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th e Hu nt c ro wd . Ch u f f wa s soon bumpin g gri ps with Kavanaug h for second, w hil e the m an o n a m is sion, Mi ch a ud, was m ar chin g fo r w ard , pa ssin g Alle ma n an d se tt i ng h i s sig hts on th e lea ders . Chuff took co m m and of seco n d, wh i l e K a v an a u gh a nd Mi c h a u d sw ap ped deca ls and positions as the l ap s w o und d o w n . Alle ma n h ad hi s g loves fu ll hol ding off a lat e charge by Ja mes Wegner, and Bell an c a , Sc ott Ric ci and J ason Cobin were j ugg li ng pos itions. Co rtevi ll e ( 1- 1) d om i n at ed t h e 125cc Beginner class for first overall, and Kavanaugh (2·3) cruise d to second, Hard work by Chuff (5 · 2) paid off wi th th ird ove rall , w ith Mi ch aud (3 -4) and Allen (4 ·5) tak ing fourth and fifth overal l. Last seaso n, th e various Begi nn er cl ass es pro duced huge gates of riders, and m any of th ose riders natur all y advanced this season to co m pete i n e i t h e r t he 125cc Novic e . 250cc/Ope n No vi c e or Over 25 B classe s. and there was a surprising ly h igh number of Senior C rid ers. T o be a Sen io r C rider in th is series. one must be over 3 0 years o ld and either a B eg inner o r Novice rider. The fu ture of motoc ross c an be seen at several level s with in th e W NYMA, not j ust in th e 50cc d ivis io n. W i th so m a n y o lde r ri d e r s ge tti ng in volv ed in th e great est sport on Earth at a lat er age, it 's truly a balan c ed fu ture we are all look in g at. Hunt Mot o Park oozes old-schoo l m achism o. Th ose who currently race in a Vint age MX series and are lookin g for a track th at suits their sty le lik e a glove , surf on past th e www .wnyma.c om website and get all the contact info necessary to m ak e this place your place to race. Hunt Moto Pa rk : Jason Co rlev lll e topped th e 125cc Beginner class at ro und 25 of WNYMA action in Hun t, New York. nizati on in western New York . Eighteen 125cc Beg inners were look ing to learn a few new tw ists and turns of th eir own, and th ey were rack ed , stacke d and ready to get ja ck ed into motocross actio n. Roger Boyd made the haul from Co ude rspo rt , Penns y lva· nla , and in rnoto one he ma uled hi s way to the front of the pack fo r th e ho le sh ot . but he got hun g up , and J ason Co rtev ille grabbed seco nd H unt M o t o P a rk Hunt , New York Re sults: S eptem ber 2 8, 2003 (Round 25 of 2 9) 50 P/W (4. 8): 1. JlIde Repass (Yam ); 2. Colton Camp (KTM); 3. Dana lampatori (Vll m); 4. Stephen MaUll (Yam); 5. Kory Fogart y (Yllm) . 50 (4· 6) : I. Kory Fogarty (Yam); 2. Colton Camp (KTM). 50 (7- 8): I. Collin Rexford (KTM): 2. Ja cob Gates (KTM) ; 3 Emers on Conne r (K TM ): 4 , Den e Zempetor i (Yam): 5. Dek o teh Thomp son (Mot) . 65: 1. Jake Eddy (K aw): 2. Todd Thompson ( KTM): 3. Chill Clingerman (KTM); 4. James Hose (Kaw); 5. Collin Rexford (KTM). JR MINI: J. Jak e Eddy (Kll w): 2. Todd Thomps on (KTM) ; 3. Chaz Clingerman (KTM): 4. Jesse Hut (KTM): 5. .J effrey York (Kaw). SR MINI: 1. Nicholas Bosamania (Suz): 2. Doug Waif (Yam); 3. JlISOO Owens (Yam ): 4. Anthony Orolog io (Yam ): 5. Mitchell Selernone (K(lw). MINI COMB: I. Nicholes Besemenie (Suz ); 2. Jake Eddy (KoIt w); 3 . Doug Wlllf (Yam); 4. Ja son Owens (YlIom ): 5. Anthony Orologi o (Yam) . 125 SCH8Y : I. Doug Waif (Yam); 2. Richard Paeth (Hon); 3 . Juslin Leece (SUl ): 4. Jacob Hewell(Yam): 5. lach Smith (Hon). 125 BEG: I. Jason Corteville (Yam): 2. Rob Kavanaugh (Han); 3. Joseph Chuff (Yam); 4. Daniel Michaud (Han) ; 5. Kyle Alleman (Hun) . 125 NOV: 1. Jel"E'my Hadley (Yam ); 2. Joey Leedermen (Yam ): 3. Jacob Howell (Yam); 4. Justin Megliort' (Sw ); 5. Justin Lcope (Suz). 125 AM: 1. Paul Sen uneet (Yam) : 2. Steven Edwllrds (Han): 3. lack Kieffer (Yam): 4. Richar d Paeth (Han): 5. Shawn Calabrese (Yam) . 250 /0PEN BEG: I. Dennie Eaves (Han): 2. .Jecc b Burris (Kaw); 3. Doug Mucher (Yilm ); 4 . Matt Davin (Han); 5. Jon Rue (Yllm ) 25 0 / 0 PEN NOV : I. Ja mes Davis (Hon): 2. Rebert Emst (Yam ); 3. Timoth y O'Don nell (Yam) ; 4. Tim Harrington (Han): 5. Randy Oee (KTM). 250/0PEN AM: I. Ryan KaUl (Yom). 250/ 0 PEN EX: I. MlIrk Beehler (Han); 2. Jesse Repass (Yam ). 16· 24 COMB: J. Mark Beehler (Han): 2. Jesse Repa ss (Yam ); 3. Zech Kieffer (Yam) ; 4. Shawn Calabrese (Yam ); 5. Joseph ChuH (Y" m) . • 25+ B: 1. Ryan Kaza (YlIm ); 2. Derek Decker (Kaw). VET: 1. Ron Nye (Han). SR B: J. Andrew Bear (Han); 2. Tom Cox (Yam); 3. Ben Atkin · son (Kll w); 4. Ron Bragg (Yam) : 5. Dan Meder (Suz). SR C: I. Tim HarringtQfl (Han); 2. John Billings (Han); 3. Todd Gillette (Han); 4. Mark Happy (KTM); 5 . DennieEaves (Hon). 40 . : J. Brian Broadwell (Suz); 2. Glan Fnedler (Kaw): 3. David Carman (Yam); 4. Jeff Fregoe (Yam) ; 5. F~ Lucas (Yam ). 4·5TRK: I. Ron Nye (Han); 2. Ryan Nye (Suz ). VINT & WD5 : I , Steven Edwards (Hon): 2. Dan Meder (Suz); 3. Ben Atkinson (Kaw); 4. Tom Cox (Yam ); 5 . Shawn Smith (Kaw). gear and the lead going into the second corn ero Pau l B e llan c a , D an i el Mic ha ud a n d " Luc k y Dawg" Ro b K av an au g h were ba r t o tank to ba r for third throug h fifth for the whole first lap . Michaud was a man on a m ission but g ot scr ubbed off co rn ering . and t hen B oyd m isfired w hil e co rne r in g, sli p p ing b ac k t o fou rth . K yl e All eman and J oseph Chuff were now ri g ht in t he high -v el o cit y mi x as th ey p ow ered t he i r w ay u p th e b ig uphi ll m ini swee per. Co rtevil le amassed an awesome lead . and nothi ng sho rt of his burn ing up on re -entry co uld stop th is rising star . Kava naugh had been ab le to cha ll enge the lea der ea rly on, but he'd lost some of his boosters by the final lap . M ichaud recovered in t ime to battle it out with A ll em an and Chuff befor e the splashdo wn. First M ich aud ou tcomered Chuff; th en he outpowere d A lle man; and he still had energy enoug h to seek out the leaders. Corteville cruised t o the win with a six-second lead over Kavanaugh . Mich aud held ti g ht to th ir d, an d A lle man held off a last-second pass atte m pt from Chuff for fo urth . Fresh lin es an d rac eabl e rut s g reeted th e 12 5c c Begi nn er s fo r mot a tw o . K ava naug h a nd C o rt ev ill e w ere lo oki n g to cle ar t h e hol eshot cl eanly , but Boyd went wide . pinned it , look ed insid e and c aused an insta nta neous yard sale t o br eak o u t by und erb rak in g int o t he se c o n d co rne r. It w a s Co rt e vi l l e an d Kavan augh, th en Kav an augh and Cortev ill e, unt il Co rte ville sealed the deal with a fast pass in the gra ss for th e lead. Ka van augh was st ill in co nte ntion for th e wi n, as Cort eville st arted so me stylin' and pro fil in' , B egin ner -styl e, for Georgia Promoters Group Best of Georgia Championship MX Series Round 17: Aonia Pass Motorplex Shealy, Walker Duel at Aonia rat ed th e course. Tra ck manager Larry Keller r ec eived p ra ise all around fo r hi s exce ll en t tr ack pr epa rat ion . A nd th e weather wa s gor geou s. too . Th e 12 5cc A c o nt est h ad every bo dy on th eir feet to wa tch Pro Circ uit' s Matt Walk er bu rn up th e c o u rse . W a lk er wa s g ene ra ll y ex pec te d t o dominate the c o m petit io n , bu t Clin t Shea ly , a boa rd his Gainesville Moto r · sports -ba cked Suzuki, rose to t he ch allenge a n d k ept p a c e w i t h W a l k er ' s Kawas ak i B y G ARY C RIDER WASH INGTON, GA , SEPT . 28 Mo re th an 450 riders represen ti ng eight states turned ou t for round 17 of th e Georgia Promoters Gro up Best of Georgia Championship MX Seri es at Aonia Pass Motorplex. Th e da y 's event was spo nsored by El berton Motorsports, wh ich a lso provid ed all th e manufac tu rers ' banners and hay -bale co vers that ni cely deco- 50 NOVEMBER 5 , 2003 • cue e n e vv s Ao nia Pa ss M ot orplex: Chad Handrop (61) wo n both 125cc C motos at round 17 of th e GPG Best Of Georgia Championship MX Series in Wash ington, Georgia. th rou ghout th e day. In m ot a o ne, W alk er q uickiy t oo k c o mm and of the fro nt pos itio n, Meanwhile, Shealy worked his way up t o seco nd spo t and hel d on t o fin ish less t han a hu nd re d y ar ds be h in d Walk er. At th e st art of th e second m ot a . Walker ag a i n sh o we d t he way , wi th Sh eal y cl os e beh ind fo r several exci ting lap s. At abo ut th e ha lfway m ar k . Wa lk er su ffered a bri ef sp ill , and Shea ly sho t by to take th e m ota win and th e overall ho no rs , ov er Walker. Fr eewh eeling Racing ' s J ase Lew is is the series po ints leader in th e 125c c Youth divi sian. In th e o peni ng m oto , Lew is grabbed the hol eshot and , as expec ted . he ran away w ith th e m ot o win. In m oto tw o, how ever, Lew is go t a poo r sta rt and wa s h e ld t o a n eve n t ua l fourth -pl ac e fi nis h. nett ing th e ru nner- up ho nors , Epps Cycle £, Ma rine · backed Bre nt Carden not ch ed 2 ~3 fin ishes to cla im the class win in a po ints tie over Lew is. Lew is returned t o wi n the fierce 125cc B contest via his perfect score over Foothills Hond a-ba ck ed Eric Crowe , who fi nished th ird in bo th m oto s. Carden was in the h unt and earned the final podiu m positi on after posting a 2 -5 sco re. Matt McG raw posted 6 -2 finishes , netting fourth overall. ahead of Randy Jarvis. Crowe was clea rly on top of his ga me in the 250cc B class. He led the o peni ng m oto from sta rt to finish. Cro we took co ntrol again in the ea rly m om en t s of the second m ot o . M eanw hil e, feilow Honda pilot Josh McCarty was on the m ove, working hi s way up from f o u r th . M c C a r t y w a s so o n k n o ckin g on Cro we's back door , and Cro we let McCarty go wi th o ut a fig ht . M cCarty won th e m ot a , bu t Crowe' s overall vic t or y wa s sec u re becau se Mc Cart y had su ff ered a 12th- p lace finish in th e fi rs t m ot a . Crowe ' s 1· 2 sc o re ru led th e day , but McCarty still hol ds th e series points lead fo r the year. In a st ando ut performanc e. SYD Racing 's Chad Hand rop blasted to th e front of the huge 1250c C class at the start of both m otes and held on to earn a perfect score. Brunswick . Georgia' s Zach Crosby fought off challenges from local ace Jacob Thomason to claim the runn er-up honors. Thom ason had to settle for third . As hley Epps was expected to be a top contender in both th e Over 25 and Over 30 d ivi sions, bu t he was side lined after a cras h during hi s first m ota . W ith E pps o ut of the runni ng . th e doo r was wide o pen for Harold Bone in th e O ver 25 cont est. B on e ra n aw ay w it h both m ot a wins, ahe ad of A labama 's Kev in Cozadd and Lee Tatham of Florida. Tatham ret urn ed to win bo th m otos in th e Over 30 cl ass, There was plenty of good raci ng am ong th e 85 cc ranks. Th e 8 5cc (9 - 13) cl ass, for exam pie, was particu larly close -fouqht , At th e fro nt , Mason Jo nes and Park er Anthony each cla im ed a moto wi n in th e cla ss. Anthony's win in th e final pu t him on to p of th e podium, over Jon es. J ones wa s involved in another cl ose fight in th e 85 cc (7 . 11) co nt est, New Jersey ' s Ky le Gill espie cla im ed the gold aft er hi s 1·2 score ed ged J on es' 1·3 tall y. Ry an Little earne d thir d , ah ead of t h e ser ies p oin ts leader , Stephen Weaver, South Car o lina' s B a rnett Ra cin g T eam dominat ed the 50cc O il -Inj ec ted cl ass. tak ing the t o p tw o po siti on s. Ril ey Barnell c o pped th e go ld via his 2 - 1 fini shes, ov er T ayl or Bar nell. wh o fini shed w ith a 1-2 tally , Chase McCullers found hims elf on to p of the tough 50cc (4· 6 ) divisio n afte r first- m ota win ner Carter O ldkn ow stumbled in th e fin al m ot a, A o n ia P a ss Motor p le x Washington, Georgia Results: S e p t e m ber 28, 2 003 (Round 1 7 o f 24) 50 OIL INJ : 1. RJle Bernett (Yam); 2. Tlly lor Bernett (Yam); 3. y Rach ee l Dorsey (Yll m ): 4. Ju stin Dobbs (Yam); 5. Walter Farm er (Yam ). Z-50 : 1. Carter Oldknow (KTM) ; 2. c heee McCullers (Han ); 3. Ryan Mllier (KTM); 4. Ridge Edwllrds (Hon) : 5. Nit Corbin (Han). 50 (4-6): J. Chase McCullers (Cob) : 2. Heyden Follett (KTM); 3. Chase Cabre (KTM): 4. Taylor Barnett (KTM): 5. Ryan Miller (KTM). 50 (7 . 8): I. Cody Miller; 2. Jesse Barfield (Cob); 3. Austin Elder (KTM) ; 4. Collin Edwards (KTM): 5. Dillon Smith (KTM). 65 (7 ·9) ; 1. Chris Marie (Suz): 2. Cody Ashley (Yam) ; 3. Jesse Turner (KTM): 4. Collin Cabre (Kaw): 5. Black Weaver (Suz). 65 ( 10. 11): 1. Ryan Little (Kaw): 2. Garrett Sm ith (KTM); 3. Jesse Madden (Suz): 4. Tanner McCullers (K aw); 5. Zech Corbin (""'I. 60 /80 BEG: 1. Justin Morris ( Kaw): 2. David Shaw (Kaw); 3. Kenny Sma rt (Kaw): 4. Montana Warm ack (Suz): 5 . Trey McCants (Yam) . 80 PRETEEN: I . Tanner McCull ers (KlI w): 2. Shelby Dorsey ( Kil w); 3. Mic hael Keen (KT M); 4 . Blac k Weaver (KTM ); 5. Brian Toole (Kaw). 85 (7- 11): I. Kyle Gill espie (Suz ); 2. Mason Jone s (K ll w); 3 Ryan U tll e (KlIw): 4. Stephen Weaver (Suz); 5. Trent Hunter (Sw) . 85 (9· 13): I. Parker Anthony (SUl) ; 2. Milson Jo nes (Kaw): 3. Bill y Greene (Han) : 4. D.J . Wiechm &n (Han); 5. Brandon Middle · brooks (Ka w). 85 (12 ·15): I. Taylor Johnson (SUl) ; 2. Aryton Dunkel (Suz); 3. Parker Anthony (5Ul): 4. Billy Greene (Han) ; 5. Chril Coryell (Yam) . S/ MINI 100 : I . James Ragsdal e (Kaw): 2. Ta ylo r John son (Suz); 3. Nathan Martin (Han); 4. Aryton Dunkel (Suz); 5. Jcnethen Makey (SUl). U/l AM ( 16. 24) : Michael Sisemore (Yam); 2. JOshUll M<:Carty (Han) : 3. Shann on Mitch ell (Han); 4. J acob Thomason (Yam) ; 5. Casey Shaw (Hon). 125 A; I. Clint Shealy (Suz); 2. Mlltl WlItker (Kll W); 3. Michael Sisemore (Yam ): 4. Spencer Hill (Vam) : 5. Josh Wh itm i ~ (Yam). 125 B: I. Jese lewis (Han) : 2. Eric Crowe (Hon ); 3. Brent c erden (Kaw); 4. Matt Mc:

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