Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

0 · 1 JR C' SHIP; I. Bryon Yarro (Jaw); 2. J.J. w niro and Hedd en sat o ne po int back at eight, and Carr ill o matched Cu rry's seven-point to t al. Fisher overca me h is earlier poor luck to grab an impressi ve win ahe ad of the poo r-st art ing J ann iro . Hicks got back in the winner's circle in the next heat, bea ting Carrillo and Orland i to t he f in ish li ne . He at three of round four belonged to Curry , who passed early leader Sha fer on th e first lap and went on to win virtually uncontested. The fourth rou nd closed out w ith what was perhaps the most important heat of the night up to that poi nt. Hedden got the gate from lane three and held off Bast , who had th e m isfortun e of st arti ng on th e extreme outside in lane fo ur. Bast had to conte nd with Ferris in the fir st turns and lost any chance of catc h ing Hed d en . With h is t h ird stra ight win , Hedden m oved into a tie wi th Bast, at 11 poi nts apiece. Jan niro and Curry were both a point off the pace with 10 each . In th e final rou nd , Bast fou nd himself in a mu st -w in situation , st arting fr o m la ne three. Car rill o was in la ne two, and Curry was agai nst th e wall in lan e fou r. C ar r ill o co n ti n ue d his impressive run with the best start , but Bast got undernea th co m ing out of tum two and grabbed th e lead . Once Bast had th e lead , he was gone. By the end of la p three, Curry had managed to bully Carrillo j ust enough to claim second . In th e next heat, Hicks fin ished up h i s n ight w it h another good start and th e win, which pushed his total to 12 points; Fi sher was sec ond and th ird wen t to Ferris. Sha f er gOt his o nly th ree-p o int victory wh en he beat M art yn se and Mc Neil in the m eetin g 's next -to -test sched uled heat. The Ca l - Ex po cham p io ns h ip wa s still within Hedden's grasp as the final ra ce l in ed up . If h e co u ld w in t h e heat , he wou ld be tied w ith Bas t fo r the ov er a ll l e ad . Ja nni ro ha d th e ad va ntage of co mi ng from lane two, and he used it to perfection , starting strong and hold in g off the determ ined attem p ts of Hed d en . J an n iro ' s wi n forced the run off, whi ch Hedd en won to m ove in to second place. Ivan Sevart won the Div ision T wo fin ale d esp ite lifting at the start and havin g to wo rk through the four- m an fie ld t o r each th e c he c k e r ed fl a g ahea d of ear ly leader Jon Cu rry . Form er flat -tr ack Bill y Hil es conti nued to dom in at e the D ivi sion T hree ranks , ta ki n g a c o n v in c in g w in ah ead of Kelly McBane and L.c. Veale . Bry an Yarrow, Mark Carrillo and Paul John CN son took th e Junior titles. Martynse (Wes); 3 . Greg Hoo ton J r. (Wes) . 0 - 2 JR C' SHI P: I. Mark Carri llo (Jaw) ; 2 . Brenton Bast (BSA): 3. Chris Oln ey (Wes). 0 -3 JR C' SHIP; I. Paul Johnson (Wes); 2. Tom Fehrman (Han) ; 3 . Pete Kin g (Han ). Sunset Ramblers All in the Families B y K ORT M OSHER GAUON. OH, AUG. 13 It was "all in the fam ily - in the hills of nort h central Ohio as the Thoma s and Dav is families pu lled out all the stops to take five firsts and three seconds hom e. Cr aig Th om as struck fi rst . t urning in an impressive ride in th e Mini J unior class . Allen Jon es rode his Kawasak i to a well-ea rned second pla ce, behind Th oma s. Th oma s - a.k. a. "The Crate" (f or hi s milk -crate start ing tech niqu e) - th en turned around and put it to the Mini Seniors. Mike Roberts and Cody Scott filled the other two spots on the podi um , in that order. A lt hough "The Crate" was not yet eli gible to legall y rac e in the Schoolboy div ision , he still co uldn't resist the tem ptation to warn the teens of his imminent arrival in their ranks by finishing an exhib ition second, behind Shawn Hughes. Sunset Rambl ers: The Over 30 gang rounds the first turn in Galion, Ohio. Thomas' father, Chris Thom as, turn ed in a pair of seconds in the Over 40 class , fini shing right behind Carl Davis, who followed up his win with an impressive second- place fin ish behind Honda -m oun ted Todd "To ddzilla" Muntz in the Bomber class. Davi s' son John rode uncontested to the 125cc A and 25 0cc A -cl ass wins . Th e Pee Wees pu t o n th eir t y p ica l tig ht race. Dwight Nola sko , Jeff O'Neil and Blake Yoxlheim er swapped the lead in the fi rst mota , putting on quite a show. Nola sk o stepped to th e top of th e podium at da y' s end . foll owed by O ·Neil . The second Pee Wee division witnes sed another win by Mitch Do well , wh o wa s chased by Cody Matem . Ken Ward took it to the Ov er 30 division w it h his smooth sty le . Nick Troutman was seco nd overall. The 250 Bs stac ked it up in the fi rst corner, but Ward came out of it with his second overall win of th e day. Dave Sandridge rode to a co nse rvative second pl ace , behind Ward , with Nick T routman ro und ing o ut the top th ree in th e quarter-liter division. Result s P/W I: I. Dwight NoIas.ko (Pol): 2. .kff O'Ne-l (Yom): 3. On ei e m Shane- (Cob): 4. Blek YOJC the-l~r (Pa ): 5. Tree Hoffe-r(Yll ). P/W2: 1. Mitch Dowd l (Yom); 2. Cody Mllte-m (Yem): 3. Mottht'w Blum (KTM); 4. Ja kob Stupp (Yom): 5. Chase Bowman (Yo m). 60: I. AU e-nJoMs (KllW) ; 2. Kyle-C;1chmt (Kaw); 3. .....u stm Stout i (K.1w): 4. DtorKk BlUelt (Kaw): 5. Nan Bisse-tt(Kow). k MINI JR; 1. Croig Thomos (Hon) ; 2. .....11e-n J one-s(Ka w); 3. Derec ); Bi51;("l't (KllW 4. Shown Johnson (Ka w): 5. Austin Stout (Kow). e-Robe (Kow); 3. Cody rts MINI SR; I. Creig ThomIl S (Hon); 2. Mik Scott (Hon): 4 . Ke-v Dovis (Hon) ; 5. He-oth Dovis (KllW) . in s SCHBY: I. ShllWn Hughe- (Hon); 2. Craig Thomos (Hon); 3. He-lith Da VIS (Kaw); 4. Ke-vin Dovis (Hon); ~. Rylln Lovett (Hon ). 25+: I . Adam J ohnson (Hon); 2. Da vid Dieh l (Ya m): 3. Matt Fe-osd (Hon ): 4. Lonny SmIth (Hon): 5. TIITl Moe- (Hon) . 30+: I . Ke-n Ward (Yom ); 2 . Nick Troutmon ( Hon); 3 . Ia n Gilchrist (Kow); 4. J ohn Ande-Don(Hon): 5. Rllndy BostIC(Han) . 40 +: I. Cot! Devis (Hon ): 2. Chris Thomos (Hon); 3.l.Nry Rlsoe-r (Hon) ; 4. Jdf Hili (Hus ): 5. .klf Cheney (Kow). Cal-Expo State FIlrgrounds SlCl"lImenta, Califomil Results: August 5, 2000 CAL · EXPO C' SHIP : I. Bart Bast (Ja w); 2 . Bo bby Hedd en ( J~ w): 3 . Bi ll y J an nir o (J a w); 4 . Robe rt Cu rry (J aw ); 5 . Bob Hick s ( Ja w); 6. Er ic Carrillo (J aw) ; 7. Ryan Fisher (J aw); 8 . Ian Ferris ( OM ) ; 9 . Ri c k S hafe r ( Jaw) ; 10. St ev e M art y n se (J a w); 11. Ma rv in So nnier (J a w); 12 . Scott Mc Ne il (J a w ); 13 . Pau l Orla ndi (J a w); 14 . Scott O ln e y (Jaw). 0 -2 C' S HIP: I. Ivan Seve rt (J aw); 2. Jon Curry (Jaw); 3. Da vid Booth (Jaw); 4 . Harla n Bas t (Wes) . 0 ·3 C"SHIP: I. Billy HH (Jaw); 2. Kelly McBane es (Wes); 3 . L.C. Veale (Wes); 4. Gino Belino(Jaw). 58 S EPTEM BER 2 0 , 2 000 ' cue • e n e vv s 50+: I. Rid! GrMl d (Kaw ). 125 A: I. John Devls (Hon): 2. Adam John.., (Hon) . 125 B: I. Ryon &dger (Yllm) ; 2. Jake- Morningstar ('tam): 3. Scott ~ (Yom): 4. J ustin ~ (Hon): 5. Ju51m C~ (Han) . 125 C: I. .Je red Young (Hon) : 2. Kyle- PoIte- ( Hon ): 3 . Adorn Franc" (Hon) ; 4. Mike Stroub (Sul) : 5. Rich Yo~ (Sul ) 250 A: 1. John Devis (Hon); 2. J llton C~ (Hon ); 3. Joshua DoI>n 1 ""1. 250 B: I. Ke-n Ward (Y1Im); 2. ~ ~ (y5n); 3. NIck TfOl,J· men (Y1Im); 4. .b I..-ts (y1Im) 5.lAon1y Kid\wI (K.-). ; 250 C: I. Rustte- Goddord ('tam); 2. Todd Futu (Han ); 3. Rob Cunning\o m (Kow); 4. Socoft Kyser (Suz) : 5. .IoM ~ROI1 (Hon ). OPEN : I. Kurt Moshft (Yom): 2. R ~ Mortln (Hon) : 3 . Ke-v in GorI~ (yam): 4 . Joe-Ding6s (Yam). 4·STRK I. Kutt ~ (Yom) ; 2. BJty Wntfoll (y 1Im) ; 3. Adam : UIpe- (Y1Im); 4. MIlchDllYiS (Han): 5. G"'9 ~ (tb\). BMB I. Todd Muntz (Hoo ): 2. Cllt! Devis (IWw): 3. Kurt Moshl!r R: (Hon); 4 Aaron l..--is (YIIm); 5 Odvid Mi ls (Hon). l Fast Fridays Speedw ay Faria Still Flyin' at Fast Fridays B y M. SOBER AUBURN , CA ,AUG.4 At th e m eticul ou sly pr epared Go ld Co untry Fairg rounds track, on the night Fas t F ridays hon or ed one of Spee dway's grea test all -t im e champ io ns , "F lyl n " Mike Faria , the hon or ee appropria tely rose to the occ asion an d won the Sc ratch main, leading from the outset and hol ding off the aggressive adva nces of vi siti ng So ut he rn Ca liforni a reg ul ars Chris Man chester and Gary Hicks. Bobby Hedden j umped th rough the starting ribbons before they tr iggered and wa s d isqu ali fi ed . Ho we ver, Faria sti ll ha d his hands full with Hick s and Manchester. At the start, Manchester was the last rid er away . but he went around po lesitte r Hick s on the first lap and almost did the same to Faria on lap two before the Wily veteran deftly shut the tum-tw o door and kept the 1992 Nati onal Champio n in the runner-up spot, Faria led the rest of th e wa y 10 the checke red flag . Hicks ran the entire race close on the pole but was edged at the finish line for second place by Manches ter. Hedd en, who continues to lead the Northern Californ ia seasonal po ints chase . was credited with fourth pla ce. D e sp it e h i s S cratch m a i n blu nde r , H edde n ' s Friday n i ght w a s far fr om ruined, as he too k th e Han dicap main win for th e secon d w ee k run n ing . C u r re nt Junior Nat io nal Speedw ay Champion and Div ision O ne zero -yard- lin e ro o k ie Er ic Carrillo was onc e again th e v ictim of Hed den ' s hero ics: he was p ushed back to the br id esm a id ' s spot fo r the second time in the spa n of eig ht days . In the co n te st's ea rly stages, it a p p ea red tha t 50-ya rd st a rter Bart Ba st was i n t he proce ss o f o vertak ing th e entire fie ld wit h a spe ct ac ular series of outside swe eps tha t ca me to an abrupt co nclusion when former J un io r National Cham p ion Rya n Fisher lost con trol comi ng out of turn t wo , fo rcing Bart to recha nn el his eff orts from tr ying to w in th e eve nt in to j us t sta y in g upr i ght and breathin g. Wh en Bast wa s for ced to back off to avoid F isher, Hedd en seized the opport uni ty to leapfrog from fo urth to seco nd, be hind Carrillo . On ce free of tr affic, Hedden systematically ran down Carr ill o . As th e wh it e flag wa ve d, Hedd en to ok o ve r th e f ro nt sp o t. F isher fin ished t hird, Faria wa s fourth. and Hicks wa s fi ft h , w hile th e do ur and obvio usly agg ravated Bast trailed th e pack in sixth . Former J un io r rider Chris Ke rr ha s been eligible to co m pete in a tota l of five Division Tw o mains since moving up from the 250cc ma chi nes on June 30 . He did n't m ak e th e firs t main due to a lest -tum c rash in his in itial 500cc heat race , but he has won all four Fast Fri days Division Two finales since the n! The th ird -divi sion ma in-event win went to newcome r J oe Kell y . In J unior speedway action, J .J . Marty nse. who hadn 't won a m a in in Au burn all ye ar . swep t the Divi sio n O ne vict ories the past two week s. Chri s O lney beat o ut J osh Newby and last week ' s win ner, Danny Ea sley , to take the tro phy in th e middle Junior divisio n . In the J unio r Div ision Three ranks. Bruce Bast out distan ced J eff Butle r and the J ohn son bro th ers, Mi tchell and Pau l, for the wi n. Re sults SCR; I . Mike- Fene (J ow): 2. Chril Manchn te-r (GM): 3. Gary' HIck! (OM): 4. Bobby He-dden (J llW ). HOC?: I. Bobby Hedde-n: 2. Eric Conillo (J ew); 3. Ryan Fisher c (J aw); 4 . Mike-Faria (J ew): 5. Gory Hi ks. 0 ·2: I. Chril Ke-rr (Jow ): 2. Ge-or e-SnodgroSi (Jow); 3. wede g Boyd (We-I) . 0 -3: 1. ~Kdly (We-s): 2 Bruce-Boke-r(J owl. 0· 1 J R: I. J .J . Mllrtynse (W~l ; 2. Bryan Yarrow (J aw): 3. GrPg Hooton (J ew). D·2 JR: 1. Chril Olne-y (We- ): 2. J m.h Newby (We-s 3. Danny s ); Eo!ile-y (J ow). 0 ·3 JR : 1. Bruce 8llsl (BSA); 2. Jdf ButJe-r (We'I); 3. ft\it hell c .John&on (Honl; 4. Paul Johnson (We-s). W illow Spri ngs Kart Track Mellgren B u r ns Up Willow B y Roo G IRARD WILLOW SPRINGS, CA, AUG. 6 The Califomia Motorcycl e Road Racin g As soci ation returned to Willow Sprin gs, and Veter an racer Leonard Mell gren was as hot as th e aftern oon wind. Mell gren qui ck ly pu lled out to a significant lead. Jason Take moto, Jack O'Dell and Lanry Wei sberg fo llow ed at a distance . Th en i t seem ed lik e something lit ~ nam e unde r Bert Silos, who ran deep in th e pack afte r a bad start . Ripping through th e field . Silos qu ic kly caught the leaders and passed T akamoto on the third lap for second. Wh il e Silos slo wly reel ed in Mellgren, Wei sberg worked hi s way around O 'Dell and Takamoto by lap four, only to toss it away in tum eight a lap later. By the white -flag lap , Silo s' p ursui t of Mellgren was paying off. He pulled to within stri king distance of the leader . Ag gr essiv el y d ivi ng into turn s one and tw o , Silo s sto le M ell g ren ' s li ne and pushed int o the lead . Th e hard -charging Mell gren m ounted a relentl ess co unte rattack. Even runn ing off the tr ack and int o th e dirt exiting tu m eight didn 't slo w hi m dow n, and Mellgren was all over Sil os by tum nine, pressing hi m hard do wn the long back straight. Running side by side int o tum 10, Sil os held the inside lin e, forci ng Mell gren to the outsi de and winni ng the drag race to th e chec kers for a well -deserv ed victo ry . Mell gren was second, and O 'Dell and T akarnotc were a distant third and fou rth . Mellgren retu rned to face new cha llenge rs in t he Ex p ert M od ifi ed co ntes t. J etting to a sho rt -l iv ed ea rl y lea d , Mellgren soon found himself in th e sig hts of J ason Perez. Provin g th at he also knows how to tu m up the wick , Perez was able to run down Mellgren and hang in his draft. Runn in g in tig ht fonnati on, Mell · gren and Perez pull ed aw a y f r om Ri c h y Headl ey and Fran k Rodriguez, who were run ning a distant third and fourth. SiZing up th e m ore-experienced Mell gren, Perez wa s abl e to g et a st ro ng driv e o ut o f tu rn 10 and p u l l alo ngside Mell gr en down th e main straig ht , setting up t he p a ss t h rou gh the i nfa mous turns-o ne-end -tw o com bo. Perez held the lead for th e next tw o laps, but Mell g ren was not go ing to let the ki d have it tha t easy . O n th e white-flag lap, Mellgr en turned it up a cou ple of notches. A lthou gh Perez see me d to ha ve the pow er advantage, Mellgren clea rly had Perez on co me r spee d , and he was able to get the drive out of tu m nine, holdi ng Perez at bay down t he ba ck st ra ig ht. Ca rry i ng a ton o f spee d into tu rn 10 with th e inside lin e, Mell g ren matched Perez's drive to the lin e, takin g th e win in a near ph oto fi nish. Headley and Rodri guez were third and fourth. In the afte rno o n's Veteran race, Mellgren traded p laces with Silos to take the o verall win . Si los had to settle for second. O 'Dell was third and Weisbe rg fourth. Th e secon d Expert Modified race was also al m ost a rerun, th ough Perez was unable to cha llenge Mell gren, who led fro m wire to wire . Perez held on for seco n d, w i th Rodriguez t h i rd a n d Taka moto fou rt h, ahea d of Headley. Results 80 AA; I. 51_ Shmobuku: 2. Usny We-~ ; 3. Andy Unz. 4. : Ed Simon: 5. JdI Jonn. 80 EX; I . .klson Pere-z; 2. Aaron Harnmd; 3. MonIaka Kino .MOD BEG: I. Domian ~a; 2. Blo. ~ 3. Rdulrd Williams; 4. Byron Johnson; 5. AIhIe-y Coktwd l. MOO ~ I. Ke-n Gilt; 2. Gabrid Sua re-z; 3. David uosk: 4. Trovls V\lClktte-; 5. Mike-KeG)'. MOO EX; I. Le-onard Me-IIgre-n; 2. Jaso n Pe- e-z; 3. Fra nk r Rodnguez; 4. Ridty ~: .5. Ja_ Takamoto, STK BEG: I. Blair SuIIeng.er; 2 Alan -"'o1mson: 3. Byrun John . son: 4 . Yosuyo NlJkarnok.a; 5. JMCn Von S1y . keSTK ~ I. Jack 0 'De-1I: 2. J df Ruu.lI: 3. Chri5 Campo5; 4. SkyeGirard;5. John Cagko . STK EX; t. ~ SikJa; 2 J oXlfl Peree: 3. Leonerd ~~:4 . Ric:tly He-llidky: 5. Jason Takamoto. VET: I. leonard Mdlgre-n; 2. BertSilos;3. Jack O'Dd I: 4. J alCln Tokamoto , 5 . Frllnk Rodriguez . SR: 1. Bobby Este-ban; 2. NICkT~; 3. L.eon"rdMdlgrwl . Cos ta Mesa Speedway Manchester, Hicks Split Mains B y WINE J ON ES COSTA MES A , CA, AU G. 12 At the Los An geles Ti mes Kids Night at Costa Mesa Spee dway , Ch ri s Ma nchester and Gary Hic k s sha red main-ev ent wi ns. Th e Scr atch m ain was Manch ester's second win in as m any weeks. Hicks topped the Handicap ma in .

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