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tire went flat. and Martin retook second over the finish-line double. As the two battle d, Dallas Lusk reeled the m in and made it a t hree-way skirmish . At t he line , it wa s Muterspaugh , Mart in, Perry, Lusk and K. Beach. In moto two , Martin again nabbed t he holeshot, fo llowed by Muterspaugh , Pe r ry, Lusk, Beach and Evan Armbruster. After four laps and 10 lead changes, Muterspaugh finally made a move stick in the back section . After a hot battle, Lusk pass ed Perry t he final t ime through the whoops to capture third. Overall , the order was Mut e rspaugh , Martin , Lusk, Perry and Armbruster. In the 250cc class, Muterspaugh snared the holes hot, followed by Isha Woods, 5co tt ie Shipley and Martin . Sundance Racing/Serious Racew are/Liquid Performa nceNP Fuels/Total Control Suspension-sponsored Woods battled w it h Muterspaugh , and the two swa pped positions numerous times . Meanwhile , Mart in took third aw ay from 5hipley. Muterspaugh passed Woods in the whoops to secu re the win. Woo ds to ok the moto -t wo hol e s ho t. Muterspaugh pressured him the en tire race . but Woods never looked back and took the w in by o ne b ike length . Ov erall , the w in went to Wood s (2- 1), over Mutersp augh ( 1-2). Martin , e. Dean Day and Shipley rounded out the top five. RESUL TS P/W STK (4 -8): I. Dillon Knight (Hon); 2. Rile y Beck (KTM); 3. Chase Ande non (KTM); ... Colin Beck (Hon ); 5. Ian Jordan (KTM). 50 ST K (4-6) : I. Colin Beck (KTM): 2. Garrett Marchand (KTM): 3. Ian Jordan (KTM); ... Benjamin Hin kle (Co b) ; 5. Dalto n Jo be (KTM). 5 0 S T K (7 -8): I. Jeremy We ndelken (Pol); 2. GanllOl1 Wells (Co b); 3. Austin Smith (KTM); 4. Austin Davidson (Pol); 5. Ben Francis (Co b). 65 (7 -9) : I. Jacob Knable (KTM); 2. Je re my Wendelken (Suz); 3. Jaco b Jo hnson (Suz); 4 . Tanne r Bar low (Kaw ); 5. Ja ke Burtch (KTM). 65 (7.11) : I. Je rem y Wen de lken (Suz); 2. KieI Fe rmil (Kaw); 3. Jake Burtc h (KTM); ... Tyle r Ethe ridge (Kaw); 5. Tanner Barlow (Kaw). 6 5 ( 10- 1 1): I. Jacob Hayes (KTM); 2. C harl es MOKDon aJd (KTM); 3. N k ky l'ariau (Kaw) ; ... Kiel Fe rm i! (Kaw); 5. lYIer Ethe ridge (Kaw). 85 (7 -1 1): I. Jaco b Hayes (Suz); 2. Jacob Knable (Suz); 3. Randy Askew (Suz) ; 4. Jaco b Johnso n (Suz) ; 5. Rya n Carte r (Suz). 85 (9 .13); I. Johnny W=o (KTM); 2. Thomas Robert> (Suz); 3. Pier ce Blake (Suz); 4. Tyle r Gantt (Ho n); 5. Kody Knable (Suz ). 8 5 (1 2. 15): I. Alex Hindle (Suz); 2. Thomas Roberts (So2); 3. A. Kyle Fitzwa te r (Hon ); 4. Pierce Blake (Suz); 5. Joh nny Wasco (Kaw). S/M IN I ( 12-15): I. Devon Pilkington (Suz ); 2. David McClain Jr. (Kaw); 3. Patrick Dunman (Kaw); ... Alex Hindle (So2); 5. De rek Thompson (Kaw). 125 A: I. Scot Muters paugh (Kaw); 2. Michael Martin (Yam); 3. Dallas lusk (Yam); 4. Chase Perry (Kaw); 5 . Evan Armbruster. 125 B: I. William Bryant (Yam); 2. C had Mutenpaugh (Kaw); 3. Ryan Fitzwater (KTM); 4. Ch ris Cooper (Yam): S. Matthew Boyer (Kaw). 125 C: I. Luke Mayers (Suz); 2. Corey Glass (Kaw); 3. Nicholas Hayes (Yam); 4. Nathan Bryant (Suz); 5. Erik Neave (Yam). 115 0 : I. C hr istopher Cordle (Yam); 2. Gavin Lam (Kaw ); 3. Tyler Dinw idd ie (Hon) ; 4 . Franklin Rodgers Jr. (Hon) ; 5. Aaron Hine s (Ho n). 25010 PEN A: I. Isha Wood (Yam); 2. Scot Mute rspaugh (Kaw); 3. Michae l Marti n (Yam) ; .. . C . De an Day (Hon); 5 . Scottie Ship ley (Hon ). 25 0/ 0 PE N B: I. Ch ad Glenn (Hon ); 2. N icho las Bruce (Ho n); 3. Brad Hickma n (Yam); 4. David Mitc hell (Yam); 5. Frank Flippo (Hon ). 1 50/0 P EN C: I. Ryan Lauten (Hon) ; 2. A.J. Bowting (Yam); 3. Cody Stokes (Suz): ... Allen Tho mpson (Hon) ; 5. William Tabler (Hon ). 250/0 PEN 0 : I. Bobby Van Ho m (Hon ): 2. C hristo phe r Cordle (Yam); 3. Ty Perd ue (Hon ): 4. James Roberts (KTM); S. Nicholas Rusinko (Hon ). S CHBY ( 12- 15) : I. Chad Mutenpaugh (Kaw); 2. Nicho las Hayes (Yam); 3. David McClain Jr. (Kaw); 4. Nat han Bryant (Suz); 5. Stanley Floyd (Kaw). CLGBY ( 16-24): I. William Bryant (Yam); 2. Chris Cooper (Yam); 3. Luke Mayen (Suz); 4. David Mitche ll (Yam): 5. Je b Gaskill (Yam). 2 5 + AM: I. Robert Clarke (Hon ); 2. Donnie Miller (Y ); 3. Ryan am Mason (Yam); 4. Eric Zinn (Hon ): 5. Ryan Fisher (Yam). 25+ A : I. N ick Balda cci (Ho n) : 2. Jeffrey Belcher (Yam) ; 3 . Christop he r Mo rgan (Kaw) ; 4. J. Matt Davie s (Yam) ; 5 . Brendan O 'Donoghue. 30 + AM: I. Thomas Schwab (Hco): 2. Ken Beck (Yam); 3. Robert Clark (Hon ); 4. T im Wilkerson (Yam); 5. George Stanton (Yam). 30 + A: I. Michael Mart in (Yam): 2. Erik Pfeiffer (Hon ); 3. Ch ristopher Mor gan (Kaw); ... Brendan O 'Donoghue : 5. Jo hn Morfit (Ho n). 35 + : l. Scotti e Shipley (Hon) ; 2. Erik Pfeiffe r (Hon ); 3. Allen Alford (Hus); 4. Jim Ley (Hon ); 5. Stacy Redifer (Yam). 4 0+ : I. Scotti e Shipley (Ho n); 2. Jim Le y (Hon) ; 3. Claude Mitche ll (Yam); 4. T im Wilker son (Yam); 5 . Ronn ie Ro llins (Ho n). 45 +: I. Claude Mitchell (Yam); 2. Josep h Ogle (Yam); 3. Joel Hart (Hon); .. . W illiam Drisco ll (Suz). 4 ·ST RK SI C : I. Nicholas Bruce (Hon) ; 2. Matt hew Bo ye r (Kaw ); 3. Allen Thompson (Ho n); 4. Cha d Glenn (Hon ): 5. Michael Chaffin (Hen) . CCS Florida Reg ion Moroso Motorsports Park Martinez Biggest Winner at Moroso By LISA THEOBALD WEST PALM BEACH, FL, MAR. 21 M arco Martinez was the winningest racer at Moroso, taking home four first-place trophies. three seconds, a third and a fifth. Among his victories was t he hot ly co ntested Expert Unlimited Grand Prix race, better known as the Shootou t. The race schedule had to be adjusted due to an unusually high number of red -flag incide nts and o ne e xtended o il-cleanup sit uat io n. A mechanical failure o f o ne race r 's oil cooler during the GT Lig race caused the worst oil hts spill ever a t Moroso , se nd ing e ight riders cras hing through the turn -five/six c hicane . There were no injuries as a resu lt o f t he incide nt, and most of the riders we re able to restart the race (ollow ing t he track's longest cleanup to date . The remaining GT classes were shortened from nine laps to six. Also, following additional re d-flag incidents , seve ra l of th e afternoon races were shortened to five laps in an effort to complete the event before sunse t. The final race finally got unde r way about 2 1/2 hours be hind schedule. Ed Lis led the first lap of the Shootout, with Marti nez a nd Jim Pihokken in hot purs uit. By the end of lap one , the race had broken into a three-rider batt le for the lead . Martinez mad e the winn ing pa ss halfway thro ugh lap two, outpowering Lisdown the back straig ht . T he n he sta rte d to step away fro m t he rest of the field . Behind him, Pihokke n had a lso outpowe red Lis, taki ng over second place. By t he end of lap five, the front-runners had spr ead to more than 20 bikelengths apa rt . Mart inez was ru nni ng all alone up fro nt, and he took the checkered flag wi t hout c ha llenge . Pihokken , Lis, jo h no Bowman and Dave McEnery rounded out the top five. Martinez a lso won the Unlim ited Supers port , He avyw ei gh t Supe rs port and Middleweig ht Gra nd Prix races. He finished se cond in Mid d leweig ht Supersport, Middleweigh t Superb ike an d Heavyweight Superb ike, third in the GTO, and fifth in GTU. Pihok ken won t he GTO race after nailing the holeshot. He finished third in Heavyweight Supersport, fourth in Middlewe ight Supe rbike, and fifth in Middlewe ight Supersport. Lis won the Formula 40 race after taking an early lead . He lat e r won the Heavyweight Super bike race , finished second in Heavyweight Supersport and fourth in GTO . A few other Expert riders we nt home w ith multiple wins. Bowman claimed victory in the GTU and Midd leweight Supersport race s. He also finished fourth in the Shootout and fifth in GTO . Michael Mills won the Ligh t w ei ght Super bike and Thunderbi ke races on his Prieto Racing -sponsored SV6S0 . He a lso finished Ma rco Ma rtinez (10) leads Ed Lis (3) throug h turn 11 in th e Shootout du ring CCS Flo rid a Region oction at Moroso Motors po rts Pa rk. se cond in GT Light s. Steve Wenner won the 125cc Light we ight G ra nd Pr ix races on his Zam brana Performan ce-prep ared machines . Igort Del Haya w as the winninges t racer among the Amateur ranks . He took home three first-p lace troph ie s a fte r dom inating th e Lightweight classes. Del Haya won the Amateur GT Lights, Ligh twe igh t G ra nd Pr ix and Li htweight 5upe rbike races . g RESUL TS AM GTO: I. James Molinia (Suz); 2. Charles Northey (Suz); 3. Danny Gon zalez (Suz); 4. Alejandro Nieves (Suz); 5. Carl Cohen (Suz). EX GTO : I. Jim Pihokken (Suz); 2. Scott Ritchey (Suz); 3. Marco Martine z (Suz); 4. Edwa rd Us (So2): 5. Johno Bowman (Yam). AM GT LIGH TS : I. Igort Del Haya (Suz); 2. Raymel Pere z (So2); 3. Steve Lec kie (Suz); 4. Shawn Sund he im (Ho n); 5 . Jo shua Day (Ho n) . EX GT LIGH TS : I. Robert Fisher (Suz); 2. Mic hael Mills (Suz); 3. John Under (So2); 4. Stephen Bolden (So2); 5. Werner Lura. (Suz) . AM GT U: I. Migue l To ma s (Yam) ; 2. Mic h ael Bouchard (Kaw); 3. Robert Enriquez (Yam); ... Charles Miller (Suz): 5. Aaron Eldridge (Kaw). EX GTU : I. Joh no Bowman (Yam); 2. Michael Rouleau (Suz); 3. Chris Hunt (Suz); 4. Brad Graham (Hon); S. Marco Martinez (Hon) . 125 GP: I. Steve We nne r (Ho n); 2. Josh ua Day (Hen) : 3. Edwa rd Ch irino (Yam); 4. Adam Loe ffler (Hon ); 5. Luis Herrera (Hon ). AM l/W GP: I. Igort De l Haya (Suz); 2. Steve Leck ie (Suz); 3. Joshua Day (Hon) ; 4. Adam Loe ffler (Hon ); 5. Jose Pentzke (Suz ). EX l/W GP: I. Steve We nner (Hon); 2. Stephen Bolden (Suz); 3. Michael Mill (Suz): 4. T im Richardson (Yam); s 5 . Matth ew Walk er (Suz) . AM MIW GP : I. Mic ha el Bo uchard (Kaw) ; 2 . Aa ron Eld r id ge (Kaw) ; 3 . D anny Go nzalez (5uz); 4. Joel Espinosa (Yam); 5. Robe rt Cardwell (Suz). EX M/W GP : I. Marco Mart inez (Hon); 2. Chris Hunt (Suz): 3. Brad Graham (Ho n); 4. T ho mas Pfuner (Suz); 5. Darren Mulvaney (Suz). U/l GP: I. Marco Martinez (Suz): 2. Jim Pihokken (Suz); 3. Edward us (Suz); .. . John o Bowman (Yam); 5. Davld McEnery (Suz). AM ULTRA l/W SlB K: I. Shawn Sundheim (Hon ); 2. Duncan MacD onald (Apr) ; 3. Joh n Russell (Kaw) : 4. Gino Angella (Duc). EX ULTRA l/W Sl S K: I. Antonio Caparros (Hon ); 2. Duane Franc is (Tri); 3. Dave Gabert (Ho n); ... Joey Urb ano wski (Yam); 5 . Rob e rt Seymour (Kaw). AM l/W SlBK: I. 19ort Del Haya (Suz); 2. Steve Lec kie (Suz); 3. Andres Toledo (Suz). EX lIW Sl BK: I. Mich ae l Mills (Suz) ; 2. Joh n Lind e r (Suz) ; 3. Matthew Walker (Suz) ; .. . Stephen Bolden (Suz): 5. Ste ph e n Servi s (Suz). AM M/W S/BK: l. Miguel Tomas (Yam); 2. Michael Bouchard (Kaw); 3. Charles Miller (Suz); 4. Robert Enrique z (Yam); 5. Robert Grignon (Yam). EX MfW SlSK: I. Chris Hunt (Suz); 2. Marco Martinez (Ho n); 3. Greg Melka (Yam); 4. Jim Pihokken (Suz); 5 . Brad Gra ham (Ho n). AM H/W S/BK : I. Elic Perez (Due); 2. Jose More au (Suz): 3. C harles No rth e y (Suz); 4. Patrick Erickson (Suz); 5. Jose CarbaJleira (Suz ). EX H/ W S/S K: I . Edw a rd Lis (Su z); 2. Marco Martinez (Suz) ; 3 . Scott Ritchey (Suz); 4. Les Mo scariello (Apr) ; 5. Joh n Direickx (Due). l/W VIN T: I. Tash Zarvalas (Ho n); 2. Antony Milillo (H· D); 3. Marc Fortune (Hon ): 4. Rud o lf Schachinger (Hon); 5 . Gary Ro be rts (Yam). HfW VIN T: I . Rud olf Scha chinge r (Lav); 2. Jo ey Ur bano ws ki (Yam) ; 3. Tash Zarvalas (Hon) ; ... Antony Milillo (H. D); 5. Michael Perry (Y ). AM U/l S/S PT: I. Ca rl Cohen (Soz): am 2. Alejandr o Nieve s (Suz); 3. Keith McP hail (5uz) : .. . Jo se Moreau (Suz); S. Jam es Molinia (Suz). EX U/ L S/SPT: I. Marco Martinez (So2); 2. Edward Us (Suz) : 3. Scott Ritchey [Suz]: 4. David Suskevich (Suz); 5. David McEnery (Suz) . AM LJW S/SPT: I. 19ort Del Haya (Suz): 2. Steve Leckie (Suz): 3. Benjamin Matheson (Suz): ... Andres Toledo (Suz). EX lIW S/S PT: I. Ste phen Bo lde n (Suz) ; 2. Jo hn Linde r (Suz) ; 3. Step hen Serv is (Suz); .. . Ge rald Young III (502); 5. Edward Alvarado (Suz). AM M/WS/S PT: I. Migue l T omas (Yam); 2. Michael Boucha rd (Kaw): 3. Proky Doldjsi (Ho n); 4. Keith Joy (Hen) : 5. Robert Enriquez (Yam). EX M/W S/S PT: I.J o hno Bowman (Yam): 2. Marc o Marti ne z (Hon) ; 3. Brad Graham (Hon ); ... Chris Hunt (Suz); 5. Jim Pihokk en (502). AM H/W S/SPT: I. Jose Moreau (Suz); 2. Alejandro N ie ves (Suz); 3. Charles Northey (So2); ... Patrick Erickson (Suz); 5. Robert D'Angelo (Suz). EX H/W Sl SPT: I. Marc o Martine z (Suz); 2. Edward Us (Suz); 3.jim Piho kke n (So2); 4. Scott Ritchey (Suz); 5. Greg Melka (Yam). AM SfTW : I. Steve Fox (Due); 2. Scott Sutherland (Due) : 3. Curt Suskevich (Hon) ; 4. De rek Davidso n (Suz); S. Hen ry Mad sen (Ho n) . EX S{TW : I. Roberto Con ce pc ion (Due ); 2. John Die rickx (Due ); 3. Joe De laney (Due) ; 4. Les Moscariello (Apr); 5. Andre w Hambl in (Bue) . AM F-40 : I . Robert D'Ange lo (Suz); 2. Keith Joy (Hon ); 3. Robe rt Enriquez (Yam); 4. Hen ry Madsen (Hen) : 5. Alfredo Blumen thal (Hon). EX F-40: I. Edward Us (Suz); 2. Laz Diu (Yam). AM UW F-40: I. Mark Te nn (Yam); 2. John Russell ( Kaw); 3. Ch este r Ham blin (Apr). EX l/W F-40: I. Gr ego ry Lynch (Suz); 2. Werner lurt2 (Suz) : 3. c.J. Cz aia (Suz); 4. Thomas Haykin (5uz); 5. Dave Gabe rt (Suz). AM T HN DRlBK: I. Don ny Wright (Kaw); 2. Rudolf Schachinger (Lav); 3. Mark Ten n (Yam). EX THNDRlBK: I. Michae l Mills (Suz); 2. Andrew Ham blin (Bue); 3. c.J. Czaia (Suz); .. . Jim C hastain (Due); 5. Joseph BnJC (Hon) . e Sa ndy Lane Enduro Interboro Gun Club Hoess Wins Againl By CHUCK MARLER GREEN BANK, NJ, MAR, 21 thout a doubt , the Sandy Lane Enduro is an o ff-road ins tituti o n . The Mete or Motorcycle Clu b has been host ing the Sandy Lane Enduro for more than 67 years . The d ub's famous "wago n whee l" t rophy has gone to a "who's who" among the off-road wo rld, and what other endu ro club can say that the bike that has won its endu ro th e most was a HarleyDavidson? T his year, H us qva rna-mounted ISD E Champion Fred Hoess easily sliced through the W www.cy clenews.com tight Je r se y woods t o beat his closest competitor, Rich Laffe rty, by two minutes on the 6S· mile course . The weathe r was dear and cool , without the typical forecast of snow and rain from years past. The event started with sandy fire cuts , one bike-sucking mudhole at 2.9 miles, a 6-mile warm-up jaunt t hro ugh thirdgear trail s, and a nice , hea lthy reset to give everyone a chance to shake out the bugs. The seco nd test consisted of a start control, n ine miles of very tig ht sc rub pine and mudholes, a microscopic reset, anot he r start con trol, and nine mor e miles of the same stuff on the way back. The A and B riders did well, CYCLE NEWS • APRIL 21,2004 63

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