Story: Kenny Held
Photos: Mike Sigety and Michael
Szostek
10/28/2018, Bethlehem, PA, Round 10 of the SRT - AMA East
Hare Scrambles Series
It was Bush at Bushkill! Sorry I couldn't resist. Hunter Bush took the hole-hot and the win
this weekend at the D6 - Bushkill Valley Hare Scramble. This was no easy task as he was being stalked
the entire time by Multi ECEA and AMA East #1 Kyle McDonal.
At no time did the two lose sight of each
other. Behind them in 3rd position was
the youngest AA from the Millville, NJ training camp, Justin Lafferty. For the 1st 3 laps the three would take turns
displaying the fastest lap times of the day.
By lap 6, Lafferty would drop pack to a just under a minute and McDonal
would move within 15 seconds of Bush.
The course was 50% elevation changes due to Bushkill Valley being
exactly what it says. This club also
hosts 2 AMA National Hill Climbs.
The
other portions of the track were extremely greasy grass tracks. McDonal aboard his Bromley Beta 4 stroke and
Bush aboard his Yamaha 2 stroke were using completely different lines which
provided excellent spectating for the fans on every portion of the five mile
loop. On the start of the white flag lap
Mcdonal moved within three seconds of Bush but just couldn't make the pass. What was interesting was that none of the top three didn't pit.
Final round coming up on Nov. 10-11 in New Jersey.
We spoke with Greg
McDonal, Kyle's dad and pit boss who advised that they were experimenting with
the 4 stroke and its range ability on one tank.
Unfortunately on the last uphill, Kyles bike began flame out allowing
Bush to pull away. We don't know if it
was the low fuel level of the gas or the wide open racing the two were
demonstrating. Fortunately for McDonal,
he only needed to finish this round to seal up the #1 plate for the AMA East HS
Series and that he did. Congratulations
to Kyle for the #1 plate and to Hunter Bush for the win. Top A rider goes to A-250 racer Jason
Tino aboard his Hanover Powersports KTM.
Top 5
Hunter Bush - Yam
Kyle McDonal - Beta
Justin Lafferty - KTM
Jason Tino - KTM
Jedediah Haines - Yam
In the morning C event it was School Boy 1 Racer Julian
Wojcik aboard his Bromley-Team Perfect Storm Suzuki. Julian is also leading the AMA East School
Boy points. 2nd pl went to Brandon Woolf
in the C Open class and 3rd went to Ryan Elseroad from the C lights.
On Saturdays youth events we were once again dealt a soggy
hand. Rain, rain and more rain. These
kids toughed it out! In the Youth Main
it was KTM racer Cole Hickman taking the top podium finish away from local
favorite Trevor Kibler. Trevor a fierce
youth competitor would fall victim to a leaking water pump seal just prior to
the race start and had to ride gracefully in order to finish. Hickman, would make a gentlemen s pass on
Kibler for the lead on lap one. Battling
his way through the pack for 2nd overall was 12-15 racer Ryan Gribbin. Kibler would settle for 3rd.
Austin Tsakanikas wraps up another title.
In the Juniors Heat top finisher was last years #1 plate
Austin Tsakanikas aboard his Rockhound prepped KTM. Austin defending his title and has locked up
his title once again in 2018. Congrats Austin.
In 2nd for the day was Yamaha mounted Ryder Sigety followed by KTM Racer
Levi Richmond.
In the Pee Wee 50cc Mason Tsakanikas - KTM, Enzo Zaccaria -
Husky and Bryson Thomas
Special thank to the crew at Bushkill Valley - Freemansburg
MC's for their hard work, dedication and determination putting on one
phenomenal event.
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