Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

50. AM.:. I. Don Huddlnton; 2. Wayne Rutiedge . SO EX: t. AUsn Kent; 2. Dave Jacobus; 3. Gary GoWart; 4. [)en. . nisMiddldon; ~. Denn is Toomen . 4 ·STR K BEO: 1. Shawn Pag ett; 2. Brad y Thompson; 3. Joel Rode; 4 . OustJn t(ame.s; 4 . Reed CleetOn. 4 -STRK NOV: I. Franklin Ziegler: 2 . Eric Ekstrand; 3. Dennis Welch: 4 . CiarilWallace . 4-STRK AM: I. Brad Huth; 2. Rob Kasch; 3. MIke B.mnan. '-STRK EX: 1. Tr-:w Sheridan; 2. 50 Hams; 3. ~ Hasae; 4. e-y Longman. TE AM RACE : I . Lee Ba co n /Je rry Blac k ; 2 . M. lk e Shoemaker/Kevll"l Mor'llgorrtery: 3. Dustin Evana/ Casey I..ongman; 4. Bob ~I/Mltch .Mwu:~1; 5. Gf1!'liI Fount.einlGordon Kriler . Action Va lley MX Park Wisdom Rides Wis e B y D AVID H. S CREWS PARIS, TN , MAY 5 He did n't win every mota he ran, but one th ing should be noted abou t K yle Wisdom: He race d his heart out eac h and every tim e his knobbies bit into th e sawdust loa m of Acti on Vall ey MX Park . T he Yam aha racer co ntes ted th e 65cc Sen io r and Su permini classes at the th i rd round of th e Ten nessee O utdoor MX Series , and he ca me away with tw o well- dese rved tr ophi es: one was a fifth place for hi s overall finish in Supe rmini ; th e other was a tall, glea min g fi rs t -place nu m ber fo r wi nning the 85cc Sen ior class. Bu t thet's not th e who le story. Wi sdo m 's story stems from his unr elenting effort to give 1 10 percent - wi n or lo se. For ex am ple, the Superm ini class prov ed to be a challenge for Wisdom. Wi th regi onal hot shots such as B rand en M ille r, Brand on Cro sb y, J a mes Mitchell a nd Brett Camero n testing eac h other in bo th motos , WIsdo m could on ly fig ht to hold on to his fifth-plac e ove ra ll fi ni sh by pla cin g fifth in the fir st moto and sixth in the seco nd. Fa cing Cr os by and Mitchell in the 8 5cc Senior cp ntest, Wisdom found his niche on the tra ck and burned the enti re cl ass with a severe smoking in mota on e, capturing the lead early in the rac e and putting seconds between hi mself and the dueling Cro sby and Mi tche ll. In moto two , Will iam Cato g o t the ho leshot, but Mitchell got a bad jump off th e gate and found himself jam m ed in th e middle of the pack as the 19 co nt estants ro und ed th e holeshot tu rn . It wa s at th is ti m e th at Wisdom 's ext ra 10 per c ent kic ked i n, a nd he began to m ake hi s m oves on tho se wh o tried to kee p him beh ind them. Cato still held the le ad, fo llo wed by M it c hell , Chase Gamble, Brad y Orr , Co le Se lf and Crosby. Wi sdo m took Gamble and Orr before the fi rst lap was g ree n- nag ged . A s Mitch ell put Cato behin d him for the lead , Wi sdom worked on Self and Cros by. With pati ence and the slyness of a fox sta lking hi s prey, Wi sdom sli pped by Cato and beg an a relentless pursu it of Mitchell. Lap after lap , section after section, Wisdom put all his energy and focus int o taking the lead awa y fro m the Kawasaki- mounted Mitchell - but it wasn 't to be . Mitchell held off Wisdom and crossed the checkers with the mote-two win. Wisdom took second. Cros by was th ird . When the scores were added together for both motes, Wis dom h ad pr evail ed , win ning th e class for the day. Th us, his abili ty to dig down deep an d sum mon up that extra 10 per cent showed that he had the drive and desire to be a wi nner, regardless of the odds stacked agai nst him . An d isn't that what it 's all about? Res ults 50 (4 .6 ): I. Josh ua Cartwright (Cob ): 2. Ethan Tanner (Hon) ; 3. Jod5Ol'l Wi ~ (KTM): 4 . Anthony Ferguson (A ct); 5. Cory Rion (Yam ). SO(7.8 ): I . Cody Codg ill (KT 2. Oavkl l..aa.srter (Cob) : 3. D.J. MoI: ' - " II\TMI . (7-9) : 1. JoItl801 (Kaw); 2. AIel Ray (Ka w): 3. Trent Parka (Kaw); 4. Christian WIIlSOl'l ( KTfl\) : ~ . Brdt Bell (Ka.....). 65 ( 10- 11); t . EJliotl Barbel' (KTM): 2. Allen Btady (KTM.: 3. Ty ) Messer (Kaw); 4. Nick J acbon (K_ ): 5. Ty Smithson(KTM)_ 85 (7. ) I) : I. Branden fo\lll« (Yam); 2. Elliott Barber (! nevvs The 50cc cl asses - all th ree of the m · were dominated by T wo Broth ers Racin g 's Hunter and Walker Br ightwell . Hunter smashed the 50cc (4-6) an d Pee Wee (4-6) classes, and Walker m anh and led th e 50cc (7·8) class on his King Co bra. R.sults 50 (4- 6) : I. Hunter Brightwell (Cob) ; 2. Ja ke Fowler (Cob ): 3. Derek Stinson (Yam ). 50 (1 -8 ); 1. Walker Brightwell (Cob); 2. l4n Kendig (Hua). 50 (4-8); 1. Hunter Bnghtw ell (Ya m) ; 2. J a ke Fowler (Cob ); 3. Mitchell Hubbs (Yam ). 6 5: 1. Stev en Mages (KTM): Z. Kris Nelson (KTM); 3. Walker Brightwell (K,aw). I) 80 (7-11): I. Joey Leadbeater (SU : 2. Sleven Mage s (Suz): 3. Kns Nelson(StD. . ) 80 (12- 1 ~) : 1. Brandon Borgen (Kaw): 2. Cody Proctor (Ya m): 3. Chan cy Sta rling (K,a w). 125 A: I . J ohn Sims (Suz); 2 . Nathan WUls(Yam ). 125 B: 1. Man Pritchard (Yam ): 2. Mikey Nlbf:rt (Hon); 3. Jo, h Ada ir (Han ). 125 C 1: 1. Ja ke Denn y (Hon) : 2. J a son Cundiff (Suz): 3. Scotl Mauk (Hon). 125 C 2: 1. Chad Za iser (Hon ): 2. Ben Rog«s (Hon): 3. James Morgan (Hon). 250 A: 1. Steve Andrich (Hon ); 2. William RogeB II (HOI'll . 250 B: 1. Tommy Laymon (KTfI\): 2. Ivan Hen&!non (Hon): 3. Andy Saxton (Yam ). 250 C: I. Mike fo\artIn (Yam ); Z. Richard BMidie(Hon): 3. Richard Hardway (Suz) . SC H8 Y: 1. Matt Prtlchlll'd (Yam ); 2 . Shane Fluha rty (Ya m) : 3. Mikey ffibm (Honl . 16- 24 : 1. TOl'TVDY Laymon (KTM): 2. Trav is Rudunan (Yam) ; 3. Iwty Sax ton (Hon) . & : 1. Gr~ Hubbs (Han) ; 2. Brian 8ddIe (Han) : 3. RIChard I..cft (Hon) . 30. ; I. Brian CioNer (Hon); 2. Ton y Brown (Yam); 3. Jake Barlow (Kaw). 4()..: I. GerTy 8ennetl (Yom) ; 2. Chuck Hetrick (Han) ; 3 . Marti Malhets ( Yam) . 0PEI1, I . J

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