Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

..,-..--- - - -Wi?-;;-........,... ..--, " 8 scheduli ng co nflicts with th e AMA Natio nals, but he ca n play spc iler to the Sma ge fami ly . Th e annu al Baraboo Trials bro ught tog eth er 4 7 riders , repr es enting five stat es . Th e co m petitor who trav eled the farthest was Kare n Garrett, who drove fro m No rth Carolina. Trials masters J im Ultimus an d Ed Polh eber set up 10 sections along the scen ic 2- m ile loop, and club rid ers g ot to enjoy a true enduro -style loop. On Saturday evening , a Texas -style ba rbe cu e (hosted by Polheber) was o ne of the weekend's hi g hli g hts, al o ng w ith th e freestyle bike trials de mo pr esent ed by Bentley Wolfe' s T eam Megmos Midwest team . A fr eesty le event had Phil li p Smage j umping a "wall of fire" ramp, but he lost the event to his littl e broth er Patrick . Dan Schadle rode the Expert class over the week end and on Sunday turned back the cloc k with a huge wi n over a fellow Illinois rid er , Payne Cycl e Center-spo nsored Mike Tinkham , and Mi n nesot a 's Go rdon Boggie. Ti nkham wo n on Saturday, with Iowa ' s Rick Co nd ro n taki ng seco nd . Co nd ro n has been one of th e surp risi ng riders of 2003; he has no fear of the huge bould ers and has pi ck ed up the littl e nuances that it tak es to win at trials. Ro c kr iv er Po wersp o rt s/C lub 95 /Torq ue Center -sponso red J eff Knaack , on his Sher ee, fin ished third on Satu rday and fifth o n Sunday. Knaa ck has wr ap ped up the Exp ert ti tle fo r 20031 Oth er class w i nn e r s i ncl uded Mike McConaug hy (o n Saturday) and Travis Johanson (o n Sunda y ) in the Advanced cla ss: and T om Littl efi eld , wh o won bo th days in the Int erm ed iate cl ass. Th e Nov ice winner on both days was Dave Schi gota . Cory Littlefi eld finished secon d o n Sa tu rday , and Pat D oll fin is hed seco n d o n Su nday. Sa ra Pran sku n as fin ished th ird o n Saturday in the Nov ic e clas s and th en m ov ed up to Int erm ediate status on Sun da y and fi nished 10th, m aking her the top fem ale finisher for the week end . Ray Pranskunas fi nished sec ond on Sunda y in the Interm ediat es. Travis Man sker finished fi rst on both days in Youth class. As fo r th e Champion sh ip cl ass, w ith Vi l land playin g the spoi ler, whic h Sma ge will win the season cha m pionshi p? O nly the last two events will tell . it's th at close. ~ Q. X a; W :;I a; >- '" ~ Q. Fly in g Dutchmen Clubground s H i g h way gSA: N ick Fa i n took h is fi rst-e ve r o v era ll win o f the MRANN Se ries at th e Ma s on Valley Dirt Sq u irts ' G ut B uster 120 in Yerington , Nevada, th ird pla ce as the co urse m ade its way up into the m ountain s. Ex iting the m ountains down a c liff-fil led wash, Fa in was extend ing his lead while ma ny racers were usin g the tighter sections to overco me their bad sta rts . "I was about 25 th off the start, but I would pass people when it go t ti ght," exp lained Big Valley Motorspcrts-sponsored Sean Berryma n. En teri ng the pits, F ain ha d a six -minu te ga p over Al o si and Ren o M oto rspo rt s star Steve Tichenor. Emerson was hold ing strong in fo urt h , followed by Kevi n Brown, Michael Berenb ak , Th om as Hamp ton and Saveon Cycles.co m race r Seeliger. Co urse conditio ns sta rte d to deterior ate as racers hea ded out on their second loop. With temperatures in the mid -90s, fatigue was start ing to become a fee to r for m any race rs. " I wa s pu shing so ha rd that I got p retty de hyd rated : stated Fa in . For Ti ch enor , th is was an adva ntage . "I was pu shing and gained a lot of ground on Al esi in th e seco nd loo p," T iche nor report ed. "Th e du st wa sn't as bad , and I was cha rg ing the whol e ti me ." After m o re than three ho urs of racin g , Fain c rosse d the fin ish lin e wi th a lot of roo m to spa re. "It feels rea ll y good to fi nall y w in o ne , " excl aime d Fain . Tw elve m inu tes later, Al o si and Tic hen or fin ished a few bikel engths apa r t for sec o nd and th ird , respec t iv ely . Ho nda rid er Brown was fourt h, foll owed by Berenb ak , who drov e over fro m Ca lifornia to capture fifth overa ll. Berry m an rode throug h heavy dust to fi nish sixth , ahead of Over 30 winn er Hampton , Emerson, Seeliger and David Meek Jr. , who inherited 10th wh en Josh Wil son ran out of gas a mile before the finish . In the 80 /60cc action, Josh Morros sco red another fi rst ov erall , foll owed by fellow 80 cc E x perts Ryan T oom ey a n d K yle O 'Brien . Matthew Watson edged ou t Tanner Tremaine for to p 65 cc r id er. T y T rem a i ne , Tanner 's co usin , scored anot he r 50 cc w in , ahead of Cory Chapman and Jesse Gore . Results Saturda y CHAMP: 1. Brad Villand; 2. Phillip Sma9~ ; 3. Patrick Smag~; 4 . Noel Smag~; 5. David Sm&g~ . EX: 1. ,MJk ~ Tinkham ; 2. Rick Condron; 3. Jelf Knaa ck : 4 . Da n Schadl~ ; 5. Gor on Boggi~. d AnV : I. Mik~ McConaugh y; 2. Eric Ezerins ; 3. Tra vis Johanso n: 4 . · Bear-; 5. Ja~ Ch~~y . INT: 1. Tom Uttl~fM'ld ; 2. Ray Pransk unas ; 3. RlIlph UItI~r~ld; 4 . Mitch Mans ker; 5 . DffIn is Levee . NOV: 1. Deve Sc higotll; 2. Cory UttI~Ii~ld: 3. Sara Pranskuna s; 4 . Pal Doll; 5. Karen Ga rnoll. TRAIL: 1. GlIrmt And~rson ; 2. Peter Quigley : 3. Da n Snvers. YTH: 1. Trav is MlInsk~r. Su nday CHAMP; 1. Brad vlllend: 2. Patrick Sma ge; 3. Noel Smag ~ ; 4 . Devjd RohDchn~id~r: 5. Jeff Lois. EX: I. Dan Schedle. 2 . Mlk~ Tinkham; 3. Go rdon Boggi~ ; 4. Jim UJtimus; 5. Jeff Knllac k . ADV; 1. Tra vis J oh an so n: 2. Mike McConaug hy; 3. · ~ ll r· : 4. Tyl~r Malin: 5. Craig Gemhardt. INT: I. Tom L.itU~fi~ld; 2. Ray Pranskunlls; 3. Ralph UttJelleld; 4 Mitch Mansk~r; 5 . Dmnis Lzvin~ . NOV: J. Dav~ Sch igol4 : 2. Pat Doll: 3. Kll~ GaITt'tt; 4. Cory Uf tJf"field; 5 . K~vin Gmmardt. TRAIL: I. Gam"'tt And enoo; 2. ~~ Qu igley; 3. DlIn Silvers . YTH: 1. Trllvi!. Mansk~. H ighway95A Fain Flies at the Gut Buster 120 B Y " FACTORY" F AIN YERINGTON, NV, SEPT. 20 -21 Nic k Fai n grabbed an early lea d and pushed hard all da y to take h is first-eve r Moose Motorcycle Racing Association of Northern Nevada Seri es overall vi ctory by m ore than 12 minutes at round seve n, the Maso n Vall ey Dirt Squirts' Gut Bu st er 120 . The 60-mile, tw o · lo op scr a m b les co u r se provided a lot o f un iq ue terrain for racer s aft er early sum mer rain s had wa shed all th e ca nyo ns and washes cl ear in the area . Dirt T ric ks .co m / M axxis/ Moose ri der Fai n wa s th e fir st to acc o m p li sh th e sit -o n -your bik e-backward start, and he raced th rough the wat ered fir st corner several bikelengths ahead of Ov er 40 rid er Paul Em erson . Jas on A losi , Dennis Beli ngh eri and Mike Seeliger follo wed cl osely until th e tra il turned extreme ly dust y . In fresh air , Fa in qu ickly p ull ed a two -minute gap wh il e th e rest of th e field tried to o ve rcom e the blin ding cond itions. Beli ngheri was ab le to move up to second , only to hit a large rock, smashi ng his pipe and ending his run . A los i ca pitali zed o n Belin gheri' s m isfort une, tak ing over secon d and stretc hing a gap ov er 70 O CTOBER 22 . 2DD3' e y e 250 EX: 1 Jason Alesi ; 2. St~~ TKilfflOr; 3 . Mich~ 8f.renbak: 4 . Sean Berry man : 5 . Don Cl\ambl~. 4 STRK NOV: I. Mik~ Fowler; 2. Cole ~: 3. ,MJk~ Epps: 4 , Ryan TdnMr; 5 . Dan Wilson. 4 -STRK AM : I. Jos h S l~ck lin~ ; 2 . Th omas Be eter: 3, J im Dumam; 4 John t.-ig; 5 . Kyle Ford . 4 -STRK EX: 1. Jeremy \lo'hil~ : 2 . James Chavis. OPEN NOV: I. Dan ByatC 2. Ada m ~I; 3 K~T1h~ ; 4 PlIr*~r Com plon; 5. Sandy ft\art~ . OPEN AM.- I. l.uk~ F1et.ctler; 2. Mik~ KimbaU: 3. Brock Randolph: 4 , teco Pri~; 5, Stev~ Grllndindti. OPEN EX: I Nick Fain; 2 . K~vl n Brown: 3. Josh WilSOfl; 4 JlI SOO ~; S. Andy J~ny . WMN: 1. KlIre'l PriVdt 30 . NOV: 1. Chns Jost 2 . MlItthew Lawrence: 3. Patrick Brown; 4 . J.D . Patle /'$OO; S. Ron Wright. 30. AM: I . SMwn Black ; 2. Stoth Williams; 3 Tim Frei ; 4 Jdfrf'y Whit~; 5. Jason~ . 30. EX: 1. Thomas Hamplon; 2 . MichM'1 ~li9"': 3. Do!Ivid ~ J r.: 4. TTlan McKibben 5_Scott Ing~MI : 40 · NOV: I. Dan Spring: 2. Kart Hall; 3. Perry Chapman; 4 . Lan McFarta~: 5. R~y Baldwin . 40 · Al"'; I. Craig OI~: 2 . Brian Spiersch; 3 Mlk~ M~ras: 4 . Ray Sbrighll ; 5. St~~ Enckson. 40. EX. 1. Paul Emerson: 2 . Gil Gr~v~; 3. Danll R~ : 4 Donni~ Bird; 5 . Richard l.1kvzewski. 50. NOV: 1. Ron Ford; 2. Randy Hodge, ; 3 . Dltvid Volkmon : 4 Rick Mc~rmid ; 5 David Met"k Sr SO. EX; I. Ji m Loer; 2 . Pete Pricha rd; 3, Broce TlltOOt 4 Pllul ; Christensen. 60 ..: 1. Steve Cam pbe ll; 2. J im Ports; 3. Doug las Sco lt B a uer o n Saturday , B u rr on S u nday B y D AN B ROTEN NEW ULM , MN, SEPT . 20 -21 Marcus Bauer and Shawn Burr were th e Ope n Pro -clas s wi nne rs at th e Flyi ng Dutchm an Motor cycl e Clu b 's annual doubl eheader sho rt track . Bauer rod e hi s Rot ax to victory on Sat urday, and Burr too k th e hon o rs o n Sunday with his Honda . Tr ad ition ally held in Sept em ber , this year 's even t had plen ty of anoma lies for a race weekend. Saturday was a beauti ful , sunny day, wi th temperatures reaching 70 degrees. The Flying Dut chmen Club, whic h was founded in 1947 , had the quarter-mile banked oval prepared to perfection. In this author's opinion, th is is the best racetrack the Distr ict 23 d irt trackers see all year. The beautiful d ubgrounds are located outside of New Ul m , close to the Mi nn esota Riv er Va lley . It has a lot of t rees and h ills, incl udin g a hillclimb. Th ere is also a nice cl ubhou se, and th e foo d served there is top -not ch . They have a secret formul a for the brats and ham burgers that kee p peop le co mi ng back for m o re. The heat races were all don e runni ng and the main events were abo ut to start when the ambulance took off with ligh ts and sirens blarin g: the re was a serio us aut omobile accid ent in the area that requi red the ambulance's services. By th e ti me it retu rned, th ere was some co nce rn that the event would run out of da y li ght, so the m a in eve nts were sho rte ned to three laps for th e A mateur cla sses and to fo ur laps for the Pros . In th e Open Pro ra c e , B au er to ok th e hol eshot , foll ow ed by Honda ·mounted K evin e n e vv s Results Sa tu rda y MINI S HAFT : 1. Cote Anderson ( KTM); 2. Am be r Let end re (Yam ); 3. uch Letendre (Ya m); 4 . Rccbeue Pa ul (Yam ): 5. Dustin ~k (Yam ) . MINICHAIN: 1. Zach lzl:mcb- (Ya m); 2. Etha n Gilman (Cob): 3. Andcnon (KTM): 4. Mauhew Elliott; 5 . Ambe r Letendre (Yam ). 6 5 MINI: 1. Dustm Pa ul (KllW); 2. Jordan Schl~iche1' (Kaw); 3. Cha~~ Moms (Kaw); 4. Lacy l.ft~ (Kaw): 5. Sa m Kerby (Hon) . 85 MINI: 1. Jory Morns (Kaw); 2. Con n« Anderson (Suz); 3. Eddy H a~ (Ya m): 4 Nic:tdas "'-'ldya (Yam): 5 . .Jordan Sch~ Col~ I""'"). 80 OPEN: I. Conner Andcnon ($uz): 2. ..kKy ft\orris (KlIw); 3. ( Han ); 4 . NichoLas Mataya (y am ); 5 . 0ustA'I Pa ul (Kaw). CoI~ F~al y ~ Hagga rd (ya m); 2. Kart Myhrf' (YlIm ): 3. Jory Monis (Kaw ); 4 . And rf'w Lzvemu (Suz ): 5. Tommy Keech . STK FRJVt.: 1. Ste ve Bystrom (Han); 2. Tra vis Wasdw-k (YlIm ); 3. Log lln Coomb s ( Hon ); 4 . Troy loftIS (YlIm) : 5 . Micha~l Hagga rd (Yllm). YlNT SGL: I. Ed Hampl!' (Ya m ): 2. Troy Lofti5 (Yam) : 3. Rebert Becker; 4 . Paul Koch (Yllm) : 5. Richard Wa~hf'k (YlIm ). VlNT TW: 1. Lee F~aly (Yam ): 2. Robtort H~rman: 3. K,nl Myhre (Yam); 4 . J ohn Ronn~ be rg (Yam); 5. Jon MlIrkuson (Yam) . VET 30..: 1. Marcus BaU" (Ya m ): 2. Richllrd Wasch~k (YlIm ): 3. Jo~ph Benlfl~1d (H· D); 4 . Karl Myhre (Yam); 5 . Troy Loftis (YlIm). SR 40. : 1. Eric Brouhilrd (Rot); 2. Richard Waschrk (Yam); 3. Da n Je cccsco . 4. ~ Ikntfleld (H· D); 5 . Lee F~al y (Yam ). MSTR 50 . : I . Log a n Coo m bs ( Hon ); 2 . Rebe rt Herman : 3. R~rt Becker; 4 . Pee! Koc h (Yam ): 5 . Jon MlI rku. ~ (Yam ). 125 AM: 1. Chr is Lauberaheim er (Hen) : 2. Dar ick Peerson (Kllw); 3. J a co b Schleicher (KlIw); 4 . Ka le Gabr iel (Yam ); 5. J"rf Spa rks (Yam ). 250 AM : 1. Chris Laubershelmer (Hon ); 2 . Troy So lniUky (Hon): 3. Eddy Hampe (Vllm ): 4. DlIrick Peerson (KlIw): 5. Ja cob Schletcner (KlIw). 505 AM.: 1. J oshua Koch (Hon ); 2 . SI~v~ Bystrom (Hon); 3. Trllvis Waschek (YlIm ). OPEN AM: 1. K ~vin And~ rson ( Hon ); 2. Chris Lauber5heim~r (Hon ): 3. Richard Wa schek (Yam ); 4 . Sl~ve Byst rom (Hon): 5. Joshull Koch (Hon ). S05 PRO : 1. W Ul i~ B rol ~ (Ya m); 2 . J a cob Mal a ya (SUl); 3 . K ~ in An 4 Dc1mon Chllrll"S: 5 . Dion T ri~ 125 AM: I . Dan Jag"r; 2. Ia n Horgan ; 3. J ason Smith ; 4 . Dustin T remll in~ ; 5 . Ky l~ Yoder. 125 EX: I. Don Simon~; 2 . Erik Hatch ; 3 . J ustin Soul~: 4, Cha d Mart in; 5. Edd i~ Pratt . 2SO NOV: 1. Ma" Rul"dll; 2 . Philhp Butl~r; 3 . Clihon Klump; 4 . Thomas Lay; 5. Rik Ou thySol'. 2SO AM: 1. Craig Guiding~r; ~ . Tim Hill: 3 . Bill WhlII~n And er son and Suzuki jock ey Jacob Mataya. The field was bun ched up for th e whole race, with no p assing go ing on . Followin g Mataya were veteran Bill Hofmeister , Bu rr and Yamaha- mounted Willie Brot en. Bauer , who was the dis trict's 2001 Op en Pro cham pion, ha sn't ridden very mu ch this year, but he was in perfect form in th is race. and he also won the Veteran Over 30 cl ass. Th e 505cc Pro contest wa s a fo ur -lappet. Br oten got the hol eshot , foll ow ed by Mataya and Anders on . Bu rr was trying to catch up after getting a poor start. Th ey finished in that ord er . On Sunday m orning, na tur e provided a light rain to wate r th e tr ack . After putting the quads out for some tr ack -gr ooming and practi ce, th e tra ck was once ag ain in very good shape. The heat races w ere run , and the n , during the intermission , the rain s cam e aga in and soake d th e tra ck . It wa s decided to use the heat -ra ce fin ishes for the fina l resu lt s. T opping th e O p en Pro cla ss wer e Burr , who won the first heat. and Broten, who won the second hea t. Th ey were fo llow ed by Crown Fund ing's E ric Br ouh ard and A nderson. In 65cc Min i ac tio n, Dus tin Pau l an d J ordan Schleic her took Saturday 's and Sunday 's wins, respe ct ivel y . Both of th ese yo ungsters have bee n racing hard all season , and they no w a ppear to be very comfo rta ble on th eir Kawasak i min is. It' s fun to wat ch th e yo ung riders im prove th eir skills and move up to big ger m otorcyc les. Th e next eve nt fo r the Minneso ta Distri ct 23 dirt tr ac k ers is the annua l awar ds banqu et on No ve m ber 23. CN Flying Dutchm e n C l u bgrou n d s : Ambe r Letendre came i n se c o n d i n the Mini Shaft clas s an d f ifth in t he Mini C ha in class on both days of t he Flying Dutc h m a n Motorcycl e Club 's annual doubleheader sh o rt-track eve nt in New Ulm, Minnesota, f~Id( H·DI. 50 5 PRO: I. Sh awn Burr (Hon ): 2 . Willie Brot~ (YlIm); 3 . Kevin Anderson (Hon) : 4 . J acob MlIldyll (SUI); 5. Rand a ll Thi!il ~ (Rot) OPEN PRO: I. ShllW Burr (Hon); 2 . Willie Brot~ (YlIm): 3 . Ene Brouh ard (Rol): 4 . K~in An~ (Hon); 5. Marcus Bauer (Ya m).

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