PHOTO BY SHAN MOORE
AMA/NATC U.S. National Youth Trials Championships
Trials Training Center
Trials, Tribulations & Triumphs in Tennessee
By
SHAN MOORE/TRIALS COMPETITION NEWSPAPER
SEQUATCHIE, TN, JULY 2·4
Y
oung riders from all over the United States converged on
Tennessee's Trials Training Center over the Fourth 01 July
Weekend to compete in what has turned into the ultimate event
for aspiring young trials riders in North America. The
AMNNATC U.S. National Youth Trials Championships, now in its
sixth year. has become the Lorena Lynn's 01 the trials world. And
it gets bigger and better with each passing year.
All parts 01 the country. as well as Canada, were represented.
as riders Irom Calilomia, Maine. Florida, Washington and Ontario
tackled the slippery Tennessee rocks during the three-day event.
Each day featured a different loop and new sections, with
Monday's event being the toughest.
Some of the closest competition of the weekend occurred in
the II-year-old division, where Daniel Leavitt and Bo Ibsen went
head to head. The competition between these two was close all
weekend. especially on Sunday, with Leavitt getting that day's
win by a single point. Leavitt also took Saturday's win. but Ibsen
came back strong during Monday's tough event, taking the win
by two points over Leavitt. In the end, Leavitt claimed the
championship ahead 01 Ibsen. with Homer Hensley, Joshua
Nutseh and Kameron Jenkins rounding out the top fIVe.
Karl Davis Jr. and Chad Redman locked horns in the 12-yearold class. Davis won the opening day's event, topping Redman by
a single point. However, Redman rebounded with a one-point
win 01 his own on Sunday. topping both David Mizell and Eric
Ston: by a single dab. lour points to fIVe. On Monday. Redman
again took the win, with Davis and Mizell rounding out the top
three. In the flnal championship standings, it was Redman in forst.
followed by Davis, Mizell and Ston:.
Chase Hariert (l4). AGE II), I. Cha>e
Harker (I); 2. 8nndon Brown (19): l. jase Man;n (19): 4. Michael Paton (ll); S.
5 (51).
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6: I. lY Cullins (15); 2. Dawoon Denn;s (27). AGE 7: I. Ilroola o.v;.
(14); 2- 1 _ Cullum (24): l. Robert Thoe
Harker (0); 2. 8nndon Brown (0); l. Ryan DavIs (8): 4. J... Man;n (9): S. Michael
""'on (17). AGE II: I. Qan;ell.e:Mtt (10): 2. Bo Ibsen (II): l. Homer Hemley
(31): 4. joshua Nubch (36); 5. I (155). AGE 14: I. A1ex Redley (S): 2. Wolliam
A1t""", (l7); l. Neil 5tan: (84). OPEN: I. W", Ibsen (7); 2. Daniel Allen (43), l.
J.... M;zell (60): 4. Ron Comma III (6S): 5. Charlie !Yes (73). WMN I), I. Louise
Fenley (71). WMN I: 1.l.auMePba(Il2). WMN1: I. Caroline Altman (12): 2Christine Bechard (38): 3. Caroline Allen (42): 4. Deb.. Iloan:t""", (60), 5. Amanda
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Parts Canada Superbike Championship
Rounds 2-3: Race City Motorsport Park
McBain Sweeps to the Top
By
JOHN HOPKINS
CALGARY, AB, CANADA, JULY 2·3
t took Clint McBain just over two years to win
his forst Parts Canada Superbike Championship
race. It took him just 24 hours to win his second.
The Calgary racer shed his bridesmaid
image in decisive fashion at Race City
Motorsport Park by sweeping both ends of the
Superbike doubleheader, delighting a raucous
home crowd. Alter easily qualifying on pole lor
both 18-lap races, McBain led every lap of each
one on his 81ackloot Suzuki GSX-R I000.
In the first race, he led home the
Snobgirls/laval Moto Suzuki of Frands Martin by
4.025 seconds. Steve Crevier was third aboard
the Diablo Performance Honda CBR IOOORR.
A day later, McBain beat the Fast Company
Honda 01 Jordan Szoke by 3.024 seconds,
while Martin completed the podium. McBain
also set the fastest lap in that race, touring the
2.G-mile track in one minute and 17.013
seconds on the I Ith lap.
"Today was a big relief," said McBain after
completing the sweep. "It was time I got to the
front. 1proved I could do it, and I did it in style."
The two wins also gave McBain the Parts
Canada Superbike points lead after three of
eight races. He lelt Calgary with 139 points, to
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62
the 134 of Martin, who won the opening round
at Shannonville Motorsport Park. A victory is
worth SO points.
While McBain charged away at the front in
both Superbike features, the action was intense
behind him. The opening race featured a
tremendous battle for second between Martin
and Crevier, with the pair trading the spot
repeatedly over the second half of the race.
The Honda rider was nursing a shoulder
separation he sustained in the Road America
AMA Superbike event three weeks earlier.
After a poor start lelt him eighth at the end
of the opening lap, Szoke fought his way back up
to fourth. McBain's Blackfoot Suzuki teammate
Kevin Lacombe completed the top fIVe.
The next day, Szoke, Martin and Lacombe
settled into a battle for second, behind McBain.
Szoke and Martin swapped second back and
forth, usually with Martin drafting past on the
long drag-strip front straight, only to have the
Honda rider outbrake him into turn one and
hold him off through the twisty south end of
the circuit. Lacombe was never far behind but
couldn't challenge the pair ahead of him and
settled for fourth at the finish.
Two-time defending class champion Pascal
Picotte completed the top five on his Picotte
Performance Yamaha YZF-R I. Picotte was still
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Ives (69). WMN 3: I. Stephan;
Commo (30); 2. Rebecca ~I
(60). _ N 4: I. Rabe(SO). AGE 11: I. Chad _ _ (85):
2. karl DavIs J'. (7l~ l. D:Md Mizell (67): 4. Eric 5ton: (55): 5. Carnfine Akman (47).
AGE 13: l. JuwJnm 0Idar (90); 2- c:.leb MaeI (75): l. Ben Mdntosh (6l): 4. D:Md
AldoJ'. (54); 5. Oak... Woolum> (16). AGE 14: I. Alex 8edIey (90): 2- WilAkman
(7S): l. N_H Stan: (63). OPEN: I. Will Ibsen (90); 2. Daniel Allen (7S): l. Ron
Commo III (60): 4. Jooiah Mizell (55); 5.
Abell (48).. WMN I), l. Loui>e Foniey
(90). WMN I: I. Uurie Pbc:o (60). WMN 1: I. C:.i>I,ne Akman (90); 2. Chrlstma
Bechard (71): l. Caroline Allen (67); 4. Amondo !Yes (49): 5. Deb Iloan:t""", (49).
WMN 3: I. 510phani Comma (85): 2. IW>eca Duvall (80). WMN 4: I. l\ebecca
Leavm (90): 2.1Omf _
(75): l. Uly _
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nursing painful rib and wrist injuries he'd
sustained in a fall during practice at Shannonville.
Crevier pitted from second place on lap
four when a rad overflow hose popped loose.
He rejoined in 16th and charged back to
seventh at the finish.
Crevier enjoyed more success in the pair of
Hindle Exhaust Pro 600cc Sportbike rounds at
Race City. The 40-year-old veteran remained
unbeaten in the class this season by winning both
times, despite intense challenges from 19-yearold Chris Peris and McBain.
In Saturday's opener, which ended early
thanks to a red flag on lap 12 01 a scheduled
14, Crevier just held off Peris's Topline Yamaha
YZF-R6, McBain's Suzuki, and the lactory
Kawasaki 01 Tom Kipp.
The next day, Crevier and McBain traded
the lead throughout the race, but Crevier hung
on to win by 0.166 seconds, setting the fastest
lap on the penultimate tour of the race.
For the second straight year, Olivier
Spilborghs won the International Motorcycle
Supers how Amateur 600cc Sportbike leature
on his Yamaha YZF-R6.
Fifteen-year-old Karl Daigle marked himself
as a star of the future by winning both Suzuki
SV650 National Cup races.
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RACE CITY MOTORSPORT PARK
CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA
RESULTS: JULY 2-3, 2005 (ROUNDS 2,3)
PRO SlBK RACE I: I. Oint McBain (Suz); 2. Francis
Martin (Soz): 3. Steve Crevier (Hon): 4. Jordan Szoke (Hao);
S. Kevin Lacombe (Suz); 6. Tom Kipp (Kaw); 7. Matthew
McBride (Kaw); 8. Brian Nielsen (Yam); 9. Frank Trombino
On his way to Hindle Pro 600cc
Sportbike victory number three for
the season, Steve Crevier (14)
leads Andrew Nelson (26), Chris
Peris (behind Nelson), Kevin
Lacombe (34) and Clint McBain (9)
at Race City Motorsport Park.
(Yam); 10. Pascal Picotte (Yam). PRO S/BK RACE 2: I.
Clint McBain (Suz); 2. Jordan Szoke (Hon); 3. Francis Milrtin
(Suz); ..... Kevin Lacombe (Suz): 5. Pascal Picotte (Yiltn); 6.
Tom Kipp (Kaw); 7. Steve Crevier (Han); 8. Frank Trombino
(Yam); 9. Matthew McBride (Kaw); 10. Chris Pens (Yam).
PRO 600 SPT/BK RACE I: I. Steve Crevier (Hon); 2.
Chris Pens (Yam); 3. Clint McBain (Suz): 4. Tom Kipp (Kaw);
5. Kevin lacombe (Suz); 6. Frank Trombino (Yam); 7.
Matthew McBride (Kaw); 8. Pascal Picotte (Yam); 9. Brian
Nielsen (Yam); 10. BlII Card (Hon). PRO 600 SPT/BK
RACE 2: I. Steve Crevier (Hon); 2. Clint McBain (Suz); 3.
Chris Peds (Yam); 4. Kevin lacombe (Suz); 5. Andrew
Nelson (Hon); 6. Pascal Picotte (Yam); 7. Frank Trombino
(Yam); 8. Tom KJpp (Kaw); 9. Matthew McBride (Kaw): 10.
Brian Nielsen (Yam). AM 600 SPT/BK: 1. Olivier
Spilborghs (Yam); 2. Mark Douglas (Yam): 3. Dave Stewan
(Suz); ..... James Collins (Yam); 5. Alexandre Guay (Suz); 6.
Simon Blue (Kaw); 7. Marie·Josee Boucher (Hon); 8.
Connor Gabbott (Kaw); 9. Ed Woods (Suz): 10. Marco
Sousa (Suz). SV650 CUP RACE I: I. Karl Daigle: 2. Norm
Tang; J. Dave Bagshaw; 4. Michael T. Cean; 5. Willie Geczi.
SV6S0 CUP RACE 2: I. Karl Daigle; 2. Alain Lefebvre; J.
Norm Tillli; 4. Dave Bagshaw; S. Willie Geczi.
