Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

back . Suzuk i Motorsports o f Char lotte ' s Stephen Sh oaf rode in second to th e checkers . unable to ca tch Sip es. Shoaf was th e front -runner in m oto tw o , as S ip es had tro ub le ge tti ng o ff t h e gate. S h o af took the moto win; Sipes ran out earn th ird . In the final prepared . and t he le ad a n d of time an d could only a nd th en I w orked my way to th ird and fl ew o ff th e track at the Table of m ot o , S ip es was be tter he aga in ran away wi th dominated the action . w slots . O n the second l a p , Clark was se cond and keeping Willard on his toes. Clark event u all y made the pass o n W illard , t a king t h e m ot o wi n. Willa rd wa s sec ond . " I ha d a med iocre sta rt - about 10th T w o s : sa id C lark . "I misjudged the actions of th e r id er in front of me . I thought he was going to th e right , and I made a misc ue off t h e sid e o f th e tra ck and I lo st th ree pos itions. I th en work ed ba ck up to third . B y th e next l a p , at t h e T a b le of T w o s , I pa ssed an oth er rider. Then I passed Willard at th e tu rn befor e th e T ab le of T wo s. " Shoaf settl ed for an other second . Si pes th en t imed the ga te just rig ht and darted aro und tu rn o ne in the lead in the f irst round of 10 5 c c ( 12 - 15 ) Superm ini co m pe ti t io n , leading 4 0 rid ers a ro und t he we ll -desig ne d c o urse . Sipes again won t he moto w ith ease. Th e seco nd- mo to st art was a re pe at o f th e first rnoto 's, with Si p es hold ing dow n a substan tia l lead over C la rk fin all y got h is act t ogeth er in th e th ird m oto , fir in g o ff th e gat e . W ill ard w as in fo urth bu t w o rk ed h is his com petitors. S ipes slid out, a n d th e r id er in se cond , K l otz/Spl itF ir e/ Scott' s Grant M o reland . Cl ark , m ean wh il e , had stretched h is lead bey ond th e reach es of M oreland or W i ll ard. w ay in to th ird an d then t ried to get b y J esse Zambon to o k t he le ad . S ipes got b a c k und er way se ve ra l s lots b eh in d t he n ew l e ad e r. T w o l ap s M orel an d a n d Willard b attl ed eac h o t he r a ro u n d th e course ; W illar d j u mped by M o reland to ta k e second at th e c heckers. eN before th e checkered , Sipes reg a in ed th e p o int, and t hen h e stretched o ut hi s lead over second- p laced Zambon . In the t hird m o to , Sip es showe d no m erc y off the start, b ut h e e ncoun t er ed proble ms o n the second lap and w en t down , d r op p in g t o third an d a llowi ng Zambon and A da m Robin so n to p ass . B y the t hi rd lap , Sipes had m oved back into th e front spot. Za m bo n a n d Ro bi nson challenged each . Daniel Boone MX Landon, Kentucky Results : June 24-25, 2000 51 (4·6) 5TK SHAFT: I. Alex Ditton (Yam): 2. Zachary Seesholtz ( Yam ); 3. Rio Barnhart (Yam ); 4 . Jesse Turner (Yam ); 5. Cameron Reas (Yam) . 51 (4·6) STK: I. Ga nnon Audette (Cob): 2. Camer on Ree s (C o b); 3 . D ougie Mo li n e ( Co b );4 . Ju stin Star ling (Cob) ; 5. Dylan Cox (Cob) . 51 (7·8) STK: I. Michael McArthur (Cob); 2. Ryan Blizzard (Cob ); 3. Ty ler Moore (Cob) ; 4. Brad other fo r seco nd all t he way to the ch eckers, w ith Zambon claiming secon d and Ro bi nson se tt li ng fo r t hird. " I h ad so me prob le ms, c rashi ng in t he t urns ," sai d S ip e s, wh o cla i ms Daniel B oo n e MX as his home t rack . " I w ent d o wn t w i ce i n th e seco nd m oto . I dro p p ed b a c k to fo u r t h o r f ifth , and I just k ept p assing r id ers to try t o g et t o th e front. I k ept t ell in g my sel f , ' N o m ore c ra shes!' I finall y got bac k the fr o nt spot and stretch ed a le ad. In th e th ird moto , I went do wn Johnson (Cob); 5. Vaughn Mays (Cob). 65 (7 -9) STK: 1. T revo r Donie (K aw) ; 2. J oe Lazzaretto (KTM ); 3. Cameron Stone (KTM): 4 . Daniel Aulse ybrook (Kaw ); 5 . Zac hary Camburn (KTM). 65 ( 10· 11) STK: I. Robert Wh ite (KTM): 2. Lerry Parti n J r. (KTM) ; 3. Sawye r Barrow (KTM) ; 4 . WHiiam Duffy(KTM): 5. Joey Leadbeater(Kaw). 65 (7·11) MOD: I. Sean Hackley Jr. (Kaw): 2. Cal-Expo State Fairgrounds: Scratch main winner Bobby " The Blaze" Hedden leads run ner-up " Bronco" Billy Jann iro through the final turns at the Sideways Saturdays event in Sacramento, Californ ia. ing his debul in the Intermediate class, Obeso looked ready for the challenge. Ram saran pulled away for the win, with Hensley laking seco nd and Ob ese third . In the second m oto, Ram saran jumped in front again, but this ti m e he was foll owed by Ob eso. Hen sley went d own in th e fir st turn , allowing Danny Mohr to get by. Hensley. playing catch- up, was able to work his way ba ck i nto t he thlrd -plece po sition . O nce he wa s wi thi n reachin g d istanc e of Obeso , Hensl ey applied the pressure. With only one lap to go, Obeso went down and Hensley quickly took Ca l-Expo State Fairgro unds Hedden Heads Out at C a l -Ex p o By M. SOBER SACRAME NTO,CA, JUNE 24 Former Junior Sp eedw ay ri de r "Fl eein'" Ian Ferris won hi s second consecutive Handicap ma in eve nt at th e Ca l-Expo Sideways Saturdays fairgrounds oval. Veteran No rthe rn Cali- new fomia Speedway standout Bobby "The Blaze- in for the win, followed by Hensley and Obeso. Team Malcolm Smith rider Michael Leib was very impressive in the 60cc (6·8) class, which ran combined with the 60cc (9 - 11) class. Leib was not only able to take first-place Hedd en took th e hon or s in th e scra tch m ain. leading the entire race fro m h is outs ide -la ne sta rt ing positi on . In Divisio n T wo act ion. th e ev er -pop ula r Ivan Sevart wo n fro m t he 10ya rd , while th e Div ision Three victory went to Billy Hil es . Th e Junio r d ivisio n wins went to Greg Hooton Jr., Chris O lney and newc om er over the second-place po siti on. Ram saran honor s in each m oto in his cla ss, but he caug ht and passed m ost of the o lde r rid ers as well. "Mic hael is workin g weekl y with Kurt Hen rik sen , and it's reall y start ing to sho w," sa id team m anager Don Kearn ey . Bruce Bast. the latest of the legendary Bast clan to strap on a steel shoe and win a Speedway ma in event. 50cc (7·8) class, and Overton lorded it over the 50 cc (4·6) class with two moto wins. Chad Felic io. Bart Bast, Hedden and "Bronco" 85 ( 12· 13) STK; 1. Shaw n Clark (Suz); 2. 85 ( 14· 15) MOD : I. Rya n Sipes (Kaw); 2. Step hen Shoaf (Suz); 3 . Cory Cone (Yam) : 4 . Jo sh Bracke n (Suz); 5. Ry an Warre n (Kaw) . 105 (12· 15) S/MINI; I. Ryan Sipes (Kaw); 2. J esse Zam bon (Kaw); 3. Adam Robinso n ( Yam) ; 4. E.J. Cox (Hon); 5. Ryan P awley(Kaw). 125 ( 12- 15 ) ST K : 1. T h o m as Osm ial ows k i (5 02); 2. Brad Smi th (Hon) ; 3. Danny Beck ett (Suz ); 4. Gav in Gracyk (Kaw) ; 5. Hutch Lee (Kaw ). 125 ( 12· 15) MOD: 1. Gavin Gracyk (Kaw); 2. Drew Kain (Yam ); 3. Brad Smi th (Hon); 4. Thom as Osm ialow sk i (SUl); 5. Da vid Reed (Yam ). W (12·15) 80·105: 1. Jessye Davis (Kaw): 2. MN Philo Petricig (Suz); 3 . Chel sey larimore (Ho n) ; 4 . Sementhe Deck ard (Ka w) ; 5. Nicole Zahler (Hon ). WM.N ( l OS , 125 +): 1. Sarah Whitmor e (Yam); 2. Renee Riend eau (Suz); 3 . J essic a Fost er (Hon) ; 4. Darl en e Schm itz er (Suz); 5 . She lli e Ch a rbo nea u (Yam).

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