Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Dunlop Spartan GNCC: Ry an Rodge r s fi nished sec ond in the 250cc A c lass and e xt en ded his c la ss poi nts lea d at r o u n d 11 o f the AMA Grand Nati onal Cross Country Amateur Se r ies In S p art a, Kentucky. 200 B: 1. Robert Stock (KTM); 2. cnli5l.oph~ Robertson (KTM,: rt 3. J orde n Snyder (KTM): 4. Robe Shank (KTMI : 5. Ji rTVn)' Woodford Te rry Mea ler won the Super Sen ior A clas s and finished nint h overall. Ama nda M astin took h er second wi n in a ro w in th e Women 's class . Robbin Sheppard and Casey Campbell were second and third. The GNCC Youth ri ders have been trying to fi nd a way to sto p Am Pro/Morgantown Yama ha 's Thad DuVa ll. N ath an Saving's dad almost had the right idea . betting his son he wou ld shave his head if h e beat D uVal l. It near ly worked . as Saving , fre sh off an ankl e inj ury, took th e early lea d . A few falls in th e slippery c reek sections releg at ed him to sec a nd wh en th e day was done, and Dad go t to keep his hair . D uVa ll , m eanwhile. go t an o th er w in o v era ll an d in th e M in i Se n io r ( 14 .1 5) (Kc1 W). 200 C: I. Travis Sha w (Su z) ; 2. A ndr eow Matu $f'k (SUI) ; 3. Denny H"ftj (Y" m): 4 , Andr- T" ylor (KTM); 5 , C.W. Plt~ffib" rgef (KTM). 250 A : 1. Nathan Kanney (Yam ): 2. R)'an Rodgers ( Yaml: 3. Jf'sse Robin so n (Kaw); 4. O ,R. A lWood ( tU MI : 5. Ou~lIn Gib,on (KTM) . 250 B: I. K~in Kom (Kaw); 2. NathMl A~ring (Suz); 3. Chad Brown (Suzl : 4 , Mik e Monnll"lg (Hon): 5. JolTleS Hom (KTM). 250 C: I. Jo!Isorl FlyM (S uz): 2. Shawn Remingt on ( Yaml : 3 Todd Kury (Yam) : 4, Kody Andenon {GGI: 5. Roger ~ (Sull . 4 ·STRK A : I. Justin Wil1i<1mson (Yam): 2. fo\!Iny Mtchcls (KTM) ; 3 . Bobby Hundall (KTM); 4. Da rlu, Lanea (Y am) : 5. Ke lvin Hull (Yaml. 4 · S~K B: I. Ad am Giddings ( Yom ): 2. Josh Patton (Han) : 3 ~ ~lmonl (Yam ): 4 . Edd if' Bell (Yam l: 5. Br andon Groni (Yam ). 4 ·STR K C: 1. okff Schef$Chd (Han): 2. William .Johnson (Yam ); 3. Troy tee (KTM) : 4, Brandon Nichols (Yam) : 5. Josh Snt'i l ( Yam ). OPEJ"l A : I. Todd Morai n (KT M): 2. Dave Sim coek (Hon ): 3. Steve Hffi soo (KTM): 4. Brien GUf'ttoff (Kaw): 5. Todd Marro.... OPEN B: 1. Cecil R~ (KTM): 2. Jeffre y Welch (YlIm ): 3. Dan 00f'rT (Y" m) : 4. Chris Burke (KTM ): 5. W"ley KnipPffiberg (KTM) . O PEN C: 1. Bill x rcoen (Yam): 2. Dusty FI~I ...ood (KTM) : 3 Nathan Koch (Hon ): 4 Shawn Nuzu m ( KTM ): 5, Will iam Stange (KTM) WMN: I. Amand ll Maslin (KTM) : 2. Robbin Sheppard (Hon): 3 Ca~y Campbell (Ko!I wl: 4, Heid i Landen (Ka...). VET A : 1. T on y T arabor rf' ll i ( Yam): 2. Phil Smrrh ( SUI ): 3 . T hom a s Pierce ( Hon ): 4. Kevin Bennett (Yo!I m ): 5 . Larry Musick (Yam ) VET B : I. Kevin Dalpiaz (Hus ): 2. Paul Btaner (Yam ); 3 , Chris Taylor (KTM): 4. Eric Jo rdan (KTM) : 5. Bru ce Pteiff'r ( Yam ) VET C: 1. Chris Barker (Hon) : 2. Keith Vermillion (Stu); 3, Grego ry Swiger (Yam ): 4. Rob ert Shepperd (Yam): 5 . Robf' rt Will iam s (Kaw ). SR A: 1. Keoith Rodgers (Yam) : 2. Tim Shepherd (Yam): 3 . Curt Wilcoll (Kaw); 4, Randall Hi1I!'9al; (Stu): 5 . T.!!n l nf'l" England (YlIm) . SR B; 1. Ted Fischer (Hon) : 2. Sam Appl s (Yam): 3. Nom Inlo (Hon): 4. Willi am Hf' nsl_ (YlIm) ; 5. Samuel Cas~boll (Hon) . SR C: I. Ol'n ni!l F il.lg erald (KTM): 2. Joh n Pap p.!! (KTM): 3 . Lerldell Smith (KTM): 4. Br lld W.!!dd (Sw): 5 . RO!IsWillillms (Yam ). ell l S/S R A : I. Terry Mf'.!! er (Yam ); 2. FrMk Erb<- (Yam); 3 . Joseph Hull (Yam ): 4. Thomas Eber50le tKTM): 5. Jack F.!!lbo (KTM). S/SR B/C : I . If'o Jeziorsk i ( Y" m ): 2. Bill Dean ( KTM); 3 . Jonathan Rentsch ler ( Y.!!m ): 4 R.!!ndy Knap p (KT M) : S. Tim othy Cochran (Yam l. class. Jerod Stoner put in ano ther stron g rid e to top th e Mini Intermedi ate ( 12-1 3) cl ass on his Suzuki , while Co rey B uttrick put in his b est overall finish ever by taki ng sixt h ove ra ll and win ning th e M in i J unio r (7 - 11) cl ass. Greg Fu nk was top s in the Mi ni 65 cc class . Dunlop Spartan GNCC Sparta, Kentucky Results: September 21, 2003 (Round 1tl MINI 65 (7. 11): I. Gregory Funk (Kaw); 2. Corey Arbogast (Kll W): 3. Walker Fowler (KTM): 4. Ryan Kemper \ KTM) ; 5. Mik.. Bmwn (Ka.....). MINI JR (7. 11): 1. Cory Buttrick (Suz): 2. David Snyder (5uz); J. Mlltl BlHgl"f (Yll rn) : 4. Eli S uh~r (Han) : 5. Colton Cumps ton (Vern). MINII NT ( 12. 13): I. J('rod Stone r (Suz): 2. B.J . Ja ggif' (Suzl: J lach Cht-sSf" (Sw): 4 . Nflthan Wessplhodt (Sw ); 5. Tylpr Mll cDo n/lld r (Sou). MINI SR (14-15 ): 1. lMiddeus DuVall ( Yam ): 2. N/llh an s"ving (Kit....): 3. Brad S~vok (Kllw): 4. Morglln G~en t Kaw): 5. lllckari Bm MOn (Yam) . 200 A: I. Scott Wllt kins (K/l w); 2. Charles Mullin s (KTM); J . Trllvis G~ (Kaw): 4 A"roo Wegner (Yam): 5 . Kylfo CMney (KTM) . Texas State Championship Enduro Circuit, High Plains Division Rocky Mountain Enduro Circuit Rounds 7/10: Mile High Enduro Son of the Ranger Rides the Mile High Trails "T his is th e fir st time in our m emory th e top three fini sher s didn't include an AA rid er," noted promoter Bobby Stark. Colorado AA rider Da ve Wolfe was the fir st AA rid er and fou rth ov erall . " I don 't h ave any sponso rs to th ank," the shy but happy Elson sa id , " but I will say m y Kawasa k i ran grea t toda y. " Nearly pe rfe c t weat h er set the st age fo r anothe r great M il e High Enduro. Th is y ear 's even t wa s sponsored b y th e Perm ian Basin Motorcycle A ssociation , with h elp fro m othe r ar ea cl ub s. B y B ILL KAMIN CLOUDCROFT, NM. SE PT . 14 " It was just hom e-c ourt advantage," said ov er all eve nt w inn er Mi t ch El son at th e fin ish of the 44th annua l M ile H igh Enduro , ad ding with a sm ile , "M y dad was th e ranger in thi s area in 1984 • I've been rid ing th ese tr ail s fo r th e past 20 y ears ." . Th e 25 0cc A -cla ss rider rode those tra ils well tod a y , fin ish ing at th e head of a field of so me 200 ri ders . RMEC Fo ur·S troke A rid er Ben Jansma was secon d overa ll , and another 250cc A rider, T ay lor Hefftner , was th ird . 52 O CTOB ER 22 , 2003' c u e I e n e VII sa Clou dc ro ft is in th e m oun ta in s of th e lin co ln N ationa l Fo res t , near th e Whi t e San d s N at io na l M o numen t. Ra c e - sit e elev ation is arou nd 9 0 0 0 feet , m o re tha n tw ic e th at of A lam ogord o , Ne w Mex ic o , whic h is only a fe w miles to the west. Th e terra in is ty p ica ll y sin g le -track an d A TV trai ls, with som e 4x4 trails and a few gravel roads fi t fo r Mom 's m in iv an . By Texas standa rds, th is is a very rocky rid e. By Co lorado standards, it's ju st pea grave l, bu t as summed up by RMEC rider and Open B winner Stephen Zed er: "It sure is hard to ti m ekeep with all those roc k s." Chall eng e number on e was simply pr o gramm ing the com put ers. There were m o re th an 3 5 lin es o f code for the sho rt co urse and m or e than 40 for th e A lB rid ers . That amount ed to ab out one programmab le ev ent eac h 1.6 m iles. And, as als o no ted by Zeder , there wer e few sa fe o pp o rtu nit ies to c he c k the instru m en ts. Th e c o urse was pr im arily m oderately cha ll enging si ngle -t rac k thro ug h th e woods , with speed a verages typica lly around 20 mph. Th e top rider s ra rely lost m ore tha n one point in any sec tion. Che ck-i ns were well - plac ed and allowed most riders to c ard zeroes . Secti on s of fa st , o pe n t r i a l s i n t h e m ea d o w s allowed c atc h- up ti me after ge tti ng beh ind in the tight er , ro ckier woods . The sing le ga s stop at 3 1.25 miles include d a 3 . I -mile reset and two minu tes free , allowing enough t ime fo r most to re st and tec h o n a c ourse th at wa s neither too fast nor too abu sive. Th e next sect ion began with a few miles o f the minivan trail, at a 30 -mph average, an d then it was ba ck into the wood s. A hard ri ght hand tum appeared out of the dus t aft er on e fas t uph ill tr ail, wh er e Women ' s-c las s co mpetitor Shawn Str etch missed th e turn and was c aught in a b arb ed- w ire fenc e. RMEC points k eep er J eff Markewicz generously spent a few pr ecious m inutes he lping Stret ch cle a r the w ir e tangle d i n her w heel , chain and swingarm, whi ch allowed her to get back o n th e tr ail and eve ntuall y win her class . The re was an AlB split at the 56.84 -mile mark , which led to a 17 -m inute rest fo r th e C riders and so me har d rid in g fo r the A and B riders . Short-cou rse r iders had a k nown-con tr ol restart at 63 .5 miles, with an unusual fea ture th at started each row four m in u t es hot. This c aused so me co nfus ion for r ider s in the ne xt sec tio n . Wat chi ng th e roll c h art hel ped her e. Sa vvy C riders wait ed fo r the A and B rid er s t o a ppea r wh ere th e t rails m erg ed a t 65 .62 miles . Most rod e c arefully and carde d zer oes at the c heck -o u t a few m i les la t er , th oug h a c o m m o n questio n was, " What was th at abo ut?" From there , it was only a few rel atively easy mi les o f tr ail before th e k n o wn finish at the 75 ·rnile m ark er. "The co urse seeme d reall y easy this yea r," Colorado Su pe r Sen ior Sho rt rid er J eff Cla rk sai d, " but I thou ght I was ha vin g a really bad day . My ti m ek eep ing was all scre we d up . but I wa s ab le to st ick with on e of m y row m at es w h o had a c o m p u t er , so I did n 't b urn any c hecks ." The se lf -e ff aci ng Clark was fi rst in class and th ird o ut o f 90 in th e C di vi sion. O v erall B w inn er F lo yd St r e t c h smiled wh en he sai d . " I lo ved th e co urse!" Th e fi na l results don 't cle arly ex pl ain how close th e fi nal scores wer e. A couple o f sec onds o n either side of the m inute her e an d there, and th e top 10 woul d look co mpletely differen t. Mile High is a relat ively fas t even t, despite th e challenging terrain, and it allowed th e 16 -and -u nder riders to fi nish with scores equal to those o f many seasoned adults. No unfavorable comments were h eard, and the sat isfied riders left looking Iorwerd to th e 4 5th Mile High in 2004 . Mile H igh Enduro Cloudcr oft, New Mexico Results: September 14, 2003 (Rounds 7 /101 O/A EVENT : Milch EJ!>On (250 A ) t Kaw). O/A A : Ben .Ia nsrne (4·STRK A) (Hon) . AA : 1. Dave wotte (Yam) : 2. Scott Brigh l (KTM): 3. Don Hog an (K.!! ); 4 . Blak e Brady (Y.!!m): 5. Brian Ot to (KTM) . w OPEN A : I. Chad Carli$le (KTM): 2. Kei th H..dendehl (KTM) : 3. GeoflThorson (Yam): 4, Jeremy Henley (KTM ): 5. xen Glles (KTM). 200 A : I. Cole Kirkp ll lrick (KTM) : 2. Bill Bray (GG); 3. David Spa rkma n (Ya m ): 4 . Danny MUff.!!)' (K TM) : 5. Joseph Gutierrez (KTM) 250 A : I. Taylor Hefltner (Yam): 2. MIltk McDonough (KTM): 3 Chil d Melcalf (Yam) : 4. AJ.!!n Clark (KTM) . 4· STRK A : I. Cory AdaIr (Han); 2. Gordo n Gebert (KTM); 3 Bryen Hoffman (KTM): 4. J eff Porter (K TM) : S. SeOIt Frost (Y.!! ). m SR A : I. John Blythe (Yam ): 2. Eric N('h~r (KTM): 3 Ches ter W.!!ker (Yam): 4. Marty Haak (KTM): 5. Rich.!!rd Kirkpaln<:k (KTM) . t O/ A B: Floy d Stmch (S/ SR) (KTM) . m OPEN B : I. Steph en Zeder (Y.!! ): 2 . Andy Srkc re (KTM); 3. David Schadle (KTM): 4 , Kevin Hig gins (KTM) : S. Deruel Schoo n (Hoo ). 2008: 1. Jake Heyden (GG); 2. Jeff Willis (K.!!w). 250 B: I. Thomas Hoover (Hon ); 2. Brad Ste...an (Han) : 3. J. Cody Campbell (Yam) : 4 . Scott Md)' ( Yam ): 5. Brad Mc!) ' ( Honl . 4 ·S'mK B: J. Bubba Ehrl ich (KTM); 2. Jod y McDona ld (KTM): 3. Phil Johnson (KTM) ; 4. Dennis J. H.!!fnlInn (Hon ): 5, Kris Brun!lOrl (KTM) . VET 30... B: 1. Cory Schmidt (KTM): 2 Brad Sault er (KTM); 3 Scott GLllhma nn (KTM l l SR B: 1. Loui s Pouliol ( KTM); 2. Pete Behrne ( KTM): 3 A.an Beyer (KT",): 4 , Bobby Peooell (Yam ): 5. Borry ScMfer (Y.!! ) . m S/SR (LONG): 1. Mike Hefftneor ( Yam) ; 2. Wes Willi s (Kaw ): 3 Jary ~ (KTM) ; 4 . Cun Lsrwn (KTM): 5. Iver Rud, (KTM) . a /A C: Wayne Blannon (4· STRKI (Kaw) OIA CAGE: Jud CO'oO'It'y (MSTR) (Sul). O PEN C: I. Cod y Ross (Yam ); 2. ScOIt Core ( KTM) : 3. Jay Jennings (KTM) : 5 . DlIvld Boles (KTM) l Inghr am (KTM) ; 4. 200 C: 1. Jo rd.!!n Cha mbliss (Y.!!m) : 2. Kevin ROOI (Kd... l: 3 G.!!ry C. Smuh (KTM): 4, Brody Kunl ( K.!!w) : , . Ky le Fcerschbec h (Kalil ). 250 C: I. Kyle Corbell (KTM) : 2. Heath Pennell (Yam ); 3. Bl ake S. Ross (Yam) : 4. Tommy Potts (Han ): 5. L1ndon F.-Ids (Han ). 4· STR K C: I. Kerry Glaze ( KTM ): 2. Bred Manin (Ho n ); 3. Bteyne Patr ick (KT M): 4 . Jo hn Fermer (H on ); 5. Royce Co~lI (KTM) . VET 30 .. C: I. Jerry Stevens (Hon) : 2. Daniel Heem (K.!!w ): 3 Raj Horan (Yam) : 4. Richard Goble ($w ): 5. D.!!vid Gereer (Hoo) . SR C: I. Don Dick son (KTM) : 2. Wendell Rich arcbon (KTM): 3. George Wysopal (KT M) : 4. John Ryan (K.!!w ): 5. Marvin Richardson (Ka lil) S/ SR (SHORT): 1. Jeff Clark (KTM): 2. Bill K.!!min (Hon); 3 , Dan ny Bam be r ( Ka w ): 4 . Howard Ub""y ( Hon ): 5 . Mik e Sch en k (KTM) . WMN: I . Shawn Suercn (KTM): 2. Kim Allton (KTM): 3. Di ane Spencer (KTM): 4. Kacey Baysing er (Suz): 5 . .Joenne Spivack (KTM) SPTSMN; 1. Bo bby Jone s (Yam) . v VET 55. : 1. Harold Goldberg (Hon): 2. D.!! id Burgen (KTM). S/VET 60 ... I. J im Roh n (KTM ): 2. Kl:'nny Otto (K TM): 3. Ed : Kisll er (KTM ): 4. J ack Keiser (Hon) : 5. J ay Rose (KTM). m C·X OPEN: I. Scott Gray ( Y.!! ); 2. Bobby Pulll.!!m (KTMI; 3 . LetUpton (Ka wl . 0 ·16 l/W: I. Bobby Stu.!!rt: 2. Tyl er Pulliam (Yam); 3, J osh Junkin (Kawl: 4, T revor Frost (K.!!w): 5. Ad am Pennell (Hon). 0· 16 SfW : 1. Ian Blytht' (Kaw ): 2. David Galvan (Yam I: 3, Cody Schafer (Hon ). .sesse S outhern Enduro Riders Association Series S outheastern Enduro & Trail Riders Association S eries Rounds 9/3: Hatchet Creek E nduro Grizzle's First-Rate Hatchet Job B y C HARA Y D uBO SE ROCKFO RD , A L, SEPT. 14 M ic h ael G ri zzle, o ne o f SETR A ' s m an y fast boys. grabbed th e go ld in Rockfo rd, Al ab ama, on Sep te mber 14 . A s good as Gr izzle m ay be , th is task wa s anything but eas y . The Rockford Men 's Cl ub host ed th e c osanc tio ned Hat ch et Cree k Enduro, wh ich was round nine o f the SERA Series and th e third roun d for the SETRA ser ies , in th e rocky trail s o f Ro ck ford , A laba ma . Th e o ld trail s wer e m ixed in with so me ren ewed tra ils full of tough hills, th reate ning mudhol es, and ton s o f ro cks . Th e terr ain, wh en co m bined with th e ex treme c o m p e tit io n betw een t he tw o ser ies' rid er s, m ad e for one vicious ra ce . Whil e th e air was thi ck with th e smell o f co m petitio n, th e wea th · er wa s bea utiful, wi th j ust th e fain t est hint o f fa ll in th e air - in all , a great day for raci ng . Th e Rockford Men's Club put on on e h eck o f a ra c e , w it h so me ex tre mely c ha lle ngi n g terrai n. Howev er . Grizzle 's t oug he st o bst acl e o f all wou ld be b eatin g one o f SE RA 's top rid ers , Ka wa sa ki j ockey Nolan Kn ight. The race be twe en Grizzl e and Knight w as close unti l th e last test sec tion, where Grizzle dr opped three and Kn ight left th e check with an unfor giving four. "We wer e tied ," Knigh t ex p lai ned ab out the ex tr a point. "T hen I got lo st an d had to go ba ck and fin d th e trail , and then I fell . That's wh en I k ne w Grizzle had it. " But Knight had nothing but praises fo r his KX 2 5 0 an d eager ly th an k ed hi s spons ors Kni ght's Sports Center, Kaw asak i , Sco tt , Fo x, W ER, FMF, Trell abor g , ICO, End uro En gin eer ing and Factory Effex. T he coveted to p 10 spots we re fill ed with a m enagerie of SERA and SE TRA rid er s, while th e Open A class wa s dominat ed by SERA. Ga s Gas pilot Bennie Wa ldrop was the to p dog

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