Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Coon Cher emle (KTM) : 4 . .Jece To ups ( KT M): 5. Au stin Rig gin s (KTM) . 65 BEG: I. Al ell Gultreeu (Kaw); 2. J ason Stoc kstill (Kaw); 3 . M.st! Lemo ine (Kll W): 4 . .Iaren Tu lli er (Yam ); 5. 'Por kchc p" Bay.. (Suz). 65 (6 ·9) : 1, Damon Arceneaux (Han ). 65 (10- 11): I. Zach ary Riggins (Ka\ll): 2. Brandon Champagne (Kaw). 65 OPEN: I. Zac har)' R igg in~ (Kaw); 2. Brando n Cham pag ne (Kaw); 3. Damo n Al'("eneaux (Han ); 4. Mall Lemoine (Kaw); 5. Ja son Stoc kstill (Kaw). 85 BEG: I. Kevin Mancuso (Yam) : 2. Steven Stewart (Yam ): 3. Tim m y Teague (Yam) ; 4. Paul Beal (Yam ): 5. Ross Dimm (Kaw). 8 5 (7.1 1): 1. Zech Tull ier (Yam); 2. Chris Delau ne (Kaw) ; 3. Ryan Stewart (Han). 85 (12- 15): I . Mitch Gou mey (KoIl w): 2. Blak e Mel.sncon (Han ). MINI OPEN: 1. Mitch Goum ey (K.sw); 2. Bl ak e Ml"lam:o n (Han); 3. Kevin Mancu so (Yam): 4 . Chris Del aune IKa w ); 5 , RyllO Stewart (Han) . 12 5 BEG: I. J or da n Cham pag ne (Suz): 2. M ic ha el Haff ne r (KTM): 3. John Boswell (Suz); 4. Chris Ore go [Suz]: 5. Tulli e T..mplet (Yam ). 125 NO V; I. Chase Melancon (Yam) . 125 OPEN: J. Jo hn Boswell (Suz); 2. Brand Dishon (Yam); 3 . Dav id Sanchez (Yam ). 2 50 BEG: I. Scooter Peetz (K<'I \lI): 2. Bob Calhoun (Han) . WMN: I . Renee Lee (Yam); 2. Taylor Walts (Suz]: 3. Kaci Simo n (Kaw ); 4. A shley Bostwick (Kawl : 5.linsey Del aune (Yam). SR C: J. Tull il:"Templ et (Vam) : 2. Scooter Peeu (Kaw ). OPEN MNY: 1. Cody Smiley (Yam): 2. T rent Cannon (Han); 3. J acob Babin (S uz]: 4 . C be se Guidry {Yarn}. ==~-~~----,..,.,,-~-=---,.---=------~----...,,-~~-----==-, ~ te r st ar t and wa s closing in on Vande nbush, m akin g the pass st ic k o n t he th ir d lap and th en setting hi s sig hts on Gru be. F or t wo laps , the youn g st er and t h e "co m ebac k kid " we re neck and neck throug h the up hill whoop section, but Grube closed th e do or on Frassett o in th e next left -hander. O ne lap lat er , Frassetto go t an oth er good dr iv e through th e who op s o n the in sid e, th is tim e mak ing the pass stic k and leav ing G rube dumbfou nded abo ut being pas sed by an 85 in the 125 cc B cl ass. Fras sett o is abo ut as fast as Mini riders co me in Wi scon sin . Co ll ins had nobod y in front of him for the en t ire m ot o , takin g another win . Fra ssett o wound up sec o nd but ha d to sett le for th ird overa ll wi th his 4 -2 ta lly . Grube 's 2 -3 sco re garnered third , wh ich m ust ha ve been satisfying afte r being on the rocker for th e past few months. Ryan Nort on (3 -7 ) was fourth overall , w hile Ki el nati ve B ri an Lu xem ( 6 -5 ) scored fifth . Grube cam e back in th e 13 -24 cl ass with a 1-2 sco re for the ove rall vic tory. ~ '" s r OJ ~ 5 r 0. Results Gravity Park C ollins Tops Friday on Satu r d a y B y P ETE EMM E CHILTON, WI, SEPT , 20 Coo l temps ling ered thro ug ho ut northeast ern Wiscons in as Gravi t y Park ' s season was wind ing do wn . Nearly 200 ent rant s were o n hand fo r this rou nd of the Friday N ight Series - only th is time, due to sc hedu li ng c onfl ic t s, th e Fr iday night even t was held on a Sat urday. To d d Grube came bac k to r a c e in the 125cc B class afte r be ing absen t du e t o a fr ea k i nj u ry sus taine d bac k i n th e sp r in g . (Grube fr actured his lower leg at Red Bud .) A fte r nearl y a three -mon th hi atu s, Grube had his Yam aha out fron t in th e first m ot a , aga inst so m e sti ff co m pet it ion . Loca l hot shoe B rian C o lli ns was r ig ht o n G r u be 's rear fender th rough out the fir st la p , with "Flyin ' Ryan " Nort o n and Chris Dupey in tow . T ra vis Frassetto was on the m ove on h is big 8 5cc mount as he kept low th rough th e th in air to get by Dupey on th e th ird lap . Collins an d Grube bat tl ed it ou t for th e next lap , and t he n it was Co ll in s' turn to tak e over th e po int. as he go t around Grub e fo r th e lead . Meanwhile, Dupey was bac k out in fro nt of Fr assetto , and they were try ing to ca tc h No r ton for th ird . Co lli ns slow ly inch ed awa y from Grub e, and he got th e big win , while Grube, in a g reat raci ng c om ebac k , sett led for seco nd . Norton rode alone in th ird . Fr assetto did get back around th e Yama ha-mounte d Du pe y for fourth , and Dupey ta llied fi ft h, Co ll i ns t ook the second -mo to ho lesho t . wit h Grube right next to him as they rock eted throu gh th e ro ller sec tio n , doublin g in and t r i p li n g out. Kevin Vand enbu sh , wh o wa s eig hth in m ot a o ne , was rig ht there w ith hi s Yama ha thumper for third . Frassett o go t a bet - P/W : 1. Aa ron Remter: 2, Cody Sevenns en: 3. Nic k Markel: 4 A .J . Wolle r: 5. T yler Flem ing . 6 5: I. Dylan Ciriacks: 2. Dam ian Still man; 3. Ben Peterson: 4 Cody Jones ; 5. Ae rcn Remter. 65 JR: I . Anth ony Gra ha m: 2. Dy lan Declerc: 3 . Damian man; 4, Ben Peterson: 5 , Matth ew Kania. 85 SR: 1. Br ian Coll ins: 2. Travis Fressettc; 3. J acob Greatens: 4 Matthew Menler; 5. Ryan Norton . 12 5 A : J. Danny Maki 125 B; I. Brian Collin s; 2. Todd Grube; 3, T ravis Fressetto: 4, Ryan Nort on: 5 . Brien Luxem. 125 C: 1. Chase Clove r: 2. J ames Dlob ik : 3. Craig Almq uist: 4 Wesley Anderson: 5. Robert J ones. 250 A: I. Sheen Mi ller; 2. Dann y Maki ; 3. Stan ley Nooyen. 250 B: l. Eric Peters: 2. J amb Coll ins: 3 . ..101:"1?Jopson : 4. Chad Kru se; 5 , Brne Stroebel. 250 C: 1. Dan Friday: 2. Richard Gouge: 3. Richard Block land: 4. Ryan Norto n ; 5. Eric Kocourek . WMN : l. Te barh e Mille r; 2. Sheena Haws; 3. Heath er Hall ; 4 Kelly Brill: 5. Abigaillahorik \3 ·2 4 : I. T odd Gr ub e; 2. Br ian Coll ins ; 3. Ry an No rt on : 4 Rich ard Goug e; 5. Matthew Meozt'r. MSTR 25+: 1. Jesse Willia ms : 2. Chuck Cisler: 3 . Tom Nielst"n; 4. Jo el Propson. 5. Pete Em me VET 30 +: 1. Jesse Will iams: 2, Tom Nielsen: 3. Scott Bit'se ; 4 Nick Eidenberger: 5 . Pete Ern me . NON ·CUR: I. Ton y Dorm an: 2 . Mike Dorm an: 3. Er ic Laedke: 4 Brent Bautch: 5 . Donald Kamz . suu- Ascot Park MX: Ro b bie Sm it h won every moto he e ntered , as well as the Dash For Cash , at round s ix o f the YZ T h under Se ries in Dora , O k la homa. A s c ot Park M X Smith Ties Ascot Up in Knots two bega n . So mehow , Be noit jumped ba ck past Sm ith as they jumped the g iant tableto p near th e back side of th e tr ack. Ho wever, w ith in a few comers , Smith m iracu lously shot past a nd bega n t o gap t he f ie ld im m e d ia t e l y . Beh ind th e fra ca s up fr o n t , Suz u k i j o c k ey J ohn Ad am had his hands full w ith Ty ler Led be tter and B ran don Cheek . At th e end of the m o ta , Smith c rossed the li ne well ah ead of Benoi t , A da m and Sam pley , As th e Pr os ma de th ei r way o ut of t he sta r ting gate for t he secon d m ot o , Smith seemed to have his starts nail ed down , as he go t out front fir st. Beh ind him, the war was on . Ben oit, rid in g with a broken fi nge r on h is thro tt le hand, was letti ng it all hang out as he slice d and diced hi s way aro und the trac k and held o n to runn er -up sta t us , j u st a head o f A da m . T he first 250 cc Pro m oto was all Sm ith 's , as he got ou t t o a quick getaway ahe ad of Sampley Ben oit and Cheek . Benoit. not wanting to sett le for third , made hi s way past Sampl ey and set o ut afte r Sm ith . Cheek and Ada m we re mi red at th e rear of the pa ck , battling for fourth . A s th e checkered fla g flew, Sm ith was we ll ahead of Ben oit and Sampley. T he sec ond m ot o seeme d like a ca rbo n copy of th e fir st, as Sm ith got out into the lead , held o n to it and won the m ot o . A big night of raci ng woul dn 't be co m plete w it hou t a cl ass ic tw o -la p D a sh For C as h, which allo wed the Pros a sho t at a pu rse of a little ov er $330 , Smi th , Benoi t , Ledb etter and Adam all li ned up on th e gate, hoping to take hom e some ex tra ban k, bu t in the end it was Sm ith wh o was cas hi ng in the buc ks . " M a n , t oni gh t w a s aw e s ome , " S mit h ent hused. "My bikes all ran good, and I di dn't m ak e very m any mistakes. Beno it and those guys m ade m e wo rk for it; th ey always do . I c an't wait t o co m e back . I' m rea lly di gging thi s track ." Another rider mak ing some heads turn on th is nig ht was Poli ni pilot Lane McCall of Lo well, Ar ka nsas. McCall has won every moto he 's entered thu s far in the series in the Pee Wee (7 -9 ) and 65c c (6 -8 ) classes. Gett ing out with good starts and ju m ping most of the j um ps th e o the r yo ungsters da red not try, it's no wonder his res ul t s have flo uris hed in rec ent rounds of th e series. I B y C HUCK B ALL DOR A, O K , SEPT, 20 Th e YZ T hu nde r Se ries rem ain ed tru e to its nam e as th e fastest m an of the night pilot ed hi s Rey nar d Modific ation s/ Sh ift/Bak er Boy s Yama ha YZs to th e top spots of both Pro po diums. Robbie Sm ith m ade the long haul from Edmon d , O klahoma, to show his spee d was for real. Wh en th e gate fell fo r th e fi rst 125 c c Pro mot a , loc al boy Steve n Sampley sho t out to th e early lead, chased by Nathanie l Ben oi t and Smith. Fi rst Smith ma de qui ck work of Benoit , and th en he set his sigh ts on Sampley as lap ur ''w " " w tu 0. >- '" ~ 0. Results 50 SHAFT: I. Harley Gatti s (Yam): 2. Breyden Culll!Y (Vam ). 50 BEG: 1. Garrett Fo rd (KTM) : 2. Trey Boshers (Hus): 3 . Wes· Gravity Park: Brian Collins came away with the overall 125c c B w in in Chilton, Wisconsin. ley Mizell (KTM); 4. Dylan Davenport (KTM) : 5. Dal ton Best (Cob ) 50 (4-6) : I. Grant Higg ins (Po l) ; 2. Landon Post (KTM); 3. Hay den Schultz (KTM) ; 4. De yton Martinel (KTM); 5 . Nicholas Mayhugh (lem ). 50 (7· 9): t. Lane McCall (Pol); 2. J esse Rogf"1"S (Suz) ; 3. Devn Mil chtolJ (Cob ): 4. Nathan MlIyh ugh (Kaw); 5 . J.J . Street (KTM ). 50 OPEN: 1. Orent Higgins (Pol); 2. Jesse Rogers (Suz); 3. Hay. den Schultz (KTM ); 4. Landon Post (KTM ); 5. J .J . Street (KTM). 65 BEG: I. Reyn Bowden (Kaw) : 2. Shane John son (Kaw): 3. Co lby Ske lton (Suz) : 4. Drak e McGuire (Kaw ); 5. Scott Moore (Kaw). 65 (6 · 6) : 1. Lene McCall (Ka w); 2. Au stin King (Kaw) ; 3. Grant Higgin s (Kaw): 4. Natha n MlIyhugh (Kaw); 5. Hayden Schultz (KTM). 65 (9-11): I. levi Best (Suz): 2. J .O: Richll rds (KTM) : 3. Ash ton Fitzgibbon (KTM); 4. Cole Supemaw (Suz ); 5 . Ched Matthe ws (KTM ). hards (KTM): 2. Ashto n FItzgibbon (KTM); 65 OPEN: l. J .D , Ric 3 . Levi Best (SUI) : 4. S ha ne Jo hnson (K aw) : 5 . Chad Ma tthe ws (KTM ). 85 BEG: I. .Ieyson Hugg ins (Ka w); 2. J ustin While (KlI w): 3 . Ashleigh Hall (Han) ; 4. Cody Sims (Kll w); 5. Daryl Ottaviano (YlIm) . 85 JR (7 . 11): I. levi Best (Suz ); 2. Cole Sepemaw (Suz ); 3 . J .D. e ye I e Richards (Yam ): 4. Bill y Eddy (S uz): 5 , Coo per Harvin (Suz). 8 5 SR (12 ·1 6 ): 1. T yler A rred o ndo (Yam) ; 2. Co lby Co sta (Yam ): 3 . Aar on Harrell ( Yam ); 4 . Levi Farme r (Kaw) ; 5. Tomm y Arredon do (Vll m ) S/ Ml NI: I. leroy Kim mon s ( Yam ); 2. Tom my AlTedondo (Yll m ); 3 . T yler A rredon do (Vll m); 4. Colby Costa (Yam ): 5. Aeron Harrell (Yam ). 125 BEG: 1. Jo shua Pierce (Suz): 2. Nick Dwi nell J r. (Hen ); 3. Cooper Harvin (Suz): 4. Aaron Wallmilfk (Yam) : 5 . David Dy e [Suz] . 125 NOV A : I . Jon athan Cheek (Vam ); 2. A. J. Dem ing (Han): 3. Colby Post (KTM). 125 NO V B: L J ustin Thurma n (Yam ); 2. Caleb G06d (Suz.); 3 . Jo rdan Th om as (Yam); 4. Casey Merrt"ighn (Hon); 5. Mark Whll tcott (Yam ), ): 125 1 : l. Cory No rton (Su.z 2. Tre e Norton (SUl ). NT 12 5 SCHBY: I. Chris Pettway (Han); 2. Colby Post (KT M); 3 . Tre e No rto n (SUI ): 4. Mll rk What c ott (V am ); 5 . Aa ron Wallm llrk (VlI m ) 125/2 5 0 OPE N : I . Cor y Nort on ( SUI ); 2 . Jc neth en Cheek (Yam ): 3. Jo rdan Th omas (Y

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