District 34 Sports Committee Honor Top Riders  

2008 District 34 Sports Committee Tri-State Championship Series Awards Banquet

By Jim Sanderson

Matamoras, PA, January 24, 2009

The District 34 Sports Committee honored the top ten D34 Champions in all classes at the second annual District 34 Sports Committee Tri-State Championship Series Awards Banquet at the Best Western Inn at Hunt’s Landing in Matamoras, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, January 24^th. 

The District 34 Sports Committee is comprised of a group of men and women with a tremendous amount of dedication and years of experience in every aspect of the sport of motocross.  This diverse group, who have been intimately involved in the sport in a myriad of ways, saw the sports continuing growth and banded together to form a new organization dedicated to the purpose of creating a new motocross series that featured an extended calendar of events at some of the most unique motocross racecourses on the east coast that would give riders and their families significantly more choices and value for every hard earned dollar they continually invest in the sport of motocross.  

The participating tracks in the series are the Broome-Tioga Sports Center in Binghamton, New York, the Hurricane Hills Sports Center, in Clifford, Pennsylvania, Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, in Englishtown, New Jersey and the Walden Playboys Motorcycle Club’s Walden Motocross Track in Wallkill, New York. 

This year’s series culminated with the 1^st annual District 34 Tri-State Race of Champions. The Tri-State Race of Champions is a new event added to the end of the schedule to determine the grand champions of the Tri-State area and was held at the Walden Motocross Facility and featured a 2-day three-moto format. Qualifying races were held throughout the season at various tracks and the top 13 riders from the Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey State Motocross Championships were automatically seeded into the Tri-State Race of Champions. 

The banquet featured a cocktail hour with hors d’oeuvres, cash bar and dinner and was led by Master of Ceremonies and infamous track announcer, George Denke. After enjoying a fabulous dinner and with the assistance of various members of the committee, Denke, began the awards presentation. The top riders or each class was presented with their trophies for their accomplishments. The top rider of each class received a-some-what unconventional first place trophy, a very cool, Hot Hedz Designs custom-painted helmet that featured the riders name, number and winning class designation. The remaining nine riders of each division received a traditional trophy and all received various gift certificates from series sponsors. High points awards were also presented to the top riders at Hurricane Hills, Broome-Tioga, Walden and Raceway Park.

Various motocross industry swag, in the guise of door prizes, were awarded throughout the evening and included such items as goggles, grips, chest protectors, neck braces and jersey’s to name a few of a very long list. The biggest door prizes of the evening festivities were saved and awarded as the evening was coming to a close, a 6’  x 12’ Wells Cargo enclosed trailer, a Kawasaki KLX 110 mini bike and an extreme Motocross vacation package were awarded.

Results:

PW Oil/Auto (4-8): 1. J Ryder Fox 2. Lawrence Fellippello 3. Danny Congdon 4. Ayden Nyland 5. Harold Leslie.

PW (4-6): 1. Dabby Congdan 2. Ayden Nyland 3. Harold Leslie 4. David Bicsak 5. George Doherty.

PW (7-8): 1. J Ryder Fox 2. Henry Scheetz 3. Lawrence Fellippello 4. Tyler Kozik 5. Josh McGinnis.

65 (7-9): 1. Justin Tompkins 2. Justin Yedinak 3. Peter Davis 4. J Ryder Fox 5. Joseph Tait.

65 (10-11): 1. Brian Engdahl 2. Miguel Correia 3. Schae Thomas 4. Chance Wallace 5. Justin Cooper.

Jr MINI (9-11): 1. Daniel Dillin 2. Jared Jennings 3. Justin Tompkins 4. Schae Thomas 5. Danny Colachino.

MID MINI (9-13): 1. Kevin Tompkins 2. Kevin Hicks 3. Daniel Dillin 4. Jared Jennings 5. Danny Colachino.

SR MINI (12-15): 1. Kevin Hicks 2. Kevin Tompkins 3. Gavin Westdyke 4. Koda Smith 5. Gary Smith.

S/MINI: 1. Kevin Tompkins 2. Doug Miller 3. Angelo Curro 4. Aaron Lampi 5. Gavin Westdyke.

SCHBY: 1. Alex Gillespie 2. Ryan Zaveral 3. Angelo Curro 4. Christopher Mowery 5. Dominick Gustella.

SCHBY LITE: 1. Dominick Gustella 2. Alex Gillespie 3. Robert Zahurak 4. Frank Robie 5. Jonathan Jankowsky.

CLGBY: 1. Joe Fritz Jr. 2. Charles Fox 3. Michael Stryker 4. Dominick Guastella 5. Michael Eichler.

125 2-STK: 1. Jonathan Jankowsky 2. Angelo Curro 3. Tommy Duggan 4. Ryan Zaveral 5. Justin Yanvary.

250A: 1. Jay Weller 2. Michael Stryker 3. Charles Fox 4. Brian Mulcahy 5. Kyle Willis.

250B: 1. Tyler Golding 2. Robert Zahurak 3. Travis Clarke 4. Alex Gillespie 5. Kyle Endriss.

250C: 1. Eavan Ellefsen 2. John Klinger 3. Patrick DeSantis 4. Ty Space 5. Frank Robie.

OPEN A: Charles Fox 2. Jay Weller 3. Michael Stryker 4. Darren Edsall 5. Daniel Grimm.

Open B: 1. Joe Fritz Jr. 2. Tyler Golding 3. Matthew Moore 4. Kyle Kaznowski 5. Marshall Hurd.

OPEN C: 1. Eavan Ellefsen 2. Samantha Fritz 3. John Klinger 4. Patrick DeSantis 5. Dylan Thompson.

+25A: 1. Darren Edsall 2. Dan Grimm 3. Antonio Poccia 4. Kurt McMillen 5. Charles McNeil.

+25B: 1. Ryan Golding 2. Patrick O’Connor 3. Scott Fleece 4. Joe Scaglione 5. Michael Dardzirski.

+25C: 1. Jonathan Freeman 2. Michael Ferrara 3. Steve Eichler 4. Mike Fumia 5. Michael Both.

+30A: 1. Darren Edsall 2. Antonio Poccia 3. Kurt McMillen 4. Joe Fritz Sr. 5. Lou Giomboni.

+30B: 1. Pat O’Connor 2. John Thompson 3. Joe Scaglione 4. Paul Bisak 5. Michael Dardzirski.

+30C: 1. Jim Smith 2. John Beers 3. Steve Eichler 4. Michael Ferrara 5. Jerry Williamson.

+40A: 1. Joe Fritz Sr. 2. Edward Olsen 3. Kurt McMillen 4. Kenny Blackwell 5. Lou Giomboni.

+40B: 1. Chris Traina 2. John Thompson 3. Glenn Smith 4. Patrick Macioce 5. Bill Ostlin.

+40C: 1. John Beers 2. Jim Smith 3. Jerry Williamson 4. Richard Smith 5. Pavel Tomecek.

+45: 1. Joe Fritz Sr. 2. Edward Olsen 3. Vincent Saluzzi 4. Tom Hurd 5. Patrick Macioce.

WMN/GIRLS: 1. Samantha Fritz 2. Sonia Williams 3. Rachel Engdahl 4. Madison Linderman 5. Gabriella Paradise.

Ayden Nyland was the lucky winner of a new Kawasaki KLX 110 mini bike at the 2^nd annual District 34 Sports committee 2008 Awards Banquet held at the Best Western Inn at Hunt’s Landing in Matamoras, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, January 24^th.