Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

125 BEG: 1. Daniel Hendrix (Hon): 2. CMd Abbo tt (Ya m ); 3 . Josh Water s (Yam ); 4 . Peyton Sc hmidt (Ya m); 5. Lore nzo De lisa othe r riders. Th e Riders Cho ice-ba ck ed Chri s Pulliam slic ed his wa y up into a pair of seco nd -place fin ishes, over Blake Fult o n (3-4 ). Matthew Hend ri x loo p ed out off th e sta rt in moto one but then blitz ed th e field to fi ni sh a res pectab le seventh ; he th en backe d th at up with a close thi rd in m oto two fo r fourth in the final sta nd ings . Bobby B onds contro lle d the lead at th e midwa y poi nt of th e 125c c Pro race , at which 1 ~ INT: t. Scot! Howe (Yam) . 125 PRO 1. Michllel Young (Hon ); 2. Bobby Bonds (KlIw); 3. : Ge m t Ordelmen (Yom) : 4. Selin O 'Connor (Yam) : 5. Trevte Smith (Hen) . 250 BEG: 1. J usti n Cox (Ya m ); 2. Richar d Wes l (Yllm ): 3. Anthony Giorgio (Yam ): 4 , Kyle Miller (Hon ); 5. Brian Melcolf (Yom ). 250 PR J. Bobby Bonds (KlIw): 2. Selin O'Co nno r (Yam); 3. O: Gernt Ordetrnen (Yom ); 4. Richard Saz a ma (Suz) ; 5 . Travis Sm ith time the race was sto pped a nd the ride rs wer e pliiOiii:iWiiI.iiiIillIi!!i~!ii!&!S~~l:lI:II:;.'2!:!!1iIllll;:O;:!':;:;;:P""::;;:;;;;-"!''''~::-:;'''''"7--..,..---:::t;::::-l 5 (Hen ). G erritt O rd elm an l ed for a lap off th e restart from his po le po sition be fore Michael You ng dro pped him to seco nd place. Youn g conti nued on fo r the win, with Bonds m ak ing it all th e way up into second place by the fini sh. Ord elman took th ird , with Sean O 'Co nnor and Travi s Smi th rounding out the top five. Bon ds ret urned on his Pro Circu it/SplitFire KX 2 S0 to cla im t he 2 S0 c c Pro-class first pl ace m oney. Bo nds and Youn g had a good battle durin g the seco nd half of th e race unti l Young lost his front end in a turn. O ' Connor earned th e sec ond- pl ace paybac k, ahead of O rdel rn an, Rich ard Sazama and Sm ith . Results P/WBEG I. Mkhad RtKker (KT . ; M) s/P/W (0-9), I. Cohan _ l I l T" ). XR5<>. I. D.J. .Jdh Z Rick Hemme (Yam): 4 . J imm y Oonzlliez (Yem). ~ ~ ~~~=;.~~ ~ SCHBY: I. Adam Gntgg (Ya m): 2. Riley Becltinger (Yam ). JR VETNOV I. Cain Smead (Yam ). : VET BEG: 1. Rob Edwllrds (KllW 2. J a90n Harpole ; 3 . Jon Her ): li ned back up in sing le fi le, wi th the leader - in this ca se. Bond s . go ing to the back of the line for the resta rt. w w ( ~w ). pole. SR INT I. Scott McDonall (Hon ). : SR EX; 1. Tom Burgess (Yam ). T rail -Way S p e e d w ay ST Winsett. Wood Wallop Experts B y LEN BR EECH HA NOVER, PA , MAY 6 Afte r driving straight th roug h from the prelimina ry Te xa s races , Ric k Winsett made the most of m iss ing out on the rain ed -out Tex as Nat ional by takin g th e 600cc A end Spo rts m an finals at Trail -Way Speedwa y . Fi nishi ng cl oser in the Spo rt sm an fi na l th an he d id in th e 600cc A Trail-Way Speedway: Rick Winsett (25 ) and Raun Wood (88A) battle It out in t he Sportsman cl ass In Hanover, Pennsylvan ia. c o n te s t, Rau n Wo od s u rv iv e d a midr a c e restart to tak e th e 2S0 cc A final. As us ual , Win s e tt ju mped into th e lead ri ght off th e start o n h i s Patriot H -D/ G reg Thali s Wood -Rot ax in the 60 0cc A final. Ja ke Johnson, N ick Arm ent, Mike Br ab so n a nd Wood tr ailed. Unc hall enged, Wins ett increased Th e Sportsm an fi nal wa s pretty much fo l- three, the orde r stayed the sa me , with Wood 's low-the-Iead er after Winsett took the lead from Sc ott Pow er sports/ Link Cy cle Honda a fe w le ngths i n front o f th e b a ttle fo r sec o n d between John son and Klin efelter . O n th e seventh lap, Johnson drifted sli ghtl y off the nar- Wood and Chris Kli nefelter . With a better sta rt this time, Wood stayed abo ut 10 y ards behi nd Winsett. his mar gin to half a straighta way ove r .Jo hn- row groove . letting Klinefelter past. Wood grabbed the 25 0cc A lead fro m his so n by th e end . A ft er a slo ppy start, Wood worked up to third by halfway , but he co uldn't nemes is of the last thr ee season s , Johnson, do a nyth ing with J ohnso n in second. Brett Pugh too k the 65cc lead fro m A ustin Greenland, Mike Standiford and current SOcc National cham p Patrick Jacobsen. Pugh ra n whil e Klinefelter and Ray Li ed foll owed. After the race was red -nagged when Lied fell on lap c ue I e n e vu s J J UNE 13.2001 43

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