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Northeast Classic Motocross Series Round 6 : Froze n Ocean Motorsports Compl ex By J IM P. ~ ~ S AN D ER SON AUBURN, NY, JUNE II a s t By Fe ra c c i- b a c k e d Pro rider Da vid Kratz once again topped the podi ums in th e 125cc , 2 50 c c Open Ex pe rt and Ove r 25 Ope n Expe rt classes at ro un d s ix of the Thor/Parts Unlimi t ed No rtheas t Class ic Motocross Series, ho sted by pro mote rs B ill and S ue Den man at t he Frozen Ocean Motorsports Co m plex in Au burn , New York . Kratz scored pe rfec t I- I scores in th e 12 5c c a nd O ver 2 5 E xp ert c lasses a n d a 2 -1 score in th e 250c c Exp ert cla ss . Mother Nature p rovid ed a be autiful s ummer m orn ing , but ra ins a rrive d by th e ninth mot o and ma de ·things pret ty s lic k . T h e rain s sub si d ed for a s ho rt p e riod but c a me b a ck wit h a veng eance in th e secon d half of th e d ay ' s p rog ram a nd turne d th e tra ck into a qu a gm ire . Rid er turnou t was d o wn sl ig h tly from prev iou s rounds , with just over 400 e ntra nts , du e to the fa ct th a t the Sout h wick Nati o nal was b ein g held the same weekend . Yamah a p ilot Fred Roy rounded th e sw it c h back first turn in th e le a d in the fi rs t 12 5 c c E xp ert m oto, trai led by Paul Co rey, Don Schm idt a nd Kra tz . By th e ti me t he le a d er s c lea red t he t wo - s t o r y F ro z e n Ocean ta bletop , t he top five were Corey, S c hmidt, Roy, yo ung Rya n Mills and Kra tz . Sc hmidt h a d the lea d b y th e s tart o f lap two . Kratz move d u p to second, a nd Mills wa s t h ird. Kratz p a s s ed S chmid t o n th e ba ck section for th e lea d . At the start of lap thre e , th e top five were Kratz , Schmidt, Mills , Co re y and Roy . Sc hm idt appa ren tly bobbled in th e ba ck of the tra c k and dr opped to fourth . Core y was now in s econd but was battling with Mills to hold on to the runn e r-up po siti on . At the sta rt of la p four , the top four were Kra tz, Corey, Mills a nd Sc hmidt , wit h Aus tin Rau bs mo ving up to ro und out th e top five . Kratz had an I I -seco n d ad va n tag e b y lap t h ree a nd increa s ed it to 14 seconds by th e start of la p fo ur. Sec ond throu gh fourt h re ma ine d the sa me , with Casey Higg ins m oving into fifth after Raubs c ras he d to wa rd th e e nd of la p four , allowing Mills to move up to second . Corey d ropp ed to th ird . Kr atz wa s go n e by t he sta rt o f la p five with a le a d of m or e than 20 s e c o nd s . The t o p fi ve wer e s p re a d o u t fo r t h e _ ~ _ ray . J a c ks on h ad m o ve d u p to th e front of the m ud-soa ke d p a ck by the start of lap t wo , tr ai le d b y Eddie Hol olob, Dumbl e ws k i a n d Hibbard . Aga in, ide n tify ing r id er s b e c am e pra ctic ally im po ssible by the sta rt of la p three. Th e official top -five results for the second 250cc O pen Amateur m oto were J a c k s on , Dumbl ewski , Ho lol ob , Hib ba rd a nd Tu e rc k , Ja ck son ea rned the top s poton th e pod ium with his 2 - 1 score. Round ing out t he pod iu m were Dumb le wski a n d Tuer c k. eN .. F Frozen Dce.n Motorsports Comple. Aubum , New Yorte Results : June 11, 2000 IRound 61 P jW : 1. J am e s Do olittl e ( Ya m) ; 2 . M ichael Rommel ( Yam ); 3. Nath an Cous e (Ya m): 4 . Chad Gray (Yam); 5 . Will Ellis (Yam) . 50 (4· 6) : 1. Kyle J a c k s on (C ob) ; 2 . J o shua Mot el (Cob ) ; 3. Zac hary Hatfield (KTM) ; 4 . Ada m Mile s (Co b) ; 5. Brendan Christo ph (Cob) . so (7-8): L Nick McPhee (Cob): 2. Zach Mauro \ (Co b) ; 3. Ry an Blizzard (Cob ); 4 . Ryan Neidrauer ~ ... Cob) ; 5. Tyler Evin sk y (Co b) . (Above) Fred Roy (129) leads t he pack t h roug h the f irst turn in the first 125cc Expert-class moto at round six of the Northeast Classic Motocross Series. (Right) Young Ryan Mills leads the first Schoolboy moto in Auburn, New York. Mills won the class and also finished fifth overall i n the 125cc Expert class. J R MI NI 60 : 1. Phil Ni co letti (KTM) ; 2. Mik e Cas e ( KT M); 3 . J o sh Stood le y ( KT M ); 4 . M i k e Stry ke r ( KTM); 5 . Marshall Hurd ( Kaw ). JR MIN I 80: 1. Matt Flint (Ya m ); 2. Brandon Me ie r (Suz); 3. Frank Burn s (K aw ); 4 . Mike Case ( Kaw); 5. Gr eg Peri (Ka w). SR MINI NOV: 1. Bri an Coo k ; 2 . Kyl e Shampine; 3. Bart Hol t : 4 . J ust in Con way: 5. Kev in Knight. SR MIN I: 1. Bob Kin iry (Kaw); 2. Brian Murph y (Y am); 3 . Derri c k Forreste r (Kaw ) ; 4 . Cal eb M iller (Ya m); 5. J ohn Lawrence (Ka w). 85 M IN I COM B : 1. Bri an M urp hy ( Yam ) : 2. Ca leb Mill er ( Yam ): 3 . Sco tt Sears ( Kaw) ; 4 . J oh n Lawre nce (K aw) ; 5 . Ja son Doyle (Yam ) . 1 2 5 NO V : I. C h r is Ram se y ( Ya m); 2. T o m Britzke (Hus) ; 3. J eff Whaley (Yam): 4. Ed Hawk ins (Kaw); 5. Chad Newer (Yam). 12 5 AM : I . Charles Ellis ( Ya m) : 2. T rav is Hesk eth ( KT M): 3. Ry an Tu erck (K aw) ; 4 . J ord an Ja ck son (Han ); 5 . Ja ck Carpenter (Han). 125 EX : 1. D avi d Kratz ( Hus); 2 . Paul C o rey ( Ha n) ; 3 . D an Sc h m idt ( Yam ); 4 . C as ey Hig gi n s (Han) ; 5. Rya n Mills (Han) . 2 50 NOV : 1. Jes se Perry ( Han ) ; 2 . J er e m y Russell (Ka w ); 3 . J ames Dean (S ua): 4. Dan Maratta (Suz); 5 . Alex Kosatsc hkaw ( Yam ). 250 OPEN A M : 1. Jordan Ja ck son (Han ) ; 2 . Bra ndon D um ble wsk l (Yam); 3 . Rya n T uer ck (K aw) ; 4. Ma tth ew Hibbard (S uz); 5 . Eddi e Hololo b (Han). 2 5 0 OPEN EX : 1. David K r atz (Hus ); 2 . Don Schmidt (Yam); 3. Gaylon Di ck son (Kaw): 4. Casey Higg ins (Han ): 5. Eddi e Vanballegooyen (Kaw). SC HBY: 1. Ry an Mill s (Han); 2 . J ack Carpen ter (Han ); 3 . J ustin T uerck (Kaw) : 4 . Bo b Ki niry ( Kaw) ; 5. Derric k Fo rrester (Kaw ). CLOB Y: 1. Pau l Co rey ( Ha n); 2 . Charles E llis (Ya m ): 3 . Fred Roy (Yam): 4. Aaron Utb erg (Kaw): 5 . Matt Patt eson (Yam) . 2 5+ AM : 1. J eff Ford (Kaw); 2 . Edd ie Hololob ( Ha n): 3 . Bria n We llma n (Y am) ; 4 . Tom B r itzk e (Hus): 5. Geo rge Gilmour (Kaw) . 25+ EX : 1. David Kratz (Hus); 2. Gaylo n Dick son ( K aw) : 3 . Do n Sc h midt ( Ya m) ; 4 . Eddi e Vanballegoo yen (Kaw) ; 5 . Kevin Brown (Ka w). 30 . VET NO V: 1. Tom Griffin ( Yam): 2 . J eff Met chi ck ( Yam ): 3 . Da vid Cer io (Ya m); 4 . Ro bert Mauro (Yam) ; 5 . Bo bbl Joe Co lburn (Kaw) . 30. VET AM : 1. Do m inic k Cittadin (Hen): 2. J eff Fo rd ( K aw ) : 3. Geo rge G il mo ur (K aw ) ; 4 . Da vid Da ub (Han) ; 5 . Fred Lucas (Kaw). 30 + VET EX : 1. Gay lon D ick son (K aw ); 2. John Young (Ka w); 3 . Dar ryl Sm ith (Kaw); 4. T im Henry (Hon ): 5 . Mik e Murray (Han) . 4 0. : 1. Bart L uc as (Ya m ) : 2 . Jarrett N ew by (Hon ); 3 . David Ah ouse (Yam); 4 . Fred Lucas (Kew): 5 . Elden Ho usinger (Ho n) . WMN : 1. Ca rla N el so n (Suz ) : 2 . Abbe Ba rd o (Ka w ) ; 3. Su san Sce rbo ( Kaw); 4 . Na ncy Newby (Hen }. (Left) P a u l Corey (7 4 6 ) earns holeshot honors in the se c o nd 125cc Expert-class m oto at Frozen Ocean M otors ports Compl e x . re ma ining two la ps of this seven-lap rnoto . Kratz eas ily took the moto win, fo llowed by Mills, Corey, Sc hm idt an d Raubs . It began to rai n very hard pri or to th e start of th e second 125c c Expe rt moto , turnin g th e a lre a d y-s lip p e ry tra ck into about s ix inch es of sou py mud . S everal gates wer e va cant th is time a ro und due to the deteri o rating tra ck co n di tio n s . Id en tif y ing rid e rs numbers was e xtre me ly d iffic ult, and some riders actually stopped at the finis h line eac h la p to ye ll out the ir numbe rs to the scorers. Corey n ail e d the hol e sh ot. Wh e n th e leaders cleared the hu ge tabletop , th e to p five were Corey , Kratz , Rau bs, Mills and Roy. Kratz ha d the le ad ju st befor e the start of lap two , dropp ing Core y t o seco nd . Mills was now in th ird , Higgins wa s fourth a nd Schmidt wa s fifth. Rider ident ific a t ion at th is po int wa s as diffic ult as it gets . Kratz m a na ged to hold on for th e moto win, with Co rey, S chmidt, Higgins and Ro y trai ling . Krat z e a rned th e top spot on th e 12 5c c Expert po d ium, trail ed by Corey a nd S chmidt. J ord an Ja c ks on piloted his CR to th e front of th e pack in the first 250c c Ope n Amateur m oto . In t ow we re Ryan Tuerc k , Matt Hibbard , Brian Well man and Brand on Dumb lewsk i. Tu er ck had th e point po s it ion by th e start of lap th ree, with Jackson, Hibbard, Du mb lewsk i and Chris Lenzi trail ing. T ue rc k 's lead was m ore than 20 seco nds by the s ta rt of lap four. The to p five sprea d out a nd th e m oto fi nis hed wit h Tu er c k t a k in g t he c heckere d fl a g wit h a hu g e le ad . Rou nding o ut th e top five we re J a ck son, Hibba rd , Dumblew ski a nd Lenzi. Wh en t he 2 5 0cc O p en Amateu r class ca me to the line for th e sta rt of th e ir seco nd moto, th er e we re about six vaca nt g a te s of th e o rig ina l fie ld of 15, due to th e te rrible condit ions. Hibba rd rou nded th e first turn in the le a d from th e fa r outs ide. In tow we re Dumblew ski , Jac kson a nd Chris Murc ue I e n e _ S • JULY 12 , 2000 35

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