Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

3. 250 BEG: I . Josh H~ kma n (Han ); 2. Tim \Jo'aldschmidt (Han) : Dust in Forgey ( Yam) ; 4 Les Holl and (Hon); 5. Hea ther Du bin Klopenstein Carpentry," said promoter , tr ack o wner , fo od ser ver, bo unc er an d all-around multitasker Hawk . "I hope everybody had a good time , and if they didn't, I do n 't care, 'cause I didn't charge anybody anything." l$w). 250 NOV: I. Chris SIonrl (Ydm ). 250 PRO ; 1. ~ir: 2. l uc as Serr echia : 3 . Jo hn HClooum J r.; 4. Mic hdel Freund; 5. Evan Owen s. 70· 125 4 ·STRK B: I. Emi liano Garci ll: 2. Chri stlan Ba rnes; 3, Dustin Tulley s: 4. Cole Barn es: 5 . Kayla Ban tou. 70 -125 4· STRK A : I. An dy Morriso n: 2. Dami on Vasqu ez; 3 Christo pher Gould: 4. Ja y Stewart ; 5. Adam Wise. 80 YAM (7 ·9 ): I. Steven-Lee Large: 2. Cor a Atk ins: 3. J ustin veene ue ; 4. Corey veo nene: 5. Karyw Crisp Main Tr ack S/ P/W : I. lucas Serrechie: 2. Lane Gardner; 3. Co le Gardn er; 4. Cod y Kelley : 5 . Kayla Carte r. 65 BEG : I. Shane Sooter: 2. Con no r Grf'ffl: 3. Crash Bell; 4. Mdu A s.c encio ; 5. Jason B.tles. 65 NOV : 1. Ryan Robl..s: 2. Blal" Raible: 3. Andrew Frank os: 4. Sham! un!. 651NT : I. Tanner Krahenbuhl ; 2 . M.ll on Sweeden. s 85 BEG: 1. Shane lamp;g nano: 2. Matt Gamboa; 3. Hunter l=rt; 4 , Anthon y Felill ; 5. Ad3m Zilla 85 NOV : 1. Chris G~n; 2. Wesley Ostman : 3. Randy !"\PrriU; 4 Thomas Smith; 5. Kyle Bohann.an. Sl Ml NI: 1. Chris G~ ; 2. We*y Ostman ; 3. Kyle Boha nnan ; 4 Shane Lampignano ; 5. Sh4wn Hayes. 125 BEG : I. Adam RO'W!oe; 2. David Guerra : 3. Hans Edney; 4. Joseph Sample: 5. T ~ GlI ~ia . 125 NOV I. Justin Gierlich ; 2. Jake NarrTlOf'e; 3, Jason Holliday; : 4. Anthon y Gould; 5. Myie's Stllrk wellther . 125 1NT: 1. Randall HaD: 2. ~Id Cholill f; 3. Bea u Brltdbury; 4. K"ln Holmes : 5. Brian Fowler. 250 BEG: 1. Tim WaldKhm idt; 2. Dusli n Forgey: 3. les Holland ; 4. Robert Mclaughlin ; 5 . Ky le Andenon. 250 NOV: L Mall Eddy; 2. Chri s Sloruck : 3. Ky le ,"'\cSha ne; 4 . Josh Thom J*lfl: 5. Carson Mullen. ~ 250 INT : I. Nat e Wood ; 2. Mi ke Pineda: 3 . Mike Danielson: 4 Brian Fowler; 5. Kevin Barcia. 250 PRO: I. J erermah Moor e: 2. J a!lOf'lDub in; 3. Ross Gan:ia: .. Jeff Sanford 5. Siay Lavorc i. : WMN 8EO: J. Heather Dubi n ; 2. Stll(ia Lawh orn : 3. Ai nsl ie Cortin~ 4. Ja nice Welch : 5. Nikki St_lIrt. 25. BEG: I. Robert McLtughlin : 2. J ason Cave; 3. Chri!!. Btdch; 4, liam W",loIom ; 5 . James !o\4ralS J r. 30. BEG : I. Robl"'tt Wo lf; 2. William Brinkman; 3. Josh Ht"Ck· man ; 4, Rick Ganll ; 5. Bryan McCor k le 30 0 NOV: 1. Kirk Shimek ; 2. Keith Copp ; 3. Odm n Cert ines: 4 . Knin AtIo lt i: 5. ~ Thompson. 30 . INT : 1. John H~ : 2. Michelle Horton: 3. Ton y Bi~nt'f1.; 4. eMn Evans 40. BEG : I . Mik e Bonard: 2. Jim Wil1illms: 3. Hat Raster: 4 y Tom Stewllrt ; 5. Chuc k Rdmst> Sr. 400 NO V: I. Tim Williams; 2. Bruce Thompson; 3. Dave Dubin; 4. Mike McKa y: 5. Kir k Shim ..k . 40 0 INT : I . Kirk Shimt.+k ; 2. Mich ell!" Horto n; 3 . SIeve Donaldson : 4. Chris Cumbo . 40 . EX: I. Mik e Barlow : 2. Ddvf' Empk in Trevor Hawk's G ang es Road Farm ho u se C irc uit Wild Willy's Wins "n" Wheelies! B y R UPERT X. PEllETT SHELBY, OH . SEPT . 13 "Wi ld Will y " Brow ning took a br eak fro m the AMA Chevy T rucks U .S. Motocross Na tiona ls a nd swept up at the ninth annual Pit B ike Nationals, claiming three National titles and a World Whee lie Cha mpionshi p as well. W ith a crowd of better than a hu nd red ca n· fused co mpetitors, and with entr ants from all facets of the sport and all wa lks of life - pro fess ional motoc ro ss rac er s, GNCC c o mpeti to rs, road rac ers, farm hands, the ho meless . th is affair wou ld go do wn as a record ·breaker, as track owner Tr evor Hawk had worked tir elessly to ma k e it another gre at event. " I' ve put dow n o ve r 17 ,000 gall o ns o f water on thi s immacu lat e ci rc uit this we ek, " g ushed the te nd er -hearted giant. "W e ev en sp rayed for mosquitoes . We 'll leave no stone unturn ed in p reparing th is pla c e - unless th e stone is already in pla ce ; th en we'll leave it as is..... Th e raci ng in all cla sses was lively , colorful and often v iolent , as t he de ad -engine -start rac es were fill ed wit h wild and crazy com petito rs , each enjoying this "gre ate st rac e of th e y ear. " T he bigg est clas s of th e day was the 100cc class, with m ore than 30 c om pet ito rs. For m er PB N c ha mp B ria n Gonser ca p tu red ano the r ti tl e in that ha iry div ision. "M an y tha nk s t o m y sp on so rs, lik e STF M oto r sp ort s and eve ry bo dy, and th an k s to Heisler and was braking hard t o kee p from pu shi ng him o ut of th e tum. Heisler held on to the lead for the next few turn s before Askew passed him for the point pos itio n. From that point o n, it was Askew in the lead, followed by He isl er a nd t h e n J osh Tho mps o n on his Yamaha. After t h e m ot o , H e isl er , A sk ew a n d Jonathan Wes t were talking about th e close racing in th e first turn , A skew said that he c o uld n' t believe that he actua lly got on the b rake s and wa s ab le to k eep f ro m taki ng Heisler to the ground , to whi ch West rep lied , "1 saw him [A skew] c om ing in there hot and flgured I wo uld just stay on th e outsid e and out of the way ." A sk ew al so men tio ned to Heisler , wh o also run s th e Over 30 class, tha t pe rhaps he sho uld slow down tow ard th e end of the rac e in th e sec ond m ot o . M ot a two fi ni shed almost th e same, ex ce p t th at Suzuki ri de r J o el Sen ell sneake d in for a th ird -place finis h. Askew too k the overa ll with 1· I finishes, Heisler was second w ith a 2 -2 ta lly , and Th ompson was th ird wi th 3·4 fini shes. Re su lts 50: 1. Willy Brown ing (Hon ): 2. Dude (Hon ): 3. Josh Koch (SUI); 4 Trert Heller (Hen); 5. Dam n Bostic k (Hon). 60: I. Willy Bro-.v ng (Hon); 2. Bnen Gon ser (Hon) : 3. CM d ni Cooo (Hon) : 4. Kurt~ (Hon) ; 5. Rick Schtele lMn (Hen) . 100: I. Boen Gonser ( Hon) ; 2. Chad Roberts (Bon ); 3 . David .....'hitcrlJfl (Suz) : 4_Adam Joh nson (Kaw); 5. Cha.rtte Rumrey (Hen) . 125: 1. Wi ll y Bro wn ing ( Hon ); 2. Eric DaVIS (Yam) ; 3. /llnk..y Payne (Yam ): 4 . Eric Hale (Yam ): 5 . Tim Hdning (Yam ). 150: 1. Ricky Crist (Hen ); 2. Tim Hanmg ( Yam) : 3. Joe Prock" (Hon ); 4. Chad Coon (Hod) ; 5. Mik e)" Payne (Yam) . W,M,N: J. Terni 8ott"lli (Yam); 2. Ange liq ue Buc k lflgham (Ydm ): 3. li nda MatheiS (Hen); 4. An gte Koch (Ydrn ); 5, Con nM-Hm denon ( Yam ). .....'HEEUE: I. Willy Brown ing . SlOW RA CE: I. David WhittTlIft Chandler Mountain Motocross Pa rk Askew Lines Up Two for the Overall Results B y M AlTHEW H OLT Trevor Hawk 's Ganges Road Fannhouse Circuit: " Wild Willy " Browning wo n the Whee lie co nte st" and almost everything el se " at th e ninth annual Pit Bik e Nationals In Shelby, Ohio. T rev or for putting on th is tasty li tt le affair," said th e long -haired "Wi ndham wann ab e." It seemed li k e Brown ing w a s w inning everythi ng at th is pr estig ious and pr epo ster o us gathering, th ough. He ca me o h-so-close to winnin g th e Slow Rac e, he won th e Wh eelie co m pe tition , he bea t the worl d- famo us "Dude" in th e 50cc cl ass, and th en he took th e 80cc and 125cc cl asses, too ! It wa s an incr edible da y for Browning , as he also set a rec ord for earni ng th e m ost cha m p io ns hips in a single d a y a t T r e v o r ' s rid icu lou sl y e xt ravagant extravaganza. "Than ks to Trevor for letting me co me up here and win all these races and br ooms and stu ff," Browning said . " It wa s great to be able to bea t the evil Dud e; I to ld him th is m orning he was goi ng dow n - and he did ." Oth e r w inn er s i n cl ude d th e in cr ed i bl e Ric ky Cri st , wh o spa n ke d th e f ield in th e 150c c cl ass, and the ve ry fast an d multit im e cha m p io n Tammi Bo rr elli , wh o took anoth er cha m p ions h ip home (in the Wom en' s cla ss) from this gala m oto -p arty . Th e Slo w race was all abou t Davi d " Pee Wee" Whitcraft, as he wa s extremely slo w · so slow , in fa ct , th at he won th e thing . " Every body always tell s me I' m slow ," said th e Pr o · A ct i o n Suspe nsio n t e c h n i c i an . "To day, I was real slo w!" "M uc h than ks to m y helpers and m y spon sors - H a l e' s Yamaha , Rac er · X , Corn w ell Tools , Me t's Cy cle , H arp er Broom s, Lun a r 50 ENTRY: I. Dalton Ml:-dd s (Ho n) : 2. Ty ler Woodllil (Hon); 3. ow Hunter Wor:xi

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