June 2003 BMX News

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Pittsville MD Mid-Atlantic results! (June 21& 22, 2003)
For the 14th weekend this year, rain was forecasted for the Northeast region and threatened to washout the Mid-Atlantic National in Pittsville, MD. On Friday June 20th (Happy Birthday Dad) it was pouring in the NJ area and we cancelled our trip to Maryland in the AM. However, by afternoon, the weather forecast looked brighter in MD, so we rescheduled and headed south! Good thing we did too. The weather turned out to be sunny and beautiful.....at least in Pittsville MD. We hear back in NJ it rained all weekend again! The moto turnout was low with only 80-something motos on Saturday and 70-something on Sunday......everyone scared away, we guess, because of the threat of stormy rain.
Cory's weekend was a middle-of-the-road weekend with all 3rds in the motos on Saturday and a 4th in the Main after a total of 9 racers in his class started the day. On Sunday Cory improved some by finishing with all 2nds in the motos and a 5th in the Main. After planning on not even leaving the house for the weekend due to the weather, it turned out to be a great weekend with some great racing.

Saturday June 21 - Mid-Atlantic National Day 1
Round 1: 1st - E. Bryce Beer, 2nd - Dillon Avila, 3rd - Cory House, 4th - Steve McFarland, 5th - Ben Canning
Round 1a: 1st - Paul Kincheloe, 2nd - Tyler McBride, 3rd - Zarek Justis, 4th - Maxwell Delphia
Rounds 2: 1st - E. Bryce Beer, 2nd - Dillon Avila, 3rd - Cory House, 4th - Steve McFarland, 5th - Ben Canning
Round 2a: 1st - Tyler McBride, 2nd - Paul Kincheloe, 3rd - Zarek Justis, 4th - Maxwell Delphia
Rounds 3: 1st - E. Bryce Beer, 2nd - Ben Canning, 3rd - Cory House, 4th - Dillon Avila, 5th - Steve McFarland
Round 3a: 1st - Paul Kincheloe, 2nd - Tyler McBride, 3rd - Maxwell Delphia, 4th - Zarek Justis
Main Results Day 1: 1st - E. Bryce Beer, 2nd - Paul Kincheloe, 3rd - Tyler McBride, 4th - Cory House, 5th - Dillon Avila, 6th - Ben Canning, 7th - Zarek Justis

Saturday June 22 - Mid-Atlantic National Day 2
Round 1: 1st - E. Bryce Beer, 2nd - Cory House, 3rd - Maxwell Delphia, 4th - Zarek Justis
Round 1a: 1st - Paul Kincheloe, 2nd - Tyler McBride, 3rd - Steve McFarland, 4th - Dillon Avila
Rounds 2:1st - E. Bryce Beer, 2nd - Cory House, 3rd - Zarek Justis, 4th - maxwell Delphia
Round 2a: 1st - Paul Kincheloe, 2nd - Dillon Avila, 3rd - Tyler McBride, 4th - Steve McFarland
Rounds 3: 1st - E. Bryce Beer, 2nd - Cory House, 3rd - Maxwell Delphia, 4th - Zarek Justis
Round 3a: 1st - Paul Kincheloe, 2nd - Tyler McBride, 3rd - Dillon Avila, 4th - Steve McFarland
Main Results Day 1: 1st - E. Bryce Beer, 2nd - ???, 3rd - ???, 4th - Tyler McBride, 5th - Cory House, 6th - ???, 7th - ???


The Perfect Storm (well, almost) in Trumbull CT!
(June 14 & 15, 2003)

In October of 1991 a storm stronger than any in recorded history hit the coast off of Gloucester, Massachusetts. This "Perfect Storm" created an almost catastrophic situation in the Atlantic ocean. On Saturday June 14th, 2003, a storm of the BMXin' kind rolled into Trumbull CT in New England causing some serious damage of it's own kind. Some boyz from NJ including Big "C" rolled into Trumbull CT ready to create havoc and that they did, but first, we had to get through Friday the 13th. Yes, the black cat crossed our path first. Traffic made the 2-1/2 hour ride to Trumbull CT from NJ a 4-1/2 hour slow cruise, rain in the Northeast (again) cancelled practice in Trumbull all day Friday, (the track was recently rebuilt and was brand new to everyone so practice was crucial) and a flat tire on Big C's trailer made us wonder if this trip was worth it. That all changed on Saturday June 14th (Mom's Birthday too - 29 again!!!) when Cory scored his first National PERFECT by winning all three motos and the main. What a great present for Mom. Could he repeat on Sunday to prove it was no fluke? Almost!!! After getting off to a slow start in moto #1 and finishing 3rd, he again won motos 2 and 3 and was ready for the Main. A slow start in Sunday's Main found our rocket in third place after turn #2 but he quickly started to reel in the leaders. Going into the last turn he found himself running three-wide with Tyler McBride (NJ) and Connor Houlihan (CT) going for the lead. With Tyler on the outside, Connor in the middle and Cory on the inside, all we could do was hold our breath and let the battle unfold. As they all went into the last turn, Connor's attention seemed to be drawn to the outside and to Tyler who was starting to pull ahead when Connor made a dive for the inside of the turn and in the process collected Cory and they both took a nose dive into some hay. Tyler was then able to capitalize going wide in the turn, avoiding the wreck and pulling off the Main win. We hear that going for the lead and crashing is the NEXT best feeling there is in racing. Congratulations to our fellow NJ rider Tyler McBride for scoring not only the win in Sunday's Main, but for creating the other "PERFECT STORM" by winning his three motos on Sunday. Looks like the "PERFECT STORM" that rolled into New England this weekend developed in NJ!!
Way to go guys!

Saturday June 14 - Constitution Classic National Day 1
Round 1: 1st - Cory House, 2nd - Connor Houlican, 3rd - Zarek Justis, 4th - John Lauder, 5th - Andrew Hickey
Round 1a: 1st - Tyler McBride, 2nd - Tayler Fichtner, 3rd - Mike Mazur, 4th - Nick Eso
Rounds 2: 1st - Cory House, 2nd - Connor Houlican, 3rd - Andrew Hickey, 4th - John Lauder, 5th - Zarek Justis
Round 2a: 1st - Tayler Fichtner, 2nd - Tyler McBride, 3rd - Mike Mazur, 4th - Nick Eso
Rounds 3: 1st - Cory House, 2nd - Connor Houlican, 3rd - Andrew Hickey, 4th - John Lauder, 5th - Zarek Justis
Round 3a: 1st - Tayler Fichtner, 2nd - Tyler McBride, 3rd - Mike Mazur, 4th - Nick Eso
Main Results Day 1: 1st - Cory House, 2nd - Tyler McBride, 3rd - Tayler Fichtner, 4th - Mike Mazur, 5th - Andrew Hickey, 6th - Connor Houlican, 7th - Zarek Justis

Sunday June 15 - Constitution Classic National Day 2
Round 1: 1st - Connor Houlican, 2nd - Tayler Fichtner, 3rd - Cory House, 4th - Nick Eso, 5th - John Lauder
Round 1a: 1st - Tyler McBride, 2nd - Andrew Hickey, 3rd - Mike Mazur, 4th - Zarek Justis
Rounds 2: 1st - Cory House, 2nd - Connor Houlican, 3rd - John Lauder, 4th - Tayler Fichtner, 5th - Nick Eso
Round 2a: 1st - Tyler McBride, 2nd - Andrew Hickey, 3rd - Mike Mazur, 4th - Zarek Justis
Rounds 3: 1st - Cory House, 2nd - Tayler Fichtner, 3rd - Nick Eso, 4th - John Lauder, 5th - Connor Houlihan
Round 3a: 1st - Tyler McBride, 2nd - Andrew Hickey, 3rd - Mike Mazur, 4th - Zarek Justis
Main Results Day 1: 1st - Tyler McBride, 2nd - Tayler Fichtner, 3rd - Nick Eso, 4th - Andrew Hickey, 5th - Cory House, 6th - Connor Houlihan, 7th - Mike Mazur


Rain almost washes out another weekend! (June 7 & 8, 2003)
Remember the story of Noah's Ark? Many of us here in the Northeast are beginning to feel like we're living the real-life version. Rain again spoiled the NJ State Qualifier on Saturday June 7th but cloudy skies allowed us to get in Sunday's race! Due to Saturday's rain all the points from Sunday were doubled and used as Saturday's finishes also since there would not be a rain date for Saturday's qualifier. The track was in pretty decent condition even after 2" of rain soaked the track less than 24 hours before thanks to Vinny Mannino and the crew at CJBMX! Cory turned on the turbo jets after a third place in the first moto to win both the second and third round, taking the overall win for both days. See ya on the track!

Saturday & Sunday June 7th & 8th - NJ State Qualifiers 3 & 4
Round 1: 1st - Benjamin Canning, 2nd - Tyler McBride, 3rd - Cory House, 4th - Zarek Justis
Round 2: 1st - Cory House, 2nd - Benjamin Canning, 3rd - Tyler McBride, 4th - Zarek Justis
Rounds 3: 1st - Cory House, 2nd - Benjamin Canning, 3rd - Tyler McBride, 4th - Zarek Justis