Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

A MAINA T C T r ia ls N a t io n a l Cham p ionship R o und s 1-2: R e ed Valley i nt o t h ird with a 31 -point loop, dis placing Peters who scored 38 . Cros set w as untouchable w it h 20 . " I t h a il ed like craz y and the re were se ver a l sections where , if y o u m i ss ed yo u r lin e by tw o or t h r e e in ch e s , y o u' d fi ve it. " Bell sa i d . " I h ad lo ts a n d lots o f mistak e s , but every body w as making mistak es ." By the third loop , only a few sec t io n s were still cl ea n a bl e and so m e w er en 't ev en rideable. Wh en Cross e t 's final c a rd wa s counted, he had accumulated 66 total points and the w in . Bell fi nished second w ith 107 a nd Aaron t hi rd with 113 . More imp o rtan tl y fo r Ctosset w a s t he 14 -point l e a d he had a m assed o ver B e ll a n d Aaron in the s eries stand in gs , p utting h i m tha t m uch clos e r to f ul f ill i n g a n A m e r i c an D rea m . eN Reed Valley Aguanga, California Results: April 20-21 Day One C' S HIP: 1. Fred Crosser; 2. Geoff Aa ron ; 3 . Ryan Bell; 4 . Raymond Peters; 5 . Dav id Ch av es: 6 . J ess Kempkes; 7. Wilson Crll ig ; 8. Denn is Sweeten; 9. Cory Pincock ; 10. Chris Florin. Ex: 1. To dd Ro per ; 2 . Andy S a u m ; 3 . Adam Holb roo k ; 4 . Mitc h Reichart: 5. T im Hlssem er. Ex SPRTSMN : 1. Curt Com er, 2. Kip Webb ; 3 . David Cole; 4. Derek Mlirtinson; 5. Dustin Gind er. SPRT SMN: 1. Bob Row land ; 2. Ken Peder son; 3. Bob Casw ell ; 4. Willi am Hend rick son; 5 . Kenny Straub. HIGH SCHL: 1. Keith Winel and; 2. Cody Webb; 3. J ak e Wieland ; 4. Mi cha el McG regor : 5. Trevor Clancy. WMN : 1. Christy William s; 2. Kerry Will iams ; 3. Pam deBruln; 4 . A ndre a Dav is; 5. Erik a Lund. SR 30: 1. Keith Bu sch ; 2. Martyn Holgate; 3 . Heath Bobb; 4 . Lance Butler; 5. Kelly Picher. SR 3 5 : 1. Ke v in Bu sch ; 2 . Bru c e D a vi s; 3 . Robert Madden; 4. Dean J oyne r; 5. Ant ho ny Herald . SR 40 : 1. Guy Van Gaasbeek ; 2. Bill Ibsen; 3 . Ray Reser; 4. Richar d Billings; 5. Sheldon Hefl er. SR 45 : 1. Keith Adams; 2. Howard Gal breath; 3. Wayne Galvin ; 4 . J ay Ter ry : 5. Bob Penningt on. SR 50: 1. Marv in Edgington; 2. Nils Man tzoros : 3 . Ted Gansbe rge r; 4 . Bill Hannon; 5. J esse Reed. SR 55: 1. Bill de Ga ris ; 2 . Da le Ma lasek ; 3 . Larry Lu nd ; 4 . Bob Pick ; 5 . J ohn Weiss. SR 60: 1. Bill Thom pson. SR 7 0 : 1. Hawley Slayton . . Day Two C'SHIP: 1. Fred Crosset; 2. Ryan Bell ; 3 . Geoff Aa ro n; 4 . Raym ond Peters; 5 . J ess Kem pkes; 6 . David Chaves; 7. Wil son Craig; 8. Denni s Sweeten; 9 . Dan J ohn son; 10. Tra vis Fox. EX: 1. Ron Com mo Jr.; 2. A ndy Saum: 3. Mitch Reichart; 4. Brad Villa nd ; 5. Zach Clem ent. E X SPRTS M N : I . K i p Webb : 2 . D erek Martin son ; 3 . Curt Com er; 4. David Col e; 5. Olive Frac y. 5PR TSMN: 1. Bob Rowland; 2. Ken Peders on; 3 . Ke n ny St r o ub ; 4 . Bob c a sw ell ; 5 . W il lia m Hendrick son . HIGH SCH L: 1. Keith Win eland: 2. Cody Webb : 3. Michae l McGregor; 4. Sean Bird; 5. Greg Erw in. SR 30 : 1. Mart yn Hol gate; 2 . Keith Busc h; 3 . Lance Butl er; 4. Heath Bobb; 5. Shawn Freil ing. SR 35: 1 . Kev in Bus ch; 2. Dean J oyner; 3. Bruce Dav is; 4 . Robert Madde n; 5. An thon y Herald. SR 4 0: 1. Bill Ibsen; 2. Guy Van Gaasbeek ; 3 . Sheldon Hefl er; 4 . Ray Reser; 5. Mike Carlton . SR 45 : 1. Keith Adams : 2. J ay Terry : 3. Wayn e Galvin: 4 . Howard Galb reath; 5 . Bob Penni ngton. SR 50: 1. Ted Gansberger ; 2. Marvin Edg ingt on; 3 . Nils Ma ntzoros ; 4 . Bill Henno n. SR 55: 1. Dale Mala sek ; 2 . Bill de Gar i s; 3 . Larry Lu nd; 4 . J ohn Weiss; 5. Bob Pick . SR 60 : 1. BlII Thompson . SR 65: 1. Ja ck Hem lnway. SR 7 0 : 1. Hawley Slay ton. BRIEFLY••• Six-time National Champ Geoff Aa ron showed up at the first two rounds of the AMAI NATC Series sporting new colors on his Hebo helmet. Aaron went outside the trials industry to secure a sponsorship with sport-drink giant Red Bull for the 2001 season. The slogan "Red Bull gives you wings- was very appropriate. as Aaron logged in quite a bit of air-time on Aguanga's radical sections . Another new item Aaron was sporting was a removable cast on his left wrist. Geoff severely s prained a tendon in the wrist two weeks before. while doing a photo shoot for the media. C urrent Belgian Champion Freddie Crosset arrived in California with his own entourage . which included a minder. a mechanic and two assistants. Plans are for the five-time Belgian champ to compete in both the U.S. Series and the Belgian Series. If that weren't enough. Crosset will also be trying for the Belgian Enduro Championship title. Crosser's team will be supported in 2001 by Rolling Rock Beer. Raymond Peters reeled ott a pair of fourth-place finishes. C an ad a, was feeling better about the day , as w el l. Ro u n d t w o' s sect io ns , w hich had been set a little b it tougher tha n Fri - to ugh est o f the event and was the d ay ' s eve nt, we re no w wet and ab out to bec o m e ex t re me ly d iffi c u lt. t urni ng p oi nt i n t he com petit i on . Aaron h ad led the ev en t up t o this po in t , bu t failed to make it u p a ve ry By se c ti o n four of the first loop , it w a s o b v ious that the da y would be surv iv a l of t h e fittes t. N o rider, with th e ex ce p t i o n o f Ra y Pete rs , eve n saw the e n d cards in n umb er four , an d h e did it o n ly by th e skin of h is teeth . t hr o ug h t h e sec tion . B el l fare d slig htly be tter w ith a three . Crosset s ho we d h is w e t -r idi n g form an d B y sec tio n f ive , t h e rai n had turn ed into we t sn o w a nd so on , after his n ext tw o r id es . Th e t o ugher the section . th e b etter Cro sset rode, and a loud cla p of thunder, s lee t b eg a n t h is ev en t was full o f to ug h se ctions . slick wais t - h igh s t ep m id w ay passed t hrough w ith a t w o . He later ret urned wi t h a one an d a clean o n C r o sset fi ni sh ed la p o n e with a to fa ll , c o ve r ing t h e g rou nd and turn ing t he la ndscape w h ite . At section six , with ic e fo rming o n t ota l o f 28 p oin t s. Ra y Pe t e r s an d th e r o c k s , Aa r o n and B e ll ea ch made beautiful r id es through a j u m b l e of ro cks for cleans. Cro s s e t A aron wa s fo u rth w ith 45 . B ell is another r i de r w h o t hriv es under advers e c o n d it i o ns , a nd h e st ru g g led here, ev entually collecting a five fo r- moving backward. took control o f se cond p l ac e m idw ay th rough the second l a p and e n d e d Sect ion e ig ht was considered the w ith a 32- point loop. Aaron moved 40 MAY 9.2001 • eye I e Ryon B ell shared sec o n d wi t h 4 0 a nd n e vv s U.S. Sheree's David Chaves of Spain will be adding even more in t ernat ional flavor to this year's series. The 26 year old is living full-time in the states and working for Ryan Young Products when not on the road with the team. Off-road legend Larry Roeseler. who recently purchased a 2.9 Sherco from a Southern California deale r. was on hand to s pe ctate at the first two National events and act ual- ly competed in EI Trial de Espana. L.R. did quite well in the Intermediate division and, of course, smoked everyone on the loop. The EI Trial de Es pa na . which is hosted annually by the American Trials A s s o c iati o n. i s c ons ide red . along with Colorado's Ute Cup. the pr em ier no n-Natio nal event in the United States and is run under a special for mat . The event is split into a mo rni ng and an af ternoo n segment. All entries ride a four-mile loop with 10 sections during the morning sess ion. During the after- noo n sessio n. only the Championship-level riders continue on spe- cial. world-cl ass sections set up around the pits for all to watch. Geoff Aaron fi na lize d a deal that will see the Gas Gas rider performing at the Supercross finale in Las Vegas in May and th e firs t two National MX events in San Bernadi· no and Sacramento. California.

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