Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

r------------------- - ------------- - -----, 'z" ~ :I: r:! :E iIi 8 o :I: Q. the pack behi nd . Paul Buettner rode a great rac e and fin ished in seco nd . ahe ad of T odd Schuh. This was Buettner' s best fin ish of the year , and it brought him int o seco nd pl ace in th e season st and ings. W alsdorf and Buettner repeat ed the ir eertter performances in the Prem ier fi nal . but th is tim e it too k Wa ls dorf fou r laps to leave th e pa ck behind. B uettn er rode another g reat race and again fin ished in seco nd . Perry Prichard w as a ble t o k eep h is no se cl ea n and st ee r cl ear of th e first-comer antics that soured his Middleweight race , an d he fi n ishe d in third. b eh ind Buettner . The series lead er , S cott Di edrich , had a tou gh day m echan ically and fin ished in sixt h pla ce o n a borrow ed bik e. D iedrich maintained his lead in the season standings and will no doubt be ready fo r th e sixth and final round on September 19 and 20 . Results Glen Helen Raceway Park: Paul Kell en (30) placed runner-up , behind David Vuillemin, in the 250cc Pro class during REM Saturd ay mot ocr oss acti on in San Berna rd ino, Cali fo rn ia. SPT MOTO: I . Mikl' Harlow (Hen): 2. Alell Bub (KTM): 3. Robert Voorhees (KTM); 4. Mike Frankln i; 5. Richllrd Rozinskl . LJW: J. Joe Jan coski (KTM) ; 2. SIeve Reink e (Hen): 3. Cole Wal!dorf (Yam): 4. Richard Goldberg (Yam ): 5, Tyler Wbnecotten (Hon). M[W: I. Cole Walsdorf (Hon); 2. Paul Buettner [ Hon] : 3. Tod Schuh (Hon); 4. Andre..... Mauk (Yam) : 5. Ronald Zastrow (Hon). PREM: 1. Cole Walsdorf (Hon): 2. Paul Buettner (Hon): 3 . Perry Prichard (Han): 4 . Andrew Mauk (Yam ): 5 . Dirk Sch reude r (Hus). SPT MINI: I. U ndsay Mauk (Hon); 2. Nicholas Hansen (Hon) : 3. Christopher Hansen (Hon). ?REM MINI: 1. Tyler Whitecotten (Hon): 2. Todd Patton (Kaw): 3. Allen Hensen (Han); 4. Shawn McCulloch ; 5. Dale Moldenauer. W alk er' s Woods ac ross th e lin e in second , wh ile Mike Phillips ro lle d in th ird . RPM's Rick Pet erson wa s fourth. and Russell Brown took fift h. In m ota tw o , Vettel got a bad start, wh ile Rob Co llins an d Gr eg Groom were up fron t , battling for th e lead . As the race wore o n, Vet tel wa s m ov ing forward at a consistent pace. picking of f a ride r o r tw o eac h lap . When the c heckered lI ag flew, it was Collins who took th e m ot o win . M oun t ain ·bik e " hero" Zapata Espi noza made a late pass on Groom for se cond plac e, wh ile Vettel sett led for fourth, O n the day . Vertel's 1-4 tally was good for the o vera ll class w in . Colli ns ' sec o nd- moto win helped his c ause; h is 7 -1 effo rt s p laced him in second ove rall. right in front of th irdplace finisher Philli ps ( 3- 5) . Pete rson (4 · 6) was fourth, an d ARC Lev ers .corn's Bob Barnett filled out the to p five fo r the da y with his 6 -8 rides. Ya ma ha YZ 125-moun ted Rick y Jame s took the measu re of a c o m pe ti tive t a -rider field in th e 125c c Int erm ed iat e ranks . James won th e fi rst m oto goi ng away afte r tak ing the holeshot and putting in 20 m inut es of mist ak e - fr ee ri di ng . Steve Cisar t o o k seco nd , wh ile Mot ocross Actio n' s T im O lson was third . W ill Co ll ins and T y ler K a li si ak we re fo urt h and fift h. Brett Aue rba ch j um ped o ut fro nt with th e ho leshot in m ot a t w o and set a fas t pa c e. J am es worked up into seco nd plac e early on and set o ut afte r A uerbach. Lat e in th e ra ce, it appea red Ja m es wo uld c at ch th e leader. bu t Auerbach rod e stro ng to the checkered fl ag for the win . J am es was a close second, while Ci sar ca me in thi rd . O lson was fo urt h . and Co lli ns pla ced fift h . On the day. J am es' 1-2 performanc e gave h im th e overall cl ass w in . Cisa r's cons istent 2 -3 ride s pl aced h im second overa ll , whil e A uerba ch 's second -m ot a wi n and 6-1 ove ra ll t all y were go od fo r thi rd . Ols o n (3 -4 ) an d Co llins (4 -5) were fourth and fifth . Yamaha's D av id Vu illem in ag ain showed up on th e 250cc Pro gate. aboa rd his fac tory YZ450F, much to the de lig ht of the spec tat ors a n d t h e di sm a y o f t h e rest o f the cla ss. Vu il lem in looked su perfas t an d domin ated bo th motos for the overall cla ss win , RG3 /0ne Ind ust riesrrA G/Extrem e/ Hin son -back ed Paul Ke lle n took second overa ll with 4 -2 rides. Jon Sim mons ( 2 -6) was thi rd , wh ile Tony Amara dio (3 ·7) too k fo urt h, and Chris Barrett (5 -8) fille d out the to p five for th e day . Results 65: I. Dallas Leedom(Kcl.....l : 2. Ty~r Nichols (KTM). 80 BEG: I. Caden Probst (Yam); 2. Kyle Scott (Suz): 3. Justin Jones (Suz); 4_Brandon Peterson (Yam ); 5. Brad Pappalardo (Ka.....l . 80 JR: 1. Billy Musgrave (Yam): 2. Blair Cisar (Vam ); 3. Jeson Bowles (KlIw). 80 EX 1. Franky Aguirre (YlIm ). : 125 BEG: I. Joe Jo hnson (YlIm ); 2. Dereck Maher (Hen ): 3. Br ian Duane (T M) : 4 , Matt hew Purpeco (Yam): 5. Jerem y Walker (YlIm). 125 JR: I. Cotton Udall (Yam ); 2. Freddy Sanchez (KTM): 3 T.J. Bilk er (Suz): 4. Ju stin Lavoie (YlIm) : 5. Kevin Wageman (Yam) . 125 INT: 1. Ricky Jam es (Yam); 2. Stevan Cisar (Yam); 3. Brett AUl'rbach (Yam); 4 . Tim Olson (Kaw); 5. Wi] Collins (Yam ). 125 PRO; I. Steve Bcnlfec e (KTM ). 250 JR: I. Jo hn Minen (Hon); 2. Ben Wageman (Hon): 3. Ryan Am llrad io (Yam) . 250 INT: I. Ryan Cowell (Han): 2. Brandon Woods (Yam ): 3 Mik e Grelll (Yam). 68 S EPTEM BER 1 0 , 2003' cue 250 PRo : I. ~vid Vuillemin (Yam); 2. PlIui Kellen (Vern) ; 3. Jon Simmons (Sol ); 4 Tony Amaradio (Hon) ; 5. Chn s Berrett (Hon) . VET BEG; 1, Lee McCollum (Suz); 2. Tom Domllslai (Hus); 3. Tony Smedona (Han): 4 , Tim EriC50fl (Kll.....); 5. Thomas Ty ~r (Kaw). VET JR: I. Brent Farrell (Hus): 2. Jay Clark (Hon): 3. Matt Bur. roug hs (Hus); 4. Victor Leon (Yam) ; 5. Joe Sutte r (Hon). VET INT: I. Gary Renko (Suz); 2. Michlle l Wilson (Yam ); 3. Tim Harris (KTM). VETPR I. Crll ig Davis (Yam); 2. Willi e Musgrave (Yam) . O: 40. J R: I. Steve ve u el (Hon); 2. Rob Collins (Yam); 3. Mike Phillips (Hon): 4. Rick Peterson (Yam); 5. Bob Barnett (Yam ). 40. INT: l. Stephen watson (Yam): 2. Gary Harada (Yam); 3. Massimo Maresachi (Hon) : 4 . Joe Sutter (Hon); 5. Mark Testa (Yam). 40. EX: 1. Randy Ski nner (Suz); 2. Tony Schuler (Yam) ; 3. Jim Neegle (Hen); 4 . Ken EhIl'f5 (Yam) ; 5. Malil Hall (KTM). 40. MSTR: I. Andre..... Jefferson (Yam ); 2. Pete Murrll Y (Suz); 3. Paul Needles (Honl ; 4 . Ron Lawson (Kaw); 5. Willie AmllTadlo (YlIm) . 50 + JR: I. Pierre Pf ffer (Hon) . e 60. MSTR: 1. Ben gt Jo hansson (Hon); 2. Horst Leitner (Hon); 3. Den Hanebrink (Hon): 4, Ron Dugan (Kaw); 5. Chuck Minert (Yam). Brig gs and St ratton M otorplex at Road A merica The Fifth Battle in a Six-Weekend War B y M ARK W OLBRINK ELKH A RT LA KE , WI, A UG . 9- 10 Even th ough som e of th e winners of th e cl ass wa rs are beginning to step forward , all of th e battle s at th e fifth ro und of th e Super Bike rs2 Regi on a l Superm otard Series wer e fie rcely co nte sted. Lin dsay Mauk and Tod d Patto n took co mm andin g lead s in the season standings of th eir res pective M ini cl asses. Both have podiumed at every race this yea r. and their c ons istenc y is payi ng off. Mauk too k he r thi rd win .of the seaso n in the Sport M in i class, fini shin g ahead of Nicho las Han sen and Christoph er Hansen . Patton and T y ler Whi t ec ott en spe nt most of the Prem ier M ini fi nal sw app ing the lead as th ey ra ced th rou gh lapped traffi c. Wh itecotten was leading at the end and saw th e chec ke red nag first , In the Sp ort cla ss. Alex Bub and a hard press ing Mik e Harlow led the field in Sunda y 's f ina l. with Harl ow eve ntually finding a way aro und for th e win . Bub 's seco nd -p lace finish puts him o n ly t h ree po ints behind Wi lliam Rowe in th e war for th e season cham p ionshi p. Robert Voorhees rode to a stro ng thi rd an d rema in s cl o se behi nd B ub in the se aso n' s po ints standings. Th e Sport Class is still com plete ly up fo r grabs, as only sev en po ints sep arate th e top th ree riders. J oe " D iese lj o" Ja n c owski and Steve Reinke co ntinued thei r th ree -week run at the front of th e Lig htweig ht class. Despite finish ing thi rd and fo urth in the heat ra ce . beh ind Co le Walsd orf and Richard Goldbe rg, th e t wo led th e ma in fr om wi re to wi re . T og ether . they w ere a b le t o ca r ry e no ugh c o r ne r spee d throughout the race to swap plac es in the finis h i ng o rde r wit h Goldbe rg and Wa lsdo rf . Rein k e, the serie s points leader, has produced a yea r of firsts and sec onds , but Di eselj o and Go ldberg are tied for seco nd and are defi nitely with in reach of hi s num ber- one pl ate. By th e third lap of the Middle weig ht fi nal, the seri es- leading Wal sdorf had left th e rest of e n e vv s Newcomer Kuklinski Comes In First " It didn 't r ea ll y matter wh o showe d up tod ay ," Agans decla red . "Nobody was bea ting me on m y home turf." Luckily fo r Agans , he was th e only one in his cl ass. The cham pionship ra ce is st art ing to look di m fo r W rig ht; he'll need all vi c to ries fr om here on out to have a cha nce . T err y Bullard , Ja mes Lab ont e and " Holl yw o od " rode the Ad vanced c l a s s, B ull a r d grabbed his sev enth win of th e yea r. pu shing h im closer t o th e Advanced -cl ass c ham pi on sh ip . Th e batt le o n thi s day . though. was between se c ond -a nd t h ird - p l a c e d ride rs Lab onte and Hollywood . T he scores were so close and so high that a rec o un t was done; Labonte edged out Hollywood b y two po ints to take sec ond pla ce. It's a tight po ints race for second pla c e in th e Advanced class bet ween Labonte and Ho lly woo d . " I wasn 't r id ing very we ll today," said Lab onte, who wa s surprised at taking run nerup. '" ca n't believe I got seco nd ." Gary Kukli nski wo n the Beginner class . Th e next event will be held on September 14. Re sults BEG: I . Gery Kuk linskI. NOV: 1. George Kirby. INT: 1. Chris KuklinskI; 2. Randy Throne; 3. Mike Lou : 4. David Kirby; 5. Glenn Falt er. ADV: 1. Terry Bullard; 2. James Labonte; 3 . Hollywood. EX I . Rick Agans. : Atco M otocro ss Par k Wozney Records Two at Atco B Y MATT W OZNEY B y T ERRY B UllARO GILLESP IE. IL, A UG . 10 Steep hillsides, tons of tig ht off- c am ber turns, and a variety of log s set the to ne fo r round eight of the M ITA trial s co m petit io n in Gill espi e. Ill inois. T he In t erm ed i at e cla ss had the big g est cl ass, with six ride rs . Th ese gu ys ro de gr eat. In the end . it wa s a newcomer , Chris K uklinski . who took the win , Kukli nski fo ug h t off sec ond -p laced rider Randy Thron e by one poin t. M ik e Lotz put in a great ride as well , co ming in t hi r d. f o ll owed b y David K irb y . G lenn F alt er and Freddie Reinhardt. These gu ys will be riding in th e Advanc ed class very soo n. Georg e Kirby won the N ov ic e class and wrapped up the 2003 M ITA Nov i ce- clas s cham pio nsh ip . K ir b y rem ain ed un be aten in the 2003 series and is on his way to a pe rfec t season. Ric k Agan s scored anothe r .victory in the E xp ert cla ss, ext end ing his po ints lead over Drew Wri gh t . Ag ans bro k e into th e 100s on th is day . as he met so m e of th e m ost cha llen g i ng sec t io n s h e ' s eve r ridden . Wr ight did n't ride on th is day and lost va lua ble po ints to Aga ns. AT CO , NJ , AUG . 16 Th is race at the Ateo Raceway in Atco, Ne w J ersey , was a wet one, in slippery and m uddy co n d it io n s. S ome brief sh o we rs , extrem e hu midity. and some mi st on th e track m ade th e race to ugh on th e riders and for th e specta tors . One rider who was on top in th e mud at At c o was Bergen Sp ort Cy cles ' Tyler Wozn ey. Also ridi ng fo r Works Shocks. Th or. 23 Motorsports and Ho leshot Graphics. Wozney was on fire o n th e slick Atco tra ck . He was able to sweep th e 65 c c (7 -9) and 85cc (7 -9) cla sses ab oard his KTM 65 and Yamaha 80, respectively . He swept each moto in dominating fash ion . with m ore than a 15-second lead in each class. T railing Woz ney in the 65ce cl a s s w ere K awa sak i p ilot B ru ce Redfield ( 2- 2) and KTM rid er Da m ia n Krause ( 3 -3) . Howev er, in th e 85 cc class. Krause swit c hed mota fi ni shes w it h Redfie ld and took second over all in the class wi th a bett er 3 -2 fi nis h ; w h i le Red f i e ld t o ok th e t h i rd spot wi t h a 2- 3 ove rall . A nother ride r who wa s hot on thi s day was Suzuki p il o t Danny Callahan . Th e Wil l iamstow n , N ew J er sey , rid er swe p t th e 85cc (1 2 -13) cl ass over th e ve ry fast Robert Malkie wic z (2 - 2), aboard his K aw a sa k i. Briggs and Stratton Motorplex at Road America: Ty ler Wh itec ollen (106) leads Todd Patt on (181) late in the Premier Min i fi nal at the penult imate round of the Supe rB ike rs2 LLC Supermo tard Challe nge Ser ies in Elkhart Lak e, Wiscon sin . '

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