Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Sandell , began forcing th e issue a bit. Can et slipped his Hu s q v arn a 6 10 under Neilson on the bra kes entering a tight cu rv e an d s te p pe d up t h e pa ce. Sandell fo llowed s ui t, s tay ing within a stone 's throw of C an e t' s groov ed rear slick for the better part of the 12 laps . Seri e s points leader Blak e wor k ed h is Hu s ab e rg 600 sup e rmotard up int o third, pl a ying thr ough th e talented twosome of Troy Rose a nd Wilder to fill out the top five . A TT-Terminat or e lim ination das h capped the day 's act ivities, with Scott Rose coming out on top a nd collecting CN a S100 cash prize for the effort. SuperTT Lightweight - a class tha t allows 125cc two -strok es or four st rok es up to 250cc - had the lighte st turnou t of the d a y. Ja y Ibold pull ed clear of the six -rider field with a sol id run on his KTM SX 12 5 , with Honda XR250 -mount ed La ure n Bu rch all ho lding off Yamaha YZ 125 rid er Aar on Brock for second. The Middleweight contest provided some heavy action between the Yamaha 400 -mounted du o of S c ott Ros e and Ty ler Sandell , who ran a he at ed pace at the front. Sandell remained a thorn in Rose 's side throughout th e race , bu t Ros e .. . well, ro s e to th e occasion in winn ing fashion. WMRRA SuperTT representative Pete Neilson hung on for the fina l rostrum pos ition , ahead of Paul Peiroli and Tony Callen. Ne ilson must ha ve had heat in his t ir e s a nd fire in h is b e ll y , as h e grabbed the ea rly lea d in the Pre mier ra c e a boar d a n u n derdog S u zu ki DR3 50 . Canet s ha dowe d th e Se a ttle rider for a few laps , a pparently in no parti c u la r h u rry t o ge t p a st . T h at changed once the third-place runne r, Spokane Molors ports Park Spokane, Was hinglo n Results: July 15, ZOOO [Round 31 PRE"': 1. Do n Ca net ( Hus ): 2 . Tyler Sande ll (Yam) ; 3. Carl Blake (Hbg); 4. Troy Rose (Yam); 5. Nat Wild er (Yam) . MX : t .Na t Wilder ( Yam): 2 . T ed Abe rnat hy (Y am ); 3 . T o dd Sw i nb urns on (H on ); 4 . Wad e Schnible (Kaw); 5. Allen Thain (Yam) . L/ W: I. Jay Ibold (KTM): 2. Lauren Burchall (Hon ) ; 3. Aaron Brock ( Yam ) ; 4. Ted Abernathy (KTM); 5. Mitchell Carlson (Hon). M/W : 1. Scott Rose (Ya m ) ; 2 . Tyle r Sandell (Yam) ; 3. Pete Neilson (Suz); 4. Paul Peiroli (Yam) ; 5. Ton y Callen (Yam ). TT DSH : 1. Scott Rose (Yam ) ; 2. Don Wilson (Yam): 3 . Nat Wilder (Yam). AMAIPITS Class AChampionship Trials Series Round 4: Tooth Fairy Trial Johnson Digs Up Gold at PITS Trial By follow e d by Guy Van Gaasbeek (23), Andy Johnson (23) , Dou g Elliot (2 7 ) and Bill Hines (29) . J oh ns on a nd Va n Gaasbeek we re o n fire on the second lo op , carding only six po ints ea ch . Bel vo ir kno c k e d o ff 10 poi nts fro m his opening turn to score a 12 for la p two - a fe at equaled by Galbreath. E lliot' s 21 a nd Hine s ' 32 on the sec ond la p essentia lly dr opped th em out of conte ntion . On the final lap, Belvoir posted his best lap with a seven -point tota l, five of th ose po ints wer e inc urred during a J OHN S ILVA LAPORTE, CA, JULY 16 e a m Mo ntesa / Rent hal / Ga lfer / Ro g e r E lli ott Con struct ionba cked NATC/ AMA Na tio n competitor And y Johnson to ppe d a field o f five Exp e rt riders as ro und fo ur of the AMA/PITS North ern California a nd Ne v a d a Reg iona l Tri a ls Ch am pi o ns hip ma de its a nnua l pilgrima ge to th e sce n ic gol d -r us h-era tow n of LaPorte , d ee p in th e heart of the S ierra 's m ining c ountry. Some 50 rider s were on ha nd for a great, class -A trial. wit h t h e u nus ual ti t le of th e Tooth Fai ry Tria l, in hon o r of tria ls master (and dentist) Dr. Bill Gilbert. It was , as a lw a ys , a t ou gh tri a l. Alth ough th e lo op wa s on th e short s ide , in consideration of th e s um mer h eat , the 10 lo n g a nd c h a lle ngi n g s e ct ion s mad e up for th e m od e st loop . The biggest challen ges wer e in th e fina l sections, which had lo gs of eve ry size for th e ride rs to c onq uer. Man y riders sai d th e y re all y h ad a work out, a s the logs , ro ck piles and steep h illcl im bs te sted th eir mettle . Th e Exp ert c la s s was a close con te st, with only a few po ints separating th e top riders. O n ly PITS refer e e Howa rd Gal breath (who was riding as an Exhibition rider) cou ld top the class ' ta le n ted fie ld . As ex pected , Ga lbre ath wa s d om ina nt in the early g o in g , se tti n g th e sta nda rd for th e Expert line with a 13 - po int o peni ng loo p. Next best wa s Neil Belvoir (22) , T 52 AUGUST 30 , 2000' cue • fa ilu re o n s ection o ne's san dy hi llc limb. Ga lbr e ath was n ipp ing a t Bel voir's he els with a n eight- poi nt lap , a nd his final tally of 33 wa s unbe ata ble , ea rni ng the p e r enni a l PITS fav or ite first in the Exh ibit ion class. Meanwhile , John son a n d Van Ga a sbe e k wer e n e c k a n d n e ck th roug h ou t th e final secti o ns , a nd th e y t ied at the end with 38 p o int s each . Ac counting for clea ns , J ohnson got the Exp e rt -cl a s s nod. Be lv o ir' s final tall y of 41 po int s was good for third pla ce in the Exp ert class; Elliot and Hines rounded out th e top five . "I had th at s ix- point second loo p , an d t hat re a lly di d it for m e : sa id J ohn son, who is g ett ing ba ck in top sha pe after re cove ring from a bro ken left fibia that occurred in April at th e Aub urn , Californ ia, round. "I made the s ect ions a litt le bit ha rder [for myself] by riding the bigg est stuff I could find, so I could get be tter p ractice for the mo re di ffic ult Na ti o n al roun d s . I'm fe e lin g good, a nd I' m s to ked a bo ut the futu re ; everything is go ing we ll." A c hallengi ng Interme diate li ne t o o k d o ub le -d igit p en al ti e s fr om everyone. The lowest loop sc ore of a ll was posted by class winner Ken Pe de rso n, who we nt 13 -9 - 14 to win the trial with 36 po ints, Ted Gansbe rge r was a s ing le dab back at 37; a finalloop 10 was h is best effo rt. Just a few points back was Mike McGregor , with 17 - 15 - 12 loo p sco res . Bob Web er (26 -15-11) an d Ma tt Cu llins (24 - 1514 ) rounded out th e top five . CN Tooth Fairy Trial laPorte , California Results: July 1& ZOOO [Round 4J , EXHIB: 1. Howa rd Ga lbre ath . EX: 1. Andy Johnson; 2. Neil Belv oir; 3. Doug Elliot : 4 . Bill Hines : 5 . Guy Van Gea sbe ek . INT: 1. Ken Pederson : 2 . Ted Gan sb er ger: 3 . Mike McGregor, 4. Bo b Weber, 5 . Ma tt Cu llins . AM : 1. Jeff Naff, 2. Justin Lara. SR AM : 1. John Hu smann; 2 . T im Fergon; 3 . Dwayne Kirchoff; 4. Chris Napo litano: 5. Mike Weber Sr. SPTSMN : 1. Ted Harvey; 2. David Brickey ; 3 . Andy Bych aw ski: 4 . Chris Cullins ; 5 . Ryan Musta . SR SPTSMN A : 1. Haw ley Slay to n ; 2. Ji m Wint er: 3. Fr ed Musta . SR SPTSMN B: 1. Don Malsbary. VINT SPT SMN : 1. Chuck Win ter. NO V: 1. Chuck Capli nger ; 2. Don Kelley; 3 . Mark McGregor , 4 . Vern e Brown ing ; 5 . Glen Pett igrew . Clark County Fa irgrounds: Bret Beyer and his father , AI, took home the to p trophy at the AI Muth Memorial Race in Neillsville, Wisconsin. Beyer won the 250cc Pro and Open Pro contests . Cla rk Co unty Fairgrounds Beyers Teaches Summer School By WOODY ECKES NEI LLSVI LLE, WI , JULY 15 On a warm sum me r night in front of a grandstand full of spectators at th e ABATE state party, schoolteac her Brel Beyer learned his lessons in th e heats and taugh t class in the finals. In the 2 50cc Pro heat, Curt Kn itt, o n his 250cc Kawasaki, led from start to finish. Beyer co mm ente d on the speed of his co m petitor's mount, then went to work and put two more teeth on the back sprocket, and shot off the line lik e a rocket, hug ging the ins ide po le and taking the shortest route to victory around th e loose track on his A ppleton Yama ha-sponsored two-stroke. Rick Br et! and Rand y Triplett mixed It up in the first Op en Pro heat . B ret! held th e point unt!1 hal f-d ista nce, wh en Triplett used a highlow line thro ugh turn s three and four to m ak e the pass for th e lead on his AI M ut h H·D 600. Beyer charged off th e li ne in th e sec ond heat and ra c ed up t o t he c ush io n, but B ob Ybema hooked up his Import Spe cialists Rotax 600 down on th e bottom, ran Beyer down and took a shocking vic tory. Be tw een th e h eat an d th e fi na l , all t he Open Pro riders were ins pecting the track and looking at their tires to pic k the be st setup for th e IO-Iap da sh for th e bi g cash. J ust before th e fi na l, the Ma rshfi eld T&T Ride rs auctioned off an event sweats hirt auto graphed b y all th e riders; th e $600 went to the local N eill svil le Fire D epa rtment . Sta rt er Larry St rangfeld waved th e green flag to sta rt the final. and the racers hammered into turn o ne . Beyer led th e pack dow n the back stretch. Stev e Kasten passed three riders go ing into tum thr ee for sec ond place . but he co uldn 't ho ld hi s line and drifted hig h, lett ing T riplett by . Ka sten . Brett and Ybem a battl ed for third un til Kasten' s m ount slowed with engi ne troubl e. Up front, Beyer and Tr ipl ett circulated as th ough they were att ached by a IO -foot-Iong ru bb er ban d . Trip lett wou ld close o n Beyers' rear whee l ; then Beyer would pull a littl e distance down th e back stretch. It came down to th e last corner on th e las t lap . Triplett drove into tum thr ee a bit higher and sho t down to th e bottom com ing out of tum fou r, m ak ing his bid for the lead , but Bey er held his line and won by about a bike length. He took hom e $650 and th e AI Muth tr avelin g trophy for his effo rts. Local rid ers John Stra ngfeld of Ne illsv ille and Scott Wink ler of Granto n ca me hom e onetwo in the 500cc Am ateur class . Dav e Griffin wa s fir st and Cliff Ec kes J r. placed seco nd in th e Veteran s class, while the crowd' s fav orite, 76 -y ear ·you ng Cli ff Eckes Sr ., pac ed th e Vintag e cla ss with a fourth-place finis h: foll owing Freddy Pettis, Sam Maki and Larry Th ompson . Re sults 250 AfII: I. Mark Zeidler; 2. J ustin Voight; 3. Shannon Reimer; 4, Toot h Fairy Tria l: PITS club president Ted Gansb erger placed second In the Intermediate class at round four of the Class A Championshi p Trials Series in laPorte, California. II! n e vv s Spencer Hamilton; 5. Brad Seevers. 250 PRO: I. Bm Beyer; 2. Curt KnItl; 3. Brad Routheaux; 4 ~ DIUI Mischler: 5. RiChar Janus d 500 AM; I. Jo hn Strangfeld; 2. Scott Winkler; 3. Pat Bean; 4. Ron Bea n; 5. Brad Sea vers .

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