Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

CMC Northwest Summer Series Round 2: Albany M otor spor ts Park • • (Le ft) J e sse Ba th SCD red t he Dve rall w in in the 250cc Pro class despite the muddy cDnditiDns at round twD Df the CMC NDrthwest Su m m e r Series. bu rt got a rou nd a fa di ng Bu y as , things br igh te ned for S a nn a n . How ev e r, S a nn a n kept on c harg ing and a lso picked off Buya s to take th e o vera ll win with a 1-2 punch. Hurlburt (5-1) a nd Buya s (3-3) tra iled ov e rall . Leach 's day starte d off with a win in the dri e r Before The Hill Pro/Inte rmediate class m ot os , putting conside rable grou nd o n the com petition . Pow er Ya maha- backed teamm ates Devin Con naghan and Gary Terlecki stayed clo se behind the long -gone Leach in both motos to finish in the top three in both contests; Terleck i posted one of his best rides of the season with h is s e cond-place finish , beh ind Leach but ahead of Connaghan , in moto two . Te rlecki also won the comb ined Up The Hill (O v e r 25 ) Pro class, while Co nnaghan 's th ird -p lac e finish was g o o d for runner- up laure ls in th e Be fo re The Hill class , a head of Brod y Ba xter, J on Ka uffma n and J a s on Loo m is . Le a c h carne ba c k sev era l m ot o s later to d e c imate th e co m peti tion in STO RY AN D PH O T O S BY CLA Y LI GH T ALBAN , OR, A 21 Y PR. I.J yan Leach and his new teammate W J e s s e Bath went head to head in the 250cc Pro class during ro und two of the C MC Northwes t S u m m er Mo to cro s s S e rie s a t Albany Mo to rsports Par k , but whe n the co nditio ns took a turn for the wo rs e , it was Bath wh o prev ailed in the m ud. Bath , who recently re located fro m No rt h e rn Ca lifornia to the E ugen e a rea, t ra ile d t he He rb ' s C y c le Town/ Ho use of Horsepower- b a ck e d Lea ch to th e fin ish in the first 25 0cc Pro moto , but wh en the tra c k turne d to a m ud d y m e s s afte r a h al f-t im e downpour, th e conditio ns the n fav ored Bath, who scored the rnoto -two win to s na re the overall victory. Leac h's da y wa s hardly a washout , a s the rider from Albany, Oregon, had earlier won the Before The Hill Pro/Intermediate class with a I- I sweep. On e of th e d a y ' s top performers was KTM-mounte d Pete Sannan . A c o ns is te n t top -thre e fin is h e r du ring th e arena c ross and Winter Series e ve n ts, today was Sannan's turn to sh ine. In Ryan Huege's absence, San nan scored overa ll wins in the 125cc and Before The Hill Junior classes to snare one of th e few double-class win tallies of the day , aboard the Gran Prix Cycles-backed KTM. Sannan's first of two overall victo ries came in th e Before The Hill J unior class. Suzuki rider Matt Craw ford pulle d the trigger fastest to lead the first moto , but Cra wfo rd lost the lead to fe llow RM rider Co dy Bu ya s at t h e m id wa y point and e ve ntually fa d ed to th ird at moto's e nd, wh ile Sannan dis placed Crawfo rd for secon d . Cr awford again led in m oto two, b ut S ann an p re vai led in the m ud d y condition s to ta ke th e ove rall win via (Above) Ryan Leach WDn both Bef Dre The Hill Prollntennediate mDtDs as well as the first 250cc Pro mDtD at Albany MDtDrsports Pa rt<. (Right) KTM rider Pete Sannan was ene Df the select f ew dDuble-elass w inners in Albany, Oregon, sco ring victories In the 125c c and BefDre The Hill J u n iDr c lasses. 2 -1 placings . Crawford (3 -2) , Buyas (1-4 ) , Jimi Bla ckwe ll (4-3 ) and Colton Waibel (5-6) filled ou t the top five overall. Sannan rode to an impressive victo ry in the first 12 5 c c Junior moto , followed by Blackwell, Buyas, Crawford and Honda -mounted Ben Hurl burt, but he had his work cut out for him in the muddy moto two. Sa nna n got a poor start bu t cla wed h is way into contention by picking off numero us riders each lap until closing in on Bu ya s a nd Hurlbu rt. With two la ps to go, it a ppe ared th a t S an n an ' s c hances of an overa ll win in th e class would be in jeopa rdy, but whe n Hurl - Kauffman impro ved upo n h is results in the earlier Be fore Th e Hill Intermediate class with a sweep of the 2 50cc Intermediate class, a board his Honda. Yamaha- mounte d Ba xter, who fin ish ed thir d to Kauffman and Er ic Rog ers in moto o ne , follo wed Ka uffma n to the finish in m oto two to s nare se co n d o ve ra ll w ith 3 -2 p laci n g s . Rogers (2- 3) finis he d th ird , a hea d of S uzuki rider Ger ritt S ch affe r (5 -7 ). A huge turn o ut of O ver 4 0 riders we re o n hand - 26 in a ll - but it was Yamaha YZ426F pilo t Mike Taylo r who came out on top. While fa iling to win ei ther moto , Taylor used a 2 -2 tally to top the Pro portion . Da ve Eakin won moto one but pulled out of moto two du e to the muddy condi tions . In Eakin 's absence, Yamaha rider Jim Thorp won moto two . Da ve Shepard had th e initial lead bu t faded , allow ing Thorp to take the lea d and finish there . However, an eighthplace finish on Thorp's part in moto one a ided in Taylor's win . Glynn Higgins (3-4) finished second o ve rall, followed by Carl Ch adwick (5-3). eN Albany MotDrsports Pa" Albany. Oregon Results: APril zr, ZOOI (Round Z of IZI P/ W ( 0- 6 ) : I. Garr ett Kau ffma n ( K T M); 2 . Damian Cook (KTM); 3 . Stephen Blaine (Hon). P/W ( 7 · 9 ) : I. Da vid Paschke ( Hus); 2. Nas h Blayl ock (KTM); 3 . Tyler Daney (KTM ) . 60 BEG: 1. J oe McCaslin (Kew} : 2. Chris Egan (KTM); 3 . Clint Kasper (Kaw). 6 0 S R: 1. Dann y Gub ser ( K aw) ; 2 . Travi s McCl inton (KTM) ; 3. T yler McClinton (K TM ). 8 0 BE G: I. Ryan Hauck (Yam): 2. Kelly Hupp (Yam) ; 3. Earl McCasl in (Yam) . 80 J R (7 · 11 ): I. Lev i Bishop (Hon) . 8 0 JR (1 2· 13) : I. Nick Ra ndk le v ( Ho n); 2 . Travis McMack in (Hon) ; 3 . Aaron McClinto n (Yam). the first 250cc Pro moto. Bath trailed Leach to net second , ahead of Terlecki, Suzuki rider J .R. Vielle and Connaghan. Moto two was a much differe nt story: Terlecki to ok the lead and remained there for several laps until Bath fo und a way past th e veteran rid e r and pulled away to victory . Le a c h forged t h roug h t raffic in the sou py c o nd it io n s to catch Terleck i, but Te rlecki had an answer for each of Leach's challenges and the Silverton , Ore go n , r ider n et t e d second overa ll with a 3 -2 ta lly , behi nd Ba th but a head of Lea c h (1-3), Conna gha n (5 -4) a nd Vielle (4- 5) . cue' e S/M INI: 1. Nick Randk lev (Hon ); 2. Matt Wilson (Yam); 3. Travi s McMacki n (Hon) . 125 B EG: 1. Mich ael Biddl e (Yam) ; 2. J erem y Second o (Hon); 3. Jesse Rignell (Hon) . 125 J R: 1. Pete Se nnen (KTM ); 2 . Ben Hurlburt ( Hon ); 3 . Cody Buyas (Suz) . 1251NT: 1. Jason Loomis (KTM) . 125 PRO: I. J esse Bath (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Ben Sannan (Yam) ; 2 . John Philli ps (Yam): 3. David Berke y (Yam). 250 JR : 1. Josh H u er t a ( Ya m); 2 . Tyler Fitzsimons (Yam ); 3. Tim Harmon (Hon ). 2 50 INT: 1. Jon Kauffman (Hon ) ; 2 . Brody Baxter (Yam); 3. Eric Rogers (Yam ). 250 PRO: t. Je sse Bath (Yam); 2. Ryan Leach (Yam); 3 . Gary Terlecki (Yam ). OPEN AM : 1. Joh n Thayer (Yam ) ; 2 . Ben Sannan (Yam ); 3. Glynn Higgins (KTM ). 4 ·STRK : t • Ron W illiams ( KT M ); 2 . Don Kauffman (Hon). UTH JR: l. Bob Kiv isto (Hen): 2. A rthur Neiss (Yam). UTH PRO : 1. Gary Terlecki (Yam) . BTH J R: 1. Pete Sannan (KTM ); 2. Matt Crawfo rd (5 02); 3 . Cody Buyas (SU%) . BTH PRO/1NT : 1. Ryan Leach (Yam): 2. Devin Connaghan (Yam) ; 3. Brody Baxt er (Yern }. OTH BEG: 1. Johnny F rank ( Yam }: 2 . A ric Tessman (Hon) ; 3. J imm y Marq uez (Yam ). OTH JR : 1. Eric Kincaid (Hon); 2. Mike Farm er (Kaw). OTH INT: 1. Joh n Th ay er (Yam) ; 2 . Bre n t Dickey (Hen) . OTH PRO : 1. Jam ie Claasen (Su z): 2 . Rick Walli ng (Yam): 3 . Ben Hurlbu rt (Hon) . OIT JR: J. Bil l Farrell (Hus); 2. Luk e McCaslin (Yam) ; 3. Jeff Hausm ann (Hon) . O IT IN T: I . Kell y Wh el ch el ( Hon ); 2 . Greg Chapman (Yam); 3. Dean Biddl e (Kaw). O IT PRO ; 1. M ik e Tay lo r ( Yam) : 2 . Gly nn Higgin s (KTM); 3. Carl Chadw ick (Yam) . 50 + : 1. D an Schaffer (Kaw) ; 2. Ste v e Baze (Kaw); 3. Peul Delos-Reyes (Yam). WM N : 1. Rhi an a St enz el ( Suz ); 2 . Jenni fe r Davidson (Kaw) ; 3. Heidi Koers chgen (Hon ). HUSKY 50 CHAL: I . David Paschke ; 2. Ty ler Da ily ; 3 . Dam ien Cook : 4 . Bl ak e McMa ck in ; 5 . Jonathan Chadwick. n e _ os MAY 16. 2 0 01 61

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