Bedford and Blair riders dominate Path Valley Karts By Walt Cox Spring Run, PA - "It was real close," said Chris Claar after winning a new Briggs "boxstock" engine Saturday in the Path Valley Speedway Park's Motor Race. "These kids coming up are really good," added the Osterburg veteran of 21 year of open wheel kart racing. Claar started sixth in the main event Motor Race and had to pass both DJ Holland and Matt Dalesio for the win. Holland, 13, who finished second, was the days top racer with wins in the Junior Stock and Junior Restricted classes, and young Dalesio, of Imler, had beat Claar earlier in the day in the regular Heavy class feature. In other action Nicole Eaton of Mill Creek continued to dominate the Sr. Champ caged karts with her seventh win of the season, and Amber Lyter continued to win in Kid Karts while Alex Benda won his third consecutive feature in Jr. Sportsman I. Andy Burkholder of Chambersburg won the medium feature in a hard race ahead of Brad Thomas and Dalesio. Altoona sports personality and mascot Jeff Fochler picked up his third win in a row in the Extra Heavy class after winning his heat race out of third place and earning the pole for the feature. Troy Imler of Imler won for the fourth straight time in the Open karts class. Kart and quad racing continues every Saturday in July at Path Valley and culminates in the Summer Nationals July 27 with special big money features for lite, medium and heavy karts. Gates open for kart races at 10 a.m. with racing by noon and completion of all events in time for karters to race to other tracks for their second races the same day. The Path Valley Speedway Park is located in Spring Run PA a mile north on PA Route 641 from the intersection with PA Route 75, halfway between Port Royal and Hagerstown. It is five miles east from the Willow Hill Exit 14 of the PA Turnpike. The new phone number at the track for promoter Ken Geesey is 717-349-7111. For information on the 2002 schedule and track, race teams and fans can call the owners at 717-426-4756 or 717-426-2910, consult the website at www.pathvalley.com, or they can email them at twp@pathvalley.com. FINISH ORDER Kids Karts: 1.) #24 Ashley Brooks, 2.) 57 Ian Sheaffer, 3.) 5C Andrew Hogue Lites: 1.) 34 Amber Lyter, 2.) 32 Garrett Kuhns, 3.) 77 Randy Burkholder, 4.) 57 Geoff Gill, 5.) 15 J. R. Peters Senior Champ: 1.) 6 Nicole Eaton, 2.) 56 Jim Slaseman Junior Sportsman II: 1.) 37 Alex Benda, 2.) 66 Frankie Peters, 3.) 24 Lance Newlin Heavys: 1.) 37 Matt Dalesio, 2.) 77 Chris Claar, 3.) 17 Danny Wiles, 4.) 14 Kevin Sheaffer, 5.) 9T Troy Imler Junior Sportsman I: 1.) 37 Alex Benda, 2.) 5 Dylan Cisney, 3.) 11 Troy Cunningham, 4.) 24 Zack Fouse, 5.) 01 Chad Brooks Junior Stock: 1.) 89 D. J. Holland, 2.) 77 Randy Burkholder, 3.) 32 Garrett Kuhns, 4.) 3 Travis Wagner, 5.) 57 Geoff Gill Caged Rookies: 1.) 56 Jim Slaseman, 2.) 8 Bryan Hayberger Junior Restricted: 1.) 89 D. J. Holland, 2.) 52 Austin Hogue, 3.) 19M Brent Marks, 4.) 50 Tim Berkholder, 5.) 28 Matthew Burd Mediums: 1.) 20 Andy Burkholder, 2.) 15 Brad Thomas, 3.) 37 Matt Dalesio, 4.) 38 Scott Emerson, 5.) 3 Travis Wagner X-Heavy: 1.) 36 Jeff Fochler, 2.) 38 Kevin O'Hara, 3.) 9 Rick Murray, 4.) 5 Miles Burd Yamaha 2-Cycle: 1.) 9 Shane Ege, 2.) 20 Ray Tipton Open: 1.) 9T Troy Imler 4-Wheel-2 Stroke: 1.) 16 Craig Robinson, 2.) 55 Kevin Bures, 3.) 6 Dane Delancey 4-Wheel-4 Stroke: 1.) 82 Cory Burhman, 2.) 77 Dwayne Shindledecker Motor Race: 1.) 77 Chris Claar, 2.) 89 D. J. Holland, 3.) 0 Cory Comp, 4.) 37 Matt Dalesio, 5.) 14 Kevin Sheaffer.