BINGHAMTON, NY

The promoters of the Broome-Tioga Sports Center, Hurd Motorsports, added an extra day of racing to follow the American Classic Racing Vintage, Vet & Youth Championships that ran on Saturday, May 22. On Sunday, the ACR guys ran an old-school motocross race on the Broome-Tioga National-caliber grass-track racecourse. The grass-track features fast straightaways, numerous off-camber sections, and several rolling hills. The race program consisted of one 30-minute moto for each class, and once the race program concluded, the entire facility was opened up for practice on its three unique racecourses.

In the opening moto of the combined Pre-1975 and Pre-1978 contest, Gary Montminy, John Novak and Scott MacKenzie (833, above) led the pack off the start. After half a lap, the top five were Montminy, MacKenzie, Tom Bryce, Novak and Mike Robinson. Near the end of the opening lap, MacKenzie passed Montminy, taking the lead. Montminy was relegated to second. Bryce held third. Robinson moved up to fourth, and Tom France took fifth.

MacKenzie had opened up a small four-second lead by the start of lap three. Three turns into the third lap, Robinson passed Bryce for third; Bryce was pushed back to fourth.

MacKenzie increased his advantage to nine seconds at the start of lap four. France closed the gap on Bryce and made the pass, taking fourth. Bryce came back and retook the position on the following lap, pushing France back to fifth. By this point, the top five had spread out, and the order was looking firmly established by the start of lap six. Meanwhile, MacKenzie continued to increase his lead with each lap and amassed a whopping 30-second advantage by the white flag and increased it to 35 seconds at the checkers. Montminy, Robinson, France and Bryce completed the top five.

Philip Van Geldern (727, above), Q. Van Geldern (857), Roy Vanderveur Jr. (3W) and John Nardone (28) led the start of the combined Evolution and Vintage 1980s moto. Vanderveur quickly diced his way into the lead, pushing Philip and Q. Van Geldern back to second and third, respectively. Fourth and fifth were unchanged.

Mark Griggs worked his way into the top five and then took third on lap three, relegating Q. Van Geldern to fourth. Nardone held fifth. Vanderveur continued to extend his lead and started lap four with a 15-second lead. Griggs and Lloyd Patterson both worked their way past Philip Van Geldern to take second and third, respectively, pushing Van Geldern back to fourth. Tony Albanese now held fifth.

Vanderveur continued to hold the point on lap five, and his lead remained unchanged at 15 seconds. Patterson began to pick up the pace and began to chip away at Vanderveur's lead. By the eighth lap, Patterson had reduced Vanderveur's advantage to 10 seconds, and he was gaining a second per lap until lap 11, when Griggs emerged from the back section of the racecourse in second. Patterson had dropped back to third. Vanderveur began to pull away again and increased his lead to 12 seconds by lap 13 and then took the checkered flag 18 seconds ahead of Griggs, in second. Patterson, Tony Albanese and Philip Van Geldern closed out the top five.

Results

85 (7-11): 1. Tyler Colachino (Kawasaki).

85 (12-15): 1. Danny Colachino (Kawasaki); 2. Carl Brucher (Kawasaki).

250 B/C: 1. Brandon Kenyon (Yamaha); 2. Sean Ballard (Kawasaki); 3. Cody Sawyer (Honda); 4. John Welch (Kawasaki); 5. John Roys (Yamaha).

OPEN B/C: 1. Brandon Kenyon (Yamaha); 2. Sean Ballard (Kawasaki); 3. Cody Sawyer (Honda); 4. Paul Attanasia (Suzuki); 5. Keegan Bulger (Kawasaki).

U/L: 1. Chris Cheney (Honda); 2. Marshall Hurd (Kawasaki).

SCHBY: 1. Carlton Stark III (Kawasaki); 2. John Roys (Yamaha).

30+ A: 1. Joe Fontana (Honda).

30+ B: 1. Chris Crocevera (Honda).

30+ C: 1. Rodger White (Honda).

45+ A: 1. Bill Perry (Yamaha).

50+: 1. Edward Brazina (Honda).

GREENHORN: 1. Ryan Burts (Yamaha); 2. Seth Pinckney (Yamaha); 3. Andrea Stewart (Honda); 4. Lisa Burton-France (Suzuki).

ACR MINI: 1. Michael O'Reilly (Honda); 2. Mike Billy (Yamaha); 3. Dylan O'Hara (Honda); 4. Lloyd Patterson Jr. (Honda); 5. Eddie Rogers (Yamaha).

PRE-1975 MINI: 1. Jeff Rogers (Honda).

PRE-1975: 1. Mike Robinson; 2. Tom France (Hus); 3. Tom Bryce; 4. Mark Strassner; 5. Marc Halpern.

PRE-1978: 1. Scott MacKenzie (Suzuki); 2. Gary Montminy (Suzuki); 3. Todd Rogers; 4. John O'Hara (Hus).

EVO: 1. Roy Vanderveur Jr. (Yamaha); 2. Philip Van Geldern (Suzuki); 3. Q. Van Geldern (Suzuki); 4. Carl Minleri (Yamaha).

VINT 1980s: 1. Mark Griggs (Honda); 2. Lloyd Patterson Jr. (Honda); 3. Tony Albanese (Kawasaki); 4. John Nardone (Yamaha); 5. Joe Nye (Suzuki).

ACR GP: 1. Jeff Felter (Kawasaki); 2. Jay Smoker (Yamaha).

ACR MDRN: 1. Tom Abaldo (Honda); 2. Rich Dombey (Yamaha); 3. Jason Hartom (Yamaha).