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Santich Cycles Grand Prix of Motocross Hurricane Hills Sports Center 'I I . _. Boyesen EngineeringfTwin Air's Glen Boyesen, and local expert Tom Littman. Rounding out the top five on the start were David Nyzio, Brad Batson, Rich Atkinson and Carsten after a quick remount. Desiderio had a 4 1/2-second lead by the start of lap two. Batson was now second, Nyzio dropped to third, and Carsten passed Atkinson for fourth. Just before the start of lap three, Carsten got around Nyzio to claim third and then reeled in Batson and relegated him to third. Nyzio dropped to fourth. (Left) Nationally ranked Pro rider Barry Carsten of Bayville, New Jersey, topped the 250cc Open A and Over 30 A-elass podiums and also won the A-elass Grand PrIx at the Santich Cycles Grand Prix of Motocross. CUFFORD, PA, JULY 22 T he Santich Cycles Grand Prix of Motocross, hosted by Tom Hurd Promotions, is held annually at the Hurricane Hills Sports Center and features an AMA District 6 points race with all the usual classes, but when the regular race program concludes, the Grand Prix classes are run. A combined class of A and B riders raced the first 30-minute-plus-twolap moto, then the C class ran their 30-minute moto, and finally the Mini riders took to the ra cecourse for a 20-minute-plus-two-lap moto. Riders who elect to pay the extra $10 to race the Grand Prix definitely got their money's worth. Bromley Suzuki-backed Pro rider Barry Carsten had a perfect day in the 250cc Open A and Over 30 Open A classes, carding perfect 1-1 scores in each, and he also smoked the Aclass Grand Prix, lapping the entire field of A class riders, taking home a large chunk of the day's purse. Carsten might have made a clean sweep of all the classes he entered had it not been for Team Green Kawasaki rider Jeff Northrop. The two battled in both 125cc A motos, but Carsten couldn't quite manage to get around this kid from Concord, California. Northrop won both motos, with Carsten taking second overall. Stephen Desiderio piloted his booming YZF thumper to the front of the pack and rounded the first turn with the lead in the first 250cc Open A moto. Three riders went down in a first-turn crash, including Carsten, 58 SEPTEMBER 5, 2001 • cue (Above) Stephen Desiderio (176) and David Nyzio (781) battle for the holeshot In the first 250Cc Open A moto at the Hurricane Hills Sports Center. (Left) James Fisher earned the top spot on the Over 40 podium with perfect 1-1 rides In Clifford, Pennsylvania. (Right) Pat Simpson won the Schoolboy class and the B-class Grand Pri". • e n e _ lIS Charging hard after his rough start, Carsten began to reel in Desiderio, and he made the pass for the lead with two turns left to go on lap four and quickly pulled away. Carsten took the checkers and the first-moto win with a nine-second advantage. Rounding out the top five were Desiderio, Batson, Nyzio and Atkinson. Taking no chances in the second moto, Carsten piloted his Suzook to the early lead, with Batson, Nyzio, Desiderio and Littman in tow. Carsten had a small lead by the start of lap two. Batson was holding on to second, while Desiderio got around Nyzio for third. Littman was still fifth. The top three remained unchanged on lap three, though Littman moved up to fourth, dropping Nyzio to fifth. On the following lap, Nyzio passed Littman back to reclaim fourth. Littman dropped to fifth. The top five were spread out by lap five of the seven-lap mota. Carsten got it done with a nine-second lead when the checkered flag flew. Rounding out the top five were Batson, Desiderio, Nyzio and Littman. Carsten's perfect 1-1 rides earned him the 250cc Open A overall, followed by Batson (3-2) and Desiderio (2-3). KTM-mounted Senior-class rider James Fisher nailed the first Senior moto holes hot and never looked back. Trailing him were Douglas Wentzell, Kim Kline and Thomas Sebastian. Fisher quickly pulled a significant lead and had a 10-second advantage by the start of lap three. Sebastian was now running second, Kline dropped to third and Wentzell dropped to fourth. Sebastian closed the gap on Fisher on the last couple of laps but couldn't quite get around for the lead. Fisher hung on for the first-moto win, trailed by Sebastian, Kline and Wentzell. Sebastian led the pack out of the first turn in the second mota, with Wentzell, Fisher and Kline in tow. About three turns into the mota, Sebastian was still out front, Fisher had moved up to second, Kline was third and Wentzell had dropped to fourth. Sebastian went down shortly after starting lap two, which allowed Fisher to take the point position.