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Motorcycle Racing Action has been covering the best local amateur ATV/Motocross racing in the north east since 1996.
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Complimentary issueSubScribe At: McrAcingAction.coM
Monthly AMAteur rAce coverAge voluMe 8, ISSUE 7 • SePteMBer 2004
2004 AMA Horizon AwArd winnerJoHn Lewis V Brings HoMe 3 nAtionAL cHAMpionsHips
2004 AMA Horizon AwArd winnerJoHn Lewis V Brings HoMe 3 nAtionAL cHAMpionsHips
Motocross HArescrAMBLe fLAt trAck inside!!!
2004 AMAteur nAtionAL cHAMpions issue
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of Motorcycle Racing Action
John Lewis V
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Volume 8 • issue 7 • septemBer 2004
our Advertisers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Holeshot Hotshot – Wyatt barto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Harescramble Hotshot – Kelsey Hartem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
HMDr Harescramble-August 8, 2004 – the Shotgun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2004 AMA Horizon Award Winner–John Lewis V – by Jim bull . . . . . . . . . 8
2004 national Flat track champions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2004 AMA Loretta Lynn Amateur nationals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Sleepy Hollow MX – August 1, 2004 results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Flying Dutchmen MX – August 8, 2004 – by Jim bull . . . . . . . . . . . . .16,17
oX bo Harescramble – July 25, 2004 – by brian Hartem . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
rausch creek AMA national Harescramble – by Andy Stutzman. . . . . . . . 23
timonium Short track – August 6, 2004 Photo gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
the racer’s edge...Work by the numbers - by Andy Fleck & Al carr . . . . . 25
upcoming events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Doublin gap MX – August 15, 2004 – by Jim bull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26,27
2004 Western PA championship Wolfmanns Motocross – August 15, 2004 . . . 29
Miles Mountain MX – July 3, 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
got Focus? – by bob Schuler, total two Wheel training. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Subscription information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Happy ramblers MX – August 22, 2004 – by Jim bull . . . . . . . . . . . .32,33
MrA Photo gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Hello Race Fans! Happy Labor Day everybody !! Boy do I love these issues that are released on holidays. It sure makes it easy to get this column started. Anyhow, what a great holiday, we get to celebrate our jobs. You know that word that stands for “Just Over Broke”. The best part about it is, we get some extra time off from our jobs to go racing. This holiday is jammed pack full of racing opportunities. Depending on your discipline and what you are looking for your options are great. In motocross there are district point races, and there is a bike giveaway, a rather nice one as a matter of fact. In the harescramble world you can enjoy a barbecue and participate in a round of the PA State Series, and you short trackers have a Paul Crumling memorial benefit race. Wow, who needs family picnics with the in-laws, let alone where do you find the time. Just tell them you’re hanging out with your race family, what better way to spend the holiday. Be sure to check the pages of MRA for complete race schedules and happenings. Also in MRA this month we are celebrating Amateur National Champions from the area. There are quite a few of them, check out their bios inside and when you see them at the track give them a big high five, it is a major accom-plishment on their part. We also have local mx, harescramble and short track coverage. There are a lot of places to check out amateur race coverage, but no one covers the local racer better than MRA. One last thing while I have you. There’s another major holiday on the horizon, Christmas. Yes Christmas, I know some of you may be thinking, that’s months away. Think back though how fast the summer has slipped away, it will be here before you know it. OK, so what about Christmas? MRA Photos. MRA Photos make great Christmas gifts. What better way to reward your racer for their accomplishments than a memento they can treasure for years. MRA Photos are also great for awards and resumes too. Log onto mcracingaction.com to check out all of the racing action that we can’t squeeze into these pages and to purchase that special photo for that special racer in your life. Until next time.
Jim Bull, MRA email: [email protected] RAcIng AcTIon conTRIbuToRs
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attention raCersOn Sunday July 25, 2004 the Sunday Patriot News, one of the largest daily newspa-pers in the Central Pennsylvania region ran a 2 full page plus story about motocross racing. Ford Turner of the Patriot News exposed our sport of motocross to hundreds of thousands of people. They featured Willy and Garret Toth and their family and they showed the masses how great our sport truly is. The story started on the front page and continued into the main section of the newspaper and covered two full pages. Not too often does our sport get this kind of exposure into the mainstream, especially on a positive note. Ford Turner, his photographer and the Patriot News did a fantastic job of covering the lives of two of our local heroes as well as showing the rest of Central PA what a cool sport the rest of us participate in. Wouldn’t it be great if we could get more of this kind of coverage.I would like to ask everyone that reads this paper to send a thank you note to Ford Turner and his staff at the Patriot News.The Address is: The Patriot News, PO Box 2265 Harrisburg, PA 17105-2265ATTN: Ford TurnerMaybe if they get enough response, they may do more stories on our great sport, and who knows, maybe they’ll feature your family next time around.Jim Bull - MRA
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HareScramble HOTSHOTevent: ECEA Hare Scrambles Series
rider: Kelsey HartemHometown:Heislerville, NJbike: KTM 65 SXAge: 11 yrs.race #: 105experience:Riding 7 years, Racing 5 years, class: 65cc 10-11Hobbies: Dance, Art, Fishing, Animals, Cars, SportsSponsors: Fairway Cycle, Shoemakers AutoMachine Shop, Maurtco Powder Coating, HRP,Scott, and Grandmom her # 1 Fan. MRA would like to feature Kelsey Hartem as this months Hare Scramble Hotshot. We’ve been watching Kelsey over the last few months competing in the ECEA Hare Scramble Series. Let me tell you, this young lady is on her game. Kelsey has dominated the series in her division this year taking home 6 wins and 1 second place finish. She has been the series champion the last three years in the 65cc 7-9 group and she looks to repeat for 2004 in the 10-11 class. Off the track Kelsey is a winner also, she is an honor roll student and she par-ticipates in the Big Sister/Big Brother program at her school. She also frequently helps kids of all ages right in her own back yard perfect their riding skills and helps them become better prepared for competition. Kelsey is an all around hotshot if you ask me. I’d recommend keeping an eye on this young lady, I believe her future is very bright. Watch out next month, you just might be the next MRA Harescramble Hotshot. Jim Bull-MRA
HOleSHOT HOTSHOTrider: Wyatt Barto
event:Sleepy Hollow MXHometown:Jonestown, PAAge: 7 yrs.ride: KTM 50District#: 529experience: 2nd Year Racingclass: 50cc 4-6 Oil / StockHobbies: WrestlingSponsors: G & L Trophies, Lebanon Valley Cycle, Keeney Motosports, Action Photos, Yamaha KTM of Camp Hill, Shelly & Dad and a special thanks to Grammy.
MRA would like to feature Wyatt Barto as this months Holeshot Hotshot. We caught up with Wyatt at Sleepy Hollow last month and as usual he was pulling the hole-shots in both of his classes. Wyatt is a consistent winner around the region, he is leading D-6 in the 4-6 oil division and is currently in second place in the 4-6 stock class, he missed a few races there due to some bike trouble. Wyatt is also shooting for his first track championship at Sleepy Hollow this season. It seems like wherever we bump into this young man, he is out front and on the gas. Wyatt has a ton of support from the family, his dad John holds an A card in the district and his Grammy is in charge of the whole racing effort. Keep an eye on this young hotshot, my bet is you’ll see him on the podium many times in the years to come, and watch out next month, you just might be the next MRA Holeshot Hotshot. Jim Bull MRA
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8 2004 ama horizon award Winner - John lewis V Central Pennsylvania is a hotbed of talent for motorcycle flat track racers. Ever hear of names like Jake Johnson or Jared Mees, or who is that other guy, oh yeah Chris Carr. We could go on and on, Texter, Bromley, Heiser, I’m sure there are many more. How about the new guy, ever heard of him? If not you soon will. If you don’t know him already, let me introduce you to John M. Lewis V. Lewis is the 2004 AMA Horizon Award Winner for Amateur Grand National Dirt Track Racing. What is the Horizon Award you ask? The Horizon award is
given to the rider with the best chances of a pro career on the horizon. Wow !! Some might say it has to do with his geographic location, John lives just a few miles down the same road as Jared Mees who won the same award in 2001. I believe it was just hard work and raw talent from the 15 year old Lewis who resides in the little town of Brandamore just outside of Coatesville, PA. John started racing with the help of his father at the age of 6. His first race was a motocross event but John quickly made the switch to flat track racing. He has competed con-sistently over the years and has really started to come into his own in the last year or two. In 2003 John
won the number one plate in the 250 division as well as taking the number two spot in the inaugural running of the AMA Super Moto Series in Las Vegas. Not only did John win the Horizon Award while competing at the Amateur Dirt Track Nationals, he brought home three number one plates in three of the eight premier classes that the AMA has to offer. It has been years since another racer has accomplished that. That man was Georgie Price, just another dirt track racer from our region of the country.
John won overall champi-onships in the 250 modified two stroke, 450 modified and 505 mod-ified divisions. John won 8 of the 12 races he entered, he was tore down three times randomly by the AMA and once by a rider that pro-tested and he had a birthday all in the same week. I agree with the AMA, I
believe John has a great chance of becoming a truly great racer. John has been
racing super motard as well as flat track, and he desires to delve into the road race scene also. John will be attending the Kevin Schwantz Road Racing School in Atlanta Georgia at the end of August. John asked that we thank all of his sponsors and supporters, and his mechanic Tom McGrane Sr. MRA would like to thank the whole Lewis family for their time for this interview, we wish you the best in your future endeav-ors. JimBullMRA
Suzuki asked john to ride kevin Varnes’ factory Suzuki in the tt race.
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john Lewis V on his way to becoming National Champion.
john Lewis V with his father accepting the 2004 Horizon Award.
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cassidy Heiser Wins national championship on the Half Mile
name: cassidy HeiserAge: 9 Years class: 65 Modifiednumber: 67 AHometown: York, PAexperience: Racing 5 yearsSponsors: Action Motorsports, Tiger Plates, Don Hughes, PR2, Mom and Dad.
Cassidy Heiser from York, PA has been racing flat track for several years now under the guidance of his father Steve. Steve is a veteran racer himself and has many championships under his belt (see MRA - October 2003). Steve and Cassidy made the trip for the first time together to the Grand Championships in Springfield, Illinois to showcase Cassidys talents on the 65cc machine and they came home winners. Racers compete in 4 different events while at the nationals, a short track, a TT, a half mile and the mile. Cassidy took the win to earn the title of “National Champion” in the half mile event. His consistent finishes in the remainder of his events was good for third overall in the 65 modified division. Back home Cassidy has been competing on an 85cc machine as well. Keep an eye on this young racer from Central PA, racing runs deep in his blood, combine that with his exceptional talents and I’m sure there’ll be more number 1 plates in his future.
Motorcycling Legend Wins 18th national championship
name: Joe bromleyAge: 40 Somethingclass: 600 Modifiednumber: 5 BHometown: Trevose, PAexperience: Racing 35 yearsSponsors: Bromleys Motorcycles
Joe Bromley, the name goes hand in hand with motorcycles and motorcycle racing. Joe’s family has been in the motorcycle business since before he was born, his dad Bob founded Bromleys Motorcycles in 1959. Not only is Joe the sales manager at his families dealership, he’s held the office of president of our district for close to a decade and is the current vice president. Joe is also one of the promoters for the PA State Hare Scramble Series and is involved in all facets of motorcycle and ATV racing in the area. Joe continues the tradition with his sons, Danny and Joe; they are both involved with racing in one form or the other. Joe Bromley is a legend when it comes to the sport of motorcycles in general. Joe has won National Flat Track Championships 18 out of the 21 years he has been attending the nationals. His goal is to win 20 out of 25, who knows, he could win 22 out of 25. The next time you see Joe at an event, please thank him for his service. He has dedicated his life to our sport with no end in sight. In my eyes he is a true champion, on and off the track.
Kenny Venarchick Sweeps Four classes on His Way to national championship
name: Kenny VenarchickAge: 7 yearsclass: 50 Jr. 4-6 number: 4 XHometown: New Castle, DEexperience: Racing 2 1/2 yearsSponsors: Bromleys Motorcycles, Moto Jockey, Alan DeCarlo at Blue Diamond Park, Mom and Dad.
Kenny Venarchick took it one big step further this year. The reining District 6 Champion from 2003 turned up the heat in Springfield, Illinois at the AMA Progressive Insurance Dirt Track Grand Championships. Kenny was the only youth rider to win all eight of his races, sweeping four classes on his way to winning the overall National Championship in the 50 Junior division. Way to go Kenny, very impressive to say the least. The Grand Championships are tough, there are four disciplines to compete in on the way to the overall, and to win them all is no small feat. Watch out for Kenny in 2005, he will concentrate mainly on motocross in the upcoming season. The goal, a Loretta Lynns National Championship, my bet is he’ll be there. We wish Kenny and his family the
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kenneth Venarchick swept all four of his classes making him the overall AMA National dirt track Champion in the 50cc 4-6 division.
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joe Bromley wins his 18th National Championship in the tt Race in the
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November 2004: 13 (District 6 points race) (Special start time – Day race)20 (Rider appreciation day) (Double track points)
DISTRICT #6 POINTS RACES ARE SATURDAY DAY RACING WITH SPECIAL START TIMES
2004 Atco motocrossRace Schedule
Open Practice under the lights Every Wednesday / Friday from 4:30pm - 11pm
RAce DAY ADmiSSioNS:
GAtE ENtRANcE FEE: $14.00 PER PERSON (KIDS 10 & UNDER FREE UNLESS RACING)RAcE cLASS ENtRY: $25.00 PER cLASS
Saturday time Schedule:GateS Open: 1pmSiGn in: 1-4pmrace practice StartS 4pmracinG StartS 5:30pm
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2004 AmA LoReTTA LYNN AmATeuR NATioNALS
MRA would like to congratulate each and every racer that competed in the 2004 AMA Air Nautiques Amateur National Motocross Championships at Loretta Lynns in August of this year. Although there can only be one winner in each division, you are all champions in my eyes. Pictured are several D-6 racers that competed this year in Tennessee that finished in the top 10, there were many more locals there and we congratulate you on your performance as well. Log into mxsports.com to view com-plete race results and photos of your favor-ite racers. Jim Bull MRA
2004 National Champion - 125B Modified and 250B Modified
Name: Jason Lawrence #38 Web site: Lawrence38.comLocation: Estell Manor, NJDate of Birth: April 8, 1987Racing class: 125 and 250 Amateur for the remainder of ‘04. 125 & 250 Expert in ‘05.my Rides: RM125 2004, RM250 2004, RMZ250 2004, DRZ 110 2004crossover Sports: BMX Sponsors: Bromley Suzuki in Trevose,Pa : American Suzuki : FMF Racing : PR2 Engines : PR2 Suspension :Sponsorhouse.com : No Fear : Spy Optics : Alpinestars : DC Shoes : MotoXstation.com : Raceway Park, Doublin Gap, Sleepy Hollow, Atco MX Park : Dunlop : Renthal : Wiseco : CTI2 : Braking : Motion Pro : SFB EngineCovers : Twin Air : Maxima : 661 : N-Style : Works Connection : Moto Tassinari : Pivot Works : Hinson Racing : IMS: Simpson : Sunoco Fuels : NGK : Vortex : Cometic : Gaskets : Ogio Bag : Millenium Tech : Oberg Sports
Background: I began learning to ride on my home track at 2 years old. Two years later I began racing. By 1994 I had earned a 2nd overall at Loretta’s, my first Amateur National. I’ve qualified and been to Loretta’s every year for the last 10 years. In ‘03 I was unable to compete due to and injury.I progressed through the 50’s, 60’s, 80’s and onto big bikes in 2004 and in the path have had more than 800 overall wins. I rode for Kawasaki Team Green in ‘01 & ‘02. For 2003 and 2004 I signed on with American Suzuki.
career Highlights: 2004 was another very successful year. We’ve won almost everything at over sixty local, regional and national events this year.
American Suzuki pilot Jason Lawrence put in some of the fastest lap times of the week on his way to becoming the 2004 Amateur
National Champion in both the 125 B and 250 B Modified Divisions.
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General: Multi-Time Loretta Lynn’s Amateur National Champion Multi-Time Ponca City and Winter Olympics Champion Multi-Time Canadian Amateur National Champion Multi-Time World Arenacross Champion Multi-Time AMA Amateur Regional Champion Multi-Time State Champion Multi-Time District Champion
National titles Summary:2004 Championships (3) with Florida Winter Olympics yet to be run...Loretta Lynn Championships in 125B Mod class...Loretta Lynn Championships in 250B Mod class...Ponca City GNC Championship in 250 B Mod class2002 championships (4)...Florida Winter Olympics: Top Olympiad Overall ...Florida Winter Olympics Motocross National Title in 85cc 14-15...Canadian National Champion at Walton, Ontario, Canada in 85cc 13-16 class...Canadian National Champion at Walton, Ontario, Canada in Supermini2001 Championships (3)...Lorettas Lynn’s Amatuer National Champion. ...World Arenacross 85cc Champion, MGM Grand, Las Vegas. ...World Arenacross Supermini Champion, MGM Grand, Las Vegas
most Recent Results 08/04/04 Loretta Lynn Amateur National Championships 250B Mod -1st overallwith 1-1-1 moto finishes - moto win by 45 sec. with fastest lap times of the week.
08/04/04 Loretta Lynn Amateur National Championships 125B Mod 1st overall with 1-1-2 moto finishes - moto win by 23 sec. with fastest lap times of the week.
07/26/04 Ponca City Grand National Championships 250 Mod 1st overall
Be sure to check out Jasons website at www.Lawrence38.com to view his complete bio and to keep up to date on his most recent accomplishments.
Jason Lawrence is one of the most talented amateur riders, not only in our district, but in the entire country. Jason will be bumping up to the expert division for 2005 and I’m sure his results will remain the same. This young man truly is an amazing talent, if you’ve seen him ride I’m sure you’ll agree. If not, you might want to pay attention the next time you see his name on the sign up sheets at a race you are attending. Lets all pull together and support Jason, if anyone has a shot at the pro ranks from our area in the near future, this is the guy. Jay congratulations on your finishes at Lorettas, I know you’ll go far. We wish you the best. Jim Bull MRA
Jay Celebrates his Number 1 Plate.
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Kameron Page from Denver, PA goes 7-8-7
good for 6th in the Nation, 65 Stock 7-9.
Josh Lingle from Manheim, PA races to a Fifth Overall in the 250/
OPEN C Division.
Ken Messerman(15) takes an 11th Place Finish in Senior 40 Plus.
James Max flies to a 13th in 30+ and 17th in 25+
Lowell Spangler from Lebanon, PA races to a 10th Place Finish in the 85 12-13 Stock Class.
Dag Boyesen of Boyesen Engineering
had a great week finishing 3rd in 35+
and 5th in 30+
Eric Sebastian races to a 9th overall in 250/OPEN B Stock.
Photos ByJere Swarr
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85 (7-11)1 25 Timothy Savidge, Jr. 2 8M Matt Melhorn3 90 Patrick Sharkey4 98 Kyle Greenwalt5 523 Eric Hanson6 11 Anton Kotulski7 67 Scott Heilman8 118 Drey Boddie9 7S Joey Staskiel10 74X Kyle Haas11 5B Brian Brady12 429 Daniel Lagreca
college Boy1 20J Joseph Gaul2 10M Matthew Moore3 78 Daniel Roeting4 14 Michael Klinger5 307 Mike Futer6 261 Jason Holley7 818 Jeremy Kready
vet B1 53 Robert Rose2 385 Jeff Groff3 534 Steven Wright, Jr4 28E Mark Barends5 111 Justin Hagstrom6 201 Louis Giomboni7 513 Charles Bohl8 216 Keith Kline9 228 Robert Kotulski, Jr.10 84 Steve Kowalchuk
Quad Prod. B1 178 Justin Parmer2 103 Ed Simcox3 99 Thomas Perfetto4 54 John Mackwish5 73 Russel Valerio6 235 Tyler Lebo7 111 Jordan Hower8 52W Daniel Wertman9 911 Bryan Wilhelm10 25 Ian Tolbert11 72 Myka Carpenter12 121 Ross Miller13 13B Brandon Otto14 29W Hieth Wertman
15 32 Glenn Sheaffer
XR 501 81 Brendan Schulte2 68E Broc Emery3 3 Charles Gabel4 9 Andrew Maroney5 5 Kevin Rivera
School Boy1 27 Michael Polaski2 4G Raymond Garges3 39J Jordan Deblasse4 23W Wayne Powell5 713 Andrew Mastin
Quad 50 (4-6)1 13 Oscar Kelchner2 218 Tyler Yonkovitch3 5J Jody Crouse4 44 Everett Bivighouse5 4 Wyatt Kowalchuk6 31 Travis Wotring7 X Cody Delong8 44K Kyle Haines9 55 Nathan Tress10 1 Michael Carbaugh11 99 Colton Reider
View complete event results atwww.sleepyhollowmotocross.com
Larry Okonski takes the win in the 30+ Quad Division.
Dustin Miller(42M) celebrates his birthday with a Second Place Finish at Sleepy Hollow.
MRA would like to thank the Finish Line Flagger for doing a great job and
for all the help on this race day.
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Mike Goldberg(768) leads Kyle Sidle thru the new infield whoop section
in the Supermini race. Jonathan Newton(2J) battles William Eaton(723)
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Steven Wright JR(534) wins the 25+B Division
Kevin Rivera soars over a table top in the XR 50 Division.
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Bright skies and warm temperatures welcomed over 450 racers to the Flying Dutchmen Motorcycle Club in early August to do battle on their two courses for the five foot trophies they were offering on the day. The competition was fierce in both the youth and adult divisions offer-ing races for both motorcycles and ATV’s. MRA would like to give two thumbs up to the crew at the Dutchmen, I’ve seen their attendance dwindle thru out this season and I’ve heard the bad press they’ve gotten from some. There was even a race I attended earlier this season where I was disturbed by the lack of flaggers on one of their tracks. I know it has been a concern for most of the members there, and they have been asking, what do we need to do? It seems to me that they are taking strides to make their facility better and more desirable for racers and spectators to attend. Every time I go there I see improve-ments of one sort or the other. I know the flagging situation has drastically improved, I’ve seen track changes and increased spectator seating. I see new staff at the mini track and they seem to really care about the kids. I see less pit riding and fewer spectators on the tracks. I know they’ve been hauling dirt in and a new sprinkler system has been added. All these things add up to a better race environment for all. I would like to thank Luke, Tina and the whole crew out at the Dutchmen for making the effort to improve what was already a good thing. I know there can be times when issues arise. I also know that bad news travels quicker than good news, there are also just times when, as things roll on down the lane they can appear to be worse than they actually are. All that MRA asks is that you find out for yourself. If you’re already racing there you know what I mean, if you
haven’t been there for a while, give it another try. I’m sure you’ll be glad you did. Jim Bull MRA
50 Oil 4-61. 24 Taylor Johnson2. 12 Trystan Johnson3. 11w Kyle Watkins4. 15l Lewis Williams5. 94 Christian Valle6. 5a Alexander Guerriene7. 3 Pollux Fisher8. 180 Jacob Wasser9. 9w Cody Wagner10. 89r Ricci Randella11. 15 Jason Troutman Jr.12. 22t Tyler Sands13. 999 Dalton Dunman14. 399 Derek Erb15. 4p Ethan Anthony
65 10-111. 22r Bradley Roth2. 90 Patrick Sharkey3. 523 Eric Hanson4. 83 Lawrence Mcvay5. 46j Jason Chavez6. 260 Michael Schalkoff7. 12 Brian Wiley8. 394 Bryan Smith9. 227 Anthony Mazziotti10. 42 Daniel Nienstadt11. t Joshua Shaw
50 Quad 7-81. 78 Matthew Ross2. 117 Eve Neinstadt3. 31 Morgan Wotring4. 00 Jill Guzenski
50 ktm Oil 4-61. 6 Dawson Evitts2. 22 Mason Evitts3. 7 Dominic Tibberino4. 11e Ethan Bressler5. 13 Oscar Kelchner6. 999 Dalton Dunman7. 38 Ryan Dempsey8. 72 Dakota Rupell9. 199 Christopher Mazzei10. 92 Zakary Shaffer
250 A1. 28 Phil Davis2. 220 Chris Brynildsen3. 321 Toby Kappus4. 05 Peter Brubaker5. 41 Jeremy Overly6. 651 Brent Schwalm7. 9m Jeffery Miller
John Sheaffer from Lancaster, PA takes the win in the 50 Stock 4-6
Year Old Group. Christopher Ingles(411) grabs the holshot and races to the win in the 71-90cc 4 Wheel Class.
Michael Reed’s gang smiles for the MRA camera.
Michael Reed sponsored by Zechman’s Yamaha and The Station House Fine Food & Spirits grabs an
impressive 11th Place Finish in his first race ever.
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Quad Anything1. 311 Jesse Sheaffer2. 2a Corey Atherton3. 3b Bruce Wyland, Jr.4. 24 Ricardo Navarro5. 72 Troy Snyder6. 13 Brandon Otto7. 117 Jason Bergey8. 19 Jason Dunkelberger
Dakota Rupell(72) soars his KTM in the 4-6 Oil Injected KTM Class.
Yamaha pilot Jared Dawson goes 1-1 for the Overall in the 125c Division.
View Complete racing results atwww.flyingdutchmenmc.net
Jesse Sheaffer(311) grabs the lead and never looks
back in the Anything 4 Wheel Division.
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2004 125 B mod. / 250 B mod. National champion Jason Lawrence
Bromley Suzuki/American Suzuki/FMF/PR2 Racings Amateur National Champion Jason Lawrence back home in action at the D-6 Points Race at Happy Ramblers.
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2 ox Bo hAReScRAmBLeJuly 25, 2004
Story By Brian Hartem
4-8 OI 1st race for our series and he takes 1st place # 263 Walter Bond with # 119 Thorn Devlin hungry for his back tire takin’ 2nd and # 148 Aaron “the Slasher” Lasher kept 3rd in his pocket. Once again you guys showed everyone just what you are made of. Many of you took some bad pile up role jobs and played chicken with the rocks, jumped up, threw the bike back under you, took off for the barrels and when the day was done everyone was hangin out and havin’ fun. GREAT RACIN’ ! KEEP SHOWIN’ EM WHAT THE ECEA KIDS ARE ABOUT!!
Well I must say that I was happy the rain never showed face because we didn’t need a quag-mire in the middle of a bone yard goin’ wide open!! What a heck of a race we had today. I’m glad to report that there were no injuries to the youth other then the normal bumps, bruises and cat brier throat slashes. 140 kids showed up to ged er duuuuuunnn!! It was a tough race for the big kids as well as the lil’ guys. Everyone gave 110% including all the parents & brothers/sisters out there helpin out. Thanks for always pitchin in, that’s what helps keep it safe and enjoyable. We’d really like to thank the OXBO/SPER club for making sure that every Pee Wee rider and over half the youth riders went home with a nice award. Thanks to FAIRWAY, SCOTT USA, SIDI BOOTS & NJORVP for the great give aways!! A special thanks to MCRACINGACTION for the continued coverage. Here we go Guys & Gals, gather ‘round now I have a story to tell....First to take off the line was the 12-15 100cc class and what an Epic battle it was between Efren, the ripper & the razor. “til the very end there was lots of nail bitin going on! 1st place & 1st overall ever # 66 Efren Jorge-well deserved win dude!! 4 seconds later # 568 Alex “the Ripper” Shaw who got the hole shot, 2nd place & 2nd overall, excellent racing! # 22 Chris “the Razor” Rizzon took a solid 3rd & 3rd overall. The 100cc class dominated the scene today FOR SURE!!
12-15 85 class was taken again by # 112 Tyler “the Tornado” Klinger for 1st & 7th overall, he’s holdin tight to that place because # 818 Jarred “coolcat” Folweiler was on him for 2nd & 9th overall with a flat tire again, your goin’ thru some sneakers boy!! 3rd place & 10th overall # 584 Justin White consistant rider. 10-11 85cc # 6 Dale “Bugsy” Wakefield takes anoth-er win, # 563 Matty “the Marvelous” Gift totally secured 2nd place with # 977 Zachary Smith next for 3rd. 10-15 150cc Back to the front of the pack # 230 Derrick Kell takes another 1st place, 2nd # 274 Teddy Lynch & also back to the front of the pack 3rd place # 18 Dana “Possum” Haney. 10-11 65cc 1st place # 105 Kelsey “the Bruiser” Hartem, Great job girl!, 2nd place the holeshot king our boy # 156 Joel Chapman and 3rd # 401 Jeremy Prignano. First race ever for the new EL Womens class 1st place # 626 Ms. Sally Ferreira, 2nd # 252 Marie Hartem & 3rd # 48 Jodi Hartem. WAY TO GO GIRLS! Come on moms and big sisters come out and have fun. Let them pit for you!!!!! Pee Wee 7-9 65cc was a great one today for # 504 Tanner “the Wildman” Thomas, after a bad wipeout right at the start he was in 12th place and came back to sweep 1st, great riding you wildman! 2nd place # 241 Daniel Bromley and # 842 Ethan Walter lovin his 65cc takes 3rd. 4-8 50cc taking another 1st under his belt # 238 Dieter Willenbrock, 2nd place back in action # 96 David “the caveman” Foley & # 134 Chase Rusden 3rd, great ridin today. El 110cc 1st place back in the front # 17 Daniel Hadley, securing 2nd # 240 Eric Smarr & the Junk Yard Dog gettin mean # 425 Jonathan Duerr with 3rd.
The 12-15 100cc Group off the start. Efrin Jorge (66) would race to the
Overall Win.
Tom Phillips (355) gets off to a great start before an early race crash
took him out for the day.
Ryan McGaha is your 200 A Class Champ.
AA Rider William King (406) is your Overall Winner putting in 5 laps in
1 hr. 58 min. & 34 Sec.
Dieter Willenbrock (38) battles with Tanner Barnhardt (543) at the start in the 4-8 50cc Division. Willenbrock would race on for the
win with Barnhardt finishing 5th.
Daniel Hadley leads the start in the EL 110 Group and holds it till the end.
Honda Ace Walter Bond(out front) wins the 4-8 50cc Oil Class.
Derrick Kell wins the 10-15 150cc Division and is the first 4 Stroke to hit
the barrels for an 8th Overall.
Sally Ferreira is your Champ in the Newly formed EL Womens Class. Ladies
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Rausch Creek AMA National HarescrambleBy Andy Stutzman
The 2004 Rausch Creek AMA National Hare Scramble came down to the final few feet to determine the winner. After nearly 3 hours of racing along the toughest terrain Rausch Creek could throw at these riders a last minute pass was the determining factor. Barry Hawk and Jason Raines battled along the 11 mile course all afternoon. When the riders were in sight of the finish line Barry Hawk blasted a final attempt to take the lead from Jason Raines. These two
Yamaha teammates gave each other no quarter as they came into the last hundred yards of the final lap. Hawk made the pass stick and they crossed the line Hawk first and Raines sec-ond. Raines ran a great race keeping the pace and running in the lead most of
the way. Hawk had more problems falling a total of three times and rallying back from 6th to take the National victory. This was the first real test for Hawk who was back for his first three-hour national race after an injury sidelined him earlier in the year. The third place rider, Nathan Kanney got a poor start but was able to keep touch with the lead pack early on in the race. Then when the Suzuki rider Doug Blackwell made a mistake Kanney took advantage and climbed his way into a well-deserved 3rd place finish. More at rauschcreekracing.com
Overall ResultsFinish Name class Brand Laps time1. Barry Hawk AA Yam 5 2:48:492. Jason Raines AA Yam 5 2:48:553. Nathan Kanney AA Yam 5 2:50:144. Doug Blackwell AA Suz 5 2:52:215. Bill King 201-250A KTM 5 2:59:076. Chuck Woodford AA Kaw 5 2:59:247. Brian Lawson AA Yam 5 3:00:108. Travis Green 0-200A Kaw 5 3:04:539. John Barber 201-250A Gas 5 3:04:5710. Frank Messina 201-250A Yam 5 3:05:46
Jason Raines, the 2003 National Hare Scramble Champion gets pinned to the inside at the start of the
Rausch Creek National Hare Scramble.
Nathan Kanney 3rd Place, Barry Hawk 1st Place, and Jason Raines 2nd Place, on the podium at the Rausch Creek AMA National Hare Scramble.
class championsBarry Hawk AATravis Green 0-200 ABill King 201-250 AMichael Cole 251-Open AChris Galit 4 Stroke AThomas Pierce Vet ADennis Decker Senior ABurd Guers Super Senior A
Heather Wilson Women AJerod Stoner 0-200 BDaniel Roeting 201-250 BDavid Henninger 251-Open BRoger Spires 4 Stroke BBill Kronen Vet BBrad Waddell Senior BKaren Clymer Women BKevin Oswald 0-Open C
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Timonium Short Track – August 6, 2004
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Brett Forman from N.J.
When I was a kid growing up in England the monetary system must have been utterly confusing to someone who hadn't grown up with it. One pound consisted of 240 pennies, 12 pennies made one shilling, 2 1/2 shillings made a half crown, one pound and one shilling made a guinea and we had more coins than you could shake a stick at, all the way down to a farthing which was a quarter of a penny. It worked, but a base 12 system is confusing and more complicated than it needed to be. Sometime around 1970 it was revamped into a base 10 system which although not quickly embraced by everyone finally did catch on. The reason I mention this is I want to talk about our equally confusing system of weights and measures and our march toward adopting the metric system.
Granted we are as a nation moving slowly toward adopting the metric system with slow being the operative word. I believe that one day we'll get there, not totally maybe, I think we may cling to MPH for quite a long time but since the rest of the world has accepted or is in the process of accepting it we will follow suit.
As dirt bike enthusiasts we are a little more savvy to the metric system than the aver-age Joe. The most he knows about it is the strange numbers in parentheses after the word quart on his milk container, (.946 L.) We are familiar with our engine displace-ments in Cubic Centimeters, I don't think I've ever heard of anyone with a 125 brag-ging about his 7 and a half cubic inch motor. 125 sounds much more impressive. Our gearbox oil and engine oils are measured out in Cm 3 or ML which stand for Centimemters Cubed and Milliliters which are both CC'ss. All our nuts and bolts are metric. The threads are measured in thread pitch, the distance from one thread to the next rather than TPI threads per inch. Your case bolts are 6 x 1.0, 6 mm thread diam-eter and 1 mm per thread. The next most common is the 8 x 1.25 used in your triple clamp pinch bolts.
A comprehensive decimal system was first proposed way back in 1670 by GabrielMouton, vicar of St. Pauls church in Lyons, France. It's proposed basis would be the length of an arc of one minute of a great circle of the earth. Eventually the meter, the unit of length, was to be one ten millionth part of meridional quadrant of the earth and was the standard through most of the 19th century. In 1960 the meter was redefined by the 11th general conference on Weights and Measures as equal to 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red line of krypton 86 under specified conditions. I wonder if Superman was there? Anyway the bottom line is that the meter is the basis of mea-surement in the metric system. All other measurements are based on it as follows
terameter = 1,000,000,000,000 metersgigameter = 1,000,000,000 metersmegameter = 1,000,000 meterskilometer = 1,000 metershectometer = 100 metersdecameter = 10 metersmeter = 1 meter (duh)decimeter = .1 metercentimeter = .01 metermillimeter = .001 metermicro = .000001 meternanometer = .000000001 meter
For liquid measure a liter is defined as .001 cubic meters exactly. The same system of names applies. A milliliter is .001 liters, a decaliter is 10 liters and on and on. Next time you need a case of engine oil ask your dealer for a decaliter of Silkolene Comp 4 and see if his eyes glaze over. Anyone notice that a lot of the oil suppliers are now selling oil in Liter bottles? Oh and let me get a little political, the next thing will be the oil companies re-doing the gas pumps to sell us gas by the liter. Most people will think things are getting better when they see the signs at their local station saying 80 cents for 93 octane when actually it works out to over $3.00 a gallon. Thank you Mr. Bush.
There are many times in the course of a day that I am forced to convert from one system to another, mostly when boring cylinders since my calipers are graduated in inches and my bore gauge in millimeters so having a good grasp on this is essential. Following are some conversion values that everyone should know.1 inch = 25.4 mm or 2.54 cm
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1 mm = .03937 "1 meter = 39.37"1 kilogram = 2.2 lbs.454 grams = 1 lb.55.88 lbs/in. = 1 kg/mm.736 NM (Newton Meters) = 1 ft./lb.1 liter = 1.057 liquid quarts1 kilometer = .621 miles
To convert from inches to millimeters multiply by 25.4, for example 12" of rear wheel travel is actually 304.8 mm, doesn't that sound more impressive? Come to think of it there are some things better measured in mm because it sounds more impressive, think about it everything sounds bigger and when weighed the metric system makes things sound lighter as well. Your 200 lb. YZ125 weighs just over 90 kilos, wow thats a featherweight
With everyone talking about big boring their cylinders I'll pass along the formula for calculating engine displacement, there are several formulas but I've been most accus-tomed to the following... (Im just trying to fill space here so this article has at least a modicum of length)
Pi x bore radius squared in Cm x stroke in Cm. So in a 125 motor we have a bore and stroke of 54 mm x 54 mm so the formula would read...
3.1415926 (Pi) x 2.7 squared (half 54mm is 27mm which is 2.7 Cm) x 5.4(stroke in Cm) = 123.something CC Believe me when I say that it is easier to calculate this in millimeters than in inches.
I hope I have again enlight-ened you and not added to the confusion. We'll be at the next Pagoda race and look forward to seeing you there and just for fun the first per-son to tell me what I weigh in stones gets a free bottle of Twin Air filter oil, hint I weigh 144 lbs. See you there.
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EVENTS SchEdUlEMotocross9/4 Raceway Park (Vet-Vintage Only)9/5 Flying Dutchmen (D-6 Champ. Points)9/5 Rocket Raceway (Race for the Rubber)9/5 Steel City (Pro National)9/5-6 Happy Ramblers (Bike Give Away)9/6 Sleepy Hollow (D-6 Champ. Points)9/6 Wolfmanns MX9/11 Atco (Double Track Points- 5 ft. Trophy)9/11 Evansville9/11 Miles Mountain9/11 Rausch Creek (AHRMA-Vintage)9/12 Doublin Gap (D-7 Youth Points)9/12 Sleepy Hollow (D-6 ATV Points)9/12 Field of Dreams9/18 Atco9/18 Hurricane Hills (SX)9/19 Miles Mountain9/19 Mt. Pleasant9/19 Hurricane Hills (D-6 Champ.Points)9/25 Evansville9/26 Mt. Pleasant9/26 Pagoda MC (D-6 Champ. Points)9/26 Sleepy Hollow9/26 Rocket Raceway10/2-3 Raceway Park (KROC)10/2-3 Wolfmanns MX10/3 Miles Mountain 10/3 Sleepy Hollow (Youth Classes Only)
hare Scramble9/4-5 Foot Of Mountain (Rd # 8 PA State Series)9/12 Back Mountain (Rd. # 9 PA State Series)9/12 South Penn Enduro ( Enduro AM)9/19 Rausch Creek9/19 Valley Forge Trail Riders (Enduro)9/25 Miles Mountain9/26 Flying Dutchmen (5‚ Trophy)10/3 Foot of Mountain (Double Track Points-5‚ Trophy)
Short Track9/5 Shippensburg MC (5th Annual Paul Crumling Mem)9/11 Pagoda9/12 Trail Way (AHRMA Regional)9/18 Pagoda9/19 Piston Poppers (TT Scramble)10/3 Shippensburg MC
Trials 9/11 Candytown (Vintage)9/12 Candytown (Modern)9/25 Xtreme (Vintage)9/26 Xtreme (Modern)
Misc. 9/12 Bushkill Valley Pro Hill Climb9/18 District 6 Meeting (Poker Run & Auction)9/18 Zinc City (Drags)
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Doublin Gap mx – D-6 Points/D-7 expert Points August 15,
2004 Ephrata Cycle and Sports was your sponsor for the day at the combo D-6 and D-7 Expert points race held at the Doublin Gap MX Park. They offered holeshot awards in each class and hats and caps were given to the top three riders in each division. The weather was bright and sunny for the large crowd that had assembled from both districts 6 and 7 to compete for the championship points that were being offered on the day. The A classes had great rider turnouts in anticipation of the district points that were available. Only two men would prove victorious out of the five classes being offered for experts. District 6 rider Jeremy Cook would win 6 motos to sweep the 125A, 250A and 4 Stroke A divisions. District 7 veteran Jeff Grove would go on to sweep the 25 plus A and 30 Plus A battles. Ryan Zimmerman from Narvon, PA made his return after an early season injury in the highly competitive school boy division. Zimmerman was getting his wheels back under himself in the first moto finishing up 9th while coming back strong in the second moto for the win capturing 3rd overall. Matt Hougentogler grabbed the top podium spot followed by Wayne Powell III. In the college boy group, Michael Foor from Chambersburg, PA took the top spot followed by Joe Farnish Jr. and Michael Reynolds Jr. Thomas Nagle was the big winner in both the Vet B and Senior B classes. Winners in the mini ranks included the likes of Seibold, Kramer, Clemens and Villareal. And in the 50 divisions the names Barto and Blettner keep popping up around the region, watch out for those two youngsters in the future. Log onto doublingap.com to check out complete race results and to view photos from the event, check out mcracingaction.com. Jim Bull MRA
50 Stock 4-61 529 Wyatt Barto2 42M Dustin Miller3 788 Joseph Balkovic4 110 Trentin Herrington5 2T Schae Thomas6 02 Chase Miller7 17 Sean Knoll8 33 Dalton Blettner9 420 Damian Thompson10 120 Savion Terry11 8S Sommer Gangaway12 00 Lincoln Brookens13 11E Ethan Bressler14 258 Ethan Bowlin
65 7-91 14X Kameron Page2 911 Jarek Balkovic3 14 Ryan Clites4 60 Bobby Kinsley5 111 Cody Burgoyne6 6X Justin Foster7 24W Billy Kwiecinski8 95 Gregory Sidebotham9 31A Avery Brown10 168 Darren Streets11 34T Dillon Thomas12 19A Addison Emory, IV13 107 Ryan Baxter14 531 Wyatt Bosley15 175 Stanton Bowers16 116 Zachery Waldrop17 3 John Shafer18 6D Dominick Dreisbach19 32 Dylan Blettner20 16J Jesse Dreisbach
21 8T Tyler Fleming22 289 Dillon Kincaid23 7 Lucas Clites24 607 Dylan Smith25 2 Tyler Murphy
85 12-131 17 Levi Clemens2 2 Broc Schmelyum3 15 Kyle Sidle4 918 Tyler Smith5 445 Matthew Clites6 11 Derrick Grissinger7 19 Russell Foreman
Jeff Grove (12) leads the Vet A Division thru
the first turn at the D-7 expert Point race at Doublin Gap. Grove would go on to sweep the 30+ A and 25+ A.
Levi Clemens (17) grabs the Holeshot in the 85cc 12-13 Class and races to
the win.
Eagle Fords Ethan Bressler (11E) battles the winner of the XR 50 Division, Cody Hipkins (15).
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2004 Scheduleof eventsSeptember 11 - MX School, open to all riders. Pre registration required - call 717-249-6036 to register
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October 23 – Doublin Gap Awards Banquet (9:00am to 4:00pm) Picnic Lunch Catered by the Lighthouse Restaurant, Organized Riding Time, and Awards Presentation. Open to all riders and their families and friends.October 24 - District 6 and 7 Race Track Points for 2005 Begin
november 7 - District 6 & 7 Race Double Track Points for 2005
John Tate (636) chases down Andrew Deakin (15) for the win
in the 250 C Division.
Yamaha of Camp Hill’s Jeremy Cook was the Big Winner of the Day, winning 6 Motos
for 3 Overalls in the Expert Division.
Eric Yingling (25) battles with Vincent Veneziale in the 1st Moto of the 125 C Division. Yingling
goes on for the Overall win.John Shafer from Chambersburg, PA
soars in the 50 Stock 7-8 Class.
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9 424 Jordan Moyer10 4Z Zachery Buck11 34 Brandon Albright12 221 Derek Miller13 107 Andrew Kinsley14 318 Carter Luck15 48 Kelsey Green16 44M John Monsted17 155 Stephen Hall
125A1 360 Jeremy Cook2 503 Chris Welsh3 372 Kevin Brodsky, Jr.4 114 Derrick Wile5 302 Benjamin Bixler6 307 Nicholas Mowry7 883 Chad Aughinbaugh8 924 Clinton Johnson9 772 Joe Hoffman10 911 Isaac Blevins11 707 Andrew Tsakanikas12 182 Gary Harding13 93 Gregory Batts14 917 Michael Schneck15 4 Michael Foor
250B1 719 Stephen Plank2 555 Joseph Farnish, Jr.3 934 Craig Colvin4 14C Michael Cahill5 89 Richard Dobbs6 636 Josh Tate7 10 Jon Landis
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Wolfmanns motocrossaugust 15, 2004
2004 GnC motoCross amateur national ChampionsDiStrict 6 QuAD riDerS FiniSH in tHe toP ten in AtVA nAtionALSPro JOHN NATALIE JR.- 2ND PLACEPro AM 265 & Pro AM ProDuctionPAT BROWN – NATIONAL CHAMPIONPro AM ProDuctionGIL ATTIX – 4TH PLACE4 StroKe AJEFFREY THOMPSON – NATIONAL CHAMPIONJESSE SHEAFFER – 4TH PLACE265 AJESSE SHEAFFER – 5TH PLACE4 StroKe bTHOMAS FINK – 9TH PLACE16-24 YeArSJESSE SHEAFFERVetGREG LOMBARDO – 3RD PLACE50 cc LiMiteD cLASS DAVID NEVROTSKI - NATIONAL CHAMPION NICOLE WILD - 6 th PLACE
70 cc MoDiFieD cLASS BRAIN PETROVCIC - 2 nd PLACE CHRISTOPHER WILD - 3 rd PLACE DAVID NEVROTSKI - 6 th PLACE 90 cc ProDuction cLASS COLBY BRAKE - 6 th PLACE 90 cc MoDiFieD cLASS ANDREW PRUZINSKY - 6 th PLACE WoMen'S b/c cLASS HEATHER GAUL - NATIONAL CHAMPION
Reed Chapman (08x) leads Andrew wolfe (395) in the School Boy division. Chapman races to the win.
dylan johnson from thomas, wV grabs a Second in the 85cc 7-11 Group.
j.R. Strosnider wins both the 250 B and 4 Stroke divisions.
joseph turner from Edgewater, Md takes the 25+ win.
More Quad Action!
Robert Greiner is your Vet C Champion.
tyler Patterson (18) leads Chans Feather (63) in
85cc 12-13 Action.
Quad Action from wolfmanns.
View Complete Event Results At - www.AMAdIStRICt5.com
Photos Byjeff Hornbaker
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County line mX Club, inc.1 Mile Practice TrackOpen Monday-Sunday
Located McClure, PA NearLewistown, PA
Call for Practice Times and AvailabliltyCall larry arnold – 717-543-5666
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miles mountain mXJuly 3, 2004
Finish Line Celebration!
Action Motosports Nick johnson grabs the Holeshot.
Ryan Clites gets the Holeshot in the Mini division.
Miles Mountains Mike Egleston with Binghamton Hondas jeff Cheney and
a kevin windham Original.
d-6 Racer jill Polanczyk competes in the 125 C division at Miles Mountain.
the MX doc - james McGee(20) grabs the Holeshot in front of Binghamton Hondas jeff Cheney (14).
I’ve been told if you like to Freestyle, Miles Mountain is the place to go.Everybody loves to catch up on the latest
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Got Focus?natural talent Vs. Hard Work ethicBy: Bob Schuler – total two Wheel training
Have you been to a national competition lately? If you have then you know, it’s incredible how fast all these guys are going and yet Ricky Carmichael and Bubba Stewart are still running away from them. It has gotten to the point where you are really there to see who comes in second and which riders will be in the top ten. Even being in the top ten doesn’t guarantee the leader hasn’t lapped you. It is crazy watching Ricky and Bubba tear up the competition. Now I know everyone who has thrown a leg over the seat wishes they could go that fast but there is a difference between those two and the rest of us mere mortals. They were born with something special. A combination of balance, hand and eye coordina-tion, cat like reflex, and a huge “what ever it takes will to win” attitude. Along with all this natural talent they also have focus. This focus pushes them. It is what allows them to go the 110% when they need to. This focus and great work ethic is what separates them from the pack. Natural talent alone will not always put you on the top (of course it helps). It is the dedication and hard work that gets and keeps you there.A lot of times the natural is not willing to go the extra effort because things have always come so easily for them. They don’t really understand the need to dig deep inside to go that extra lap or mile. They want to rely on their natural talent to get them by and when that is not enough they need that hard work ethic and deep desire to win to help push them. Remember Ricky’s first season on the 250? Remember how many times he hit the ground and yet he still got up and pushed 100%. He has the hard work ethic and that deep desire. This is why he is winning today over and over. And like Jeremy McGrath, once Ricky loses the desire to win he will also retire with the respect of his competition.Another example of a natural is Travis Pastrana. He came out and ran up front at Daytona after being out of the race scene for over a year and a half. You want to talk about natural speed! Unfortunately his body ran out of gas due to lack of endurance. Travis’ focus has always been “fun”. If he is not having fun his heart and most importantly his head is not in it. His first year on the 250 he trained harder than he ever had and yet he crashed and got hurt over and over again. Travis was not having fun. He lost focus or should I say changed his focus. He knew that 75-foot jumps with a “Wilma” or double heel clicker, or a back flip and throw in a “no hander” landing were fun. I am not saying that making the kind of money he is to jump your bike is a mistake but I really wish he would regain his racing focus and come back for another race season.This is what I am talking about – having the focus to follow through to win and never give up. I have worked with both types of athletes the natural and the hard worker. When I took the USA Cycling Team to the Junior World Championships last year in Moscow, Russia there were two guys on the team one a natural and the other a hard worker. Both were in their first of two years as juniors. The natural finished in the top five, while the hard worker ended up 15th. The natural spent his winter training a little harder than before figuring that would be enough to put him in the top three. The hard worker on the other hand set a goal and really focused on what he needed to do to reach it. At this year’s Junior World Championships in California the natural didn’t even make it to the finals and the hard worker ended up with a close second place. It was nice to see how that deep desire to win pushed the hard worker past the natural in competition.I would always rather work with a hard worker with some talent then a natural that does not think he needs to work. Of course you can’t beat the naturals like Ricky and Bubba with determined focus and the deep desire to win. Remember we only go around once in life so set your goals and go for them while you can. Push yourself to the limit. Go that extra lap or mile while you are out training. When you do you may surprise yourself. Always give this great sport 100% every time you are out there racing. - Bob Schuler
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D-6 pointsaugust 22, 2004
Action Motorsports in York, PA sponsored the 4 foot trophies at round 13 of the D-6 Championship Points Series at the Happy Ramblers Motorcycle Club. What a beautiful day for racing, with temperatures in the 70’s and a great crowd on hand including recently crowned National Champion, Jason Lawrence. It was an event not to be missed. The action started off in the 250 C division with Gary Gallagher Jr., currently in third place in the points standings on hand to try and better his position. The number 1 and 2 point holders were vacant on this day opening up an opportunity for Gary to catch up. Gallagher put in a solid 4th place finish on the day on an unfamiliar track while suffering from arm pump. Great job Gary. Next off the gate was the 25 plus A division, this along with the Vet A race would prove to be some of the best racing of the day. In both divisions Jimmy Mcilvaine took the early leads and the race was on with Jeff Yentzer and Jeff Grove in tow. The three would battle thru out the day, swapping positions on the long 6 lap motos that Ramblers provided in all classes. Yentzer was the man of the day in the end, he was able to sweep all 4 motos for the overalls. In the 65cc divisions, Kameron Page was the victor in the 7-9 group with Steven Sparks taking the 10-11 win. In moto number one Page, starting on the second split gate was able to catch and pass all of the 10-11 year old riders while lapping everyone but Sparks in moto number two. In super mini racing action it was the Spangler and Kaminskie show, boy can these guys fly. In the end it was Kaminskie edging out Spangler for the win. These two would go at it again in the school boy division, only this time Kaminskie would be on the bigger bike with Spangler competing on the 85cc machine. Kaminski would again take the win with Spangler ending up in third against the mostly larger machines. In 50cc action, Dustin Miller would take the 4-6 checkers with Bobby Kinsley coming out on top in the 7-8 division. In the oil injected classes, Wyatt Barto won the 4-6 group with Dylan Blettner grabbing the win in 7-8. The guy to watch on this day was # 38 J.L.. Lawrence competed in three divisions winning all six of his motos convincingly. He domi-nated both the college boy and 125 B races. In the first moto of the 250 B race he got outside in the first turn and got sucked into the soft stuff and went down. Lawrence remounted and charged, by lap number three he had caught and passed everyone in his division and to the end of the moto he had picked off several of the expert racers. In moto number two, Lawrence got a good start and cruised to the victory again. Jim Bull MRA
2004 National Champion jason Lawrence was on hand
to claim victory in College Boy, 125B and 250B
Lebanon Valley Cycle rider jordan Moyer flies to a 5th place finish in the 85cc 12-13 division.
Lowell Spangler was flying as usual, Spangler went 1,2,3, on the day. 1st in 12-13, 2nd in Super Mini,
and 3rd in School Boy.
kawasaki mount Craig Folmar (81) leads the charge in the Vet Bdivision. joe Farnish (555) would go on for the win.
Colin Forer from Etters, PA won the 25+B battle maintaining his points lead in d-6.
FASt turn Around tiMe tell them you saW it in mra
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4340 Hanover RoadHanover, PAInformation:
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Oct. 17 District 6 & District 7 Expert Points– 4ft Trophies Sponsored by: Cumberland Kawasaki in Carlisle, PA
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Oct. 31 District 6 & District 7 Youth Points – 4ft Trophies Sponsored by: Motorcycle Racing Action in Conestoga, PA your D6 News Center
Nov. 14 District 6 & District 7 – Track Points Award Presentation
Nov. 28 District 6 & District 7 – 2005 Double Track Points
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250/open c1 125 Alexander Woskob2 712 Jonathon Houpt3 479 Andrew Will4 28G Gary Gallagher5 119 Eddie Jones6 57 Josh Elsbree7 936 Jacob Lally8 151 Kevin Stutzman9 63 Jason Keller10 739 Dennis Gutierrez11 22F Ronald Favinger12 77F Tom Fisher13 145 Ronald Trianle14 392 Christopher Joy15 237 Frederick Carter16 724 Timothy Tyler17 121 Michael Bockman18 452 Igor Herbas
25+b1 170 Colin Forer2 794 Toby Leemore3 414 Steven Sheckler4 479 Andrew Will5 915 Jason Cotterino6 434 Scott Schauer7 716 William Vaartjes8 207 Bob Muscovitch9 127 Nathan Lenig10 33C Daniel Rapp11 1 Todd Supko12 81 Craig Folmar13 43 Alex Kosatschkow
125b1 38 Jason Lawrence2 62 Cody Graybill3 91 Patrick Wastler4 620 Michael McCubbin
5 744 Ken Garner6 44D Dylan Kautz7 60 Shane Wiegel8 765 Ben Baker9 22W Erik Wilson10 202 Jack Hileman11 107 Lee Virts12 64 Derek Schmidt13 108 Curtis Baker14 443 Joshua Boschert15 946 Ian Heller16 529 Christopher Moasmith17 648 Derek Wilt18 794 Toby Leemore19 183 Donnie Michaelis20 719 Shawn Dorsey21 31 Christopher Rucker
50 oil 4-61 529 Wyatt Barto2 33 Dalton Blettner3 178 Austin Felts4 25 Cody Young5 34 Jackson Grove6 68 Brendan Wagner7 5 Natalie Soloman
50 oil 7-81 32 Dylan Blettner2 4K Kyle Boileau3 501 Les Warfield4 28 Chase Alosa
View complete race results atwww.happyramblers.com
kyle Boileau was on the gas in the 50cc 7-8 stock division. kyle pulled
down a 5th place finish.
kerry kaminskie put on a great show taking the wins in both
Super Mini and Schoolboy.
VieW eVent photos at mCraCinGaCtion.Com
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