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PHOTO BV JERRV VAN HORNIPURE SPORTS DESIGN Dunlop/WERA National Endurance Series Round 10: Barber Motorsports Park Vesrah Razes Barber! Bv DAN SCHMm BIRMINGHAM, AL, SEPT. 24 t was a pleasant day for racing in Alabama, and 47 teams charged off the line to start this four-hour National. Team I Velocity led Vesrah Suzuki, reflecting the overall points battle between these two teams. Behind the lead duo, Red Star led Army Of Darkness; these two teams were battling for the title in the Middleweight Superbike class. Dalke Motorsports, Bell's Arnchu Racing, S ISO Racing and Team Xtreme/Maxxis followed closely. Chuck Ivey of Velocity charged through the pack on the TVR 2 Yamaha R6 to 10th overall. With the help of Robert Jensen, Army flew to second overall, one lap shy of Vesrah during the second hour. local heroes Lucky 7 Racing moved to ninth, and the Honda boys, Team HMR, took 10th. TVR 2 took the lead in the Middleweight Supemock class, taking seventh overall, right in front of Dalke, in eighth. Two hours and IS minutes in, the red flag flew as Wikle Racing crashed coming out of the pits. It seems they had no (ront brakes after their pit stop. D&D Racing and Blue Ridge Performance had also crashed during the previous lap. As the three bikes were returned to the pits, the grid was gathered for a restart. It was an hour-and-a-half sprint to the finish. Vesrah led Army and Velocity, with Red Star fourth. Arnchu and 5150 ran fifth and sixth, respectively. Notorious PI.G. dominated the lightweight Superbike class, with Melissa Berkoff and Chris Eklund riding. They held a three-lap advantage over Gheno Customs and Deals Gap Racing. During the last hour, TVR 2 charged to sixth overall, Team HMR held eighth on their 954 Honda, and Team Eclipse moved into the top 10, with Need A Sponsor running in 11th. With just minutes left in the race, VelOCity coasted into the pits with a dead engine. The Vesrah crew helped to push them to their pit spot, and then the Velocity began to check for fuel and remove the battery. Just then, Rueben Frankenfield began to check the kill switch, and the engine fired up. Rueben was back on the track, but this team had lost enough time to allow Army to grab second overall. Velocity finished third overall and retained their overall points lead over Vesrah. Army beat Red Star, creating a five-point separation in their class. Additionally, Notorious P.I.G. won the lightweight class and took the points lead. It will be a four-way battle for that class championship going into the final round at Road Atlanta in three weeks, where these three conflicts will be resolved. CN BARall MOTORSPORTS PARK BIRMINGHAM, A1AaAMA R!SULTS: SEPTlMIIER 24, 2005 (ROUND 10 OF 11) O/A: I. Vesrah Suzuki (5U1); 2. Army or Darkness (Suz); 1. Team Tray Batey takes the Nielsen Enterprise/Vesrah Suzuki to victory at round 10 of the Dunlop/WERA National Endurance Series. Racing (Yom); 4. Red St" (Yom); S. Bell', Amchu Racing (Suz); 6. TVR 2 (Yom); 7. S ISO Racing (So2): 8. Team HMR (Hon); 9. Dalke Motorsporu (Suz); 10. Team Eclipse (Suz): II. Need A Sponsor (Yam); 12. Lucky 7 Racing (5uz); 13. Velocity Crew Racing (Suz); 1-4. Ed 8argy RS Endurance (Suz); 15. Martinelli·Wiuard Racing (Suz). lIW S/BI<: I. Notorious P.I.G.; 2. Ghetto Customs; J. Outs Gap Racing. M/W S/BK: I. Army Of Darkness (Suz); 2. Red Star (Yam): 3. Velocity Crew Racing (Suz:). HIW SlBK: l. Ves~ Suzuki (Suz); 2. Bell's Arocho Racing (Suz); J. Team HMR (Hon). M/W SlSTK, I. 1VR 2 (Yom); 2. D~ke Mo<""P"'" (Su,); 3. Need A Sponsor (Yam). HIW S/STK: I. Team Velocity Racing (Yam); 2. 5150 Racing (Suz); 3. Ridge Racing. DUNLOP/WERA NATIONAL ENDURANCE SERIES OVERALL POINTS Velocity New York State Motocross Championships Ultimate Motocross Series Round 14: Broome-Tioga Sports Center STANDINGS (After 10 of II rounds): I. Team Velocity Racing (1012); 2. Vesrah Suzuki (1019); 1. Red Star (91l);". Army Of Darkness (85"), 5. Bell's Arnchu Racing (773); 6. Dalke Motorsports (75"): 7. Team XtremelMaxxis (731): 8. Team Ed'"", (669); 9. SISO R.dng (632); 10. Velocity C"", Radng (S70J. PHOTO BY JIM P. SANDERSON Clark Four for Four at NY State Championships Bv JIM P. SANDERSON BINGHAMTON, NY, SEPT. 24·25 ore than 500 of the best motocross riders from the Northeast came out to the beautiful Broome-Tioga Sports Center to race on the full National track for the 23rd annual New York State Motocross Championships. This year's event was combined with round 14 of the Ultimate Motocross Series. This event has evotved into a two-day, three-moto event for Amateur riders. Pro/Experts in the 12Scc and 2S0cc classes rode on Sunday in a two-moto format. Lebanon Valley Cycles/Keeney Motorsports-backed Vamaha pilot Casey Clark was unstoppable on Sunday in the I25cc and 2S0cc Pro/Expert classes. Clark won everything he entered. Clark's starts were perfect, as he got every holes hot and led wire to wire, winning four out of four for a perfect day on the extremely technical racecourse. Clark led the start of the opening 125cc Pro/Expert moto, with Mitch Dougherty, Alex Sigismondi, RRP's Jeremy Cook and Sonny Nighman trailing. Clark and Dougherty quickly pulled away. Dougherty passed Clark at the bottom of the National hill, but Clark came right back and repassed Dougherty to keep the lead. Sigismondi went down at the bottom of the National hill, and Nighman, Cook and Justin Rando all advanced. Cook came off the hill on lap two challenging Nighman and made the pass for third at the bonom. Clark's lead on Dougherty was fIVe seconds on lap three. The gap back to Nighman, in third, was I I seconds. Clark took the checkers with a 10-second advantage. Dougherty, Nighman, Dave Sterritt and Cook rounded out the top five. Clark led the final 12Scc Pro/Expert moto, with Justin Murray, Sigismondi, Dougherty and Nighman in tow. Dougherty passed Sigismondi on the ski jump, taking third, and then passed Murray to take second. Nighman rounded out the top fIVe. On lap two, M S2 NOVEMBER 2, 2005 • CYCLE NEWS Nighman and Cook passed Murray, taking fourth and fifth. Clark got another win and made it look easy. Dougherty, Sigismondi, Nighman and Cook rounded out the top fIVe. Clark topped the podium with a perfect I-I tally. Dougherty took runner-up with a consistent 2-2 score, and Nighman closed out the podium with 3-5 finishes. Clark's excellent starts carried over to the 250" He led the start of the opening 2S0cc Pro/Expert moto, trailed by Dougherty, Cody Dunning, Sigismondi and Andrew Pingotti. Sigismondi passed Dunning on the hill for third. Clark had a three-second lead on lap two. Clark and Dougherty pulled away, again! Sigismondi was alone in third. Dunning was fourth. Nighman passed Pingoni for fifth. On the follOWing lap, Nighman relegated Dunning to fifth. On lap four, Nighman crashed; Cook and Pingoni inherited fourth and fifth. Clark won again, this time with a seven-second lead. Dougherty. Sigismondi. Cook and Pingotti rounded out the top five. Clark led the start of the final 250cc moto, trailed by Cook, Sigismondi, Dougherty and Sterrin. Clark's lead was only three seconds on lap two, as Sigismondi kept him honest. Clark increased his advantage to six seconds at the checkers. Sigismondi, Dougherty, Cook and Pingotti closed out the top fIVe. Clark topped the podium with another I-I tally. Sigismondi's 3-2 rides earned him second overall, and Dougherty closed out the podium with a 2-3 tally. CN BROOME-TIOGA SPORTS CENTIR BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK RESULTS: SEPTlMIIER 24-25, 2005 (ROUND 14) 51 SHAFT (4.6): I. Tyler Bigford (Yam): 2. Paul Evenson (Yam): 3. Joshua Gart.y (Yom); 4. ZachMy Oehua Wobon (Hen). • 1 P/W SR (7-3), I. Colton Camp (KTM): 2. Logan Ehrets (KTM); 3. John Sheaffer III (KTM); 4. Ileeri (Hon). WHN, I. Abbie Jo 8Mdo (Suz); 2. San","'" Fritz (Hen); 3. Krinyn 80th (Hen); 4. Ambe, Newton (Kaw); S. Kayla Boomm (Kaw). SCHBY 1:.STRK/4.STRK: I. Zach Osborne (KTM): 2. Sean Hackley (Kaw); J. Phillip Nic~i (Hon): ... Justin Rando (Yam): 5. Sunny Drake (Kaw). ClGBY: I. Alex Sigismondi (Hon): 2. Andrew Pingotti (Hon): 1. Justin Hurray (KTM); 4. David 5tenitt (Hon): 5. Mark Undsay (!

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