Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Ho nd a 's Zachary Ham ilto n. Be hind him were Jeremy McCormick, Cruz , Thor's Scott Thrower, and Sun Cit y Cycle's Christian Kelly . The first two pu lled o ut a slight lead o ve r the res t of the pa ck . The re a l fight wa s for third . On lap two, Throw er pu lled up bes ide Cruz in front o f the grandsta nds , a nd then d ived to the insi de of th e ne xt corner a nd ma de the pa ss stick . Me an while , u p fro nt , McCo rmic k was ke ep ing th e pr e ssure o n Hamilton . The lea der took a tumb le in front of the g rand st and s , re mo u nti ng in second . Th e battle for th ird was st ill goi ng on; Cruz a nd Th ro wer p a ss e d each other severa l tim es . By the end , McCo rm ic k pulled o ut a b ig le ad on Ha milt o n . C ruz wo n t h e battle for t h ird , ov e r T hrower , and Fra nk Flagg's Kyle Clark was fifth . Ha m ilton made it two in a row and led the pac k o u t o f th e f irs t turn again . Cruz was second , fo llowed by McC o rmi c k , Thro wer and Kelly. Ham ilt on again pull ed o ut a lead until disaster struck . On la p thr ee , his cha in c a me o ff, dro p ping him well ba ck in th e pa c k. Cruz too k over th e to p s po t a nd led the rest of the mot o . Meanwh ile. Th rower , Kelly a nd Clark had been wa ging th e ir own battle for third plac e . Throw er a nd Kelly had b een pa s s ing ba ck and forth , with Clark just watching , close behind. On the las t lap , Kelly got pas t T hrower fo r good going down the strai gh t in fron t o f th e starting line . C lark now mad e hi s b id for fourth , pulling up right behind Throwe r a nd putting the pressure on , but Clark ca m e up just short at the finis h line . The fin ishing or der was C ruz, McC ormick , Ke lly, Thrower , Kelly a nd Hamilton . J a son Ta ylor pull e d the hol eshot in th e first Pe e We e 80c c moto , followed by Chas e North rop , Kyle Ma ys , Aa ron Beaus o le il a nd Pax Tra x' s ow n Ross Pax ia . Taylo r pull ed o ut a b ig lea d an d n e ver lo o k e d ba ck . Beaus ole il m oved up to th ird a nd started putting pressure o n th e s econd -p lace rider. IC C' s Micha el Tr e c ki mo ved up to fifth . Beausole il pass ed North ro p for s e c ond in th e whoo ps, bu t No rth rop passed him back in th e ne xt corner. While th ose two wer e ba ttling it o ut, Trec ki was sne ak ing up from be hi nd . Th e thre e were nose to ta il u p until th e last lap , when Trec ki took a s pill. Thi s a llowed Beaus oleil to try a lastcorne r pass, but h e came u p ju s t s ho rt at the fin ish line . The fina l order was Ta ylor, No rth ro p , Beausoleil, Will Hofer a nd Treck i. T a y lo r once again pulled the h ol e s hot in moto two , follo wed by Northrop , Beausoleil, Mays and Pax ia. Th e riders in second th ro ugh sixth were very close , with a ll of them t rying to make a pa s s o n one anothe r. With a few la ps to go, Paxia made th e pass into fourth . Trecki then followe d Pa xia and also got b y May s, and despite a clo s e batt le , th e o rder stayed the same to the finish . Ta ylor was first, winning the Pe e Wee 80c c (10 -12 ) cla ss , follow ed by No rthrop , who won th e Pe e We e 80cc (7- 9) class . Beaus o le il wa s ne xt, fo llowed by Pa xia a nd Tre c ki. CN 85 B: 1. Je rem y McConnick (Yam) ; 2. Zachary Hamil ton (Han ). 85 C: 1. Camden Cruz (Kaw) ; 2 . Scott T hrower (H an) ; 3 . Chr istian Kell y (Yam); 4 , Kyl e Cla rk (Han); 5. J im m y Hays (Yam) . 125 BEG : 1. Da n Willia m son (Ha n) ; 2. Mike Smith had a major endo in the lower switchba ck section between doub les a nd was sent reeling . It to ok nearly a full lap bef or e the massive KTM was Underw ood (Su z); 3 . Ryan Bour ge (Yam); 4 . Teresa Culve r (Ha n). refired and b ac k in action , and by 125 B: 1. Steph en Doug lass (Yam) . then Smith was out of contention for 125 C: 1. K ris Clark (Yam); 2 . Tracl Hess (KTM) ; 3. J ason Beck (KTM); 4 . Daniel Gray (Han): 5. Kris t h e ov e r a ll, fin ishing 19th in the PaxTrax MX Park Sto ne (Han). 250 BEG : 1, James An derson Jr. (Kaw) . Bunnell, Florida m o t o . J ohns on was right t h e re to 2 5 0 B : 1. J im Chl ud zln sk i ( Ya m) ; 2 . Rick y Results: september 23, 2000 (Round 1] c a pitaliz e on Sm ith 's m istake and he Lay ma n (Yam). 250 c: 1. Mar c Casto nguay (Han); 2 . Brian Lee P/W SHAFT ( 4- 6) : 1. Serra tia Gonzalez (Yam ); re took sec ond a nd he ld it fo r the rest (Kaw); 3 . J oseph Cu liendo (Kaw) ; 4 . To m Henderson 2 . Sky ler Humphr ey (Yam ); 3. Colten Carr (Han) ; 4 . (Hen): 5 . Nic k Mis hler (Hon ). Jeffrey Mul der (Yam) ; 5. Hunt er Carr (Han ). of th e mot o . OPEN: l. Cra ig J oh nsen (Yam) ; 2. Bri an Lee P/W SHAFT (7·9): 1. Jono McMull en (Han ): 2. ( Kaw) ; 3 . Nic k Mis hler (Ha n) ; 4 . J oseph Culie ndo Se an Pr e st on ( Ha n) ; 3 . Paul N i el sen (H en ) ; 4 . While J oh nson tr ied to catc h ba ck (Ka w); 5 . Mike Underw ood (Suz) . Raym ond Day III (Yam) ; 5 . Amanda North rop (Han). u p to th e smo o th a nd flu id Stil e s , WMN : 1. Tr ac t Hess (KTM ). P/W MOD (4· 6 ): 1. Jason Frank (KTM) . 0 -15: 1. Zac hary Hami lt on (Han ) ; 2 . Ca mde n P/W MOD ( 7· 9) : 1. M;key Mo rello (Co b) : 2 . Campbe ll had his hands fu ll in third , Cruz (Kaw); 3. Chri sti an Kell y (Yam) ; 4. Au gie Paxle Mike Bretzel (KTM) ; 3 . Aaro n Beauso leil (Cob) . (Yam ); 5. J immy Hays (Yam). P/ W 8 0 ( 7· 9 ) : 1. Chase Nor thr op (Va m) ; 2 . fen d ing off Birch Creek loc al s Jason 16-2 4 : 1. Ste p he n Do ug lass (Y am) ; 2 . Rick y A aro n Beau sole il ( Yam) ; 3 . Ross Paxta (Ya m) ; 4 . Baldwi n a nd Ma rk Wa g n er. Both Layman (Yam) . Michael Tr eck i (Han); 5 . Will Hofer (Yam ). 25 : I. Jim Ch ludzlnski (Yam). P/W 80 ( 10·12): 1. Jason Taylor (Hon). Yama ha pilots p ut in stro ng rides in 30 : 1. Gary A llre d (Han) ; 2. Marc Castonguay 65 (6 -8 ): I . Mik ey Mor el lo ( Kaw) ; 2 . A ar o n (Ha n); 3 . Cra ig J ohn son (Yam). Beausoleil (Kaw ). the o pen ing la p s , but th e y be gan to 35 ... : I . J ohn Cicero (Ka w) ; 2 . B rett K o ufa s 65 ( 9- 1 1) : I. Anthony Sch m itt (Ka w); 2 , Jason (Vam). Reigart (Kaw ). s lip. Wag ner slid ba c k fro m fift h t o o: n in th by moto 's end; Ba ldwin sl id ~ ba c k to s ixth by the flag . Maki ng up :> 'i. for bad starts , KTM r ide r Sco tt . .. .. ...~~ ~ Mut er spaugh and Husqvarna ace ~ Br ian Manson w er e coming u p o th rough th e field. il: When the dust had s ett le d , Stil es ha d he ld J ohn son ba ck in second for t h e win , a nd C ampbell had held steadfast in th ird . Muterspaug h ha d im p re s s iv e ly sliced thr ough from about ninth al l th e wa y up to fourth . Man son la nded in fifth. In m o to two , Stiles wa s o ut front after abs c on d ing with th e hol eshot , bu t Sm ith wa s o ut for blood , and he wasn 't g oing to be denied a m o t o win. Smith sta lked St iles for th e first thr ee la ps befor e he blew past for the lea d . He began to buil d a bo ut a 10 seco nd le a d o n t he field . Jo h ns o n was o nce ag a in runn ing tow ard the front, keeping a so lid thi rd-place run B irch Creek M otorsports Park: Clark Stiles (9) takes the holes hot over Canno ndale 's g oing , he just c o u ldn 't quite m atch Keith Jo hnson (161) and KTM rider Kelly Smi1h (41) at the second round 01 the AMA the pace of Sti les , in second . Th e top East Coast Four-Stroke Nationals In Danville, Virginia. thr e e stayed the same for th e res t of the moto , b ut the res t of the field wa s m ixing it up b ig time . Muterspa ug h East Coast Four-Stroke Nationals agai n tu rne d in a soli d a nd consi ste nt Round 2: Birch Creek Motorsports P ark fourth -pl a ce rid e , whic h p ut him o n th e last s te p of the podi um , be hi nd Stiles a nd Johnson . Yam a ha YZ ride r Jon Boruff had had a qui et seve nthwhile c hasi ng Stiles down . Even after p lace ride in moto one, but he pic ke d Bv J A V H AU SER com ing back strong in mot o two with up the pace qui te a bit in th e s e cond DANVILLE, VA, SEPT. 17 a wi n , Smit h fo u nd h im s elf a ways out ing a nd m oved up a spot to sixth o u t h e rn Virg in ia ' s Bir ch Creek down the results s heet , jus t s q ueak w h ic h w as e n o u gh t o put him in Motorsp orts Park ho s t ed round fourth ov er a ll on th e da y. A bad start ing into the top lOin 10th. tw o o f t h e Bal lz e e Ag g re s s iv e h ad Bal d w in p laying c a tc h - u p S tar p o we r wa s do wn , as S mi th We ar/ Hu sq va rn a E a s t Coast Fo urt hro ug ho ut m oto tw o , a nd h e only and Ca n no n d a le 's Ke ith J o hn s on Strok e Na tio na ls . Und er b lue skies m ad e it up to e ig hth . Luc kil y for we re t he on ly tru e fa cto ry ' ride rs a t and mil d te mpera tures , Tanne r , Baldwin , everybody e lse was s hifting the event, but th at didn 't sway the 28 Alaba m a 's Cla rk Stile s c a m e to the moto finis hes, a nd his score o f 6 -8 four -stroke pilots wh o we re ready for Creek and sty led his way to the Fo urallowed him to ro und out the top five actio n . The e ve nt d rew ride rs from 12 S tro ke Nationals overall victory . overa ll. states , so there was g reat ra c in g Absent from the opening ro und held Another member of the Michi gan throughout the fie ld in bo th motos . at Bu dd s Creek in Ma ryland, Sti les Ma fia, J a s on Mc Do na ld , ca me in Stiles made h is pr e s e nc e known more t han made up for some valusixth . Wag ner , Ca mpbe ll, Benj amin right off t he get-go wi th a very a ble cha m p ionship po ints by posting Rutledge and Smith ro unded o ut th e im p re s s ive holeshot in th e ope ni ng a 1-2 score. top 10. CN Na t iona l moto , wit h J o hnson, Smith On the hunt a ll day was defending Bin:h Creek MotIIrsports Park a nd Ohio's Michael Campbell right on series c h a mp Kelly Sm ith. T he ne w Danville, Virginia his heels . S m it h we n t to wo rk on head of the Mich igan Mafia sa id th at Results: September 17, 2000 (R ound 21 J ohnso n and by the start of lap two he was definitely go ing ou t to de fend 4·STRK A PRO: 1. Clark Stiles (KTM) : 2. Keith J o hn son ( Can); 3 . Scott Muterspaugh II (K aw); 4 . he had m ove d into second . h is t itle , b ut he was h it wit h a b a d J on Boruff (Yam); 5 . J ason Baldwin (Yam); 6 . Jason McDonald (Yam); 7. Ma rk Wag ner (Yam ); 8 . Michael It was shap ing up into one hell of a m oto a t the event when he c rashed Cam p bell (Yam); 9 . Benjamin Rutled ge (Yam ); 10 . KTM dogfight, but it a ll ended whe n his way ba c k to a 19th in m oto o ne Kelly Sm ith (KTM ). s Stiles Styles to Success S cy cle n e .... S • N O V EM B ER 1, 2000 65

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