Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Jason Chancey won the 250cc A class at the SETRA Cap ital City Enduro. Chancey carded 12 points along the 126.4-mlle course, which us ed lots of new t errain. SETRA C pionship E ham nduro Series, R 6 ound Veator • sur~rlses Capital City By Kenneth King TALLAHASSEE, FL, OCT. 26 he SETRA season has been fu ll of su rprises so far, and Tom my Veato r su rprised everyone by claiming the o ve r a ll vi ct o r y at th e Ca p ita l City Enduro. Vea tor, who jus t got his Team Green ride, was rid ing in the 200cc A class. He would tak e his KDX200 to his first -ever ov erall win with a sc ore of nin e . Kawasaki-mounted Ashl ey Br ewer would claim the runner-u p spo t, losing to Veator on tie breakers. Both riders rid e for Peery's Kawasaki in Tennessee. KTM' s All en Gra vitt had a good rid e and finis hed in the third o verall spo t. Veator's day didn't start as well as it finis hed . It seems the Team Green rider had his share of problems at his hotel. "I didn't get a w ake-up ca ll a t th e hot el , so I go t to th e race late," sa id Veat or, "bu t I wa s able to sign up, and I got the last row." The race wasn 't as good to series points leader and cu r ren t champ Franklin Ramey III. Shortly after the last au xiliary g as , Ram ey w ent to pa ss a rid er and hit a log in th e und erbrush . The resulting crash left him with a broken ankle and possible ligam ent damage. Ramey underwent surgery the following Mon d ay in his hometown, and he is expecti ng a full and quick recovery. T t-, 0\ 0\ ..... cr) .... OJ ..0 E OJ u OJ c 34 Th e end uro was co -sanctioned by FTR, and was held in the very scenic Silver Lake Park. Trail boss Gary Williams and c1 very coopera tive Forestry Service really put together a tou gh event, complete with 30 or so mile of brand -new s trail. The club laid out 83 actual ground miles: 34.3 before gas number o ne, 37.5 fro m ther e to gas number two, and II m il es to the fi n ish . Severe thu nd erstorms th reatened the race all day but, luckily, rain d id n' t appear until the race wa s over. The hu m idi ty w as high a nd the temperatures soa red into the hi gh 80s, addin g to th e d iffi cu lty of th e course. Team Gree n rider and runner~up finish er Brewer had high praise for the endu ro. "The ra ce wa s tou gh ," Brew er said , "a good end u ro . Everyone did a great job . This ma y have been the toughest race so far this season." The firs t half o f th e co u r se (all 34 miles of it) w as the same as last yea r' s> no t that ma ny would not ice . The firs t section wa s 12 miles long and fairl y tight with a few fire road s, Brewer and Ram ey w ould have the fa st time s through with a tw o-poin t los s. Gra vitt a nd Kawasaki-mou nt ed Steven Smith would post a three. Veator wo uld drop four points. "I got some serious arm pum p in that first secti on ," Veator sa id aft er his ride in tha t fi rs t section . "The n I cras he d pr etty hard and went ove r the bars ." There was an au xiliary gas stop, followed by a re se t a t 12.3 mil es to give everyone a break. The next section was 24 mile s long, but it included man y areas fast enough to a llow a rid er to maintain a good speed . Check number three was at the 36.8-mile mark, and it wa s a tie-breaker check. All the AA rid ers and Veat or managed to go through' wi th only a one-point loss. Brewer would have the better tie-b reaker score. Almost all the other rid er s were drop- pi ng fro m two points on up. Up u nt il the gas stop , Brewer an d Ramey were tied with three, followed by Gravitt and Smith wit h four, then Vea tor with five. The ga s s to p ca me sh ortly a fter th is check at 39.9 miles. The reset was to 55.2 m il es, a nd then it was back in to the woods at mile 58. This section was the start of some of the new trail. Riders on the earlier rows found themselves breaking the trail for everyon e else. Br ew e r (o n row 25) , Ram ey (o n row 30) and Gravitt (on row 32) found themselves brea king a little trail themselves. Th is section was tig ht and, a t 62 mil es, riders were greeted with chec k number four. Veator poured on the gas and had the low score with a o ne -point loss. Ramey, Sm ith, G ra vitt and Brew er all dropped two . Check five ' came at 71.6 miles, while th e rid er s were still in th e to ug h new sec tio n . Veat or would post a two, as w o u ld Brewer and ' Rame y ; G ra v it t wo u ld drop three and Smith a' fo u r. There wa s a reset from 71.9 miles to 79.9 to give everyone a cha nce to catch their br eat h a nd ge t back o n ti m e. At 80.8 miles, it was chec k-in time for the fina l 19 miles of trail. There was an au xiliary gas at q l mi les - while und er tim e. Some rid ers gas sed up at the reset; others who u sed th e a uxilia r y gas h ad to d o so while the clock was ticking. Shortly after the stop, Ramey was making a pass on a slow er rider; as he jumped off the trail, he hit a stu m p and crashed pr etty har d, and in the process broke his ankle. "I wa s tr ying to get around a g uy, and 1 hit a tree and kind of d id the pinball thin g off a couple of trees. My foot hit o ne of the tr ee s," Ra m ey said. " I knew righ t th en I broke so me thing . I hope to be ready to go aga in in Ja nu ary." Gravi tt was only two minutes behind Ramey an d stopped to chec k on him. "I s topped to help Franklin," Gravitt said . "He knew he broke his ankle and, after se-eing him injured , I just could n' t concentra te on the race after that." Gra vitt wou ld come through with a three-point loss. Brewer would lose only two points in the section. "I ro de good a ll d ay, then crashed pr ett y go od in the nex t-to -the-last sec ti on ," Brewer said. "I lost so m e time there." Smith wo uld have his share of problems a nd wou ld drop seven points. Vea tor pro ved to be the man to beat, as he would drop only one point. "I th ink th e later ro w helped me," Yea tor said . "As the trail was nice and broke in, I was o n the last row ." This check wa s the second tie brea ker, and Veato r would have the better tiebreaker score. From 99.2 miles to the finish at 126.4, th e rid e was pretty easy ju st a trail ride. All the AAs and most eve ryo ne else zeroed the last check. At the end of the da y, Veator and Brewer both finis hed with a nine. It would have to go down to the tie breakers. The troubl e was, they tied on the tie-breaker scores. After loo kin g in the rule book, it was d iscovered th at the rider with the better score on the final tie break would get the wi n - an d w ith th at decision, Veator claimed his first overall, Ja so n C h a ncey wou ld ta ke highpo int A hon ors with a score of 12 whil e rid ing in the 250cc A class. Open B rider S. H in son wo u ld clai m the overa ll B honor, with a score of 26. D. Boyd , rid - O /A:. Tommv Vea tc r (9). AA:. I. A. Brewl.'!' (9); 2. A. C ravitt (12). OPEN A: 1. ~ . Criu.Ie (17); 2. S. Hardeman (23) ; 3. M Murin (23). OPEN B: 1. S. Hin"Oll (26); 2. D. IY d ruu.teh (33); 3. D. MdCild.lm (48); .& , B. H iD (53). OrEN C: 1. c . Ourdn (51); 2. S. ~nt."11 (63); 3. \ 1. Bereon (70); ft . 5100 (i7). 125 C: 1. J. Lamb (59); 2. R Benard (72). 200 A: 1. R.:'Iiedq (17); 2. L Stcophcn 07> . 200 B: 1. M. ThomP'!'"" (29); 2. M. Thomas (29); 3. J. Nutt (38); 4. R. Cri5t (J8). 200 C: 1. G. Tolso n (49); 2. A. Ros bong (60); 3. M. Fillard (67); 4. D. Sm Ith (% ). 2.50 A:. J. Ch.1ncey (12 ); 2. D. Masencup (IS ); 3. R. EpI~ (19). 2SO8 : 1. S. Byrd (32); 2. M. Johnson (70). 2SO C: 1. D. Boyd (46); 2. R. u s lt!r (47); 3. S. BLId.. (52); 4. D. Edwards (55). VET A: 1. Johnny McCo y (16); 2. M . M ('Rl~ (17); J . J Stm pi.in.. (1';). VET 8: 1. S. Gantt (26) ; 2. M. C u ll~r (41l ; J . J. M cDou ~h (42> . V~T 1. T. Farme r (57): 2. J. Bar row (bO); 3. A. c: COkt. (72); 4. D. Holmen (79). T SR A: I. M. Sha nk (US); 2. J. Roya l (29); 3. E. Roya l (36) ; 4. J. Stro1nge (SO). SR B: t . P. Ellis (38); 2. T. Ru~sell (55); 3. S. N icho ls (61). s a C: 1. S. Mento (61); 2. J. Pu to (M) ; 3. J. Day (67); 4. H . Mas ters (l01). SfSR A : 1. J. Kirby (25) ; 2. R. P i no (3 2); 3. M . Rt"tJnuIJ (35). . u SlS R B: 1. D. Cuch ra n (hoi); 2. L 5lu·Pllo 'l.I (69). S/SR C: 1. B. Minnix (68); 2. B, Ingle:'! {85}; J . W. Tho mp ",un (l 05). MSTR A: 1. E. Cox (38); 2. J. Par ker t4S). MSTR B: 1. W. Meredith (53); 2. R. Arg ,lbright (54) ; 3. D. Fn.'Cldnd (59). .. MSTR C: 1. B. Golll.Jird (77); 2. E. wtese (82); 3. 8 . Hard eman . CLDN MSTR: 1. ). Ha ley (3Q); 2. W. Knigh ts; 3. J. Schn.-cb.>ck. .a·STRK A: 1. C. BonJen. (26); 2. S. Prevatt (441 4-STR K B: 1. G . Gad (47); 2. \ 1. Sh irll."y (5 )). 4-STRK C:: 1. N .John-.on (52); 2. S. lamb (56). Vt NT: 1. C. Millt.-r.2. K. Hodge; 3. E Thorn.b. SVTSMS 200: 1. J. Kutrier. 2. J. Curry . Sf7SMS 200+: 1. J. RicN rdso n; 2. A. Cobb; 3. H . Furtn~. WMN : I. K. Cha mber..; 2. L Ram o. Upcoming Rounds: Round 7 • Maplesville, Alabama, November 2 Round 8 - Hurricane Mills. T enn essee . November 16 A AMid-South Win H reScrambles Series, M ter a Rou 2 nd Plessinger collects Lynnville loot By Paul Michels File photo by Paul Michels LYNNVlLLE,IN, NOV. 1l TM' s Scott Plessinger came back from a mid pack start and made a last-lap pass to take top honors and an extra $500 in cash at round two in th e Mid-South Winter Hare Scrambl e s Seri e s on a coo l, s u n ny da y i n so u the rn Ind iana. The extra purse money was donated by loca l merchants to the overall winner, just as the Lynnville Area Dirt Riders have' done in previous years. Team Green /Bloomington Pow er Sport's Mike Sampson laid claim to the ho leshot and early lead as he hoped to make it two in a r o w afte r winning ro und o ne in Tennessee. Sa mp son led last year's champ, Doug Blackwell , who was ridi ng his Sport Cycle Yamaha, and was follow ed in thi rd by. Plessinger. Also behind him was Duane Conner, a nother Sport Cycle Ra cing Yamaha rider and GNCC number four, in fourt h. K

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