Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

ST £, TRL I. Penon Sessemen ( SUl); 2. Tyler Edwa rds (Stu); 3 Alli son Durden (Ka w) . 30, : I. Tm)' Abel:". 40+: I. Curtis Richllr d 50•. J. Mi ke Crcmford VINT IT: I. Frank Mc lan~ ; 2. Cas~ )' Henry (Y am); 3. A ll en GriHen. Vlt-.THVY: I . Bria n Hodqes (85 A): 2. Charli e Fennell PRO·AM: J. Bubba Seyle (Hon): 2. Troy Abels (Hon ): 3. Chase Sconyers (Hon ). S ugar C reek Motocross Pa rk Gre g ory Serves Notice! B y C HUCK B All. PINEVI LLE, M O , A UG, g T he 125 cc N o vic e class sta rted th e n ight out in grand st y le at Sugar Cree k MX , Mixed in with th e cl ass wa s 25 0cc No vic e racer Jerem y Fow ler, abo ard his KX250, Fo w ler qu ick ly led th e pack down th e fi rst hi ll , only t o lose his fron t whee l and wa tch Bl ak e Gregory snea k past for the lead . Bef ore th e end of lap one , Gr eg o ry pa rted w ay s wi th h is YZ 12 5 , an d A urora, Missouri' s Jared Snider took over th e poi nt positio n aboard his RM 100 , Behi nd him , J on Dr iskill and Ty ler Alv erso n sett led int o se co n d an d t h ird , r e sp e ct i v el y . G r e g o r y r em ou nted n ear th e b ac k o f th e p ack b ut began to bl aze back to war d th e fro nt , ev entu ally getti ng involved in a battle for sec ond with Fo wler. Unable to m ak e the pass . Gr egory had to settle for t hird, j ust behi nd Fowler, whil e Sn ider to ok th e m o ta wi n. Whe n th e N ovices left th e g at e f or the ir sec on d out in g , Fo w le r a bscon de d with th e ho lesh ot. foll ow ed clo sely by Gr eg or y . Th e of the pack. T on y Souz a J r. got by Sanc hez and Key and the n pursued Co rsetti to the fln ish. After blowing up his bike in th e heat race . Moore rod e a borrow ed bi k e to a fourth -plac e finish. Moor e is also sponsored by U nion 76 . Sierra Wa ter , M oth er ' s Po li sh es. Pin it Mo t or spo rts, L&L M ot orsports and Dr. Due Mo to rspo rts . and he curren tly ho lds th e secon d spo t in the po ints sta ndi ngs afte r rid ing o nly ha lf of th e Di st rict rac es, due to hi s o t he r co m m itm ents to ro ad racing co m petition. Danny Ca se y rod e fr om p o le t o p o le a t th e fro nt of the Pro Sp ort pa ck and was fol lowed to the checkers by Sanchez and Ke nny Carlo tt a. T his night saw th e fi rst-e ver Ov er 60 cl ass at Lod i. Riddle Racing's B ud Riddl e rode with ing first an d secon d i n class . M o or e ca me home third , a little fu rt her bac k . Rick ey McReynolds won the hi ghl y co rn pe tit ive 85 cc ( 12 - 15 ) class, Cory Hu d son swept bo th 250cc Beginn er m o tos, and Cody Lee did likewise in 65cc ( 6 ·8) acti on , two sliced and diced all over the trac k , pulling away fr om th e rest o f the pac k , as Gregory looked fo r any possible place to pass . Gregory and Fo wl er used every inch of track spa ce possible to their ad vantage. On th e last lap , Gregory ma de an aggressive p ass in a tigh t le ft- hander and put some dis t an c e bet ween hi mse lf an d Fowler. Snider cr ossed the line n ex t , f oll ow ed by Dris ki ll a n d the r est of the pack. As th e only Pro to sho w up for th e nigh t' s racing , Na thaniel Benoit was for c ed to m ix it up with so me o f th e Am ate ur cl asse s. As th e Op en Outlaw field rounded the first rig ht -han de r and head ed up th e hil l, Beno it wa s already sett ing the track ablaze with his M DR-b ack ed YZ250 , Behind him , Tom my Da lt on pu shed his luck ju st a little too fa r and went do wn in the corn er, hol ding up Ton y Moore and all ow in g Gr eg o r y t o sn ea k p ast fo r se c on d . U p fro nt, Ben oit was simply go ne , leav ing th e rest o f th e pack fig hti ng fo r pos itio ns. Moor e, utili zing the big horsepower of his CRF450R, eventua lly got pa st Greg ory, as did Dal ton , Th ey fi nished the m o to in this or der. Moto two started out looking sim ilar to th e fi rst , as Benoit c hec ke d out early . Beh in d him , Da lto n had his hands full with Mo o re and Gregory, O n lap two , Moor e fell and st alle d th e big 45 0 in a co rner, an d D alton an d Grego ry took off and st aged an epic battle for th e O ut law w in . Sp ectat or s wer e treated to q ui t e a show as Gregory serve d notic e to th e ol de r and m ore ex pe rie nce d Dal to n th at he was up to th e t ask , pushing him nearl y to th e lim it. Be noit, by this time, was about 25 or 30 sec o n ds ahe ad. B en o it effo rt le ssl y cr ossed the line way ahead o f his A ma teu r co mpetitors. Behind him, it was Dalton and Gregory pla c- Re s u lt s 50 BEG : I. Wyatt Cross (Pol): 2 . Dylan Van ZWl:"('1(Hoo) . 50 ( 4· 6): J. Michael Wright (Pol ); 2. Dakota wsm (Po ll. 50 (7· 9 ): J. Kolton Wo riey (KTM); 2. Dayt on Winn (Po l). 50 OPEN: I. Ko lton Worte y ( KTM) : 2. DlIy to n· Winn (Po l); 3 M.i haE' c 1Wright (Pol ). J R 4 ·STRK : 1. J onat han Hutchins (Hon); 2. Cory Papc zyn sk i (Hun) ; 3 . Zach.!lry Bonds (Hon ): 4. Caleb Fric k (Han): 5. Brenda n Ven Zwt>el(Hon ). 65 (6 -8) : I. Cody Lee (KT M); 2. Austin King ( Kaw); 3. Mark Whrte Jr . (SUl); 4. Dayton Winn (Kaw); 5. Trevor Barten (Kll wj . 65 (9· 11): 1. Keeton Gorton (KT M) ; 2. Garrett Comer (tITM); 3. Michnel Bond (Kaw); 4. J osh Dixon (Kaw ); 5. Cory Papc zynski (KlI w ). 65 OPEN: 1. Keeton Gorto n (K TM); 2. Corby Shumate (KTM) ; 3 GlIHE'1I Come r (KTM ): 4. Mi chlle l Bond (KlI w) ; 5. Mllrk Whit~ Jr . (Suz]. 65 (9- 11): J. Todd Bloxha m ($w ); 2. Corby Shumate (SUl ); 3. T)'If'r Wade (Kaw); 4. K)'le westerdele (Kaw). 85 ( 12· 15 ): 1. Rickey McReynol ds (Yam ); 2. levi Farmer (Kaw): 3. Blake God in (Ho n); 4 . Austin Bog art (Suz); 5 . J ayson Huggins (Ka w). 85 OPE N: J. J ared Snider (S uz) ; 2. Tod d Blo xham (Su: ): 3. Bteke Godin (Hon); 4. Jayso n Huggi ns (Kltw) : 5. Cod)' Dye (Su:) . 125 BEG : I. J im my For rest (Kaw) : 2. Je sse Vogts (Yam) : 3. David Dy e (SUl ); 4, KE' McCall (Yam): 5 . Aaron Fiser (Yam). lIin 125 NOV: l. Blake Gregory (YlI m) ; 2. Jared Snider (SUl); 3. J on Drisk ill (Hon) : 4. Tod d Bloxham (Suz); 5. Tyler Alv erson (KTM) . 125 EX 1. NlIthliniel Benoit . : 250 BEG: I. Cory Hudson (Hon ); 2. J eff Joh nson (KlIw ): 3. T rent Oman (Hon) ; 4 . Nick Biondi (Suz); 5. Joe Guizar (Ho n) . 250 NOV: I. Jer emy Fowler (Ka lil) . 250 EX 1. Nathllniel Benoit . : 30. : 1. Tomm y Dalton (Yam); 2. Tony Moore (Hon) . 40. : I. Trent Oman (Hon); 2. Anton van Zwee l (Hon) ; 3. Joe Guizt.l (Hon); 4 Don Gempler (ATh ). r OPEN OUTLAW: 1. Tornrn)' Dalton ( Yam); 2. Tony Moore (Hon); 3. Blake Gregory (Yam). ease to the vict ory in this one. Corsetti Stuck It to ' e m in Lo di Again Elizabeth "Mam a Hock " Hock ing rem ain ed undefeated in the Mom s cl ass. tak ing her th ird w in in a ro w . Eac h week, thi s cl ass gr o ws , with new riders wan ting a piec e of thi s actio n. A n o t her n e w c l a ss c a ll e d th e V i n tage Pushro d cl ass st art ed on this nig ht. Fi ve riders too k th eir sp ots on th e lin e, bu t it was Harl ey Welc h who wa s th e first to th e fi nish . Rob ert McDonn ell wa s "on" on thi s nigh t, wi nni ng both the Vet O ver 4 0 A co nte st and the nin e-r ider Vet A cl ass. Robe rt Ba cosa and Rusty Firanz i fin ish ed second and thi rd in th e Vet A co ntest, resp ecti vely . In th e "sm all er " classes , T ony Davi la fin ished fi rst in the 6 0 c c A class , w h ile M ik e Avi la wen t home with wins in bo th the 60 cc B an d 80 cc B classes . T he Anselm i br o th er s , Cody and Kyle, co ntinued their battle with th e Fang brothers, Bobb y and Anth on y , No t o ne t o be left o ut, Micha el Martin was in th e m idd le of th e 80cc A m ix . Th e fin ishin g o rde r was Cod y , Bobby , Antho ny , Mi cha el and Ky le , T hese ar e well match ed rid ers wh o put on qui te a co m peti tive show for th e spectators . B y K AREN G OULD Results Lodi Cycle Bowl .-- - -- -- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ----- - - ---, .... .... -c '" U '" r ::J o > '" ~ 'r; c.. Suga r Creek Motocross P ark: In Pinevill e, Missouri, Blake Greg ory let the locals know t hat he 's becoming a f orce t o be reckoned with. P/W SR A: I . Dominic Cohndre!l P/W SR B: 1. Jared Slate. P/W STK A: 1. Bronson Bauma n. P/W STK B: 1. Sean O'Co nner . P/W STK C: 1. A dam Hem end ez. 60 A: 1. Ton )' Devue. 60 B: I. Mike Alli la; 2. J ames Will iam s 60 1. Jared Slate; 2. Cole Cro... e)' d 80 A : I . Cod)' Ansel m i: 2. Bobb y Fo ng: 3. Anlhon y Fong : 4. Michael Martin ; 5. Kyle An~lmi . 60 B: J. ,~ i cha el Avlla: 2. Garrell Slate . 100 M A IN TRA CK : 1. Robert Curry : 2. Joseph .Jac o netti; J . LODI , CA, AU G. 9 Di st ri ct 36's ro un d 24 was held o n th e Lodi Cy cle Bo wl short t rac k . Th e w e at her was pleasant an d th e tra ck we ll-groo med. A mong the u sua l D ist rict 36 r id ers, some n ew faces are showi n g up to rid e, gettin g read y fo r th e co mpet it io n at th is t ra ck during th e shorttrac k event scheduled fo r September 12 , the Friday night before the Sac rame nto M ile . Thi s event will pay $2800 to th e Open - cla ss winner and has a $10,000 purse, St ockto n Honda Yarn ah a -sp on sored rid er s M a rk Co rse tti and N ic k Moo re h a v e b een d omi na ti ng the O pe n A cl ass in D istrict 36 this season. Corsetti, who is also sponso red by Wood Rotax , is c urrent ly th e d istric t's points leade r. He cam e o ff th e line and into tu rn one in the lead on this ni g ht and gai ne d ground w ith eac h lap . Halfway throug h th is eve nt , a red nag c am e out for a crash out of the fourth tum , and a sing le- file restart took pla ce . O n t h e r e s ta rt. Ma rk K e y and Je s se San ch ez got un der Co rsetti in the fi rst tu rn, but Cor setti quickly recovered his posit ion, and by tum three he was in fr ont o f Key and the rest c. Jonathan Curry . 100 ST K SPTSMN WMN: I . Dawn Wf'bbfor; 2. Chris Monize. 100 YfH MOD A: J. D.J . Sharkey. 2. Chad Cose . 100 ST K YTH A: 1. Kyle Anselrr n 2. Bobby Caldeira. : 100 ST K YTH C: J. Chris Ferrcru; 2. J ak e Strong. 100 MOMS: 1. Elizabeth Huck ing ; 2. Kimi Valennne ; 3 . Brenda Anselmi. 100 MO D SPTSMN: 1. Rick )' Colindres: 2. Mich ad Sanchez. 10040. : 1. Joseph Jaconetti : 2. Albert King; 3. Dawn webber. 125: I. J oseph Herna nde z 250: I. Chris Borja s: 2. Charles King : 3. Jeff Sparr . VlNT A: 1. Don nie Darrah. VINT B: 1. Rli ndy Kremlacek . VINT C: 1. Dennis King; 2. P"u l Reid: 3 . Riche rd Vargas VlNT 50+ A: 1. Bob sceuey: 2. Bud Riddle . V1NT SO.. B: 1. Albert King ; 2. Cener FishE'r. V1NT SO. C: 1. Dan Poore. VlNT 60. : I. Bud Riddle VlNTTW: I . Monte Scbose 2. R..,[phLee. . V1NT PSHRD: 1. Harley W~lch. 2. Clinton Gudoccha Don't Mi__ Willow Springs' Golden Annil/er_ary Weekend - October '7-'9~ ii!003 2nd Annua l $150,000 Unlimited World Motorcycle Championship 'A IlUOW"'- SPRINt1-.~ "" =INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY '(!) The Fastest Roadin the West where Spectating is the Best! Rosamond Blvd. & 75th St. W. in Rosamond 1-800-496-1398 Advanced TIckets/Info. * 661-256-1234 Rider Entry Information www.willowspringsraceway.com c: y c: e n e vv s S EPTEM B ER to . 2003 63

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