Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

With th e points chase in full sw ing , there wo uld defi nit e ly be no qu arter give n. On a track with re lativel y few p laces to pass , any ideas o f gentlem en 's racing we nt ou t the window . T he premier ra ce of th e day was the Spa n is h World Champ ionship . Unf o rtunate ly , the re were re la tively few Sp ani sh bik e s e n te re d . Ke ith Lun as walked away with the Ex pe rt titl e d esp it e it b e in g hi s firs t ra ce ba ck aft er a na sty c ras h . Of course, b ein g th e o nly o ne in hi s cla ss hel ped . Th e Mot ow orl d o f E I Cajon rider wa s pleas ed noneth ele ss . "I'm ju st gla d to be ba ck ra cing ," he sa id, "a nd I know that I' ll be a lot faste r wh en I'm ba ck to 100 percent. " Th e Int erm edi ate contes t was a n all -aro und O ssa ra ce , w ith Randi Perkins ta king th e titl e. With a tr oll doll affixed to his helmet, Perkins was easy t o spot. Perhaps his lu c k y cha rm sca red away Bu ltaco jockey Jeff O'Brian . No race is complete without a littl e co ntroversy . The first g rumbles of the d a y we re about the tra ck. Th ough it wa s perfe ctly g roo med a nd wa tered, m an y riders t ho ug ht th e la yout le ft something to be desired. The re were no stra ig hts th at were not fille d with jumps. O ne downh ill double wa s par- ticu larl y diffi cult. The Vinta ge riders were not even attempting it ; some Evo lu tion riders shou ldn' t have . Some Vintage riders proc laimed , "Real men on ly need four inch e s " (o f suspension tra vel ) and tried to fly the longer tabletop s . The resulting seat boun ces and e ndos kept th e c ro wd amu sed. The othe r brouhaha c a m e in the h otly co nt e s t e d Novi c e E volut ion ra c e . Ed T ashi an , a n Intermedi ate rid er in a noth e r s e rie s , e nte re d h is first SVRG ra c e a s a Nov ic e. Aft e r thorough ly trou ncing th e Novi ce field and m an y o f t he Int erm edi ate s , Ed g ra ci ou sly scra tche d the se cond m oto. Th is nobl e ge sture wa s mu ch ap prec ia te d b y No vic e Ev o p ower house Mitch Friedm a n , a s th e move bumped him into th ird p lace. "I'll take it a ny wa y I ca n get it," said th e ecstatic Fried ma n. Th e Expert Evo class had its sha re o f e x c it e m e n t. Aft er tak ing th e holeshot, Rick Doughty was involv ed in a nasty ta n gl e t hat sidelined h is Maico for th e da y. With Doughty o ut of conte ntio n , Bra d Morrison ra n away with it. He m a nag e d to c lear jum p s th a t were all but im possi b le fo r the othe r riders , dra wing gasps from th e crowd . His high -flying antics gave the Hun gry Valley SVRA: John Kubik (n) leads fellow Bultaco jockey Jeff O'Brien (25M) at the fifth round of the SVRG New Millenniu m Series in Gorman, California. Kubik was the top Novice, and O'Brien won the Over 30 Intermediate co ntest and placed se cond in the Intermed iate divis ion. Maic o fans someth ing to che er a bout, a nd he la p p e d many o f the Novice riders twice in the five-lap m oto . Th e Ironman moto featured he a ted action for its full 3D-m inute dura tio n. As Mike Owens and Dwa yne Scrivno r went bar to ba r la p afte r la p , Jo hn LeFevre played it sly in third . When the leaders began to tire , LeFe vre was in the catbird seat. He swept past both riders only minutes before the c hec kers flew. T h e su rprised and tired Owens a nd Scrivno r had noth ing left for LeFevre. The victory was es pecia lly sweet for LeFevre, since he had just recove red from a broken foot. 9K35 Check Design" Start checks with this number: 0 Checkhere if you do NOTwish 10 DODD receiv a vinylcheckbook cover e . Singles 0 200 - $12.95 0 400 - $21.90 $ Duplicates 0 150 - $14.95 0 300 - $25.90 $ 1 add $2.00 $ Custom Lettering Slyle # Ind ividual Labels. Design # _ 9KL35 o 144 Labels $7.95 Custom Lettering Style # cue I e n e _ S • JU LY 5 ,2000 69

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