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outs ide line to go by Metca lf for second and t hen began re eling in St ile s, who was still in front. T wo laps before the checker s, Rid dl e w e nt to the inside of the wh oops and t ook cha rge of the moto . Stil es had t o settle fo r sec o n d . Smith h ad w o rk ed h i s way into th ird, followed by Metcalf , Sum me y a nd G ib son . H orton en ded u p nin th . Nee se, St il es, Ma son an d Su m mey were the fi rst rid ers around the tu rn in t he sec o nd moto , w ith Riddle sevent h and Metc alf ne xt to la st. Stiles got by Neese to t ake ove r the lead . Riddl e wo rke d h is way through t he pack into second and th en pass ed Sti les fo r t he lea d o n th e sixt h l ap . Rid dl e th e n widened th e g ap between himself and Stil es . Ridd le was in c o nt ro l for th e rem a inde r of th e m ot o , foll owed b y St il es , Neese, Summey and Mason . " I had a bad j ump o ut of th e ga te ," Riddle said . " I got st uc k behind Sum m ey and gave him some ro om , sin ce he was p retty m uch the fresh m an in the class . It took m e a w h ile t o get by Summey. Th en I c aug ht N eese wh en he m ad e a m ist ak e and I passed him on t he quad . I ju st di dn 't ge t to o anxiou s and I ended up c atch i ng Stiles for th e win ." Smith did not finish after breakin g a hose clamp on his radiator. Gibson also chalk ed up a DNF. CN Daniel Boone Motocross Park london,Kentucky Resutts: October 1, 2000 4 -STRK AM : 1. David Albe rt ( Hus); 2. Tom m y Layman (KTM); 3 . David Farris (KTM); 4 . Brandon Stook sbury (Yam) ; 5. James Goin (KTM) . 4 · STRK PRO : I . Kell y Smi th (KT M); 2. J eff G ibs o n (C a n ); 3 . Brian M a so n ( KT M) ; 4 . La rry Gessner (KTM); 5. Mi ch ael Cam pbell (Yam ). 50 SHAfT: 1. Mich ael Hall (Yam ); 2 . Clayto n Rapp ( Yam); 3 . T revo r Ba rr ett ( Ya m) ; 4 . A ndrew Langworthy (Yam) ; 5. Harrison Whaley (Yam) . 50 ( 4 · 6) : 1. W ill iam D ic k so n ( Cob ) ; 2. T revo r Barrett (Cob) ; 3. Chris Good m an (Co b ); 4 . Michael Ha ll (Pol); 5 . Sha yne Cunningham (Cob). 5 0 ( 7 - 8) : 1. Se an Cu n ni ng ha m ( Co b ) ; 2 . Chri stoph er Du rbin (Co b) ; 3 . Parker Brown (Cob); 4. Wy att Messer (Cob); 5. Colto n Renak er (Cob) . 50 HON: 1. Dam on Goin (Hon ); 2. Paden King (Hon) . 6 0 (7-9 ): 1. Ty ler Br ight (KTM) ; 2 . Benj ami n Denton (KTM); 3. Luk e Griffis (KTM ); 4 . Ad am Britt (Kaw) ; 5. Luke Vonl inger (KTM) . 60 (1 0 - 1 1) : I. Zach Osborn e (KTM ); 2. Aryton Dunke l (Kaw) : 3. Matthew Vonlinger (KTM ); 4 . Ty ler Newto n (KTM ); 5. Shelby Rolen (KTM). 80 ( 7 - 1 1) : 1. J us t in Sipes (Kaw ) : 2 . Zach Osbo rne (Suz); 3. Jak e Griffi s (Han): 4. Dust in Rowe (SUl) ; 5. Matt Scarboro (Suz). 80 ( 12 - 13) : 1. Shane O 'Banion (Yam); 2 . Michael Akay din (Kaw ): 3 . Chris Osborne (Suz) : 4 . Brandon Belcher (Suz); 5. Tyler Bai les (Kaw ). 80 (1 4- 15) : I. Adam Ro b i n son ( Yam); 2 . A lex ande r Hunt er (Yam ) : 3 . Chris Brow n (Sua) : 4 . Craig Rya n (Suz); 5. Matth ew Blake (Yam ). O/ L MIN I: 1. J us t in Sipes ( Ka w ) : 2 . A da m Robinson (Yam) ; 2. J ak e Griffi s ( Ho n); 3. Sh an e Q' Ban io n (Ya m) ; 4 , A lex ande r Hu nter (Ya m) ; 5. Micha el Ak aydi n (Kaw) . 12 5 A / PRO : 1. Ben Riddle (Suz); 2. J eff Gibson (Can) ; 3. Nick Metcalf (Suz) : 4, David Kratz (Hus) : 5. Jim Neese (Yam ). 12 5 B: 1. Aaron Stanc il (Yam ); 2. Ryan Sipes ( Ka w); 3, Doug Earl s (Suz) ; 4 . Kor y Cun ning ham (Yam ); 5. Matth ew Crawford (Han), 125 c: 1. Robbie Gray (S uz); 2, Fredd y Rowe (Yam) ; 3 . Matt Dolin (Yam) ; 4. Chris top her Nelson (Suz) : 5. Brandon Moo re (Yam) . 25 0 A /P RO : 1. Ben Riddle (Suz}: 2. Cla rk Stiles (KT M ); 3 . J o shu a Summey ( Kaw ) ; 4 . Jim Neese (Yam); 5. David Kratz (Hus). 25 0 B: I . Doug Earl s (Suz) ; 2. Aaro n Sta nci l (Yam); 3 . Nic ho la s Wolfe ( Yam): 4 , Ada m Smith (Yam ); 5. Wesley McCoy (Kaw). 250 C: 1. B.J . Hunts inger (Sua): 2. Je remy Hill ( Suz); 3 . Ga briel Co llett (K aw ) : 4 . J o sh ua Wyatt ( Yam ); 5. Dustin Willi am s (Kaw). O/ l AM.: 1. Doug Earls (Suz) : 2. Wesley McCoy (Kaw ); 3. Mich ael Rob inson (S uz) ; 4. Alex Gaines (KTM); 5. Kory Cunningham (Yam ). OI L C/O : 1. Matt Do li n ( Yam ); 2. Je remy Hill (Suz); 3. Robbie Gray (S uz); 4 . Christopher Nelson (Suz); 5. Jo rdan Gallah er (Suz) . WMN : 1. Richell McE voy (Sua): 2. Kassie Wilks (Yam); 3, Shelby Rolen (Suz): 4 , Britt any Newma n (Kaw) . SC HBY : 1. J ason W il e y ( Yam ); 2. B .J . Hun t sin ger (S uz ); 3 . Matthew Craw ford ( Ho n) ; 4 . Ryan Sipes (Kaw) ; 5. Blake Hovis (Han) . 25 ... A: 1. Rodney Carri er (Yam); 2. Chad Lough (Suz); 3 , A l bert Mc C oy (S uz ) ; 4 . Br ad Ca ssad a (Hon); 5. Bri an Young (Han). 25+ B: 1. Glenn Graham ( Hon ); 2. Justin McCoy ( Yam ) ; 3 . K yl e Shoun ( Yam ) ; 4 . Keith Co ttongin (Kaw ); 5. Timoth y Cam p (Suz). 25 ... C: 1. Eric Reed (Hon); 2. J osh Snell (Yam); 3 . A ll en Brown (Suz) ; 4 . Th om a s Davis ( Hus) ; 5 . Donny Kaelin (Suz). 3 0 ... A: 1. Ro d n e y Ca rr ie r (Yam ); 2. La rry Ge ssn er ( KT M ) ; 3 . A lb er t M cC o y (Suz); 4 . Al an Alford ( Hus); 5. Leslie Belcher (Suz). 3 0 + B: 1. David A lb ert J r. ( Hus) ; 2. Ji m m y Leac h ( Ka w) ; 3. Kyl e Sho un ( Yam ) ; 4 . T im oth y Cam p (Suz); 5. Ste ve Ki esler (Ka w) . 30 ... C: 1. Je ff rey Field s ( Ho n} : 2 . Eric Reed (Han); 3. Wade Garland (Kaw) ; 4. Rusty Richardson (Hen) : 5. Steven Ratliff (Yam) . 40 ... : 1. David Farris (KTM); 2. Michael Robin son (Suz) ; 3 . A hrn et A kaydi n ( Kaw) ; 4 , Ge ne Hodg e (Kaw) ; 5. E. Gary Meek J r. (Yam) . 48 ... : ' 1. Ted Shortridge (Sua): 2. David Haywar d (Hon ); 3. Rock Fields (KTM) ; 4. Russ K. ight (Suz); 5. n Fred J am es (Suz) . NETRA Hare Scrambles Series Final Round: Woodsocross RERiting the Rules By M A RK D. M A KUCH STERUNG, CT, OCT. I " Ijust ke pt him ri ght whe re I wanted h im all day : behind m e, bu t cl ose en ough t hat I c ould keep an eye on him ." H a d i t b e en a nyo ne b ut Josh M cLe vy who offered th at explanation f o r the c lo seness o f Sunda y 's fin a l round of the NETRA Har e Scrambles Ser ies, th e W oodsocros s, y o u mi gh t hav e chalke d it up to bra vad o o r eve n thought it was an outrig ht fib and wo n dered if th e tr uth wo uld have sounded mo re like, " I j ust co ul d never sha ke h im! " After all, the "h im" in q uesti on was non e ot her th an th ree-time and c u rr e n t N E TRA H are Scra mb les c h a m p i o n Patr i ck Tim o thy , w ho hounded M cL ev y like his own exhaust. If yo u foll ow the seri es regularly, how ev er, yo u k now that whil e T imothy m ay be th e immovabl e object atop the c h a m pi o n s hi p p odium , M cL evy 's co m b i nati o n of m ot o cr oss sty le and raw speed m ak e him an unstoppable force during th e races his th ree-seri es sche du le all ows him to att en d. And so it was tha t th e NETR A Har e Scrambles sea so n came to a cl ose on a perfe ct aut u m n day , with th e battl e going t o M cLevy and the war to Timothy . Pr esi ding ove r t h e skirmish wa s Ri c k Erickson , ow ner o f RER M ot or Ci ty o f M o nro e , C onne cti cu t , a n d sponsor of both McLev y and T imothy . In a short ti me, RER has shown it has th e dedicatio n, reso urc es and st ra te gy to be co me t h e ro yal f amil y of NETR A and a not ab le threat to the factory teams, with McLevy an d T im oth y bo th rec o rdi ng na tiona l top -10 fini she s at rac es in th e G NCC series . As if to sig na l th at the y ea r 2000 has reached it s own lat e aft ern oo n , a stu bble of shi n-high co rn st alk s cov ered th e st a rt ing a re a . Ye ll o w t ape est abli shed a leng th y grass- track sec tion where the dark loam was in such fi ne condit ion fo r racing th at the rid ers hu rried back down to it after clearing a c ou p le of spe c ta t o r-fr i end ly sing l e ju m ps. Rocks and roo ts, th e sli p pe ry wor kp lac e of th e New England wood s rid er, were th e order of th e day as th e rid ers en t ere d the fo rest. T h is hard scrabble foo ting conti nued ov er most of th e 5 .3 mil es lead ing back to th e finish lin e, with welc o m e br eaks in two other fie lds alo ng th e way . Surpris ing Iy , m ost of the pass ing occurred in the w o o d s , where multilin ed m udholes provided eas y oppo rt un iti es for t hose with good eyes ight and good luc k . T h e ge ne ra l co nse nsus wa s th at th e Rhody Ro vers had pu lle d off o ne of t he m o st enj oy ab le eve n t s o f th e y ea r for riders and spect ators alike . They w ill go d own in h isto ry as th e c lub that introd uced NETRA 's co m puter iz ed b ar -code sco ring sys tem and ushered us into the new m illen ni um (or at least in to the m id -1 980 s) . Th e o bst acles t he Ro ve rs laid o ut weren 't th e only ones T imot hy faced , as th e cham p was ra ci ng a KTM 40 0 fou r-stroke fo r th e fi rst tim e , and afte r nearl y no t ime in the sadd le. A prob i e m wi t h hi s ridin g g e ar se nt him s cr amb l ing bac k t o th e tru ck and w at ch in g h is co m petito rs on th e AA lin e begin th e rac e wh il e he was st i ll 50 f eet sh y of t he li ne . W o rking his w ay up is noth in g n ew fo r T imoth y and he qui c k l y se t t o wor k ga in ing positi on s. However , wha t was new to Timothy and his pi t crew wa s the co n sum ption ra te of th e fou r -stroke . It 's we ll kn ow n th at hare scram bles ri ders aspire to th e GNCC ranks, and T imothy did his best T eam Green imit ation by runnin g o ut of g as painfull y close to t he fini sh . Mc Levy , wh o could hear th e b o omin g fou r -stro k e in seco n d place for two hou rs of th e ra ce, had an un ex p ect ed ly easy stro ll th rough t he final co rne rs to take the win . Chris Panze lla assumed th e runner -up sp ot, fo ll owed b y Brian Law son and Luk e M cN eil. A Open- class winner Lee Helliwell was th e firs t nonAA r ide r, 20 seco nds ahe ad of the su rp rise of t he day. Sc ott DeC ost a's bik e and gear lo ok a lot lik e T ravis Pastr an a's, and see ing DeCost a slice th r o ug h t he p ac k , o ne might h av e th o u ght th e newly crow ned AMA 125 c c m ot ocross ch ampi on had soften ed h is c li cke r s fo r a da y i n the woo d s. Rid ing N ate Kanney's sem ir et ired 199 8 RM 125 o n a dis p lac em enthun gry course, DeC osta ca m e off the th ird row but had lai d waste t o m ost of the 200cc and 250c c-c1ass riders by the end of the first lap. Of 19 AA ri d e r s s ta r ting the r ac e, DeC os t a bested all but fo ur. CN Final Round: Woodsocrass Sterling, Connecticut Results: October 1, 2000 (Final roundl O / A : J oshua McLevy. AA : 1. Chris Panzella; 2. Brian Law son; 3. Luke McNe il; 4 . Matt J albert ; 5. Keith Callahan. A H·PT: Lee Helliw ell. 250 A : 1. J eff Stap les; 2. Kri s Moo ney; 3. Jim Edm onds: 4. Tom Pierce; 5. Ji m Senecall . 200 A : I . Scott DeCo sta: 2, Mike Peristere; 3. Everett Maynard Jr.; 4. Todd Santheson; 5, Ja rrod 1 ngs. 4 ·STRK A : 1. J ill Green; 2. Ma rk Bur dick . 3. Calvin Broadu s. OPEN A : 1. Anthony Geraci: 2. Pete Byrne ; 3 . Shawn Ja ckson, V ET A : 1. Mark Vh iak ; 2. Russ Bain; 3 . Dav id Dzenati s: 4 . Art Randol ph; 5. Anth ony Reo. S R A: 1. Norm Turn bug; 2. Dav id Ka nne y; 3. Kevin Hesnan; 4 . C. Gin; 5. R. Erick son. 200 B : 1. Owen Tirrell ; 2. J ason Vayo; 3. Caleb Kenney: 4. Jar ed Wheeloc k ; 5 . T .J . Swistro. 25 0 B : 1. Chris Chasse; 2. Bill y Flynn; 3. Ja son Rodrig ues; 4, Ed Barter; 5. Dan Nelson, O PEN B: t. Steve Glrroir: 2. Scott Santangelo: 3. Howard Kane; 4 . Tom Cool ey; 5. Vinny Leonardo. 4 · STR K B: I , Chris Nicho las: 2. J im Wals h; 3 . Todd Hami lton; 4 . J ohn Morr ison; 5. David Ora m. VET 8 : 1. Mike Kraskousk a: 2. Robert O rlicw : 3. Richard Zeleznik; 4. AI Ross; 5. Mic hael Moy nihan. SR B: 1. Paul Mancini; 2. J eny Randall; 3. Brian Provencher: 4. Gerard Gnmdmann; 5. Dennis Kirk man. 2 5 0 C: 1. Steve n Hefner; 2. Donn y Daryn ; 3. Steve Suntar; 4. Mark Carpenter; 5. William Pendleton. 12 5 C: I . Matt White ; 2. Bud J oachim ; 3. Paul Kal1i ski ; 4. Alex ander Meneses; 5, Edward Corson. n 200 c. 1. Gregg Hamel; 2. Steve Morris ; 3. Carl Arm ett a J r.; 4 . Mark Marshall ; 5. Scott Evans. 4 ·S TRK C; 1. Peter Briley; 2. David Bum hall ; 3. Daniel Selvid lo: 4 . George Poulo s: 5, Davi d Haight, V ET C: 1, T om Vallee ; 2 . Spencer Glover; 3 . Lonis Jurgen; 4. J oe Bec hcocth: 5. Marc Gro nta . SR C: 1. Rick A very; 2. Robert Do yle; 3. A llen Al sop ; 4. Bronte Rozenes: 5. Robe rt Kollis tron. S/SR C: 1. Thoma s Sime on; 2. Bill J ohnson; 3. John Cam pettl: 4, Ed Barnes; 5, Jerry Shinners. OPEN C: I . Rya n Whi te ; 2 . J oe Sofrawko ; 3 , Timothy Nelson; 4. A lbert Whaples; 5. J ohn Cam petti. ,-- - - - - - - - - - - -- -- - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -- - -- -- -----, o r ::l -c '" a: '" -c ~ ~ Woodsocross: AA riders Dave > OJ o Gunn, D.J. Lis, 6 s: Hans Neff, Jesse Berthiaume and Brian Tucker thunder into the first corner at the final round of the NETRA Hare Scrambles Ser ies in Sterling, Connecticut. cue I "" nevvs NOVEMBER 8 , 2000 33

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