Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

S u z u k i Cup 2 003 Fi nal Round : Road Atla nta away v ic t o r y in th e Vin t ag e Sev en Heav yw eight rac e o n his D eal's Gap M/C Reso rt Su zu ki 1100 . Sec ond was fin all y deci ded at the end , with Peter Kiss inger getting th e nod ove r fell ow Yamaha FZRIOOO pil ot William May field. In the Middleweight porti on , D avid Sk i les t o o k th e wi n o n h is VP/Dunl op Yam ah a 2 50 , ove r Lan ce Yeage r. Pag e. on the Barnacle Bill Leathe rs 7 5 0 cc Yamaha , took the v icto ry in Vintage Five fi nal , over t he Yamaha 350-mounted Pomeroy and th e Kawasaki -mounted D 'Ettorre. Mark Mit ch e ll l ed for a l a p o n hi s M ot o E u r o p a BMW 750 in th e Vin t age T hree ra c e, but Joy ce moved ah ead o n hi s Sharp -Mech T riumph 750 to take another win fo r the day. c h a m pi o ns hi p f or m y Canadi an fr iend ." Th e act ion was hot in the Vintage Four class , as Harold Page too k his Barn acl e Bi ll Lea thers Yamaha Seca to the lead, over T im Joyce, on th e D & D Cycle T riumph 75 0. Beh ind this duo, 450 c c Suzuki -mount ed B ob Webe r battled with Keith Cam pall, o n th e XR750 H a rl e y -D avid son . J o e Pomer oy had a li ttle bit more in hi s Int eg rit y Too l Yama ha 350 to captur e th e w in in the Form u la Two -Stroke fina l, ove r the th ree-c y linder Kawasa ki of Thomas D 'Ettor re . Er ic Co ok , on his Team Steve-a's 350cc Honda, took the win in Vintage Two , over Yamaha 250c c-mount ed John Rich ards. Da le B ur ro u gh s sco red a b reak - " This Triumph has been dominant in th e Vintage Th ree c la ss," J oyc e said after the rac e , " but next yea r , th ey are going t o allow some of th e t wo -st ro k es in thi s class , so we will have some wo rk cut ou t for us at D&D Cycle in Florida ." In the Vintage Six fina l, Burroughs aga in h ad th e De al 's Gap Suzuk i 1000 out in fr ont , with Yam aha rid er s Mayfield and Kiss inge r in seco nd and th ird . Ward Coo k ran fourth o n t he Fabshop/Du nlop Suzuk i 1100. eN Road Atlanta Brase lton , Georgia Results : Octo ber 3D, 2003 [Final Round) 2 50 GP : 1. Dav id Ro p er (Ae r); 2 . Phi l ip Turkington (Bul): 3. Scott McCa in (B ul) : 4 . Doug Bo wie (D ue): 5. Robin Scudder (Duc) . 350 GP : 1. David Roper (Ae r ) : 2. Steven Maha nes (Du e): 3 . Sco tt McCai n (Bul ); 4. T hom as K . Bentley (Yam) ; 5 . Robin Sc udder (D ue). 500 GP: 1. Dav id A. Rutherford (BSA); 2. David WERA National S p o rtsman S erie s F in a l Round : Road Atlanta Three Moore Greg Moore (220) leads Mark Junge (57), John Dugan (53) and Scott carpenter (651 in the A Superstock final at the final round of the WERA National Sportsman Series. '.I .. /!>l BRASELTON, GA, OCT, 30·NOV, 1 ft er a year of qua li f yi ng from the v ario us re gion s, th e Sportsm an riders gath ered at Road Atl an t a t o dec ide the Nation al Cha m p io ns . T he tw o -strok es w er e o ut bu zzin g t h i s 2 .52-mi l e r o ad co u rse . C . Br i an Kcrag et , on the NESBA.c om 125 cc Honda , swe pt th e 12 5cc Gran d Prix class. Rod Burr, on th e MSP/Mot ot ek Aprilia 25 0 , and Mi cha el Sch afer , on the Mr. Sc ie nce Racing Aprili a 2 50 , took the wins in the Expert and Novice Superstock fi nals, respecti vely . Whil e Steve Long was runn ing up front in the Clubma n Expert fina l on his Speedwerks Racing Hond a 2 50 , Mike Bourke wa s a few c lick s bac k , w inn ing the Novi c e portion on his Mi chelin /VP Du cati 7 50 . Ry an And rew s , on th e Eu roSh op W a c o Yam aha 4 2 5, wo rked his way up t o 10t h ov er all and first in th e Ex pert Supe rmoto c la ss , w it h J erry Sh irl ey w inning the Novi c e Superm oto o n his Dunlop/P it Bu ll Yam aha 4 50 . Greg Moore wasted no ti me getting to the front of the B Super st ock fi nal o n his Valvoli ne/Michelin Suzuk i 7 50 . Th ere was a heated battle fo r second among Brian Sto kes , Tray Batey and Re u be n F ran k enf i el d , al l S u zuk i m oun t e d . B at ey fin all y m o v ed hi s Vesr ah / Pirelli Suzuk i to second , w ith Sto k es third and Frank enfield fourth . Jason Tem me held th e upper hand on h i s Cha r te re d E nt. / C en tury 21 Yam aha FZR400 in the D Su perb ik e Ex p ert fina l. Wi t h the four -cylinder revving down the lo ng back straightaway , the horde of Suzuki SVs c ou ld not mat ch Temme's speed . Brad ley Duncan and B rian Suffridg e tri ed t o ca t c h T em m e but had t o se tt le f o r second and third, resp ectively . Jamie Ei ch ler took the Novice vict ory , over J oel Hammond and Robert Br eed en . Sc ott Ca rpenter wa s t he crustiest o f t he "C ru st y Old Rac e r s , " as h e took th e v ic to ry in t he Ex pert c lass o n hi s RonA y ers .c om S uzuk i 750 . Roy Holmes Jr. too k the Novic e win 28 N OV EMB ER 19 , 2003' c u e e B y D AN SCHMITT PHOTOS BY STEVE STARNES/ ORTS PHOTOGRAPHY LLC A DR ENALI NE SP A nevvs in thi s cl ass for riders ov er 40. Brad ley Champ ion ran aw ay with the Lightw eigh t Twins E x p ert final while a four -way battle shaped up for th ird , be hind Martin Musil. At the flag , Suffridg e secured th ird , w it h Jesse Janisch in fo urth . Eddie Kra ft had the ear l y l ead i n t he N ov i ce ra ce, bu t Ma rk Biletni k off m ade a last - lap charge to take the win on hi s Trac k side Race r Su pp ly Suzuki SV650 . As Ma rk Junge took the earl y lead and the vi ctory in th e C Superstoc k final on his Vesrah/ Nielso n Ent. Suzuki, Temme he ld second for a few laps o n h is Speed Zone Yamaha R6 . How ever, after a tig ht battl e, both St ok es and Fr an k e nf i el d came b y to g ra b second and thir d on th eir Suzu kis. Kcrage t dom in ate d th e F o rmu l a T wo fina l on h is t wo -st ro k e Hon da. Te m me cha rge d t o se co n d o n t he Speed Zone FZR400 , with SV-mounted Mu sil in thi rd. In the Novice po r tio n , Kr a f t too k t h e win o n hi s Ka rt2kart.com SV, ove r B il etn ik off and Bo Mo rgan . Moore and his Valvo lin e/Alpinestars Suzu k i 75 0 domina ted th e B Su perb ik e final , as he stretc hed o ut a 20second l e a d o ver sec o n d -placed D av id Weber an d third -pl ac ed D ou - Co rne lison (BSA) ; 3. Brad Phillips (BMW) ; 4 . Tho ma s K . Bent ley (Yam); 5. Mi cha el Ewer ( Hon) . F-2 -S TRK : 1. J oe Pomeroy (Yam) ; 2 . Thomas D' Ettor re (Kaw ); 3. Mark Morrow (Y am) ; 4 . David Kee ley (Ya m) ; 5. Sco tt M cCain (Yam). F - 5 0 0 : 1. Mark M o r r ow (Y a m) ; 2. Rob er t Macaul ay (Ya m ) ; 3 . Stuart J . Carte r ( No r) ; 4 . D ick Gr uhn (Ya m) ; 5. Tod d Taylo r (Ya m). F-RD : 1. Robert Macau lay (Yam); 2 . To dd Tay lo r (Yam ) ; 3. Dic k Gr uhn (Yam) ; 4 . Charlie M cE wan (Yam) ; 5. Buc ky Sex to n (Ya m) . VI NT 1: I. Craig Breckon (Can); 2 . Eric J. Coo k (Han); 3 . Bill Moeller ( Han): 4 . Steve Stase r ( Hon); 5. Kenneth A. Debe lak ( Hon). VINT 2: I . Eric J . Coo k (Hon) ; 2 . John Rickard (Yam ); 3 . David A . Rutherford (BSA); 4 . Steve Steser (Ho n ); 5. Kenneth A. Debe lak ( Hon ). V IN T 3 : t . Tim Joyce (Tri) ; 2. Mark Mitchell ( BM W) ; 3. Dav id Keel ey ( Ha n); 4 . Bu cky Se xt on (Han); 5. Cha rles T . Cole. VINT 4 : 1. Harold Page Jr. (Yam ) ; 2. T im J oyce (T ri); 3. Bo b We ber (Suz); 4 . Ke ith Campbell ( H· D ); 5. Kyl e Campbell (Han) . V I NT 5: I . Har old Pa g e J r . ( Y a m ); 2. Joe Pomeroy (Yam ): 3. Thomas D'Ett orr e (K aw) : 4 . Bo b Weber (Suz) : 5. Josep h Ba ll (Kaw ). VINT 6 : 1. Dale Bur roughs (S ua): 2. Will iam R. May fie ld (Yam) : 3 . Peter Ki ssinge r (Yam): 4 . Wa rd Cook (SUl ) ; 5. Sco tt Wi llia ms (Yam ). VINT 7 M /W : I. Dav id Sk iles (Yam): 2. Lan ce Yeager (Ya m) ; 3 . Mark Sweeney (Yam): 4 . Bry an Ne lson ( Han) ; 5 . J . Pat Bartlett (Ya m). VI NT 7 H/W : I . Da le Burroughs (S uz) ; 2. Peter Kissinger (Ya m) ; 3. Wi lliam R. Mayfie ld (Y am ) ; 4 . Do ug Glass (Ha n); 5 . Ward Cook (Suz). g las Du an e. Au strali an B en Attard finis hed fourth . In th e H ea v yw ei ght Twins ra c e , Batey gained a f r o nt-st ra i g h t aw ay l ead ove r Fran k Sh o ck l ey, o n th e Touring Sp ort BMW -Apr ilia 998 . Sc ott Brow n ran thi rd . Novice K raft took the early lead but lost it to the hors ep o wer of F red Bittene r o n the Fast By Ferrac ci Ducati 996 . John Berry ran third on th e Honda 999 . Yamaha -m ount ed Shawn F i el d s and Temme battled for th e lead in the C Supe rb ike final. Suzuki -mounted Loga n You ng and Mi cha el Garofa lo shadowed the l ead duo , b u t after eig ht laps it was Fi elds taki ng the vict o ry on th e Smith B rothers Ha rley /P irell i R6. It to ok a few laps for Moo re to get by Junge in the A Superst o ck fi nal, bu t whe n he did , he p ut a f ew sec o nds bet ween himself and the battle behin d h im, as John Du g an m oved up to challe ng e J unge . At th e checkers, it was Moore, Du gan , Junge and Ca rpe nter. Ch ampi on h ad t he SV to beat in the Li ghtwei ght T win s E xp er t fi nal. Mu sil tri ed t o catch the fl eein g Ch ampi on bu t ca me un der attac k from Jeff W al k er, Cr a i g M o n t g om ery a n d Ja nisch . Mu sil m an ag ed to hang on to second , w ith Walker pl acing third . K r a ft too k a n oth e r v ict ory in th e No v ic e po rt io n of thi s rac e, as he outran Morgan and J oel LaRoch e. G e or gia b o y s Matt L y nn a n d Georg e Gen tl e m et in the b attle f or

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