Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

ro u nd on e of th e A M P/ GFI Sprin g Ser ies , sponso red by A xo and Yama ha of Modesto , The faci lity is a new ad ditio n to the alwaysch an gin g AMP sc hed ule, and tra ck co nditions were id e al. att racting ne arly 3 0 0 rid ers . Although it didn 't uti lize th e full Nat ional track layou t. the event sti ll featu red plenty of chal - lengin g jum ps an d elevatio n cha nges. The 50cc Open class started off with Ryan Martin putting his Kawasaki out front early on, loo king fast as Enos, Krame r Patt erson , Tyl er freeman and Cody J ackson ga ve chase. Enos mad e his way by Martin halfw ay through the first lap and never looked back as he continua lly clic ked off flawl ess laps, Martin ran into trou ble on a tricky downhill right-hander whil e bat tling with Patters on and went down . Patterson seized the o ppo rtunity and, alo ng with Freeman, scooted by to give chase to Enos. Howev er, Enos had already checke d out, and he took the win. with Patterson barely holdin g off Freem an for runner-up . Martin rebo unded for fourth , and Jackson rounded out the top five, In m ot o two , Enos grabbed the ho leshot and opened a g ap ov er the fie ld. How ever, Freeman , aboard a Modes to Kawasaki-ba cked KTM , qu i ck ly c lose d i n o n Eno s. Th e t w o che cked ou t , an d whil e Fr eeman k ept th e pressur e on , he never got close enough to make a chall enge for the lead . Patterson held do wn third o ver Martin. and everyone sta y ed up on tw o wh eel s th e enti re m oto, h old in g th eir p ositi on , wi th Enos ta king th e eventu al win. Th e 6 0cc Inte rm edi ate class si mpl y belonged to Enos, as he led every lap of both m otos and wa s neve r challenge d. Freema n ke pt him honest by posting a well-eamed 2-2 score, good eno ugh fo r seco nd ove rall o n the d ay , while Patterson rebounded from a hard get-off in the second m oto to finish th ird o vera ll. In the 60 cc Nov ice cl ass, Jac k so n too k wi re -to-wire victories in b o t h motos. The K awasak i jockey rode two strong motos and set a pace that th e o thers just co uldn't m atc h. KTM·mounted Eric Poth had an up- and -down day. After p osting a seco nd in m ot o one , he cr ashed early in the second rnoto and had to ca ll it a day. With Poth out, Ruben Hernandez held off Richard Rina uro to p ost a 3 -2 score for second overall o n the day , while Rin auro m uste red up a 4 -3 sco re fo r th ird. In the 60cc Beginner class, T .J . Lorenz tal lied e t - t sco re for the overall hon ors ove r local rider J osh Greco. While Greco posted a solid 22 score, Keith Knight and Jes se Holt swapped scores, with Knight getting th e nod with a 4 -3 tall y, whic h was good enough fo r third . Re s u lt s Pee Wee Track 50 Frr: I. Eric Alvarez (KTM); 2. Chris Smith (Yem) . 50 (4- 6) PW/JR : I. Cotton Fredrlck son (Suz). 50 (7 .8 ) PW/JR : I. Bree nne Mil chell (Suz). 50 (4· 6) STK: I . Calvin LaCurelle (Pol); 2. Landon Cohen (HM); 3. Brian Yortow (KTM); 4 . Austin Soto (KTM); 5. Timm y Jannisse (KTM) 50 (7 -8 ) STK : L Keith Knig ht (Cob) ; 2. Zak Fredrickso n (Cob); 3. Jarred Holt (HM); 4. Charlie Moore (KTM ); 5. Parker Srmth (KTM). 50 (0.8 ) OPEN: I . Chr i5tian Stencers (Cob); 2. c.J. Barham (Pol) ; 3 . Cryst al Layton (KTM); 4. Zachery Cyr (Pol) . Main Track 50 (4-6) STK: 1. Zachery Cyr (Pol); 2. C.J . Barham (Pol) ; 3. LDndon Cohen (HM); 4 . Celvin LDCurrelie (Pol) . 50 (7 .8 ) STK: I. Keith Knight (Cob); 2. Crym.1Layton (KTM); 3 . uk Fredrickson (Cob) ; 4. Charlie Moore (KTM); 5. JIlITM Holt (HM). 60 BEO : I. T.J . Lorenz (KTM); 2. Josh Orecc (KlI w); 3 . Kerth Knight (Kaw); 4. Jesse Holt (Kaw): 5. CO$t')' Sherman (KTM). 60 NOV: I. Cody Jackson (Kaw): 2. R~ H~ (K_); 3. Rid ulfd Rinauro (KTM): 4 . Joke Boreldi (KTM); 5. Brandon Nicholson (K"T M). 60 INT : I. Justin Eno. ( KTM); 2. T yler Freem an (KTM): 3. KrllJlle r Penersce (Kaw ); 4. Ryan 1'\artJn(K4W). 60 OPEN : I. Justin Enos (KTM) : 2. Tyl er F~ (KTM) ; 3. KrnmerPatlenon (Kaw') : 4 . Ryan Martin(!

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