Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Jack M i l n e C u p, e v e r y r a c e at t he S a n Bern ard ino tra ck , and a li tt le race ca lled the Na tional Champion ship . He thanked his dad , Dave B ran t (of B rant E ngineeri ng) , and the m an who pu t it tog eth er for hi m th is seaso n. Kelly Dunagan . The Oxleys and Int ern at io na l Speedway have d o n e so m u c h t o keep sp e edwa y alive a nd well , a nd th ei r effort s a re muc h appr eciated. Costa Mesa Speedway S p e e d w ay Honors Its Own B y E LAIN E J ONES COS TA M ESA , CA, NOV. 2 Th e m ost natu ral thin g in th e wo rld to do afte r a night of tou gh co m pe tition ca ll ed the Fall Classic is to co me right ba ck the next day and j ump on a m in ibi k e and ha ve a part y! Th at' s exac t ly w hat ri de rs an d th e ir fa m il ies and fri end s di d in Cos t a M esa. The only c asualty of the day was announcer T err y Clanto n , who zi g g ed w he n h e sh ould hav e zag g ed a nd ended up with a br ok en co lla rbo ne and frac tured ribs . Pro moter " Ra d " Br ad Oxley was equal to the cha llenge : While Cla nto n was getti ng pa t c he d u p at the hospi ta l , O x le y was doin g a grea t job as emcee. Int ern ati onal Sp eed way st art ed th ings off b y ho noring the peopl e wh o p ut in a lo t of ho urs m aking sure eac h event goes off without a hitc h : J ean , Denn is and Eric a Fink; Sandy and Gar y Hic k s; J err y K in g ; B ry an Ga lv in ; Shirley Inm an; J erry Lytt on ; and Lyn ni e Ben ni ck . T rack elec trici an Bruc e Hed rick mak es th e trip from Blythe every week t o k eep eve ry th i ng i n w o rk i ng o r der. " Gr an d pa " W arr en Russell and Dick Kre ps are great fr iends to all th e Sp eedway racers and donate a whol e lot of money to sweeten th e po int s fund and various ra c es th roughout th e seaso n. Th e first award wa s f or " Support B Outst anding Rider ," and th e prou d reci pient was veteran Mik e Bo y le, wh o 's been a fixture here for m any yea rs . Th is ye ar, th e Best Showman awa rd went to a Sid ec ar tea m : the Jo nes bo ys , Danny and Chri s. Th ey hav e put in co untl ess hours pr omoting spee dway. Th ey than k ed the "s kinny bik es" for gi vi ng th em a pla ce to ra ce. The awa rd for "Most Inspiration al" went to a n ico n o f spee d w ay, Bobb y " B o o ga loo" Schwartz, who has inspired a w hol e genera ti on of spee dway rac ers. He add ed a bit of levity when, during h is accept ance speech , his phone went off; it wa s a ca ll from England to fin ali ze a schedu le for himsel f and Sh awn "Mad Dog" McCo nnell . He said he would ca ll back , as he wa s on stage at the m om ent ... " Rookie of th e Year " went to Justin Bo y le , wh o had an ou ts t anding ye ar, m oving fro m Juni or Spe edway to th e big bikes, and went all the wa y to th e Nati onal. Th e Hig h Poi nt wi nn er s fo r th e Sidec ar s w e r e M ik e Fontai n e a nd S c ott M cE l r o y . Fo nt aine was badl y hurt towa rd th e end of the seaso n, but he was th ere to receive his awa rd , crutches and all , Ri ck " T he Rag e" Va ld ez p u t togethe r a g reat seas on , earn ing "Support Rider of th e Year." Th e Di vision One High Po int winne r wa s Sc o tt " T he D o m in at o r " Brant, w ho h ad a dream seas on , w inning th e Fa ir De rby , t he Final Standings 0- 1: I . Sccu Brent; 2. Gary Hicks; 3. Bobby Schwartz; 4. Mike Faritl: 5. Shawn McConnell, 6. Dukie Erm olenko; 7. Eddie C" stro; 8. Andy Northro p; 9. Shean Harm atiuk; 10. Randy DiFrancesco. SUP: 1. Rick Valdez.;2. Rudy Laurer; 3. John Stunka rd; 4. Scott Tidwell; 5. Bin Braden. SDCR; 1. Mik e Fontaine/Scotl Mc8roy; 2. Joe Jone s/B rondi McElroy; 3. Dan Jones/C hris Jones; 4. Mark Adams/Jac kie Bennett; 5. Jeff Medberry /Jeff Malloy . S c e n ic Hig h la nds Motosports P ark Bar nes Storm s t o Two W i n s B y J OHN K REPS NEW COMERSTOWN , OH , NOV, 2 M agnolia , Oh i o , re s iden t and p r o ra cing p r os pec t Matt Barn es ve ntu red t o Sce n ic Hig hlands for th e season fin ale and debuted his new Yamaha rides. B arn es was unstop pab le on the bl ue bik es, handily tak ing all fo ur 125cc and 250cc Pro mote win s on the day, David Herb of Roc kbri dge, Ohio, tri ed to keep Barnes' pace in th e 125cc motos bu t slowly lost contact. Herb also lost th e seat o n his Kawa saki early in mota two , but he was abl e to for ge ahead , standi ng up , for ano ther second -place fini sh , Du st in Freit ag put hi s Blackhawk Cycles KTM into the thi rd spot with two fast and co ns iste nt rides. Th e 25 0cc Pro m ot os were m uch th e same for Ba rn es : H e got o u t f ro n t earl y a nd stret ch ed out a lead . Herb again gave chase, b u t a m e c ha n i cal p ro b le m i n m o t a tw o dropped him fr om co ntention . Thi s opened the doo r for new com er Matt Sc ott and ve tera n D avid Hand to step up to the po di um , Barnes is now preparing for an assa ult on arenacro ss and superc ross events in 2004. The best racing of th e day wa s seen in the 85 cc ( 12 - 15) cl asses , with four rid ers ba tt li ng for the win throughout bo th m oto s. Kyle Dit ch er and Tony Gall o. bo th on Su zukis, fended off c ha r g es f r om Jesse G us t afso n a n d T yl er San derson , rid ing a Kawa sak i and a Yamaha, respectively . Dit ch er , of nearby Uhr ichsv ille, Ohio, sho t int o the lead in m oto one and held th e poin t position all th e way to the finis h, with Gall o in tow , G ustafso n was a close third , Mota t wo again saw D it c h er roc k et t o th e ho lesh o t , an d the y o ung speeds ter felt the p ress ure the en t i re mota , as fi rst thro ug h fourth we re separated by less than two sec - seco nd m ot o , whil e kersey pu lled th e ho leshot onds. Ditcher m ad e a m ist ak e on the last lap, wh ich was all that th e pers ist ent Gallo needed t o t ak e ove r th e poi nt. Dit ch er d ro p ped to th ird , but somehow he fo und h is w ay bac k into second by the ch eck ered fl ag , Mu ch of this excitement carried over t o the Sup ermini m otes. where again Gallo, Ditcher and Sanderson wage d wa r, Valley City , O hio 's Gallo was able to win bo th m otos, wit h Ditcher and Sa nde rso n on h is hee ls. J am es J usti c e and Chris Carr were th e other 85c c victo rs, t oppi ng the 85 cc (7 - 11) and 85 c c ( 7 -1 1) Extra cl asses, respectiv ely . Brandon Wa g g oner o f Wes t Lafayette , Ohio , pu t his Yamaha on top in th e 125cc C cla ss , with K y l e He rw al d and D a n Rogers rounding out th e pod ium . Navarre, Ohio's A .J . Hatt er y top p ed tw o cl a sse s , 12 5 c c Band Sch oolboy , on his Dover Race Ready Cy cles Gas Gas 125 . A ntho ny Mor gan claimed third overall with 4 -2 finishes. Cody Shaw also picked up th e pac e i n th e secon d m oto , going 6 -3 , w hich was good for fo urt h overa ll. Shaw is very im pr essive fo r h a v in g just moved u p to t he aOee ma ch ines. J essica Woehm eyer claimed her first over all win for th e seaso n in the Mi ni Junior TwoStroke class. Dustin Rot h was run ner-up in both m otes for his best fin ish of th e year. Th e M ini J unio r Four-Stroke cla ss has been dominated by t he " g irl pow e r" m ovem en t. In the first m ot o , Co urt ne y Sche ckel c hased Woe hmeyer for the lead , as Amber Farmer . Jessica Grimm and Ja mie Grim m all battl ed for thi rd . On lap fou r, Wo eh meyer bob bled c o m ing out of turn fou r, and Sc heck el Re s u lts held out for the flrst-rnot o win. 50 BEG: I . Dakota Steed (Pol): 2. Peut Westf!lll (KTM) ; 3. Sean Orders (tITM); 4. Lcce e Mason (Yam ); 5. Robert Reicher (KTM). 50 (4-6): I . Stephen Gretchen (tIT M); 2. Celeb Houser (Lem ): 3. Robert Veil (KTM); 4, Jo nathan N. KislIei (KTM); 5. Brady Pen erson (KTMI· 5 0 (7-8): I. Michae l PI.,s (Kaw); 2 . Josh ua Bo yd (KTM); 3 . Au stin Petecs (KTM); 4. Connor Ference (tITM ); 5. Austin Western (Pol). 65 BEG (7·11 ): 1. Cole Stephe n (KTM) : 2. Justin Rice (Kaw); 3. Dylan Burgess (Kaw). 6 5 (7· 9): I. Daniel Herrl ein (KTM); 2. Todd Krieg (KTM); 3. Ry an Perkins ( Yam ); 4. Log " n Kamc w ( KTM) ; 5 . Jac ob Berger (KTMI. 6 5 ( 10·1 1): I. Mich ael M.,haff ey (KTM) ; 2. Rock y Pers ons ( Yllm ); 3 . Camero n Bartho low (KTM); 4. Jon McKni ght (Kaw ); 5. Jam es Justice (Y" m) . 85 (7- 11): 1. Jame s Ju stice (Yllm ); 2. Chri s C.,IT (Kaw); 3 . Nick Stover (Suz); 4. Daniel Hemeln (KTM); 5. Jo5d Bornhorst (Kaw). a5 (7. I I ) EXTRA: I. Chris Carr (K.,w); 2. Nick Slo ver (Suz); 3. Zachary Reale (K.,w); 4. Andy GlIiret (Hon) . B5 (12 . 15): I. Tony G.,ll o (Suz) ; 2. Kyle Ditcher (Suz) : 3. Jesse Oust., fson (Kaw); 4. T yler Sanders on (Yam) ; 5. Neth an Edwards (Han). S/ MINI: 1. Ton y Gall o (Suz) ; 2. Kyl e Dncher (Suz); 3. T yle r Sanderson (Yam); 4. John Sluka (Kaw); 5. Nathan Edwards (Han ). 125 A: 1. Malt Bemes (Yam ); 2. Devld Herb (Kaw); 3. Dustin Freitag (tITM); 4. Greg Sm ith (Yam ); 5. Mark Weaver (Kaw) . 125 B: 1. A.J. Hettery (GO); 2. Joe Rice (KTM ): 3. Nick Edgell (Kaw); 4. Sammy Isabel (y .,m ); 5. Shawn Johnson (Suz). 125 C: 1. Brllndon W" ggoner (Yam): 2. Kyl e Herwe (Yem); 3. rd Danny Rogen (Hon) ; 4. Steve Shellenberger (KTM); 5. Tyler Pemberton (Yam). 250/0 PEN A: 1. Matt Barn es (Yam) : 2. M"U Scott (Hon) ; 3. D.,vid Hand (Yem); 4. O" vid Herb (Kaw); 5. Greg Smith (Yll m ). 250/0PEN B: I. Jonatha n Clevenger (Hon); 2. Scott Hick enbcttom (Hon) ; 3. Scott Schindler (Hon); 4. Jordan Flege (KTM); 5. Tim Bishop (Yll m). 250/0PENC: I. Carl Emshoff (Hon) ; 2. Daniel Harbaugh (Yam ); 3. Mark Amore (HOll): 4. Kimberly Kocht!r (Suz: . ) WMN: 1. Mandi W.,rllollc (Kaw). SCHBY: 1. A.J . Hattery (GG); 2. Shawn Johnson (Suz: ; 3. Jesse ) Gustefscn (Kaw); 4. ~ Scolt (Hon); 5. Tony G,,1I (SUl). 0 CLGBY: 1. Matt Sco tt (Hon) : 2. Sco tt Hickenbottom (Hon ); 3. Scott Schindler (Han); 4. Eric Hampton (Suz) ; 5. Joe Rice (KTM) . 25+ A/ B: I. Chad Jerl es (Yam ); 2. Will iam Burt on (Han ); 3. John Kreps (Hon). 25+ C: 1. Micha el Rice (Yam ); 2. Ryan Pastor (Yam); 3. John Reichow (Hon ); 4. Sam Oney (Yllm) . 30+ AlB: 1. Ken McGowen (HOlI); 2. Robert Curtin (Suz). 30 + C: 1. Jeffrey Lang (Sul); 2. Michael Brian (tIT M); 3. John Reichow (Han) ; 4. Gary Dellapenna (Kalil); 5. Brya n Ulmer (Kaw). 40+: I . Bill Leake (Hon) : 2. Marc Mon~ (Hon); 3. Robert Curtin (Suz); 4, .Jemee Jerles; 5. Chri s Jankovich (y .,m ). H a spin Acr es Hacker's Back! and set sail with sp eed. Miamit own Cycles ' went for the pass. The two almost made contact, bu t Scheckel m ade the pa ss st ic k and Moto two was even m o r e co mpe t itiv e. Woe hmeyer was leading th e way until lap two . wh en she lost co ntrol of her ma chine and took a m aj or so il sample j ust pa st the flag sta nd . Farmer found herself in the le ad, with Schackel pushing hard. Farmer wo n mota two - her fi rst win of th e season - and J amie (7 -3) was third overall. In Sen io r O ver 30 action , Low ell Ma son and M ik e J on es d istan ced the mselves fro m th e rest of th e pac k , Mason was able to hold th e advan t ag e ove r Jones to th e ch ec k ered fla g in bot h m oto s. M ason ' s w i n gave him back -to -beck cha mpionshi ps . Results 50 AU TO 0 - 1: I. Dal ton Whit .,k er (KTM); 2. Even v elvenc (Han); 3. Cort Guy (Yam ); 4. Blake Gednns k! (Hon); 5. ChlJZFeldman (Hon) . 50 AUTO 0·2: I . Cody Shaw; 2. .Jede Dennis : 3 . Hunter Arm strong; 4. Kendre Terrelt,5. Kody Barrett. 50 SR: l. DakoUl Hecker (Pol); 2. Aaron Plessinger ( tIT M); 3. Clay Alfrey (KTM); 4. Jesse Walters (KTM); 5. Larry Maier (KTM ). 6 5: 1. A aron Plessinger (KTM) : 2. Dek ota Hecke r (KTM); 3. Bradl ey Ketterman (KTM ); 4. Jesse W.,lt ers (KTM); 5. Jared Litt le (KT MI. 800- 1: 1. Bo Bandy (Y" m); 2. Matt Cem pbe tl (Han); 3 . Aercn Plessinger (tITM): 4. Andy Mill er (Hon): 5. Matt Flschesee r (KlIw). 80 0 ·2: 1. Alex Kersey; 2. Mall Perr (Hon ); 3. Anthony Morglln (Han); 4. Cody Shaw: 5. Bobby Siegrest (Sul ). MINI JR 2· STRK: I . Jessic" Woehmeyer (Han); 2. Dustin Roth (K.,w): 3. Cod y Rothbauer (Yllm) : 4. Courtne y Scheckel (Han); 5. Anthony Marg., n (Han). MINI JR 4-STRK: 1. Courtn ey Schec ke l (Han ); 2. Amber Ferme r (Han ); 3. Jami e Grimm (Hon): 4. Mik e Preston (y .,m): 5. Kyl e!Bentley (Han). 125: 1. Jo hn ny Kin neme yer (Hus); 2. Zach Mill er ( Yam); 3. Andre!w Johnston ( Yem) : 4. Glen qrahem (Hus); 5. Mett Semple (Yam) . 200 : I . John Eynon (y.,m) ; 2. Kyle Schuster (Yam) : 3. 8 i Booth (Yam ): 4. Mike Maurirs (Yam ); 5. Jimmy MJenking (Yam ). 250 0 -1: I . Scott Plessinger (KTM) ; 2. Bri an Schadel (Hon); 3. Lowell MallOn (Yam ) ; 4. Tony Dil1ingh!lm (Yam ) : 5. Aa ron Risner (Yam) . 250 D-2: I . Vaughn Enteme n (y.,m); 2. Andy Hoffman (Yam); 3. Travis McC"nn (Hon); 4. A.J. Pevey (y.,m); 5. Aaron Risner (Yam) . 4·STRK: 1. Bred Price (Hon); 2. Jacob Pow ell (Han ); 3. CurtJs Byren (Han ): 4 . Adam Lowm iller (Kew); 5. Travis Elliot (Hon). OPEJ"i 4-STRK: I. Tr avis Huber (y.,m ); 2. Jesse Hall (YllITl); 3. Pet Welk er (Hon); 4. And rew Fischeeser (Hon): 5. Joe Lodge (Han) . OPEN: 1. a nen Scheckel (Hon): 2. Johnny Kirmemeyer (Hus): 3. Mike Jones (Hon ); 4. Zack Miller ( Yam ); 5. Glen Graham (Hus) . SR 30 +: I. Lowell Meson (Yam ); 2. Mik e Jon es (Hon): 3. Tim Burwick (SUl ); 4. Tom Young (Yam) ; 5. Gordon Tyler (Hon ). SR 40+: 1. Tom Young (Yllm); 2. Ken Wolf (tITM): 3. Jack Hein· lein (y., m) ; 4. Stan Dreude (KTM ): 5. Tim Burwick (Sul) . A tco M o t o cro s s P a rk B y A LEX F U EHMAN Costa Mesa Speedway: " Bes t Show man " w in ne rs C h ris Jones (far left) and Danny J o nes (f a r rig h t) f lank Sidecar Hig h- Poin t w inners M ike Font ai ne and Scott McEl roy (b ot h standing) and the J ones boys' mec hanic (kneelin g) at the party t o celeb r ate another s uccessf u l speedway season in Co st a Me sa , Ca lifornia . 50 D EC EM B ER 3 , 2003' cue I e n e "" s LAUREL, IN , NOV. 2 Rem ember the names Da kota Hack er, Aaron Plessing er a nd B r adl ey K etterm an . Th ese th ree very fast yo ung g uns pu t on a sho wsto pper of a race in the 65 cc cla ss at Haspin Acres. Hack er was back in town after fini shin g sec ond in th e 50c c cl ass at th e U.S . Open, bu t Plessin ger look ed awfu lly hungry for a win . When th e ga te dropped , th ey were th reew ide all the way through t he first t urn , bu t Hack er pu shed it harder into tu m two , and th e r a c e wa s o n ! Th e p ac e wa s inten se a s Plessin ger an d Ha ck er pus hed each ot he r to the limit, with Kett erman close behi nd . Hack er held off Plessinger to th e checkered fl ag, but not without a drag rac e to the flag . Th ey wer e at it aga in in m ot o tw o , ta k ing turns at the lead , with go od li ne choices m ak ing th e di fferen ce . Hack er wen t do wn earl y , and Plessinger race d by fo r th e m ot a wi n and , w ith it , t he overall . H acker work ed his way from sixth back to second in th e cl osing lap s. In 5 0 c c Se n i or a cti on , H a c ke r a n d Pless inger went at it like a slx-flq ure purse was on th e line . Thi s t im e, th e overall w en t t o Hack er, on hi s Jon es Power Sports Polin i. R.C. Mot or sp orts' Al ex Kers ey claimed the overall in the hig hly c om petiti ve 80cc Group II class, with a 3- 1 score. Max Parr worked his way to the front and took the flrs t -moto win, ove r Wyatt Murray. Parr gated m idp ack in th e D e s i d e r i o , Barcia D o m i n a t e Atco By M ATT W OZNEY ATCO, NJ , NO V. 2 Gary Forte' s Atc o Motoc ross Park ran its first race of November und er bri sk c onditio ns. Th e te chnica l tr ack was in great c ond ition, and the jumps we re smoother tha n ever. W ith th e final ro und of th e District 6 Cha m pions hip Series com ing up , this rac e was a good pr epa ration for the fi nal round . Atc o will ho ld its last race of th e year on N ov ember 22 , whi ch is Ride r Appreci ati o n Day . Tw o new c om e r s t o A t c o s w e p t a ll th e m oto s t h ey ente red : Vertu c c i Perf o rm an c e Equipment / Axe/ Scot t USA/ Spec tro O il s/ U q ui d Perf orman ce -ba ck ed Nick D esid erio and KTM /Moron ey' s Cycle rider J ustin Barcia . D e s i d e r io d o m in a t ed eve r y cl ass h e ent ered on th e night , sweeping th em all on his Suzuki m ach in es. He sw ep t t he 6 5c c ( 7 -9 ) co nte st easily, with Berg en Spo rt Cycles rider Tyle r W oz n ey (2 -2 ) ta k ing s e c o n d and Kawa saki rider Damian Krause (5 -3) tak ing third. Kawasaki pil ot Max Hen k el was co nsist ent , tak ing fourth ov erall , and rou nding out t he t op fiv e was y o u ng KTM rider Bo bb y Upyanek (3 -5 ) . Desiderio then dominated th e 85cc (7 -9)

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