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>' " Et] T' Pr o W eek end Satur d ay Night -Cros s Race 'S ilv er Springs Racing Casillas Cashes In at Silver Springs Pro Weekend By LARRY WOOSTER ROCK GLEN, NY, AUG. 28 nce in a blue moo n, th ose in W NYMA coun try get to watch some of the best Pro riders in the cou ntry getting down and muddy with the local and regio nal Experts, and thanks to the fine folks at Silver Springs Racing, th is was th e night . Like bugs heeding the call of an all-night ATM light , the $6000 Pro purse bro ught such Pro riders as Gio Tede sco , Levi Reid, Jesse Cas ill s, "Jumping Jack" a Ca rpenter, Just in Delaware , Just in Keeney. Jeremy Coo k, Just in Herrman n and Scott Simo n to the inaugural Silve r Springs Rac- O ing/M ichelin T ires Pro Weekend. A dynamit e mixtu r e (rom the WNYMA talent pool included forme r WNYMA number-one ride rs Aaro n Diete r and Brandon Kuhn, as w e ll as future sta rs such as Jesse Repass, Hikey Silvarole and Scotty Sears . But neve r count o ut two of th e best wren ches o n the local and regional MX scene: Pro -Act ion Suspe nsion of Weste rn Ne w Y ork's Bart Lucas and Sup po rt Plus Racing's Jeff Fregoe, w ho also moon lights as the W NYMAchairman of the board. Moto one of the big 250cc- O pen Pro class was only for gate cho ice in the feature, but once that gate hit the dirt , it sounded like a Ted Nugent free-for-all conce rt orchestrated in a harmo ny of four-stroke reve rbe rat ions. Cook was hoo ked up, taking the hole shct. w it h Cas illas an d Diete r right o n his rea r fe nder. Cas illas grabbed a fistful of throttle to roc ket thro ugh the whoop section and into t he lead , leaving Cook be hind to ho ld off Dieter, Delaware and a hard-charging Reid, with Simon and Carpenter all in co ntention. In the en d, it was Casillas taking the win, over Co ok, Re id, Delaware, Simm on and the rest of the field. During int ermission. o ne o f th e WNYMA's form e r fastest Expert- class riders to eve r race , "Craz y Casey " Higgins, th rilled the crowd (and proved he's plum loco) w ith his extre me jumping show. His bag of tr icks included th e famous Strippe r, a o ne hande d Supe rma n with Indian Air, No -Hander Lande rs, CanCans, Sara ns and a ton more. With $ 3500 cash o n the ta ble for t he 2S0cc Open Pro class. the fans lined the fences in anticipation of the gate dro p for moto two. Coo k again booked away with the holeshot honors , with Casillas all over his rear tire and Simo n and Diete r impatiently looking for a way around to challenge for the lead. Whe n Coo k's Y amaha dro pped him out of conte ntion, Casillas took the lead, po unding his w ay through th e new ly added sec tion o f ste p ups and rhyt hms . Diete r took up the challenge and staged a gre at bar-to-t ire batt le fo r th e lea d unt il his Yamah a sta lled w hile cornering and took foreve r to get start ed again. Simmon, Reid , Carpen ter and Delawar e began th e bat tle for sec on d place , wh ile Casillas was chec king into his own area cod e. Reid won the batt le for second, wh ile Simmon, Delawar e and Car pente r we re trading grooves, lines and spots. Casillas claimed the lion's share of cash and (arne with his o utsta nding pe rfo rmance , ahe ad of Reid, Delaware , Simmo n and Carpe nter. This Silver Springs Racing/Michelin Tires Pro -Wee kend deal is here to stay. Plans are already under way to tweak and twist this eN year' s event into next year 's MX extravaganza. SILVER SPRINGS RACING ROCK GtEN, NEW YORK RESUtTS: AUGUST 28, 2004 SO SHAfT: I. louis Saxby (Y am); 2. Jonathan Welles (Yam 3. Shae Ball (Yam); ); 4. Haden Bri<:kwood (KTM); 5. Zac k Hard ing (Hon) . SO CHA IN: I. Cody Marrio tt (KTM); 2. Colton Camp (KTM); 3. Kory Fogarty (KTM); of Hayden Brickwood . (KTM); 5. l ouis Saxby (Yam). 65 : I. Richard Grey (Kaw); 2. Connor Kelly (KTM); 3. Brandon Innes (KTM); 4. Matth ew Tyiak (Suz); 5. Cra ig Mullett (KTM). 80 : I. Chaz Clingerman (Suz); 2. Mitchell Salamone (Kaw); 3. Jason Hackett (Yam); 4. Max Wagner (Kaw); S. Justin Kinsman (Kaw). 12S BEG: I. Nathan Devinney (Yam); 2. Joseph Ch uff (Yam); 3. Jo rda n l a mb (Kaw) ; 4. Corey Camp (Kaw) ; 5. james Wegner (Kaw). 125 NOV: I. Connor Novak (Suz); 2. Joe y leedennan (Yam); 3. Ricky Meyers (Yam ; 4. Rob Kavanaugh (Hon) ; 5. Cory Boo th (KTH). 2S0/0PEN ) BEG: I. Kyle Boo th (KTM); 2. Scott Buck (KTM); 3. Te rry Booth (KTM); 4. Robert Byrn e (Ha n); 5. Gr egory Crawfo rd (Kaw). 2S0/0PEN NOV: I. Cory Booth (KTM); 2. Cameron Schmid (Yam); 3. Bryan Kashishfan (Kaw); 4. Brandon Mau (Suz). 2S0/0PEN AM : I. Dan Lewandowski (Yam 2. Ryan Walczak (Yam); 3. ); Jaso n Michael (KTM); of Jeffrey Hazlett (Hon ); 5. Shawn Mowry (Yam 2S0/0PEN . ). EX: I. Jesse Casillas (Yam); 2. Levi Reid (Suz); 3. Justin Delaware (Hon); 4. Scott Simmon (!