Easter Eve race results from Egg Harbor! (March
30, 2002)
Everyone that showed up for Egg Harbor's Easter Eve night race
on Saturday March 30th were treated to an excellent show from the
30+ motos that ran. No Easter egg hunt here, just pure BMX racin'
at it's finest! Cory raced to a solid 2nd place in his first and second
moto which just about guaranteed him an overall 2nd place finish on
the day. The third moto was a real nail-biter with a photo finish
bringing everyone to their feet. After leading the entire moto, Cory
was reeled in by Micheal Palumbo who made a last minute pass at the
line to steal 1st place in the third moto away from Cory. Three 2nd
place finishes gave the "Power House" from Hamilton NJ an
overall 2nd place for the day and priming him for an awesome season
that starts in one week at all other NJ BMX tracks. We'd also
like to send our Congratulations out to Victor Behm for his recent
move-up to the "Expert" class and a rad display in his new
class on Saturday night! Keep it tuned here for all Cory's
latest results in 2002! The season starts...NOW!
2 + 4 = 1 at 180 BMX in Pittsville, MD! (March 23 & 24,
2002)
What happens when you take a 6 Rookie to a Northeast Regional
race, combine his class with the 7 Rookies, and unleash him? Well
if that 6 year old Rookie is Cory, you end up with a 1st place overall
in class! With only two 6 Rookies registered for the first
race of the 2002 Northeast Regional series, this class needed to be
combined with the 7 year old Rookies. For most riders, being combined
upwards is nerve racking, but for Cory, what he didn't know, HELPED
him! He raced through the cold wind on Saturday to blow away all but
one 7 year old for a solid 2nd place finish in his main. On Sunday,
the weather warmed but Cory seemed a bit tired and sluggish for the
8:00am start. He made his main regardless and posted a solid 4th place
in Sunday's race. The best part was yet to come for this lit'l guy.
Since he raced out-of-class and performed so well, he earned a 1st
place overall for his 6 Rookie class! Once again, an AWESOME display
by an AWESOME racer! And that's how 2 + 4 = 1.
Two for Two in 2002! (March 16, 2002)
OK, OK, the 2002 season "technically" doesn't start
for us until April, but the weather's been great and Egg Harbor BMX
is open and racing on Saturdays! You don't really expect us to keep
the lit'l rocket indoors do ya? Two weeks, two great Saturdays
weather-wise, with two similar results. Cory's class was a
full gate this week with a total of 6 riders, but that didn't deter
Cory from winning the hole-shot in motos 1 and 2 and holding on to
win each moto. The third moto was a bit of a "bad gate start"
and Cory found himself in 4th place coming out of the first turn.
One by one he picked off the riders in front of him, moving to 3rd
by the second turn and picking up 2nd place going into the third turn,
but running out of time and track before the finish line and unable
to pick up 1st in the third moto for another "perfect" day.
However, with winning the first two motos and placing second in the
third, Cory assured himself another 1st place trophy for the day non-the-less
and making a solid statement in his bid for the NJ State Series Championship
in 2002.
"Perfect" Day at Egg Harbor's Season Opener! (March
9th, 2002)
The weather wasn't the only thing that was perfect at Egg Harbor's
season opener, so was Cory in all three of his motos! We weren't
expecting to race on Saturday March 9th at Egg Harbor, especially
after just having a day of spring-skiing at Camelback on Friday March
8th, but the 70 degree temperatures and bright sunshine lured us out
for the first local race of the 2002 Egg Harbor track series. The
first moto was a pass-at-the-line as Cory took the lead less then
5 feet from the finish line creating a "photo finish", but
his second and third motos were less of a nail biter with Cory establishing
a much wider lead early on and maintaining it to "perfect"
on the day by winning all three motos. Perfect racing on a truely
perfect day! Way to go Dude!