Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

top eight, where he needed to finish to qua lify for the Lore tta Lynn's S outh east Regional to be he ld in June. S t e wa rt return e d as a s urpri se entry in the 125cc Sc hoo lboy Mod ified class. De rric k Fisher was ex pected to win this class , b ut S t ew a rt stunned the crowd as he gassed his 100cc Kawasaki to the class win with 2 - 1 finish e s ov e r Fishe r's 1-2 tall y. SYD's Fis he r ca me back stro ng in the 125 and 250cc A Pro S port d ivis ions and emerged with the victory in both classes. Robert Fame ll finished a close seco nd in the 250cc contest, after sharing m oto wins with Fish er. Th e hard -fo ught 12 5cc C Modified d ivisio n e nded in a three-way points ti e, wit h KT M rider Ra nd y Tho m a s coming out on to p via his 3 - 1 finishes over the 2 -2 score posted by Capitol C y cl e - b a c k e d Hon da p il o t Perry Tho mas. Bry a n Be lla m y ke pt h is Yamaha in the fight but had to settle for the bronze after finishing 1-3 on the day. Randy Thomas garne red enough points to 'ta ke the S e ries lead away from James Mackey, who had a bad day, finish ing 35th ove ra ll. Bo t h Ra nd y T h o m as a nd Perry Thomas (no relation ) return ed to bat tle for th e 250c c C ho no rs, o nly to see Freewhee ling Racin g 's Tyler Morris ta ke control early in moto two to win the class with a 2 - 1 pun c h over Randy T ho mas ' 1 -2 s c o r e . Perry Thomas was th ird, ov e r Brian Brown. Randy Thomas lea ds the series points chase ahead of Mo rris . In t h e t hre e prev iou s Georg ia / Alabama Champio nship S e r ie s rounds, Cody Watfo rd put togethe r a string of 12 moto wins in 12 5 and 250cc B competition. South Carolina 's Da nny Smith put an e nd to that streak whe n Smith edged Watford in the opening 125cc B Modified moto. S m ith rode on to win the class over Watford and Jordan Peeples. Watford returned to win the 250cc B contest. Sm ith had problems in moto one , fin ish ing 8-1 to claim fourth overall . Louisiana 's B lak e Ken nedy was the ru nne r-up. Track owner Ke vin Mathews wa s im p ressive in the Ove r 40 division as he moved up from fifth s pot to win the opening moto. In moto two , Mathews passed race lea de r Chet Malito on th e la st lap . Th e resu lt was a perfect score for Mathews, while Malito held on fo r th e silver over Mike Hende rson. Th e close series p oi nts race in 50cc Shaft-Drive competition heated up as C ap ito l Cy cle/Pro E lemen t backed Rio Bamhart won both motos over Jesse T umer. Now Turner has only a one-point ma rg in over Barnhart in the series. _ 60 (7-9 ); I. Taylo r Johnson (KTI'I); 2. As hley (Ke w); 3. Dahon McNarney (Kaw); 4 . Potrick Johnson (KTI'I); 5. Michad McAnhur (Kew). 60 ( 1 0 - 1 1 ): I. R;cky Renner (KTI'I ); 2. Ky l~ Key lon (KTI'I) ; 3. 2ach Lawler (Kew); 4. .kif Gmiam (KTI'I); 5. Brad James (Kew). 6 0 / 80 PRETEEJ'I (7-11): I. Christia n Gtbn e y ( Hon); 2. M.onty M.cCoy ( Kaw); 3 . St ev en Wilson (S uz) ; 4 . Cl a y Henderson ( Ha n): 5 . Jeff Gilliam (Kew). 80 (7- 11); I. .Jese Lewis (Hon); 2. Ricky Renne(Vam); 3 . Aust on AJ~rs (Va m) ; 4 . Christian G;bney (Hon ); 5. Jesse Van Patten (Kew) . 80 1'100 (9 ·13): 1. Kyl~ Chis holm ( Ka w); 2 . .Jase lewis (Hon) ; 3. Auston ~rs (Vam) ; 4. Ha rTis Altman (Suz): 5. Ryan Gmiam (Kew ). 80 1'100 (14-15): I. James St ewa rt (Kew); 2. Michael Slsemore (lta w): 3. R"o<:hard Sheriff (Hon); 4. Ryan Gilliam (Kaw ); 5. Cory Ccoe (Yam ). S / l'IINI: I. James Stewart (Kew) ; 2. Shane tusk (Hon); 3. Michael Sisemore (Kew); 4. Orew Ask~ (Vam): 5 . Richard Sheriff (Hon) . 125 SOIBY 1'100: I. James Stewart (Kew); 2. Derrick F..her (Suz); 3. Shane tusk (Hon ); 4 . 2ack Lundy (Hon); 5. Chez Nonhey (Yam ). 125 0 : 1. John Coble (Han); 2 . James Saint (KTI'I) ; 3. _had MorTis (Suz) ; 4. Nick Black (Ka w); 5. Koy;" HarKins (Vam) . 250 0 ; I. run James (Kew ); 2. Thomas Autrey (Kaw ); 3 . Randall Wood (Hon) ; 4. JeIfrey Blackman (Va m); 5. Marcus Burroughs (Suz). 125 C 1'10 0 : I. Randy Thomas (KTI'I); 2. Perry Thomas (Hon); 3. Brya n BoIlam y (Yam); 4. St~ Douglass (Vam); 5. JeIfrey Sparks (Hon) . 250 C: I. Tyler MorTis (Hon) ; 2. Randy Thomas (Ka w); 3. Perry Thomas (Kew); 4. Brian Brown (Suz) ; 5 . TIm Matthew. (Kew). 125 8 1'10 0 : I. Oanny Smith (Hon) ; 2 . Cody Watford (S Ul) ; 3. Jordan Pee ples (Vam); 4 . Adam Bisso (Suz); 5. Dash Lyle (Suz). 250 B 1'100: I. Cod y Wa tfor d (SUl) ; 2. Blake Kennedy (Ke w); 3. Shan e Fenw ick (Suz); 4 . Danny Sm fth (Hon); 5 . King Smfth (Suz). 16 - 2 4 AM.: 1. Adam Bi sso (Suz); 2 . Daniel Hitchcock (Suz) ; 3 . Shawn Mayo (Yam): 4 . Shane: Fenwick (Suz); 5 . Seen ~roy (yam) . 25. : 1. Tommy Ma_ (Suz); 2. Eari May (Ke w); 3 . l'I;k~ Garrett (Vam) ; 4 . John Boll (Hon); 5 . Kevin Cozadd (lta w). 30 . AlBIC: I. Eari May 2. Tommy Martin (Suz); 3. Ashley Epps (Hon) ; 4. John ~II (Hon) ; 5. I..onn;" Brown (Kew ). 35. : I. Eari May (ltawl . 2. Glenn Bates (ltaw); 3. John Lund y (Hon); 4 . Kevin Ma~ (Hon) ; 5 . Mike H~erson (Hon) . 40 . : I. Kev in Mathews ( Hon); 2. Chd. MaHto (Kaw) ; 3. Mike Henderson (Hon): 4 . Vance Chase (Hon): 5. Wa~ Stavanja (Yam ). 50. : 1. laITY Brinkley (Yam); 2. Ja ck Phillips (Yam) ; 3. Ernest Millan (H o n) : 4 . Gary Watkins (Suz ). 4 -STRK : 1. John Watkins (Yam ); 2. Sheldon M.cVay (Yam) : 3 . William Bullard (Ya m) ; 4 . TIm Hosfe ld (Suz); 5. Gregory Stafford (Yam ). 125 A PRO SPT: I. Derrick Fisher (SUl) ; 2. Ronn;" Renner (Yam); 3. Sal (Jgarto: (Vam) ; 4. T",.is Crow~ (Kew); 5 . Josh Thompson (Suz). 250 A PRO SPT: I. Derrick Fish~r (Suz) ; 2 . Robert Fa rnell (Suz); 3 . Ronnie Renner (Yam) : 4 . T",vis Crowell (Kew); 5. Josh Thompson (Hon) . V"l<: k~ry Talladega Grand Prix Raceway B Y D REW lmcolJ'l TAllADEGA, AL, APR. 29 ·30 Chris "Opie " Ca ylor put on an impressive displa y of riding skills at the new ly rep aved and reconfIQured Talladega Grand Prix Rac eway. just outside of Talla dega , and beat some of the best Yamaha. Suzuki and Kawasaki co ntingency racers in the country . The 1 ~ 888· FASTlAP/ Mic hel in/S ha rks kinz /Vo rt ex/GMD Computrac k-s ponsored Ca ylor. the rei g ning WERA B Superbike National Champ ion. has a new S uzu ki GSX · R600 10 go with his ProSouth Cycle-tuned GSX- R7 50 during the off sea son. making fo r a very prom is ing Suzuk i Cup program. Ca ylor swept a ll the Suzuki Cup m one y-p a ying classes - A, B a nd C Superstock - fo r his first Suzuki Cup wins ever. Ca ylor held off the charges of 0pen-c1a5s Ya maha racers Billy Ei senacher an d larry Denning as well as wily Suzuki 11.- I ODOR pilot Tray Batey . Denning put pressure on Caylor early . o n ly to fall whe n a bent brake ro tor locked the Front wheel while he was trail -brak ing into tum one. Caylor used that opporItm;(y to increase his lea d, le a ving Eisenacher a nd Ba t e y t o fig ht for runner- up. The Dunlo p / Pe a c htree Performa nc e / Fo x Shox/EMC/M4 Exhaust-ba c ked Eisenacher claimed the positio n to ta ke horne h is share of th e Yamaha contingency money. Batey took third.. Batey came back later in the day to win 40 JUNE 7 . 2000· cu e • • stock 11.- IODOR. beating hiS ArcIight Racing tearrunate Scott Harwel l a nd what may well be the first true privateer's Honda RC5 1 10 make ;( to the racetrack, which was piloted by Cycle Motion team owner l.ander Sevier. Suzuki has decided to offe r a small contingency program th is year in the Heavyweight and Ughtweight Tw;ns classes to accommodate the big Twin and th e SV -6 5 0 . respectively . Bo th b ike s proved to be m uch more competitive in th e n _ .. s KentuckylTennessee MXAssociatio n Superstock races . Mike Eamhardt took th e w in and the prize money in the U g htweight Twins class on his SV-6 50. Eisenacher and Denning mixed it up three more ti mes during the day on their Yama ha Akers Helps Bring in the Green Rl s and R6s_ Denning came away with two w ins - in Formula One and C Superbike • Bv DAVID H. ScREWS barely edging Eisenacher in both races, and placed second to Cayl or in the C Superstock event. During this race, Ca ylor used his Suz uki 600 to set the new (but as yet still uno ffic ial) tra ck record at I :00. 18 , only three-h undred ths of a second quicker tha n his earlier time on his GSX-R7 50. Denning, who upset Caylor's near-perfect win streak a t Ta lladega during Sa turday's Solo 20 races, stayed with Ca ylo r but couldn't ma ke a p a s s stick. The 4 &6 Cycles/Dega Ra cing/Tra ckside Ra ce rs Sup ply/Si lkolene/Be ll-spons ored Denning came under fire from Eisenacher late in the rac e and had to se ttle for second. CADIZ, KY, APR. 16 At 50-something years yo ung. Bud dy Ake rs has bee n raci ng lo nger than most of those he compete s against ha ve bee n alive. On any given we ek end d u rin g the K en tucky /Ten nessee Motocross Association's season, you can spot hi m m ing ling with th e rider s and fans , sprea ding good will and MX diplomacy - especially if the ev e nt happens to be a benefit. In mid -April. Bobby Thomas, pres ident of the Kentucky-Tennessee Motocross Assocta tion a n d t he o wn er o f C ad i z K aw a sa k i , re wo rked t he aba ndoned track at th e Tr igg Cou n ty Rec re a tio n Co m p le x a nd host ed a IIotoc:n»ss Association: Buddy Akers (7), stylin' at t he Project GraduationlRelay For Life benef" race in Cadiz, Kentucky. rt K~fTennessee CTS/EMC/performance Suzuki/EBC/Vanson/Ja rd ine's Ed ward Cobb c o nti nu ed his domination of the Novice ranks, winning all the races he entered - B and C Production and Band C Superbike - on his Suzuki GSX-R600. Opie May Bury "em the Heavyweight T w ins cl2tss on the same 5 0 SHA FT: 1. Rio Barnhart ( Yam); 2. Jesse Tume< (Yam); 3 . PIice Martin (Yam ); 4 . Miles Thorton (Ya m) ; 5. Tyler p;.,... (Yam ). 5 0 (4·6); I. Collen Crosby (Cob); 2. Matt Cox (Cob ); 3 . Austin Smfth (Cob); 4 . .ksse Tumer (Pol); 5 . PIice Martin (Cob). 50 (7-8); I. Michael McArthur (Cob); 2. Shane Bo wlden (Co b) ; 3. Oy la n How~1I (KTI'I) ; 4 . Ryan UttIe (Cob); 5. Robert Chaz W,1son (KTI'I). T wi ns cl as ses th an in the ultracompetitive Cobb, who arrived at the newly redesigned track Sunday m o ming , quickly le a m ed t he fresh lay out a nd started ripping off c om petitive la p times. With th ese latest wins . Cobb brings his record up to 26 wins out of 26 starts th is season, Resu1ts A S/Slll: I. Chris Cayk:w (Sul ); 2. Billy EDmoctIa (Y.m); J . T..,_ I"'~··Sooo_("'1; 5."""""""I"'I . 8 S/StK; I. Corio Coyb (Sou); 2. I"'); J . ..... ...... (Sou); ' . DmdCalohon (Soul; 5. w _ I"'). c S/StK; I. em. Coyb (Sou~ 2. Uny """"'" (V- ); J . .... _(Vam ~4.""" ........ (...~ 5. Ilrion ...... (...). 8 PROD: I . Ed Cobb (Suz); 2. 8any P.iln (Suz); 3. StIf"Y'e _ _ 1- ): 4. O"'S ..... (Ib>~ 5. (!

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