Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Leivan and his three clos es t co mpetitors managed t o rid e six laps, w ith Leivan av eragin g 19.3 m ph . Kn owin g th at a good sta rt wo uld be critical, it seemed everyone 's pla n was to get the hol esh ot. T he one rid er wh o made good on t hat p la n w as J o n e s Po wers po rts ! Axol Devol/Mon st er Energy /FMF rid er Tracy Bauman, o n his KTM 4 50 . Chris N esbitt, Suzuk imoun ted K ev in Bart s, and 2003 ISD E te am me m ber L ar s Va lin w er e in pu rs u it , whil e L ei v an , C a ieb W o hietz a nd C hr is T hiele broug ht up th e rear of th e pack . Lei v an w o rked qui c kl y and f ir st m o v ed arou nd a fallen B a rt s . T hen he ove rtook Valin in th e creek section to m ove into th ird. Mea n w h ile , Nesb itt w as anx io us t o ge t t o cle an air, and he put his T eam Green/ Moo se/ Pro C i rcu it / RK C h ai n /Maxima-s po nso red KX 2 50 int o the iead by m oving around Baum an on a tr icky uph ill. For ced t o sl ow his pace du e to th e du st , Baum an backed off and wa s c augh t b y Leivan ju st pa st th e midwa y po int of lap on e. " Gett ing th e holeshot was good , but I wa s nervous in front, " Ba uman exp lained after the even t. " I knew the heat was coming ." Leivan was abl e to m ove into seco nd and tried to chase down N esbitt but cou ld get only so close in the d ust. For three laps, Nesbitt heid th e lead , w ith Leivan a ha ndful of sec ond s down , At th e st art of lap four, Nesb itt th ou ght he had eno ugh of a lead that he co uld afford to sto p for gas. Just as he roile d back o n th e th rott le , N esb itt heard th e big four stro ke co m ing, and Leivan ju st barel y m oved int o the lead. "I had been eating dust for over an hour, " Leivan reco unted , "and when I saw him [Nes bitt] sto p , I k new th at was my chance. Onc e I got around him , I k new it wo u ld be hard for him to get m e bac k unless I made a m istake." Th at appea red to be the c ase , as Leiv an had a lead of 30 sec ond s after four laps. Making up the m ost ground in th e les stha n -idea l co nd itio ns was Mot or c y cl e Stuff / Yo sh imu ra /Tsu ba ki / Fly /J& W Cyc les r ider Thi ele. Afte r a last-p iace sta rt , Th iei e had m oved up t o third with two laps to go and was Poor Bo y Ha re S cra m bles Florence. Missouri Results: August 3 , 2003 (Round 10 ) O/ A: I . Steve Lelven (Yllm); 2. Chris Thiele (Yam] : 3. Chris Nesbitt (Kaw); 4. Cele b Wohletz (Yam ); 5. Mllr k Gily (Yam ); 6. Trec y Bauman (KTM); 7. Sammy Gosnell (KTM); 6. Gary Wetherell (Kaw); 9. Jon Simons [Hus] : 10. Andrew Smith (KTM). AA: 1. Chr is Thiele (Yam) ; 2. Chris Nesbitt (Ka.... ) ; 3. Caleb Wohleu (Yam); 4. Tracy Bauman (KTM) ; 5. Kevin Borts (Suz). A : 1. Mark Gay (Yam): 2. Sam m y Gosnell (KTM); 3. Gll ry Wetherell (Kaw); 4 . Jon Simons [Hus]: 5 . Kevin Boyle (Hon). 200 B: 1. Andre.... Smith (KTM); 2. l ack Bryant (Suz): 3. Michael Hamilton (Kll w); 4. Brenden Vllughn (KTM); 5. Brian Semele r (Han) . 250 B: 1. Todd Corwin (KTM): 2. Gary Wolf (Kaw); 3. Damian Mahoney (Han); 4. AI Hejlek (Kaw); 5. Andy Mueller (Yll m). OPEN B; I. Mllrk Kendall (KTM): 2. Mati Sellars (KTM); 3. Dwayne Parish (KTM); 4. ' Pilla Men" Mirtsching (KTM); 5. Bill Duffner (KTM). 4-STRK B: I . Nick Crawford (Yam); 2. Ralph Gerding (Yam); 3. Chili Roberts (Yam) : 4. Don Allen (KTM); 5. Comell Porter (Han). VET: 1. Kevin Ruckdeschell (KTM); 2. Elston Moore (Yllm ): 3. Matt wets (KTM); 4. John Stichnoth (Kaw); 5. Richard Hart (KTM). SR; 1. Kreg Simons (Yam) ; 2. Carl Dobson (KTM): 3. Bred Bar nett (Yam); 4. Robert McWhorter (KT,"\); 5, Tom Eidem (Yam) . S/SR: I . Eric Hensen (Hon); 2. wlluem Guffey (Yam); 3. Frank Lelvan (Yam ); 4. Tom Rogers (KTM); 5. Gerald Frericks (KTM). JR : I. Matt Barger (Yam) : 2. Ty ler Ruckde schell (K a.... ); 3. Nichol as Will ia ms (Ka.... ); 4, Camero n Mill elb erg (Yam): 5. Keifer Rosier (YlIm). WMN; I . Michele Eidam (KTM); 2. Donna Moore (Yam} . 20 0 C; 1. Jo hn Rohleder (Yam); 2. Brende n Huber (KTM); 3. J im Will iam s (Ka w); 4 . Johnny Robin son (YlIm) ; 5. Lance Hees (KTM). OPEN C; I. David Brewster (Ka.... ); 2. Rick Hoover (SU ); 3. Kurt l Schaben (Han); 4. John Lee (KTM): 5. Keith Voss (Suz). BEG: J. Deve Landwehr (KTM); 2. James Roberts (KTM); 3. Mark Dalton (YlIm ); 4. Billy Read (Han) ; 5. John Robinson (Kaw). AMADistrict 6Points R ace Hurricane Hills Sports Center James Jams, Kollmer Cruises ho leshot and t he early lead . T r a ilin g were K em m er. Milazzo. Koll mer and M onroe. Th e start was almost an exa ct re peat of th e first moto, des pi te the ra in. James co n tinued to jump the hu ge Hurri c an e Hills elevator j um p despit e some of th e soupiest condit ions of th e season. Ja me s go t the m oto win and made it iook li ke the tra ck was dry and dus ty . Monroe took runner -up wi th 4 ·2 fin ishes. and Mila zzo was thi rd with a 3 -3 taIi y . Kolimer and J ordan Hodges rounded out th e top five. Fr ank Delesk y led th e start of th e first (and what wo uld tum out to be th e o nly) Pee Wee mota . Tra il ing were T y ler Yadl osky , Ry an B urts , Ca rlton Sta rk and Maxweli Partridge . Aft er a quarter- lap , t h e top tw o we re uncha nged . Partridge moved to t hi rd, Burts d ropped t o fourth. and Li n c o l n Bro ok en s claime d fifth. On la p th r ee , Delesk y w ent down wh il e navigating the flnish -Iin e doub le and took Partr idg e wi th him. Yad losky inherited t he lead , bu t only temporar ily . D elesky ca me back t o make th e pass before the end of the lap . Yad losky was relegated to sec ond . Del esk y held on for the w in , w ith Yadl os k y , Partridge, Brookens and Sta rk trail ing . Du e to the dow np our in th e sec ond half of pro gram, it wo uld have been impossible for th e SOcc rid ers to navig at e through th e muck . so the ir seco nd m ot o s wer e c ance led. Th e second-largest class of the day was th e 250cc Novice class, at 30 riders st ro ng . Ma rk Pear son led the pack out of th e first tum B y JIM P, S ANDERSON CU FFO RD ,PA,AUG .3 Hon da p iiot Ryan Jam es of Afton, N ew York, ja mmed his way to th e top of the Co lle geboy podium like Eric Clapton j am s o n a St ra t o caste r: smooth , co nsistent and flawless , eve n in the ra in . James led t he st ar t of the first mot o an d nev er looked b ack , rid ing wi re to wire for th e wi n wi th a fou r -sec ond advantage . In m ot o two. hi s smooth riding was even more ev ident. Ju st aft er the seco nd ha lf of th e rac e program got under way . Moth er Nature dec ided to make things reall y interesting with some fa irl y h eav y downp ou r s tha t crea te d really sou py conditions. T he way J am es was riding , you wou ld swear it was a beautiful summer day and dr yas a bo ne. Ja mes led the start of th e fir st m ot o, wit h Eri c Ke m m er, Dav e Grove . Chad Milazzo and Russ Koll m er In tow. After clearing th e toug h do w n h i ll rhythm sectio n , Mi la zzo passed Grove for th ird . O n la p three. Br an don Mo nroe passed Ko llmer to cla im f ifth. Th e leader s spread out, and the onl y ba tt le rem ai nin g was for fou rth and fifth. Mo nroe closed the gap on Grove on the last lap and m ade the pas s ju st aft er the sk i jump to claim fourth , relegating Grove to fift h . J am es cro ssed the finish wi th a fou r -se co nd lead . Rounding out th e t op fiv e wer e K emmer, M ilazzo, Monroe and Gro ve. In the rain, th e second moto became qu it e the mudfest, but James m anag ed ano t he r 52 S EPTEM BER 3, 2003' c ue ....,. ...,. _-.._ - - , z . . the fast est man o n th e tra ck. However, hi s slow st art had left hi m w ith a lot of tim e t o make up and on ly tw o laps left in which t o do it. When the white flag waved , Thi ele ha d reeled in Nesbitt and was looking for a wa y into seco nd. Th e opportunity c am e when Nes· bitt bobbled , and Th iele m ov ed his WR4 50 up a sp ot. Nesb itt, wh o th ought t he ra ce w as going to last five laps, then went into " survival m od e" aft er running out of water in hi s dr ink syste m. His pi t crew inform ed Leiv an th at Th iel e had whi ttled nearl y a minut e off of his lead o ve r th e las t two la ps. so the A ns we r / Dun lop /R ace T ech /DH Racing/NG K -back ed rider pi c k e d up t he pa c e o n t he la st la p and cl aim ed hi s fifth victory of the season. Th iele's late -race charge wa s good for runner-up hon ors for th e fo urt h co nsec ut ive rac e , and his consistent fin ishe s keep him in the thick of the po int s battle wi th Leivan . Barely ho ld ing on to the final podi um sp ot was Nes bitt, w ho hel d off a c ha rg i ng Wohle tz o n his Re d B u l l / EVS / Sur dy k e Moto rsp o rt s/ F la t land Racin g YZ250F. Fi ft h ove rali went to Mark Gay, who also domina t ed th e A cl ass once ag ain on his Yam aha an d seems des tined fo r th e AA row in 2004 . Not only did the sev ere dust tak e its toil on th e ride rs, the 100-degree tem pe rat ur e made th e fun factor low for man y com petit ors . In fa ct, 62 pe rcent of t he rac er s dro pped o ut before re aching the chec k ered fl ag after tw o hour s. Virt ually the enti re 7 A- mi le c ourse was dusty and li tt ered with rolli ng rocks. The re was a short section of creek that had decent visibi l it y , but o th er than t hat , the re was d ust. I e n eVIl s , 0 . Ul a: UJ c ~ 0: '" ~ =; ~ a. Hurricane Hills Sports Center: Ryan James (10) leads the first Collegeboy moto , with Eric Kemmer (382), Chad Milazzo (812) and Dave Grover (135) In tow, at a District 6 po int s race in Clifford, Pennsylvan ia. in the first m ota , w it h De rek Zyda li s, Br yan N uss, Mi c k ey Garraha n and Cr aig Kollmer trailing . After a qu arter -lap . th e top five were Pearson , Z yd ali s , K o ll m er , Ga rrah an an d Nu ss. Ko li mer had th e point positi on sho rti y aft er st art ing lap tw o . Pear so n dropped t o sec ond , Zydali s dropp ed to th ir d, an d Garr ahan held fourth . Matt Merr ic k m oved up to cla im fifth. B ill M cCla in w as m o v in g throu gh th e pa ck afte r a lackluste r start. tak ing fourth aft er 2 1/ 2 la p s. By lap th ree, Mc Clain occup ied th ir d , an d on the fo li owin g lap he m ov ed to seco nd . Koll m er cro ssed th e fini sh line fo r the win, with McC lain only a co up le of bikelength s beh ind. Round ing ou t the top five were Pear son , Zyd alis and Me rric k. McCiai n led th e sta rt of the final mota , with Zydal is, Koll m er, Pearson and D ale Lane trai ling . McCla in went down on lap two in the ru t ted back tree -line section of th e race co urse . handing the poi n t position to Zydells. Pearso n inher it ed seco nd, Ko llmer wa s third , McCl ain remounted fourth , and Tr acey McMicken was fift h. Then Zydalis went down in the slo p o n lap three, giving the lead to Pearson . Kollmer m oved t o seco nd . wi th Mc Cla in thi rd . Co rey Nickeson fourth and Lan e fifth . On lap four, McClain's bik e swapped sidewa ys on th e takeoff of th e downhi ll ta bleto p, and he went cartwh eelin g to th e bottom of the hill in a spec tacular cr ash. McC lain quick ly remo un ted , but his ste ed wa s too bent up to continue , end he was f or c ed to reti re t o t he pits. Kollmer . mean while, cl osed th e ga p o n Pea rson and made the pass for th e lead on the last lap , relegati ng Pear so n t o sec ond . Kollm er cr ui sed to th e che cke rs for th e win . Round ing out th e top five we re Pearson, Zydall s, McM icken and Bobb y Vanarelli. Kolimer top pe d the po di um wit h his 1-1 ri des. Pearson ea rned runn er -u p w ith a 3-2 sc or e. and Zyda lis rounded o ut the podium w ith a 4 -3 taIiy . Hurri cane Hills Sports Center C liffo rd . P e nnsy lva n ia Re s u lt s : August 3 , 2 0 03 Pj W: I . Frank Delesky (Hon); 2. Tyler Yadlosky (Yll m ); 3 . Ml!xwell Partridge (Yllm); 4. Lincoln Brook ens (Suz): 5. Carlton Stllrk. III (Kaw). 50 (4. 6) : 1. Kaylll Boorom (KTM) : 2, Bethany Ruhf (Han); 3. Chris Cerminaro (KTM); 4. Schae Thomas (Hus] . 50 (7 .8 ): 1. Rick y Benesk y (KTM): 2. Sean Ballard (KTM); 3. Kevin Hicks Jr. (KTM). 65 (7-9 ) ; 1. Ryan Franci s (KTM); 2. Sean Bellerd (Kaw); 3. Stephen Buss (Kaw); 4. Austin Hammond (KTM); 5. A.J . Krueger (KlIw). 65 ( 10. 11): I . Jam es Doolittl e (SUl); 2. Jcneuien McDermott (KTM); 3. Jonathan Daniels (Kawl: 4. Thomas Raminger (Kawl . 85 (7-9): I. Ryan Francis (KTM1; 2. Stephen Buss (KawJ; 3. l ach Hatfield (Kaw); 4. Austin Hammond (KTM). 85 (9. 13): I. Joey Keefe (SUl ); 2. Anthony P~grin Jr. (Suz); 3. Marshall Hurd (SUl ). 85 (10-11 ): 1. Jonathan McDelTT\ott (Kaw); 2. James Doolittle (Suz]: 3. Dana Krause (Yllm); 4. Jonathan Daniels (Kaw); 5. Matthew AbsaJon(Yam) . 8 5 ( 12. 13 ); 1. Joey Keefe (Sul); 2. Cory Dejong (Yllm) ; 3. RYlln Sobiech (Yam); 4. Jamie Kriger (Hen ]: 5. Preston Propes (Kaw). 85 (1 4- 15) : I. David Kamey (Yam ); 2. Amanda Daniels (SUl). S/M INI: I. Cory Dej ong (Yam); 2. Rya n Sobi ech (Yam); 3. Tommy Lewis (Hon); 4, Marshall Hurd (Suz); 5. Sean Wallace (Sul ). 125 NOV: I. Mark Stephens (Yern]: 2. R.J. Reynolds (Han) : 3. Jimmy lzzc (Yam ): 4. Jo sh Stewart (Kaw); 5. Jeff Yatsko (Han) . 125 AM; 1. Steve Orcssweller (Suz); 2. Dave Grover (Han); 3. Jim Ayres (Han) ; 4. Russ Kollmer (Kaw); 5. Chris Cheney (Han) . 125 PROjEX; 1. Dave Nyzio (Yam ); 2. Mike Klinger (Yam ). 25 0 NOV : 1. Craig Kollmer (Han) ; 2. Mark Peerson (Yam ); 3. Derek Zydelis (KTM); 4. Tracey McMicken (Yam) ; 5. Bobby vanarellt (Suz). 250 AM ; I. Chad MiJauo (Han); 2. James Teet (Suz); 3. Eri-c Kemmerer (Han); 4. John Themes (Han): 5. Jack Rosenkrans (Han). 250 PRO/EX : 1. Erik Burkhold er (Han) ; 2 . Scott Rock well (Han); 3. Brandon Monroe (Yam) ; 4. Dave Nync (Yam) ; 5. Ryan James (Hon). WMN; 1. Am anda Daniels (Suz). SCHBY: 1. Steve Grosswetler (SUl ); 2. Cory Dejong (Yam ); 3. John Ryerson (Kaw); 4. Josh Stewart (Kaw); 5. Jimmy Iu o (Yam) . CLGBV: I. Ryan James (Han); 2. Brandon Monroe (Yam ); 3. Chad Mililu o (Han); 4. Russ Kollmer (Kaw); 5. Mik e Klinger (Yam). 25 .. AM: I . Dylan Le Porte (Yllm) ; 2. B.J . Wightmll n (Yam ); 3. John Thomas (Hon); 4. Chris Cerminaro Sr. (Yam); 5. Jason Nodelman (Suz). 25.. EX; 1. Scott Rockwell (Han); 2. Erik Burkhold er (Han): 3. John Nelson (Hon); 4, Tim Henry (Hon) ; 5. James Maua (Yam). 30.. NOV: 1. Bryan Nuss (Kll W); 2. Louie Giomboni (Y8m ); 3. Scott Andre (Hon); 4. Mike Delcsa (Yam ); 5. Don Hawkin s (Hon) . 30 .. AM: I. Mark Nevil (Han); 2. Dylan La Port e (Yam) ; 3. Chris Cerminnro Sr. (Yam ); 4. Kevin Hicks Sr. (Yam) . 30.. EX: I . Erik Burkhol der (Han); 2. Henry Lucio (Yam): 3. Tim Henry (Hon); 4. AI CoJlioud (Yam); 5. Kevin Krueger (Han ). 40 ..: 1. Doug Henry (Han); 2. .Jem ea McGee (Yam) ; 3. Jeff Cheney (Han): 4. Brett Sherman (Han); 5. Joseph Bollard (Yam) . Honey Lake Summer Series Round 2: Honey Lake Motocross Park Rhett Makes the Rest See Scarlet B y CASHEL HACKLAND MILFORD, CA , AUG. 3 As one of th e only tr ack s in N ort hern Ca lif orn ia that boasts its ver y ow n Pee W ee tr ack (com plete with a full team of fiagge rs, adm in crew and adult ov erseers), tra ck owners Larry and Lise Wos ick spen t two m on th s wo rk ing on improvin g an already awe so me t r ac k. Th e new supe rc ross -sty le fini sh-line j ump and sign had th e ki ds wid e-eyed and ready to race. not to m ention feeli ng slightly m ore i m po rtant th an th e other rider s! A full gate of 50cc (7 and Up ) riders took to the lin e for th eir first mota . Th e l Ocseco nd board cam e down, th e gate dr op ped , and Red Rock 's Colten Evan s quickly claimed the first hole shot of the day , fo llowed close ly by B illy Adams fro m T ruck ee, Bryson O lson , and Ty Siminoe from Lemmon Valley. Nevada . Slrn lno e gives th e ph rase " drive and de t er m ine t ion " a whol e new m eaning ; aft er los ing the ho lesh ot , red emption wa s his o n ly tho ug h t .

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