SDL Eastern Amateur National - Saturday Photo Report

Jul 8 - 6:28am - Sean Bowker

It finally stopped raining in the night sometime. The track crew came out early to try and scrape some of the mud off and drain other areas. Before the first race started it was decided to close off the back section of the track, as it was to wet to race safely on. So that shortened the track from mid 2:00's lap times for the pros, to mid 1:30's. Since they wanted to make Sunday an early day, they ran half the Sunday motos today. After starting at 7:30am they raced until approximately 7:30pm after a hour and a half delay when multiple crashes required multiple ambulances to show up. In all 32 races were run today. All these proceeding shots results are from the 2nd motos.

First of off the line was Supermini with Drew Roberts #807 being the one with the clean goggles. Roberts and Michael DaSilva #117 swapped the lead a couple times, with mud being a factor at times. Drew cross the line a couple bike lengths ahead of Michael, Tommy Vailllancourt #41 came in 3rd.

Mark Chayer #14 took the holeshot in +40 and ended in 4th. Rick Argue #76 finished in 1st with a 20 second lead. After a little fall Grant Smith #941 finished in 2nd with Stephen Luyks #239 in 3rd.

In Youth, both Tyler Medaglia and Brandon Phinney #443 made it to the first corner together, Medaglia edged him out though. Liam O'Farrell #28 ran in 2nd the whole time. Karim Fitz-Gerald #19 ran 4th and kept Phinney honest but couldn't make it past #443. Tight behind #19 was Mesley #25, Grey #194 and Kaelin #324. Tyler crossed 1st with a 30 second lead on Liam.

Lisa Bays #379 came all the way from the left to holeshot the Ladies moto. Kirsten Macdonald #810 moved up quickly to the front with Nadia Zager #35 behind her. Kate McKerroll #94 would move up shortly thereafter into 2nd with Karly Pozdnekoff #59 finishing in 3rd.

Nicholas Jones #55 was up front quickly in 85cc 7-11. After a high side, Dylan Wright #117 fell back to 5th and charged his way to the front again to finish 1st. Ty Shemko #197 worked his way up to 2nd only to fall in the last corner and Jones would pass for 2nd, leaving Shemko in 3rd.

Todd Baxter #246 led most of the Vet Jr. race but had to settle for second after getting passed by Grant Smith #941. Steven Lachance #203 took 3rd.

Ken Clark #258 led to the flag in Vet Master with Kevin Tyler #463 coming in 2nd and Tim Zufelt #564 3rd.

Michael DaSilva #117 led out the gate in Schoolboy. Richard Grey #194 then took over the lead for a couple laps and got held up when a lapper fell on him in a corner. This dropped him down to 4th but he finished in 3rd. Drew Roberts #807 floated between 2nd and 3rd all race and finished 2nd and DaSilva ended up in 1st. There was alot of Orange up on the podium.

Weston Wrozyna #78 (1st) and Christopher DaSilva #118 (2nd) kept their lead to the end with Jeremy Lapalme # 441 getting 3rd in the final 65cc GP race. DaSilva was pressuring Wrozyna for the lead when DaSilva went down allowing Weston to gain quite a lead.

Dillon Burns #256 and Brandon Pearson #558 holeshot MX1 Jr. Nathan Bles #29 moved into 2nd quickly. Then to 1st when Burns almost bailed going over the tower jump. Burns would finish 2nd and Pearson 3rd.

Bobby Byers #196 holeshot the MX1 Int. race. Bobby lead for most of the race when Olivier Levasseur #193 passed him and held it until the end. Scott Vande Borne #85 charged hard from 7th place all the way to finish 3rd.

Ben Toye #113 got out front and stayed there in the 125 Open class. Adam Powell #917 worked his way up to 2nd while Taylor Arsenault #257 fell to 3rd.

Cameron Wrozyna #79 kept out front for his whole moto with Ben Le Clair #417 coming in 2nd. Zachary Reid #14 rounding out the top 3.

Christopher DaSilva #118 took the early lead and held on for the win in 50cc 7-8. Marco Cannella #46 took 2nd and Nick Giles #67 grabbed 3rd.

Tommy Vaillancourt #41 holeshot the 85cc 12-16 class. He led for a couple laps until being passed by Michael DaSilva #117 who took the win. Clair Stanly #27 stayed in 3rd all moto.

Tyler Madaglia #3 is strong in the holeshot department, always up front after the gate drops. Both Tyler and Liam had some issues and moved to the back of the pack after the first couple laps. Tyler then charged his way to the front again in 5 laps and held it for the win. Kerim Fitz-Gerald #19 moved from mid pack to 2nd by the end and Mesley #25 finished in 3rd.

The race continued after a large pile up of bikes occurred in the first corner in the MX2 Jr. race. Richard Grey #194 led, followed closely by Nathan Bles #29. Jarret Matthews #259 worked his way from 7th on the first lap to 3rd on the last lap.

Christopher DaSilva #118 from holeshot to checkered won the 50cc GP class. Marco Cannella #46 held 2nd all moto and William Mireault #15 held 3rd all moto.

Tommy Vaillancourt #41 and Michael DaSilva #117 make it to the first corner together in the final Supermini race. From there Michael stayed up front for the win, Tommy dropped back to 3rd and Drew Roberts #807 placed 2nd. This resulted in Michael obtaining enough points to win the Supermini overall.

Ken Clark #258 led the first lap in +25 but then Chuck Mesley #25 took over and led the rest to take 1st. Clark placed 2nd and Adam Powell #917 placed 3rd.

Watch for coverage of the third motos from Saturday's action, plus Sunday's racing and the awards, in the final installment of our EANMC reports.

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