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18t h Annual Tony 0 MX Schools Pennsylvania State Championships Hurricane Hills Motocross B Y JIM P. SANDER SON CLIFFORD, PA, SEPT. 10 p ilot Rya n Mills topped th e lj1J podium in both th e 12 5c c A and Sc hool boy classes at th e 18 th a nnu a l Ton y D Moto cr oss Schoo ls Pe nnsylva nia Sta te Cha m p ions hips . Mills ha s mo no po lize d th e Schoo lboy c la s s at every e ve nt he 's ra c e d at Hurri can e Hills th is season , finis h ing at the top of the pod ium a nd usuall y with a perfec t 1- I tall y each time o ut. O n thi s day , Mills ha d to wo rk fo r the overa ll win in t he s uperfas t 12 5cc A class , c a rd ing a 2 - 1 score; in the Sc hoolboy cla ss , Mills - a s us ual - dom inated th e class , winn ing both motos ea sily. Moth e r Natu re p ro vided a pretty nice day for t h e eve nt , an d t he t u rno ut wa s just un d e r 5 00 rid e rs . Pro moter T om Hurd had 14 truc klo ad s of sawd ust brou ght in for this a nnua l e ve nt to m ake the Hurricane Hi lls t ra ck " lo a m h e a v en . " Riders fo u nd they h ad to ns of tra ction a nd bi g berms everywhere . Th e h igh hum idity a nd tem p e ra tures in the low 80s dried o ut t he track faster th a n u s u a l, fo rc ing th e tr a ck c rew to s pe nd mo re time wat eri ng to keep th e dust down . Da vid Gi n ol fi an d Ca se y Cla rk we re s ide by s ide through the first turn in th e first 125cc A mot o , but Ginolfi wa s not to be s e e n a s the to p five pa ssed throu gh th e d ownhill whoo p s e ction . Cla rk wa s out fr ont and pulling a w a y with a fou r - s e c ond adva nta ge ove r J eremy Cook in se co n d . Mill s, Jimmy Mill er a n d Jim Mc ilva ine round ed out th e top five . Mills beg an to a pp ly pressure to Cook by th e sta rt of lap two a nd made the pas s for second by the s t a rt of lap t h re e . C lark wa s gon e , setting an extremely fa st pace by t he end of la p three . Mills c o u ld not put a d en t in Clark 's le a d , and C lark t o ok the chec kers with the same eight-second advantag e h e had o n la p thr ee . Roun ding out th e to p five we re Cook , Mcilva ine and Scott Rockwell. Mills nai led th e sec o n d- mo t o holeshot and wen t wire to wire . Trail ing Mills t hro ug h the firs t tu rn were Gi no lfi , Cook , Pa u l Corey an d J im Mcilva in e; Clark ha d to wo rk his way up t o t h e fron t after a po or start. About h alfwa y throu gh t he first la p , Co rey p a s s e d Cook for th ird . Cla rk pa s sed Mcilva ine for fifth. By th e e nd rtJl onda o f th e first lap , Cla rk had p a s s ed Cook for fourth. O n la p two , Clar k passed Cor ey for third at the new ste p -up . Mills had a fo ur -s e cond le ad on Ginolfi by lap three . Mills and Ginolfi wer e go ne by the end of lap th re e . Co rey wou ld ha ve to settle for th ird un le s s m is fo rtune st ru ck th e two front-runne rs . Mills picked up th e pa ce a little a nd too k the c hecke rs wit h a s ix -s e c o nd le a d , fo llowed by G inol fi , Clark, Corey a nd Cook. Mills toppe d the 12 5c c A pod ium , with Clark fin ishing second and Cook third overall. (Above) Ryan Mills (3) na ils th e holesh ot in t he second 125cc A m oto at Hurrican e Hills. M ill s w e nt w ire to wire for the mo to w in and ove ra ll victory. (Left) Caleb Miller (7 0 9) nails the second 125cc B moto hole shot at the Pe nnsylvania State Championship s. M iller finished the moto in Hurricane Hills Motocro ss Clifford, Pennsy lvania Results: September 10, 2000 P/W: 1. Scott Seal (Yam) ; 2. Jose ph Pet er s ( Yam); 3. C hris Kalha uge ( Yam): 4 . Ron We ilson (Yam) ; 5 . T im Savidge (Yam) . 5 0 (4¥6): 1. Scott Sea l (Cob) ; 2. Albert Catanz (Cob); 3. Josep h Peters (Cob) ; 4 . Ma rk M eiterm an (Cob): 5. Ron Weilson (KTM) . 5 0 (7· 8): 1. Garret Tot~ (Cob) : 2. Mi c hael Mei terman (Cob) ; 3. D rew Torra nce (Cob); 4 . Jo n Reber (Cob); 5 . Jacob Erbe (Cob). 65 (7 -9) : I . Lowell Spangler (Kaw): 2. Nicholas Mc Phee (Su z) ; 3 . Marsha ll Hurd (S uz); 4 . M ichael Stryker (KTM); 5 . Erik Wilson (Kaw). 65 (10 · 11): I. Willy Toth J r. (KTM) ; 2. Rick Erbe (Kaw) : 3 . Joey Keefe (Kaw); 4. Jimmy Maul (KTM); 5 . Jerem iah Glezen (Kaw) . 85 (7- 9): 1. Lowell Spangler (Kaw); 2. Marshall Hurd (S uz); 3. Nicholas McPhee (Suz); 4 . Zacha ry Whitmore (Ka w); 5. Michael Stryker (S uz}. 8 5 ( 10- 1 1) : I. Phillip Nicoletti (Han) ; 2. Kerry Kam inskie (Ya m); 3. Mike Gesso (Suz); 4 . Willy Toth Jr. (Suz); 5. Matthew Hougentogler (Kaw). 85 ( 12-1 3 ): I. Jason L. Lawrence (SUl ): 2. Jay Weller (Kaw); 3. Mitchell Dougherty (Yam) ; 4. Ryan Scott O' Laughlin (Yam): 5. Da vid Disciullo (Hon). 8 5 ( 14 -1 5) : 1. Kevin Rogers (Kaw): 2. Zachary Feaster (Kaw); 3. Ja mes Ayres (Hon); 4 . Bart Holt (Kaw) ; 5. Joseph Frank (Hon). S/MINI : 1. Jason L. Lawrence (Suz): 2. Mitchell Dougherty ( Yam ): 3. Phillip Nicoletti ( Han); 4 . Jay Weller (Kaw); 5. Ryan Scott O' Laughlin (Yam ). WMN : 1. Lisa Ma hon -L esher ( Yam ); 2. Nancy Newby (Hon) . 125 A : I. Ryan M ills ( Han) ; 2 . Cas ey Clark (Yam) ; 3. Jeremy Cook (Kaw); 4 . Paul Corey (Han): 5. Casey Higgins (Hon) . 12 5 B: 1. Bear Hughson (Kaw); 2. Zachary Bloch (KTM ) : 3 . Ron Bergam o no ( Ya m); 4 . Pat rick Simpson ( Yam ); 5. Caleb Miller (Yam) . 125 C: 1. Lawrence Gill (Hon): 2. Dustin Kendall (Kaw); 3 . Jonathan Devine (Y am ); 4. Michael Klinger (Hen): 5. Sean Mclaughlin (Han). 250 A : 1. Casey Cl a rk ( Ya m); 2 . J ames Mcil vaine (Ha n) : 3. Casey Higgins (Han) ; 4 . David Ginolfi (Ya m) ; 5. Ji mmy Miller (Yam). 250 B: 1. Ron Berga mo no ( Yam ): 2 . Jo rda n Ja ckson (Ha n) : 3 . Zachary Bloch ( KTM); 4 . Fra nk Pasquale (Yam) : 5. Fred Metzger (Hon). 250 C : 1. M ich a el F a ust ( Ha n) ; 2 . J oseph Savitsky (Han) : 3. F rank Hughes (Yam): 4 . Kevi n Th omasey (KTM ): 5. Jeremy Russell (Kaw) . SCHBY: 1. Ryan Mills (Han): 2. Jack Carpenter (Han) ; 3. Gene Nighman (Kaw ); 4. Patrick Simpson (Yam); 5 . Caleb Miller (Yam ). CLGBY: 1. Ca sey H iggin s ( Ha n ) ; 2 . Gle n Boy esen (Ya m) ; 3 . Paul Co rey ( Han); 4 . Steve n Cunningham (Han): 5 . Jarred Kimble (Hon) . 25 + A : I . M a rk Hop kins ( Han) ; 2 . Step he n Desiderio (Yam); 3. Ralph Delanzo ( Yam) ; 4. Manfred l) Salvermoser (Han): 5 . Garrett Russell (SU . 25+ B: 1. Ja son Ba bernitc h (Ya m) ; 2 . Henr y Lucio (Yam ); 3 . Vance Draghi ( Yam ) ; 4. Jeff Hoffman (Kaw) ; 5 . Kenny Gloss (Han). 3 0+ A: 1. James Mcilva ine ( Han) ; 2. Stephen Desiderio (Ya m ): 3 . Manfred Salvermo se r (Hon) ; 4 . Rich Atkinson (Yam ); 5. Barry McCarty (Suz). 30+ B: 1. Th om as Sebastian (Yam ) ; 2. Henry Lucio (Y a m ) ; 3 . J eff Hoffm an ( Ka w ); 4 . Da ve Gagatek (KTM ); 5 . Timothy Gillespie (Kaw). 30 + C: I. Donald Ferraro ( Kaw); 2. Tom Griffin (Yam); 3 . Andrew Yurkanin (Yam ); 4. Russ Lansberry (Yam): 5 . Rodney Irwin (Hon). 40 +: 1. Gene Nighman (Kaw); 2. Eric Eisenfelder (Suz); 3 . Bob Sorenson (Ha n) : 4 . Brian Broadwell (Suz); 5. Fisher Jame s (Suz). s e c o nd. Chad Bell ott pilot ed his YZ to th e front of the pac k to c lai m h oleshot honors in t he first 125cc B moto . When the le ad ers cleared th e downhill whoop section , th e top five we re J ordan J ackson , Bear Hughs o n , Bobby Butler , Ron Bergamono and Jarred Kimb le . At th e end of th e firs t lap, th e t op two h eld th eir p os iti on s, with Kimble and Be rgamono movi ng up to third a nd fo urth and Gene "S o n ny " Nighman moving u p to fifth. Nighma n quickly passed Be rga mono for fo urth just before the start of la p two . Kim ble wen t down in the who op sect ion tow ard t h e end of lap two and dro pped ou t of the top five. The top five were n o w Jackso n , Hug hs on, Nigh m a n, Berg am o n o and Butle r. Hu gh s o n closed the gap o n the le a d er, J a cks on , by the start of la p thr ee a nd made the pass for the le ad a long t he tree line at the back of the ra c ec ou rs e . Jackson wa s relegated to seco n d . Hug h s o n q u ic kl y pulled a s ma ll le a d of five seconds o n J a c k son by the end of the moto . Moto one we nt in the re cord book s a s Hughs on , Jackso n, Nigh m a n , Ber g am on o a nd Zachary Bloch . Ca leb Mille r n a ile d the h oleshot and the ear ly le ad in the se cond 12 5cc B moto. Trailing Miller thro ugh the first turn we re J a c ks on , Pa t S imp son , B e llo t t a n d Bl o ch . Halfw a y through la p one, on the new tabletop a t th e ba ck of the tra c k , J a c kson was now out front , with Simpson second , Miller third , Bloch fou rth a nd Be rgamo no fift h . J a ck s o n a n d Simpson were pulling awa y from the re st of th e fie ld by the start of la p two . Nea r the end of la p two , J a c kson c ra s hed just before the new do ub le jump tha t follo ws th e sta rt a nd d id n o t fi n is h . Si m pson was h a n ded t he le a d a n d we nt unc ha llenged for th e rest of the moto . Simpson to o k t h e checkers with a n l I -se con d a dv anta ge , trai led by Miller, Bloch, Hug hs on and Berga m ono . Hug hso n's 1- 4 sco re was good enoug h to ea rn the top s pot o n t he pod ium. Blo ch (5- 3 ) ea rned s e c ond ove ra ll, a n d Be rg a m o n o (4- 5) wa s l:N th ird. c y cl e n e vv s OCTO BER 4 , 2000 39

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