Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Ma nch est e r was ou t second , but a h ung ry Hick s was knoc ki ng o n h is door, an d on the th ird la p Hicks go t th rough on th e ins id e o ut of two and went hunting for Fa ria . Fishe r was a lso on the move , a nd on the white -flag lap he found the hole he was loo king for an d got by for th ird . Manchester a nd Bast rounded out the field. T he first Hand ic ap se mi wa s a heartbre a ker for Mark Ada ms , wh o led for seven la ps , only to have Duk ie Erm o le nko get by on the white -flag la p a n d o pe n t he flood g ates , as "Fast" Ed Castro, Fish er a nd Hick s all wen t rig h t a lo ng w it h h im . The y wou ld a ll transfer to the main. In t he se co nd Handi cap , Bob b y Sim mo ns , who earned the spot with a win in a S u pport heat , was a ble to hold th e fie ld off for two la ps be fore Man ch est e r , F a r ia , La r s e n an d Sch wa rtz blew by. They wou ld be the fina l four for the main. The Handicap Ma in saw eve ryone coming from long ya rd age . Th e 4 0 y ra d line wa s pretty crowded, with Manc h e st e r, Cast ro , F is h er , Ermolenko and Schwart z sharing spac e . The 50 go t th e leftovers , as Hicks , Fa ria and Lar sen p icked o ut th e ir spots . Th ey would all be at full speed when th ey hit th e first turn , and the one who got through in an upr ight position had a pretty good shot a t collecting all the marbles . Manchester found the zone and, with his roc king chair sty le , went th e eight la ps never seriousl y c ha llenged . Hicks was o ut se c ond an d h e , to o , had a n ea sy ra ce. The action was between th e two "F lyin' s" - Fa ria and Fis he r - but it was s hort-lived , as Fa ria , riding Man chester's backup bike , d rop ped out. Fis he r pi c ked up the sh ow mo ne y. Erm ol e n k o c a m e home ah ead o f Schwa rtz and Lars en. The Side ca rs a re still th e c rowd p leas e rs . S t u a rt Glas s a nd Dei o n S t o k e s d re w the p o le o n th e b ig Du c a t i. Bo b Bra y ton and Dwa y ne King were in two on the Godden . The Costa Mesa Speedway: Chris Manchester won the Handicap main event at the speedway season opene r in Costa Mesa, California. reig ning team of Bill Math erson an d Dale Leeder we re in three , a bo a rd the Yamaha . Th e Jones bo ys , Danny and Chris , were o n t he o uts id e o n the Kawasaki. Th e first attempt at a go saw the red come ou t when th ey go t too up close a nd per so nal. The se cond try saw the gate go to Glass and S tokes . Th e y he ld on fo r o n e la p before Matherson an d Leeder got th e d rive out of four and to o k th e lead . Th e J o nes bo ys got by Bra yton and King for thir d with on e lap to go, bu t Bra yton and King came righ t bac k a nd rubbed wheels with the m out of fo ur a nd retook third as Ch ris came flying off th e ba ck. CN Costa Mesa Speedway Costa Mesa, Californ ia Results: Apri l 21, 2001 SCR: I. Mi ke Faria (GM); 2. Gory Hicks (J ew) : 3. Ryan Fisher (J aw); 4 . Chri s Manche ster (Ja w ); 5 . Bart Bast (J aw). HDCP: 1. Chris Manchester (Jaw); 2. Gary Hick s (J aw) ; 3. Ryan Fisher (J aw ); 4. Du ki e Er m ol enk o (J ow); 5. Bobb y Schw artz (GM). SOeR: 1. B. Math er son /D. Leeder (Yam ); 2. S. Gloss/D . Stok es (Due): 3 . B. Brayt on/ D. Kin g (Gdn) : 4. D. J ones/C. Jo nes (Kaw). SOP : 1. Bry an Yarro w (Ja w ) ; 2. David Lyn ch (J aw) ; 3. Gerry Duttwe iler (Jaw); 4. Mark Hitchcock (J aw); 5. Shawn Harm atiuk (Jaw). SUP B: 1. Bobby Krips (J aw) ; 2. Phillip Williams (J aw); 3. Robert Flesler (J aw); 4. Mike Boyl e (GM). CMA P ro-Am Series, C entral Division Round 5: Hanford Fairgrounds Hulsey Admirable at Hanford HANFORD, CA., APR. 14 h e r e was a n E a st e r We e k e n d in vasio n at th e Han fo rd F a ir g roun d s fift h ro u n d of the four th ann ua l CMA Pro -Am Challe nq e , and the locals didn 't fare ver y we ll in the a m b ush . A hu g e g roup of r acers came up from Ba kersfield and , led by Brian Hulsey, took home no less tha n 28 top-thr e e po si t io n s du ring t he T 66 MAY 16, 2001 • cue Ie - d a y' s racin g, a m a ke-up rain -da te of the s eri e s ope ner . T he area's best 80cc ride rs got sh ut out by the on ly out-of-state rider co mpeting , Wash ingto n's Cody Denha m. Hulsey , Yamaha-mou nted in both th e 125cc an d 25 0 cc Intermedi a te clas ses , pre vailed overall in bo th a nd added an im p ressive third in the Pro Am ove r Northern Divisi on Pro Billy Jure vich , visit ing from Hollis te r. It n e _ s was a co nsistent day for Hulsey, who wo n e ver y race he entered. Aga ins t th e Suzuki-mounted J urevich , Hulsey broke to the lead at the start and led by two seconds at th e halfwa y po int , then av eraged nearly a second -per-Iap inc rease to the end. Local racer Steve Ne lson of Madera got third, bu t on ly afte r nearly getting involved in a fight. That fight oc curred not in the Pro Am but e a rli e r, in the first 125c c Intermedi ate contest - on ly the sec o nd ra c e o f t he d a y . Wh ile Hu ls e y was winn ing a nd Honda pilot Robby Baptista of Kerm an was ba rely keep ing pace, Ne lson started stro ng , bu t a m is c ue on th e second la p p ut h im beh ind . He was slowly pick ing off ride rs until he was battl ing Yam aha ride r Brandon Jones for third. On th e final la p, aft e r a fe w white -kn uc k le turns , the two collided a nd spent m ore than a fe w se con d s o n t h e v er ge o f fisticuffs . With precious second s , a nd positions , fading qu ickly , Ne lson go t going again in last place. The refore , wh e n Hu lsey a gai n j u m pe d to the lead in the second 125cc e ncounter, Ne lso n' s seco nd-pla ce showi ng, no matte r h ow c lo s e to the le ad er he was , lost m uch of its sting overall. Eve n thoug h he took seco nd in th e moto, he only placed s ixth overall while the ra c e r wit h who m he ha d tangled , Jo nes , amazi ng ly g ot t he runner-up spot with a 5 -3 s howi ng ! Hulsey a nd Jurevich also ba ttled in the 250cc Inte rm ed iate / Pro co nt es t, and Hulsey again preva iled, a lthough they we re scored separately. In the ir first e ncounter, J urevich o pe ned a n early lead but was soon reele d bac k in b y Hu lsey, an d b y t he h al fway point they were goi ng at it. Th ree laps fr o m the end , Huls e y s ped b y and s lowly added to his adva nta ge. In the seco nd e nc o unter, afte r his Pro -Am vic to ry had been re co rde d, Hulse y just piled it on with a start-to finish pe rformance. The S po rts m a n X cla ss al so ha d t he Bakersfie ld co n nectio n o n to p , with Brian Wa tson leading the affa ir from sta rt to finish , but th e ra ce for second was inte nse. Shawn Burk , a late entry who was not identified du ring the actua l ra ce , pla yed a majo r role as he m ove d into second plac e on la p two and continued there until th e fina l t rip a ro und t he c o u rs e. A ra ce -lon g batt le betwee n Broc Vejar , J im bo Hoak a nd An th ony Ho us e r kept e veryone's atte nt ion on the ba ttle for third, fourth a nd fifth. Sudden Iy, Burk ea sed up a bit a nd the trio sta rted clos ing . Hoa k, now third , was chargin g hard on the last lap , a nd Bu rk , fee ling the pressure, crashed ju s t three tu rns fro m the c heckered . Hoa k trounced and took second , and Burk re bo unded q uickly to ho ld third. Us ing th is m om en tum , Wats o n rolle d to a not her ove ra ll in the 250cc Novice class afte r a not he r great finalmo t o s h o wdown in wh ich he and Su zuk i jocke y R.K. Fie ld of Alpaugh rod e nearl y s ide by si de fo r se ve ra l laps. It was onl y nea r th e end , whe n Watson had taken th e lead from the ho leshot-awa rd winne r, that the race was fina lly d e c ided . Co ars egold 's Matt Gaines , who gained stre ngt h as the race gre w to a cl ose, tw ic e fin ished second for th e runner-up s pot. Watson was neve r in contention in the first 125cc Novice moto , finishing e ight h, bu t winni ng th e second moto shot h im to th ir d o ve rall, be h ind Suzuki pilot Brett Ma rkarin of Plan a da , who easily got th e first-place trophy with a consisten t one-two punch , while Exe ter's Kawasaki joc key Brian Gill got secon d with a pa ir of th irds . The only rider who had to c ross a state line to get here faced off ag a inst the 80 cc cl asses, and litt le Kawa saki j ock ey C od y Denham fro m Bo w, Washingto n, prev aile d in the 80cc X cl a s s . Hond a -m ou n t e d Jon at h a n Ca m a re na of Porte rville was th e early leader , but he wa s so o n p ass ed by Ya m a h a p ilo t Sterling Ze p e da a nd De n ham , who then battled fo r the lead unt il lap fo ur, when the y exchanged the front s pot th ree times . The thir d pass p ut De nh a m u p front , a nd he b uilt his lead to a three-sec o nd a d vanta g e at the end . He also won the 80cc Intermedia te class. CN Hanford Fairgrounds Hanford, California Results: Apri l 14, 2001 l Round 5] 60 x CL : 1. Ni ch ole s Bok er ( KTM) ; 2. Kyle Kessinger (KTM); 3. Dustin Moody (Kaw): 4. J ames Culbertson (KTM ): 5. Tyler Bereman (Kaw ). 8 0 X CL : 1. Cody Denham (Kaw) : 2. Ster li ng Zepeda (Yam ): 3. J acob Sanchez (Yam); 4. Jo nathan Cama rena (Hen): 5. Mitch Bragdon (Kaw). S PTSM N X CL : 1. Br y on Wot son (Y om) : 2 . Jimbo Hook (Yom ); 3. Shown Bur k (Han ); 4 . Brok Veja r; 5. Anth on y Hou ser (Yam ). PRO · AM x CL: 1. Brion Hulsey (Yom ); 2. Bill y Jurevi ch (Suz) ; 3 . Steve Nelson (Suz) : 4 . Brand on Jones; 5. Robby Bapti sta (Hon) . P/W : 1. Kyl e W alga mo tt e ( Yam) ; 2. Dusti n Conell (Yam) . 50 (0· 6) : 1. Jor ed Solf (Cob): 2. Landon Sulliv an (HM); 3. Moisan Corey (KTM) . 50 (7·8): I. J ome s Cul bert son (HM) ; 2. Kyl e Delawa re (Han); 3. Gary Hieron ymus (KTM) . 60 B EG ( 0· 8 ): 1. Hunter A ff ons o (K aw ) ; 2 . James Culbertson (KTM) ; 3. Tucker Hicks (Kaw ). 60 BEG (9 - 11): 1. Ch ristion Kinney (KTM): 2. Bri ttany Kessinger (KTM); 3. Tyl er Berema n (Kaw).

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