Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

lon el y second aboard h i s Volco m / AFA M /Sport Ti re S erv i c e s / B i Ilwa r d . co m / Va ns - s po n sor ed machine. Her rera, Sellers and Lyles fill ed out the top five spots. Cern icky and defe nd ing class champion Pearce are now t ied in the po ints chase as th e ser ies mo ves to round three at Sacramento's Cal Expo Fa irground s on July 1. eN Mesa Mlrin lIKe • ., IIlIkersfield, C.liIomia Results: MIY 19 , ZOOl (Round Zl PREM : 1. Rick Pearce (Han) ; 2. Mark Cem icky (Hon); 3. A .J . Herrera (Hon); 4. Bruce Sellers (Yam); S. Ern ie Lyles (Hen) . SP TSM N: 1. B ru ce Sell ers ( Yam ) ; 2. David Hopfe (Yam ); 3. Brad Banister (vern) : 4. Erni e Lyl es (Hon ); S. Ed Coffey (Hon ). M/W: 1. Mark Cemicky (Hon); 2. Brad Banister (Yam) 3. DeWayne Jo nes (Hen) : 4. Brok McAllister (Hon); 5. Micha el Day (Yam) . L/W : 1. Brok McAllister (Hon); 2. Mark J ones (Yam ). NOV : 1. Brad Banister (Yam) ; 2. Allan Webster (Hus); 3. Jerry Bail ey (Yam); 4 . Ky le Lessley (Hon) ; 5. Andrew Dickson (Hon) . AMAISterling Stunts lanesville H otshoe Muskingum CountyFairgrounds Roeder "M akes 'em Look Silly" B y D ON P OTTE R ZANESVILLE, OH, MAY 19 eo rg e Ro ed er II d om in at ed the 7 50/1 OOOcc Expert m ain event at the Muskingum County Fa i r ground s Hot Sh oe . Roed er le d from the outsid e p ole. A fter a brief chal len ge on the inside by Chris Evans, Roed er took the lead and st retc hed it out fo r the entire 12 -l ap race on the slick pea-g ravel track . Evans finished second - j ust the reverse of the end results at Springfield, Ohio. "Georg ie sure made us look silly , didn 't he?" Evans sai d in th e postrace inte rvi ew . " I ho ok ed u p with Sk ip Eaken at t h e b eg inn ing of t he ye ar," Roe der said . "We 're getting thin gs di aled in. Th e bik e was perfect. I don 't th ink it could hav e been an y bett er ." Shawn Cla rk to ok o ver thi rd pla ce with a fi rst-lap pass in tu rn t hre e. Clark stretched out h is lead o ve r fourth place, fini shing up a successfu l night aft er taking f irst place in t he Expert 600cc class. In th e later laps, Clark closed th e g ap b ehind Evans, coming to within less than a b ik e G length in turn two , but he was una ble to pass. B r y a n B igelow , Je ss Ro eder , Stephen Beatti e and D ave Rayburn followed Cl ark afte r side-by -side battles in the turns. Beattie led th e seco nd pa ck in the in itial laps , w ith B ig el ow challen ging and eventua lly passing for fou rth place in tu rn tw o of lap fou r. M e anw h il e , on l ap three , J e ss Roeder sl ip ped pa st W ill ie McCoy and Rayb urn to move into fifth . On la p fi ve , Beattie repassed Big elow in turn fou r. While Clark challenged Evans , B igelow m o ved into fourth . B ea ttie co ntinued to chall eng e fo r fourth on the pen ult im ate lap . On the fi nal lap , J ess Roeder m oved under Beattie to take fifth. F i v e Sup erTra c k ers en tered t he 20 -b i ke, co m bi ne d 750 /1 OOO c c Expert field. On ly Roy Mill er's Suzuki made the main , showing that the Harley-Dav idson XR750s sti ll ha ve the a d v a n t age on a slip p er y p eagravel ha lf-mile track. Dav id U oy d of Columbus expanded the co ncept o f mul ti-b rand racin g w ith an A prilia based SuperTra cker. Ll o yd is still sorting out the setup and stated that the bik e was starting to fee l like h is old Hond a afte r he restrict ed it down fro m 13 0 to about 10 0 hp to co p e with the lac k of tract ion on th e Ohio pea-gravel t racks. In the H-D 883 class. Kyle Lon g got th e ho leshot from the ou tside pole and stretched out his lead to a con vin ci ng win . Michelle D iSalvo fi ni shed second despite a late -lap challenge b y Yu hi k o H irao , who ha d m oved past Shane Fo x into th ird on lap fou r. "O nce he came off the line, Kyle was gone," said DiS alvo. "He rode an excell ent rac e - better than he ever has." In the 250 -505cc Pro -Sport class , Noot Irvin and Raun Wood dueled in th e ini ti al laps bu t settled int o parade m o d e, fi n i shi ng in that ord er , wi th J acob Johnson th ird. " I n 19 7 8 , I cam e to th is same track and w o n t he Novic e f ina l , " recounted Irvin, wh o plans t o turn Ex pert lat er thi s sum m er. "I'll turn 40 years old this ye ar, and after about a 20 -year lay off, I' ve co m e back , and I'm having a ball! " C lark led from the first co rn er to th e fin ish in th e 6 0 0c c Ex pert fina l. D o m in ic Bea u lac fi ni she d sec ond , ahe ad of fellow Canadians Evans and Beattie , who sli pped past Bryan Sm ith early in th e eve nt. Clark, who foll ow ed up thi s win with a th ird-pla ce fin ish in the 750/l 00 0cc main event, is cu rrently ni nth in th e GNC po ints stand ings. Clark wa s pl eased with his win , no ti ng that he is "onl y a pa rttime rid er. " Th e 600c c Pro -Spo rt main featured th e top 10 riders of a 32-entry field . Jacob Johnson fi nished first , J U N E 27. 200 1 • e ye • e n e VIl' s 7S0/ 1000 EX; I. George Roeder II (H· D) ; 2. Chris Evan s (H-D); 3. Shawn Clark (H· D) ; 4. Bry an Bigelow (H· D) ; 5. Jess Roed er (H· D). 600 EX : 1. Shawn C l ark ( Rtx) ; 2 . Dom in ic Be aul a c ( Rtx) ; 3 . Ch ris Ev a ns (Rtx) ; 4. St ephen Beattie (H· D); 5. Brya n Smith (Rtx) . 883 H -D SPT ST R PRFRI'INCE; I. Kyle Long (H-D ); 2. Miche lle DiSalvo (H-D) ; 3 . Yuhi ko Hirao (HD); 4. Shane Fox (H-D) ; 5. Timmy Mitch ell (H· D) . 600 PRO- SPT : 1. J acob J ohnson (Rtx ); 2. Brian Newm an (Rtx) ; 3 . Brandon Lau rsen (Rtx) ; 4. Brody Mill er (Rtx) ; 5. Raun Wood (Rtx) . 2 50· 50S PRO ·S PT; I. Noot Irv in (Rtx); 2 . Raun Wood ( Hon) ; 3 . Ja cob John son ( Hon) ; 4 . Wesley Brown (Hon ); 5. Chris Kli nefelter (Hon) . Raemisch, Kocher Dominate Hanqtown SACRAMENTO, CA, MAY 18-20 ith the large turnout of riders for the first two rounds , th e WML had to m ak e adjustments to accom modate t he m all , wh i ch m eant the inclusion of a thir d class was needed . Now the Amateur gi rls are separat ed by bik e size. The two A ma teur cl asses run on a staggered start, and both motos were run on F r ida y. Wh e n the gat e dropped for moto one, Ka id e Garr ett put her YZ250F out front, with Kirsten Raem isch close beh ind. It didn't take Raem isch long to make a st atem ent, and before the gate dropped for the sma ll er bikes, she had taken the lead. The second wave of A mateurs left the line ab out 2 0 sec ond s after the W 74 Musk ingum County Fli'1lfOunds lanesville. Ohio Results: MI Y19, ZOOl Bel Ray WML Motocross Championship Series R und Z: Hangtown B y S T E V EN B ON NAU Mus klngum County Fairgrounds: George Roeder II dominated the 75011000cc Expert main event at the zanesville Hotshoe in Ohio. but he did n 't come off the st art li ne th at way . Brian Newm an led the fi rst three laps , with Johnson cha llenging and m ak in g the pass on the ins ide in turn four. Br andon Lau rsen finish ed a co mfortable th ird , u nable t o w atch the t hree- ri der ba ttle b eh ind h im between Brod y Miller, Wood and new Pro-Sport rider Steve Murray. "My setup w as so pe rfect , I was able to co ncentrate and take over the lead," Johnson said . The finals began at 10:43 p.m . before a dwindling crowd that had arrived well before 6 p.m. to see Troy Sterling 's death -defy in g 130 -foot fall in a car fro m a crane. Scratch heats of up to six ri ders each began sho rt ly af ter 7 ; 15 p .m. to d eterm in e h eat lineup positions for the 90 entries in fi ve classes. A bri ef inte rmi ssion at about 9: 15 p. m . includ ed a w all -o f fire m otorc y cl e j u mp by T ro y Sterling 's 14 -year-old son , Chance Sterli ng , wi th comic relief by a " dru nk en sp ecta to r" ( Brent St e r l in g ) . If t he p ractice and scrat ch heats had been com pl et ed before the 6 p .m . stunt, the spectators wo uld have been treat ed to a fast -pa ced show. Unfortunately , t he pro gram last ed l ong er th an m an y of th e spect at ors did. eN first. As they rounded the fi rst turn it , Eng land's Kelly Phill ips was out fro nt , wi th K i m be rly K o ch er and Ashley Jon es close behind . Kocher quickly moved up to ch allenge Phillips , but in the thi rd corner both went dow n , giving the lead to J ones. Mea nwhile, out in front , Raemisch started to pu ll away , and she opened a huge lead by the end of the first lap. Al so on the firs t lap, Garrett found her self under p ressure fro m A lison Jones , and Brenda Burson w as als o on the move, j oin ing t he battl e for sec ond . Burson ma de short wor k of Jones and set h er sigh t s o n Garrett, wh o had opened u p a littl e breathing room . Burson rode a good moto and finished a strong third. Garrett settled into her pace and fin ished second. Ke lly Long well suffered a poo r sta rt but was on

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