Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

250 D: 1. Bo Hin son (Han) ; 2. Dan Klynstra (Han) ; 3. Cra ig Spi vey (Han); 4 . Bub ba Arra nts ( Ha n); 5 . W illiam Pa tt er son A lot more sand wa s thrown in the 125c c A cl ass. Yam ah a C y cle Cent er/Pro - A c ti o n Su spension / FM F / B a ll zee/ 9 0 9 ' s Kevin Walker cruised to an easy -looking first -moto win . At the front of the pa ck , Riddle w ent down in the f ir st turn but got bac k up and charg ed bac k to th ird . Tr iad PowerSpo rts Yamaha /Pr otel /Litz Ra cing 's Nees e was b att ling C h e s ter , bu t Chest er (Kaw). 2 5 . A : 1. Jim L. N ee se (Yam ); 2 . Kevin Walk er (Yam ); 3. Jim Chester (SOl) ; 4. Tro y L Cr i sp ( Hon) ; 5. A lan Alford II (Hus). 25 . C: I . Br i an Ca l ho un (Hon): 2. Robert Ulze (Ho 3. n); Harvey Hall (Han); 4 . Mark Mill er (Hon); 5. 'Richard Eggens (Kaw ). 30 . A: 1. Wi ll i am Lil e s (Suz) ; 2 . Albert Jamie Mc Co y (SU1): 3. Kevin Blalock (SU1); 4. Alan A lfo rd II ( Hus) ; 5. Micha el Church (Yam). wins. Lo ng took full ad va ntage o f some o f th e rid er s slid ing into each ot her at the start of the 65c c final to ju mp out to a lead of several lengths over Brett Pugh. John Long and Matt Wei dma n . Weidman took over second on the fourth lap and stayed there. In the 50cc (7- 8 ) Stephens (Kaw). contest, Jesse Long grabbed a large lead off 3 0 . C: 1. St ev en Ratliff (Yam) ; 2. Greg Blevins (Yam) : 3. Benny Stone (Yam ) : 4 . J eff rey A . Fi eld s ( Ho n ) ; 5 , W il lia m t he se co n d turn over M it c h H arva t , Da le Wakefield Jr. and Pugh. Wakefield got by Her - Lauver (Han) . 35 . : 1. Mik e And rews (Suz); 2. William Liles (SU1); 3. Michae l Church (Yam ); 4 . Kei th Never s ( S U1) ; 5 . Joe l Nick y Bake r (Suz). 40 . : 1 . Ri ck Cat u ccio (Kaw ); 2. Tho ma s R. Perk ins Jr . (SOl); 3 . Steve Genter (Yam ); 4 . William Lauv er (Hon) ;.. 5. Stua rt K. English (Hon). 4 8 +: 1. Steve n Lewis (Yam ); 2. Ted Shortridge (Suz): 3 . Allen Butt on (Kaw); 4. Kenny Spencer (KTM): 5 . Gale F leenor (KTM). 4· STRK BK: 1. Kenneth befo re h e got going ag ain . N e e s e b u il t on h is 12 5cc A m om en tum t o w in t h e O v er 2 5 A cl ass , o ve r Wa lker and Ch ester. Ch a mp ion C y cle /KTM/FO X Rac - Ted ards (Yam ) ; 2. David Albert Jr. (Hus); 3. James Goin (KTM): 4 . Jeff To mlinson (Yam) ; 5 . Chad Viers (Yam ). U/ L AM : 1. Mi c hael Robi nson (SOl); 2. Brian Bishop ( Han ); 3 . Michael Th om a s Jr. Camp Coker MX: At the fifth rou nd of the AMA USA MegaSeries in Society Hill, South Carolina, Ben Riddle (241) showed his fende r to Kev in Walker on his way to the 250cc A victory. ing /Sm ith /Dun lop ' s Za c h Osb orn e r e t u rne d to ra cin g an d showed t he compet ition that he still has w h at it takes to wi n . H e d ominat ed b oth motos of the 65c c (1 0 -1 1) cla ss , an d then he an d D av in Pric e had a classic war in th e 85c c (7 - I I ) class. Suzuk i -mount ed Pri c e won t he first 8 5cc (7 - 1 I) m oto, with O sb o rn e a I ever d id , and I'm hav in g a lo t of fun wa tchi ng hi m do so well w ith it." eN Camp Coker MX Society Hill, South Carolina Results: April 16, 2000 [Round 51 cl o se se cond. T he second m o to was a to ssup as to w ho wa s going t o w in . T he t wo Mini riders p layed tu g -of -war with t h e lea d , but at t he c hec ke re d flag Osborne w a s th e o ne in co nt rol. O sb o rn e to ok th e o ve ra ll v icto ry with 2 - 1 pla cing s to Pri ce ' s 1-2 . Al La ne Yamaha -Kawasaki/Axo's Ty ler Bright put in two st rong th ird - p lac e r id es t o claim that p o sit ion . T eam Gre en/ Sh o e i/Pr o Circuit / Hammerh ead Gra p hi cs /RK Ch a in 's Joshua Summey swept all four motos of b oth t h e 125cc B and 250 c c B classes , over ve ry com p etitive fi elds o f 2 1 r id e r s i n eac h class . Aar on Stancil , Adam O verca sh , D o ug Earls an d Tony Graham p layed tag w ith the r es t of the t op -fiv e f inishes in th e 125cc B c ont est ; n o n e of them p lac ed the same fr o m m oto to moto . The o nly 125cc r id er bes ides S um m ey t o fi nish th e sam e in b oth rounds w a s C o r ey K i n g , w ho ea rne d sixth overa ll w ith 7 -7 plac ings . O v erc a s h , N i c k V arg o , W ill i am B ry ant , Stancil , E arl s, Ja c kson Vick a n d K ing p r o vid ed so me e xci ti n g 2 5 0 cc B raci ng b eh ind Summey . W e should note that, for t h is rac e , Va rgo h ad swi tched to h is o w n number - 73 - o n h is d ad ' s Ho n d a CR2 5 0 . " It's o k ay w ith m e : la ug hed Ca rl V ar g o . " He r ide s th at thing f as ter than • Jesse Long quickly pulled away from the field to claim both the 50cc (7 -8) and 65cc 3 . Keith Nev ers (Su z) ; 4 . Je ff T o mlin son ( Ya m ) : 5 . L ar r y pack , c ruis ing to t he moto wi n and the overall. Walker rec o ver ed to take seco nd , and C h e st e r got b y R id d l e e . th e ex -Mi k e Hack er Rotax he bo rrowed from Jimmy Owens. 30+ B: 1. Fran k Koeni g Jr. (KTM): 2. David Albert Jr. (Hus): p u sh e d h a r d to get away f rom t h e cu Over 30 victory. Larry Burkholder took the Over 40 win on (KTM): 3. Steve Stroupe (Kaw): Rodney Wise (Suz). h e got st u ck in th e d eep sa nd. Neese kept th e gas on and railed around t he outs id e , va ulting from th ir d int o fi rst in one c orn er. O n c e in fr o nt, Neese 17, 2000' By the third lap. Phil Libhart had clawed his way into fo urth. and the top fou r was set . Jim Hollister started hi s 25th year of racing by wea ring th e number 25 on his way to th e 4 . Ch r i s G all ow a y (Ya m) ; 5. se c ond pl ac e. Riddl e and Wal k e r we re bang in g bars for the lead from th e g et-g o in the sec ond m oto . On t he fo urth lap , Riddl e ca me into a downh ill right hander maybe a little hot an d stalled as h e w ent over one of th e bi g kick ers in th e turn . Walke r was so close th at MAY Price, Joe Zyd in sk y , J oh nson and fox in close pursuit. Price closed th e gap as th e y en tere d the firs t tum, getting und er Win sett , who th en pulled out with undiscl osed engi ne problems. 25. B: 1. Don Bland ing Jr. ( Ha n ) ; 2 . F ran k Ko en i g Jr. sta ll ed h is b ik e , giving Neese an easy 56 In the second of three 600cc A heats, Ricky Winsett beat Price by two lengths. In the final, Winsett led heading into the third tum , with e 50 ( 4· 6) : 1. WlII iam Mac k Dick son (Cob) ; 2 . Chris Goodwin (Co b); 3 . J o seph Bean (Cob); 4 . Trevor Barrett (Cob); 5. Michael Hall (Cob). 50 ( 7- 8 ): 1. Bradle y Bunch (Cob); 2. Dustin C ha nd le r (Cob ); 3. Set h Qu e sinb erry ( KT M) ; 4 . Colton Tickl e (KTM ); 5. Cody Robbin s (Cob) . 5 0 HON : 1. Dam on Goi n ( Ha n) ; 2 . Jorda n Matusevich (Han) . 50 SHAFT: 1. Trevor Barrett (Yam) ; 2. Michael Hall (Ya m) ; 3 , Cody Gra gg (Yam ); 4 . Drew Field s (Yam); 5 . Mason Gragg (Yam) . 60 (7 · 9 ): I. Les Smith (Ka"'): 2. Tyler Bright (K TM) ; 3 . Madi son Ham bright (KTM ); 4 . Brad ley Bunch (Kaw ): 5. Benja m in Denton (KTM ). 60 ( 10· ] 1): 1. Zach Osborne (KTM): 2. Aryton Dunk el (Kew): 3. Ty ler Newton (KTM ); 4. Brcc Tickl e (KTM) ; 5. Benjamin Tedards (KTM). 80 0 BEG : 1. Chris K in g ( Suz): 2 . Matth ew Welborn (Suz); 3. Dusty Craven (Kaw); 4. A .J. J esse vat on the fifth lap. while Pugh fell in the fourth turn. On the following lap, Har vet fell in the sa me a re a . bringi n g o u t th e r ed fl ag. Lo n g q ui ckl y r e - est abli sh ed his ma r g in off th e resta rt . w hil e Wak efi eld took second an d Har vat and Pugh battl ed o ve r thi rd . with Harv at getting the nod. J ohn Lewis aga in easily won th e 85 class and also got by Mik e Stamba ug h for t he 100cc -c1ass win . Ben Ludlow too k his fir st wi n in o nly hi s sec ond sta rt in th e 125 cc B cl ass . Jason (sen nock could have t ak en tw o win s. but he had to settle for the 250cc B win when his 600 broke in the 600cc class, giving Larry Weiss the win. Dallas Baer qui ckl y got in front of the 500 ee fi n al, with St ev e Heise r, Shawn Ba er. Weis s and John Bower foll owing,. After find ing out his bike doesn't start too well in neutral, (Kaw): 4. Billy Butler (Suz): 5. Jim Haas began to slice through the pack; he passed Shawn Baer just past halfway, but he Michael Bonner (Yam) . U /L C/D : 1. Chandler J o yn er ( Han) ; 2 . Je re my Hill (Han); 3. Greg Blevins (Yam ); 4. Kenneth Sm ith (Yam ); 5 . Melvin Hardy (Hon) . c ouldn' t gain any g round on Heise r. B ri an Phillips took the 250cc B lead ahead of lse nnock. lach Calcutt and Travis Sennett. Isennock t ook th e lead down th e baek stret ch on lap six as Phillip s' bike st arte d t o m isfi re Shippensbu rg Speedway Price Points the Way at Shippensburg ST By LEN BREEC H SHIPPENSBURG, PA, APR. 16 Georg ie Pri c e t ook wi ns i n t he Sp o rts m an , 250cc and 600cc A cla sses at the hi ghbanked quart er-mil e oval at Shippensburg Speedway. In the 250cc contest, Price put his Honda in front of Jak e Jo hnson, Bobby Sweeten and Bill Bromley and kept a comfortab le m argin. On lap six, Swee ten became th e fi rst of m an y to fa ll v ic t im to th e fo urth t u rn . tak ing an extremely rare high-sid e. The S p ortsman win was easy for Pric e. while Shane Fox, Timmy Mitchell and Raun Wood fought for second the en tire d is tance . finishing in that order . slighUy. Phillips held off Calcutt for second. Results 50 OIL-INJ: 1. Oal~ Wakefield Jr. (YlIm ); 2. Tylf'f Kidw~lI (Yam): 3. Patrick Jacobsen (Yam) : 4. O~~k H~Bh (Yam ); 5. Josh StMldiford (Yam ). 50 (4-6): I. Patrick Jacobsen (Cob): 2. Bailey Spence (u rn): 3. Cameron Tyson (Lem ); 4 . Daniel Broml ey (KTM). 50 (7- 6): I. JI!'5Selong (Lem }; 2. Dale Wakefield (Hus): 3. Mitch Hervet (.... ct): 4. Brett Pugh (Lem]: 5. Ty ler Kidwell (Cob). 65: I. J~ Long (KTM): 2. Matt Weidman (Kll W 3. John Long ): (Kaw): 4. Evan Bee r (Kaw); 5. Mike Standiford (Kaw). 65: 1. John leWIS (Yam): 2. Mati Weidman (Hon): 3. Evan Beer (Yam ): 4. Bryan Ann slrong (Suz); 5. John Long (Hon) . 100: 1. John Lewis (Hon) : 2. Mark Stambaugh (Hen); 3. Bryan Armstrong (Hen) : 4. John Riviere (HOfI). 125 B: 1. Ben Ludlow (Hen); 2. Robbie Reynolds (Hen): 3. Lee Comly (Yam). 250 A: I. Gl!'Qfgi Pnce (Hon): 2. Jake Johnson (Hen): 3. Bill e Bromley (KTM); 4. Raun Wood (Yam ): 5. Shawn Bae r (Rut). 250 B; 1. Jason lSf'flllOCk (Hen): 2. Brian Phillips (Sux); 3. Zach Calc utt (KlI w); 4 . Rick Price (Hon): 5. Travi!lo Sennett (Hen). 500 A: I. Dallas Beer (Yam); 2. Sieve Heiser (Yam ): 3. J im Ha8ll (Yam) : 4. Shawn Beer (YlIm ): 5. Larry Weiss (Yam ). 600 A: 1. Georgie Price (Rtx) ; 2. Joe Zydinsky (Rtx): 3. Jake Johnson (Hen); 4 . Phil Li.bhart (Rtx); 5. Timm y Milchell (Rtx). 600 B: I. l.llrry Weiss (Yom) : 2. Bill Boram (Yam) ; 3. Jason IseMOCk (Rtx). 750 A: I. Joh n Win54!ll: Jr. (Trl); 2. Brian Eckha rt (Tn); 3. Ray· mond K~n (Yam): 4. Mi k~ Kl!'alll!' (Yam). Jr. (Hon); 5. Mitc W h elborn (Suz). 8 0 (7- 1 1) : I. Zach Osborne (KTM): 2 . Davin Price (Suz); 3. T yl er Brigh t (Ka w); 4 . Brae Ti ck le (Kaw) : 5. Clay Willett (Kaw). 80 ( 12 - 13): 1. Travis Flowers ( Kew) : 2. Shane Kendri ck (Yam ); 3. Jere m y J acobs (Yam ); 4. Zack Price (Yam ); 5 . Dalton Terrell (Suz). 80 ( 14 . 15 ): l. Ste phe n Shoaf (Suz) ; 2 . Myles Dunlap (Yam ); 3 . Je remy Allison (Suz ): 4 . Mal colm Klep p (Hon) : 5 . Steve n Loc k lear (Yam). (J/l MINI : I. S tephen Sh o a f (S uz) : 2 . Travi s F low er s ( Ka w); 3 . Myle s Dun la p (Ya m ) ; 4 . S ha ne Kendric k (Yam) ; 5. Steve n Locklea r (Yam) . SCHBY : I. Jacob Saylor (Yam): 2 . B.J. Hun tsinger (Suz) : 3 . Blake Hovi s (Han ): 4 . Ja son Wil ey (Yam ); 5. Brandon Langdon (Yam) . 125 A: 1. J im L. Neese (Yam); 2. Kevin Walk er (Yam ): 3. Ben Riddle (Suz); 4. Brian Lane (Yam) ; 5. Jer ed Black (Yam) . 125 B : 1. J o sh u a Summey ( Kaw ) ; 2 . Aar on Sta ndi (Yam ); 3 . Adam Ove rca sh (Han ); 4 . Doug Earls (Suz); 5. To ny Graham (Yam ). 125 C: 1. Ryan Burkett (Yam); 2. Kenneth Sm ith (Yam ); 3. Jacob Baertle tn (Yam) ; 4 . Fre ddy Rowe (Yam) ; 5. Justin Lowery (Hon) . 125 D: 1. A lex Fullerton (Yam ); 2. Christopher ' Nelson (Suz) ; 3. Shawn Nielsen (Yam ); 4. Jo sh By rd (Kaw) ; 5. Jos hua McClure (Yam ). 250 A : I . Ben Rid dl e (S uz ) ; 2 . J im Che ster (Su z) ; 3. Kevi n Walker (Ya m ) ; 4 . Jim L. Nee se (Yam) ; 5. J ered Black (Yam ). 2 5 0 B: I. J o shu a Sum mey ( Kaw); 2 . Adam Overcash (Han ); 3. Nicholas Vargo (Hon) ; 4. Willia m Bryant (Yam ); 5. Aaron Stancil (Yam) . 2 50 C: I . B.J . Huntsinger (Suz); 2. J erem y Hill (Hon) ; 3. Chandler J oyner (Hon); 4. Kenneth Smith (Yam) ; 5 . Michael Clam pitt (SOl) . ne""s Shippensburg Speedway: Georg ie Price (71) leads Ricky Winsett (11 A), Jake Johnson (behind Price) and Joe Zydlnsky (69A) in the 600cc contest in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. Winsett ONFed, Johnson placed th ird, Zydinsky was runner-up. and Price took the vlctory along with the wins in the 250cc A and Sportsman classes.

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