Winter Series Wrap Up.

The annual pilgrimage known as the Winter Series wrapped up in the Sunshine State of Florida on Feb 3rd. NJ riders Frank Tussell (Scotch Plains) and Barry Carsten (Bayville) wrapped up series titles. Tussell was the winner of the Vet Open and +45 class while Carsten was third in the +30, second in the +35 and the winner of the +40 class. Great job guys. Remember Raceway Park open on the 9th of March. See you then.

KTM Junior Supercross Challenge

Due to the torrential rains that fell on San Francisco leading up to Saturday evenings Supercross the KTM Junior Supercross Challenge had to be cancelled. Local rider Jamis Perrotta was scheduled to compete but it looks like his supercross debut will have to wait. As you can tell by this http://www.vitalmx.com/ photo it looks like they had a great time anyway.

Florida is for Fun in the Sun....and rain

Round 4 of the Florida Winter Series took place at Lakeland this past weekend under what was described as the wettest race of the series thus far. Several NJ based riders were in attendance. Charlie Miller (Pennsville) was 16th in the Youth 4stroke, 31st in the 125b and 25th in the 125 Open class. Brian Mulcahy (Hewitt) was 10th overall in the 125A class and 13th overall in the Pro 125 class. The Renzland Brothers (Hewitt) Luke was 19th overall in the 85cc 12-13 and older brother Kody finished 28th in the youth 4stroke and 10th in the 125 youth 12-15 class.
Frank Tussell (Scotch Plains) was 4th in the Vet Open class and 2nd overall in the +45 class.
Long time NJ hero Barry Carsten (Bayville) ended the weekend 3rd overall in the +35, 3rd overall in the +25, 8th overall in the +30, and the overall winner of the +40 class.
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Florida Winter Series round 3

Round three of the Florida Winter Am's was held at Dade City on January 12th. According to many this track is widely considered to be the roughest tracks in Florida.
Several NJ riders have been spending their winter in Florida getting ready for the 2008 season.
Both Barry Carsten and Frank Tussell have continued their winning ways. Carsten (Bayville) was the winner of the +40 class and went on to finish fourth overall in both the +30 and +35 classes. Tussell (Scotch Plains) was the Vet Open winner and also went on to finish eighth overall in the +40 and sixth overall in the +45 class. Hewitt New Jersey native Brian Mulcahy was 16th overall in the 250/500 A class and unfortunately Alex Stavola (Middletown) had some problems and finished 20th overall in the 125 Novice class.

Winter-Am's Round 2

Held at Reddick Florida, Barry Carsten (Bayville) continued his winning ways taking first overall in the +40 class, second overall in the +30, second overall in the +35, and fifth overall in the 250/500 A class. Barry's son Corey was 22nd overall in the 65cc 7-9 class. Pennsville New Jersey's Charlie Miller was 20th overall in the Youth 4-stroke class (14-16) and Scotch Plains New Jersey resident continued his successful winter series by winning the +45 class.

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More from the Winter-Am's round 1

For more information on Round 1 of the Winter-Am's in Florida check out Vurbmoto.com
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NJ in Florida

While many in the northeast enjoyed snow flurries and cold temperatures on the Sunday before New Year's Day some of NJ's racers took advantage of year round racing in a somewhat warmer climate. Round 1 of the Winter-Am series took place at the famous Gatorback Cycle Park in Gainesville Florida. Once the site of the opening round of the AMA National Series it now hosts thousands of riders over a six race series.

Several New Jersey riders took part in the action including:
Spencer Hess (Whiting) 12th overall in the +40 class
Andrew Maroney (Manahawkin) 16th overall 65cc 10-11, 33rd overall 85cc 7-11, 14th overall 65cc open
Luke Renzland (Hewitt) 4th overall 85cc 12-13, 8th overall 12-15 supermini
Kody Renzland (Hewitt) 8th overall 12-15 125 youth, 9th overall 14-16 4-stroke
Alex Stavola (Middletown) 4th overall 250/500 C
John Ward (Manalapan) 8th overall Vet Open, 12th overall +30, 10th overall +35
Frank Tussell (Scotch Plains) 3rd overall Vet Open, 4th overall +45
and of course the Carsten family (Bayville).
Cory 23rd overall 65cc Open and Barry 1st overall Vet Open, 3rd overall +30, 2nd overall +35 and 1st overall +40.
So it looks like many riders stuck in the cold have their work cut out for them as their fellow competitors are still racing. It certainly looks like Barry Carsten, now in his 40s, certainly hasn't slowed down.