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AMA Amateur/Youth National Hillclimb Championships Dickeyville Hillclimb Two Hi //5 Ar~ fJ~tt~r S T O RY AN D P HOT O S BY B UD N ORT HRUP DICKEYVILLE. WI, AUG. 16-17 h e 2 0 03 A M A Am at e u r / You t h Nati on al Hi llclim b Champions hips we re held on A u gu st 16 a nd 17 o n th e 500 -foot h i l l n ea r Di cke yvill e , Wi sc ons in . Wilw er t's E vent Prom o ti on s ho st ed th e eve nt a nd ad ded a new - and ver y we lcome - twist to th e even t : They ra n t w o hi lls sim u lta neo u sl y . The "old " h il l wa s groo m ed well and used for th e You th, Seni or and sm a lle r- d is p la ce m en t ( 125 c c250c c ) cla sses, whi le th e " ne w" h ill was ro ugh , wi th rock led ge s and a sprink li ng of tr ee stu m ps. Thi s tw ohill fo rm at allowed Wilwert's to tak e th e 40 0 -bi ke cap off th e entries, and well over 50 0 ri ders co m pe te d in th e tw o-day ev ent. Having tw o hil ls with d i fferent d egr ee s of d iff i culty , th e awa rd ing of the Fast T ime trophy prese nte d a pr o b l e m, but / Wilw er t' s so lve d that si m p ly .. by awa rd ing two Fas t Tim e tro ph ies - one to th e fastest rider on eac h hill. T Than Ch uck Nei nfeld t. a longtime veteran o n hi s extrem e Harl ey . took the wi n in th e Sen ior (Ove r 40 ) class on the "left side" and did it with 11.59 8seco nd run o n the fir st day . His w in nin g ride a lso earne d him the Fast Ti m e troph y for th at hill. Th e Haas fa m il y argu abl y had th e bes t fam il y success of the weekend. Lloyd. Lu k e and Greg Haas co m bi ned t ook th ree cha mpionships, a second, a fo urt h ' and a fifth . Ll oyd got h is w in in the hot ly co ntested 750c c class o n his K a w a sa k i tr iple with a co m efr o m-behind 11 .604 - se c o nd run . Ll oyd add ed a fourt h i n th e Open class and a fifth in th e 60 0c c c lass . to run his trophy co unt to three . Greg , Ll oyd 's brother. rod e Ll oyd 's Hon d a CR5 0 0 i n th e S upe r Sen i o r ( O v er 50) c l a ss and pu ll ed o f f h is own co me -from - b eh ind win . H e turn ed in a 16.929-se co nd run o n his first ride a nd was in seco nd pl ac e , beh ind Ron T odd , who was ri ding J as on N o rt hrup ' s H o n d a . O n th e second d ay , how ever, Greg d eliv ered a p ictu re-perfect ride stra ig ht (Above right) Harold Waddell took two cl a ss wins and set t he fastest time of the e ntire weekend in D ickeyville , W isconsin. That fast time was won on th is Open-class Suzuki. (Left) Prior t o the Nationals, Shan e Gre e n, t he 85cc Junior M in i champion from George to w n , Illino is , had won 20 out of 22 races in his home dist rict. H a ro ld Wadd ell w a s the b i g g est wi nne r o f th e wee k end , taki ng t w o c lass w in s, a thi rd an d th e cove ted Fast Ti me awa rd . He too k his first w in in the 250cc cl ass o n the "right sid e" with a 12 .98 7 -sec ond run on Sunday to o ve rt a ke Er ic Wh eelwri ght. w ho had taken the fi rst -round lead w ith a tim e of 13.419 sec o nds. Wa d de ll' s s e c ond , a n d mor e impr ess iv e , win c a me in th e O pe n cl ass. on hi s fire-b reathing Suzuki. He set th e faste st time on Satu rd ay wi th a roa ring 12 .898 -second run but saw th at time beat several times o n Sun day . H e resp ond ed wi t h th e m o st inc red ib le ru n of th e weekend, flyi ng th e big fou r -b an ger o ff t he sta rt ing lin e br eak er , la nding at fu ll th rottl e and abso lute ly fl y in g up and over in an inc re d ible 10 .568 seco n ds - t he on ly ri de r even to co me cl ose to th e 10 -se c on d br ac k et! Th e r id e ga ve Wadd ell th e O p en -c l ass cha m p ionship and als o th e beautiful 6- foo t- t all Fast T ime trophy . up the m idd le of the hill and c arded a 12. 776 -second ti m e for the win . Luk e, a co usin t o Ll oy d and Greg, gra bbed his w in in the 600c c Four Stroke c lass . Ridi ng a Ya ma ha YZ426 F (also bo rrowed fro m Ll oyd ) , Luke powered it over th e top o f the "tou g h" hi ll on th e first da y in 17 .7 06 sec onds . and t he t im e held u p all wee ke nd. Luk e c am e c lo se to a dou ble -cl ass w in, as he fin ished second in th e 6 00cc cla ss w ith a 12 .530 -sec o n d tim e on hi s H ond a , bu t w ell behin d the cla ss w inn er. Mik e Wood , who ca rded a 12 .245 -secon d run for the win. I n Yo u t h-c lass a ction . y oung Zach ar y De Gr oss was a double wi n ner. He took his fi rst wi n in the 50cc A uto ma t ic class for rid ers 4 to 8 years o ld, cli mbing 1 13 fe et for the On~/( wi n. He return ed in th e 65cc class. for 6 - t o 9-year -o lds . and t oo k that class win w ith an exc iting 18 1-foot effort j ust barel y good eno ugh fo r th e w in . as A lex Ger des rode 18 0 feet fo r sec ond! Shan e Gree n, wh o has been domi na ti ng the 85cc J u n ior Min i (7 - 1 1) class in Illi nois and Ind iana . was far and awa y th e best in tha t cla ss with a c rowd -p leasi ng 3 7 5 -foo t ride o n h is YZ8 5 . Hi s wi n was ex tremely im pr essive . as th e second -p lace tro phy went to Al ex Gerdes with a 24 l-foot effort. J ay Sall st rom was th e best o f the 85 cc Sen io r Mini ( 12 - 15) riders, and he wa s actua ll y the on ly Youth rid er to to p th e hill . which he did in 27.442 seconds . Wilw ert's ran an outstanding eve nt. The hills wer e g reat, th e g rou n ds were well- prepa red, and the sig nups and technica l ins pections were han d led v e r y w e ll. Th e trophies we re quite excellent - tru l y of a Na tiona l eN Cha mpionsh ip q ua lity , 85 J R MINI : J. Shane Green; 2 . Alex Gerdes; 3 . Henry Ke lly ; 4 . Brent Ludwig ; 5 . D rew Dan iels; 6 . Cha rles Conn: 7 . Justin Ja me s: 8 . Haley Bolles: 9 . Charlie Cain: 10 . Cory Browning. 85 SR MIMI: I. Jay Sellstro rn: 2 . Jacob Prebe: 3 . Brad Berkner; 4 . Jason Stemitzke; 5 . Ja red Gitter; 6 . Ju stin Newt on: 7. Cody Rankin ; B. Ja ci Gerdes: 9 . Christopher Huizenga ; 10. Kevin Bond. 125: 1. Ryan Thibault; 2. Scott Braun: 3. Dan Mears; 4 . Jeff Piontek ; 5 . Bobbi Jo Clpala: 6 . John Bunner: 7 . Kevin Braun; 8 . Billy Tom Hanes; 9 . Dan Dvorak; 10 . Brad Berkner. 2 0 0: 1. Aa ron Prebe; 2 . Mel Piontek ; 3 . James Marquardt; 4 . Ryan Peterson; 5 . Chris Halverson; 6. Ryan Ste ve rm e r: 7. Dan Mears; 8 . Jay Sallstrom; 9. Joshua Tu cker; to . Kevin Cox. 2 5 0 : 1. Harold Waddell; 2 . Jason Braun; 3 . Jeff Campbe ll; 4 . Eric Wheelwright; 5 . Mike Wood; 6 . Jeff Pionte k ; 7 . E ric Don ald son ; 8 . Ryan Peterson ; 9 . Aaron Prebe: 10. Scott Braun. 450 : I . Brent Stewart: 2 . Chad Koopsma; 3. Dan Ba ird: 4 . Paul Ha ck barth ; 5 . Matt Peters; 6 . Ryan Peterson: 7 . Doug Shafer; 8. Brian Kinney; 9 . Jamie Grelc er: 10 . Joel Fak de. 600 : I . M ike Woo d ; 2 . Luke Ha as; 3 . Harold Waddell; 4 . Kurt Koester; 5 . U oyd Haas; 6 . Kevin Van Wey; 7. Eric Wheelwright; 8 . Eric Donaldson: 9 . Paul Lowe: 10 . Kirk Mueller. 600 4 · STR K: I . Luke Haas; 2 . David Baird; 3 . Butch Fetters; 4. Don Sheridan .Jr.: 5 . Steven Cain; 5 . Wade Schultz; 7 . Paul Hackbarth: 8 . Darryl Johnson; 9 . Chase Johnson; 10. Josh Denson. 7 5 0 : I . Lloy d Haas: 2 . T odd Ci pa Ja; 3 . Ki rk Mueller; 4 . Kurt Koester; 5 . Kaleb Northrup; 6 . Andy Fortner; 7. Wade Schultz; 8 . Jason Northrup: 9 . Brad Ca in: 10 . Ferlin Hosch er . OP EN : 1. Harold Waddell; 2 . Mike Wood; 3 . To m Boerger; 4 . Lloyd Haas; 5 . Lloyd Mue ller; 6 . Brad Cain ; 7 . Kale b N orthru p ; 8 . Ch uck Ne infel dt; 9 . Duane Walser; 10. Ernie Beckwith. SR: 1. Chuck Net nfeldt: 2 . To m Boerger; 3 . Tim H a v e rcro ft : 4 . Randy Ma ta la s; 5 . M ike Br onk ; 6 . Randy Bronnenburg; 7 . Dennis Jelinek: 8 . Brad Cain; 9. Ronald Hoffman; 10 . Don Sheridan Sr. S/SR : I. Greg Haas; 2 . Dennis Jelinek; 3 . Ron T odd ; 4 . Gay le Je nkins; 5 . Mel Piontek ; 6. Da vid Bye r: 7 . Roger Hackbarth: 8 . Henry Kelley; 9 . Daryl Doubles tei n: 10. A .J. LuGrain. 4 0 0 STK : J. Mar k Schroeder; 2 . John Bunner; 3 . Colby McC utcheon: 4 . Matt Peters: 5 . Dwayne Cox; 6. John Colbert: 7 . Greg Raugh: 8 . James Marquardt: 9 . R.J . Watson: 10. Ryan Thibault. O PEN ST K: I . Greg Raugh; 2. Glen Fueqen: 3 . Chris Blain; 4 . Mike Schobert: 5. Dan McMurlyn; 6 . Rick Ness: 7 . Josh Eads: 8 . To m Boerger; 9 . Andy Fortner; 10. Louie Lauters. Dickeyville Hillclimb Dickeyville, Wisconsin Results: August 17. 2003 50 AUTO: 1. Zachary De Gross; 2 . Loqa n Cipela : 3 . J us ti n K inn e y ; 4 . G er et Smit h ; 5 . D ak ot a Blakeney: 6 . Je rem iah Lyday; 7 . Brent Ludwig: 8 . Lo g a n Mood y; 9 . J osep h Slechta ; J O. J am ie Johnson. 65: I . Zacha ry De Gross ; 2 . A lex Ge rdes; 3. Jeremy Johnson: 4 . Logan Cipala : 5. Dylan Nicholas; 6 . Dakota Blakeney: 7. Jacob Wood; 8 . Joe McGurer: 9 . Drew Daniels; 10. Casey Wood. FA ST TIME : Har old Wadd ell (Su z) /Chuck Neinfeldt (H· D). At 81 years old, the e ve nt 's o lde st competitor, Dorance Johnson fr om Moline, Illinois , disp lays hi s ve ne r able, vintage BSA. c ue e n e _ s S EPTEM B E R 24 . 2003 57

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