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almost an exact repea t of th e sta rt of the fi rst mota . Pinn ey pulled away to a small lead of th ree seco nds by the start of lap two . Dwyer wa s a sol id second. Behind th em , th e battle fo r third was heating up as A ck ley closed in o n Hat fiel d and na rr ow ed the g ap bet w een the m to a co uple of bikelengths. A ft er 3 3/ 4 lap s. Dw y er close d the gap o n Pinney and made the pass for th e lead by doing the very technic al off -camber do uble in the back co rner of the racecourse; Pinn ey co ul d on ly roll the jump and. in doi ng so , relegated himse lf to second. Dwy er quickl y o pe ne d up a small lead with a lap to go . Th e to p five were pr ett y mu ch establi shed by th e white flag . Dwyer go t t he win , w it h Pin ney , Hatfield , A c kl ey a nd Hick s trail ing . Pinney wen t 1-2 to top the Over 30 A ma teur pod ium , w ith A ck ley tak ing runner -up with a 2 -4 score . Hat fi eld ro und ed o ut t he podium with a 5·3 ta lly. Drak e had a perfect 1- 1 d ay in the very large 85 cc (7 -11 ) cl ass and m ade it look rele tiv ely easy. . Dr ak e got his KX ou t fro nt qui ck ly and led the sta rt of the fir st m ot o , with Matt B abbitt, J ohn Borek , John Verga lito and T yl er Matt e son in tow . Drak e pu lled away to a six-seco nd lead by the sta rt of th e second lap , and th e rest of th e to p fi ve were pre tty m uch spread out and un ch an ged. Th e rest of the m oto was un ev entful. Drake go t the w in , with Ba bb itt, Bor ek , Verga lito and Matt eson tr aili ng. Drak e had hi s starts down and led the start of the fi na l m ot o, wi th Bor ek co m ing off the gate in second ; Bab bi tt w as t hi rd, Ve rgalito fo urth and A lexand er BeVard fifth . Th is tim e arou nd , Drak e only had a fo ur-second adva n ta ge by th e sta rt of la p tw o . Verg alito passed Babb itt for thi rd and then got Borek to cla im runne r-up , Bo rek was rel egated to thi rd , and Babbitt was fourth. BeVard was a soli d fi ft h . Th e leaders were prett y well spread out agai n by lap th ree and rema ined unch anged to the chec ke red flag. Th e m ot a went in the record books as Drake, Verga lito , Bab bitt , Borek and Be Vard. Dr ake ( I -I) won th e overall . Ba bbi tt's 2·3 rid es earned h im ru nner -u p , and Verga lito rounded ou t the podi um with a 4 -2 tall y. A noth er of the m any riders to m ove out of t he 8 0 c c ran k s th i s seas o n a nd make an im me d iate im pac t is Aaro n McCli nton. The 15-yea r -old rider fro m A lb any was im pressi ve while taking a doubl e-m ote wi n of the Before Th e Hill J un io r cl ass. M cCl in to n m ade all of th e right m ov es to relegate Sellon to a sec o n d- p lace fin i sh o ve ra ll (2- 2) , while Ry an Barn es used consistent 3 -3 p lacin gs to secure th ird overall. Albany Motorsports Park Albany. Oregon Results: September 14, 2003 (Round 2 of 2) Broome-Tioga Sports Center: Rick Pinney (928) leads the start of the final Over 30 Amateur moto at t he District 3 Po ints Race in Binghamton, New York, trailed by John Hatfield (280), Ronald Ricci ( 18) , Matt Dwyer (227) and the rest of the pack. Tyler M4ne son (SuL); 4.Zach Rllu s (K aw); 5. G.!Im!n Decker (KTM) . 8 5 (7 · 11) : I. Sun ny Drak e (Kaw ); 2. M41t Babbi tt ( K.!Iw ): 3. John Vergalito (Kaw ); 4 . John Borek (SuL); 5 . Tyler Man~ (Kew). 85 (12· 15) : I. M4r !ha U Hurd (Sol) ; 2. Brett Strong (Kaw); 3. Sam uel Jones (SUl ): 4. ~y Keefe (Suz.); 5. MicluJel Dawson (K.!Iw). MINI NOV ( 12· 15) : 1. Oem. Lacelle (Yem ); 2. Brend4n Ea. · me n (Hon ): J . T ll lon Sprouse- ( KlI w) ; 4. Mi cha d Romer (Hon ); 5 . Creig Manney (Hon) . OPEN MINI ( 10· 15 ): I. Marshall Hurd (Sw ); 2. Sam uel Jon!"! ($uz) : 3. ~ Slrong (Kaw): 4 . Sunny Drllk e- (Kaw); 5. Joe"y Keefe I"')· 12 5 NO V : I. Derek Sob iech ( Yam); 2. luke Kemp (S uzl; 3 Mark Rict' (Yem ): 4 Dan Pe-uoI1 (Han); 5. larry Schumacher (Yam ). a 12 5 AM: J. Scott Se-.!IfS(Ka w); 2. Frank Bums (!

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