Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

P/W 50 (7·8) : 1. Park er Meeks . XR5Q (4-6) : I . Kody Pestell: 2. 5000y Brown; 3. Don Moody; 4 5. Austin Deraham. XR50(7 -8): 1. BrockKing; 2. J acob Thomas; 3. Evan Downs . XR50 /lDV: I. Zachary Fonyth: 2. Bra ndon O~ca ult; 3. Justin Troy ~; llurut. TRL BK: I . Justin lee (Suz) : 2. Mike Cron k (Han ); 3. Sa ma ntha K~r (Hoo): 4, Chandler Morgan (Han) ; 5. Ty Nelson (Han) . 60 $TRTR: 1. Ty ~son (Suz) ; 2. Ryan Boydstun (Kaw); 3. SrAn Lee (Kaw); 4. J ustin Duc:u(KTM.) 5 . Ryan Bums ; SIP/W 1. Bnmdon Qul cault (KTM. . : ) Main TndI. 50 14 -6 ) STK; 1. Jose Ce ja (Pol) ; 2. R)'an SYn an (KTM); 3 . M4che1llubMko (KTM): 4 . J acob Carlson (Pol): 5. M.ch.Jel ·Don Bass IKTM} 5(} (4 -6) MOD: M4ch~ll l.ubanko L ~ Ceja (Pol); 2. J acob Can son (Pol); 3. (IITM). 50 (7 ·8 ) STK; 1. Trista n Post (Cob); 2. Teren Sa lina5 (Pol): 3. Bryce Cords (u-m ); 4 J orddn Sh~erd (KTM. : 5. T )' ~r Kunzweiler ) ICob}. 50 (7 ·8 ) MOD ; I. Ch ris Cuero (Cob) ; 2. Mike Victorian (KTM); 3. Bryce Cord s (Lem ); 4. Jovan Pulgar(Pol): 5. Jordan Shepard (KTM). 50 OPEN; I, Jovan Pulga r (Pol). SfP/W : I. Ch ris Cuero (Cob): 2. Josh ua Stark (KTM); 3. Mike Victorian (KTM). 60 BEC : I. Bryan Bu rc h (Ka w); 2. Bran don Jone s (S uz): 3. Ca leb Tl ngua )' (KTM): 4 . Mteh ae l Emery (Ka w): 5. Teren Salinas (Kl w). 60 (6-8): 1. Chris Cuero (KTM.): 2 . Gera rdo Ro lda n (Ka w): 3. Andre w S ilve ~tf' i n ( Kaw); 4. Luke Past ell (Ka w): 5. Mike Victorian (Kaw). 60 (9· 11): I. Breit Dow ney (Suz) : 2. Bryce St f'wa rt (KTM): 3. Nitro Johnson (KTM): 4. Ga rrett Eck ma n (KTM); 5, Mic Mel Richards IKT M}. 60 OPEN; I. Ge rardo Rolda n (Kaw); 2. Nitro J ohn son (KTM): 3. Garrett Ec kma n (KTM); 4. Mich ae l Rich ards (KTM): 5. Brya n Burdi (Kaw). 80 BEG: 1. AustJn Krowqu isl (Kaw): 2. Jerem)' GI"l"ene (Vam ); 3. Justin Jeffe~ (&.a l: 4. Stevie Eckes (Vam) : 5. Justin Ra)' (Yam l. 80 (0· 11); 1. Dr- Weaver (Kl w): 2. Dra ke Rain ier (Kaw): 3. 8rdt Do~ (&.a); 4. Bryce Stewart (Yl m) ; 5. Cod)' Espudo (Ka w). 80 (12-13 ); 1. Shlwn Hayes ( KTM); 2. J a ke Hulett (Hon) ; 3. DIM Dreier (Yam ): 4 , Jonath an Hornbec k (Yltm ): 5. Mitdl Alcorn (Han ). 80 ( 14 · 16) : I. Mike Alessi (Han): 2. Jeff Alessi (Hon): 3. J ake Bowenol (Sur) ; 4, MattCady (lion ); 5. Clint Dyenan (Ya m) . 80 0PE1'i: 1. Mike Alessi (Han ); 2. Jeff Alessi (Hon ): 3. Sh a wn Ha)'e3 (KTM); 4. Cody Jeffries (&.a ); 5. MItch Aicom (lion). SfMINI; I. Mike Ales si (Hon) : 2. Jeff Alessi (Hon ): 3. DaM Dreier" (Yam) ; 4. Jakf' Hulf'1t (Han) : 5. Cody Jeffrle' ($uz ). 125 BEG: 1. Patrick Penn ington (Kaw); 2. Cod y Rye (Suz); 3. Paul LaR ocq.Je(Ya m); 4. Cory Clinedin st (Kl w): 5. Ryl n RI)' (Yl m) . 125 NOV 1. Kanon Kavanaugh (KTM); 2. Mall Ortega (Kaw): 3. : Ton )' Esposito ($uz ); 4 . Mi<: a el Ra ine s (Ya m ); 5. Budd y GI""' Of' h (Yam ). 125 INT 1. lac Wra)' (Ya m) ; 2. Rick)' Jamf'S (Yl m) ; J . Steven : Cisa r (Yam ); 4 . Tyler O 'Neill (Yam); 5 . Rand)' Ada ir (Han ). SCH BY; 1. Mike Ale ss i (Hon ): 2. Jeff Ale ss i ( Hon ); 3. Ricky ~ (Yam); 4_Maa 0rteglI (Han): 5. Rand)' Adair (Hon) . 250 BEG: 1. MIch a e l Rico : 2. Co re y ~a l (Ya m): J . Fa rle)' Granger (Hon) . 250 NO V: I. Aa ron Malwell (Suz) ; 2. Kurtis Kdelin (Ya m) : 3. Mall Vandf'rw aler (K.!I ): 4 . Ryan Butts (y am ): 5 . Stefan Nea ry (Hon ). w 250 INT: 1. Darin Chishol m (Yam ): 2. Scali Cra m (Hon) ; 3. Neil Chris (Ya m ). 30. NOV: 1. Ryan J ones (KTM): 2. Stelan Nea ry (Ya m ): 3. Syd Woods (Yilm ). 30. INT: I. Greg Pierc e (Yam) . 40. BEG: J. Mike Pl'affroth (Yam ). 40. INT: I. MichaelNeal (KTM). 40. EX: 1. MlIrk Brooks (Ya m ), Perris Raceway: Little brother Jeff Alessi was the only rider close enough to see th is view of Mike Aless i (BOO), who swept the BOcc (14-16), BOcc Open, Supermini and Schoolboy classes at round 10 of t h e Perris Hot Summer Nights Series , while Jeff made it a Team Alessi sweep in second. Sp y /O'N eal -b ack ed D an a Dr eier finishe d thi rd o ver all in th e Su permini s. desp ite fa lli ng to a 3 - 4 score, a n d Jake H ul e tt and h is FMF/Nam -ba ck ed CR also slipped one notch in m ot o two with a 4 -5 for fo urth overa ll . Jeffries had a horrib le fi rst moto , finishing sev enth . bu t th en p ut tog eth er a decent ride fo r thi rd plac e in m oto two and fi fth overall. Dr ew Weaver , on his ZLT -backed Kawasaki , was in co m plete co nt rol with a 1-1 sweep of the 80cc (Throu gh 11) class. Brett Downey cha sed Wea ve r in moto o ne ; then . in moto t wo , Weaver h ad to fend o ff D rake Ra inier, wh o fi ni she d sec o n d o v er all after sw ap p ing m oto sco res with Do wn ey (2 -3), who finished third ov era ll . Bryce Ste wart, on his Po wer h ou se Yamaha , fi ni shed wit h a 4 -4 sc o re , c h ased b y Co dy Espudo and h is Caka way Mot or sports/ ASV Kawasak i in bo th m o tos for fi fth overall. Down ey was not c ont ent wi th seco nd best and ca me on stro ng in m ot o tw o of th e 60 cc (9 - 11) cl ass afte r placin g secon d to St ewart in m ot o on e. Ste wa rt finished second to Down ey in m ot o tw o fo r secon d overa ll. N it ro Johnson went 3 -3 for thir d o vera ll . Johnson kept th e har d -ch argin g Garret Eckma n at bay in bo th m ot o s, an d E ckman finished 4 -4 , ahead o f M ic h ael Richar ds (6-5) , wh o finishe d o ut the to p fiv e aboard his PVK KT M . T r istan Po st and h is TLD /Drag on / EVS bac k ed C obra wer e p oi se d t o stri ke at th e drop o f th e ga te , and he cl aimed th e ov erall in th e 50cc (7 -8) St ock class with a 1- 1 scor e. Bryce Co rds im pro ve d in moto tw o for a 4 · 2 score an d secon d o ve ra ll, after battling w ith Jordan Sh eph erd (3 -4) an d Tyler Kunzweil er ( 5- 5) . Despite sli ppi ng to fourth in rnot o two. Sh eph erd finish ed fo u rt h over all, ah ead o f Kunzwei ler . Cobra tam er Ch ris Cu er o go t awa y fr om " Hungry Mike" Victori an in both m ot os of th e 50cc (7- 8 ) Modified cla ss. Victorian finish ed second overall to Cu ero , who k ep t his di sta nc e fr om Co r ds; C o r ds finis h ed 3 -3 for th i rd . Jovan Pulga r was fourth o ve rall after im pr o v ing t o a 5 -4 sc ore. leaving J or dan Shepherd (4 -5) fifth ov erall. Costa M e sa S p e e d w a y Ramirez, Odom Take Top Junior Hono r s COS TA M ESA, CA. A UG. 23 Ja so n Ramirez got o ff t o a ro ck y st art b ut ca me ba c k stron g to w in th e Di v ision O n e J un ior Speedway at Costa Mesa on Saturday night. Tyle r O dorn , fo llowing in his daddy 's foo t ste ps , took t he Divisi on Tw o h on ors . T yl er ' s Da d, " Too T a ll" Do n Od orn , h a s importe d an entry -level speedway bik e ca lled th e Rob in . It has a spee dway bik e fra m e with an a5c c Ho nda motor . Th ere was an other second -generation family o n hand : Sc otty "The Domin ator " Br an t's tw o son s. Ryan and Cody . Th eir gra ndpa, of Bran t Engi nee ri ng fame. has als o imported a Junior Sp eedway bik e; th is one is called the Shuba, and it has a 1250c m ot or . There wa s a good turnout of y o un g m en and even one young lady racer - " Co w bo y " B o bby Kr ips' daughter, "Co wgi rl " Ta ma ra Krip s. The first go · aro un d in Division O ne had Sky ler Gre y son g o ing w ire t o wire . Dyla n Sta r k and Da ri o Gal vin fo ll ow ed him h ome , while Ram irez wat ched from th e infi eld . Th e secon d r ound had Ram ir ez b ac k on tra ck , as he went wir e to wire with no o ne able to get a wh eel under him. Galvin tr ad ed places with both Gr eyson and Stark to tak e seco nd . Th e ma in eve nt wa s a b att le for second , as Ramirez c ut a gre at gate an d went out hard . Galvin go t o ff sec ond, but h e had to contend w ith a hard-c hargin g Grey son , an d all it took for Gr eys on to get th ro ugh wa s for Galvi n to get o ff the groove. Unfortunately , he ran out o f tim e in th e qu ic k four -Iapper an d h ad to sett le for second , behind Ram irez. In the D ivis io n Two c ont est . th e second gen era t ion ra c er s wer e o ut to sho w o ff th eir daddies' styles . It was going to be th e Od om sho w, as T yl er h as m or e raci ng un der hi s be lt Pee Wee Trac k 50 STK STRTR (4 ·6 ): I. Nathan Hamlin (Cob ): 2 . Chnstian KiI· gore (KTM); 3 . Noa h Hickerson (KTM). 50 STK STRTR (7 -8 ): I. Troy Lee (KTM). 50 MOD STRTR: I . E1 Valenzuel a (KTM). ly 50 STK BEG (4 ·6 ): I. Michael Gilbert (KTM): 2. Sean Mc:G rew (KTM); 3 . J a me s Webb ( KTM): 4 . Mich ael -Don Bas s ( KTM) : 5. J ose ph M",on (Pol). 50 MOD BEG (4 ·6) : 1. Se an McGr t'\ll (KTM). 50 STK BEG (7- 6 ): 1. Fausto Valenzuela (KTM): 2 . Amber West (Lem ): 3 . Tyler Uber (Cob ); 4 . Austin Harney (Pol) ; 5. Da rren Flores (KTM). 50 MOD BEG (7· 8) : I . Faust o Valenzue la (KTM): 2 . Am ber We st (Lem ): 3 . Austin Harney (Pol). P/W J R 5(} (4· 6 ): I. Brandl ArrlIff; 2. Luke Chattotl : 3. Strv f'f'l Cananz a : 4 . Ia n ~nor; 5. Trevor Of'f'ln is. 50 STK NOV (7-8 ): I. Kyle Fry (Le m ): 2 . Bra nd on Qu tcau lt (KTM); 3 , Christia n Musgrave (Pol). 50 MOD NOV (7 -8 ): I . BrandonOu tcault (KTM)_ 74 O CTO BER I , 2003· cue e n e VII' and no t quit e so many nerves. Th e fi rst rou nd was a rom p for Tyl er , as he went wir e to wire. The Co wg irl wa s a soli d sec ond, with Ric ky V ald ez ( so n o f Su pport p oint s lead er Rick Val dez ) thi rd . T h e br o th er s Brant. Ry an an d Cody, were fourth and fi ft h. respectively . Thi ngs didn 't ch ange much in th e sec ond rou nd . as it was ag ain Tyler from start to fin ish. Va ldez hung on to second for tw o lap s and t h en wen t h ig h , whi c h wa s a ll the Cowg irl need ed to get by . Cod y was fourth; Ry an was unable to fi nis h. Th e main wa s again all T y ler , and it was a qu esti on of wh o was go ing to ge t second . The Co wg irl go t o ff second , with Ry an ch alle nging ; she held her gro und , while he m ad e a mistake th at put hi m at th e ba ck of th e pack. Valdez th ou ght h e woul d take a sh o t at th e yo ung lad y , but she wasn't ha vin g any of it and hung o n fo r secon d . Va ld ez was th ird , w ith Cod y and Ry an ro und ing out the field. Tyl er has been at th e pr actice tra ck since t h e las t t i me h e r a c ed , and i t d e fi n it e l y show ed. as he has ma st ered his litt le bike and has th ro wn dow n th e gau nt let to th e rest o f th e k ids. R esult s JR D· I: 1. Jason Ramirez (Ha n); 2. Deno Ga lvin (Ha n ): 3. Skyler Greyson (Hon) ; 4 . Dylan Slark (Kaw). B Y Eu.'NE J ONES Results Costa Mesa Speedway: Tyler Odom leads Cody Brant, Ryan Brant, R icky Valdez and Tamara Krips in Junior Speedway Division Two action in Costa Mesa, California . :is JR 0 -2; 1. Tyler Odorn (Rbn ): 2. Tlmara Kripi (Hon ); 3. Ricky Valde z (Stili ); 4 , Cod y Brant (Shb ); 5. Ryan Brant (Sh b) . P a x Trax MX P a rk Wirth Their Weight in Gold B y CRAIG J OHNSON BUNNELL, FL. AUG. 23 Rou nd si x of th e inaugural WPS/F1y Moon an d Sta rs Summer Series came to Pax Trax MX Par k in B un nell, Florida . One family wh o collec ted t he gol d i n o n e class a p iece w ould c herish th is night for a long time to co me. The dad -a nd -so n co m b i n at ion o f F r a n k and Na tha n W irth took wins in th e 250cc Beg inn er and 65cc Open cla sses, respectively . Wins did not c o m e eas ily fo r an yo ne , as th e tra c k b ecame m ore and m or e eate n up throu gh out th e nigh t . A rain storm earlier in th e day left th e trac k m oist, but an oth er b ef or e pract ic e m ad e it rat h er so up y . Du e t o th e det er ior ating tr ack co ndi tio ns and the be ating th e bik es wer e taking , o nly o ne m ot o wa s run . In th e 250cc Beginner cl ass . Tommy Bra y led th e m o ta, with Frank Wirth runnin g sec ond . Ser ies co nt enders Carl Wh iteh ead . T racy Carver , K urt Russell and Les Fu enffinger were cl ose beh ind. Befo re ha lfway , B ray m ade a mistake tha t dr opp ed him to fo urth . Wi rt htook ove r and never looked ba ck , tak in g the w in a co u p le o f secon ds ah ead o f the runn er -up . Russell wa s o n a c h arge , passing r ider s left a nd right an d ma k in g it in to second just as tim e ra n o ut. Claim in g th e last p odium spo t was C arver. B ray m ade an other c os tl y mist ak e , dropping h imse lf o u t o f con te n t ion . Kevin Ganoe moved up to fourth, and White hea d rounded o ut th e top five . By the time th e 650c Open class hit the tr ac k , the ruts were gelling pr etty bad. Nathan W irth j um p ed out fr ont, loo k in g good on his home tra ck. Wirth took the w in , ov er Al yssa Roscoe , wh o started second. The two were the only ones o n the lea d lap when th e ch eckers wa ved . Running in a lon ely third was M ichael Fuenfflnqer. Struggling to fo urth and fifth and fi ni shi ng fairly close to one anothe r wer e Kyle Varn ad or e and Hu nte r Harb in. The 50cc (7- 9) class sta rted off with T .J. K in g lead in g . J ohnn y Morris was in second. and he m ad e the pass fo r th e lead on lap tw o . Seri es lea d er Daniel E llis sat in th ir d , w ith Brandon Moor e and Zac hary Gr iffi th in fourth an d fifth. Robbie Merrell w as six th b ut wa s gobbling up rid ers, m o ving into thi rd a co up le of laps into th e rac e. Ellis dropped t o fourth and th en fifth , as Gri ffith got th e better drive. Ellis c ontinue d to stru ggle . losin g fi fth on th e last la p to Moor e. The fi nis hin g order was Mo r ri s, Kin g , Merr ell , Griffith an d Moore. T y l er M ill er t o o k th e le ad in th e 8 5c c B egi n n er cl ass, w i th J ac o b Ha rris , Ran c e Dortch , C.J . Lew is and T ann er Hughes run ning in th e top fi v e. Mill er was leadin g with a co up le of lap s to go bu t ga ve up the po int to ' Harri s. Mi ll er dr opped to fourth. Do rtc h t ook o v er sec on d . Plow in g th rou g h th e mud aftersta rt in g in sixth was Ross Pax ia: th e Honda r id er p assed Lew is and Hughes into fourth . T he n , w ith Miller ' s mish ap , Pa xi a took o v er th ir d . Wh en the c hec ke rs fle w . Harri s took hi s fi rs t w in of th e series , foll ow ed b y D o rt ch . Pax ia, Mill er an d Bu bba Peterson . Re sults P/W (4-6); 1. Kicen Gardner (Han) ; 2. Chanct (min (Han): 3. Aust in R~ igner (Hon); 4. Co llee n Ca reil (Han ) ; 5. Jorda n Sm ith (Han ). P/W 80: 1. Tylf'r Nielsen (Hen ); 2. Mike Bretzel (Ka w): 3. Kicen GtIrdnB (Han ); 4. Chance Cra in (Han); 5. A1kill Roacoe (Suz ). 50 (4 -6 ): 1. Justin Monge ( KTM); 2. GllfT'etl Skippe r (Pol) ; 3. lack Briar (KTM): 4. Ga rTetl Westbrook (KTM); 5. Josh Hl ygood (KTM). 50 (7 · 9 ): I . Johnny Manis (KTM): 2. T.1 . Ki'\g (KTM); 3 . Robbte (KTM); 4 . Zachary Griffith (KTM); 5. BrandonMoen (KTMI. SO O PEN (4 · 9) : J. T.J. King (KTM); 2 . lac k Brior (KTM); J. Bcandon Moore(KTM); 4 , Germt Skipper (Pol); 5. Daniel EllIS(KTM). 65 BEG (6. 11): I . Tyler C.m~lI ( Suz) ; 2 . Dillon Varnadore (S w ); 3 . Ch ase Hilgendorf (KTM); 4 . Joh nny Wa rre n (Ka w) : 5 Michael Fuenffing er (Kl w). 65 OPEN (6 ·1 1): I . Nathiln Wirt h (Ka w); 2 . Alyss a Ro scoe (S uz) : J. M.i ha el Fue nffinge r ( Ka w); 4 . Kyle Va rna dor e ( Suz ): 5. c Hl6\ter Hilrbin (Kaw). 65·85 JR MINI (7· 11); I . Ryan Benesh (Suz) ; 2. Ziggy Graves (KTM); 3. Colt M.oocty (Han) : 4 . J ustin lloyd (Hon); 5. Kyle Vl madore ~ 1&.). 85 BEG (7-15): I. J iK:Ob Harris (Kl w): 2. Rance Dortch (Kaw): J . Ross Pa ltia (lion); 4 . T)'ler Miller (KlIw); 5. Bubba Petersen (Hon) . 85 OPEN (7 · 15); I. DrewDunne (Yltm ): 2. Chris Tuder ($uz) ; 3 . Rya n Benesh (Sw l: 4 . Ziggy Gra ves (KTM); 5. Justin LJoyd (Han). 85 · 125 SC HBY: 1. .Je remy McC ormick (Ya m) ; 2. Ch ris Hille (Ya m ); 3 . Sh a wn Ga nn (Yilm) ; 4 . J immy Hays (y ltm) : 5. Chas ~sh (Ya m ). 125 MNY; 1. Jonn)' Lcqen e (Ya m ). 125 ADV; 1. J effre)' Tyso n (Yam) ; 2. J immy Ha y' (Ya m ): 3. Jere my McCorm ick (Ya m); 4 . Chad Robertson (Yam ); 5. J eff Waltet (Ya m ). 125 1NT; 1. Sha wn Gann (Yam ): 2. Billy Nelson (Yam) : 3 . Augie Pede (KTM. : 4 . J orda n Slater (S uz) ; 5. J effrey Foun ta in (Yam ). ) 125 BEG: 1. Keree n Ross (Kaw); 2. Aaron Cla rk (Kaw): 3 . Ca sey Spa rks (Suz); 4 . Kris Sto rm (Yam) : 5, Ca rl Whitehea d J r. (Ka w) 250 MNY: I . J onny Log an f' (Ya m) ; 2. Clint Fra n k (Hon) ; 3 . Tracy Hlrman (Hon ). 250 AOV: 1. Clint Fra nk (Han): 2 . Allan Assaf (Yom ). 250 INT; 1. fo\lI k Ost een (Ka w); 2 . Tom Hend~~ (Yam ): 3 . r Pmten Moody (Ka w); 4 . Brian Von Ga rtzen (Yam ): 5. Mark Alexander (Han ).

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