Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

PITS Championship Trials series Round 2: Hard Rock Trial Belvoir's Clean Shave in the PITS on thi s day with ano th er clean ride for hi s last lap , lea ving Bel v o ir cl ean fo r t he d ay afte r d isc ardin g h is fl aw ed fi rst-loop score. Surely overcome by the excitement of th e mom ent, Bel voir was eve n photographed doing wh eel ies th rou gh parts of the final sections on his last lap , grinning w idely . Anoth er outs t andi ng ride on a vin tag e b ik e was put in by T ed Harv ey , wh o took on the ch allengin g one line on hi s vinta ge Bultaco and had a best lap sco re of only two po ints , on his last lap. Harvey 's lo w 10 -po int total not only wo n t he Vintage M asters class, it would have also beaten all of the Mod ern Bike one- line rid er s, t he bes t of whom ma naged an I I -point to tal. B y JOHN SILVA CISCO GROVE, CA, JULY I et er an T r i a ls co m pe ti t o r D erek Belv o ir had a perfect da y at t he Hard Rock Trial aboard his Velocette, winning th e second ro und of th e Paci fic Internationa l T r ial s So c i ety (P ITS ) Good Old Da ys Vintage and Beg inn er Championsh ip Tri al s Series with th e onl y all -cl ean rid e among the event's 50 contes ta nts. Belvo ir faced a chal leng e i n th e Pr em i er H ea v ywe igh t Ad van c ed d ivision from Pau l J en sen O lliges and his AJS , and the classic battle of th e Br iti sh bikes wa s m ad e even more ent ert ai n ing b y Belvo ir ' s quick wit and authe nt ic English accent. V Hard Rock Trial: Derek Belvoir gets some air In the High Sierras at round tw o of the PITS Championship Trials Series In Cisco Grove, Califo rnia. Trial master Rick Wolff la i d out seven sect ions sc atte r ed about th e PITS club's property in the High Sierras , li n ke d by a rock y , challeng ing loop. Parts of the loop proved to be m o re d ifficult than som e of the sec t ion s, and a defin ite workout for the Beg inn er (four-line) riders . Cont es ta nts were allowed to ride four loo ps, w it h the best t hree counting to w ar d th e day 's total - causing so m e revi sions in strategy . At first, it looked like it would be O lliges' day, as he m ade hi s first lap aro und the sections with only one dab , while Belvo ir carded a five . But Belvoir k ept a st iff upp er li p and made an err or - fr ee la p th e sec ond time o u t , whil e O llig es st rug g led t o a seven po int t ot a l. T h e sa me r esu lt fo r th e third loo p p ut th e wi n in the ba g fo r B el v oi r . On th e fin a l loop , O ll i g es retumed to form with a th ree -po int ride fo r an l l-poi nt tall y . Belvo ir made it clea r who was k ing of the ha rd rock s 42 AUGUST 16, 2000' cue MORN CLSC AOV: I. John snva (Y am); 2.To m Rawson (Bul) ; 3. Bill Leud ner (Yam) ; 4 . Bruce Kelley H.... IIDcll TrilIl Cisca 6rove, C. liIomle Results: July I , 2000 [Round 2J I In the M odern Bike Masters (o neline) cl ass, th e best ride was put in by Marty Kent. who went 5 -5 -5 - 1 to win by only one point over Bob W illiams Jr. Jim W inter was one point further ba ck , with Jeff Neff and And y Bychawsk i round ing out the top five with just a few more dabs ea ch . One of th e Junior (under 14 ) riders even tackled the Masters li n e. Max Malsbary maneuvered h is Fanti c through the sections to a 32 -point total - quite a bit better than many of the more -experienced riders . In the J uni or Adva nced (t wo- li ne) c lass , T r av i s C raw fo r d made three loo ps and totaled 3 7 po in ts. Th e Junio r three li ne was th e ba t tl eg r ou n d fo r Max N aff a nd And y M alsb ar y , wh o t ook t urn s ru nni ng hot an d c o ld and alt ernately post in g hig h and low loop sc or es . Wh en it wa s all ov er, M alsb ary edged out Na ff 18 to 26 to take th e In t e rm ed i a t e - c l a ss trophy . CN e n eVIl's (Yam); 5. ChaoHigdon(Yam). MORN CLSC INT; I. Eric Beeso n (Suz); 2. Devid JRMSTR; 1. Max Malsbary (Fan). JR ADV: 1. Travis Crawford (G· G) . JR INT; 1. 101 ax Nerf (Bet) ; 2. Andy (Fan). Malsbary J R NOV : 1. Matthe..... Silva (Yll m) ; 2. Kyle Kindaff (Amg ); 3. Phylicia Musto (G-G). PREM L/W: 1. Don Kelley (Gre); 2. Bruce Stevens (Cot) . PREM H/W : 1. Derek Belvoir (Vel) ; 2 . Paul Olliges (N S ). MORN CLSCMSTR; I. Ted Harvey (Bul). Jet er (Moo): 3. Cra ig Hanson (Hon) . MORN CLSCNOV I. Don ne Kelly (Yam). ; MORN BK MSTR; I. Marty Kent (G-G); 2. Bo b Williams J r. (G-G); 3. Jim Winter (Ho n); 4 . J eff Neff (Bet); 5. Andy Bychawski (G·G). MORN BK ADV; I. Bob Lynn (Vam); 2. Jarrod Har vey (B et ) ; 3 . Keit h Parker (Yam) ; 4. Verne Browning (G·G); 5. TomGray (Apr). MORN BK INT I. To Van Geesbeek (G-G); 2; n; Eric Bai ley (Mon ); 3. Larry M~teauer (O -G); 4. Dave Pile (Hon); 5. Jon Murphy (G·G). MORN BKNOV; I. Lacona Will ;. (G·G). Buckeye State Motocross C hampionshipSeries Round 1:Sunday Creek Motorsports Park Gibson Fires the First Volley B y RUPERT X. PELLETT M1LLAELD, OH, JULY 2 t t he trigg ering of a green button , the solid boom and its th und ering ec ho of a n Am eri c an -m an u f ac tured moto r cy cl e ro ari ng in victo ry wo ke up th is quiet , farm-fil led va lle y in sout hern Ohio , lea vi ng no doub t as to the future raci ng pot en t ia l of t he m ighty Cannondale MX400. O n the Russell family farm , in the quaint agricultural com munity of Mill field, Racer Production's Jeff Russell presented t he season's first Buck ey e Motocross Championship Series race. Russ e ll also a djud ica tes the h a r e scrambl es races th at c ir cle th rough t h e woods surrou ndi ng t he len g th y motocross ci rcuit. This was the new Ca n nondale's fi rst b ig victory agai nst nota ble o ppositio n . The 17 Expe rts an d Pro f es s ion a l s w ho li ne d up a t S und a y Cr eek 's long sta rt ing gate k new th ey would h av e a battl e o n th eir ha nd s w i th yo u ng h ot sh ot J e ff G ib s on . A lth ough the lik able lad fro m Wester vil l e ha s h ad a d iffi cu l t yea r aft er bei ng inj ured i n th e win te r 's A r e nacross series , it was evident from his win the previous day at th is fac ility A that he would be tough to beat. Gib son , working w ith t h e folk s f ro m Cycra Racing i n Co lumbus, was rid ing a specially se t -up M X400 , w ith m ag ne si u m hubs, t itan ium spok es , Renthal tw in-wa ll handl ebar s, and an appar en tly altered ex haus t syste m . When it w as time fo r the 250cc A cl ass to set off from th e gate, all eyes were o n G ib s o n a nd his red fou r st roke to see h o w he'd ma tch up against some stiff opposition from the Pros from Ohio and the rest of the Midwest. Although it seemed Gi bson had the start , C o m p et i t i o n Acces so ries-sponsored Mike Cam pbell had th e lead heading down th e lo ng downhi ll in to t h e seco nd corner. Gi bson began harassin g the YZ250 -mounted C amp bell , and he almos t t oo k over t he lead t hro ug h the tricky six -pack sec tion, and then again at the top of the hill surrounding the track . Chuck "Farrnboy " Reed was j ust a li ttle behin d th e d uo, o bservi ng t he goings-on from aboa rd his F& S Suzuki RM250 . Gib son t ried to pass Cam pb ell on the difficult "basem ent stairs" area on t he fa r side of th e track, but Ca mpbell h eld off the pesky Can non da le rider. By the time the y c am e around for the completion of lap one, though , Sunday Creek Motorsports Pari<: JeN Gibson (275) shot his Cannondale to the 250cc A overall victory at the opening round of the Buckeye State Motocross Championship Series in Millfield, Ohio.

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