Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Jjcross Tile Jjtlantic ~. IItI~ ~ By STEFAN EVERTS An ar tis t ' s re ndition of U.S. Speedway Champion Mike Bas t had the star sliding across the cover o f Issue #43 . He won the cha mp ionshi p i n the one- night event after scori ng a near-perfect 14, l osi ng only one point on the night. Mike Curoso fin ished a clo se second with 13, and Larry Shaw finished third with 12.. . Adolf Well (Mai) won yet another round of the Trans-AMA series with a 1-2 showing in Orl ando , Florida , over Hakan Ande rsson (Yam ) and Sylvain Geboers (Suz)... We intervi ewed 250cc National Motocross Champi on Gary Jones who said that winning wa s more impo rtant to him th an money , and revealed he would likely be riding Can-Am motorcycl es in 1974 . He fi nis hed out the Trans-AMA series on a 400cc Maleo. 20 YEARS AGO••• NOVEMBER 9, 19B3 Larry Roeseler roosted the new Husky 510 four-stroke across the cover of Issue #43 as he dug up some dirt at Saddl eback Par k . The bike featured dual exhausts and was more than fa st eno ug h. It r eta il ed fo r $2995 .. . Georg e Hofl and (Suz) clinched th e 125cc CMC Tran s-Cal title after winning the class' overall in Orange, Califomi a. Rick Joh nson (Yam ) swept the 250 cc class over Jeff Hicks (Han) , who clin ched t hat t itle . An d J ohn Whelchel (Yam) swept the 500cc class on his way to that title ... Kl ml Douglass (Kaw) won the Wom en' s Gr and Nati onal MX Champi onship at Saddleback Park in Orange, Califo rnia, over Lisa Akin (Yam) and Mer cedes Gonzalez (Yam) ... Dan Smith (Hus) won the 16t h annual 100 's MC Hare & Hound in Lucerne Valley , Califomia. 10 YEARS AGO..• NOVEMBER 3, 19 9 3 ISDE bronze medalli st William Rush attempted to excavate his RMX2 50 f rom a Ho i land mudhole on the cover of Issue #43 . Of the 48 8 r iders who started the ISDE , 282 fini shed. Poland won... Fabrizio Pirovano (Yam) gave Yam aha it s first World Superbike victory of the year in race one in Portuga l, and championship co ntenders Scott Russell (Kaw) and Carl Fogarty (Due) both DNF'd the first race. Fogarty won race two over Russell but still trailed the American by 29 points with only one round remaining... Fr ed A ndr ew s (Yam) cl in ched his fi rst GNCC champi· onship at round II (of 13) in Eli zabeth, West Virginia. Scott Plessinger (KTM) won over Andr ews and Dou g B la c k w ell (Kaw)... Chris Carr repeated as the 100cc National Dirt Track Champion with his win at the Lodi Cycle Bowl, Kenny Roberts Jr. fi nis hed seco nd, while Toby Jo rgensen was third. ,• eas 30 YEARS AGO... NOVEMBER 6, 1973 J • • u st when I beg in to think th e sea - much respect , and I rea lly appreciate hopefully t hey can take ou t the son is over, I fi nd out it's not. W e t hat. I' v e know n him si nce the 1998 whoops - those things don't help the had another really b us y month , wi t h Motocross d es Nations i n Eng l an d , E u ropean s, t hat's for sure. the des Nations, a Su p ermotard rac e when he was a 12 5cc ri de r for T eam The w eek after Zol d er wa s a busy in Belg ium a week later , th en a trip to USA , and he has n ot cha nged a bi t - one fo r m e, w ith a lo t of parties and J apan t o ra ce the la st r ound of t he he's st ill very down to eart h, which is functions . I al so h ad a Supermotard J ap an es e Ch a mpi onsh ip, plu s th e grea t to see , considering what he has race on the following Sunday and did International Six Days Endu ro . d on e since then. not really feel like ra ci ng but event u - The Mo t ocross des Nations thi s Of co urse, losing to Ricky on Su n - year was reall y a great event - proba - day was no t t he best way to finish the ever h ad . T h e r ac e was t h e Supe r - b ly t he most memora ble fo r m e, ev er . event, b ut he w as j ust quicker, and I b ike r in M ett er , Be lgi um , and I w on a T e am B elgiu m has w o n th is event di dn 't ha ve anyth ing fo r him. Every - -b efo re - I won it in 1995 , 1997 and o ne ta lks about his corne r speed, but 1998 - b ut nothing com pa red to w in- I rea lly t h in k the differen c e be twee n n in g it this yea r. We won it in '97 at hi m and m e is the fact that he is so Ni sm e s , but the Zo ld er atmosph ere q uick in t h e ai r - h is sp eed o ver the was something else , the c rowd was ally had th e best Supe rmota rd rac e I j um p s and in the ai r was better than right o n th e t ra ck, and in N ismes th ey were a lo ng wa ys away. Of c ourse , I g ot be aten i n the in di vidu al resul t s by Ric k y Carm ichae l , al t h ou gh it d idn 't see m to m atter that muc h . T he K in g of Belgium arrived at th e t rack Su n d ay afternoon, an d w h at was sp ec ia l about his com ing w as t he fact th at he did not ge t invite d , he j us t wanted to come and t ak e a look at t he ra c e that w as really nice for me , to have o ur k ing watc hi ng as we wo n. He then in v ited us all b ac k fo r a t alk after t h e race and spent some ti me tel li ng us h ow im p o rt an t we all were t o o u r country . I also got to spend some t ime w it h Ric k y Ca rmi chael at the d es Nations, and my opinion o f him h a s n ot race aga ins t St epha ne C ha m bo n , w ho i s w i t ho u t a do u bt th e b est Sup erm o t ard ri d er ever. Everyt hi n g just clicked , and when I was t al k ing t o F rede ri c Bo ll ey after t he race, h e told me I was re ally ri ding the circuit mine, and I g uess t h at c o mes from at a pa ce n ob od y else co u ld match , his superc ross ski lls. He made u p a which was ni c e o f him to say . lot o f time on m e in that are a, an d I I cou ldn 't fin ish th e w e ek end o ff t ri ed to sta y w ith him, but it was no w ith a w in , th ou gh , as i n th e Ma in good . I d o thi nk th at when w e rac e in F inal I didn 't get t he start and fi ni she d Liero p i n 2004 t h at I have a b etter in se v en th - but st ill , t h a t o ne r ace chance in t he sa nd an d a t rack w it h with C hambo n was eno ug h fo r me to less j u m ps than in Zo ld er. I am also go home satisfied. sure he will w a nt t o bea t me even Ja pa n and Brazil aw ait me. I don 't m or e at a sand track , which un fortu ~a tely expect t o r ac e with the t op Enduro th e Zo ld er t rack was not. The trac k in Zolder al so h elped the ride rs - I think Salm ine n an d Sala will 250cc t w o - st r o k e ri ders , as in t h e be too q uick for me - I j us t w ant to t ec h nica l sect io n s th e 2 5 0cc ride rs have so me fun and enjoy the t rip, t ry h ad goo d s pee d , a nd so me of t he to recove r from a r ea lly l on g a n d other four - st rok e r id ers sa i d it was t ou gh sea son. I w ill let y o u k now n ext tou g h for th em . Th e tra ck in Zolder m onth w h at hap p en ed there, and we w a s rea lly rou gh - n ot th e ro ug hest also have so me testing to do , so th at I'v e eve r rid d en on , but o ne o f the m . should be int eresti n g. So muc h fo r an Li erop will n ot be as tech ni cal, a nd o ff -season! eN c hang ed - he is a great person and a n ic e f riend . T h e Belgian press wanted to ma k e a big thing about th e Evert s vs . Carm ichael thing, an d they ask ed m e if I was willing to d o a double intervi ew w ith h im. I was okay and c alled Ric k y at his h otel on T hu rsd ay to invite him to m y father's house to c heck out so me o f m y oid b ik es an d t ro p h ie s. He c ame along , and w e had a meal tog ether and ta lked ab out th e p a st a n d w h at h a s happen ed t his yea r. Ric k y h as always shown me so Ric ky Carmic hael (85) may have beaten everybody else at the MXdN, but it was Stefan Everts (4) who le d hi s team to t he overall . Neverthe less, Everts didn't like getting beaten by Carmichael. In an upcoming issue of Cycle News 250cc Four-Stroke MX Shootout Nevada Hare & Hound Finale Honey Lake WORCS cue I e n e _ S • O CTOBER 29 ,2003 95

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