Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

200 A : 1. Ma rk Guy (Yam); 2. Je remy Ketchum (KT M); 3. Clay Hedgepath (KTM) . OP E N B : I. Li ch Stewart (Kaw) ; 2 . Todd Gi llespie ( Kaw ): 3 . Mike Vandiver (Su z); 4 . Aa ron Davis (KTM); 5. Jess Roberson (KTM ). 250 B: 1. Jared Gibson (Kaw ); 2. Wayne Hughes ( Ho n ) ; 3 . Kendall Tu ck ( Su z); 4. Scott Wed dle (Yam). 200 B : I. Adrian Gervais (Kaw ); 2. Louis Gibson ( Yam ); 3 . Gene Thurman (Yam) ; 4 . Buddy White (Hon ) 5. Sean Sember (Yam ). 4·STRK ; 1. Jason WaHord (Yam ). VET: 1. Ricky Whatley (Yam ); 2 . David Lamberth (Kaw) : 3 . Ruel Jo nes (Yam) ; 4. Scott Turner (Kaw); Mi ke Groves (K TM ). SR : 1. Dale Stallings (Kaw); 2 . Ronnie Hack ett (Su z) ; 3 . Jerry Cas tlema n (Kaw) ; 4 . Verge Young (KTM) ; 5. Marty Rittenberry (SUl) . 4·STRK C: 1. Boyd Cartwrig ht (Yam); 2 . Ma rk W i msett ( Han); 3. Tripp Vo lz ( H us ) ; 4 . B u b Nlcewinter (Kaw) : 5 . Mike Eh rett (Yam) . VET C: 1. Rodney Robertson (Han) ; 2 . B ryan Phelps (Kaw ); 3 . Je ff Kluge (Han ); 4. Dennis Holden (KTM) ; 5 . Chance Bla ck well (Han) . S R C: 1. Pet e Borrell (S Ul) ; 2 . Tom Carter (Yam ) ; 3 . Do ug Mci nt osh (Yam ) ; 4 . Nic k Fue ll ing (Hon) 5. Mark Sheppa rd (KT M) . 25 0 /0PE N C: 1. Paul Penn er ( Ha n); 2. John Da vis (Ya m); 3 . T imothy Kell y (Han); 4. P.J . Sho rt (Han) ; 5. J erem iah Perry (Han ). 200 C: 1. Bill y Vandiv er (Suz); 2. Shaw n But ler ( Yam); 3 . Kev in Hopper ( Suz); 4 . Brandon Good wi n (Kaw); 5. Ti m Hend erso n (Han) . BEG : 1. D avi d J on es ( Kaw ); 2. A la n Bo sw ell ( Ha n ): 3 . M ic ha el Pa tton ( Ha n) ; 4 . Er ic In g r a m (KTM ); 5 . James Roberts (Kaw). B eau N i c ew inte r . J effr ey K etchum and J ust in Con ne r s. Th e t o p Au to ma ti c ( 10 a n d u nder ) r i d e r s w ere Hannah Suiter and Caleb Door es. T he Yamaha of Dickson -spo nsored Gree n claimed the o verall in the Yo uth race. He m ad e seven lap s an d lapped t he second -place rid er during the fifth lap. " It was a ni c e tr ack ," Gr een sai d , " and it w as a li ttle ha rd er th an last ye ar bec aus e it was sl ick ." G reen th ank ed J a son at Ya mah a of Di ckson , th e m an at th e Yamah a eN sho p , and his m om and dad. Broken Creek Clarksville, Tennessee Results : May 21, 2000 [Round 2 01 11 Bro ken Creek: Gary Hendricks (7) gave his rivals a taste 01 the Hendricks Experience at round two 01 the Mid-South Summer Camp Series in Clarksville, Tennessee. O /A: 1. Gary Hend ric ks (Kaw ); 2 . Du stin Gibson (Yam) : 3 . La nce Sm ith (Yam): 4. Mark Gu y (Yam); 5. A lan Westerfi eld ( Yam): 6 . J ack Bart (Yam); 7. Sco tt Mart in (Kaw) ; 6 . Je remy Ket chum (K TM) ; 9. Clay Hedgepath (KTM ); 10 . Ja son Waffor d (Yam ). 250 /0 PE N A : I . Gary Hen d r ic k s ( K a w); 2 . Du stin Gib son ( Yam): 3. Lance Smith ( Yam); 4. A lan Westerfield (Yam); 5 . Ja ck Bart (Yarn). Mid-South Summer Camp Series Round 2: B roken C reek NEIRA Enduro Championship Series Round 2: John Monahan Enduro The Hendricks Experience Cayer Rocks Freetown B y D E B BIE A LLEN ClARKSVIlLE, TN, MAY 21 ound two of th e Mid-South Su m m er Camp Ser ies beg an wi t h a chill in th e air and dew o n th e grou nd . " Slic k" was one wa y to describe th e seven miles of trail laid ou t by Lewi s W ebb and th e Ri ck y Doores c re w . Everyone seemed to enj oy th e effo rts of the 270 r id ers in three sep a r ate races , and Gary Hend ri cks fired up the t r a c k with a 250c c /Op en A Kawasaki flame . He c am e in o verall w ith a m inute l ead o n th e se cond pl ac e c o nte nde r, Dustin Gibson . " D usti n, La nce (Smith] and I were t he top th ree rid ers th e wh ol e rac e," H endr i c k s sai d . " We p u lle d a way from eve ryone else b y abou t 20 sec onds on th e first lap ." On t hat firs t lap , they swap ped back and fo rth unt il Gibson hit a tre e. Smith was in first pla ce and Hendricks in th ird wh en Gibson went down. " He hit that tree a n d c r a sh ed. " Hendr i cks s a i d . " I th ought he was hurt real bad , so I sto pped to check on him . He was fin e . so I took ba ck off and caught up to Lan c e." The Performan ce Cycle of Dalton/ IMS /MSR -backed Hendricks took the lead away from Smith when th e y came to a hill. Some lappers were having trouble a n d Hendricks grabb ed the better lin e whil e Smi th got stuck and lost time, all ow ing Gibson to take second pla ce overall. "We had fun ," Smith said . " and it was a good day to race , eve n though I had some trou ble. I was in the lead fo r the firs t two lap s until we ca me to this g narly section. Gar y took the left and I took the righ t. The righ t li ne tu med out to be th e wr on g one . beca use I ended R u p go ing ba c k down the hill , and Dustin got m e du ring my tro uble." Je re my Ketc hu m also h ad h i s share of tro ub le, ex cept his was at the start of th e rac e. It seemed he experienced a slight delay due to th e slic k track. He tried to st art his bike lik e ev e ry o ne e l s e , but i t wouldn 't g o . When he finall y got it to go, it went too fast and wound up toppling ov er in front of th e spec tato rs. " For the first two miles, I made so many stupid mistak e s , " K etchum adm itted. "I was not a happy camper, because all I could think of was my awful sta rt ." Th e Smith/MSR-spon sored Ketchum se t t le d int o a sm o o the r pa c e a nd wound up ta k in g sec o n d place in 20 0cc A cl ass and eig hth overal l. Hen dri c k s a nd G ibso n remained the l ead er s for the rest of the race , while Smith came in third a m inute after Gibson hit the score tent. The next racer through was 200cc A rid er Mark Guy. wh o grabbed first plac e in his c l a s s . He was followed by 250/0pen A rider Alan Westerfield . Other riders in the top 25 inc lude d Sen ior winner Dale Stallings , who c a m e in 12th overall, and David Lamb erth , who grabbed sec ond p lace in the Vet class and 23rd overall. Stallings was the top Senior on his Kawasak i, and second p la c e in th e class we nt to Suzuki jockey Ron ni e Hac k ett for t he second time this season . T he Youth race had 19 riders wh o rac ed in th e aoc c class and 34 Youth riders in all. T he top Youth riders in t h e aocc c la ss were Chaz Gr een , Joshua Evangelist and Justin Wall. T he to p rider s fo r the 60cc class were out of action, Hines earning his work credit and Norton out with a broken FREETOWN, MA, MAY 28 foot. This left the door open for some ft er earn ing his se cond NETRA of NETRA's younger g uns to advance En duro Gr an d Cham p io n sh ip in in t he p oi nts chase . Pilgri m Sa nds 1997 , J a so n Cayer spe n t th e nex t Trail Riders trai l bosses Raffi Pet ers on two seasons posting less -tha n-stellar an d Gord ie Co y le lai d o ut a co urse resu lt s, but th e KTM/Moo se/R azee/C t h at co ve red m o re t ha n 120 r o ute C y cl e - sp ons o r ed C ay er prov e d t o sheet m il es and nearly 5 1/2 hours of everyone th at he co uld st ill rule in the saddle time. Un fortunately , th e club's roc ks at t he s e cond r ound of the 10 -m ile h are sc ra m bl es lo o p c o u l d NETRA Enduro Champ ionship , postnot be used due t o la nd -owner issues; ing th e fastes t sco re in ea ch section it wa s replace d with a long reset. an d surprising a few people - in clud Run at 24 mph from start to fini sh, ing himself. the course began with a fast, enjoyable N ew England t op dogs K evin 10 -mil e warmup loop through FreeHin es and Tommy Norton were both t own Sta te F or e st ' s easie r trails. Known by some as th e "rolle r co aster" trail s fo r th e swee ping uph ill and downhill run s, th e sectio n was di v id ed into two parts. A check about four miles was barely zeroed by a handful of AA riders. including Bob White , defen ding NETRA champion Hans Neff, and Peter Tanner. Most of the A -r id er fi e l d dropped one point. At th e che ck out of the section . a two was the score to beat. Cayer. Wh ite, Jerry Madore and Neff all edged out with two points api ece . An untimed section of trail follow ed . leading back to the start ar ea for the day's first gas stop. It was here that the club had to make up for the lost sect ion by in se r ti n g a reset in its place. A start control led through so me freshcut grass track and into th e infamous " Swill Hol e," which John Monahan Enduro: Jason Cayer surprised forced more th an a handful of everyone by taking the overall at the second round riders to dismount and pu sh 01 the NETRA Enduro Championship Series thei r mo u n ts t h ro u g h t o in Freetown. Massachusetts. smoother ground. Successful B y J OE M CLAUGHLIN A cue I EO n EO _ so • JUNE 28 , 2 0 0 0 53

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