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Gibson , o n h is gro und -s h a k in g red bi ke, had th e lead. Campbell attempted to ke ep up w ith Gibson 's frantic pace , but as the second s t ick ed by , Gibson set his MX400 on Pro Nat ional speed and quick ly pu ll ed awa y from the im p ressive Campbell , pu ll ing out so me inc re d ib le jum p com bi nations, as he was able to hoo k up and double seemingly im po ssible d istanc es on the big stroke r. Gibson had a gi ant lead at th e ch eck er ed flag , w ith C ampbe ll coming home in second , follow ed by Reed and Mike Morg an . In m ota tw o , Gib son quickly found h imself in th e lead , wh ile th e usua l suspects sorted th em selves o ut and fought for se c ond - pl ac e. Reed rode incred ibly well (es pec ia lly after hav ing ba ttled hi s way to tw o wi ns in the Over 25 cla ss ) a nd took sec o nd , wh ile Campbell sett led for thi rd and, ultimately , third overa ll for the da y . Gibs o n smoked the 125 cc A class as we ll , t ak in g both m ot a wi ns. AM Leo nard KTM's Mar k Burkh art t oo k a hard -chargi ng sec ond in m ota o ne , but regi st er ed a DNS in m ot a two . Reed went 3-2. Other impressive rid es o n th e day were registered by yo ung rid er s such as Ricky Renner, who beste d the very fast Tyler " Danger Boy" Bowers. The KTM -mounted Renne r we nt 2- I in the 6 5cc class , ahead of T eam G reen' s KX 65-mo un ted Bowers (1-2) . These yo ung lion s also faced off in the Mini Junio r class, in which Renn er again won o ut, goi ng I -Ion his Yamaha , ahead of Bowers (2 -2) . F& S Suz uki tea m ra c er s Mi ch ael Willa rd and Will y Browning each took a w in in the 85 cc cl asses. Br owning too k the Seni or class and Will ard wo n th e Extra divisio n. B r o w n sv ill e , Penn s y l van i a ' s J eff Pro van c e swe pt bot h Over 40 motos o n his Ka wasaki. Chris Wh it craft whipped up on the Sc hoo lboy class , beat ing out the very talented Kawa saki jockey Matt Barnes , who pl a c ed seco n d. T h e n Whitcraft best e d h i s own brother David as the sib ling s fo ught tooth and nail in the I 25cc B cl ass . CN Sunday Creek Motol$po rts Parle Millfield, Ohio Results : July Z. 2000 (Round 1) 125 A: 1. Jeff Gib son ( Ha n) ; 2 . Chu ck Reed (Sue ): 3 . Joson Frec ker ( Han): 4 . Dou g Gall ( Hon) ; 5. J ason Saunders (Yam ) . 1 25 B : 1. C hr i s W hi t c raft (S uz ) ; 2 . Dav id Whi tcr aft (Suz ); 3 . Da vid Herb ( Kaw ) ; 4. Co ry Smith (Yam); 5. Brien Bec kh olt ( Suz). 125 C: I. Damon Shafe r ( Yam ); 2. Steve Jones (Suz) ; 3 . David M ills (Suz); 4 . J .P. Comet ( Han ); 5. J onathan Moi st ( Suz). 2 5 0 A: 1. Je ff G ib son ( C an) ; 2. Chu ck Reed ( S uz) ; 3 . M ike Ca mpbell ( Yam): 4 . M ik e M or ga n (Suz): 5. Jo n Schmitz (Suz) . 250 B: I. Dav id Wh itc raft ( Suz); 2. Jo sh M art in ( Ya m ); 3 . T erry Bl ak e ( S UI) : 4 . Matt K et ch eson (SUI ); 5 . Du stie A dam s (Yam ). 2 5 0 C : 1. David M ilts (S uz ); 2 . Th om a s Wein szieh r (Yam) : 3. Je remy Jo nas ( Yam ); 4 . Rusty Han ing ( Han ); 5. T imothy Th eiryoung ( Yam ). O PEN : t . Dale S la b a ug h ( Ya m) ; 2 . T ommy Layman (Yam ) ; 3. Bart Ba ra k ( Yam) : 4 . Ted Belt (Yam); 5. Harry Cox (Kaw ) . SCHBY : 1. Chris Wh itcraft (SUI); 2. M att Barnes (Kow) ; 3. Andy Willord (KTM ) : 4. Nick Carro ll (Yom); 5 . Jo hn Wisenbarger (Yam) . CLGBY : 1. Jas on Frecker (Ha n) ; 2. Jason Wade (Suz) ; 3 . Doug G.,U (Ha n ); 4 . Scott Ku chler (Ha n) ; 5. Brian Beckholt (Suz ). 25 + A: 1. C huck Reed ( SUI); 2. Mike M orga n (Sua) : 3. Jon Schmitz (Sua): 4 . Mark Roop (Yam) ; 5 . Dalle s Avery (Sue }. 25 + B : 1. K ev in Hll d eb ren d ( Suz) ; 2 . C had Walke r (S UI); 3 . Bria n Rehrne rt (Suz) ; 4 . T ra vis Smith (Hon): 5. Gory Folger (Hon) . 3 0. A : 1. Mike Morg z (Suz); 2 . J on Schmi tz m {Suz} ; 3 . Curti s Rehmert (Suz) ; 4. Rich ard Robinson (Hon): 5 . Mik e 5 10ir (Suz) . 30 . B : 1. K ev i n Hll de bren d ( Su z) ; 2 . Dale Slo bough (Yom ) ; 3 . Ch od Wol k er {Sur}: 4 . Gor y Folger (Hon) ; 5. Dave Hom (Suz) . 40. : I. Jeff Provance (Kaw ); 2. Ronnie Rehmert (Suz); 3. Rick Hopk ins ( Ka w); 4 . .Jemes Burto n (Suz); 5. Ji ndrich Gref (Han) . NEIRA Enduro Series Round 5: Lil' Rhody National Enduro Lafferty Rips "The Rhody" By J O E M cLA U GH LI N WEST GREENWICH, RI, JUNE 25 i c h a e l La ffert y ha s m a de th e 20 00 N at iona l En du r o po in t s chase a littl e bori ng by po st in g some ver y str ong results. Th e Rhod e Island rou nd proved to be anothe r notch in t h e t w o -t i m e c h am p 's f ann y pa c k . " J unio r" post ed th e fas test scores in eve r y section to fu rther st retch his p o in t s l ead over multi -ti me champ Rand y H a w k in s , who se 24 -point score was no ma tch for Lafferty's 20. The event , w hich served as a po ints -p ay in g rou nd in the ECEA and N ET RA En d u r o C h a m p i o n sh i p s , proved to be o ne of the lo ngest and most demanding eve nts m ost of these Northeastern U.S . rid ers will see all yea r. Finish ing th ird overall (and first out of all th e riders who wo uld have to show up at work on Mo nday) was NETRA' s J err y M ad ore w it h 27 p o ints , foll ow ed b y E C EA hotsh o e Fred Hoess w it h 28 . Rounding out the f i e ld we re KT M r id er Pat Ga r ra ha n wi th 28 , Gas Gas pilot M att Sta vish w ith 29, KTM -m ounted Hans Neff wi th 32 , Ho nda m an Er ic McEachern w ith 33 , and KTM jocke ys Bill Atkinson and Richard Laff ert y . both with 34 . After a brief trek down the road , a qu i ck 4 -m ile A lB- only section got th ings heated up , with the fastest rid ers dropping three or four points each in th e rock - in fested trails. Lafferty , Madore and Ga rrahan set the pace with three each . followed by several fours. The C , Super Senior and Women riders were spa red the section . Everyone got to ride the next 5 mile section , wh ich served as th e day 's first emergency - poi nts -taker. La f fer t y n a il ed down t he b est t im e (2 : 16) , foll o wed by Ha wki ns (2:46 ) , Mad or e (2 :48) and Garrahan (2:59). A gas stop and a short reset foll owed ; Haw ki ns lost a po int at the check -in after try ing to repa ir his fad in g clu tc h. Lafferty aga in set the pace , dropping o n ly tw o p oi nts in the 15 -m il e secti on . Haw kins co ul d not m ak e up the extr a po int and d ropped thr ee. T he C , Super Sen ior and W om en rid er s were all spared the n ext section . T h o se w ho did ha ve t o suffer M thro ugh the rock- infested 3 .6 -mile section were treated to some " ent ertainment" at the o pening check, in the form of a topless , bus t y f emale . Apparently th e eye candy did not di stract Lafferty ; he was th e on ly ride r to drop on ly two points at the check-out. Se vera l ri d er s pulled through w ith three po ints lost, incl ud ing Hawkins , Madore , Ho es s, Garrah an , Stav ish , McEach ern and Rick Claxton . A ft er a gas stop , a l on g , ro c k y p o w erl in e sec ti o n led to so me tr a il t ha t turn ed out to be nothing m ore tha n a rea ll y long timek eep ing sec tion . After ridi ng without a chec k for so long, a few peop le wer e c aught off g u a r d b y th e t iming o f the ch ec k , incl u d ing Neff and Laffer t y . Th e 6 m ile section was quite a handfu l for m o st , w ith a combinati on of r o cks, mud, roo ts and h ills . Michael Laffert y and Hawkins dropped only four po ints in th e te chnical, gr easy section . The next 5 -m il e section prov ed a little le ss d ema nd ing , but sti ll took two po ints fr om Lafferty , H aw k in s , Ho ess, N eff and J ason Cayer , who w er e f oll owed b y a h o st o f threes. A nother long , rocky sec tion th ro ug h t he A r c a d i a F o r e s t h e a d e d b a c k toward the start area in West Green wich . Aga in, La ff erty and Hawkins set the pac e w ith fo ur -point ca rds in the II-mile loop . Mad ore, Hoess, Gerra h an , St a v is h , Neff a nd Mc Eac he rn roost ed th rou g h with five ap iec e. A ft er m ore than 8 3 ground m il es, th e da y ende d her e for th e C , Super Senior and Women riders. F or everyo ne else, o ne las t 9- m i le sec tio n remai ned. A blast thro ug h th e club 's h i gh-sp e ed h a r e - s c r ambl e s l o o p pr o ved to be the ic ing o n th e c ake for KTM 250EXC -mo unt ed M ichael La f - ferty . He and Hawkins both smoked the course with only one po int lost. Only Hu sqvarn a's Hoess would co me close , w ith a two. After more than 7 112 hours and covering more than 10 7 ground miles, Michael Lafferty ga ined some ground in his quest for the AMA Acerbisl FM F National E n d u r o titl e. His 20 -point score put him well ahead of Hawkins ' 24. McEachern earn ed another A High Po int trophy w ith his 33 -p oi nt c ard . Cooper Ma cKitchre's 58 was en ough t o earn h im the B High Point , w h ile Dave McKowsky made it a High Po int "McSweep" by ta k ing the C High Point with a 4 2 on th e shortened course. Keith Goodell earned top honors in the Super Senior class , and Tom Far ley top ped t h e M a st er s class. B ev Sim c ock was the f a s t e s t in t h e Women 's class . Whi le Micha el Lafferty has a firm grip o n t he Ch amp ionsh ip, Neff has watc hed his po ints lead shrink to 12 o ver M ad ore. Th e N ational Enduro se ason is a lmost ove r , bu t th e N ETRA seaso n is o nly hal f d on e. W ith five ro un d s c o mplete a nd five re mainin g , M ad ore is t he first twot im e NETRA O verall High Po in t win ner. Cayer is o nly six poi nts beh ind Ma dore in third , with Claxton , Bob White, Mc Each ern and Raff i Pet erson , all very close in points, battl ing it out for fourth . CN Lif' Rhody Enduro West G reenw ich, Rhode Island Results: Jun e 25, 2000 (Round 51 a /A H· P'T; Mike Lafferty (KTM) . A H ·P T : Er ic McEa ch ern ( Ho n) . B H · PT : Coo per MacK itch re . C H-PT: Dave McKo wsky . AA ( NA TL ); 1. M ike Laf fert y (KTM) ; 2. Rand y Hawk ins (Yam) ; 3. Patri ck Garrahan (KTM) : 4 . Matt Sta vish (G -G) ; 5. Da vid Lyk ke. AA ( RE Gl) : I . Je rry Mad o re (Ya m); 2 . F red Hcess { Hus} : 3. Han s Neff ( KTM); 4 . Bil l Atk inson (KTM) ; 5. Richa rd Laffe rty (KTM). A 125 : t. Jerry Randall (Yam ); 2. Neil Dennett (KTM ); 3. Kevin Howley (KTM) ; 4 . Devld Harri s ( KTM); 5 . Mal1in Griff (Yam) . A 2 0 0 ; 1. Robert Moh n (Ko w) ; 2. Jeff John s (Kaw) ; 3. Jamie Theurk auf (KTM) ; 4 . Dovid Moor ehou se (KTM ); 5. Joe Mclaughlin (Kew) . A 250: I. Eric McEach ern (Hon); 2. Ric herd Laffert y ( KTM) ; 3 . Sha wn Mason (KTM ); 4. Dale Sweigart (Yam) ; 5 . Craig Kenn edy (Ya m) . A O PEN : 1. Anth o n y Gerac i ( KTM); 2 . M ike Zohan sky (KTM ); 3. Sc ot t Hofman ( K T M) : 4 . Ge orge English ( Hus) : 5 . Bill Stronen ( KTM) . A 4 ·STRK : J. J im Strncock ( Yam ) ; 2 . Richard Sh irk ( Ya m); 3 . Ke n Zabr owsk i ( S u z ) ; 4 . Ri cha rd He i n s { Sua) : 5 . Rand y Mastin ( KT M ) . A VET; I. Ken Held (KTM) ; 2. Paul C ourvill e ( Ya m ) ; 3 . Ma rk B o u v ier ( KTM) ; 4 . David Kelley ( Han) ; 5 . Ala n Rustic ! ( KT M) . A SR: 1. James Gunselman (Yam) ; 2 . J ames Ke ll eher (Han ) ; 3. Duncan Br oa t ch ( K T M) ; 4 . Cliffo rd T enn e y ( KT M ) : 5 . Wayne Fon tenazze (Yam) . A S/S R; I. Keith Goodell (KTM); 2 . Jo ck Laf fert y Sr. (KTM); 3. Chuck K o sh i o l ( Kaw ) ; 4 . Ri chard Tr ader ( KT M) ; 5. Dan iel Stoppi Sr. (Han) . 5 125 ; I. Joe Cortwright (Han); 2. Rob T rout (Yam); 3. Robert Converse J r. (Hus); 4 . Mark Beouregard (Yom ); 5. Pool Lussier (KTM) . 5 2 0 0 ; 1. Mou Estes ( KTM ) ; 2 . Ro y Har r ell ( K TM) ; 3 . Sam C ott er (KTM) : 4 . Sean Kinley ( KTM ): 5. J ason Smith ( KTM ). B 25 0 : I. Coope r Ma cKitchre: 2 . Jaret Joh ns ; 3 . M icha el M elni cz uk ( KTM) ; 4. Fran Gaulin (KTM) ; 5. John DeSi m on e (AT K) . 5 O PEN; I. Doug Sim one (KTM); 2. J ohn Egan (KTM); 3. J im Royce (KTM); 4. Dale Ston e; 5. Art Pepin ( KTM) . B 4 · STR K : I. J im Gree n ( Suz); 2. Ken Hawk ( Ha n) ; 3 . George Diedrich (Han ) ; 4 . David Dram (Yam) ; 5 . Mark LiI ' Rhody National Endu ro: Mike Lafferty notched Q uador. another win at round five of the NETRA Enduro Series in B VET : 1. A lan Ross ( Ha n); 2. Ben Stodig (KTM); 3. Jeff Bertocch i (Yom) ; West Greenwich. Rhode Island. 4 . M i ch ael Bil lun es ; 5 . A n t ho ny Calabro . cue I e n e _ S • A U GUST 16, 2000 43

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