Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

th e tabl e with a clean card on his seco n d go -arou nd . Capling e r also im p rove d , taking a single dab on his second attempt. The final -lap show down ca lled for a clean ride to secure the win , and S ilv a c a m e through. C ap lin g er a ls o ro d e we ll, posting another on e -p o int la p to c em ent sec ond place. An e ve r-improving PhyliCN ci a Musta was third . Tooth Fairy VintageTrial laPorte , California Results: JulJ 15, 2000 [Round 3J EX HI B : 1. Howar d Galbreath ; 2 . Gu y Va n Geesbeek : 3. Ted Gansberger; 4. Bob Weber; 5. Mike McGregor. JR NOV : 1. Matt Si lva ; 2 . Matt Capli nger; 3. Phylicia Musta. J R INT : 1. Travis Crawf ord; 2. Max Naff . JR A DV : 1. A ndy Malsbary. JR MST R: 1. Max Malsbary . MOR N B K I NT : 1. Larr y Ma tt eauer ; 2 . Ga ry Parke r; 3 . Barbara Fa llis. MORN BK ADV : 1. Eric Bailey ; 2. Mark Koyfez. Tooth Fairy Vintage Trial: Fantic rider M Malsbary tackles section 10 at the third round ax of the PITSVintage and Beginner Championship Series in La Porle, California. Malsbary was the top Jun ior Master rider. M. RN BK MSTR: 1. Chris Napolitano; 2. Jeff Neff O 3. Jarrod Harvey; 4. Ryan Musta; 5. Vem Crawford. MORN INT : 1. Crl.lig Han son ; 2. Donn e Kelley; 3 . Ml.Irk Townsend. ctsc MO R N cisc AO V: I. J ohn S ilva ; 2 . Bill Laudner; 3. Bruce Kelley. MORN ClSC MS TR : I. Ted Ha rve y; 2 . Ric k AMAIPITS Good DId Days VintagelBeginnerChampionship Series Round 3: Tooth Fairy Vintage Trial Napolitano Stakes a Claim in LaPorte BY J with Naff. A relative ne wcome r to the Intermediate line , young Naff is learn ing quickly , and he bra ve ly faced the obstacles , c om pleting the trial with a final outcome of 54 poi nts. In t he Modern C la s s ic Advan ced class , Bruce Ke lle y sel flessly ga ve up any s hot at th e win by going to the a id of a Mod ern Cla ssic Intermediate ride r who ha d ta ken a s p ill a fte r the throttle stuc k on he r TY175 . The fa ct t hat t he rid e r was a very attrac tiv e female (not to m ention h is wife ) was mot ive e no ugh , to b e s ur e . Afte r repairing the ailing bike, Bruc e got a well -deserved p a t on t he ba ck , but that was the end of th e competition fo r the Ke lle ys , as they dec ided to call it a d a y . Th e Mo d e rn Classic Advanc ed cl a s s was won by J ohn S ilva - after all the other riders in th e class "s e lf-d estructed" in an outbreak of dabs and DNFs. Cra ig Ha nson wa s the low -scori ng rider in the Modern Classic Intermed iate contest. Don Kelley had a good go of it in the Prem ier Lightweight Advan c ed c la ss . After matching rival Bru c e Stev ens with a 10 -point opening loop, Kelle y surged ahead with a stunning two -point second lap , whil e Ste vens tallied 12 . Deteriorating conditions on th e two line raised Kelle y's last-loop ta lly ba ck to a 10 , for a trial to ta l of 22. Ste ven s als o struggled o n the fina l loop , e ven tak ing a spill in th e la s t se cti on - a fat e that wou ld befa ll severa l othe r riders. In the end , Ke lle y's 22 took the win, ov er Stevens' to ta l of 38. Ma tt S ilva won a ve ry cl ose con test over Matt Ca p ling er in th e J unio r Novice c la s s . Both ha d t h re e - p o int opening laps , bu t S ilva returned to O HN SilVA LAPORTE, CA, JUL 15 Y h e Pa cifi c Int erna tional T ria ls Society "Good Old Da ys" Vintage a nd Beginne r Championship Series m ade a "s ta g e stop" at the h ist o ric g o ld - ru sh - er a mi n ing tow n of La Porte , whe re 40 co m petito rs had a grea t tim e . Tria ls m a ster Da ve Bric ke y a n d fr ie nds had la id out 10 fun s e c tion s o n th e edge Of this scenic S ie rra town , with some new sections a s well as ma ny old favor ites. Th e Modern Bike Mas ters had th e largest cl a s s, at 10 riders . Chris Na po litano scored a class low of seven on th e first lap, followed by a second la p two a nd finall y a one o n the last lo o p . Napolitano had a p e rfec t ride gcing on his la s t loop until the very last section, where he took a dab only ya rds from th e exit. His one-point lap was th e class best. Jeff Naff plac ed second and Jarrod Ha rvey third . Ted "Ha rd rock " Harvey too k on Modern Class ic Master favorite Rick "Rico c he t" Wo lff on the c ha lle ngi ng one line . Harvey finish ed with on ly 19 points . Wolff had trouble with doubled igit dab s e a r ly in t h e da y b u t r etu rn ed t o pr op er form for an impress ive nine -p oint final loop that fe atured five cle a ns . Juni or Maste r Max Mals bary rode the on e line on his Fantic and ha d a best -lo op sco re of 15 poi nts . Andy Ma lsb a ry c h a lle n g e d the tw o line , ta king a be st -loop sc ore of 24 . The Junior Inte rm ed iate class was won by Tra vis Crawford , who had a clean loop on his la st effort and ended with only six points . He matched wits T 44 A UG US T 30. 2000 ' eye I e n eVIl's Wolff . PREM l/W: 1. Don Kell y Jr.; 2. Bruce Steph ens. Mid-South S ummer Camp Series R ound 5: B roken Creek Allen Breaks A'Way BY D E B BIE All E N CLARKSVILLE, TN, JUL 16 Y h e Mid -Sou t h S u m me r Camp Series sta rte d round five on a co m forta ble not e . The weather was g reat a nd the du s t was mi n ima l - th at is , until the riders h it th e trai l. Th en the du st filled the air, so the Cun ning ham F ire Depa rtme nt wa tere d dow n th e score-tent area . It was greatly appreci ated , as t h e spe ctators cou ld now watch the leader P.A. Allen domi nate the com petition at the Clar ksville track. T Allen was hot off the trail right from the start. He grabbed for the lead without looking back a nd ended the race with a lead of 3 1/2 m inut es , ah ead of Mark Guy and Dustin Gibson. "Th e t ra c k was fun , a nd I had a good t im e ," s ai d th e S a rg e 's Cycle/ Oa kley / Pro Acti on of Kentu cky/ FMF/ Moo se- s ponsored Allen. "I wanted to finish th is race with some time left to spare, and that's what I did : Wh en the green flag wav ed , Allen jum ped out a nd led his 11 o ppone nts ac ross the st ra ighta way a nd into the wo od s . T e n of th e 12 riders m e an dered th ro ugh th e wood s a nd d isappe ar ed fro m s ight , le a ving two ride rs to s ift th ro ugh th e du st. J a s on Wafford a nd Dere k Bratch e r co llided a s th e y e n t e re d t h e wo od s . Th e y stopped to untang le th ems e lve s a nd headed off just be fore the next cla ss e nte red . This wa s Br at ch e r 's fi rs t ex pe rien ce in t h e A class . Hav ing wo n th e 200cc B class in th e winter s eries , he e n te re d 250 c c / Open A class and fou nd that it is definite ly a more co m petitive line up . Just before the st art , Bra t c h e r lea ned t o w a rd Wafford. "Do n't hit me, a nd don 't m a ke me c ra s h ," he reque sted . Wafford d idn ' t lis ten , b ut h e d id sto p to he lp th e rider u p . Bratch er lim ped to his b ike a nd finishe d on e la p. During th e first lap, Alle n led Ha rvey Wh it a ke r and Gibs on dow n th e kids' trai l. "I kne w I wa s off the course whe n I d idn' t see a n y m or e a rro ws, " Alle n re po rted , "s o I turn ed a ro und to get back o n th e or ig ina l tra il. S e vera l people we re beh ind m e, so they had to turn a round , too." On ce on th e correct tr ail , th e pos itio ns c ha nged . Allen now led Gibson , J erem y Ketchum , La nce Smith a nd Whita ker. "Abo ut two miles fro m th e finis h, I got a ro und Harv e y w he n we we re """"...,......- ---,,.--- - - - - - , z w ~ ~ -c w iii w '" o 10 ~ Broken Creek: P.A. Allen (305) breaks away to the holeshot at the fifth round of the Mid-South Summer Camp Ser ies, in Clarksville, Tennessee. He ended the race with a lead of 3 1/2 minutes .

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