Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Shady Grove MX Duck River, Tennessee Res ults: May Z1, ZOOO [Round ZI 50 ( 4 -6 ): I. Kyle Sharp (Cob ): 2. Cody Cogd ill ( KT M) : 3. Cod y Title : 4. Noa h O sborne ( KTM ): 5. Levi Owens (Cob ). 50 (7 -8 ) : 1. M i l e F rankl i n (Co b ): 2 . C rew Stanfo rd (KTM); 3. Noah Osbo rne (Cob) ; 4 . J am es J ones: 5. Wesley Benson. 65 (7- 9 ): 1. Micha el Box (KTM ); 2. Mile Frank lin (Kaw) : 3. Jos hua Box (Ka w); 4. Ty Messer (Kaw); 5. Crew Stafford (KTM ). 65 (10 -1 1) : 1. Co d y M ;lI er (Ka w ); 2 . Ja cob Patterson (KTM ); 3. Elli ot Barb er (K ew): 4. Dougla s Hall (KTM ). 85 ( 7 - 1 1) : 1. Patrick Harr is ( Kaw ) ; 2. Co dy M ille r (S uz); 3. Bran don Cros by (Suz); 4 . Douglas Hall (Yam) , 5. William Cato (Kaw) . 85 ( 12- 15 ): 1. Ro ss Prui tt (Ka w ): 2 . J am es Mitch ell (Kaw); 3. Cody Patterson (Yam) ; 4. Michael Sanders (Kaw ): 5. T.e. Norma n (Yam) . S/ MI NI 100: 1. Patri ck Harris (Kaw); 2. J am es Mitche ll (Ka w ); 3 . Brand on Cros by (Suz); 4. Cod y Patt erson (Yam ): 5. Dallas Pop e (Suz) . SCHBY 125 : 1. Ad am Mann ing (Yam) ; 2. Logan Bed ford (Yam); 3 . Lane Stewart (Ka w); 4 . J im m y Holm an (Hon) ; 5. T.e. Norm an (Yam) . 125 B EG : 1. Bu bb a Vau ghn ( Ho n) : 2 . J o sh Skelton (Kaw); 2. Chris Bum s (Kaw ); 3. Nick Gobb le: 4. Wesley Gatlin (Hon). 125 A : I. Paul Russell (Han ). 125 B: I . J am es Cochr an (Yam) . 125 C: l . T erry Bra zier ( Yam); 2. J .T . Lunn ( Yam) ; 3. Adam Manning ( Yam ) ; 4 . Ju stin Kel ley (Han); 5 . Eric Mercer (Han) . 250 BEG: t . Bubbe Vaughn ( Yam) : 2. Corey Hay (Suz} : 3 . To m my Hinton (Yam) ; 4 . Di cki e Ar che r (Kaw) ; 5. David Walke r (Han). 250 A : 1. Jere Pop e ( Han) ; 2 . Pa ul Ru ssell (Hen). 2 50 B : 1. Keith Coc hran (Ya m) ; 2. P.A . A llen (Suz) ; 3. Chad Bryson (Ka w) ; 4 . Kevin Yerby (Han); 5. Benjamin Sherill (Yam) . ' 250 C: 1. Jas o n W ilke s ( K a w ) ; 2. St even Ho lc o m b ( Yam ) . 3 . C h ri s Rh ea (S uz) ; 4 . Za c Babco ck (Kaw) ; 5. J ason Pilkingt on (Han) . O PEN 16 -24 : I. P.A . A llen (SUl ): 2. Jo n Dick ey (Suz); 3. Terry Brazier ( Yam) ; 4 . Zac Babcock (Kaw ): 5. J osh McNeal (Yam). 25 .: 1. C ha d B ry so n (K a w ) ; 2 . Kevin Yerby ( Ha n ) ; 3 . J a son W i lkes ( Kew} : 4 . J ason Dick ey (Suz); 5. Steven Holcom b (Yam ). 30 . A /B : I. J ere Pope (Kaw) ; 2. Kenny Sto we ( SUl.); 3 . C ha d Br y son ( Kaw ); 4 . Tom my Ha y es (Vam). l.); 30 + C: I. Brian Carter (SU 2. A nth ony Cogdill ( Ha n ) ; 3 . Bra d Brad le y ( KTM) ; 4 . Fran k Fi sh er (Vam): 5. Brook Barker ( KTM ). 40 . : 1. J ere Pop e ( Ka w ) ; 2 . Tom m y Ha y es ( Yam ) ; 3 . Mi ke T ay lo r ( Ha n) : 4 . Sta cey Wi nk ler (SUl.): 5. Anthony Cogdill (Han) . Michigan Hare Scrambles Series Round 4: Battle Creek Hare Scrambles Gallt, Wegner Battle at the Creek Aaron Wegner , wh o rod e almo st th e ent ire race a tire's length apart. On th e BATTLE CREEK, MI, MAY 7 last t wo la ps, th e Axo /Bridgeston e/ h e fourth ra c e in t he M i ch ig an IMS /M ot i on Pr o /EVS -ba c k ed G al lt Hare Scramb le Seri es was held on made use of his past ex perience and a 5 .3 -m il e c our s e th at s na ke d went on fo r th e overa ll win and first in through the Battle Creek co unt ry side . the I 25cc class . Th e RK Ch ain s/Boy eThe 2 2 2 c o m pe ti t o rs in atte nd ance sen /Pi relli T ires /WER/DP Br akes -supw er e e x pose d t o num er ou s c h a l ported Wegner finishe d second overall , lenges . This was t he first race of th e some 28 seconds behind . Enduro Engineering/Lansing Cy cl e/ Am s oil /FMF / Moose -spon s or ed C or ey Ca lkins recorded his best finish in th e early season , win ning the 250cc cl ass and fi nishing third o v erall. Fourth overall f or th e da y w ent t o the Thor/Lowe Racing-support ed Paul Gu y , who squeak ed in 12 sec o n d s ahead of Oak land Sport Center's Mark Smith, wh o ended the da y fifth overall. The Heav y Tea m c ate gory wa s the stac ked c lass on t his d a y . So m e 16 te am s w a i t ed imp atie n tl y f o r t h e dr o p of th e f l a q , Th e h ol esh ot we n t to Br i a'n .S ew a r d , wh o w a s t e a m e d with Tim B e ough er. Th i s • Suzu k i t eam l ed f or a fe w corners until Scott Barclay Battle Creek Hare Scrambles: Aaron Wegner (1E) passed b y . T h e C oll eg e rails one of many berms on his way to second overall at Bike /Sc ott U S A / Cl a r k e / the fourth round of the Michigan Hare Scrambles Series. Mot om an /FMF H ond amounted Barcla y pull ed a series in which co nd iti o ni ng p layed a lead that would never b e t ou ch ed . m aj o r ro le . Temperatures in th e 80s Barcla y handed the b ik e ove r to his left m any rid ers exh au ste d aft er th e teammate Scott Lu ca : Lu ca c ru ised, three-hour r a c e . The Battle Creek and the team went un ch all en ged all Motorcycle Club co m p le t e ly day . Second on th e da y we nt to th e revamped the trails for th is season. Steven's Sport Cen ter Honda t eam o f Even wi th t h e hot weath er and d r y Ron Balzer and Eddi e K een. Th ey conditions, th e trails were perfect. we re challenged all day by th e third T he big d uel today was b et w een place team of Brian M a r r and Vic 125cc co m pe t ito rs C h ris Ga llt and F legel. B v A A RO N B A RT H T T he fourth-place team on t he day had almost all of the teams wo rrying . Enduro Engineering /Lans ing Cycle o w ne r Alan Rand t team ed up with Le onard K een. These two took turns cru ising around the track on Michael Lafferty's KTM four -stroke. Numerous problem s kept this team off the pod ium . Fifth went to the team of Ham merle and Gowell . The Senior class had the closest finish of the season . Kawasakimounted Dave T oogood fin ished first , some two seconds ahead of KTM m ounted Ken Johnson . Brett McCoy br ought his Honda 500 in th ird, only 25 seconds beh ind Toog ood . G -Sport/IMS /FMF -backed Aaron Barth won the 200cc class on his Lansing Cyc le KTM_ T o m Salisbury w o n the Open class on his Hond a thu m per, an d Rick Ken t was th e top rid er in the Fou r -Str oke cl ass fo r th e eN t hird time t hi s season. Battle Creek Ha Scrambles re Battle Creek Michigan , Results: May 7, ZOOO[Round 41 OPEN : 1. Tom Salisbury; 2. Mik e Cribbs ; 3. Will Root; 4. Karl Tebeau; 5. Tom Couslnew. 250: 1. Corey Calkins; 2. Mark Smi th; 3. Brad Benjam in; 4. J ason Garland ; 5. Eric Lan kton. 20 0 : 1. A aron Barth ; 2. Brian Ho wes; 3. Bob Bergm an: 4. J ay McLeod; 5. Ken Grahman. 125: 1. Chris Gallt: 2. Aaron Wegner; 3 . Luke Boy k ; 4. T ravis Tudethout; 5. Dan Bull . 4- STRK : I. Rick Kent; 2. Nick Tr avis; 3. Clayton Abfalter; 4. Chris Huber; 5. Shannon .Jevls. SR: 1. Da ve Toog ood ; 2. Ken J ohnson; 3 . Brett McCoy: 4 . Clair Parlin; 5. Mik e Mann. S/ SR: 1. Dennis Gale; 2. Larry Hekm an: 3. Ted Del Solar. VET : I . Paul Gu y ; 2 . Scott Curt is s: 3 . Steve Will ey; 4. Mar k Spore; 5. Michael Greenma n. 125 JR ( 12 · 15) : I. Co rey Da vi s; 2 . T ra vis Prenger: 3. Chr is Wiedyk; 4. Zachary Peters; 5. A lex Dutsky . OPEN 2 -H R ( 18.) : 1. Bri an Lohman; 2. Er ic Dudek ; 3. Jo sh Pik e; 4 . Ron Sc harp horn ; 5. David Vandeca r. H/W TEAM: 1. Scott Barclay/ Scott Luce: 2. Ron Balzer/ Eddi e Keen; 3. Vic Flegel/B rien Marr. l / W TEA M : 1. B ra ndo n Reed / D an Reed ; 2 . Brya n Dunlap; 3. Rick Rinner/ Chad Ebe l. 85 ( 12 · 15) : 1. William Hick ; 2. Nick Ju bb; 3. Justi n Robe rt son; 4. Chris Blower,S. Cody Murphy . 65 (7 - 1 1) : 1. Tim Blower; 2. J arad Salisbury ; 3. Stuart Hil l; 4 . Bruce Heightchew; 5. Levi Jubb. 10 5 8 /W : 1. Dan Deym an; 2. Tim Leathers; 3. Trav is Toogood : 4 . Ross Scott: 5. Stacey Emede . 85 (7- 11): 1. J ake Em ede: 2. Jo sh Salisbury; 3. Shannon Flegel; 4 . Mark J am eson: 5. Tim Baldwin . D/SPT: 1. Kurt Vanderpool; 2. Cheri Meneley . U Eastern Spring Motocross Series .S. Round 9: Rolling H C Park ills ycle Langdon Lands a Double Bry ant c ame out sw ingi ng in moto one, ju st barely ed ging out Lan gdon in on e o f t h e m o st hotly c o n t est ed r aces o f th e da y . Rich ard Nickelston ran up close to th e lead ers before set tling into third by m oto 's end , over Oats. Virgin ia K aw asaki rid er Andrew W illi am s h ad a good rid e , keeping Oa t s ba ck in fifth the fir st tim e out. Langdon was up for m oto tw o , and he c ame o ut read y to g o toe to toe w ith Bry ant. After a lo ng, hard battle, Langdon squeaked past t he check ere d fl ag for th e all -important sec o nd- m oto win , whi ch landed him on top of th e podium . Bryant had to set tle fo r a di sappointing second overall. O at s pic k ed up th e pa ce and grabbed B v J A V H A USE R REIDSVILLE, NC, MAY 7 T r i - C i t y Yamah a rid er Brandon Langdon mad e the best of some fine rac ing conditions to score a dou bl e cl ass win when th e U .S. Eastern Sprin g M otoc ross Seri es stopped in for its return enga gement at Rolling Hills Cycle Park , one of North Caroli nas's m ost ven erated ve nues. At the ninth round of the II -ra ce series, Langdon served up a ho t dish of butt-kicking in the Sc hoolboy class , turn ing in a perfect score with do uble m oto wins over Ho nda-m ounted Dustin Oats of Siler City, North Ca roli na . Oats kept Langdon hon est du ring the ope nin g la ps o f ea ch r ac e . --~------~a: bu t Lan gdon p rov ed to "' :::l '" b e t oo mu ch , pu lli ng :I: out nearl y a 30 -seco nd :;: , > lead by t he t im e he hit

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