Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

day on which well ove r half of the big -bike rid ers ca lle d it q uit s early on . McConnell ev en had to ride beck -to -be ck m ot os. Other top awa rd winn er s i ncl ud ed KTM pilo ts All en Jon es and Steve Hahn, who never quit on th is sloppy day , and Bob Brown, w ho won th e Geor ge Singler Spo rtsmanshi p award, w hic h wa s a n ew ad d itio n t o t h e spe cial awards this ye ar. In the fi rst Pro m ot a , th e co nditions were sta rti ng to get wor se as a steady rain had j ust moved in pri or to the sta rt . F&S Suzu k i rider Trav is Carli sl e ro ck et ed into th e lead, w ith B rent Hahn and Coon trying to avoid his ro ost . The top th ree ran in formation unti l about midm o t o , whe n Coon tu rned up th e pressure , fo rcing a m ist ak e by Carli sle . Coon took off and motored away wi th th e m ota win and co llect ed the $ 100 bo nus m on ey for th e win prov ided by Phil Leak and co m pany . In the shortened m ot o two , Coon pull ed th e holeshot and never loo k ed back on his way to the ov erall win. Ca rlisle held off Eric Klein fo r seco nd . Jon Mo ran pu t in an inspiring ride, winning th e Open a nd F our -Str ok e cl a s ses on hi s KTM . Mor an top ped th e O pen class over J im Fra nz and Kev in DeyJing , and then smok ed off to the Four- St rok e v ic to ry over Dan Orien t and Bill Morr is. Scott Darl ing also took do ub le class victo ri es, b uzzi ng h i s Suzuki s t o v ictory i n th e Schoolboy an d 12 5 cc Novice (Group On e ) classes. Darling took the Sch oo lboy w in ov er Angelo Ba llaehino and th e 125 cc win over Jeff Rud y. Roc k y Mountai n National S p e e d w ay Den n ison Sticks a Fork in ' em B y J OHN C U FFORO COMM ERC E CITY , CO, SEPT. 6 At r oun d 13 o f th e Col orad o Supercro ss series , many titles were still to be decid ed . Th e 2 2 -po in t lead o f 125c c Nov ice -cl a ss ser ies leader Chri s Dennison was in danger fro m 13 other rid ers . In the fi rst m oto , Suzuki jock ey Jeff Sisson grabbed an aweso me ho le s hot and kept it pinned to laun ch the Wiseco Do uble fo r an ear ly lead . Ed Culpepper and Ke ndall Sinks took seco nd an d third . Meanwh il e, aOce requlars Josh Da vis and T ommy Griswold sta rted batt l ing eac h othe r in fourt h and fift h. Da ri n Sc he ve r outpowered Mik ea l Jacob in t h e whoops to m o ve up to six th . Slow sta rte rs Denn ison and Ch ris Sp ri ng bo th passed the Schever/ J ac ob duel and m oved up to fo urt h and fifth . Sisson wa s flying out fron t and he ope ned up a straightway lea d. Davis an d Griswold d isplac ed Sinks and Culpepper. Gris wol d pushed and sho ved at Davi s, but Davi s had an answer for ev ery m ov e. Denni son wo rked up to fourth place, wi th Sp ring foll ow ing for fifth . Off the ga te in moto two , Sisso n j umped o ut and do ubled , but Denn ison gated we ll and j umped with him . Spring, Davi s, Griswold , Ken We bb, Eric Lysek and Katie Hendrixon all pu rsued cl osely . Gr iswold attacked ea rly and fina lly moved by D avis for fo urth. At the end of one lap , Dennison took th e lead in the Da y to na Sandpit, but at th e Wis ec o Finish D ouble, Sisso n co nnecte d with Dennison in the air and somehow th e No vic e rid ers hung on. Both of them even dou bl ed the ne xt obs tacle. Gr iswold wa s stoked to lead Davi s and was pu sh ing Spring for third . As the race spli nte red int o many separate battles, all eyes moved back to th e front. wh ere Denn ison battled Sisson . On lap four , Sisson gai ned a few bike length s, bu t a costly mi stake in th e wh oops and th e camelback gave Dennison th e cha nc e he needed to ass ume th e lead . Siss o n went p sy ch o and closed the ga p, bu t he los t th e six- la p battle royal. Results 50 BEG: I. Bl ake YOXthelln er (Pol) ; 2. Brandon Gates (KTM): 3. Dylan Kague (Yam ): 4 . Shelby Sm ith (KTM): 5. Denny Lahood (Pol) . 50 JR: I . KnstIcn Hill (Stu ); 2. Dann y L"hood (Pol); 3. i\mbcr Butl er (Yern); 4. luke Heberlein (Yern ): 5. Daniel Reed (Yaml 50 SR: I . Ky le He<1lth (Cob); 2. D"",g ht Ncresen (Pol); 3. Orre Shane (Cob ); 4. Brandon Gates (KTMI . 5. Blake Yoxthe1mer (Poll . 60 : I. Greg Dunvoge (KTM) ; 2. Steve Hahn (KTM ): 3 . James fo'c:lmson (Kaw l; 4. Alex Mason (K lIw ): 5. David Pere-k(Kaw). 80 JR : I. Adam Kelly (Ka w) ; 2. Anthony Happe ny (K<1l w ); 3 Al len.Jane,; (KTM): 4_SIeve HaM (KTM); 5. Ale .. Mason (Kaw). 80 SR: I. Jason Bollllctnno (K<1lw); 2. Mark Dey lins (Kaw ); 3 . AdlIm Stradon (Hon); 4 . AIIen Jone-s (Kaw ): 5 . Ad.sm Kelley (Ka w) . SCHBY: I. Scott Darl ing (Yam) : 2. Angelo Ball achlno (Suz); 3. AdemKelley(Kaw);4. ZachSchroeder (yam): 5. Kyle McCmneD (K"w). 125 NOV 0 - 1: I. Scott Darling (Suz); 2. Jdf Rudy (Suz); 3 . Eric Double (Yam ): 4. Scott Smith (Suz); 5. Angelo Bartachino (Kaw). 125 NOV 0 ·2: I. Ted Zwelfer (Hen) ; 2. Joshua Sch arfenbe rg (Kalil): 3 . Greg Nedeundeil (Hon): 4. Crll ig Double (Yam); 5 . Igor Maskalow (Ka w ). 125 INT: I. Jeff Graham (Yam ): 2_ Ben Wood (Yam l: 3. Denni& Qu lm per (KlI w) ; 4 . Jim Skaggs (Suz): 5 . c.J. Klein (Yam ). 250 NOV: I . Craig Smith (Ka w); 2. Matt Joh nson (Hon); 3. Brian Rife (Hon ); 4 . J erry Pet erson (Hon): 5 . Keith Doubl e (Hon ). 250 INT: I. Do ug Chester (Hon ): 2. Mark Hummer (Han); 3. Chris Gates (Suzl: 4 J amie Wolf e (Hon) ; 5. Tig Rowles (Yam ). 1251250 PRO: I. Chlld Coon (KTM) ; 2. Travis ClIrlisle (Suz) ; 3. Eric Klein (Yam ): 4. Brent Hahn (Yam) ; 5. Brten Belscle (Hon) . O PE N: I. Jo n Moran (KTM) : 2 . J im Fra nz ( Hu s); 3 . Ke vin Deyli ng (Hon); 4. Joe Lewi s (Yam) ; 5. Mi<:haelMonremara no (Yam). 4· STRK: I. Jcn Moran (KT M) ; 2. Den Orient (Yam) ; 3. Bill MolTis (Yam): 4. Darin Zaremb a (Y<1lm ): 5. Dave Meye~ (Hon). EXTRA ; l . Tig Rowles (Yam): 2. C.J. Klein (Yam) : 3. Don Ar<: er h (Ka w): 4. Art Jackson (Hon); 5. Brian Al dridge (K<1l w) . BMBR: I . Mike Sinclair (Kaw): 2. Joshua Schclrfenberg (Hoo); 3 . Arnold Kelley (Kaw): 4. Jason McAtee (Hon): 5. Dimitri Ma.'lkalow (Kaw). 25+: I. Bo b Dunlap (Kaw) : 2. Kenny J urce (KlI wl : 3. Reece Beveterque ( Yam ): 4. Dav id J ones (Kaw): 5. Denn Zaremb a (Yam) SR I : 1. Mark Humm er (Kalil ); 2. Rich Sweet (Yll m ); 3. Chris Gates (Sut] : 4. Greg Urban (Hoo); 5. Scott Smith (Kaw). k SR 2: I. Carl Davis (Hon ): 2. Chu<: Cott erill (G· G): 3. Mik e Srn. cla ir (Kaw); 4. L"rry Ris.n (Hon) : 5. David Heppery (KTM). er SR 3: I . Dick Sweat (Hen) : 2. Rodne y Unn (KT M); 3. Bob Gates (Yam ); 4. Chudl Spro sty (YlIm) : 5. Olive Meyers (Hon). Re s u lt s ~ (4 -8 ): t. G~lTel KIte; 2. T erg Ricards; 3 . Dav id Tanzer ; 4 Nichola s BUCCIeri. 50 (7-8) : 1. Garret Kite; 2. Mik e KirnrTM'r; 3 . Andr eas Burtet; 4 Chris Bucclen. . 60: I. T.J . Lucero ; 2. Zach Buccieri ; 3. Mal iSG Brauch; 4. Klint Earte; 5. Nick Phipps. 80 (7·12) : 1. Travis SUch er; 2. Shane Switzer; 3. Ryan Brauch: 4 Cody Viner; 5. Terry Melain . 80 ( 13·15) : I. Josh Dav is; 2. Tommy Gri swold: 3. Robert Berk : 4. J eremy Heintz: 5. Ja cob Bak es. 125 NOV: I. Chm Dennison: 2. Jeff Sisson: 3. Ch ris Spring; 4 Tommy Griswold : 5. J ohn Davis. 250 NOV: I . 5<:011 Denni son: 2. Ad am Henrich; 3. Jo sh Stone: 4. Mike Griswol d . 250 AM : I. Brya n Fro st; 2. Pill Sull ivan. WMN: I. Kelley Longw ell ; 2. Katie Hendrix on. 30+ AM: I . Kev in Brauch: 2. Tim Sargent. OPEN PRO: 1. We! Hale: 2. Ryan Rotinski ; 3. Brennen Baptista; 4. Brian Walt s: 5 . T .J. Russell. VETPRO: I. Mik e Hutch erson; 2. J ohn Clifford S m it h Road Raceway Coon Conquers Jon Leak Memorial M X B y CA RL D AVIS MEDINA, OH , SEPT . 4 Chad Coon took advantage of a holiday off from the GNCC series he normally c ontest s and raced off to th e Pro-class win on a m uddy and very slo pp y Smith Road Raceway tra ck . Coon seemed to adapt to the situation at hand and st ead il y rode his KTM 300 thro ugh th e slop. A former Pro motocross regular, Coon ha s turn ed his attention to the GNCC series, scori ng some go od results: it seem ed o nly natural that he would prevail on thi s day. Wh at sta rted o ut as a beau ti ful Labor Da y holida y to ok a tum downhill after the m orn ing pra ctice sessio ns w ith the appearance of th at four- lette r word m ost ra cers hat e: RAI N. A good rider turnout and numerous co n tin ge nc y prizes pro v id ed by eve n t sponso rs Kenn edy 's Cycl e, Sch eit's Mo to rs, J&D Mot o · spo rts , Moto -X and many others added to th e day's exci tem ent. This was the fourth annua l J on Lea k Me morial rac e, and attendan c e seems to grow som e ever y y ear; ther e were more than 370 en tries thi s y ear. Th r ee Jon Le a k Prid e Awa rd t roph ie s were aw a r ded , based o n o veral l p erform an ce in multipl e classes of racing, wi th Ky le McConnell ta ki ng th e to p award. The BOce -cia ss rider rod e in th ree class es and nev er gave up on a crapp y 54 O C TO B ER i a , 2000 ' cue .. Smi th Road Raceway: Ch ad C o o n wo n th e 1251250cc Pro c lass at the f o urth annua l Jon Leak Memoria l r ace In Medina , Ohio. • e n e "" s: J: U w w II: lD Z W ""...------=:j ~ ~ ~ J: Q. Path Valley Speedway Park: Larry Burkholder (45) and M ike Keane (2 5) ra n th is c lose t hro u g h o u t a ll 10 la p s of the Over 40 contest in Spring Run, Pennsylvania. Keane took the win by a bike le n g th . Path Va lley Spee d way P a r k Johnson Triples at Path Valley ST B y L EN B REECH SPRING RUN, PA , SEPT . 9 Ja ke Jo hnso n put his Deptford Honda -sponsored ma chi nes in fro nt early and often, co llecting wins in the 250cc A , 600cc A and Sports m an fi nals as Path Va ll ey Sp eedwa y Pa rk began windin g do wn its 2000 dirt- track seaso n. Donnie Mullen took th e 600cc A lead , with Johnson , Bob Sw eet en , Chris Kli nefelter and Sha wn Baer following . Coming off th e sec ond tum on the seco nd lap , Johnson slipped under Mulle n for th e lead. Baer go t by Kli ne felte r for fou rth . M ullen st ayed very cl ose for th e next few la ps until he bo bb led slig htly in th e sec ond tum. g ivi ng Johnso n some breath ing roo m. A t th e sta rt o f th e Sp ortsman fina l, t he fron t three were the same, with Raun Wood , T odd Ke n d i g a n d B r yan Doug la s behind . Again, Mull en bobbled in th e second turn , thi s tim e giving th e lead to J ohnson . In th e late la ps, Mull en closed th e gap , cross ing th e lin e half a length back . In th e 2 50cc A fi na l , Mu ll en aga in got a great start , leading Doug las, Johns on and Baer. Johnson and Douglas got pa st Mu llen off the fourth turn on th e op ening lap . W it h Joh ns on pulli ng free of the others, Baer started m ov ing up, getting by Mu ll en on the fo urth lap and going o utsi de t o pass Doug la s o n th e sixth. With two laps to go , Mu llen had hi s woods bike back in a close third as Ba er, Mull en and Dougla s battled for second. Beer took it. Wh ile onl y two riders entered th e Over 40 race, th e fina l had every one on th eir feet. Larry Burkho lder k ept his Yamaha wide open on th e outs ide li ne, with Mike Kean e's Hu saberg run n in g t he lo w line . Th e y r a n side b y si de th rou gh out the entire 1O-lap final. Burkhold er looked like he led th e m ost lap s at th e line, but it dep ended upon your ang le. On th e fin al lap , Burkho lder bobbled ev ery so sligh tly in th e second tum . losing eno ugh m omentum to let Kean e into th e lead , and he wo n it by a length . Th e 50cc rid ers had a pa ir of good, close races. Th e only 7- to B-year-old rider to sign up , Tyler Kidwell, was placed with the 50cc (46) g ro u p . He g r abbed th e lead fr om D er ek Hersh , Ba ile y Spen c e , E th an All en a nd Cam eron Tyson . Spence m ov ed into seco nd as th ey ente red the third tum on the thi rd lap , with Ty so n tak ing fourth at th e same time. T yson th en got by Hersh and took seco nd off tum two on lap six. He closed up to Kidwell' s rear ti re in his charge to the front but ran out of laps . In the Oil-I njecte d class , Sp en c e go t in fro nt of Ki dwe ll, All en , Cassidy Hei ser and Josh Sta nd ifo rd . Wh en A lle n fell hard on lap fo ur, th e rac e was red -fl agged . A lt ho ug h he was unhurt. he d id n't rej oin th e race. Wh il e try in g to negotiate a lapped rid er w ith th ree la ps left, Standif ord had a bett er line, tak in g th ird from Hei ser. Kidwell sli pped into th e lead tw o la ps fro m the end . Re sult s 550IL·INJ: I. Tyler Kidwell (Yam) : 2. &i1ey Spence ( Yam): 3 Jos h Stendifcrd ( Yam ); 4. Cas sidy Heiser (Yam) ; 5 . J efl Hughe s (Yam) . 55 (4- 6) : 1. Cameron Ty50n (Lem ); 2. Bailey Spence (Lem ): 3. Derek Hersh (Co b) ; 4. Max HlIrvat (Act) ; 5 . Ethan A1 lm (Pol) • 55 (7. 8): I. Tyl er Kid well (Cob) . 65 : 1. Mike Standiford (Kaw ): 2. J esse Long (KTM ); 3 . .Joey Parks (Ka w ); 4. John Long (KTM) ; 5. Brlln don Robinson (KTM) . 85 (7- 11): 1. John Lewis (Yam); 2. Joey P<1lrk! (KlIw ): 3. John Long (Hon ); 4. Evan Beer (YlIm ); 5 . Brandon Robinson (Hon ). 85 (12- 15): I. Cory Long (Hoo ); 2. Joey Avery (Yam ). 100 MOD : 1. J ohn leWI S (Bon): 2. Doug Ma<: owe ll (Hon) ; 3. D Mik e Jensen (Hon). 100 STK : 1. Bry an Douglas (Hen): 2. ChrisKlin efelter (Hon ). 125 B: I. Cory long (Honl; 2. lach Calcutt ( Hon); 3. John SesSGmlln (Yam) : 4. Joey Avery (Hon ): 5. Tra vis Sennett (Hon) 250 I\; J. J ake Johnson (Hon); 2. ShaWTl Boer (Rtx): 3 . Donn ie Mullen (Yam ): 4. Bryan Doug las (Hon); 5. Raun Wood (Hon). 250 B: 1. J ames Dore m us (Yam ): 2. Doug Reinert (KT M) ; 3. lach C~IC\ltt (KlrM); 4. Ray Lied( Yam ); 5. G~ Simmen (YlI m) . 500 A 2·V1\lVE: I. Dave Sm ith (Yam); 2. DlIll as Boer (Yern ): 3. Jim Chapmll n (Yam); 4 . larry Bu rkholder ( Yam ); 5. Shawn Bee r (Yam) . 600 A ; I. Jake Johnson (Rtx); 2. Don nie Mullen (W -R); 3. Bob Sweeten (W-R); 4 . Shawn Baer (Rlll.); 5 . Chris Klinefelt er (Hon) . 600 B: I. Tre vts Sen ne tt (Yam) : 2. Zech Calc utt ( Yam ): 3. Dway ne Rhoads ( Hon ): 4. Ray Green l<1lnd ( Yam): 5. Brien Yerger (YMn ). 750 A : I.ClI~ Tmo(Yam) . 30 +: J. Bob Sweeten (Rtx); 2. Dave Smith (Yam ); 3. Dall.u Beer (Rtx) : 4. James Dorffnus (Yll m) ; 5. J im Chapm ll n (Yam). 40+: 1. Mik e Keane (Hbg): 2. Larry Burkholder (Yam). SPTSMN: I. J ake John5on (Rtx ); 2. Doon ie Mullen (W.R): 3. Bob Sweeten (Rtx); 4. Raun Wood (Hon); 5. Bryan Dougla s (Rl x) . Kans a s S t at e Fa i rg ro u n d s M etcalf, D emuth D emolish ' e m at AMA Extreme MX B y ED B ECKLEY HUT CHINSO N, KS, SEPT. 11 T h e Kan sa s Sta te Fa i r h eld its Hr st -eve r mot ocr os s raees on Monday, Sept ember 11. With a grandstand fu ll of peop le and a p it area fu ll of bik es, th e officials in charg e of the fair realized they 'll need to ho ld th is event again next y ea r . Th e even t produ c er, Ch eckered Aag Product ion s, will sign th e c ontr act for th e ne xt year's even t before th e year is ove r. T he tra ck, whi ch bor d e red o n be in g a su p e rc ro s s - a nd a re n ac ross -s ty le track , offe red somethi ng fo r everyone. Riders jumping th e 70 -foot t ripl e wo u ld ge t the c ro wd going, whil e th e te chnical parts of the tra ck made for a lot of passing . Th e tra ck was laid ou t in fro nt of th e grand stand and also utilized parts of the half mile dirt track on sit e. J osh Demuth was whipping th e lo ca ls in pra cti ce, and th e o the r team c rew m embers were study ing th eir stopwatches , wo nde ri ng ho w thi s Kawa sak i rider was getti ng around so qu ickly . Th en Nick Metc alf unl oad ed his bike, and eve ryone knew th is was going to be a war . Local fa vorite Jeff Hedd on was also cli cking off good lap times, and th e fat lady was nowhere near read y to sing . Demuth too k co mmand of th e 12 5cc Pro co ntest and never loo ked bac k. He didn't dare! Both Heddon and Met c alf we re all over hi m, wa iting for a mi stak e. But th e mild-mannered Texan found th e fas t way aro und th e track and pi cked up th e $500 rese rv ed fo r the w inn er. Metc alf raced to seco nd . all th e tim e as close as D emu th ' s shadow. Cory Fran ci s rod e a good ra ce , co m i ng from m id pa c k t o tak e th ird , ov er Hedden. The 250 Pro rac e wou ld pi t alm ost all of the same pl ayers against eac h ot he r aga in. Th is time, Demuth got th e worst st art of hi s career. He was sitti ng with the bike in neutral when th e other rid ers were already in second

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