Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

end of the otherwise tig ht a nd tec hnic a l course in the hinterl ands of centra l Or egon. Wide -o pen stretc hes of g ras s ar e broken up by swampy bogs tha t can only be passed at hig h ra te s of s pe ed and with a ve ry light front e nd . Th e proper riding technique would be on the pipe in fifth ge a r with your g luteu s maxim us be hin d the seat, yo ur he lmet po int ed down (to avoi d overs pray), and yo ur feet at just th e right angle on the pegs (this latt er su gg es tion pertaining to water "hydro pla n ing" your fee t off of th e bike or forcin g yo ur toes down and c urling your feet under the peg s - a so mewh a t awk wa rd position ). Trail boss Ga ry Gump di d a g reat jo b on t he hund red s of stakes and rib bo n s req u ired o n th e mile -long gra ss -track, not to mention th e other II m iles of tra il. Another reason for this event's pop ularity is the two -day forma t. On Saturday the Support classes, headed by the Over 40 Experts, run four laps, a llowing th e rest of the ride rs to sp ectate and bench -rac e befor e Sunda y's event. Splitting the mor e than 300 riders into two groups a lso keeps th e dust lev el down . Sa turday 's highlights includ ed a race-long duel betw een Tom Ulis and Scotty McManu s , with Lilis taking the checkers. Da ve Winters cruised in at third overa ll, while Richard Wilson led the 50cc cla ss hom e. Th e camage in th e mud bog s was qu ite e nte rta ining , and ma ny a rider could be heard ask ing wher e the "good lines" were. S unday 's ra cing featured an othe r chapter in Wa lter Schw artz 's domina tion of the Four-Stro ke Expert cla ss on hi s TTR325 and Dav id Morton ma k ing m inc emeat o f th e Ov er 3 0 Expert class on a CR250 . KX250 m ounted De rek Steah ly won th e 250c c Expert class, a nd Geoff Wotton t opp ed t he Four-S t rok e A m a t eu r class o n his ne w KTM 4 0 0 SX. Afte r th e firs t four o f 12 round s in t he aMRA Cro s s C o u nt r y S eri e s , the points battles a re close. eN Moons hine Hare Scrambles Brothers, Oregon Results : April 29-30, 2000 [Round 4 of 121 Saturday 50: 1. Richard Wilson; 2. Orville Hinds; 3. J ohn Kuster; 4. J erry All en; 5. Dan Meneley . 60 : 1. Jim McClellan; 2. Jim Bum s; 3. Hank Court. J R: 1. Greg Sa l mo n : 2 . Reid Br own ; 3 . Ben Howrey. 4 0 . AM.: 1. Mike Ta ylor; 2. Bee Teas dale ; 3. Bob Reinen: 4. Michael Cole: 5. Mike Em ery. 40 . EX; 1. Tom Li tis; 2 . Scotty McManu s; 3 . Da vid Winters ; 4. Dale Be rna rd; 5 . Bill C rage r. WMN: 1. Ju dy Winters; 2. Chrissy Grager; 3 . Nita Ca m pbe ll; 4 . Lomi J a rmin ; 5 . Wendie Hohman . SPTSMN: 1. Ray Carpenter .Jr.: 2. Travis Hatfield: 3 . Bryon Bozarth ; 4 . Denny Day; 5 . Cory Brown. Sund ay AA: 1. Travis Bam ford; 2 . J ason Sigfrld ; 3. Scott Griffi th ; 4. Ryan Clay. O PEN AM : 1. Bob J ensen; 2. Ja son Skirv ing ; 3. Gery Berna rd; 4. Mik e Pillste r; 5. Steven Stanley. OPEN EX: 1. Bill Ball ester; 2. J ason Daniels: 3. John Poll ey; 4. Shawn Jo nes. 200 AM : 1. J ak e Gu mp ; 2. M ike Neveau; 3 . Ricky Nelson; 4. Brody Je nsen; 5. Jim Peart. 200 EX : 1. Brad Tumidge; 2. Ja mes Wilson; 3. Chri s Eaton; 4 . Rick George; 5. Jeff Zertanna. 250 AM : 1. Ch ris Lar son ; 2. Cody Larw in ; 3. Chris Cham bers; 4. Tyl er Maddox ; 5. Kurt Vanderpoo l. 2 5 0 EX : 1. Derek Steahly; 2. Lar ry O li ver; 3. J erem y Puma ; 4 . Mark Grell. 30 + AM : 1. Rebecca Gill et; 2 . Kace All en; 3. David Whit e; 4. Scott Durr ; 5. Denver Manske. 30 + EX : 1. Davi d Morton ; 2. Ron Mad do x; 3 . Shawn Hohman : 4. Joe Broth erton; 5. Greg Summ ers. 4·STRK AM: 1. Geoff Wotton ; 2. Brandon Jolley; 3. Terkel McBroom; 4. Jason Kennedy; 5. Russell Manske. 4 ·STRK EX: 1. Walter Schwarz; 2. Scott Olsen; 3. Don Matheney Ill. 50 MAY 24 , 2000 ' c ue • e AHRMA National F Track lat olano CountyFairgrounds S Horton's Six at Solano's First By D EN N IS SUTE R VALLEJO, CA APR. 28 , h e fir s t West Coast AHRMA Nation a l dirt tra ck ra c e of 2000 wa s held at a new venue for AHRMA mo to rcycles - the Solano Co un t y Fai rgrounds in Vallejo , Ca lifo rnia . The T short -track race was held on Friday evening before th e we ekend 's nation al road race a nd motocross events a t Sears Poi nt Raceway. Ho nda rid er Tom Hort on again sh ow ed his s horttrack prow ess , win ning six of the six races he e ntere d. Solano County Fairgrounds: Rick Hocking (13) leads Tom Horton (55) in the Over 35 Vet class at the AHRMA National Flat Track event in Vallejo, California. Rick Hockin g , on the A&A Bulta co , abscon ded with th e hol e shot in the Over 35 Vet cla ss. Try as he m ay, Horton was never a ble to move the crafty vet eran off the bottom of the racetra ck, a nd the to p side was out of the question . Hoc king was rea lly buzzing the Bull, a nd on the ba c k st raight of the 12th a n d - fina l lap , the c ra nk bro ke . Horton motored to the win, with Diana Perri a close second. Hocking coasted to a third -place finish. Dinosau r Nat iona l Cham pio n Beno Ro d i g r ab b e d the early le ad o ver Chris Rudy 's ha nd- shift Harl e y. Rud y ' s second- lap p a s s hel d to t he finish , while La fa ye McCa rver and Mark Milton finished th ird a nd fourth o n th e ir Indians. Bultaco jockey Brad Holt captured another 250 c c Sportsman e ve nt by holding off th e pers ist ent Perri, a lso on a Bulta c o. Yamah a rid er T ony S igala was a close t hird . Th e usual Class ic 250cc du el be twe e n Horton and Ho lt fai led to mat erialize , as Hol t' s Bultaco b ro ke on the second la p. Ho rt o n w as fo llo we d t o t h e c heckers by Ca ry Buc k on a Ha rle y. In the ' 70 s Sing les wingding, Horton a nd J oe Car rer a led th e pac k into tu rn o ne . Yamaha- mou nted Ca rrera kept h e a v y press ure o n Ho rt on ' s wo rkho rse Ho nda , b ut the e x p e rienced veteran hel d on for th e win . n e vv sa Brad Spen c e r pra ctic ed o n hi s n ew BS A but o pte d t o r id e h is n imb le Hon d a o n th is sho rt tra c k. A s ixthpla ce s tart p ut Spen ce r out of th e run n ing for th e win, but he .c a ug ht Ca rrera by th e 12th la p for th ird pla ce . Th e best race of the nigh t m ight have been the O ve r 60 Super Seni ors. BSA rider La rry Madaign 's lead was c hallenged by Ro n Dotson fro m th e start. Do ts on could n o t g et u n d e r Ma d a ign , so o n t he eight h la p he moved to the outs ide of th e groove d ra cetrack . Th e y raced si de by side un til lap II, when Do ts o n p ulled a le a d a nd was able to dr op int o t he low er grove . Dotson a n d Madaign wer e followed by Hank Cosio in third . Horto n bu ilt a Classic Open stock fram ed 650cc Triumph over the win ter, and Ch ris Apple 's Tr iumph was unable to stay with the speedy short tra cker. Chris' brother Jeff was ab le to win t he Classic 500/750cc class over Georgia traveler Rodi. Jeff Apple ro d e a Tri um p h 500cc t win , wh ile Rodi was on an E nfie ld si ng le . McCarver's flathead Harley was third . Nov ice 250cc Sportsma n winner Mike Riddell was cha sed by J eff Co rzo nkoff fo r their 12 -la p ra c e , but in th e 12 5 c c Spo rtsm a n cla ss , Ridd ell followed home a first-time-o ut 125cc Honda four -st ro k e ridde n by Gre g Wilburn. Marty Le wis d ropped his T riumph into the ha y ba le s at the sta rt of th e Over 50 Seni ors race. On the rest art, Bud Riddle pu lled the holeshot a nd led all th e wa y. Lew is recovered for seco n d , whi le Ma d a ign fin is hed th ird . He at -rac e w inn er Ho ck ing wa s n 't arou nd for the 600cc Sportsman fina l, so 360cc Yamaha-mounte d Chris Ce ilfuss led the larg e field .of 600s fo r the first two la ps. Horton edge d under Ce ilfuss in turn three o n the seco nd la p and pulled a fa ir lead . Holt put Ceilfuss a nothe r spot dow n on th e e ighth go a ro und . Spenc e r wa s p re ssuring th e Yamah a rider whe n the checkers flew; but he ha d to settle for fourth. . CN Solano County Fairgrounds Vallejo, California Results: April 28, 2000 Dl NO : I. Chri s Rudy (H· D) : 2. Beno Rodi (R·E); 3. Lafaye McCarver (Ind ); 4. Mark Milton (Ind). 125 SPTSMN: 1. Greg Wilb urn (Hon) . ClSC 250; I. Tom Horton (Bu l ): 2. Cary Buc k (H· D) ; 3. Tim Moore (R·E); 4 . Brad Holt (Bul). 250 SPTSMN: I. Brad Holt ( Bul) ; 2. Diana Perry (Bul): 3. Tony Sigala (Yam) ;·4 . Chri s Ceill uss (H· D). 2 5 0 NOV : I. M ik e Rid d ell ( Ya m ) : 2 . J eff Corzonkoff (Bul ); 3. Da ve Cheney (Yam ); 4. Ja ck Hayes (Bul) . ClSC 500/750 ; I . J eff Apple (Trl); 2. Beno Rodi (R· E); 3 . Lef eye McCa.., er (H-D ). • 600 S PTSMN : 1. Tom Hort on ( Han) ; 2. Bred Holt (Bul ); 3. Chri s Ce llfuss (Yam ) ; 4 . Brad Spence r (Hon). OPE N: I. Tom Hort on (Tri); 2. Chri s App le (Tri ). 7 50 SPTSMN: 1. Tom Horton (Tri); 2. Mike Van Lienden (BSA); 3. Rodge r Ham ilton (Yam ); 4. Greg Wilburn (T ri). 35 + V ET: 1. Tom Horton (Han); 2. Diana Perry (Bul) : 3. Rick Hock ing (Bul) : 4. Eddie Hagart y (Hon) . • 5 0 + SR : 1. Bu d Rid dl e (Han ) ; 2. Mart y Lewi s (Tri); 3. Lorry Madaign (BSA ): 4. Bene Rod i (BSA ). 60 + S /SR : 1. Ro n Dot son (T ri ) ; 2 . L ar r y Mada ig n (BSA ) ; 3. Han k Cosio (BSA ) ; 4 . Rodge r Bill e (Han ). 7 0 s SGl: 1. Tom Horton (Han); 2. J oe Carrera (Yam) ; 3. Brad Spencer (Han); 4. Hank Frenna (Yam) . ctsc Pro P rivateer Racing Series 2ooo/Mid-South Motocross C hampionship Round 3: Rose Motocross Park Burkett Red-Hot at Rose Motocross By D A VI D H. S C RE W S SOMERVILLE, TN, AP 9 R. ike and Pam La mbe rt of Pro Priva teer Ra ci ng a nd Rich ard Rose of Ros e's Mo to c ross Par k joined for c e s to pr e s en t a c ha lle ng e ro und thre e of the Pro Priva te er Raci ng Series 200 0/ Mid So uth Mo t o c ro ss Ch amp ion sh ip . M Jeff "Ba d Boy " Burkett from Col lierv ille, Te nn e ssee , and Bra n d o n Mill er of Fi sh e rvi ll e , T enn es s e e , a c c e p t e d Bi g Mike's Prom o t io n s ' c halle nge a nd k nobby -fed Te n nes see cl a y to co m petito rs from eig h t differ en t sta tes . Bur kett ' s s ti ffes t competi tion ca me fr om J a c kson , Te nn e ss ee 's Jamaal Bo nd a nd Co llie rville's E.J. Cox .

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