Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Battle Creek Motorcycle Club: Chris GaUt (24) pressures the 2001 series champion, Aaron Wegner (1), In the early going at round three of the Michigan Hare Scrambles series in Battle Creek. DekJeinefStevens (KTM); 3. Kelley/Cullimore (KTM); 4. Mi<:ho/Micho (Hon); 5. Kalm/Kalm (KTM). 66-85; I. Shannon Flegel (Vam); 2. Zack Jllmeson (KllW); 3. Nick Limber (Yam); 4. Tim Baldwin (Hon); 5. Tony Ruegsegger (Hon). 0-65; 1. Cody Wholey (Kew); 2. Chad Wllley (Kow); 3. Jordon Mopes (KTM); 4. Michael Johnson (Kow); 5. Cody Cochran (KTM). 66·\ 05; 1. Eric Briggs (Hon); 2. Nick Oumich (Hon); 3. Joel Kalm (Kaw); 4. Brion Murchie (Kaw); 5. Billy McPherson (Kaw). WMN; I. Denise Baldwin (Kaw); 2. Stacy Emede (Kaw); 3. Tine Flegel (K8W); 4. Jennifer Schiele (Kaw); 5. Allee Brockriede (Vam). 66-85 (7-11); 1. Tyler Hill (Hon); 2. Brandon Flegel (Vam); 3. Jim Fischmeister (Kow); 4. Jeffrey Posch Jr. (Hon); 5. Jared Toogood (Kaw). Oklahoma State Championship Series Round 8: Ponca City Simon Says, "Winning Streak" Bv CONNIE JOHNSON PONCA CITY, OK, MAY 19 effrey Simon raced to his fourth win in a row at round eight of the Oklahoma State Championship Series in Ponca City. Now Simon sits atop the points standings in the Vintage class. In moto one of the Vintage class, Austin Goodwin got the holeshot, but he was quickly relegated to fourth when Simon, Duane Goodwin and Odee Bundrick Jr. all got by him on lap one. After some bar-to-bar action between Duane and Bundrick, Duane finished second, followed by Bundrick., Austin and Lenny Roberts. All nine entries in the Vintage class were aboard Yamahas. Simon nabbed the holeshot in moto two and took it all the way to the checkers. Bundrick held on to second for two laps before Duane stole it away. Austin rode to another fourth-place finish, while Ryan Doner passed Roberts on lap two to take over fifth. Robbie Smith nailed the holeshot in the first 125cc Intermediate mota on his YZ250F. Gating second was Yamaha-mounted Wes Parr, but he was overtaken rather quickly by Kawasaki jockey Thomas Hahn, who J 82 JUNE 19, 2002' cue I • then was on the move when a crash on the tunnel slowed him down. He charged again but then lost his silencer and crashed again in the same spot. Parr crashed in the back section of the track and retired for the day. Honda rider Ben Schrik took advantage of these mishaps and claimed second. Hahn limped across the finish in third. Ian Parker and Josh Johnson rounded out the top five, both aboard Yamahas. Smith got the holeshot again in moto two, but Hahn kept his bike on two wheels and passed him for first on the first lap. Smith stayed in second, with Parker hanging on to third. Schrik came from behind to finish fourth, but the Hard Charger award goes to fifth-place finisher Johnson, who came off the gate and around the first turn in a battle for second with Hahn. A crash on the back section of the track dropped him to 12th, but he charged through the pack to a respectable fifth-place finish. Getting the holeshot in mota one of the 125cc Novice class was KTM pilot Jon Paul Powell. By the end of lap one, Curtis Peterson had put his Yamaha into first, with another Yamaha rider, Robbie Robertson, all over his back fender. Apparently the pressure was too much, because when they came around at the end of lap three, Peterson had dropped to fifth and Robertson was out in front all alone. Ryan Voit had a good ride on his Suzuki, finishing second, with Powell, Yamaha rider Trey Terbush, and Peterson filling out the top five. Robertson took no chances in moto two. He got out in front right off the gate and never looked back. Voit came from an eighth-place start to finish second, with Yamaha-mounted Craig Royse third. Yamaha rider Kyle McCoy and Suzuki jockey Garrett Teasley followed Royse across the finish. Jacob Leatherwood and Cory Green both shot out of the gate in the first 80cc Open moto, with Green getting in front by the first turn. Green, on a Suzuki, stayed in front of the Yamaha-mounted Leatherwood for most of three laps. Leatherwood got out in front by outjumping Green on the jump before the finish line, but less than a lap later Kawasaki jockey Dennis Jonon flew by Green and Ponca City: Jeffrey Simon has some serious concentration going on as he races to another win In the Vintage class at the eighth round of the Oklahoma State Championship series. n • _ s Leatherwood to take over the lead. Another Kawasaki pilot, Wil Hahn, followed Jonon and passed Green for third but couldn't get by Leatherwood. Yamaha rider Nathan Cox came in fifth, behind Green. Jonon didn't waste any time in moto two, getting out in front early and staying there until the checkers flew. Hahn also had a better moto: He gated second and chased Jonon to the finish line, with Green not far behind. Cox came in fourth, with Kawasaki jockey Devin Blackburn fifth. In the 65cc Open class, there was quite a battle for first between Kawasaki-mounted Terren O'Dell and KTM rider Chris Thies. In moto one, O'Dell got the holeshot and hung on to the lead by a knobby as he crossed the finish line with Thies. Justin Berry put in a good ride, coming in third on his Kawasaki, with Jesse Braden, also on a Kawasaki, and Skylar Teague, on a KTM, rounding out the top five. Thies got the jump in moto two, followed by O'Dell. Berry managed another third-place finish, while Teague moved up to fourth. Cheyenne Nichols put his KTM into fifth. Braden charged hard on lap two and, after passing Teague, crashed hard as he tried to navigate the braking bumps on the back straight, leaving him with a DNF for the moto. With only two rounds left, the race for points is critical. The Series winners will be determined at Cooperland Raceway on July 28. CN Ponca CIty Ponca CIty, Okl.ho... Results: 'by 19 [Round 81 50 (4-6): 1. C.J. Collins (Pol); 2. A.J. Geerhart (Pol); 3. Alexender Nagy (Lem); 4. Tyler Logsdon (Pol); 5. Trey Martin (Cob). 50 (7-8): 1. Justin Bogle (KTM); 2. Tyler Smith (KTM); 3. Zach Henry (PoI); 4. Vancey Edson (KTM); 5. Taylor Hooley (Cob). 50 OPEN: 1. Justin Bogle (KTM); 2. Tyler Smith (KTM); 3. Done Moss (Cob); 4. Zach Henry (Pol); 5. Vancey Edscn (KTM). 65 (6-8); 1. Justin Bogle (KTM); 2. Gregory Gehrer (Kaw); 3. Tyler Smith (KTM); 4. Jove Mortenson (KTM); 5. Colt Nichols (KTM). 65 (9-\\); 1. Chris Thies (KTM); 2. Jemie Siever (Kaw); 3. Tyler Arrendondo (KTM); 4. Terren O'Dell (Kaw); 5. Jesse Broden (Suz). 65 OPEN; 1. Chris Thies (KTM); 2. Terren O'DeIl (Kaw); 3. Justin Berry (Kaw); 4. Skylar Teague (KTM); 5. Gregory Gehrer (Kaw). 80 BEG; I. Duane Cole (Vam); 2. Brandon Brmd (Vam); 3. Sonny Cox (Kaw); 4. Skylar Henson (Hon); 5. Cody Goodwin (Vam). 80 JR: 1. Jacob Leatherwood (Yam); 2. Chris Thies (KTM); 3. Jamie Siever (Kaw); 4. Terren O'DeU (Kaw); 5. Tyler Whorton (Kaw). 80 SR: 1. Wil Hahn (Kaw); 2. Cory Green (Suz): 3. Nathan Cox (Yam); 4. Devin Blackburn (Kaw); 5. Alex Morrall (Yam). 80 OPEN: 1. Dennis Janon (Kaw); 2. Wil Hahn (Kaw); 3. Cory Green (Suz); 4. Jacob Leatherwood (Vam); 5. Nathan Cox (Yom). 125 BEG: I. Cody Smith (Hon); 2. Trent Hetherington (Yam); 3. Tyler Reid (Suz); 4. Travis Young (Kaw); 5. Michllel Gellrhart (Yam). 125 NOV: 1. Robbie Robertson (Yom); 2. Ryan Voit (Suz); 3. Kyle McCoy (Yam): 4. Jon Paul Powell (KTM); 5. Craig Royse (Vam). 125 tNT: 1. Robbie Smith (Yam): 2. Thornlls Hahn (Kaw); 3. Ben Schrik (Hon): 4. Ian Plirker (Vam); 5. Josh Johnson (Vam). \25 EX: I. Chose Reed (Vam); 2. Colt Humphrey (Suz): 3. Keith Cooper (Yam); 4. Micheel Coday (Hon); 5. Jered Rhodes (Vam). 250 BEG: 1. Justin Johnson (Hon); 2. Rocky Burt (Yam); 3. Jeremy Weaver (YlIm); 4. Glen Grego (Kaw); 5. Travis Jones (K8W). 250 NOV; 1. Matt Huber (Vam); 2. Joe Simecka (Yam); 3. Jason Brezeal (Vern);. 4. Cory Norton (Suz); 5. Asa Phillips (Hon). 250 INT; I. Thomas Hehn (Kaw); 2. Chance Miles (Hon); 3. Ryan Bailey (Vern): 4. Brad Rodgers (Yam); 5. Adam Estes (Kaw). OPEN O

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