Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Santa Fe Trail Cycle Park: Shrout Yamaha 's Dan Burgard (26) won the Carbondale Hare Scrambles event at the sixth round of the Forward Motion Series in Kansas. Path Valley Speedway: Raun Wood (12), Chris Klinefelter (2C) and Rich Mellinger (86) stayed close throughout the 250cc A final , but Wood notched another w in at the third and final round of the Pennsylvania Dirt Track Championships in Willow Hill. S ant a Fe Trai l Cycle P a r k P at h V a lley Spe edway Burgard Cooks in Carbondale Wood Blazes to Path Valley ST Victory B y B RAD J ONES B y lEN B REE CH CARBONDALE, KS , JUNE 25 Shro ut Yame ba -sponsored Da n Bur g ard of Ind epend ence. Missouri, is fas t becomi ng the do mi nant ride r in the Fo rward Moti on Series . By wi nning his th ird race of the seri es. Bur- WILLOW HILL, PA, JUNE 18 Raun Wood too k a pair of win s at th e spars ely attended third a nd final ro u nd of t he Link Cycle/Black Arrow Racing -spon so red Penn sylva nia Dirt Track Cham p ionshi p at Path Valley Speedway, w inni ng t he 250c c A a nd Sportsman finals. The lo w atte ndance cou ld be attributed to the really lo usy wea the r forecast , with rain predi ct ed for m ost of th e day . Th e rain was a factor, as sprink les through ou t the even t even caused a mid -final break due to the slic k co nd itio ns. Wood was first off th e line in th e S ports man final. w ith Bill St ill well , Jim Ow ens and Joh n Wi nsett J r. clos e behind . Winsett put the big Harley into second as th ey came off th e fourth tu rn on the opening lap, but he co uldn 't use th e power ~ g ai nst Wood' s qu ick er , m or e agi le Honda . In the 250cc A final , Wood go t in front of Chris Klin efelt er and Ric h Mell inger. Th e frontrunn ing tr io stayed clo se during th e early laps. Kli nef elter tried un suc cessfully to get under Wood co m ing off the tu rn s. M elli nger pr essu red Klinefelte r for seco nd fo r m o st of the race, but he came up sho rt. Th e Ov er 30 co ntest had a pai r of "ru st y" ex- racers in fron t . F irst o ut of th e second tum was Low ell Wh erl ey , wh o " un retl red " earli er th is yea r after a fe w years' l ay off , Ru nni ng seco nd was Bob Griffin, who held th e num ber o ne p lat e in th e d is trict b ac k i n the ea rly 19 70s an d w ho retired ab o ut t wo d ecad es ago . Griffin took th e lead at the start of the seco nd lap , and the tw o tra ded the lead at var io us spots on th e track until Wherley took the lead for good tw o lap s fro m the end . "Griff" came bac k later and won the 600cc B class, over Bill Boram, T om Nort on and Travis Sennett. Griff held the lead from flag to flag. Th e you nger rid ers had se v eral d ouble win ners, led by J esse Long in th e 5 0cc (7 -8 ) and 65c c cl asses. John Lewis , as usua l, won th e 85 cc (7 . 11) class, and he al so took th e XR100 cl ass. Sennett bea t Ben Gli sson in the 125 cc B class and fi n ished in t he m id dl e of t he 600cc B co ntes t as the on l y 2 50cc B entrant. T yl er K idw ell wo n the la rgest cla ss, t he 50 cc O il -Injected . and Derek Hersh won the 50cc (4· 6) di visi on. gard is no w the favorite to become the champion of th e 2000 series . On the sta rt, Shan e D iPasqu ale po we red his Santa Fe Cycl e Gas Gas to the boleshot. Burgard and Speed Tec h 's Sco tt Harpe r, both o n YZ250s. squeezed by for th e top two spots i n the next turn . Th e t h re e rid er s f re ig httrain ed throu gh o ut the fi rst lap until Ha rper c ras he d in to an ab and on ed minibike in a m udhol e . Di Pasq u a le got b y and ree led in Burga rd, tak ing t he lea d in the TT s ectio n. Burgar d rep assed Di Pasq ual e co ming o ut of t he lo ng wood s sec tion . T he Gas Ga s ace soo n crashed near th e scori ng area, ban ging his knee. " I wa s lau g h in g a nd c ry ing at th e sa me t im e," DiP asqu ale sai d later. " E ver y tim e I c r ash o r hit so me th ing , I bruis e t h e sa me knee. It' s really getting fun ny , in a weird kind of way ." Burg ard p ull ed a b ig l ead , wh il e Ma r k Burghardt wa s chasing do wn the fron t-ru nners in a hu rry . A board a YZ4 26 F, Bur gh ardt started last. He soo n ran dow n J im Brawner and K arper to pull to within 30 seconds of Burga rd , wh o w as c ru is i ng o ut fro nt. Bur g ard im me diately pi cked up his pace and finished a minut e and a ha lf ahead of Burghardt at the chec ke rs. Rid ing buddies Brow ner and Harper, both from the Wichi ta area, fi ni shed third and fou rth overall , seve n m inutes bac k . "I wa s cru ising in th ird , ju st try in g to get th rough the rac e," said Harper, who hold s th e num ber -o ne plate . "Th e heat has always bo th ered me . and at one poi nt I had tu nnel vision . I was stoppi ng every lap to get water on my j er sey . J im caug ht and passed m e on th e fina l lap. I wa s so drained , I was j ust happy to get fourth ov erall." Results AA: I . Dan B ur ga rd (Y am) ; 2. Mark Burgha rdt ( Yom ); 3. Jim Brawner (KT ,M,) ; 4. Sco t! Harper ( Yam ); 5. Eric Bur ghardl (KT M.). A : I. fo\an Glenn (Hon) ; 2. Adrian Bryan t (O· G); 3. Jeff Schroer (KTM. ; 4. Brltd p"enon (Vam) . ) B : 1. Darren Reev es ( Ha n) ; 2. Bra d Jo nes (KT M) ; 3. Paul DiPasqual e (G·G ). 25 0 C : I. Scott Heni on ( Ka w); 2 . Je rr y Ca rte r ( Ha n) ; 3 . Dav id Russell ( Han ); 4 . Mih Hynson ( Ya m ); 5 . Ryan w e jd ner (Yam ). OPEN C: I. Rage'!"Richards (KTM ); 2. Kyle Junghans IK TM ); 3 . Phil Inma n I Hon ). 200 C : 1. Sh o wn Go wi ng ( G .G); 2 . T im Short ( KT M) ; 3 . B rand on Grillit h ( KT M): 4 . Rob ert Yohr (KT M) : 5 . Ryan Hic k s Results SO OIL·INJ: I. Tyle'!" KictweR (Yom) ; 2. Bailey Spence (Yam ); 3. Ethan Allen ( Yam) ; 4. Cassidy Heiser ( Yam); 5 . Joa h Stand ifor d (Yam ). SO (4 . 6 ): I. De~k Hersh (Cob ); Z. Ba il ey spe nce ( l.e!m) ; 3 . Cameron Tyson (L..em ): 4. Bradley Vrank ovich (Act ). 50 (7 .8 ): I. Jesse Long (Lem) : 2. Tyler Kidwell (Cob ); 3 . Breit Pugh (l.

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