times of 5.07B and 5. 113 seconds, on th e 200 foot , two-stage hill. Jimmy Co x took second o n
Satu rd ay, w hile C hris Peters was the runne r-up
o n Sunday.
But it was in the O pe n cla ss whe re Jake
rea lly wen t cra zy. Riding a big - bore fou rcylinder Kawasaki. he flew over the to p in 4. 199
seconds to take the class win and the coveted
Fast Time award. Steve Shafer was his closest
challen ger in the class. with a 4.897·sec o nd
time o n his Harley. w hile Jared McKay was his
closest challe nger for the Fast Time award. with
a 4.324-second winning time in the 600c c class.
O n Sunday, Tackitt was even fast e r, takin g
the O pe n-class win with a 4. 124-second ride.
Mike Schobert ran se co nd in 4.298 se co nds .
Tackitt 's biggest threa t fo r the Fast Time again
ca me in the 60 0cc class, where Cody Je nner
cla imed the class wi n with a ve ry im pressive
4.227- second run o n his Ho nda.
How ever, the be st was yet to co me, as the
club ra n th e one-run King O f Th e Hill shoorour
class for th e 10 fast e st riders of the da y. C razy
Jake was still hot, as he took that wi n as w ell,
w it h McKay and Jen ner running secon d and
third. It was qu ite a weekend (or the 17-yearo ld young gun (ro m Mount Vern on . Ill ino is.
Mike Popham picked up tw o class wins on
Sat urd ay on hi s cl assy Yam a has. Rid ing hi s
YZ 125 . he naile d an ex ce lle nt 5.076-seco nd
time on his first r ide, which held up for the wi n,
wit h po ints-lea ding Brent Bowman close be hind
him o n his Honda w ith a 5.1OS-seco nd time .
Po pham returned in the 250cc class o n his
ne w Yl2 50 and won tha t class as w e ll. with a
good first r ide - a 4.489-se cond eff ort. Jo n
C ree k was his closest challenger in thi s class.
with a 4.64 I-seco nd time o n his RM250.
Ma tt Pe ter s and McKay had trip le -w in
weekends. Peters claimed the 45Occ-class win o n
his KTM 3BO o n both days and also grabbed the
25Occ-class win o n 5unday. McKay claimed wins
in the 600cc and O pen 5tock classes on Saturday
and the Pushrod class on Sunday. Blake Cap pe llo,
Josh Denson . Paul Hillard. Marl< Peters and Rod
Kalaher all enjoyed doub le-win weekends.
Also . th e overall Expert ride r of the day was
HRP/5cotl/Raz ee -sponsored Alde n Clark . w ho
too k his fift h w in of th e year in th e Exp ert
250cc class. He also managed sixt h o verall on
the day - pretty im pressive fo r a Ilrst -ye ar
Expert rider.
RESULTS
AA: I. Man Jalbert (Suz ); 2. Wes Clar*e (Yam); 3. Bob
Santheson (Ho n); 4. Je ff Sta ple s (Yam ); 5. Fra nk Mess ina
(Yom). A 2S0 , I. Alden Cbri< (Yom 2. Adam Clarim 4. Adam JoI-mon (Yom 5. Shown
);
):
Levesqce (Yom) A 2 0(>. I. J""" l.angenbac k (50,); 2. Ken
.
Law (Hus) ; 3. Evan Chochrek (KTM); 4. Tom Duc har me
(Yam); S. Aaron Mallof"y (Kaw). A OPEN : I . Todd Poirot
(KIM ); 2. Doug Simone (GG); 3. Peter t-tarteau (ATK): 4.
Thomas A. Accomauo (KTH ): 5. Keith Bonney (Hon ). A
4· ST RK: I. Todd Santheson (Yam ); 2. Mike Bush (Hon); 3.
Jacob Dave npo rt ; 4. Kevin Monaha n (Yam ): 5. Daryu sh
DonyW (Y
>m). A VET: I. Brian a.me. (Y>m); 2. Ed Boot..
.
(Yam): 3. Marty Mean (KTM); 4. Da vid Ga llup (KTM): 5.
..,.... J. Champou. (KTM). A SR: 1. )oM Hm): 2.
Nonnan Tumberg (H",): 3. Dav;d 800daIl (""w ); 4. Thomn
M. Canesl (KTM); 5. Steven Michalski B 150: I . Timothy
Da igneau lt (Ho n) ; 2. Donald Ho p kins ( KT M); 3. Gr eg
Mar t ino tti (Y",m) : of . Jeremy D un te ma n (Hon); 5. Gary
Prent ice (Hon) . 8 200: I. Justin Hunter (Kaw) ; 2. Jess Priest
(Hon ); 3. Roben. C. Smith (KTM); of. Tracy Matulon is (KTM):
5. John D. Filhey (Kaw). 8 OPEN: I. Mike leis (KI M); 2.
Chris Cimino (KTM): 3. Mark Marshall (KTM); 4 . Doug Fox
(Hon) . 8 4 -STRK: I. Tyler McMahon (Hon ); 2. Rich Sawyer
(Hon) ; 3. Thomas ErdmalVl (Hon) ; of. Chad Pause (KTM) : 5.
Stanley Popbsky Sr. (Hon ). 8 VET: I . T imothy Sims (Hon );
Satu nby
50 AUTO : I. Tom Goodnkk; 2. Chekea Gil ; 1. logan
Moody; 4. Kaylee COli; S. Je re m iah Lyday. 65 : I . Bre tt
Kalaher, 2. Chelsea Gill; 1. Joe McGurer; -4 . Logan Moody; S.
JE$sQ Coon . 8S JR: I. Caleb Ert'lOfy. 1. Drew Daniels; 1.
J. ke Wood : ... Jere my James ; S. Aust in Creek. 85 SR: I.
a
Blake C appello ; 2. Ju stin James ; 3. A J. Boo k; 4. Mike
Popfwn; S. HaMah Oanenberger. 115 : I. Mike Poptwn; 2.
Br.nl: Bowman; 3. RD. Miller- III; 4. Bubba Bond ; S. Danny
Sch uman. 100 : I. Jake Tukitt ; 2. Jimm y Ca ll; 3. C h ris
Peters; 4. Olris Senn. no: I . Mike Popham ; 2. .Jon Creek; 3.
Man Peters; 4. J.ved McKay: S. James KalaheI". 4 00 STK: I.
Rod Kalaher ; 2. Jeff Jack. 450: I. Mut Peters : 2. Cody
.Jenner, 3. Paul Hillan:l; 4. Mike Peters. 600: I. Jared McKay;
2. Cody Je nn er ; 3. Jon Cr ee k; 4. Andy Fo rt ne r ; S. Josh
Denson. 600 4·ST RK: I. Josh Denson; 2. Mark Peters; 3.
MIke Peters ; 4. Mark W illiams. 150: I. Paul Hillard; 2. Ronny
Ge issert. OPEN : I. Jake Tackitt ; 2. Steve Shafer; 3. R.D.
Mill r II. OPEN STK: I . Jared McKay: 2. Je ff Jack. PSHRD:
e
I . Steve Shafer, 2. Matt Peters ; 3. RD. Miller II. SR: I . Mark
Peters; 2. Jeff Jack; 3. KP'hI McKay: 4. Steve Shafer ; S. Kevin
Sieve" . SlS R: I. Mark Williams . FAST TIME : Jake Tackitt
(""w).
Sunda y
SO: I. Jerem iah Lyday; 2. Chelsea Gill; 3. Logan Moody ;
4. Kaylee COli; 5. w ren Shafer. 65: I. Chelsea Gill; 2. Joe
McGurer; 3. Bre tt Kalaher ; 4. Logan Mo ody: 5. Lauren
Shafer . 85 : I . Joe McGurer; 2. Caleb Emory; 3. Schuyle r
Kala her; 4. Dr ew Daniels; 5. Austin Creek. 85 SR: I. Blake
Cappello; 2. Mike Pop ham ; 3. Just in James: 4. AJ . Boo k.
115: I . R D. Mill r III 2. Brent Bowman ; 3. Danny Schuman;
e
;
4. Bubba Bond; 5. Bobby Senn. 100: I. Jake Tackitt; 2. Chris
Pet ers ; 3. Jlnvn y Co x; 4. Ch ris $e nn. 150 : I . Matt Peters; 2.
Jared Mc Kay; 3. Jon Creek; 4. Mike Poph am ; S. Ronny
Ge issert. 4 00 ST K: I . Rod Kalaher ; 2. Jeff Jack. ,(50: I .
Matt P.!ters ; 2. Cody Jenner. 3. Mike Peters: 4. Paul Hillard.
600: I. Cody J......-; 2. )ooh Don>on 3. jared H<"" y; 4. )on
:
Cr eek; 5. Andy Fonner. 600 4· ST RK: I. Josh Demon; 2.
Marie Peters: 3. Mike Peten. 15 0: I. Pauf Hilbrd; 2. Ronny
Getuen.. OPEN : I. Jake Tackitt ; 2. Mike Schobert; 3. Steve
Shafer. OP EN STK : l. Jeff jAck. PSHRD: I. Jared McKay.
SR : I . Mark Pe ters; 2. Jeff Jack: 3. Kevin McKay; 4. Ste ve
Shafer ; S. Rodger-Strong . FAST T IME: Jake Tackitt (Kaw) .
New England Trail Riders Association
Round 10: Stateline Riders Motorcycle Club Stateline Hare Scrambles
Jalbert Conquers the
Empire State
By T.J. SWISTRO
HOOSICK, NY SEPT. 12
,
M
att [albert continued his domination of the
New England Hare Scrambles Series at
round lO in upsta te New York. Th e weather
was again superb. Rain earl ier in the week left
the trac k slick yet incred ibly tacky. wh ich
proved to be both an asset an d d etrime nt to
th e 313 riders w ho e ntered.
Th irt een Pro rid ers lined up for an eight -lap
race, w ith lap t im es averaging aro und 15 m inutes.
John Day Sr. jumped ou t to an early lead o n his
Pr o Ci rcuit Susp e ns io n-eq uip ped YZ 2 5 0.
grabbing an awesome ho les hot ahead of Jeff
Staples , aboard his Yl250. and GNCC Pro rider
Br ian Law so n, aboard his Ronnie 's C ycl es
YZ450F. However, somewhere w ithin the first
half of the loop. Day lost his front brake and just
wasn't able to attack the challeng ing track the
way he wanted to . This tumed the lead over to
lawson , w ho had no problem accepting t hat
responsibility. as he sto r me d his way to a 34 second lead by the end of lap one. Wes Clarke.
aboard a Rob in Allsop-sponsored Yl 250. was
now runn ing in se cond, followed by Matto
Cycle's Billy Kingand Cycle Express's Jim Senecal.
Coming around on lap three, Lawso n was
still in control, but series po ints leade r Jalbert
was now in second. Lawson, Jalbert and Clarke
completely checked out from the rest of the
class and had a remarkable three-way ba ttle
80
going for the lead . Midway t hrough the race ,
Lawson suddenly dropped out o f the to p three
and was run ning about seventh. This left Clar ke
and RER Motorcity 's Jalbe rt all alone up fro nt.
Jalbert slowly began to creep away from
Cla rke with a bout t wo laps t o go , and he
wound up cruising to the finish with a
co mfo rt ab le I:44-seco nd lead . How eve r, th e
real su r prise ca me w he n Bob Sant he so n ,
N ETRA's und e rdog a nd las t yea r's eve nt
winne r, sudde nly fo und himself in the middle of
an all-out battl e with Clar ke for second. At the
e nd of lap o ne, Santh eson had been forced to
pit prematurely to remove a broken handguard,
so when he started out on lap two , he was
around 10th, and wi th all the e xcitement up
fro nt, he went unnoticed. But each lap, he was
picking off a couple of guys at a time , until all of
a sudden , on t he last lap , he was right o n
Clarke's rear tire .
During that last lap. Clarke tangled with a
lapped rider, and Cycle Connection's Santheso n
sneaked by him , but Clarke wouldn't give up
that easily. He qu ickly remounted and charged
bac k up to the Spect ro -spo nso re d Santhe so n
and , push ing t he envelope in a multil ined
section , he retoo k second place. The two
continued to keep the pressure o n each other
all the way to t he finish , where Clarke jus t
nudged out Santh e so n by t hree seconds fo r
second overall .
OCTOBER 27, 2004 • CYCLE NEWS
RESULTS
2. Ke vin Willis (H us): 3. Robert Todd (KT M): 4. Alb en
Jo achim (Ho n); 5. Scott Grenier (KTM). 8 $R : I. Mike
Kraskouskas (KTM); 2. Dennis Kirkman (GG): 3. Raymond
Legary (Y
am); of . Edward Kowa1~i (KI M): 5. Steven Roulier
( Su z) . C 150: I. Lar ry Pie rs (Yam ); 2 . Jo n at h a n
Crowninshield (Yam) ; 3. Chris Hessler (Yam): 4 . Dan iel
Greguoli (Ho n): 5 . Paul Jaeger (Ho n) . C lOD : I. Rya n
Nu ckols (Kaw); 2. Keith Lars on (KTM); 3. Jam ie l oomis
(KTM); 4. J""" Dokul~ (KTM); 5. a;Iro.)o Thompe (Kaw) : 2. )oM AIbnI (KTM): 3. """
Brundige (Hon ): 4. Adam Bugbee (Suz): 5. T....... HhIey RKhanb
(Hus); 2. Sophia Clark (Kaw): 3. Heather Cann y (Kaw); 4.
Christina 8ruyneeI (Kaw). JR: I. Adam Falkows ki (Yam); 2.
Jake Korn (Kaw) ; 3. John T. Maier (Hon); 4 . Ro be rt J.
Sherman (KTM); 5. Steve Morris (Kaw) . MINI : I. Seth Hall
(Yam) ; 2. Andrew l~1 (Yam); 3. Chase Simone (Kaw ); 4.
N ick Hunte r (Kaw ); S. William Hark ne ss Jr. (Kaw) . MINI
GRlS: I. Ashley Gr eni er (Suz); 2. Erin Marshall (Kaw); 3.
Tare n Skinner (Su z); 4 . Sarah Kanney (Suz); 5. Vietor l", La
Rod1ef1e (Hon) . B/W: I . Daniel Strickland (Kaw): 2. And rew
Acton (Kaw); 3. Castle Gosse lin (Kaw); 04 . Nick Cu rt is (Ho n);
5. Nick Smith (Kaw) .
CMC Trans-Cal National MX Series
Roun d 2: Club Moto
Notaro Notably Gnarly.
By MIKE
VANCil
UVERMORE, CA, SEPT. 12
B
ase d o n the num ber o f com peti tors he
raced against and his succes ses in multiple
motes. young Kawasaki joc key Joe y N otaro was
by far the o utstandi ng star at the second round
o f the 23rd annual C MC Tran s-Cal Motocro ss
Nati onals Series , hosted by Mot o -We st Racing
at Club Moto just outside Livermore, California.
In four rnotos , the rising star o btained three
ho lesho ts and won all four contests - and these
mo tos were extra-la p m o to s, compared to
most in the program.
In his first event of the day. Notaro faced 15
other 125cc Junior riders and was beaten off
the line by Ho nda ride r Larry Aze vedo , who
nab be d an excellen t ho les hot. By lap t wo.
No taro had found a way ar ou nd Azevedo o n
the "su pe rcross cou rse o n a hillside" (w hich
best describes the Club Moto facility], and the
finish order was set .
In the second outing fo r th is class , Notaro
too k a page o ut of Azeved o 's play book and
beat him off the line and into as well as out of
t.he firs t co r ne r. Notaro ne ve r had t o loo k
back, as he distanced himself fro m the secon dplaced Azeved o.
Th e other mo to s in w hich Notaro sta rted
(turni ng tw o ho les ho ts into two moto wins)
were for the 125cc 5choo lboy class. in which he
faced six other riders. Again, the rider doing the
chasing and the waiting fo r th e mistake that
never came was Azeved o , o n his Honda. Fo ur
motos and fo ur wins fo r Notaro , and four
second places for Azevedo.
Another standout performance was turned
in by Mini rider Austin Howell, who fUriousty
attacked the course on his rapid 80 cc Suzuk i
and came away the winner in three different
classes . In two of the three classes . he faced six
other capable riders , while in the Su pe rm ini
class he had but one r ider t o battle . He
obtained five ho lesho ts and six mota victories.
These six motos were divided into four five-lap
events and two four- lap events, and it doesn't
take a mathematics pro fessor to note t hat
40th Anniversary
equals 28 laps on a co u r se t hat is quit e
cha llenging. lach Andrade w as the only rider
to best How e ll off the sta rt gate , in the first
effort o f the day for both o f the m. The KTMmo unted Andrade faded to third place in the
first BOcc ( 12- 13) mo to but came back in the
seco nd stanza to get se c o nd place , be hind
How ell, and earn secon d place overall. Ro be rt
No ftz had the best showing of any of How ell's
competitors. as he put his Yamaha into second
place twice in the SOcc O pe n class and twice in
the 80cc Supermini class.
RESULTS
PIW SO 8 EG: I. Collin Wh itne y (KI M); 2. Cl Trend
(KTM); 3. Nolan Melnt"'" (tern): 4. 1)TeJl !laue< (KTM); 5.
Layne Cole (Lem) . P!W 50 (1--8) : I. Kinser EndICott (KTH) ;
2. Tyter Burges s (Co b); 3. Jo sh T icknor (KTM); 4. Aust in
Ol iver (Pol). P/W OPEN: I. Aust in O liver (Pol) ; 2. Tyle r
Gordon (KTH). MINI 60 BEG: I. 5hane Mcintosh (KI M); 2.
Tyler Milani (KI M); 3. Shane Schueler (Kaw); 4. Blake Gieg
(Kaw); S. Baile y C ue vas (Suz) . MINI 60 (0-8 ): I . Kinser
End icott (KTM); 2. Robert NaJezmi (Cob); l . Josh T icknor
(""w) . HI N I 60 (' .1 1): I. Kyle T igert (KTM): 2. ""'han y
Parks (SlIz); 3. Skylar Garcia (KTM). MINI 60 OPEN : I.
Kyle Ti.... (KTM): 2. Anthony PaOO (502): 3. 5kylar GMcia
(KI M). MINI 80 BEG : I. Ste ve n Co ke r (Yam); 2. Bria n
Marion (Y
am): 3. Jacob Sexton (Yam): 4. Ian Jones (Y ; 5.
am)
Anthon y Schiell (Yam). MINt 8 0 (1-11 ): I. KyleT igert (Suz);
2. Skylar Ga rcia (KI M): 3. Anthon y Parks (Suz). MIN I 80
(11 . 11): I. Austin Howell (Suz); 2. Za ch Andrade (KTM); 3.
Th omas Elsea Jr. (Hon) ; 4. Robert Nofrz (Yam). MINI 80
( 14.1 6) : I. Ste fan Waters (5U2); 2. Jimmy Dealba (Ho n) .
MINI OPEN : I . Austin Howell (SUl) ; 2. Robert Nohz (Yam );
3. Thomas Elsea Jr. (Hon) ; 4. Jimmy De alba (Hon) . S/MINI :
I. Austin Ho well (Suz): 2. Robert No fu (Yam ): 3. Za ch
Andrade (KTM): of. Steve Ball (Hon): 5. Nick Martine z (Suz).
115 SC H BY ( 12- 16) : I. Joey Nota ro (Kaw) : 2. Larry
Azevedo (Hon) : 3. Mike McEachern (Hon): 04 . Garrett Jones
(Kaw). 125 BEG: I. Da n Melvin (Suz); 2. Shane Be nson
(Hon) : 3. Ken Pos ey (Hon): 4. Bra nd on Dou glas (Suz); 5.
Toby Gana I""w). 125 1R: J. Joey Now-o (""w): 2. Wry
Azevedo (Hon); 3. Brandon Belding (Yam); 4. Miles Hat'I$ef1
(Hon ): 5. Gamm)one< ( Kaw). 125 INT: I. Cody Lee (Hon) .
115 PRO : I. Carson Meyer (Ho n). 250 BEG: I. Andf-ew
Dickson (Hon) ; 2. Manhall Lopel (Hon) . 250 JR: I. MIles
Han.en (Hon): 2. M,ke Hodge< (50,); 3. Jerry 5k.gg> (Hon) :
4. Juon SoIva (Y>m); 5. Tyte< Ramer (Hon) . 25 0 INT: I. M,ke
Sky (""w) : 2. KeIy Gana (""w) : 3. ""thee Palfy
(Hon); 4. Stephan ie Bake r (Yam); 5 . Jann e ssa labouye r
(Hon) . 8TH (ll-1'(): I. C hris Con~ y (Ho n); 2. Rodney
Funst on (Hon) . 15 + AM: I. Mike Hodg es (Suz); 2. Justin
E~rson (Yam) : 3. James Gras ty (Hon): 4. Adam Leonard
(Hon) . VET ]0 + BEG: I. Gary Johnson (KTM); 2. Andrew
Dic: kson (Hon) ; 3. Ken Pose y (Hon); 4. Kevin Hundennan
(Yam); S. Burne Baker (Suz). VET ] 0 + JR: I. Junior Gabrielli
(Hon) ; 2. Dan Jone s (Kaw); l . Jeremy Grasty (Y ); 4. Jeff
am
Jensen (Yam) . VET 30 + INT: I. Mike Segundo (Yam); 2.
