Miller, Clark Capture Podiums at Hurricane Hills

Round 10: District 34 Championship Series

By Jim Sanderson  

CLIFFORD, PA, MAY 16, 2010

Doug Miller topped the podium of the 250 B class with a 2-1 score at the 10^th round of the District 34 Championship Series at Hurricane Hills. Nick Palazzolo took the runner-up tier of the podium with a consistent 3-2 score and Justin Yanvary completed the rostrum, with a 5-4 tally.

Feulner, Miller, Charles Grembowiec, Palazzolo and Paul Attanasia led the pack out of the second turn in the opening 250 B moto. Feulner and Miller began to battle for the lead and quickly gapped the rest of the field by the start of lap two. The top four were unchanged. Samantha Fritz was now fifth. Grembowiec and Palazzolo battled for third and fourth until the final lap when Palazzolo finally got by, taking third. Justin Yanvary closed the gap on Fritz and made the pass to claim fifth in the final rhythm section on the last lap. Fritz was relegated to sixth. Feulner took the checkers three seconds ahead of Miller. Palazzolo, Grembowiec and Yanvary closed out the top five.

Feulner, Miller, Evan Priester, Grembowiec and Palazzolo led the start of the final 250 B moto.  Feulner made a mistake in the first corner of lap two that allowed Miller to take the lead. Feulner was bumped back to second. Meanwhile, the battle for third, fourth and fifth was underway between Priester, Grembowiec and Palazzolo. Miller continued to lead at the start of lap three with Feulner only a second behind. Grembowiec passed Priester taking third in the big sweeper by the start. Priester was relegated to fourth.

The gap separating Feulner in second and Grembowiec, in third, increased to nine seconds. Palazzolo reeled in Priester and Grembowiec and got by both to claim third. Yanvary closed the gap on Priester and made the pass taking fifth. Feulner continued to battle with Miller but made another mistake, this time in the big sweeper by the start area, and went down. Miller’s lead immediately increased to 12 seconds. Palazzolo inherited second, Grembowiec third, Yanvary fourth and Priester fifth. Less than a half lap later, Grembowiec went down entering the flat track section and Yanvary inherited third, Priester fourth and Jacob Hilstolsky fifth. Miller’s lead was a whopping 16-second’s at the start of the white flag lap and he took the checkered flag 19 seconds ahead of Palazzolo. Priester, Yanvary and Hilstolsky followed. 

Tyler Kozik led the pack with a huge holeshot in the opening 65cc 7-9 moto. Trailing Kozik were; Cole Clark, Brad Bicsak, Ayden Nyland and Evan Tremback. Kozik had a three second lead by the start of lap two. Kozik and Clark continued to battle for the lead and in the process, gapped third place by a wide margin. Kozik started lap three with only a second separating him from Clark while the remainder of the top five had spread out. Kozik took the win with a three second advantage. Clark, Nyland, Danny Congdon and Bicsak closed out the top five.

Clark, Kozik, Congdon, Bicsak and Tremback led the pack out of the second turn in the final 65cc 7-9 moto. The top five were already spreading out by the start of lap two. Clark had a four second lead at the start of the lap. Kozik, Congdon, Bicsak and Gabe Malinaro rounded out the top five. Kozik went down just after starting lap three, allowing Congdon, Bicsak, Malinaro and Nyland to advance. Clark started the last lap with an eight second lead that increased to 10 at the checkers. Congdon, Nyland, Bicsak and Malinaro rounded out the top five.

Clark (2-1) topped the podium. Congdon (4-2) took second and Nyland (3-3) third.      

Britton Feulner (122) and Doug Miller (213) lead the pack out of the 2^nd turn in the opening 250 B moto at Hurricane Hills on May 16^th in Clifford, Pennsylvania.

Charles Grembowiec (46) and Nick Palazzolo (204) battler for third and fourth early in the first 250 B moto at the District 34 Championship Series at Hurricane Hills in Clifford, PA on May 16^th.  

 Britton Feulner (122) leads the 1^st 250 B moto with Doug Miller (213) in tow at Hurricane Hills on May 16^th in Clifford, Pennsylvania.

 Britton Feulner (122) and Doug Miller (213) lead the start of the final 250 B moto at Hurricane Hills in Clifford, PA on May 16^th at the District 34 Championship Series.

Tyler Kozik (800) leads the start of the first 65cc 7-9 moto with a huge holeshot at the Hurricane Hills Sports Center on May 16^th in Clifford, Pennsylvania.

Tyler Kozik (800) and Cole Clark (127) battle for the lead in the first 65cc 7-9 moto at Hurricane Hills in Clifford, PA.

Cole Clark (127), Tyler Kozik (800), Danny Congdon (19) and Brad Bicsak (41) lead the pack out of the first turn in the final 65cc 7-9 moto at Hurricane Hills on May 16^th.