Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

his Yamaha to a third -p lace finish . En du ro co mpetitor Kim Ma hnk e, on a KX500, sur- vived the choppy trail conditions an d finish ed fo urth. James Hom completed the day in fifth . With Bers ano grabbing the top spot fo r the fo urth time thi s season, it looks like a real duel between Bers an o and his fellow GNCC competitor Gam fo r the cham pionship. R e sult s 65 (7 .1 1): I. Tim Blower; 2. Tyler Hill : 3. Bruce Height chew; 4. J oe l KlIlm; 5. .Jered Sa lisb ury. 85 (7. 11): 1. J ak e Emed e: 2. lack Jameson : 3. Shann on Flegel ; 4 . Tim Bald..... in; 5. Kevin Olmstead. 85 (12- 15 ): 1. William Hick s: 2. Nick J ubb; 3. J oe Kutch ey: 4 . Josh As pell: 5. Cody Murphy. 10 5 B/W: 1. Tr a vis Toogood; 2 . J ord an Ketm: 3. Antho ny Ste vens: 4. Ross Sco tt; 5. Sta cy Emede. 125 : 1. Chris Gllllt; 2. Clint Sumn er: 3. Travis Tudethout ; 4. Den Bull: 5. J onathan Turner . 200 J R (13·16) : I. Travis Pri!l nger: 2. William Hick s: 3. Thom as Ernede: 4 . Ch ris Wiedys: 5 . Mike Short . 200: I. Blair Bersenc: 2 . Aa ron Barth; 3. Mike Ste pule : 4 . Brian Howes ; 5 . Melvin Ga ines. 250 : I . Brad Benjamin: 2. Sy d Ga lli: 3 . Robe rt Roo t; 4 . Corey Ca lkm5; 5. .Jeson Ga rland . OPEN : I . Will Root; 2 . J oh n Kersey: 3. J emee Sm ith; 4 . Brren Kinzer . 4 ·STRK: I. Ri!l ndy Mllost in; 2 . Rick Kent ; 3 . Mike Hanch ett ; 4 . Rick King : 5 . Shannon Javis . VET: I. Pa ul Guy ; 2 . Sieve Willey; 3. Clint Hammerl e; 4 . Sco tt Curtis5: 5 . MtIrk Spo re. S R: 1. Ken J oh nson ; 2 . Bre tt McCoy : 3 . Mike Mann ; 4 . Da vid Peters: ~ . Te rry Wilton . S/S R: 1. Lany Hekrna n; 2. Dermis Gale; 3 . Richa rd Wa rd . OPEN 2-H R ( 18+) : I . Eric Dud ek; 2. Jason Roerig : 3. Joe Kittd ; 4 . Kim Mllhnc ke; 5 . James Hom . ~ TEAM: 1. Bria n Dunli!l p/ J llo5Ol1 Olney ; 2. .Jeson RMdllo ll/Mllortin French ; 3 . Rick Rinner /C had Ebe l. H/W TEAM: 1. Sco tt Barclayl&ott Luca ; 2. Ronald Btlile r/ Eddie Keen : 3. Brian MarrfVic Fleg el. Costa Mesa Speedway: The Mission Yamaha team of B ill Matherson an d Da le L eeder accepts the rewards o f w inn ing t he Sidecar event in Costa Mesa, Ca lifornia. Costa Mesa Speedway Results SCR 1. And y Northrup (J a.....); 2. Duki e Erm olen ko (J aw); 3 . Shewn McConn ell (GM); 4 . Chris Manch ester (GM); 5. Chi!l rlie ve ne . gas (J aw). HDCP: 1. Chris M,,"che ster (GM); 2. Sh awn McConn ell (GM); 3. Ed Cestro (J a.....): 4 . Rand y DiFra ncesco (J llW); 5. J im Estes (GM). SDCR: I , B. Ma the rson/ D. Leeder (Yam) ; 2 . J . MiJther son/ J . Eilllond (Yam); 3 . P. Lewis/ J. MM.y (Yam ); 4. S. Glass /J. Stra..... (Due) . SUP: 1. Rand y Skinner (JII.....); 2. Paul Hitc hcock (J II.....); 3. Se llon Lamed (J aw); 4. Dann y Holt (Wes ). SUP B: 1. Bill Gree n (Jaw): 2 . Johnny Lupo (JllW): 3 . Randy Kreps {Je .....): 4 . Doug Lupo (Wes ): 5 . Monte McKeon (Jaw). J R: J. Krys lal Creme r 2 . Sky ler Grayson : 3 . Miles Calvin: 4 . J us tin Boyle . P/W I : 1. RichiJrd vele rdee: 2 . DyliJn Wood ruff; 3. De vm Free men : 4 . Blak e Ca mpos. P/W 2: I . Edd ie Co nner ; 2. Austin Bleck: 3 . Jake Henry ; 4. Mich ael Moser. The Enforcer & The Kid Take the Gold B y ELAINE J ONES CO STA ME SA , CA , J UNE 17 Andy "The Enfor cer" Northrup and Chris "The K id " M an c he st er t o ok h om e t he go l d , as Northru p won th e Scrat c h m ain and M an ch est er wo n t he H an d ic ap ma in at Costa M e sa Speedway . After th e heats and th e la st -c han ce q ua li fie rs, Du k ie Erm ol enk o drew th e po le for t he Sc ra t c h m ain , w i t h Man che st er in tw o an d No rt hru p in t h ree . On t he o uts ide , Cha r lie "T he Edge" Venegas and Shawn "Mad Dog " M cC on n ell w ere in fo u r and fiv e. M c C onnell got the gate , but Venegas o utran hi m to the fir st turn . While the y were fighting for posi tion , Nort hrup sli pped right under bot h of the m and to o k th e lead. Ermolenko was right beh ind h im and then Mc Connell . M an ch est er was try ing t o get so m et hi ng g oing but j us t co uldn' t fin d an op ening, and Ven ega s found h im self o ff th e groo ve - th ere was no di rt on the o utsi de. an d he was o u t in t h e co ld . Nort h ru p found th e rhythm and the groove and the win was his. A ll the rest of the field could do was fo llow him hom e. Th e lo west ya rdage for the Handicap main w as th e 40 -y ar d lin e, and M anch ester s har~d th at w ith Ji m Estes. Ra ndy " The Ro ck et " DiFrancesco , No rt hrup and "Fast" Ed Castro lined u p on t he 50, and starting from downtow n Santa Mo nica , o n the 60 , were McConne ll , Bobby "Boogaloo" Sc hwartz an d Venegas. T he ligh t we nt green , but before the gate co uld co m e u p. t he red li ght ca me o n and th e ref was poin t in g to Veneg a s an d moving him to th e 80 for rolling. Th ey lined u p aga in , an d this ti m e it was The Manchester Show. Putting th e yo ungesteve r National Champio n on th e 40 -y ard lin e is like giving a k id the key to the candy sto re. Manchest er was so fa r ahead of th e fie ld , he co u ld hav e stopped and had coffee. Estes w as a so lid second fo r fo ur lap s; t hen McConne ll was ab le to m o ve him out just far eno ugh to get under him and ta ke second . D iFra n cesco and Cast ro also got by . Sch wartz and Ve negas w er e h a v in g bi k e p r o bl em s . and N orth rup sp un o ut, d a sh ing hi s c ha nces for a double win . Th at was th e f inis h ing orde r; M an ch est er pi cked up his fir st win of th e season. Th e Sidecar s found th e blu e-g rooved track rou gh going. A t th e start , th e screec h of ti res sou nde d like an accident lo ok ing for a pl ace to ha p pen . It was n 't lon g in co m ing . Bill Math erson and Da le Leed er drew the pol e, with th e other hal f of the Mission Yamaha t eam, J ohn M ather son an d James Eiland, in tw o. Peter Lewis and J amie Ma c y wer e in th ree, and Stuart Glass and Ja c k St raw we re on the o uts ide in four. Ma th er son and Leeder to o k th e lead from the ge t- go, with M ath erson and Eil and in hot pursu it. On th e white-flag lap, both Glass and Straw and Lewi s and Macy ov erturn ed , and th e ra ce was ca lled. Th e M issio n Yamaha team s ru led sup reme: Ma therson and L eed er w er e fi rs t , wi th Matherson a nd Eiland seco nd . 60 AUG UST 2 , 2000 ' cue I W i nt e rset M X Stone Rocks Winterset Opener B y M ARK D . B ONNEll WINTERSET , lA , J UNE 18 Io w a' s new est 'm oto c ro ss faci lity, lo c ated ju st a mi le an d a half so ut h of W inter set, held its gra nd open in g on F at her 's Da y . It was truly an in credib le eve nt , wit h great wea t he r , excelle nt attenda nce and an awesome t ra ck. The new tra ck is ope rated by Midwest MX and is a welc om ed addition to Io wa 's grow ing motocross sce ne. A h uge ste p- up j ump d ou b les as fi n ish lin e and focal p oint of the track. Th e sta rt ar ea is com pl etely fenc ed , banne red and gro omed . Th e 40-r id er st art ga te is a work of art. The ob stacles are well -thought -out and saf e. T he 1.5 ·mile co u rse has an ex ce lle nt mix of both hi gh- and low -speed sections, allow ing for good racing at al l sk ill lev els. T rack o pera tor T ony W en ck pl ans to add a sand sectio n fo r hi s next Di stri ct 22 eve nt. He al so th a nk ed his m a ny fri end s and family m em ber s wh o m ad e t hi s eve nt come to g eth er . One of th e m o st exciting cl asses of the day was t he 250c c A contest. In t he first m o t o , ea rly le ad er D a v e Bromm er. who h a s o n ly ra ced a few times after an absence of seve ra l years , was o v er t a k e n by M is so u ri ' s B r ian St one on lap tw o whe n he slowed fo r a ye llow flag . w h ic h came out when Jere my Sho ni ng and Rick Van Rhee ner got to geth er. In m o to two, Brian Stone was ab le to ta ke t he win and th e overall on his Kawaski KX250 . Bent W heels H are Scram b le s Bersano, Dudek Take the W hee ls B y A ARON BARTH ROSE CITY, MI. JUN E 25 The Bent Wheels Motor cycl e Club hoste d the sev enth ro un d of th e Michigan Har e (D is tr ic t 14) Scramble Series in co nj u nc tion with ro u nd tw o o f th e N o r th ern M ich ig a n M o t o r c y cl e C ha llenge Se ries . The co u rse wa s very fa st , co ns ist ing of hi gh -speed . ro lli ng grass-track, a pine fo rest, a supercross section, and a nu mbe r of horsep o wer -ro bb in g bog s. As th e race wore on , riders struggled with th e warm , dry. c hoppy trail co nd iti o ns . The big wi n ne r of t he three-h our cla sses wa s, once again , Factory Ga s Ga s pilot Bla ir Bersa no . Th e cr ew at Baldy' s Allbike burned the mi dnigh t oil preparin g a Gas Gas 20 0 for the Lowe Racing/Hebo /Sm ith /G old en Spe c tro-s po nsored Be rsa no , who sold ie red through this gruel ing event and m anaged to w in by j us t over a m inute . C hris Ga llt once aga in c ro ssed th e l i n e seco nd overall after pu shing h i s IM S/ Br idg eston e/ Axo/ Motion Pro KX 125 all day. Gallt spen t m ost of th e even t di ci ng wit h 36 -year-old Vet wi nne r Paul Guy . Th e Thor Ra cin g - sp on so r e d Guy h a s n o w wo n fo u r races in a ro w at Ro se City while c om pet in g in the Vet cl ass. "I had the race of m y life!" ent hused Guy. "I really like this tr ack . I always do well here!" Fourth on th e day was Planet Honda/ Pirelli T ires ' CR I 25- mou nted Cli nt Su m ner . For the se co nd ra c e in a r o w, 250 c c-c1ass winne r Bradl ey Benj am in fill ed in the five spo t. F or th e two -hou r Ope n cl ass, 4 7 r id ers fill ed th e field . Number -on e-pl ate ho lder Eric Dudek wo n for th e seco nd ti m e t h is season . Th e cu rrent Open -cl ass points lead er used h is smoo t h rid in g sty le to ca tap ult h im se lf t o ano t he r v ictory. A cerbis/To rco/FMF/Moose backed Dud ek took th e lead from the first co rner and m ot ored hi s Lansing Cycle KTM 250 to victory by 5 1/2 minutes. " I fee l stronge r an d smoother as th is ye ar co nt inues." Dud ek said . "My bike is worki ng better ." . The runner -u p in th is large class w as KTM 200 p ilot Ja son Roerig . th ough his race started horrib ly . Whil e m ired in th e pack , Roer ig ma na ged t o pa ss 25 rid ers o n t he f irs t lap. Roe rig settl ed in to second and m ot ored for th e rema ini ng hour and a half. Joe Kitt el pushed e n e vv s Th e co m b ine d 80cc J u nior and Senio r moto was a lso one to watch. With 22 riders on the line , the large crowd was on its feet for the start . As the swarm of 80s m ade the left -hand sweeper , Chris Wa lter s was in fro nt of t he pa c k , and he st ay ed t here to be come t he overa ll winner fo r th e da y in the BOc e Seni or cla ss . M eanwh il e , i n th e BOc e Juniors , th e leader on th e firs t lap , Co lin Hic km an, went down short ly afte r the hu ge fini sh-line step- up. Ronnie M or g an wa s able t o rid e sm oo t hly and cons iste nt ly in both m oto s for th e o vera ll win. Riders and spec tato rs alike co mmented on ho w ni ce th e facility is an d ho w p ro fession ally everything wa s hand led. Results 50 J R; I . Bobby Henso n; 2. Skyler Reth ; 3 . Cody Breeden; 4 . Ada m Choplin: 5 . Jacob Eller. 50 SR: 1. Devin Reed: 2 . Eric Downey ; 3 . Jed Seeman: 4 . Alex Mariner: 5. Jon Dings J r. 60 : 1. Dan iel Gifford; 2 . Jakob Powley; 3 . Luke Peters, 4 . Jed Seeman: 5. David Do..... ney. 80 JR : l. Ronnie Morga n: 2. Ben Brornmel; 3. Co lin Hickman; 4 . Daniel Giffo rd: 5. Dillon Rice. 80 SR: I . Chris Wtllters ; 2. Ross VlInde mey den ; 3 . Jess Gildea: 4 . Brady Ped k; 5 . Cory Tho rnton. 60 OPEN: I . Nick Nelson ; 2 . Roge r Bac h . 125 A: 1. Brit," Stone ; 2. Chris Hunter; 3 . Kevin Holstein; 4 , Matt Grall; 5. Ron Simon ton. 125 B: 1. Aus tJn Qu inn; 2. Chri5 Nelso n; 3 . Adam Thee de: 4. J ustin Shere; 5 . Burt Murphy . 125 C: I. Tommy Robin son ; 2. Matt Kruse ; 3 . Al Wo1f riJm; 4 . g Mike Demos5; 5 . Brad Ablldtrep. 250 A: I . Brian Stone; 2. Da vid Brommel ; 3. Rick Van Rheenen: 4 . Chris Hunte r; 5. Robert Palm er. 250 B: 1. Brian Klug : 2 . Bre d Hepp ; 3 . Burt MUlllhy: 4 . Brilln God .....in: 5 . Kevin Pelmer. 250 C: I. Brian Norr is; 2 . Olin Hatch ; 3 . Ada m Sm ith; 4 . Nick Smith ; 5. Luca s Jordlso n. 500: 1. Devrd Brommel; 2 . Marty McDona ld: 3 . Mark Bonn ell: 4. Den Huss : 5 . Jim Johnson. 16· 24 A: 1. Brian Sto ne; 2. Ron Simon ton; 3 . And y Se lm. 16·2 4 B: I . Mllolt Kruse ; 2 . Kenny Johnson ; 3. Joe Biddle. 25 + A: 1. Chri5 Hunter; 2. Rick Van Rheenen. 3. Jerem y Shco ing; 4 . Rob Pllolmer 5. Chris Ritter. ; 25. B/ C: I. Chris Wood; 2. T.J . White; 3 . Chad Aplin; 4 . Jeffr ey Se nfull; 5 . Scott Guiler. 30+ A: 1. Chr is Hunt er; 2. Mllrk Bolte n; 3. Greg Wu rste r; 4 . Daniel Breed en ; 5. Rob Thornton. 30. B/C: I. Mike Da vidso n: 2 . Brad Morgan; 3. Steve Chop lin; 4 John Ander son : 5. MtItt Egge rs. 40 + A: 1. John Ande rso n: 2 . Joe MU lllhy; 3. J im J oh nson : 4 Bob Palm er ; 5 . Pe ul Chym lln J r. VINT: 1. Kell y Wagner; 2 . Cisco Shere ; 3 . Terry So renso n; 4 Steve n Porter ; 5. Mark Hines. WMN: 1. Amy Brown ; 2 . Avery Prouty ; 3 . Tiffllon y Witte BMBR 1. DeleSlluhill. : A namosa Hillclimb Tilson, Waddell Get Animated at A namosa B y J OU E S CHOLTZ A NAMOSA, lA , J UNE 18 Harold Wa ddell and Kevi n T il so n were both double cl ass winners at th e A na mosa Hillclimb and Swapmeel. Both rid er s also ad ded a sec o nd -pl ace fi n ish to their t otal s to make th eir day very pr ofi tabl e. The eve nt was o rig ina lly slated for J u ne 4 b ut was rained out, and was resc hedu led for wh at turned out to be a bea utiful Father' s Day. T he highlight of the day cam e when 14ye ar-old Sarah Waddell atte mpted an exhibitio n cl im b on he r KTM 200. T he climb is a se m i -Pr o e ve nt fo r 370 c c- or- b igg er b ikes ; some run pa dd le t ires or chains . Ho wever, th e cl ub aiJowed Sarah to tak e her sho t as an exh ibitio n ride r . Her fi r st r id e j r - - - -- -- - - - - - - - - - ,...-- - ,...-,...--, ended in a c ras h at 50 feet on w the roug h. 150 -foot hill . and she Z c rashed e ven soo ner on her secZ ond run . Refe ree Nick L e w i n ci aske d the crow d if she should get a not her t ry, an d th e y a: ;j cheered her on . Wit h her family watc h ing , Sa r a h t h ri l l ed t h e ;;; c rowd wit h an exciti ng 100-effort befo re her fi nal crash of th e day . Ku rt Ko est er w a s th e fir st to 0. sho w how fas t the hill was going t o be as he sho t o ver th e t op in 4.353 seco nds on hi s KX500 for t he win i n t h e 60 0cc N o vi c e class. Th at t im e didn 't ho ld up as the fas t time for long , how ev er, as Ig -year-old Harold Wa ddeiJ, Sarah's brot her , blazed ove r th e top o n his CR5 00 in 4 .276 seconds for th e w in in th e 600cc Expert cl ass. Ron Hoffman took second with a 4 .6 94 -second run, a n d Mark W o od claim ed th e third-p la ce cas h wi th a 4 .7 08 sec ond t im e. Wadd ell co m pleted his goo d day by settin g th e fast time and winnin g t h e Open cla ss wi th a W i n terset MX: Head of trac k maintenan ce M as on Hines blaz in g 4 .015- seco nd ti me on check s out one of h is jumps during Over 25 rac ing act io n hi s beautiful 1 1OOc c Su zu k i. at the new m o tocross track i n W interset, Io w a. Tilson cl ai med se cond o n h is 800cc Tri u mph in 4 .5 6 4 sec - s " ~

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