Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Albany Motorsports Park 33648 Berty Drive Albany, Oregon 97321 Own ers/Operat o rs: Bob and linda Leach Phone: 54 1/928-4474 websne: www.albanymx.com e-mai l: ma iJ@alba nymx.c:o m Direct ions: Take Interst ate 5 So uth to exit 237. Tak e exit 237 toward Viewcrest. Travel a que r- T rack: Loamy t -mne motocross track with very ter-rrul e to vrewcrest. Tu m left onto Viewcrest top s and a rhythm section. few roc ks. The track has triples. doubles. tab le - an d go a pproxima tely o ne m ile to Ce n tury Drive. Dis ciplin es: Motocross, Supercross Fa cilitie s : Catwa lk above the st a rti ng g ate , viewing tower. bleachers . ca mping (no portable wat er hookups), dust control/water, cove red staging area. General Admi ssion Rat es Childr en 5 and und er: Free Schedule: Open weekends throughout the year. Check the website for specific events. Clu bs: eMe m em bership requ ired to ride Children 6-1 1: $5 Adults 12 -64 : $8 Seniors 65 and up: $5 Major Events : CMC Pac West rounds, Orego n State Series, Albany High Poin t Summ er Series. (Rates m ay vary by eve nt) - ished when he encounte red proble ms with his bar kbu st er. After h itt in g a tr ee, it bro k e off. and from th at po int on his fro nt-brake hand le c aught every re mai ni ng tree trunk o n th e tra ck. He even tually went ove r th e bars and strug gl ed to finish in fifth pla ce. " T hi s ne w bik e is a we so me!" A ll e n enth used . '" was determined to win , but I too k a bad fall and crashed . I wish I could' ve found a way to sta y on my bike. Maybe I could hav e won otherw ise." SERA 's Cliff Ous ley maneuvered his KTM into a gran d v icto ry . He was the fast est A rider, won the 250cc A class and came in seventh place ov era ll. Among the other A win ners, there was a Mid -So ut h land slid e, w it h Derek Bratcher taking the lead in th e 200cc A class , Harvey Wh it a k er w inning the Four Stroke A class, Steve Gordo n winning the Vet A clas s, and Micha el Cornett taki ng the Senior A win. A ltho ug h Lance Smi th did n't win th e Vet A class , he did win the "nice guy" award . He go t the hol eshot, ran the lead and was on his way into Victory Lane when he decided to hand his trophy ove r to Gordon instead. (He ran out of gas .) Geoff Vermilyea rode like he was on a m ission in the 200cc C c lass, He got th e lead on his t hird la p and finished t he race in f irst place. He thank ed his fa mily and A merica 's Motor Sports of Dickson for their support. W il dcat C reek By lEE U VESEY MX Baker 's Batch of Wildcat Wins B y MARK B UCH"'N"'N YTH (12 - 15): I. Aaron Carroll (Yllm); 2. Sam w ood row (Yam); 3 Tyler Lock (Hon): 4. Rcnr u Hapner (Yam); 5. Michael Bender e (Yam). 16-24: 1. Aaron Yoder ( Kaw); 2. Blakely Jones (Kaw); 3. James lKlg (Hon) . Thompson (Yam); 4. Cha ~ Miller (Han); 5. Tony YO 25. A: 1. Donald Beker (Hon); 2. Joseph ~er (Yam); 3. Jd. ~ W~ir (Hen); 4. Clinton ft\oort' (Kaw): 5. Richard Blacketer (Yam). 25. B: 1. Nick Yoder (Yam ); 2. Philli p Hardy (Hon); 3. B~ .M ik~ (Hon); 4 . Bnan Mummert (Hon); 5. Matt F~atherston (Yam ) 30 . A: 1. Donald Baker (Hon ); 2. JeHr~y Moor~ ( Kaw); 3. Joseph Seher (Yam) ; 4. Steven Yoder (Kaw); 5. Clinton Moore(Kaw). 30. B: L Dua~ Griffis (Yam) ; 2. Phill ip Hardy (Hon); 3. Matt Featherston (Yam) ; 4. Joe Boydffi (Hen); 5. Juon W~bb (Hon). 40. : 1. Bryan Bowen (Hon); 2. Jay Undle y (Hon); 3. Steven Yoder (Kaw); 4. Dave Wise (Sol) ; 5. TIITl Graves (Han) 50. : I . TIITl Grave!> (Hon). and Moore cl aime d fo urth with a 2 -4 sco re. in front of Yam aha rider Richard Bla ck eter. Bak er nail ed th e hol eshot in both O ver 30 A motos and took wire-t o -wire win s. Kawa sak i jockey Steve n Yod er avoi ded a huge fi rst -turn p ileup to finis h sec ond in t he fir st moto . K awasak i-m ou nt ed J effr ey Moor e took thi rd . in front of Beh er and Clinton . Jeffrey fin ishe d second in the next m oto for seco nd ove rall , in fr ont of Beher ( 4 -3). Yod er ( 2 -6) cla imed fourth, in fro nt of Clinton (5-4). . Ben Grav e s n ail ed th e h ol e sh ot s and logged wire-to -w ire win s in both m otos of the h otl y co n tes te d 1 2 5 c c A cl a s s o n a n AMS/Fact or y Conn ect ion Ya ma ha . Th e top five fought hard in both rnotos, with Yamaha j ockey J ame s Thompson pr essuring Gr av es ea rl y in both m oto s. Th ompson fell back to sixth pl ace on lap tw o in the fi rst m oto , and D e rr i ck D ew itt t o ok o ve r seco nd o n an A xo /Ma x Pit ts Yamaha , In fr ont o f Bl ak e J on es, on a Br idgeston e/Fraz ier Motorsports K awa saki. and Kawasak i rid er A aron Yoder. Th ompson held on to second pla ce in the second moto, with Aaron fin ishing a cl ose third. J on es took fourth p lace fro m Dewitt on t he seco nd lap for the fina l run ni ng o rde r. A aron (4 -3) claimed seco nd ove rall, beh ind Gr aves, edgi ng out J ones (3-4) and Dewitt (2-5) . Th e batt le co ntinued in both m otos of the 16 - 24 cl ass, with A a ron tak ing both m oto win s. Jones (3-2) fini shed seco nd . edgi ng o ut Th ompson (2 -3) . Chase Miller finis hed fourt h in bo th m otes, in fro nt of fellow Honda rider T ony Young. Dewitt too k both moto wins in the 250cc A class. with Jeffrey Moore finis hing second. in front of Hon da joc key J oe Qu ick Jr . Michael Bender (3 -1) took the 250cc B overall on an MSR/ Dreyer Cyde Yamaha, fol lowed by Honda rider Nick Yode r (2 -2) and Brent Lee ( 1-3), o n a HiII's 4 X4 Yam aha . H aspin Acr es McQuire on Fire! B y ALEX F U EHM.o\N Results AUTO OIL·INJ: 1. Karslf:rl Kersey (KTM); 2. Ethan Compton (KTM); 3. Al~ 1l. Marion (KTMl : 4. Df:vin Schesser (Yam); 5. Drake Johnson (Yam). ROSSVILLE, IN , OCT . 11 One hundred sevent y -five riders were on hand for th e fir st of two da ys of racing at Wild cat Creek MX in Rossville, Indian a. Th e tr ack wa s in gre at shap e, and th e weather wa s su nny and warm. Donald Baker put in a dominating perfo rmance on his Spectre/Oakley/ Throttle Jockey /Lake City Honda, tak ing all four m oto wins in the Ov er 25 A and Over 30 A clas ses. Clin ton Moo re too k the holeshot in th e fir st Over 25 A m o t o o n an Off Road Group / Bloomington Powersports Ka wasaki, in fro nt of Baker and Yama ha jockey J osep h Beb er . Baker took th e lead on the fi rst lap and held it for the w i n . Moore h eld o ff Ra c er ' s E d ge G raphi cs / FM F Hon d a ri d er Jeff W eir a nd Beber for second. Weir too k the holeshot in the second mote , but Bak er again took the lead on the fir st iap and kept it for th e wi n . Beh er to ok second from Weir on the first lap for second ov erall on a 4· 2 tally. Wei r finished third in both m otos, AUTO (4-6): I . Trevor Cooper (Cob); 2. Hunl.f:rWestphal (KTM); 3. Devin Schesser (Yam); 4. AI~1l. Marion (tITM); 5. Alell. Snider (Cob). AUTO (7·8): 1. Taylor Routh (Cob); 2. John EArl (KTM): 3. R.J. Barrow (KTM); 4 . Brad Lubiniecki (tITM); 5. Levi Radcliff (HOI'l ). XR5O: I. CourtneyCaldwdl (Hen ); 2. Jared Morey (Hen). 65 (7·1 1): 1. Colton Chapman (tITM) ; 2. David Hughes (KTM); 3. Nathan Cam~1I (Yam); 4. Josh Bixlf:r (KTM); 5. Taylor Routh (Cob). 85 JR (7·1 1): 1. Colton Chapman (KTM) ; 2. Cody Green ($w); 3. Austin Crouch (Suz); 4. Nathan Campbell (Yam) : 5. Josh Bill.ler (KTM). 80 SR; 1. Steven Squire (Yam) ; 2. Brad &wen (Yam); 3. Ki~fer Banter (Suz) ; 4. Nick Kers~y (Kaw); 5. Danny Caudill (Kalil). 80 OPEN: 1. Steven Squire (Yam) ; 2. Nick K~rsey (Kaw); 3. Kier~r Bent er (Sol ); 4 . Brad Bowen (Yam); 5. Tyl~r Brock (Yam). 125 A: 1. Ben Graves (Hon); 2. Aaron vcder (Kaw); 3. Bl ak ~l y Jon~s (Kaw); 4. Derrick Dewln (Yam) : 5. .JemesThompson (Yam). 125 B: 1. Aaro n Carro ll (Yam) ; 2. Rcn nfe Hapner (Yam); 3. Aaron \llhil~ (Yllm): 4. Chris Sheets (Han): 5. Sam Woodrow (Yam). 125 C: I. Brandon Thomas (Kaw); 2. K~n ny McClees (Yllm); 3. Derek Weisend (Han); 4. Dustin Matthews (Suz); 5. Corey Roth (Han). 250 A: I. Derrick Dewitt (Yam); 2. Jeffrey Moore (Kaw); 3, Joe Quick Jr. (Han). 2.50 B: 1. Michael Bender (Yam); 2. Nick voder (Yam): 3. Brent Lee (Yam); 4 . Tony Young (Hon); 5. Brian Mummert (Han). 2.50 C: 1. Dan Craddock (Suz); 2. Brad Nelson (Kalil): 3. Kristopbe r Zink (Sul). WMN: I. Heether Zylstra (Yllm); 2. Kandlse Undley (Kaw): 3. Jf'nnif~r Bender (Kalil) . ~-----------------------------,z -c NATRA z N ew Hope. Al abama -c Re sults: O ctober 19 , 2003 (Round 2 1 o :I: => co a: -c O/A : 1. Blair Bersenc (Suz); 2. John Maschmo (GG); 3. Jeff Cr~gg ( Kaw); 4 . Landon Cart~ r (Hon ); 5. P. A. Allen (Kaw ); 6 . Stephen Reed (Suz ); 7. Cliff Ousley (KTM); 8. Ene Bam (Sol); 9. Giffin Myatt (Suz ); 1O St~ Gordon (tITM). . M ; I. Blair Bersenc (Suz); 2. John Maschino (GG); 3. Jeff Cngg (Kaw); 4. Landon Carter (Hen); P.A. Allen (Kaw). 250 A: I. Clift Ousley (tIT M); 2. Eric Sam (Suz); 3. Wyles Gritnth (tITM) ; 4. Josh Scott (Yam); 5. Jon Bucknf:r (Yam). 200 A: 1. Derek Bratcher (tITM); 2. Mark Akf:15 (tITM); 3. Kyl~ H~; 4. Mike Schf:n:inger (KTM) ; 5. fo\K:hIl~ ~ (tITM). 4·STRK A. 1. Harvey Whit.1k~r (Kaw): 2. Jack Bailey ( KTM); 3. : Dean GI'f:Wf: (tITM): 4. Lucas Snell (Hen) ; ~. Roger Litt.I~ (Hon). VET 11.:. I. St f:Y~ Gon:Son (KTM); 2. Jason Elrod (Suz): 3. Richard Ward (Kaw); 4. Thomas Beenen ( Hon) ; ~ . Taras Ma~y (tIT1"\. ) SR A: I . Michael Cornett(Yam); 2. Scott Martin (Sol ); 3. Benn ie Waldrop (GG); 4. Clay Stuck ~y (KTM). 250 B: I. Haydon Moor!' (Hen); 2. Michael Barmc (Kaw); 3. Chad Pictiotti (Yam); 4. John Stob: (Suz ); 5. F~j~ Damell (Kaw). 4-STRK A; I . K~nny Judd (Yam); 2. Dustin Harwood: 3. Richard Working (KTM); 4 . Robert Patterson (Yam): 5. Keith t.-is (Kaw). OPEN B: I. Gavin Hunt (Yam): 2. Jeffrey Holland (KTM): 3. Mark Thurman (KTM): 4. Brady Berker (KTM): 5. Eric Bottomless. 200 B: I . .Jeke Fiddler; 2. AI~1l. McRee (Hon); 3. Darin Downs (Yllm ); 4. Will McConnf:1I (KTM); 5. Michael Wood. VET B: \. Shane Gantt (Yam): 2. Scan Kirchoff (Suz); 3. Chris Walker (KTM): 4. James Fleming (Han); 5. Greg Brannon (Yam). SR B: 1. .Jeffrey Whitley; 2. John Glaus (Yam); 3. Roger Crow (KTM); 4. David Smithson (KTM); 5. Steven Middlebrook (KTM). S/S R: 1. John Fero (KTM ): 2. Darr yl Moody (KTM); 3. Paul Michels (KTM); 4. Royc~ WYlltt (KTM): 5. l...Ilrry Still (Kaw). 250 C; 1. Douglas Everett (Suzl; 2. Geoffrey Vermilyea (Kalil): 3. Cody Miller (Suz); 4. Rob Stokes: 5. Robert Rog~ rs (KTM). 4·STRK C: 1. Jeff Jackson (KTM); 2. K~vin Ayscue (KTM): 3. Mark Snav~ly (Yam); 4. John Davis (Yam): 5. Philip Woody. VET C: I. Ch arl~1 Cunningham (Kaw); 2. Eric BowlTllln (Han): 3. Edward Thom ll l (KTM); 4. Thoma s Durham (Kalil) ; 5. Michael Stewart (Yam) . S R C: I . Gal)' Cllhoon (KTM): 2. Rob Roberts (Hon); 3. Greg Gibson (Yam) : 4. Tim W~ sbech~r (HOfI); 5. Micha~1 Jobe (Kaw). 52 NOVEMBER 19, 2003' eye MX Pa r k '" > "co ~ LAUREL, IN, OCT. J 1 Th e lig hts ca m e o n for round seven of the Ha spi n Acr es Moto cro ss C hamp ion s hip Series. Saturday nigh t races always seem to have a l i tt le m o re inten si ty in th e ra c ing act ion. Bradley K etterm an h ad th e n ight tra ck wired as he cla ime d vi ct ori es in the 65cc cla ss and in th e Mini Junior Fo ur-Stro ke division. In 6 5cc a cti on. Scotty H ud gin s pull ed th e hol eshot, but th e Miamitow n Cycles- backed Ketterman took the lead only three tu rns into th e rac e. Hudgi ns pushed ha rd for second , an d Clay Alfrey pu t in a good race for thi rd overall. Dill on Weber and Jessica Gri m m fo llowed K etterm an hom e i n th e Min i J u nior Fo ur- Stroke class . In 80cc action. Matt Campbell took his firs t overall win of the season . Matt Fischesser and Bo Bandy tr aded position s in bo th m otes, with Band y tak ing the first- moto win , but he co uld only work hi s wa y up to fou rt h in th e seco nd m ot a. Fischess er ca me in with the runn er-up sp ot overa ll w ith a 3 -2 score . John Eyn on pushed hi s Yamaha all th e way up to fourth overaII for the night. Johnny Kinnemeyer showed every one that he was the fast est 125cc rider of the night by winning both m o to s, over Ff,S Suzuki rider Justin Rose . The 250cc co ntest by far was the cro wd's favorite. as the ra cing was intense in both motos. Brandon Nichol as pull ed the holeshot in th e first moto and was able to withs tand the pressure of Travis McQ uir e all the way to the c he cke red flag to win t he first mote. wi th McQuire on his rea r fender all the way. Moto two started with McQ uire and Nic ho las side by side goi ng into the firs t tu rn . B y th e tim e he got into the seco nd turn , McQuire was controlling the inside lin e, and he m ade the pass for the lead . Nichol as tri ed fo r five laps to fin d a way around the leader, but he just co uld n't ma k e it happen . McQuire took the second moto win and the overall. Brian Scheckel rode well in both motos for third overall. The Dash Fo r Cash money was collected by McQuire. who had to ho ld off hard charger Mike Faulk , who can dick off some pretty fast lap ti m es arou nd th e Hasp in A cres night track. In the batt l e f or thi rd . Kinnemey er and Nicholas seem ed close eno ug h at times to trade stic k ers as th e t wo ride rs traded some good block -pa sses. Ni ch o la s go t th e nod for third ov erall. A good kid and gr eat rid er . Austin Price . was seriously injured at roun d six, and everyon e hopes and pr ays for hi s full and speedy recov ery . Re su lt s Wildcat Creek MX: Aaro n Yoder (3 6) na ils the h ol es ho t in the 16-24 class, in front of Jam es Thompson (639) a nd B lake Jones (43 5), in Rossville, In dian a_ 50 D- 1: 1. Blake Gadzinski (Hon): 2. Evan Valvano (Han); 3. Chal Feldman (Hon); 4. Cort Guy (Yam); 5. Ethan Peters (Yam). 50 D·2 : I. Cody Shaw; 2. Hunter Ann stron g (Kaw ); 3. Kati~ Dyer; 4. B«ottGodfrey (Kaw); 5. Tanner German (Kaw). 50 SR I . Larry Maier (Hus); 2. Clay AllT~y (tITM); 3. Cody Shaw (KTM); 4. Blake Gadzinski (Hus); 5. Aaron Bandy (Lem). 65: I . Bradley Kell erman (KTM) ; 2. Scotty Hudgins (Kalil); 3. Clay Alfrey (KTM); 4. Logan Spoonemore (Kaw). .MIN JR 2-STRK: 1. Nick Laut (Suz); 2. Nathan Parmi (Hen ); 3. I I..oga Spoonemore (Kaw); 4. Jessica WoehllT'M:'y~r (Han); 5. Monty n Clark (Yam) . MINI JR 4 ·STRK: I . Bradl~y Keuermen (Hon); 2. Dillion Weber (Hon); 3 . .JessfceGrimm (Hon); 4. Mike Preston (Yam); 5. Courtney Schackel (Han). 80 0 · 1: 1. Matt Campbell (Hon); 2. Matt Ftschesser (Kaw); 3. Bo Bandy (Yll m): 4 . John Eynon (Yam); 5. Cody Ht'ttersin9~r (Hon). 80 D-2: 1. Cody Shaw: 2. Wyatt Murray (Kaw): 3. Al~x K~rsey (Kaw): 4. Bobby Siegrest (Suz); 5. Mall.Parr (Hon). 125: 1. Johnny Kinnemeyer (Hus); 2. Justin Ro s~ (Suz ); 3. Tom Shoe (Yam); 4. Jesse Ramirez (Yam ); 5. Terry Glacken (Hus). 200: 1. Kyl~ Schuster (Yam); 2. Josh Cllrt'y (Yllm) ; 3. Eli Booth (Yam); 4. Mike Mauriti s (Yam); 5. Brandon Rami ~z (Yam). 2.50 D- 1: I. Travis McQuir!' (Yllm) ; 2. Brandon Nicholas (Suz ); 3. Brian Schllc kel (Han) ; 4. Mik~ Bu~1I (KTM) ; 5. Graham Pitcock (Su<). I e n e vv s

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