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Thor/Par-ts Unlimited NOl'theast Clas sic Motocl'os s Se l'les Round 2 : Old Bl'ldge Townsh ip Raceway Par-k PHOTO S BY JIM P.SANDERSO N Lawerence Epic in Englishtown! By JIM P. SANDERSON ENGLISHTOWN, NJ, APR. 2S A meri can Suzuki's hot young prospect Jaso n I""\1..awe re nce was clearly the fastest Amat eur at rou nd two of t he T hor/P a rt s Unlim it e d No rt heast Classic Motoc ross Series at the lege ndary O ld Bridge Tow nsh ip's Raceway Park . Lawerence made a perfect sweep of t he 12Scc Amat e ur, 250 cc Open Amate ur and Co llegeboy classes. Law er en ce led the sta rt of the first 12Scc Amateur mo to and neve r loo ked bac k, going unchallenged (ro m wire to wire. In tow 0(( the start we re Michael Dupo nt, Ryan Zimmerman a nd Kerry Kamin sk ie Jr. Aft er half a lap , Law er ence had a sizable lea d, and he continued to stretch that lead w ith each subsequent lap . Kyle Whritenou r moved into sec on d , an d Kami nsk ie . Du po nt and Br yan Fle isc hman rou nded out the top five . Afte r 2 1/2 laps, the top fo ur were unc hanged. bu t Ryan Blizzard passed Fleischman for fifth. Lawerence started lap three w ith a IO-second advantage . By the en d o f lap fo ur, his le ad had clim be d to 16 secon ds, and w hen the checkered flag waved , Law e re nce ' s le ad w as over 20 se cond s. Whritenou r, Dupo nt . Kaminskle and Michael Gesso ro unded out th e to p five. Law e re nce and W hr ite nou r came aroun d the switchback first turn in the final mota side by side , but Law e ren ce had t he lead by t he second tu rn . After half a lap, the ru nning orde r wa s Laweren ce , Whrit eno ur, D u po nt , Kaminskie and Gesso . Lawerence, clearly in a class by him self . had o pe ned up a n e ightsecond lead by the start of lap two , and he almo st dou bled it on lap th ree. Laweren ce crossed the finish line with a 17· seco nd lead. Wh ritenour, Dup o nt , Blizz ard and Kaminsk ie finishe d out the to p five . Law e ren ce to p ped the pod iu m wi t h a perfec t I- I. Wh riten o ur 's cons istent 2-2 ride s gave him runne r-up, and Du po nt (3· 3) ro unded o ut t he pod ium. Bla ck Jack En d ura Circu it Round 5 : Indian Nations, Day Two Life of the Fast Lane By JOHN HUMPHREY BRAGGS, OK, APR. 18 th o of the Nat o-day W,eveday atnethe Gru IndrianORV ions atwin th e nt be Are record boo ks, and with Steve Leivan off defending his Misso uri Har e Scra mb les Circui t title , Matt Lane was very inten t o n making his bid for his first overall BJ EC win o n the roug h and rocky co urse . C hris Tucke r, Lane's ot he r strong challenger, was abse nt d ue to an injury sustained o n day o ne , re lieving so me of the pressure on Lane, who 's impro ved vastly since last season. O n this day, however, Lane put t he pressure 78 The to p Pr o / Exp e r ts fo r the day were Bromley Suzuki's Barry Carsten and RRP's Ty Wallace . Carsten ( 1-2) topped the 250cc O pen Pro/Expe rt podi um . whi le Wallace (3- 1) took second overall. In the 125cc Pro/ Expe rt class, Wallace ( I - I) topped the podium, and Carsten (2-2) was run ner-up. Gr eg Pamart led th e start of the first 2S0cc O pe n Pro/ Expert mo to , w ith Wallace , Casey Clark, Richard Schm idt and Carsten following. Pamart tried to hold off Wallace , but Wallace got by on lap two. Clark and Carst en battled for th ird. Carst en eventually made his way up to seco nd and t hen inherited th e lead when Wallace wen t down on lap five . Cars te n got the moto w in, w it h Clar k, Wallace , Dave Ginol fi and Jason Harper tra iling. Wallace 's 450F Honda thumper got him the holeshot in the final Open Pro/E xpert moto. In t ow were Parnart , Do nald D isciullo Jr.• and G inolfi. By the end o f lap o ne, the top five were Wallace, Pamart . Ginolfi, Matt Eastman and Carsten. Eventually, Carsten and Eastm an wo rked th ei r way up to second and t hird , w hile Pam ar t s low ly fad e d back. Wallace crossed the finish line with a fo ur-second ga p o n Cars ten . East man , G ino lfi a nd Cl ar k roun ded out the top five. Carste n ( 1-2) to pped the pod ium, Wallace (3- 1) took seco nd ov e rall, and Clark (2-5) roun ded out the podium. eN OLD BRIDGETOWNSHIP RACE WAY PARK ENGUSHTOWN, NEW JERSEY RESU LTS: APRI L2 5 , 2 0 0 4 (ROUND 2) 6S (7- 9) , I. Nd Desiderio (Suz ): 2. Joey Peters (Kaw) : Ty Wallace (86) leads Greg Pamart (476), Casey Clark (161) and e ve n tu a l winner Barry Carsten (96) in the first 2 50cc Open Pra/ Expert moto in Englishtown, New Jersey. 3. Luke Renzland (Kaw ); 4. Darian Robinson (502): 5. Alex Moldet (KTM). 6 S (1 0 - 11)' I. Dybn Br.>jkjkoW> (KIM). 8S ( 12 -l l ), I. Ryan Gaine y (Suz); 2. Dako ta Kessler (Han ); 3. Marcus Hod ge (Kaw); 4. Bryan Weimer (Yam); 5. Nicholas McPhee (Suz) . 8 5 (14 -15): l . Phillip N lcot ett! (Hon) ; 2. Adam Blessing (Suz); 3. Daniel Callahan (Su:z); 4. Bryan Culbertson (Kaw ); 5. Jason Gou rley (Ya m). SIM IN I: I. Phillip N icole tti (Han) ; 2. Nicholas McPhee (Suz); 3. Marc us Hodge (! (Han ); .... Don Brown (Han ); S. Chris Deleo (!

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