Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

VETNOV I. lloyd Grftfl (Kaw); 2. Den...lonles (Kaw) . : VETlNT: I. V~Lttr{Yam) . VET PRO: 1. Randy A1vl!IIrado (Yam ). 25 0 BEG: 1. JOIWlhon Burgess (Hon); 2. M)ch~ Boeheben (Soul ; 3. J /I!IOI'l CoIIirf (Yam) ; 4. Mitch "'ont~ (Hon). ) 250 NOV: I. l..uk~ l.Nuc (Han ); 2. Jay I...rduc (Hon); J. DoMId En'" (Yam) ; 4. Terry Hardi!lOl'l (Hon) . 250 PRO: 1. .k-ssMedley(Hon) ; 2. Robby B.tptista (Hon ). 25 ·29 00; I. ChuckBladshDw (Hon). VETBEG: 1. La~ UttIe (y am ); 2. Seen 0uInn (KTM) ; 3. Bryon PopoIf (Hon); 4. ~ Komoft ; 5. Oevid Orth (Yam) . OIT NOV: I. Chuck SMds (Yam ). OIT I!'IT: l. Mart..Hawkins SPTS.... X: I. N luk ~ (Yam). leduc (Hon) ; 2. Donald En~ (yl!IIm); 3. "'...." Link. Southern Enduro Riders Association Kids Series R nd 7: Breezy Hill Kids Enduro Jones Winds Up Winning Breezy Hill B y CARO LYN Little Okie Raceway: Tyler Wymore made an imp ression in the 65cc ranks at ro und three of the CMA Friday Night MX Ser ies in Made ra, California, by sweeping both 65cc ( 9-11) Begin ner moto s. CMA Friday Night MX Series Round 3: Little Dkie Raceway A Little Racing Amongst Friends beca use those g uys al ways stage a w ild drama , It' s wh at you m igh t get if yo u threw th e Indianapo lis 500 and a crash -up de rby into a blender. Jed Strong won th e first m c to . fol lowed by Jordan Wi tr ado and Nacona Harlow. Richard M acias won the second mota, but a fift h -p lac e fi n ish in the firs t one cost hi m a shot at the overall. Ha rlow finished second , whil e Stro ng was th ird . Strong took th e overa ll wi th 1-3 finishes. Har low 's 3 -2 t all y got h im seco nd , whil e Macias was th ird . W itrado and Jam es Reyes ro unded out the top five. Th e 125cc Novices hav e th e same propen sity for close raci ng , althoug h th ey seemed to keep it o n two wheels a litt le m ore co ns iste nt Iy . Ky le Za rr domina ted ou t fro nt, w inning both m otes aboa rd his KTM . Dona ld Ert el was secon d both times o n a blue bik e. Th e rest of the top five were a litt le more interes ting: Kyl e Orth we nt 3 -5 but slipped to fo urth overa ll be cause Co ry Fursman 's 4-3 effort was j ust o ne point bet ter. Ma de ra' s own Kevin Wells wen t 5 -4 fo r a solid top -fiv e finish . All good th ings must come to an end , and round three fina lly d id . Like all of the pr evious races , everyone left with smiles on th eir fac es. A lot of trophies were passed out to a lot of excited young racers . The weather was a plu s. bu t no o ne expected it to last long . Another heat wave was inevi table, but then again, so was rou nd fou r of the seri es. Th is summer stuff might not be so bad after all. B y EDDI E G RA VEU NE MADERA , CA , AUG . 8 It' s well kn own th at Ca lifornia is a hot spo t for m otocross, Na turally , that fac t isn' t lo st on the Go lden St ate 's racers. It's quite co m mon t o see 500 entri es at a loc al race, and even m o re if it' s a really pr estig iou s se ries . A ll of tha t pop u la ri t y g iv es even ts a feel in g of importa nc e and d rives rid ers t o excel. From the 50cc cl asses on up to t he Pros, Californians t ak e th eir r acin g se rio us ly . Everyo ne ha s som ething to p ro ve. Racers are co m pe tit ive by nat ure, and they thrive on th e pr essur e of a big race, but some ti m es it's go od j us t t o go o u t and rid e w ith your bud di es. Th at' s wh at the CMA's Friday Ni ght MX Series is all abo ut. It' s low-k ey , the tr ack is fu n, and eve ryone is in a good m oo d . Th ere are no prot ests. "M ini Dads" are n't box ing at th e fin ish li ne. It' s a good vibe . Th e weat her go ds gr ant ed Cen Cal a brie f repri eve fro m th e oppress ive summer heat for th e week end of round thr ee. Te m ps dropped into th e 90s for the first ti me in weeks. A gen tle breeze ble w fro m the west, and it was like an enti re geographic regi on breathed a collec ti ve sig h of reli ef. A couple hund red people li ned the fences as the racing got under way . The 65cc (7 -8 ) riders put o n a good show. Th ere was a lot of close racing , and all of the rid er s were involved in position chang es o n th e tr ac k . T erry C hea tha m defeate d Zek e Stron g in th e fi rst m ota . No t far behind th em were Mich ael Way brigh t , Jake Baer and J ustin J on es. Strong came out in th e fina l race and lived up to his la st nam e, ho ld ing off Jo nes, who had things going much better th an he had in th e fi rs t rac e. Chea tha m fi ni shed th ir d , fol lowed by Waybrigh t and Ba er. A quic k exercise in m ot o cro s s m ath dete r mi ned th at St r on g wo n th e o ve ra ll wi th his 2 - 1 perf or m an ces, Cheatham ' s 1-3 tally garn ered sec o nd, and Jones was th ird with a 5 -2 sho wi ng . Th ere weren 't a to n of 65cc No vice riders in th e ho use, but th e ones who did sho w m ade a go of it. Landon Sullivan and Zach ary Sum m ers dueled in fro n t of Trav is Burrou g h a ll night long . T he t wo KTM rid ers trad ed m ot o win s and seco nd -p lace fini shes. Sullivan wo n th e fi nal m ota and , along with it, the overa ll. Summer s c a me back a nd fi nished second, ahead of Sullivan, in th e X clas s. An nou ncer Mark Hawkins ma y have said it best wh en he du b be d th e 125c c B eg in ner cl ass the "C ertifi ed Lunatic s of Mot ocr oss," 64 S EPTEM B ER 17 ,2003 ' c u e REED AND C HARAY D e B O SE DRYPRO NG,LA,AUG .9 Pay ne Jones k ep t hearts p umping fast righ t do wn t o th e last sec ond of th e Pee Wee co ntest, ski dd ing his way to hi s fo urth win of th e SE RA K ids En duro series by one seco nd after c ontending with his riv al and fellow KTM pilot Hunt er Ro wl and . Th ese tw o battl ed it o u t , alon g wit h up -coming Pee Wee rid er G riffi n Rog ers , also KTM-mounted , Th e Breezy Hill Enduro Club held its 15th an nua l enduro at Dry Pro ng , Lo uisia na , on Sa tur day, A ugust 9 . A gang of yo ung SERA and TSCEC Enduro ri de rs wer e set up and ready for one tough and bli stering rac e. Due to its extremely dust y and dan gerou s trails, th e Breezy Hill E n d u r o is prob ably th e m ost dr ead ed episode in t he SERA Series. Slam some August heat in th e middle of a Lo uisia na forest, and you ha ve a sco rc hing kid s' race! The forest o f pine trees was in m ajor need of rain sho wers to hold d ow n th e du st , wh ic h engulfed eve ryth ing , while th e swe lte ring sun m ade for one hot and humid d irt -bike event. Des pite th e climate , Saturd ay m orning saw 35 kids all geared up . Sm all 50cc riders practiced o n the trails , wh il e th e older riders pr epar ed th em selv es fo r battles with conte nde rs, bu d dies an d ne w faces fro m t he T SC EC K id s Series. Ki ds lin ed up at 4 o'clock , Spencer Cook led the Vet Ki ds class down the sandy tr ail s. T wo laps of a du sty 7 -mi le loop w it nessed some int ense competi tion bet ween Cook and fe llo w Kaw asak i j o ck ey Justi n O 'Quin n . Cook's speed wra pped up first pl ac e, w hile O 'Quinn hooked him self up with a good- looking sec ond- place win I Nex t, th e K ids Int ermedi ate cl ass took off be hind th e Vet K ids, add ing fu rt her dust and ride rs t o th e sa me tra il. Tyler Ca rter h as sho wn rem ark ab le spee d this ye ar and domi n at es t he class o n h i s Hattiesburg Cycles Suz uk i. Ye t agai n , 1 1-y ea r- old Ca rte r t oo k home th e gold, leav in g the shi ny sil ve r for Suzuki joc key Jordy n Du Bo se and third for Kawas aki rid er Chand ler Row land . Th ese yo ung riders may be small, but some of the m even had th e co urage to get up th e next m orn - ing and rac e the adult s' enduro , in o rder to pr epare fo r so me to ugh co m pe t it io n in th e J unio rs cla ss next year . Wh ile the o lder k ids rac ed th ei r lap s, th e younger 50 cc rid ers were busy getting in line and getting focused. Th eir laps were short, but 1u-mch ti res and dus ty eart h som eti m es m ak e fo r so m e wo bb ling and c rashi ng and some hard -t o-manaqe trai ls. Neve rthe less , these two cl asses lac ked non e of devotion, zeal and fer vor of th ei r old er co un terpa rts ! Starting off th e B eg inner Pee Wee cl ass was 6 -year-old Yam ah a rid er Brenn en Reed , wh o showe d no leniency to the others o n th e tr ail. Yo ung Reed la p ped every rider o n his PW50, dem on str atin g techniques of passi ng at an outstandi ng spee d. Reed is only one ra ce away fro m wrappin g up his end -o f- the-year o ve r a ll cla ss w in , and he look s fo rwa rd to m oving up t o th e bigg er class es. Grabbing second wa s 6 -y ear-old Ka wasaki jockey Cod y Fr anklin, who d id an awesome job of figh ting those dust y trails , leaving third for little Cajun spee dste r Kyl e La fle ur, on his Yamaha. On c e th e Beginner Pee Wees were off th e tra ils, some serious 50cc racing lay ahea d for spectators. The Pee Wee class t ook off on the fi rst of th eir si x lap s, w ith J on es fi rst on th e t rai l. Ro ger s, t he 2 002 B eg inn er Pee W ee Cha m pi o n, found him self in the ce ntral point of a maj or three - way b raw l for fir st among him self, J o nes and Rowl and. Th e t wo KT M spe ed dem ons hav e been taking turns all year in the p rimary spo t in this class, but with j ust a handful of races left, it was ti m e for a leade r to be clearl y est ablished . Jon es' lap times fo r th e fir st th ree laps were j ust too fa st! Rari ng and ready t o catch up wi th J ones, Row lan d had Roge rs right o n his back , rid ing w ith enormous sk ill in th e dirt and d ust. A bsolutely zero m ist ak es wer e perm itt ed for Bey ear -old J on es. With only a single seco nd separating th e three young ste r s, Jones tu rn ed in th e fa st es t lap t im es, p uttin g a m ere t wo seconds between himself and Rowla nd , wh o wrapped up third, whil e Rog ers sto le seco nd place fr om Row land by a hei r 's bread th and o nly one second on the clock . Now , those are some close sco res! Loo ks lik e J on e s a nd Row l a n d h av e an inte nse challe nge r to dea l with in tw o week s at Little O k i e Raceway Madera , California Re sults: A u g u s t 8, 2003 (Round 31 50 FIT : I. BRX"~ fo\a (KTM); 2. Chase.M.cCullough (HU5): 3. u Ethan Sullivll.n (KTM). SO (7. 8): 1. Travil BulTOlXJh (KT M) . TJR : I. Dylan l.illl~ (Y4m ): 2. Joel fo\4 as (Yll m) . d XR: I. Michael Alvllrlldo (Hon); 2. N4lhan.e! Park~ (Hon) . 65 (7. 8) : J. Z~~ Strong (Ka w); 2. Terry CMatham (Kaw); 3. J ustin Jones (Kaw): 4 . Michael Waybright ($w): 5 . Ja k~ Beer (Kaw). 65 (9 ·11) : I. T y ~r Wy ~ (Sul) : 2. Chris lilln fo\4rmolf')O; 3 Cody Md ~h Il U; 4. Cody Wll rd (Suz). 65 NO V : I. l and o n Su lli va n ( KT M ); 2. Zachary Summers (KTM, : 3 . Travi s Burrough (Cob ). 65 1NT: I. Ga~ Ada~ (KTM) . 65 X: I. Gebe Adam~ (KTM); 2. l./Ichary Summe~ (KTM); 3 Landon Sulliv an (KTM); 4. Tyl~r Wymor~ (Suz) ; 5. .Je Beer (Kaw). ke 85 BEG 0 · 1; 1. Cody Casner (Yam); 2. Rocky Strong (Yam); 3. Garrell Jo nes (KllW ); 4. Troy we ss (Yam); 5. Ni ck Marm olejo (Han) . 85 BEG 0 ·2 : I. J ustin we ss (Yam ); 2. Travis Mullin~ (lion); 3. RYdn Cuinn (Suz ); 4. Quint on Parker (Hon) ; 5. Justin Pe maee (Hon) . 85 NOV : 1. J.B. Butler (Yam); 2. 8fll ndo n R~yna (Sw ). 85 INT: I. Nick Baker (Yam) . 85 X: I. Nn::k Beker (Yam); 2. J .B. Buller (Yam ); 3. NidI M.Jr· rnoleje (Hoo ). 12 5 BEG: I. .Jed Strong (KTM ); 2. Necon e Harl ow (Ho n) : 3 . Richard Macias (Y<'I m) ; 4. Jordan Witr3do (Yam) : 5. Jerres R~yes 125 NOV : 1. Ky~ Zarr (KTM ); 2. Donald Ertel ( Yam) ; J. Cory Ftnman ( Yam ); 4. Kyl~ Orth (Yam) ; 5. Kevin Wells (Hon) 125 INT : 1. /Il\itchel l Bragdon (Sul) . • e n e vv Si Breezy Hill K ids Enduro: Eight-y ear-old Pay ne Jones t opped the Pee Wee cl ass at round seve n of the SERA Kids Series in Dryprong, Lou isiana.

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