Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

hosted the event. The Trailsmen are a very active club on the OMRA c ircuit, holding many events every yea r. Tra il boss Meylan Tho re se n selected some of the toughest trails in the Jordan Creek O HV area for this seventh annual Coast Range 100 . The first 20-mi le loop was extended by eight miles to "warm up " th e riders and spread the field out. After a scary-fast gravel-road sta rt, the first of many uphill battles b e g a n on Roger's Ro a d, a 3 - mile jeep road that makes riders' arms pump so bad th at Popeye wou ld be jea lous . Nex t c a m e the legendary Maddog's Pumpkin Pa tc h . Named for t he p umpkin -s ized bo uld e rs hidden in the gras s just in c h e s away from yo ur unwa ry toes, this tra il claimed m a ny a victim in the Amateur ran ks and prod uced qui te a few disconcert in g exclamations from th e s e crest fall en he roes . Sh ortly after th e Pumpkin Patch ca me a mid dle secti on allowing high er speed and with perfect dirt. Bright sunshine , loamy berms , fir trees, hillcli m bs, rocks , birds ch irp ing a wa y a hhh , the good life. Th e loo p e nded with a long, rocky downh ill c a lle d Duan e 's Trail. Once out of th e n os ebl e ed section, th e course approach ed th e pits . For each of th e next three laps , th e first eight m iles were c ut off and the "S tic k in the Nose " trail replac ed it. This tra il exhi bited a fine collection of sharp rocks, and it wound through the love ly trees that seemed to b e m iss ing q u it e a b it of ba r k a t h a nd leb a r height. After 8 5 m iles of O regon "tra il rid ing," the co m petito rs filed in to grab th e ir trophie s or finishe r pla q ue s with s mile s o n th e ir fa c e s a nd limp s in thei r ste ps . " Ne x t ye a r, " s a id T h o resen , "I hope to ha ve a 100 -mi le, continuo us loo p for the Co a st Ra nge 100 - ju s t eN for fun!" Coast Range 100 TIllamook, Oregon Results: June 25, 2000 (Round 71 O /A : I . Ric k Boza rt h ; 2. Travis Ba mf or d ; 3 . J a son Co le; 4 . Ryan Clay ; 5 . Derek Ste a hly. AA: 1. Rick Bozarth; 2. Travis Bamford ; 3. Ryan Clay ; 4 . Scott Griffith; 5 . Chris Kramer. O PEN EX: I. John Reising ; 2 . Ste ve McCall ; 3 . J a son Mathe ne y. 2 5 0 EX : t. J a son Co le; 2 . Derek Ste ahly ; 3 . J eremy Puma; 4 . Mik e Derthick; 5. Bryan Huskey. 2 00 EX: 1. Bill Rush; 2 . T ed Os tl und; 3. Je ff Zertanna; 4. Kenny Stea hly; 5 . Tob in Johnson. 4 · STRK EX: 1. Do n Twombley; 2. J ames Wilso n; 3 . Scott McNew; 4 . Rick Goodman . . 30. EX: t. David Morton; 2. Greg Su m mers; 3. Brian Sved m: 4. Adam Achepohl ; 5. David Gackle. 40 . EX: 1. Ken Spruit; 2. Lyon Payne. O /A A M : 1. Mik e Pillster ; 2. Geoff Wot ton ; 3 . David White ; 4. Pat Daniels ; 5. Ren Kepp inger. OP EN AM : I. Mi k e Pill ster ; 2 . Cody Harr is; 3. To dd Wil son. 250 AM : I . St er li ng Ebe nstei ne r ; 2 . J o sh Stockda le. 200 AM : I. Jo n Bowes: 2. Jim Peart; 3 . Leighton Sherick . 4 ·S TR K AM : I . Geoff Wotton; 2. Seth McBl air; 3. Jason Kennedy; 4 , Ben John son ; 5. Phili p Crane. 3 0+ AM : I. Davi d Whit e; 2. Pat Dani els; 3. Rob Livin gston; 4. David Fife; 5. Russ Bolin . 40 + A M: I . Ren Kepp inger ; 2. Bob Rei nen; 3. Don Naeve; 4. Don Hou sley; 5. Scott Sum m ers. 50 +: I . J oe Ba rrell ; 2 . Dan Meneley ; 3. Jo hn Brown ing ; 4. Ric hard Wil son; 5. Eri c Matson. 60 +: 1. Jim Bums ; 2. Jim McCl ella n. WMN: 1. Vicki Gack le; 2. Valeri e Herring sen. J R: I. Stev e Matson. SPTSM N : 1. K en n eth Dav id son ; 2 . Br y an Epp ing; 3. Keith Meyers; 4. Brent Bauer. Southeastern Regional Championship Series Round 1: Carolina Motorsports P ark Formula Two -St roke, Vintage Four and Vintage Two took to the tra c k for race three of the Vintage progra m . Formula Two -Stroke rider Mark Morrow and Vintag e Four's Michael Eilan d commanded both the ir classes for most of the r a c e . Morrow staye d ahead of the Streits Yamaha of Eila nd by about five lengths all the way to the end . Vintage Four contender Mark Nadelkov, on the WKR Yamaha , was quietly reel ing in the front duo but ran out of laps , as did Stau ber. The two settled for s ec ond and th ir d . Rick G uirey finish ed s econd in Form ula Two-St roke , with Nathan McMa n us third . Harsh took his second win of the day in Vintag e Two , ov er BSA ride r Ruthe rford and Honda pilot Smith. Harold Pa g e J r. , t urni ng some of the fastest laps of the day on h is Bar nacle Bill's Leather's Yama ha , easily won the Vintage Five contest over Ed Schara harst and Wa yne Shelton , both also on Yamahas . Vintage Three ( wh ic h was run with Vintage Five) was a repeat of the Vintage Four race , with Eiland and Nadelkov in first and second. Gruhn got close at the end , th ough , as he o utbra ked and passed Nadelko v with three turns to go . Nadelkov "wo ke up " and fough t Gruhn back to ta ke s econd . Sunda y's Vintage S ix win went to Ya m a h a 1000 p ilot Peter Kissinger, with Will iam Ma yfield, also on a Yamaha 1000 , in second, and Dale Burroughs, riding a Suzuki 110 0 , in third . CN Harsh on the Move By S TEVE STA SE R KERSHA , SC,JU NE24 W tla nta 's Buff Harsh , enjoying h is best year, scored his th ird double win in a row in Vintage One and Vintage Two . Harsh , who was also the Sportsman 350 winner at Daytona in Mar ch , is closing the gap on po int s leader Chris Mars hall from Ba lt im ore . Ha rs h was runner -up to Ma rsha ll in la s t year's c ha m p io n s h ip . This wa s WERA Vintage 's second s top a t th e Sout h Caro lina track a nd the first ra ce of the South eastem Regional Ch arnpi - A cl ose for most o f the race , with Rutherford and Za s t ro w pulling out lea ds and e ven tually the wins in their respective classes. Cornelison settled for s e c ond , with McDani els third in He avyw e ight. Kane too k secon d in Lightweight, leaving Srnith third. In ra c e two , Ha rsh alread y con tro lled the overall lead by lap one in the combined classes of Formula 500, Med iumw eigh t Class ic and Vintage On e - after starting from the rear gr id. J ohn Stauber, on the Narrow Focus Yamaha , and Q uick Bikes' Dick Gruhn had a good race in Formula 500; they Carolina Motorsports Parll Kershaw, South Carolina Results: June 24, 2000 (Round 11 F -2 : 1. Ma rk Morrow (Ya m); 2 . Rick Guirey ( Yam) : 3 . Nath an McManus ( AJS ). F - RD : I. L ynn Ga rla n d ( Yam ) ; 2 . Rob ert Macaul ey (Yam); 3. Mark Wy land (Yam) . F-SOO: 1. Jo hn Stauber (Yam) ; 2. Dic k Gruhn (Yam ); 3. Lyn n Garland (Yam ); 4. Robert Macaul ey (Yam ): 5. A lfred Firmani (Yam) . L/ W Cl S C: 1. J en s Zastrow ( Ho n); 2. Daniel Kane (Hon) : 3. Eri c Sm ith (Han) . M /W Cl SC: I. Royce Eat on ( Due ) ; 2 . Doug Bowie (Du c ): 3. J ens Zastrow (Han) . H/W ClSC: 1. David Ruthe rford (BSA) ; 2. David Cornelison (BSA) ; 3. Mic k McD aniel (BSA ); 4. Royce Eaton (Tri). . VINT· l : 1. Bu ff Harsh (Han) ; 2. Jason Bessey (Han) ; 3. Daniel Kane (Han); 4 . Eri c Smith (Hon) ; 5. Eri c Cook (Hon). VIN T-2: 1. Buff Harsh (Hon) ; 2. David Rutherford (BSA) ; 3. Eric Smith (Hon ). VINT· 3 : 1. Micha e l E i l and ( Yam ) ; 2 . Mark Nadelkov (Ya m ) ; 3 . D ic k Gruhn ( Yam); 4 . Al fred Firm ani (Yam ); 5. Eric Kalam aja (Suz) . VI NT · 4 : 1. M ichae l E i land ( Yam) : 2 . Mark Nedel ko v (Yam ); 3. Jo hn Staube r ( Yam ); 4 . J ason Bessey (Han); 5. Doug Bowie (Due) . V I NT·5 : t . Haro l d Pa g e J r. ( Yam ) ; 2 . Ed Sc ha ra ha rst ( Yam) ; 3 . Wayne She lt on (Ya m) ; 4 . David Hurst (Kaw); 5. Rick Guir ey (Yam) . VINT- 6 : 1. Pete r Kissi nger ( Yam) ; 2 . Will iam Mayfield (Yam) ; 3 . Dale Burrough s (Suz) ; 4. Randell Mason (Suz): 5. J effrey And rihaos (Suz). Carolina Motorsports Park: Harold Page Jr . took his Yamaha to the Vintage Five win at WERA's first round of the Southeastern Regiona l Champions hip Se ries in Kersh aw, So uth Carolina. ons hi p , wh ich also includes sto ps a t Road Atlan ta ; S a vannah , Geor g ia ; a nd Talla dega, Alab am a . Jul y 's Atlanta race could be a preview of th e Grand Natio nal d uel between Ma rsha ll and Ha rsh in Octo be r. A be au t ifu l da y g re eted the racers in Ke rs ha w - a big difference from the slop py condit io ns a t the la st visit in Apr il. Formu la RD, Heavyweight Classic a nd Lightweight Classic made up the day's firs t race . Vintage S p eci a ltie s ' Lyn n Garla nd gr a bbe d th e holeshot and the lead. Garland drew away from the Yamahas of his tea mmate Robert Macauley and Quick B ik e ' s Mark Wyland . It was a different story in the Lightwe ight and Heavyweight races , though, as the little Hondas of Jens Zastrow , Daniel Kane and Eric Sm ith we re in a tight battle for the lead in Light weig ht , wh ile the BSA-m ou nted trio of Da vid Rut her fo rd , Da vid Co rne lison a nd Mic k McDaniel, all on Ted Hub ba rd -prepared m a chin e s , we re in a fig ht for th e He a v yw e ight p o int . Royce Eaton , o n t he lo ne Tri ump h , couldn 't keep the pace. Things stayed stayed c lose m o st of th e way , with Stauber taking the win by a bo ut five bike lengt hs . Garland took th ird . "That's as hard as I can go ," said Te a m Steve -O's Jas on Be sse y, com pe ting in Vintage On e , a s he watched Ha rs h pull aw ay. Bessey took second fo r the third time th is year b eh ind Hars h , wi th Ka ne a d is t an t thir d . Eaton, o n the Claude 's Mobile Cycle Du c a ti , g r a b be d fi rst in Me diumwe ight Cla s s ic over BiTB Racing's Doug Bowie a nd Za strow. AMA Youth Regional Qualifier Daniel Boone MX Sipes, Clark Take Two By FMF/ S toug hto n' s/Ma xim a -s po ns ore d Shawn Clark took do uble ove ra ll wins . Sipes landed the overa ll in the 85cc ( 14 -15) Modi fied a nd 10 5cc (12-1 5) Su perm ini classes, and Cla rk ace d t he 85 c c (12 - 13) Stock a n d 8 5cc (9 - 13) Modifie d classes. In the first 8 5cc (14 -15) Mod ified moto , S ipes took the front s po t at the d rop o f t he g a te a nd n e ver looked S USA N S . WilLI A N LONDON, KY, JUNE 24-25 a nie l Boon e MX hoste d its largest turnout of riders si nce its inc ep tio n as 605 rider s fro m 20 sta tes and Ca nada co m peted at the AMA You th Regiona l Qualifier. Team Green/ Pod ium O ne /Suspe ns ion Plus / Ryn o Ra c ing - bac ke d Ry an S ip es an d MSR / D eye ' e n e _ s • A UGU ST 2 ,2000 55

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