Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Stoney Lonesome Championship Hare Scrambles Series Round 3 Cregg Crowned Stoney Lonesome Champ Summer s pa sse d Maschino for the o n ly c ha nge in th e t op five for th e rem a in d er o f t he ra c e . J e ff C re g g took th e win 4 1/ 2 m inut e s a hea d of Summers to cla im th e o ve ra ll a nd the serie s c h a m p io nshi p , a nd Masch ino finished just six seconds behi nd Sum m ers for third ove ral l. Co oper moved up to first in class, followed by Bre tt Dubo is , Marty Michel s, Ce c il Kelly . a nd Ben Breed lov e . B y M A RK B UCHA NA N COLUMBUS, IN, JUNE 11 e a vy A rid e r J eff Cr egg , o n an An swe r-ba c ked Yamaha , won th e cham pionship afte r le a ding the enti re third ro und of th e Stoney Lon e so me Cha m p ionship Ha re Scrambles S e rie s by Pire lli. Cregg won th e first round of th e s e ries a fte r a ra ce -long battl e with defending c ha m p ion J ohn Ma schino , H and 16 se c o n d s betwe en first and fou rth at the end. Bra ndon F reeman too k the early lead, in front of Vincent Ru n dq u ist , Ra nd y S icht in g , C h a se Guth rie and Brad Ab e l. Freeman fe ll ba c k to fifth before th e third ch ec k , mo me n t a ri ly giv in g th e lea d t o Run dqu ist. T im Rose ch arg e d from eight h to s eco nd a t th e th ird c h ec k a nd took th e lead be for e th e e nd of th e first la p. Positions cha nged con sta nt ly o n th e first la p , a nd Fre em a n work e d h is wa y ba c k to secon d , in fro n t of Ab e l, Rich ard Wall s a n d Rundqui st . The to p thr ee held their po s itio ns on th e sec o n d la p , an d Gut h ri e moved ba ck into fou rth . Wa lls pa ssed Guthrie a nd Abel a nd the n F re eman for seco nd . Ro s e he ld a one- mi nute lea d over Wa lls at this point. Guthrie moved up to take s econd , but by the last check Walls was in second agai n a nd G uth rie h ad s lip p e d b a c k to fou rth , with La rry Miinch in fifth. Ab el dropp ed ou t o f t he t o p five on th e s ixth la p a n d Miinc h mo ve d into fourth pla c e , in fro nt of Guth rie . Rose took th e win, a hea d of Wa lls , wit h Fr e eman third . Miin c h to o k fourth , a nd Guth rie finis hed fifth. T he He avy B cl a s s was clos e fo r th e first fo ur laps be fore Anth on y Mull is s t arted t o o pe n u p a slig ht lead . Trav is Ca sh held the lead at th e se cond c heck in fro nt of Stev en Tal - bott, Lendell Smith, Mullis a nd Chad Sm ith. Talbott mov ed into the lead before the la s t c heck , follow ed by Cash , Mu llis , Dou g la s Wa yn e Da y a n d C h a d Sm it h . Le nd e ll Sm ith dropped o ut on the first la p. Th e second la p finished th e sam e a s the first. On th e next lap , Mu llis dr opped to fourth , but he retook th e lea d before th e fourth c heck . with Talbott second a nd Da y th ird . Ca sh passed Da y , a nd th e top thre e rema ined the same for th e rest of th e rac e . Da y wa s passed by Cha d Sm ith an d th e n Adr ia n He il. Mullis stretch ed out his lea d to win by a lmost two m inutes o ve r Talbott, with Ca s h ta kin g th ird. S m ith took fourt h, a nd He il p la ced fifth. eN Stoney l onesome Columbus, Indiana Results : June 11, 2000 [ Round 3 of 31 O/A: 1. J eff Cregg ; 2 . Scott Sum me rs; 3 . J ohn Masch ino . HV Y A : 1. Billy Cooper ; 2. Brett Du bois: 3. Marty Miche ls; 4 . Cecil Kelly; 5. Ben Breedlove. LT A : 1. Mik e McCrea: 2. Doug Smith; 3. Nick Tonnehill ; 4 . Bob Fiddler: 5. Billy Ja nni ngs. vcr B: 1. Da vid Rob inson : 2. James Miller: 3. Bart Addis; 4 . Jeff Martin; 5 . Daniel Sc a les . HVY B: 1. A nthony Mull is; 2. Steven Talbott : 3. Tra vis Cash; 4. Chad Sm ith ; 5. Adri an Heil. LT B : I. Ja ke Wilkerson ; 2 . Mark Br ooks ; 3. Craig Moore ; 4 . Benj am in Nick less; 5. Adam Mull is. 4 - ST RK B: 1. T im Rose; 2 . Ric ha rd w alls: 3 . Larry Mi inch ; 4. Brand on Freem an: 5. Chase Guth rie. SR: t. Robert Kirchner: 2. Brent Dillm an: 3. Mik e Forney; 4. Gary J ones; 5. Steve Snyder. C CL: 1. Chris Taylor; 2. Nathan Gaskill: 3. Doug Baker: 4 . Christopher Jewell; 5. Bob Thr asher. 80 : 1. J osh Robin son ; 2. Brandon Rainey: 3. Matt Zieler; 4. Sean Craver Jr. : 5. Cris Taylor. 60 : 1. Rob Hechinqer; 2. Derick Spangler: 3. Jon Bean; 4. Mack Staton; 5. Kod y Hardin. P/W : 1. Kod y Hardin ; 2 . A ust in J ann in g s; 3 . Kourtne y A llender; 4. J erem y Robinso n; 5 . Michael Zieler. DMRA Cross Country S eries Round 7: Coast Range 100 Stoney Lone some: Je ff Cregg (80) led the entire third round of the Stoney Lonesome Champions hip Hare Scrambles Series in Columbus, Indiana. Bozarth Conquers the Coast B y A DA M A CH EPOHL Mike McC rea claim ed to p hon or s in th e Light A cl a ss , fin is hing fo urth o vera ll on ly 2 4 seco n d s b eh ind Ma s ch ino. Doug Sm ith too k second in cla ss a nd fifth overall , al most thre e m in ut e s behind McC rea . tho ug h he ba tt led hard with McC re a fo r a lmost th e e ntire r a c e. T h e two eve n ly match ed riders we re ne ve r mo re than a few seconds apa rt, swa ppi ng pos it ions until the end of the s eve nth la p , whe n Smith s udden ly fell 4 3 seconds behin d . Nick T onn eh ill be ste d Bob Fidd ler by 14 se conds for third . Billy Ja nnings took fifth. Bart Addis got the h ole shot and held the earl y lead in the tightly con tested Veteran B class , in front of J eff Martin, James Miller and David Rob inson . Add is led the majority of th e time . The top four stayed with in one m inute of eac h oth er. Martin started to fad e on the fourth lap . Robinson took the lead on the next lap and held it for th e win. Miller got a round Add is on th e las t lap to tak e second. Martin took fourth , and Dan iel Scales finishe d fifth . Th e racing was close in th e FourS tr o ke B class , with on ly a min ut e who won t h e s ec o n d roun d on h is Off-Ro a d Group TM, a nd Cregg , rid ing ro und two with a bro ke n foot, finis hed se cond. Tied go ing into the last roun d , b ot h r id e r s we re und e r t re me ndo us pr e s su re , k now ing th e c ha m p ions hi p wa s o n t he line . And the n Team Ho nd a 's S c ott S umme rs sh owed up , a dding to the c ha llenge. T he 4.5 -mil e c ours e was dr y and dus ty, a nd a good sta rt wa s crucia l. Creg g wa s firs t off th e line on the de ad-eng ine sta rt , fo llowed by Sum m ers , Bil ly Co op er and Maschin o . Cregg im m e d ia t e ly started t o inc rea s e his le ad . Summers fell from se cond t o fourth before the third check , moving Maschino into second , in front of Co oper. Cr egg c o ntinued to extend his lead. Summers worked his way ba ck around Co oper halfwa y through th e s econd lap , and Cre gg 's bro ther Andy held fifth . J eff Cregg continued to pull away , a nd th e top five pos ition s stayed th e same until halfw a y throug h the s ixth lap , wh en Andy Creg g fell from fifth back to ninth . Brett Dubois was now fifth. 54 A UGUST 2 ,2000· eye • e n e vv s TILLAMOOK, OR, JUNE 25 ic k Boza rth too k the top spot on th e pod ium at th e Co ast Ran ge 100 aft e r a pe rfec t d a y of raci ng in the Tillamook State Fo re st. Bozarth , riding a Husqv arna /K TM o f Gr e sham / S t eah ly O ff-R o a d /S ilkol en e / Cooper Oil-backed KTM 380 EXC, is conc ent ra ting th is yea r on the Best In T h e De s e rt Ser ie s , wh e re h e a n d teammate Da rryl Fo lks are lead ing the Over 30 Expe rt class. "I'm pra ctici ng for th e Millenn ium 20 00, " said Bo za rth , "a si x -d ay , 20 0 0- mi le ra ce in Nevada that e nd s the Best In Th e De s ert S erie s . It starts in two weeks, s o this was the pe rfe ct op po rtunity . I had a gr e at race toda y. In th e middle of th e third la p , I heard a four -stro ke , looked ba c k and sa w Tr avi s [Bamford] rig ht behind m e . That gave me the push to re a lly put my head down and go." Bam ford , o n his Herb' s Cy cle Town/MSR /Shi nk o Tires /White Broth e rs / Crows Rac ing -sponsor ed Yama ha , kept Bozarth honest for the rest of th e ra c e , but h e cou ld n ' t ca tc h th e R ra bb it. Both rider s we re ru nning ver y fa st la p tim es a ll da y , sometimes lap p ing t he s lo we r rid e rs twic e in o ne la p. Th ird ove ra ll/ top 2 50c c Exp e rt wen t to J a s on Co le on his Pro -Ca libe r 199 5 CR25 0R . C ol e won the Lone Wolf Enduro just the week befo re . not more than 1 5 m iles away . T h e ext re mel y roc ky , root- in fested tra ils of th e ar ea offe r a te xtb ook exa m ple of woo d s .ra ci n g a t it s b est. J ohn Reising , also rid ing a KTM 380 EXC. m ad e it lo o k eas y as h e ca me in ninth overall , top Ope n Expert. "T h is was an e xce lle nt co urse lots of pain a nd s uffe ring : Re is ing said with a gl e am in hi s e ye . "If I didn 't know any better, I'd thin k I was c razy ." Don Twomb le y , o n h is n ew Flo ren ce Yamaha /KTM/H ouse of Horse p c w e r vA c e rb is - b a c k e d KTM 5 2 0 EXC , wrapp ed up th e Fou r -St rok e Expert ho nors . "Unfortuna te ly, I had to use a coup le of bik es fo r tra ction on o ne of th e hillclimb bottlen e ck s ," said the lik abl e Tw ombl e y. "S o rry , but it wor ked! " Th e Trailsmen Motor cy cle Club , a 3 0 -yea r-o ld Portl and -bas ed c lu b ,

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