Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

and a fo ur- tea m, five-la p ma in event. In th at ma in event, sideca r pai rs Dan and Chris J o nes and Duan e Ca rment a nd Richa rd Tal i ng ended their ni g ht' s work by scattering ha lf t he infield w orkers when th ey bounced the ir r igs off eac h other and made th eir way onto the infield to avoid fur ther catastrophe . After losing the two crews to the infield , th e Sid ecar main was redu ced t o a match ra c e, which wa s wo n b y t h e G odden -mo un ted t eam of B o b B ra y t o n and Dwa y n e K in g. The Yam aha duo of Sco tt Co le and " Pr in c e ss" Leya Crav ens o n a Yamah a placed a very c los e second. T he Handic ap m ain loo k ed lik e a back-yardage reun ion , as Mike Faria , Bobby "T he Bl aze" Hedden , " Bronco" B ill y Ja n n iro a nd vis it ing Sou th ern Ca liforni a ve teran J o sh Larsen w ere all lin ed up across the 50 -y ard stripe. Ryan Fish er sat alone o n th e 40 , and Robert Curry was on th e 30. A ft er a slight delay (no less th an three of th e 50 -yard ers w ere restaged afte r rolling th e st art) , th e night 's busiest ra c e got under way w ith Curr y t ak in g th e earl y lead fro m th e front. Far ia was th e fi rst away fro m th e ba ck, bu t he op ted fo r th e l o w insid e lin e , wh ich a llo we d Hedden to go to th e o utside dirt and hamm er on th e thro ttle. A fter of two re vo lutions, Hedd en was at th e front of th e p a ck and h e ad ed f o r the c hec ke re d fl ag . Fa r i a t oo k seco nd away fro m Cu rry on la p three , and by th e time the white flag waved, Curry had dropped off the pac e; he finish ed sixth . F i sh e r h e ld t hird, in fron t of Larsen , and J ann iro w as fifth . Th e Sc ratch Ma in was the last race to run , and it defin itely to p ped th e b ill . Larsen dew th e po le, lane two we nt to Bast, Hedden cl aimed gri d three, and Charli e "T he Edge" Ven eg as was on th e outsid e. Larsen jumped out to a go od st art and arrive d at th e fir st turn j ust as Venegas made his own way to th e e ve r- i m po r t a n t fi rs t b end . A s Larsen rod e wid e t oward th e ex it o f turn two t o blo ck th e al ways -qu ick ga ting Ven eg as , the qu ick-th inking Bast , w ho had gotten a pr ett y dec ent start hi mself, seized th e opportunity to p ush himself through to th e front on the in side lin e. By th e time the four riders were strai g hte ned up and push ing eac h ot her down th e back stra ight, Bast had a fir m grip on th e lead , and he was o n hi s way to hi s first m ain ev ent wi n of the seaso n. "This race pl ayed out just as I saw it in m y head before th e race," said Bast after his victory. "I knew Charlie wo uld probably get a good start, and I figured if J osh got a j u m p off t he pol e , he would have to deal with him and go for the block , which would op en things up for me , and th at's j ust what happened . I did th e same th ing to win th e National a coup le of years ago at Costa Mesa." Once Bast took cont rol of the front, there was little th at Larsen or Venegas could do to overtake th e smooth -r iding Auburn n ati ve , who went o n to 36 AUGUST 9 , 2000' e ye • co m ple te his fir st Scra tch m ain -event victory of the yea r on his Auburn Toy ota /Wallace Masonry/ W end y / Scott's Aut o T r im / Pet er i ch Cyc le Ja wa . V e negas stole second away from Lar sen at th e fin ish line, and Hedden ro lled across in fourth. CN Auburn Gold Country Fairgrounds Auburn California , Results : June 30, 2000 SC R: 1. Ba rt Ba s t (Ja w) ; 2 . Charlie veneqas (Ja w); 3. J osh Larsen (GM) ; 4 . Bobby Hedden (Jaw) . HD CP: I . Bob by Hedden (Jaw ); 2 . Mik e Fa ria (Jaw): 3 . Ry an Fisher (J aw) : 4. J osh Lar sen (GM) ; 5. Billy Ja nniro (J aw). B AC K WARD S : 1. Rob ert Curry (Jaw ); 2. Chad Felicia (Jaw); 3 . Paul Or landi (GM); 4 . Harlan Bast (Goo). S Oe R; I. Bob Brayton /Dw ayne Kin g (Gd o); 2. Sco tt C o l e/L eya C rav ens (Ya m): 3 . Du an e Carmo n/Richard Talin g ( Hon) : 4. Dan Jo nes/ Chr is Jones (Yam) . 0 ·2: 1. Eric Carrillo (J aw ); 2 . Ivan Severt (Wes) : 3. Tom Adams (Jaw). D-3 : 1. Robert Mellor (Wes) ; 2. Bill y Hiles (J aw) : 3. Kelly Mc Bane (Ja w) . D·l J R: 1. Brya n Yarrow (J aw); 2. J .J . Martynse (Wes) : 3 . J .T. Mabry (J aw). D-2 J R: 1. Mar k Carrillo (Jaw) ; 2. Brenton Bast (BSA) : 3. T.J . Fowler (Wes}. D-3 JR : 1. Bruce Bast (BSA ); 2. Tom Fehrman (Hon) : 3. J eff Butl er (w es). CMC Copperstate Classic S tadiumcross Series Round 5: ArizonaS Fairgrounds tate KillebreV\T Taps Phoenix Win BYM. V AN D AMME PHOENIX, AZ, JUNE 24 yle Killebrew took th e honors in the combined 125cc /250cc Pro clas s at the fifth round of th e CMC Arizona/ Bent Clothing/C oors Ught/RDO/ Frankli n [, Ass oci ate s/ySA -sponsor ed Copperstate Class ic Stadiumcross at the Ari zona State Fairgrounds. Th e Stell Roof ing/Metro / Pipe r- backed Ki llebrew had to hold off T ro y Kalina an d Bra ndon Schlensig . Paul Bowman scored a 1- 1 to win the Ov er 30 Junior class , whil e Tim Johnson (3- 1) garn ered the overall in the 25 0cc Ju nior cla ss. Ki llebrew pulled th e ho leshot in the fi rst m oto , followed by Kalina , Taylor Glantz and Schl ensig. Schl ensig moved b y G l an t z on t h e sec ond l a p a nd cha rged up to th e 250-mounted Kali na. K illebr ew opened up a ga p, but by the latt er laps he start ed to slip back . "I fe lt goo d th e fir st co up le of lap s - no arm pump or fatigue, " said Killeb rew , " [ b ut I] j u st started to m a k e m istak es." Mid way through th e m ot o , Schl ensi g w en t b y Kal in a f or se c o n d . Schlensig ma de up ti m e in th e whoop section , but Killebrew had th e better li nes in th e infield section . "I saw th at Killebrew was tr y ing to double in to th e wh o op s an d was K m essi ng up c o m i n g o u t o f t hem , " sai d Sch len sig. Schlens ig fo ll owed Kill ebr ew at th e two-lap sig n al. Wh en th e w hi t e fl ag ca me out, Schl ensi g went undern eath Killeb rew in the wh oop s. " I t r i ed the o u ts i d e lines in t h e in fi e l d, but it was r eal slick ," sai d Schlens ig , " and Ky le had the in si de lines dial ed in , so I followed hi m fo r one lap to set me up at the wh oops. " S chl en si g h e l d o n f o r t h e m oto win . f oll o w e d b y K ill ebr ew , K alina and Glantz. K i ll ebr e w a b sco n de d with the hol esho t aga in in moto two , with Kalin a and Sc hlens ig in t ow . Kill eb rew pu lled away . Kalina st aye d in front of Schlens ig throug h th e first half of th e m ot o , but S chl en s ig got a w heel und e r K al ina o n t h e f i n a l cor ner be fo re th e fini sh li ne . Bu t o n th e next la p, Schlen sig went wide at the same corn er; th ey tou ched at th e ex it of the berm and Schl ensig went down. K ill ebr ew t ook th e checkers, follo we d by K ali na, Schlensig and Glantz. J eff Parr got th e fir st 250cc Junior m ot o ho leshot, fo ll o wed by J ohn son and Du st in H amb y . John son w en t do wn in the first turn on th e sec ond lap . Hamby moved up to second , fo llowed by Sherman Taylor, Mike Lyn ch and YSA 's Rich Schauweck er. Hamby got a bett er drive co m ing o ut of th e corner and th en took away Parr 's line and positio n. Hamby ste ad ily pu ll ed away fro m the pack . Johnson m oved by Sch auweck er for fift h as they cam e back onto the front stra ig ht. Then Parr went down. Taylor got hung up trying to get aro und the fa llen rider, allowing Lynch and Johnson into second and third . On th e next lap, Tay lor ca ught back up to Johnson and Lyn ch . On the white -flag lap , T ayl or passed Johnson at the fin ish -lin e tabletop j ump. Then, in th e n ex t co rne r j u st b ef o r e th e whoops , T aylor shifted into neutral and Joh nson w ent bac k aro u nd . Hamby crossed th e fi n is h line 12 sec ond s ahea d of second- p lace d Lyn ch. J ohn son was th ird, fo llowed by Taylor, Parr, A aron Bail ey and Joel Sch nu ry el. Du r ing t h e p a rad e lap , Hamb y 's borrowed bik e suff ered a m echanica l problem, dimming his cha nc es at th e ov erall. Scott Ric h t ook the second -mot o holeshot but wa s ov ertaken by Parr, Johnson and Lyn ch by the second co rner. Bailey and Sch auw eck er also got by Rich on the fir st lap . Parr and Johnson w ent at it f o r fo ur l a ps. T ay l o r passed Rich for sixth. Parr loo k ed to have the m oto win in hand as th e white flag c a m e ou t. T h en , as th e leaders ca me int o the infield section, Parr took th e faster outside lin e w hile J ohnson ca m e up th e inside. Johnson drove out of the corn er bett er th an Parr and took over first and held on for th e win, with Parr sec ond and Lynch th ird. In th e fi r st Ov er 30 Jun io r m oto , Ta yl or had the lead init ially , fo llowed by Eric Renfried. The n T im Wussow went by both Renfr ied and Taylorfor the lead. Taylor regained the lead ove r the finis hline jump. Th en Wussow , with a better drive through th e whoo ps, regained th e lead. Bowman got und ern eath , fo rcing Ta ylor to go wid e in the first com er, and pas sed for second . Then B o wm an passed Wussow on the back str aight. A lap l ate r , Tay lor passed Wussow fo r sec ond. Th e pos itions remained the same for the last thr ee laps, with Bow man in first, fo llow ed by Ta ylor, Wus sow , Richard Shumate and Bob Miklos. In the sec ond moto, Bowman was in front aft er lap o n e, followed by Wussow, Renfried , Shumate and Tay lor. Tayl or passed both Shumate and Renfried for third. Shumate sli d out on the infield l eft -han der , letting Shaun Ro bert b y . On t h e f ina l l ap , Robert pa sse d Renfri ed for fourth . Bowman fin ished fir st, fo llowed by Tayl or , who passed Wussow o n the fin al lap , and CN th en Rob ert and Renfried. Arizona State Fairground s Phoenix, Arizona Results: June 24, 2000 [ Ha und 51 Arizona State Fairgrounds: Ky le Killebrew (90) won the combined 125ccl250cc Pro class at the fifth round of the CMC Coppe rstate Classic Stad iumcross Series in Phoenix, Arizona. e n e _ os: P/W (4-6 ) ; J. Cody T ho ma. (Cob ) : 2 . J acob Becchi na (Cob ); 3 . An drew Campa gna (KTM) : 4 . Nic hol as Kane (KTM ); 5 . Cory Porter (Pol) . P/W (7 -8) : J. Brody Prath er (Co b ) : 2 . Corey Smi th (Cob) ; 3 . J u stin Q ui n n (Co b ) : 4. B ry an Christeson (Cob) : 5. Taylor Russ (Cob). 6 0 Fff: 1. Domi nic Colby (Kaw) . 6 0 B EG : J. Pou l DeSo to ( KTM ) ; 2. Zac hary Buzzard ( KT M ) ; 3. Zac h Ad ams ( Ka w); 4. Dou g Wang (Kaw) ; 5. Austin Marie ( Kaw) . 6 0 (0·8 ): 1. Brody Prat her (Kaw) ; 2 . Spencer Robert (KTM ) .

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