Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

In the 12 -y ea r · o l d c la ss, U t ah 's J ana Davis took firs t with 17 points . In th e 13-year- ol d cla ss, PITS rid ers fi lled t he rost e r , and Spa rks , Neva d a ' s T r avi s C rawford set th e standa rd with a 2 7 - po int ri d e. Matt Caplinger was sec ond with 60 po ints. In th e 7 -and- Unde r class , Oregon's K eith Sw eeten had the low est score of th e day wit h a one-point ride on a new Ga s Gas 50 . Second p lace we nt to Geo rg i a 's Bo Ibs en , w ith a fo urpoint ride. T he 8 -year- old class was the so le p ro perty of another PITS rider , Harri son O sw ald , who cl ean ed 14 sections on his way t o a n impressiv e threepo in t total. CN Mam moth Bar OHV Area Auburn , California Results: April B, 2000 (Round 21 Mammoth Bar OMY Area: Kris Weber heads int o section fou r at the second round 01 the Ryan Young Youth National Tr ials in A uburn, Californ ia. AGE 7 : I . Keith Sweeten (G·G): 2. Bo Ibsen (G-G). AGE 8 : 1. Harrison Oswald (G-G) . AGE 10 : 1. Kris Weber (G· G): 2. Will Ibsen (Bul) : 3. Matt Silva (Yam ); 4 . Ky le Kendall (Hon). A GE 11 : 1. Benjam in Heck m an ( Bet ) ; 2 . Mark McG rego r ( Bet) ; 3. K evin Scott. A GE 12 : 1. Jana Davi s (Bul) . AGE 13: 1. T ra vis Cr a wfo rd ( a -G ) ; 2 . Ma tt Cop llnge r (G -G). DMRA Cross Country Series Rounds 2and 3: limber MountainH S AMAINATC NationalYouth Trials Round 2: Mammoth Bar DHV Area Weber Barbecues 'em Thoren Topples TiInber K By J OH N SILVA AUBURN,CA,APR.8 ris W eb er was the top 10-yearo ld participa nt at round two of the AMA/NATC Ryan Young National Youth Series T rials at the Mammoth Bar O HV A re a , h e l d d uring round t h ree of t h e AMA /NATC Nation a l Cha mpionship Se ries . The sectio ns were on the t ou gh side , but very safe and fun . T he kids' tria l was persona lly overseen by six -t ime Natio na l Cham p io n Rya n Young himself, w h ile th e se ctio ns were the handiwork of J im Wi nter , with help from Pacific Int ern ational Trials Society club helpers . The k id s rode one of several lin es, depend ing o n th e ir ag e , w i th sp lit gates in m ost of th e fi ve section s. Th e youngest ki d s - in the 7 - and 8 -year old classes - took to a li ne equa l to the PITS cl ub' s ty p ical Sat urday Vintage/Beginner T rial " fo ur" li ne , while t he ol der ki d s r ode p rog re ss i v el y m ore d iffi c ult li nes accordi ng t o th eir ag es . Sect ion three w as apparently quite c hallengi ng; sev er al o b serve rs who had att ended other Rya n Young Youth T ri als sa id i t was th e m o s t ch all enging sec ti o n to date. Other rid er s found section two , w ith it s "log cascade," the toughest. In a change of forma t, the k ids traverse d each of the five sections three ti mes (in turn s) befo re m ovin g on en ma ss to the nex t se ctio n. Th e fi rst three sectio ns we re rig ht in fr on t of t he si g n-up /awards / pad dock area , and spectator access was excellent. Section s four and fiv e were loc at ed a sho rt distan ce awa y in the PITS area, 52 MAY 10, 2000 ' cue I IE! j ust a stone's throw from th e cl ose st section. Highlig ht s of these sect ion s in cluded num erous elevation cha nges and c r eek cross ing s in "M u r d ere rs Gulch." Young announced each k id 's nam e and ag e before their attempts , and a good c r o w d of parent s a nd fa ns applaude d the k ids' efforts. The tria l started at 3 p .m ., and th e ba k er ' s dozen of youngsters rode a total of 2 1/2 hours fo r an afternoo n of tr ial s the y wo n't soo n forget. Th e 10 -year-old age class boast ed th e la rg est f ie ld with fo ur ri de rs, in clud ing T eam Sultaco US A- sp o n so re d Geo rgi an Will Ib sen . T o h i s c re di t , Ib se n ch a ll e nge d himse lf th r ough out th e tr ia l b y riding th e t oug hest features within his line - but whe n th e po in ts we re talli ed , he had 16 poi nts (five costly poin t s were th e resul t of a m is sed gate ) , and thu s Ibsen had been bested by a pr omising PITS cl ub p rodigy na m ed Kris Weber of Ch ico, C a l i f o rn i a , who o n ly dropped 11 p o in t s despite a spill and the res u lting five - in sec t io n th ree. Tak in g th ird pl ace on his trusty vi ntage TY80 was Foresth ill , Cali fo r ni a' s Ma tt Silva , wh o posted a number of cle ans - as well as a so il sampl e o n h is crowd-pl easing 3 3-point ri de . A nother C alifornian , Kyl e K endall , was fourth , with a 63 -poi nt tot al. In th e I I -yea r -o ld clas s, PITS me m bers went one-two, as the PITS yo uth cham p ion , Be njamin Heck m an , was first w it h a 10 -po int tota l. Mark Mc Gregor was second w ith I S points , ju s t edg ing ou t Wyo m ing 's Kevin Scott 's 16 po ints. n eVIl's By A D AM A CH EPO HL MEDF ORD, OR, APR. 15-16 an Thoren took the ch ec k ers on both days o f th e T imber Moun tain Hare Scramb l es in t he ru gg ed hill s o f so u t he rn Or eg o n on hi s St eah l y Off- Road /Ho us e of H orse p ow er/G olden W est Pow e rsp orts spo nso red CRE250 . Th oren le d all 14 0 miles of th e eve nt bu t wa s chal le nge d by ISDE sil ver m edal ist Tra vi s Bamfo rd o n his H erb 's C yc le T o wn / MSR / W h it e B r o th er s/To rco / Wo rks Co nnection YZ4 26 . Adj usted tim e sco res at the end of each day re ve aled that the top 10 riders were w ithin 10 m inutes of the leader - no t a large m argin, considering the threehour durat io n and dema nd ing cond it ion s. A large turnout , an exc ellent co urse, and t alented racers made th e sec o nd and third ro unds of the OM RA Cross Co u ntry Seri e s a su c cess ful event. T he hosting cl ub , th e Moto rc y c le Ride rs A ssoc iati on . la id o ut a tough . 35 -mile loop th at challeng ed th e co ntest ants with st eep terrain , ro cky sin gl e-trac k , a nd t i g h t woods . Thr ee d ay s before t he eve nt, a torren tial dow n pou r wreaked havo c o n t he c o u r se, a nd it thr e at e n ed t o ra i n aga in over th e rac e we ekend . Tra il boss Ron Ma ddox d id an outstand ing job of m ark ing th e en t ire lo o p an d r ou t in g t he co u rse away f r o m t he Bu-\ p rop ert y th at surrounds it , which D is curren tl y cl ose d . Vi rgin tra il sec ti ons and innovative d ownh ills k ept the course int eres ti ng and fun whil e making it possible t o run such a long loop. Sat urd ay be gan w ith a light rai n and darkening sk ies closing in . Event chairman Pau l Hildebrand knew that things might get ugly, so he warn ed the race rs at t he p it m eeting abo ut ce r tai n n eve r -en d ing downhi ll s and slipper y tra il c ond itions. Th e deaden g i n e start se nt th e rac e r s off in cl ass wa ves, with adjust ed time ta ken into ac count f o r th e overall finish . The cours e ga ve the rac ers p lenty of th ings to do and req uired full c oncentrat ion to avoi d a get-off. AA a n d E xp ert lap tim e s w er e in th e 90mi nute rang e , as th e rain b ecam e heavy . Du ring th e seco nd loop , m ost racer s she d the ir gogg les a nd swi tche d t o su rvival m o d e. Gooey mud a nd slick rocks m a de t ip t o e dancing and fin esse essen tia l. On th e long downhills, the ra cers were bo rn - . barded with glop fro m the ir own rea r whe els - rathe r a humorous sight. Racing in th ese c ond iti ons is not new to ma ny of these riders, and lap times actually got shorter on the second and final lap. Sunda y bro ug ht clearer skies, bu t the cou rse was still ve ry muddy , as two inches of additional rain fell overnig ht. L a p ti m es were s lower than Saturday 's bu t pick ed up as the sun d rie d som e se c t i on s of th e course . Tho ren was clea r l y t h e ma n t o beat. Bamford sho wed h im a wh eel lat e in the race b ut could n't pu ll off th e pass . Close ra cing in the Exp ert and A m ate ur classes ha d th e timer s and check workers bus y . In t he F ou r- Stro k e Ex pert class , Walter Sc hwarz was c ru is ing t o h i s sec ond victory of th e weekend o n hi s TTR3 2 0 when D on Two mb le y, o n a borrowed 1 9 9 5 Husaberg 400 , knocked on th e door w ith two miles to g o . Tom Sw e ar ing en Jr. , K ac e A ll en and Sc ott Durr battled for the O ver 3 0 Amateur win , wh ile Joe Barrell, Rich ard W il son and Dan Menele y wa ge d war in th e Over 50 class. As the weekend drew to a close, the general o pi n io n in th e p it s was that this had been another outstanding race in the g reat No rthwest. Within an hour of fi nis hing , all the sco res were po st ed and tro phies were hand ed out - in all, an excellent job by the MRA. CN Timber Mountain Hare Scrambles Medford, Oregon Results: April 15-16 . 2UUU (Rounds 2 and 3 01121 Satu rday - Round Two AA: 1. Dan Thoren; 2. Trav is Bamford ; 3. Ryan Clay; 4 . Craig l yle ; 5 . Sc ott Griffith. O PEN EX: 1. J ohn Reising; 2. Steve McCall; 3. Sheun J ones. 250 EX : 1. J on Devorek: 2. Will iam J ordaine; 3. Rick Goodman; 4 . Bryon Huskey ; 5 . J ay Thoma s. 200 EX: 1. J am es Wilson. 30 + EX: 1. David Morton: 2. Jeff Black: 3. Adam Achepohl: 4. Greg Summ ers. 40. EX: 1. Ron Maddox : 2. David Winters: 3. Rand y Toresan: 4. Rance Pilley; 5. David Hilt on. 4 ·$TRK EX : 1. Wa lt er Sch wa rz ; 2 . Don Twom bley ; 3 . Kev in Wilt on; 4 . Sco tt McNew; 5 . Ron " Huffman. OPEN A M: 1. Ra y Ca rp e n te r Jr . ; 2 . Ada m Wright.

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