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FMF/NAHA Championship Hillclimb Series Round 2 : The Big Nasty (Above l eft) WIth a good first run and the win In h and , Dusty Beer nonetheless _nt for a seco n d run In Open exhibition, c lim bing another couple of feet at round two of the FMFINAHA Championship Hlllcilmb Series In Boise, Idaho. (Above) Though he made It the farthest up the exhibition hili, The B ig Nasty's crest remained officially untouched by Beer and the rest of the field due to the steep face and deep silt. BOISE,10 JUNE \ 0 , efending number-one ride r Dusty Bee r notched his second Open Exh ibition ·class win of the season at The Big Nasty hillclimb just outside of Boise, ro u nd two of the FMF /North Ame rican Hillcl imbers Association (NAHA) Championship HillclirnbSeries. For the first time in seven years , though , no one rnanagedoofflclellyoto reach the top of the bill. Aptly named The Big Nasty, the Exhibltion -cla ss hill at the Owyhee Motorcycle Club's grounds was th e first hillcl imb at th e fa c ilit y in 25 years. While The Big Nas ty was certainly steep, es pecially near its 4\ Ovfoot crest, the most difficu lt factor to cope with turned out to be its dry , silty makeup which was no surprise on a warm summer week en d in the hiqh -desert city. In addi tion , it also changed radically over the cou rs e of the afternoon , with deep ruts forming in the silt an d enough dirt moved to completely fill in the ga p of a road cut across the hill's face. Th ough Bee r set a rou nd -one standard o f 360 fe et on h is \428 c c Kawasaki, Yamaha FJ 1200-mounted Travis Whitlock's 340 feet kept him hopeful , especia lly considering he had ta ken the top spot in two other class es - 250cc Exhibition and Open Pro Altered . and was the only rider to top th e similarly cha llengi ng Pro Altered hill. Still, Beer felt fairly confident. "I didn 't know if any bo dy was going to beat me or not," Beer said, "but the way the hill was falling apa rt, I figured I'd be tte r run , because at JULY I I , 2001 • cu e • • llwyilee M-.:yde Clubgnluads BaiSll, ldaba Results: Jane 10, 2001 lIIausd 21 500 8 TK: I . Stevie Mann; 2. Stece Jorgensen; 3. Dustin Crace: 4. Jesse Larsen ; 5 . Ryon Richardson, 250 8TK : 1. Child Condos: 2. Richa rd .Jemee : 3. David Gon dola ; 4. Toby Ashley; 5. Dustin Su llivan. 125 STK: 1. Zach Evans ; 2. Casey Fredrickson. 80 STK : 1. M atth ew C o le ma n ; 2 . Ryan Richa rdso n: 3 . Westin KimbtliJ; 4. Nick Beer ; 5. > 66 year, co nditions might be a little bit diffe re nt, and then so mebody's go ing to sneak a track ove r that a nd th e ell place will go nuts." (Above) Travis Whitlock settled for the run ner-up s po t In Open exhibition , but he beat Beer In two other classes at the Owyhee Motorcycle Clubground s. IRlght! Pete Loomi s borrowed Beer's Kawasaki and e nde d up third In Ope n Exhibition. that time, I figured the hill was be tter th an it was go ing to be a little while later. More than an yth ing , I just wanted to put a track over." Bee r's second run got him two feet closer to the to p, but it didn 't pu t him over. Still, it comfortably got him the win over Whitlock - who was unable to im p rove on his second run giving Beer a perfect two out of two in th e class so fa r in the series and a big chunk of the event's $\ 0 ,000 pu rse. > n __ S Ho we ve r, don 't th in k tha t c o rn plete ly sati sfied Beer or the rest of the field . "I didn 't want to wa lk out of here with no track over the hill," Beer said. "Unfo rtunate ly, that's what happened . The second run , I was just wide open, having fun, letting it all hang out. I ju s t wanted to put a track ov er; I didn 't care what happened . Nex t Brando n Kuntz. 60 STK : 1. Bra ndon Kun tz ; 2. Gage Frye; 3 . Colby Peck ; 4. Dustin Kuntz ; 5. Dylan Spradli ng. OPEN STK ALT : 1. Cra ig Sp enc er ; 2. Ray Abbott; 3. Russell McCoy; 4. Kevin Bromenshenk; 5. Dan Fry e. 250 STK AL T: 1. Au stin Taylor; 2. Zech Evans; 3. Brandon Kuntz; 4. Trent Malone ; 5. Clint Hirsch . OfT STK: 1. Brad Reichenberg; 2. Rick Snipes; 3. Dennis Spencer; 4. Dale Cope; 5. Dan Frye. 600 V ET STK : J . D av e G azzo ne ; 2 . Ry an Caldewell; 3. Randy Schieffer. SOO VET STK: I. Scott Bums: 2. Toby Ashley: 3 . D usti n Cra se ; 4 . D av id G azz o ne ; 5 . Chris Bessinger . 250 VET ST K : 1. Matt Wh ittak er ; 2. T o by Ashley; 3. Jon Wood ward; 4. Paul Brunner; 5. Darren Spradlin g. OP EN 4 ·STR K: I. Stevie Monn; 2. Toby Ashley; 3. Du sti n Crase: 4 . Sha wn Checkutts; 5 . Chri s Bessinger. OPEN VET ALT : 1. Sc ott Bu rn s; 2. Ry an Ca ldwell ; 3. Monty Kuntz : 4 . Ray Abbott; 5 . Erik Dick erson. 5 0 0 V ET A LT : J . C hris Steg all ; 2 . Russ ell McCo y ; 3. Tr ent Malone ; 4. Gary Clar k: 5. Kenny Stegall. 250 VET ALT: I. Scott Taylor; 2. Troy Molone; 3. Kenny Stegall; 4. Chris Stegall. 250 orr SlK: I. Morl

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