Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

: Alex Johnson; 4, Nick Sinde; 5. Wyatt Edwards. 50 SR: I. Zac hary Loehr; 2. Keeze Carver; 3. Dr a ke Hall; 4. Alec Jaco bs. 65 BEG: I. Kalee Meye r; 2. Jacob Lynch; 3. John Foerster: 4. Trey Clark; 5. RJ. Barrow. 65: I. David Howard ; 2. Dakota Blakeney; 3. Quentin Jones ; 4. Kynon Johnson ; 5. Brock Aleshire. 85 IR: I. David Howard ; 2. Quentin Jones; 3. Dakota Bl keney; 4. Mark Waltrip; 5. Brandt Mitchell. 85 a SR: I. Jaco b Kenyon; 2. Dustin Foerster ; 3. William Bue rster; 4. Dere k Devine; 5. Curtis Batson. 125 A: I. Tad Tyrre ll; 2. Nick Daniels. 125 B: I. Je re my Herman ; 2. Bryan Mickler. 125 C: I . Nathan Rit c hie; 2. Gran t Mason; 3. Hayden Warner. 125 0 : I. William Buerster ; 2. Albert Edward s; 3. Paul Biggs; 4. Tho mas Pfeifer: 5. Vale rie Balcun. 250 B: 1. James Hay!; 2. Shannon Hauge n. 25 0 C: I. Mike Markwell; 2. Josh Lineberry ; 3. Richard Barrow. OPEN: I. Clay Haga. WMN : I. Briann Stiles ; 2. Valer ie Baloun. SC H BY: I . Je re my He rman; 2. Ty Tyrre ll; 3. Jaco b Kenyon; 4. Gr ant Mason; 5. Nathan Ritchie. 14-14 B: l . James Hays; 2. Korey Hawkins. 25+: I. Gary Adams; 2. Brian Shadwell; 3. Terry Bass. 30 + A: I. Gary Adams . 30 + B: I. Jason Bishop; 2. Shannon Haugen; 3. Terry Bass; 4. Christopher Sinde; 5. Troy Holder. 40 + B: I. Ernie Stiles; 2. Charles Nice. F&S Suz uk i Hig h Mon ey Weekend Round I: South Fork Dirt Riders King for a D ay, Ripple M akes Waves By BRoe MIKEL TAYLORVILLE, IL, SEPT. 2S o ntinge ncy mo ney from F&S Suzu ki and $ SOOO ca sh on line fo r t he Pros dre w some heavy hitters to this openi ng round. For a Saturday race, the turn out was very high. The big hitt e r in t he 125cc B clas s was Yama ha ri der Vic to r King , who put in a n awesome ride. With his mom , Carol , at the side of t he tra ck chee ring for him, he rou nded the circuit with almost perfect form . It is said that everyone has his or he r day, an d t h is was certai nly one of his. In the first mot a . King put his Yamaha ou t front and was gone . Behind him, the battle was between Kawasak i ride r Matt Boggess and Honda ride r Ki rt Mon k. Wit h bot h ride rs o n 250s , it was goi ng t o come down to wh o wa nte d it wo rse for t his mota . In t he e nd , Monk crossed the line, with Boggess third. In the seco nd mo to , King aga in had his Yamahaout front and gone , building his lead. "I'm glad to see him doing so good," Carol said while watc hing the race, "but I am nervous till t he en d of th e ra ce, be cause yo u never know ; he could go down ." Behind King, Boggess was having a bad day: He wen t down and had to work his way back toward t he front. Boggess put in a grea t ride . making so me co o l passes, but he ran out of t ime and at t he en d of the mo to ended up fifth. In fro nt of Boggess, t he bat t le w as on be tw een two Hon da CRF2S0 ride rs, Monk a nd Bryce Bow man . In the end, Bo w ma n crossed the line in second . w hich gave him third overall. Monk finished th ird, which gave him second overal l. Th e real big hitters co nteste d t he FourStroke class. With big cash on the line, these guys were o ut fo r blo od . Whe n t he gate drop ped for mot o one, Hon da ride r Bradley C Comb ining cla ss e s ma de fo r full g a te s a t the lIIini Series ma ke up race held a t Linco ln Trail Motos ports in Casey, Illinois. Dixie MX Mcinnis Dusts 'em at Dixie By HUGH GATLIN OZARK, AL, SEPT. 2S n an 85-degree Saturday afternoon, Enterprise, Alabama's Alex Mclnnis dusted the competition in the 250cc C class at Dixie MX. The 36-year-old co mbined his year s of experie nce and the powe r of his YZ4S0 to hold back challenges from eage r teenagers in both motos. Mcinnis led co ming off the line in mot o one but missed a gear in the first turn and drifted wide . Shane Cox shot past and held the point until he fell. Mcinnis ro de past the YZ ride r, with C R ride rs T.j. Ogelsby and Don Bush in tow. Mcinnis gave himself an edge by clearing the tr iple on the front stra ight on every lap and then cr uised to the che ckers ahead of Ogelsby. Cox remo unted and chased Bush to the finish. Mcinnis started up front in race tw o but the n stalled on lap two . Ogelsby closed in and made a n inside pass for th e le ad. A calm Mcinnis stayed close and then rode to victory when O glesby w e nt down. Cox improv ed to finish seco nd. but it was n't e nou gh to beat Ogelsby for second overa ll. Protests concerni ng rider ability and double jum p ing alte red th e final r esul ts in t he 12Scc/2S0cc D class. Chris Crumb nabbed the holeshot in the first moto , with Doug Brow and Cox in hot pursuit. Co x pressured Brow and made the pass o n lap three . Ne xt, he cut into Crumb's lead before falling. Crumb's KX was four sec o nds ahead of Bro w , who b a rel y survived a last-chance pass attempt by Cox in the final corner. Adam Robbins ran fourt h t he e ntire distance. Crumb grabbed a close holeshot , ove r Cox and Brow, in mota two . Co x overtook Cru mb at the e nd of lap one, wit h Brow kee ping t he leade rs in sight. Cru mb moved back out front. O The duo ra n bar to bar over t he finish-line ju m p, made contac t and se nt the flagge r scrambling for cover. Cox remained in con trol and scored an eight-second win. jeremy Richard led jody Cook and jonathan White in the first co mbined Youth mota . Co ok dived under Richard at t he e nd of a lo ng stra ight. but the Ho nda ride r answered back wit h an immed iate repass over a tab letop . Co ok regained t he lead and co llected a foursecond win aboar d his YZ 125 . W hi te enco unte re d eng ine t rouble o n the final lap, givi ng Josh Brown third place. Race two saw Richard, Cook and W hite running three abreast co ming ou t of tu rn two . Brown we nt down in the back sectio n. Co ok moved o ut front at t he en d o f lap one a nd posted a huge win. Richard cr ashed in a cloud of dust but the n came back to tag Brown for t hird late in t he race . Wh it e nearl y t ipp ed over at the top of t he final berm, but he held on to secon d. s. Ripple shot to the front and se t a pace that had neve r been seen at South Fork befo re. Ripple r ipp ed up t h e tra ck in every cor ne r a nd stra ight. Behi nd Ripple , Ho nda ride r De re k Leist wa s also o n the gas . Leist , w ho is not used to being seco nd, wa s the o nly rider on t he t rac k able to stay in Ripp le's s had ow. Beh ind the Honda riders was Yamaha rider Co ry Schill , w ho has an almost perfect riding y style and is always a pleasure to watch o n t he t ra ck . O n this d a y, ho w e ver, Sc h illy w as o utgunned . The second moto was a re peat of the first, with Ripple first for first overall, Leist second (or seco nd ove rall and Schilly third for t hird ove rall. R ESUL TS MINI I: I. Blake Schilling; 2. Mitch Britt ; 3. Trevor Lawrence; 4. Ryan Shadls. MINI 2: I. Dillon Hall; 2. William Haw kins; 3. Stefano Baldoni ; 4. Paden Feagans ; 5. Co le Logan. 50 1ft: I. Colt on Cox; 2. Gaige Wallace; 3. Ian Frailey; 4. Cole Sheedy; 5. Kody Sisko 50 SR: I. Jacob Smothe rs; 2. Thomas Spiller; 3. Thomas Goodn ick; 4. Vinnie Baldoni. 65 BEG: I. Dakota Cox; 2. Seth Bowman; 3. Robert Banning; 4. Dalton Sisk; S. Jaco b Smothers. 80 IR: I. Blake Schilling; 2. Mitch Britt; 3. Tre vor Lawre nce; 4. Ryan Shadis: 5. Ethan King. 80 SR: I. Dillon Hall; 2. Jesse Smothers; 3. Patrick Gilliam; 4. Mikel Wh ite: S. Paden Feagans. 125 A: I. Derek Leist; 2. Adams Robinson; 3. Robert Loire: 4. Billy Rector ; 5. Co ry Schilty 125 B: I. Victor King; 2. Kirt Monk; 3. Bryce . Bowman; 4. Anthony Giacalone; 5. Matt Bogg ess. 125 c: I. Ro b Cope ; 2. Jas o n Mon ; 3. Kyle Bradburn ; 4 . Bra nt Hanshaw; 5. Kyle W ied au. 12 5 0 : I. Mark Fr iedrich; 2. Clayton Rowe ; 3. Jim Wendling; 4. Shyla Williamson ; 5. Taylor Venning. 250 A: I. Derek Leist; 2. Bradley Ripple; 3. Robert Loire ; 4_James Gresham ; 5. Bilty Rector. 250 8 : I. Anthony Giacalone ; 2. Philip Seely; 3. Matt Boggess. 250 C: I. Joshua Wilson; 2. Joe Patton; 3. John Combs; 4. Cory Parr: S. David Mechler. 150 0 : I. Ryan Goodman; 2. Josep h Rob inson. OPEN : I. Mar k Cr ain. W MN : I. Brianna Maho n; 2. Kat herine Sokacz; 3. Cassie Feagans; 4. Taylor Venning; 5. Lo ri Bow man. SCHBY: I. Dam on Duits man; 2. Bryce Bowman; 3. Brian Cope; 4. Joshua Ivers . 14-24 8: I. Damon Duitsman; 2. Vict or King; 3. Antho ny Giacalone ; 4. Adam Hickm ann. 25 + : I. Ar ic Walt on ; 2. Scott McAda ms; 3. Randy Southard . 30 + A: I. Aric Walton; 2. Randy Southa rd 30 + B: I.J oe Patton : 2. David Leckro ne; 3. Todd Banning; 4. Mark Pet erson; 5. Mark Crain. 40 + A: I. William Bowman; 2. Scott Leist ; 3. Dave Suslee . 40+ 8 : I. David Leckrone; 2. David Mech ler; 3. Gary Brunner; 4. Gerald Harrison ; 5. Cha rles Burns. 50 + : I. Gary Shewart ; 2. Robert Young. VINT: 1. Gary She wart ; 2. Brad Barger. 4-STRK PRO : I. Bradle y Ripple ; 2. De re k Leist; 3. Cory Sch il1y; 4. James Gresham. r---------------------------------,~ ~ ;, s a:

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