Binghamton, NY, June 5, 2010

By Jim Sanderson

Hurd Motorsports, promoters of the beautiful Broome-Tioga Sports Center, nestled in the rural countryside of upstate New York, hosted the Northeast Classic Warm-Up on Saturday, June 5th, to give racers an additional day of racing prior to round 5 of the Northeast Classic Motocross Series.

Suzuki pilot, Ty Space, easily outran the competition in the 250 B class, taking the top tier of the podium with a perfect 1-1 score. Space took the opening moto win with a five second advantage and the final moto win by six. Honda rider, Cody Sawyer took the runner-up tier with a 3-2 tally to just edge out Kawasaki pilot, Jake Scott, who closed out the podium with a 2-3 score.

Space, Scott, Sam Fritz, Cody Sawyer and Matt Vacendak led the pack out of the switch-back first turn in the opening 250 B moto. When the leaders emerged from the very technical front rhythm section, Space remained at the point with Scott right on his tail. Fritz held third. Vacendak passed Sawyer taking fourth, relegating Sawyer to fifth. 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. The recently beefed up rhythm section continued to challenge riders on every lap and any mistake there resulted in a lost position or worse. Sawyer and Ide sailed past Vacendak in the front section after a slight bobble taking third and fourth. Vacendak was displaced to fifth. Space started lap three with a five second lead over Scott. 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 navigated the first rhythm section perfectly and continued to hold the point just ahead of Sawyer in second. Fritz, Vacendak and Ide rounded out the top five.
Two turns before the end of lap one, Vacendak, Ide and Scott passed Fritz taking third, fourth and fifth. Fritz was relegated to sixth. Space held a three second lead at the start of lap three and remained unchanged at the start of lap four and five. Vacendak trailed Sawyer by 15-seconds in third. 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.

Kawasaki pilot, Kevin Hicks, dominated the Open C class, taking the opening moto win with a whopping 16-second lead and topped that with a another win in the final moto and increased his margin of victory to 22-seconds. Chris Ray took second with a consistent 2-2 finishes. Dustin Larson completed the rostrum via a 6-3 tally.

Hicks, Ray, John Welch, Garrett Madison and Eric Bagne led the start of the first Open C 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 ten second advantage that increased to 12 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 Open C moto. Hicks, once again, set a blistering pace and started lap two with a three second lead that increased top 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.

Ty Space (88), Sam Fritz (92) and Matt Vacendak (350) lead the start of the opening 250 B moto at the Northeast Classic Warm-Up race at Broome-Tioga on June 5th in Binghamton, New York.

Sam Fritz (92) and Matt Vacendak (350) battle for third on the opening lap of the first 250 B moto.

Sam Fritz (92) and James Coen (4) battle for fifth late in the first 250 B moto.

Ty Space (88) and Cody Sawyer (16) battle for the lead on the opening lap of the final 250 B moto.

Kevin Hicks (131), Chris Ray (930), John Welch (641) and Garrett Madison (917) lead the start of the first Open C moto.

John Welch (641) and Dustin Larson (161) battle for second on the opening lap of the 1st Open C moto.

Garrett Madison (917) and Eric Bagne (106) battle for fourth in the 1st Open C moto.

Kevin Hicks (131) leads the start of the final Open C moto.

Photos courtesy of Jim Sanderson.