Race Report Southwick:
Words and photos by Scott Lukaitis
AMA National Motocross racing from MX338 Southwick MA August 23/24 2008
The shifting sands of Southwick played host to the next to the last round of the AMA National Motocross Series presented by FMF on the weekend of August 23rd and 24th. With the new schedule in place this season Southwick moved from its traditional June date to the end of August. The heat of a New England summer could have been unbearable but pleasant conditions with temperatures in teh low 80’s and low humidity brought the Southwick faithful out en masse. Could James Stewart keep his perfect season in tact? Could Ryan Dungey beat Ryan Villopoto again? How will John Dowd do? An what about this De Reuver guy? All of these questions would be answered by the end of racing on Sunday. An here is how it went. Read more
WMA National Motocross Racing
Southwick, MA
August 23-24, 2008
Photos and words by Scott Lukaitis
For the first time in the series history the WMA National Motocross Championship came to the rough sands of Southwick. The ladies would do battle over the course of the weekend with moto one taking place Saturday afternoon and moto number two going off on Sunday morning. Read more
The nationally renouned MX338 racetrack in Southwick Massachussets hosted the second to last round of the AMA National Motocross Series presented by FMF this past weekend. 5 New Jersey based riders signed up and attempted to qualify for the 40 man gate in each class.
Todd Stavac (Point Pleasant) was the only NJ rider signed up in the MX Lites class. Todd was off the blistering pace set by the class leaders and missed out on qualifying for Sunday’s race action. Stavac’s fastest time on Saturday was 2:19.66.
In motocross class action 4 different NJ riders took to the track. Barry Carsten’s (Bayville) 2:11.92 was respectable but not quite fast enough to make the cut.
Onorino Fascelli (Williamstown) was another NJ based rider trying to qualify. Fascelli’s 2:14.24 left him off the 40 man roster for Sunday.
Making his professional debut Brian Mulcahy (Hewitt) missed making the main by just one spot and if the LCS was one lap longer he would have put his 2-stroke KX 250 onto the grid. After going down in teh second corner Mulcahy had the two stroke singing and eventually worked up to sixth in the LCS missing by one spot. Brighter things are ahead for the Kawasaki rider.
The only NJ rider making the Sunday show was Adam Blessing (Toms River). After setting the 30th fastest time with a 2:06.12 Blessing ran in the top 10 early in the first moto only to be involved in crashes with other riders. The Honda rider still had a good showing with moto results of 31-25 for 30th overall.
