The Jim Sanderson MX Report

July 23, 2006

 
Finelli & Ferris Finish First at Santich GP of MX

24th Annual Santich Cycles Grand Prix of Motocross

By Jim P. Sanderson

CLIFFORD, PA, JULY 23, 2006

The Santich Cycles Grand Prix of Motocross, one of the most anticipated events of the year, is held annually at Hurricane Hills and features an AMA District six points race with all the usual classes but when the regular race program concludes, the 30-minute plus two lap Grand Prix classes are run. The Grand Prix is sponsored by Santich Cycles located in nearby Pittston, Pennsylvania. Santich Cycles is a full service KTM dealer and Dave Santich, owner and proprietor, has been sponsoring the event for a whopping 24 years.

Yamaha pilot, Nicholas Finelli topped the podium of the extremely competitive Schoolboy class with a couple of first place finishes. Finelli lead both moto's out of the second turn and was never challenged in the first moto but had to work a little harder for the second moto win.

Finelli, Travis Sullivan, Tyler Wozney, Brooks Harmon and Jim Doolittle led the start of the opening Schoolboy moto. The top five at the start of lap two were Finelli, Wozney, Doolittle, Harmon and Sullivan. Finelli started lap three with a three and a half second advantage on Wozney and the rest of the top five were starting to spread out. The gap separating Wozney and Doolittle was almost seven seconds but the gap back to Sullivan in fourth was an even larger, 14-seconds. Wozney made a mistake in the new rhythm section on the last lap and Doolittle took second. Finelli got the win with 10-second advantage. Doolittle, Wozney, Sullivan and Harmon completed the top five.

Finelli, Harmon, Sullivan, Doolittle and Wozney led the start of the final Schoolboy moto. When the leaders came down the back tree line section on lap two, Finelli continued to lead with Wozney and Doolittle in tow. Sullivan and Harmon were relegated to fourth and fifth, respectively. Finelli had a three second lead on lap three. Wozney closed the gap down to a bike length by lap four but then made another mistake and dropped back assuring Finelli the win. Wozney, Doolittle, Harmon and Jonathan McDermott rounded out the top five.

Finelli (1-1) took the top tier of the podium with Wozney (3-2) taking second and Doolittle (2-3) third.

Cody Hildebrand and Drew Matterer led the start of the opening 125 C class moto. Jerome Justofin Jr., Pat Ferris and Ryan Francis were third through fifth. On lap two, Matterer took over the lead and Ferris moved to second. Justin Maylath moved to third displacing Justofin to fourth. McDermott moved up too, to fifth. Two turns before the start of lap four, Ferris took the lead but Matterer came back to re-take the lead and hold it for the win. Ferris, Maylath, McDermott and Doolittle competed the top five.

Justofin, Jamie Kriger, Maylath and Cel Napolitan led the start of the final 125 C moto. After the pack cleared the downhill triple the top five running order was: Justofin, Ferris, Maylath, Matterer and Doolittle. On lap two, Doolittle went from fifth all the way to first and then pulled away to start lap three with a four second lead. Doolittle increased his advantage to nine seconds at the checkers. Ferris, Justofin, Maylath and Napolitan followed.

Ferris's 2-2 rides were good enough to take the overall. Doolittle's 5-1 score earned runner-up and Maylath closed out the podium with a 3-4 tally.

RESULTS:
G.P. EXP: 1. Mark Waldele (Kaw); 2. Darren Edsall (Kaw); 3. Andrew Kratz (Kaw); 4. Joe Fritz Sr (Hon); 5. Joshua Bozzuto (Yam).
G.P. AM: 1. Andrew Mikolaichik (Yam); 2. Tyler Wozney (Kaw); 3. Joe Fritz, Jr (Hon); 4. Rob Schneider (Hon); 5. Tyler Hawk (Kaw).
G.P. NOV: 1. Cel Napolitan (Kaw); 2. Justin Maylath (Suz); 3. Jonathan Mcdermott (Ktm); 4. Joey Rogers (Yam); 5. Ricky Schneider (Hon).
G.P. MINI: 1. Ryan Zaveral (Hon); 2. Billy Eaton (Ktm); 3. Austin Toomey (Hon); 4. Brooks Harmon (Kaw); 5. Schae Thomas (Suz).
50 PW: 1. Ethan Keating (Yam); 2. Brandon Amato (Ktm).
50 (4-6): 1. Dawson Driscoll (Ktm); 2. Josh Mcginnis (Ktm); 3. Michael Garrahan (Ktm); 4. Damon Rockwell (Ktm); 5. Christopher Leonardi (Cob).
50 (7-8): 1. Scott Stockunas (Kaw); 2. Danny Colachino (Ktm); 3. Dj Griffiths (Ktm); 4. Justin Yedinak (Ktm); 5. Brandon Canfield (Ktm).
65 (7-9): 1. Evan Richard (Kaw); 2. Schae Thomas (Suz); 3. Scott Stockunas (Kaw); 4. Danny Colachino (Ktm); 5. Eric Vonada (Kaw).
65 (10-11): 1. Sean Ballard (Kaw); 2. Addison Emory Iv (Ktm); 3. Koda Smith (Ktm); 4. Kevin Hicks Jr (Kaw); 5. Marc Misiura (Kaw).
85 (7-9): 1. Evan Richard (Kaw); 2. Kayla Boorom (Kaw); 3. Zack Krueger (Suz); 4. Korey Holby (Ktm).
85 (9-13) Jr Mini - NECL: 1. Billy Eaton (Ktm); 2. Jonathan Jankowsky (Hon); 3. Douglas Miller (Yam); 4. Nicholas Gillick (Suz); 5. Aj Krueger (Suz).
85 (10-11): 1. Addison Emory Iv (Ktm); 2. Sean Ballard (Kaw); 3. Billy Eaton (Ktm); 4. Aj Krueger (Suz); 5. Brooks Harmon (Kaw).
85 (12-13): 1. Ryan Zaveral (Hon); 2. Tyler Hawk (Kaw); 3. Zachary Lang (Suz); 4. Jonathan Jankowsky (Hon); 5. Jacob Hilstolsky (Yam).
85 (14-15): 1. Austin Toomey (Hon); 2. Justin Ferris (Yam); 3. Bruce Eckhardt (Suz).
S/MINI (12-15) NE Classic: 1. Tyler Hawk (Kaw); 2. Ryan Zaveral (Hon); 3. Zachary Lang (Suz); 4. Austin Toomey (Hon).
SCHBY 2 STK (NE Cl): 1. Nicholas Finelli (Yam); 2. Tyler Wozney (Kaw); 3. James Doolittle (Suz); 4. Brooks Harmon (Kaw); 5. Travis Sullivan (Hon).
CLGBY: 1. Chris Cheney (Hon); 2. David Szymansky (Hon); 3. Joey Keefe (Hon); 4. Sammy Kachman (Hon); 5. Andrew Kratz (Kaw).
125 A: 1. David Szymansky (Hon); 2. Dustin Wojcicki (Kaw); 3. Dave Nyzio (Yam); 4. Sam Bostian (Hon).
125 B: 1. Chris Cheney (Hon); 2. Nicholas Finelli (Yam); 3. Robert Stanton (Kaw); 4. Tyler Wozney (Kaw); 5. Joey Keefe (Hon).
125 C: 1. Patrick Ferris (Hon); 2. James Doolittle (Suz); 3. Justin Maylath (Suz); 4. Drew Matterer (Hon); 5. Jerome Justofin Jr (Suz).
250 A: 1. Mark Waldele (Kaw); 2. David Szymansky (Hon); 3. Andrew Kratz (Kaw); 4. Dustin Wojcicki (Kaw); 5. Darren Edsall (Kaw).
250 B: 1. Chris Cheney (Hon); 2. Sammy Kachman (Hon); 3. Andrew Mikolaichik (Yam); 4. Joe Fritz, Jr (Hon); 5. Richard Heverly (Yam).
250 C: 1. Scott Ferris (Kaw); 2. Joe Skissim (Hon); 3. Ricky Schneider (Hon); 4. Stephen Michael (Hon); 5. Drew Matterer (Hon).
25+ A: 1. Mark Waldele (Kaw); 2. Darren Edsall (Kaw); 3. Antonio Poccia (Yam); 4. Mike Giulian (Yam); 5. Joseph Savitsky (Suz).
25+ B: 1. Richard Heverly (Yam); 2. Tim Keating (Ktm); 3. Eric Krout (Yam); 4. William Zonca Jr (Yam); 5. Matthew Lopreato (Hon).
30+ A: 1. Darren Edsall (Kaw); 2. Mark Palmisano (Hon); 3. Joshua Bozzuto (Yam); 4. Antonio Poccia (Yam); 5. B.j. Wightman (Yam).
30+ B: 1. Tim Keating (Ktm); 2. Rich Millon (Hon); 3. Brian Sworen (Hon); 4. Matthew Lopreato (Hon); 5. Mark Rinaldi (Ktm).
30+ C: 1. Marc Hoinsky (Yam); 2. Scott Andre (Hon); 3. Stephen Kenyon (Hon); 4. Donald Hilstolsky (Yam); 5. Stephen Vassello (Hon).
40+ A: 1. Joe Fritz Sr (Hon); 2. James Fisher (Ktm); 3. Henry Lucio (Suz); 4. Ken Scherer (Yam).
40+ B: 1. Louis Giomboni (Yam); 2. Rich Millon (Hon); 3. Bill Perry (Yam); 4. Stanley Otto Jr (Yam); 5. Rick Tatrault (Hon).
WMN: 1. Samantha Fritz (Hon); 2. Kayla Boorom (Kaw); 3. Claire Galloway (Suz).
4-STROKE-250: 1. Cel Napolitan (Kaw); 2. Tyler Wozney (Kaw); 3. Eric Krout (Yam); 4. Tyler Hawk (Kaw); 5. Warren Grabher Jr (Kaw).

Nicholas Finelli (49), Travis Sullivan (444), Tyler Wozney (72), and Brooks Harmon (771) lead the start of the 1st Schoolboy moto at the Santich Cycles GP of Motocross at Hurricane Hills on July 23 in Clifford, Pennsylvania.


Nicholas Finelli (49) and Tyler Wozney (72) lead the 1st Schoolboy moto at the Santich Cycles Grand Prix of Motoross at Hurricane Hills in Clifford, Pennsylvania on July 23rd.


Travis Harmon (444) and Jim Doolittle (60) battle for third early in the 1st Schoolboy moto at the Santich GP of Motocross at Hurricane Hills on July 23rd.


Jerome Justofin (75) leads the 2nd 125 C moto with Justin Maylath (413), Patrick Ferris (66) and Drew Matterer (322) in tow at the Santich Cycles GP of Motocross at Hurricane Hills on July 23 in Clifford, Pennsylvania.


Jimmy Doolittle (60) takes over the lead of the final 125 C moto at the Santich Cycles GP of Motocross at Hurricane Hills on July 23rd, in Clifford, Pennsylvania.



 

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