Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Mid-S outh Summer C Series amp R ound 1: Gamble Hollow Allen, Cookin' in the Furnace By VET : I. Ruel Jones (Yom); 2. Todd Lovett (SUI) ; 3. Devid Lambe rth (Kaw); 4. Rod Lyonhurst ( Han ); 5. Ronald Ski pper (Kaw). S R: 1. Ga ry Barr ( KT M): 2 . Ronn ie Hack ett (Suz); 3 . Billy Hall (Hon) ; 4. J erry Castlemaon (Kaw): 5. Ricky Miller {Suz). 4 ·STRK C: I. Boyd Cartwright (Yom); 2. Tripp Valz ; 3 . T err y Russell ( Han) ; 4 . Bub Ni cew lnter (Kaw); 5 . Mic hael Ebrett (G·G). VET C: 1. Rodney Robertson (Ha n); 2. M.ark Sh ort ( S uz) ; 3 . Bryan Ph elps ( Ka w) : 4 . Chip Stemenberg (Kaw); 5. James Story (K aw).. S R c: 1. Lew is Webb (Ya m); 2. Pete Buzze lli (Suz); 3. Tom Carter (Yam) : 4. Mike Ponder (Suz); 5. Mark Sheppard (KTM). 25 0 · 0 PEN C; I. Chr is Webb (SUI); 2 . John Davi s (Yam ); 3 . P.J . Short (Hon ); 4. Kevin Casey (Kaw); 5. Grady McCormick (Hon ). 200 C: 1. Shawn Butler ( Yam) ; 2. Timothy Henderson (Hon); 3 . Kelly Bauma n (KTM) : 4. Brooke Bark er (KTM) ; 5. Tom Mill er (Kow). BEG : 1. Geoffrey Vermilyea (YBm) : 2 . Shane O' Bentcn ( Yam ) ; 3 . J ohn Hix ( KT M) ; 4 . Skylar Chamb lee (Kaw): 5 . Jesse Aldridg e ( Han ). :;:';llftl:il § D E B B IE A L L E N ~ -c CUMBERLAND FURNACE, TN, MAY 7 om e 283 ride rs lined up for round on e of th e Mid-South Summer Camp Ser ie s . The Gamble Hollow course consisted of 5.3 miles of trai l that in cluded steep rav ines , tight woods , grass tracks , and one slimy creek . The riders were well- prepared for the slate -bottomed c reek . They were warned to slow down; go ing too fast mea nt cras hing and getting wet. Even top 250cc -Open A rider P.A . Allen eased on the throttle slightly d ur in g h is creek crossing, but he made up for lost time in other pl aces. He got the holeshot and (more or less) kept his RM Suzuki in front for the overall. Dust in Gibson was the second bike off the start. " Dustin and I had a good battle the whole race ," said the Oakley /Pro A c t i o n of Kentucky /FMF /Moosespo nsored Allen, who was in the lead for m ost of the six laps raced. "Dustin got by me when I hit a tree. He stayed ou t front for about a mile and a half, and he passed me one other time during the second or th ird lap." Gibson rode his YZ250 into the score tent mere seconds beh ind Allen. " I had a great ride : sai d Gibs on , "a nd I really like the track. I never got by him [A llen]. I j ust followed him until I wen t down in the creek. He pulled away a little bit, and we passed each other a co up le of ti mes. About a mile fro m the fini sh , I got by him com ing out of the woods . He jumped by me in a fast section , and I tr ied to get by him aga in, but nothing worked : Gibson thanked Sarge's Cycle , Bik e Pedlar, and his mom and dad for their support. IMS/MSR -sponsored Gary Hend ricks cla imed third place in the 2 50cc-Open A class . He stayed in that position for most of the race except for the third lap. At the mudhol e, a spectator rerouted several rid ers into the wrong section of the tr ack. Hendricks was one of those rider s, so h e w ound up tw o m in u t e s ah ead of the leaders. " I k ne w somethi ng was wrong wh en I ca me in first pl ace w ithou t passing P.A . and Dust in: said Hen dricks, who wai te d near th e scor e tent for th e lead ers and then took off after they p assed him - a re fresh in g displa y of spo rts ma nshi p . For th e Summer Seri es, Mid -South co mbi ned A an d B ri de rs in th re e c l asse s : t h e Fo ur-Stroke , Vet an d Senior classes. Th e fou r-Stroke winne r was Jason Wafford, the Vet winner was UJ iii

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