Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Galfe r/Pi relli Ti res- spo n so red Lee Lan kutis won th e AA cla ss, with T ann er Eng land , who was fig hti ng th e flu , fi nishin g seco nd. "T h ere were so me bo ttl eneck s th e fi r st co uple of laps : Lankuti s said , " but the co ndi ti on s improved as th e race wen t on . I never led th e race. I did n 't ca tc h Tanner until th e la st la p . and by tha t time Wes Donaldson fro m th e A class had gotte n aro und m e." Lankutis th ou ght the club did a good j ob of setti ng up the co urse. Dona ldso n too k the overall win . J o hn Ban es Sr . w on t he Over 30 cl ass , and John Ban es J r. won th e 250cc B cl ass. Both of them tho ug ht th e event tu med out to be f un afte r t h e t ra c k st art ed t o ta c k u p ha lfway into th e rac e. T h e cl ub d ec id ed to have the bik es run the same co urse the ATV s had run ea rl i er th at d ay . C ons i de r i ng th e muddy co nd itio ns , th is seemed to be a wis e decision, Results 0'''': W~, Dcnetdson , AA: I . U-~ Lankuli, (KTM); 2. Tanner Eng land (Ya m) . "' : I . We, Doneldscn; 2. Dercld J ohnson; 3. John Yemell: 4 Steve Che ,tnut: 5 . Bred Clyod 25 0 B:'], J ohn Ba ne s Jr . (Ka w): 2 . Jon Buck : 3. Scott Irwin (Hon); 4 . Che rue M~yers (Kaw): 5. .Jeme s Aust in. OPEN B; I. Willillm Appe l: 2. Ch ris Knl'p ler: 3. Dllryl Peek: 4 John Snchncth: 5 . Kevmworkmen. 30-+ l . Joh n Ben..e Sr . (Kaw): 2. Chris Hut~ : 3. Steve Wiedllu : (ATK); 4 . Tod d Rowland (KTM); 5. Bill Viviano (Sull . 40 ..; I. DW llyne MUnch; 2. Georg ~ Will, (Ka w): 3. Steve Sweet: 4 . Ron Heckmen (Ytlm ): 5. Chllrle. Cobb (Yllm ). SO-+ ; 1. Don Ry~; 2. Ridl Hudson (Yam ) 4-STRK: 1. J oh n Rye: 2. Paul "' mett ; 3 . Derek McConnick. 250 C: I. Ryan Donaldson: 2 . Dave Helm (Honl : 3. Joe Clary; 4 W illiam Fory s; 5. R.J . Bridfl l (Sw). TIl:L: I , Bill Bums ; 2 , Patr ick Budde (Sw); 3 , JerftT1y Hohler; 4 Craig Budde (ATK): 5, ChJis Dicker . 80 : I , Wf!5J~ Ha mpsch; 2 , Keith GrftlCh ; 3 , Cory Siegfrit!d; 4 J usbn HalWl (Ktlw); 5 . Derek Young. Mason Valley D irt S q u irts HH Belingheri Tops MRANN Kickoff B y S TEPHEN TICHENOR FERNLEY. NV, MAR . 5 Th e fir st race of th e ye ar kicked off in Femley, Nevad a . at th e a ll- n ew F er n le y Rac ewa y . While the course had it s share of rocks and o bstacles. it offered c hall enges ran g in g from technical sin gle -tra ck and sa n d washes to tricky, rocky road s. At the start of th e fi rst race, fo r Experts a nd Ama teurs. Open -bik e rid er Greg Searl came ou t ahea d of a pack that incl uded 25 0cc ri de r Eddie M cCoy . fa c to ry-b acked T eam Green 250cc rider Shane Esposito, factory backed Hu sk y 250c c rid er Denn i s " Desert Fox" Beli ngheri. and Open rider Chris Barker. However, by end of th e fir st ro cky. tech nic al 24-mile loop. Beli ngh eri cam e in to the p its with a thr ee-m inute lead . Searl . Mc Coy. O pen rid er Sam K ey and Esposit o were battling behind him. Fo r t he r emaining t w o la p s, Be li ng heri co nti nu ed to lead . m aki ng it look easy. Key opted not to refuel before going o ut on the final lap; he paid the pri ce, running out of gas , By the time he wa s able to switch to reserve and restart hi s bike, McCoy and Esposito had passed him. The rac e was now betw een McCoy and Esposito for second ov erall. Using co nc entr ati on and smart lin es, Espos it o passed McCoy for second overall. How ever, h e wa s more than 10 feet off the course . whi ch cost hi m 10 positions - a decis ion th at was made fi nal by club officials after the race . In the end . Beli ngheri took first overall with a two -minute lead. Esposito was second overall, but his penalty pushed him back to 12th overa ll . McCoy, Key. Barker and Searl rou nd ed out the top five ov erall finishers . "Th e course wa s very rock y and tec hnical and made"co mplet e concentration apriority," noted Belingheri. " K eep ing a fa st pace wa s als o difficu lt at times, becau se there was no one cl ose behind to pu sh m e," The sec ond ra ce , fo r th e Novi ces , wa s anything but pred ictable. A s th e racers took off on thei r fir st lap. th e sk y opened up and it bega n to rain . Pristine tra cti on quickly turned to slippery conditions, and du e to the danger club officia ls decided to sto p the ra ce after o ne l ap . Th o ug h a few rid ers c rit ici zed th e cl ub's decision , many were gra teful to see the c hecke red flag when coming in fro m th e first lap. Over 3 0 rider Robert Mi lle r rode smartl y and co nse rv at ivel y despite th e weather a nd landed the overall in the Novice cla ss. Th e rac e did end with a bang fo r the bi g bik es, as fir st · time racer Mike Torzilli came into th e fini sh waving his hands to his p it crew H unt Moto Park: J oe Ellington (44 ), Pete Malyj (531) and Paul Austin (697) lead the 250cc Ex perts int o the firs t turn at Hunt Moto Pa rk in New York. VET JR .: I. Kon Bour (Ya m ); 2 . Larry Wllrdrop (Kew ); 3, VET IN"T: I. Ken Mallow (Kaw); 2. Bob J ohn son (Ktlw): 3. Brad Diez (Yllm); 4 . Gllry HartldllIYam); 5. Skippy Bogfison (Yllm ). VET PRO 1. Willy Musgrav~ (Kaw): 2 . Pau l K~lI~ (Yllm) : 3. : Seen in enth usiasm. Mike learned the hard wa y th at 8 0 percent of yo ur stopp ing pow er is in th e front brakes and that app ly ing too m uch of it w ill flip you ove r th e bars . Aside from tha t, Mik e rod e an excellent race. The races fo r th e Mini s and Pee Wees were held on a shorter course th at sti ll offered challenges fo r all . Coo pe r Ma nson won the 8 0cc M in i d i v isi on , Ry a n l o am y wo n th e 60c c class , and Br andon Baxter took home the go ld for th e Pee Wee divi sio n, Re sults O /A: 1. Denni s Belingheri ; 2 . Ed McCoy: 3. Sam KpY; 4 . Chris 5. GregSellrt OPEN EX: I . Sem K~; 2. Cbns Berker: 3 . Greg Seert ; 4 . Sha ne Esposito; 5. Sean Hollingsworth . 250 EX; 1. Dennis Behnghen; 2, Ed McCoy; 3. Aaron Evans; 4 . J llsorl Pllrtridg~ : 5 , Den nis Williams . 125 EX: I. Sean Berryrrnm; 2. Greg Garrison. 4-STRK EX: 1. Mik~ Boltl'r; 2. Nick Fai n; 3 . Nick Sa nford ; 4 Dane Losey . 30. EX: 1. Pau l Zlegl"; 2 , J eff H!t9ue ; 3 , Todd Mohr; 4 . MicMei See linge r; 5 . !"I.arty Kenne'dy , 38 -+ EX: I. Gill Grieve; 2 , Pllul Em e rson : 3 . J ett Clovtfer; 4 , Micah Kenne'dy; 5, Brent Manllal!. 50-+ EX: I . Glenn Dllvis . OPEN AM: I. Scott Sibbtlld; 2. Ada m Thissen: 3 . Mik~ Payne; 4. Michae l Westp ha l: 5 . Alan Ca meron, 250 AM 1. Cllrls Maas ; 2 . Jll .son Alusi; 3. Rand y Ban ; 4 . Greg : Gilman: 5, CIISCY Seg dle , 125 AM: I . Billy HlllJen: 2 , Bobby Gllnison. 4 ·STR K AA: 1. Da mn Tllylor; 2 , Tita n McK ib~n . 30 .. AM: I. Skee ter Murph y; 2. Chns Kalli o; 3 , Randy RICh; 4 , Dan Charles: 5. Todd Dec k. 38. AM: I. Mik~ William s ; 2 , G I~nn Myer$; 3 . va n Fenne r: 4 , Randy Hatch. 50.. AM 1. Gtlry l..:IndDburu: 2. J un Pons. : OPEN NOV: I . l.otffI Chilson ; 2 . Dan COl ; 3 . Ptlul Hodges: 4 T.J , Sm ith; 5, Steve Ctlr~y. 250 NOV: 1. Troy Weise r; 2 . Jeff Bills; 3. Guy Jessop; 4 . Steve ,"""p. 125 NOV: I. Er ic Hatch; 2. Rya n Ba ker ; 3 . Dave Hllm e l: 4 . Tommy Sl.ag~; 5. Willillm G~. 4 -STRK NOV: 1. Natha n Delaney: 2. Wa yne Heney : 3. Keith StOf)' ; 4, Robert Ciott; 5. RobertThingelSWld 30-+ NOV: I. Robert Mill" : 2. Robert Buzell: J . Scott IngenolJ: 4 , Mllrk Domstllndcr; 5. Don EJdndgc . 38-+ NOV: I . Jay Williams; 2. Tom ~ ; 3 , DIlVidSt_art; 4 , Larry Cuwnatly;5. Jeff Carmichael. SO-+ NOV; 1. Tharon Webb . 50 EX: 1. C~ Munson; 2. lDck F~$ . 50 !'1M:. 1. Tony Wea therman. 80 NOV: 1. Ben McManus 2 . Glenn Christensen; 3 , Mal Rut'da; ; 4. Irvflg Power!!o; 5. Joel Robbin!Io. 60 EX: I. Ryan Toomy. 60 AM; I. Tyler York: 2. Chns Willton . 60 NOV: I. Dane M~: 2 . OlIyton p"enorJ; 3. Keith Adllms; 4 . Dustin Peterson; 5 . MiIl's 8eml . P/W : 1. Bra ndo n Baxter; 2 . Tyl ~r York ; 3 . Gerret Baxte r: 4 , Austin Sh~; 5 . Tre vor De Ruise , Barto:~ G le n H elen Racew ay Par k tu cked in behind him . whi le John Minert had his KTM 125SX po sitio ned in third, When th e p ac k ca me th ro u gh th e scoring sec t ion to com plete lap one, Mike Basher was fou rth and J eff Edl eblu te was fifth. Van oomey seemed to enjoy th e cl ear tra ck in fron t of hi m . an d he opene d up a t h ree- secon d m ar g in b y t h e fourt h la p. The rid ers in po sitions two th rou gh fo u r w ere bun c hed up t ig htly . w ith Bashe r making th e best of it , m ov ing up to third by halfway . Another ri der m ov ing u p wa s Ma tt Latendresse. who ha d pushe d his RM125 up to fifth after a poor start. O ut fr ont. Va noo rn ey wa s st eady. a nd when the white flag cam e out. he was five sec onds in front of Mau ser and Basher , wh o were loc k ed up in a battle fo r seco nd , When t he checkered flag flew, Van oomey took the m ot o w in co m fo rt ab ly . w hile Basher m an aged to sli de his Honda CR125 pa st Mau ser fo r second pl ace. Min ert finished his strong ride all alon e in fo urt h , wh ile Lat end resse ro ll ed ac ross in fifth. In the seco nd m ota, Mau ser rip ped a clean hol eshot aboard his Yama ha . Basher jockeyed int o seco nd . and Skip Bened ict held t hird, As th e race rs c am e ou t of the bac k cany on for th e fir st time, th e top fiv e slo ts were filled out by Va no orn ey in fou rth and Mi ner t in fifth . Mau ser and Bashe r immedia te ly bega n to ar gue over th e poi nt positi on, as th e two riders rod e side by side fo r th e fir st few laps. Vanoor ney d idn't let th e du o get awa y ; he passed Benedict on lap four to m ove into thi rd . Yama ha rider Ryan Amarad io was making a charge after a bad start. and he m oved up to fifth by th e halfway mark. Mau ser rod e well , and his steady. mistak efree pa ce started to wear down Ba sher, as he o pened up a two-second lead lat e in the m oto. Vanoo mey co nti nued to m ov e forwa rd , and by th e time the white flag came out. he wa s right in Ba sher ' s shado w. O n the la st lap , Mau ser stayed strong and he took the m oto win, wh ile Van oorney fo u nd a way around Ba sh er for second pla ce . Benedict held on for fourth. and Amaradio too k a well -eamed fifth . On the da y , the overall cl ass victory went to Vanoorney by virtue of h is 1-2 finishes . Ma use r earne d th e second -pla ce br a ss with his 3 - 1 scores. while Basher's 2 -3 tall y p laced hi m th ird , Benedict (6 -4) was fou rth . and Minert (4- 6 ) rounded o ut the top five . Result s Vanoorney Vaults to R EM Motocross Win B y R OCKY HASH SA N BERNAR DINO . CA, APR. 29 In the last race before a "s pring break" whil e t he AMA 12 5 c c{ 2 5 0 c c Nationa ls ro ll in to tow n . Nick Vano orn ey took the overall cl ass h o nors in th e c o m pet iti ve 12 5 cc Beg inner cla ss during Racing Enterpri ses Motorsports' weekl y Sat urda y m ot oc ro ss. Wh en thing s go t going in th e fir st m oto , Vanoorney led the charge w ith th e holeshot a boa rd hi s Suz uk i RM 125 . G ab e M au se r 80 BEG: I. Bnen Bo ulware (Ka w): 2. .Ieeon Pipkin ( Hon) ; 3. Steven te nu (Yam) ; 4. Rhya n Ma r$hall ( Hon ); 5 . J ustin A. Ortil (Ka w). 125 BEG: I. Nick Vanoom~y (Sw); 2. Gabe Mause r (Yllm ): 3, Mike BoMer (Hon ); 4 . Skip Bcn e'dict (Ya m ); 5. J ohn Minert (KTM), 125 JR : 1. Chris Avery (Yam ); 2. RYlln Coru m (Ktlw); 3, J erad Wilson (Yam) : 4 . J oe UUlIrd(Kaw); 5. K~ ith Matson (S ul l . 125 INT: 1. Bob Zingg Jr. (S Ul), 2, Aiel lolgr ~e n (Ho n ): 3, Kenny Sieven (Yem ). 125 PRO: J. Mark TUll'Y (KTM): 2. Tony Ama rad io (Yam ); 3. Joe Hargett (Suz) . 250 BEG; 1, Alessandro Assa nti (Hon ); 2. Scott Ha rden (KTM); 3, Billy Mal'krtson (Suz). 250 J R: 1. Chri, Velotta (Yam ); 2. lchiko Nak ay a (S uz) ; 3 . De nnis MllP~S (KllW); 4 . Aiel Tho m p$o n (Yllm ) : 5. Chri$ Belch~r (Ya m ). 250 INT; 1. R~vell~ HaO'ison (KTM): 2. Tm Olson (Yam ); 3 , Eric Moor~ (Sul l. VET BEG: I. Kevin Johnson (Hon) : 2. John RuhD (Hon): 3 . Ric Allen (Suz); 4 , Alessandro As.slInti (Ytlm ); 5. Curtis Tolhurst (Ktlw). c u e K~ln Suthertend (Yam ); 4 Curt J ablon.w.i (Hoo ): 5 , Eric William$ (Yam ) ... FO$t~ (Sul ). 25. J R: 1. Rock y HIlM (Yam ); 2, Deve 6f:dter (Yam ): 3 . Mitch Even e (KllW); 4 , Frank l eggett (Suz): 5 . !"I.a Hill (Yam) . rk 25-+ BEG : I. MtlSOfl Todd (Ye rn ): 2. J~ff Shumen (Ya m) : 3 Daniel R. Rlv"a (Yam); 4 . Eric LAdl (Hen): 5. Ron P"ellfTW't (Kaw). 40 .. JR .: 1. Chri s Co rum (Hon): 2 . Frank Villa (Su I) : 3. Mike Ca uell (Ktlw): 4 . Lee AmtIradJo (Yam); 5. Rick Pft~ (Yam ). 401NT : I. Cun jablonski (Hon ); 2. Keith Severs (Yom ); 3, Greg Enc luon (tITM); 4 . Robert ZIngg (Yam ); 5. Rich SO'Ith (Ya m). l 40 -+ EX 1. Gllry Scott (Yam ); 2. JIfTl Lal~ (Yam) ; 3 . K~ : Ehlen (Vllm ); 4 . Bud lewis (Yom ); 5 , Ste~ Moore (Yam ). 40. MSTR 1, JdI Surwllll (Yllm) ; 2. Will it>AmtInKlio (Yom) : 3, Derv!IS Bcelwere (Yllm ); 4 . Mllrk H.1 (Yllm) : 5. Ron HilIl4lTl (Y4ffi). 11 50 -+ MSTR: 1. RIlY Pi !loD~k i (KTM); 2. J od y W~ISei (Ytlm ) : 3 Beng t J ohll nsson (Yllm) : 4 . Henl L.el~ (Yllm ); 5. Ch uc k Mine rt (Ya m ) Hunt Moto Park Malyj and Dieter Clean Up B y MJ CHAEL H ARASMl SZ HUNT. NY, APR. 16 Pete Ma lyj a nd A aron Di eter each took two cla ss win s and second pla ce in a th ird cl ass at th e 11t h ann ual Dunlop Mo torsport Cha lleng e rac e at Hunt M ot a Par k . T he ev ent, w h ic h start ed in the late 1980s as one of th e origi nal D unl op T ire Days, dr ew a reco rd turnout of 550 riders to t he n atural -terrain track , and class winners took home Dun lop tires for their efforts. The previous night's watering left the tr ack in exc ellent co nditio n , with many lines to choo se from . wh ich made fo r a gr eat da y of racing for all. Suz uki -m o unted D ieter swe p t all four m otos to take th e o ve rall wins in th e J 6-24 Combi ne d and 125 c c Exp ert cl asse s, w hile Kawasaki jo ckey Ma lyj won both O ver 25 A motos and was second to Dieter in each 125 Expert moto. Th is set th e stag e fo r the m ain cl ass of the da y - the 250cc Ex pert clas s. Joe Ellington grabbed th e hol esho t in the first 250cc Ex pert m oto, with Mal yj and Paul Aust in cl ose behind. Ell ington dropped ba ck to fourth. Starting in fifth, Dieter m oved into the lead after dicing w it h Ma lyj and Austin. Di eter p ull ed o ut to a com fo rt ab le lead and took th e win , with Malyj in seco nd and Au stin in third. Ma lyj was qui ckest off th e lin e in m ota two, with D on Schm id t an d Di et er in h is roo st. Ellington was a close fo urt h. At the ha lfway poi nt of th e m ote, the three lead ers wer e nev er m or e tha n four seconds apa rt. bu t Malyj did not let the pr essure get to him; he wou ld pull away , and the n lose som e grou nd to Schmidt . M ea nwh il e , Di et er wa s looking for a way ar ound Sc hm idt. Mal yj took the w in with a slig ht lead over Sch midt, wh o was seco nd . Dieter m ade one last atte m pt at an inside pass on Schmidt after th e lo ng whoop section. but he had to sett le for th ird , w hich gave him second ov erall for the day, behind Maly j, Other riders that ca me away w ith do ubl e cla ss wins for the day included Brandon Kuhn in the 125c c Amateur and Sch oo lbo y cla sses, Caleb Miller in th e Min i Seni or and Mini Co m bin ed clas ses, and Br andon Meir , who finis hed fir st in all four moto s of the 60 cc and Mini Junior cl asses on hi s way to two overa ll wins. n e vus MAY 24. 2 0 0 0 61

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