Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

25 . A: I. Greg Erwin (Ya m ); 2. Brad Procto r thi rd , but he sti ll only captured fourth overall. Third went to Nickelston, and Will iams rounded out the top five. Vet ri der supreme Scott Sh ip l ey continued his strong showings in Vet and 250cc Pro ra cing at h is hom e track. After a strong sixth-pla ce ride in the 25 0c c A class and then just barely losing th e Ove r 30 A -cl ass w in to Du rham , North Carolina's Brad Proc to r, Shipley fina lly go t his moment in th e sun . In the Over 3 5 cl ass, Ship ley m ad e a d oubl e m oto sw eep o f th e class over some to ugh com petitors. Sh ip ley has fo ught Vir gi nia Beach ' s Brad Cro uc h and YZ4 2 6 F pilot Russ Pickett to oth and nail throughout the series . Barry Nelson had th e ride of his season going after a strong hol eshot and three laps of lead ing th e fi eld , but Shipley wa s too mu ch for him. Shipley work ed h is wa y to th e fr ont, as did Crou ch and Pi ck ett. A s Shipl e y crossed th e li ne, Crouch was runn ing out of steam due to a bout with th e flu . Pickett made the best of it, taking second over Nelson. In m oto two , Shipley blasted awa y with a comfortable lead, just to make sure there was no question as to who wou ld g et the overa ll. Crou ch held on for sec ond, wh ich la nded him in that spo t overall , wh il e Pic kett p it ched his big -bore and had to pla y ca tch -up . Nelson put in an other fine ride and record ed h is sec ond thi rd -p lac e run for th e las t step on the podium. Pick ett worked bac k up to fourth. Melton Bundri c k ro und ed out th e t op five with a stead y 5 -5 score. CN (Yam) : 3. Stacey Redifer (Yam ): 4. A ndrew Mic hael (Suz). 25 + B: t. Steve Strou pe ( Kaw); 2. Bern ie Mill s (Suz); 3. Michael Mahaffe y (Suz); 4. Jo seph An thony (Suz) ; 5 . Tom Hear (Hus}. 25 + C/O: 1. Sean Eh renzeller ( Hon ); 2. Sco tt Ca m p be ll ( Ho n ); 3 . Van Cra in ( Ho n) ; 4 . Bill y Robin son (Yam): 5. J ohn Schafer ( Yam) . 3 0 . A: 1. Brad Proct or (Yam ): 2. Sc ott Sh ipley (Yem) : 3. Shan e Templeton (Suz); 4 . Brad Crou ch (Yam ): 5 . Russ Pickett (Yam) . 30 . S IC : I. Jim Ley ( K aw); 2 . J a y Hau ser ( Hon ); 3. Brad Porterfiel d (Yam ); 4. Steven Sanford (Yam) : 5. Waym an A utry (Yam ). 35 +: 1. Scott Shipl ey (Yam) ; 2 . Brad Cro uc h ( Yam ); 3 . Barr y Nelso n ( Yam); 4 . Russ Pic k ett (Yam): 5. Melton Bun drick (Han) . 40 . : I. Rick Wright (Suz) : 2. Mark Smith (Suz); 3. Steve Jarjabua (Suz); 4 . Joseph Ogl e (Suz); 5. Bruce Lawson (Hon) . OP EN /4 ·STRK: I. Da vi d D unbar (Yam } : 2 . Steven Sanf ord (Yam) : 3. Marshall Finch (Yam): 4 . J erry Tayl or (Han) : 5. Brad Porterfiel d (Yam) . (Il L: 1. K yle Ri c ha rd so n ( Ya m) ; 2 . Za ch Ku t sch enk o (Suz ) ; 3 . A ndrew William s (K aw}: 4 . Melvin Hardy (Han ): 5. Sean Ehrenzeller (Han) . AMAINETRA H S are crambles Series Hound 4: CATHAHare S crambles Timothy Makes Hay Bv t wa s a raw and drea ry day. w ith a light drizzle st art ing just before the CATRA rac e. Ju st ove r 2 00 r id ers s h o we d up ; th o se wh o avo i d e d CAT RA fo r fear of a repeat of the p reviou s w e ek 's mud -and -r ock f es t m issed o ne of th e cl ub's best events ye t . The cl ub decided t o t ake it easy o n everyo ne th is ye a r and made th e eve nt " C- ri de r -f rie ndl y ." Th e course co nsi ste d of most of the same tra ils as in the past, but with loops of soft whoops and wid e lines to all ow p lenty of passin g. They eve n gave the rid ers a few n i c e , smooth sect ions b ef o re throwing them in to the ro cks . It was a fas t co urs e with no sto p pers. Sixteen of the 64 Ex pert /Am ateur riders l i n ed u p o n th e fro n t row . RER /C C y c l e /P i r e ll i T i r e s /B u l l e t Pr o o f /Sp e ctro ' s Patric k T imo th y g ra b bed the hol eshot. Lu k e McNeil, Todd Levesque , D enn is Dec k er an d J erry Madore fell in right beh ind. The ri de rs ran a short quarter-mil e loo p in the woods before h itting the j um p at the end of the starting area and cross ing behind the field and h eading back into to th e woods . It took less than 19 minutes for T imothy to complete the 5 .5 -m il e loop , with Levesqu e and Tom No rt on rig ht on his ta il. McNeil was back in fourth , down another 15 se conds , followed by Jesse Berth iaume. The top three stayed with in five to 10 seconds of each other for th e first half of the second lap. As the ri der s ran t houg h a ru t t y sec tion , Nor ton clipped a rock and broke his foot. Lev esque stayed clos e beh ind T imothy . Brian Lawson moved up into th ird. D.J. Lis was fourth , down j ust 10 sec o nds . I 50 SHA fT: 1. Dillon Webber (Yam); 2 . Chance Pell itte rl (Suz) ; 3. Lee Bun dri ck ( Hon ); 4. Hunter Wescott (Yam) . 50 (4 -6): I. Jo seph Bean (Cob); 2. Taylor Mill s (Cob) ; 3. Nath aniel Carter (Cob); 4. Darryl J ohnson (Suz); 5. Christopher Ton ti (KTM ). 5 0 (7· 8 ) : I. Ryan Sm ith (KTM); 2. Jo sh Nickl es (Cob) : 3. Thomas Robe rt s (Kaw) ; 4. Ryan Zimm er (Kaw); 5. Travis Poole (Kew}. 60 (7 · 9) : I. Tay lor Futrell (KTM ); 2. Ryan Sm ith (KTM); 3. Ryan Zimme r (Kaw ); 4. Au stin Fitzwater (KTM ): 5. Robert Motsinger (Kaw ). 60 (1 0 - 1 1) : I. Br ad Hea r (Ka w); 2. J o shu a Thoma s ( K aw ) ; 3 . Ryan Ro gers ( KTM ); 4. Tray Dobson (Kaw) . 80 ( 7 · 1 1): 1. Ryan Fitzwater (Kaw) ; 2 . Noah Huskey (Yam) ; 3. Brad Haar (Kaw) ; 4 . Taylor Futrell (KTM ): 5. Cla y Willett (Ka w) . 80 ( 12- 13): I . Sam F ltzwet e r (Ka w ); 2 . We' Gauldin (Kaw): 3. Matthew Williams (Hon); 4. Ulch Turner (Kaw ); 5. Devin Hartett (Hon) . 80 ( 14 · 15) : I. Malcolm Klepp ( Hon) : 2. Myles Dunlap (Yam) : 3. Steven Motsinger(Hon ) ; 4. Andrew Sartorius (Han) ; 5. Michae l Thomas (Suz) . 80 0 : I. Casey Miller (Suz); 2. Seth Miller (Suz ); 3. Josh Shelton (Suz) : 4. Brian Wood (Vam ): 5. Brent U neback (Ka w) . 8 /MINI : 1. Sam Fitzwater ( K a w): 2 . Myles Dunl ap (Yam) : 3 . Zach Turner (Kaw) ; 4 . Matthew Willia ms (Hon); 5. M.chael Tho mas (Suz). i S CHBY: I. Brandon Langdon (Yam); 2. Dustin O at s ( Han) : 3. Terry Fesperman ( Hon ); 4 . Daniel Clontz (Yam) ; 5. Dustin Canty (K2Iw). 125 A : I. Mark Wagner (Vam ): 2. Chris Anstead (Vam ): 3. Chad Newton (Hon): 4. Shane Temp leton (SUt): 5. Jason Laplante (Hon) . 125 B: 1. Brando n Langdon (Ya m) ; 2 . Ja son Bry ant (Yam ); 3. Richard Nic kelston ( Yam ); 4. Dustin Oats (Hon) ; 5. Andre w Willia ms (Kaw). 125 C: I. Zach Kutschen ko (Suz): 2. Malcolm Klep p (Hon) : 3 . Der ek Wh it fi el d ( Hon); 4 . Chris Huneycutt (Yam); 5. Ronni e Un g (Yam ). 125 D: 1. Charles Motsinger (Han) : 2 . Neil Pope (Hon): 3. Tun Royal (Vam ); 4. Chns Powell (Suz); 5. Jos h Terry (Vam ). 250 A: 1. Chad Newto n (Han); 2. Mark Wagner ( Ya m) ; 3 . C h ris An st e ad ( Yam); 4 . Bran d o n Turlin gton (Ke w) ; 5. Shane Templ eton (Suz). 25 0 B : 1. J a son Brya n t ( Yam) ; 2 . K yl e Richardson (Yam); 3. David Dunbar (Yam). 2 5 0 C: 1. Ste ph en Ratliff (Yam ) ; 2 . Vin c ent Dey ou ng (S uz) : 3 . Wesley Sapp (KTM) ; 4 . Scott Cambe ll (Hon); 5. Jami e Dineen (Suz). 25 0 D: l. Ji m McGly nn ( Han): 2. Thomas Black (Yam); 3. Billy Foster (Yam ): 4. Tim Smith (Hon) : 5. Don Steele (Kew}. JUNE 28, 2000' cue I Au x ASHHOU SE,NY,MAYI4 Rolling Hills CycleParte Reidsv ille, North Carolina Results: May 7, 2000 [Round 9) 60 C H E RI e n e vv s Lev esque caught Timothy o n the th ird lap and passed him going over a sno wm obile bridge, but Le vesque got loose at the to p , allowing T im othy to reta ke th e lead. By the end of th e lap , Lev esque had lost a minute on T imo thy and allowed Lawson to close in . O n th e fou rth lap . Tim oth y g o t stu ck in a mudhol e. "I had to lit erally rip m y bik e sideways out of the rut," said T im oth y . " I d idn't los e m uc h ti m e the n , but I was so beat for the next m il e, I was rid in g so slow that I was actua lly passed by a rider I just la pped ." T imoth y pulled int o the pits at the sta rt of th e fifth la p . Without Timoth y reali zin g it , Lawson c ame thro ugh the barrels and to ok over the lead . When th e riders came aro und fo r th e fi na l l ap , Tim o thy ' s pit b oard re ad - 2 5 seco nds . No t reali zin g an y on e h ad p assed hi m , he fi g u red h e had that much o f lea d on Lawson . " I go t an awful st art - I wa s dead last, " sa id Lawson . " I crashed a few time s on th e firs t lap and just had to take it slow for a while. I caught up to Levesque at the end of the th ird lap. I The tw o rid ers ca me into the fina l mudhole. Lawson had th e better line and pu ll ed Timoth y up th e h ill. T imothy caught him and th e two riders ran sid e by side to the top . Th ey clip ped ea ch other as th ey c reste d the h il l. w ith Lawson pull ing out in fro nt. A s th ey n ea red th e fi na l m il e. Lawson t ook an insi de line tha t w as full of roots and ru ts , allowing T imothy by . Lawson didn 't lose m uch time, and he was right ba ck on T imothy co ming into the last qu art er -m il e. Th ere was a sho rtcut o n th e inside j ust befor e the ex it from the woo ds. T imoth y hadn't seen it a ll da y , but Lawson knew it was th ere and was j ust abo ut to go for it and tak e the lead . Timothy saw th e li ne at th e fina l m inute and clo sed th e door on Lawson . T he two held it wide ope n right to th e barrels, with T im ot hy taking th e win by me re seco nds . Runn ing on a rea r flat ti re all da y , Bob Santheson worke d h is way from th e back of th e p ack to th ird. Panzella and Lis we re fourth and fi ft h ov eral l. Levesque finished sixth. eN CAmA Hare Scrambles Fishhouse. New Yorte Results: May 14, 2000 [Round 4) 0 / 1.: Patrick TIm oth y (KTM) . A H·PT : Kri s Mooney (KTM). B H·PT : Dan Voung (KTM) . C H-PT : Ju stin Mll cBumie (Kaw). AA : I. Patri ck Timothy (KTM) ; 2 . Br i a n Lawso n ( Ya m ); 3. Bo b Santheson (Han) : 4 . Chris Panzella ( KTM); 5. D.J . Us (Hus). MINI: 1. Matt Forre st (Kaw); 2. A ar on Ko eh le r ( Ka w ) ; 3. J ared Bo o th royd ( Ka w) ; 4. Cha se Sm ith (Kaw); 5. Jason Langenback (Han). J R: I. Scott DeCo sta (Suz): 2. C r ai g Ca rpen te r ( Yam1; 3 . T im La ngen back (S uz ) ; 4 . Patrick Co rcoran ( Yam) ; 5 . Gr egg Ham el (KTM) . WMN : 1. Heidi Land on (Hus); 2. Dawn Sh a y er ( Ka w): 3 . Susan laflamme (Kaw) . NOV 250: 1. Ju stin MacBumle (Kaw ) ; 2. Kurt Kava nag h (Hon ); 3. Patr ic k Co rc o ran ( Yam); 4. Greg Mea cha m (Kaw ); 5. A aron Francis (Hon) . "NO V 12 5 : 1. Eric Pouliot (Suz); 2. Jam ie Sor el ( Suz) ; 3 . Charlie Del au ra (S uz ) ; 4 . Ca le b Kan n ey (Suz) ; 5. T im Sim s (Yam ). N O V 2 00 : I . C hr i s Wal sh (K TM ) : 2. David Cutler ( KTM ); 3. M a rk M ar sh all ( K a w ) ; 4 . Dan iel McAuliffe (Ke w ) : 5. Fra nk Rig anti (KTM ). NOV 4 ·STRK: I. Paul Phill ip s (Hon) : 2. Mike Marv in (Hon) : 3. Tim Diggi n s ( Yam ); 4 . Tod d Rush ford (Vam) . NOV SR: I. All en All sop (Vam) : 2 . Ste phe n Me ssen g er ( Ka w) ; 3. Bryan McDonald (Kaw) . NO V OPEN : I. Richard Zeleznik ( Hon ) : 2 . Edward lives ( KTM) : 3 . Brent Klpp (Yam) ; 4 . Brian Robarge (Hon) . NOV VET : I . L. Bryan Cook (KTM) : 2. Michael Utwin Jr . (Kaw): 3. Jeff Richardson (KTM) : 4. Scott Smith (Kaw): 5. Dwight Cutler Jr . (Kaw) . CATHA Hare Scrambles: Patrick TImothy took the AM 250: I . Reginald Stevenson overall win ju st seconds ahead of Brian Lawson at (KTM) : 2. George Jordan (KTM ): 3. Robert Maxon ( Su z); 4 . Willia m the fourth round of the NETRA Hare Scrambles Serles Flynn III (Yam ) ; 5 . Jesse Trudeau in Flsh house, New York. (KTM) . AM OPEN : 1. Pet er Matteau (Vam ): 2. Doug Cutle r Jr. (Kaw ): 3. Thorn .. Cool")' (KTM) . AM VET: 1. M ichael Casale ( Hon) ; 2. David saw Levesque pass T imothy on the Bonsall (Ka w): 3 . James St. Laurent (KTM) ; 4. Dale fourth lap. I also got by Levesque and Wager (Suz); 5. Wade Rahnl ow (Kaw ). 1. 1'1 2 0 0 : I. D an Vou ng (KTM ) : 2 . Eva n ju st st ayed with Timothy till th e barChochrek (Hon) : 3. Ja son Vayo (Hon); 4. Bria n Clccariellc (Suz); 5. Jim Wesolowsk i (KTM) . rels. He [Timothy] p itted and I w ent AM SR: 1. Denn is Kirkma n ( Yam ); 2 . Paul Manc ini (KTM) ; 3. Chris Arpine (KTM) . r i g h t b y . Timothy didn 't c at c h me 1.1'1 4 · STRK: 1. Jo hn Morri son (Hon) ; 2 . T .J . until the final lap ." Swistro (Han ); 3. Chris Nich olas (Yam ). EX 250 : 1. Kr i s M ooney ( KT M) ; 2 . Jeffrey "I thought I was in the lead until St a p les ( Ha n) ; 3 . J im Edmonds (Y am) ; 4 . Jim Senecal (SUt) ; 5. David Bradley (Yam) . abo ut two m ile s into the final lap, when EX 2 0 0: 1. Rob ert Langenb ack (Suz) ; 2. Neil Bennett (K TM) ; 3 . Keith Callahan (KTM ) ; 4. Kevi n I passed someone I knew on the side of Knott (Hus); 5. Lom e Goro liark (KTM) . th e trail ," said T imothy. "He's pointing EX OPEN: 1. Ton y Geraci (KTM) ; 2. Pete Byrne (Vam) : 3. Aus tin Ja lbert (CRE) . and screami ng at me , ' H e' s right EX VEr: 1. Mark White (Suz) ; 2. Jo hn McMahen Jr. (KTM) : 3. Russell Baln (Han ): 4. Art Randolph (Vam ). th ere!' - meaning Lawson. I c au g ht EX 8R : I. Stev en Michal ski (KTM) ; 2. Robert Billhan: (KTM); 3. Steve Formanek ( Yam) . Law son with maybe two m iles to go."

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