Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Canadian Tyler Ray ner came down to Hun t, New York, and topped the 65cc class at round 16 of WNYMA action . WNYMAlnc. Round 16: Hunt Moto Park unt Moto Park ce lebra ted its 15th annual Dunlop Tires Race Day under sunny skies , with WN YMA O neWest Clothing's eighth Summe r Series race . More than 300 ride rs braved the big, bad we atherman's misguided forecas t. Th e new t ra ck layout e levate d everyone's adrenalin level w hile maintaining safety. Twenty-four 6Scc moto man iacs were on the line . O nt ario, Can ada' s Tyler Rayner and Ric ha rd Gr e y migra ted sout h t o W NY MA co unt ry o n th eir quest to co mpe te with some of the fastest ride rs in the USA. Cananda igua, Ne w York's H ar rison Kay go t t he pe rf e ct holeshot , over Rayner. Grey and jam e s Hu ss. Gre y q u ickly grabbe d t he lea d, le aving Kay, Rayner, Ch az Clingerman and Connor Kelly in his wake. Grey domi nate d mota one unt il just afte r t he w hite flag, when his front tire washed ou t w hile he was co rne ring, dropping him back t o se ven th . Deep, racea ble r ut s deve lope d, along wi th a sm o rgasb ord of fast lines . T he ad ditio n of th e new rh yt hm sec tion and t he small uphill swee pe r, and some reshaped jumps , have really take n th e Hunt ex pe rience to a higher le vel. Rayner le d t he pack o f s peed de mo ns past the forme r leade r and he took the win, wit h Kay, Clinge rm an , Kelly and Cr aig Mullett hanging on for to p fives. Cod y Mar riott , Grey, Huss, Dakotah Th o mpson and Chad Gray ea rned top- f Ofinishes . In mo te two, the excitement level was even higher, as Grey, Huss, Rayner and Mullett went four-w ide t hrough the holeshot co rne r. Grey emerged fr om t ur n two with the lead . Clingerman worked his way up to second and immediately began holding off counter-c hallenges from Rayner and Kellyas they raced through the lo ng rhyt hm section . Rayner o utcorne re d Clinge rman fo r second, only to bobble it away, allowing Clingerman, Kellyand Kayto pass, Grey o pened up a b ig e ight-second lead ove r Clinge r man. Th is had to be one of the most talented poo ls of 60cc ride rs ever assem bled in WNYMA this seaso n, and w ith competition this dee p, the races for ISth thro ugh 22nd were just as exciting, or even mo re so, as the batt le for the lead. Rayner showed his true grit by gett ing right , back on the gas and passing Kelly and then Kay H 56 ke e ping him se lf in th e r unn ing fo r t he fre e D unlop tire , Ke lly, C linger ma n a nd Kay a ll showed grea t sportsmanship, batt ling bar to bar to bar as the big crow d wen t nuts. Keep an eye o ut for Kay; he will be a to p co nte nder in the nea r future, as his huge heart mor e than makes up for his smallsize. Ra yn er ( 1-3) re ign e d in fi rs t o ve ral l. Clingerman (3-2) captured second ove rall. Kay (2-4) was keyed up for third overall, Grey (7- 1) was re legate d t o fo u rth o verall , a nd th e " Ru shville Ro c ke t ," Co nn or Kelly (4 -5), co llected fifth ove rall. Rayner has don e a n outstand ing jo b in qua lifying fo r th e Ca na d ian Nat ion als , a nd the en tire W NYMA fa mily w ishe s him t he best o f luck. T he WN YMA returns to Hunt Moto Park next on O ctob er 3 for Scott USA's ISth annual spo nsored race day. RESULT S so P/W (4-8): I. Colton Camp (KTM); 2. Nick Hawkins (KTM); 3. Josh Corn elius (KTM); -4. Jakob Sepor (Suz); 5. Louis Saxb y (Yam). 50 (4 -6) : I. Louis Saxby (Yam); 2. Dakota Wheaton (Yam 3. Alexander Fregoe (Y ); am); 4. 5hae Ball (Yam); 5. Mitchell Mason (Y am). 50 (1.8): I. Cod y Marriott (KTM); 2. Colt on Camp (KTM); 3. Kory Fogarty (KTM); 4. Nick Hawkins (KTM); 5. RyanMarriott (KTM). 65: I. "'l)ier Rayner (Suz); 2. Chaz Clingerman (KTM); l . Connor Kelly(KTM); 4. Richard Grey (Ka 5. Connor Kelly (KTM). w); JR MIN I: l. Tyler Rayner (Suz); 2. Chaz Clingerman (KTM); 3. Max Wagner (Kaw); 4. Connor Kelly (KTM); 5. Michael m); 2. Ken Monachino (Y am). SR MIN I: I. Doug Waif (Ya Burger (Kaw); l . Todd Thompson (Y am); 4. Geoff Wager (Suz); 5. Jonathan Bruggee (Kaw). MINI COMB: I. Ken Burger (Kaw); 2. Tyler Rayne r (Suz); l . Todd Tho mps en (Y am); 4. Dino Scrivani (Suz); 5. Mitcllell Salamon (Kaw). 115 SCHBY: I. Doug Waif (Yam) 2. Joey Leed erm an (Suz); 3. ; l ouis Te pas (Y am): -4. Ben Cometa (Kaw); 5. Brian Wager (Suz). 125 BEG: I. Aaron Stephan (Suz); 2. Nick Maklos ; (KTM) 3. Chad Flanagan (Y ; am); -4. Thomas Preston III (Yam) 5. Austin Judd (Y am). 11 5 NO V: I. Doug Waif (Y am); 2. Jaco b Howell (Yam); l . Brian Wager (Suz); 4. l ouis Tepas (Yam); S. Ben Cometa (Kaw). 125 AM: I. Steve Sliwinski (KTM);2. Trevor Mi dlet on (Han); l . Richard Paeth (Hon); 4. d Darrell Ston e (Kaw ). 125 EX : I. Jaso n Doyle (Yam). 2S0/0 PE N BEG: I. Robb Mann (KTM); 2. Michael Dauler (Y am); 3. Jeff Hodgins 5r. (Hon); -4. Paul Baetzold (!

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