Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

knew what happen ed. Th en he tri ed to start the fina l in thi rd gear, giv ing the . lead to the qu ic k er Evan Baer, who sele cted th e co rrect gea r. He led for over a lap on t he tight - g~ooved t rack until Lewis put th e power of his A BB A Heatin g an d A /C -sponso red Yamaha to work and got by B aer, who stayed CN cl ose for the rest of th e race. Trail-Way Speedway Hanover, Pennsylvania Results: June 10,2000 (Round 1] 5 0 O ll-INJ: 1. Ba ile y Spence (Yam ); 2 . Jos h Stan difo rd ( Yam ) ; 3 . Cas si dy Hei ser (Ya m ) : 4 . Came ron T yson (Yam); 5 . Derek Hersh ( Yam) . 5 0 (4 -6): 1. Derek Hersh (Cob) ; 2. Max Harv et (Ac t) ; 3 . Co dy Wils on (KTM); 4 . Came ro n Ty s on (Lem) ; 5 . Bail ey Spen ce (Lem). 50 (7· 8): I. J esse Long (Lem ); 2. Tyler Kidwell (Cob). 65 : I . J esse Long (KTM): 2. J ohn Long III (Kaw) : 3 . Michael Standiford (Kaw ); 4 . J oey Park s (Kaw ); 5. R.J . Hart (Kaw) . 8 5 (7 - 1 1) : 1. J ohn Lewis (Yam): 2. Evan Beer (Yam ): 3. Bryan Arrnstro nq (Hon): 4. John Long (Hen) . 8 5 ( 12· 15) : 1. Cory Long (Hon); 2. Jonathan Jo rdan (Han) ; 3 . J oey Av ery (Yam ); 4. Jeff McManu s (Kaw ). 125 B: 1. Zach Calc utt (Han ); 2. John Sassaman (Ya m ) : 3 . T ravis Sen ne tt ( Ha n) ; 4 . Ben Lu dlo w (Han) ; 5. Ben Glisson (Yam ). 250 A : 1. J ake J ohnson (Han) ; 2. Raun Wood ( Hon ); 3 . Georgie Pric e ( Hon ); 4. Bry an Douglas (Hon); 5. Corey Herm es (Hon ). 250 B : 1. Ada m Carpi nello ( Yam ) ; 2 . J ason Isennoc k ( Hon) ; 3 . Bria n Phi ll ip s (S uz) ; 4 . Zac h Calcutt (Kaw ); 5. J am es Doremu s (Yam) . 500 A: 1. J im Ha as (Ya m) ; 2. D a ve Smi t h (Yam); 3. Greg Sassaman (Yam ); 4. J im Chap ma n (Yam) ; 5. Dallas Beer (Yam) . 600 A: 1. Rick y Winsett (Rtx ); 2 . Jared Mees (Rtx); 3 . J ake J ohnson (Rtx): 4 . Bob Sweeten (Rtx); 5. Bryan Douglas (Rtx) . 60 0 B : 1. Ja so n Isen n o c k (Y am ) ; 2 . Rya n Babcock (Yam) ; 3. Will iam Viney (Yam); 4 . Willi am Sm ith (Rtx} . 750 A: 1. J ared Mee s (H· D ) ; 2 . Ma rk Myers (Tr i); 3. Ji m Chapm an (Tn) . VET 30 +: 1. Dallas Beer (Rtx ); 2. Lowell Wherley ( Rtx) ; 3. Ed Hyd e ( W· R); 4 . Da mia n Ko c c vi no s (Hon); 5. Da vid Sm ith (Rtx }. 4 0 . SRi I . Larry Burk holder (Yam) ; 2. Mike Keane (Hbg) ; 3. Bruce Mill er (ATK ); 4. Bill Boram (Yam) . SPTSM N: I. J ared Mees (Rtx) ; 2. Georgie Price {Rtx}; 3 . Raun Wood (Han) ; 4 . Corey Harm es (Han); 5. Bryan Doug las (Rtx) . WERA Vintage Racing Round 7: Roebling Road Raceway Today's Win To Morrow By S T E VE S T A SER SAV N ,GA, JU E10 AN AH N in t ag e F iv e p oints l ead er M ark Morro w showed every on e why he's in t hat positi on as he pu ll ed away from th e fast fi eld an d recorded h is fourt h Vintage Five win of the stil l -yo ung season . Morrow almost didn't m ak e it into th e fiel d , as h e arrive d late and just m ade it to registration before th e dead line and comp et ed wi t ho ut any prac tic e. Th e day was fill ed with clo se rac ing an d a very unusu al Vintag e Four fin ish at W ERA Vintage's seco nd stop at the southeastern Georgia track . The first Vi nt ag e rac e o f th e da y Formula RD , Heav yweight Classic and Lightweight Classic - took to the tra c k . M ark W yl and grabbed th e ho leshot and he ld the lead t hro ugh th e fir st lap , bu t on the seco nd go -aro un d Vintage Specialties' Paul Garland passed Wyland in the fast turn-th ree left -hand er. Heavy weight leader David Ruth erford , on the Ted Hu bb ard- prep ared BSA , bla sted past everyone fo r the ove rall lead , Gar - V 68 JULY 26, 2000 · cu e I D Roebling Road Raceway: Joe y Naval (49) takes the For mula 500 win on his TT500 Suzuk i after an off-track excursio n In the fast turn nine at th e seve nth round of WERA Vintage racing , In Savan nah, Georg ia. land had pulled away from Wy land by 10 bik e lengths at th e hal fw ay m ar k , bu t W yl and wou ldn ' t give up. By th e white flag, Wyl and pulled up to within two bik e len gths and th en pu lled even in tu m fiv e. A s the tw o cam e to the line, Garlan d squeaked by for a close win. Rob ert M acauley took a d ist ant t hird . The forgo tten Ruth erford easily won th e Heavyweight Classic contest, over the Cl aud e' s M obil e Cycl es T rium p h of Ro yce Eaton and T ea m Stev e-O 's Harley-mounted Nathan McM anu s. Race two featured th e Formula 500, Vintag e One and Medi umweight Cl assic di vi sion s, and produced another cl ose finish . Qu ick Bike bo ss D ick Gruhn and his alw ays-fast RD gra bbed th e Forrnu la 500 and o verall lead but was j oined by th e Vi ntage One du el o f Atlanta ' s Bu f f Harsh and Ho u rg l as s Racing ' s Keith Cam pbell , both on li gh tn ing-fast 350cc Hond as. T hat t ri o pu lled aw ay from eve ryo ne and staye d clos e for two laps , b last in g th r ee ab r east ac r os s start / fin ish on la p three. Harsh began pullin g away b y the c rossed fl ags, as Gruhn - wh o kne w he wasn't racing t hese guys for pos itio n - dro pped bac k . J oey Naval, on the Sundial Motorsports T 500 Suzuki , had been gaining ground fro m a b ad st a rt an d was reeling in Gruhn . Perh ap s trying to o hard , Na val ran off in the very fast sweeper com ing on to the straig htaway but managed to sa v e it , to th e d el ight of th e c rowd . Na val re-entered the tr ack withou t los in g m u ch g r o un d and co nti n ued t o chase Gruhn. Naval ca ug ht and passed Gruhn in tum fo ur on th e last lap and h eld on for an oth er close win. Har sh stayed in fro nt for the Vin tage O ne wi n, with Cam pbell dropping back in second and Dani el K ane in third . Todd Gibbs se ttl ed for third in t h e Formu l a 5 00 rac e. Eaton won th e Du cati 3 50 du el in M ediumweight Cl assic , o ver BE.B Racing's Doug Bowie and David M ill er. Th e th ird Vi ntage rac e, co mbining Vin tage Two and Vin ta ge Fou r, sta rt ed n evus out in a normal fashion but had a very di fferen t fi nish. Current Vintage Fou r champion M ic h ael Eil and, on th e Stre its M otorsports Yamaha , gra bbed th e holeshot , but Choice Rental Car Sa les' Frank Shockley , on a bea uti ful 750cc T riu mph , too k over t h e lead b y t urn th ree, wi th Campbe ll a cl ose thi rd . Just before completing lap three, Cam pb ell emulated Naval by exiting the track in tum nine at abo ut 120 mph! "Now I know what th em p eople are talk in g ab out wh en th ey sa y th at li fe fl a s h i n g - b e f ore - t h e i r - e y e s s t u ff, " Campbell said afterw ard . Me a nwhile , back a t t h e tr a c k , Shockl ey pulled away fro m Eil an d by as much as half a stra ig htaway on t he last la p . In t h e l ast t urn b ef o r e t he che ck ers, Shockl ey 's Triumph decided it only needed one rod , and it sp it t he ri ght one th rou gh th e cases. Shock ley ha d bui lt up su c h a lead over Eil and that, with only about a quarter-mi le of straightaway left to go , he was hoping hi s m omentum would carry him to the wi n. As Shoc kley was coasting to ward t he fi nish line, Ei land closed in. T he spectators at th e fini sh w ere yelling and s c ream i ng; i t wa s go ing t o b e close . As the sic k Triump h c r aw led across t he finish line at about 2 m ph, Eil an d came fly ing b y a t speed . Shoc k ley m anaged to tak e th e nerv erack i ng win - by a bo ut a wheel 's len gt h . H arsh took t h e Vi ntage Two wi n over Rutherford and M cM anu s. In th e V inta g e F iv e contest , D ale Burroughs, on the ACM E K a wasa k i 7 50 , sta y ed on Morrow 's t ail fo r tw o la ps but j u st co uld n 't k ee p up w ith Morro w' s fast RZ. Rob ert Church and h i s Ab out T i m e L o c k sm i th Su zuk i to o k third , a nd h i s t e a m ma te Ken Le h ma n was f ou rt h . E ila n d w on t h e Vintage T hree co nte st o ve r Ca m pbell , Eat on and M ark Na delkov . In Sunda y 's Vintage Six rac e, Dal e Bu rr ou ghs, on his Su zuki 1100, to ok th e win o ve r W il li am Ma y fi eld , o n a Yamah a 10 00 , and Su zu k i 750 pilot J effrey Andriakos. CN Roebling Road Raceway SlIVannah, Georgia Results : June 10, 2000 [Round 71 l./W CLSC ; I . Daniel Kane (Hon) . M /W CLSC : 1. Ro y c e Eaton (Due); 2 . Do ug Bowi e (Due) ; 3 . David Miller (K~w) . H/W e LS C; 1. David Rutherford (B SA) ; 2. Royce Eaton (T ri ); 3. Nathan McManus (H· D) . F-RD: I. Pa ul Garl and (Yam ); 2 . Mark Wyla nd ( Yam ); 3. Robert Macau lay (Yam ); 4. Todd Gibbs (Yam) ; 5. Jonathan Park s (Yam ). F-50 0: 1. Joey Naval (Suz); 2. Dick Gruhn (Yam ); 3. Todd Gibbs (Yam) ; 4. Robert Macaulay (Yam ). VINT I: 1. Buff Harsh (Hon) ; 2. Keith Campbe ll (Han); 3 . Daniel Kan e (Hon); 4 . Eric Cook (Han ); 5. Russell Goldman (Han) . VI I'iT 2 : 1. Buff Harsh (Hon ); 2. Da vid Rutherford (BSA) ; 3. Natha n McManus (H-D) . VIN T 3 : 1. M ic h ael Ei la nd (Ya m ) ; 2 . Ke it h Campbell ( H·D ) ; 3 . Roy c e Ea ton (T ri) ; 4 . Mark Nadelkov (Yem) : 5. Dick Gruhn (Yam) . VI NT 4 ; 1. Frank Shockl ey (T ri) ; 2 . M ichael Eiland (Yam) ; 3 . Keith Ca mp bell ( H· D ): 4 . Mark Nadelkov (Yam ); 5. Robert Church (Suz). V I N T 5 : 1. Ma rk M orr ow (Y am); 2 . Da le Burrou gh s (Ka w) ; 3 . Rob ert Churc h (Suz); 4 . Ken Lehman (Suz); 5. Kyle King (Kaw). V I NT 6 : 1. Dale Burro ug hs (S uz ); 2. Will iam Mayfield (Yam ); 3. Je ffrey Andriako s (Suz) ; 4. Ray Hick man (Suz); 5. Mark Morr ow (Yam ). MRANN Series Round 4: Purgatory Peak 100flankslappers Hare Scrambles Belingheri On Fire in Purgatory By S T E PH E N T I C H E N O R RENO, N , JUNE 11 V M RA N N h as t ried to make most o f it s races as fr iendly as p os sible. E very once in a w hile, ho wev er , t he re co mes a t i m e wh en we ne ed to b e remin ded of j ust how tou gh and g ru eli ng th e des ert ca n be. For t he sec o n d ann u a l S t a n Sear l e M em oria l , which was ro und four of th e M RAN N Series, Gr eg Sear le, pr esi dent o f the T an k s l ap p ers M oto r c y c l e C lub , let ev er yone k no w wha t toug h , ol d -fa sh ioned raci n g is all abo ut wh en he sent more than 200 ri ders o ve r so me of t he m ost diffic ult, intense and spec tacula r 108 m iles of course nort hern Ne va d a ra cers h ave seen in a long t i m e . A n d if t h a t wa s not en ou g h , Sea rl e dec id ed not to c all on th e rain g ods fo r th i s ra c e , maki ng a goo d start criti cal for a to p finish . Wh en t he b an n er dropped fo r t he w a v e of Ex pe r ts , so uthern N e v ad a O v er 30 Expert J eff Hagu e came o ut on t op as he ch ar ged through th e ta ll sa g eb r us h a n d up t h r o u g h th e f irst san d wash o f th e race. Ha gu e led th e pac k of Expert s and was t he first to ca t c h th e " H are " and c o l lec t $ 100 . Th en Hu sk y US A /Tho r/VP/RMS/ IMS backed 2 50c c rid er Dennis Belingher i m ad e t he pass on Hague . B eli ngh er i w as qui c k l y overt ake n b y T eam Green / A x o /RMS/ Pr o Circu it -b ac ked O p en rid er Sha ne Esposito m ade th e

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