Jason Gilsky coming out of the infield woods section
November 16, 2003 Race & Rider Appreciation Day Neelyton, PA
MRA NOVEMBER 2003 • 19
Ft. of Mountain Hare Scramble Exit 13 or 14 off of PA Turnpike (Please call for directions)
(817) 259-3827
(717) 632-8171
Justin Bittle from Abbottstown, PA races to a Third Place Finish in 4 Stroke C
By Jason and Jacob Hughes Fred Thompson took the Overall Win on his KTM Photographs By
Motorcycle Racing Action Wolfe Works sponsored, Matt Highlands gets the Holeshot in the 4 Stroke B Class. Matt won his class today and is your District 6 and B.P. State Champ in the B Class for 2003. (See Jason hughes story to the right.)
Foot of Mountain The Foot of the Mountain, a perfect description for this track. Located in Neelyton PA. this track offers every terrain imaginable. The course includes a grass track start that leads racers up and into the woods. Once in the woods, a series of drainage and fire roads lead racers through a maze of rocks, roots, ruts, and trees. The six mile course made its way to the top of the mountain and back to the check point and allowed racers to click off 12-15 minute laps. The crew at Foot of the Mountain really did a great job cleaning out the track. It had been nearly an entire season of racing since we had visited the track. I remembered the track being a bit rocky and a little abusive. Well its still abusive as any decent harescramble track should be, but it is a little less rocky than I remember. I for one really appreciated the effort put forth by the crew at the Foot. Mike Johnson won the 4 stroke A class on his new Yamaha YZF 450. Johnson finished just under a minute ahead of 2 stroke A class winner Mark Carman. Both riders battled for the overall lead on lap one until Carman pitted to remove a dangling skid plate, leaving Johnson go for the overall A class win. In the B classes Matt Highlands celebrated another win on his Cannondale. Highlands has topped the 4 stroke B class several times this year and has the class points lead and title wrapped up. In the 2 stroke B class Mark Thompson (ECATV/Gibson) took the win, but not before his fair share of trouble. Thompson was left sitting on the line and was last into the woods. This slip left the door open for Nate Gogno and Joe Luzny to pull out a little lead over the charging Thompson. On lap 4 luck turned Thompsons way as Gogno was seen trackside wrenching on his machine. Luzny pitted along with the leader while Thompson zipped by for the lead. A few miles later Thompson had a rear tire go flat, but still held on for the lead. We'll be back to Foot of the Mountain a few more times this year. If you get the chance stop out its a great track. Its well worth the drive. See you at the track!