Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

District 37 Enduro Series Round 4: Hungry Valley ORV Area By (Right) Luca Trussardi (14B) poste d the best score in three of the four special te sts to take t he ove rall win at th e 16th an nual Ventura C oun ty Motorcycle Club 's qu alifier at . t he Hungry Valley OR" Area . (Left) C hris Oswa ld (2 1A) claim ed second A Vet 250 and third overall in Go rma n, California , for his best-ever finish in a District 37 Enduro Series R O N PO C HER PH OTO S B Y PH O T O S By GRU MPY · T GORMAN, CA, MAY 21 M USA 's Luc a Trussardi us ed his man y yea rs of o ff- roa d ra c in g ex perience to help secu re th e ove ra ll win at th e 16t h run nin g of th e Ventura Co unty Mot or c yc le Club's qu alifier in G orm an , Ca lifornia . T hi s was th e fou rth consecutive year that the e vent was h eld a t th e Hungr y Valley ORV Are a . Tru s s a rdi has qu a lified for th e Six Days on two s eparate o c ca sio ns . Enduros ru n in th e ISDE -qual ifier form a t are Tru ssa rd i's "b re a d and butter," and he certa inly pro ved tha t fa ct o n th is warm s p ring d ay by posting the b e s t s c o re in three of t h e fou r special te s ts . T he 35- m ile firs t loo p s tarted on S han e T r it t le r ' s Hun g r y Vall e y Motocross Tra ck , a nd the start of the event wa s al s o the be g innin g o f th e first, 6 -mi le s pecial te st. Ride rs trav eled aro und th e track (in th e "reverse" direction ) befor e he ading no rth on the hig h -s peed sa nd washes of the Freem an T rail a nd then wes t up the har dpa ck ed twisties of the S teer Bon e Tra il befo re ridin g eas t th rou g h t he s ilty switc hbacks of th e Badlands Tra il. The tricky spe c ial test ended ju s t bef o re ride rs reached Powerline Roa d . Th e first s pe c ial wa s la t e r s cratch ed from th e fin a l t a lly whe n VCM C m emb e rs we re for c ed t o reroute some pa rticip ants after a fe w m isha ps on th e motocross tra ck. Spe cia l te s t numbe r two wa s a 10mil e section th at mea ndered th rou gh the rollin g hills and ridge tra ils of the Co w Tra il before h ea d in g s outh o n th e w in d ing sa n d was hes o f th e Northe rn Pron ghorn Tra il. Ride rs th en race d aro un d th e Q u a il Ca nyo n Gra nd Prix a nd the m in ib ike tra c ks to fin ish the te st just before en te ring th e m ain motoc ros s co urse . Tru s s a rd i po s te d a t ime th at wa s 44 seco n ds faster th an th at of h is clo s est c om p etitor, th e Tim e Bandits ' Chri stopher Bla is. Oceans ide 's Chri s O s wald h ad th e th ird -be st t im e , another four s econds back. Th e start o f th e 40 -mil e s e con d loo p was also the beginning of spec ial test number t hr e e . Ra c ers t o ok of f from the s t artin g ga te an d b last ed around th e m o to c ros s t ra ck in t h e us ua l direction, a nd then headed south o n th e sa ndy, high -spee d Prong ho rn event. Tra il. Speeds go t a b it s lowe r when the course fed into th e white , ha rd-packed sand hills , where the 4 .3 - mile test ended a s ho rt time later. Th is was where IMS / Acme Sus pen si on / Torc o - b a c ke d Ric k Dan iel , a not he r p a s t ISD E pa rtic ipan t , b e c am e th e o n ly rider able t o top Tru s s a rdi in a s pecial t e st all day . D ani e l p o st e d 44 4 seco n ds t o Trussardi's 447 . Th e tra nsfer sect ion followi ng this s peci al inc orp orat ed some interesting hillclimbs and des c en ts in the Kinse y Ranch area . Th e fo urth , 9 .6- m ile s pecial te s t beg an a t th e sta rt o f th e Pa ta v iam Tra il. Th is was the tig htest section of the day . Ledge tra ils . s witc hbacks in th ick m anzan ita , a nd gna rly brak ing a nd acce le ra tio n b u mps we re o n ly so me of th e o bstacles rid e rs were forc ed to dea l with duri ng this stre tch . After dropping into the fas te r, open s p ace s dubb e d "T h e Me ad ow " b y loca ls , the course cli m bed b a ck int o m ore tig ht , windi ng tra ils t hroug h a ma nz an ita jungle. Speeds c lim bed again whe n t he trail pa s s e d thro ugh t he a rea k no w n as Low er S cru b , wh er e t he d em and in g t e st e nded . T russ a rd i to pped Dan iel by 2 8 seconds a nd Oswa ld by 4 0 in a tes t that had a little bit of e ve rything . The fifth and final s pecial tes t was the lon gest of the da y , at 12 .5 m iles. The course was s im ilar to th at use d in the sec on d test, but with longe r jau nts o n both the Prongh orn and C o w Tra ils. After a bo ut 10 miles of rug ged travel down these tw o paths , racers were req uired to cover both th e Grand Prix a nd motocross c ourse s in the ir ent irety to concl ude the eve nt. 2 0 0 A: 1. Sonny Mo rgan ( KTM) ; 2. Mi chael Bandfield (Kaw); 3 . Gary Christie (KT M) . 250 A: I. Beau Hayden (Hon): 2 . Da l Trubey ( Kaw); 3 . Scott Anderson (Yam) . OPE N A: I . Pau l Kr au se ( Ya m); 2 . C huc k McBurney (Hus): 3 . Dan Shuttleworth (Kaw) . 4 -STRK A : 1. Q uinn Cod y (Y am ); 2. Brent Farrell (Hus); 3. George Pennington (Hus). VET 250 A : 1. luca Tru ssardi (TM) ; 2 . Chris Oswald (Hon); 3. Mike Johnston (Yam ). VE T OPEN A: 1. Rick Daniel (Ya m) ; 2 . Les Lehigh (Hon) ; 3. Ed Hoffman (KTM). SR 25 0 A : 1. Chip How ell (Y am ); 2 . Kevin Hasten (Hus); 3. Rusty Scott (SUI) . SR OPEN A: 1. Lowell Spiva (Yam) ; 2. Steve Fry (Han); 3. Mark Raiche (Hon). M.AG A: 1. Bill Maxim (Kaw ); 2 . Dick Cressy (Yam) ; 3 . T .V. Holm es (KTM). S/SR A : 1. Art M ore ( Yam ) ; 2 . AI Gu zman (Kaw); 3. Ned Jones ( Yam) . MINI B: I. Corey Wolff (Kaw ) . WMN B: 1. Kristen Southworth (Kaw); 2. Emily Mason (Kaw). 2 00 B: I. Jay Bonanno (Yam ); 2. Jacob Cornett (Kaw); 3 . Jeff Dillon (Kaw) . 250 B: 1. Christopher Blais (Han); 2. Dan King (Suz); 3 . Dave Denny (Kaw). OP EN B: l. Bebo Gutierrez (Han); 2. Mark Hegal (KTM ); 3. Kevin Knigh t (K aw ). 4 -STRK B: I. Dek e Will iam s (H an) ; 2 . Rich Ellyson (Hon); 3. Josh Graham (Han) . V ET 2 5 0 B: 1. Robert DePue ( Hon ); 2 . M ike Garvin (Kaw); 3 . Steve Dier (Yam ). VET OPEN B; 1. Larry J one s (Kaw) ; 2. Todd Smart (Yam) ; 3 . Danny Schul (Yam) . SR 250 B; I. Mik e Geddes (TM) ; 2. Jonathan Ford (Yam); 3. Mark Schlotterbec k (KTM) . SR OPEN B: 1. D ick Arno ld (Y am); 2 . Ken Hayden ( Yam) ; 3 . Steve Smotherma n (Han). MA G B: 1. Dale Gehr (Ya m); 2. John Letzkus (Yam) ; 3. Bob Sackett (Hon) . WMN C: 1. Arnie Mann (Kaw). 200 c : t . C rai g Simp son ( Ya m ); 2 . De rek Garland (Yam ). 25 0 C : 1. N ichola s Blai s ( Han ) ; 2 . Darrin Hobbick (Kaw ) ; 3. Robert Goodnough (KTM ). O PEN C: 1. Mich a el Raga n (KTM) ; 2 . A lex Morales (Yam) ; 3. Ross Hemsley (Yam) . 4 ·STRK C: 1. Allan laFramboise (Yam) ; 2. Kyle Weaver (Ha n); 3. Dan Lopez (Yam). VET 2 5 0 C: 1. Tom Bourbeau (Han) ; 2. John Sutherland (Kaw); 3. Sean Daly (Kaw) . V ET OP EN C: I. Jim Ca rlson (K aw ) ; 2 . Rob Wilding (Han); 3. Dave Molinari (Han) . SR 250 C; I . Mark Whit e (Kaw) ; 2. John Dou d (KTM); 3. Mike Cardillo (Yam) . S R OPEN C: I. Bruce Young (KTM); 2 . Rand Keast (KTM) ; 3. Jack Garland (Yam). MAG C: 1. Ron Kenyon ( Kaw) ; 2 . Pete Cress (Hon) . WMN 0 : I. Kelley Wolfe (Han) . 200 D : 1. Kyle Kni ght ( Ka w ) ; 2 . Darnel Gustafson (Kaw). 250 D : 1. Willia m Filli nger ( Kaw) ; 2 . Patrick Fitc h (KTM ). OPEN 0 : 1. William Law (Kaw). 4 -STRK 0 : 1. Jay Leishm an (Hon) ; 2 . Ji m Leishman (Hon); 3. Jim Bums (Hus). V ET 2 5 0 D ; I . Kell y Cole (Yam) ; 2. An ton Moran-Macerll (Yam ); 3. Don Meza (KTM) . V ET O PEN D : 1. Gle n Fe rris ( Kaw); 2 . Steve Landis (Han); 3. Curtis Forsyth (Han ). SR 250 D: 1. Curt Shaner (KT M) . T rus s a rdi also shone in this final test, with a time that bettered Da niel by 63 secon ds a nd Os wa ld b y 65 , w ith A Fo u r-Stroke -c lass wi n n e r Quinn Cody another second ba ck. T h e Ce mo to/ Max ima / Maxxis/ MSR -s ponsored Tr u s s a rd i ha nd ily wo n the overa ll a nd the A Vet 2 50 class, whi le Da niel br ought his John Burr C y cl e s YZ426F in a t se co n d ove ra ll and first A Vet O pen . "I tried m y be st, but Luc a was just too fas t today - bu t a t lea st I got 'T op American ,' '' jok ed Da niel. S o Ca l En du ro Rid e rs ' O swa ld claimed second A Vet 250 and third overall for his best finish in a District 37 Enduro Series e vent. Paul Kra use ro de h is .Mo ntc lair Yama ha to fou rth overa ll and top honors in the A Open class , wh ile Ch ris Bla is p o sted h is firs t t op -fiv e finish . Ch ris ' b roth e r Nick Bla is headed th e C division . Co dy p la ced si xt h ov era ll. De s ert ace Les Leh igh too k seventh overall and secon d A Vet O pen . At eigh t h ove rall, Mike J ohnston to o k t h ird in t he competi t ive A Vet 250 c la ss . Bea u Ha yd en wa s t he A 2 5 0 -c las s winner a t nin th o vera ll, wh ile A 20 0 victor Sonny Morgan rounded out the top l Oon his B&M Cycl e KTM. "I love riding at Gorm an , a nd this is always a really fun race t hat everyone seems to enjoy," said T russardi. "My T M wor ked pe rfect t od a y hooked up re al good o n t he hardp a c k , ev en w ork ed g o o d on t he motocro ss .' eN Hungry ValleyDRV Area 6onnan,ClIlifornia Results: May 21. moo [Round 41 MINI A: 1. Ryan Mcintyre (Hon); 2. Lee Bunting (Kaw ). WMN A: 1. Kassie Gray (Kaw) . cycle n e 1M so • J UNE 28, 2000 51

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