Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Na sser held on fo r th e m ot a win, with overall winner Co le m an taking sec o nd. Th en c am e S c hnurr. S tr ippl ema n . Haag, Whi t e an d Will iamson. Thrasherland Motocross P ark Glenda le . Arizona Results: September 27, 2003 (R ound 4) PfW BEG: 1. Nick Waters (Cob) : 2. Joseph Zepien (Cob) : 3. Austin Jenkms (KTM): 4. John Harris (KTM) . P/W (4· 6) : I. Chauncy Mathis (Cob): 2. Delton Sneed (Cob); 3. Jake Caddell (KTM): 4. Tenner Shugg (KTM): 5. Johnny L~ Garcia (KTM). PfW (7. 8 ): 1. Corey Markham (Cob): 2. Conner Maltwell (KTM); 3. Devld King (pol): 4. Austin Gibb (KTM): 5. Ja isaac Sloan (Cob). P/W OPEN: 1. Co ~y Markham (Cob): 2. Austin Gibson (KTM ): 3. Conner Maxwell (KTM); 4. .Jelse a c Sloan (Cob): 5. Jo hnny Lee Garcia (KTM). 65 BEG: 1. Rodney Robinson (Kaw): 2. Hunter Jo nes (KlI ): 3. Tyler Steam s (Kaw); 4. Alex Bleecker (KTM): 5. Alex Draper ( Ka ). 65 (0- 8 ): I. Cody McEl ro y (Hon ); 2. Josh Hinds ( Ka ): 3. Austin Wells (Sul). 65 (9- 11): 1. Austin Burn s (Kaw); 2. Kohl Hopper (KTM); 3. Jacob Becchine (Kaw): 4, Garrett Maxwell (Suz 5. Christian Manion ): (KlIw). 65 OPEN: 1. Austi n Bum s (Kaw): 2. Koh l Hopper (KTM); 3. Jacob Becct une (Kaw); 4. Josh Hinds (Kaw); 5. Austin Wells (Suz). 85 BEG: 1. Kohl Hopper (Kaw): 2. Tmvis Monk (Yam) ; 3. Herley Medlin (Han); 4. Ja ~ Lubeck (Kaw); 5. Cody Katsilas (Yam ). 85 (7 - 11): 1. J .C. Redondo (Kaw); 2. Brodie Prather (Kaw): 3. Austi n Bum s (Ka..... ): 4. Miles Shugg (Yam) : 5. Seth Andel"!W)n (Ka.....). 85 ( 12 . 13) : I . Taylor Robert (Han); 2. Jeff~y Jenk ins (Kaw): 3. Thrasherfand M oto c ross Pa rk: Josh Co leman (397) won the 125cc Junio r class and als o fi n is hed seco nd in the Schoolbo y class at round fo ur of the CMC Cact us St ate Motocross Series in Glendal e, Arizona. CMC Cactus State Motocross Series Round 4:Thrasherland Motocross Park J .C Redondo and J ones . Th en , as th e leaders came out of tum one, Robert ca me alon g the left side of Je nkins as th ey cres te d th e first ju m p . J enkin s had the inside posit ion fo r tu m tw o . a right -hand er , b ut Robert o u t b ra ke d J en k i n s and tr ied t o go unde rn ea th hi m , but t h e i nside w a s o n c e agai n to o so ft , and Ro b e rt ' s fr ont wh eel tu c k ed , a nd h e went dow n. J enkins now had so me br eath in g room , over William son . French pas sed Uttlefi eld on th e north section for fourth. Th en, as th e lead ers c am e down the Be nt Hill, French went by Fo rd j ust bef or e th e w hoops for th ird . Fro m the third lap on, the top five spots remained the same . Th e only ride r m ovin g forward was Robert. wh o outdragged Redo ndo on th e sta rt st raight for si xth . J en kin s c aptured th e m oto win , w ith th e Serrano Racing/ Vo rt ex/ Sc ott spo nso red Willi am so n ho ldi ng o n to seco nd fo r th e overall win. Third went to French. Th en c a me F o rd, Li tt i ef i e ld , Ro be r t, Re d o n d o and J ones. T he first 125cc Ju nior m oto saw th e series points leader , Ryan Nas ser, out in front. Nas se r had j us t co m e off an injury to his right ank le and was raci ng with his boot t aped up . Co lema n sat in th e sec ond spo t. fo llo wed by K y le St ri pp le ma n , who ' s second in se ries poin t s. T hen St ripple ma n tumbled ove r a n i n fie ld jum p , bu t l uckily he go t b ac k up. A us tin W hi t e t o ok ov er t h ir d, f oll ow ed by W illiamson , Aus tin Schnurr and J ohn Gourl ey , o n on e o f th e new Kawa saki K X 2 50 fo ur strokes. Du rin g lap three. Nasser went down in th e bac k sec tion, and Co lem an was th e first to appear co mi ng do wn Bent Hill. Gourl ey went down. and it took him several laps t o refire the f ou r -stroke. The Fun Cen te r/O 'N eal /FM F s po nso re d Co l em an w on t he moto , over W h it e, Wi lliamson . Sch n ur r, Gran t B olza n , Brod y Smelter and Ai ex Haag , N asser pu ll ed the ho l eshot ag ain in the second m o to , an d then came Co leman and Sc hn urr . Th e t op seve n spots re mai ned the same for the durati on of the m ot o , but the raeing wa s still intense . Stripplem an, sitt ing in th e fourth sp o t, t rie d ail m o t o io ng t o ge t b y Sch nurr. Strip plem an sho wed hi s fron t wheel to Schnurr no less than seven times dur ing th e m ot o , but Schn urr wo uld not relent. Mean while, Haag, on a bo rrowed bike, got in on th e actio n and k ept applying pressur e to Strippie man . T oward th e end of th e m ot a , St ri pplem an tr ied to pass Schnurr but m ad e sur e he didn 't lea ve a door ope n for Haag to get by . B y ROBERT VAN D AMME GLEN D A LE. AZ, SEPT. 27 Top 12 5c c J unior rider Josh Coleman and Supermini wi nner J erem y Will iam son expe ri- e nc ed simila r s ce narios wh ile tak ing their respe ctive ov eralls at the fourth round of th e inaugura l CMC Cac tus State Mo to cross Series. pre sented b y A E O , Pit E nterpri ses. Sp ac e Saver, Truck Recycl ers, J im Bogard RV. Preferred Do o r. Azdirt.c om and Mot ow ork s: Both Coleman and Williamson benefited fro m mi scues by their co m pe tito rs in eac h of th eir fi rst m oto s, allowi ng the m th e m ot o win s; th en both of their seco nd motos allowed th em th e luxury to pl ay it safe by tak in g seco nd -place finishes to tak e the ov erall vi ctories. Th e first Sup ermini moto saw Will iam son w ith th e in it ial lead , o ver T ayl o r Robert and Jeff rey J enk ins. The n Rob ert went un derneath and ca me away with t he lead co m ing out of turn one , foll ow ed by Willi am son , Jenk ins and D ou g las F rench . T hen Ro bert went down in tu rn tw o , han ding the lead back to Will iam son . W he n th e p ack c am e dow n th e Be n t Hi ll . French had ta k en ove r second from Je nk ins. Completi ng lap o ne , it was W illiam son first, over Fr en ch . foll o w ed b y J e n ki n s . Ryan Jon es. Seth A nderson . Core y Fo rd and Brodie Prather. After lap t wo , Wi ll iamson looked ove r h i s sho u ld e r a s h e ca me o n to t he sta r t st raight an d saw that F r e n c h h ad i ndeed closed the gap . Meanwh il e, after restarting from th e last position ( 20th). Rob ert wo rk ed his way bac k into the top 10 by th e end of th e second iap. Williamson , Fren ch and Jenk in s were even ly space d ap a rt . whi le Jones d ropped off t he pace . Robe rt , in a lap and a ha lf , w en t by Pr ath e r , F o r d a n d A nde rs on f or f i ft h . Wil li am son hel d on for the m ot o w in , ov er Fre nch and Jenk ins. J on es and Robert c ame down the hi ll side by side two co rners from th e end . Robe rt had th e ins ide posit ion com ing int o the left -hander , and he wa s abl e to co mple te th e pass and finish in fourth , over Jon es. Sixth wen t to An derson, who was pursued by Fo rd, Prathe r and T yl er Litt lefield . J enkins led th e proc essio n in th e seco nd moto , foll owed b y Ro bert an d Willi am son . Rober t tr ied t o g o i nsid e o f Jenk in s in th e sand -p it sec ti on and the next co rne r, whi ch was a hard right-h ander aft er a tablet op j ump. but he couldn 't co m ple te th e pass. Jen k in s co m p leted lap one with the lead . pu rsued by Robert, W illiam son . For d . Littlefield . Fr ench , 44 N O V EM B ER 5 , 2003 • cue I CMA Bay Area Supercross Challenge Series Round 3: Santa Clara County Fairgrounds Murphys'La1ft1 B y EDDIE GRAVEUNE Williamson, Coleman Conquer Cactus State e n e vv s Douglas French (Han ); 4. Brian McCarty (Yam): 5. Zack Anderson (KII..... ) 85 ( 14 . 16): I. Ryan Jones (KlI w); 2. Tyler U ttleneld (Suz]: 3. Daniel Jewett (Yam ): 4. Bret Kalmbach (Sw ). SIM INI: I. Jeremy William son (Kaw); 2. Jeffrey Jenkins (Kaw); _ 3 . Doug las French ( Hen]: 4 . Taylor Rebert (Hon ); 5. Corey Ford [Sez}. 125 BEG: I. Chris Harris (KTM): 2. Robert Temple (Yam ): 3. John Matth ews (YlIm ): 4. Ju stin Santa Marla (Sw ): 5. lack Pruett (Kaw). 125 JR : 1. Josh Colem an (SUl) ; 2. Austin Schnurr (Ka..... ): 3. Austin White (YlIm ): 4, Jerem y Willi ll m50n (Kaw): 5. Ryan Nasser (Yam) . 125 INT: I. Paul Pearcy (Kaw}; 2. Alex BOll ard (Kaw): 3. D.C. Jones (Yam): 4 . Steve Schwartz (Kaw); 5. Bry an Ehrmil n (Kaw). 250 BEG: 1. Artie Garcia (Yam) ; 2. Cody Conklin (Kaw): 3. Jef· frey McKnight (KTM): 4. Brian Frye (Yam): 5. Gerred Bercom (Hon) . 250 JR : I. James Buchanan (Han): 2. Justin Leach (Han); 3. J. Boyd (Han): 4 , Lucas Frye (Yam) ; 5. Lee Hertz:(Yam). 250 INT: I. Steve Schwartz (Kaw); 2. Bryan Ehrman (Kaw): 3. D.C. Jones (YlIm ); 4 , Kevin Gorski (Han). 250 PR 1. Bryan All en (Hen). O: BIBK OPEN: I. Paul Pearcy (Kaw); 2. Bryan Ehrman (Kaw): 3. D.C. Jones (Yam ): 4. James Buchanan (Hon); 5. JU5 Leach (Han). tin SCHBY ( 12 . 16) : I. Alex Buzzard (Kaw); 2. Josh Coleman (Suz ): 3. Alex Haag (Vam ); 4 . Austin White (Yam ): 5 . Ryan N asser (Yam). 25. AM: I. Shaun Robert (Han): 2. Guy Zwick (Yam) . 30 .+ BEG: I . Randy Rolland (Hon) ; 2. Kelly Gibson (Yam ); 3. Dwayne Ehrm... (KlIw). n 30. JR : 1. Guy Z.....ick (Yam) : 2. Kt"vln Reill y (Han). 30 . INT: I. Kevin Gorski (Han); 2. Shaun Robert ( Han): 3. Duane Oommeringer (Hon). 40 . AM : 1. Bill Shugg (Kaw): 2. Dennis McKnighl (Hon): 3. Robert Van Demme (KlIw): 4. Eric Draper (Hon). SAN JOSE. CA . SEPT , 27 Th e word must be gettin g o ut, bec aus e the CMA' s Bay Ar ea Supercross Challenge Series ha s had larg er rid er tu rnouts at each ro und . A throng of rider s, each one eage r to get his shot at a st adium -sty le track , wa s greet ed b y a very te chn ic al c ourse. A unique type of soi l that seemed both tacky and slippery at the same time c overed th e tr ack , w hich wound around th e rod eo g rounds in serpe n tine fash ion . Deep whoops, very Chall enging rhy th m secti on s, dou bl es right ou t of co rners , and the pr ereq uisite trip le jump were j ust a few of the ch alleng es that ro un d three' s c o m pet it o r s would hav e to endure. Some wo uld falter, bu t m ost were up t o th e task. Som e o f th e best p e rf orm an c es of th e ni ght c a me fr om a co up le of youngste rs by th e sa me la st name . Ry an Murph y rod e a K X6 5 to co nvinci n g win s in both th e 65 c c Novic e and X cl asses. Max Crane put up the best fig ht; aft er domin atin g t he entry -level 65 cc (0 -8) Beginner cl ass. Cra ne finishe d a com mendable second to Murphy in the 65cc X race. With size and experience on his side , though. Murphy rod e awa y with top ho nors in the 65 cc ran ks . A noth er Murphy on th e go was the o lde r Sha un , rid ing in the 8 5cc cla ss es . He r od e alo ne in the No vi ce cla ss but ran away from the Bi g Wh eel riders with who m he was lined up . To top off the nigh t, he ran a co m pe titi ve second to Int erm ed iate rider Dustin Pipe s in th e 85cc X class. Sha un also fin ished run ner up to Pip es in th e Supermini division. What was pr o bab ly th e c losest rac ing of the night ca me in the 85cc Beginner m ot os. Up fro n t, Steven Pirn ik and Ch ris tian Han son battled for both m ot o wi ns. Pirn ik rode hi s YZ to vic tory in th e fi rst m oto . Hanson. who was also Yama ha -mounted, came bac k and edge d Pirn ik in the fin al. By way of tie breake r, Han son took the o vera ll , bu t both riders had a lot to be p ro ud of: Th ey rode well , ra c ed close and k ep t it clea n the entire tim e. Running a steady thi rd in bot h m otos was anoth er Yam aha rider, Ho lli ster's J ak e Stro ng . Th e 12 5 cc Youth cl ass is always a wi ld one , and this parti cu lar event was no exce ption. J osh Fittro j um ped out front on th e first lap of m ot o one, only to cr ash in an off -c amber turn befo re th e wh oop section . T hat was th e open ing t ha t F r esn o ' s Ronn ie Vasq uez needed . From there, he battled D arren Hanson but held on for th e w in . F itt ro made a stro ng comeback to finish thi rd in the fi rst rac e. W hen the gat e dropped for th e seco nd and final ti m e, F ittro aga in took th e early lead . A litt le m ore c autio n on hi s part allowed him to hol d on thi s tim e and ta ke the chec ke red fia g , Vasq uez too k sec ond , and wi th it th e overall vi ct ory in th e cl ass. Fittro was second with his 3 - 1 showing , while A rm and o O 'C onnor co mpl et ed the top th ree. In t he 125cc N ovic e class . so me of th e sa me players we re in vo lved in a co u p le of r-- -- - - - -- - - ------,:;; z gi w a: 0- S i z :::; w ~ a: '" w is c w ~ ~ 0- Santa Clara Co unty Fairgrounds: Co ns istency wa s the key t o a t op-five fini sh in the 85c c Beginner class f or Ch ris Downey at round three of th e CMA Bay Area Supercross Challenge Serie s in San Jose, California. ent erta in ing m otos. Josh Fittro rod e at o r near th e front agai n. bu t Bryan Me rk and M att Fernand es beat him across th e finish lin e in the fi rst race. Fi ttro rebou nd ed to wi n th e second m ot o , bu t Mer k stayed solid , finishing sec ond. Merk took the w in with

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