The Jim Sanderson MX Report

October 8th, 2006

Carsten Clever McPhee Mechanical

AMA District Six Points Race

By Jim P. Sanderson

CLIFFORD, PA

The Hurricane Hills Sports Center held it's next to last race of the 2006 season on October 8th. Mother Nature cooperated by delivering a beautiful fall day complete with blue skies and lots of sunshine. Track conditions were nearly perfect.

Chris Prenderville, Antonio Poccia and Barry Carsten led the pack out of the second turn in the opening over 30 A class moto. By the time the pack cleared the downhill triple, the top five had changed considerably. Darren Edsall held the point followed by Poccia, Prenderville, Joe Fritz Sr., and Darryl Smith. By the midpoint of lap two, Edsall had opened up a four second lead. Poccia and Prenderville held second and third. Carsten was on the move after a poor start, first passing Fritz then Smith to claim fourth. Smith and Fritz were relegated to fifth and sixth. Carsten was still headed to the front and on lap three passed Prenderville, securing third. Near the end of lap three, Carsten secured second and began closing the gap on Edsall. Shortly after the start of lap four, Carsten made the pass on the ski jump on the back tree line taking the lead. Edsall was displaced to runner-up. Carsten promptly pulled away and took the checkers with a six second advantage. Edsall, Smith, Prenderville and Poccia closed out the top five.

Fritz, Joe Reilly, Poccia and Smith led the start of the final over 30 A moto. Fritz had a three second lead at the start of lap two. Poccia, Prenderville and Edsall moved up to secure second through fourth, which relegated Reilly to fifth. Smith then caught and passed Reilly taking fifth. Reilly was displaced to sixth. On lap three, Edsall made the pass on Prenderville taking third. Prenderville dropped to fourth but it wasn't long before a hard charging Carsten relegated him to fifth. Just after the start of lap four, Edsall passed Poccia taking second. Poccia dropped to third. Meanwhile Fritz continued to hold down the point position but Edsall and Carsten were quickly coming through the pack. About midway through lap four, Edsall and Carsten got by Fritz taking first and second. Fritz was relegated to third. Four turns from the start of lap five; Carsten passed Edsall taking the lead. Edsall was displaced to runner-up status again. Carsten got the win with a three second cushion. Edsall, Fritz, Poccia and Josh Bozzuto closed out the top five.

Carsten topped the podium with a perfect 1-1. Edsall's consistent 2-2 finishes secured second and Poccia closed out the podium with a 5-4 tally.

Nick McPhee, Marshall Hurd and Mark Rice led the start of the first 250 B moto. McPhee had a three second gap on Hurd on lap two. Rice, Paul Meier and Joe Fritz Jr. rounded out the top five. McPhee had a five second lead by the end of lap two and increased it to six seconds by the end of lap three. The top five were all spread out by lap four. McPhee got the win followed by Meier, Rice, DJ Mowery and Chris Murray.

McPhee, Hurd, Mowery, Meier and Murray led the start of the final 250 B moto. McPhee had a three second advantage on lap two and increased it to 8 seconds by the checkers. Hurd, Rice, Meier and Fritz rounded out the top five.

McPhee (1-1) topped the podium. Rice (3-3) secured runner-up and Meier (2-4) closed out the podium.

Results:
50 PW Oil Inj (4-6): 1. Jacob Keane (Ktm); 2. Max Burrier (Ktm).
50 PW Oil Inj (7-8): 1. Seth Miller (Hon).
50 PW: 1. Jacob Keane (Ktm); 2. Max Burrier (Ktm); 3. Seth Miller (Hon).
50 (4-6): 1. Dawson Driscoll (Ktm); 2. Jacob Keane (Ktm); 3. Josh Mcginnis (Ktm); 4. Max Burrier (Ktm).
50 (7-8): 1. Danny Colachino (Ktm); 2. Scott Stockunas (Cob); 3. Josh Lee (Ktm); 4. Justin Yedinak (Ktm); 5. Lincoln Brookens (buckshot) (Cob).
65 (7-9): 1. Austin Littler (Ktm); 2. Eric Vonada (Kaw); 3. Danny Colachino (Ktm); 4. Schae Thomas (Suz); 5. Scott Stockunas (Ktm).
65 (10-11): 1. Sean Ballard (Kaw); 2. Kevin Hicks Jr (Suz); 3. Koda Smith (Ktm); 4. Carlton Stark Iii (Kaw); 5. Logan Miller (Ktm).
85 (7-9): 1. Austin Littler (Suz); 2. Schae Thomas (Suz); 3. Eric Vonada (Kaw); 4. Korey Holby (Ktm); 5. Zack Krueger (Suz).
85 (10-11): 1. Sean Ballard (Kaw); 2. Aj Krueger (Suz); 3. Dyson Sprouse (Kaw); 4. Kevin Hicks Jr (Suz); 5. Carlton Stark Iii (Kaw).
85 (12-13): 1. Ryan Zaveral (Hon); 2. Frank Robie (Ktm); 3. Chris Mowery (Ktm); 4. Zach Hatfield (Kaw); 5. Ben Fancher (Yam).
85 (9-13) Jr Mini: 1. Aj Krueger (Suz); 2. Jonathan Jankowsky (Hon); 3. Gary Smith (Kaw); 4. Korey Holby (Ktm); 5. Garrett Schwippert (Yam).
85 (14-15): 1. Lance Burhans (Kaw); 2. Dustin Nesbitt (Yam).
S/MINI (12-15): 1. Ryan Zaveral (Hon); 2. Chris Mowery (Ktm); 3. Frank Robie (Ktm); 4. Thomas Lynott (Kaw).
SCHBY: 1. Charles Jr. Sherby (Hon); 2. Matthew Moore (Yam); 3. Tyler Wozney (Kaw); 4. Ryan Francis (Ktm); 5. Justin Ferris (Yam).
CLGBY: 1. Taylor Beltz (Hon); 2. Mark Rice (Hon); 3. Garson Desormeau (Yam); 4. Chris Murray (Yam); 5. Dj Mowery (Ktm).
125 A: 1. Ryan Gainey (Hon).
125 B: 1. Nick Mcphee (Suz); 2. Tyler Wozney (Kaw); 3. Matthew Moore (Yam); 4. Paul Meier (Yam); 5. Garson Desormeau (Yam).
125 C: 1. Charles Jr. Sherby (Hon); 2. Cory Mowery (Ktm); 3. Joshua Yencho (Yam); 4. Scott Ferris (Kaw); 5. Rick Kithcart (Hon).
250 A: 1. Barry Carsten (Suz); 2. Ryan Gainey (Hon); 3. Jason Kear (Suz); 4. Darren Edsall (Kaw).
250 B: 1. Nick Mcphee (Suz); 2. Mark Rice (Hon); 3. Paul Meier (Yam); 4. Joe Fritz, Jr (Hon); 5. Chris Murray (Yam).
250 C: 1. Billy Gallagher (Hon); 2. Saxon Sprouse (Kaw); 3. Chris Rogers Jr (Kaw); 4. Matt Vacendak (Hon); 5. Samantha Fritz (Hon).
25+ A: 1. Barry Carsten (Suz); 2. Jason Kear (Suz); 3. Darren Edsall (Kaw); 4. Darryl Smith (Suz); 5. Antonio Poccia (Yam).
25+ B: 1. Jude Harper (Yam).
30+ A: 1. Barry Carsten (Suz); 2. Darren Edsall (Kaw); 3. Antonio Poccia (Yam); 4. Darryl Smith (Suz); 5. Joe Fritz Sr (Hon).
30+ B: 1. Louis Giomboni (Yam); 2. William Frank (Yam); 3. Mark Rinaldi (Ktm); 4. Bill Perry (Yam); 5. Jude Harper (Yam).
30+ C: 1. Chris Rogers Sr (Kaw); 2. Marc Hoinsky (Yam); 3. Joseph Thomas (Suz); 4. Daniel Fancher (Ktm); 5. Joseph Bollard (Yam).
40+ A: 1. Joe Fritz Sr (Hon); 2. Joe Reilly (Kaw); 3. John Hilton (Hon); 4. Henry Lucio (Suz).
40+ B: 1. Louis Giomboni (Yam); 2. Bill Perry (Yam); 3. Colton Fisher (Hon); 4. Keith Yencho (Yam); 5. William Robie (Yam).
WMN: 1. Samantha Fritz (Hon); 2. Sonia Williams (Hon).
OPEN 4 STROKE: 1. Cory Mowery (Ktm); 2. Rick Kithcart (Hon); 3. Joe Fritz, Jr (Hon); 4. Austin Barone (Kaw); 5. Zach Fleming (Yam).

 

Above:  Chris Prenderville (437), Antonio Poccia (202) and Barry Carsten (84) lead the start of the 1st over 30 A moto at Hurricane Hills in Clifford, Pennsylvania on October 8th.
 

Above:  Darren Edsall (348), Antonio Poccia (202) battle for the lead with Chris Prenderville (437) and Joe Fritz Sr. (605) in tow in the opening over 30 A moto at Hurricane Hills on October 8th in Clifford, Pennsylvania.
 

Above:  Joe Fritz Sr. (605), Antonio Poccia (202), Joe Reilly (221) and Darrly Smith (52) lead the start of the final over 30 A moto at Hurricane Hills on October 8th in Clifford, Pennsylvania.
 

Above:  Joe Fritz (605) leads the final over 30 A moto with Antonio Poccia (202) and Joe Reilly (221) in tow at Hurricane Hills in Clifford, Pennsylvania on October 8th.
 

Above:  Nick McPhee (214), Marshall Hurd (24) and Mark Rice (597) lead the start of the opening 250 B moto at Hurricane Hills on October 8th in Clifford, Pennsylvania.
 

Above:  Marshall Hurd (24) and Mark Rice (597) battle for second early in the 1st 250 B moto at Hurricane Hills in Clifford, PA on October 8th.
 

Above:  Mark Rice (597) and Paul Meier (288) battle for second on the last lap of the 1st 250 B moto at Hurricane Hills on October 8th in Clifford, PA.
 

Above:  Nick McPhee (214), Marshall Hurd (24), DJ Mowery (153), Chris Murray (39f) and Paul Meier (288) lead the start of the final 250 B moto at Hurricane Hills on October 8th in Clifford, Pennsylvania.
 

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