The Broome-Tioga Race Report

Potter, Oakley, Rich & Christoferson Take Wins at BTSC Winter Series

Round 6 2012/2013 Broome-Tioga Winter SeriesMeyers was relegated to third while fourth and fifth remained un-changed. Oakley started the last lap with a 24-second lead but Meyers was closing in on the leader. Oakley held on and took the win but with only a four second cushion. Meyers, Seamon, Messina and Verdetto completed the top five.

When the flag flew signaling the start of the Expert bike scramble, Marshall Hurd, Scottie Rich, Jonathan Ackley, Shaun Kazmierski and Anthony Howe led the pack out of the first turn and onto the racecourse. Hurd continued to lead at the start of lap two and com-pleted the opening lap with a 7:51 lap time. Rich remained second and trailed Hurd by five seconds. Howe, Ackley and Kazmierski rounded out the top five.

Hurd Motorsports, promoters of the Broome-Tioga Sports Center, hosted the sixth round of their Winter Mud and Snow Scrambles Series on Saturday, February 16 under overcast skies, temperatures in the mid 20’s and an icy and frozen racecourse. The usual track layout was reversed for the sixth round and add-ed another challenge for racers.

This year’s series was expanded and will consist of nine rounds running from November thru April utilizing the multiple moto-cross tracks, grass track and single track trails of this massive facility. The series employs transponder scoring utilizing the Mo-totally Event Scoring System.

When the green flag dropped for the start of the 65cc-85cc mini bike division scramble, Kamren Lehman, Julian Rich, Tyler Kundrata and Ian Potter led the pack out of the first turn and onto the icy racecourse. Kundrata took over the lead before the end of the opening lap and was trailed by Potter, Brandon Karp, Lehman and Bobby Schultz. Karp took over the lead on lap two with Pot-ter remaining in second. Kundrata dropped to third. Lehman and Schultz remained fourth and fifth. It was Potters turn to take the lead on lap three where he would remain and take the win with an eight second lead. Karp, Kundrata, Lehman and Schultz rounded out the top five.

When the flag dropped for the start of the over 50 division scram-ble, Jeff Oakley, Jim Seamon, John Messina and Tim Meyers led the pack out of the switch-back first turn and onto the slick and icy racecourse. Oakley completed the opening lap with a two second lead over Meyers in second. Seamon completed the first lap in third with a 9 minute and 44 second lap time and trailed Meyers by eight seconds. Messina and Dave Verdetto rounded out the top five. Oakley continued to lead at the start of lap two and began to open up a good lead. Seamon passed Meyers taking second.

Kamren Lehman (622), Julian Rich (2), Tyler Kundrata (57) and Ian Potter (676) lead the start of the 65-85cc Scramble at Round 6 of the BTSC Winter Series.

Ian Potter leads the 65-85cc Scramble in route to the win at Round 6 of the Winter Series on February 16th.

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Jeff Oakley (325), Jim Seamon (123), John Messina (473) and Tim Mey-ers (859) lead the start of the Over 50 Division Scramble at Broome-Tioga.

Binghamton, New York, February 16, 2013

By the time the Quad Experts came to the starting line, the racecourse had begun to thaw slightly and was now slick mud and ice. But that didn’t stop Marty Christoferson Jr. from nailing the holeshot and leading the pack out of the first turn at the start of the Quad Expert division scramble followed by Ralph Ulrich, Jason Sanford, Kara Frederick and Matt Holbrook. Christoferson continued to lead at the start of the second lap and was trailed by Holbrook, seven seconds back, in second. Doug Howarth, Ulrich and Bart Ferrira rounded out the top five.

Christoferson continued to pull away from the pack and re-mained out front, unchallenged, for the next six laps and took the win with almost a full minuet lead. Holbrook, Ferrira, Howarth and James Black completed the top five.

Hurd held the point position for the next three laps but gave up the lead to Rich on the white flag lap. Hurd was displaced to sec-ond. Third through fifth were unchanged. Rich pulled away and took the win with a 30 second advantage. Hurd, Howe, Ackley and Kazmierski rounded out the top five.

The Broome-Tioga Race Report

Marshall Hurd (24) and Scottie Rich (15x) battle for the lead in the Expert division Scramble at Broome-Tioga.

Tim Meyers (859) and Jeff Oakley (325) battle for the lead near the end of the opening lap of the Over 50 class Scramble at Round 6 of the BTSC Winter Series.

Marty Christoferson Jr. (18), Ralph Ulrich (788), Jason Sanford (67), Kara Frederick (258) and Matt Holbrook (357) lead the start of the Quad Expert division Scramble at round six of the Broome-Tioga Winter Series on February 16th in Binghamton, New York.

Julia Swarthout (99) leads the pack out of the first turn in the Quad Womens division Scramble at Round 6 of the BTSC Winter Series on February 16th in Binghamton, New York.

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