Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

30 + AM: I . Sc ott Durr; 2. Pat Dani els: 3 . David Fife . foot six weeks ago; he won both da y s on his H erb ' s C yc l e Town -ba cked TTR32 5. Sun day br ou ght o ut th e big guns of th e series . Ric k Bo zart h and Travis Bam ford to pped the AA cl ass on th e faste r of the tw o courses. Bozarth , on h is Hu sqv ar n a /KTM of G re s h a m / Steah l y O ff - Ro ad/ Sil k o l en e/ Co o p er O il -back ed KTM 380 E/XC , stretc hed an early lead into fo ur minutes by the end of th e race , taking fu ll adv antage of his rec ent train in g and third-overa ll pos iti on in the Millenn iu m 20 00 with KTM te am m ate D a rr y l F o lk s. Bam ford, ad mi ttedl y n ot a fa n of gravel road s, did his best to catch the desert a c e on h is Hou se of Horse p o w er / MSR /Shi nk o T ires / White Broth e r s/ Te rce /Crows Rac ing -b acked YZ4 26 F. In the co m bi ned Over 30 /0ver 4 0 Exp ert race, David Mo rt on th oro ugh ly p u nishe d ev eryo n e and c aught th e c hecke rs on both days w ith time to spare . O ver 40 Expert D avid Winters had a ni ce come-fro m -behi nd w in on S u nd a y. T wo-d ay wi n ne r s a l so include d Bo b Reinen in th e Over 40 Am at eur cl ass an d J udy Wint ers in th e Wom en 's class. Th e Tra ilsm en Motorc y cl e Club, a ve ry ac tive club o n the OM RA sc hed u le , hos te d the event in the Lyda Camp OHV a rea o f t he T i ll a m o o k St a t e F or e s t. T r a i l b o ss Randy Ha ug st ad la id out two very different 8 -m il e loops st arting fro m the sam e location. T he A loop was mostly fast fire roads ov er the rolling ridgetops in tertwi ned with perfect single -track trail sections . The Amateur classes ro de t his lo o p o n Saturday . The B loop co ul d n't hav e been m ore di fferent. Ro ck s we re very ab unda nt and t ight , windin g t ra il s in t he trees r em ind ed eve ryo ne wh at rid ing in Or e g on is all a bo ut. Th e s hor t m il eag e of the courses allo wed t he ri ders to rem embe r th e better li nes and capi talize on p l a c e s t o p a ss . Ea c h rac e wa s an hou r an d a half. Th e Dua l Eu ro p e an fo rmat d ivi des the cla sses into separate heats at diff eren t tim es . Thos e w h o rac ed th e techn ica l loo p on Satu rd ay ro de th e fast lo op on Sunda y , and vice versa . T his also all ows th e racers , fam ili es and work er s t o wat ch their friends o r enem i es i f t he y ra c e at a d iff e rent t im e - whi ch is lo ts of fu n, e it he r wa y . CN 40 + AM : I . Bob Relnen: 2. Oon Naeve. 5 0 . AM: l . Joe Barrell; 2. Richard Wil s o n ; 3 . J ohn Brown ing : 4 . Dan Menele y; 5. Eri c Matson . WMN : 1. Judy Winters: 2. Val Harmingsen: 3. Kristi DUrI. JR : 1. Steve Matson. Sunday AA : 1. Ri ck Bozarth ; 2 . Tra vis Bamford : 3 . Ryan Clay: 4. Sk ip Haug stad : 5 . Scott Griffith. OPEN EX: 1. Shawn Jo nes; 2 . Walt er Sc hwa rz ; 3 . Jo hn Re is in g ; 4 . St ev e McCall ; 5 . Aaro n Veitch. 25 0 EX: I . Rob Russell ; 2. Todd Biscaglia. 2 00 EX: 1. Ja mes Wilson. 4 -S T R K EX : I. W alter Schwa rz; 2. Don Twom bley; 3. Kevi n Wilto n; 4. Scott McNew. 30. EX: 1. Davi d Mort on; 2. Adam Achepoh l. 40 + EX: 1. David Winters ; 2. L y o n Pa y n e : 3 . E ll i s Cookma n. OPEN AM : \, J eff Pratt : 2. Ray C ar p en te r J r. ; 3. Mik e Plllster: 4. Tam m i Lemrn . 25 0 AM: 1. Brian Sm ith : 2. K u rt V and erp ool ; 3 . Al ex Kechlk . 200 AM : \, Scott A utry : 2. Ja son Pert o ck : 3 . Le i ghton Sherick : 4 . Jim Peart: 5. Brody J ensen. 4 - S TRK AM : 1. Co ry Meneley; 2. Chad Jo nes. 30 . AM : 1. Sco tt Durr; 2. Pat Daniels: 3. Stev e Wobber; 4 . D llIv i d F i fe ; 5 . Dav e Simmons. 40 . AM.: 1. Bob Reinen . 5 0 . AM: I . Joe Barrell ; 2. Den Meneley; 3.Gary Forster: 4. Richerd Wil son; 5. Eric Matson . WM N. 1. J udy Winte rs; 2. : Kri sti Durr. JR : l , Steve Matson . AMA Amateu~ Semi-Pro and Youth Championships Bellefontai eFairgrounds Ka-Blooey! It's Vanderkooi! Bv A Saturday AA: 1. Ryan CllJY: 2. Skip Haugstad . OPEN EX: 1. Shewn J ones; 2 . Steve McCall : 3. John Reising : 4. Bart Uding; 5. J ason Math eney. 250 EX : 1. Jason M ontg om er y ; 2 . To dd Blscaqlla . 200 EX: 1. J eff Zertanna; 2. Ja mes Wil son. 4 · STR K EX : I . Wa lt er Schw ar z: 2 . Don Twombley : 3. Kevin Wilton; 4 . Rick Goodm an; 5. Don Mathen ey 111. 3 0 . EX: 1. Da vid Morton : 2. Adam Achepoh l: 3. Brian Svedin . 40 . EX: 1. Davi d Winters: 2. Roger Montg omery : 3 . Lyon Payne: 4 . David Hilt on. OPEN AM : 1. Ray Carp enter Jr.: 2. Mike Pillster. 25 0 AM : t . Brian Smith : 2. Kurt Vanderpool. 200 AM : 1. Scott Autry ; 2. Brant Naeve: 3. Jim Peart: 4. Brody Je nsen. 4-ST RK AM : 1. Chad Jones; 2. Ben J ohnson: 3. Brent Bauer; 4. 'Cory Menele y: 5. Tim Kauffman . S EPTEMBER 6 . 2000' cue B E RT AN D T VLER S H E PA RD BELlEFONTAINE, OH, JULY 22 g reat wea ther forec ast led t o a g reat turn ou t at Bell efon taine. The first up were the IOOcc Vin t a g e racers. St e v e Tilley p u t his 12 5cc Ho nd a four-stro k e (wh ic h is allowed in the rules) out in front of a fie ld of m ost ly two -strok es. Kawasa ki jockey D a v i d Wells K aw a sa k i and Yamaha- mou nted Ja ck Wimer filled in the t op three. The 1999 ch amp, Barry Ba k er, wa s fo urth on a Suzu ki. Open E xpe rt C h r is Hu s s had a wire-to -w ire ride . Pat Behrle and J oe Sey ff erle fi lled in the spa rse fie ld. I n the 125 c c mai n , young gun Blake Young rod e the top of the fairgrounds track to get the best of Rick y Marshall and Justin Hittle. J eff Harder and Joe Bak er were fo urt h and fifth . K . C. Knodel m a s t e r ed t he pea g ra vel to w in t he 2 50cc A ma te ur m ain . M ar shall , Cory West and Young fo llow ed . West was lucky to be racing at all , as all of hi s spare s were sto le n the da y befo re. Co m pe titi on A c c essories came to th e rescue. " W e rea lly w ant t o th an k T i m Pritchard, " s a i d Cor y' s d ad . " He save d us ." Ron Kimm el duplic at ed h is 19 9 9 winning effo rt in the 250cc Pro -Sp ort Tillamook State Fo rest Tillamook, Oregon Resulls: July ZZ-Z3, ZOOO IRounds 8 and 9 of lZ1 60 Dua l European Scra mbles: Got rocks? John Reising (4AX) leads Jason Montgomery (14) on his way to a third-place finish in the Open Expert class in TIllamook, Oregon. • e n eVIl's m ain . Brett Panke a nd B r a n d o n Laursen fo llowed the "Buck eye Pilot " to the ch eckers . The fie ld fo r th e 50cc m ain was th e largest of the eve ni ng . Th e win we nt to Justin Haynes , with Ty ler Pit ma n second and Joey Vanderkooi third. Charlie lta lia notched his first w in o f the w eek end in th e 50 0cc main , w ith You ng in t o w . Cody Sha mb lin earned th ird , in front of Allen Harrington and Mik e Sin gl eton . The Senior O ver 40 co ntest provided J ohn Vande rkooi a goo d look at the racetrack . Vanderkoo i won the eve nt and prep ped himself for the Oh io State Cham pi onsh ip l at er in the eve ni ng . Don Herr on and Wen dell War e filled in th e pl ac e and sh o w sp o t s. Marvin Lo ng put in a go od ride fo r fo urth. J ustin Hittle, one of the fastes t rac ers ever to come ou t of Peoria , Illinois, earned h is fir st w in of th e week end in the 85cc m ain . Brad Vande rkooi k ept Hittl e ho nest, wi th Rick y Bo ley in tow . Ro b e r t Pe a r so n b o u n c e d b a c k fro m a wi ck ed c rash in p rac t i c e to dom in at e the Open Amateur portion of th e pro g ram . Pea r son ' s w in was th e faste st eig ht -l ap m ain event of the eveni n g . It a li a , W est , Knod el , Wes Bro w n and J o n H a so n als o p ut in great rides. Th e 600 c c Pro - Spo rt m a in bel ong ed t o J ason Go odw in . J ohn Vand erk oo i f inished seco nd. Da ve Woods ke pt Pank e and Kevin Hiler at ba y for th ird. The eveni ng 's last eve nt wa s th e Oh io Sta t e Championship . J ohn Vanderk ooi , 42, won the race , w ith Hil er closing at the finish. " T hi s is my fi rst ti me ever ," said Vanderkooi. " I have fi nishe d seco nd many ti mes. I am really happy ." Aaron Scheid held off John Hastings, Wood , Don Harron and Jerry St allka mp fo r th ird . eN Bellefontaine Fairgrounds Bellefontaine, O hio Results : July ZZ. ZOOO 50: I . Justin Hayn es; 2. Tyler Pitma n; 3 . J oey Vanderkooi; 4 , Ju stin Pitm an; 5. Heath Wough. 85 : 1. J ust in Hittl e (Ka w) : 2 . Bred Vand erk ooi (Hon); 3 . Rick y Boley ( Hon ); 4 . Kyle Goug heno ur (Suz); 5. Ty ler Pitma n (Suz). 100 VINT: 1. Steve Tilley (Hon); 2. David Wells (Kaw ); 3 . J ack Wimer (Yam) : 4. Barry Baker (Suz); 5. Wendell WlJre (Suz) . 125: \, Blok e Voung (Hon) ; 2 . Ri c k y Marshall (A T K) ; 3. Ju stin Hittl e (Ka w) ; 4. J eff Herder (Han); 5. J oe Bake r (Y

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