Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

today ," said Hepl er. " I go t some good starts and was abl e to get some good raci ng in . Th e 250cc race was a lot of fun with Huffm an. We wer e yelling at each other in th e corners and look in g aro und. I wish I co u ld have watc hed that one. In th e 12 5 race, I wa s able to tak e th e lead earl y , got a com fort able pace and was ab le to open up a ga p," Michael LaPaglia had his way with the lnterrnediate/ B cl asses all wee kend. Ridi ng for Escondi do Cycle Cen ter, LaPaglia won both of his qu alifiers on Saturda y , then ho le shot both th e 125 and 250cc ma in event s on Sund a y and was bar el y c hall eng ed in either race. Kyle Kubitschek, of Middleton , Idaho, put up a brief fig ht early in the 250cc lnterm edl ete/B final , but after hal f a lap it was checko ut tim e for LaPag lia . Kub it schek wou ld fini sh a com fort able second p lace, al though Gaston , Oregon's Adam Metz ler wou ld k eep him honest toward the end . In the 125c c Interm ediate( B ma in , L aPag li a avoided a m assive pil eup just after the first tu rn to le ad on ce again . Caught in th e m elee was perhaps LaPaglia 's biggest threa t , J ak e Weimer, who had fi nishe d second in. the Saturday qualifi er ; Weimer woul d com e back t o fin ish 10th out o f 36 rid ers. T ak ing th e la st t w o pod iu m po s iti ons wer e Casey H ins on , of Mad era , Cali for n i a , an d Pr o sp e c t , O hio 's Za ch A mes , ea c h finis h ing alone on the track . Cern ic ' s Su zu k i ' s Ian T rettel , all the way from Graham, North Caro li na , led from wire to wir e in the 65cc ( 7 - 1 1) fi n al , but n ot w ithout som e attenti on fro m Bonney La k e, Wash ington's Tevin T apia. A distant third went t o Eli T om ac , th e son o f l eg endary m ou ntain bik er J oh n Tom ac. Suzuki Sp ort s rider J ason Lawrence came from behind to win the Super m ini d iv isi on, pas si n g M i chi g an ' s Ni co Izzi near the halfway po int and t hen bu ilding a five sec ond l ead at the chec ke rs. Dr ew Gosselaar moved up as well t o step onto pod ium aft er a lat e -ra ce pass on Col e Seel y . Three 85 cc classe s were include d at Wash oug al. Al aska ' s Ben Lama y made short work of th e 7 - 11 div ision on his Va ll ey Cy cl e Cen t er Suzuki , bui lding a gap on Tevin T ap ia, who fin i sh e d ju st a hea d o f a c ha rg i ng To m my Wee ck, f r o m Redm o nd, Washin gton . Michig an's Nic o Izzi, rid ing for Cernic's, ran awa y with th e 1213 ma in event, finishing well ahead of Gosselaar and Florid a's Colten Mayna rd , who redeemed himself well aft er a po or start. La wr ence did th e deed once again in th e 14-1 5 division, taking th e hol eshot and running away to hide from T ex as ride r Ry an Gratom , who ma de a lat e pass on Sam DeAtley to fina lize th at pod ium . Th e apt l y n ame d Rac e Lac ey of Wo lf C r eek , Ore g on , ro de a g rea t 125cc Novice final, st alking and the n pas sing both H. McMillan of New Carney, T ex a s, and Ke ith Ba tters on o f Yak ima , Wash ington . In 250 c c Nov ic e action, Yak im a ' s T rav is Farmer ch arged into th e lead on th e f ir st lap and nev er look ed bac k , c ro ssing the line ahead of Washou gal 's own Kory Huffm an . North Car olina's Ch evis K ing came out on top of a goo d scrap for th ird p lace. Rob er t N au gh t on k ept Yaki m a ' s Dan Mo ore in sig ht for the ent ire 30 + A -cla ss fi n a l but co u l d n ev er g et close eno u g h t o a tte m p t a pas s . The se tw o fin ish ed well ahea d of Californ ia's Ch ris Yo ung . In th e 3 0+ BIC m ain event, J er e M eek er and T odd Hinders, both from Washi ngto n , were able to get by early le a d er Kevin Cozadd , with Meeker gr a d u a ll y pulling awa y t o win . Han ford , Californ ia 's John Nels on , rid ing for Vall ey Cy cl e £, M ar in e, t ook an easy 4 0 + win ah ead of Oh io ' s Rich ard Robinson . Man uel Del Campo m oved w ay u p from a rou gh sta rt t o c la im t he fi nal ste p on th e podium . eN Washougal MX Park Washougal , Wash ington Results: September &·7, 2003 A ll r id e r s Suz uki-m o unte d U e I e n s ta te in 250 INT/B : 1. Mi chae l La Paglia (CA): 2 . Kyle Ku b it sc hek ( ID ); 3 . A d a m M et zler ( O R) : 4 . Ky le Preston (OH): 5. Trevor Monk s (CO) . 250 PRO /EX : 1. Broc Hep ler (PA ) : 2 . Rya n Huffma n (O R): 3 . Ryan Abrigo (WA ); 4 . Cole Sieble r (ID): 5. Matt Karlsen (CO) . 125 NOV I e : 1. Race Lacey (O R); 2. H. McMilla n (T X); 3 . K eit h Batt erson (WA); 4 . Kam eron B urge r (ID) : 5. Brock Whitehead (CA l. 125 INT/ S: 1. Michael laPaglia (CA); 2. Casey Hin son ( CA): 3. Zach A m es (O H) ; 4 . Ad am Metz ler (O R); 5. Ryan Gra tom (TX ). 125 PRO / EX : 1. Broc Hepl er ( PA) ; 2 . Ry an Huffm an ( O R): 3 . T om m y Ha rr iso n (CA ) ; 4 . J eff Will oh (CA ): 5. Brad Modj ewski (WI). 65 (7 - 1 1) : 1. Ian Tr ett el ( N C) ; 2 . Tevl n Tapi a (W A); 3 . Eli Tomec (CO) ; 4 . Wa lker B rightw ell ; 5. Col e Th om pson ( NM) . 85 (7 - 11) : 1. Ben Lame y (A K) ; 2. T evin Tapia (WA) : 3. Tommy Weeck (WA): 4. Matt DeAtley (1 ): 0 5. Mik ey Schmeck (WA ). 85 ( 12- 13) : l. Nice Izzi (MI); 2. Dr ew Go sselaar (C A) ; 3 . Colten Ma y na rd ( FL) ; 4 . Will iam Du ffy Jr. (MD) : 5. Randy DiBartolo (MO) . 85 ( 14- 15 ): 1. Ja so n Lawrence ( NJ ) ; 2 . Ry an Gra to m (TX ) ; 3 . Sam DeAt le y (10); 4 . Zac h A mes (O H): 5. Willy Toth Jr. (PA i. S/MINI : 1. J aso n Law ren ce ( NJ ); 2 . Nic e lu i (MI): 3. Drew Gosselaa r (CA); 4 . Co le Seely (CA); 5 . Sam DeA tley (1 . 0) 3 0+ S IC : 1. J ere Meek er (WA); 2 . Todd Hinders (WA ); 3 . Kevi n Co zadd (AL) ; 4 . Mi ke Hod ges (C A ) ; 5 . Jas on Lock ett (W A ) . 30 . A : I. Dan Moo re (WA) ; 2 . Robert Na ug hton (AZ); 3. Chri s You ng (CA) ; 4 . Don B isceglia (O R) ; 5 . Joey Rodr iguez (CA) . 40. : I. Jo n Nelson (CA) ; 2. Richa rd Rob in son (O H) ; 3. Manuel Del Cam po (CA ) ; 4 . Da vid Silves tri (WA ): 5. Curt Wilcox (CA ). Da n Moo r e f lew to the 3 0 + A w in. e ( ho m e parenth eses ) 250 NOV/C : 1. T ravi s F ar m er ( WA) ; 2 . Kory Hu ff m a n (WA) : 3 . C h e v i s K in g ( N C); 4 . J a so n Loc kett (WA); 5 . Broc k Whitehead (CA ) . e vv s S EPT EM B ER 2 4 . 2 003 43

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