Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Furna ce took the Schoolboy overa ll over David Walls, wh o posted a stron g set of sec ond -p lace rides, and O il Cit y , Penn sylvan ia's David Bau er , who took third by jus t edging o ut Josh T err y in both m oto s . Po wha tan , Vir g inia's Jeb Gask ill made it a complete Yama ha sweep of th e top five as he p ut his YZ 125 into fifth both times out. Furnace also looked quite im pressive in the m ore competitive 125 cc B class . He cha rge d his way to a double -rnot o sweep over some pr etty hot ride rs. Richard Nicklesto n and loca l speedster Travis Powers did their best to keep Furn ace honest in both outi ngs , but they just co uldn't m atch Fu rnace's pace. Allan McMilli an and Tommy Spelts rou nded out the top five. Since loc al Pro J im Neese totally dominat· ed round two of the seri es at East Bend MX the previ ou s week, he decid ed to show up at Birc h Creek and do the same . Neese was in a class by himself in the 125 cc Pro and 250cc Pro classes as he wa ltz ed aw ay with four moto win s aboard his Triad Powerspo rts/ Protel/ProAc t ion /FMF·back ed YZs. A strong tu rnout of riders in both classes was left to fight it out for the rest of th e podium po siti on s. Chad "The F ig" Newton is always a tough cookie when he competes at Birc h Creek events, and this night was no different. Newton ma y not have been ab le to challenge Neese, but he sure had the rest of the field co vered . Maryland 's Chris Day wa s strong in the 125cc Pro cl ass, with stro ng starts and hard rides, but Newton found a way past in each m oto to secure second both times out for the runn er-up in 125cc Pro raci ng . Day ' s nigh t was not over: he was left to fend off East Coa ster Mike Martin, wh o was returni ng afte r an inj ury and is quickly getting bac k up to spe ed . M art in ca ught Day and sli pped by to roun d out the top three in both m otos. Day slammed th e door at fourth , holding Chris A nstead at bay . Newton was back again to nab a p air of second -pl ace ri de s in 250cc Pro raci ng for another podiu m, p adding h is series p o ints lea d . Husqvarn a support rid er Alan Alford grabbed thi rd in moto two aboard his Husky CR250 but missed the pod ium because of his seve nth- place first· m ote fin ish. Martin jumped in to fill out the 250cc Pro pod ium as well. and Chri s Fo wler traded fourth-pla ce fini shes, but Loc k was ahea d at th e end and grabbed fourth over all . John Sherry and Steve Hara had a surp risingly clos e battIe in the Vintage cl ass. with Hara getting the hol eshot on a TM250 Suzuki . Sher - ry , ridi ng a Hus k y, was getting some b ig a ir while look ing for a way around Hera, but the leap s were all for naught, as Hara kept sq uirting away th rough th e turns. A fte r seve ral laps of beck -and -forth dici ng , Sherry went for it in a big way by successfully atte m pting a high sp eed d o uble -j um p th at Hara only sin g led . After the pass. a surp rised Hara too k note and stayed close to Sherry to the chec kered flag . Hara wa s fir st off th e start ag ain in m oto two. but thi s time S he rry wa s qu ick to exp lo it hi s jumping skills, u sing th em to p as s th e Suzuki rider . Hara wasn't so easily overtak en th is ti me, how ev er, as he too was now j umping all th e ob st acl e s that h i s Hu sk y -m o u nt ed oppo nent was - althou gh the th ud of the bot- tomin g sus pe nsion on their vintage bikes had on lookers wonderin g how mu ch harder they we re going to push it. A s t hey went at it, it becam e appa rent tha t Sherry's Husky had a bit m ore suspension, m aking it poss ible for him to end ure the pu nishment a little better than Hara. As th e race entered th e final stretch , Sherry began to pull away from Here . Sherry ultimately won the b ig tr ophy with 1-1 m oto scor es , but th ese tw o m en won a bigge r pri ze - th e respect of everyon e wh o w itnessed their race. Results P(W : I. Ky lf: Tigrrt (Co b); 2. Gage Ponta rell i ( Hus); 3. Nic k Whitieoy (Lem): 4. Rl:IyMn I..oreu (KTM) : 5 . Anthony P.m.i (Pol) . 60 NOV: l , Ky le TIgert (Cob ); 2. Joke Reynolds (Ka...); 3. Stuart Luper (K......); 4. Jacob Lock (Ka ...); 5. Chris Fowieor (Ka ). 60 JR: I. T .J . L..omu: (K a...): 2. Cody l.mnbert (Ka ). 80 BEG : 1. Joshua Gauin (Yam ); 2. Erik Siendse'n (Han ); 3. Cod y Larnbolt (Yam) ; 4 . Keith K... ug ('{ am ); 5. Robert Lapp ('{ am ). l 60 JR: I. VI'KentGuiSllnM (Yam) : 2. Brian Whitl ey (Yam) . WM: l. Cl!'raHom (KTM). 125 BEG: J. Yn:enI G~ (Yam ); 2. James St_ilrt (Yam); 3. Doug Downs (YlIlTt ; 4. Carte- Men (Ka...); 5. A.J. Cavagnaro ('{am ). ) 125 J R: I. David Gaum ( Yom ); 2. Donny Harris (Ka ...); 3 . Noami Willis (Hon) . 250 BEG: 1. ~ Lewes (Suz) . 250 INT I. Shawn Parb (Kaw) . 25.. BEG; 1. Mock l.ewt& (Sw:). 30. INT: l , Steve Hltfa (Yam ): 2. Doug Shnmon (Hen); J . Mike Lambeth (Han ); 4. Doug Downs ( Vam ); 5. Donnie' G~ (Yam) )(). EX; 1. Will iam Cart!lOrl ( Vam ). 40+: 1. ..John Hodgf: (Kaw). ViNT I. John Sherry (Hus); 2. Steve Hara (Sul l. : Re sult s 50 SHAFT: I . RYolln Collrter (Vam): 2. Micha~ Curry J r. (Vollm l : 3 Hunter 'IlIncott ('{ am ); 4. Zachary Brill (Yam ); 5. Ky~ Pelen (Vam) . SO (4·6): I. Taylof Mill s (Cob) ; 2. Ryan Carter (Cob) ; 3. Jacob Knable (KTM): 4. Michae l Curry J r. (Pol); 5. Zachary Bnll (KTMI SO (7 -8) I. l'hornolls Roberts (Cob ); 2. Josh Nl ck leJ (C ob); 3. Ryan Smith (KTM); 4. Travis Pool e (Cob ); 5. Stf:\'et'1 Good (Cob ). 60 (7 ·9): l. Bobby Bhur (Kaw): 2. Ryan Smith (KTM) ; 3. Ryan Ummel'" (K a...): 4 . Thoma s Robert s (Koll ; 5. Austin f1t:wolll ef (KTM). w) 60 (10-11) : J. Bred Haar (Koll W); 2. JaOlf: William. (Kaw ): 3. Tykor Mile; 4. Ian Hamilton (Ka...); 5. OMit:! Pierce (KTM) 80 (7-11); I. Ryan Fitzwalf:l"(KollW): 2. Brad Heer (K aw): 3. Bobby Bhur (KItW); 4. Richard CuppelrMn (Kaw); 5. RyM ZImmer (Ka...). 80 (12.13) : 1. 'Illes Gauldin (Kaw ): 2. Zachary r orer (Koll W): 3. David Mitchell (Yam) ; 4. Budd y Bi agi (Hon); 5. Weu Goins (Yam ). 85 ( 14· 15): I . Stephen Martin ( Vam): 2. JOllh Shehcn (Suz). 80 D: 1. Will iam Bryant (Yam): 2. Ad am Crane (Hon). • 3, Glen Martin (Suz): 4. Dann y Green (KalV); ~. Brian Peulau&kas (KalV). S/ MINI: I. Stephen Mart in (Yam ); 2. Sam Fln weter ( Kaw); 3. Devin Hargett (Han): 4. Zachary Turner (K aw): 5. Michael HICks (Hon ). SCHBY: 1. Jake Fumece (Vam ): 2. David Wall s (Vam) ; 3. David Ba~ (Vam ); 4. J osh Terry (Yam) ; 5. J eb Gailkil1 (Vam) . 125 A : 1. JI1l'l N~ (Vam) ; 2. Chad Newton (Hon) : 3. Mike Mal1Jn (Yam ): 4 . Chris Day (Yam ): 5. Chns Ansl ead ( Vam) . 125 B: l. Jak e furnace (Varn): 2. Rlchan:I Niddeston (Yam ): 3. Travi& Powen. (I'bl): 4. Allan Mc:Millia ('{~); 5. Torrmy $pen. (Vam ). n 125 C: 1. DavXt Wall s ('{am ); 2. David Beuer ( Vam): 3. DemI 'W'tlrpfteld (Hon): 4. St~ Rall iff ('{am ); 5. Josh Teny ( Vam) . l 125 D : J..Jeuf: Charles ('{ am ); 2. ~ Anget (Vam ); J . Tony Coley (Hon); 4. Jeff '--" (Kew); 5. DaVIdCharJe. (Yam ). 250 A: I. J im Nene ( Vam); 2. Chad N-ton (Hon ): 3. Mi kf: Martin (Yam ); 4. AIM Alford (Hua): 5. Brandon Tw1lngton (Kaw). 250 B: 1. Stephen Berne. (S uz ): 2. B i rc h C ree k MX Furnace Turns Up the Heat B y JAY H AUSER DANVILLE, VA , AUG . 26 Yamaha rid er J ak e Furnac e turned u p the heat a few deg rees and swept four motos in two classe s as the ei ghth a n n u al Ba llzee Grand Champio nship Seri es returned to the ni gh t tra ck at Birch Creek for round three of th e 13·race series. Th e Lex ing ton , North Car oli na rid er was nearl y pe rf ect as he to ppe d both the Schoolboy and 125 cc B clas ses with relative ease ove r a fairl y tou gh field of co m petitor s. The last ni ghttime event of the series was a success , as m ore than 300 rid ers from six stat es sho wed up to race. r_p"..,. (Hon), 3. R...,. ' ' ' ' - (Hon). 250 C: t . Stf:Verl Ral.lifl ( Vam ): 2. Bria n J ustice (Vam); 3. John ft\jchaf: t (Vam ); 4. Vll'IC'enl Deyoung (Suz); 5. Chark. Bf:nnel:l: (Hon). 250 D: 1. 8Juce Angel ( Vam ); 2. David J . .John Ptlllhpt. (Hon) ; 4 R)'lIfl Daniel (Suz) ; 5. Kf:lth Creech (Suz) . BlockWf:1 ( 't am) : ~ 1\: 1. Mike MartIn (Vam ); 2. Ja~ BeldwJrl ('{ am ); 3. Rogel'" Carri<:o (Sw ): 4. Gre g Erwin ( Vam); 5 . N~lan Mcfa rla nd (Hon ). Birch Creek MX: J im Ne ese (86) ha d the Pro c las s cove red at ro u n d three o f the Ba llzee G rand Champions h ip Se ries , s weep in g all f our 125cc an d 250cc Pro motos. 52 O C TO B ER 4 , 2000' C U c I e n e 25. 8 : I. Joseph An th on y (Suz ); 2. Jimmy ~ (Vam); J . Dean U~r (Sud : 4. Tom HoM ( Hus) . r 25+ C/O : I. Robert Cl ark f: ( Hoo ); 2. .MaUhf:'" Mo retz (S u r) ; 3. Kenne th Hi ck s (Kaw ): 4. J ason Geyff (Sw ): 5. John Phillips (Hoo) . 30. A : 1. Al an Alford (Hus): 2. Sco tt Shi pley (Yam) ; 3. Barry Nelson ( Yam ): 4 Neland Mcfarland (Hoo) . 30. B/C : I. Rusty Reynold. (Hon) ; 2. JO,f:ph An tho ny ( Suz); 3. SI eve Sanford (Va m ); 4. Do ug Ch ap pe ll ( Hon ); 5 . Jo hn Michael (Vam) . 35+: 1. Scott ShIpley (Vam) : 2.. Rusty Reynol ds (Hon): 3. Barry Nelson ('( am): 4 J im I..q (Kaw) : 5. BrIM Dor an (Hen). 4 0 ..: I. Rich a rd Jo na nson l Suz); 2. Greg Dri scoll (Suz); 3. Jo~ph Ogle (Kaw); 4 . Don Crum ley (Vam) : 5 . Waller Euba nk (Yam ). OPEN 4·SffiK: 1. Ryan Hankin s (Yam ); 2. Steve Sanford (Vam ): 3. Mike Curry (Vam). U/l; 1. Stephen Beme . (Sul) ; 2. Derek Whitefield (Hon) : 3. Chariei Bennett ( Hen ): 4. Matthe'w ~lZ (Suz); 5. Charles Spells (Vam ). VV s Mission Raceways: BC Old-t imers (f rom left to right) Johnnie Hall, Asker La rn kjae r , Dan Mc Carthy, Dave Sc ott, Fred Parsens, Norm Armstrong and B ill " B is c u its " Verb iscio could teach some young pups a few tricks. M is s ion Race w ays Results Only As Old As You Feel Kl!'Vin Hubbard; 5. Tyger Wingf:rt. MSTR B: 1. Kevin FergulOl'l; 2. Gary H~ MSTRA: 1. Hflb Nachllgal; 2. John Persic: 3. Je.rry Heinonen; 4 . ; B y AI'tI'tIE McCARTHY MISSIO N, BC . CANA DA, JULY 15 · 16 In July, the British Columbia Internati on al Ol d timers MX Associ ation ho sted th eir a nnua l m otocross eve nt at Mission Racewa y s. When the Ol d- ti me rs first ca me to th e Mi ssion track back in the early 1980s, there was only the MX track. T he adjacent ai rport is go ne now, and the MX tr ac k . m otorc ycl e and car drags are where th e runway used to be. O riginal host Ron Farmer is sti ll a m em ber of th e cl ub. M ost of th ese rid er s joined to ride wit h o the r 4 0 - y ea r-olds w ho rod e fo r th e enjoyme nt of th e sport but still had to go to wor k o n Mon day m orning . As th e yea rs pr ogr essed . th e 4 0 -year -ol ds turned int o 50-year-ol ds, and th e cl ub esta bli shed a special " Senior" class. As time co nti nued to pass, th ese same gu ys tu rned 60 - and into "Super Seniors." Bu t tim e m oves on - and th e BC O ld -ti mers personall y invit ed eve ry kn own 70-year-o ld- or- older m otocrosser stil l in th e O ld- ti mers to this event. Seven were sti ll acti vely racing . Do n T ochor and Len Edwards, both curre nt m embers of th e BC O ld-timers, had specia l awards created for eac h one of th e Ov er 7 0 participants. Th e O v er 60 a nd Over 70 rid er s rod e togeth er in the sam e moto but had sepa rat e gates With their two motos being the first run eac h da y , these senior riders are th e fir st rid ers finished, and can they sit back and enj oy th e competitive stress of the yo unger riders . The Over 60 rid ers went off fi rst, but the Over 70 riders soo n demonstrated th eir skill and physical cond itio ning by pa ssing some of th e Over 60 ride rs. The winners of the first m oto on Satu rd ay in eac h of th e Ov er 60 and Ov er 70 cl asses turned out to be the winn er overall for all four m otos on the week end - w ith o ne except ion . Over 70 Expert J ohnn ie Hall wo n his fi rst m oto on Sat urday, but he fell in m oto two. He t hen won his fi rst m oto o n Sunday but fe ll agai n in moto four , placing third ov erall. O ver 70 A mateu r Fred Parsens missed a shi ft in his seco nd m ote and placed second but too k the class ove rall for the weekend. At Saturday even ing 's feast, special recog niti on was paid to each Over 70 rid er. Norm Armstron g is the old est, at 75. Th e others in th e special "cl ub " are Oregon' s Dav e Scott, Washin gton' s Dan McCarthy, and Califomian s Johnnie Hall, Asker Larnkja er, Fred Par sen s and Bill " Bisc uits" Verb iscio . Th e award s - an Eskimo and child being pulled on a dogsled by some hu sk ies (the dogs, not the mo torcy cles) ca rve d fro m marble, on a wo od base featu red in scription s suc h a s " Recog n it io n Aw ard for yo ur Paramount Ufe and Mo toc ross Ach ievem ent " or "You are One of Your Coun try ' s Greatest Natural Resources." Despite the phys ical changes that take pla ce throughout the years, experience and skills are also ga ined . Some of the se riders have som e " bio ni c " pa rts - replacement kn ees, replacem ent hips, etc. - but thei r keen mind s and their instant reaction times on the MX trac k is proof that their co mpetiti ve spirit is sti ll intact 4 J . Ran Hudson ; 4 . Cart Chadwick; 5. Russ Robetts. 40 .. NOV; 1. BlII CKdlm: 2. Mik e Calhoun; J . Je ff Olton : 4 . Rk:hordTb:::mpson: 5. Wft Hf:Witt. 40. AM: 1. Robert BedN.op: 2. Ken P-edenen: 3. im Kennedy; 4. AM Nidkow: 5. Jt:ft K is~. 40 .. EX; I. Ron ~ 2. Rick forrnt; 3. J im Ham. : 4. Bob Thom pson: 5. Ph 8ectIand. il 50 .. NOV : 1. Frosty Brook-: 2. Don Pdenon. SO.. AM:. 1. Norm TWlIi 2. Wayne O' BIeMu: 3. John Denniston; ; 4. David Seal; 5. Ru ~. ss SO...EX: I. Art McD.tdf:; 2. J.ck Baken; J . Laurena St. PIerre 4. ; Ron"""" 5. Geoog< iii .... so. MSTR: 1. ~ Houck; 2. Don Tocher; 3 . Mik f: Pt:rry; 4 Bob 'NtUte ; 5. Bob KrGh. 60. NOV: 1. James Hf:f"Shman. 60 .. AA; I. Chuck Woody; 2. 0Nn Knubon; J . Don McKenzie'; 4. Granr Lewis; 5. Nate House. 60 .. EX: I . Steve .Johrtson; 2. Gene Hrobsky; J . Stan Woods; 4. Ton y ArmGda. 70. AJfc l , Fred Panens; 2. Deve Scott;: J. Bill Vubisdo. 70+ EX: I. A.kff Lamkjaet"; 2. Nonn Armstrong: 3. ...Iotw1n~ Hall; 4. Dan .McCa rthy. Perris Racewa y LaPaglia Capture s Perris B y K EI'tI'tY M ORRIS PERRIS, CA, AUG . 26 Micha el laPaglia dominated th e 80cc Supermini class with a 1- 1 tally to score the overall win at round eight of th e Tem ecul a Motorsports Hot Summer Night Series ZIt Perri s Raceway . laPaglia grabbed a handful of throttle and put his Suzuki in th e lead out of the first tum, followed by Blu e Torch /FMF.backed Justin Mulford and Nol een · ba ck ed Br ett Rothas. A battle for second qu ic kl y took shape as Mulford tried to k eep Rothas at arm 's distance. Meanwhile, laPag lia ke pt smoo th lin es and began to pull aw ay fr om the pac k . Rothas , perhaps feel ing a bi t of ur gen cy to get pa st Mulford due to LaPa glia' s lead . reached into his bag of tricks and sneaked right into second thro ug h a l eft·handed co rne r. Mu lford then tr ied to ge t th e po sit ion back in the c orne r before the wh oops, but to no avail. With some very fast lap ti me s, laPagli a had a comfortable lead over Roth as and the rest of the field . At the check ered flag, laPag li a took the first· moto win , with Rothas and Mulford foilowing . For the second moto, Rothas had to look for a better start to try to stay with laPaglia . The gate dropped and Rotha s grabbed th e holeshot, onl y to lose th e lead to laPaglia in th e next comer. Mul ford then tried to get past Rothas as well but was denied th e position . Keep in mind that laPaglia and Rotha s race in th e Interm ediate cla ss, whil e Mu lford still races in No vic e compet it ion. Mulford was do in g a gr eat job in third. Rotha s tri ed to kee p laPag lia wi thin strik· ing distance, but laPaglia ' s fast pace helped him keep a com forta ble di stan ce. M ulfo rd, now a lonel y third, put it on cruise control. When th e ch ecker s wav ed for th e second moto, laPaglia took the win for a sweep, with Roth as finishing second . Mulford cruised in with th ird . Re sults ~ (4· 6): J. Jakf: Gagne (KTM); 2. Dameo Myers (KTM): 3. Dani~ Vo yles (Pol ): 4 . Ale xi. Villareal (Pol). STRTR (7-6): 1. MIch ael Undia y (Pol); 2. Tyler Oendenen (Pol): : 3 . Bryan Kinstl er (L.em) 4. Ancirew Enriq ues (l.em ).

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