Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

lAbove) Butch Cochran (8 0Y) and Kip Baker (8) try to keep close tabs on Dick Wascher In the 250cc A main event during the flat-track portion of Dina Daze at Thurston County ORY Park. Wascher won, Cochran placed second and Baker third. Li ghtweig ht 250 cc class , ahea d of Ho nda XL-mounted Rick Rich ter. Hart was a no -show in the 250cc A final - j u st th e break that Nyblod needed to hammer the co m petition in the 12 -r ider fi eld , T yl er he ld d own sec ond o n a Montesa but was nippin g at Nyblod 's re ar w heel t o th e fi n ish . Tyler m ade an attempt at a fi ni sh- li ne pass but fell sho rt . Casey ran a c o ns istent th ird , wh i le Bult aco joc key Rog er Landberg progressed th rough th e fie ld t o net fourth , a hea d of Yama ha -mounted Todd St ewart , who fir st had to win the B main before m ov ing up to the A fi nal. Hart d idn 't m iss th e Over 30 final , though , a nd ca me back st r o n g t o f e n d o f f a ll o f th e adv an ces from Cl ark a n d his p otent CZ 400 after C lark had gotten ar ound Cas ey o n th e ope ni ng l ap. Hart , th ough , h ad th e answe r and pol ish ed off th e co m p et it io n f o r win number two on the day . Honda riders Ryan Taylor and Rob ert Lew is fill ed th e top five . An other ride r to reach the pinnacle of success w as Mat c hl ess rider Ron Pr ed m o re. Pr edm o re thum p ed t o a pa ir of w ins on th e day , his fi rst being in th e c o m pe t i t i v e Premi er Four Str ok e cl ass. Predmore, Chris Poitras and former AMA Nati onal number 99 , An dy James, jumped out front at the unleashing . but it was all Predmore after he pulled away from Poitras . James was one o f the day's man y victims of the rain , and he did not fin ish. Predmore also won the Over 60 A final , besting Honda rider Rodger Bille and Yamaha -mounted Fred Sessions . C la rk posted a win in the Open Two- Stroke A fi na l , wh ere he beat Ra p p a n d Pome ro y , bo t h f o rm er Team Bultaco teammates. Rapp and Pomero y ran on e- two at the sta rt , bu t Clark swooped out to the lead out of tu rn two and was never challenged. Rap p , Pomeroy, A d am Sa a r io a nd Rick Downing fil led out the top fi ve. All of the hoopla , though , w a s about one of th e da y 's final cla sses, the Over 40 , which would pit Nyblod, Pom e r o y a n d Rapp a gai n st eac h o the r. Ne i t h e r Rap p no r Pom e r o y m ade the l ineup , ho wever . w h ic h greatly aid ed Ny b lod in his ru nawa y w in , ahe a d of former AMA E x p e r t fl at -tracker Don Montgom er y . "I 'll ha ve to p e r sona l l y th a n k G r a y s o n for m i s si n g [t h e 25 0 c c cl ass] , and both Pomeroy and Rapp for not being there in the Over 40 ,Nyblod j ok ed. "T hey [Rapp and Predmore] were fo ll o w ing each ot h er, pushing th eir bikes t o staging when the ra c e had alread y s t e r t e d . " laugh ed Jim Pomero y afterward. " It was p r ett y funn y - o ne foll o w in g t he o t he r . It would probably have be en a g o od rac e. Instead, it was a foo t race to th e starting line!" J o in ing the li k es of J im Pomeroy , Buc k Murphy , D o ug Grant, D a ll as Ny b lod a nd se ve ra l o t hers , H a rt' s name wo uld aga in be etc he d on the Dino D aze Perp et ual Cham pi ons' T ro ph y aft er his w in in the Gran Pr ix , wh ich he ha s won many ti mes. Many stars of the past , pr esent and future were on hand on Sunda y, bu t few were as dominant as Wascher and Bob Smith. A m ulti -t ime winner in the past at the event, Sm ith won the Over 60 and B rak eless classes . Hi s v i ctory i n the crowd -pleas in g Bra k el ess class was a wire -to -w ire one in the sev en-lap finale, although Oregon 's C h u ck Hod so n d id all he could to pu t a stop to Sm ith 's im pres sive showing aboard his 1961 Harley D avids on 750. Another form er AMA Ex pert, Jim Monegan, finished third. D e l Sc h ni t zer , a c ur rent AM A Exp ert, g ra bbe d the lea d a t the unleashing of th e Premier Fou r Stroke final and never looked back , garnering a win ahead of Nick Sm ith 's Harley -Dav idson and Pr ed more's 1963 BSA 500 . Tom T arrant. BSA Gold Sta r-mounted T im Mar ek. Larr y S a x t on an d Dana J ohn so n tr ai led . Wa scher had bruta ll y to ug h com pe ti t io n in th e Spo rt sm an 25 0 c c A ma in , as Califo rn ian But ch Co chran got a j ump o n the fi eld, althou gh form er A MA Nationa l numb er h ol d er Wascher go t by Coc hra n on the sec o nd lap and the n fend ed off all of the Bay Area rider's advances to net a narrow w in . K ip Ba k er , Randy Hart , Monegan and Mike Rubi n rounded out th e field. I n t h e Open Tw in A main, Triumph -mounted Fitzhugh , best known as a TT specialist, prov ed h is oval prow ess by ma nhand ling the big 750 t o a win ah ead of Wasche r' s 1972 T ri umph an d Ky le Rag sd a le. Ove r co m ing a poo r start , Ragsd al e pro gressed th ro ug h the fiel d to overtake Mone ga n late in the fina l t o net th e 15 -year -ol d a th ird -pla c e fi ni sh. ah ead o f Mon eg an , former AMA District 27 champ ion Gary Beach , Da le Par k s and Nick Sm ith . eN Thurston CountyDRY Part McCleary, Washington Results: June 2-3, 2001 Motocross 125 A : I . Gra ys on Hart ( Ho n): 2 . Jeff Pu gh (Hon ); 2. Rory Clevenge r (Suz); 4. .James Neinstedt (Hon ); 5. Corey Poitra s (Hon) . 250 A : I. Dalles Nyb lod (Yam) : 2. Scott Tyl er (Moo l: 3 . Joe Casey ( Hon ): 4 . Roger Lendberq (Bul) : 5 . Tod d Stew ert (Ya m ). OPEN 2 - ST RK: I. Chris Clark (CZ l : 2 . To m Rap? ( Bul ); 3. Ron Pome roy (BuI) ; 4 . Adam Se eno (CI) : 5. Rick Downi ng (Bul) . OPEN 4-STRK: I. Terry Hyde (BSA) . Shane Hudgins (31), Tammy Sessions (17W), Tom Miller (95) and Nell Glertsen (52) prepare for the start of the Almost Vintage Open (1975-81) main event. Hudgins won. PREM. 1. Ron Predmor e (Ma t); 2 . Chris Po itra s : (Mat) : 3 . Jod y Heintzm an (Mat) : 4. Lee Frost (AJ S): 5. Andy J am es (Mat) . 30 +: 1. Gra yson Ha rt (Hon) ; 2 . Chris Cla rk (C l ); 3. Joe Casey (Hon); 4. Ryan Taylor (Hen): 5. Raben Lewis (Hon). 40. : I. Da ll a s Ny blo d ( Yam ) : 2 . Do n Montgom ery (Han ) ; 3. Ste ve Vu il lluskas (Bul); 4 . MlIrk M.ittman (Hus) ; 5. Bill Grubin (Hus). 50.: I. Tom Street (Hon) ; 2. Terry Hyde (BSA); 3. Reid Sean o (C I) : 4. Martin Spri ggs (C I ); 5. Bill Do wn ing (Bul). 60+ : I. Ron Predmore (Mat ) ; 2 . Rodger Bille Ho n ) ; 3 . Fred Sess ion s ( Yam) ; 4. Lela nd Lo pe r Oss); 5. Bruce Bill e (Suz }. WMN : 1. Tam my Sessions (Han); 2. Alix Se eno ( C l ) ; 3. Jessica Sm ith (Han ) ; 4. Nicole Sprague (Hon ): 5. Gina Eaton (Mai). PRE · 19 7 0 : 1. Neil Giertsen ( Hu s) : 2 . Ste ve Sprague (Bul) : 3. Ken Burni ngham (BSA). l/W 250 : I . Erik Glerts en (Bul): 2. Rick Richter (Hon ); 3 . Dirk Murphy (Oss }. ALM ST VINT 125: 1. Brien Reveal ( Hon ): 2. Kyle Ragsdale (Hon ). AUIST VlNT 250; I. Grant Boere (Yam) ; 2. Don Ma tt hew s (C l); 3. Evan Ja cobus ( Hon) : 4 . Daniel Crag le (Yam) ; 5. Ted. Abernathy (Mai) . AUIST VINT OPEN : I . Larry Lega"a (Suz); 2. Nick Smith (Yam) : 3. Ted Abernathy (Mail: 4. Tom Sheard (Yam): 5. Mark Hislop (Hon). AlJ'lST VINT 4· STRK: 1. Tom Sheard (Yam ); 2. Dick Wasche r: 3. Charles Bo wme n: 4. Chad Hi slop (Hon) . GP: 1. Gray son Hart (Han); 2. Chris Clark (Cl) : 3 . Neil Giertsen ( Cl ). Flat Track HAND: 1. Lef'a ye McCarver. L.JW 250: 1. Bob Elder; 2. Ja mes Din g. SPTSMN 2 50 A : 1. Di ck Wa sc her; 2 . Butc h Coch ran; 3 . Ki p Bak er; 4 . Randy Hart ; 5 . Jo hn Parrish. OPEN 4 ·STRK : 1. Sha ne Hud g in s; 2 . To m Street ; 3 . J ohn Parri sh ; 4 . Bi l l Edw ar ds; 5 . Larry Saxton. O PEN 2 ·S T RK : 1. Ro ger L an db erg ; 2 . Kyl e Ragsdale; 3. Scott Lamb. PREM 4 -STR K: 1. Del Schnitzer: 2. Nick Smith ; 3 . Ron Predm ore; 4 . Tom Terrant : 4 . Tim Marek ; 5. Larry Saxto n. BRKLSS : 1. Bob Sm ith ; 2 . Ch uc k Hod son; 3. J im Ma negan; 4 . Laf'e ye McCarve r; 5 . Ron Lacey. PRO EXHIB: I . Ch ris Fitzhugh; 2. Mitc hell Pierce; 3. Rick y Warm bo ; 4. Shawn Pettis; 5 . AI Benson . 30 +: I. Dan Brunner; 2. Paul Peiro li ; 3. Steve Haug. 40 + A : 1. Randy Hart ; 2. Kip Baker: 3. Claude Hislop: 4 . Chuck Hod son; 5. Temmy Sessions. 40 + B: 1. Bill Edwards: 2. Tom Stree t: 3. lllFaye McCarver, 4 . Doug Franklin: 5. Doug Taylor. 50 +: 1. Dick Wascher, 2. Pat Mil rinacci ; 3. Chuck Hod son; 4 . Tom Street; 5 . Claude Hislop. 60. : I. Bob Smith; 2. Ron Predmore: 3. Doug Phelps; 4 . TIm Hoffman. AI.1'\ST Vl NT 250: 1. Jeth ro Halbert: 2. Jo shua Hudgins: 3 . Doug Ta yler . ALM.5T Vl NT OPEN: 1. Shane Hudgins: 2. Tom Mille r, 3. NeU Glertsen : 4 . Tamm y Sessions ; 5. Chris Kucklick . A I..MST VlNT 4-STRK : 1. Joshua Hud gins: 2. Shewn Pettis; 3. But ch Coch ran; 4 . Chri s Kuck lick : 5. Tammy Sessions. SPTSMN 250 B: I. Chuc k Price : 2. Rob Lindsey : 3. Bill Edwards; 4. Rod Stallm en. OPEN lW B: 1. Pllt Marinacci ; 2. Steve Sprague: 3. Dan Dicki nson; 4. Dou g Franklin. I (Left) Mitchell Pierce (2 0), Shawn Pettis (3 6) and Ric ky Warmbo Sr. (91) do battle In the Pro Exhi b i tion contest. Pierce was second, Warmbo third and Pettis fourth, behind w inner Ch ris Fitzhugh. (Right) In the Over 40 c la ss , Clau d e Hislop (5 8), K ip Bak er (8) and Ra ndy Ha rt (88) ended up going three-twa-o n e. c u e I e n e _ S • J UN E 20, 200 1 33

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