 5. Tim Ewing (Hon). SR EX: 1. Barry Carsten (Suz); 2. Gaylon Dickson (Kaw); 3. John Young (Kaw): 4. Stephen Desiderio (Yam); 5. Mike Finnerty (Hon). S/SR: 1. Gene M. Nighman (Kaw); 2. Mike Murray (Hon); 3. Eric Eisenfelder (Suz): 4. Jarrett Newby (Hon); 5. John Hilton (Yam). WMN: I. Abbie Bardo (Suz); 2. Cayla Stisser (Hon); 3. Olga Wood (Su,); 4. Nancy Newby (Hon). n ... _ S • AUGUST 8. 2001 49