Tom Majeski Masters Delaware Dirt Track Association

Majeski Masters Delaware Dirt Track Association

                                                  
By Bruce C. Walls
HARRINGTON, DE

Nov. 16


HARRINGTON, DE- Six current or former AMA Grand National riders lined up for the 450 A final at the Delaware Dirt Track Association short track race last Sunday (No. 16th) in Harrington, DE. 

Less than an inch separated Blackwood, N.J. rider Tom Majeski (Rotax), from fellow National No. 57a rider Kenny Yoder (Suz) when the checkered flag waved. Winning the heat race earned Majeski the pole from, where he fought of challenges from Yoder, former national rider Chris Klinefelter (Hon) and fourth place finisher Mike Poe (Hon) on his way to a wire-to-wire win.

“I knew he (Yoder) was there the whole time,” Majeski described.  “I ran low and made him work the outside.  Every time I saw a wheel I turned the throttle a little more and held him off for the whole 10-laps. The Rotax bike handled great so  I was looking to get out in the lead as fast as I could. The track was nice, really nice.”

According to Yoder; “I was kind of stuck at the bottom and with (Mike) Poe running the outside it wasn’t possible to go up and have two of us up there.  So I stuck to the bottom and then on the last lap I tried to go to the high side and came up a little bit short. The bike’s been good all day long. The track’s wetter than normal so I think it was a little better for the frame bikes, but the moto-crossers are coming around, we’re good.”

Majeski also led the way in Vet A. In that feature he beat Cambridge, MD based Bill Boram (Yam) and Henry Mangels. Boram soloed the 70’s Singles feature as did Milford, DE based Jeff Webb in Vet B.

“I had a good race, the bike was hooking up good,” Webb explained. “The track was pretty good today. I want to thank Miller Motors, Hertrich Toyota, Shawnee Scooters, and Dickerson Painting for sponsoring me.”

With Poe pressuring him most of the way Klinefelter, of Reisterstown, MD, roared away from the field on his way to capturing Sportsman A’s feature win. Klinefelter grabbed the hole shot and scooted around the 1/8-mile dirt oval fighting off several other challengers before Poe reached second.  Yoder was third across the stripe followed in the top five by Cory Texter and Tyler Kidwell (Yam).

After dropping his bike in turn one during 450 B’s opening lap,18-year old Milford, DE native Kade Keily (Rotax) battled back to win that feature over Jeff Salevan (KTM).

“On the first lap I went into turn one went down,” Keily described. “On the restart I was at the very tail end of it.  I got a good start on the restart and just rode it out from there.  The Rotax bike handled real good.  Me and dad have been working on it all afternoon grooving the tires out and dropped a tooth, then it worked real good.  She was more mellow and not so torquey in the corners and faster down the straights.” 

Nine-year-old Kyle McGrane (Kawa), of Gap, PA, captured 85cc and finished second in 65cc to Ryan Varnes. “I didn’t get the hole shot, but I got off the line pretty good and I went around one of the singles,” McGrane described. 

“I ended up second and I ended up just staying there. But  they were running several separated classes so technically I won the 60 class. The track was pretty good. When I got on the gas it would come around on me and I’d go on the inside line to make it stick in the corners. Sometimes it wouldn’t work and I’d have to go around on the high line in turn three. I ended up first so it was a pretty good race.”

Sparrowspoint, MD rider Rebecca Zofia soloed Sportsman B and 250 B races.

Delaware Dirt Track Association will be racing at their home track in Harrington, DE through November.  Promoter Mark Miller hinted that he might hold a flat track race at one of the nearby dirt tracks before the season’s over. 

He also said the Association’s awards banquet is tentatively scheduled for January 24th.   For more information about Delaware Dirt Track Association call the office at 302.422.0644, the track 302.242.6016 or the media center at 302.537.RACE (7223).  More photos can be viewed here.

Delaware Dirt Track Association
Nov. 16, 2008


Results

65cc: 1.Ryan Varnes (Suz); 2. Kyle McGrane (Kaw).
85cc: 1.Kyle McGrane (Kaw)
70’s Singles: 1. Bill Boram (Yam); 2. Ron Pfahler (Yam).
Vet A: 1. Tom Majeski (Rotax); 2. Bill Boram (Yam); 3. Henry Mangels (Hon).
250 B: 1.Rebecca Zofia (Kaw)
Sportsman A: 1. Chris Klinefelter (Hon); 2. Mike Poe (Hon); 3.Ken Yoder (Suz); 4. Cory Texter (Kaw); 5. Tyler Kidwell (Yam); 6. Kevin Varnes (Suz); Travis Diem (Suz).
Sportsman B: 1.Zofia
450 A: 1. Tom Majeski (Rotax); 2. Ken Yoder (Suz); 3. Chris Klinefelter (Yam);  4. Mike Poe (Hon); 5. Tyler Kidwel (Yam); 6. Kevin Varnes (Suz); 7.Travis Diem (Suz).
450 B: 1. Kade Keily (Rotax); 2. Jeff Salevan (KTM)
Vet B: Jeff Webb (Suz)