Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Al len 's Fa rm R. sult s Rosseter Collects ACR Vintage MX Victory J r. (Ric); 2. Sam CorcOfMl (Suz): 3 . Nett'V"1IIC8Il (C' ,,); 4 . Brian V_ Da (Han); 5. Den Oupp.. PRE· 1965 500 INT: I. Ron Wahl (BSA.). F'RE 1970 250 INT: I. Deon Hut~ (Tri) ; 2. Creig Corcc:nn · (In). PRE· 1970 250 EX: I. Hugh .....'HYer (Bul). PRE 1970 500 INT I. Craig Corcoran (BSA..(M): 2. Bob Vin· : JR: I. John B y B OB VINCENT (en1 LAWTON, PA , MAY 7 In a closely co ntested Pre-1975/125cc Expert W~msdorl6 (BSA): 3. Dean Hutchinson(BSA). F'RE· 1972 125 EX.;1. .km WemsdorfeJ (Ric): 2. Pet~ PlIe.ki (BuI). PRE-1975 125 NOV: I. Aian Zadrcnt- (C·Al: 2. Scou Hlltch; 3. Kautz(Hon). PRE·1975 125 INT: I. RMIdy HIlIt~ (Hon). PRE·1975 125 EX: I. Rick RQsseI~ (Hon ): 2. Stev~ Clart!(Hon). PRE·1975 125 WMN I . ~ DMOS (C·A). : : Mn). PRE· 1975 250 NOV I. RichordBrIJdweO(Y PRE· 1975250 m : I. JIlYMtonzo (!'bt): 2. P~ft KoIo& (Suzl. PRE·19" 2SO EX: I. GilbertWIStnlp (Han ); 2. Richard f"ldd (CZ); 3. Sl:~ Oar!' (Han ); 4. Ed Schaef« (Mai): 5. Ron Smc*1k.Il (HUI). PRE·1975 500 1l'iT: 1. Dave Percarp;o (Mai). PRE-1975 OPEN EX: l. Ene Bet:~ (Suz) : 2. Ron 0.0. (H.O); 3. Tom France (Han). PRE· 1978 NOV I. J im Allen (V : am): 2. MIlt Flynn (Vam). PRE· 1978 INT: l. Bob Leskllnic (Bull: 2. Randy H. lt~rman Carol yn race , Rick Rosseler won the second moto to edg e out St ev e Cl ar e for th e overall in th e American Clas sic Racin g m otocross at Allen 's Farm. Clare pulled out • win in the fi rst moto after some cl ose handlebar-ta -handlebar rac- ing. The steep. off-c a m be r come r at the finish line was the place to sp ectate. as the riders fought for po sition go ing into the one -line exit. The inevitable " ki ss of the knobbies" was per - formed on almost every lap as the leaders vied for the single groove. (Sw ). PRE· 1978 EX; I . Andy I\grllSto (Bull : 2. Bob Hllyn (Suz ): 3. Bill O·Bri.n (V. m). 30. NOV: I. .scott C<'J mpbeli (Mai): 2. Mik PieKki (Hon). e 30. INT: 1. Bob Frederick (Suz) : 2. ShllwnWadwOl1h (Mal). c 30. EX: I. Ri h Field (CZ); 2. Steve CI<'J rt!(Hon). <' 40. NOV 1. Richllrd Bredwell (Y J m). : 40. INT 1. Ed Hundredrnllrk (Hod): 2. Peter Kolos (Suz); 3. ErIc : . 8clzenberger (Suz.); 4. Joe Abate (CZ); 5. Rcben ShofsUihl 40. EX: I. G iI~rt Wistrup (Hon): 2. Edw.rd Schaef r (Mal); 3. e Eric: Betzenberger (Su.r.); 4. Alex Moros (Yern ); 5 . Ron Smohnke (Hus). 50. NOV I. John Park6 (BuI): 2. Henry Calpin (CI ). : 5O. IN I. Ray ROflcbnella (Y m): 2. Ron Wllhl (BSA). T: . 50. EX: I. Bob teyes (Suz): 2. Ted Gr. bowP.i (Mai). 60. EX: I. Bob Hayo (Mai); 2. Albm Lewis . EVO0·200 NOV: 1. Lars JIIC'ClbRn (Moo); 2. Anctr- MkoIaictuk (V ): 3. BradSconzert (Hen): 4. RichMdParkft (Suz). am EVa 0-200 INT I. PhiUip Callan (Suz ); 2. Mi e SoIC!$\d (Han) : k EVa 0·200 EX; 1. Ken Napolitano (Suz ); 2. V~ Scannapieco (Suz) ; 3. .kDon L.m (Hal): 4. Tom f nn:e (Han): 5. Ride~ (Vim). EVa OPEN NOV: I. Mi h. e1 Stedmg (Mal) ; 2. Perry Sconzert c (Han ); 3. 0arTyt Stedlng (Mai): 4. Joseph Aba~ (CZ): 5. Ted Bohlke. EVa OPEN INT: l. JMOn .Jones; 2. Thomas Oaubm; 3. J oseph Vanella (Han); 4. Scott Reutzel (Soz): 5. Dan terever (Han) . EVOOPEN EX: I. Edwllfd Blewett (Han ); 2. J aon lJM (V. m); 3. Mom. Gr'005 (Suz); 4. Kevin fl\cCllrth y (C·A); 5. Kennettl Napoli· tano (Yam). The second moto was a copy of the first, with th e lead changing from lap to lap. Clare bo bbled on the last lap, giv ing Rosseter j ust a little breathing room and the win to take a 2-1 finish fo r fir st place on th e day . T wen ty riders were in the sta rting gate for the Evolution Open, Int erm ediate and Novi ce race. The jostling was pretty intense at the first co rne r, but Mike Ste ding go t through on his Maico and won both Novi ce rnotos , while Jason Jones took the overall in the Intermediate class. The Junior clas s alwa y s seems to ha ve excellent racing . Th ese are 12- to 15- year-olds racing 25- to 30 -year-old machines. ACR pro motes the Ju nior class to intr oduce the future of racing to th e past, and these kids race hard. John Wern sdorfer Jr. was able to wi n both motos on hi s Rickman -Yamaha even tho ugh he didn't get the hol eshot in eith er moto. Nate Vinc ent got the hol eshot in the first m ota and held off a pressing Sam Corcoran for the secand spot in the fi rst race . Corc oran got the OPEN.MULTI EX; I. Ale x Moros (Y arnl. SPANISH GP: I. Andy AgrMto (Sui ): 2. P~f:l" ~ (BuI); J . Bob l.nkanic (BuI) : 4 , Brym Dailey (Css): 5. Hugh Weaver (BuI). .... z "' g :> o '" '" Iii In th e afternoon Amateur 80cc GP race , Weisberg was unable to get the same drive off the li ne he had enjoyed in the mornin g. allo wing Simon to take the po int, with Kr eisher and Sh imabuku i n t hird a nd fo u rth . U p front , Simon and We isberg were locked in a fie rce braking duel. Show i ng Simon his wh eel at every opportunity, Weisberg was giving Sim on little roo m to breathe. Lat e in the race, Sim on left a few inches op en , and W eis ber g too k Sim on ' s lin e under hard bra k ing with a cl assi c block- pass . Weisb erg held o n to th e lead for his seco nd win of the day and a well -ea rned fi rst overall, with Simon in seco nd. Afterw ard , an ecstatic Weisbe rg com m ented that it had taken him • ye ar to leam how to go fast by slowing down . In the hotly c ontested Expert Mod ified c lass, Rolando Quintero, Leonard Mellgren , Ja son Perez and Tommy Crawford, in cl o se form ati on, broke away from th e field . Quintero appeared to have th e upper han d , bettering his rivals in both th e m orn ing and afternoon races. Perez he ld down thi rd in both races, with Crawford and Mell gren tr ad ing pl aces. In one of the best battles of t he day, Cra wford and Perez had a di cefest go ing on in th e afternoon race ; Perez's yo uthful determina tio n wa s not en ou gh to overcome Craw ford 's sheer power and drive off the comers. Skye Girard's introduction into the Arne teur ranks ma y not have been as rewarding as he might ha ve wished, but it wa s d efinitel y ev en tful. Starting t h e m o rn ing ' s Am ateu r Stock race from the 16th po sition on th e grid, Gir ard rod e an aggressive yet calculated race , stea dily moving up through th e field . Late in th e race, while making a bid for third under hea vy bra king go in g into the ha irpin, Girard lost th e front tire and went down hard. Girard retu rned fo r the aft ern oon rare. but the dr ag of a malfunctioni ng fro nt -brake caliper pr event ed h im from making any sig ni fica nt prog ress, leaving him with a 14th-pl ace overall finish in the Amat eur Stock cl ass , wh ic h se e m ed t o overs ha dow h i s respectable fou rth -p lac e overall finis h in t he A ma teur Modified division . 600cc cl ass with • fin e 4.121 -second nun on his CR500 on his first ride to set the fast time up to that po int in the program. His time held u p throug h t he sec on d -r ound ac tion, with "Fast Andy" Fortner co m ing en -so -c lose with a 4 .133-second nun on his Honda. Mark Goodm an Jr. put his CR500 over in a good 4.2 18 seco nds for third place, with Do ug Campbell nailing the fourth -p la ce spo t on hi s KX500 with a 4.245-second time. Jon Creek joined th e prize winners with a fifth- place 4 .323-second ti me on his Honda. The 50cc You th cla ss has add ed interest th is year, as defending champion Dylan Brad y (Kelly' s bo y ) and challenger Ja k e Hunsaker are running brand -new Po linis . Brady shot over the hill on his first ride in a rath er amaz ing 7 .795 seconds for th e win , with Hunsaker topping the hill, also, with a very good 8.615second ride. Bear in m ind these are bikes with 10-in ch wheels and aut omatic clutches. It will be fun to wat ch thes e yo ungs ters throughout the yea r. Cole Clay ca m e close to to pp ing the hill on his Lem with a 135 -foo t effort, follo wed by Donn ie Robbins o n h i s J R50 and Ky le Beaver on a KTM . Results 50 AUTO I. OyIM Brady (Pol): 2. Jak~ Hun..ker (Pol); 3. Cole : Oil Y (Lem): 4. Donnie Robbins (Suz ): 5. Kyle Beever (Act). JR MI 1. Bobby Senn(! SchuItl (H.D); 3. Randy Grt!'t'I'1 (H-D): 4. Scott Shms Jr . (H.0 ); 5. Serve Sham (H·D). SR: I. Knin Wea vf:l" (Han): 2. Gayle J mkins (Hon); 3. Kem McKay ( K_); 4. Frt!d Brown (Y am); 5. Tm Wiggms (Tri) . PROD t. Wack Sc:huItt (H.D): 2. L.M Schultz (Nor) : 3. Randy : Gnoen(H-O): 4. Tm WIQ91J15 (Tri): 5. Scott Sheds JJ. (H-D). am); 3. 400 STK: t. Richord Allen (Hon); 2. Doug Campbell (Y K~ Peten (yMn): 4. Ror-\ ie ~yo (Han); 5.1'Wtl Shafer (Y am). 0PE1't STK.: 1. Scott Petty (Han); 2. Scou PNitIClt'I; 3. David ~ !IOn (Yarn); 4. Scott ~ (lion ); 5, Steve $hater (K.... ). FASTTIME.: I.MIe Schultz. 3.939 (Nor). Re sults 5Th BEG: I . J ason Bates; 2. Jeff Jones ; 3. PatJrno.: 4. Michllel Witzke; 5. Je rt!my Giroir. MOOBEG: 1. Jeff JerJes: 2. J . ~ Baker; : e 3. Jeff Packnoa 4. ByronJohnson ; 5. Mik Day. STK AM: I . Chns Campos; 2. Nicolas Nocker; o J~ 6 it 3. Tm Dunn; 4. Jeff RuueU: 5. Francia Roco. MOO AM: 1. Ed Simo n; 2 . Mik~ K ~ lI y ; 3 . Gabnel Suaret.: 4. Skye Girard; 5. Rick Lasch. STK EX: I. Jason Pf:l"ez; 2. Sieve Mayes: 3. LeonardMelIgml: 4. Utrry Weisberg; 5. BertSb Jr. MOD EX: I . Rolllndo Quintero; 2. Tommy Crllwford: J . J llson Perez: 4 . I..!on rd Ml!'lIgren; 5. . RichyHeadley. 80 AM: I. latTy W~jsberg : 2. Ed Simon: 3. y David Kreishf:l": 4. Steve Shim. buku; 5. Kell Hane. 80 EX: 1. Roh:mdo QU intero; 2. Jason Perez; g 3. Mitch Wei!lber : 4. A. ron Hammel: 5. J u.n Vf"n· loc. VET (25 .): I. Leona rd Mellgre n: 2. Larry 3. Ja!lOfl Tak<'J rnoto; 4. Bert Silo. Jr.; 5. Chm Cllmpo!!. SR (40. ): I. Leon.rd Mellgren ; 2. Derek McKnaon; 3. Nick TIerno; 4 Bobby Esteban: 5. William Grou. W~isb(org : Allen's Fa nn: R ic h ard Fie ld (4 57), G il bert Wistru p (389) and Pete r Ko los (69) lea d the p ac k int o the first com er In th e Pre- 1975/P re-1970 250Cc contest at the A meri ca n Classic Racing event in Lawton, Pe nnsylvania , fo ll o w ed by Steve Cla re (147), Richard B ra d w e ll (43), H u g h W ea ver (234), Dean Hutch inson (SOE), Jay Menzo (46) and Cra ig Corc o ran (60 A). P le as u re R id e rs C lu bgro unds Schultz Takes the Peanuts B y BOD NORTHROP hol eshot in the second m ot o, but Wem sdorfe r was abl e to get by him at the " m udhole" on the ba c k secti o n . ( Ma n y r iders claimed t ha t manure wa s the prima ry in gred ient o f th is slo p py section.) Corcoran was able to stay cl ose eno ug h beh ind Wern sdorfer ' s Hickman to bea t out VIncent for seco nd overall. A ra c e betw e e n i nt e re sti n g machi n es developed in th e Pre- 1975 Expert Open class . Eric Betz enberger too k fi rst-place hon or s in bo th m otos on hi s Suzuki, but seco nd and t h i rd p l ac e were co n tes te d be t w e en Ron Daro s, on h i s Harle y -Dav idson Sp ortst er (modified for m otocro ss), and Tom Fran ce , o n his fo ur -cy linder Honda 850. Th ese machines may not be t ypic al MX ma chines , but th ey c ert ai n ly add a differ ent audio and vi sua l aspect to a vintage motocross race. The natural -terrain tra ck 'at A lle n ' s Farm was just right for these Classic and Evolution machines. Some ro ugh sections m ade it interesting, whil e a seri es of S turn s and off-camber com ers kept th e riders hone st. Mo re tha n 170 entrants turned out for the second Class ic and Evolution race in this year' s series of 10 races. riding classic, historic , and evolution machines dati ng fro m the 1960s through 1980. 44 J UNE 14, 2000" c ue I Adam ' s Kart T rack Weisberg Breaks Droug h t B y R OD G IRARD RIVERSIDE, CA , MAY 7 After being winl ess for over a year, it all came toge the r fo r Larry Weisberg in t he Amateur BOCc GP class of the Califo m ia Motorcycle Road Racing Associa tion race at Adam's Kart Tr ack . Weisberg launched off the lin e to an early iead in the morning's race , with Andy Lenz, Steve Sh im abuku and Ed Simon in tow. By the sec ond lap , Wei sberg had o pe ned up a comfortable lead , and a tight battle for seco nd was forming . Lenz went down. Scr ambling fo r pos it i o n, Simon t o ok secon d and D a vid Kr eisher pa ssed Shimabuku for th ird . Unch alleng ed, Weisberg exten ded his lead to a full str aighta way'S length, turnin g a very respe ctable 52 .91 ·se cohd lap . With the lead er firmly out of reach , th e battle for seco nd plac e became heated. Although Kr eisher was unr ele nting in hi s attack, Simon was abl e to hol d him off for a tight second· place finish. e n e _ s CAYUGA,IN. MAY 6 Distr ict 17 ope ned its 2000 hillclimbin g season at the Pleasure Riders c1ubgrounds nea r Cayuga , India na . Some 124 ride rs show ed up to ch.llenge the 150· foot hill , w ith La ne "U ghtn ing" Sch ultz ta k ing the be.utiful Fast Time trophy and aw ard m on ey with his venerable Br iti sh iron hors e · a Norton 85 0. Schultz , from An am osa, Iowa , na il ed th e fast t ime by bla st in g over the top in 3 .939 seco nds on his first and on ly rid e in the Open class. His brother Wade was hi s close st com petitor as he roar ed over the top on his Harl ey in 4 .136 sec onds fo r sec o nd pla ce , Rand y " Buzz" Gre en topped the hill on hi s beautiful KTM/Harley in 4.507 second s for third. Scott "Scoo ter" Sheets and Steve Sh.fer, al so piloting Harleys, fi lled out th e top fiv e spots. The Schultz brothers also took the top two spots in the Pushrod cla ss. Wad e took top hon · ors on his Harl ey with a blisterin g 4.006:s econd run , with Lan e cl ose on hts heels with a 4 .097 second time on his snortin' Norton. Green fj n ~ ish ed third again on hi s Harle y. Tim Wiggins was fourth on his Triumph. Scooter Sheets ran fifth on his Superior Cycle Sportster. Kelly Brady im p ressed the crowd in th e IMI Motorsports C o m p le x Kellogg's Feast of RMXA Wins B y G REGORY K . C O RNS ERIE, CO , APR. 30 Col or ado Powersports/ Axo/R entha l-spo nsored J osh K ellog g had a fe as t , cla im ing o ver all win s in th e 125cc A , 25 0cc A and O ve r 25 Expert classe s on th e seco nd of t wo days of Lorett a Ly nn's Amateur Nati on al area qu ali fi er co m pe ti tio n hos ted by (h e Roc ky M oun tain Mot ocross A ssoci atio n. For those atte mpting to advance to th e So uth Ce ntral . nd So uthweste rn reg io nals, and for the more th an 300 rid ers who made it out each day , th e crew at IMJ provided a fabulously prepped track, and not even th e foul weather could da mpen the spirits of those in attendance . F &S Su zu k i' s Kevin Hall grabbed th e holeshot in the fi rst 250cc A m oto and held off K ell og g until midmot o . With Ki rk Hu ff a nd Chad Zul ian lurking in th eir shadows , Kello gg edged ou t Hall on lap four. Hall st.yed with Kellog g, but one lap later he aug ured him self int o th e g ro un d, hitting a false ne utral whil e upshifting to fourth over the high-speed step up jump before th e finish li ne. Hall's m isfortun e left Kellogg in fron t of Zulia n by 10 seconds, with Todd Robertson and Cli fto n Str oud followi ng. Strou d du m ped h is Yama ha w ith two la ps rema ining, allowing Terry Armstrong to ga in the po siti on. Kellog g pu lle d ou t a 15seco nd adva ntage at the checkers over Zulian. Robertson beat Armstrong to the checkers by • wh eel. Str oud held on fo r fift h. K ellogg secu re d th e ho lesh ot and co n · troll ed th e second m oto , with Stroud g iv ing chase. Zulian, Brandon T ynes, Huff and Armstro ng battl ed for third . Armstrong dropped back as Robertson and Zulia n di ced for po siti on . Zulian stall ed hi s YZ, letting Robertson , T yne s and Huff pa st , but h e wa s a b le t o charg e back up to fin ish th ird, tw o seconds ahe.d of Robertson at the chec ke rs. Kellogg enjoyed another win by a co m forta b le margin , with Stroud second. T yn es lo cked up fifth. K ellogg took another ho leshot in the 125cc A class, but a pil eup fo ur co mers out of the gat e sent the lead er back to sevent h. Current RMXA 12 5 cc A po ints le.der Doug Le avitt hopped into th e lead , with Robertson in hot pursu it . Zulian. Armstrong and Scott Bu rris

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