Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

ers to clai m fif t h pl ace o vera ll and second in the 200cc A class . "I reall y appreciated those girls at th e back c h e c k ," Ke t c h u m sai d . " They we re f a st , a n d it hel ped, be cause Wy les Griffith was d irectl y beh ind m e. " Griffith grabbed sixth place overa ll and fourth in th e 250cc /Open A cl ass. Open B rid er Ricky Wh itel y t ook his time and w on h is c l a ss at a leisurely pace. During the first th ree lap s, he stopped to adjust h is suspen sion every time he went past h is p it area. On the third lap, he saw Aaron Dav is creepi ng up from the rear, so he took off and came in 16th overa ll. Beginner rid er Michael Gandy won on hi s KDX200. After enter ing th e wo od s in second place, he moved up a m il e and a half. Du rin g th e first lap. he h it a tree and slid down a steep em bankment. While watch ing several ri ders go by , he decided to dig a little deeper. and he reached for the front . He won the victory in three laps. Promoter Paul Allen la id out a t i ght . technical course . It was fu ll y equipped to m eet the needs of both exp erienced and novice riders . It included a Hazzard Hill for the A and B riders , and a Wussy Hill for the novice ri d ers. He made it five miles long. and m ost rid ers m ade five laps in an hour and a ha lf. Jerry and Trish Ketchum. promoters of the kids ' race. had 16 riders in three div isions. Chaz Green. ridin g a YZ80 , cl ai me d the ove rall . and Jeffrey Ket c hum placed sec o nd on h is TTR 125L. The winners o f the 50cc and 60cc classes were PW5 0 rid er Anthon y Ferguson and KX6 0 rider J ustin Con n ers . Th ei r track was nea rly a m il e long, and all of the kids rode excepti ona ll y well. eN IlaDanl HiII Vanleer, Tennessee Results: May 13. 2 01 IRa nd 11 0 / A: 1. J osh McLe vy (Hon); 2. P.A. All en (Suz): 3. Dust in Gibson (Suz); 4 . Mik e Sam pson (KTM ); 5. J erem y Ket chum (KTM). 250/0PEN A: 1. J oshua McL evy (Hon) : 2 . P."'. All en (Suz ) ; 3 . M ik e Sampson ( KTM ) ; 4. W y le s Griffith (KTM) ; 5 . Neal Yenwa y (Yam) . 200 A : 1. D us ti n Gibson (Su z) ; 2 . J er em y Ketchum (KTM) : 3 . Clay Hedgepath (KTM ); 4. Jim Bates (KTM ); 5. Gary Copeland (K aw). OPEN B: 1. Ricky Whit ely (KTM ); 2. Aaron Devl s (KTM) : 3. P.J . Short (Suz) : 4 . Chris Rick ard (Yam) ; 5. Bany Rigg sbee (KTM). 250 B; 1. Ron Ski pper (Suz): 2. Kimb all Clayt on : 3 . Br ad Hi ck s ( KlI w ) ; 4 . Er ic Chap pe l l (S uz) ; 5 . Stewart Uch (Kew}. 200 B: I . Scott Cric k ( Kaw) ; 2. K yle Peacock (Kaw ); 3. Marty Rittenberry (Suz): 4. Danny Peacoc k (Kaw ); 5. An drew Stanfill (Suz) . 4 -STRK B : I. Mark Wim satt ( Yam ): 2 . Roger Clayton (Sua): 3. .Jascn Woff ord (Yam ). VET B: I. Ruel Jo nes (Yam) ; 2. Boyd Cartwright : 3 . Sco tt Turner ( Yam ) : 4 . Paul Pannell (KTM) : 5 . David Tu rner (Yam) . SR B: I. Dale Stallings (Kaw ): 2 . Ronnie Hackett (Suz) ; 3. Je rry Cas tle man ( Kaw) : 4. Pete Buzzelli (Suz): 5. Cly de Schmi dt (KTM ). 4 -STRK C: 1. J oh n Da vis ( Yam): 2. Bran don Wofford (Suz); 3 . Gayl on Rogers (Han) : 4 . .Jemes R em ing; 5. Robert Bell (Yam ). VET C: I. J effrey Holland ( Hen) : 2. Jeff Kluge (KTM ); 3. Jeff Curti s (KTM) ; 4. Robb ie Hayes (Yam) : 5. David Bounds (Kew} . SR C: 1. Mik e Ponder (KTM ); 2. J ohn Somme r (KTM ); 3. Thomas Carter (KTM) : 4. Chip Sternbe rg (Kaw) ; 5. Mark Sheppa rd (KTM). HVY TRL: I . Al an Boswell (Han) ; 2 . Eric Ingram : 3. Shane Senford (Suz); 4. Fredd ie Martine z: 5. J eff Huey (KTM) . LT TRL : 1. J ohn Cars we ll (Yam ) ; 2 . Rob ert Ro ger s ( KTM): 3. Kevin Hop per (Suz): 4. J am es Roberts (KTM) : 5 . Justin Butler (KTM). BEG: I. Micha el Gandy (Kaw) ; 2. Dusty Krantz (Hon); 3. Bry an McDonald . Costa Mesa Speedway The Kid's Hat Trick By E LA IN E J O N E S COSTA MESA, CA, MAV 12 hris "T he Kid " Ma nchester is the winningest rider at Costa M esa Speedway. For the third week in a row , he won the richest race of th e night. the Scratch ma in ev ent. On open ing night, he won the Handicap main ev en t. M an ch ester fl ies down from Reno , Nevada, ev ery Sat urda y so h e ca n ra c e at Fast Fr ida ys i n Auburn and st i ll ma k e the C os t a Mesa program. Th e fi rst Scratch sem i had " Go rgeous" Gary Hick s on th e pole. with Shaw n "Mad Dog " Mc Con nell in two and Josh Larsen and Bobby "Booga 100 " Schw artz in three and four. The gat e wen t to Hick s. with Schwartz off second and McConnell th ird . Larsen never go t off th e line , as he was side lined due to b ik e problem s; he would get on e more shot in th e last -chance qu alifier , alon g with McConnell. Hic k s and Sch w art z co u l d kick ba ck . as they had qu ali fi ed. In t he second Sc rat ch semi, th e p o le w en t to Ra n dy " Th e Ro cket" D iFr an c e s c o . Ch a r l e s " Dukie " C 56 J UNE 20.2001 • cue I e Ermolenko was in two , with "Fly in'" Mike Faria in three and Manchester in four. Faria got the gate and Manch ester was caught flat-foot ed , as he was unwrapping h is k ill swit ch whe n th e tapes came up. At the end of one lap , he wa s running second on Faria's t ail pi pe. E rm o l en k o w a s t h i rd . and D iFrancesco w as in the infield with b i k e prob l em s . T h e y w o u ld mee t ag ain in the LCQ . Larsen drew the po le for the LCQ , with Ermol en k o in two and McCon nell and DiFran cesco in three and fo ur . Larsen had h is bike working th is ti me . and he led from start to fi nish in the quick four-Iapper; he would have the final spot in the Scratch ma in . The draw for the Scratch main had Manchester on the pole , with Schwartz in two and Hick s in three. On the outside were Faria and Larsen. Manches ter go t a great g ate and exploded into th e l ead . L ars en w as secon d . with Hicks third . Fari a got one lap in th e boo k s befor e his motor we nt south, and he watched th e rema inder from the Infield . Larsen and Hicks battled all the w ay to t h e checke red flag, close enough to exchange phone n ..... Costa Mesa Sp eedway: Chris Manchester won th e Scratch main event in Costa Mesa. California. making him the winning est rider on the track this seas on . numb ers . Larsen got t h e nod. Schwartz rounded out the field. "Fast" Ed Castro gave new mean ing to "ridi ng th e outside line" as he wo n the Hand icap m ain . Bobby Sim m ons was , u nfort u na te ly, unabl e to make the call , as he ha d been a victi m of the turn -two wall earli er in the eve ning. On the 40 were Ryan Fisher, McConnell , Castro and DiFrancesco. Hicks , Larsen and Manchester lo aded in on the 50 . In the first attempt at a go , McConne ll , Hick s and Fis her tan gl ed in turn one . M cConnell was ch arged for the red and sent to the penalty line. On t he second try . Hicks, Fisher an d Larsen got up cl ose and person al . and thi s ti m e the ref sent Larsen to th e pena lty li ne . The th ird time was the charm . and it was the Castro sho w. Castro went to work ri ding th e outside line fo r all it was worth , and by the en d of ei ght laps he had the cr owd ch eering. fisher and Hicks knock ed handleb ars all the way , but it was Fisher at the end . Ma nc hester pulled int o the infield on th e fi fth la p . and t w o laps l a t e r McConnell joined him. DiFrancesco and La rsen had the ir own small wa r going on . and DiFrancesco came out on top in that one . The Den im Doctor Challenge p itted five of t h e b e st ag a inst each other. The fo rm at is very si mple : Dr aw fo r starti n g po sit i on ; one la p , and the last rid er across the li ne is out; everyone m oves in one spot and they line up agai n; the las t two sti ll alive race two laps. McConnell was on the pole, with Schwartz in two and Hicks in three . On the ou t s i d e were La rse n and Fa ri a . Th e f irst rider to fa ll wa s La rsen , followed by S c h w artz an d M cC onn el l. It came d own t o Hicks and Faria . and Hicks finally had Lady Luck smile on h im , as he led from the get-go and the Challenge win was his . Shawn Harmatiuk topped David Ly nch and John DeFries fo r the Support main win . Rod Lenz took t he honors over Chris Montoyer and Rob ert F lesl er in Suppo rt B. Skyle r Greyso n took the Ju nior Speedw ay win . over Ricky Wells and then Justin Boyle, wh o did a great job of getting to th e fro nt after p romot er Brad Ox ley put him back on th e 40. The Miss ion Yamaha Pee Wee 50cc races had two cl asses. The Divi s ion One winn er was 6 - y ea r -old Brandon Geo rg e. Ray Truj illo. Timoth y Mackley and Eloy M ed ell in fol l ow e d him home. In D ivi sion T w o. Dustin Fares w as the top dog . with Ricky Vald ez and Joe Trujillo second and third . eN Costa Mesa Speedway Costa Mesa. California Results: May 12. 2001 SC R: 1. Chris Mll nchester (J aw): 2 . GoI3ry Hick s (Ja w) : 3 . J osh Larsen (J aw ) ; 4 . Bobby Schwa rtz (Wes); 5. Mike Faria (GM) . HDCP ; I . Ed Castro (J aw); 2 . Ryan FISher (J aw); 3. Gary Hick s (J aw ): 4 . Randy DiFrancesco (JllW); 5. Josh Larsen (J aw) . SUP: I. Shewn Harm etluk (JoI3W): 2. David l ynch (Ja w); 3. J ohn DeFries (Jaw): 4 . Bobb y Krep s (Ja w): 5. Geny Duttweller (Jaw). SOP B: 1. Rod Len: (Ja w) : 2 . Chris Montoy er (Ja w) ; 3 Robert R esler (Ja w); 4. Scott Elli s Tidwell (J aw); 5. Bill y Braden (Ja w) . J R: 1. Skyler Gr ey son (J a w ); 2 . Rick y Well s (J aw ) ; 3. Ju stin Bo yl e (Ja w) ; 4. Kry st al Cra m er (J aw); 5. Destin Cantrell (Hon) . P/W 50 1: 1. Brand on George; 2. Ray Trujillo; 3. Timo thy Mackley; 4. Eloy Medellin . P/W 50 2 : 1. Dustin Fares : 2. Ricky Valdez; 3. J oe Trujillo. DENIM DR CHAL: 1. Gary Hick s (J aw); 2. Mik e Far ia (GM) ; 3. Shawn McConnell (GM); 4. Bobby Sch wartz (Wes); 5. Josh Larsen (Jaw) .

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