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... • >. , AMA Northeast Regiona l N ationals Round 3: Path Valley Speedway , \I . ,. J' Lewis Triples at Northeast Regional Qualifier .Jl. .: By UN AND BEN BREECH SPRING RUN, PA, JUNE 12 A s he had done two weeks earl ier. Joh n Lewis tho ro ughly /""'\dominated three classes in the Lexus of Che rry Hill. New Jersey -sponsored Northeast Regional Nat ional. This eve nt was a re-rescheduling of the rained-out Williams Grove half mile that wa s t o have run on Me mo r ial Day. It had o r iginall y be en announced that. if rained out, the makeup date would be June 19, but the AHA said tha t date would be too late , so in the early days of June. Path Valley Speedway schedul ed it for a nonpoi nts event the trac k had sched uled for this da te as a short track. O n his Schae ffer 's Harle y-D avidso n/Arai/ABBA Syst e mssponsored machines. the l -t-year-old Lewis played with the other riders. grabbing a severa l-bikelength lead at the start and pulling lJIursday 121. Gates open at fridlY 131. away to an easy straightaway-lo ng margin in mos t of his eve nts . Th e 4S0cc Mod ified class feat ure d a goo d ba tt le amo ng Richard Heverly, Co ry Texter and Kyle Wyman . Beh ind winne r Lew is. e ac h rider had a slightly differen t line. and o n lap six Wyman took contr ol of second. ahea d of Texter and Heverly. In the 2S0cc Modified class. Brandon Robinson kept Lewis in sight and managed to stay upright thr o ugho ut the race . Austin Greenland. Mike Radley and Wyman followed . in that order. The weak link in Lewis' arsenal has bee n his "jinxed " Rotax , which he used in the SOScc Modified eve nt. It broke two weeks ago wh ile Lewis was leading. This time , everything went perfectty. and he easily left Jonathan Reid and Robert Cazillo behind. Travis Wyman pulle d an upset in t he as c c DT X fina l, jumping into the lead o ve r Shayna Texter, Pat rick Jaco bsen, Hayden Avery and Cody Wyman. Jacobsen too k second on the seco nd lap when Shayna slid off the groove slight ly. bu t he could n't reel in the flyingTravis. Most of those riders returned in the 8Scc (7- 11) Modified event. Jacobsen got a be tter start, leading Dere k Hersh, Travis, Avery and Brett Pugh. Hersh and Travis battled for secon d early on , with Travis securing the spo t at the end of lap four. Robinson too k the 12Scc lead fro m Greenland. Radley and Shayna. After fighting for the lead in the openi ng laps. Greenland took the lead at the start of the third lap. They stayed close thro ugho ut the res t of the final, w ith Rob inson try ing to slip under off the final turn , but he came up a litt le short . Th ou gh small in num ber, certain classes had some of the closest racing of the even ing. Nick Taylor rode the entire Ove r 18 O pe n Twin final with Mike Keane either right behind or beside him. Mark Stambaugh grabbed the Ove r 40 lead from Joe Dohm and Jim Chap man and maintained t he same distanc e until his Yamaha made som e expensive noises and stop ped on the sixth lap ; Chapm an pressured Dohm to the end . Cha pman came back for the SOOcc Two-Valve co ntest and fought Co ry for the lead. Cory ran beside Chapman but co uld never get in front o n a stra nge-so unding Bue ll that finallyq utt as they started the final lap. 5pm·t~m Donny Schmit Memorial Race Sign-Up: Bam - Qam Fee: $35 . Practice: Bam, Races: 9am Sllurdl) 141~ Donny Schmit Memorial Race Race: Bam • Noon Pro Qualifying: Ipm F/reworlfs Display: I~m SUNDAY 1 5TH Pro Practice: 9am Quaff~ing:10:30arn Opening Ceremonies: Noon Race: 1pm Awards: 5:15pm Auction: 5:30pm II ' Sooda, gatea _ PIt_ ca. _, 10....... your 1IcIlty. Stat,,_ _ 2lp: Total$ ~ _ _I atAdlJn nus.• Sun. 0 S451 4days) _ _ , 01Adohfrl- Sin a $40(3 days) • .,....nSl l &Sun.0 $30(2""") _ , 01Adult Sun.o S20(1 day) "as~ _ _ _ _ , . , ' 01O1Ild 1b.Ks. - Sun0 1251"dayS) of Q1Pd Fri. · Sun. 0 S25 (3 days) " QliIdSll &""'.0520 12""") of D'tkl Sun.O S15 (1 day) i VIsa t: Exp.Date:-,cc:-== ",,:=-::c-Remember - N o self addressed & stamped envelope - NO nCKETSI ...................................,,.....IHI' . ..... Dwt ... ..... . . . .,, . .,..,, 7D-HfI a. ' . . J2A o · ~ 1 1lr;tlIt dw9lf"' '''''' ... pII1l elllnra tN-..eI\eIIdIlf . . __ · ~ llUI bll _ ll • E...c • Ito JIN" 11" . . . . III ---_ I£F\N)$l M:dIol..., III tnuvht MIg Glt .... · 1leet ~ 1ll'l .-us No 11JIJTsd6y - ~ onty J'l cbts .. ~._-~,. :='.:;:-~ .~~:::.:..--.-.'-' RESULTS 50 OIL .INJ SHAFT: I. Dylan Winsett (Yam) : 2. Tristan Avery (Yam); 3. Ky1e McGrane (Y ). SO OI L-IN) CHAIN: I. Ky1e McG r.u'Ie (KTM). SO JR (4 . 6): I. am Ryan \'ames (Lem) . SO SR (7-8 ): I. Tyler StAcey (l ern ). 65 D T X: I. Cauidy Heiser (Suz): 2. DyI.1n Winse tt (Kaw ). 65 MOD: I. Cauidy He iser (Suz). 85 DTX : I. Travis Wyman (Hon); 2. Patric k jacobsen (Hon): 3. Shayna Te xter (Yam):

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