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CMC Trans-Cal Pacific Northwest Motocross Series Round 2 : Albany Motorsports Park Albany MatDrsparts Park Albany, Oregan Results: September24, 2000 (Round 2 af 21 P/W ( 4 ·6): I. Brad Fra ce (Cob); 2. Taylor Feller (Cob) ; 3. Richard Burt (Hus); 4 . Coli n Boke r (lorn); 5. Cody Conner (Hon) . P/W (7-8): I. London Currter (Cob); 2. Thomas Nic hols (Cob); 3 . Nick Gubser ( KT M) ; 4 . Jeremy Steward (Cob) . 50 OPEN ; I. Thomas Nic hol s (Cob) ; 2. Tay lo r Feller (Cob) ; 3. Brad Frace (Cob); 4 . Colin Baker (Lorn) . . 60 BEG: 1. Natha n Tee l ( Kaw) ; 2. Brian Burt (KTM) : 3. Thomas Nichols (Kaw); 4. Daniel Nelson (Ka w) ; 5. Joe McC aslin (Ka w). 60 JR (6·8 ); I. Gared Steink e (KTM); 2. J ared Wood (KT M) ; 3 . Landon Currier ( K ew ): 4 . T ravis Quesenberry (KTM) . 60 SR (9- 11): J. Tyler Villopoto (KTM); 2. Kyle Thomps on (KT M ) ; 3 . T ravis McCl inton { Kew} : 4 . Bradley Hillman (Kaw); 5. Danny Gubser (Kaw). 60 OP EN: J. Tyl er Vill opo to (KTM ): 2. Gared Steinke ( KTM) ; 3 . Jared Wood (KTM) ; 4 . Landon Currier (Kaw) ; 5. Travis Quesenberry (KTM) . 80 B EG ; 1. N i ck Randk l e v ( Ho n ) ; 2 . J err y Braswell (K aw); 3 . Je sse Wuori ( Hon); 4 . Blake Anglen (Suz); 5 . Matt Wilson (Yam). 8 0 ( 9 - 1 1); 1. Be n An g l en (S uz): 2 . Tyle r ViJlopoto (Yam) ; 3. Kyle Thompson (Hon); 4. Curtis Sweezey (Kaw); 5. Byron Young (Hen} . 80 ( 12- 13) : 1. Ryan Villopoto (Yam); 2. Travis McMackin (Hon); 3. Kenneth Hammontree (Yam) ; 4 . Ricky Wuori (Hon). --s tarts to fo rge h is wa y int o large lea ds in both m otos , le a ving Ya m ah am o u n t e d Rick Wa lli ng s tr a n ded with a p a ir o f second -pl ace finis h e s, a hea d of Frank McK u hn (4 -3 ). J o e Case y (3- 4 ) a nd Brad Spen c er (5 -5) . Fr om there , tho u gh , t h in g s got progressively ha rder for Gra ves , as a rn idpack start in the first 125cc Pro moto forced h im to e xp end all h is enerqy. Keith Kadell, riding a brand new Honda , gated a head of th e co m b in ed 125cc Pro /Intermed iate fie ld and m ain tain ed th e point po s ition for severa l laps. Cord er , who also g at ed p o o rl y , s liced his way through the field a nd by the end of lap two he had overtak e n Kadell for t h e lead , wh ich t he T eam Gr een Kawasaki/ Pro C irc u it/ T ro y Lee / Shoei -s u p p o rte d Cord er ma inta ined to the finis h, follo wed by Graves a nd KTM rider Rory Sull ivan , the top -p lacing Intermed iat e ride r a t moto's end. Wa sh in gto n ' s Nick Ha nse n s tole the ho leshot in m oto two a nd did a cred ible job of keeping his Yama ha at th e fro nt of th e fie ld . C o rd e r again ov ercame a dismal sta rt to cl a w his way into conte ntion , ove rtaking Ha ns e n on the third lap. Corde r then increased his lea d with each ci rc u it to fina lize h is sweep of the class ahead of Hansen (3- 2) , Graves (2 -3), Matt Williams (4 -4 ) and Eric Roth (5- 5) . Wash ington 's Da le Ain sl ie t o o k advantage of mechan ical m isfortune on Kadell 's part to score a win in the Intermediate portion (2- 1), ahead o f Sull ivan (1 -2) , Will Wa lla c e (4- 3), David Coffey (5 -4) an d Kadell , the fifth - p lace fin ish er via 3-6 placings. Corde r was well on his way to vic tory in the first 250cc Pro/I nte rm ed ia te m oto , but the Ra ini e r, O re g o n , rider wa sn 't as fortu na te as in his earlie r 125cc Pro-class victor ies , as a d e t a c he d igniti on wi re d e ra iled his cha nc e s at a m oto victo ry a nd ha nd ed the win to Grav es. Th ings we nt mu ch be tte r in moto two fo r Co rder. Afte r ov ertaki ng both Gary T erleck i and Interm ed iat e rider S ullivan , Co rd e r checked out on the competition a nd won by 10 s econds ov er Graves. Howeve r, Gra ve s netted the o verall win v ia 1 - 2 pla c ings S T O RV AN D P H OTO S BV C LA V liGH T ALBAN ,OR,SE Y PT.24 re go nia ns Mike Co rder and Tony G ra ve s raked in the cas h an d conti ngency m one y at ro und two of th e CMC - s a n c t ion e d T r an s -C a l Mot oc ro ss Series , the second of the two Pa cific Northwest region events, with Co rd e r posting thr e e m ot o wins of four contested a t Albany Motorsports Park in the 125 and 250cc Pro classes. Corder , th ough , onl y netted a single ov erall victo ry , in the 12 5cc Pro class , a s the Suzuk i-mounted Graves grabbed th e ov e rall win in the 250cc Pro cla ss via 1-2 pla cings. Th e Roseburg Cy cle Center/LRD-backed Graves wa s a two -class winner, a lso nett ing a win in th e Over 30 Pro class , and he also fin ished th ird , be hind Corder and Washington 's Nick Hans e n , in the 125cc Pro class. Ride rs from Oregon , Wa shing ton, Ca liforn ia and ev en Alaska were on ha nd for the ev e nt , b ut few were as dom inant as the two brothers from Pou lsbo , Washing ton . Tyler and Ryan Villop oto each notch ed a pair of overall victories, with Tyler topp in g the 60 c c Se n io r (9 -11 ) and 60c c O pen classes, a nd the elder Ryan landing BO cc (12-13 ) and Superm in i-class victorie s - a ll with I -I sweeps . O n ly Honda-mo u nted Tr a v is McM ack in co uld kee p the 12-year -old Ryan (who is ranked th ird nationally in the BOcc class ) in h is sights, finishing s e c on d to Villopoto in all fou r BOc c (1 2-13) and S upe rm in i motos . Fin is h in g thi rd in the S up e rm in i class , behind the Answer/Spy/R &D-backed Villopoto an d McMackin, wa s O re gon's Nick Randkle v. Tyle r Villopo to 's two -cl ass de cima tio n came in m uc h the s a m e fash ion a s t hat o f his o lder bro t h e r ' s , al t ho ugh he fa ced b ru t a ll y t o u gh c o m p e ti t io n in bo t h of h is 6 0 c c ev ents , as KTM ride rs Ga red Ste inke a nd J a red Wood a nd KX rider La ndon Curri er all a pplied p ress ure t o t he KTM-m ounted Villopoto , wh o nev erth e le ss wo n a ll fo ur motos he conte ste d on th e day . Gra ve s ' great day started off on a h igh note , a s the Eu g en e , O re g on , rider do mi nated b o th O ver 30 Pro motos. Th e fo rm e r m ulti-time Nation al nu m ber holder overcame mldpack O 46 O CTOBER 18 ,2000' cue I e g . e vv :is (Above l Mike Confer (9691 won three of four 125cc and 250cc Proclass matos, netting the overall 125cc Pro win during the second round of the CMC Trans-Cal Pacific Northwest Motocross Series. (Right) Tony Graves (81 leads Confer (9 6 9 ) early in the first 250cc Pro mota. Confer took the le ad but e ncountered mechanical gremlins, while Graves took the win: Graves also won the Over 30 Pro c lass at Albany Motorsports Park in Oregon. (Bel owl Washington's Ryan Villopoto t op ped the 80cc (12 - 131 a nd Supennini classes, both w ith . 1- 1 sweeps . aboa rd his Suzuki, followed by Corder (3 - 1) and Terlecki (2- 3) . Sullivan ran a s ol id third to net the Inte rmed iateclas s win with a 1- 1 showing , ahead of J esse Allen (2- 2), Wa llace (3-3) , Eric Rogers (4 -4) and Joe Brockway (5 -5) . Yamaha YZ426F -mounted Mike T ay lo r thumped to I-I wins in the O ve r 40 Pro class, bu t he was pre s sured by Honda ride r Da ve Shepard in both motos . Another for mer Pro , Mitch Kirk patrick, a bsconded with the holes hot in moto two , b ut the 42year-old faded to an eventual fourthp la c e fin ish b e h ind T a ylo r, S hepard (2 -2) a nd Ron Williams (3 -3) . Te rry Brooks to ppe d the a djoined Ov er 40 Intermed iate class with a 1-2 p u nc h , b e ating Wa sh ingto n ' s De an Biddle and Jeff T un nell , while Ma rk Vo ege le aced both of the O ve r 4 0 J u n io r- cl a s s m o t o s to lead Luke McCaslin (4- 2 ) and Curtis Paulson (3-3) into th e top three . eN SIMI NI : 1. Ryan Vill opoto ( Yam); 2 . Travi s McMackin (Hen ): 3. Nick Rend klev (Hon) ; 4 . Ricky Wuori (Hon); 5. Byron Young (Kaw). 125 BEG: 1. Warren Regnier (Yam ); 2. David Schenk (Suz) ; 3. Jonathan McGillivra y ( Kaw); 4 . Garland Reid (Yam) ; 5. Kyle Adkins (Hon). 12 5 JR: 1. Anthony Cerruti (Yam) ; 2 . Ryan Thompson (Hon); 3. Justin Jensen (Hon); 4 . Aaron Tunnell (Yam); 5. Matt Crawford (SUl). 125 INT: 1. Dale Ainslie (Yam) ; 2. Rory Sullivan ( KTM) ; 3 . W il l Wa llace ( Ka w ); 4 . Da vi d Co ffey (Vam) ; 5 . Keit h Kadell (Hon). 125 PRO: 1. Mike Corder (Kew) : 2. Nick Hansen (Suz); 3. Tony Graves (Suz); 3. Matt: Williams (Yam) . 250 BEG : 1. Ben Nothiger ( Hon) ; 2 . T yler She pa rd ( Ho n) : 3 . B. J . Sheff el ( Hon); 4 . David Sparks (KTM ); 5. Clinton Tanis (Yam) . 250 JR: 1. Trevor Brooks (Yam); 2. Ryan Huege (Hon); 3. Lucas Buyas (SUl); 4. Brody Baxter (Yam); 5. Brian Granberg (SUl). 250 tNT; J. Rory Sullivan (KTM): 2. Jesse Allen (Yam); 3. Will Wallace (Kaw); 4 . Eric Rogers (Yam); 5. Joe Brockway (Yam) . 250 PRO: 1. Tony Graves (Suz); 2. Mike Corder (Kaw); 3. Gary Terlec k i (5uz). OPEN AM; I . Cliff Und erwood (Kaw ). OPEN PRO : J. Roby Leach (Vam) .

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