t hro ugho ut t he first few tu rns of the track.
Novice riders Kevin Wells, Nathan Brock, Jason
Gaines a nd Dustin Pipes all qual ified fo r the
main a nd started from t he th ird -tu rn a rea .
Arthurs, Les and Leon started between the first
and se co nd tu rns . Finally, Co x, Buffalo and
Baptista were po sitioned Just in fro nt o f the
starting gate . The race was only eight laps, so
the Pros would have to work very quickly
.
The green nag flew, and when the d ust
cleared, it was apparent th at the Pros were
serio us about getting to the front quickly. Jason,
Pipes and Brock all rode toward the front early
but were dispatched as the quicke r riders came
thro ugh. In just a few laps, Cox and Matt Gaines
we re kno cki ng o n the door. Cox passed
Arthurs to take the lead. Matt needed to get by
Broc k, but the Amate ur was playing games and
trying to brake-check the faster rider. Afte r one
crash and anot her close call, Matt decided he'd
had eno ugh and made an aggres sive move to
get by. Unfort unately, it was late in t he race ,
and any hope for a top finish was lost. Cox was
cruising out front, setting the best lap times in
the field en route to his first main-event win.
Arthurs finished secon d ove rall and first among
t he Am at eu r s. Buffalo , Bapt ista a nd Leo n
comp lete d the top five.
RESULTS
so FIT: I. Jo rd an W isno ski (KTM): 2. Trist an Moc k
(KTM); 3. zachary Thompson (Y ). SO BEG: I. Andrew
am
Thompson ( P~); 2. Tanne r Scogin (KTM) . XRSO: I. Carty
.
M
CASTLE ROCK, WA, AUG. 7
t was Harley Night at the Castle Rock TT, and
that meant great racing, bike shows, bum -out
co ntes ts, and the de but of the "Twin 20" Pro
races! The O pen Pro ride rs would compete in
tw o 20-lap main eve nts, with each race paying
its own purse . The finishing orde r of the first
race wo uld be inverted for t he seco nd race,
which meant that the winner of the first race
would have to start last in the second race - but
if that same ride r managed to w in both races,
he would earn a bonus!
Scoote r Vernon shot off the line in the first
Twin 20. with Jeff Annen close be hind. Entering
the infield o n the se co nd lap, a huge pileup
brought out the red flag. Three riders were on
the ground, including Sam Halbe rt, whose crew
worked furiousty to repair his bike.
Everyon e mad e th e restart. Ve rno n
re peated his ho leshot , w it h Anne n sec on d,
Halbert thi rd, and t he n Eric Be e rs and Rex
Fishe r close beh ind. Halbe rt passed Anne n on
the fourt h lap and started to gain on Verno n.
Halbe rt applied steady pressure on Vernon, and
whe n the crossed flags came ou t, he made his
move : Halbe rt passed Vernon on the inside, got
a good drive comi ng out of the right-hande r;
and immed iate ly started to pull away. At the
finish , Halb ert had a com fo rta ble lea d over
Vernon , with Annen a close third . Beers came
home fourth , wit h Fishe r fifth .
Halbe rt wou ld start dead last in the secon d
Twin 20, but that didn't prove to be much of a
handicap. Der ick Oq uist led the field into turn
one, but by the end of the first lap. Halbe rt was
already up to fourth . Unfortun ately, the race
had to be st o ppe d o n t he seco nd lap w hen
Verno n crashed ha rd e ntering t he infie ld .
I
78
Gold MX Series
Round 5: Waba sh Cann onba ll MX
Zylstra Zaps the Cannonball!
By MARK BUCHANAN
WABASH, IN, AUG. 7
ound five of the 12-round Wildca t Cre e k
MX and Wabash Cannon ball MX inaugura l Gold MX Se ries, pre se nt ed by Spectre
Oils and Throttle joc key. wa s o riginally supposed to run on June 12 at Wabash Can no nball MX in Wa bas h , Indiana, bu t afte r th at
da te was raine d out, it was res che duled fo r
August 7. The Wabash club had the t rac k in
grea t shape , and sunny skies lured a tu rnout
of I 18 ride rs.
Michae l Zylstra had a great day, wi nning
bot h mot os of the 2s 0cc A class and taking the
ove rall win in t he 16-24 class with a 2- 1 ta lly
o n a Wheels-For-Tots/HjC Helme ts/AM Racing
Hond a. Zylstra nailed the holes hot and held on
for the win in bot h 2S0cc A mo tos , in fro nt of
N ick Yoder, on an EVS/Moto plex/Aetion Moto r
Sp orts Hon d a , a nd j ere m y Bra d le y, o n a
Facto ry C o nne cti on Honda. Zy lstra wen t
do wn in a tur n early in the second moto but
rallied back to take the lead with a little mor e
t han a lap to go .
In the 16-24 class, Zylstra had a great race
with Brandon Ross, who was riding a Th rottl e
j o c ke y/ Ma x Pitts /A m e r ica n Eag le Ra c ing
Suzuki. Zylstra nailed the holeshot in the first
mote and led fo r two laps , with Ross ap plying
con stant pre ssure . Ross made t he pass on lap
th ree for the w in, with Zylst ra pressuring him
to t he finish. Zylst ra wen t wire to wire in the
sec on d me re for the win and the ove ra ll. in
fron t of Ross . Lak e C ity Ho nda rider Tyler
Lock finished th ird in both mot e s. in front of
Yamaha ride r Br e tt W illia ms and Hon d amou nted Travis Ki ng.
Lock too k both mot o wins in the 2s 0cc B
class . in fro nt of Williams , w hile Ove r 2S Bclass winne r To ny Young finished third on a
Kawasaki with a 4-3 score, edging out Dustin
Parrish (3-4), on an M2R/soC al Suzuki.
Aaron Carroll domina te d the 12scc B and
Youth ( 12-15) classes, taking all four moto wins
o n a Triple A Cycle Yamaha. Kawasaki jockey
Adam Lock finished seco nd in both motos of
R
Ha rley Night
Castle Rock Race Park
By JOHNNY GUITAR
Michael Zylstra (420) nails the start of the 16-24 contest at round five of the
first-ever Gold MX Series, he ld at Wabash Cannonball MX
in Waba sh , Indiana.
Verno n cou ldn' t con tinue, and t he race wa s
restarted w ith O qu ist leading, Halbe rt now
secon d and Fisher in th ird.
Halbert wa s o n a missio n, as he passed
Oq uist and wen t abo ut stretching out his lead.
O quist's tr oubles we ren't over, as Fisher passed
him , and t hen Be e r s a lso got by. At t he
check ers , Halbe rt remai ned undefeat ed , with
Fisher a d istant second , fo llowed by Beers,
Oq uist , Eric Rickman and Annen.
Elliot Oq uist cha rge d into th e lea d of th e
450 cc Amateur main, with Dust in Pruczinski
and Scott Baker in hot pursuit. In short order,
Baker had passed Pruczinski and caught up to
Elliot. On the last lap, the two were side by side
through t he infield, though Elliot maintained a
slight advantage ove r Baker. In an attempt to
make an o utside pass off the last tu rn, Bake r
gave it all he had, but Elliot held him off by a
wheel's le ngth at the stripe.
It was a battle between current AMAGrand
Cha mpion s as Brad Bake r and J.D. Beach we nt
he ad t o he ad in bo th t he 2s0cc DT X and
Mod ified classes. When the dust cleare d, Baker
had w on bo th classe s, wit h Beach having to
settle for seco nd both times out.
RESULTS
50 SR: I. Taylor Masset . 65 H O D: I. Tyson Lorentson.
6 5 DTX: I. Noah MIller. 8 5 BEG: I . Garr en Undeman: 2.
Taylor Miller. 8 5 MOD: I. Alex Bergman . MAO DOG: I.
Alex Berg man : 2. Gar ren Und eman; 1. Tyson Lcrentso n.
25 0 MOD : I. Brad Baker; 2. J.D. Beac h: 3. Brady Mueller.
25 0 DTX : I. Brad Baker ; 2. J.D. Bea ch ; 3. She lby Miller.
4 5 0 AM : I . Ellio t Oq uin ; 2. Sco tt Ba ker; 3. Dustin
Pruc:zinski. OPEN AM: I . Elliot Oqulst; 2. Scott Baker, 3.
Man Schwei tzer. )0 + : I . Matt Schweitzer; 2. Jeff Rister; 3.
Richard Arnold . 4 0 + : I. Jeff Rister; 2. Vince Holt ; 3. Richard
Arnold . TW: I. Gary 8each ; 2. Dick SJusher; 3. Ray Carroll.
VINT: I. Nick O hge : 2. Ka.m Todd; 3. Gany Roller. EVO : I
Shane Ge iger. 50 S PRO: I. Sam Halbert; 2. Rex Fishe r; 3.
Eric Rick man . OP EN PRO T W 2 0 RAC E I : I. Sam
Halbert : 2. Scooter Vernon; 3. Jeff Annen; 4. Eric Beers ; S.
Rex Fisher . OPEN PRO TW 2 0 RACE 1: I. Sam Halbe rt ;
2. Re x Fisher; 3. Eric Be ers; 4. De rick Oquist : S. Eric
Rk kman .
SEPTEMBER 15, 2004 • CYCLE NEWS
40th Anniversary
th e 12scc B cla ss , in fro nt o f King , w hile
Husqvarna ride r Allen Yother Jr. finished fourth
wi t h a 6 -4 score, e dging o ut Ho nd a rider
Heath er Zylstra (5-5). Lock also finished second
t o C a r r o ll in bo th Youth ( 12- 15) m oto s,
fo llowed by Hon da ride r Aaro n Cau dill and
Yamaha-mo unted Travis Sample.
Donald Baker also had a great day, taking all
four moto wins in the Over 25 A and Over 30 A
oder
classes on a Spect re /Shift/Oakley Honda. Y
finished second to Bake r in the Over 25 A class
with a 3-2 tally edging out Honda ride r David
.
johnson (2-3). Joe Beher finished fourth in both
mot os, and his fellow Yamaha rider Phillip Hardy
(6-6) too k fifth place. Johnson finished second in
bot h Over 30 A motes, in front of Be he r, and
Suzuki Jockey Mar k Harshman finished fourth,
edging out Hardy (4-5).
RESULTS
50 AUTO OIL-I N) (4 -8) : I. Karsten Kemy (K1l'1); 2.
Coo pe r Bostwi ck (KT M); 3 . Trae Hand (Yam); 4. Skyle r
W inget (Y ; S. Kolten Kersey (KTM). SO (4- 6 ) : I. Trae
am)
Ha nd (Yam); 2. Aaron Clark (Suz) . SO (1-8) : I . Tre vo r
Co o per (Co b); 2. Alex Marion (KTM); 3. Karsten Ke rse y
(KTM); 4. Eli}ah Labord us (KTM); S. Jacob White (Pol). 65
(1 -11): I. Colton C hapman (KTM): 2. J
osh Biltler (KTM); l .
Levi Arn old (KTM); 4. John Earl (KT M): 5. Col to n Bragg
(Suz). 8 5 JR (7 .11 ) : l. Co lton C hapman (KTM); 2. Aust in
C rouch (Suz); 3. Josh Bixler (KTM); 4. Tre y Rogers (5oz): S.
Jame s C ooper (Suz) . 85 SR (12. 15) : I. Kiefe r Ban ter
(KTM); 2. Ca mron Pre ssler (50%); 3. Nick Kersey (Yam); 4.
Matt he w Arnold (Soz); S. Danny Caudill (Kaw). S/M IN I: I.
Dustin Boc ko ver (Kaw); 2. Kiefer Bant er (KTM); 3. Danny
Caud ill (Kaw); 4. Manhe w Arno ld (KTM); S. Nick Kerse y
(Yam). 125 B: I. Aaron Carroll (Yam); 2. Adam Lock (Kaw);
3. Travis King (Ho n); -4 Allen Y
.
Olhe r Jr. (Hus): S. Hea ther
Zylstra (Han) . 125 C: I. Tyler Brock (Y
am); 2. Ross Mulmer
(Kaw); 3. Jennifer Bender (Han); 4. Chad Garrio tt (Yam); 5.
Brian Rogers (Suz). 2 50 A: I. Michael Zylstra (Ho n); 2. Nick
Yoder (Han); 3. Jerem y Bradley (Han) . 15 0 B: I . Tyler l oc k
(Ho n); 2. Brett William s (Ya m) ; 3. Ton y Young (Kaw) ; 4.
Dustin Parrish (Suz): S. Brandon Ross (Suz). 250 C: I. Ch ris
Crone (Yom); 2. Brian Myrick (Kaw): J. Joo Myrick (Yom): • .
David Schell ing (Ho n); 5 . Greg Ellison (Yam). W MN : I .
Heat her Zylstra (Han) ; 2. Jemifer Bender (Hon) ; 3. Lauren
l.od< (Kaw) . YTH (1 2- 1S): I. Aaron Carroll (Y
om) ; 2. Adorn
Lock (Kaw); 3. Aaron Caud ill (Han); 4. Travis Sample (Yam).
16·2 4: I . Mkhael Z ylstra (Han): 2. Bf"iIlldon Ross (Suz): 1.
Tyfer Lock (Ho n); 4 . Brett Williams (Yam); S. Travis King
(Han) . 25 + A: I. Donald Baker (Han); 2. Nick Yoder (Han) :
3. David Jotvlson (Han) ; 4. Joe Beher (Yam); 5. Phillip Hardy
(Han ). 1 5 + 8 : I. Tony Young (Kaw); 2. Mike Hale (Han): 3.
Jos h Carnes (Suz): 4. Joe Boyden (Hon) . ]0 + A : I. Donald
Baker (Moo); 2. o.vKl JoIv=n (Moo): 1. Joe Beber (Y
om): • .
Mark Hars hman (Suz); S. Phillip Hardy (Han) . ) 0 + B: I. Lee
Smith (Hon) ; 2. Joe Boyden (Han) ; 3. John Leedy (Kaw); 4.
Jerry Barber (KTH). 4 0 + : I. Jerry Barbe r (KTH); 2. Ste ve
Lock (Kaw): 1. John Leedy(Kaw).
