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G ; PHOTOS BY JIM P.SANDERSON Halloween Classic Broome-Tioga Sports Center Nicoletti Haunts Halloween Classic Bv JIM P. SANDERSON BINGHAMTON, NY, OCT. 31 hil Nicoletti haunted the 125cc Amateur competition into submission and topped the pod ium at the sixth annual Halloween Classic at the beautiful Broome-Tioga Sports Center in Binghamton, New Vork, on the last day of Oc tober. This was the final race of the season for the Broo me-T ioga faci lity. This annua l event, hosted by Hur d t-totors ports. features a Halloween party on Saturday night. complete w ith a best-costume contest fo r the kids and trick-or-treating in the pit area. Just few e r than 50 0 riders came out for the season finale at th is fast and technical racecourse. Bingham ton Ho nda-sponso red Honda thumper pilot Chris Cheney got a huge holeshot in the o pening 12Scc Amateur moto. Cheney was bas ically alone w hen he ro unded the sw itch back first turn , as the nearest rider was a le ast five bikelengths back, Cheney knew how great a start he' d gotten when he came around to comple te the first lap wi th a whopp ing IO-seco nd advantage and no threat in sight. Nicoletti, w ho just graduated from the Mini ranks earlier this year, had a firm grasp on second place at the end of lap one, but he co uld not possibly hope to catc h Chen ey, as his lead was just too much for Nico lett i, even tho ugh Nicoletti still had th ree laps to try to catch t he leader. Dan Za browski was a solid third. Th e to p three never changed all the way to the chec ke rs, thoug h Nicoletti d id reduce C heney's lead to o nly five secon ds at the checkered flag. Nicoletti had to settle for r un ner- up. Zabrows ki, Mike Pe rcy and Kyle Sha m pine rounded out the to p five . N icoletti, perhaps a little pissed off that he hadn' t won the first o uting, nailed the final-mot a holeshot and never looked back. Pe rcy, Che ney, Corey Shipos and Jimmy Ide were tra iling him off the start. Nicoletti's front tire washed out in a co m er ne ar the en d of th e firs t lap , putting him on th e ground . C he ney inhe rited the lead , and Percy and Shipos moved to seco nd and third , respectively. N icoletti re mou nted in fourth, and Ide held fifth. With in half a lap, Nico letti had already regained secon d place and was pu tting pressure o n C he ney fo r t he le ad . N icoletti made the pass on Cheney fo r the lead on lap th ree, and if he could hold o n to it for a little more tha n a lap, w ho wou ld have the mota win and the overall. Nicoletti did just P that. and his margin of vict ory was a w hopping 10 second s, to boot, Cheney, Percy, Daniel Lewa ndow ski and Shipos rounded ou t the top five. Nicoletti (2-1) to ok top honors. Cheney took runner-up with a 1-2 tally, and Pe rcy rounded out the 12Scc Amateur podium with a 4- 3 score. eN BROOME-TIOGA SPORTS CENTER BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK RESULTS: OCTOBER 31, 2004 S I SHAFT (4-6): I. Dayna Robinso n (Yam); 2. Ryan Collins (Y am); J . Paul Evenson (Yam); 4. Zachary Detrick (Yam); 5. Anthony Barke r (Yam). 51 P/W SR (7 -8): I. Keith Mulvaney (KTM); 2. Austin Littler (KTM); J . Daniel Dillin (KTM); 4. Zachary Putman (KTM); 5. Brendan Whe e le r (KTM). 5 1 OPEN P/W (4 · 8) : I. Michae l Vonkrusze (KTM); 2. Spe ncer To mpk ins (KTM); 3. Joshua Backus (KTM); 4. Schae Thomas (KTM); 5. Dallas Robinson (KTM). 65 (7 -9) : I. Andre w Bristol (Kaw); 2. K Pollak (KTM); 3. Con nor Kelly (KTM); yle 4. Jake Stout (Kaw); 5. Sean Ballard (KTH). 65 (10- 11): I. Dylan Braykovich (KTM); 2. Zachary Rosch (Kaw); J . Ryan Zaveral (Ho n); 4. Caleb Schachtler (KTM); 5. Phillip Manchester (KTM). 85 (7 - 11): I. Dylan Braykcvich (Suz); 2. Andrew Bristo l (Kaw); J . Jame s Dool ittle (Suz); 4. Zachary Rosch (Kaw); 5. Caleb Schachtler (KTM). OPEN MINI ( 10- 15): I. Colton Harriso n (Kaw); 2. Samuel Jones (Kaw); 3. Matt Babbitt (Kaw); 4. Michael Dawson (Kaw); 5. Tyle r Matt e so n (Kaw). 85 ( 12- 15): I. Co lton Harr iso n (Kaw); 2. Matt Babbitt (Kaw); J. Michael Dawson (Kaw);

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