Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

West Rotax into the lead on the fi rst lap and never looked back. Second-placed Shane Arndt displayed his short-track experience as he held off Edd ie Ware , who was th ird . Lisa L'Heureux came in fourth, ahead of Jon Hogenboom. Blan d took the win in the VDTRA Pro Sin g le class . B land g ot off to a good sta rt and held his line. Frank Ha rdman , on his Wild Cat Motors Yamaha , got a g ood start and rode j u st hard enough t o finish second , over ha rd-charging And rew K unz . G l en n L'H eureux finishe d a d i sa p po inti ng fo urth and Snyd er wa s fifth . S c ott Beckley rolled ac ro ss the starti ng li ne be fo re the fl ag drop ped and fo und him sel f all a lo ne on the pe nalty line , need ing a good start to win in 250cc Amateur class . Beckley pil ot ed hi s An stun H e lm ets /S -IOO Clean ers/Riley 's Cycle/ Chuc k Deluxe/ Hart Racin g Rot ax 2 50 to the outsi de and was in the lead by turn two and held it to th e end . Marty Cox was th e runner -up. wi th Cor by Scherb th ird . Th e I I -year -old Sc h e r b t w ins, Log an and Lu c as. are a lways fu n to watch . These two 80cc riders go to war over whatever place they' re rac ing for. Ne ither rider wa s ab o ut to give a n in ch in the 80cc A mateur fi nal. F ir st L o g a n led ; t hen Lu c as p il ot ed his red rocket to the lead and th e w in . Lu c as h el d o n fo r second . ahead of J es sica Ge orge, wh o wa s c elebrating her 15th birthda y . The Open AMA Pro races featured lots of bar bang ing and a few crashes o n t he slick and dus ty track . John Griffin took his Honda 600 t o the front on the back straightaway after ea r ly leader Shaun Larkin sl ipped d o w n . La rkin rejoi ned t he ra ce but co uld o nly wa tc h as the m oney went to Griffin. Steve B l and was second , and Andrew Kun z was third. T hen it was the motocrossers' turn. In th e 125cc Pro class , W es Hal e a n d K ev in H a ll w e n t handle bar t o handlebar fo r nearly the who le race. Ha ll got to t he checkers fi rs t. Hal e was second , J oh n Mu rra y wa s thi rd , Paul Lindsey was fourth , and Prest on Du chek was fifth . Th e 12 5cc Am ateu rs featu r ed a good ra ce b etw een the top thr e e. Chris Phelan to ok the gold, fo llowed b y Warren T ittl em i er , Cr a ig Lew is , Jeff Sissou and Stev en Cha vez . In th e l ast mon ey race, Li n dsey grabbed th e 2 50cc Pro ho lesh ot and n ev er looked ba c k , using all of th e tr ack to fin d th e best li ne and letting the res t of th em slug it out fo r runner up . Hall aga in led Hal e to th e c hec k ers for seco nd . Sh awn St il w ell w as ION fourth , and Mu rr ay wa s fifth. Colorado State Fairgrounds Pueblo, Colorado Results: August ZO, ZOOO Flat Trac k SO P/W : I. Nick Phip ps. 60 P/W: I. Mik e Mill er. 80 AM : 1. Luc as Scherb; 2 . Logan Scherb; 3. J essice George; 4. Willia m Ande rson . 250 AM : 1. Sc ott Be ckley: 2 . M art y Co x; 3 . Co rby Sc he rb ; 4 . Shane Arnd t. 600 PRO : 1. J ohn Griffi n; 2. Erik Blan d: 3 . And y Kurz. OP EN AM : I. Merle Scherb : 2. Shan e Arndt: 3. Edd y Wa re; 4. Us a L'Heureux: 5. J ohn Hog e boo m . V INT SR 40...: 1. J erry Hinds: 2. Mik e Konshak; 3. Glenn McN ama ra; 4. Bob lves. VINT MSTR 50 ...: 1. Glenn McNamara; 2. Mike Konshak: 3. Jerry Hinds; 4 . Bob lves: 5. Ray Nichols. VINT PRO TW: I. Randy Carthel: 2. Erik Bland : 3 . Bill Snyder; 4 . Doug Stewart; 5. Dalla s Babcock. VINT 600: 1. Erik Bland; 2. Frank Hardman: 3. Andy Kurt : 4 . Glenn L'Heureux. Cy cle world -spo nso red Yam aha rider Eric Hytinen was last off the line due to a bike that was reluctant to start. By the time the class hit the woods, Hytinen had moved up to th ird place, and on the ne xt stra ight sectio n , he pa ssed Valley Kawasak i rider Robert Wagner to m o v e into second and t h en set h i s sights on Morrison. Du ring th e seco nd lap. Hyt in en seized an o ppo rt uni t y to take t he lead from Morrison o n a straight, but he fell victim to th e infamous t raffic jam at the m ud sec ti o n, where Morrison took a better li ne to rega in hi s lead. Hytinen ca ught up to Mo rrison on the dirt track and made a q u i c k pass before h ead ing into the woo ds, m aint ain ing first place up to the finish. Morrison took second at the bar rels, and Wagner came in th ird . T he Supermin i, M in i and Women riders proved how to ug h th ey were by ta king on th ree la ps of th e same 6 mile tra c k . Z ek e ' s Cy cl e Centerspo nso red K awasak i jockey Timm y Craddock edged out the rest of th e S uperm in i r i d e r s i n the fir st turn ; ho weve r , Yamaha ride r Greg Cr eech m ade a li ghtning -fast pu sh to get by both Cra dd o ck and Motor Imp orts / Havo lin e -sp o n sored Kawasaki ride r R.J . F er g uso n to take firs t into the woods. Creech held on to the lea d fo r the first la p , ahead of Ferguson, but Fer guson m ade an all-out push in a straight t o s li p b y Cr e e ch before ent ering a wood s sec ti o n. Ferguson was uncatchable fo r th e rest of race , tak ing the win at th e f i nish , a nd Creech came in seconds behi nd him to take second place. Craddock was not far beh ind and took third p lace.1ON Mot ocro ss P/W: 1. Chris Novak: 2. Alex Ehl ers. 125 AM: 1. C h ri sto p h er Phe la n : 2 . Wa rren Tittl em ier; 3 . Craig Lewis : 4. J eff Sissou; 5. Stephen Chavez. 12 5 PRO : 1. Kevin Hall ; 2. Wes Hale; 3. John Murr;J o AM : 1. Warren Tittlemier: 2. Andrew Lewis . 250 PRO: I. Paul Lindse y: 2. Kevin Hall ; 3 . Wes Hale. Virginia Championship Hare Scrambles Series Round 8: The Rattlesnake Hare Scrambles Greer Takes a Bite Out of the Rattlesnake By H E A T H E R G RE E R WYTHEVILLE, VA, AGG. 20 ft er spending several weeks trail rid ing and enjoying an unu sually m ild Virginia summer, rid ers were glad to be back at the races for the eig hth round of the Virginia Championship Hare Scra m b les Series . Man y ri ders took advantage of the Saturday practi ce session, wh ich gave th em a limited introduction to a track that was quite varied. The start of the 6 -mile co urse was the pit section of a dirt flat track, which riders sped aro und befo re dart ing into the woods . Although there was lots of wideopen . dusty trail, ma ny riders were held up at a fa irly gnarly mud section tha t separa te d the true hill cl imber s fro m those who waited in line at th e bott om . C a s ey C ycl e Ci ty /Chi ck -fj l -A / MSR/ Fa ctory Connection -sponsored Yamaha rider Jason Greer tore down th e sp eedway to take the lead in the AA class , with Cycle Center/Dunlop b a cked Kawasaki rider Tommy Handy and Valley Kawasaki /FMF / Whit e B r oth e r s -b a c k ed Kawasaki ride r Step hen Edmondson rig ht o n his rear fender. Greer took advantage of the fire road s and wi de tra ils, keep ing the throttle wi de o pen , and set u p a m in ute lead by the fir st la p . Mea n w hi le, Ed mondson got aro und Handy and b eg an a ca m paign t o catch Greer. However , Greer was unstoppable, and he c ame thro ugh the ba r rels with the ov erall . "It was a grea t race, but if I had to go o n e more lap , m y cl utch wou ld not have made it," reported Gr eer. " It started goin g out around th e f o urt h lap , and I' m l uc ky i t he ld o ut. I cou ldn' t even go [at a] wa lk in g pace when I pu lled away from th e barrels. " Edmon dson came in sec on d , and Handy t ook th ird. It w as the Dean In g ram Sh o w in the 200cc A class. The Triad Power sports- sp o nso red Suzuki ri de r ha d a sho rt -lived battle with Fred eri cksbu rg Motorsports/D&D Cycl e-b ack ed KTM rid er Ch ad Par k er j ust off of th e sta rt. How ev er , b y the t im e th ey h it th e woods, Ingra m had beg un to stretch out a si zab le lead , and he took the wi n and th ird overall at the fini sh . "Even though I fin ished better at B udd s C re ek in t he overall, I s till thi nk t his was m y b est race eve r ," said Ingram. A Park er held on to second place, and Cosmic Gear/ Pro Cl ass Cy cl es-sp on sored Yam aha rid er Brian Morgan put in a co nsistent effort to tak e third. After a b usy summer . whi ch in clud ed bec oming a new fath er . Br yant Radio -sponsored K aw a saki ri der Tony Deal to ok c on trol o f th e 250cc A cla ss. Deal got hung up only a cou ple of ti mes in th e m uddy sec t io ns , w h ere h e h ad to m o ve m ired riders o ut of h is w ay . At th ese sec tio ns , he re al i zed h e h a d a b attl e goi ng fo r fifth o verall wi th Vet A wi n n er Montie Orr , who slid by D e a l coming off of the d irt track to beat him in the overall. However, Deal was p lease d with h i s 25 0 c c A win . O ' N eal /Creech Insuran c e-spo nso red Suzuki rider Travis W illiford put in a good run to take the second -pla c e tr ophy i n the 250c c A c l ass, and Ho n d a rider Stacey Jones c am e in five minutes beh ind him in third . Motor lmports/Scott/ Answer-backed Kawasaki rider D aniel Morrison took the holeshot in the Four-Stroke A class . Ra lUesnake HareScramble s Wythevilla, Virginia Re sults : August ZO, ZOOO (Round 81 O/ A : Jaso n Greer (Yam). AA: I. Stephen Edmond son (Kaw): 2 . T om m y Han d y ( K a w ) ; 3 . Dani el Morrison (G· G) . 200 A: 1. Dean Ing ram (Suz) : 2. Chad Park er (K TM) : 3. Brian Mor gan ( Yam): 4 . To m m y Rey no lds (Kaw) ; 5 . Scott Cepewell (Kaw). 250 A : 1. T on y D eal ( K a w ) : 2 . Tr avi s Williford (Suz) : 3. Stacey J ones ( Hon ): 4 . Chance Bak er (KTM); 5. David As hley (Hon). 4 -STRK A: 1. Eric Hytin en (Yam) : 2 . Dan n y Mo rr i son ( Ka w ) : 3 . Robert Wagner (Hon) ; 4 . Mik e Cepewef (Yam): 5. TIm Morto n (Hon) . VET A : I. Montie Orr (Vam) . SR A : 1. Don Hall (Kaw); 2. Darrell Harley ( Ho n) : 3. Gil Griggs (KTM): 4. Bobby Wilt (Hon): 5. Bill Porter (Hon) . O PEN A : I. Darry l Campbell (KTM): 2. Dav id Baldwin (Ha n) ; 3. Jona tha n Balonis (KTM) . 200 B : 1. Brian Thompson (KTM): 2. Dustin Staton (Yam) : 3. Chri s Coope r (Yam) ; 4 . Jason Huffman (Yam); 5. Matt A moid (KTM). 250 8 : 1. Christopher Kite (Kaw): 2. Bobby Wh ite ( KT M) ; 3 . Dav id Keen (S u z); 4 . Ped ro C aricofe ( Su z) ; 5 . Preston Creech (Vam) . 4 -STRK B: 1. Simon Wilson (Hon): 2. Tommy Tomlinson (Hon ): 3 . Chuck Hancock (Hon) : 4 . Mike Mayo {Suz}; 5. Ja son Plank (Hon) . VET B: 1. Mike Mcinti re (Hon) ; 2. Ran d y Fink (Ya m} : 3 . Rick Huf f ma n (Hen ): 4 . A .J . Winstead (KTM): 5. Andy Phill ips (Hon ). SR B : 1. Larry Adam s { Hus ): 2 . Berndle Lunsford (K aw ); 3 . Bob Wic k (Suz ): 4. Ro bert Bl ake {Kew} : 5 . Ron Hyson ( Ke w). 2 0 0 C: 1. Danie l Parke r (Hon) ; 2. Oon Thomps on (Kaw) ; 3. T .J . Gillespie (Kaw) ; 4. Keith Stiltner (Hon) ; 5. J oshua Boc anegra (Kaw). 250 C : I . Chri s Tayl or ( Ho n ) ; 2. Robert Lack s (Hus); 3. Michael Wright; 4. Robert Shiflett (Kaw ); 5. Anthony Swift . S/MINI : I . R.J . Ferguson (Kaw); 2. Greg Creech (Y" m) ; 3. Timmy Craddoc k ( Ka w) ; 4 . Chris Sob rito ( K a w); 5 . Came ron Sobrito (Kaw}. Rattlesnake Hare Scrambles: Jason Greer blasts through one of the few muddy secti ons of the Rattlesnake on his way to scorin g the overall win at round eight of the Virgini a Championship Hare Scrambles Series in Wythevill e. cue I e n e VIr S • O C TO B ER 4 .2000 41

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