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We stern New York Motoc ross Association Inc.
Round ' 4: AreaS I Motocross
Smith Rounds Up a Win
at AreaS I
By LARRY
WOOSTER
BATAVIA, NY, JULY 1B
T
he WNYMA season hit the halfway mark
with OneWest Clo thing's Summer Series'
sixt h race , at intergalact ic AreaS I Motocross
in Batavia, New York. With double poin ts and
4-foot trophies on the tab le, close to 300 riders ignored the weat herman's discouraging
words and "co w bo ye d u p " for the fo u rt h
Empire State Championship Series race.
Loo king a litt le bit like Home on the Ronge
meets Spoce Cowboys, 26 12Scc Beginne rs were
rapidly propelling themse lves into the holeshot
a second t ime in moto o ne after a red flag
appeared very late in th e first moto. Th is time ,
Brad Smith had a grip o n the lead, w ith Nick
Makl os, George Wasik , D e re k Timm, Jim
Pollock, James Wegner and Michael Tyson on
t he ropes but not o ut . Ma klos wa s able to
challenge the leader early, wh ile Wasik and
Timm battled over third for several laps. Smith
extended his lead and got stylish for the crowd
as he and Maklos led a fou r-b ike breakaway,
with T imm now In thir d a nd Wa sik fighting
back . The best Beg inner battles involved
Pollock, Tyson, Billy Bick, Justin Newton and
Keith Roo ke r, who were all swapping decals
while trading po sitions five through nine . The
big new track was mint, and Smith soared solo
through t he orchard to take the checkers in
moto one with a nice lead over Maklos, Timm,
Wasik and Pollo c k. Tyso n . Blc k , Wegne r,
Newton and Rooker ro unde d out the top 10.
In the second mo to, Smith ham mered out
ano ther ho le shot , over Pollock, Maklos, Wasik
and Timm , and it eventually tu rned into another
four-b ike breakaway, after Po lloc k flounde red .
Maklos challenged Smith, while Wasik was busy
holding off Timm . The benns were firm and the
grooves numerous but shallo w, allowing these
guys the option to rail the outside or cu t and
brake on the inside . The big battle wa s once
again for fift h , w it h Poll o c k, Tyson . Mark
O lmstead, Bick, Newton, Aaron Barr and James
Phalen all w ith a legit shot at claiming a top-five
finish in th is big class. Smith (I - I) checked o ut
with first overall and a free tire from Dun lop or
Bridgestone fo r his efforts. Maklos (2-2) took
second overall and $SO in Scott USA Bucks for
his hard work. Was ik (4-3) wrapped up third
overall and a free No -Toil Filte r to take home.
T imm (3· 4) settled fo r fourth overall and a
Moose Racing Prod ucts hat , and Tyson (6-S) rang
the bell for fifth overall and was rewarded with
some cool Castrol O ils products. Pollock (S-6),
Bick (7-7), Newton (9-9). Olmstead ( 12-8) and
Barr ( I I- I I) recorded top-l Os.
T he WNYMA retu rns to AreaS I Motocross
on Septembe r 12 and October 10. and closes
out the motocross season fo r western Ne w
Yor k on Oc tober 3 I . Check out
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the "Fro m Last to Fast" and "Mo toc ross Boot
Camp" schools by Corey Kandefer, and just try
to kee p up with mult iple-time WNYMA "Track
of the Year" des igne r Jesse Milley and his O n
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at
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S6
RESULTS
50 (4 ·6) : L Dakota Wheaton (Yam); 2. Shae Ball (Yam
);
J . Joshu a Zugnoni (Yam); .. . Co rey Trietley (Yam); S. Paul
Evenson (Yam). 50 P/W (4-8): I. Co lton Camp (KTN) ; 2.
David Ph illips (KTM); 3. Nick Haw kins (KTM); 4 . Hayd en
Brickwood (KTM); 5. Josh Corne lius (KTM). SO (7- 8) : I.
Co lton Cam p (KTM): 2. Angelo Kemuda (KTN) : 3. Kory
F"'l:"'Y (KTM); 4. Alex Town (Co b); 5 . M.t< zach« (KTM).
6 5: I. Brand on IIYleS (Cob) ; 2. Chaz Clingerman (KTH); 3.
Har rison Kay (KTM) ; 4. Co nnor Kelly (KTM): 5. Dominic
Perri (Kaw) . JR MIN I: I . Zac hari ah Raus (Yam); 2. Je sse
Deryke (Hon) ; 3. Brand on Bardo (!<.aw); 4. ChazClingerman
(KTM); S. D illon H itrl (KTM) . SR M IN I: I . Andrew Meehan
(SUI) : 1 . Do ug WaIf (Yam); 3. Ken Burge r (Kaw); .. . Todd
Thompso n (Yam); 5. Dino Scrivan i (Suz). MINI COMB: I.
And rew Meeh an (5uz); 2. Ken Burge r (Kaw ); J . zachariah
Raus {Yam) 4. Todd Tho mpson (Y ; S. Dina Scrivani (Sul ).
;
am)
12S SCHBY: I. Alex Sigismondi (Kaw); 2. Ryan Nye (Han );
3. Doug Walf (Y
am); 4. Rid w d Paeth (Han); S. Lou is Te pas
(Yam 12S BEG: I. Brad Smith 2. N c k Mok"" (KTM); J.
).
;
George Wasik (Kaw); 4. De re k Timm (Suz); S. Michael Tyson
(Suz). 12S NOV: I. Doug WaIf (Y
am); 2. louis Tepas (Yam);
3. Corey Gamb le (Ha n); 4. Ben Cometa (Kaw) ; S. Adam
Niles (Yam). IlS AM : I . Aiel( Sigismondi (Kaw); 2. C had
Dunning (Kaw); 3. Ryan Nye (Yam); 4 . Stephen Ca rtin (Suz );
S. Jonathan Krie gbaum (Yam). 12S EX : I. Aaron Diet e r
(Yam) ; 2. Jaso n Doyle (Yam); 3. Corey Kande fer (Yam); 4.
Cody Dunn ing (Kaw); 5. Je sse Repass (Yam). 2S0/0PEN
BEG : I. Robb Mann (KTM); 2. David Nashwin ter (Hon); 3.
Michael Da uler (Yam); 4 . Tom Pre ston (Yam ); 5. Nicholas
DiSalvo (Yam). lSD /O PEN NOV: I . Jason Tucdo (Yml); 2.
Je re my Gr een (Ha n) ; 3 . Dale Choate (Yam); 4. Mich ael
Lenart o wicz (Han ); S. Paul Coleman (Suz). 2S0/0 PEN AM:
I . Ale x Sigismandi (Kaw); 2. Brian Cook (Ha n); 3. Bob by
Silvarole (Ha n); 4. N ate Cr ofoot (Hon) ; S. Peter Garlo