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The lineup for the Hand icap main was bizarre. to say the least. Two riders were on the 30·yard line. Northro p and Harmatiuk. T he rest of the field lined up on the 40: Schwartz, Shawn "Mad Dog" McConne ll, Far ia. Ca stro, Manchester and Ven egas. Northrop won the race to the first turn , ove r Harma tiuk, and Northrup is te nacious when he gets the lead . Harmatiuk held o n for four laps before he fell by the wayside. McConn ell moved into second, wi th Faria thi rd . One lap later. Faria was out, and Venegas was thir d . Wit h t he w hite flag o ut , it was a done deal fo r Nort hrop . McConnell was a close secon d, with Venegas thir d, fo llo w ed by Ma nche st e r and Schwa rtz. Faria, Ha r mat iuk and Castro didn't finish. Daria Galvin won the Support ma in by defa ult when the rest of the field had a problem keeping the greasy side of the bike on the gro und. Mark Baldwin won the Support B main , topping Sam Stoltz and Keith Mullally. RESULTS SCR : I. Chri s Manches ter (GM); 2. Scott Brant (GM); 3. Mike Faria (Jaw); .... Charlie Venegas (Jaw); 5. Ed Castro (GM). HOCP: I. Andy Northrop (Jaw); 2. Shawn McC on ne ll (GM); 3. C harlie Veneg as (Jaw); .... Chris Manchester (GM); 5. Bobby am); 2. Joe Jones/ Brandi McElroy Schwartt (Jaw). SOCR:: I. Dan Jones/Chris Jones (Y am). SU P: (Kaw); 3. Mark Adams/Jackie Bennett (Jaw); .... Jeff Medbe rry/Jeff Malloy (Y I. Dario Galvin (Jaw); 2. John Stunkard (Jaw); 3. Hideaki eta (GM); .... Nate Perkins (Jaw); 5. Mike McCarthy (Jaw ). SUP B: I. Mark Baktwin (Jaw); 2. Sam Stoltz (Jaw): 3. Keith Mullally (Jaw): 4. H ike Boyle (Jaw); 5. SamStavros (Jaw). Pleasure Riders Hillclimb Tackitt Doubles His Pleasure By BUD NORTHRUP CAYUGA, IN, MAY 22 S o me 141 en tran ts rode the Pleasure Riders ' ISO-foo t hill on Saturday night, May 22 , with "C razy jake " Tackitt taking the Fast Time awa rd for the second time in the young season. Riding the Revloc CRSOO built by Gayle jenkins, Tackitt was the on ly rider to brea k into the three-second range with a 3.999-second effort on his first ride. His closest challenge r in the 600cc class was Josh Denso n, riding a Revloc KXS40, who turned a 4.20S-sec ond time to take second place . Tackitt's closest challenge r fo r the Fast Time award came fro m the Ope n class, where jason Northru p flew his big "YZ 1220F" Yamaha over the to p in 4.178 seconds for that class win . Both Tackitt and Northrup were dou ble-class winners; Tackitt won the 200cc class o n his 1985 KDX20 0, and Northrup took his fourth consecutive win in the 750c( class o n his Kawasaki tr iple in 4.280 seconds. Daryl Johnson took second in the 7SOcc class w ith a good 4.S7 1-second run on his classic BSA. Jared McKay w as also a doub le winner. His first win came in the 2S0cc class, where he stopped the cloc k in 4.292 seco nds on his clas sy YZ 2S0. Mark Schroede r, riding his stock-length YZ 2S0, claimed second with a 4.34S-second run . McKay's second win came Look for Live "Virtual Grsndstnnd" Coverage All Season During the 2004 AMAlChevy T rucks U Motocross Championships .S, Then•••Get the Full Story the Following Week ~ Issue #25 • On Sale June 23rd "Crazy Jake" Tackitt scored his seco nd Fast Time award of the season at th e Pleasure Riders Hillclimb in Cayuga, Indiana. www.cyclenEWs.com CYC LE NEWS • JUNE 23, 2004 63