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Motorama Indoor A renacross Day I: Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex Cook, Wallace Masters of Motorama! By JIM P. SANDERSON HARRISBURG, PA, FEB. 21 D osslnt Racing Products thumper pilots JereI'my Cook and Ty Wallace to pped the l25cc and 250cc Pro/Expert-class podiums, respectively, before a packed house at the 26th annual Motorama Indoor Races and Shows at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, Pennsyfvania. Motorama is the largest even t of its kind in northeastern Pennsylvania and feature s two full days of arenacross racing. There is also a speed sh ow; go -ca rt s; quarte r midget and radi o controlled car racing; mot orcycle, bicycle and unicy cle t r ia ls co m pe t itio ns ; and t he Miss Moto r ama be a uty p age an t . Motora m a ' s arenacross Is the first race of the 2004 season on the AHA Distr ict 6 calendar. Ryan j ones led t he start of t he 125cc Pro/ Expe rt final but was quickly re legated to fourth by Casey Clark. Bromley Suzuki's Barry Carsten, and Coo k before the e nd of the very short first lap. Wallace, who gated just outs ide the top flve on the start, was fifth. Carsten and Cook passed Clark on lap three to lay claim to the lead and runne r-up spots, re spe ctively. Wallace closed in on Jones. and two battled throughout laps five and six. passing each other until Wa llace got by to cla im fourth . Co o k closed the gap on Carsten and made the pass for the lead on lap seven, dropping Carsten to second . Just after the rwo-laps-to-go signal, t here was a major crash , and o n t he tight arenacross circu it . it's nearly impossible to go down w it hout risking be ing hit by another rider, 50 the race was red-nagged. The race was scored by the last full lap: Cook got the win , w ith Carsten, Clark, Wallace and Jones trailing. Bo Bow m a n led t he st art of the 250 cc Pro/Expert final, with Clark, Wallace and Clint Johnson in tow. By the thir d tum, Wallace was by Clark a nd in t he runne r-u p p osition , relegating Clark to third . Bowman, pr oba bly reeling a grea t deal o f pressure fro m Wallace an d C lark. lost his front ti re on t he infie ld co m er and we nt down. Wallace inherited the po int . Clar k moved up to second, Andrew Tsakanikas claimed third , john son he ld fourth, and Carsten moved t o fift h. T he t op five rem ained unchanged for the next three laps. Johnson bumped his way around Tsakanikas to take third on lap six, and on the following lap Carsten relega t ed Tsa ka nikas t o fift h . Tsakan ikas co ntinued to move backward when Cook caught and passed him to take fifth on the wh ite -nag lap . Wallace got the win , and Clark. johnson, Carsten and Cook rounded out the top five. Lowell Spangler led the start of the 125cc Schoolbo y final but crashed on the big double follOwing the first tum . Willy Toth Jr. inherited the lead , w ith Ryan Zimmerman , Zachary Molorama Indoor Trials Pennsylvania Farm Show Com plex Florin Wins It By OneI By MAn I.JBERATORE HARRISBURG, PA, FEB. 22 U .S. Montesa's num ber one, Chris Florin, e dge d o ut Be t a USA's top r ider, Ray Pete rs, by a single mark to w in t he 2004 Motorama Indoo r Trials event, in what has to be the best ed ition ever of this eve nt! Riders fro m 13 differe nt states trave led to Pe nnsylvania to com pe te , including Indiana's Jim Snell, the Gas Gas USA parts imp ort er who brought Champ rider Jesse Wellenste in and up-and -comers Lo uise For sley, 15, c f Massachusetts and Wisconsin's Pat Smage , a 13-year-old Expert ride r. Inst e ad of t he o ld Wes t Hall, the tr ials po rt ion of Motorama was held for the first time in the 2 000~seat Equine Arena, wh ich provided more room , a dirt floor, and a very professional atmosphere. Motorama uses a "minus po int system"; Riders can shave points of( their scores by taking much harder lines for usually a one - or two-point ded uction off the ir ride . Since this event always starts off the season for both the AMA's District 6 and 7 Observed Trials Series , there are very full classes. The Cham p riders go out first to alleviate the long lines waiting to enter the sections . 60 Sherco U5A:s Travis Fox took the early lead after the first lap; his rec ent stay at the Trials Training Ce nter in Sequatchie, Tenn essee , had him in good form. In fact, the to p four Champs - Florin , Peters, David Chaves and Fox - had recently spent two weeks pra cticing togethe r there, and it rea lly showed in their riding. Fox's team mate , last year 's winne r, Chaves • rode very we ll but couldn't match the Icrrn he had last year, losing (our ftves in th e Cha mps ' numbe r-two section. Starting off, the riders had to keep the ir wheels (rom touching the ground while jumping across a series of tires to avoid the rna xirnurn Ilve -p o lnt penalty. C haves dropped his rear wheel onto the dirt on every lap but one; had it not been (or this sectio n, he could have easily won again. "I was riding ok ay, but that section , I just could n't do it," Chaves admitted. "I don't know why." Pe ters came back (ro m fiving the first and last sect ions on his opening lap to challenge (or the lead, as Florin lost a comfortab le margin by flVing the last two sections of the day. .., was n't feeling great," Florin said. "The bike was new, so the suspension was stiff, and I'm not sure if it was all the hopp ing we were do ing yesterday in practice and today with the tight sections or what, but my shoulders just MAR 24, 2004 • CYCLE NEWS CH Ty Wallace (B6) leads Casey Clark (14) as they air it out over the big double in the 2S0cc Pro/Expert final at the 26th annual Motorama Arenacross in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Har ringto n, Matth ew Geist and Re n jolley in tow. Toth pulled away to about a four-second le ad by lap fou r o f th is eight- lap final. Toth co ntinued to pull away and crossed the finish lin e wi t h a n ei g ht- second a dvan t age . Zimmerman, Ha rr ingto n, Ge ist and Jo lle y CN rounded out the to p fIVe. PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW COMPLEX HARRJS8URG, PENNSYLVANIA RESULTS: FURUARY (DAY 1 Of 21 21 , 2004 PM (4- 6): l. Chase Mil'er; 2. Trenton Herrington ; 1. juon Boyer, 4. Brondon Beam; 5. Wyatt Barto. P/W (1-1) , I. l.og;In Ehreu; 1. Daniel OdIin; 1. Trevor Staffer; -4 Sam . 5"""'''': 5. MichaelMcDonald. 50 (U), I. Jared Jenni"l': 2. Trenton Hermgton; 1. Chase MiIter; -4. Joseph BalkOY'lc; S. Dustin Miller. 50 (7-8): I. [arek Balko vic ; 2. Mitchel l 0veH; 1. Daniel Dillin; -4. Kyte Pichler; S. Dakota Durvnan. kept cra mp ing and getting tight all day. I was just spent by the last two sections. After riding here my first time last year, this was so much better, the new arena. the sect ions were more of a challenge (or us, and the organize rs did a great job. I'm just really happy.• This was Florin's second straight year here , courtesy of Keysto ne Cycles ' Do minic Sileo , who has spon sored Flor in on his own ne w machine eac h year. It was great to see Sileo in 6S (7 .9): I. Jos eph Peters; 2. Kame ro n Page ; 1. Dylan WoH"e; .. . Wes~ MattM ; S. Trevor Shaffer. 6S (10..11 ) : I. Timo th y SaMge Jr.; 2. Andrew Johns; 1. joshua VlUMTeal; ... A. Houser; S. Dylan Johnson. 85 (7~II) : I. joseph Peters : 2. Frank Lettieri; 1. Timothy Savidge Jr.; -4 Kameron Page; S. . GuTet Toth. 85 (1 2. 13): I. Lowe ll Spangler; 2. Kyte Sidle; 1. Broc Schme tyun; -4 Marcus Hod ge ; S. Bryan We imer Jr. . 85 ( 14-15): I. Zachary HarTington ; 2. Addison Kr:trner; 1. Steve C hiappa ; -4 Kody Weidman ; S. Fran kie Perez. 12 5 . SCHBY: I. Wilty 10th Jr.; 2. Ryan Zimmennan: 1. Zachary HarTington ; -4. Matthew Geist; S. Ren JoU I lS NOV: I. y. z.etwy Hurington: 2. Dumn Ulrich: 3. Jonalhon jtty U Illa<: ; 5. l.og>n Ilolopue (GG). NOV: I. J k acob Black; 2. Zach Zuback; 1. Man Donnan; ... MIke Geurin; S. Mike FO ll . INT: I . Brandon WeMy 2. Colby Pophal; 1. Bryce ; PophaI ; -4. Craig Robbins : S. Justin Weaver (Bet). ADV: I. Mike Cook; 2. Ty Diehl (Man); 1. Aaron MiKer (Bet) ; -4. Paul f'hillbrick; 5. I..ooi.. Fonley (51)<). ex, I . Joke w. non

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