Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

- - -' a: w o ''" " ii' o S! ~ o ~ ~ J: 0. BO: 1. Tyler Pitlmlln ; 2. Austin Prtce: 3. Dakota Wolfe: 4. B. Slngleton; 5. Justin Pitman. 100 WiT: I . Bill Whee 2. Rich Long: 3. David Wells; 4. Gary ler: Manos; 5. Keith Wlckmlln. 125: I. Ricky Boley: 2. Austin Price; 3. CaseeMcCammon; 4. DlIkota Wolfe: 5. Justin Pittman. 250 : 1. Ricky Boley; 2. Ricky Marshlllt: 3. Jcey Ratz 4. Jeron ; Wlmer·Smith; 5. Tylp.r Pittman. 505: 1. Ricky Marsha 2. Ricky Boley; 3. Joey Rat: ; 4. Thomas ll; Englehart: 5. Brandon Snider. 505 EX: I . Jeff Landrum; 2. Chris Klinefelter; 3. Jason lsermock: 4. Bryan Dougills; 5. Kevin Hilbert. 505 PRO-SPT: 1. Scott Clevenger; 2. Deniel Gedeon; 3. Scott Lowery; 4. Tom Woods; 5. Todd Perkins. 30+: 1. Tom Woods; 2. Child Perkins; 3. Ray Reee: 4. Brian Mayo: 5. Thomes Englehlllt. 40 . : 1. Jack Turner; 2. Steve Burroughs; 3. Dale Sondles: 4 Rick Halfman: 5. UUT)' Woodward. 50 . : I. George Wills; 2. Richllrd Hilbert; 3. Joseph Troyanjalski: 4. Edwa Fatzinger; 5. E1is Giannioi. rd L!W VINT: 1. Ben Evans: 2. Justin Zeigler; 3. Kenny Arnold; 4 Brandon Snider; 5. Gary Manos . H/W VINT: 1. Ben EVllns: 2. Chris Shindeldecker; 3. Edward FlIlZinger; 4. Rich Long: 5. Erick K~lI gef. OPEN PRO; 1. Daniel Gedeon; 2. Chlis Klinefe!tp 3. Jeff Lenr; drum: 4. Jason lsennock: 5. Bryan Douglas; 6. Cory Roth; 7. Tom Woods; 8. Kevin Hilbert; 9. Deve Wills; 10. Bob Wltts S outhern Enduro Riders Association Kids E nduro Series R ound 9: H atchet Creek Kids Enduro Williams Sharpens the Hatchet! B y CAROLYN R EED Pickaway County Fa irgrounds: Pro- Sport rider Dan Gedeon (12F) blasts arou nd the o uts ide of all the Experts t o t ake the Ope n Pro- class v ictory at round 16 of th e Oh io Flat Track Series in Cir cleville. Ohio Flat Track Series Round 16: Pickaway County Fairgrounds Turner's Turn in Circleville roug hs was knocking at th e door co nst an tly. Lap after lap, T urner wou ld co m e o ut high , and B ur ro ug hs wen t lo w , th e ir lines n ea r ly inter secting h alfwa y down th e straights. In th e en d , Turn er, o n h is se lf -s po ns ored Ro t a x , c r o ss e d th e s t rip e i n f ro n t o f t h e E lyr ia Ha rley / Ho nd a -spo n sc red C RF450r of B ur rou gh s. W h en t h e yo u ng g u ns t o ok t he ir turn , Ricky Boley got hi s first win in th e 250 c c cla ss, topping no ne ot he r than Oh io h ot shoe and AMA Horizon award win ner Rick y Mar shall. T roy Mayo tu m ed 16 last week and celeb ra te d by en t eri ng hi s fi rst ra ce as a Pro Sp o rt rider. M ay o was doi ng hi m self pr oud with a stro ng third -pl ac e r ide. Unfortunat el y , hi s debut ended vi olently aga in st th e tum -tw o fen ce. Mayo aw oke in the ambulanc e, so re but otherw ise n o ne th e wo rse for w ea r after hi s hiqb -spee d dism ount. Everyone goes f ast at thi s big , w ide h alf m ile, but nobody go es fa ste r th an th e Pros. Three ac ti on- p ac ke d Pro cl asses had th e p ea gra vel flying , as loc al hotsh oes swapped paint an d leather wi th Ma ry land ' s "T hree Musk et eers ." Jason Isenno ck and B ry an D ou g la s, regu lar vis ito rs to Oh io fo r th e past co uple of ye ars, ha ve started br inging Kris Kl in efelter al on g f or th e fa st an d fu ri ous fun o f O hio . T hey might con sider leaving him ho m e n ex t time, as the yo ung ster topp ed his o lder tra vel in g buddies in both Pro classes on this day, sco ring two sec onds. Th e wi ns , ho wever , were reser v ed for th e loc al b o y s, and n o o ne is m ore loc al than homet ow ner Sco tt Clevenger, who got o ut front early in th e 505cc Pro -Sport ra ce and r an fast, smooth and un challenged fo r th e win. Chillic oth e's J eff Land rum did n 't get ou t fr on t fir st in th e 50 5c c Expert r ac e, b ut h e man aged to fig h t h i s way t o th e poi nt b y race's end . The fina l Pro con t est co m bine d Experts and Pro-Sp ort riders, 505s and 750s. Rorex m o unted 505cc Pro-S po rt rid er Dan Ged eon bl asted aro und all th e Ex perts to com plete th e Oh io Pro -cl ass sweep . T he y'll all ge t o ne m o re c ha nc e at o ne another as all th e rivalrie s of th e tour will be resumed an d reso lved fo r th e season when the ci rcuit revi sit s Circlevill e for th e Ohi o Ser ies finale. B y C RAIG GRISMORE CIRCLEV ILLE , OH , SE PT. 13 Pr om ot e r L a rr y Ree d a n d T r a c k Ra cin g br ought the O hio Flat Tra ck Ser ies back to the Pick aw ay Co unty Fa irgrounds for Round 16 of th e 2003 sea so n. T he half -m il e ho rse tr ac k located in Circle ville is sm ooth, wid e and fast . It's one of th e nicest tra cks in th e c ountry and by far the fav or it e sto p among fans and rider s ali ke on the O hio ci rcu it. T he great pea- gravel track s of Oh io are a blessin g to th e to ur , but it's the p eople who reall y ma ke th is series special. T wen t y -on e y ears ago, Steve Bu rrough s wa s a j unior dirt tra cker from Florida . He used to dr iv e all night to co m e to O hio to rac e th e pea -g ra vel h or se track s. Nowadays , he's an executi ve . Whe n a j ob tran sfer br ou gh t hi m to Cleveland, he decid ed to go racing again. " I wear a suit to wo rk, and m y st aff th ink s th at it is h il ar iou s th at I ri de a m o to rcy cle , m uch less race o n e," sa id Burroughs, who does most of his raci ng at the fro nt of th e Ov er 40 pa c k ; w eek in a n d week o u t , hi s m ain co m p etito r ha s been J ack Turner. Ohio native Tu rn er sa w his fi rst Pro rac e w hen he w as 7 , back in 1967. E igh t yea r s later, In 19 75 , he got hi s fir st m ot orcy cl e. Pur su ing his dr ea m , he t aught himself t o sli de , u sin g t he ba seball d iamon d at sc hool for a pr acti ce tr ack . Howev er , a lac k o f money and his high school athlet ic endeavors put hi s rac ing d ream s on hold. Fiv e y ears lat er, in 1980 , he finall y ma de it . his bik e stuffed in the trun k of his car - to hi s first race. O ne rather suc cess ful season later (ha vi ng placed thi rd in his district). it was all over: A wife, a dau gh t er, a job, and th e us u al c irc um st ances of life a ll co m bi ned t o p u t hi s p a s sion o n ho ld f or ano ther 10 y ears . He made it back o n th e track in 199 0 , only to hav e a serio us leg injury end any hopes of a co me back . Again , it wa s over. O r w as it ? N ev er sa y n ev er: With th e support o f a good woman - hi s wife, J am ie Jack bou ght a b ike , and n ow , a no t her 10 y ears late r , th e dream liv es. T urn er rides on in co meb ac k number th ree , battlin g fo r th e Ov er 40 w in s wi th th e lik es of hi s tit le ri v al Bu rrou gh s. Unfortunat ely , th eir riv alry was inter rupted th is spr ing after a c rash put Burr oug hs out of c o m m iss io n for a m onth . U nd ete rr ed , Bur rou gh s healed up , rehab bed and resumed his rivalry with Turner. O n Sat urd ay, th e two vet era ns ran a seesaw race. T urne r led m ost of the way, bu t Bur- 50 OCTOBER 22 . 2003 ' e ye Pickaway County Fairg ro unds C ircleville. O hio Results: S eptember 13 . 2003 (Ro u n d 161 so: I. Donovan Cox; 2. Tyler Tudor; 3. Wilde Ward; 4. Eric FlIsco: 5. Mariss Tudor. I "" n eVIl's ROCK FOR D , A L, SEPT. 13 Th e red cl ay and rock y , hilly terrain in ce ntral A labama hold s some of th e tou ghest tra ils in th e So ut h , and th ey ca n pu t a whup pin ' on an y yo ungster m ou nted o n th rottle-bearin g mac hine s. Ho wev er, on Saturday , Sep temb er 13 , M icah W illiams showed those A la b ama ro cks a thing or two as he laid it on hea vy in th e Pee Wee cla ss. Th e B-y ear -old m issed the fi rst half o f the seaso n , but he has sho wn no m er cy at th e last severa l ra c es in the SERA K ids Enduro Ser ies. N ow th at th e trails wer e on his hom e turf, the KT M jock ey showed hi s rem ark abl e swiftness and r id ing skills on the wooded landscape of A laba ma . Priv at ely owned land wa s eng ulfed th at day w ith SERA Endu ro K ids and sev era l o f th e SETRA K ids who showed up for the fun of it. With th e h elp o f such o r g aniza t io n s as t h e loca l gi rls' softball t eam and th e Boy Scouts , th e Rock for d Me n 's Club hosted roun d nin e of the season on a beautiful we ek end . Thirty -fi v e exc it ed k id s welco m ed th e slight b ree ze as th ey lin ed up fo r th e eve nt. Th e li tt le Beg in ne r b ikes too k off f ir st. A lab ama nativ e Trent Wh isen ant led them off onto a 1- m ile loo p th at featu red tw o laps of ro cks, cl ay and hilly trails tha t were v ery c orn p lex fo r th e B eg inn er Pee W ee cl ass. Righ t behind hi m , hi s fell ow Yam aha jockey Ky le Le Fl eur kept th e pace up as hi s miniature tir es roo st ed their way up sm all hills tha t loo k ed li k e ro ck -c overed m oun t ains to a PW50 . This terrain wa s to ug h fo r th e y ounger rider s, but Wh isen ant was h avin g fu n as he main t ain ed th e fast est lap times of the bun ch, giv ing him hi s first win for th e yea r. Le Fleur and K awa sa ki j o ck ey Cod y F r an klin followe d cl os e ly behind for th e silver and the bronze, res p ec ti vely. Nex t, the Pee Wee class took off , with KTM pilot Pay ne Jones in the lead fo r th e fi rst of f o u r lap s . It d id n't t a k e l o n g fo r young Wi lliams to catc h up to his o ppo nents, as his m ean orange mac hine che wed up the gna rly trails. A nother k id on a m ission was the 2003 Pee Wee c ham p. KT M rid er Hunter Row la nd , wh o show ed impress iv e lap times, ah ead of hi s c om petito r Gr iffin Rog er s, also on a KTM. Young Rog er s als o m issed th e fir st rac es of th e se aso n bu t ha s sh o wn marvelous spe ed thi s y ear and has kept up nic ely , ofte n placing am on g th e top fin ish er s in this class. Jones' de term ina t ion seemed u n bea ta b le , b ut Williams was ju st too fa st. W illiam s g rabbed an other go ld, wh il e Jones took second pla ce, fo l lo w ed by Ro w l an d in t h i rd . Raci ng w ith to ug h coo k ies su ch as Rowla n d an d J o nes m ad e a fir st -p lac e w in look pr etty swe et fo r you ng Will iams! Now it wa s time for the big boys of SERA 's k ids t o ha ve a spin o n the heav ily wooded tra ils full of creek cros sings, rock s and h ill s. Th r ee laps aro und a 3 1/2 · m ile loop m ean t so m e serious end uro raci ng for th e K ids Inter mediates and Vet Kid s cl asses. At round eig ht of the Kids Series , the Ridge Ru nne r s K ids Endu ro, Ch a nd le r Row land sco red his first wi n o f the season . He managed to pull off anoth er one at th e Rockford Enduro . T h e t ou gh t err a in di d n ' t sto p o r even slo w down thi s Kawasaki sp eedst er, as hi s tra il ri va l J ohn Hig uera , also Kawi-mounted , was cl ose b eh in d , ta k in g se co nd . An oth er K awasaki jockey , Kacey Jon es, snatc hed third place. A mong the Vet Kids ranks , Kawasaki rid er Spe ncer Cook h as had his wins th is ye ar , as well as h is lo sses, du e to so me tou gh co m petition . K awasaki -mounted Chris McMi lla n, one of Coo k 's m aj or competitors , showed up , as did Suzu ki jock ey Tyler Carter, and th e three of them m ad e it a br awl for fir st pla c e. Cook stole the sho w an d too k the win for th e day . McMillan sco red seco nd , Ca rt er was th ird , and SETR A rider M atth ew C ha nce y p ick ed up fourth . A ll in all , th e day w ent ve ry w el l. The Rockfo rd Men' s Club did an awes om e j ob of hosti ng ro und nine of the SERA Ki ds Enduro Se r ies . T he p articip at ion of th e la ndowners, the cl ub m embers, and all t he loc al organizati on s th at help ed out th roughout the week end is much app reciated. T he Gobbler Gett er Kids E nd ur o will be r ou nd 10 a n d th e la st o f t h is year 's K id s E n d u ro s, o n N o v em ber 2 . T he SERA and SETRA co -sanc tioned ev ent will be hosted by the Perry Mo un tain Motorcycle Club , so expect som e fam il y fu n and some gna rly raci ng tr ai ls on wh ich t o finish out the ra ce seaso n! Hatchet Creek Kid s Enduro Rockford. Alabama Re sults: September 13. 2003 (Round 9 of 101 P/W B~G : 1. Trent Whisenant (Yam): 2. Kyle le Fleur (YlIm); 3 Cody Franklin (Kaw). P/W: I . Micah Williams (KTM): 2. Payne Jones (KTM); 3. Hunter RO il/land (KTM): 4. GrIffin Rogers (KTM); 5. Trent WhiBenll t (KTM). n KIDS INT: I . Chandler Rowland(Suz]: 2. John Higuera (Kltll/); 3. Kacey Jones (KlllI/) VET KIDS: 1. SpencerCook (Kaw); 2. Chris McMillan (Kaw); 3. Tyler Caner (Suz); 4. Matthew Chancey (KlIw); 5. Eric Bowen (Kaw). AMA D istrict 37 Desert C hampionshipSeries oyotes T eamR ace R ound 1Z: Lost C Suddenly, 18 Years Later... B y KAND Y TH ORNT ON RED MOUNTAIN, CA, SEPT . 13 After an l Bvyear del ay , tw o lon gtime desert rac ers finally finished a T eam Race. Br ya n "G rump y " Cla rk a nd Guy K ibbe were sup po se d t o have com pe te d as tea m mates 18 yea rs ago in a Score ra ce, but C lark wa s in vo lve d in a de va sta ting auto accide nt. W hen t he Lost Coy ot es schedule d a T ea m Rac e at Red Mou ntain in a D esert Scrambles forma t fo r ro un d 12 of th e AMA District 37 Desert Champion sh ip Seri es , Kibbe sa w it as an oppo rt unity fo r him an d Cla rk to finish w hat th ey st arte d back in 1985. .., saw the Tea m Race on the cal endar and sta rted dro pping hints to Cla rk that we needed to team up ," st at ed Ki bbe . " He went ahe ad and purc hase d hi s desert numbers and fi na lly agreed to rid e."

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