in the O pen Stoc k class. His 4.4 23-second time
was we ll ahead of that of runner-u p and fellow
C RF450 R rider Tate Pe arson , w ho card ed a
4.S79-second time .
RESULTS
50 AUTO : I. Jeremiah Lyday (Cob ); 2. Matt Gocken
(KTM); 3. Garrett Holycr<>u (KTM); <. L.ogoon Moody (Poi); 5.
Kaylee Co x (Hus ). 6 5: I. Dakota Blake ne y (SU'l); 2. Joe
McGurer (Kaw) ; J . Matt Gocken (Kaw); .. . Brett Kalaher
(Kaw ). 85 JR: I. Caleb Emory ( Kaw); 2. Dakota Blilkeney
(Suz); 3. OeGh
);
Brown (Yam); ... Paul Hillard (Kaw); 5. Bud Nortfvvp ( Kaw).
.
OPEN : I. Jason Nort hru p (Yam); 2. Ste ve Shafe r (H-D).
OPEN STl(, I. JMed McKay (Han ); 2. Tate Peanon (Han); 3.
Scott Pea=o (Han); 4. Will DaJenbwg (Han); 5. 10m Brown
(Han ). 40 + , I. Scott Petty (Han ); 2. Darrell T""'t (Han); 3.
Ron Todd (Kaw); 4. Kevin McKay (Kaw) ; S. Gayle Jenkins
(Hon) . 50 + : 1. Gay\e Je nkins (Hon); 2. Ron Todd (Ka
w); 3.
Keith Klett (KTM); 4. 8ud North rup (Han); 5. Billy Pearson
(5U%). PSHRD: I. D")'i JoIv=n(BSA 2. Steve Shar (H-D).
);
er
FAST TIME; Jok TacIOtt (Han ).
e
the o ve rall wi n wi th a four-lap ma rgin over
Villag e Id io ts . 2Wheelz .com finis hed thi rd
ove ra ll a nd se co nd UGP. In fo ur th an d top
Midd le w eig ht Superspo rt e ntry w as Big Air
Rac ing, rid ing a CBR6 00RR, with Short Bus
Racing in fifth and Northwest Hond a Racing in
six th. Top Unli m ited Supe rs po rt w e nt t o
Desert-Rats.net in e ighth overall, riding a Suzuki
GSX-R750. Team K&N d id a supe r job of riding
the ir Yamaha W R450 against the SV650s and
top ped th e Lightwe ight Superbike d ivisio n in
12th overall.
RESULTS
O/A : I. VinylEdge Racing (Hon); 2. VillageIdiots (Yam);
3. 2Whee lz.com (Suz); 4. Big Ajr Racing (Hon); 5. Short Bus
Raci ng (Ya m ); 6 . N o r th w e st Honda Rac ing (Hon); 7.
RaceTex .com (Kaw) ; 8 . Dese rt -Rat s.ne t (Suz); 9 . Team
O 'Donnell (Hon); 10. Junk Yard Dog (Hon) ; II . Lone Star
Tra ck Days (Hon) ; 12. Team K&N (Yam) ; 13. Team Anvil
(Suz); I" . Heavy 0 and the Boys (Suz); IS. Lone Gunmen
(Yam); 16 . lawdawg Racing (Suz): 17. Fifth Eleme nt Racing
(Sw); 18. Faltteu Raong (5o,); 19. MF Racing (Y,",); 20. NFC
Racing (Suz ); 21. )7 Tim es Racing (Yam); 22 . Danny's
Motorcycle Service (Suz); 23. Team Avteq (Suz); H . Team
Pe ne tration (Yam); 25 . McSchnizil Racing (Suz); 26 . Baaad
Due Racing (Due) ; 21. Team Cheeze (Y ; 28. CEO Racing
am)
(Suz); 29 . Tw o Mofos Racing (Suz); 30. Adrenalin Frie nds
Racing (H a n); 3 I. Under Dog Racing (Ya m) ; 32. Texas
Motorsport (Suz); 33. Off Track Excurs ion (Hon ); H . Jiggyf ly
Racing (Suz); 3S. lonestar Motorsporu (Yam); 36. Kitchen
"'" (50, ); 37. Fuliwan To fu Shop (50,); 38. Project M.yl>en>
(Suz); 39. Shogun (Yam "0 . Backmarker Racing (Y
);
am); "I .
Keene Bro thers Racing (Suz); 42. MSW Racing (Suz); 43. No
Not Rea lly (Suz); 44. Infinity GP Raclng (Hon); 45 . Crash
Clinic (Kaw); 46. Hooligan Racing (Yam); 47. T.H.E. lab (Suz);
48. Chris Bean (Suz).
CMC Northwest Motocross
A lbony Motorsports Park
Bell Rings In with
Albany SX Wins
By CLAY I.JGHT
ALBANY, OR, MAY 22
o rmer AMA Supercross C hampio n Mike Bell
made his mark at Albany Mot o rsports Park ,
where the fortysomething-ye ar-old Califo rn ian
becam e the oldest rider ever to sco re a 250cc
Pro -class w in on the superc ros s track located 70
miles so uth of Po rt land. Riding the Moto Sports
O utlet-backed Hon da CRF4S0R, Be ll used a 2- 1
tally to take home the to p money in the class
after e xchanging moto victo ries wi t h fe llow
Go lden State rider Patrick Wade .
W hile Be ll's 2 50cc performance s we re
imp re ss ive for a rider his age , he did have to
follow one of the Northwes t's to p Intermedi at e
riders, Adam Menle r, in bot h mo tos . Rid ing a
Suzuk i, Metzle r was the cream of the cro p in
the 12Scc and 250cc Inte rmediate classes . Bell
late r ca me bac k to w in both O ve r 4 0 Pro
motes, bea ting O rego n's Joe Casey (2-2), Tim
Wiles (4- 3), Gr eg Gate s (3-4) and Co lorado's
Bob Monzingo (5-5).
Wash in gt on's Keit h Batt e rso n was a lso
im pressive . T he fo rm e r mlnicycle cha m pio n
won the Before The Hill Inte rmediate class and
placed seco nd, beh ind Metzle r, in the 125 cc
Inte rmed iate class . The Suzuki RM25 0F ride r
was in a class all his own in the Befo re Th e Hill
class, whi ch Me t zle r d idn't co nt e st . Fellow
Was hingtonian Trav is Far mer w as Batt e rson 's
F
Joe Prussiano of Vinyl Edge Racing took the lead at the sta rt of round three
of the Cycle 1 CMRA Endu rance Ser ies in Hallett, Okla homa .
And that's where Vinyl Ed ge finished.
Cycle 1 CMRA Endurance Series
Round 3: Hallett Motor Rocing Circuit
Vinyl Edge Pads Lead at Hallett
By SHAN MOORE
HALLETT, OK, MAY 22
V
inyl Edge Racing m ade It t hr ee win s in
three sta rts fo r 2004 by taking a flag-toflag victory at ro und thre e of the Cycle I
C MRA Endurance Ser ies , pres ented by
Sho g u n Motors po r ts a nd he ld a t H all ett
Mo tor Racing C ircuit . Vinyl Edge Racing cov e red 186 la ps on th e hilly, 1.8 -mi le cou rs e
during the five-hour event, cr ossing the finish
line w ith a Icu r-lap cushion ove r second-place
fi nisher s Vill age Idiots.
At t he sta rt, Joe Prussiano put the Vinyl
Edge Racing Honda CBR9S4RR quickly into the
le ad , w it h Yamaha -mo unted Bryan We st of
Sh o r t Bus Rac ing , Ho nd a - mou nt e d Matt
Ma sc h m an n o f No rt hwes t Ho nda Raci ng ,
Hcn da -mcunted Jeff Gra nt of Lo ne 5tar Trac k
Days, and Yamaha-mo unte d Jo hn O rchard of
Village Id io ts in pursu it.
Just be fore th e o ne -ho ur mark, a red flag
came out, forcing a res tart. Since a full ho ur
hadn't been covered, the tea ms restarted from
t he ir o rig ina l gr id po sit ion s, ne gating an y
advantage Vinyl Edge had built .
Bre tt Cha mp agne put Vinyl Edge out in
fro nt agai n a t t he r es tar t , wit h Cra ig
Montgomery, now on board for Village Id iots ,
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moving up into second, fo llow ed by Junk Yard
Dog , 2Wheelz.co m an d Nor t hw e s t Ho nda
Ra c ing . A few la p s into the r estar t ,
Montgo me ry wen t a little w ide in t urn one,
allowing Andy Galindo of 2Wheelz.com and
t he n Junk Yard Do g thro ugh into second and
t hird, but Montgom e ry re ta liate d after a few
laps , rega ining t he sec o nd-place spot .
Afte r I 1/2 ho urs of racing, th e ord er w as
Vinyt Edge in first , w ith a five-sec ond lead ove r
Vill ag e Id iots . RaceTe x .com w as in t hird ,
anothe r 17 seco nds back but on the lead lap.
Th re e t e ams - Junk Yard Dog, 2Whe~lz .co m
and Sho rt Bus Racing - follow ed one lap do wn .
W ith tw o hours left, Steve Bre en of Vill ge
a
Id iots signaled for a rea r-tire change, but afte r
doing the mat h, the team dec ided to stick with
w hat was o n the bike .
"We ra n a rea lly hard slick, wh ich felt a little
differ en t from w hat we 're accustom ed to, so it
took us a linle wh ile to get used to that," said
Breen. "Halfway t hro ugh my stint . I th ought the
t ire was going away, becaus e we we re gening
some mo mentu m slides , but I think it was just
because I wasn't used to it. We just dec ided to
st ick w ith it , turn mo derate time s, and try to
ru n a consisten t race ."
Afte r five ho urs of racing, Vinyl Edge took
JUNE 23, 2004 • CYCLE NEWS
clo se st com pe tito r, tra iling Batterson in th e
seco nd mota and finishing seco nd overall .
Me tzler ha d litt le co m peti ti on in t he
combined 250cc Pro/ Inte rmed iate contest. The
Suzuk i rider dashed to the head of the pack in
bo t h mo to s and then vanished ; the H illsbo ro
Moto rcy cle s/Wis e co -bac ked ride r put huge
grou nd betw e e n hims elf and the rest o f th e
c ompeti t ion , wh ich in mo ta o ne was the
Hon da-mounte d Fa rm er, t he seco nd- p lac e
Inte rmediate -class finisher, and Wade , the to p
Pro performer. Wade could on ly muste r a th irdplace finish in the second 250cc Pro moto,
wh ile Be ll and Wash ingt o n's Se an Spar kman
we nt o ne -two . Me n le r, though, was th e first
ride r to take the checkered nag again and won
t he Inte rmediat e class wit h a 1·1 sw e ep .
Me tzler did similar damage in the com bined
125cc Pro/Int e rmed iate con test to ca p off his
seco nd of two overall wins. Metzler had Farmer
and the lone Pro rider in the field, Keith Kadell,
to deal with, but he won both motos easily.
Travis McClinton and Jare d Wood battl ed
th ro ughout bo th Supermini motos, but it was
the lo ca l ride r, McC lint on , who sn ared t he
overall wi n by virt ue of a I- I sweep. McClinto n
led mota one start to finish, but in mot a tw o
Wo od .ch allenged McClinto n for m uch of t he
mota be fo re o vertak ing his fellow Ya maha
rider. McClinton ev e nt ually got bac k aro und
Wood to w in the moto. Tyler McClinto n (4- 3),
Trav is McClinton posted the overall SScc (12-13) and Supermini wins on
Saturday, the first of two days of racing at Albany Motorsports Park.
40th Ann iversary
