Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

250 8 : I . J ake Oobb raU ; 2. Eric PeleB; 3. Ja cob Col lins: 4. whose 7· 2 ta lly gamered second overall. Denmark Sports and Competition Denmark. W isconsin Re sults: August 2 4, 2003 (Round 1 n P/W JR : I . Colln H,," : 2 . "'.J . Woller; 3 . Adam Rm: 4 Nick Rondrup 5. NICkM"lio.e1. ; P/W SR: I. Chri $t~r Bene...j oes: 2. Ry,," Nystrom: 3 . IU l.ego ; 4. Cody ~Yffi!lM'fl; 5. Cody Steudl.. MINI 6~ (7 -1 1): 1. Scott McConnell: 2. Ben Petenon; 3. Lukas Kate~: 4. Brian ludWig; 5. Nathan laPorte. MINI JR (7· 11): I . Scott McConnell: 2. Dylan Koth: J. Henry lsabd~: 4 Lukas Kalm.; 5. \lI&de Gilbm. 1I\INI SR ( 12. 15 1: I . Bnan Collins; 2. M" ttt- J'Io',mz~), Jordan Schncidoef'; 4. Brandon Crn il':r; 5 . Cody Sokolik. J 25 JR: I. Robert lllire: 2. Brian Comns: 3. Steven ~rhardt; 4. Erie Hollub : 5 . Cale Sela . 125 A: I. J~ lambon: 2. .krmly Hackbarth 3. Eric Wel5e; 4. : Room Loire; 5. Jaco b La Count. 12 5 8 : I. Aaron St.rof'~l : 2. Bnen Coll ins: 3 . Kevin Vandenbush ; 4. Travis Errlmann; 5. Jeremy TabtJl ke. s 125 C: I. Ch~lon Ul ~y : 2. J uMin Gangl; J. (hast' Clover, 4 Dustin Macs; 5. ( ale Sale. 250 A : I. Je rem y Hd{'" ba rth ; 2. Eri c Weise: 3. DlI v id SrTUl ge: 4 . k Sta nley Nooyen; 5 . Cratg Wall ace. ~ y Joh nson ; With tw o laps to go . Nesbitt sto pped fo r fu el. and Leiv an and W o h letz see med ready t o dec ide the race be twee n the mse lves . However, Nes bitt rod e hard and worked his way back into co ntention m idw ay through lap four. When the leaders entered the whooped out creek, Wohletz m ade his m ov e agai n and took th e lead . This ti m e , Leivan reta lia ted and ut ili zed his smoothe r li ne at the ex it to m ak e Woh letz's lead las t all of 10 sec o nds . Ho w ever, ju st then. Leivan m ade a m ista ke o n an u phill and allowed W oh letz to move ahead. Ne sbitt followed Leivan and go t hu ng up as well . Desperate to c at ch up , Ne sbitt hit a roc k . then a tree, then the groun d . and fell 30 seconds down by la p's end . With just a lap to go, and th e champion ship in sight, Leivan clung t o Wohletz , looking for an opportuni ty to pass . It took almost four miles of that final lap, but Lei van stra ightened o u t a t ight se c t ion of co rn e r s a n d n o sed hi s An sw er/Dun lo p /Sc ott /DP B rak es/UFO back ed ride in to a lead he wo uld not relin quish. " I th ought if I co uld get throug h th e c reek sec tion witho ut hi m [Wohle tz] getti ng aro und m e, it would be har d for him to pass me." Leiv an reasoned. That turned out to be exactly th e situa tion. a s Woh letz co u ld only get so close in the du st, but the 18 -year -old YZ2 50F jockey ke pt w ith in str iking d ist an c e t o clai m run ne r -u p ho no r s - h is bes t -ev er result. Less tha n a m inu te and 20 seco nds later came Nesbitt to round out th e to p three. Th iele co m pleted his less-th an-perfect da y in fourth plac e, o nly the second time all yea r tha t he hasn 't been on th e pod ium. 5 . COl')'Sm~ 250 C; I. Todd Eyerard; 2. Brad Sm ith; 3 . V"lnCent ~; 4. Dustin Vanscoy: 5. Richard Goog e. OPEN I. JerMly H.Kkborth: 2. Eric WNe: 3. St4nle y Nooym ; : 4. D4 yk:l Sma~; 5. Paul Philbrick . SPT$M N A: I. Jesse Zambon; 2. ~ La Count. SPTSMN B: I. Philip Smage ; 2. Ja cob Collins; 3. Ry an Zuegro; 4 Den Fletcher: 5. o-ton Ullf.y . WM ; I. Heather Road! ; 2. Kimberly !son; 3. $heerla Ha.. s: 4 Shawna untaw; 5. julie' Frahma nn . /ll\ TR 25. : I. Ken Masch; 2. EronEzetins; 3. Norman La RO S lle; 4, Matthew Frasch: 5. Bry an Ba rstow. VET A 30. : I. Paul Philbrick; 2. Brya n Barst ow ; 3 . Mat th_ Fra sch; 4 . Mik e Schram : 5 . J Ilme'S Ziolkowsk i. VET B 30 . : I. Brian McCanna ; 2. Joe l Bayert : 3. PeteErnme: 4 Rob Hoeleft; S. Tod d Creve r. SR 40.: I. Robert Edler. 2. Shawn O'Brien; 3, Skip [}.,-yeT"; 4. DlI yid PP.nnebKker;, . Donald ZantO'tll'. SR 50 . : I. Doug Bawnann: 2. John Miller; 3. John Meehan : 4 Mel PIontek ; 5. Will iam Terry NO N·CUR: I. Mike Donnan: 2. Ton y Dorman: 3. Sh4wn O'Br ien; 4. Sdh G.lller; 5, John Hoof . Z ·F1DDY: I. Robert loire; 2. Kevin McNiff; 3. A le.. La«hno is. Missouri H areScrambles Championship Series Round 12: Lake Creek Hare Scrambles Leivan Takes the Lake - and the Title B Y F RA N K l..EJVAN SE DA U A , MO, A U G. 24 W it h five round s rem ain ing i n th e M isso u ri Hare Scrambl es Ch am pionshi p Seri es. fo u r ri de rs stil l had a m athema t ica l sho t at th e o verall title. but aft er round 12 of 16 at Lak e Creek . the battle for the cham pionship is ov er, as SC R/Y am aha ride r Stev e Leivan pulled out a la st -lap pass to cl aim his seventh victory of the seas o n an d cli nch h is 11th series title , m ak ing him the winn ingest MHSC rider of all tim e. Th is victory ex te nde d his win stre ak to five in a row . "I kn ew that a wi n tod ay could wr ap up the tit le, so I was foc used on tr y ing to get that don e." Leiva n said . "T he last fo ur races have bui lt some m omentum for m e, bu t this wa s a to ugh race. We go t dow n to the end , and I wa s able to use m y expe rie nce and prepa rati on to pull m e th rough . It' ll be nice not having any pr essure to deal with th e last few races." Th u rsd ay ni g h t' s thu ndersto rm d ro ppe d nearly an inch of rain on the rac et rack . but the incredi bly d ry g round and int en se te m pe ra tures prior to rac e day abso rbed th e m o istur e quick ly and left the racers w ith another dust y event. Half of the 9 -m ile course was reserv ed for m ot or c y cl es on ly a n d w a s co m p r ised m ostl y of virg in sing le- tr ack . Th e other ha lf w a s sha re d wi t h t h e ATV s a nd wa s q u ite dusty. w ith lo ts of roll ing roc k s. In add it ion , th e 1DO-d eg r ee t em p er at u r es made th ings tou gh. H o lesho t h on o r s w en t to Team G r een / J on es Pow erspo rt s rider Chris Nesbitt, w it h Leivan cl ose behin d on h is WR250 thum pe r. Wh en N esbitt 's atte ntion shi fte d to his leak ing dry brak e j us t a fe w hundr ed yards into th e race , Leiv an po unc ed o n th e o pportu n ity to t ak e the lead . In no rea l hurry t o get away, Leiv an m eth od ic all y pic k ed his way th rough the relatively dust -free sing le-tra ck. with N esbitt , Ca leb Wohl eU and Ch ris T hi ele in tig ht formation behind hi m . The man on th e m ove was Red Buill Axo l Fl atl an d Racin g / E VS /Sp ro c k et Sp ecialists' Wohl et z, wh o work ed h is way th r o ug h the whooped -o u t cree k sec tion , aro und Nesbitt and Leiv an and int o th e lead . At tha t po int, the racers en tere d th e ATV section , and the dus t got th ick er. Wo hletz stretched out his le ad, wh ile Leivan, Nes bitt and Thi ele were forced to back off. A fte r th e secon d lap . Wo hle U ha d p ulled aw ay to a 20-seco nd lead over Leivan , who had hi s hands full with Ne sbitt. A co llis ion with a tr ee k nock ed Th iele j ust over a m inute ba ck , but the Motor cycl e Stuff/Y oshimura/Fly /Tsub ak i/J &W Cycles -b acked WR450 p il ot wa s a sa fe fo urth, w ith La rs Va li n running fi fth at th at point. On th e thi rd lap, Leiva n logged the fastest la p of th e r ac e ( 24 :4 6) a nd ran down th e lead er , tak ing th e lead near the 5 -m ile m ark wh en Wo h let z washed o ut the fro n t wh eel. Nesbitt was hanging tight on his Renthal /Fac tory Effex /Twi n Ai r/ RK Cha in /I MS -sup ported KX250 an d nea rl y got b y Wo h letz as we ll. B y D EBBIE A uzx w z c -c a: '" i;; ~ Q. n e 'ftI' s O/A: 1. Steve telven (Yam) : 2. ClIl~ ......ohleu (ylI m): 3. Chris Nesb (Kaw ); 4. Chris Thiele (Yam ); 5. David Taylor- (KTM); 6. L..an. itt Valin (Hon): 7 . Tr tlC")' Bauman ( KTM); 8 . Brilln J ahelka (KTfI\); 9 . And~ Sm ith (KTM): 10. Sammy ~l (KTM). M : I. Caleb Woh ieU (Vam ); 2 . Chris NMbitt (Ka...[: 3. Chris Th iele (VlIm ): 4. Lars Vll hn (Hon ): 5. T racy Bauman (KTM). A : I. Day id Taylor (KTM): 2. Sammy Vosndl (KTM); 3 . Ke'IIin Boyle (Hon ); 4. Jon Simon s (Hus): 5. .JohnSuuckholf (Kawj. 200 B: 1. Andr e.. Smit h (KTM): 2. J..remy OotlO n ( Hon ): 3. Mic had Hamil ton (Kaw); 4. Brando n Vaughn (KTM); 5 . Cli sey Hink el (KTM.) . 25 0 B: 1. Jak e Bisho p ( Yam) ; 2. Dan ny Crawfo r d ( Hon ): 3. Todd Corw in (KTM); 4. Adam Ashcroft (KTM.): 5. Gary Wolf (! Mid-South Summer Camp Series Round 7: The C higger Run (/J Lake Creek Hare Scrambles: Steve Leivan continued h is winning streak in the Missouri Hare Scrambles Championship Series, making it f ive in a row at r o u n d 12 and, with fou r ro u nds still to go, c linching the c hampionship · h is record 11 t h series title! D espite ridi ng in di ff erent cl ass es, Vali n and Davi d T a y lo r ( w ho domin ate d th e" A cl ass) diced it out with th e stop watc h for fifth ove ra ll. Nev er m ore than a handful of sec onds a pa rt o n adj u st ed ti m e, it wa s T ay lo r w ho pr evai led at the end to get th e position by 14 seconds . wh il e Valin to ok sixth overa ll . fifth AA ri der. VAN LEER, TN , A UG. 24 Dustin Gibson rac ed hi s wa y in to a wi n at the M id -Sou th C h a m p i o ns hi p Su m m er Ca mp Se ries' seventh ro und , th e Ch igg er Run . On 7.5 m il es of c ourse, he rod e a sm ooth ra ce , m ak ing fo ur la ps w hile battling w it h St ev e Go rdon and fi ve other 25Occ / O pen A riders. T he Sarge's Cy cle/ KTM/ Pro A ct ion of Ken tucky/ Sm ith / Ma xxis T ires-back ed Gibson got off to a slow start but qu ickly recov ered when everyone else swung w ide goi ng into a creek sec t io n . He took the insi de li ne and m oved in to sec on d p lac e, behind Yameha- rno unted Jon Buckner. " I passed J o n o n th e mo tocross tr ac k ." Gibson recounted, " and he stu ck with me for a while until he m issed a turn o r go t a flat tire. I pull ed a good lea d until I sto p pe d for g as . That's whe n Ste ve Gord on ca ugh t m e." On the second lap, Gordon led while Gib son struggled with lappers. Fr om that point on, Gibs on and Gor don swa pped the lead unti l the last la p , whe n Gibso n brok e away . He pu lled away an d th en dec ided to sett le in fo r a sec ure finish out fron t. " I really di dn 't want to m ak e any mistakes, so I slo wed do wn and took m y ti me," said Gib so n, who fi nis he d fi rst o ve rall a nd in th e 250cc / O pe n A class a nd earne d an extra S100 . " I'm o n a new EX C 250. and I haven't go tte n m y shock do ne ye t; I ha ve m y 450c c shock on it. It ga ve m e a pr ett y good wo rkout an d was kick ing m e aro und a little bit. It was a good w ork ou t for th e w in t er series co rn ing up ." North's Super C y cl e -spo nsored Go rdon too k seco nd pl ace ove rall. He sta ye d w it h Gib son throug ho ut and rolled int o th e tent wi thin seco nds of Gibson' s tim e. " I had a pretty good ri de t oday " Go rdon said. '" wa s third off the start and got seco nd wh en J on m ade a wron g turn . I rod e p re tt y hard - har der than I wan ted to , bec ause Dusti n never wo uld pu ll aw ay from m e th at fa r t o all ow m e to relax a bit. " The next group of rider s to co me thro ugh the sco re t ent incl ude d M art y M ich el s. J os h S co tt a nd J er e m y K e t c hu m . Pl e s sin g er Cy cle / lronman Spr ock els / A xo/ B ig Gun/ Cla rk suppo rted Michels cam e in th ird aft er spending m ost of hi s tim e go ing back and forth with Scott. " I j ust put m y hea d do wn an d rode like I k n ew h ow t o r i d e a n d k i n d o f g ot a g ap The Chigger Run: Dusti n G ibson (2) d igs deep t o pa ss lapped rider Michael Trevathan at t he Chigger Run i n Va n leer, Tennessee, en route to the overall v ictory and f irst place in the 250c c A class at r o u n d seven of t he M id-South Summer Camp Series.

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