Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

CMC Northwest Regional Summer Series Round 3 : Albany Motorsports Park a nd breezed to a 1- 1 rou t. Th e ba ttle for the to p Inte rme d iate posi tion again we nt down to the finis h, this time betwe en Williams a nd Mancuso . Williams scored both th e moto an d overall victo ry, a head of Man cu so (3 2 ), Dale Corra (4-3), Sulli van (1- 7) a nd Joe Pe ar son (5 -8 ). When the ga te dropped for th e first 250cc Pro/ Inte rmed iate class m oto , Lacey put his Su zuki ah e ad of Gra ve s a nd Ya maha- mou nte d De vin Co n naghan. Howe ve r, a lap later, Graves had s woo pe d past La c ey to nab the lead , setting up the day's best battle. 7ST O RY A ND P HO T O S BY C LA Y LIG HT ALBANY, OR, MAY 29 fj, MA Nat ional v e t e ran T on y ~ Grav e s sought and re c ei ved re venge for th e 250cc Pro -cl ass loss he suffered a t th e previous ro un d of th e CMC Northwest Summe r Series at th e h and s of 17 -y e a r- o ld up -an d c o mer Ty La c ey by scoring a convincing win in th e class to even th e score a t round thr ee , held a t Alba ny Motorsport s Par k. Wh ile La c e y went u nco nte s ted in his 125cc Pro -cl ass victory, Graves ' Yam aha YZ426F prov ed to be th e weap on of cho ice on the slippery tr a c k . In addi tion to Grav es ' 2 50cc Pro victory, th e Herb 's Cycl etown ba ck ed rid er al so won th e Over 30 'Pro class , als o with a I- I swe ep. Riders came from all ove r the West a nd from as fa r awa y as South Carolina ; m an y pad a lso conteste d th e pre viou s da y's Lor etta Lynn 's qua lifier in Washougal , Washington . On e s uch rider was Oreg on ' s Ju st in Ke en ey , w ~o had a rema rkabl e da y, winning the 80 c c ( 12 - 13) a n d Su p e rm in i classes, t op ping Wa shington 's Ryan Villopoto in all four motos . The Pro -Caliber-ba cked Keen e y jumped out in front of the first 80cc mot o , follo wed by Kaw a s a k i rid e r Kevin Rookstool, Villopoto ;: Jord an Mockridge and the re st of th e field. Ke en ey , riding a Suzuki, opened up a large le a d and held it throughout the m oto until ViIlopoto , who eventuall y di spl ac ed Rooksto ol , n arrowed th e gap at the finish , although time ran out for the Washingtonian. Kee ney wa s back out front in m ot o two , cha llenged ea rly o n by Or egon 's 54 JUNE 21 , 2000' cue I e (Abov e) Tony Graves (8) a nd Ty Lacey (11) were this c lose for m o st of both 250cc Pro m ot os at round three of the CMC Northwest Regional Summer Series. Graves won the overall. (Right) Justin Keeney (250 ) s oa red t o the Supermini and 80cc (12-1 3) victories, both coming by way of 1-1 sweeps, at Albany Motorsports Park in Oregon. Ry an Hu eg e . T h e n Vill op ot o d is p lac ed Hu eg e a n d se t ou t aft er Keeney , wh o by this ti m e wa s long gone . Th e top three rider s in the moto Keeney , ViIl op ot o a nd Hue ge - e a ch scored re sp e ctiv e class wins; Keeney won the 80cc (12- 13) class, ViIlopoto won th e 80cc (7 -1 1) class and Huege won th e 80c c (1 4 - 16) class . But Keeney wasn 't finish ed ye t. Th e RM jockey jolt ed th e com pe tition in th e Supermin i cla s s , le a ding th e I I -year- old Villopot o an d Ken ny Webste r to the fini sh in m oto o ne . Keeney ca me back to dominate aga in in mo to tw o, final izing h is swee p a hea d o f Webster (3- 2), Ro o ks t ool (5- 3), Mock ridg e (4 -4), Deatley (6 -5) and Kevin Urqhart (7 -6). La c e y, ridi n g th e Cycle Town of Med ford -backed Su zuki , pull ed th e trigg er fa st est to lead th e firs t com bin e d 125c c Pro/Intermed iate conte st, and th e 17 -ye a r-o ld left a ll comers b eh ind . Yam aha -mount ed Matt Williams a nd KTM rider Rory Sulli van we re th e o nly r ide rs a ble t o kee p La c e y in si g ht; th e s hooto ut fo r th e top Interm ed iate spot went in Sulliva n's fa vor at th e finish. Moto two was mu ch the same for Lace y. Th e rider from southern Or e gon vanished from the rest of the field n e vv s T h e two s pe nt th e e ntire m oto in a side -by -si de skirmish, whic h Gra ve s won a t the finish by less th an a wheel. Connaghan po st ed th e Intermedia te cla ss victo ry, a hea d of Su llivan and Su zu ki ride r Ge rritt Schaffer. Graves got the jump o n th e com pet it ion in moto t wo, but Lac ey q uickly cou nte ra tt a cked a nd c h a lleng ed Gra ves for most of th e m oto unti l Lacey fa iled to g et th e tra ct ion that Graves ' YZ426F did , a nd La c ey fe ll o ff th e pa c e with a la p t o g o . Gra ve s gra bb ed a I-I win; Lacey led Co nn ag ha n, th e top- placing Intermed ia te , to th e line , follow e d by Bran don Th omas, the second -p lac e overa ll Inte rmedia te . Co nna gha n c a me ba c k to trounce th e com pe tition in the Be fore The Hill Inte rm ed ia te c la ss with a I - I sweep to finalize h is two -c lass deci mation . Su lliva n netted second (4- 2) , fol lowed by Th omas (2 -5) , Williams (5 3) a nd Man cuso (3 -6 ). Wa sh ington's Mark Bunke r bested th e Be fore The Hill Juni or class, his b e s t perform an c e co mi n g in moto two . After di sp la cin g le ad ers Ra c e La ce y a nd Se an Licht com ing out of turn two , Bunk er blitzed th e competi tio n for a I -I swee p. La c ey , the yo unger of th e two ra cing brothers, went 5 -2 to fin is h se c ond overall , a h e a d of Webst e r (4- 3). Ju stin J ensen (3-4) a nd Ch ris Be rg (8 -5) . Th e ride r who had tra veled the furthest di st an c e - T yl e r C lar k , from Shelby, North Carol ina - fina lized a good we e ke nd with a pa ir of fourth overall finis hes in 60cc a ct ion. Clar k tr a iled Ryan Villopoto , Ma tt De a tle y and Tyler Villopoto in th e 60cc Op en d ivis ion, th en followed Deatl ey, Villo poto an d Ga red Steinke in th e 60c c (9-11) class. eN Albany Mot orsports Parle Albany, Oregon Results:May Z9, Zooo (Round 31 P /W (4 -6 ) : I . Brad Fr a c e ( Co b); 2. Ale x Karshner (Hus) : 3. Steele A ngle· Davidson (Cob) ; 4 . Andy Dibrino (Yam ); S. Cody Mecham (Cob) . P/W (7 -8) : 1. Tom my Weeck (Cob): 2. Thom as Nichols (Cob ); 3. Nick Gubser (KTM ); 4 . Eli J onason (Hen); 5. Steven Farm er (HM ). SO O PEN : 1. Nick Gu bser (KTM ): 2 . Th oma s Nic hols (Cob ); 3. Steele A ngl e· Dav idso n (Cob ); 4. Brad Frac e (Cob). 60 BEG: 1. Nate Hill (Kaw); 2. Bradley Hillm an (Ka w ) ; 3 . M it ch MeKuhn ( Ho n) ; 4 . Cod y Cosens (KT M): 5 . Carson Mack ridge ( Kaw ). 60 JR (6 -8 ): I. Gared Steinke (KTM ): 2. T ravis Q uesenberry (K TM); 3 . Tommy Weec k ( Kaw) ; 4. Chris Meeker (Kaw). 60 SR (9 - 1 1) : I. Ryan Villapo ta (KTM) : 2. Matt Dea tle y (Ka w); 3. Tyl er Vill opoto (KTM) ; 4 . Tyler Clar k (Kaw): 5. Danny Gubser (Kaw) . 60 OPE N: 1. M alt D eat ley (Ka w) : 2 . Tyle r Vjllopoto ( KTM ) : 3. Gared Stei nke (KTM) : 4. Tyle r Clark (Kew): 5. Brad ley Hillman (Kaw). 80 BEG : 1. Kyl e T ho m pso n ( Ho n) ; 2. J esse Wu or i ( Ho n ); 3 . J er ry B ra swell ( Kaw ) ; 4 . Aa ron McClinton (Yam ); 5. Brett Ab ernathy (Hon ). 80 (9 · 1 1) : I. Ry an Vill apata ( Yam): 2. Sam Deatley (KlIw) ; 3 . Kyle Evans (Kaw); 4 . Aja y Olinger (Suz); 5. Danny Gubser (Kaw). 80 ( 12 - 13 ) : 1. J usti n Keeney (Hon ); 2. Kev in Rooks too l (Kaw ); 3. J or dan Mock rid ge (Kew) : 4 . Kevin Urquhart (Hon ); 5. Robert Wullbrandt (Suz). 80 ( 14- 16 ): I. Ryan Huege (Han) . S IMIN I: I. Ju st in Kee n ey ( Suz) ; 2. Ke nn y Webster (Hon) ; 3. Kevin Rookstool (Kaw ): 4 . Jorda n Mockridge (Kaw) ; 5. Sam Deatley (Kaw) . 125 BEG: 1. Brent Casteel (Yam) ; 2. Nathan Lop uch (Yam) ; 3. J oel Wami ck e (Han) ; 4. Garland Reid (Yam) ; 5. Bry an Meierotto (Yam ). 12 5 J R : 1. Ju st i n J en sen (H on ) ; 2. Kenny Webster (Hon ); 3 . Mark Bunker Jr . (Yam ) ; 4 . Nick Clarno (Yam ); 5 . Race Lacey (SUI) . 125 I NT: t . Ma tt W illia m s (Yam ) ; 2 . J oe y Ma n cu so ( Han ) ; 3 . Dal e Co rra (Kaw) ; 4 . Rory Sullivan (KTM ); 5. J oe Pearson (Yam) . 125 PRO : I. Tyson Lacey (Suz). 250 BEG : 1. Je rry Ebert III ( Yam ) ; 2 . Ja son Damon (Hen ): 3. Tyler She pard ( Han ) : 4 . Robert Kell eher (Hon ); 5. Clint on Tani s (Yam ). 25 0 J R: 1. Li n c Li n eb augh (Hon) ; 2. Aa ro n Thunnan (Kaw); 3. Nichola s Payne (Hon) ; 4 . Shawn Huege (Hon ); 5. J eremy Wernicke (Yam) . 250 I NT: 1. De v in Co r maq h a n ( Yam ) ; 2 . Brand on Thoma s (Hon); 3. Gerritt Schaffer (Suz); 4 . Ben Morgan ( Hon ); 5 . Rory Sullivan (KTM) . 2 5 0 PRO: 1. Ton y Graves (Suz); 2. Tyson Lacey (Suz) . OPEN AM : J. Ed Sm ith (Yam ): 2. Glynn Higgin s (KTM ); 3 . Da n Kau ffm an ( Ho n ) ; 4 . Mike Layt on (Hon); 5 . J am es Trivitt (KTM) . (JTH JR : 1. Bob Kivi sto (Hon) ; 2. Dave Schm id (Han) . UTH INT: 1. Gerrilt Sc ha ffe r (Suz ): 2 . Ric k Walling (Yam ). BTH J R : 1. Mark Bun k er Jr. ( Yam); 2 . Race Lacey ( Suz); 3 . Kenn y Web st er ( Hon) ; 4 . Ju st in J ensen (Hon ); 5. Chris Berg (Yam ) . BTH INT: 1. Devin Connaghan (Yam ); 2. Rory Sulliva n (KTM); 3. Brandon Thomas (Hon); 4 . Matt Willi am s (Yam ); 5. Joey Mancu so (Hon) . OTH BEG : 1. Duan e Rom ero ( Ho n ) ; 2 . Bob Harrison ( Hon ) : 3 . J im Zier ( Yam ); 4 . Je ff Kern s (Hon); 5. Fran k Tja den (Kaw). OTH J R: 1. Ken Rom ero (Yam ): 2. Mike Farme r (Kaw); 3 . A lex Schon (Yam) : 4 . Roger Gates (Suz). INT : I. Line Unebaugh (Han) . EX : I. Ed Smith (Yam). O T H M N Y : I. T on y Gra ve s ( Yam ) ; 2 . Ri c k Walling (Yam) ; 3 . Fran k McK uhn (Hon); 4 . Ke ith Dibrino (Hon). O IT J R : 1. J eff K i ss i n ge r (KTM ) : 2 . Ma rk Voeg el e ( Yam ) ; 3. Bob Harri son ( Ho n); 4 . Lu ke McCas lin (Yam) ; 5. Mike Hopk ins (Hus). OIT INT: I. Br i an Bertsch (Ho n); 2 . Greg ory Ch apman ( Yam) ; 3 . Paul Delo s- Rey es (Ya m ) ; 4 . Dean Knut son (Kaw) . O IT MNV: 1. Boe T easdale ( Yam ) ; 2 . Gly nn Higg in s (K TM); 3. Da n Kauffman (Hon) ; 4 . Oli ve Shepard (Hen): 5. Randy Vaughan (Hon) . 50 +: I. Dave Davis (Yam) : 2. Paul Delo s-Reyes (Yam): 3. BI1lNaylor (Han ). WMN : 1. Roch elle Neima nn (Yam) ; 2. Chenette Elli sor (Hon) . 4 -5TRK : 1. Sean Sparkma n (Yam ). orn ora

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