Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

25+ NOV: I. Te d Pipp in ( Kaw ) ; 2. D av id Chick ( Ka w) ; 3. William CarlSOf\ (Yam ); 4 . Chris Luba s (Suz); 5. Stacey Rowe ( Yam ). 25+ INT: L John Moore ( Yam); 2. Mark Bousquet {Hoe }, 30+ BEG: 1. Richard Russo (YAm ); 2. Brad Summers ( Kaw) ; 3. Thomas Fullam (Yam ); 4_Chns .~ (Hon); 5. Rich ard Sigle (lion ). 30+ NOV : 1. M lc h " e l Minja res ( Ya m) ; 2 . Rick Barkow , k y (Hen ); 3. "lien BlAnco ( Yam ); 4. Joe Spiers ( KTM) ; 5. Brett F10Jy (Yam ). 30+ INT: I. John Moore (Yam ): 2. Fran k Cornwall (Yam ); 3. Todd TOWMend (Hon ); 4. Steven Storie (Hon) . 35 .. NOV : I. Da vid Chick (KAW); 2. Stacey Rowe (Yam); 3. Bo bby T/Jbag ( K /J ); 4 . Kurt Srntth (Stu); 5. w Fro nk Sonchez (Kow) . 35+ INT ; I . J oh n Moo re ( Yam ); 2. Sleven Slon e (Hon): 3 . William i\lUw (Yam ). 40.. NOV : 1. D enms U1 (Y am) ; 2. Mik e Subolz w (Hon) ; 3. Tim Sm ith (Yam ); 4. Bre1 Pebl e (Hon ); 5. Dan Kill ion ( Yam) . 40+ INT: 1. Greg Doug l/Js (Hon); 2. Alo n McGehMo (Hen); 3. Donny Bowde (Yam ). n OT HO BEG : I. K e v in Gonzolez ( Ha n ) ; 2. Moc McMa nnany (Hbg); 3. Phil Barkowsky ( Kaw) ; 4 . Bobby Goldsberry (Yam ); 5. Greg Or~htlulgh (KTM) lTY rtOTHG NO V: 1. U1 Sm ith (Hon ); 2. Ross Robe so n (Ya m); 3. Klndal J usll s ( V/Jm ): 4. Br ad Sum me rs (Ka w); 5. Roge r Wogner (Suz). OT HG INT : I. Robert Au sti n ( Ka w) ; 2. Brett Fl ory ( Vam ); 3. All en Bla nco (Vam): 4, Randy Helm (S uz): 5. Keith Di Virgili o (Suz) OTH G EX: I . Todd Townsend (Hen): 2. Rob Belskey (Vam); 3. Michad Renner (Hon) ; 4. J eff Beck er (Kaw); 5. Steven Storie (Hon). OT HG PRO: I. Mik e Johnson (Suz): 2. Frank Cernwall (Yam): 3. Pot Sporks (Hon) ; 4 , Jo hn Moor e (Yam); 5. Alan McG..nee (Hon) 38+ OTHO BEG: 1. Heather Wagner (KTM) : 2. Glenn Meyer (Hon ); 3. .M.drk Green (KTM) : 4, Nicola White (Vam); 5. Ron Clawson (Ko w) . 38+ OTHG NOV: 1. Phil ip Ho lm es ( Yam): 2. Nick .M.cKlnnon (Yam); 3. C1"y Willi$Orl (Kaw): 4. Dale Mathers ( KTM); 5. Mike Parrish (Hon) . 38+ O THO INT: 1. Wilham Carlson (Vam); 2. John Towne r (Yam ): 3 . /'O\ike Norton (Yam) ; 4 , Ric RUMI (Yam) : 5 . Gary Trut'Sdill (Yam) . 38+ a THO EX: I. Robert Fields (Yam): 2. Bob we n en (Hen) : 3. Joh n Chwrsty k (Kow ); 4. Ale~ Chelle w (Yam) ; 5. Vince Mados (Hon) HDCP : I , J im Este s (0 /'0\ ); 2 . Char lie Venegas (Jaw); 3 . Br~d OXley (OM ); 4, Rondy DiF rllncesco (J /Jw); 5. Andy No rthrup (Jaw). SDCR : 1. Bil l Matherson /Da le Leeder ( Vo m); 2 . Danny Jones/Chn s Jon es ( Kaw); 3. Kenny Mcintyre /Dirk Vot/Jw ( Yll m): 4 . Scott Cole / L.eyo Cr/Jvens (Yam). SUP: I. Dovld Lync h (J IIW); 2. Tim Tucker (Jaw ); 3. Paul Huchcoc k (Jaw): 4. Greg Stercevsc (J ow) . SCJP B: 1. John St..,kard (Ja w): 2. Pat Dwy er (J IIW); 3. John ny Lupo (J aw); 4. Ptlll HarTTh'tluk (Jaw); 5. Tom Collier (J aw). JR : 1. J usti n Boyle (J aw ): 2. M iles Calvin (Hc nj: 3. Sky ler Orllysort (J/Jw). PfW I : 1. Anne Malit' Schwortz ( Yam ); 2 . Cas.ey Snyder (Yllm); 3. Tracey Wells (Yam). PfW 2: 1. Devin Foremen (Yam ), 2. MlChIlel Moser ( Yam ); 3 . Dylan Wood ruff (Yam) . Pleasure Riders Hillclimb Stewart Slays ' e m at Cayuga B y B UD N ORTHRUP Costa Mesa Speedway: Jim Estes tu rn ed in a ste llar ride and picked up his fi rst Handi cap mai n-event win of the season in Costa Mesa, Californ ia. Costa M esa Sp eedway Manchester, Estes Split Wins B y E LAIN E J ONES COSTA MESA. CA . JULY 8 At Fan Appreciati on Nig ht at Costa Mesa. Chris "Th e Kid" Man chester and Ji m Estes won the Scratch and Hand icap m ains, respecti vely. In the first Scr atch sem i, the pol e went to " F a st" Ed Cas t ro . w ith Sha wn "Ma d Dog " M c C onn ell i n tw o a nd reig ni ng N atio nal Cha mpion " Rad Brad " Ox ley in three. On th e o uts ide wa s And y "The Enforcer" Northrup. Castro cut a fabulou s gate; locked in behind him was McC onn ell , and the two would tran sfer to the m ain . Northrup and O xley wou ld get one m or e shot in the last -chance qualifier. In the seco nd Scratch sem i, Estes was on t he pole, w it h Ma nch est er in t wo , " Du k ie " Ermolenko in thr ee a nd Bobby " Bo og aloo" Schwa rtz in four. M anche ster exploded off th e line . with Sc hwartz rig ht beh ind h im . T hey stayed tha t way ; Estes and Ermolenko would m ove on to the LCQ . Ermolenk o had the po le fo r the LCQ, with Estes in two, Oxl ey in thr ee, and Northrup on the o uts ide. Ermo lenk o was firs t off the li ne and never loo k ed ba ck . The lineup for the Scratch ma in wa s deter mined by a foot race run by five fans. It was four young men against one young lady, and t he lady nat soc k ed it to them ; she too k a co m m an d ing le ad r ig ht fro m th e start and made it bigger as she m ade her way around the tra ck. It wou ld be Schwa rtz on th e pol e. with Ermolenk o in two and McConnell in three . Ca stro and Man che ster wer e o n th e outsid e. T he ga te went to Schwartz, but Manchester took it to warp speed and came flying aro und the outsi de to take the lead and then distance himself from the rest of the field . Schwartz was a sol id second. aft er one of his best rid es of the season. Northrup had to settl e for th e show m on ey. Estes and Oxl ey rounded out the field . The lineup fo r the Hand ic ap main had one ride r on the zero- y ard lin e. Dann y Perkin s won hi s Support heat , which gave him a fi rst-divi sio n ride, and he tr an sferred all th e way to the ma in . E st es lined up o n th e 4 0 . North rup, Man ch ester , Randy DiFr ancesco and Schwartz shared th e 50 . and Venegas (w ho had been battl ing a ca se of foo d poi son ing ) an d Oxley were on th e 60 . Perki ns m an ag ed to lead for three l ap s before th e tid al wa ve be h i nd hi m ran hi m down . Estes took th e lead on the fo urt h lap . Ven egas wa s ri gh t wi t h him t he w hole way , b ut Est es nev er made a fa ls e m ov e . Estes took his fi rst win of the season. Venega s was second, w ith O xley third, DiFran cesco fo urth , and No rthrup , Schwartz, Perk in s and Ma n ~ chester round ing out the field . Th e Mission Yama ha team of Bill Matherson and Dale Leeder took th e Side car win over Danny and Chr is Jones, Kenny Mcl ntrye and Dirk Votaw. and Scott Cole and Leya Cravens . David Lyn ch co ll ec ted the Support ma in win ove r Ti m Tu ck er an d Pau l Hitc hc o c k . Support B honors went to John Stu nk ard . Justi n Boyl e gave his daddy a nice birthday p resent by winning the Junior Speedway co nt est. CA YUGA , IN. JU LY 2 Brent Stewa rt has only ridden fiv e hill cl im bs in Di str ict 17 th is yea r, but whe n he doe s sho w up, he shows why he is the Nati ona l Champion in the 400cc class. Riding his heavil y m od ified J ack son Perform an ce KT M 380, th e Galva nat ive has won the 400cc class on eac h of hi s five appeara nces , and he has also pi cked up an incredibl e three Fast Time awards , whic h puts him in a tie with Lane Sch ultz in that category , Stewart had to fight hard for the big trophy at the Pleasu re Rider s cl imb on J uly 2 . as his fir st-rou nd ride of 4.195 seconds was fi rst tied by Ma rk Good man J r. in the 600cc cl ass and then beaten by Wa de Sc hu ltz . wh o b lasted ove r the 150 -foot hill in 4 .182 seco nds o n his Harley in first-round Pushrod -c1ass a cti on . Stewa rt responded like th e true cha m pio n he is, how ever, blazing over the top in a high -fl y ing 4 .109 sec o nds o n h is sec ond ro und to tak e th e 400cc -c1ass win and set a new fast tim e. Then he settled back to see if th e big bo res could beat his 380 . Results SCR : I . Chns Mo nc hester (OM) ; 2. Bobby Sch wartz ( OM): 3 . Shawn f>\c:Connt'l1 (GM); 4 . Dukie ErmoIenko (Ja w): 5. Ed Castro (Jaw ). Goodman was fast on his seco nd rid e. but not fast eno ugh; he carded a 4 .2 63-sec on d time and cl aim ed th e win in the 600cc class . Schultz elected to let his first-round times stand for the wins in the Open clas s and the Pushrod clas s for those wins. saving his Harley fro m further punishme nt on a very hot and muggy day . Stew art went hom e hap py with a beautiful 4· foot tro phy and the Pleasure Riders' SI 00 Fast T im e award . Stewart's closest challenger in the 4 00cc class wa s Matt Peters, who ran a nice 4 .409-second time on his CR301 Honda . Schultz 's cl osest com petitio n in the O pen cl ass came from the Da le's Harley-Davidsonspo nso red Ha rl ey rid de n by Ra ndy " B uzz" Gr ee n . wh o se 4 .4 18 -second time was less than a te nth of a second off th e 4 .323- seco nd cl a ss - w tn n tnq t i me p o st ed by Schul tz . Schultz 's brot her Lan e wa s the clo sest to hi m in the Pushrod class, as he blasted hi s 850cc No rto n over the top in 4 .416 seco nds for second place to go with a win of h is own in the 75 0cc cl ass on his Yam aha . Go o d m a n add ed thre e m o re wins to go with his 600cc win , ru nning his to ta l to four for th e day . Ridi ng hi s KX250 . he took the 250cc c lass w it h a ve ry q u ick 4 .2 53 -second time . Matt Peters was his cl osest chall enger w ith a good 4 .373- secon d time on his CR250. Th en. in Exh ibi tion -c lass ac tion , Go od ma n rode hi s KX 250 to the 400cc Ex hib ition w in and his CR500 to th e win in the Open Ex hibition class . Results 50 AUTO : 1. Don nie Robbi ns (Cob ); 2. .Jeke Hunseke r (Pol); 3. Blak e Cappello (LEM ); 4 . Dyl an Brady (Pol): 5 . J U!l ln ~ ( KTM) . t JR MINI : 1. Steven -J oe Weaver (K tlw): 2. Just m Trent ( Kaw): 3. Ccrtney Bales (Suz): 4 . Mark Matthews ( Kaw): 5. Al an Petty (Hon ). SR MINI: I. Dom on Moayo (Hon ); 2 . Nick Mll yo (Hon ); 3. Josh Warner (Ka w); 4. And~ Sttwart (Sw ). 200: I. Matt Peters ( Kll w); 2. KeVin RYlln (K /Jw); 3. Kelly Senn ( KTM ): 4 Pll ul Hart tHus ); 5 . Don BarberJ r. (Yom) . 250 : 1. Mark Ooodman Jr . ( Kaw ): 2. Malt Peters (Han ): 3 . Jon Creek (Han ); 4 . Kelly Senn ( Ka w ): 5. De rek Malone (Suz). 400 ; I. Brent Stewa rt ( KTM); 2. IVII:III Peters (Han); 3 . David P\e1". son (Hus): 4 . Steve Dougherty (KTM ); 5. Doug Campbell (Yam ). 400 STK : 1. Richlt rd Al len (Hon): 2. Doug Cll mpbell (Yll m): 3 . Tom Brown (Hon) ; 4 . Peul Hart (Hus); 5. Child BMflt'1t (Ka w). Pleasure Riders Hillclimb: Bre nt Stewa rt fl ew hi s J PC/KTM 38 0 to th e Fast Time in Cayuga , India na. WILLOW SPRINGS MOTORCYCLE CLUB p resents the TOYOTA CUP Motorcycle Roadracing Series The next WSMC roadrace meet is August 19-20, 2000 Join us f or the exciting motorcycle roadracing action at Willow Springs! WSMC offers a New Racers School every month for riders who want to improve their riding and experience the thrill of roadrace competition. Roadracing is available year round only at Willow Springs with WSMC! W illow Springs weeken d SuperTickets for WSMC events are just $10 per person (children 8 and under are admitted free); Your ticket includes parking, general adm ission seating, free overn ight camping, and un limited pit access. The TOYOTA CUP UNLIMITED ROADRACE features a $2500.00 cash purse and a chance to win a new TOYOTA! 661.256.1234 tel. 661.256.1583 fax www.race-wsmc.com WILLOW SPRINGS MOTORCYCLE CLUB P.O. Box 911 Rosamond, CA 93560-0911 c ue I e nevvs A UGUST 16. 2000 53

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