Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

his previou s second -place fin ish at th e Edd ie Hill 's Fun Cent er in door roun d held earlier in the m onth at th e J .S. Bridwell Ar ena in Wich i ta Falls , T exa s, th is m ak es Hull th e man to beat i n th e Indo o r Cha m pi o nships fo r the T exas/Oklah oma area. Jason T yer loo ked great in the heat races , abo ard his Kirby K y tes -prep ared Honda, but a fall in tu m one of th e m ain eve nt pu t him out of th e race . Mar k Will iam s, rid in g th e Showtime Moto rspo rts entry, c rashed hard o n th e fr on t st raig ht , lan din g o n h i s h ead a nd m om entar i l y lo s in g hi s w it s . Th e EM Ts checked him out during the m and atory eig ht · mi nut e red -fl ag tim e-o ut ; Will iam s was able to make the restart , and he fini shed a clo se sec ond , behi nd Hull . Finishing third was Jeremy Hi n kl e , o n th e L a w t o n B ra c e a n d Limb m ach ine. Th e Future Stars · led by Fred Mallox, wh o co m peted in and wo n both the Dirt K art and Pee Wee Motor cycle racing actio n at Ardmore . go t co p io us applause from the fan s in th e stands, but it wa s th e 85cc/125cc cl ass that h a d t h e m o st e n t rie s o f th e n ight. Cor y Rich ard, th e reig ning cham pion of the O'Reilly Sum m er Natio nals, ca m e into A rd m or e load ed fo r bear. T he Ri c h a r d Ra ci ng T ea m ' s m otorhome and trailer were fi rst at the gate at 6 a.m . Frida y m orning. Mak ing th e tri p all th e way up fro m Lak e Ch arl es , Lou isi an a , th e Rich ards' com m itm ent is a trib ute to dirt-track raci ng . Rich ard won th e first heat race, and 125cc Ya maha - m oun t e d T r a vi s Wh i tak e r , t h e defendi ng fo u r-t im e c ha mpio n of th e Har dy M ur ph y Coli seum i ndoo rs events , won th e seco nd heat race. In the m ain event. Richard took the lead, follow ed by Da lla s Dobbs, rid ing the four -s t roke Ho nd a St ubblefield Special. Dobbs led lap five, gett ing arou nd Rich ar d on the to p of the cushion track, bu t Ric hard came bac k to lead it to th e fini sh, wit h Dobbs pla c ing second and Wh itak er taking third. The 125cc/250cc Combined Amateur class w as a ll Cha nce Osburn 's . He a lmost pulled off th e hal tr ick by w inning th ree races in o ne night, but he fell sho rt after a broken chain put him in th e in field at th e sta rt of the th ird m ain event. The Mad Dog s held true to th eir repu tation at A rdm ore. It was a bam- bu rner once aga in , as Hull took the ch eckered fla g fo r th e seco nd tim e and the m on ey back hom e to T exas after defeatin g the Okl ahoma rid er s o n th eir ow n turf. Th e cha llenge has been m ad e to see who is the fastest Dog Rid er on th e p lan et. Tempers and emotions ran wild in the Pro Masters m a in eve nt , as D anny Hamm o nd s and Mike B auer colli de d in tu rn o ne . Bau er ende d u p in the deep c us hion , sta ll i ng h is b ike , while Ha mmond s con tinued on in seca nd sp ot. A fte r several gest u res an d extra effort on Bauer 's part to atte mpt to restart th e Dobson B roth er s Cycl e ent r y , Ba uer fi na lly had eno ug h and kick ed the tire m arki ng turn on e out o nto th e track , which ca used Ham m onds to mi ss it. Then the fight wa s on! After a sucker pun ch , foll ow ed by a few heed - lock s and neck -t wis ts pr ov id ed by th e tr ack c re w, both riders sett led down . Th e crowd went wil d , and th e scuffle would be the topic of co nver satio n ar ou nd the wa ter cool er bac k at wor k a ll t h e fo llo w ing w eek . B y th e w a y , K en Greasy won the Pro Masters rac e. Ro und tw o will be held December 27 at Ha rdy Murphy Coliseu m in Ardmor e, Okle homa . Hardy Murphy Coliseum Ardmore, Oklahoma Results, November 28. 2003 (Round 1 of 31 P/W BEG 50: I. Bomer Willson (Yam); 2. doseph Nickel s (Hon) ; 3. Wesley Will iams . P/W ADV 50: I. Fred Mattoll ( Yam ); 2. Timothy Dunn (Ka..... ); 3 , Terry MattOIl (Yam) . 60·85 2·S1R K/ 125 4·STRK: 1. Cory Richll rd (Hon) ; 2. Dallas Dobbs (Hen ); 3. Travi s w hueker (Yam); 4. Austin Medrano (Hon); 5. Cody Richllrd (Hon) . 125 -25 0 COM, AM: 1. Cheece Osburn (Hon) ; 2. Detlas Dobbs B (Hon) ; 3 . Paul Dic kens (Yam ); 4 . Larry Phe nnf'1 (Hon ); 5 . Ste rhn Cra.....ford (Han ). OPEN AM:. 1. Chance Osburn (Hon) ; 2. Russ Bowers (ATK). OPEN TW VlNT : I. John Varbc'l (" " m ); 2. Van Simkins (Yem); 3 . Jame s Eslinger (Yam) : 4. Chance Osburn (Hon) . M D DOGS: I. Clayton Hull (Yam); 2. Jason 'rye r (Hen ); 3. Lonnie Hull (Yam ); 4. Mike Ba~ (Hon) : 5. Travis Hull (Yllm) . 250 2·STRK/450 4·STRK PRO: I. Bryan Debrick. PR MSTR Vl NT : 1. Ken Grpasy; 2. Danny Hammond; 3. Mike O Becer (Hon). PRO 600 VINT: I . Mitch Hovden; 2. Ken Creasy; 3. Brian Isbt- I I (Hon) ; 4. Roy Hinkl e (y..,m) ; 5 . Kenny Biggs (Yem ). OPEN PRO SGL: I. Clayton Hull (Rot) ; 2. Mark Williams (Hon); 3. Jere my Hin k le ( Hon ); 4. Bryan Debric k ( Hon ): 5. Jason Tyer (Hon) . Central Oregon Winter Motocross Series Round 1: Madras Motocross No Coasting for Costa By eLAy lIGHT MADRAS, O R, NOV . 22 -23 Yam aha -m ou nted Da nn y Cos ta's return from an inj ury-in duc ed layoff was a successful one , as th e rider from nea rby T errebonn e, Ore gon , w on th e 2 50cc Interm ed ia te c lass on b o th days of racing at Madras Motocross, site of the o pen ing ro und of th e Ce ntra l O regon Win ter M ot o c ro ss Ser ie s, w h ich a lso do u b le d as ro u nd t w o o f t h e CMC No rthwest W i n ter Series . Costa showed l itt le o r no ill effects from the broken leg he sustained late in the summer, as o n Sat u rday the YZ450F rider won easily. O n Sunday, however, Costa ha d mu ch tough er co m p eti t io n : KTM rid e r B ra n d o n Austin Greenland would like to thank all of his sponsors and everyone at the AMA for the great honor of being selected "2003 Sportsman of the Year." Ke ntne r was on ha nd and gave Costa fits in both m otos. Kentner , ridi ng his dad 's bra nd new 2004 KTM, be at Costa in a m ot e -on e shooto ut , bu t Costa got ar o u nd Kentn er in m ota two a nd w on ove r a ll t o sa l v age h is weeke nd sweep . A snow sto rm blank eted the high desert on Saturday , but t ha t di dn 't stop th o se w ho brave d the treac herou s cond itio ns throu gh the m ounta in passes to get to Madras Motocro ss. Th e co nditio ns favo re d many of th e rid er s fro m the east side of th e Cascade Mou ntains, includi ng di minutive speedsters Coby Ayres and Chris Alld redge , both of w hom wer e double-c1ass winners on Sat urday. . Ayres, c o m p et i n g aboard h i s n ewly ac quired 2004 65cc KTM. w as the to p per former in Satu rday's 65cc B eginn er clas s. ·1 ,,'NllC

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