Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/128630
22nd Annual Suzuki East Coast Amateur Nationals Broome-Tioga Sports Center wa s next to pass Saxb y for second. rel egating Saxby t o th ird . Ju st af te r the st art of lap two , Fleis cher m ad e the pas s o n Bo tts f or t he lea d, but Botts pass ed him right back . Seconds later, Fleisch er m ade ano ther pass on Bott s bu t th en got o ut of shape and rubbed pla st ic with Botts , who went down , eve ntuall y remounting around ninth. Wh en the top five emerged from the fro nt supercross section, Botts was sti ll o ut front, with F ak e moving up to se c ond . Sa xb y h el d o n to thi r d . T atraul t m o ved in to fourth , and Cy le Elli son w as fifth . T he to p three we re un ch ang ed at the st art of lap th ree. E ll i so n p a ssed T at r a u lt fo r fou rth . dropp ing hi m to fifth. Fl eischer m an aged to pu ll away and had a 12-sec ond advantage by the start of lap fo ur o f th e five- la p moto. Ch ris Woj en sk i pa ssed T atr ault to claim fifth j ust after th e start of lap fou r. Woj ensk i passed Ellison for fo urth on th e last lap . Fleischer took the m oto win with a 15- sec o nd lea d . F ak e too k second, Saxb y thi rd , Woj enski fourth and Elli son fifth . Botts managed to get his Yl to th e fron t of th e pa ck and t ak e the early lea d in the second Over 30 A moto , w ith Fl eischer a close sec ond , Saxby th ird , Woj ensk i fo urth and Bill Brow n fift h . Fleisch er made th e pass fo r the lead ju st afte r th e start of lap two and th en pulled away and was gone , never to be challenged. Saxb y went down and remount ed in th e bac k of t he p ac k , wh i ch a llowe d Woj en sk i , D ave Terwilli ger and Ellison to move up to th ird. fourth and fifth. Fleischer's lead was I I seconds w hen he ca me off the fro nt sec ti on o n la p t h ree . W oj en ski had closed th e gap on Botts to a bike length wh en they di sappeared in the front of th e r a c e c o urse . Wh en th e tw o re eme r ge d . t h ey wer e si d e by sid e ; Woj ensk i had th e inside-line advantage into the next tu m to take second. Just afte r m ak ing the pass f o r se cond , Woj enski lost the front tire on a fast off- 50 (7· 8): 1. Kyle Ste phens (C ob); 2. J immy DeCotis (Pol); 3. Henry Roja s (Cob) ; 4 . Zach Butler (Cob) ; 5. Tom Sharkey (Cob) . 65 ( 7- 9) : 1. Colton Ba i le y ( KT M) : 2. Bryan Wa llace ( Kaw) ; 3 . Marsh"U Hurd ( Kaw); 4 . Greg Lamey (KTM ); 5 . Henry Roja s (Kaw). 65 ( 10- 1 1) : 1. Brett Strong ( Kaw ); 2. Frank Bums (Kaw); 3. Jeremiah Glezen (Kaw); 4. Michael Pons (KTM): 5. Joey Keefe (Kaw). 85 ( 7- 11) : 1. Phil Nicoletti (Han ); 2. Greg Peri ( Ka w ) ; 3 . Mark Lind say (Kaw ) ; 4 . Brandon Me ier (SOl) ; 5. Chris Cheney (Hon). 85 ( 12- 13) : 1. Nick Evennou (Kaw) ; 2. Mitch Dougherty (Yam); 3. Jay Weller ( Kaw } : 4 . John Lawrence (Kaw ); 5. Mike Angerman (Hon). 85 ( 1 4 - 15) ; I. Bob K in iry ( K aw); 2 . John G ian ton io (K a..... ); 3 . B.J . Smith (Ka ..... ); 4 . Jim laFortune (Yam) ; 5. Nicholas Apgar (Kaw). MIN I (9- 15) : 1. Mit ch Dougherty (Yam ); 2. Phil Nicoletti ( Hon) ; 3. John Giantonio ( Kaw); 4 . B.J . Smith (Kaw); 5 . Nick Evenn cu (Ka..... ). 125 NO V A: I. Lawrence Gill (Hon) : 2. Mark Pierce (Yam); 3 . Chad Milazzo (Suz); 4 . Josh Bozzuto (Hon); 5. Andrew Scherdin (Yam ). 12 5 NOV S : I. D on e Coon (Hon ) ; 2 . J ef f Bubbico (Yam); 3. Jeremiah Ranck (Yam) ; 4. Dave Terwilliger (Yam) ; 5. Mike Klinger (Hon). 12 5 AM A : 1. Ryan Abrigo (Kaw) ; 2. Char les Elli s (Ya m) ; 3 . Paul Dornell as ( Ho n); 4 . Jorda n Jackson (Hon); 5. Brandon Kuhn (Yam) . 125 AM B: I. Kyle Ga rro (Y am) ; 2 . Richard White ( Kaw) ; 3 . Bobby Butler ( Yam); 4 . Jeremy Goncalves (Yam ); 5. Ryan Wood (Suz). 125 EX : 1. Paul verec ke ( Kaw) ; 2. Lawrence Lashway (Kaw): 3 . Scott Craven (Yam) ; 4 . Jeremy Eardley (KTM) ; 5. Zach DeVaul (Hon). 250 NO V A: I. Matt Fleischer (Kaw); 2. Marco Cervoni (Yam ); 3 . Glenn Babineau (Hon); 4 . Justin Mittek (Yam ); 5. Paul Weimann (Hon) . 25 0 NOV B: 1. Galen Sauder (Hon); 2. James Ma zza ( Yam ); 3 . Jason Boyce (K aw) ; 4 . Brent Bennyhoff (Hon) ; 5. Yanick Flynn (Suz). 2 5 0 AM A : I . Jo rdan J ack son ( Ha n ): 2 . Brandon Kuhn ( Hon) ; 3 . Mike Schnec k (Yam ); 4 . Mike Mastalerz (Hon); 5. Matt Hibbard (Suz) . 2 50 A M B: I . Mark Trimarchi (Ya m) ; 2 . Ken Gennett (K(lw ); 3. Kevin Krueger (Ya m ) ; 4 . Allan Ramella (Hon); 5. Brian Dawson (Yam) . 25 0 OPEN EX: I. Kurt McMillen (Yam); 2. Pat Barton (Suz): 3. Mike Leavitt (Kaw); 4 . Eddie Ray (Yam ); 5. Lawrence Lesb wey (Kaw). SCHB Y: 1. Ryan Abrigo (Ka w): 2. Jay Weller ( Ka w): 3 . Richa rd White ( Kaw ) : 4 . Jeff Bubb ico (Yam) ; 5. Andy Bake r (Hon). CLGB Y A : 1. Jo hn Ober (Hon); 2. Kyle Garro ( Yam); 3 . Ken Ge nnett ( Ka w) ; 4. Matt Patte son (Yam) ; 5. Scottie Rich (Kaw) . ClOB Y B: 1. Charles Ellis (Yam); 2. Mike Ayen (Suz); 3 . Tom Burton (Yam); 4. Glen Boyesen (Yam) : 5. Jake Dennis (Yam) . 25 + AM A: I. Tom Dill (Yam ); 2. Glenn Graham ( Han); 3. Kevin Rothrock (Hon) ; 4 . Kevin Krueger (Yam); 5. Steven Nickerson (Hon). 25 + AM. B: 1. Jason Johnson ( Yam ); 2 . Ken Block (Yam); 3. David McNeal ( Hon); 4. Tremblay Luc (Han); 5. Mike Meleski (Yam) . 2 5 + EX : I. Kurt McMillen (Yam) ; 2. Lawrence Lashway (Kaw ); 3. Ron Lechle n (Yam); 4 . Pat Barton (SOl); 5. Bob Eichli n (Hon). 30 + NO V A : I . Matt Fleisc her (Kaw); 2 . Lee Fak e (Hon) ; 3. Brian Botts (Ya m); 4. Cyle Ellison (Hon); 5. Chris Wojenski (Kaw). 30 + NO V B: 1. Con McConnack (Ya rn): 2. Tim Sims (Hon); 3. Donny Kaelin (Suz); 4 . Eric Heinecke (Hon); 5. Scott Rhinehart (Kaw) . 30 + AM A: 1. Scott Sepkovic (Hon); 2. Kevin Rothrock ( Hon) ; 3. Roger Baxter (Yam); 4. Robert Maihos (Yam ); 5. Tom Dill (Yam) . 3 0 + AM B: I . Ric hard Elia s ( Yam ) ; 2 . M ik e Meleski (Yam); 3. Jim Riley (Yam) ; 4. Stan Bruzgulis (Suz); 5. John Tavemese (Kaw). 30+ EX: 1. Kurt McMillen (Yam); 2. Pat Barton (Suz); 3. Bob Eichlin (Han); 4 . Darryl Smith (Kaw) ; 5. Steve laPointe (Yam ). 40 + A; 1. Bart Lucas (Yam); 2. Donnie Foster (Yam) ; 3. Robert Maihos (Yam) ; 4 . Mike Angerman (KTM); 5. Carl Decotis (Yam) . 4 0 + B: 1. Cal Leinbach (Yam ): 2. Steve laPointe (Ya m) ; 3 . Bill Van vugt ( KTM ): 4 . Dav id Ahouse (Yam): 5. Scott Rhinehart (Kaw) . (Rlght l Binghamton Honda-backed Eric Heinecke leads the pack through the fi rst tum In the se cond Over 30 Novi ce B moto. Hei necke just missed a po dium finish w ith a 5-4 sc ore that was good e no ugh for fourth ove ra ll. camber straig ht and went down. Unable to ge t th e bike fi red u p quic kl y , he dropped out of th e top five and eventu ally fin ished eighth. Wojensk i's m isfor tune allowed Botts to ret ak e second; Terwi ll iger moved up to third, Brown to fourth and Ellison to fifth. Then th e bat tle was for th ird ; Brown made the pass for th ird in th e tree turns just before the wh it e flag . Te r wi ll i ge r d r o p p ed t o fourth . Fake managed to catch Ellison on the back hill and quickly m ade the pass for fifth . When the check ers flew, Fleisch er's lead was more th an 20 sec onds . Tra iling h im were Botts , Brown, Terwilliger and Fake. Fl eischer to p ped th e podium wi th a perfect I - I score . F ak e and Botts ro unded out th e pod ium . C o n M cCormack na il ed t h e holeshot and the earl y lead in the first Over 30 B m oto , with Scott Rhinehart, Er ic Heineck e, Donny Kaelin and Tim Sim s tra iling. At th e new tun nel jump, McCorm ack had a five -second lead on Rhinehart, but Rhinehart was clo sing th e ga p on th e leader. Kaelin was now third, Heineck e dropped to fourth and Sim s held fifth. Sims pa ssed Hein eck e fo r fourth in th e tree turns j ust before th e en d of la p th ree. Ka elin c a ug ht Rh in eh art and beg an t o appl y pres sure, but Rhinehart ma nag ed to ho ld him off fo r ha lf a l ap be fo re Ka eli n finally go t around for sec ond. K aelin tr ied to close the gap on McCorm ack b ut co ul d o nly make up a co u ple of seco nds b y th e c he c kered fl ag . M cCormack go t th e moto w in , with K aelin fi nishing second , Sims thi r d , Rhinehart fo urth and Hein eck e fifth . Hein ecke p iloted hi s B in gh am t on Ho n d a - b a c k ed CR250 throu g h th e f irs t turn ahea d of th e p a c k in th e second m ot o but was qu ick ly rele gat ed to third by a hard -charging McC orm a ck and M a rk l o p p . K aelin w a s fou rt h and J ohn Sc hafft w as f ifth . McCormac k 's lead was nine seconds when he c am e off the fro nt section of th e track. Second throug h fo urt h we re unchanged , whil e Sims was charg ing hard and was up to fifth after a poor start. Sims quic kly caught Ka elin and made the pass for fourth an d th en set h is sights o n Hein ec k e and quickl y got aro und him, to o. Sim s was on fire and eve n m an age d to catch l o pp for sec ond on the last lap . McCorma c k , k now ing he had a hug e lead , took his ti m e o n the las t l a p , letti n g S im s close the ga p - but not enough to be any real th rea t to the m ot o w in . Sims fi nis hed sec ond , l o pp thi rd , He inecke fo urth and Kaelin fifth . McCo rm ack to pped th e O ver 30 B pod ium b y vi rt u e of h is p er fec t I - I sco re . S ims e a rn ed th e ru n ner -u p sp ot b y c a r di n g a 3 -2 sc o re , and K ae lin ro un de d out t he pod ium w ith his 2 -5 score . eN Bro.me-TI.ga Sp.rts C enter Binghamton. New v.... Results August25-2&, 2000 : P/ W: 1. Ja mes Doolitt le ( Yam) ; 2 . Dom inick GuasteJl (Y am ); 3 . Josh Villarr eal (Yam) ; 4 . Brad Sahl (Yam ); 5. Justin Foster (Yam) . 5 0 (4- 6): 1. Ty ler Wozney (Cob): 2. Dominick Gu aste ll (Pol); 3 . Josh Vi llarrea l ( Cob ) ; 4 . Zac h Hatfield (KTM): 5. Dylan Wolfe (Cob) . c ue . e n e _ S • S EPTEM BER 1 3 . 2000 S9