Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

I I 1 Sabalza (KTM): 4 . foWwdl T ~ (KTM): 5. Nichokls..lone's (Urn). P/W (7 .8 ): 1. Brendan Murray (Cob) . 60 BEG: 1. Kyle Wolack (KoIl w): 2. Tylyn SoIlucer (Sul) ; 3 . Co/II~ Tal'\9"''' y (Kaw); 4 . Edd4 500 Andrus (Kawl: 5. Kylfo Prince (K" w). 60 (0. 8): 1. Davell 0der1(K"...). 60 (9- 11): I. Dakoc" Tedder (Kaw ); 2. Jordan Bum s (KlI w); 3. Dillon Trotter (Su.t) : 4. /'t\lIa Parker (KTM) ; 5. Robby Baker (Su.t ). 60 OPEN: I. Oav~lI Oden (Kaw). 85 BEG : I . loni Parb·f (SuL): 2. Christian Gullett (Yom) ; J . Austtn &y (Yam): 4. Cha$e'n Tt'dder (Yom) ; 5. Daniel Arredondo (Kaw) . 85 (7-1 t ): I. Dr- W~aver (Kaw ): 2. Dakota T ~ (Yam) : J . J~agh~r La Fountatne ( Ka w ): 4. Jordan B ums ( Kaw ); 5. Ryan Moscrop (Kaw) . 85 (12 - 13): 1. Tll!f'Il Pugmire (Kaw); 2. /'t\lI Dowell (Yam ): J. a ~ leb (Kaw); 4. Travis Baker (Yam) : 5. Travis Blight (Yam ). 85 ( 14. 16): I. 8ly<:~ Huffma n (Yam) : 2. Juan Otero (Kaw); 3. J. B. ~k (Yam); 4. Jake Bowe~lI (Sw: ); 5. Justin M. ludwig (Kaw) . 85 B/W: I. O lli s Mick (Suz) . los 85 OPEl't: I. MkMd leib (Kaw); 2. Chris MlCk lus (Suz ): J . Juan Otero (Kaw); 4. Travis Beker (Yam ); 5. Dr- W~av~r (KlJw) . S/MINI : I. Trent Pug mi r~ ( Kaw) : 2. Travil Baker (Yam): J. Bryce Huffman (Yam); 4 . Travis Bright (Yam ); 5. My ~ Tedder ( Yam ). 125 BEG : 1. Ad am vnnen (Suz): 2. .Jcse Al fr~do M~ lga rg a (Yam ): 3. Ryan Ray (Yam ): 4_Jam i5Ol"l Mclain (Yam) ; 5. Shawn Rior· d.,n (5Ul':). 125 JR: l. JOf!Y Bitto (Yam ); 2. Cory Rt'denlul (Yam ): 3. Mjk ~ . Lcpee (Han) ; 4 . Chad Gorn (Su.z); 5. Chris AJeuk~y k ($w). 12 5 INT : I. Mike' AJ ~55J (Hon ); 2. Micha d Perker (Ya m ); J . MlIllhrw Will iams (Yam) ; 4 . S. Murphy (KTM): 5. Cody Herte l (Hon ). 125 PRO : I. Shene Bess ($w): 2. Brandon Milsl~ad ( YlIm ); 3. Ty5Ol"l Burmeist er (Hon) : 4 . U ly s~s R. Polland (Yam ); 5. Phil Do..... ~11 (Yam ). 25 0 BEG: I. Mi k~ Miller (Yam); 2. Jcsu n Martin (Kaw). 250 JR : I. Cory Redenius ( Yam ); 2. Manh ew Kl"'Iy ( Hen): J . l Bnen Davi s (Yam ); 4. Ten ner Lenqhe rn (Kaw); 5. Eddi e' woolmore (Hon) . 250 INT: I. Mik~ AI~" I (Hon); 2. Robby (kit (Hon) ; 3. Cod y Hertel (Hon ); 4 . B.J. Bum s (Hon ); 5. Corey Murphy (Yam ). 250 PRO: I. Cory Gibbons (Yam ); 2. Jon Simmons ($w); J. Keovin ft\c(j l'O vetn (Suz) : 4, Chril Panek (Yam ); 5. Brent Li~ (Hon) . 500 AM : I. Jon Hall (Hon ). 500 PRO: 1. Brent Woe(Hon) . 4 -STRK; I. COfI" Murphy (y am): 2. Robby M (Hon) y WMN: I. E1izabrth Ba (Kaw ): 2. Jamie PlJm inl uan (Sw): 3. sh A1y SM F'rinC'e (Suz ). SCHBY ; I . ft\i k~ A ~55i (Hon) : 2. DerrKk Murph y (KTM) : J. Mfchal"'l p.m.er (Yam ): 4. ~ Bmo (Yam) ; 5. Chad Andenon (Yam ). BTH: I. Robby ~ll (Hon): 2. Jon Sirmtom (Suz) : 3. Anthony Houser (y am) ; 4 . Phil Schaben (Ya m ). VET BEG: I . Jon H.,II (Hon) . VET JR : I. Milton Miz~ (Hon ): 2. Chuck Penny (Yam) ; 3. Eric O·Hana (Han): 4 , Stt'V~ Emler (Hon ); 5. Roben.McF adden (lion). VET INT: 1. Greg Pierce(Yam ) VET PRO: 1 . fl\an T~ . VETMSTR 1. Eric Baker (Hon). : AM: I. Milton Mi.I:~ (Hon) . OfT MSTR 1. /'t\lI T r'dder (Hon) ; 2. 8fef'It Baltml (Han): J. Erik ; a Bakf'l" (lion): 4. Mark ~ (Ka w) ; 5 . LorenPochirowY.i(K.,w ). Ex c el Yam aha -moun te d Br and on M ilstead , wh o h ad ridd en his 125 t o th ird in class in race one after he had climbed from nearly last place. Burm eister was th ird , but he soon felt th e pressure of th e 250s an d slo wly sli p ped back to si xth o verall , th oug h he was still third in his class . Le a d ing th e 250c c fiel d was Gibbo ns . a gain up front aft er having passed early co ntende r Chris Panek, on his Dr agon / En zo /ZLT Yam ah a. Gibbon s j u m pe d f rom sixth ove ra ll on lap two to th ird a la p late r, but it took him all th e wa y to th e fi nal tour to finel Iy catch and pa ss Mi lstead . Simmons, m ean - wh ile , was still second in th e 25 05 a nd was running fourth overall. But A lessi was closing . Trent Pugmire appears t o be o ne of the leading candida tes t o fill the void left by th e o lde r Alessi broth er in the mini fi eld . Jeff A less i, who di dn 't ride on this day . is abo ut 18 m onths behind Mik e; Pugmire is abou t a year behi nd J eff and has been lurking in the broth erst shado ws for severa l seasons. On th is da y. Pug mi re pull ed off sweeps in bo th th e Super mi ni a n d 8 5c c ( 12 - 13 ) eve n ts, ri d in g hi s EVS/ FMF ITearn Kawasak i m ount to th e win in the latter cl ass over Sp y /JBC Yama ha -mount· ed Matt D ow ell and Ca ll oway , T eam Gree n Kaw asak i jockey Mich ael Leib , wh o went two th ree bot h ti m es out. Tra vis B a k er , r idin g a Sm it h / Pr o -T ec Ya ma ha , t o o k seco nd t o Pu gmi r e i n th e Superminis. B ry ce Hu ffman fini shed th ird. Huffman also won th e 8 5cc ( 14- 16 ) class . Leib ga ined hi s glory for the day when he c aptu red the 80c c Open victory. In that event , Huffman was second to Leib in the fi rst rac e and was ru nn ing thir d in the second stanza wh en he disa ppeared on the final lap, eventu ally pla cing 17th and falling to eighth ove rall, allowing Chris Micklus to move into the run n er - u p sp o t on a N o Fear/Orange County Suzuki RM. Starwest Motocross P ark Moreno V a ll ey , Cali fo rn ia R es u lts : Septe m ber 7, 2 003 (Round 2) orr P/W BEG: I. Jeremy /'t\lI~ (KTM). P;W (4-6): I. Blake' G~ (Cob) ; 2. Cody Gores (Cob) ; 3. Gil IFMA Freestyle Motocross Winter Round Z: Sella d Arena A new format, designed to keep fans from losi ng int erest d uring th e mi ddle of th e sho w , rea rranged th e second ro und of c om petition . In st ead o f ha ving all th e r id er s wh o d idn ' t qu alify for th e fin als do anoth er run in the sec ond ro und, th ey had to co m pete in a speci alskill s contes t : Th ey c o u ld ri d e a do ub les event, a nose-wh eelie co nt est o r an " E lim ina tor " rac e, wh ich wa s a tim ed lap around th e en ti re co u rse , with a li st of pr ed et erm ined tr ick s to exec ute . Th e other big news was th e inclusion of the "Su per Ki ck er" ram p. In oth er words, th e IFMA br ou gh t a ba ck -flip laun ching pad along for the fun of it . Since D ave D em an gos was the only rider p r esen t c a p a b le of fli p p ing , he loo k ed - on paper , at least - li k e a loc k to win . How ever, there wer e a few young upsta rts who wou ld have something to say about that. Durin g Fr iday afternoon 's p r ac t i ce , D eman g os c r as h e d h a r d o n h i s f i rs t fl ip att empt. "Th is ram p is a little differen t th an what I'm used to ," he expla ined lat er. 001 just overrotat ed the firs t ti me and c ame down har d. " T he result was a very so re and po ssibly br ok en arm . He wou ld g ut it out, ri d e both nights and see the doctor back home in San Diego on Sunday. The first round o f F rid ay ' s com p et it ion bro ugh t the unexpect ed. De mangos flip ped , and the crowd went nuts. The rest of his run , h ow e ver , showed so me cobwebs , and h i s score reflected it. A fter a ho st o f t alen t ed young r iders including Jesse Olson, De rek Burl ew , D ar in Conn et , M y les Richmond and B r y an Foster rod e, D em ang o s d id n ' t hav e enou gh po int s to tran sfer to th e fin al s. His only chance was t o w in th e "st oppie" co m pet ition in the second round . O lson was also look ing to get into th e fin al round and blew every one else away. Th ere would be no flip in Friday's fin als. Form er Arenacross reg ular M ik e M ason put his rac ing sk ills to goo d use and won th e Eliminator rac e. B y EDDI E G RA VEU NE FRESNO , CA , SE PT. 12-13 A ft er tak ing the sum mer off, th e Int ern ation al Freesty le Mot oc ross Association re turne d to ac tion in early Sept ember . T he popular arena se ries in vade d Fr esn o , Ca liforn ia 's Selland Arena fo r th e second sto p of it s win ter st in t and br ou gh t alo ng some new twists. Selland Arena: IFMA Jud g es lend 10 like handlebar t ricks, and Myles R ichmond can do lhem all, as he s howed at round two o f lhe Fr eestyle Molocross se rie s in Fre s no, Ca liforn ia . O CTOBER 15 , 2 003 · c u e e n e vv s Moto XXX 's Fos ter m ade th e fi rst seriou s b id for Saturday' s wi n . He was un seat ed by Ric hmon d , t hough , w h o w as si lky -smooth once again . Connet perfo rm ed wh a t many th ou ght w ould be th e winn in g run , but th e jud ges sc ored h i m two - te nths of a po in t behind Richmon d . The crowd wa sn't hap py . Demangos' seco nd tr ick was a fl ip . As far as the c ro wd was co ncerned , he had won right th er e . Wh en he d id an oth er , th ey eru p te d . Demangos is th e first to adm it th at aft er wo rk ing on th e flip for so long, his fr eestyle sk ills have suffere d. His tric k list j ust wa sn 't that deep, and he didn't have th e vari ety or ext ension that th e ju dges were looking fo r. When his sco re c ame down, it was m et by a chorus of " boo s." He ended up thi rd , behin d Ric h mond and Connet. Th e cro wd hated it, but the call was fair. In retrospec t, tw o th ings were p rove d in Fresno. Firstly , as spe ct acular as it m ay be , th e flip is just one trick, and it takes m an y to wi n an IFMA c o m pe ti t io n . Second ly, Rich m on d served noti c e tha t he' s a fo rce t o be reck oned w ith from now on in th e co m pe tit iv e wo rld of FMX. Selland Arena Fresno. California Results: September 1 2 ·13, 2 0 03 M int er Round 2) Frida, O/A : I. Myle! Richmond : 2. J~ 01501"1: J. Derek Burle'w; 4 Bryan Fosl.~r; 5. Julian O'Usseau; 6. /'o\ik~ /'t\lI on; 7. Robert Oistler: 8. s Ryan Hagy ; 9. OlJrin Connet Saturday a lA : I. Myles Richmond; 2. Darin Connd; J. ~~ Deornangos; 4. Bryan Fost er: 5. Jul ian D'USSfOau; 6. ~ Olson: 7. Mik e' /'t\lIson; 8. Ryan Hagy; 9 . J im McNeil. American C lassic Racing Vintage, Veteran & Youth Championships Round 5: Broome-Tioga Sports Center - int ag e Valor V at Broome-Tioga SON B y J IM P. S ANDER One-Flip Pony 54 The team co m petiti o n ended up not really happening , bec au se Chris Dennison , who was supposed to be one of th e four riders, cras hed whil e attem pt ing 'a " Sterili zer" du rin g his first rou nd , repo rt ed ly breaki ng bo th k neeca ps. Olson threw down an aweso m e run in th e fin al s. His tim e in th e Cl aw son Mot or sports Hot Seat was threatened when second -pl aced B url ew starte d his tw o m inutes fl awl essly . Just seconds before ti me ex pired , he landed awk ward ly , gr abbed way too much th rottl e and shot out of th e arena throu gh o ne of th e tun nels and slid in to a piec e of tra ck eq ui pme nt. Teenag e sensat ion Richmond was th e only one left with a sho t at dethroning Olson, and he em phatic ally pulled th e trigger . He sewed tog eth er a seam less run, com pleting many of th e m ore technical tri cks that judges seem to fav or . His Shaolins, Rock Solids and McMe tzes wer e cleaner than anyone else's and ea rn ed him his fi rstlFMA victory. Th ough Richmond defi nit ely pu t him self on th e short list of po tential win ners with his per fo rma nce on Friday , co n ventional w isdo m had it that the fli p wou ld be a fac tor. This ti m e, it was. Demangos looked m uch smoo the r durin g his fi rst run on Satu rday . Aga in, his two flip s sent the crowd into a frenzy . A t th at point, it really didn't matter wha t he did for the ot her 40 sec o nd s o r so . He w as th e number -on e qualifier go ing into th e fina ls, followed by Con net and Richmon d . Olson and Mason repeated their dom i nan c e. Ryan Hagy tran sferred after win ni ng th e doubles ev ent with Richmond . BINGHAMTO N, NY , SEPT. 13 American Classic Racing m em ber s did a littl e road trip to th e Br oo m e-Tiog a Sports Cente r for round fiv e of its annua l Vinta ge m ot oc ross series . Hurd Motorsports hosted round five at th e fas t an d t echnic al Bro o m e -Tiog a r ace c ourse in Bi ngh am ton , New Yor k . To m Hurd and his cre w groomed th e fu ll Natio nal rac eco urse f o r t h e so me of t h e b est Vi ntag e m oto cross raci ng th is side of th e M ississippi. AC R Vintage rac ers, as we ll as Vet eran and You th riders on m od em bik es, took to th e fu ll National track for some of the best racin g of th e yea r. ACR is a member-o wned organizatio n that is dedi ca ted to the sport of Vintage m otocross a nd off- ro ad ra cing , co nduc ting A MA -s anc · tio ned even ts in th e Northeastern reg ion of the Un ited States. W ith th e help of it s spo nso rs Surf and Tu rf Raci ng, Boyesen , Metro , Eng ine Ice, Hug h's B ult ac o , Vintage Iron Int ern ation al , Dunlo p TIre s, World W ide Bearin gs Inc.. O ury Grip and Wo rks Shoc k s - AC R hosts the best Vinta ge m otocross series in th e No rtheast . Moth er Nature m ad e th e day inter esting by bringing heavy ra in to the area the da y prior to th e eve nt, wh ic h m ade the morning practice sessions a mudfest. T he sun ca me o u t, but just as it looked lik e the tr ack was going to dry o ut , th e ski es darke ned , and in termitte nt rai n beg an m aking th e tra ck a gna rly m ess, with huge ruts : most rid ers pedaled throu gh th em ju st to k eep th eir vintage and modem steeds on tw o wheels . Due to the exte nsive list of ACR Vintage cl asses, many classes were run tog ether on th e same gat e, with some gates having ·m ultip ie staggered sta rts . Wh en th e fi rst moto of t h e combi ned ga te of O v er 25 Evol ution No vice, Int ermediate and Expe rt and Vi nt age '8 0s N o vi c e, Intermediate and Ex pert ri ders go t under way , Thom as Bruno led th e pack aro und th e switchbac k fi rst tum, with Je ff Fre goe , Roy Vand erv eur J r., Rich ard Fogel and Joseph Abbat e traili ng . Frego e had th e po in t positi on by the start of lap tw o . Bru no dropped to second . Van derv eur held third , Daniel Way moved to fou rth and A bbate and Fogel were fifth and six th, re spectively . Fregoe was gone b y th e time the white fla g ca me out, wi th an eight-second advantage over Bru no . Rounding o ut the to p five we re Way, Vande rve ur, Ab ba te and Fogel. Way got th e holeshot in the final m ot o , with B runo , Fregoe, Vanderveur and Fogel in t ow . Bruno c ame off th e huge N at ion al hill with th e lea d after hal f a lap. Way dropped to second . Vander veur m ov ed u p to th ir d , and Joe Sc annap ieco was fourth. Fregoe drop ped all th e way bac k to fift h. Th e rai n was c om ing down prett y st eadily b y this ti me , and t he tr ack wa s getting badly rutted and very sli ppe ry . B run o , an obvious ly g ifte d mud rid er , had a wh opping nine-seco nd lead by th e start of lap tw o . Fregoe was o n the m ov e and c ame off the h ill in fourth. Fregoe m oved to th ird on th e fo llowin g lap but ran o ut of tim e. Br uno took the wh it e nag wi th a 15 -sec ond adv ant age. Ro u nd in g o u t th e top fiv e wer e Way, Frego e, Vanderveur and Scannapieco. Fregoe led the start of th e c om bined gate of AC R Modem Intermediate and Expert clas ses, with former N at ional number holder Da ve McLean in sec ond and Sc annapi ec o third . Wh en th e leaders came down th e Nationa l hill, McLean ha d m ov ed in to th e point po siti on , w ith Fre go e dropping ba ck to sec o nd . T im Weave r wa s on the m ov e and was up to third . Mark Gri ggs was fou rth , an d Ken Napo lit ano was now fifth . McLean, aboard an ' 8 0 s- er a Honda , was fl y ing o ut front and had a fivesecond lea d on Fregoe after 2 1/2 laps . Napolit ano and Griggs c ame down the Nat io nal hill sid e by side, but Griggs had th e bett er l in e and m oved t o t h ird wh il e Napolita no dropped to fourth . W eav er dropped to fi ft h . M cL ean just k ep t pulling away and fin ished the m oto with a 14 -second lead . Rounding out the top five were Fre goe , Napolitano, Weaver and Griggs. The rai n conti nu ed , and tra ck conditions deteriorated quickly . Ma ny of the ACR Mode m Intermed iat e and Expert riders decided to call it a day before th eir final m oto . Fregoe led th e st art of the second moto, wi th W eav er and Grig gs trailing . We ave r had th e lead after half a lap. Fregoe was relegat ed to sec ond . Griggs wa s a lo ne i n t hird . Th e runni ng o r de r remained un ch anged to the chec k ered flag . Freg oe t opped the ACR M o dern Expert cl ass po d ium with his 2-2 rid es. Weav er's 4 ·1 score wa s good fo r runner -u p , an d Grigg s ro unded out the po di um with hi s 5 -3 ta lly. Broome-T ioga Sports Center B Inghamton. New York Results: Sept. 13 . 2003 (Round 5) 50 STK YAJIl/SU Z (4·6): I. Brett McMkhaei (KTM); 2. Cody Marrion (KTM); J. Seen Ballard (KTM): 4 . Ryan .Ma rriot t (KTM); ~ . Unc oln Brookens (KTM) . I , I •

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