Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Th e Veteran class topped the turnout mark. bringing in 30 riders. The pride of the With Rowell ' s win streak erased , Matt Van derwa ter no w has th e longest , as he won the Veter an and Sen io r classes, Leonard " Th e 80cc (7 - 11) class for the fou rth week in a row, An im a l" Mellg re n . raced in seven classes , this week with out opposition in his cla ss. Severa l riders record ed th eir second victori es of th e series. After skipping last week's event, M icky Gr iffin was again th e fastest bringing home six win s. In th e first ra ce. Amateur Formula GP , Dam ian Saaved ra was quickest off the line . ta king a lead he would not relinquis h. Unfortu nately. due to m isfortu ne , th is was the onl y race of the da y he wou ld co m plete. Mike Kelly racer on the track. acing the 250cc Intermed ia te field on his Te mecula Motorsports/Noleen Yamaha. ran second, with Rick Lasch runn in g thi rd and Making it two weeks in a row were Craig Da y fourth . On lap three. Kelly s lipped off course, giving secon d to Lasc h. At the finish , Saavedra was first. Lasc h second. Kelly third a nd Da y fourth. In the afternoon race, the orde r was turn ed up side do wn. with Day stealing po int, Kelly in second , Las ch in th ird a nd Byron Wilson filling the hole in fourth. Kelly a nd Lasch ha d a good dice going until the la st tu rn of th e la st la p , whe n Las ch pulled off with mech anical gre m lins. Da y wo n , giving him the ove rall; Kelly was se cond for second ove rall; Wilson ste pped up to third for third overall; a nd Da n Cas he n Koback in the Vet J uni or class and Da n iel Arredondo in th e 60cc (0- 8 ) clas s . In 80cc ( 14. 16) co m pe tition , Bra nd on "Lit B" Hiner. li ke Gr iffi n , was back in t he winner' s circle after skipping a week . Syd Woods. last wee k's Vet Begin ner ru nner -up , cl imbed back on to p this ti me out . Re s u lt s came in fourt h for fo urth ov era ll. Th e Am a te ur's second modified class, Formul a 50. fiel ded a ve ry co m pe t it ive group. J im Ta kamoto took the early lead . but Tra vis Viol ett e, John Sterli ng and Day were all ov er him. By la p th ree , Day had fou ght up to se c on d , Violett e had droppe d out, Sterling held dow n third , and Blair Sullenge r ha d mo ved into fourth. Da y a nd Sterling foug ht a se esaw ba ttle to the finish while Takamoto rode hard fo r th e win . Day won the battl e for second, fol- lowed cl osely by St erling in third . with Sul le nge r fou rth. In the aft ernoon race, Ta ka moto, St erl in g and DZlY resumed their th ree -wa y battle for the lead, wi th nobod y finding a clea r advan - tage. In the late stages. Takamoto dro pped his bike , m ixing up everythi ng: Day came out in the lea d; Sterling a lso dropped o ut. giving secand to Su ll en ger ; Violette returned to th ird, and Doug Hopkins pu lled up into fourth . Da y earned the overall win. S ulleng er too k second , Ta ka mot o surv ived to take thir d. and Hopkins' consistency gave him fourth overall . The Expert 80cc GP also featured an e xcit ing pair of races. Aaron " Elm o" Hammel fend - ed off a ll c halle ngers to lead bot h rac es from start to finish. Mo ritaka Kina gave cl ose pur suit in second, getting around Hammel m o re tha n on ce . Ia n Ige rcic ha d th ird all to himself in ra ce o ne . b ut he co uld n 't hol d off Skye Gira rd in the latter stages of race two, falling ba ck to a stron g fourth . After a bumpy sta rt in rac e on e , Gira rd fought past And y Lenz a nd then Ste ve S hima buku to take fourth . Ge tting off th e line cleanly in race two, Girard's th ird place finish gave him third overall, with Igercic loc k in g down fourth, be hind overa ll victor Hammel and runner- up Mo ritaka. R• • u lts BEG STK I. J ason V Slyke; 2. Josh Kirst 3. Ayuma Ta keichi: : an 4. Alex Wood; 5. J .D. Schen deL M STK.: I. BlaIr Sull~er; 2. Scott Ca~; 3. J eff Jones; 4. DanCashen: 5. Rick Lasch. EX STK: 1. Leona rd Mellgren ; 2. .M.orrt,,1uI Kina; 3. Jon S<:hendeI: 4. Frank. Rodrigue l ; 5. J ason Ta kamoto. VETSTK 1. LeonardMellgren; 2. Vmny E~ IIn$: 3. Scott Ca rrera; : 4. Leigh CrDwford; 5. Jon Schendel. SR STK; I. Leonard Mellgren; Z. a m Lawleu; 3. Nick TIernO 4 ; Tommy Croll'llford; 5 . NlQ ,lrl\arshall. eI BEG MOD: I. Stf:VeMorse ; 2. Jason Van S1~e; 3. Ayuma Ta ke. 'chi; 4 . Phrong Vu; 5. J .D. Schendel. VET MOO: I. leonard Mellgre1 ; 2. Jason Taka moto: 3. Rd Lasch; 4. Blair Sullenger; 5. Doug Hopkins. SR MOD: I. Leonard MeU~ 2. Tomm y CrDwford;3 . Ken Gill; 4. J im Takamoto; 5 . Nick T IernO. AM F·50 : l , MIk Day; 2. Bla ir Sul~ 3. Jun Ta kamoto ; 4 e Doug Hopk ins ; 5. Rkk Lasch. M F·GP: 1. Mike Day: Z. Mike KeDy; 3. Byron Wdson ; 4. Dan Cashen; 5. Rick lasd'!. EX F-GP: I. Leonard Mellgren; Z. Ben Mone; 3. Michael Chow ; 4. JMon Ta kamoto; 5. Frank Rodrig~l. M ao GP: I. Mike Kelly; Z. Ashley CaJdweI1; 3. Damian Saavedra. EX 60 GP; I. Aaron Hammel: Z. Montaka Kina ; 3. Skyt' Girard; 4. Ian 19t'rcic: 5 . Leonard Mellgren. Eierste d t . Dav i s Dominate REM M X R O CKY HASH al s we re in town , Raci ng En te rp rise s Motorsports' weekly Saturday m ot ocross returne d to actio n this week. With a large turno ut of riders e njoying a perfe ct day for ra cing , as well as a n e w se c t ion o f t r a c k ad d ed in t h e ba ck ca nyon, there was tight raci ng in ma ny of the cla sses. JUNE 27,20 01 • cue R&D/Barnettrrh ree Brothers Racing-ba c ked KTM 520 SX. In m oto one , Pro Va lvefWin d -TWS rider Gord on Ward took the win on his brigh t blue TM 250 . with Dav is running a clo se second a nd White Brothers/Mot o cro s s Ac t io n rider Willy Musgra ve filling out the top three. In the second rnoto , Musgrave took the holesh ot, but Davis shot past an d into the lead befo re the first la p was over. On ce out fron t, Davis set a bliste ring pa ce a nd ne ver loo ked back. He eve ntu ally won th e m ot o with 10 secon ds to I .. VET BEG: I. Brian Pappala rdo (Suz) ; Z. Jim Roberts (Yam) ; 3. Joe Sutter (Yam ); 4. Rob Shattuck. (Yam) ; 5. Eric Sherman (Yam) . VET JR: I. Tm Murphy (Hon ); 2. Gary SaJU (Yam ); 3. KOI1 Beur (Vam) ; 4. ChrisA1amangos (Hon ): 5. J im Nat'g le (Yam) . VET INT: l. Bob Jd1mon (Yam); 2. CrolQ Sisino (Hon); 3. Fred Nichols (Yam) : 4. Ken Mallow (Yam) ; 5. Stephen Watson (Hon). 409; J R: I. ,lrl\art<: Moore (Yam) ; 2. Frank Micrau (Kaw): 3 . Fronk Villa(Han ); 4. rim Norton (KTM): 5. Caw Vlc:1oso (Yarn) . 40 . INT: 1. Rudy Chavez: (Hon) ; 2. Jt'ff N~ (Yam ); 3. Grt'g BrtI~ (Yam ); 4. A1Ien Grant (Han): 5. Randy Scott (Yam) . 40. EX: I . Randy Skflner (Sud : 2. Tim TOOter (Yam ); 3. Ken Ehlt'n (Ya m); 4. Rob Hedly (Yam); 5 . Pe(e Vetrano (TM). 40 . MSTR: I. Ridl Btorstedl: (Yam ); 2. Ron LaWSOl'l (KTM): 3 . Willie Amaradio (Yam ); 4. Pa ~es (Yam) ; 5. /'I\a Ha ll (Yam). ul rt<: 50. MSTR: l. Tom White (Yam ); Z. Alan Olson (KTM); 3 . Jody W..... (V om): 4. 8oon (KT : 5. C«xg< Sp

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