2025 FSX Week 12, Race 2 Results

Gabe Lloyd

1 week ago

3 laps. Race Direction: Counter-Clockwise (Into the Woods).

Marcus Kennedy gets his redemption. After finishing 4th last year while tied on points with Tom Repkoe, Kennedy had unfinished business. His approach was challenging at best. Coming into the night in 7th place, he had to nail two wins to have a shot at 5th, or so he thought. But he didn’t get the win in Race 1. Aaron Longstaff gave it a rip and got Marcus at the end. That allowed Jake Looney to stay in 5th after Race 1, but the margins were insanely tight, and Marcus in 6th. It left Marcus with one option: Win or risk not being on the podium at all – let alone 5th.

He went all in. He dropped Aaron Snyder early on lap 1, leaving Aaron in no man’s land. A group behind formed with Jake Looney, Scott Effting, Ben Strine, and Andrew Dudle. Looney and Effting worked well together as teammates to put bodies between Looney and Dudle to secure that gap. Looney knew Kennedy was a threat, though. At the start of race 2, he offered to buy anyone a beer if they could beat Kennedy (once he confirmed Bright Path and New Trail beers were free at the afterparty 😆). But little could they have predicted that Looney would finish one point AHEAD of Kennedy in the final standings. And that’s the magic of #fifthisfirst – you don’t really know until you know. It would make sense for Kennedy to be ahead of Looney and for Looney to need as many points as possible, thereby targeting a finish at the front of the group he was in. Had Effting and Looney switched places, Looney would be 5th. But it’s a bike race, and the scoring is defined from the start; the riders have to do their best to figure it out. Congrats to Marcus on his season championship!

Placing	BIB	Name	Team	Gender	Points
1	4	MARCUS KENNEDY	Team BSR	M	120
2	134	AARON SNYDER		M	110
3	3	JAKE LOONEY	ACTION WHEELS RACING	M	104
4	420	SCOTT EFFTING	ACTION WHEELS RACING	M	100
5	263	BEN STRINE	717 Cycling	M	96
6	2	ANDREW DUDLE	Doylestown Bike Works p/b Fred Beans	M	92
7	7	SEAN SMITH	JB’s Bike Shop Racing	M	88
8	8	ANDREW AMEY	The Velo Shop	M	86
9	60	ZACHARY SAURMAN		M	84
10	299	MARC INNELLA		M	82
11	300	MATT COLLINS		M	80
12	298	DAN LARINO		M	78
13	132	JOHN EORIO	Scooters Bike Shop	M	76
14	173	RYAN SMOLKO	The Valley Om p/b Two Rivers Brewing	M	74
15	155	LUKE WYNEN		m	72
16	308	DAVID BALAZS	ACTION WHEELS RACING Pb PARANORMAL PIZZA	M	70
17	246	STEVE SCHWARZ	The Naughty List	M	68
18	156	SELAH WYNEN	Independent Youth Cycling	F	66
19	289	ROBERT WATTS	NJCX PROJECT	M	64
20	131	SCOTT HOLJES		M	62
21	266	MIKE EMERY	Balboni Brothers Racing	M	60
22	51	DAVE LLOYD	Indie	M	58
23	198	SOPHIE FOLMAR	Twin Valley	F	56
24	48	ADAM HOFF	Hoff Cycles	M	54
25	40	ADAM BURKE	Liberty Grant Off-Road	M	52
26	142	MICHAEL YARNALL		M	50
27	13	ELODIE BURLET	Saucon Valley Bikes	F	48
28	170	JASON FARNSWORTH	VMB	M	46
29	23	RYAN WHEATLEY		M	44
30	55	CRAIG PYNDINSKI		M	42
31	666	HARLEY DETRICK	Hair by Harley	M	40
32	99	KENNY FISHER	Hunt Enginering Company Cycling	M	38
33	94	LEE MCILVAINE		M	36
34	227	MICHAEL KUZMISSION		M	34
35	12	MORGAN BLASER	Lehigh Valley Composite MTB Team	F	32
36	310	PAISLEY CRAWFORD	Keystone Composite	F	30
37	258	RYAN DAUGHERTY		M	28
38	47	MATT RICE	Balboni Brothers Racing	M	26
39	148	DAVE LARITZ		M	24
40	133	RJ CASSI		M	22
41	49	DAVE PRZEKURAT		M	20
42	241	HENRY JONES	Lehigh Valley Thunder	M	18
43	43	GREG WESOLOWICH	Bike Works p/b Fred Beans	M	16
44	292	NATHANIEL HARRISON		M	14
45	64	COLIN SHERIDAN	Golden Coins Co	M	12
46	309	DEL HAWBAKER		M	10
47	44	GREG SCHOLZ	Lehigh Valley Composite MTB Team	M	8
48	167	SIG GROSS	Keswick Cycles Shop	M	6
49	1	BEN DOUGLAS		M	4
50	112	OWEN LICHTENWALNER	lupine factory racing	M	2
51	114	SORREL DENARDO	Lehigh Valley Lightening Emmaus	M	0
52	35	DON POST	V5 Cycles/Century Road Club of America	M	0
53	178	BLAKE TART	DJ Blake	M	0
54	14	TAYLOR ROJEK	Emmaus Bad Decisions Club	F	0
55	272	SEAN MCDONNELL	The Slower One	M	0
56	145	WES YARNALL		M	0
57	16	EVELYN SCHOLZ	Lehigh Valley Lightning/EMMAUS	F	0
58	24	DANIEL FEENEY	Feeney and Co	M	0
59	295	ROBERT WILSON		M	0
60	311	JASON FERRARO		M	0
61	256	EMILY KUZMISSION		F	0
62	306	BRADY WALLIS		M	0
63	73	ALAN HULSIZER		M	0
64	293	DAVID SANDOVAL		m	0
65	273	LISA DENARDO	Keystone Running Store	F	0
66	301	LIAM DOVICO		M	0
67	288	LANDRY CRAWFORD	Keystone Composite	M	0
68	11	JANELLE JACQUES	JB’s Bike Shop Racing	F	0
69	113	WILLIAM BRAY	Saucon Valley Bikes	M	0
70	108	ERIC MOXNESS		M	0
71	152	DAVID HART		M	0
72	104	JASON NUSS		M	0
73	249	RYAN DIXON		m	0
74	5	TOM REPKOE	Scooters Bike Shop	M	0
75	158	AARON LONGSTAFF	Scooters Bike Shop	M	0
76	103	EVAN LICHTENWALNER	lupine factory racing	M	0
77	19	ELIANA MUMAW	Team BSR	F	0
78	139	THEODORE STROHLER		M	0
79	29	EZRA MUMAW	Team BSR	M	0
80	57	GARDY RAYMOND	KickAss, LLC	M	0
81	69	DAN MORIARTY	Kempton Excavating	M	0
82	286	RIVER CRAWFORD	Keystone Composite	M	0
83	285	ARIANA BRUTICO	PICL	F	0
84	307	MEGAN WALLIS		f	0
85	188	NICHOLAS SCHELL	Instigators	M	0
86	220	EMY KRESSLER	KD Kraft Drinks	F	0
87	45	ANDREW SCHNEIDER	Party Size Cycling	M	0
88	168	VAUGHN SCHNEIDER		M	0

After Race 1, the top 5 reflected what we saw coming into the night. But the margins between 4th through 6th were very tight. Sophie Folmar, Janelle Jacques, and Evie Scholz were just a few points apart. Their finish order could affect the podium. Amazingly enough, each of them had the same strategy: go as fast as possible in the final race. No games could be afforded. With Selah Wynen taking maximum points, she would get on the podium, and that would keep one of the three in 6th place (off the podium). Morgan Blaser could not drop down enough to fall off the podium, nor could Taylor Rojek.

In the race, Folmar had a strong start. With nearly perfect conditions, she was able to rip around the course, overcoming some of her technical deficiencies. And Scholz, to her credit, raced one of the strongest races of her season to finish 7th behind Rojek. That left Jacques at risk of falling off the podium entirely by the end. But Fifth Street is a funny beast of calculations, and like in the Overall points contention by Looney, 24 race starts with a few comeback opportunities built in, giving everyone a shot at the championship. Though Jacques finished the last race in 10th, she still held a two-point advantage over Scholz, pushing Scholz off the podium and awarding Jacques the 2025 Season XX championship.

	BIB	NAME	TEAM	POINTS
1	156	SELAH WYNEN	Independent Youth Cycling	30
2	198	SOPHIE FOLMAR	Twin Valley	24
3	13	ELODIE BURLET	Saucon Valley Bikes	20
4	12	MORGAN BLASER	Lehigh Valley Composite MTB Team	18
5	310	PAISLEY CRAWFORD	Keystone Composite	16
6	14	TAYLOR ROJEK	Emmaus Bad Decisions Club	14
7	16	EVELYN SCHOLZ	Lehigh Valley Lightning/EMMAUS	12
8	256	EMILY KUZMISSION		10
9	273	LISA DENARDO	Keystone Running Store	8
10	11	JANELLE JACQUES	JB’s Bike Shop Racing	6
11	19	ELIANA MUMAW	Team BSR	4
12	285	ARIANA BRUTICO	PICL	2
13	220	EMY KRESSLER	KD Kraft Drinks	0

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