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Thop/Parts Unlimit€d Nopth€ast
Classic Motocross s€pi€s
Round 4: HuFican€ Hills Sports C€ntEp
CIITfORD, PA, MAY 2I
Eor
rhe s€cond
year
rn a row, Lorher Narure made
rhe
first
I natt ot ttre racins
prosram
of round four a mudfesE. When
practice
started, the
racecourse
was
perfect,
but
iust
before the
filst gate
dropped, the
rain
came
-
not a total downpour, bLit
just
enouth to make it interestint. Fortunately, the sun cam€ out
about midday and track conditions
improved.onsiderably.
Bromley Suzuki's Barry Carten led the start ofthe first l2Scc
Pro/Expen moto
but
Save
up the
point position
to
Jeremy
Cook
after the second turn. Hichael Gesso, Michael
Stryker
and
Jay
Weller
rounded out the top
five.
Just
after startinS lap two,
Weller passed
Stryker for fourth. On the next lap,
Weller
8ot
around Gesso with a block-pass to secu.e third. lleanwhile,
Cook continued to lead with a two-second advantage on Carsten
in second. On lap frve. Weller
passed
Carsten for second. Weller
tried to chase down Cook but ran out of time. Cook won by a
slim two-second margin. Weller, Carsten, Gesso and Stryker
rounded
our the top
five.
Carcten,
Weller, Gesso and Ronnie
Stewart
led the start of
the linal moto. Gesso
passed
Carsren early on the llrst lap, rakint
the lead.
Weller,
Stewart and Stryker rounded out the top llve.
The top three were only a second apart. On lap four, Gesso
stalled his
Suzook
and.ouldn'! reli8ht it. Carsten,
weller,
Stewart, Cook and Stryker all advanced. Carsten and Weller
battled
for
the
lead for t}le nert two lapi.
On
lap
six, Carsten
cross-runed, and Weller capitalized. Weller won by two seconds.
Carsten, Cook, Stevrart and Stryker rounded out the top
five,
Weller (2-l) topped the
podium.
and
Cook
(l-3)
and
Ca6ten
(3-2)
closed out the box. Carsten now hads the l25cc Prc,/Expert
points
byone overJayWeller
with
one round
remaininS.
Coolq Ca.sten, Damien Plotts and Andrew Pingotti l€d the start
o{ the first 250cc ProlExpert moto- About
three se.onds separared
the top three for the
entire
moto, as they
were
pretty
evenly
matched. Weller was on the movei he took fifth on l+ two and
founh on lap four Cook
8ot
the win with a two-second ad!"ntage.
Carsten, Plotts, Weller and Tyler Wtrner roun&
out
the
top
llve.
CaBten, PIotB,
Witmer,
Weller and Cook led the start oI the
final moto. Weller and Cook
passed
Witmer at the end of lap
one, relegating him to fifth.
Carsren made a mistake that cosr
him the lead; Plotts took over the
poinr,
but Carsten came back
and retook th€
position
with a lap and a half to
go.
Carsten
8ot
the win with a three-second lead. Plotts,
Cook,
Witmer and
Mark
Wundrack rounded
out the top five.
Carsten topped the
podium
with a 2- l tally. Cook's l-3 score
was
good
enough for runner-up, and Plotts
