Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

w ith Wade Schultz runnin g. 17 .02-sec o nd thi rd pla ce on his Harley . Kaleb Northrup fol lowed with a 17.54 · second run on hi s big -bo re Triumph, and Wayne Mona gh .n rolled ou t the top five on his Harl ey in 22 seconds flat. Th e King Of Th e Hil l dash for cash is a one- run event for the to p 10 riders of the da y . regardl ess of wh ich class they got thei r tim es in. Koester set an earl y time of 14.27 seconds in the dash. and it looke d good fo r th e win un t il you ng Waddell t urned h is b ig Suzuki loo se ag ain and bl azed over the to p in 13.28 seconds • al m ost a full second quicker th an Koest er. Gl enn Fuegen, Rick Parmeter and Eri c Wh eelw right filled out the top five. Re sults 600 NOV: I . Kurt Koester (Hon) ; 2 . Rick Permet er (KT.M);3. Eric 'W'hefl nghl (Hen ): 4 . Clenn Fuegen (Hon ); 5. Chad KoopsmII (Hon ). w 600 EX: I. H.!lrold WodddI (Hen ); 2. LJoyd Ha as (Hon ); 3. ~ Topliff (Hon) ; 4. Mark Wood (Hen ); 5. Jamie Hoffman (Hon). 600 4-STRK: 1. Kev in Tilson (Tn) ; 2 . Paul H" ckbarth (Yam); 3 . Olen Fuegen (Honl ; 4 . Ron J acobs (Hen); 5. Hea th Tilson (Tn). 750 NOV: I. &ic O 'Connor (Kaw): 2 . Stac-ey Ulmer (Tn ); 3. Donny ~an (KlIw): 4. Ferh n Hosdlar (Yam ); 5. Chn, Me P.f(Tn) . y 750 EX : I. Gen e To pliff: 2. Uoyd Hees (Kaw); 3. Ka leb North rup (Ka..... I; 4 . Kevin Tilson (Tn) ; 4 . Ha rold Wadd ell (TrI). OPEN : I. Ha rold Wadd ell (Su z): 2. Kevin Tilson (Tri); 3 . Wade Sc hult: (H-D): 4. Kaleb North rup (Tn); 5. Wayne Monaghan (H-D). KOTH DFC: 1. Harold Waddell: 2. Kurt Koester: 3 . Glen n F~ ge n: 4. Rick Pa rme ter; 5 . Eric WhP.'elwright. FAST TIME: Kurt Koe ster, 12.88 (Hen ). P erris Ra c eway Dunn Deals Herself a Winning Hand B y G REG R O BERTS ON PERRIS. CA. MAY 29 Aubrtene Dunn spe nt her Memorial Day beating up on th e boys as she swept th e 125cc Beginner cl ass at Perris Racewa y during GA Racing 's annual FMF.sponsored M emori al Day Extravaganza Motocross. In th e first 12 5cc Pro m ot e , Chris Young nab bed th e win . just ahead of Jerry A lem an and Brand on Morgan. Young led the firs t hal f of the second m ot o un til a bob ble allowed A lema n to ru n out fro nt, where he would stay to earn the first -pla ce money . Youn g too k hom e second -pi ec e p ay ba c k . fo ll o w ed by Ryan Ley ba and Joe Hargett . YZ80 ·m oun ted Na than Sal g ad o w a s un touchable in the fi rs t socc N ov ic e moto. Andrew Al corn held down second pla ce th e enti re race, ahead of Bart Man will and Jerem y J ohnson. Th ings were a littl e tougher for Salga do in round two, as Alcorn decided to up the pace a nd c h a ll e n g e fo r th e lea d. Salgado a n d A lcorn swapped th e lead back and fort h near Iy every lap. wi th Salqedo's fin.I tum co m ing wh en the chec ke rs were fly ing . Manwill wen t 3 -3 fo r thi rd. behi nd Alcom . KTM rid er Shawn Hayes wa s im pressive in the 60cc O pen cl ass, in which he led every lap of bot h m ot os for a pa ir of co nvinc ing win s. M.J . Leib finished seco nd in the first m ota but enc o untered prob lems in rou nd tw o and fin ished seve nth . T erren O 'D ell held off Co dy T ith of for a seco nd -place finish in m oto two and second overall . Results 50 STK (4 · 6) : I. Canas Don (Co b) ; 2. Jacob Pi, ch ke (Co b); 3 o.,niel Overton; 4. Matthew Qu inum illa (Cob) ; 5. Cody J one s (Co b). 50 SJ1( (7 -B): 1. J a me s Frigo J r. (Cob) ; 2. Bryon Brdt'y (Co b) ; 3 . Tommy Madde n (Cob) : 4 . Dak ota Go~ (Cob) . 50 OPEN: I. J ame!l Fngo Jr. (Cob); 2. Johnny Jelderda (Cob) : 3 . Tommy M.!dde (Cob). ll 60 FIT: 1. Ryan Byrd (K4W); 2. Brittney Rowe ll (KTM). 60 Bf.Q : I. Drake P\&geman (KT 2. Jonattwt Hotg M (KTM); 3. M); Jake Mendenhall (KTMI: 4. Ausm Una (Kaw); 5. ~ Pischke (KTM). 60 NOV: 1. Dana DrMr (KTM): 2 . tU. Uoib (K1'M): 3. AnlUw Johnson (Kaw); 4 . Terren O'M (Kaw); 5. Colton Manwill (KTM). 60 INT I. Johnny..letderda (KTM); 2. Cody TIthof (KTM) : 60 OPEN: 1. Sh awn Hayes (KTM); 2 . Ferren O'DeIl (Kaw): 3. Cody T ithof (KTM); 4. tU.lIt'ib (KTM); 5 . Anctr-..Johnson (Ke w). 80 F(T ; I. J . B. Peek (Ya m) : 2. Brandon Sa las (Ya m) : 3 . Jona lhan Green (Yam) ; 4. Cody Tithof (Sud. 80 NOV: I. Nathan SIIIgado (Y1n\); 2. AncIrew AIcom(Hant; 3. 8M! ManwiI(YIm); 4. Jemny JohNon (Suz); 5. MatJ;twow- Adams(yam). INT I. JoshUG Grant (Kaw); 2. KellyTedckr (Yam) . : 80 OPEN/EX: I. Done J acbon (Yam ); 2. ~ Petrie (Kaw): 3. Kyle Foltz (Kaw ); 4. James TUfTlit'l' (Kaw) . SJMlNI: I. J a lnlt'l Turner (Kaw): 2 . ~ Johnson (Sw:); 3. J irrm y Runde (Yarn ): 4. Dane Jackson (Yam ). 125 BEG: I . AubrilInlI Dlnl (Y;m); 2. CoDas (Han ): 3 . Oem!. GllriancI (Yam) ; 4 . Doug Covey (Yam): 5. Bn.ndon.Jdtries(Yam ) 125 NOV: I. o"nlel Nelson (Ya m ): 2. Jeff Vaugh n (Kaw ): 3 . Brandon KIt'lT(Hon ); 4. Kevin I10Irnes (Sw.) ; 5. Matt M4Btei ler (KTM). 125 INT: I. $eM O'Connor (Yam ): 2. R~ A1badl (Suz ): 3. David Sullins (Yam) ; 4. ,"\Ic:k GnffIfl (Yam); 5. AnthonyBrusct'IIa (Hon). y 125 PRO: t. JefT)' Aleman (Han ); 2. Chns Young (Sw:): 3. RyM Le~ (Hen) ; 4. Joe Harge tt (Suz) ; 5. Bra ndon Morga n (Yam ). SCHBY: I. MK:ky Griffin (Yam) ; 2. Anthony Brusc ella (Hon ): 3 Jdf Vaughn (Ke w); 4. Josh Grant (Ka.... : 5 . lac Wray (Yam ). ) 25/) BEG I. M.dwJeI Rdlaford ( Kaw): 2. EkoJIandef Noble (Kaw); 3 : Sha wne Portman (Han) ; 4. Billy Redder (y am): 5. DaVidBoyse (Ya m ). 250 NOV: I. Brian MacAf~ (Han); 2. Don E1m~ Jr . (Y" m ); 3 . Kris Bowers (Hon) . 250 INT: I . Nathan J ones; 2 . Danny Wood land (Ka.....): J . J ake Gribbon (Kawl. 250 PRO I. TI1TI ~atty (Yam ). : 25. BEG: 1. Rlgo LAlfontalnP.(Ka w); 2. Leon Ph iIH~ (Yam ). 25 NOV: I. Raymond Bo....e " (Sw:): 2. Caleb Hawkms (Yam ): J Da nny Porter {Ha n ); 4 . Mlcha!'l Ryet (Su z). l 30 . BEG: 1. Jeff Byrd (Ka.... 30. NOV: I. Scott Lindley (Yam ); 2 . Mike Farmer (Sul ). 30. PRO : I. ChfiS Young (SUl) ; 2 . Brenl Blount (Yam ). 35. NOV: I . Sieve ~rg (Yarn ) 35. INT: I. Randy Dan ylo (Ktlw); 2. Mark Daven port (Ya m ) 40 . NOV: I. DanIel Sm ith (Hon ); 2 . Alan Miller (Suz). FMF INDUSlR Y RACE: I. Tim Bea tty (Yam) : 2 . Sean O' Connor (Yam ); 3 . B", nl Blount (Yam ): 4 . ~n<:er ~ inek~ (Yam ); 5 . Buddy Morgan (Suz). TEAM RACE; I . Don Elmer Jr .JSpencer Melnek~ : 2 . J erry Ale· ma nJBridn MacAfee ; 3 . Caleb Ha...k in~JB rian Morga n; 4 . Daniel NI"I · son JSe a n O·Connor. eo ems P e rris Racew ay: Sh aw n Hayes (934) . was untou chable in the 60 c c O pen class d u ri ng GFl's Memorial Day MX in Per r is, Californ ia. Honda Hills Motorsports Pa r k Hild ebrand's Rarity Du n n sho we d the boys sh e w as in n o m oo d to m ess aro un d as she quic k ly made her way to the head of the pack early in m oto one. Derek Garla nd settled into second place, ahead of • good battle for thi rd th at inv olved Doug Cov ey . Ch ri s Co llas and Bra nd on Je ffries. Garl and wa s ab le to kee p Du nn in sight. and that was abou t it, as she led every lap fo r the win . Jeffries put a last-lap pass on Coli as for th ird , with Covey a cl ose fifth . Dunn got another good start to lead Jeffries and Callas in m ota two. By the end of lap one, Jeffries had his Yam aha runn ing out fronL Dun n trailed Jeffries for a lap before reclaimi ng the top spot, with Collas follow ing her up int o second place. The next four I.ps belonged to Dunn and her Mot o Pro/Acerbis/ Redline/Pro Prep-backed YZ 125. as she ou tran th e guy s for a well · deserved sweep of the class. Jeffries fell on the last lap and handed the runner-up finish and sec· ond overall to Collas. Garland (2-4 ), Covey (5· 3 ) . nd Jeffries (3 -8 ) rounded out the top five. Sea n O 'C o nn or t u r n ed h i s u su a l g ood starts into a pa ir of wins in the 125cc Int erme d iate ran k s. Ric ha rd A l bach fo rged hi s wa y to ward the fro nt of the pa ck in both races after gati ng m id pack to go 2·3 for second ov erall . Dav id Sullins used c o nsi st ent 4 -4 rid es to edge out the 7 · 2 of Micky Griffi n and the 3 ·6 of A nt ho ny Bruscella for third ove rall . 50 J ULY 1 2 . 2000· cue I e B y R UPERT X. PE1.LETr UN VILL E. O H. MAY 26 " T hi s i s m y favo rit e t ra c k i n Dist ri ct 1 I , " shout ed an ex cited Kevi n Hil d ebr and aft er winn in g th ree class overall s - a som ewhat rare occurrence - in Hond a Hill s' F r iday n ight m otocross raci ng . Competing in the 250cc B. Ov er 25 B and Ove r 30 classes. the veteran fast guy from down Cinci nnati wa y rod e in spectacul ar fashi on at thi s fa cility in central Ohio. Lean in g his F&S Suzuk i RM250 into Hon da Hill s' notorious fast sectio ns and tr icky co me rs, th is racer was on the gas throughout th is balm y evening of racing , leaving the large group of riders behind him in three clas ses to contend for second place. "I d id n 't g ro w up ra ci ng her e l at Hon da Hillsi . so this is all new to m e," Hild ebran d said. "I kn ow many of yo u grew up racin g th is tra ck . but I really like it . It' s well -prepp ed and the re' s few j umps - which sui ts m e fin el" Fo rm er Pro Mark Weaver serve d it up to t he O ver 25 Mo ney cla ss. He w h isk ed h is KX250 in for the win , besting Willi am Rog ers and Matt Kelley fo r the A -cla ss win . In th e 65cc division, Joey Leadbeater once again flash ed hi s Kawasaki KX65 out in fro nt. Th e likabl e lad from Westerville wa s too mu ch for the 24 · rider fie ld ; he took th e win over sec- n e vv s end -plac ed Brand on Borgen and third -pla ced Haven Hold croft . Result s PNI 50: I. Austin Coon (Ya m ): 2 . Alex Ra tlu (Yom ); 3 . Corey _(Y~) . 50 (4· 6) ; I. Dylan Walker (Cob) ; 2. Ian Keno:bg (Hus ): 3. J a ke Fowier(Yam) . 50 (7· S); J. Christian Parmh (Cob): 2. Anthony COITado (Pol ); 3 . ~ .. MalMd (Cob) . • 65: 1. Joey Leadbealer (Ka w): 2 . Brandon BorQef\ (Kaw) ; 3 Haven Holdcroft (KTM). 80 (7 . 11); I. Chod He/Ion ($w: ); 2. Brandon Borgen (Stu): 3 Hav,," Holdcroh (Sw. ). 80 ( 12· 15) ; I . MIchael Willard (Sw:) : 2. Sha~ Fluharty (Hen) ; 3 Tyler ~ (Kaw). SCHBY; 1. Andy Willard (KTM): 2 . Craig CarTdl (KTM): 3 . J mi· lei FOll (Yam ). 16·2 4: I. Wes Boyd ($w:) ; 2 . Tom my U)'rT\IIfl (Yam ); 3 . Joey ~au/l ( Hen) . 25. A:. 1. Mark Wea ver (Kaw); 2. Will Regen II (Yam) ; J. Malt Pow ell . Brian Walk . Rog er Ta te Jr. and Jord an Kni ght. Shellabarger's second w in came in the bi gg est clas s o f all ( in both n um ber s a nd eng ine size) , th e Open class. Th irt een rider s pa cked th e tr ack . but Shellabarger cam e ou t o n top, hol d ing off Nick Dan iels. who cam e in seco nd . Ni ck Will iams . J osh To ugett and Ben Knight fi lled out the top fiv e. In other Amateur-class action. Ryan Bro th ers held off Chip Perry for th e 125cc ·c1ass win . and Clin t Co llie r edged Terry Leffler for th e 200cc class w in . Se t h Whi te to ok th e 250cc -c1ass win . with Darren Carter ru nning second . Daniel s g rabbed the 400cc ·c1ass win . with Chad Butler on his heels in seco nd pla ce. Les Es linger wa s the Sup er Se nior Over 5 0 winn er; Jon Bak er was seco nd . Youth-class winn ers incl uded John Heiden in th e SOcc Shaft cla ss and Justin Hittl e in the 8 5cc cl as s . He iden wa s fo llowed b y Maso n Krog . Tara Colvin and Maxwell Haynes, while Clayto n Riggle. Edd ie Black . Mik e U nd ley and Devo n Jones filled out the top fi ve in the 85 cc class behind Hittle. Kelley (Hon ). 25. B: 1. Kevin Hilde brand (Su z): 2. Travi~ Sm ith (Hon ); 3 . Rodlm Stendl (Kaw). 30 . : I. K~1fI Hildt' bn:lnd (Swl : 2. Mati Kp.1ey (Hon ); 3. RoIlInd l lohr ( Hon) . 40 . : 1. Chuck He trick (Hon) ; 2 . Mark Math en (Yam) : 3 . Joe Collins (KTM). 125 A; I. Brad Stru nk (Su,z): 2. St eve Andrich (Hon): 3. J eff Gib· son (Hon ). 125 B: I. Wes Boyd [S uz]: 2, A.J . Meade (KTM); 3. J imilei FOll (Yam ). 12 5 C· I : 1. Zac h Hanmg (S UI ); 2 . Brian Gng!liby (Yam ); 3 . Calley Uvings ton (Yam) . 125 C·2 : I. Fletcher Shyrock (Hon): 2 . Mike Skinner (Sw:) ; 3. Curtill Mellan (Yam) . 250 A: I. Bra d Stru nk (S uz); 2 . Tom my Co llier (Sw:); 3 . J eff GIbson (Yam ). 250 B: 1. Kevin Hilde bra nd (Sw:); 2. Redrm Slencil (Ka w); 3. And y Sall.ton (Hon ). 230 C·I : I. Mike Bladt (Yam ): 2. Mike ~eltov ( Hu~ ): 3 . Mark J "ckson (Hon). 250 C·2: I . Josh Gunn (Ya m ); 2. Darr ell Sha lbac h (Su z); 3. Du RIO Yalern (Suz ). OPEN; I . Rod ney Hook (Ya m): 2. Andy Bra nnon (Ya m ): 3 50 AUTO SHAFT: 1. Jo hn He iden ; 2 . Mds on Krog ; 3 . Ta ra Colvin; 4 . MaltW eUHayn p.s. 50 CHAIN: 1. Da vid Raga n : 2. RobP.rt Johnson: 3 . Nathan Jones . 65 : I. Chris Ragan ; 2 . Kevin Va nce ; 3. Logan Leer: 4. Cha se Hundle y; 5. Sleven Morris . BS: 1. Ju~tin Hinle; 2 . Clayto n Riggle; 3. Eddie Black ; 4. Michael Und ley: 5. Devon J on ell. 125 : I. Ryan Brothe rs; 2. Chip PerT)' 3. Dan 0eIlIP.f: 4. Dustltl ; Sharp; 5. Chn~ McDevitt. 200: I. Oint Collier: 2 . Terry Leffler; J. J im Kidman. 250 : 1. Seth White; 2. DaT1'erl Cartt'!': 3 . RogP.f Ta te J r.; 4 . Clay· ton Riggle ; 5 . Kri5 William son . 400: I . Nick Da mels ; 2 . Chad Bulle r; 3. Mike Rag an : 4 . Bnan ShoneFl.....".IHon). Harper; 5. Scott Rippey . Central Illinoi s Moto rcycle C l ubgro unds Ragans Blast to Neoga TT W ins Re s u lts 504: 1. T~ Sh e ll"bllrger ; 2. John Powell; 3. Brien Walk : 4. Roger Tete Sr.: 5 . Jordan Knight.. VET I. MIke Ragan: 2 . Mike O'B n,,"; 3. Dale Mderson; 4 . Stev e : VIgf!f'l; 5. T~ Letner . $R ; I • .M ike O' B~n: 2 . Denn iS William,; 3. l.n U1i nger : 4 David Hammond:5. Tom Sutton. S/SR 1. L.es EsIlnger; 2. Jon Baker; 3 . Robert Smith: 4 . Bill utly; : 5 . Mike Collier. OPEN: 1. Trmt. ShetlG barger: 2 . NICk Damelio 3. Nick Willu.ms : ; 4. Josh Tougett; 5 . Ben Kn)ghL B y B UD NORTHR UP NE OGA. IL. MAY 28 Th e Rag ans had. gre.t day at the Central illino is M/ C IT race on Ma y 28. as each ca me away with a cla ss victory. Young David Raga n claim ed the SOcc Chai n cla ss. besting Robert J o hnson a nd Nath an J on es for th e vic t ory . Chr is R.gan too k a win in the 65 cc clas s. edg ing K evin Van c e for th e first -pl ac e t rophy . Logan Lear, Chase Hundley and Steven Morri s fille d out the top five in th e clas s. Not to be o u t do ne b y t h e b o y s . M i k e Ra g an a l so cla im ed a win, but he had to ride hard to get it. Runn in g in t he Vet Over 30 cl ass, M ik e Ragan held off hard · ch argin g Mike O' Brien for the win. as th e two waged a very interestin g du el the w ho le race . Dale An d erso n , Ste ve Vigen and T ert y Leffl er fo ll owed Ragan and O 'Brien to the fi nish li ne. Ragan actua lly had to wait until Mem o rial Day to claim the win, as the last two cla sses we re ra i ned o ut o n Sun d ay a nd we re run befor e the Memorial Day State Cham pio nshi p race the next da y . O 'Brien also had a good da y. as he rode h is SportJand M otor spo r ts AT K / Rotax to a co nv incing vi cto r y in th e Sen ior Ov e r 4 0 cl ass. " Ba rt" p ulled th e hol eshot and ne ve r looked back as he sepa rated himself from th e fie ld . H i s clo se st c h a ll e n g e r wa s D en n i s Wi ll iams, who wa s foll owe d by Les Eslinger, David Hamm ond and To m Sutt on . Tr ent Shell aba rger ha d the best day of all . as he pos ted double cla ss win s. His fir st vict o ry ca m e in the 504cc cl ass as he bested John W illow S p r i n g s International Ra ceway Gross Nets t he W in B y E RIC V INCENT ROSAMOND. CA . JU NE 17- 18 Bry ce Gro ss took th e steady and co nsistent path to captu re the race victory in the Toyota Cup 2000 Unli m ited Formula On e Grand Prix race at th e six th roun d o f Will ow Sp ri ng s Motorc ycle Club acti o n a t W i ll ow Sp ri ng s Int ern ation al Raceway . It took fo ur of th e 12 lap s in th e Formula O ne ra ce be fore Gro ss beg an to challenge the early race leaders o n his T eam Hypercycl e-sponsored . Dunlo p-shod Suzuki GSX · R I 100 . At the d ro p of the sta rte r's fl ag , Ste p hen Hew itt took th e ho lesho t , fo ll ow ed by Bria n Kovar ick in second and Chuc k Grav es in third. Grav es, th e racer to beat in th e Fo rmu la On e ser ies thi s year, wa s hindered by hav ing to rac e on hi s Yam a ha YZFR6 r.the r than hi s u sua l Yama ha R I. Gra ves had j u st bare ly m ade the Will ow Sp ring s event afte r returni ng from the Supe rb ik e rac es in Loud on , New Hampshire. and the 600c( m ach ine wa s the only motor cycle avail able at race time . On la p thr ee, Graves d ra fted and passed Vincent Hask ovec on th e fron t stra igh t to tak e over second , jus t beh in d Kovar ick. A lap later , Graves d raft ed and passed Ko va rick to move into the lead , but Kovarick go t back past him two turn s later. Central illinois Motorcycle Clubgrounds : Mik e O 'Brie n (44) leads th e senior O ve r 40 pack in Ne o g a . Illin o is .

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