BINGHAMTON, NY

Hurd Motorsports, promoters of the beautiful Broome-Tioga Sports Center, hosted a warmup race on Saturday, June 5, to give racers an additional day of racing prior to round five of the Northeast Classic Motocross Series. Suzuki pilot Ty Space (8, below) easily outran the competition in the 250 B class, taking the top tier of the podium with a perfect 1-1 score.

Space, Kawasaki pilot Jake Scott, Sam Fritz, Honda rider Cody Sawyer, and Matt Vacendak (350, above) led the pack out of the first turn in the opening 250 B moto. When the leaders emerged from the front rhythm section, Space remained at the point, with Scott right on his tail. Fritz held third. Vacendak passed Sawyer, taking fourth. Vacendak closed the gap on Fritz and made the pass for third at the end of lap one; Fritz was pushed back to fourth.

Space started lap two four seconds ahead of Scott. Vacendak continued to hold third. Sawyer and Jimmy Ide rounded out the top five. Sawyer and Ide sailed past Vacendak in the front section after a slight bobble, taking third and fourth. Space started lap three with a five-second lead. Scott held Space's pace for the rest of the seven-lap moto, taking the checkers five seconds behind Space. Sawyer, Ide and James Coen completed the top five.

Space, Fritz, Sawyer, Vacendak and Scott led the start of the final 250 B moto. Space continued to hold the point, just ahead of Sawyer in second, when the leaders exited the front section. Fritz, Vacendak and Ide rounded out the top five. Two turns before the end of lap one, Vacendak, Ide and Scott took third, fourth and fifth; Fritz was relegated to sixth.

Space held a three-second lead at the start of lap three, and that remained unchanged at the start of lap five. Vacendak trailed Sawyer by 15 seconds.

Scott and Ide passed Vacendak at the start of lap six to take third and fourth; Vacendak was pushed back to sixth. Space took the checkered flag with a six-second lead. Sawyer, Scott, Ide and Vacendak followed.

Space (1-1) won overall. Sawyer (3-2) took the runner-up tier, just edging out Scott (2-3), who closed out the podium.

Kawasaki pilot Kevin Hicks (131, above) dominated the Open C class. Hicks, Chris Ray, John Welch, Garrett Madison and Eric Bagne led the start of the first moto. Hicks quickly began to gap the field and started lap two seven seconds ahead of Welch, in second. Dustin Larson, Ray and Bagne rounded out the top five.

Hicks started lap three with a 10-second advantage, which increased to 12 seconds on lap four, 14 at the white flag and 16 at the checkers. Ray, Bagne, Madison and Marko Novosec followed.

Hicks, Larson, Welch, Ray and Vincent Gennett led the start of the final moto. Hicks once again set a blistering pace and started lap two with a three-second lead, which increased to seven on lap three, 12 on lap four, 16 on lap five and 22 at the checkered flag. Ray, Larson, Novosec and Welch completed the top five.

Hicks (1-1) won overall, Ray took second with his consistent 2-2 finishes, and Larson completed the rostrum via his 6-3 tally.

Results

50 P/W (4-8): 1. Michael Cornall (Cob); 2. Travis Mecking (KTM); 3. Dominick Morse (Yamaha); 4. Jacob Henry (KTM); 5. Nashton Altier (Cob).

50 (4-6) JR: 1. Michael Cornall (Cob); 2. Rico Lucio (KTM); 3. Travis Mecking (KTM); 4. Jacob Henry (KTM); 5. Nashton Altier (Cob).

50 (7-8) SR: 1. Ayden Nyland (Cob); 2. Luca Marsalisi (KTM); 3. Nikolas Burts (Cob); 4. Connor Sawyer (Cob); 5. Jeremy Edwards (Cob).

65 (7-9): 1. Ayden Nyland (KTM); 2. Luca Marsalisi (KTM); 3. Jeremy Edwards (KTM); 4. Connor Sawyer (Cob); 5. Cagan Sodan (Kawasaki).

65 (10-11): 1. Reid McMichael (KTM); 2. Scott Stratton Jr. (Kawasaki).

85 (9-11): 1. Justin Tompkins (Suzuki); 2. Justin Yedinak (Suzuki); 3. Tyler Colachino (Kawasaki); 4. Reid McMichael (KTM).

85 (12-15): 1. Zachary Putman (Honda); 2. Colton Camp (Kawasaki); 3. Ryan Sluiter (Kawasaki); 4. James Lynch (Suzuki).

OPEN MINI: 1. Kevin Tompkins (Suzuki); 2. Zachary Putman (Honda); 3. Colton Camp (Kawasaki); 4. Ryan Sluiter (Kawasaki); 5. Justin Tompkins (Suzuki).

BEG 122-250: 1. Adam Kocian (Yamaha); 2. Vincent Scipione (Honda); 3. John McDonough (Kawasaki).

BEG 122-OPEN: 1. Vincent Scipione (Honda); 2. John McDonough (Kawasaki).

125 2-STRK: 1. Kevin Tompkins (Suzuki); 2. Daniel Dillin (Yamaha).

250 A: 1. Mitchell Dougherty (Honda); 2. Josh Emmi (Honda); 3. Justin Murray (KTM); 4. Matthew Moore (Yamaha); 5. Cody Veverka (Kawasaki).

250 B: 1. Ty Space (Suzuki); 2. Cody Sawyer (Honda); 3. Jake Scott (Kawasaki); 4. Jimmy Ide (Kawasaki); 5. James Coen (Kawasaki).

250 C: 1. John Thierfelder III (Suzuki); 2. Fredric Marsalisi (Suzuki); 3. Brandon Aldrich (Kawasaki); 4. John Welch (Kawasaki); 5. Keegan Bulger (Honda).

OPEN A: 1. Mitchell Dougherty (Honda); 2. Ryan Zaveral (Honda); 3. Josh Emmi (Honda); 4. Joshua Stein (Kawasaki); 5. Joe Celso (Suzuki).

OPEN B: 1. Ty Space (Suzuki); 2. Billy Gallagher (Kawasaki); 3. Cody Sawyer (Honda); 4. Jake Scott (Kawasaki); 5. Matthew Ochsner (Honda).

OPEN C: 1. Kevin Hicks Jr. (Kawasaki); 2. Christopher Ray (Honda); 3. Dustin Larson (Honda); 4. Marko Novosec (Kawasaki); 5. Vincent Gennett (Suzuki).

WMN: 1. Samantha Fritz (Honda); 2. Casey Hubbell (Yamaha); 3. Kayla Boorom (Kawasaki).

SCHBY: 1. James Coen (Kawasaki); 2. Daniel Dillin (Yamaha); 3. Kevin Hicks Jr. (Kawasaki); 4. John Thierfelder III (Suzuki); 5. Fredric Marsalisi (KTM).

CLGBY: 1. Ty Space (Suzuki); 2. Billy Gallagher (Kawasaki); 3. Jimmy Ide (Kawasaki); 4. Juan Paul Sanchez (Kawasaki); 5. Ethan Murray (Yamaha).

25+ A: 1. Justin Murray (KTM); 2. Frank Eckel (Honda); 3. Joe Celso (Suzuki); 4. Chadd Groome (Honda); 5. Dave Terwilliger Jr. (Yamaha).

25+ B/C: 1. Chris Snow (Honda).

30+ A: 1. Darryl Smith (Honda); 2. Frank Eckel (Honda); 3. Bob Lapusnak (Suzuki); 4. Chadd Groome (Honda).

30+ B: 1. Chris Snow (Honda); 2. Glenn Smith (Honda); 3. Cyle Ellison (Kawasaki); 4. Tom Lightbody (Honda); 5. Jerry Roys (Kawasaki).

30+ C: 1. Jerry Williamson (Kawasaki); 2. Matt Laramee (Yamaha).

40+ A: 1. Darryl Smith (Honda); 2. Joe Fritz Sr. (Honda).

40+ B/C: 1. Glenn Smith (Honda); 2. Jerry Roys (Kawasaki); 3. Gregg Bouchard (Yamaha); 4. Jerry Williamson (Kawasaki).

45+ A: 1. Joe Fritz Sr. (Honda).

45+ B: 1. Dave Terwilliger Sr. (Yamaha).