Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

35. NOV: I. Jerry Gage (SUl) ; 2. Do n Hod g so n (Ha n ); 3 . StKey Rowe (Yllm ); 4. Marlo. Mansfield (Hon ); 5. Curtis Dupu is (HOI'l) . 40 . NOV: I. Stacey Rowe (Yam ); 2. Man::us Woods (Hon) ; 3. Marlo. Mansfield (Hon); 4. Jeff St.!IlIings (Yam); 5. Mike Wilson (Yam ). 40 . 1f'fT : I. Greg Dougl as (Ya m) ; 2. Bob He rs hey ( Ha n); 3. 35 . 1l'lT I. Dan DeNuu o (Han ); 2. Bob H~y (Hoo); 3. Gary : Cu rtis (Hon ); 4. Geoff Woods (Suz ); 5. Don Menden ha ll (Yam ). 35. EX: I. Johnny Souz a (Hon ). Joseph Gonzalez (Yam ); 4. Stuart Ndson (Han): for 13th overall ; Min chow edg ed out Thompson by just two po ints to take th e spot. With the Las Vegas rou nd ca nceled , th e final round will be held in Victorville on Octo ber 25 and 26 . 5. Pat Saugar (KTM). 40 . EX: I. Ken McKenz ie (Han) . Fernley Intematio nal Ra c e way Fe rnle y. Nevada International DId-TimersAnnual Race Series Round 11: Fernley International Raceway Results: A ugust 3 0 -3 1 ,2003 (R ound 11) 40 . NOV: I . Ed Roumpz ; 2. VIC Marsha ll; 3. Brian Swanson: 4 Ric Tipton; 5. G~ Landers. 40 . AM: I . Kevin Mario; 2 . Mike Downey ; 3 . Keith Gedd is; 4 . Mike Mieras; 5. Man::usCride r. 40. EX: I. Rand y Robe rts: 2 . Robm Marks; 3 . Ron Hudson ; 4. Stan Smi th ; 5 . Tim Hobbs. 50. NOV; 1. Kyle MontgomfO 2 . Les Otdenbrook: 3 . Rick ry; Kane; 4 . John Rock; 5. Herb xene. Hoover Picks Up a Win FERNLEY, NV , AUG . 30-31 B y Fr ida y aft ern oon , th e p its at the Fern ley tr ack wer e fu ll o f rigs rangin g i n size from tents an d EZ -Up s to motorhome s and fi ve wheelers. It wa s ho t, bu t a dry breeze m ade th e 9 0 · de g ree -p lus tempera tu res tol erable. The water tru ck s were bus y alr ead y , and a walk on t he t r a ck rev eal ed a nu m b e r of changes from p rev io us year s' courses. Basi ca ll y, r i d e r s w er e l o o king a t wid e - o p e n st ra ig ht s w ith sw eepi ng c o rn er s o n a san d tr ac k second to non e. Bob Fa bel of th e Neva da Chapter seemed to be in charge of eve rything, an d he was seen me eting himself co m ing and go ing . Chap ter presid ent Larry Brown is g reat at delegating , and he m ade a gr eat pick in Fabel - and , of co urs e, hi s bea utifu l lady , Judy . Th e tr ack committee had created a g rea t layo ut, and the st raights w ere th e lon gest of th e y ear. (A cert ain reporter scar ed himself in fi fth gear a few ti m es on his new CRF45 0R) . Saturday m o rning , th e pr actices were awesome o n packed, groo m ed sand th at had been watered to perfection. As is ro utine. the weekend's racin g beg an wi th th e Over 60 and Ov er 70 Experts , aft er th e rid ers' m eetin g and th e o pportunity to li st en to the nation al anthem s u n g b y 5 -y ea r -o l d M i c h e ll e K a i n f ro m O ran gev ale, Californ ia. Her tal ent broug ht a feelin g of pr ide to all , as well as th e expecta tion th at we will see her on nati ona l telev isi on so m eday. At th e end o f the day , Lynn and Greg Chapel serv ed the finest barbecu ed por k ribs and whit e corn coo ked to pe rfect io n. Th e old -ti m ers, p art icul arly those of the Nev ada Chapter , really kn ow how to put on an event. Th ere were so many gr eat races during th e week end , it' s hard to select which to high lig ht. Ov er 6 0 Am ateu rs B ru c e Ho ov er fr om Riverside and Richard Ko lbet of Nevada diced w ith each other th e wh ol e week end . Hoover had so me tr oubl e in t he fi rst mota, taking fourth, whil e Kol bet won . Hoo ver then won the final three m otos and th e overall, whil e Ko lbet ro de clo sely beh ind for second overall. Both Hoov er and Kolbet wer e k eeping an eye on Leroy Francard, who rides fo r Idaho , and Ron Don Tocher; 5. Steve Machado . 60. NOV: I. Scott Wa lker; 2. Dennis Pa ngborn ; 3. Kurt Sofka ; 4. Bob Mount; 5. G~ Wall. 60 . AM: I. Bruce Hoover. 2. Richa rd Koibet; 3. LeroyFlW'lCard; 4 . Roo Clawson; 5. Harold Noe ll. 60. EX: I. Bob Krah ; 2 . Ba rt Kellogg; 3 . Gary Willison; 4 . George Spearing: 5 . Ca rl Bowling. 70. AM: I . Bruce Co mel l; 2. Nete House; 3. Den McCarthy ; 4 . Rich ard Orrilt 70. EX: I. Mall. Goode; 2. Dua~ $perl«; 3 . Tony Armada ; 4 . Gene Higginbotham; 5 . Bill McKendry . /l\STR A: f. Eric McKenna ; 2. MlIrk Ka~tner; 3 . Shawn Hyb ,u ge r: 4 . Kevin True x. MSTR B: 1. larry Brown; 2. Mike McMurry; 3 . Hem Nachtigal! ; 4 . Gilbert Ch ick; 5 . Dllniel Scharf. Three-Man T eamRaces Log R oadMX Clawson of th e Central Valley Ch apt er , who ended thir d and fourth ove ra ll , respecti vely . Fr esh fro m an overall win in Calgary, Mi ke Down ey of Br iti sh Co lum bia work ed as ha rd as he could to tak e the overall in the Ov er 4 0 Amateur cl ass. Nevada 's Kevin Marlo was the m an to beat, thoug h . Wh ile Down ey he ld a one -po int lead at the end of the thr ee m ot os on Saturday , Marlo did what he had to do to beat Down ey in th e fi nal two m ot os, takin g secon ds , wi t h Do w n ey ta ki n g th i rds. Mike Mieras, also from Nevada, had some serio usly bad luck in m oto three, pl aci ng 24 th , but oth erwise he had thr ee m ot o wins and a third , ending up fo urt h overa ll. Nevadan Keith Geddis rode to a steady th ird ov erall . J im my Harris and Jerry Win kelbauer are in a k nock -do wn, drag -out figh t for the cham pio ns hi p in th e Ov er 50 Exp ert class . Every m ote wi n and ov erall win are c ritical to th e o ut come. By the end of Saturday , Oregon 's Harri s had a one -point adva ntage over th e Sierra Chapter's Winkelbauer. A ha rd -c ha rg ing Winkelbau er caug ht and passed Harris in m ota fou r for the w in . No w ti ed for the day, the over all would go to whoever won the final m ot a . Harris ro c k et ed h i s b r an d -n ew CRF4 5 0 R t o the fi rst co rne r for one of his ma ny holeshots of th e day. Winkelbauer ca me aro und th e corne r not fa r be h in d . La p afte r lap , Harris m aintai ned hi s lea d , but Win kel bauer kept showing him a wheel wh ile th ink i ng , " I pa ssed h im l a st m ot o , I c an do it again ." With the ove rall win and perhaps th e cha mpionship on th e line, Wink elbau er pa ssed Harris and appeared to be on his way . Wit h two turns to go , a lapp er unfort unately ended up in the corner at the same ti m e that Harri s and Wink elba ue r arr ived . Winkelbauer cho se to pass him on the high side, Harri s on the low side . Harris chose co rrec tly in th is case and m ot or ed o n to th e w in and th e ove rall. Th e cha m pio nship will be determined at the final race, to be hel d in Vi ct or vill e at th e end o f Octo ber. W hile Neva da ' s Russ Wy a nt an d L. A. 's Mich ael Burnett were tak ing fi rst and seco nd in th e Ov er 50 Amateurs, a co up le o f guys "down in the tr ench es" were ha vi ng fun , too , without winn ing : Las Vegas' Bert Min chow and Sierr a' s Roy Th ompson batt led tooth and nail B y G ENE HIGGINBOlHAM 50. AM; I . Russ Wyant; 2. MIchae l Burne tt; 3. Barry Ander5on ; 4. GordonSkinner. 5. J a mes Pderson. 50. EX: I. J invny HarTis; 2. Jerry Wlnkleba uer. 3. J itCk & ken; 4 . Jeff Kissinger; 5. Rick Fa lconer . 50. MSTR: 1. Charl ie MaMall; 2. Bill Mall.m : 3. Terry 5.!lge; 4. i Auten .an d Penrod and Sewell- Oh My! B y BART NEWMAN BRONSON, MI, AUG . 3 1 Labor Day Weekend at Log Road MX m eans two thi ngs : b ig fu n and the th ree -man team race . Th is was the team race 's fou rth stra ight year, and bo th a m ini divisio n and a bi g -b ik e division joi ned in th e fun th is ti m e. Th e format is si m p le: Th er e are three riders o n a team, and three gate dro ps per m ot e. with one team mate leaving o n eac h one; the low est tot al score determi ne s th e w in ner. O n th e li tt le bik es , no o ne co ul d sto p th e su pe r team of David Comp ton , Micha el Chapm an and Taylor Davis, as they went one -two -th ree , sco ring the low est poss ible sco re to take the Mi ni titl e by a whopping 27 po ints. O n th e big -bo res, it was th e talented trio of T .J A ute n , T ravi s Sewell and J oe Penrod tak ing to p ho no rs w ith 10 po ints to spa re, as Sewell won th e m ot o goi ng away to seal the vic tory. When th e gate hit t he g ro und , Compto n hit the gas , an d he was th e leader of the pa ck as w ave o ne of the Mini t eam race ro ared th rou g h tu rn o ne. Davis w atched hi s te am m ate lead th e way and foll owed sui t on ga te dro p two , while Br ett Wagn er held th e ad van t ag e a round turn o ne i n g at e dro p thr ee . Co m pto n had cl ear sailin g ahead, and he used it well , pu tting tim e on t he p ack w it h eac h passing seco nd . O n lap two, Davi s and Tim Walk er were in a f i ght ove r seco n d . T h e batt l e for fift h betw een Wag ner and Cha pma n was a barn burn er , as the two Mi ch igan speedste rs were at eac h othe r's throat s. With on e lap to go , Co m pto n w a s s ki ll f u ll y w orkin g h i s w a y th rou gh lapped traffi c wi th spee d and grace , on his way to a large lead . Wal k er found a way around Dav is, but a tip -ov er with less th an a lap to go put hi m on the wr on g end of the battl e and behind both Davi s and Chapm an. Wag ner was runn ing fifth when a blown m ota sto ppe d him dead in his tra ck s, hand ing fi ft h t o Lew i s Hunt, w h o w a s la y in g d own som e serious lap s. At th e flag , it wa s Compton by a good m argi n. Cha pman found a way around Davis on th e back section of th e track to tak e the ru n n er -up spo t , w h il e D av i s held tough in th ird , despi te pressure fro m Walk er and Hunt. Compton , Cha pm an and Davi s too k th e top pri ze in a runaway w in . Th e ste ady tea m o f Co die By lsma (who p lac ed seventh) , Charles Bloomer (1 2th) an d Zac h Rochefort (1 4 th ) too k ru nner-up ho nors. Th e last team to take ho me one of th e coo l Bad Bru sh Desig n threeman t eam p laques wa s com prised of Taylor Morris (sixth) , Ke nny B ass ( 10th) and Zach Hayes ( 18th) . When th e ga te d ropped fo r the fir st big bike start , Sewell sho t out front, burning up t he track o n hi s RM 12 5 . In ga te drop tw o , Natio nal number th ree, Penrod, was out front and flying . Gate drop th ree ha d A uten runn ing poi nt on h is m ighty 4 50 cc Ya maha . It was easy to see wh y Sewell is o ne of Michig an ' s fast est 125 cc riders, as he rail ed around th e rolli ng Log Roa d facility at hyp erspeed , pulling out a big lead . Ky le Glass and Anthony Dibb le were at war over second , tr ad ing that positi on m o re than a few tim es on th e fir st co up le of laps. Th e race for first in the second gate drop wa s also good , as Penrod and Robbie Conklin went at all m ot o long . A ute n had his hand s full with Randy Woodr ing , as the two Yama ha riders sli ced throug h th e pack in a fight for th e lea d in the third wav e. At th e checke red flag, it wa s Sewell taking first by a m il e and lead ing h is team to victory. Penrod was seve nth ove r- ,-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - - - -- - -, ,, ~

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