Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

of riders and fans. Amateur and Youth riders from all ove r th e Midwest joined Professional riders from as far away as Wash ington and California to put on a first-class racing show. Pro rider J ohnny Murphree c ame in from Cal ifornia to take the win on his Wood-Rotax in the Expert class. fighting it out with fellow Pro Dan Stanley from Bellingham. Washing ton , who was riding a Rotax. Donnie Steward mad e the relatively short trip from Burlington. Iowa. to tak e the third -pla ce cash on his ATK . Ottumwa , Iowa ' s Trent Ba ile y , also o n an A TK . finished fourth . Rotax ·mounted Eric Rickman also made a long tr ip . from Puyallup. Washington. to finish fifth . In Pro Sport competition. low. City's .Jered Cheney was the o nly racer in the I l -r tder field not riding a Rotax, bu t his ATK was st rong eno ugh to take the class wi n in what was per- haps the most exci ti ng race of t he nigh t. Cheney fought a race-long duel wit h Petersbu rg. Illinois' Nick William s and Mik e Oehler from nea rby Danvers, Ill inois. The race c am e down to a final -lap dash to the fin ish line by Cheney and Will iams. with Cheney tak ing the win by a wheel. Oehler finished third. with Eric Grumpy Valley Raceway: David Wh itcra ft grabs a great start in t h e 125cc B contest in Tarlton, Oh io . Mischler and Dan Mi schl er , fro m Beaver D am , W isconsi n, filli ng out the to p five in th e cl ass. In A ma teur-class ac tio n. Brock Schwarzenbecher rode his Honda to the 125/ 200 cc -c1ass win, with Seymo ur. Illinois' Chip Perry taking 25. : I . Ton y Wiesenhahn (Yom ): 2. Darin lorernba (Yam) ; 3. Dove Hom (Sul l. 30. : I . Dave Hom (Stu); 2. Chortle Hawk (Hus) : 3. J ing J ohn!WXl ( Yam) . OPEN: I. Dar", lorem bo ( Yam ); 2. Mik~y Russell (SuI): J . Shonfo fluhorty (Hon). Grumpy Valley Raceway Walker Happy at Grumpy Sunday P/W 50: 1. DylMI Walker (Yam): 2. Alex Ratai (Yam) ; 3. Robtort Fil e ( Yam ). B y RUP ERT X . P ElLETT TARLTON. OH. JULY 22 ·23 With a slightly dim inished turnout due to the ru nni ng of the Kenw o rth y ' s Pro National in T roy , an e nth usiastic t hrong of District 11 motoc rossers took part in a won derfu l week - end of raci ng at th e lengt hy Grumpy Vall ey circuit. Against the backdrop of a motorcycl e hillclimb practi c e hi ll and se veral Amis h farm s. th is serpentine motocross track runs every which way throu gh a small valle y that is poc kma rk ed with an ingenious wa te r-s prinkl ing system to dampen the course 's surface . La nc aster's Dylan Wa l ke r had a memorabl e week en d . The fast yo ung man fl ew his Yama ha PW50 and his Cob ra CMSO in for a 50 (4. 6) : I. Dy1an Walk er (Yam) ; 1. Robert Flf~ (Cob ); 3. Stake HdIman (Cob). 50 (7·8) : 1. Akx Ratai (Cob); 2. Steven ThomP"Cln (Cob) ; 3. . ,.. Smrth(Cob) . 6!r1: 1. Ty ~ (Ka w); 2. Ltvt Kilbor gct (KTM); 3. Ryan All · baugh (Kaw). 80 (7· 11): I. Ty BoweB (KGw); 2. l.fovi Kilborger (Sw); J . Bran don _ (Sw ). SO (12. 15): 1. Jeff Roe6e (y om) : 2. Pat ~ (Hon): 3. Tyler Shue (KIIW) . 125 A : I. Shane Lawson (Hon): 2. Chris BerTy (Su z); J . Chns _ ISw). o.w. 125 B: 1. NidI Carrol (y1m ); 2. Jdf Rcdr: (YlIrT'I); 3. Jdf (Suz) 125 1. loch Horung (Sw:): 2. BiDy Rhonernus (Yom) ; 3. Todd II" (Yam) . 250 A : I. ShoM ~ (Hon); 2 . Eked Sl: v_ (Han) . r 250 C: 1. Ryan Sdvelvn (Kaw) : 2. Craig Rata! (Yom ); 3. Gary HftfOfl (Vom ). SCHBY: I. NICk CerrdI (Yam); 2. Derric k Arledge (Sw:); 3. Gar· c: rett Diner(Han) . 16·24: 1. loch Hanmg (Sw:); 2. Chris Berry (Sud: 3 . Bnan Ren- total of eight moto wins over the two days of th e e ve nt, cap tu ring the o ve rall vict or ie s in ner (Sul). both the 50 cc (4-6) and the Yam aha PW-influ- erill (Ke w). enc ed 50c e " inje cto r" c1Z1S S. Team Green's Ty ler " Danger Boy " Bowers also had a fin e tw o days of ra cing. w inni ng a tota l of six m ot os and a pair of secon ds in the 65 cc and Mini Junior cla sses. Local fast o lder gu y Dav e Horn won a few m otos in th e Ov er 30 cl ass on th e week end . 25. : 1. Shane Lawson (Hon) : 2. Deve Hom (Sw:); 3. Craig Cock · 30. : I. Dav~ Hom (Sul): 2. Craig Cockerill (Kew) . 40. : 1. Harold Urban (Yam): 2. Jeff Henline (Kaw) . OPEN: 1. Mik ey Ru~lI (Suz); 2. Craig Ratai (YGm) ; 3. Shane Auhllrty (Hon ). Farmer C ity Fairgrounds ri es in t he Schoo lbo y and 125cc B cla sses. Murphree Reaps the Win at Farmer City Cincinnati ' s To ny Wi esenhahn was abso lute ly spec tacular during Saturday ' s sho w, handil y B y BUD N ORTHRUP Yamaha -mounted Nick Carro ll used his famil iarity with th e facility to bl ast home to vict o - winn ing th e 250cc A and Over 25 classes . Westervill e's very qui ck C racer Zach Haning look ed good on both days, win ning the 125c c C class on Su nday after pla cin g second on FARMER CITY. IL, JULY 19 The third annua l Dick An drae Memorial Short Tr ack Race was held at the Farm er City Fairgrounds on J uly 19, with an ex cellent turnou t Saturday. second on his Hond a . Cha m paign 's Ro bert Lu cas was t he 2 0 0 c c -cl a ss winner on a Ka wasaki, and Ian Hartz el ca me up fro m Gra n- ite City , Illinois . to take the 250cc-c1ass win on hi s Rotax, edg in g hard-riding Honda pilo t Blake Young from Waunakee. Wisconsin. M issouri Hare S c ram b les Championsh ip Young di d go home a m u lti ple-class win ner, th ough . as he rode ano the r Honda to the win in the 400cc class , with Decatur 's Gary B ren nan , also on a Ho nda, runnin g second . You ng then retu rned in th e 500c c class and scored his seco nd win in conv inci ng fash ion on ye t another Ho nda . w ith Ya maha rider Robert Smith from Sycamore, Illinois. his clos est challe nger. Young Rob Pearson from Chillicothe. illi nois, rode a very strong race to win th e 600cc co mpetition, with fellow Rot a x ri der J o sh Townge tt from East Peoria ru nni ng second. Sharon Andr ae a nd And rae 's H a r l e y - B y FRANK lEvAN TEBBEn'S. MO . JULY 16 Fo r t he se ve n th ti me in h i s caree r, St e ve Leiva n e merge d t he overall winne r of the Sh ow-Me Motorsp o rt s round of the M issou ri Hare Scrambl es Championship . Th is year. the SCR/Yam ah a-bac ked Leivan too k th e lead n ea r the en d of la p one and set the pace before putting some day light between himself and th e rest on th e fina l das h to th e fin ish on Davidson and referee Jerry Mitch ell put on a his way to his fifth victory of the 200 0 cam- very successful and well -ru n ra ce. paign. • The 10.5-mi le course that greeted the 230 Re s u l t s 50 CHA IN: I. J ece Wayne Owen (KTM); 2. Tarll Colvi n (KTM); 3. Adorn Camp (Pol); 4. ~ Ward (KT M); 5. Au5tyn CGmp (Sw: ). 50 SHAFT : 1. J ohn Heldm (Yom); 2. Ja~ Owm (Yam) : 3. Taro Col vin (Yam); 4. Mason Krog ( Yam ): 5. Maxwdl Haynes (Yam ). 65: I. Brock Schwarzenbach er (Kaw); 2. Log an Lear (KTM) ; 3. Chlol!lell Crowl (Kaw); 4. loch Herdln(Kaw): 5. Jen~ Lewis (Kaw). 85 J R: I. J ustin Hittl e (Kaw); 2. Brock Schwa r.z f'T1boch ~r (Kaw); 3. Jason Diehl ( Yam) . 85 SR: I. Mik f' LJndley (Hon ). 125: 1. Brock Sch wen en beehe r (Hon ); 2. Chip Perry (Hon); 3 . All an Barr (Han ); 4. Usa Haynes (Hoo ); 5. Dan OE' lf'r. h 200: 1. Ro bert Lucas (K aw ). 250: 1. Ian Hartz (RtJe ); 2. Blake Young (Hon); 3. Ben Morton @! (Husl; 4. Darren Corter (Sw:l; 5. Jerome Wells (Yam) . 400: 1. Blake Young (Hon); 2. Gary Brmnan (Hon) ; 3. wec e Wnsels (Hon); 4. Al lan Barr (Hon): 5. Richa rd K~t (Hon ). !)()(): I. Blak f' Young (Hon ); 2. Robert SmIth (Yam) ; 3. Roger John-on: 4. Tim Hopkin . (Yam );!rI . Jordan Knigh t (Ru). 600: 1. Robe-It PeOiBOfl (Rtx): 2. Josh T~ (R'tx): 3. Matt Burton (KTM) ; 4. St~ H.ortzdl ; 5. Mik~ O'Brim (Rtxl. PROSVT: I. ~ (ATh); 2. NicholasWilliams (Rtx); J. Mik~ ~Ier (Rtx); 4. EricMischeeT (Rtx): 5. Don Mitchler (Rtx). EX 1. J ohnn y Murph~ (W- R); 2. Don Stanll!)' (Rtx ); J . Donnif' : Sl:ew (ATK) ; 4. TI'eflI Boiley (ArK); 5. Ene Hdunon (Rtx) . lU"Cl mod r ide rs atte ndi ng rou nd eig h t of th e se ries bec ame ve ry ch oppy as the even t wore on. Mistak es would be costly . as it was difficult to m ak e up time on th e tra ck . Fr ont-running rld ers t lap ti me s were right at 25 minut es. making it a fiv e- lap eve nt. Lei va n's ave rage speed was a bri sk 25. 2 mph . Nin e AA riders headed int o tu m o ne, with Chri s Thiele leading the pack . Hot on his heels was WR400-mo unted Leivan , who got off to an uncharact erist ic all y g ood st art, an d Bran- don Forrester on his Y22 50 _ Th e t hr ee leaders qu ic k ly d istan ced th em selves from the pack. Near th e end of lap one , Leiva n took o ver th e lead . " I rem embered the [i nside ] line from last year but didn 't really want to use it that early in the rac e," Leiv an explained later. " I was eat- ing a lot of dust . thou gh. and fig ured that it wo ul d be easier in the clean ai r, so I we nt ahead and made th e pass." Fo r the next few laps. Lei van main tain ed the front position while Thiele and Forrest er swapped the runner -u p position a ti me or tw o. Sund ay ' s O pen-class battle was intense . Mikey Russell and Craig "2 by 4 " Ratai went at it for the lead. while yo ung Shane Flu harty. on his mighty CRSOO. followed the dueling duo . Russell held off Ratai for both mota wins. with Fluharty a stro ng third. Kyle Cottrill slammed his King Cob ra 50 in for a super win on Saturday in the 50cc (7 ·8 ) The th ree were always closely bunched at the end of each lap . followed shortly by YZ426Fm ounted Bo bb y Dun can . wh o diced with XR650 ride r Matt Pursley for two laps. Duncan finally secured the spoL class, while Alex Ratai crui sed to th e victory in that class on Sunday. By th e tim e the whi te flag flew , Leivan still m aint ained hi s lead . Forrester stopped for fuel and got o ut j us t in fron t of Th iele, who ha d cente r- p unched a rock in the d ust and los t valua ble seconds. Leiva n k new t ha t it was ti me to m ak e a break for it and un cork ed the R e sul ts Satu rday P/W 50: I. Dylan Wolker ( Vam); 2_ Broc k ~ (Yom): 3. Cod y Hmon (Yom ). 50 (4-6) : I. Dyla n Walk er (Cob) ; 2. Nick \lrIhitok er (KTM): 3 . Cody Herron (Vom) . 50 (7-8) : I. Kyle Cottrill (Cob): 2. Austin Dougherty (Cob): J. Fred Walk er (Cob) . 6' : I. Ty ao-r. (Kow ): 2. Kyl~ SrMh (KTM): 3. Haven HoId croft (KTM). 80 (7 · 11): I. Kyle Sml lh (Suz): 2. T y Bowers (Kaw ): 3 . Brandon _ M issouri Hare Scrambles C h a mpionship: At the eighth ro un d of the series in Tebbetts, Missouri, Steve Le lvan took his fifth win of t he year. fastest lap of th e day (24:37). Th e lap was good eno ug h to get an early cushion on Fo rreste r and cru ise the fin al miles to the check- ered flag . (S",). 60 (12 ·15 ): I. Ty ler Sbue (KdW); 2. Shone Fluharty (Hon) : J. Eric WaUs (Yam) . 125 A : I. Jo son Freck er (Han ): 2. Kmny Hulton (Suz): 3 . Deerick Hunt (Kow ). 125 B: t. Nic k Carroll (Yll m ); 2. Joh n Wi5l:! barge r (Yom ): 3 . n Gll lTt'tt Diller (Hon) . 125 C: 1. Paul Joh nson (Hoo) : 2. loch Haning (Sw); 3 . Josh lies "Sinc e I pr efer th e m or e technical ra ces , it seems strange th at I hav e so m uch success at th is tra ck ," Lelvan reflected . "Th is co urse is all about rhy thm and finding a groov e. and t oda y I sett led into a ni ce pace an d saved m y best for last . Th e bik e was working aweso me and (Sw) . reall y hook ing up in the slippery fields. All I 250 A : 1. Tony Wi~hn (Yom ) . 125 C: 1. Paul Joh nson ( Hen): 2. loch H"n ing (Suz); 3 . Josh lies (Sw). 250 8 : I. Brion Turd (Kaw ). 250 C: 1. Ryan Schrehm (Kaw) ; 2. lam Honing (Hon) : J. Lee Robuaon (Yam ). SCHBY: 1. Nidi Carroll (Yam ); 2. John W"l5t'Obarger (Yam ); 3 . Garrett DlIIer (Han). 60 A UGUST 30. 2 0 0 0 ' eye I e Fanner C ity Fa irgrounds: Mike Obr ie (44) leads J ohn Powell (52) thro u gh tu rn t hree at t he Dick A nd rae Memorial Sh o rt Track Race in Farmer City, illino is . n e vv s had to do was point it to wards the finish lin e. to J ust nine sec onds down ca me Forrester for his second run ner -up performance of th e season. Sinc e ret urning from inj ury in April , th e , you ng rid er has sho wn impressiv e speed and co ns iste ncy.

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