Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

250 A: I. Jonny loglln (Yll m): 2. JllTT"le'l Gainer (KolI w) . 250 B: I . Pete Srmt h (KTM ); 2. Mictutd Jones (YolIm) . 250 C; I. Tomm y Hunt (Hon); 2. La~ Erlc k!lOl'l (Yam ): 3. "'att F~h (Hoo): 4. Ryolln Hans.en(lion): 5. St~ve Greiwor ( Hon ). BEOO-2OO; I . C~ Uwis (Yam l . WMj'''l I . Dy ollnn oll Connor t Hon) : 2. C.SRY Folmar (KolI ); 3 . : w ~II~ N;,gy (Ka ""l. ollry Hamilton ( Hon) ; 2. Ch u Ben esh VTH (12 -15) : 1. l ollt:h ( Yam ); 3 . J ustin Willi ollm (Hon ); 4 . St~pMn Upper [Suz]: 5 . Nick s Kortessls (Hon) . YTH ( 16· 2 4); 1. C1Jff Badg~ t (Hon) ; 2. P~t~ SrMh (KTM) : 3. MIChael Holltl (K a..... l: 4 Jil TT"Ie'I Gaines (Kaw): 5. Josh Shaffer (KTM). 30.: I. Brent Driscol l (Hon); 2. Jon Grant (Vam) ; 3 .hoff Mdrtln (lion); 4 PolIU'K'k Caillua (Hon) : 5 Dllvid Rankin (YolIm ). 35. : I. Scott Wood ( Hon): 2. J im Bad gett (KTM): 3 Gooorgl" Gotch (Sw); 4. Pal.tick Caiaua (Hon); 5. Gll ry Emerson (VolI m ) 35. C: 1. Chns Blllk ~ (Hon); 2. BartCL!lrk (Hon); 3. Budd y Mar · tln (Hon); 4. Matt French (Yam): 5. Sh~lby T rllporll (Kll W) 40 . : 1. Sco tt Wood (Hon); 2. Steve Petty (Hon ); 3. PlltrK k C" iuolI (Hon) ; 4 . Gary Emerson (Yam): 5. Ji m Blldg~tt (KTM ). 4 5 . : \. Doug Miner (Yam) . The ho les hot again went to Wood in th e second moto , fo llowe d by B adg ett . Got ch . Ca iazza a n d E m e r son . Th e runn ing o rder stayed th e same th e en tire m ot a , with Wood putting dist ance on the fie ld. In th e first Over 40 m ota , Wo o d again pulled th e holeshot , with St eve Pett y all over his rear wh eel. How ev er , Wood was just too qu ick for Petty to pa ss. Behind th e lead ers. Cai aua worked his way in to third by m ot e 's end . In mota tw o . Woods wa s stric tly busin ess. so he took the hol eshot ye t aga in and nev er looked back . Pett y wa s clos e. and he ran the inside and out sid e. trying to find a way around Wood . but he co uldn' t m ak e a pa ss. Badgett was runni ng in th ird un til he stalled his bik e, and by th e tim e he refired it. Ceiazza . Emerson and Got ch had passed him. Th e running o rde r stayed the same fo r the remainder of the m ot a . Za c h Hamilton was a ls o a d ou b le-cla ss win ner . He went 2- 1 in the 125cc B class to tak e the win ov er Jimmy Weaver. Michael Hall a nd J ust in Will ia m s. In th e Youth (12- 15) cl ass, Hamilton ran aw ay from th e field in bo th m ot os . In th e first mota, Hamilton ba tt led with Willia m s to tak e th e wi n. In the seco nd m ota , his cl osest co m petito r was Chas Benes h, who too k second . T he fin al orde r was Hamilt on , Benesh , Willi am s and Stephen Upp er. Th e day' s m ost hotl y co ntes ted cl ass was the Ov er 35 C cl ass. Ch ris Bl ak e and Bud dy Martin battled th e en ti re fi rst mota. with Bl ak e co m ing o ut on top and Ma rt in in seco nd , fo llow ed by Matt Fre nc h and Bart Cla rk . In the second rn ot o , Cla rk pulle d the ho leshot, with Martin in to w. B lake missed the start du e to m ech an ical grem lins ; however. he got his bike ru n n ing as t he class left t he line . and he cha rged throu gh th e pack while Clark and Martin battl ed for the lead . Cla rk pulled away lat e in th e mota, lea ving it a th ree -way battle fo r ru nn er -u p am o n g M art in , French and Blake. In th e fina l tum. Bl ak e moved on th e inside o f Martin to ta ke second in the m oto . The ove rall results were Bla k e, Clark, Martin and French . WiT: I. nal~ Seen. SMNT: 1. To mm y Tho mpson (KTM) . 4 · STRK ; I. Cli ff Badg~tt (Ho n ): 2. M"u The us (KT M); 3. Jon Orem ( YolI m ); 4. Michll~1 Jones (YolIrTl ); 5. Brent Dri sco ll (Hon) . WD S: I . Tomm y Thom pson (KTM) . Kenworthy's MX Pa rk Wisenba rger Rea l S mart at K enworthy's B y R UPERT X. P Eu.ElT TROY, OH , A UG . 24 Rid in g fas t, smoothly and unden iab ly intell igent ly , O hio's John Wisenba rge r tor e up th is dri ed -up Na tiona l co urse in T roy as he blit zed his way to three cla ss win s at rou nd five of the very popular Buckeye State Motocross Cha mp io nship Serie s. Though the Kenworthy 's GP Club facili ty was rec ently under wate r, th e river had reced ed and the August sun had dehumidified this very green tra ck. attracting an extremely hefty group of better than 600 entrants. With c ontingency money and seri es awards up for grabs, m an y of the M id west' s t o p Amateur riders w ere c o m pe ti ng , ma ny have just retu rn ed from Loretta Lynn ' s. W isenba rge r, a top area Am at eu r ri der, was steami ng his Ya ma has around the Pro tr ack (w hich was being run backw ard from its usual co nfiguration) like nob od y ' s busi ness , fighting off the li kes of very fast guys suc h as KTM ' s Amateur sta r Mi ch a el Wiila rd, F £,S Suzuk i's Zach Ames, Suzuki of Gr een- vill e' s Ky le Sm ith , and Yama ha Of Tr oy -supported Mi k ey Ivers, just to nam e a few , as he t ook t hr ee c lass w in s o n th e day : th e 125cc B. 250cc B and 16 ·24 cl asses . In Pro -c lass rac ing , it was all about N ath an Skaggs and Dav id Hi ll. F£,S Suzuki 's Hill was t he top do g in th e 12 5 cc A co n tes t . w h ile Skaggs sco red a 2 -1 tall y aboard his Yama ha YZ250 to best Hill in the 250cc A even t. While Skaggs an d Hill were t he two heroes, Steve Richa rds was very im p ressive on his YZ 125 in the 125 cc Pro class , t aki ng third overall in th is stack ed race. jus t ahead of Scotty Me tz and his KTM. Me tz retu rned th e favo r by beati ng Richards in th e 250cc Pro races, tak ing th ird , in front of Richar ds. However. Richa rds was Re sul t s P/W A : 1. Michae l Miller (Hus) 2. Branson Blll k~ (Cob ). P/W B: 1. Micha~1 Kffi' (Hus) . P/W C: 1. Nich ola s Barren (KT M): 2. Peyton Coda (Co b ); 3. Cll l ~ Orrick (Hon ): 4 . A lf'k ~rW'tt (Cob); 5 . Ty Thompson (YolI m ). P/W MOD: 1. Michael Miller (Hus); 2. Brenscn Bl olIk~ (Cob ); 3 . Nichol as Balml (KT M). 65 B: 1. Toll ylor DiUilln (KTM): 2. Ke-vin Abood (KT M) ; 3. Robbi~ K~rT ($uz) . 65 C: I. Jon ll thll n Clouh~r (KTM) ; 2. Jerem y Gillen (KTM); 3. DolIllils Bleke (Swl : 4 . .Jeflrey Brownlow (KolI w); 5. Tyl ~r Albertso n (KTMI . 65 MOD : I. Tyle r A lbe rt.'M>n (KTM); 2. OaJlil s Blak ~ (S uz) : 3. Jona lhan clcouer(KTM ); 4. K ~v ln Henderson (Kaw). 80 B: 1. Dan i~1 lngruhm (SUl ): 2. K~vin Abood (Yam) ; 3. 'r rey Joc kson (TM). 80 C: I. Tr oll v is K ort~ s si s (Hon) ; 2. Ry a n B~n ~s h (S uz ); 3 C hri stoph~r M cB rid ~ ( Kaw ); 4 . Scott Brow nlow (Yam ): 5. Vinc~ nl Fontana (Hon) . S/MINI: I. Malt Th~us (Suz) ; 2. RYolln Ben ~sh : 3. T ravis Kort~ssis (Hon): 4. Daniellngrum (Sw); 5 . Trey Jll ck son (Sul ). 125 B: I. ldchollry Ham ilton (Hon): 2. J immy Weaver (Sw); 3. Michllel Hllll (Kaw) : 4 . J ustin Wlllillms (Hon); 5 . Cod y Neff (Yam). 125 C: 1. Billy NI"I~n (Yll m) ; 2. J 05h Shllffer (KTM); 3. Nick Kort~ssis (Hon ): 4. Cholll Benesh ( YolIm ): 5. Stephen Upper (SUl). qu it e the lronman on th e day , as he stomped on th e Ov er 25 A class , taking both w ins hand ily aboa rd his m ighty CRF450R. Tw o class es stand out as ha ving the best and clo sest duels on the day . Th e Ov er 30 A class featured loca l legends Chu ck Reed , Mik e B lair an d Mi ke Morgan , all Suzu ki -mounte d and all fighting over every inch of the track . all day . T he Supermini class al so saw so me incredible d ic in g sequ en c es fe atu ring three ta lented you ng ra cers: Ste ven M ages. Kyl e Sm ith and T eam Green ' s J ustin Week s. Th ese young men k ept th e spectator s o n the fence all day . Over o n the Pee Wee tra ck, a yo ung Walker Brightwell h ad c o me ba c k t o h is ho m e tra ck w ith a National Championsh ip unde r his belt, as the F£,S Suzuki rider to ok th e 65 cc (7- 9) cla ss at Lo retta Ly nn ' s and was prepared to onc e aga in show his speed back in th e Buckeye State. Br igh t well bo un ced his wa y ar ound th e ve ry fun k id s' ci rc uit and qu ickly earned bo th fi rst- pla ce trophies fo r th e 65 cc and Mini Junior classes. In 50 cc actio n , ST F Motor sports· ba ck ed Jake Sk inne r won th e 50cc (4·8) class aboard his KTM, while Darr en Walsh once aga in tor e up th e 50cc (4 ·6) d ivi sion , also on a KTM. Dakota Hacker rode stro ng in the 50 cc (7 ·8) class , sto rm ing aro und the riversid e m ini track in convincing fash ion . Res u lts Pee Wee Track 50 ( 4- 8) OIL·INJ : I . .Je ke Sk innf"l" (K TM) : 2. Log olln Picci rill o (Cob ): 3. Jesse W.lt~rs (KTM). 50 14·6 ): I. Derree WolIlsh (K TM) ; 2. Delton 'Mlit" ker (KTM); 3 . David Mohr (Cob). 50 (7-8): I. Dakot" Hacker (Pol); 2. .A.al\YlPlessinger (KTM) : 3. BL!lk~ Hoffman (Cob ). 65: I W.lker Brig htwell (Suz); 2. Bradle'y Baker (Suz ); 3. AU5lJn Pnmaveroll(Suz). 85 (7- 11); I . weuer Br lghtw d l (Suzl; 2. Ben Meoll (Suzl; 3 lk Austln Primavenl (Suz) . Molin Tl'ilck 85 ( 12· 15): T. St~Verl Mages t Kil ..... ); 2. Jesse Gustaf son (Kd",,); 3. Justin W~ (Kil w). S/M.l ; 1. Justin Weeks (KolI w): 2. Kyle' Smith (Suz): 3. SC~verl N1 Mag" (KiI ",,). 125 A: 1. Dl7vid Hill (Suz): 2. N"tholIn Skaggs (Yom ); 3 . Steve Ric:h4rds (VolI m) . 125 B: 1. John Wi!\

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