Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Fo r-mu la USA,/Wr-enc head .com Nation a l DirtT....ack S e r-ies R o u n d 1 : T e x a s Motar- S p e e d w a y (Abovel Da vis (211 an d Ha c k e r (67) ran nose to tail aboard their restricted 600s. Noyes was third on an unrestricted 400. (Left) Will Davis (211, Kenny Noyes (19E), M ike Hacker (6 71 and the rest blast off the lin e to debut the Formula USA Wrenchead.com Pro Singles class at Texas Motor Speedway. Davis won the race, fol~owed by Hacker and Noyes. FORT WORTH, TX, MAY 6 at a concept. We' re talk ing abo ut th e Pro Sin gl es class here , a seem ingl y zany concept that has b een d ev is ed b y PACE Motor Sports and F or m u l a USA, p lacing restricted 6 00cc -pow ered machinery aga inst unrestricted 4 0 0 c c en gi nes. Before the night of r a ci n g at Texas Motor Speedwa y beg an , th e class seemed like it was ' bou nd t o p roduce more questions th an answe rs ab out th e v ia b ili ty of singl e-cylinder dirt-tra ck equipment. Instead, it ma de a few extra do llars for Fasthog .com 's Will Da vis and a he ll of a lot of sense to everyone else. F aci n g a f ield th at was ' short on horsepower, but hardly short on talen t, Da v is gra bbed the holeshot and le d every lap in the class' debut featu re, thus becoming the first rider ever to win a Form ula USA /Wrench ead .co m National Dirt Track Series main even t . Th e victory marked the start of a great nigh t for Davis, who rode a restricted 600 cc ATK to hold off the similarly mounted Saddlem en Racing / Lancast er H-D /Dodg e Bro the rs' Mike Hack er and a hard-charging Kenny Noyes on th e U neweaver Racing Husaberg 400 . "I th ink there is going to be some super racin g in this class ," Davis said. "I don 't know th at th e class needs m e to race in it. I don't kn ow if they need to keep th e top 10 guys out or what, but I think th at it is super racin g, and if that will pump the other gu ys to go faster wi th us being involve d , then we wi ll race in it. Th e lower-horsepower m oto rc ycles m ad e it easy for everyone. It wasn't the funnest thing I ever rode, but it work ed pretty well and th e raci ng was good . I like th is PACE deal. Th ere are a few things that I don 't agree with , but what I am happy abou t is th at there are people in plac e who can effect some changes in our spo rt . A nd they kn ow ho w t o t ake c are of sp ect ators. M y m ain concem is for safety . But the fans were really pumped. I co uldn 't believe how excited they were." No yes and Schnabel battled for th e lead at the start of the fi rst of the two regu lar Pro Singles heat race s, with Noyes getting t o the front whi le KK Racing /H - D of Dall as' Will ie McC oy slipped int o thi rd , ahead of Myers Du ren H -D / B ob Rose Motorsports ' Vict or MacA nall y and J oe Kopp, who was aboard a stock -fra med KTM 400 for this particular class. Noyes and Schn abel remained tied together u p front, Sc h n ab el f inall y pulling off an aggressive move to get underneath No yes in turn one on th e last lap. No yes tried to fend him off, but then slipped on the marbles at the edge of the groove and dropped to second . T h en , miracle of miracles , the w in was handed r ight back to Noyes when Schnabel slid out in turn four . McCoy f in i shed second , with Kopp third , MacAnally fourth . Schn abel recovered and fin ished seventh to become the last rider in the heat to earn a d i r ec t transfer. Afterward , Noyes sa id he was surprised to see Schn abel on the ground. "I couldn't believe it : No yes said. " W h en I saw h im go down, I j us t cou ld n't b eli ev e it. He go t a good drive off of tu rn fou r, and he just go t und er m e and kind of pushed m e off into th e loose stuff ." Dav is grabbed the lead in a sta rtstudded second heat , but the race was red -fla gged, forcin g everyone to start from square one. Hack er then took a four - le ngt h lead on t he res tart an d never look ed back, with Gardn er Rac - 16 n MAV17 .2000 · c ue I e e vv s ing 's Dan Stanl ey slipping and sliding t o sec ond off of turn tw o. Dav is was third, an d he qu ickly began to pres sure Stanley , ta kin g the spctawey in turn one. Hacker would not be den ied in this on e, as he stayed up fro nt to bag the wi n , wi t h D a v i s , St an l e y , Moroney 's Har l ey - Da vids ons Tim .Ea d es , Ke il Ente r prises' Eli Price , Allen Rac ing 's J ason T yer and Stubblefield Raci ng's A .J . Eslic k rounding out the transferring riders. " John ny Goad has both my bikes run ning real good tonight ," Hack er said . "Wi th the restri ctor in, th is thi ng feels so slow. It j ust doesn't pull down the st ra ightaways at all. It's li k e an 88 3, except that th ese handle good ." T he Last Chan ce Qua lifier seeme d to properly cha rge the crowd for the main event , as J enn ifer Sn yder and Jacob Lat im er batt led for the lead , Latimer pass ing Snyd er d o w n the back chute on the last lap to earn the win . Both ride rs tra nsferred into the ma in event. Noyes held the low pole , with Hacker and Davis lining up in the next tw o spots towa rd the outs ide wall. They were joined on the front row by McCoy , Stanley and Kopp. Davi s immediately j um p ed to the front when the green light flashed . Noyes and Kopp drag raced off turn two behind Davis, with Kopp pinching Noyes off on th e back straightaway wall to run second. Hacker was fourth, follo wed by Price , Eades and Stanley in sevent h. Noyes ne arl y ca shed .t in early , as i . he wen t int o a viole nt slide in turn fo ur. He rec o v er ed , but on ly aft er H ac k e r w as a l r ea dy b y f or t h i r d p lace. Hac ker then ran un d er K opp as well , wi th Noy es pulling off a gritty m ove aro und th e outsid e of Kopp to secure third pla ce. Davis ran out fr ont for the rest of the race, though Hack er ke pt it close . The tru e m an on the m ove was Noyes, whose 400 app eared to have the m ea sure of th e fron t two on the str aigh ts . . only to lose a step in the corners. Further back, Snyder was engaged in a spi rit ed battl e with Gle nn McNa ma ra for 14th , while T yer and Ku rt Hawk duked it out j ust ah ead of the pa ir , T yer ultimat el y fin ishing 12th. Da v is cro ssed th e line just o ve r ·t w o lengths ahe ad o f Hack er , w h o was fo llowed by Noyes , Kopp , Eades, Stanley , Pr i c e an d a d isapp o inted Schna bel. MacAnally wa s n inth, with Eslick comp leting the to p 10 . CN Texa Moto, Speedway s Fort Wort h, Texas Results: May S, ZO O [Round 1 of 1Z1 O HEAT 1 (6 laps; 11 ri ders. top 7 transfer) : 1. Kenny Noyes (Hbg ); 2. Willi e McCoy (Rtx) : 3 . J oe Kopp (KTM) : 4. Victo r McAnalJy (Rtx ): 5. Kurt Hawk (Rtx); 6 . Glenn Mc Na mar a (Rtx) ; 7. J .R. Schnabel (WR); 8 . Geral Ray {Yam}; 9 . Billy Bevers (Hon); 10. Darrell Reeves (Rtx) ; 1I , Beau Brown (Rtx) . Time: 2 mins., 00 .000 sees. HEAT 2 (6 laps: 12 riders. top 7 transfer): 1. Mike Hac k er (Rtx ); 2 . Will Da vis (A TK ) ; 3 . Da n Stanley (A TK) : 4. Tim Eades (Rtx) : 5. Eli Price (Rtx ): 6. Jason Ty er (H-D ); 7. A.J. Eslick (KTM): 8. Jacob Lati mer (WR); 9. J ennifer Snyder (Rtx ); 10. Dou g Whelan ( Rtx ); 1 t. Mark Witham (Rtx); 12. Greg Tysor (Rtx ). TIme : 2 mins., 12.560 sees. LCQ (6 laps; 9 riders, top 2 transfer): 1. Ja cob La ti mer (WR) ; 2. JennUer Snyder (Rtx ); 3 . Darrell Reeves (Rtx ): 4. Gerald Ray (Yam) : 5. Billy Bev ers (Hon): 6. Mark Witham (Rtx) : 7. Beau Brown (Rtx): 8. Doug Whelan (Rtx ): 9. Greg Tysor (Rtx) . TIme : No time av euebre. MAI N ( 12 laps: 18 riders ): J. Will Davis (ATK) : 2. Mike Hocker (Rtx ): 3. Kenny Noyes (Hbg) ; 4. Joe Ko pp (KTM) : 5 . Tim Ead es (Rtx }: 6 . Dan Stanl ey (ATK) : 7 . Eli Price (Rtx) : B. J R Schnabe l (WR): 9. Victo r McAn ally (Rtx ): 10. AJ Eslick (KTM ): 11. Kurt Ha w k (Rtx ); 12. Jason Tye r ( H- D ): 13 . J ac ob Latimer (WR); 14. J enn ifer Snyde r (Rtx ): 15. Glenn McNa mara (Rtx); 16 . Gera ld Ray (Yam) : 17. Will ie McCoy (Rtx ): 18. Darrell Reeves (Rtx). TIme: No ti me availa ble. FORMULA USAIWRENCHEA D.COM PRO SINGLES SE RI ES POI NTS STANDING S ( Afte r I of 12 round s) : 1. Will Da vi s (8 0/1 win ) ; 2. Mike Hacke r (72): 3. Kenny Noyes (68) : 4. Joe Kopp (64 ): 5. Ti m Eades (60 ): 6. Don Stanley (58 ): 7. Eli Price (56): 8. J .R. Schnabel (54): 9. Victor McAno lly (52): 10 . A.J . Esli ck (50): 1 J. Kurt Hawk (48 ) : 12. J ason Tyer (46) ; 13 . Ja cob Latimer (44 ); 14 . J enn ife r Snyder (4 2 ); 15 . Glen n McNam ara (40) ; 16. Gerald Roy (38): 17. Willi e McCoy (36): 18. Darrell Reeves (34 ). Upcoming Rounds: Round 2 - Indianapolis, Indiana, May 13 Round 3 - Syracuse, New York , June 3

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