Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

,------------------------------- --, z Canyon Offroad Park Starwest Motocross Park ~ a Punch Starwest is Carter Country o B y T IM IJrn£FIEtD B y M IKE AND B ARB ARA PALUZZI :I: c, PEORIA . AZ., MAR. 25 At the final rac e of the Grand Canyon Classic Ser ies. many of the o ve rall series c ha m pionships had ye t to be decid ed. Up- and -com ing rider Ja c ks on Paq uette has been m oving th rou gh th e ran k s from the 50cc class and recentl y entere d the competi tive 60cc cla ss. where he currently sits third in the rankings . He is no str ang er to being in the spo tlig ht, especially afte r a rece nt half-time ride during the Supercross stop in Phoenix . "T he trac k was really good t oday ." sai d Paquette after the first m ota. Paquette ha s been working on the new bike in the 6Dcc class. where he battled Brian Ch ristens on. rid ing a 10<. and Dillon Hudd le st on, riding a KT M . Hu ddlest on has p ut in some im pr essive rid es, no t fin ish ing l ower than seco nd in the series . W it h co mpe ti t ion like this i n the 6Dcc Beginner class, the m ove for some of these riders to the 60cc Junior ranks will come easy . ~ Paquette Packs z iii ~ s D ixie MX: Bre nt Ca rroll (734) doubles past Chadd W a lt o n (903) in the secon d m oto of t he comb ined 1251250cc Money contest In Ozark , A labama. D ixie MX th e race to an exciti ng co nclusion. First, th e top two made conta ct, sending Hali burton off th e tr ack. Smith caught Will iam s. torpedoed th e Yamaha rid er over a high -banked berm an d sprinted to th e fin ish . Haliburton ran the inside li ne up th e fi nal straight and fin ished just in ch es behind Smith . Br owning , Regal Hamm and Simpson followed. Carroll. on a Winning Note B y HUGH GATIlN O ZARK. AL, MAR . 18 Troy. A labama's Brent Carroll kicked off Dixie MX ' s ne w seas on with a win in th e 250cc Mon ey cl ass. Th e Ward 's Yam aha rider guided PfW (4- 6) : L Connor Corsino (KTMI : 2. K y~ Moon (Pol): J H a~ Vin son (KT M): 4. Jwy SrMh (Yom): 5. Ca meron Cors mo IKT M). PfW (7.9) : I. WDliam Waters (KTM)_ PfW 60: 1. ChaJ'ld1er Hudson (Yam ). 60 B: I. Jody Cook (lUIw). 60 C: I. Corie Borbre (KTMI : 2. Bnmdon Croley (K.!Iw): J. Chri stiM! Trammel (K.!I ). w 60 D: 1. Gray VIf\SOfl (Kaw) : 2. A aron Caudle (KTM) ; 3. Nichol.!ls Hoots (KTM); 4. ~ venn (Kaw): 5. Campbe ll McN.!Ib (Kaw) . 80 B: 1. B1 .!1ne Mason (Yam) . 80 C : I. Za ch Eng lish ( Kaw ): 2 . Hun te r Walt er s ( Kaw) ; 3 . Kenc1lI lI ~IOO (Sw:). 80 D: I. Corie B.!I~ (K.!I ); 2. Blaine Carl i5le (Kll w): 3. Chns w Crumb (Yam); 4. Brandon Croley (Kaw); 5. Eric Huggin s (K.!I ) . w S/MlN I: I. Blane Mason (Yam ): 2. Kendall Mason (SUl ); 3. BI.!Ilne Carlisle (K.!Iw); 4 . Kyl e Thomas (Hon); 5. Hunter (KlI w). 125 MNY: 1. .Je mes Stephens (Yam ); 2. Chlldd WlIlton (Yam) . 125 C: I. J ames Stephens (Yam ); 2. Ch.!ldd Walt on (Yam) ; 3. Mike Horrison (Hon) . 125 0 : 1. Brent Sim pson (K.!Iw); 2. Blane Mason (Yam ): 3. Brendon Allen ( Y"m). OPEN MN Y: I. Bren t Cll rro ll (Y am); 2. Chan Senn (Yam) ; 3. J.!Imes MoniIOO (Hon ): 4. Robert Walt on (Yam) : 5 . KIp venn ( Yam). 250 C: I. Greg Smit h (SUl ); 2. Tom H.!Ili burt on (Kaw): 3. Kip Vann (Yam). 250 D: I. Kev in Brow ning (K aw); 2. Brent Simpson (K.!Iw); 3. Kevin Goff (K" w); 4. Jod y ~rtin (Yam ); 5. Don William s ( Yam ). 40+ : I . Grody HendrIX (Y.!I ); 2. J .D. Tew ( Y.!I ). m m HBBY: 1. Don Williams (Yam): 2. Jody I'o\artin ( Yam): 3. !...any Leuc:i ($wI; 4 . Brandon Allen (Yam). VETB: I. Bill I'o\atthe i (Yam). lll VET C: I. David Moon ( Ho n); 2. To m Hehb urton (K.!Iw): 3. Robert Wlli ton (Yam); 4 Kevin Browning (Kaw ): 5. /l\arty RicMrds 22 riders pick ing up nine overall wins and 18 top -th ree pl acin gs. Heavy rains days prior to the race fo rced th e sta rt ing line to be m oved halfway to the fir st tum. Carroll got the holeshot in the fi rst 250c( Money m oto, ov er James Morrison and Cha n Senn . Carroll pull ed away from Morri son , and Senn stalled his YZ426F. Robert Wal to n m oved into third. Carroll won by 2D secon ds ove r Morrison . Senn caught and pass ed Walt on with two laps to go . Senn grabbed th e early lead in m ota two . Carroll was out fro nt befor e the fir st lap was up and rode hi s own race to the fin ish . Senn was sec ond again , with Morrison thi rd. J am es Steph en s led th e fi rst ] 25cc C/ O mota , wi th Chad d Walton and Brent Sim pso n in tow. In his firs t race on a 125 . Blane Maso n di ced with Br an don A lle n and Mike Harr ison for fo urth. Stephens too k a co m m and ing win ov er Wa lton and Simpson . Mas on was fourth. Step hens led rac e two from start to fini sh. Walton wa s second aga in. j ust ahead of Simpson and Mason. Bill Matthews kn ifed under Robert Walton in tu r n tw o for th e l e a d i n t h e f i r st Vet B/C/ Hob by mota. Walton fell in the back sec tio n on lap on e and dr opped to the bac k of th e pac k. David Moon put his CR25D into seco nd . On lap two. Kawa sak i riders T om Haliburton and Kevin Brown ing fo ught for third. The pa ir m ad e co nta ct and Browning stalled h is b ig KX5 DD. YZ25DF -rno unted Matthews won over a cl osin g Moo n and Halibu rt on. Moon got the ho les hot in race two. with Br owning and Haliburton behind . Haliburton m oved into seco nd with an inside pass in tum three. Matthews passed Moo n fo r the lead on lap two. Halib urton held th ird until the last lap. when he sli d out in a hard -pack ed tum. The top thr ee were Matth ew s, Moon and Walton . In the op en in g 25Dcc C/O m ota . B eau Pierce loo k ed strong out fro nt befor e he overshot a ber m and w en t d own hard . D on Willia ms m ov ed ou t fro nt . th en d rop ped hi s YZ25D . By la p two, Suzuki DR4DD-m ou nted Greg Smith had inh erited th e lead . He held on fo r the win . over a fast- clos ing Kip Vann . KX rider Sim pso n placed thi rd , ahead of Browning and Haliburton . Wi ll i ams . Smi t h a nd Haliburton ra n fa r ahead o f th e field i n race two. Ha li burton knocked Smith to thi rd , while a fiv e-wa y battl e fo r fourth develop ed behind th e lead ers. A fter fad ing br ie fl y . Smith recovered and brou ght 64 MAY 2. 2001 • cu e I e BEG B/BK OPEN: 1. Chris And riso (Y.!I ); 2. Derek VUllO m vich (Hon) : 3. Albert Toscano (Sul). B/BK OPEN: J. Erie Havins (Hon): 2. Jimmy Vickers (Kaw): J . Bobby Howard (Suz) ; 4. Dustin Glossop ; 5. John Mahoney (Stu). PfW BEG (4-6) : 1. Chl"istophef Weisenberger (KTM); 2. Conner Ree'Ves (Cob): J. Corey M.erktlllm(Cob): 4. Dllk

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