Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Harmon (Hon) . OTH INT: A LB AN Y, O R, AUG , 2 -3 Oreg on ' s A lec Wa tt s and W ash ing to n' s J .R. Vie lie were two of the week end's to p pe rfo rmers at th e A lbany Mot or sp ort s Park Motocros s doubl eh ead er , which dou ble d as roun d eig ht of the CMC Northwest Sum m er Series. Watts won three classes ove rall ov er the t wo day s, po sti ng the ao c c (9 - 11) and Supe rmi ni w ins o n Sat urd ay and tak ing the aocc (9 -11) win on Sund ay . A la rg e field of 25 0cc Pro rider s were on hand fo r Saturday; the Ho nda- m o unt ed Vie lle won th e 250cc and Op en Pro classes. Winning tw o of the four m otos in which he c om peted. Vie lle spli t m ot o w ins w it h fo rm er AMA National number hold er T erry Hamness in the 250cc Pro cl ass. Vietle won the second m ot o to break a t ie an d also t ook home th e top m o ney for his efforts. Yamaha-mo unted Ryan Leach has m ade infre quen t ap pea ran c es thi s sum mer, but the ride r from Alban y st ill ma n aged to fini sh third in both co n test s, as we ll as o ve ra l l. Don Bi sc eglia ( 5 -4) fi nished fo u rth o ve ra ll , t rail ed by Mike Ham ness (4- 6 ) and J ason Matth ews (6 -5) . ' T he O pen Pro cl ass woul d also be benefi cia l fina nci ally to Vielle: He placed third in the first m ot a , tra ili ng Leach and Matt hews. T hen, in m oto tw o , Vielle too k th e lead on lap fou r when Leach enco unte re d problems , and he ma int ain ed the point po sit io n to t he fi ni sh . Vielle's 3 - 1 t ally nett ed th e rid er fro m Kalama, Washi ngton, one of the few dou ble-cla ss wins on th e day . Matt hews (2-3), Rob ert Hol tgr ew (4-2), Leac h ( 1 -7 ) and , at 17 , the yo ungest rider in th e fi eld , Ja ck Meadows (5 -4 ), ro und ed out the top five ov eral l. In th e c o m b i n e d Fo u r-S t rok e c l a ss , Raini er , Or egon 's Gu y T ow handed the co m petition a blow w ith his du al m ot e wins. T ow ran amid th e Profession al ride rs en rou te to hi s ov erall w in, whil e form er minic ycl e speedster Matt Wilson pl ac ed second t o T ow in both m ot os. Ni ck Cl arno (3-3) , Gran t Hay s (4 -4 ) and Ken Rom ero (7 -8 ) fille d o ut th e overall top fi ve. Wil son c am e back to add hi s name to the selec t few two -cl ass w inn ers by topping the 125c c and Befor e T he Hill classes in what was a th ree -cla ss quest for th e I fi -y eer -old from A lba n y , W il son be a t B rad Batc h el or a n d Was hing to n ' s M ic ha el Bid d le fo r th e Befor e Th e Hi ll Jun ior win . T h e onl y r id er t o lead W il so n i n eit he r m ota wa s t he lon e In t e r m ediate rider , Ross Johns on, anot her fo rm er rninic ycl e speeds t er. Jo hnson was th e domi nan t per form er in the co m b ine d Before T he Hill clas ses. On Sunday , W atts w as ag ai n r ea dy t o pou nce on the c ompetition , as th e l l -year-old was again lo ok ing to to p the ao cc (9 - 11) and Supermi ni cl asses. W att s jumped o ut front of both co m b ined BOc c aq e-q ro up m ot os and remained the re to the finish . T ravi s McC lin ton , who was com peting in the aocc ( 12 - 13 ) class, was Watts' closest co m petitio n in both m otos. Both rid ers wo n their respe ct iv e cl asses wh ile fini shin g on e- tw o in the m otos. T yl er Schw ent k er, who was co m peting in the ao cc ( 12- 13) cl as s, tr ail ed Watts and McClint on to p lac e seco nd in th e 12 -1 3 clas s, out of a co m bined field of 25 rid er s. Chris Eqan was th e to p per form er in the 80 cc Begin ner cla ss, wh ich was also adj oined wit h th e aqe-gro up c om peti tor s. A Su nd ay swee p o f th e Bn c c ra nk s b y Watts was not to be. as a crash while leading th e fi r st Su p e r mi n i m ot a e n de d Wa tt s ' chanc es. McClint on t ook c om m and in Watt s' d em i se t o s na re a m ot o win . M o t o two , th ough , wa s all Watts' , How ev er, Watt s' wiret o - w ire w in w a sn' t enoug h f o r an ov e r a ll vic to ry , as th e Suzuk i rider went 9 - 1 o n th e da y and fin ish ed f ift h o ver a l l. M c C linton's thlrd- p ra c e f in i sh i n m ot o t w o wa s g o o d eno ug h t o ea rn h im the ove ra ll w in , whil e Sc hw en tk er ( 3 - 2 ) , Tyl er M cC lin t on (2- 4) , Da nny McDonough (4- 5 ) and Watts filled o ut th e top five. Wi lso n aga in post ed the 125 cc and Before T he Hill Junio r vic to ries on Sunda y , and he 1 Sco tt Smith (K aw) OT H MNY: I. Ben Hurl bur t (Han) ; 2. Rick Walling (Yam); 3. Vielle, Wat s Electrifying B y C lAY LIGHT 40 . INT : I . Bry an Reader (Yam ); 2. Dean Bi ddle (Yam); 3. Bill Ferrell (Hus). 40 . MNY : I , Je ff MacDonald (Ha n) : 2. Joe Casey (Hon) : 3. Dave FOil (Kaw). 5 0. : 1. Dan Schaffer (Ka w): 2, Bill Naylor (Han): 3. Bob Ziegler (Suz). 4·S T RK: 1. Guy Tow (Ho n); 2. Malt Wilson [Yem }: 3. Grant Hays (Yam ) OT H JR: I. Olin Green (Hen): 2. Tim Harmo n (KTM): J . Greg C Northwest Summer Series MC Round B Albany Motorsports Park : also fi nis hed seco nd overall in the Fo ur- Stro ke clas s, beh ind T ow . In th el 2 5cc .Junio r/ In term ediate cla ss, Wi lso n and Int erm ediat e ride r Pet e Sannan spl it m o to w ins, altho ugh bo th were overall winners in th ei r respecti ve cla sses. Albany Motorsports Park Alba n y , O r egon Re sults: Augus t 2 -3 . 2003 (Round 8 o f 121 Sat urd

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