Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

r , I ~ , • r T he battl e fo r ultima te b raggi ng right s came down the last race of the day: the Da sh For Cash event. Th e winn er would no t o nly be k ing for a day but wou ld also walk awa y with a fatter wall et. In custo m ary fashion, Heess and Ca nepa brok e away from the rest o f the pac k to duel fo r th e win. Canepa pull ed o ut all the sto ps by changi ng li nes. slid ing all over the tr ack and show ing Heess a whe el wh en e ve r p o ssibl e . In t he e nd . i t wasn 't quit e enough, and Heess left as the big winn er . At the end of t he day, th er e w as still a sense o f unfi nished bu sin ess in a few of th e clas ses. It' s a good th in g that round two was o nly a week awa y . S a n ta C la ra C o u n ty Fa irg rou nds S an Jose. C alifornia Results: S e p t e m b e r 7 . 2 003 (Ro u nd 1) 50 FIT : l. Bra dley Dee re (KTM ); 2. J 05i~ Rom ine (KTM ): 3. Willi am EUro50te (Han): 4 . Jo rdan Nelson (YlI m ): 5. RlIY Rom ine (Yam) . 50 (0·6): J. Christ ~n Beck (Yam) . 50 (7 -8 ): I. Br and on Durarn (KTM ): 2. Dom ini c Mo ntero sso (Cob) ; 3. Trayi!l AIYf'mai (KTM) : 4. ....usnn Scaggs (Yam) : 5. Bruce Mourie (Yam). 50 MOD : I. Dom inic Cohndries (KTM): 2. Eddi e.M.orm (Lem ). 65 NOV : I. Ry an Murphy (Kaw ): 2. Cod y Sil va (Kalll) : 3. Robert Olmos (K " w): 4 . Wt'slt·y Dacre (Knill ): 5. Bronson Bauman (Kaw) 65 X: I . Ryan Murphy (Kdllo"): 2. Mdlt hew Bum s (Kaw ). 85 NOV : I. Janlb Kart (Han): 2. Jarrod Murray (Ka w ): 3. Terry Smith (Kaw ): 4. Brook e Hoo gt's (KdW): 5. Ric ky Co lindnes (Hon ). 85 1NT; I . Sh4wn Murphy (Yam ). 85 EX: I. o.,y id Fee (KIIw). 85 X: 1. OlIy id F~ (KlI w): 2. Shawn Murph y (Yam) . 0·90 VTH: 1. 1'\a 5Ofl GaKili (Hon) . 91 ·125 Y1lt : I. Bill y Millf'r (Yam ): 2. Patrick McNalTlll rll (Yam ): 3 Tyler Gorma n (Hon ): 4 Dayld McPhffson (Hon) : 5. Bri ar Beeman (Han). 91 · 125 ADULT; I . Brooke Shaw (Han ): 2. Joe Carrillo (Hon); 3. Ram oelMMrio (Hon ) PP: 1. Brook e Hodges (Kaw); 2. Mkhelle Silv a (Kaw ). 125 NOV : I. Joe Me-yt!'r (Kaw) : 2. Bill y Millf!l" (Yam ): 3. Bendi ~ (YMn ) . 1251NT: I. R~ Spencf!l" (YlIm ). 25 0 NOV : I. Mark SWift (YlI m); 2. ~ Tierrnl n (Kaw) : 3. Ran · me Clark (Han): 4. Bryen Shor1n (Han): 5. Robert Ramos (Han) . 250 INT; I. Rodney $pt!'OCf!l" (Yam): 2. Chock Monas mith (Hon); 3. ....uslln Helwig ( Yam ): 4. Brlldley Spenc er (Hon) ; 5. Mik~ Dilla rd (Han ). 250 EX: I . Kenn y Hees s (Han): 2. Chris Caf'lt'pa (Han ). /l\ORN OPEN NOV : I. Vince Larocca (Hon) . /l\OR!'I OPEN INT : 1. Bradley Spencer (Hon): 2. Chuck Mona · smith (Hon) : 3. Mib DiUlird (Hon): 4. Chris Borjas ( Han ). /l\ORN OPEN EX: 1. Chri!i Canepa (Han) : 2. Kenny Hl"f'!> (Hon ) 5 VET NO V: I. Vince Larocca (Han) : 2. Rob De Wll ard (Yll m ): 3 Ste ve Mll rt io [Hon}: 4 . Mart y Lawre nc e (Kaw ); 5 . Ba rr y Ba um an (Hon) . VET INT : 1. Anthon y Giammanco (Han): 2. Gr\"9 Sode rer (Hon ): 3. Dave Mosi ef (SuL); 4. Craig King (Yam) . OIT NOV : 1. T!"rT)' Sm ith (Han): 2. Robert Sil va (Hon ); 3. Mark Bi scardi (Yam) . OIT INT : I . Gordon Hodge5 (KTM) ; 2. Eric Ktser(Ho n ). VINT NOV : I. RICk Godin!"l (Yam ); 2. Mick Grundy (Yll m ). YINT INT: 1. Brad Rich ard (Yam ): 2. Dave Ma ~ we ll (Yam ) SPTS MN X: I. Chad Tu mlinson (Ho n): 2. Paul Karr (Hon ); Stt' Y" M.lrt in (Han) OFC: 1. Kenny Ht"t'ss (Han): 2. Chri s Canepa (Hon) : 3. Rodney Spt'n(,f'r (Yam): 4. Korf'Y Het!'ss (Han); 5. Robt-rt Silva (Hon) . Western New York Motocross Association Inc. Round 22: F rozen O cean Motocross Park 125 AM I. Scott SeaB (Kawl; 2. Selin Hackley IKa....l: 3. Frllnk : Bums (Kaw); 4 Craig Crippen (Yam): 5. Pllul SenlJOl"ol (Yam). 125 EX; I. C hart~ Ellis (Suzl: 2. MIlch Oough~ {Kill....l : 3. Oan Sch midt (Yam) ; 4 . Brandon Kuhn (Yam); 5. Ca~b Miner (Yam ). 2 50/ 0PEN BEG: I . Taylor Pol1f"f' (Yllm): 2. Mike Gil~r (Suz ): 3 . Dennie Eav es (Yam) ; 4. M.1l1t Bulman (Yam) : 5. Harold Nchle O c ea n o n Oct ober 2 6 , a nd with 2 004 just around the co mer, everyone had bett er stay ed tuned to www.wny ma .co m. Frozen Ocean Mo t o c ros s P a rk A u b u r n . New York Re s u lt s : Septem ber 7, 2003 (Round 22 o f 291 (Yam) . 2S0/ 0 PEN NOV: I. Don Tllylor (Yam): 2 . 5 11"..... Proc luup 0 (YlIm): 3. Tim H.lIrr1ngton (Yllm) : 4 , Jllm ~ Sax!" (Yam ): 5. Ben Cav" (Yam ). 25 0 / 0 PEN A M.: I. Jo hn Yo ung til ( Yom); 2. Adam Desente ( Yam ): 3 . DaVI"' Tero< lIligef Jr . (Yam) ; 4 , Ji m CllBOfl ( Hon) ; S. Ryan Ka UI ( Ya m) . 250/ 0 PEN EX: I. Bruce Stratton (Hon): 2. Charles Ellis (Suz) : 50 P/W (4·8) : 1. Dana Zamptl tori (Yam): 2. Jadf' Repa ss ( Yam) : 3. Oucllti Bowers (Yam): 4. Stephen Maull (Yam ): 5. Kory Fogarty (Yam ). 50 (4· 6): I. Cohon Camp (KTM) : 2. Angelo KomudlI (Cob) ; 3. Kory Fogarty ( YlIm ); 4 Ty lf!l" Bedell (YlIm ): S. Dcceu Bo w.. rs (Yam ). 50 (7-8 ): 1. Ky le Jack5Ol\ (Cob): 2. Brandon InM5 (Cob): 3. Emerson Con nor (KTM) : 4 Collin Red ord ( KTM ): 5. Mason Price (KTM). 65 : 1. Mati Babbln (Ka w): 2. R.J. Beck (Kallo"): J. Todd Tho mp . son (KTM): 4 . J ake Eddy (Kaw); 5. Chaz Clingerman (KTMJ. JR M.NI : I. Sunny Drake ( Kaw) ; 2. John Vergaht o ( Yam) ; 3. I MattBebbi tt (Kaw): 4 . JlIk~ Eddy (Ka w): 5. R.J . Beck (Kaw) . SR M.INI: 1. Seen Hac kley (K aw): 2. Eliot J ac k son ( Yam) ; 3. Chad DunnjnQ (Kalll ): 4. Nlcbclee Besernerue (Sui ): 5. A ndft"1lo" Mil f''!> (Kallo"). M.I I CO/l\B: 1. Sun Hlickl ey (Kaw): 2. Eliot J<'tCkson (Yam) : J N Sunny Dr ake (Kaw): 4. Ni choili s BasalTlllnia (Sw ); 5. Andft"w Mil" (KdW). 125 SCHBY : I. Scott Seers (Kalll) : 2. Fran k Bum s (Kaw ); 3 Nic k Lec e re oae (S uI): 4 . J ust in McNa ll y ( Ydm ): 5. J us tin Lcc pe (YlIm ). 125 BEG: 1. Jo seph Chull (Yo'lm); 2 . J oanna F8 k~ (YlI m); 3 . Brad Sm ith (Ydm ): 4. Nath an Devinney (Yam ); 5. Rob Kav an'l ugh (YlIm ). 12 5 NOV: I. Nic k Lac eranl a (SUI): 2. Josh MoI1>t" (Yam): 3 Chil d Dun ni ng (K alll ): 4 . Sco t! Smi th ( Yam ); 5. Ti m Mc NlI lI y J r (Yll m) . 3. C ll~Y Jo hnso n (Ya m) : 4. Brian Auslln C Hon): 5. Mati Easlman ( Yam) . 16 -24 COMB : I. MItch Doughl"rty (Yam) : 2. Mik e A ym (Yam): 3 John Young III (Yam): 4. Jack Cllrpt"flt~ C Hon): 5. Jesse Rl"pa ~ (Yam) . 25 .. A: I. Bruce Stra tton (Hon ); 2. Don Schm idt ( YlIm ); 3 Boen .... stln (Hon); 4. Odyid Burger (YlIm); S. Olin Field (YlI ml u 25 ... B: I . Deve Willi<'lm5 (Hon): 2. Ron Senqer (Hon); 3. John Young (Yam ); 4. Mi ke Thom5On (Yam ): S. RYlin KU li (YlI m) . YET: I. Bruce Strenon (Hon ): 2. o.,yid Burger ( YlIm ); 3. Don Schmidt (Yam); 4 . Dan r~ld (Yam) ; 5. RoL: Beck (Yam) . md SR B: 1. Mike Thom se n (Yll m ); 2. Olin Me'df'r (Suz) : 3 . Joh n Youn g (Yam): 4 SIeve Delely s (Yam): 5. Brace Suetton Sr. (Han) . SR C: I. Cyl e Ell i500 ( YlI m); 2. Tim HlI rrington (Yam) : 3. John Billi ngs (Hon) ; 4. TIm McNa lly Sr. (Yam); 5. Fred Lcces (Kaw). 4 0 ...: 1. Do n Cnppen ( Yam): 2. J eff Fregoe (YlI m); 3. David Jac kson (Han): 4 . Robert Sutli ll (Yam ) 5. Tim McN all y Sr. (Yam ). 4 · STRK : I. Ron Nye (Hon): 2. Steve Bond ( Yam ): 3 . J ason Orr ( Yam); 4. J im Carson (Hon ): S. Ryan Nyf' (SuL). VIN T £, WDS : 1. Steven Edwll rds ( Yam); 2. Mont y Phmnty (Yam) ; 3. Dalt.· .... efs (Hon): 4. Bf'n Al kin son (Kaw ). y CMC Trans-C National MX Series al Round 2: Starwest Motocross Park Chuff's Got the Stuff Pugmire Gets Pugilistic at the Park By LARRY W OO STER AUBURN, NY, SEPT . 7 W est ern Ne w Yo rk Motoc ross Asso ci ati o n storm ed th e Fr ozen O cean sta rt ing gates fo r round 22, with well m or e th an 400 ride rs look ing for special Challenge Series an d pr ec iou s Fall Series poi nts . Hi st oric ally , A u b u r n ' s "Pla ce to Rac e" in central New Yo rk St at e generates so me of th e sea son 's grea t es t motocross action , bei ng the " hom e tra ck" to both t he C NYRA and WNYMA Ser i es. T h e weather was cherry , and the track wa s in red hot shape and read y for some ser iou s M X action . A number of g reat Expert and Pro ride rs were o n h an d , in cl u di n g Casey J ohn so n , Bruce Str att on , Jack Carpe nter and th e usual suspects... er , um . Ex pe rt s, but th e focu s of thi s sto ry is on one of the entry -level cla sses. A b ig class of 12 5 c c B eginn ers w er e spread out, elbows high and th rottles pinned , w ai ti ng o n th e g at e drop to r ip off th e big up hill st art into th e w id e left -hand fi rst turn. Matt Mancu so was th e ma n on a mission , tak · in g th e ho lesh ot , wi th Rob K av anaugh an d Ja so n Gan bumping gri ps ove r second. Brad Smi th was th e next rock eteer to take flig ht . pa ssing Mi k e Mal no ske and Gan and boosting h im self into pos itio n to start kn o ck in g on Ka va na ug h's d o or. In o n l y h er se c ond WNYMA ra c e o f t h i s y ea r , J oan n a Fa ke worked herself up into the fo urth spot and be g a n c h a l le ng i n g Sm ith, wh o w a s st il l searchi ng for a way aro und K avanaugh . Man · c uso went d own wh il e c o rne r ing , allowin g Kavanau gh . Sm ith . Fake and at least three oth ers rid ers to get past hi m . Kavanaugh an d Fake w er e battl ing bar to bar for the l ead when Josep h Ch u ff sp rung fo rw a rd from a m id pack start t o m ak e the t o p t h ree a ft er passing Sm ith when Kavanaug h slowed off th e pac e to gather h imself u p . C huf f found hi s groove late in the m oto , push in' tha t cushion wide around Smi th and then ri pping low and inside on Fak e for the lead . Chuff made th e last -lap ext ra ex c it ing fo r t he huge c ro w d . ho ld ing on lon g eno ug h to take the win. over F ak e, wi t h Smith , K av anau gh a nd N ath an Dev inney all nett in g top -fi ve finishes . The New York State Te am Gree n Kaw asa· ki d eal er s pro vid ed aw esome con ti n gen c ies for t he h ig hest -fini sh in g K aw as a k i rid er i n every cla ss, as well as seve ral rand om d ra w ings for Pro jersey s and oth er awa rds at their m ini-extrav aganza held d uring intermission . It was anno unc ed tha t th at lo ca l WNYMA and CNRYA member -tumed 'undi sp ut ed 2002 and 2003 Nat ional Four-St ro k e Cham p io n Pau ly Carpenter, fro m Ith aca . New York , w as th e lates t a d di ti o n to th e Nati ona l T ea m G ree n , alo ng with Bub ba Stewart, in 2004 . Th ere's no o ne around w ith bet ter four· str oke sk ill s and ba sic all y untapp ed ra w, natu ra l tale nt th a n Carpenter , and drop p ing down fro m hi s past 4 50cc and 520cc m ount s to th e new Kawasa k i 25 0cc m achin es should equal o ne w ic k ed . wired and fast Carpenter! J aso n Cort eville was loo king wicked , w ired and fa st himself at the d ro p of th e gat e fo r m ota tw o , as he ma de up fo r his m ota -on e crash with a moto -two moon shot to take th e lea d . Fake w as proving sh e' s n o fluk e by im pro ving on her m o to -one start, also going two -wi de with Man cu so for seco nd , whil e Mike Grad y , Sm ith , Devinney and Kavanaugh bat tled it ou t ov er the big tabletop. The big tab letop spread the big Beginner cla ss out a littl e, and the d eep wh o op s se parated th e c o n tend ers from th e pr etenders p rett y q u ic k ly . Fake was cl ose to making a pass hap pen . and it almost became a reali ty at midmot o. Th e resulti ng two-bi ke breakaway of Corteville and Fak e was soo n in jeopardy, th ou gh , as Chuff and Sm ith ch ewed awa y at the leade rs ' times. Co rteville led m oto two fr om flag to flag, but with an 11-1 ta lly , he only had sixth overa ll to show fo r all his ha rd work . C huff d id m anage a late-m ota pass ove r Fake for sec ond, but Co rtev ille had am assed too big a lead fo r Chuff to m ount a c halle nge . Chuff' s 1-2 tall y and Fak e's 2·3 sco re earned th em fir st and seco nd ove rall , respec t ive ly . Sm it h (3 · 4 ), D ev in n ey (5 -5) a nd K avan au gh ( 4 -7) al l earne d top -fiv e o verall s for th eir strong effo rts . Th e WNYMA closes out it s 30th straight year o f successfull y lead ing m otocro ss pro · m otion in western New Yor k Sta te at Frozen Frozen Ocean Motocross Park: J ose p h Chuff had the ri g ht stuff to top the 12Scc Begin ne r c lass at ro u n d 22 o f WNYMA action in Auburn , New York. J o n Simm on s i n t hi rd o n a Per form an c e M ot orsp orts Suzuk i. But tha t o rde r wa s all sc ram ble d u p durin g the second lap . wh en McGr ovem bl inked and sudd enly fell to fourth. Burm eister took ov er, but he qu ickly found hi s ha nds f ull hold in g o ff a co m e -fr o m -beh in d charge fro m Cory Gib bon s, o n a 250cc Joh n Burr Cycles Yama ha , wh o in tum wa s bein g bad ger ed by AnswerfTeam ECC Suzuki rid er Shane Bess on a 125 , who himself was haulin' from sixth on lap on e. Bess yan ked Gib bo ns' chain o n lap three and m ov ed i n to seco n d , an d a lap later Bu rmeis t er got caught in B ess' d raft a nd dropped to second . Wi th Bess now hold ing his own in the lea d for the duration . Bu rmeist er was soon passed by a resurg ing Gibbon s, who m oved back into second o verall with slightly m ore th an tw o laps to go , and they he ld th at pa tt ern to t he end. M ea nw h il e , A less i had caught up to a few o f th e cash · chase rs and had seve nth overall at th e chec k ered flag . McG rovern fl ou nd er ed at the sta rt o f the second m oto , whil e Bess moved qu iCkly into th e lead th is t i m e and did n 't look bac k , swee ping the 125s . Behind him thi s ti me was B y J OHN B ETHEA MORENO VA LLE Y, CA . SEPT . 7 With a colle ct ive sig h of relief. th e Min i cl asses sa id farew ell to fa ct or y Honda rid er M ik e Al essi . who o n this day m ade his fir st appear · ance at a CMe event w ith nothing more than a 125 and 250 to ride . Th e m ounts were differ ent, but the results wer e the same as the sec ond round of the FM FfTransworld Tran s-Cal Nat ional s ar rived at Starwest Mo tocross Park . Alessi again collecte d three ove ralls in sweeping fa shion , this time acing the t 25 cc and 250cc Int er m ed iate classes , as well as th e Schoo lboy cl ass. He led every lap of th e 16 rider 125cc Interm ed iate and Schoolboy co n tests but had his ta lents tested big -time in the comb ined 125cc/ 250 cc Pro and 250cc Inter· m ed ia te contest, whe re he started from th e seco nd row . In the fi rst moto of that com bined eve nt, Fairfield Cycles ' Kev in McGrovern plopped his Suzuki into th e ov erall lead , wi th 125cc Pro lead er Tyson Burm ei st er sec ond o n h is Pro Ci rcu it/Pro X Hond a and second 250cc rider Starwest Motocross Park: Trent Pugm ire p u lled off sweeps in bot h t he Superm in i and 8Scc (12-1 3) c lasses at the second round of t he CMC Trans-Cal Nat iona l MX Series i n Moreno Vall ey, Ca li fornia. c y cl e n e vv s O C T O B ER 1 5 , 2003 53

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