PHOTO BY JIM P. SANDERSON
UltimatE Motocross Championship Series
Round 9: Broome-Tioga Sports Center
Stewart Tops at Broome-Tioga
By JIM P. SANDERSON
BINGHAMTON, NY, JULY 10
"T'1'e newest and biggest motocross series to
I hit the East Coast in years, the Ultimate
Motocross Championship Series, came to the
beautiful Broome-Tooga Sports Center in Binghamton, New York, for round nine, sponsored
by MSR, Pro Taper, RRP and Answer Racing. The
series features more than $20,000 in cash and
prizes. Besides the great purse and contingencies, riders got to ride the full National track layout, the same track that the best professional
motocross riders will be riding in August when
Broome-Tioga hosts round 10 of the AMA
Motocross Championship Series.
Factory Red Bull KTM's newest Pro riders,
Mike and Jeff Alessi, came out to race round
nine and get in some seat time and experience
on the Broome-Tioga National track in
preparation for their return in August. The KTM
factory riden were in town for the Unadilla
National the following weekend in New Berlin,
New Yorl<, about an hour east of Broome-Tooga.
RRP's up-and·coming young Expert rider
Ronnie Stewart topped the 2S0cc Open
Pro/Expert podium with 1-3 rides. Casey Clar!<
took runner-up with a ~-I score, and Andrew
Pingotti closed out the podium with a 2-~ tally.
Jeff Alessi led the start of the first 2SOcc
Pro/Expert moto but experienced mechanical
problems before he reached the second tum.
Clarl< inherited the lead, with Jeremy Cook,
Stewart, Pingotti and Darren Edsall in tow.
Clark pulled away to a four-second lead by the
start of lap two. A half-lap later, Clar!< had a
problem on the back side of the National hill
and dropped to fifth. Cook, Stewart, Pingotti
and Edsall advanced. Clar!< caught and passed
Edsall on the following lap, taking fourth.
On lap four, Stewart came off the National
hill in the lead. Clar!< moved back into second.
Cook was relegated to third. But at the base of
the hill, Clark went wide and stalled his
thumper, dropping to fifth again. Stewart held
on to take the win with a seven~second
advantage. Pingotti, Edsall, Clark and Cook
rounded out the top fIVe.
Clarl<, unsurprisingly, nailed the holeshot in
the final 2S0cc Pro/Expert moto, followed by
Stewart, Edsall, Pingotti and Cook. Clarl< pulled
away to a fIVe-second lead by the start of lap
two. increased it to seven on lap three, nine on
lap four, and finally took the checkers after eight
laps with a whopping 20-second advantage.
Cook, Stewart, Pingotti and Edsall followed.
Logan Ehrets led the start of the first SOcc
(7·8) moto and rode wire to wire for the win,
taking the checkers just four seconds ahead of
Bethany Ruhf. Danny Colachino, Kayla Boorom
and Joshua Backus followed.
Ehrets led the final-moto start, with
Colachino, Ruhf, Boorom and Backus trailing.
On lap two, Ehrets went down, handing the
point to Ruhf, who held on to cake the win and
the overall. Ehrets did all he could to come
back but ran out of time. Colachino, Boorom
and Backus rounded out the top five. Ruhf
topped the podium with a 2-1 tally, over Ehrets
CN
(1-2) and Colachino (3-3).
BIIOOMl-TIOGA 5PotITS CENTER
BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK
RESULTS: JULY 10, 2005 (ROUND
9)
50 PfW, I. Scott Stodwnu (Cob); 2. zachary Detrick
(Yam); 3. Deanna H<:ks (KTM); 4. ly\eo' CoIad1Jno (KTM); S.
Dawson Driscoll (Yam). 50 (4-6), I. Scott Stodwna> (Cob);
2. OJ G _ (Cob); 3. zachary Oedon HoId J'. (Kaw); 4.
Deoek Holcomb (Kaw). 85 (11-13), I. john Iloin Fouque< (Hon). 2SO AM,
I. Dan LewandowskI (Su:t); 2. MaBhall Hurd (502); 3. R.J.
Roynold> (Hon); ~. MichaellYm"1 (Hon); S. Pete HOUROn
(Kaw). 250 OPEN PROJEX, I. Ronnie SteWan (Hon); 2.
Casey Clark (Yam): 3. Andrew Pingotti (Hon); n>w>1d (Hon); 3.
Jim Sandenon (Su:t); 4. Warren Grahheo 5<. (Yam); S. G'"II
Ilouthanl (Hon). 40+ ex, I. Joe D;beIta (Hon); 2. Joe Fritz
(Hon); 3. jeff"", Maron (Hon): 4. H""'Y Lucio (Su:t).
PHOTOS BY SHAND GARCIA
TEXas Series National Final, Presented by Kawasaki Team Green
Oak Hili Motocross Park
Dickey Buttons Up Two in Texas
By KAT
SPANN
DECATUR, TX, JULY 16-17
C
ody Dickey of nearby Weatherford, Texas,
scaled his way to two overall wins in the
12Scc A and 250cc A classes, as well as taking
the biggest part of the cash purse in the Australian Pursuit. at the 33rd annual Texas Series
National Final, presented by Kawasaki Team
Green at Oak Hill Motocross Park. Dickey won
all three motos in the 12Scc A category and
then used his win in the final moto of the 2S0cc
A class to claim the overall on his Team Green
KawasakVPro Circuit/Scott/Dunlop ride.
Jimmy Albertson traveled from Billings,
Missouri, and used six straight moto wins in the
125cc Band 2S0cc Four-Stroke events for the
overall wins. Team Green's Trey Canard from
Oklahoma gated second of( the starts and gave
chase to Albertson, finishing second in motos one
and three, but a spill in the second moto cost him
a shot at second overall, and he finished ninth
overall. Meanwhile, Wil Hahn used a consistent
4-4-4 to claim the runner-up spot. Hahn and his
family recendy moved to Decatur from Kansas.
Xtreme Team GreenlThor/Pro Circuit's
Austin Stroupe of North Carolina and his
teammate Hunter Hewitt of Pilot Point, Texas,
rode at the controls of the Schoolboy Youth
(12-15) class. Fourteen-year-old Stroupe went
down in the first moto, which gave Sean
Hackley Jr. a clear run to the checkered flag.
Hackley, however, was absent from the rest of
the motos, having gone down in an earlier race
and bruising himself. Stroupe returned in moto
56
two and took the win, with Hewitt second and
Suzuki's Tyler Wharton third. The third and
final moto saw the door wide open for the
overall win; Stroupe took the moto win,
followed by Canard, Hewitt and Wharton.
Hewitt used his 3-2-3 for the overall win.
Wharton's 4-3-4 score netted second overall,
while Mat Lemoine's 2-4-S tally garnered third.
Team Green's Austin Squires raced 12 motos
in four classes; the 12Scc A. 2SOcc A. Over 2S A
and Ove, 30 A classes. Squires garnered second
overall in both the 12Scc and 2S0cc A events
but raced to wins in fIVe out of six motos in the
age classes (or the overall top spots in both.
Beau Hudson and Chase Rumsey have been
battling throughout the series in the 6Scc Open
and 6Scc (10-1 I) classes. Although Hudson won
both events at Oak Hill, he was only able to net
the series win in the 6Scc (10-1 I) class with 90
points to Rumsey's 83 points. Rumsey, however,
won the series in the 65cc Open class with 92
CN
points to Hudson's 74 points for second.
OAK HIU MOTOCROSS PARK
DECATUR, TEXAS
RESULTS: JULY 16-17, 200S
so (4-6) STKlSHAFT: I. Levi Scott (Yam); 1. Landry
Songer (Yam). 50 (4-6): I. John Belding (Cob): 2. Alex
Mellick (Cob); 3. Alex Seal. (Cob); 4. Seth Mellick (Cob); S.
Tre Neyhart (ICTM). 50 (7-8): I. Pierce Low (ICTM); 2.
Hayden Schultt (KTM); 3. MaxweU Toddeo' (Cob); 4. Clwe
Dale (Cob): 5. Tate Chism (ICTM). 50 OPEN: I. Chase
Marquier (ICTM): 2. Chase Dale (Cob): 3. Hayden Schultt
(KTM); 4. Kantyn Morrow (KTM); 5. Alex Mellick (Cob). 65
(1-9), I. J.D. Elliott (Kaw); 2. P_e Low (KTM); 3. Shawn
Hurst II (Hon); 4. Chase Rowan (Suz); 5. WiIll4m McQuillen
(ICTM). 65 (10-11): I. Beau Hudson (Kaw); 2. Bryce
Dozier (Kaw); 3. Tracy Morgan (Kaw); 4. Chase Ri.Jmsey
(KTM); 5. Nathan Griffin (Kaw). 65 OPEN: I. Beau Hudson
SEPTEMBER 7,2005 • CYCLE NEWS
(Kaw); 2. Chase Rumsey (ICTM): 3. J.D. Elliott (ICTM); 4.
T"")' Moogan (Kaw); 5. Tanner Mcleroy (Kaw). 8S (1-11):
I. Ryan Eppers (Hon): 2. Beau Hudson (Kaw); 3. Bryce
Oozier (Kaw): 4. Brandon Glenn (Kaw): 5. Zach Conover
(Kaw). 85 (12-13): I. Blake Whenon (Su:t); 2. lYle' SJobeoi
(Suz): 3. Zeb Smith (Han); 4. Terren O'Dell (Yam); 5.
Oako.. Toddeo' (Kaw). 85 (14-15): I. Cody CIarl< (50,); 2.
Kyle Cunningham (!ddy (Hon); 3.
Shane Squires (Yam): 4. Logan Melton (Yam); S. Robert
Scruggs (ICTM). WMN: I. Vanessa Florentino (Han); 2.
Taryn Covington (Kaw): 3. Serjunnea Burgess (Kaw): 4. Liz
Deems (Yam); 5. Lauren Griffin (!
