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Log Road Motocross Results SCR: I. Ryan F"15her (Jaw); 2. Dukle ErmoIenko (Jaw): 3. Bobby Schwartz (GM): 4 Gill)' Hlc:lu (Jaw). SCR CONS!: 1 Bobby Kreps (Jaw); 2. Jim Este (GM); 3. Marco Morello (Gdn); 4. John DeFIleS (Jaw) HDCP: I. Gary Hicks (Jaw); 2 Ryan F,sher (Jaw); 3 Dukle EnnoIenko (Jaw); 4 /'l'\tke Lupo (Jaw); 5. Bobby Schwartz (GM). 0-2; 1. Roben F"~ (Jaw): 2. David Lyndt (Jaw). 3. Tomasz H"mpel (Jaw); 4 ChIld ~Iee (Jaw); 5. Brent SmIth (Jaw). 0-2 B; I. BIlly Braden (Jaw); 2. Ron Zellner (Jaw): 3. Shane Knunp (Jaw); 4 K,m Stevens (Jaw); 5, Kodlllk Calkm (Jaw). Ryno Rocks the Road By BART NEWMAN BRONSON, MI, JUNE 24 American Honda factory pilot Ryan Hughes made the short jaunt from Jeff Stanton's MX Academy in Sherwood, Michigan. to Log Road M.X and electrified the crowd while pushing his CRF450R to wins in the 250cc A and Over 25 classes and the Log Road Challenge mota. Michigan Vet rider David Gaylord put his M+M Cycle/Weisner Suspension/Bridgestone Tires/Scott Goggles·backed CR250 out in front of the fast crowd by gating perfectly, leading the field around turn one in this 20-minuteplus-one-Iap money moto. Michael Cob and Hughes were unable to hold the inside line, drifting wide, slowing the pack and placing Mark Cole, Ryan Dewey and Nick Vaughn on the ground, wishing for a restart. It took Hugh· es less than half a lap to show Gaylord and the rest what was written on the back of his Troy Lee Designs jersey. Gaylord held second, with Cob, Derek Rose, Tom Osmolowiski, Matt Crown, Mike Island and Joe Oehlhof all trailing Hughes by nearly 13 seconds after just one lap. It wasn't long before "Osmo" had moved into third, displacing both Rose and Cob. Crown worked hard to hold off both Island and Oehlor, who were pushing the multi·time District 14 champion hard. On lap four, one of the front-runners dropped out of the running when Rose's motor went south. Osmo was now all over Gaylord's rear fender. looking for an opening. As the two riders jumped the ski-jump triple side by side. Osmo held the powerful inside line to take over second approaching the finish line. Crown was now in fifth, behind Oehlhof, but he was still holding off the constant charges of Island. in sixth. One rider who was on the move and flat out flying was Swick Kawasaki/Pro Action/FMF/Thor·backed Nick Vaughn, who was taken down in turn one but had clawed his way back inside the top 10 by the halfway point. With the two· lap board out. Hughes had such a lead that he stopped by the side of the track to do a quick check on the rear end of the Honda CRF450R. one of only four working prototypes in the USA. Osmo was second but was slowly being reeled in by Oehlhof, and Gaylord was a solid fourth. Crown was fifth, forced to ride defensively as Island was hanging close enough to challenge. As the check· ered flag waved, Hughes took a convincing win with more than a minute to spare. Osmo was second, with Oehlhof bearing down, mak· ing it a race coming home just short to nab third. Gaylord was next in line, followed by Crown, Island and Vaughn, who was busting his butt to the end, placing seventh and first 125 despite starting out dead last after picking up his KX after a first·turn get·off. At day's end, the line at Ryno's box van was still going strong, as the day's big winner of the lion's share of the S J J 00 purse, cour· tesy of Albion Ford and Winners' Circle Yama· ha, happily signed everything in Sight. Fast Fridays Speedway Manchester Manhandles Fridays By M. SOBER AND W. BAST AUBURN, CA, JUNE 29 Chris Manchester won his first Handicap main of the 2001 Gold Country Fairgrounds Speedway season, and then topped off his night by taking his second Scratch main of the season to complete the first main-event sweep of the year. "Boy, you gotta love this track again tonight: Manchester said. "Maybe I should thank the sidecars for that Scratch main win; if they hadn't blown all the dirt off the track in their main event, I think Mike may have got around the outside and won it himself." Manchester was, of course, referring to Mike Faria. who. despite an all-out effort on the outside line. came up short and had to settle for second. Bart Bast drew lane two for the main, got a decent gate and traveled even with Faria in the opening laps but ended up finishing thjrd when Faria dropped down from his outside line between the leader, Manchester, and himself. Bobby Hedden spun coming out of lane three and, despite running close to the leaders. he didn't find the needed traction to overtake the leaders and rolled across the line in fourth. The New Zealand/American Sidecars made their annual appearance and didn't fail to entertain the sellout crowd. The veteran team of Duane Carmont and Richard Taling pulled away to win their main, ahead of early race leaders Joe Jones and Brandi McElroy. Typically, the race took a couple of attempts before being completed. In the first try, pas· senger McElroy came off her rig after some excessive bumping and was subsequently run over by the sidecar team directly behind her. After shaking out the cobwebs, the tough side· car swinger remounted. restarted and finished in the runner-up position. Longtime all-purpose motorcycle racer Paul Orlandi won the Backwards Speedway Bike finale over Vance Felicio and speedway legend Harlan Bast. In the Handicap main, former Junior champion Eric Carrillo won the battle with fellow 20-yard-line starter Orlandi and assumed the early race lead. As Carrillo and Orlandi skirmished up front, 40·yard man Manchester and his 50·yard colleague Bast were quickly moving toward the front. Just after the last-lap flag waved, Manchester dislodged the young· ster and took over the leadership and subsequent victory of the night's busiest race. Bast followed suit in the final turns, claiming second and pushing Carrillo back to third_ Orlandi managed to hold on to fourth, ahead of Hed· den and Chad Felicia. J.J. Martynse. who also rode in a first-division Handicap heat race, once again dominated the second-division main. taking his third win of the season. The third-division main went to Mike Achilles, ahead of David Baker, who also finished second in last week's main. The first-division Junior main was called after a couple of laps when Greg Hooton, who was involved in a battle for the race lead with Mark Carrillo, fell, taking Danny Easley and T.J. Fowler with him. Carrillo was declared the victor. Jay Ricketts won the busy Division Two Junior finale, and Mitchell Johnson won his second consecutive Division Three Junior main. Results SCR 1 Chns Manchester (Jaw); 2. Mike Faria (JlIW); 3. Bart Bast (Jaw): 4 Bobby Hedden (JlIW) HDCP' 1. Chns Manchester (Jaw); 2. Btirt Ba!!t (Jaw); 3. EriC Carrillo (Jaw); 4 Paul Orlllndl (GM); 5 Bobby Hed~ (Jaw) 0-2: I. J,J. Martynsl!: (Jaw); 2. Robert Mellor (We!!); 3. Shllwn Eldridge (Jaw) 0-3: l. Mike AchIlles (Jnw); 2, DaVId Baker (Wes); 3. Bill Warnock (Jaw). 0·1 JR I. Mark CllITItiO (Jaw). 2. Danny Eesley (JIlW); 3. T.J. Fowler (Jaw). 0·2 JR~ 1. Jay Rickett!! (Wes): 2. Jell Bulll!:r (Wes): 3. J.manda English (Hon). D·3 JR; I. Mitchell Johnson (We!!); 2. AdllfTl Butler (Wes): 3. Tall Hubbert (Hon). BCKWRD MAIN; 1. Paul Orlandi (GM); 2. Vance Felicio (Jaw); 3. Harlan Bast (Wes). SDCR: I. Duane Carmont/Rlcherd Tahng: 2. Joe JonejBrendl McElroy. Fast Fridays Speedway: In Auburn, California, Chris Manchester (10) leads Mike Faria (9) on the inside line as 2000 NorCal points champion Bobby Hedden (1) tries the outside line. Fort Scott Hare Scrambles Park Kruger Besieges Fort Scott HS After four rounds, Stone and Kruger are tied with two wins each. Looney. Dipasquale and Bryant have been putting in strong rides, making the top five all tough contenders in the Forward Motion AA class. Results By SHARON JONES FORT scon. KS. JUNE 24 Fox/Dunlop~sponsoredMike AA 1. MIke KNger (KTM1: 2. Doug StOOl!: IKaw) 3 !'llilhan Loom')' (Yaml. 4 Shane Dtpa5qUllle (G· G); 5 !\dnan Bryant (G·GI A: I Brad.Jones (Yam). 2. Robbie Johnson lKTf.\, B 1 Bob SUring (KTM); 2. M,ke Jansen (SUI): 3 Paul Dlpdsqua~ (G-G): 4. Tim Short (KTM); 5. Scott HemOfl (Kaw 1~/200 C· 1. Blandon Gnfftth (KTM). 2. Todd &!anng (KTMI. 3 Anthony McDllnlel (Kaw): 4 Sean Helm (KTM); 5. Matt Hawerlolln der (Han). 250:0PE1'" C 1 Trace Fridley (KTM): 2 RIck M,·Corma<.k (Hon). 3 Bill R,lchnrt (KTM); 4 Mike Shore (Yam); 5 Brllln PlSlorlus (KTM) 35. C; 1. JustIn McFerlllnd (Kaw); 2, Mike Cotton (Yaml; 3 Robert Hynson (Yam); 4. Barry HalT1S (KTM); 5. Gnry Shott (KTM) 454 C: I Mike RomantU'Tl (KTM); 2. Tom Rogers (KTM) 55. C: L JIm Letellier (KTM); 2. John J.yl!;fS (Ka.....); 3 DennIS Huffaker (KTM) TR I. John Logan (KTM); 2, Chip Smith (Han): 3, Cory Kemp. ton (Han). 105 C: I. Phil Chne (Kaw) Kruger came away with his second win at round four of the Forward Motion Hare Scrambles Series in Fort Scott. Kansas. On the start of the combined AA and A class· es. Brad Jones took the holeshot Kruger pushed his way past in the following sweeper. Gas Gas riders Adrian Bryant and Shane Dipasquale bat· tled for third. Dipasquale got pushed off the trail. and John Charlson and Leigh Letellier squeezed by. Letellier used his Letko Cycles' SX400 to blast into third, behind Jones. A minute later. Letellier passed Jones in a ditch crossing and was soon hounding the leader, Kruger. In the meantime, Bryant stalled his bike and Charlson crashed trying to get by. Dipasquale used Charlson's KX as a ramp. Nathan Looney was also moving up through the pack, moving into fourth. behind Jones. Before the first lap was over, Kruger let Letellier by. "I spent all day yester· day cutting tree limbs and putting up arrows," Letelli· er said later. "Mike was just showing his appreciation for all the work we put in." With Letellier leading and Kruger in second, Jones fell in a rocky sec· tion and dropped back. Looney put his YZ into third, with Dipasquale in fourth. On lap two. Letellier was leading when he grabbed too much throttle in a muddy sweeper and crashed hard. With l..etelli· er out of the race, Renthal/Thor·sponsored Doug Stone put his KX 125 into second after passing the entire pack. With each lap, Stone whittled away at Kruger's lead. Stone got by Kruger momentarily, only to lose the strap on his camelback. It took Stone four minutes to straighten that out, as he had to take off his helmet and chest protector to get to the strap. With Kruger Fort Scott Hare Scramble Park: Gas Gas rider Shane long gone, Stone was able Dipasquale wheelies to fourth overall at round four of the to get past Dipasquale and Forward Motion Hare Scrambles Series in Fort Scott, Kansas. Looney to finish second, one minute behind Kruger. ,-----------------------'" cycle UJ Z o ~ Results P/W (4.6) SHAFT 1 JlICob Brilnngn (Yam); 2 Alex G Ditton (Yam); 3, Tyler S. Delaney (Yam); 4 Kyle! G,menez (Yem): 5. Tyler R Ebersole (Yam). Ptw (7.8) SHAFT' 1 Rodney Middaugh (Yam); 2, lllcnary McCarthy (Yam); 3. LucllS Nadrasik (Yam); 4 J.ndrew J Russell (Yam); 5. Dallas Detioitt (YlllTI) P/W JR: 1. Jacob Brilnnger (KTM), 2 Nex G. DItton (Yam); 3 Trevor Moms (Vern); 4. Nolan Whltll!:d (KTM); 5 Samuel Bruce (I.

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