Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Moose Motorcycle Racing Association of Northern Nevada Series Round 4; Castrol Grandl?rix at Virginia City Ryan .Johnson came from row seven through the dust to place third overall. Freestyle rider Dustin Miller tried his hand at off-road racing for the first time. more lap. Tichenor was next to finish, followed by Key - both barely missing out on going another loop. John Wear, Kevin Brown and Moose-sponsored Sean Berryman rounded out the top 10. After another grueling lap, Esposito came through the checkers retaining his five-minute lead over Belingheri. "I just cruised the last lap and ke t a good pace," said Esposjtor 1'1 really enjoyed the .first .three Japs. Then it got aJittle dusty, and we had to deal -with lapped traffic. Overall, it was great to win again." Esposito earned $624 of the MxSales.com Pro Purse for his troubles. Belingheri also enjoyed the course, except for his lap-two crash. "I really liked the course, except for the ledge I hit. The Virginia City Motorcycle Club does a great job, and the format of the race is fun." Johnson charged on the last lap and opened up a small gap on Bryant to take third place. eN Bryanl (Hon); 5. Bryce Olson (KTM). 50 (0-6): 1. Kenneth Worley; 2. Tyler Forte; 3. Sean Seehuetter; 4. Toree Homan; 5. Kolt Mieras. 50 (7-9): 1. Jesse Gore: 2. Ty Tremaine: 3. Jack Crawford; 4. Cory Chapman: 5. Corwin Mcintosh. 60 NOV: I. Shane Wright (KTM): 2. Ross Walton (Kaw); 3. Tyler Hyman (KTM); 4. Kyle Townsend (KTM): 5. Jesse Gorbet (KTM). 60 AM: 1. Trevor S. Johnson (Kaw); 2. Tanner Tremaine (KTM); 3. Kyle Hotchkiss (KTM); 4. Matthew Watson (Kaw). 60 EX: 1. Troy Amaker (Kaw). 80 NOV' 1 Sam Clark (Han), 2. Kelly Postel (Han), 3 Cody Rhodes (Suz), 4 Paul Yarborough (Han); 5. Nick Wheeler (Kaw). 80 AM: 1. Alex Shaw (Kaw); 2. Cameron Taylor (Suz); 3. Dustin Tremaine (Yam); 4. Blaine Fenner (Han); 5. Eric Bonse (Han). 80 EX: 1. Ryan Toomey (Suz); 2. Joshua Morros (Kaw); 3. Kyle O'Brien (8uz); 4. Eric Amacker cue I ]25 AM: 1. Tony Weatherman (Yam); 2. Troy Chernoff (Yam); 3. Chase Compton (Yam); 4. Glenn Christensen (Han); 5. Ian Horgan (Yam). 125 EX: I. Chad Martin (KTM); 2. Don Simone (KTM); 3. David Bonz (KTM): 4. Erik Hatch (KTM): 5. Theron Miller (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Mark Henderson (Han): 2. Paul Gray (Han); 3. Terry West (Suz): 4. Steven O'Brien (Hon): 5. Paul Seth (Yam). 250 AM: 1. Jason Gonzales (Hon.}; 2. Nick Alosi (Kaw); 3. Don Chamblee [Han); 4. Pat Daniels (Kaw): 5. Joe Davlcrrvam). _J5 auction was held each morning before the races for the number zero. The person who won the auction got to start 30 seconds ahead of the ftrst row. all by himself. Before Saturday's Novice race. zero went for $1700, to Bob Collins. who rides in the Over 60 class. Sunday's auction went for $400 to Over 40 Amateur Brian Spiersch. The Virginia City Motorcycle Club donated all this money to the local schooi system. The 2 1/2-hour Novice·only race took place on Saturday. Steve Row took the overall win over Mark Henderson and Phillip Rewinkle. In the 50cc race. Jesse Gore topped Ty Tremaine and Jack Crawford. The Virginia City Motorcycle Club thanked the town of Virginia City and all the private landowners who graciously let them use their properties for the course. The pit area and most of the course were located on land owned by Hugh Roy Marshal. In only its second year. the two-day event drew almost 700 riders. That's 300 more riders than last year's turnout, and it was due in large part to the involvement of the sponsors. Castrol Oils gave away oil and a sponsorship to all racers who entered the event: Sierra Nevada Brewing sampied its line of beers to the pit crews and spectators: and Reno Motorsports changed the tire and tube of any participant who came into the pits with a flat.

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