Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

( Centra/Illinois Motorcycle Club Hil/climb (4 -6) motos. july Turne r 's KTM had the speed in the last mota to wind up second overall. jarrett Pr iest used his orange sc reamer to ensure a KTM pod ium sweep. Cory Dowda put together two perfect moto wins for the to p podium spot in the SOcc (12-15) class . justin Morris used his Kawasak i to fetch se cond overall and to make sure the podium wasn't all yellow. Suzuki-mounted Matthew Timm had the gason but had to sett le for third . When the 60 -S0cc Preteen class left the line. jake Wilson rode his Suzuki to both mota wins . Hayden O 'Kelley, on his Cycle City Power Sports Ho nd a , w as the r un ne r- u p wi th two strong second-pla ce finishes . Tanner McCullers used his scr eaming Suzuk i to be st all the re st for the third podium posit ion. Matt Turner took the o verall wi t h a last mota win in the Unlimited Ama teur class. Brae Hinckley used his fast Suzuki to take second overall. Yamaha rider Sam Suth erin made sure that third was his. Th e 12Scc C division was one of the largest. Austi n Dru mmo nd used his Freewh eelinglLSDtu ned Honda to ge t two holes hots and the n to ge t away fo r the overall. Yamaha rider Travis Turner (3-3) was second overa ll, and Matt , on another Yamaha, sec ured the last pod ium spot. When th e 250cc C gate d ropped, Ho nda pilot Brent Litt le obtained t he overall after passing Robert McGrew a couple of times . David Seals was good for third overallafter a spill. The 250cc A riders put on a good show. Ryan Nolan used his H&H KTMto get the overail with a seco nd- mo to win . Suzuki jockey jadd Knox did the deal for second ove ra ll. Yamaha man Lee Mulliswas st eady for the last podium spot . The track was perfect, the c ro wd w as cheering. and a good time was had by ail. Once Fast Andy's the Boy in Central Illinoisl By BUD NORTHRUP NEOGA, IL, JUNE 12 T he Central Illinois Motorcycle C lub he ld its second doubleheader hillclimb o f the year, and "f ast Andy " Fortner too k ho me t he Fast Time trophy and a $100 cash prize from the Saturday night event. Riding his CRSoo , Fortner overtook Cody Jenner in the second round in the 600cc class. jenner had set the class ' fast time at 3.0 78 seconds on his second ride , sfipping under Fortner's 3.IO I-second t ime in the first round . Matt Peters, however, had run the fastest tim e of the night on his CR2S0 , 3.060 seconds, to win the 250cc class. But fast Andy w as up to the challenge, and he gr abb ed a handful of throttle and new his Hon da over the top in a blistering 2.878 seconds to take both the 600ce-c1ass win and the fast TIme award. Peters still had a good night. however, as he cla imed wi ns in bot h the 250c( and 4S 0cc classes . Riding his classy KTM 380 , Peters came from beh ind in the second rou nd of the 450cc class for tha t win. Paul Hillard had posted a 3.37 I-seco nd time o n his high-flying 350cc twin cylinde r Y amah a to take the first-round lea d, but Peters re sponded in the second round with a fast 3. I28-second run to take the class win . jason Nort hrup also had a double -win even ing, tak ing the 750cc-c1ass victory o n his Kawa sak i t r iple w ith a 3.277-second time , ove rt ak ing Hillard, w ho had just turned in a 3.6 I2·second run on his trip le. In Open -class action, Steve Shafer to ok th e first-round lead on his smooth-running Harley with a 3.737-second run , after Nort hrup had a > ro ugh 4 .090-second att emp t. In the second round , however, Northrup straightened the jeff Thomas-built I220cc Yamaha and sailed it over the to p in 3.128 sec onds to take the win . Veteran Ron Todd was also a double winner, tak ing t he wins in both the Senior (O ve r 40) and Super Senior (Over 50) classes. The Central Illi no is club also awards a Fast Time Plaque to the faste st Youth ride r - a very coo l thing to do. C aleb Emory, riding a KXS5, took his third such award in a row w ith a 4.244second time in the 85cc junio r Mini class. RESULT S 50 : I. Jeremiah Lyday (Cob); 2. Dakota Watsan (Pol) ; 3. Cbels ea G;U (Mon); • . L.og.n Moody (PoQ S. Corey"""";'" ; (KTM). 65 : I. Brett Kala her (Kaw); 2. joe McGur er (Kaw). 8 5 JR: I. Caleb Emory (Kaw) ; 2 . Dr ew Daniels (KTM); 3. Jake Wood (Suz); ... Jere my Jame s (Kaw) ; S. Joe McG urer (Kaw). 85 SR: I. Shane Green (Yam) ; 2. Blake Ca ppe llo (Kaw); 3. Just in Jame s (Kaw); -t. Mike Popham (Yam); 5. Alex McKenzie (Kaw). 125 : I. Brent Bowman (Han); 2. Shane Green (Yam); 3. A J. Book (Kaw); -t. Richard Mille r III (Han); 5. Kevin Bond (Han) . 2 00 : I. Jimmy Co x (Kaw); 2. Gordon Green (Kaw); 3. Jake Tackitt (Kaw); -t. Steve Davis (Yam); 5. Chris Peters (! "' ~ a. Austin Drummond keeps the hammer down on his way to victory in the 125" C d ivision at Bremen Race Park. Bremen Race Park It was Bunker, Busterl By F.B. ATKINSON - BREMEN, GA, JUNE 12 O n Satu rd ay night at Bre men , 300 ride rs signed up - not bad for a night race . The track w as, as alwa ys, the best, and the riders ke pt rolling in th e gat e . which slightly de layed th e start. The spe ctators hustled to get to the ir seats as the first class sta ged . The 50cc Shaft class was Braden Bu nke r territory, as he got out from on th e starts and refused to ta ke anything but t he top po d ium position. Austin jenkins used a good last mota to ed ge out Logan Rainwater for second overall. Rainwater used his KTM to w in both SOcc with REM Victories By ROCKY HASH SAN BERNARDINO, CA, JUNE 12 Though temperatu res began to warm up by I the time second motos rolled around , early morn ing overcast skies made for a pleasant day at th e races. Racing Enterprises Motorsports promoter Frank Th omason and his cre w made sure the track was ke pt moist and in excellent cond ition all day long for the large turnout o f riders. In the past few months, on e of t he most competitive classes at REM eve nts has been the 250 cc Int ermediate d ivision . Thi s w e ek, I I riders showed up to d o battle. an d the ra cing action was inten se . Hon da CRF450R-mounted Robby Bell took th e measure o f th e pack with the overall class win: though he had to battle hard ea r ly on in both moto s. he ev e nt ua lly prevailed e ac h t im e o ut b y a c o m fo r ta b le margin. Sean Borkenhagen and Kurtis Kaelin d iced it up in both rnotos, and when all was said and do ne , Borken hagen e arn ed the runn er-up slot via his 3-2 rid es , while Kae lin, who just recently moved up to th is class, took a strong t hird-place finish with his 5-3 efforts. C hr is Ayers (4 -4) claimed fourth , a nd Whitney Murphy (6-5) filled out the top five, X tre m e/ MTA W est/M XA ride r Billy Musgrave rode the wheels off his Y aha YZS5 am as he romped to victory in t he 85cc j un io r division via a clea n two-moto swee p. Musgra ve started up fro nt in both motos an d we nt on www.cy clenEWS.com from there , mista ke -free and unchallenged , to the che cke re d nag. Kyle Engle (2-3) went home with the seco nd- place brass afte r putting in a pair of fine rides , wh ile Brandt Locey pushed his Honda to a third -place finish w ith a solid 4-2 effort . T.A. Walker (6-4 ) claimed fourth , and justin jo nes (3-7) w as fifth. With 17 rid ers in attendance, there we re a lot o f full gates on the starting line in the Vet Beginner class. jeff Tubbs w en t home with the top hon ors o n the da y, as the Honda pilot turn ed in a perfect 1· 1 showing. james Standari was best of the res t , as he put in a couple of good rid es , chas ing Stubbs in each race, but eventually he w as forc ed to settle for a close second-plac e ov erall finis h wit h s t e ad y 2-2 scores. Y ama ha ride r Dou g Anderson put in a stellar second m ota, and his S ~3 rides were good enough to place him third ove rall, w hile Suzuki-mounted Per ry Ro d e nbeck (4 - 5) was fourth , and Mike Mills (6-S) was fifth. Photogra p her an d moto journal ist extraordinaire Mike Ryer be sted the Vet junior ranks after handily w inning both motos aboard his 5ir5m iley.comlZLT Racing/Final Lap-backed Ya m aha YZ250F. Alan Burtt (2- 2) was the runn er-up, w h ile Dan Hallada (4 -3) cla imed th ird place . Ethan Waybright (5-4) and Chris Alamango s (3-9) filled o ut th e top flve. RESULTS 65 BEG: I. Hunter Falk (KTM); 2. Daniel Voyles (Kaw); 3. Kaleb Tanguay (KTM). 6 5 AD V: I. Blake Ll ty (Kaw); 2. CYCLE NEWS • JULY 21, 2004 49

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