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CMC Trans-Cal Series, Northwest Region
Round 1: Albany Motorsports Park
(Above) Washington's Josh Hill soared t o wins in the aGcc
(1 4 - 16) a n d Su permi n i c lasses.
(L eft) Ryan Terlecki (5 9 7 ) traile d T iger Lace y i n the 2 50c c Pro
c lass at the CMC Trans-Cal Northwest o pene r at Alba ny
M otorsports Pa rk, but h e la ter w on the Open Pro c la ss.
S T O RV AN D PH OT O S B V CLA V l i G HT
ALBANY, OR, AUG. 24
~ a m a ha - mo unted
Ty "Tiger" Lacey
h i s a ll-out assau lt of
the top -tier events in the No rthwest
wit h a pa ir of overall Pro- class win s at
the o pening round of th e CMC T rans Cal Motocross Seri es, held at Alban y
Motorsp orts Park . The rider fro m Wolf
Cre ek , Or eg on , t o pp ed t h e 125 c c
and 2 5 0cc Pro cl asse s, j o in in g Ryan
Te rl e ck i (w ho w o n th e Op en Pr o
eve nt ) an d Da n Moo re (w ho t opped
th e Over 25 and Over 30 Pros) in th e
wi nn ers ' ci rc le.
T here w er e m any othe r t o p pe rfo r me rs at t he se ries ' o pe n e r , as
W ashin gt on ian s J osh and Ju sti n Hill
e a ch ca pt u re d d oub l e - c l a ss wins .
J osh won th e co m pe t itive Supermini
and 8 0cc ( 14- 16) classes, while his
yo unge r b ro th e r J u st i n sco red th e
60c c J u n i o r a n d 60cc Open -c lass
w i ns . Co li n Baker wo n the 60cc
S e n i o r a n d 8 0cc (9- 11) c l a sse s ,
K evin Rookstoo l t o pped th e 125cc
and 2 50cc Int erm ed i at es, and Zach
F et t ing er was victorious among t he
2 50cc Beg i n ne r s a n d O p en A mate urs .
Th e day 's o p eni n g Pro fess io na l
m oto was fo r th e Open Pros. Wh ile a
bit down o n number s, th e talent was
hig h ; Ter lecki an d Moore, co inc iden ta lly both form er Nati on al nu m ber-97
p lat e holders , wen t head t o head in
th e c l as s, w hi ch ran co mbine d with
the Over 25 Pro and Be fo re T he Hi ll
Inte rme d ia te c lasse s . Wh ile M o o re
and Te rlecki were co ntest ing ' separat e
classes, Moor e topped the first m oto,
tra iled by T erlecki. However, Terl ecki
tu rne d the tables o n Moore in moto
tw o .
T erl eck i sco red a 1-1 w in o f th e
O p en Pro c la ss , fo ll owed by fe ll ow
lli! continued
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O CTO BER 1, 2003'
cue' e
Yamah a rid er Roby Leach (2- 2) , J .R.
Meus ling (3 -3) and Nick Foister , wh o
earl ier had been invo lve d in a horrific
cra sh a n d r e p o r t e dl y s u ffe re d a
bro k en w ri st and la c era tion s. Moore
com m ande d th e Over 2 5 Pro cl ass ,
go ing 1- 1. KTM -mounted Pete San nan snared dual Before T he Hill -cl ass
wi ns , ah ead of Nath an W hitlo w and
Matt Will iam s.
T erl eck i , rid in g a Yama ha YZ450F,
jumped ahea d of the fi rst 250c c Pro
m ot o , foll owed by Lac ey , ro o ki e Pro
Ry an Th o m p s on , Ty l e r F ic k and
Rob ert H o l t gr ew . T e r l eck i' s l ea d ,
th ou gh , w as sho rt -li v ed , as L ac ey
a ssu me d th e lea d sh ortl y in to t he
opening lap. Lacey retain ed the lead
t o th e fin ish , fo llowed by fellow AMA
Supercross co ntender Te rlecki. Fick ,
rid ing a Honda, ch arged ahea d of the
veteran Mo ore late in t he moto to
garner third .
Moto tw o was al so a Lac ey benefi t.
T h e 20 -year -o l d ri de r k e pt u p h i s
rampa nt pace to th e fi nish to earn the
Mo t oS po rt O u tle t /Maxx is /So . Ca l ba c ked rid er h is first of tw o o ve rall
w in s o n t he day. S ini salo /M axx i s/
Ly nnwoo d Motoplex-s upported T er le cki netted second -pla ce c ash via
2-2 plac ings , whi le Fick (3 -3) , Moore
(4-4) and Hol t gr ew (6-5) ro unded o ut
th e top five overall finisher s.
La c ey ca me back seve ra l m otos
lat er to trounc e the co mpet it ion in the
125 c c Pro cla ss . Rid ing a Yama ha
YZ2 5 0 F , Lac ey g rabbed the lead in
both rn ot os: Lac ey had an Interm ed iate rider to deal with o n th e fi rst of 10
laps in m oto one, as the up -and -co m in g Ro o k st o ol sta y ed in sig ht of
L ac ey , t h o ugh o n l y f or a f ew l a p s
befo re Moore edged cl os er to Lacey .
However, Lacey held his g ro und fo r
th e wi n , o ve r Moore , F ic k an d J .R.
M eu slin g. La c ey a lso ca ptu red t h e
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m oto
tw o ,
and
his 1 - 1 t all y ea rn e d h im t he t op
m on ey , ahea d of M o ore ( 2 - 2) an d
Meusling (4-3 ) .
Rookst o ol ca p pe d o ff h is day by
t o p p i ng b oth 125 c c In t e r m e d i at e
m otos. Sannan was Rookstool' s closest foe du rin g both m ot os and use d
2 -2 fi nishes to ca pt ure second overall. Sa n na n ' s co meback bid afte r a
leng thy illness was impressiv e, as the
16 -year -old from Albany ran in co n te ntio n for an overa ll w in (after earlier
wi nning the Befor e Th e Hi ll ) . Whitlow
(4-3), Aaro n DeSi lva (3 -4) and Ryan
Huege (5- 5) fil led out the top five.
J osh Hill , w ho three wee ks earlie r
at the AMA Loretta Ly nn 's Amate ur
Nationa l won the 8 5c c (12 -13) class,
showed all on han d just how fas t th e
rider from LaC enter, Washington , is .
J osh dem o lis hed the competiti on fo r
a pair of ov erall wi ns , w inning every
moto that he ente red , incl ud ing both
Supermini m oto s, w h ich we re t he
fina l motos of th e day . T ravis McC li n ton and Byro n Yo u ng sp li t secondplace finis hes . McClinto n (2 -3) was
recipient of the overa ll second -plac e
laure ls, tra iled by Young (4 -2 ), T yler
McCli nton (3- 4 ) a nd D an n y M c D onou gh (5 -7) .
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Albany Motorsporls Park
Albany , Oregon
Results : August 24, 2003 [Round 1 01 21
P/ W ( 3 -6): 1. Wyatt Fo w ler ( Hus) ; 2 . Sedge
Rialtos (Cob ); 3. Jacob Crawford (KTM); 4 . Nathan
Brenenstuhl (KTM); 5 . A ndrew Nessel (Han).
P/W ( 7- 8) : 1. J onathan A ndrew (Cob); 2 . Zach
Berry man (Pol) : 3. Chri s A lldredg e (Cob); 4 . Coby
Ay res (KTM); 5. Sierra Shir ley (KTM) .
50 O PEN: 1. Chris Alldredge (Cob) ; 2. Jo nat han
And rew (Cob) ; 3 . J aco b Crawford (KTM ); 4 . Nathan
Brenenstuhl (KTM); 5. Coby Ayres (KTM ).
60 BEG: 1. Eddy Duncan (Hon); 2. J .D. Bak er
(Kaw) ; 3. Brandon Barber (Sua): 4. Zach Berryman
(Kaw) ; 5. Aaron Beck (Kaw).
60 JR : 1. Ju stin Hill (Kaw) ; 2. Chris All dredge
(Suz); 3. Garrett Christo ffersen (KTM); 4 . R.J . Leech
(Suz) ; 5. Taly n Tay lor (KTM) .
60 SR: I, Colin Bak er (KTM) ; 2. Nash Blaylock
( KT M) ; 3 . Travis Co nkli n ( Ka w) ; 4 . Kyl e Ul ri ch
(KTM).
60 OP EN : 1. Ju st in Hill ( Ka w ); 2 . Ch ris
Al ld redg e (Suz) ; 3 . R.J . Leac h (S uz); 4 . Gar rett
Christo ffersen (KTM); 5. Tra vis Conk lin (Kaw).
8 0 B EG : 1. Char les F ettinge r ( Hon) ; 2. Nile
J ohn son (Ya m) ; 3 . A lex Co le ma n (Yam) : 4 . Ky le
Ham montree (Yam) ; 5. Colten Stephens (Han) .
80 (9 - 1 1) : 1. Colin Baker (Yam ): 2. Ky le Roberts
(Hen ): 3. Ryan Robert s (Yarn): 4 . Kyle Ulrich (SUl) ;
5. Nash Blaylock (Yarn).
80 ( 12 - 13): 1. Travis McClinton (Yarn); 2. Ty ler
McCli nt on (Ya m) ; 3 . Ty ler Scb wentker ( Yarn) ; 4.
Karnrin Nielsen (Yarn); 5. Ky le Lemon (Yam ).
80 ( 14 - 16 ): 1. Jo sh Hill (Yam) : 2. Byron Young
(Hon); 3. Danny McDonough (Hon).
S/M-INI : 1. Josh Hill (Yam ): 2. Trav is McClinton
(Ya m ); 3 . Byron You ng (Hon) ; 4 . T yler Mc Clin ton
(Yam ); 5. Danny McDonough (Han) .
125 BEG: 1. Ryan McLaughlin (Yam) ; 2. Shane
Sk iles (Hon) ; 3. Devan Bolin (KTM ) ; 4 . Travis Gierke
(Hus); 5. Jeff J enkin s (Yam).
12 5 J R : 1. Ra c e L ac e y (S uz); 2. A ar on
McCl inton (Yam ); 3. Cody Crum ley (Yam) ; 4 . Kyle
Pachma yr (Suz) ; 5. Eri k Meusling (Suz) .
12 5 I NT : 1. Kevin Rook stool (Yam ) ; 2. Pet e
Sannan (KTM ); 3. Nathan Whitlow (Yam); 4 . Aaron
DeSilva (Yam); 5. Rya n Huege (Hon) .
125 PRO: 1. Tig er Lacey (Yam); 2. Dan Moore
(Suz); 3. J .R. Meusling (Suz); 4. Tyler Fic k (Hon) .
25 0 BEG : I . Zac h Fett ing er ( Hon ) ; 2. Ste ffa n
Bo lin (KTM) ; 3 . Je remia h Spar ks (Yam) ; 4 . Davi d
Heunn ekens (Yam) .
250 J R: I. Ben Hurlburt (Hon); 2. Kyl e Ad ki ns
( Ho n ); 3 . Scott Smith ( Ka w ) ; 4 . A ar o n T unnell
(Yam ): 5. Scott Hoc kem a (Suz).
2 5 0 I NT : I . Kevin Rookstoo l ( Yam ); 2 . Matt
Hop kin s (Ho n ) ; 3 . Dav id Si b ley (Yam) : 4 . Ry an
Huege (Hon); 5. Dav e Silvestri (Suz}.
250 PR O : 1. T i g er L ac e y (Yam) ; 2. Ryan
Te rleck i (Yam ); 3. Tyler Fick (Hon); 4 . Dan Moore
(Suz); 5. Robert Holt grew (Hon).
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O PEN AM : 1. Zach Fett inger (Hon); 2. Jim Harris
(Hen): 3. Jon J olley (Hon ); 4. Bryo n Sm ith (Hue): 5.
Zack Mclain (Yam ).
O PEN PRO; 1. Ryan Ter lecki (Yam ) ; 2. Roby
Leach (Yam) ; 3. J .R. Meusling (Hon) ; 4. Nick Fo ister
(Yam ); 5. Robert Holtgrew (Hon ).
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WMN: 1. Sierra Bragg (KT M); 2. Chery l Whelchel
(Hen) : 3. Kry stle M