Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

good . W all ac e now had a full st raig htaway l e a d over Clark, Ca rsten, a renewed Plo tts , Mitch Dougherty and McGourty. Then Emig started making waves as the other rid ers started to ti re. He meth odi c all y pi ck ed o ff rid er aft er rid er until he was in sid e th e t op eight. At th e end of lap eig ht, Clark dumped it big -tim e, all owin g Ca rst en int o second , with Plotts st ill hot o n his heel s in thi rd . Hun t er lat ch ed o n t o Emi g a nd fo u nd him sel f ba c k i n t h e t op fiv e. Anoth er lat e cha rger was Tea m Gr e en / Dr a g o n - s p on s ore d O w en s , w ho rou nded out the to p 10 . On l ap 2 0, E m i g got ar ou n d M c Go u rty j u st a s Pl o tt s m a d e h i s m ov e on C arsten . The t wo N at ion a l riders spe nt t he better pa rt of the next lap side by side and bar to bar until Plotts m ade th e decis ive pass and ran with it to th e chec ke rs . On t he la st la p , E mi g wen t ap e and shot him self up in to th ird , de n y in g Cars te n a po d ium spo t. T he top 10 at th e fla g w ere Wa ll ac e , Plotts, Emi g, C arst en , D ou gh ert y , O w ens, Hunter, J. Schn eid er , Ginolfi and Lee Rosti en . "It feels real go od," sa id Walla ce in Vi cto ry C irc le . " It was a tough one, for su re. I wou ld im ag ine next m ot a , Plotts and Emig are going to be right up th ere, but I' m go ing to g ive it my best." 250 PRO MOTO TWO Moron ey 's Cycl e/Yamaha -sponsored Leavitt nabbed the ho leshot an d set an extremely fast pace. He and Emig swapp ed th e lead a few times un t il 'Fro de ci ded to rat t le Le av itt's c age in th e spectato r rhy t hm sec t io n . Leavitt went down in a heap , and Em ig set sa il. M cG ou rt y in he rited second, bu t it was short- lived . Wall ace and Plotts' charge took th em p ast eve ry one save Emig , who was riding a ve ry ca lcula t ed ra ce . Whi le W all ac e was br ak in g heavil y t o avoid th e crashing Leavitt, Plotts saw his cha nce and too k over second . T he tw o teammates went at eac h o t her w i th suc h f ero c it y th at th ey drew c lo se r t o E mig . Carsten and Hunt er round ed o ut th e to p five. M c G o urty reg a in ed h i s c o m pos u re a nd r e p a s s e d Ca rste n f or f o urth . Owens, tr ue to form , had wo rk ed his wa y up in to fifth , wh er e he wo uld fin ish . Th e sk irm i sh es th at we nt o n f or the rest of th e race had little effec t on t he o ut co me at t he chec k ers. Wh en t he flag fl ew , Em ig was fi rst, fo llowed b y Plotts, Wall ac e , Carst en , Owens , M cG ourt y, Hun t er , Sc h n ei de r , J . Cook and Rost ien . "It was tou gh, " claimed Em ig . ''I' m g etting pretty fatigued now . I ra ced th e Over 2 S and Ov er 30 class y esterd ay and now the 12Scc and 2S0cc Pro. Th is w as t he first ra c e t h a t I d idn 't sta rt from th e ba ck of the pa ck . I've been run ov er, run down and beat up .. . I fee l lik e Ro cky right now . I t r ied t o ge t awa y f ro m Plotts , but I c o u l d hear him co m i n g i n s om e p laces . I t hi nk he had som e r eal l y good lines . But it's r ea lly g o od t o co m e back and race for all th ese fans that came out here today ." "I d idn't get th e best start aga in," sai d Plotts. " I charged up, and Em ig an d I had a bout th e sa me d i st an c e [b etw een us] , and I t ried to reel him in an d would g et cl ose a nd t he n he ' d pull a li ttle. I gave it m y all. " " I wou ld 'v e liked to have wo n the wh ole t h ing , t he ove r all ," sai d W al lac e . " T h ir d p lac e behi nd t hese two g uys is not hi ng to sneeze at . I'm just g ra t eful to hav e t he ta lent to rid e a b i k e this g o od , so th ird is a goo d day." 125 PRO MOT O ONE J o e Ro b ert s on es c ap ed wi t h t h e ho les hot in th e first 12Scc Pro m ot a , b u t E m ig, on t he new KX2S 0 F , w as n ' t a s fo rt u na te . Em i g ta ng le d w it h o ne th e ne w ki ds, E ven nou , and tumb led down . Th e olde r rid er was slo we r to rem o unt, but E vennou wa s full of fire and m ounted a charge th at had t o be seen t o be beli eved . Wal lace a nd e ve n t ua l m o t a winn er M c G ou rt y l ea p t aro und Ro be r ts o n , wh o w ork ed h is w a y b a c k w ard. Ca rs te n , Gin olfi and Hunter qu ickly m ad e th eir wa y up into th e top five . On l a p tw o , M cG ourty s t uffe d Carsten in a tight turn and checked o u t f ro m t h e f ie l d in sh ort o r de r. Ca rsten and Walla ce wag ed a bar -t o b a r battle for the ne xt l ap . Hunter soon joined the fra y , and for th e next sev eral laps th e thr ee we re close enough to share a b lank et. As th e race wor e on , Ev e nn ou m o v ed up fr o m h is seco n d -t o- Ias tplace sta rt to th reaten the top fiv e. He was fl y i n g as fas t as t he l e a d e r , M cGourty , and when W all ac e fina ll y go t ar ound C a r s te n, E v e n no u snea k ed b y as well. A lap lat er, N ick m ad e th e pa s s on W a lla c e bu t dumped it tw o t u rn s lat er , d ropp ing ba c k t o a n eve n t u a l th ird . Ca rst en th en c ras he d , a llow i n g H u nt er to sneak in for seco nd . A t th e chec k ers, it was M c Go u rt y , Hun t e r , Ev enn o u , Gino lfi and Em ig. " It' s a lot of fu n wh en you' re o ut fr o nt," said M cG ou rt y . " I got a seven th -p lac e sta rt and star ted p ick ing them off o ne b y o ne." " I j ust wanted to ge t o ut t he re and stay up ," said Hu nt er. "It wen t pretty w e ll f or m e , b ut my sta rt c o u l d' v e been bett er. I got st uck in a hay bal e t ryi ng t o go aro und the guys t hat fell in th e fi rst t urn." "I t w as pretty go od ," said Even nou . " I act uall y had second . Then I fell ove r on t he last lap . M e and Ty W all a c e go t m i x ed up , a nd h e c r as he d a l ittle aft er th at. T hir d 's go od , but I'm go n na c om e ba ck in th e next m ot a and cha rge ." 1 2 5 PRO MOTO TWO Mota tw o wa s all M c Gou r t y ' s. H e bo lted out o f th e g at e and into a n imm edi a t e l ead , ri d in g lik e a m an possessed , and by th e end of lap one he 'd push ed out a seve n -second lea d on Car st en . M cG ourty in cr eased that l e a d wit h eac h l a p, a n d f or th e remai nd er of th e ra c e he looked lik e Bub ba Stewart a ll t h e way to the checkers . The rest of t he rider s ra ced fo r second plac e . Carsten foug ht off all c omers until late in the ra c e, wh en Em ig , co mi ng up fro m a no t he r m edio cre start, p as sed him fo r sec ond. Ev enn ou su ff e re d a DNF. Gin o lfi and Hunt er us e d th ei r h om e - c ourt adva nt ag e a n d b ett e r l in e s o n th e who o pe d -o ut t rack to reach the fr ont o f t h e p a ck m u c h s oo n e r th an i n m ot a o ne . W he n t h e flag fl ew , th e o rde r was M cG o urty , Emig , Ca rs ten , Hu nt er and Gin olfi . J . Har per, B. Rit te r, J im Mci lva in e, Don D is cu ill o and J ason Law renc e ro unded o ut the t o p 10 . The ove ra ll order for th e da y was McGo u rty , H u n t e r , E m ig, G i nolfi, Carst e n, H a r p er , M cil v a in e , L a wr e n c e , D i s cu il l o a n d C h ris Chomko. N ext was Law renc e (3 -3) , aboa rd a Su zuki RM1 2S. Fou rth wen t to Team Green 's Do nnie We ber (4 -4) , aboa rd a KX2S0F, and finishing ou t the top fi v e wa s J onathan C amp ( 3 - S ) , ano ther Team Gr een rider. Chish olm wasn 't done y et , t ho ugh. He also t ook t he Sch o olboy victo ry, o n c e ag a i n in f r on t o f his f e ll o w F lo ridia n Ban i (3 -2) and T eam Gr een ride r Mi tch ell Doug herty (2 -3 ) of New Yo rk . Fo u rt h ov e ra ll went t o C amp (4- 4), and fifth o v erall went t o N ew Yo rk er Al ex Sig ismond i (S-S ) , aboa rd a Kaw asaki. C h is ho lm also pr o v ed he ca n do th e sa m e o n a 2 S0. He ente re d t he 2S0cc A mateu r cl ass and onc e ag ain too k a 1- 1 sweep . New Yo rke r Brian M urph y ( 2- 2) t o o k s eco nd ov e ra ll aboa rd his Yamah a, and th ird overall went to a hard -ch arg ing Sco tt Simon ( 4 - 3) , a bo a r d h i s Tea m Gre e n Kawasak i. Fourth overall went to Eng lishtown regular Anthony Fontana (6- S), abo ard hi s Hon da CRF4 S0R, and fifth overall wen t to Web er (8 -4 ). eN AMATEUR S C r aig M artin' s T ea m G r een r i d e r s t oo k o ve r Sa t u r d ay' s Am at eu r pro g ra m with th e help of Kaw asak i rid ers such as Em ig, Mi cha el Leib and T yler Bow er s. However, t he two Kawasaki rider s wh o swe p t the ir cl asses ea sil y we re Ry an Villop ot o and Kyl e Ch isho lm . Po u l sb o , Washington 's Vi ll opot o put o n a great show, sweeping th e 8Sc c ( 14 - 1S) and Super mi ni classes. In the 8S cc ( 14-1 S) class , Villopoto to ok t he win in front of Suzu k i p ilot and local favo rite Jason Lawrence (2·2) and Kawasaki p ilot K er ry Ka m insk ie (3- 3 ). Sw app ing fou rth and fifth spots were Hewitt , New J ersey , ride rs Brian Mul c ah y and Mark Lindsa y ; Lindsa y ( S-4) took fourth o ve r all , and Mul c ahy (4 -S) took fifth ove rall. Th e Supermin i cl ass wa s one of the m o st wa tc he d of th e d ay , as rid er s fr om th e 8S c c ( 12- 13 ) and ( 14 - 1S) cl asses all com peted t ogeth er. In t he fir st m ot a, Vill opoto t ook th e wi n , wi th Lawr en c e not far behind. Suzu ki r id er M i c hael Pic on e ke p t th e t w o leader s honest th roughout th e m ota . T aking fou r t h and f ift h w e re T eam Gree n ' s Brad K iest e r an d Ho nd a o f Houston 's Phil N icoletti. In th e second m ot a , Villopoto and Lawr en c e battl ed earl y o n, bu t on lap tw o Lawr en c e' s m oto r b lew , and he wa l k ed t he b ik e o ff t he track f or a d isa p po in ting 24 th . Villo poto cruise d t o t he w in a n d th e o v er a ll. Taki ng second in th e m ota and sec o nd o ve r a ll was Picon e ( 3- 2 ) . Th i r d ov era l l went t o N icoletti (S-3 ), fo urt h ov erall we n t to Kiester ( 4 -S) , and roundin g out the top five was Kam ins k ie (6-4) . Th e T eam Green sq ua d al so g ot h el p fr om o ne o f thei r l o n g t i m e K aw a s aki r ide r s, C hi sholm . Th e F l o r i d i a n p o st e d on es ac ross th e board in the 12Scc and 2S0cc Ama teur and Schoolboy classes. His co m petition was tough , thoug h, as he had t o battl e his w a y through th e t op Amateur ra cers in th e co unt ry . In the 12 Sc c Amat eur c l a s s , Ch i sholm took th e 1- 1 swe ep o ver fellow T eam Green rid er Matt Ban i (2 -2 ) , aboa rd a KX2S0F fo u r-stroke. cue I e Raceway Parle Englishtown , New Jersey Results: October 4·5. Z003 125 PRO : I. Donni e McGourt y (Kaw): 2. Chris Hunter ( Han); 3. J eff Em ig ( Kaw) ; 4 . Da ve Gino lfi (Yam): 5. Ba rry Carsten (Suz); 6 . J . Harpe r (Suz) ; 7. J im Mcil vaine (S uz); 8 . Ja son Lawrence ( Kaw) ; 9 . Don Discuill o (Yam ); 10. Chris Cho m ko (Yam ); 11. Mark Wa ldele (Yam); 12 . J . Robert son (Yam) ; 13. B . Ritt er ( Kaw) ; 14 . Ch ris Welch (Yam); 15 . J . Goo dwin (Yam) ; 16 . J . Tr uex (Suz) ; 17. J. Lyon s ( Hon) ; l B. J . Rom a (Ya m ) ; 19 . Tom Sta vac (Ya m); 20 . C. Bellot (KTM ). 25 0 PRO: I. Je ff Em ig (Kaw ); 2. Damlen Plotts ( Han ) ; 3. Ty Wall ace ( Han ) ; 4 . Ba rry Car ste n (Suz); 5 . Ric hi e Owen s ( Kaw); 6 . Do nni e McGourt y ( Kaw ); 7 . Ch ris Hun ter ( Han ); 8 . J . Sc hne ider ( Ha n ); 9 . J . Coo k ( Yam); 10 . Lee Ro st ien ( Yam ) ; 11. Rich Schmi dt (Yam ); 12. M ike Leavitt (Yam ); 13 . Ric hie Zu p k o (Yam) ; 14 . I sh a W o od ( Ya m ) ; 15 . J i m Mcil va in e (S uz) ; 16 . J . Ha r pe r (S uz): 17 . Ma rk Wu ndrack (Yam) ; 18. Je rry Seip J r. ( Han ) ; 19 . Chris Cho-nko (Yam ); 20. J . Robertson (Yam) . 65 ( 7- 9): 1. J u stin Sta rl i ng (K a w ); 2 . N ick Desi d er io (S uz} : 3 . Br and o n Ma y s ( KTM) ; 4 . A .J . Can ta zaro (Kaw) : 5 . Kame ron Page ( KTM) . 65 ( 10 · 11 ) : 1. M ich ael Leib ( K aw ); 2 . J u stin Barc ia ( KTM ) ; 3 . Bla k e Bag gett (K aw) ; 4 . B rae Sc hm ely un ( Ka w) ; 5 . J immy Kinsley (Kaw). 85 ( 7 - 1 1): I. T yl er B ower s ( K aw ) ; 2 . Ty ler Mc Goff ( K aw ) ; 3 . J ust i n B arc ia (K T M ) ; 4 . Ry a n Blizzard ( Hon) ; 5 . M att Babbi tt ( Kaw) . 85 ( 12 - 13 ) : 1. B ra d K ie ster ( Ka w ) ; 2 . Phil Ni co lett i ( He n}: 3. M ich ael Pic o ne (S ua) : 4 . B ry an Walla ce ( Kaw) ; 5 . Ton y Gallo (Suz} . 85 ( 14 - 15) : J. Rya n Villopot o ( Kaw) ; 2 . J ason La wren ce (Suz) : 3 . Kerry Kaminski e ( Ka w); 4 . Mar k Li ndsay ( Kaw) ; 5 . Br ian M ulcah y (Yam) . S /MINI: 1. Ry a n Vil lo po to ( Kaw ) : 2 . M ic hae l Pico ne (Suz) ; 3 . Phi l Nicoletti ( Hon) ; 4 . Brad K iest er ( Kaw) ; 5 . Kerry Kam insk ie ( Kaw ). 12 5 NOV: 1. Pasq uale Morocco (S uz) ; 2. Zac h Thu r st o n (Kew } : 3 . T om Wo n sk i (Ya m) ; 4. Joe Pinkha m (Yam ); 5 . An thon y Roth (Yam) . 125 AM : 1. Kyle Chi sholm ( Kaw) ; 2 . Matt Bc nl ( Ke w) : 3 . Jason La wre nce (Suz); 4 . Donnie Weber ( Kaw ) ; 5. Jona than Camp (Kaw) . 2 5 0 N O V : I . Za ch Thu rston ( Ha n); 2 . M it ch Berg h o lz ( Han) : 3. S h awn Ph illip s ( Ya m); 4 . Salva to re Pisano III (Ya m ): 5 . Ken Steinberg (Yam). 2 5 0 AM : 1. Ky le C his ho l m ( K a w ); 2. Br i an M urphy (Ya m): 3 . Sco tt Si mon ( Ka w) : 4 . A nthon y Fo ntana ( Han) ; 5. Donn ie Weber ( Ka w) . WMN : I . N at ali e G eng e l ( Ya m): 2 . C hr is t in a Ba sna ( Ka w): 3 . Jami e Po rts ( Yam ): 4 . M ic he lle Kastl e ( Kaw ): 5 . Mari sa Hampsh ire ( Kaw) . SCHBY : 1. Kyl e Chisho lm ( Kaw) ; 2 . Matt Bon i ( K aw): 3 . Mitc hell Do ug herty (Ka w ) ; 4 . J ona than Cam p ( Ka w) ; 5 . A lex Sig ismondi ( Kaw). CLGBY: 1. M i k e Lea v i tt ( Yam ) ; 2 . Pa squ a l e M o r o c c o ( Su z ) ; 3 . Isaa c W o od ( Ya m ) ; 4 . Pete r Kat so ul es (Ya m ); 5. Richie Owens (Kaw) . 25 . AM : 1. K o n st a nt i n D e rg u n o v ( Ka w): 2 . Mi c hael Derosa (S uz); 3 . Da ve M arques ( Ha n ) ; 4 . Bri an Sim ics ak (Sua): 5. Ma tt Fleisc her (Ho n) . 25. EX : I . J eff Em ig ( Kaw); 2 . Ba rry Ca rst en (Suz) : 3. J oel Dengler (Ha n); 4 . K urt McMill en ( Han) : 5. Lee Rostien J r. (Yam ). 30 . NOV : 1. Shawn Ph il lips ( Yam) ; 2 . Bru c e B u rd g e (Yam ) ; 3 . Jo hn La rn e r !a ( Ha n) ; 4 . M i ke Dad d io ( Hon) : 5 . Greig Erri on (Yam) . 30 . AM.: 1. K on st an t in De rg u no v ( K a w ) ; 2 . Way ne Powers ( Yam) : 3 . Frank Roc kino (Yam ) : 4 . Ju st in Lo pelo ( Han ); 5 . O rlando Carvajal (Ya m) . 30 . EX : 1. B arry Cars t en ( Suz ) : 2 . Jeff Em ig ( K aw ) ; 3 . Ku rt M cM ill en ( Ha n) ; 4 . J err y Seip J r . (Hon ); 5 . Ja me s Mci lvaine (Suz) . 40 . EX: I . J er r y Se i p J r. ( Ha n ) ; 2 . T i m S c hme ly u n (Y a m) ; 3 . M ic key K essler ( Ha n ) : 4. Ric ha rd Rosset er (Yam); 5. Bob Sorenson (Ha n ) . 40 . S /SR : 1. Ro bert Obner (Yam); 2 . J ef fr ey M esl er (Ya m ) ; 3 . John La pus ank ( Yam ) : 4 . A lbe rt Purzan ( Han ); 5. Byron C ulbertso n ( Hon) . n e VV s O CTO BER 29 ,2003 39

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