Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

m ounted J im C hapma n. Hirao passed both Yoder and Holli ster for the lead on the third lap. Yoder followe d right beh ind . drop pin g Hollister to thi rd . Hirao led fo r seve ral lap s but had tro uble getti ng the Suzuki to hook up. letti ng Yode r into th e lead on th e seventh lap. On ce clear, Yod er p ulled seve ra l le ngt hs in front by the end. The only th ing that slowed Winsett down th is evening was a nat ti re on the fi na l lap of the 60 0cc A heal. In the final. he kept the tires und er him as he quic k ly put dista nce on Roy Miller , Hollister and Yoder. Ch ris Kli nefelter passed J oey Tye zya r for fifth on the thi rd lap . A cl osely bu nch ed pa ck of five ran in front during the early laps of the 250cc A fi nal. led by Ra un Woo d . w it h Corey Ha rmes . Brya n Douglas. Mill er and Kli nefe lter right behi nd. Kli nefelter sta rted a m ar ch to th e fro nt, sli ppin g into second at the end o f th e fifth lap. Dou gl as displ aced Hor m es for th ird on th e seventh lap. Mill er , on a 400 cc Rot ax, was a lonely fifth from the third lap on. The 50 0 A cla ss was. as usual. very tightly bu nched at the end of th e opening tap , w ith Chapm an holding t he point and Greg Sassaman , Da llas Ba er and Shawn Be e r c lo se behind. Dallas got by Sassama n on the third lap. while Shawn took third during the confusion surro unding Sm ith 's nea r-collisio n with the outside rail of f the fourth turn. Dall as bet tied Chapman throu g ho ut the remaining laps. and co ming off the fina l turn he got a slightly bette r d riv e and took the win . Hollister pati en tl y worked his wa y to th e fro nt of the Ov er 3 0 cla ss aft er start ing th ird . behind Ed Hyd e and Dalla s Baer. He got by Dalla s on lap two. and then got under Hyde for the lead on the next lap. Resul ts 55 OIl-lNJ : I. Bailry Spence (Yam ): 2. Ethan All en (Yam ): 3 idy Heiser Cllmtron Tyson (Yam ); 4. Josh StlIondJlOl'd ( Yam ); 5. CaS$ (Yam ). 55 (4· 6) : I . Bail ey Spe nce [ Lem] : 2. Dere k H ~rsh (Cob): 3 . Ethan Allen (Pol) ; 4. Mall Harv" l (Ac t): 5. Cameron T yson (Um ). 55 (7 ·8) : 1. J~ long (Lcrn J: 2. Tyler Kidwe ll (Cob) ; 3 . Br~ Pugh (t..m). 65: I. Brandon Roblni!tOf'l (Kalil); 2. .Jesse long (KT"") ; 3. Mik~ Standiford (Kalil) : 4. Bren Pugh (Kalil) ; 5 . Joe y Parks (Kaw) 85 (7 . 11): I . Joh n L""ls V ( Yam): 2. Evan Beer ( Yom ): 3. Bran don Robtni!tOfl(Hon) : 4 . R.J. Hart (Hon); 5 . Megan J ames (Yom ). 85 112. 15): 1. Cory long (Hon) : 2. .Jonemen J ordan ( Hon): 3 Jeff McManus ( Hon). Trail-Way Speedway: Ken Yoder (57) slipped under Yuh iko Hirao (71) and they finished one-two in t h e 750cc A class at the next-to-Iast short-track event of the season i n Hanover, Pennsylvania. 125 B: l . Us<:h Calcutt (Hon): 2. John Sossamon (Yom ): 3. Ben Ludlow (Hon) : 4. Travis SennetIIHon); 5. Richar d P1dnde~ (Yam) . 250 A : J. Roun Wood ( Hon ): 2. Chri5 Klin~f~ller (Hon); 3. Bryan Douglai!t(Hon): 4. COf~y Horm 6 ( Hon) ; 5. Roy Mill er (RIA). 250 B: I. Jai!tOf'l I~nnock (Hon) : 2. Bn an Ph illip' Jr . (Yam) ; 3. Utch Calcutt (Kaw): 4. J oson ~It (Suz) ; 5. Doug R~ inert (KTM). 500 A : I. Dalla s Beer (Yam) ; 2. JIm Chapma n (Yam) ; 3 . Shewn Baes (Yam): 4. Gr~ $ft~n (Yam ); 5 . Da~ Smith (Yam) 600 A : I. RIck y Wltl~n (Rtx) ; 2. Roy MIller ( Rn ); 3. JIm Holhster (Rtll) : 4 Ken Y~ (Rtx): 5 . Chris Kl ind~lt er (Hon) 600 B: I. Ja i!tOn lsennock (!«x ); 2. Scot! Slede (Ma t): 3 . Ray Grl"'M\land (YlIom ): 4. TIm Savin (Rlll ); 5. Gil Smi th (RIll ). 750 A : I . Ken Yoder (H. D); 2. Yuh lko Hueo (Suz ); 3 . JIm Hollis · ter (H· D); 4 . J im Chapman (Yam ); 5. Rick Pric-e (Tri) . VET 3().,. : I. Ji m HollISter (Rtx) ; 2. Ed H y~ (Rtx): 3. Dallils Beer (Rlll ): 4. ~II W'h4!r~y (RtJ:) ; 5. Damian Kocovinos (Hoo ). SR 40 . ; I. Bruce Miller (ATK) : 2. Ml k~ xeene IHbg); 3. RICk Pric~ ITri); 4. Bill S1adr (Hon ); 5. Tim Savi n (Rill ). SPTSMN: I. Rick y Winsett (Rtxl : 2. RlIoun Wood (Hon) ; 3 . Ccny H~ (Hon); 4. Bryen Dougla s (Hon): 5 . Bill Sli lllllf'l1 (KTM) . L o s A n g e les C o u nty Race w ay The Chase Scene Bv G REG R O BERTSON PALMDALE. CA. AUG. 5 Pilot ing h i s M i ll e nn i um C yc l e - sp o n sored Yam aha. Christopher Chase went 2- 1 for the Vet B eg in ner· c la ss ove ra ll h o no r s at Lo s A ngel es Cou nty Rac eway during the FMFspo nso red round of Cal iforn ia Rac ing Club ' s Saturda y nigh t motocross . F lynn So be lman was q uick est o ut of th e ga te . leading Chase. St ev e A rgubright and Steve Sm otherman. Chase slow ly ree led in Sobe lm an and made th e pass for the lead on lap three, only to bo bble a sho rt time later and hand the lead back to Sob elman . alo ng with th e eve ntua l m ot a win. Robert GoetJing and A rgubrig ht arg ued ov er third plac e for mu ch of th e ra c e until a co lli sion betw een t he t wo ea rne d th em eac h a DN F . Greg Stacey was hand ed a third -pl ace fin i sh. ahea d o f Don Levit z and J oe Pitu si. Round t wo ha d Chase's name w ritten all over it righ t from the drop of the gate. By the m id way poi nt , he had a co m fo rta ble 15 · sec · ond lead. and when the chec kers finall y flew. he was long go ne with th e win. Chase's m ain competition , So bel ma n, overc a me a dea d last-pl ace sta rt to finish in second place fo r seco nd ove rall. Goetling k e p t hi s Honda upright throug ho ut the mota to finish in th ird fo r fi fth ov erall . be h in d Stacey (3·4) and Levitz (4·6) . Doug Bea rde n turn ed a hol eshot into th e Vet Novi ce·c1ass first- mo to w in. Stefan Neary sl ice d hi s way up fr om a mid pa c k st a rt to hound B eard en o n th e wh it e-fla g lap . Near y stall ed his Hon da with j ust a co up le of turns rema ining and let Bearden get awa y . Ray Rit zier held off Gabi Abay ov for third. with J eff Hall a clos e fifth . B ea rd e n w a s o ff to an oth er gr eat sta r t when the second m ota got under way , but this ti me A bay ov was cam ped o ut o n hi s ba ck fender. Abayov wa s all over Beard en for th e first three laps until Bea rden overshot a berm and ended up in th e infield . A bayov continued o n fo r the win. Neary slip ped into the runn er· up posit io n after Beard en 's m istake and ended up with th e overall hono rs on a co nsistent 2·2 performa nce . Bea rden 's 1-3 tall y edged out A bay ov 's 4 - 1 score for second ove rall . eN .. -. PfW YA!'l BEG: I. Chandl~r Nicholls (Yam ): I YIlIT1); J . John Riess (Yam ). 2. Michad A qUino PfW YA!'l ADV : I. Just in Woodridge (Yom) : 2. Jona than Halt~r man (Yam ). PN/ BEG: I. Jourden ChaV~l (KTM ): 2. NICholas franco (KTM): 3 . Shawn Rhl~hart (KTM): 4. Harley Bonha m (Lem) . S/PN/ (7·9): I. Keith Robinson (Cob); 2. Tommy AqUinO (Cob) . 60 (9· 11): 1. Shawn Butler (Kaw) ; 2. T immy RiUl~r (Kaw): 3. Trnvis Br9J1 (KTM) ; 4. Kyle Smith (KTM) : 5. Shana Rhinetlclrt (Knill ) 60 BEG: 1. K~vln ~y (Yam ): 2. Ken Sial er Jr . (Knw): 3 . M.jk ~ GarCia (Yam) : 4. Elroy Cameron ( Yam ): 5 . Kyle Srnlth (Yam ). 60 (7 . 11): J. Pr~ston Lundin (Yam) ; 2. J .B. P~ek (Yom) . 60 (12 ·13): I. A.llron Graham (Hon) : 2. Gr~ Owen (YIllT1) 3 ; Brenan M.cGlnnli!t(Yam) . 80 ( 14. 16 ): I . Nick Simpson ( Hon ). S/M1NI; I. Tun McDa niel (Yam). 125 BEG : 1. Jon ~~ (Kaw ); 2. Treve ~l~nan (Hon) : 3 . Ty ler McIn tosh (Yam) ; 4. Shinoosuk~ Kaz,,1'Tkt ( Yam ); 5 . Eugffie Hernand~l (Suz). 125 NOV: 1. Miln 5 1fTlpson (Hon) : 2. Ryan Happy (YlIom ): 3. Mdll Gornrr (Kalil ): 4. Ryl!ln Riess (Yam ): 5 . Darin Chishol m (Hon) 125 INT; I. J imm y Ebffi~ (Yom) ; 2. Nkk Ma nos~ (Yam) : 3. T.J . &-rario (Yam) 125 PRO : I . Kuraudo Toda (Hon). 250 BEG : 1. Sleven Hoov er (lion) ; 2. Mjk ~ Brown (Hon ): 3 , Ryan Cettey (Yam): 4. Wade Sm ith (YIlIT1 ): 5 . J ustin COll (Yam ) 250 NOV; I . Jeremy Ferro (Hon) ; 2. Neil Chisho lm (Hon): 3 . JilSOfl Monona n (Kalil ): 4. Jason CdV~ (Yam) . 250 1NT: 1. Nkk Mlli ro s.e(Suz): 2. R obbi~ Dunham (Yam ). 250 PRO: I . Takeshi Koik Ma (YlIm ), JR VET BEG: 1. Mare Senterpro (KoIII ). JR VET VOV: I . Jason C<'lV~ (YlIm); 2. Gabi Abe yov (Hon ). JR VET INT : I . Joe l Tokarsk y (Kaw) . VET BE G: 1. Ch risto pher Che se ( Yam ); 2. Flynn So belm an ( K

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