Mlchelln/WERA National Challenge Series
Round 7: Summit Point Raceway
PHOTO BY ETECHPHOTO.COM
Batey Takes the Point
(Thrice) at the Summit
By DAN SCHMITT
SUMMIT POINT, WV, AUG. 1
t was another great race day in West Vorginia.
as David Weber charged into the lead in the
Open Superstock final, with Ben Thompson and
Brian Stokes right behind. By the third lap. Marl<
junge had taken the Vesrah Nielsen Enterprise
Suzuki to second, and his teammate John jacobi
had grabbed fifth. As Weber stretched out his
lead, Stokes went to third. Weber was not to be
denied, and he picked up the vlctO<)'.
Charlie Coleman started the day with a
tight-fought clash with Tony Palarie in the Open
Novice Superstock race.
In the 600cc Superstock Novice class, j.B.
layman held a seven-second advantage at the
end of the fourth lap but then suffered a
mechanical problem. jeremy Helbing took the
lead, with Dennie Huff and Bart DeFrancesco
running second and third.
Coleman and PaIarie again went to the front
in the 750cc Novice Superstock final, while the
battle for third heated up between layman and
DeFrancesco. With a few laps to go.
I
Defrancesco snatched third.
josh Herrin charged to the lead in the
600cc Superstock Expert final, with Keith
Marshall and jacobi right there. junge charged
to second during the third lap but could not
hold back Brian Stokes. Jacobi came through
tum nine to take second, but by the next lap
he had fallen back to fourth. On the lap that
counted, Stokes made the charge - but he
came up short, as the young Herrin took his
first Expert Superstock victory of the season.
In the "big twins" race, Tray Batey again took
the victory, this time over Cale Swiger. Sean
Marston took the Novice win. David Yaakov
produced a runaway win in the Lightweight
Expert Twins race, as Sean Marston again won
the Novice race, this time on his SV650.
Vesrah's Batey took the 750cc Expert
Superstock lead and left the two Hoosiers,
Jacobi and Reuben Frankenfield, to battle for
second. As Batey built a fIVe-second lead by the
fourth lap, Jacobi made a textbook pass on
frankenfield in tum nine to finally take control
of second, while Batey took the win.
It was a two·rider battle in the 600cc
AHRMA AMS Racing National Vintage MX Series
Round 10: The Farm
By CLAY LIGHT
S
imply put, Californian Dave Coupe was in a
class all his own at round 10 of the AM5
Racing National Vintage MX Series, held at The
Farm. Coupe, who made the trek from Rio
050 armed with a trio of Honda Elsinores and
a 1974 Yamaha YZ250, went four for four in
overall wins, darning the Sportsman I 25cc,
250cc and Open~c1ass wins and then, for good
measure, adding a win in the Open Age Expert
class. Coupe won all eight motos he contested.
Coupe, who last year was relegated to just
a pair of overall wins after fighting off Grayson
Hart, didn't have to deal with Hart this year;
instead, Washington's Dallas Nyblod was
Coupe's closest competition in two classes, but
even the Northwest's premier rider couldn't
pry loose Coupe's stranglehold at Chehalis this
year. Coupe and Nyblod waged a wheel-towheel duel in the first Sportsman 250cc Expert
moto, which was won by Coupe.
Moto two was also a CoupetNyblod
swapfest. But that was only for a few laps;
Nyblod was running in Coupe's shadow, but a
fall while running second dropped him to ninth
place at the finish. CZ-mounted Californian
Terry Bentley narrowed the gap on Coupe to
place second in the moto and overall. Tom
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McKinney used 3-5 finishes to net
third
overall,
ahead
of
Washington's Mark Sullivan (5-4)
and Nyblod (2-9).
Coupe didn't get much rest in
between motos, as the Sportsman
125cc Expert class was the next race on the
line. Fatigue wasn't evident, as Coupe won by
large margins in the two motos, leading former
AMA Pro Andy james in moto one, and then
putting substantial ground on Yamaha rider
Jared lange in the second moto. James (2-4)
placed second overall, followed by lange (3-2).
BSA SOO rider Wesley Poole had a great
day. Having earlier thumped to a pair of moo
wins in the Sportsman 500cc Expert class
(ahead of McKinney and Doug Raines), Poole
then put on a great show in the Open Age
Expert class. Poole's 2-2 finishes earned him
second overall to Coupe in that class. Coupe
again rode effortlessly to I-I finishes to earn
win number three, ahead of Poole, Kamil
Ginter, jim Rowand Bentley.
Coupe's day was complete after an overall
Over 40 Expert-class win dinched his four-victory
tally. NybIod and McKinney - who was also riding a
1974 Yamaha yz - posed the biggest threats to
Coupe, but in the end, it was again Coupe's day.
McKinney (2-2) and NybIod (3-3) trailed Coupe in
the 17-rider class.
CN
THE FARM
CHEHAUS, WASHINGTON
ItISULTS: AUGUST 14, 2005 (ROUND
10)
PREH lIW NOV, I. Rick Wolff (BSA); 2. t.ury Robem
(Jaw); 3. Glen Finnerin (BSA). PREM lJW INT: I. Kevin
Blackburn (Jaw): 1.. Tommy McFarland (Dot); 3. Charles
SEPTEMBER 21, 2005 • CYCLE NEWS
SUMMIT PotNT RACEWAY
SUMMIT PotNT, WEST VIRGINIA
ItlSULTS: AUGUST 7, 2005 (ROUND
7)
MINI SO: I. Brian Gregory; 2. john Miller; 3. John
ea.r¢eI. MINI 10: I. _ _ - . . , . . _ NOV S/STK:
I. Jeremy Helbing (Yam): 2. Dennie Huff (Yam): 3. Ban
Defnn.Md _ _ (Suz). 750 NOV S/STK:
I. Charlie Coleman (Suz): 2. Tony PaJarie (SUI); 3. Ban
Tray IaIey (1) leads the 750cc
5upeIstack 1inaI, ahead of Rueben
Frankenfleld (35), David Weber (20),
John Jacobi (49), Keith ManhaII (92)
and len Thompson (907), at round
___ of the Michelin/WERA
Natiot Ial Challenge Series.
Defnn.Md _ _ (Suz): 2.
Marl< Junge (Suz); J. Iloian - . . (Suz). 600 NOV SIB'" I.
J.8. Layman (Yam); 2. Corey Warner (Yam); 3. Bart
DefnnceKo (Yam). 600 EX 5/81(, I. jooh Henin (¥.om); 2.
KeIth _
(Suz): l. Donny Kelley (Suz). 750 NOV SIB'"
I. Charlie Cok!man (Suz): 2. Tony Palarle (Suz); 3. Corey
_
(Yam). 750 EX S/BK, I. Ben Thompson (Suz): 2.
Danny Kelley (Suz); 1 Va... Baptista (Yam). lIW TW NOV
S/STK: I. Sean Manton (Suz); 2. Ken Allen (Suz); l. Vad;m
.... (Suz). lIW TW EX S/STK: I. l>.Md v.ak", (Suz); 2.
Niels GnMo (Suz); l. Iluael Masea< (Suz). W« TW NOV
S/STK: I. Sean Manton (Suz): 2.)oM ComeI (Ap-): l. l>.Md
~ (Suz). W« TW EX S/STK: I. by Batey (1""");
2. c.Ie Sw;ger (Suz); l. Iluael Masea< (Suz). F-I EX> I. "'Y
Batey (Suz); 2. l>.Md _
(Suz): l. Brion - . . (Suz). F-2
NOY: I. Sean Manton (Suz), 2. Ken Allen (Suz); l. And",
e..... (Ap-). F-2 EX> I. l>.Md ........ (Suz): 2. N;oh GnMo
(Suz): l. Je" Goche<>our (Sue).
PHOTO BY CLAY LIGHT
It's Coup~'s Day,
All the Way!
CHEHAUS, WA, AUG. 14
Expert class, between Herrin and Marshall. For
10 laps, this fleeing twosome went back and
forth, but Herrin was there when the
checkered flag flew. The story in the Novice
race was Corry Warner's moving through the
pack, picking his way to second but running out
of time to catch j.B. Layman and finishing
second. He was only a half-second back at the
line, and he set the fastest lap in the race.
Ben Thompson made a great launch to lead
the 750cc Expert Superbike final, with Marshall
trying to run him down. Then Marshall was
out, and Donny Kelley moved up to second.
Coleman and PaIarie again ran up front in the
Novice race, as Warner charged to third on the
ninth lap, over layman.
In Formula One, Batey and Thompson led
Weber and Strokes around this twisty, 2.2-mile
roadcourse. Batey set a new track record at
I: 14:220 during the fourth lap and gave himself
a little breathing room. Weber moved to
second. On the next lap, Batey lowered the
record to I: 14:085. Batey came home with his
third win of the day, and Stokes got by
Thompson to take third.
01
Schank (Mal). PREH lIW EX; I. DavKl Robem (CZ); 2. J;m
Cole (Hon). PREH SOO NOV, I. t.ury J""'" (Mat); 2. lOCk
Wolff (BSA); 3. Ron Warren (BSA). PREM SOO INT: I.
Andrew Van Golen (Mat); 2. Ed Parsons (BSA); 3. Colin
Shane (Art); 4. Nan Moore (AJS); 5. Steen Hansen (BSA).
PREM SOO EX: I. Randy Skiver (BSA): 2. Roben Poole
(BSA); 3. Robert Doran (Eso); 4. Jim Cole (Tri); 5. Terry
Hyde (BSA). PREH OPEN TW INT: I. Tony McDowell
(Tri-BSA); 2. john Von Golen (Nor). PREH OPEN TW EX,
I. Chris Wilkes; 2. Terry Hyde (Tri-BSA); 3. Kelly Shane
(N...); ~. Dave)an;ec (AJS); S. Randy Hall (Tn). CLSC 125
NOV: I. William Cappel (Pen); 2. Russell Muncy (Ric); 3.
Brian Larsen (CZ); 4. Robert Merry (Suz); 5. Bill Wolfe
(Yam). ClSC 125 INT: I. Dave Whelchel (Hus); 2. Ban
Carrigan (Hus); 3. Chris Kerber (Hon): 4. Craig Parlcinson
(Hus); 5. Gene Fetty (CZ). CLSC 125 EX: I. Jared Lange
(Yam); 2. Steve Parker (Hus); 3. Don Hanson (Pen); 4. Dirk
Murphy (Hus); 5. J.P. Morpn (Pen). CLSe 2S0 NOV: I.
Debbie Poole (BSA); 2. Rkk. Wolff (BSA); 3. Jim McDannald
(Gre). Clse 250 INT: I. Kelly Prociw (CZ); 2. Curt Lange
(AJ5); 3. Jon Vasilauskas (AJS): 4. Kevin Blackburn (CZ); 5.
Dal Smilie (Os.s). elSC 250 EX: I. Dirk Murphy (Oss); 2.
Terry Gates (Oss); 3. Tom Street (A~E); 4. Don Matthews
(CZ). ClSC SOO NOV: I. Vern Von Dracek (BSA); 2.
Chuck Bradford (BSA). ClSC 500 INT: I. Colin Shane
(Tri); 2. Randy Wilder (BSA); 3. Reese Dengler (CZ); 4. Mike
Stone (BSA); S. Marv Tryon (BSA). eLSe 500 EX: I. Randy
Skiver (BSA); 2. Wesley Poole (Tri); 3. George Gemenberg
(Che); 4. Jim Cole (Tri): 5. Karl LAndrus (Mai). SPTSMN
115 NOV: I. Jeff Anderson (C·A); 2. Unce Maddux (Hon).
SPTSMN 125 INT: I. Mike Allen (Hon); 2. Brad Jones
(Hon); 3. Charles Branstetter (Hon); 4. Jim Dean; 5. Steve
Mitchell (Hod). SPTSMN 125 EX: I. Dave Coupe (Hon);
2. Andy James (Hon); 3. Jared Lange (Yam): 4. Jarrett
Robertson (Hon); 5. Randy Brown (Hon). SPTSMN 250
NOV: I. Desmond Amkk (Hon): 2. David Wheeter (Buf); 3.
Rick Hurst (Mon); 4. Cyrus Andrade (Hon); 5. Thomas
MurTa)' (Han). SPTSMN 150 INT: I. Brett Giboney (CZ);
2. Marle. Fittgerald (CZ); 3. John Fourcroy (Bul); 4. Cnig
PariUnsoo (Oss); S. B"." e.=y (Hon). SPTSHN 2S0 EX,
I. D~ve Coup' (Hon); 2. Terry Bentley (CZ): 3. Tom
McKinney (Yam); 4. Marle. Sullivan (Suz); 5. Dallas NybkKt
(y",,). SPT5HN 500 NOV, I. Erik Sul;w" (Hus); 2. Oanyt
We;nkauf (M~): l. J.D. Mom< (CZ); ~. Fnnk L.eFriec (CZ):
5. Randy Hart (CZ). SPTSMN 500 INT: I. Ralphie Foster
(Mili); 2. Mike Allen (Yam); 3. Pat Riley (Tri); 4. Bohumil
M""" (CZ); S. Donn" W;bon (CZ). SPTSHN SOO EX; I.
Wesley Poole (BSA); 2. Tom McKinney (Yam); 3. Doug
Raines (Yam); 4. Alex Reid (Bul); 5. Mark Sullivan (CZ).
WHN NOV, I. Lori Mom. (CZ); 2. Debb;e Shepe
Andrade (Hon); 2. Brandon Mitchell (Mal); 3. D~niel
Californian Dave Coupio
claimed four overall wins at raund
10 of the AHRMA National
Vintage MX Series.
Fourcroy (Bul); 4. Rick Hurst (Mon): 5. Lance Maddux
(Hon). OPEN AGE INT: I. Mark Fitzgerald (CZ); 2. Brett
Giboney (CZ); 3. Tim Bendey (CZ). OPEN AGE EX: I.
Dave Coupe (Yam); 2. Wesley Poole (BSA); 3. Kamif Ginter
(CZ); ~. J;m Row (CZ); S. Terry Bentley (CZ). ~O + NOV, I.
Erik Sullivan (Hus): 2. Darryl Weinkauf (Mai); 3. Tim Sullivan
(Kaw): 4. Russell Muncy (Mili); 5. J.D. Morris (CZ). 40+
INT: I. Ralphie Foster (Mal); 2. Donnie Wilson (CZ); 3. Pat
Riley (Trl); 4. Troy Luchini (Yam); 5. Rolf Greenhill (Mai).
40+ EX: I. Dave Coupe (Hon); 2. Tom McKinney (Yam): 3.
Dallas Nyblod (Yam); 4. Mark Sullivan (CZ): 5. Steve Parleer
(Hus). 50+ NOV: I. Ed Brown (Pen): 2. Gary 5hiney (Hon);
3. Bob White (Mill); 4. Pierre Andrade (Moo). 50+ INT: I.
Jack Gillette (Yam); 2. Paul Andrade (CZ); 3. jon Wells (MaJ);
4. CoIl Donoghue (Hon): S. Eric Wachter (CZ). 50+ EX: I.
Randy Skiver (BSA); 2. Doug Raines (Yam); 3. Billy
S;J".nhom (Hus); ~. Roben Poole (BSA): S. Oan D'Amico
(BuI). 60+ NOV, I. IOChani SuI""" (Hon); 2. Nonn Du"'"
(Hon): 3. Clyde Schlakk (Yam). 60+ INT: I. Tom Sanders
(CZ); 2. Tommy McFarland (Tri-BSA): l. Gene Fetty (Mus):
4. Bob 8aJdemon (Mill); 5. Charles Schank (Mai). 60+ EX:
I. Billy Silverthorn (Hus); 2. Jim Monegan (CZ); 3. Dick
Stidham (y",,); ~. John Houge! (y""); S. Gonly Oem (Ilcl).
10+ NOV, I. Bob Undwy (IOC); 2. J;m McOannaJd (Gee).
70+ INT: I. Glen Finnerin (C-A). 70+ EX: I. Jeff Smith
(BSA); 2. Od H"", (BSA).
