ThorIParts Unlimited Northeast Classic Motocross Series
Round 7: Walden Motocross Track
(Left) Ryan
O'Ma lle, (6)
l ead s t he p a ck
t hrough the first
t um in the fi rst
125cc Expert
m oto at rou n d
seven o f the
Thor/Pa rts
Un li m ited
Northeast
Classic Series at
Wa lden Playbo,s
MC's Motocross
Track.
(Below) James
McNeill came off
the se c o n d
125cc Expert
gate i n sec o n d
a nd quickl,
moved in t o the
lead and won
t h e moto w ith a
10·second
advantage.
By J IM P.
S A N D E RS O N
LDEN' NY, JULY 23
ast By Feracc ijHusqvama -backed
Pro rider Da vid Kratz topped th e
125c c Exp e rt podium and ea rned th e
'ru n ner- up s pot on the O ver 25 O pen
Ex p e rt podi um a t the fina l round o f
th e Th o r/Pa rt s Un lim it e d Northea st
Cla ssic serie s , hosted by th e Walden
Pla yboys Motorc ycle Clu b . Kra tz al s o
fin is hed fo u rt h o vera ll in the 2 50c c
Ope n E x p e rt cl a s s. Kratz earned
e no u g h s er ie s p o in t s t o cl aim t h e
o ve ra ll series win in bo th th e 125c c
a nd 25 0 c c O p e n E xp e rt c lasse s .
Kratz al s o earn ed th ird overa ll in
seri es points in th e O v e r 2 5 plu s
Open Expert cla ss .
Ryan Mills a nd Ty Wallac e round ed out the ser ies' top thre e in th e
125cc Expe rt cl ass . Wa llace a lso finished second ov erall in the ser ies
points chase in the 250 cc Open
Ex pert class, with B ruce S t r a tt o n
thi rd . Gaylon Dickson topped t h e
series points list in the Over 25 plus
O pe n Expert class , with Stratton seco n d . D ic k s o n also won the se ries
overall in the Over 30 pl us Op en
Expert class. Round ing out the Vet
Expert pod ium were Barry Carsten
and Dag Bo yes e n.
The final round of the series featured an auction to benefit th e Matt
Wa rren ' Sc ho lar s hip Fund, in mem ory
the Walden Playbo ys club member
who was fa ta lly injured racing last
yea r. Th e auction raised $1840.
Carlo Co en got a great jump off
the first 250c c Open Expert gate and
led the pack of 28 riders th ro ugh the
first t urn and w ent w ire to wire
uncha llenged for th e m oto win . Tra iling Coen thro ug h the first tu rn were
D ick s o n, Kevi n Brods ky , J o sh
S e g ui n e and E lio Pe reira . T h e top
fo ur rema ined th e s ame at the sta rt of
la p two, with Stratton no w fifth . By
la p th ree , Co en , Dic ks on a nd Bro d sky we re still th e top three. Str atton
(Below) Ca rlo Co e n
l e ad s the first 250cc
Open Expert m ot o on
his w a, to a perfect
1-1 score for top
honors in Wa lde n ,
New York.
O 'M alle y , on e of m y goo d fri end s,
and I a lmost h it going over th e first
jum p , and I outju m ped h im a nd got
a ro und him . In the ba c k, Dave Gino lfi
got around me b ut e nded up crashing. and th en I had a good le a d a nd
just pu lled a wa y."
Terry F in kl e n a iled th e s econd m o to h olesh ot , bu t J am es McNeill
qu ickly passed F ink le for the le a d .
Gin olfi and Jimm y Miller wer e th ird
and fo urth through th e second turn .
By th e end of th e first lap, the to p five
we re McN eill , Gin olfi, Miller , Stratton
and Gui lherm e S eman e c . McNeill
began to pull a way by th e sta rt of the
seco nd la p and incr e a sed his lead to
nin e s eco nd s by lap thre e . S tratto n
e merged from th e ba ck hill sectio n in
t hi rd a t th e e n d of lap tw o , Mills
moved up t o fourth and Kratz was
now fifth . Stratton passed Gino lfi for
seco n d just b e for e the white flag .
Th en a hard-charging Kratz managed
to get around Ginolfi on the last lap
for th ird . G in o lfi dropped to fourth
wh ile B ro d s k y moved ba ck up to
fifth. McNeill incre a sed his lead to 10
seco nd s b y th e ch ec kered fla g and
e as ily to o k t he s eco n d - moto win ,
tra iled by Stra tto n , Kra tz, Gin o lfi a nd
Brodsky .
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wa::tn M:m:ro;s Tr.rl:
W (Ib.rd 7 cf7)
5 0 ( 4- 6) : 1. Nick D esid eri o ( Co b); 2. N ick
Christie (Cob) ; 3 . Josh Motel (Co b); 4. Tyler Wozwey
(KTM); 5. lach Hatfield (KTM) .
50 (7· 8): 1. Nicho las McPhee (Cob ); 2. Rya n
Blizzard (Cob) ; 3. Zech Mauro (Co b); 4 . Jes se Kuzbyt
made h is wa y a round S e g u in e for
fourth . Mike Le a v itt then pa ssed
Segu ine for fifth . The le a de rs spread
o ut by lap five, a nd the last two laps
w ere unev entful. C oen to ok th e
c hec ke rs with a good lea d ; Dickson ,
Brodsky , Stratton and Le a vitt round ed o ut the to p five .
Brods ky earned ho les ho t honors in
the second moto but was qui ck ly re le ga te d to se c o nd by Co en . Kr atz ,
Dickson and Mike Spear were in the
h unt. Kra tz pa s s e d Brods k y for sec o nd on la p two of the shorte ned ,
three -lap race. In the la st tum befo re
th e c heckers, Kratz trie d to cut to the
(C ob ); 5 . Drew Torrance (Pol ).
P/W ( 4- 8) : 1. Conn or Price ( Yam ): 2. J i m m y
Doolittle (Yam); 3. Dom inick Guaste l1 (v ern): 4. Mike
Rommel (Yam) ; 5. Nick Desider io (Yam) .
60 (7 -9) ; I. Ryan Blizzard (KTM ); 2 . Charles Fox
(KTM) ; 3. Greg Laney ( KTM) ; 4 . Mi c hae l Stryker
(KTM ); 5. Nicholas Mc Phee (KTM).
60 (l 0 -11 ); I. Philli p Nicoletti (KTM) ; 2. J ohnny
Mu rp hy (K a w ) ; 3 . Fran k Burn s ( Ka w); 4 . A dam
Blessing (KTM); 5. J oe Sharkey (Kaw).
80 (7 - 11): I. Phill ip Nicoletti (Kew) : 2. Matthe w
Flint (Yam) ; 3. Kyle Tobin (Ka w ) ; 4 . Mi k e Gessc
(Sua): 5. Dereck Varley (Yam) .
80 ( 12- 13) : 1. J ason Lawr ence (Suz); 2. Mitch
Dough ert y (Yam); 3. Br ian Mu rphy (Yam) ; 4 . J ohn
Lawrence (Kaw) ; 5. Jay Weller (Kaw ).
80 ( 14 - 15 ); I. Bob Kiniry ( Ka w) ; 2 . Derrick
Forre ster ( Kaw) ; 3 . Matt Ranum (Ka w ) ; 4 . Cale b
Mille r (Yam): 5. Ron Roth kranz (Hon ).
S/ Ml NJ: 1. Bob Kiniry (Kaw) ; 2. J ason Lawrence
(Suz); 3. J ohn Lawrence (Kaw) ; 4. Mitch Dough erty
(Yam) ; 5 . Brian Murp hy ( Yl!lm ).
t 25 NOV: 1. Carme la Santo s ( Yam) ; 2 . Nick
Sp a n o ( Ho n) ; 3 . J o hn Pal mi er i ( K a w) ; 4 . T ed
Hendri ck son (Kaw); 5. Stephe n A rnold (Yam) .
12 5 AM : 1. Charl e s Elli s (Ya m) ; 2 . M ike
Mast aler z; 3 . J im DePatt o (Yam); 4 . To m Burton
(Yam ); 5. Ryan Sheehan (Yam) .
125 EX: 1. David Kratz (Hus); 2. Kevin Brodsk y
(Ya m ); 3 . J am es McNeill (Yam) ; 4 . Da vid Gi nol fi
(Yam) ; 5. Paul Corey (Han) .
2 5 0 O PE N NOV ; 1. Nick S p a no ( Ha n ) ; 2 .
Bran d on Monroe (Y am ); 3. Jes se Perry ( Han) ; 4.
Will iam Heras (Yam ); 5. John Harri ngt on (Han) .
250 OPEN AM : 1. Ryen Tuerck (Kaw); 2. Tom
Burt on (Yam); 3 . Frank Pasqua le ( Yam ) ; 4 . Eddie
Hclclob (Hon); 5. Chri s Orrego (Kaw).
250 O PEN EX: I . Carlo Coe n (S uz); 2. Kevi n
Brodsky (Yam) ; 3. Gaylon Dickson (Kaw) ; 4. David
Kratz (Hus); 5. Bruce Stratton (Sw ).
WMN: 1. Stephani e Perron (Kew): 2. Ab bie Joe
Bard o (Kaw) ; 3 . U sa Jo rge nson (Yam): 4 . Barbara
Wesotski (Yam ); 5. Jill Ab ruzese (Yam) .
SCHBY: 1. J ames McNeill (Yam ); 2. Ryan Mill s
( Ha n) ; 3 . Ry an Tu erc k ( Ka w); 4 . J u st in T uer c k
(Kaw) ; 5. Dan McMahon (Yam ).
Cl GB Y; I. J osh Seguine ( Han ); 2. Elio Perei ra
(Yam); 3. Paul Corey (Hon) ; 4 . Charles Elli s (Yam) ;
5. Will ie Bozack (Suz).
25 . OPEN AM : 1. Eddie Hololob (Hon) ; 2. Chris
Orre g o ..(K aw ) ; 3 . Ph i l Bu c k (S uz) ; 4 . Mark
Ja niszewsk i (Kaw) ; 5. Tom Branlch (Yam) .
25. OP EN EX : 1. Carlo Coe n (S uz) : 2. Da ve
Kratz ( Hus) ; 3 . Bru c e St ra tto n (Suz ) : 4 . Gay/ o n
Dick son (Kew): 5. Mike Spear (Yam) .
30 . NOV : 1. Tom Gri ffi n ( Yam) ; 2. An t ho ny
Tetta (Hen ): 3. To m Sweeney (Kaw) ; 4 . Sam A ustin
(Han); 5. Nick Zienda.
3 0+ AM : 1. Phil Buck (Suz) ; 2. J ohn Tevernese
(Kaw) ; 3. Rick Fermlcel (Han); 4, Anthony Degrandi
(Yam) ; 5. Geor ge Gilm our (Kaw).
30. EX : 1. Car lo Coen (Suz) ; 2. Mik e Spear
(Yam); 3 . Phillip Desou sa ( Yam); 4 . William Mill er
(Han ); 5. Stephen Coy (Han) .
4 0 + SR: 1. J oe Fritz (Yam); 2. Gene Nighman
(Kaw ); 3 . J eff Conboy ( Yam ); 4 . Tom Hail (Yam ); 5.
Wayne Roseman (Han) .
ins ide, but Coe n hel d o n for the sec ond -moto win , t ra iled by Kratz, Brod s k y , Dickson an d Spear.
Coen ea rned top ho nors w ith his
perfect I -I rides. Rounding out the
250cc Ope n E x p e rt p o diu m were
Kra tz a nd Dic ks o n .
"It's real im po rta nt to get a good
start," Coen said of his second-moto
ride . "T h e track is really slip pery
today, a nd you just have to stay o n it.
Da ve wa s putting a good c harge at
t he end , a nd I j ust kind of hung in
there a nd did what I had to do ."
Ryan O 'Ma lley na iled the holeshot
in the firs t 12 5cc Ex p e rt moto , b ut
the hometrack favorite, Ryan Mills ,
was a ve ry close s econd , and he had
th e lead by the start of lap two .
Round ing out the top five were Brod s ky , Paul Corey, O'Malley a nd Kratz,
who had to wo rk his wa y through the
pa ck after a midpack start. Mills ha d
a six -s e cond lead on Brod s k y by the
sta rt of la p three . Kratz pass ed bo th
O 'Malley and Corey for th ird . David
Ginolfi th en passed O 'Malley fo r fifth .
Kratz passed Brodsky for second and
then tried to catch Mills , but couldn 't.
Mills won the m o to , with Kra tz, Brodsky, Co re y and Ginolfi tr ailing .
" I wa s a bout second th ro ugh the
firs t turn," re counted Mills , "a nd Ryan
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