Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Brent Ash (KT M) ; 4. Ezra Angel~ ( KTM) ;~. Gilson Machtollf (Pol). 5 0 OPEN: 1. Cale b Dowell (KTM) : 2. Ezra .... ge lle (KTM) ; 3 . n Brent .... h (KTM) ; 4 . Cede ~ ( KTM) ; ~ . Gil50n Mltchtollf (Pol). s 6 5 (7-9): I. Caleb Dowell (Kaw); 2. Justin Bogle (Kaw ); 3. Coil Nichols (KTM); 4. Ryan Eppers (KTM); 5. Ty ler Heemsbergen (KTM ). 6 5 ( 10- 1 1): 1. Rado llo Femeod ez ( Kaw ): 2 . La nce Vince nt (Kaw): 3. Chance King (Ka w) ; 4. Austin Henderson (Kaw) : 5. Riley Pemberton (Suz). 65 OPEN ( S.... ) : I. Rodolfo Femllndel (Kaw): 2. Blake \lIha rton T (Kaw); 3. J ustin Bogle (Kaw): 4. Ryan Epper.; (KTM) :~ . Beeu Hudson (Kaw). 65 -85 JR OPEN ( 9· 1 1) ( SON): 1. Terren O'DeIl (Kaw); 2. Blake Whart on (Kaw): 3. Tyler Bums (Sw): 4 . Nichol as Ramey (KTM): 5. Robert son (KTM): 4. JoooiMn Kerr (Yam); 5. Cory Gn-en (Sw ). 125 O PEN: I. Jone then Kerr ( Yam ); 2. Ryan Volt (KT M) ; 3 Cory Gn'nI (Suz); 4. Je'SSe Moore (Ka w); 5. Brandon Fuhon (Ka w). 125 PRO: I. Johnny Marle y (Kaw): 2. Thomas Hahn (Hon); 3. J osh Dem uth (Yam) : 4. Robb ie Sm ith (Yam) ; 5. Coi l Hum phre y (Yam) . 250 BEG: 1. Ryan ~ (Yam) ; 2. Luk e Bass (Ka w); 3. Brandon ThornGs (Yam); 4. Daniel Gaz~k" (yam): 5. Ch.as.ey TMrp (Hon) . 250 NOV; I. Co ll in Gosse tt (Suz): 2. Mi cah Gaby (Yam); 3. Robert Blood (yam): 4. Scott Osburn (Hon ); 5. Bl ake Kilpatrick (Hon) . 250 INT: I. Jonathan Kerr (Yaml; 2. Brandon Fulton (Kaw): 3. J imm y Albertson (IITM); 4 . Robbie Robec'bon (KTM) ; 5. .k5se Moore (Kaw) . 250 . OPEI"I AM: I. Riley Kuros ky (Ka w); 2. J immy Al~ (KTM) ; 3. Btdt Cue (Yam) ; 4. Dennis Hotson (KTM ); 5. .hnod Nieman (KTM) . 250 PRO: I. Thoma s Hahn (Hon); 2. Jos h Demuth (Yam): 3. Gu y Cooper (K TM); 4. Col t Hu mph rey (Suz ) : 5. Andy Hernrnond (Han ). LDS: 1. T aryn Covingto n (Ka w) : 2. Den ne Mayno r (S uz); 3. An g ie Stephens (SuI) ; 4 . ....mber Drake (Suz) ; 5. .Jermy Leone rd ~""" ( $ ~ (Y" ml · 2 5. NOV : I. Bri en Bond (KTM) ; 2. Ronny Gibson (Yam) ; 3 . Chris Noles (Hon) ; 4. Dan" Fisher (Yllm) : 5 . Brennan Barnwell (Yam) . 2 5. B INT : I. Willia m Sutton (Ka w); 2. Bri en Gamer (Yam) : 3 . Greg Ingels (Kaw): 4. Kevin Liuarraga (Yam) ; 5. Brent Nalley (Yam). 25 . PRO : I. Guy Coope r (KTM): 2. Dean Lane (KTM); 3 . David J ones (K TM) ; 4 Dwayne Carter (Yam) : 5. Jerem y Abn ey (Yam) . VET 30 . NOV : 1. David Gall (Hon): 2. Ronny Gibson (YlI m): 3 . Brian Bond (K TMl: 4 . Brennan Barnwell (YlIm): 5. J im Kohout (Yam) . VET 30. INT: l . Willi am Sutton (Kaw) : 2. Greg Ingels (Ka w): 3. Kevin Uullrraga (Yam); 4. Monte Frank (Hon): 5. Brent Nalley (Yam ). VET 30. PRO : I. Guy Cooper (KTM): 2. Dean lane (KTM): 3 . Dwayne Carter (Yam); 4. David J ones (KTM); 5. Mike Shirl ey (Han) . VET 35 +: I . Chuck Coop er (KTM) : 2. Bear H!'nsley (Yam ): 3. Rick Cot ton (Yam); 4. David Gdll (Hon) ; 5. Steve Hill (Yam). SR 40 . : I. Chuck Cooper (KTM): 2. Sharmon Niday (Kaw ): 3 J im Th omas ( Yam ); 4. Rick Cotton (Yam): 5. John Portman (KT M). 4· STRK 20 1-650: I. Greg Chap man (Han); 2. Andy Hamm ond (Hon ): 3. Jeff Stewen (Y" m); 4. Mall well J o rdan (Yam): 5. Way ne Huckaby (Hen ). 85 ·105 SR OPEN (12· 15 ): I. Matt hew Lemc me (Kaw): 2. Wil Hahn (Ho n); 3 . Kyle Cunn ingham (Kaw) : 4. Trey Canard (Kaw) ; 5. Tyler Wharton (K aw). 100 ·1 2 5 SCHBY ( 12. 15 ): 1. J immy Albertson (KTM); 2. Rob· bie Robertso n (KTM): 3 . Kyle Cunningham (Ka w); 4. Taylor Painter (K aw); 5. Matth ew Lemo ine (Kaw) . 12 5 BEG: I. Corbin Bro wn (Yam ): 2. Bra dy Fedro (Yam ): 3 Sonny COli (Yam ): 4. Clint Hawn (Suz); 5. Eric Myler (Yam). 125 NOV : I. Brandon Pipkin (K aw): 2. Jacob Leathe rw ood (Yam ); 3 . Turne r Cavender (Kaw): 4. Garrett Teasley (Sw): 5. Chance Worrell (Kaw). 125 1N : 1. Riley Kurosky (Kaw ): 2. Ryan Volt (KTM); 3 . Robbie T 250 PRO; 1. Jeff Gibson (Hon); 2. Joshua Summey (Yam ); 3. Ben Riddle- (Hon); 4 . RyM Sipes (Kaw); 5. Spud Wah~ (Hon ); 6. '" ~ :I: a, 125ccJ25D Fall Classic cc FMFlEastem Four-Stroke Nationals Hound 3: Daniel B oone Motocross Summey Lands 'Four-Stroke Victory wor ked hi s wa y into second o n th e firs t lap bu t ge t h un g up in a r u t an d d ro pped se v er a l spots, pu tt ing Ca rpe nter into second . Gibson pulled away. Sipes had passed Carpent er fo r second by the fifth lap . Gib son rem ained in th e front spo t, wi th d ist ance between him self and second -placed Sipes at th e checkered . " Ca rp en t er a nd I w ent ba ck and forth ," Sip es said. " He bo bbled befor e th e Can You j um p. and I go t by . I tried to c atch Gibson , but he was too far go ne." Ji m Neese jett ed hi s 2004 RMZ250 around the fi rst turn fi rst in the fi rst 125c c Pro -Am m ot o a nd ne ve r lo oke d b a ck. N eese wa s un stoppable, dominating th e en ti re m ot a fo r th e win . " I fel t co m forta ble and ju st pu lled awa y ," Neese said. " I'm having a go od ti m e on m y new fou r -stroke . I j ust got it on Monda y befor e this rac e." B y the th ird ia p , Ch rist ophe r Wh it cr aft , W ill ie B rowning, Sa y lor and Sip es were in a four -way ba tt le. Say lo r pa ssed Brown ing and cha rged afte r Whit c raft . Sipes wa s on Say lor' s rear whee l, and he m ade the pa ss, but then he went do wn , an d a few seconds lat er Sayl o r also went down. "Sipes j um pe d to the inside ," Sayl or co mm en ted later, " and we c ame in to the co rn er side by side. I wasn 't going to iet off . and I didn 't let off . We bo th washed out." W h it c ra f t a nd B r o wn i n g w en t b y b o t h do w ned ri de rs . Say lo r r em o un t ed and w as back und er way before Sipes co uld remount. Say lor sta rted cha rging afte r Browning , wh ile Sipes recov ered and joined in th e c h ar ge. Again, Wh itcraft, B ro wn ing , Saylor and Sip es competed fo r po sitio n. Sayl or m oved by bo th rid er s to tak e over second by th e chec ke rs. Sip es got by Br owning t o rid e side b y side with Wh it craft du ring the last porti on of the fina l lap. Sipe s chose the inside line at th e fin ish-l ine turn , while Whi tcra ft t ook a higher ou t sid e line: Sip es crosse d the finish lin e inch es ah ea d o f Whitcra ft. Saylor claimed sec ond, wi th Sipes thi rd , Whitcraft fou rt h and Brown ing fift h . The seco nd moto saw Say lo r out fron t, followed by Neese. While N eese played follow, the-leader with Say lo r, Sipes wo rked his way up to thir d . Neese went down on th e start of th e fin al lap , m ov in g Sip es to second . Sipes charg ed aft er Say lo r, but ti m e ran out, and he had to sett le fo r seco nd . " I just was go ing as fast as I could in th e m ota , pick ing off rid ers," Sip es said. " I wa nted to win so bad ." B y S OSAN S . W IWAN LO NDON, KY, SEPT . 26 Th e 125c c/25Oc c Fall Classic and th e third round of th e FMF/Eastem Four -Stro ke Nat ionals were held at Daniel Boon e Mot ocr oss. Yamah a's Josh Summey earned the overall victo ry in the FourStroke Pro class with a 2- 1 tally. J eff Gibson fir ed off th e gat e in mota one, chas ed by Jacob Saylor , Paul Ca rpenter and Du stin Pull ey . Gibso n and Sa y lor battled for the fro nt pos ition. Carp ent er wa s third. Pull ey and Summey rod e side by sid e until Summey took over fourth. Th en Summey began clos ing the dis tan ce to Carpenter . even as Carpenter closed th e gap to Sayl o r. Say lor wen t down, m oving Carp ent er int o secon d and Summey to third . Summey att empted to pass Ca rpen ter t hro u g h th e w hoops , but Ca rp en t er fen d ed him off . Carpe nter go t by Gibson for the wi n. Gib so n held off Sum m ey un til the fina l lap , when Su mmey pa ssed him for seco nd. Sayl or was fourth . "Sum mey put a lot of pressure on m e durin g the last lap," co m me nted Gibson . "I ju st m ade a m istak e, and he m uscled his way in there." Summey shot out of th e gate in m ot a tw o . followed by Carpent er. Sum m ey had stre tc hed out quite a lead by lap three, whil e Hans Neel ran thi rd and Gibs o n worked up to fourth . On th e fin al lap . Gibson wa s try ing to ca tch Neel. bu t Neel hel d o n fo r third . behin d Sum m ey a nd Carpe n t er . Summey (2 -1 ) sco r ed th e overa ll . " S u m mey ju s t r o d e b ett er t h a n I di d t od ay , " Ca rpen ter sai d . " I' m j us t h ap p y to co m e out in sec ond ove rall ." Carpen ter 's lead in th e fi rst 250cc Pro -A m co ntest wa s sho rt -lived, as Ben Riddle pas sed him to tak e charge . " I passed Ca rpe nt er in th e sec ond tum for t he l ead . an d I pull ed o u t a littl e , - Ridd le explained. "Th is is only my fo urth race back in a yea r. I was a littl e out of shape. I just stayed focused and wor ked th rough m y arm pum p ." Carpe n ter cl os ed th e g ap t o Riddl e bu t cras hed in th e six-pac k before th e finish line and had troub le restarting hi s m achine, allo wing m any rid ers to go by . "I t w a s a s tu p i d mi st a k e , " Ca r pente r ex plained. " I ca me up sho rt and didn't give it eno ug h ga s. Riddle ma de a reall y good pass on m e on the start ." Gib son moved i nto seco nd . fo llowed b y Summey . On th e final lap . Gibson was pu sh ing Ridd le, wh o held on fo r the win . Gib son to ok c harge in moto tw o . Riddl e 46 N OVEMB ER 5 , 2003 . cue I e n e vv s Ogden Cycle Asso c iation: Zac Hu m p h ries was runner-up in the 250cc In termediat e cl as s at rou nd 26 o f the USRA M oto cross Series i n Ogde n, Utah. USHA Motocross Series H ound 26: Ogden Cycle Association L Leith Lands on Top B y D AVE R OONSEVELLE OGD EN, UT , SEPT. 26 Day two of the 13th round (or round 26) of th e USRA Mot ocr oss Series st arte d off with gre at weath er. and the track at D CA was actually gettin g be tte r as t he week end w ent o n . Youn g B ra ndo n Leith sho wed th at he m ay be t he young gun to watc h. Leith took th e top spo t in thr ee classes - the 50cc (4 -6) Sto ck . 50c c Open M odified and 65c c ( 6· 6 ) c la sses - and just mi ssed doing so in a fou rt h, taking seco nd in the 65 cc Open cl ass. Beni William s disp layed that he was th e top dog in the Interm ediate d ivlsian, taking the 250cc and Open Interm ediate victori es. Kip p Posey reco vered not o nly from th e flu bu t from taking second on Saturday and proved once agai n that he was a top Pro by topping th e 250cc and Open Pro classes. Zac Humphrie s sto le the ho leshot to sta rt th e 250cc In t er m edi at e co nt es t , w ith Za ne T riv ett and Will ia m s close behi nd . Wi ll iam s g o t b y Tri v ett a nd was ha ng i ng all o ve r Hu mphries. Just wh en W illiams seeme d t o have an open ing . he took a huge t ank -stepper in a fla t co rn er. William s recove re d w ith ou t losi ng a positio n but lo st a few bik elength s to H um p h r i e s . W il liams w h itt l e d awa y at Humphries' lead , stalking hi m and looking to m ak e his m ove in a co mer before th e whoops . W illiam s to ok the o utside w h il e Humphries t ook the inside li ne head ing fo r th e wh oops. Humphr ies slid ou t and went do wn; Williams go t b y and c r u ised t o t he win . Hum ph ri es reco vered q uic k ly eno ugh to hol d on to sec ond plac e. Tr ive tt was on th e ga s and to o k t h e hol eshot in m o to t w o , w it h Will iam s and Hum phries close behind . Trivett was setting the pace as he and W illiams pu lled awa y fro m the pack . Th is was about t o be a d ogfigh t ; T r i v e tt wa s n ot abo ut t o give a n in ch t o Will iam s. Wi lliams wo uld get by in the f irs t part of th e S co rner; on th e next sectio n, T ri v ett wo uld put a block-pass on William s. Back an d forth they went , w ith Trivett clos ing th e door eac h time. Wi lliams tried to get by Trivett in th e whoops and took the ins ide li ne into th e next turn . A s Wil li ams app roached th e j ump before th e turn. he claime d th e ins ide li ne , with Trivett trying t o ho ld th e outs ide . Tr ivett went o uts ide, and W ill ia ms wa s ab le to put th e bl ock -pas s on Tr ivett . Willi am s then proc eed ed to walk away from Tr ivett and th e rest of th e pack to tak e th e win . Tr ive tt fell lat er on a nd w a s no t a fa ct o r in r e st o f th e r a c e . Humphries took second , with Ja rad Lechten berg thi rd . Lando n M ick el sen used t wo ho lesho t s to hi s adv ant age as he swept both m ot os in the 65cc O pe n class. Mickelsen d isplay ed some showm anship at the end of bo th m ot os, g iving the cro wd a sm all wav e. Meanwhil e. Leith had to work through the pac k to tak e seco nd ove rall in the cla ss. H a y d e n Rob e rt s absco n de d wit h t h e h o ie sh ot in th e 65c c ( 7 - 1 1 ) 'co n t e st a nd enjoye d th e lead for a lap bef ore Ky le Price ov er t oo k h i m . Blake Savage t ri ed to ge t aro und Rob erts and in to th e th ick of th ings wit h Pric e, bu t he was unable to get ar ound Price, and Pric e took th e win . Savag e snatched a hug e holeshot over the rest of th e cl as s in th e seco nd sta nza, and he continued to pull away as the moto wen t o n. Robe rts was try ing to ke ep Sav age hon est but was m ore c o nc e rn ed with C ha se Hu n t an d Price , who were try ing to tak e awa y hi s sec ond -plac e spo t. Savage ran away with the win , while Roberts held off Hun t and Pric e fo r sec ond . Sa vage took th e overa ll w in , w ith Pri ce seco nd and Roberts th ird . Ogden C ycl e A ssoc iation Ogden, Utah Results, S ept em ber 28, 2003 (Ro u n d 26) 50 SHAFT: I. Selby Old ro y d (Yam) : 2. Preston Wh ite hou~ (Yam); 3. Derr ick Slaugh (Pol) ; 4. Brald en Niels on (Yam); 5. Cede Wareham (Yam ). 50 (4. 6): 1. Brandon Leith (Pol): 2. Tuck e-r Swenson (KTM); 3. Nicho las Wink ie (Pol); 4. Preston White hou ~ (Yll m ); 5. Morgan Mac· ki ntosh (Lem) . 50 ( 7- 8 ): 1. Tyson Fleher (KTM); 2. Mason Benson (KTM); 3. Tyrell Auh (KTM) : 4. A .J . Gilbert (KTM); 5. Ma!lOr1 Benson (KTM). 50 HEAD S UP: 1. Chris Kurony a (Kll w); 2. Log an ft\olfit (Hon); 3. Harrison Peden (Y" m); 4. TyreU.... lt (KTM); 5. Dextcn Sloan (KTM) . u 5 0 OPEN: 1. Brandon Leith (Pol) : 2. J .D . Elliott (KTM ); 3. T ysen Fisher (KT M): 4. Tyrell A ul! (KTM) ; 5 . Harrison Paden (Yam ). PP: I. .... mend e Maheu (Hon); 2. J essica G oodm~n (Y" m ); 3. Courtn ey Nelson (Yam ); 4. Je ssk e Good man (Yam) . 6 5 (6- 8) : 1. Brandon ~ith (Suz): 2. Case T aylor (Suz ); 3 . Tyler Earnshaw (K aw); 4. J.D. Ell iot (KTM) : 5 . Casey Powell (SuI ). 65 ( 9·J) : I. Kyle Price (SUll; 2. Land en Mickelse n (Kaw): 3 . ....ex Packer (KTM ): 4 . Chad Hunt (Suz): 5. Riley Broug h (K" w). l

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