Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

ba ck int o the du st a litt le bit , like after I got fu eled. I got close to hi m after that, and he made a little m ist ake and I g ot t he le a d . It w o rk e d o ut then because it's a wh ol e lot easier when yo u ca n see. I was g oin g t o try t o stretch it ou t , but th e lappers slo wed me down a little, an d Fredd y got right back and found me . If I made a mis take. it would have been his ." F in ishing up the th ird lap it was Smith , Andrews , Watts , Laffert y , Woodford , McLevy, Yamaha riders Robbie Jenks and Jason Raines, and FMF /Suzuk i 's Stev e Hatch , and unfortunately for the spectators , it stayed that way with just a littl e shu ffli ng of positions all the way to th e finish . Andrews never backed off, though, and kept hunting for the opportunity to get his race back. " Slo w guys would come up , and I'd be beh ind him and he 'd go one way and I'd go the other; the lapper would go the o ther , and we were splitting lappers left and right and we had a good ti me riding ," Andrews said. " But we'd get into dusty spots and he'd floor it , and I'd have to lay ba ck so I coul d see . It was pretty dangerous out there . I' d j ust have to hope for a lapper to slow him up , and sure enough he 'd have to slow up. T he last lap he came up on some lappers go ing into the c reek , which wa s on ly about a mile from the finish , and I got right up on his rear fender, but th ere wa sn 't anything I coul d do. We came up the hill , and he go t into the du st and j ust powered away." Watts was only a handful of seco nds behind An drews, but might just as well have been m iles behind. "I never saw Shane out th ere," said Andrews, "but I (Above left) Last round's winner Fred Andrews snared the holeshot again - and soldiered on to a runner-up fin i sh. (Above) Defending champ Shane Watts pushed hard all day. b ut cou ldn't g et out of the dust and settled f or third. (Left) Robbie Jenks was t he top Yamaha rider in s i xth p la ce. (Right ) J osh McLevy put in a fi ne rid e on h is Honda CR for fifth ov erall. know he's a com petitor and knew that he was going to be ther e. 1was looking for him, and I think one lap he wa s pretty close, but I'm not sure if he got into lappers or it was the dust or what. I never really felt him back there, but I was looking for him." The last two laps resembled a long freight train in the dust, as none of the positions in the top 12 changed . Sm ith took the w in and padded his ser ies -poin ts lead to 14 over Watts , 145 to 131. Andrews ' second helped h im stay in third pla ce in the points with 9 9 total. F o u rt h for the day was reig n ing AMA/FMF National E nd u ro Ch am p Lafferty, who with 8 0 poi nts sits seventh in the overall rankin g in the 2 0 0 1 GNCC . RER Motor City 's McLevy ~nished up in fifth place, and w ith enough points to keep him in sixth place so far th is y e ar. Jenks was sixth for the day , followed b y Woodford in se v en t h , both sitt ing ni n th and l Ot h , resp ect ivel y , in th e series sta ndings. Raines, Hatch and Rand y Hawkins f inished up the t o p 10, wi th Ha t ch and Rai n es fo u rt h and fi ft h in p o in t s so far , w hile Hawkins remai n s true to his r id in g number in 11th place. CN - Gladiator GNCC Sparta, Kentucky Results: May 6, ZOOI PRO : 1. Rod ney Sm ith (Suz) ; 2. Fred Andrews (KlI w) ; 3. Shane Watts ( KTM ) ; 4. Mi ch l!lel Lafferty (KTM); 5. Joshua McLcvy ( Hon) ; 6 . Robbie Je nks (Yam ); 7 . Chuck Woodford (Kaw ); 8 . Jas on Raines ( Yam) ; 9 . Stev e Hatc h (Suz ); 10 . Randy Hawkins (Yom ). OPEN: A: 1. Jam es T ret in ik ( KTM) ; 2. Ryan Wuebbeling (KTM ) ; 3 . Ky le M ilne ( Yam ) ; 4. Peul McColl (KTM) ; 5. An dy Berkley (KTM ). 250 A : 1. Cole Cetklns (Kaw); 2. Marty Aloisio (G-G); 3. Jell Cregg (Ko",); 4 . Rick i McAtee (KTM) ; 5. 50 Bowman (Hon ). 200 A : 1. Mike McCree ( K~ w ) ; 2. Chris Gellt ( K~ w ) ; 3 . Joshua Knapp ( Kaw); 4. Dus ti n Gibson (SUL); 5. Brett Zofch ak {Kaw}, 4-S A: I. Shad Ricketts (SUL); 2. Darius Leeee ( Yam ); 3 . Gregory G illian ( Yam) ; 4 . Cu rt Wilcox (SUL); 5. Shaun wltccx (Hon ). VET A : 1. Sc ott Plessin ger ( KTM ); 2. Dennis Decker (KTM); 3. Martin Kehlmeier (KTM); 4 . Todd More in (KTM); 5. Richard Burbick (G-G ). SR A : I. Tim Shephard (Yam) ; 2. Keith Rodgers (Ko",); 3. Marl< Steen (Yom ); 4 . Morl< Smi th ( KTM ); 5. Tonne r Eng land (Vam ). OPEN B; I. Lendell Smith (KTM); 2. Mike Zibailo (K TM) ; 3 . Ran dy Sma ll wood (KTM) ; 4 . Rale igh Thompson (G-G) ; 5. Matthe", Yukevich (Yam) . 250 B: 1. Sean Clayto n (Kaw); 2. Rodney Frank (Yam) ; 3. Jerry Frank (Suz); 4. Chris Buzzelli (Han ); 5. Eric Stewart ( Y.:lm ). 200 B: 1. Scott Watk ins (Kaw ); 2. Brian Melik (G-G); 3. Tra vis Green (Ka", ); 4 . Todd Marro'" (G ·G ); 5. Russell Bobbitt (G-G). 4 ·S B : 1. Carl Pett it ( Yam ) : 2. J ohn Rawli ng ( Yam ) ; 3 . D avid Galia no ( Yam) : 4 . Lar ry Milnch (Han ); 5 . Brandon Freema n (KTM ). VET B: 1. Kev in Dalpi az (Hon) ; 2. Chris Ta ylo r (K TM ); 3. Todd Tem pl e ( KTM); 4 . Robert Co llins (KTM); 5. Ben Fowler (KTM). SR 8 : 1. Ric hard St rou d ( Yam ) ; 2 . Ran dell Hillegas (Yam) ; 3. Benjam in Smith (Yam) : 4. Charles Cress (Han): 5. Mark Will ma n (Suz) . IND: J. Shane Na lley (Suz): 2. Doug Whit me r (Yam) : 3. Dele Stegall (Yam ); 4. Kev in Fields (Kaw ): 5. Ala n Randt (KTM) . S/ SR A ; I. Terry Mealer (Yam) ; 2. Ronald Bohn (Yam ); 3. Jo seph Hull (Yarn} ; 4 . Fronk Erbe (Yam); 5. Terry Flynn (Han) . cue I 200 c: 1. Br ien Howell ( Yam ) : 2 . Jo hnath an Woo dford ( Kaw) ; 3 . Bra ndon Maxwe ll ( Kaw ); 4 . Brando n Larson (KTM) ; 5. Brenden Rainey (G-G). 250 C: 1. Darrell Hoov er (Yam); 2. Jamie Smith (Suz); 3. Brandon Clayt on (Ke w); 4 . Shane Gillispie (Suz); 5. Bruce Peifer (Yam) . O PEN c. 1. Rick y Whitely ( KTM ); 2. Dou glas W.,yne Dey (KTM); 3. James Van AUI!! (KTM); 4. Earl Vitose (Yam ); 5. Char les Ja yn e (Han) . 4 -S C: 1. Jeff Schershcel (Han ); 2. Nakai Green (Yam) ; 3. J ohn Ryee (Hon ); 4. Jo seph Denlel s (SUL); 5. Kev in Larson (KTM ). VET C: 1. Todd MacDonald (YllIm ); 2. Steven Utz ( Yam ); 3 . Dino Co l aiann i ( KT M) ; 4 . J im Norris (KTM); 5. Jeffrey Smith (KTM). SR C: 1. Gary Maxwell (Kaw); 2. Bruce Ramsey (YllIm) : 3. Raymond Drugmand (Sud ; 4. Skip Stoner (Ko",); 5. Billy Childers (SUL). WOM.: 1. Heidi Landon (KeVi); 2. Virg inia Parker (Yom) . S /S R B /C; 1. Deren Carrell (KTM ) ; 2 . Jock Fa lbo ( Ka..... ); 3. Leon Parker ( Yam); 4. Do n Rye (Ka..... ): 5. Carl McDaniel (Han) . O/A C: 1. Shane Nalley (Suz) : 2. Doug Whitme r ( Y.!I ); 3 . Darrell Hoover { Yarn} : 4 . J

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