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AMA District 34 Championship Series

By Jim Sanderson

CLIFFORD, PA, JULY 26, 2009

Hurricane Hills hosted another round of the massive AMA District 34 Championship Series on Sunday, July 26^th at the Hurricane Hills Sports Center and the dedicated Hurricane Hills track crew provided another perfectly prepped racecourse.

Yamaha pilot, Timothy Savidge topped the Collegeboy division podium with a perfect 1-1 score. Savidge led the pack out of the second turn and rode uncontested for the win in both moto’s. Doug Miller took the runner-up spot on the box, finishing second both times out and Joe Fritz Jr. completed the podium with a consistent 3-3 score.

Savidge, Justin Stangl, Miller and Joe Fritz Jr. led the start of the opening Collegeboy moto. Stangl and Miller battled for second until Miller slipped by at the end of lap two, taking second. Stangl was displaced to third. Joe Fritz Jr. and Samantha Fritz rounded out the top five. Savidge had a five second lead at the start of lap two that he increased to nine seconds at the start of lap three. Joe Fritz Jr. closed the gap on Stangl and made the pass to take third at the end of lap three. Stangl was relegated to fourth. Savidge continued to increase his lead, taking the checkers 16-seconds ahead of Miller. Joe Fritz Jr., Stangl and Sam Fritz followed.

Savidge, Joe fritz Jr., Miller and Sam Fritz led the start of the final Collegeboy moto. Savidge quickly left the pack behind and started lap two with a five second lead that increased to 11-seconds at the start of lap three. The top five were all spread out and remained unchanged at the checkered flag. Savidge took the win with a 12-second lead. Miller, Joe Fritz Jr., Stangl and Sam Fritz closed out the top five.

Miguel Correia, Schae Thomas, Chance Wallace, Kevin Tompkins and Justin Yedinak led the pack out of the second turn in the first Mid Mini moto. Correia started the second lap with a two second lead over Thomas in second. Tompkins moved up to take third, displacing Wallace to fourth. Yedinak held fifth. Thomas closed the gap on Correia and only a bike length separated the two until the end of lap four when Thomas snuck by in the final corner of lap four to take the lead. Correia was relegated to second. Thomas got the win with a four second lead. Correia, Tompkins, Wallace and Justin Tompkins completed the top five.

Thomas, Correia, Kevin Tompkins, Wallace and Justin Tompkins led the start of the final Mid Mini moto. Tompkins passed Correia to take second on the downhill triple. Correia was relegated to third. Fourth and fifth were unchanged. Tompkins closed the gap on Thomas and made the pass for the lead on the flat track section of the racecourse shortly after the start of lap two. Thomas was displaced to second. Tompkins pulled away and took the checkers with an eight second advantage. Thomas, Correia, Wallace and Justin Tompkins followed.

Thomas (1-2) topped the podium. Tompkins (3-1) took second and Correia (2-3) third.

Timothy Savidge (25) leads the start of the opening Collegeboy moto with a huge holeshot at the District 34 Championship Series at the Hurricane Hills Sports Center on July 26^th in Clifford, Pennsylvania.

Doug Miller (213) and Justin Stangl (11) battle for second early in the first Collegeboy moto at Hurricane Hills on July 26^th in Clifford, Pennsylvania.

 Doug Miller (213), Joe fritz Jr. (318) and Justin Stangl (11) battle for second thru fourth on the opening lap of the final Collegeboy moto at the District 34 Championship Series at the Hurricane Hills Sports Center on July 26^th in Clifford, Pennsylvania.

 Schae Thomas (2t) topped the podium of the Mid Mini class with a 1-2 score at Hurricane Hills on July 26^th in Clifford, PA.

Miguel Correia (106) and Schae Thomas (2t) battle for the lead in the first Mid Mini moto at the District 34 Championship Series at the Hurricane Hills Sports Center on July 26^th in Clifford, Pennsylvania.

Schae Thomas (2t), Miguel Correia (partially hidden) and Kevin Tompkins (303) lead the start of the final Mid Mini moto at Hurricane Hills on July 26^th in Clifford, Pennsylvania.

Schae Thomas (2t) leads the final Mid Mini moto with Kevin Tompkins (303) and Miguel Correia (107) trailing at the Hurricane Hills Sports Center in Clifford, PA on July 26^th.