Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

was time to make some money," said Jean, who mentio ned the S 1000 Pro purse from Sonoma Cy cl e as an additional incentive t o c hoo se the Winne m ucca ra ce for his debut. J ea n sco red a 2- 1 fini sh in the 125cc cla ss , sp litting the wins wi th M inden , Nev ad a's Matt Knesek . A lso a relativel y ne w Pro , Knesek race d to a runner - up fi ni sh in the 250 c c Pro contest and c am e out on top of th e 12 5cc Pro race by wi nni ng the second m oto , over J ean. In the 2 50cc Pro c l a s s , Jean quickly grabbed th e lead and - except for a slip in the first m oto , when he took a sp ill b ut quick ly remou nted - he rode a trou b le -free r ac e . Finishing b ehind Jean were Knesek, Ca nnondale pilot Scott Still m o ck, J ames So ck rid er, Sven Stillm o ck , Rand y M a g a a n d Ry an Han sen . Jean also won th e second 250c c Pro moto , but th e o rd er was a little different beh ind h im. Sven Stillmock gra bb ed th e ru n n e r -up sp ot , and B o i s e , Ida ho 's Sock ri der nabb ed third . K nesek and Scott St i ll mock rounded out the top fiv e. In the 125cc Pro race , J ean a nd Knesek went at it tooth and nail, with Jean tak ing the first moto and Knesek hitting his stride la te in the day to win the second moto and c apture the overall. In the deciding second m oto , Knesek was charg ing hard right fro m th e get-go. By th e time the y came through t he rockers at the end of the fi rst l a p , Kn e se k h ad a solid l e ad , w hic h h e m a in t a i n e d t hro u gh t he re ma inde r o f th e moto. J ean m ight hav e be en ab le t o make it a closer race, but fatigue m id way through th e m ot o ham pered hi s cha nc e of victo ry . "K nesek was ridin g rea l g ood [i n th e second m ot o]. " sai d J ean . "I was push ing f or a w hile, bu t I g ot tired and I decided not to pus h it anymor e. Si n c e I wo n th e 250cc r a c e , I'm happy with m y ride." , - -- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - 80 B EG : 1. Brad Hamm on (S uz ) ; 2 . Brya n Rod gers ( Hon ); 3. Blake Merb ach (S uz); 4. Mi key Chick (Ke..... ); 5. Tyson Dines (Suz). 80 JR D·) : I. Eri c Pearson (K aw) ; 2. Beau Meier (Suz); 3 . T yl er York ( K aw); 4 . David KeiJ ( Ho n) ; 5 . Bren t Am ato (Yam) . 8 0 J R 0 - 2 : 1. Br a e Hamm on ( Suz); 2 . Joe Mem eo (K aw) ; 3 . Tyler Bryant (Kaw }: 4 . M ichael Sylvestri ; 5. Matt Richardson (Hon) . 80 I NT: 1. J eff Klin o ( Yam) ; 2 . Ryan Ferr is (Hon) : 3 . J.L. Bitz (Yam) . 125 BEG : 1. Brett Fa y eTM); 2 . Norma Jean Jea n ( Yam); 3 . J effrey Macedo (Ke.....); 4 . Anthon y Ramos (Hon); 5 . Mo nty Macedo (Hon). 125 JR: 1. De an Wilcox (Ho n) ; 2. J am es Daly ( Hon) ; 3 . Randell Sc hu l tz (Ke ..... ) ; 4 . B randon "The last 125 cc moto wa s my best rid e," said Knesek . "I had a lot of bad luck [i n the other races] - bad starts and w hatnot - but in the last moto, I got so me aggression a nd m ad e it t h ro ugh . T o m m y got ano ther good jump off the sta rt an d 1 was righ t next to him d own the stra ight; but a few turns later 1 got the inside line on him. He stayed t ight on me, and even got by me a few times, but 1 was able to get him righ t bac k . M an , 1 had t unnel vision out on th e t rack . 1 wa s co m fo rtable and con fid ent, and t hat's wh er e it's at . Tha t's t he way you 've got to k eep it. If they show you a wh eel , y ou got to show 'em right back. I was final ly comfortable , and when he was behind me, I just tried not to ma k e any mistakes. Then it all came togeth er." Th e fa ste st Amateur racer on t he t rack was Battl e Mountain, Nevada' s J i m my N el so n , wh o wo n t he 12 5 c c Interm ed iat e/ Ex p ert class handily ev en though he was only r iding a 105cc Super-M ini! Amazingl y , Nel son w on both m otos g o ing awa y , even overcoming a fa ll after cr ash -landing a ju m p that would ha ve sent a lo t of lesser riders to the p its . "I had a big lea d , so 1 went for a no -foo ted c an -c a n and my leg got c aug ht - t he jump 's not big enough f or that - and I just fell , " Nels on recounted . "It was all right , though. " N elson's le ad was so great that aft er the c r as h, he si mply got u p , brushed himself off and motored on w it hout ev er losing first p lace. Nelson was vic to rio us in b oth m o t o s over Justin Phi llipso n , Troy M ag a, J ac o b Wilcox and J osh Ferguson . eN Johnstone (Hon); 5. J oe Pom e roy (Yam ). 125 (NT : l , Jim my Nel s on (Ya m) ; 2 . Justin PhillJp son (Hon) ; 3 . T ro y Mora ( Yam) ; 4 . Jacob Wilcox; 5 . J osh Ferguson (Han) . 125 PRO: 1. Ma tt Knese k ( Ha n); 2 . Tommy J ean (Han). 3 0+ PRO: 1. Sven Stillmock ( K~w); 2. Rand y Maga; 3. Darryl Haney ; 4. Mike Riddle . 250 BEO : I. K .C . Kub ichek ( K aw ) : 2. J o sh Martinmaas ( Hu s); 3 . Br and o n A mato (S U1) ; 4 . Jere m y Bosserm an (Han) ; 5. Aaro n Bissell. 250 JR : 1. K en Smit h (Ho n ); 2 . D an Dorsey (Ho n) ; 3. N ick Cassinelli (Ya m ) ; 4 . Matt McMurry (Kaw) ; 5. Dam Zito (Yam) . By - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , -c ~ (ii z r o ., >- '" ~ ~ Calder Cycle Park: Tim Walker won the Over 30 Intermediate class with a two-moto sweep at roun d five of the MX West Nevada State Championsh ip Series in Winnemucca, Nevada. j es, but the laps were runn ing out. He had to settl e for th ird . Keuntj es put in a v alia n t r id e for second . Johnson scored an enormous victory. Kawasaki rider Brad Jerominski gated 10t h but moved into fourth by the end . Keuntjes jumped out to the lead in the second rnoto, only to be passed b y Busse com ing down the ste pdown. .Johnson st art ed in fourth but stayed on Keuntjes' rea r tire th rough the step -up and dived inside to t ake secon d away from K eun tj es. O ette l dec ide d to si t this one out beca use of a na gg i ng k nee injury . Van Ep eren a Is o d r opp e d o u t o f th i s mo to bec ause of injury. Busse trie d t o ru n away out fro nt during the early stages , but he forgot th at J ohns on had h im in his sights . J ohnson m ade a pa ss through the whoop section to ta ke the lead . Busse stayed in secon d , wit h Keuntjes close be hi nd . Once J ohn son got out front, there was no way anyone was going to ca tch him on this day. J ohnson too k the w in an d the overall co n vincingl y , over Bu sse, Ke untjes, Jerominsk i and Ji m W e ber. Jerom inski di d all h e co uld do to get past Keuntjes for th ird , but nothing worked . His consistent 4 -4 fi nishes netted him third overa ll. Keun tjes (2 -3 ) was seco nd overall. With his never -say-die at tit u de , Mall Hopkins is destined to be a star in years to come . Th e Yamaha rider is a joy to watch and will defini tely ma ke waves in the Amateur Nationals in th e futu re . Yamaha-mounted Kyle Garro snagged the 125c c B holeshot, ahea d of Doug Gust, Ho pk ins , Joe Skodras and T yl er Smu lders . Hopk in s m ov ed past Gust and into second on lap two , with Sk odr as foll owing him. Garro put every thi ng he ha d into th is rnoto , try ing to st ay in th e lea d. Gust m o ved back pa st Skodras for third on the final la p . Ga rr o ch eck ed out fo r t he win, with Hopkins second and Gu st th ird . P ET E E MM E DENMARK, WI, OCT. 1 u nn y skies and warm t em per a tures greeted the 370 riders who came to Denma rk Sports and Com petition for the annual Midwest Area Championship race, and Rhi nelander, Wisconsin 's Chad Johnson swept all six m ot os in which he competed. Th e Team Gr een rider wo n bo t h Sportsman A motos over Du stin Keuntjes, but the real actio n came du ring the e li te 12 5cc A c lass. Y am a h a moun ted Rod ney Van Ep er en sna red the holeshot, w it h Keuntj es and Dav e Oe tte l close behind . Kart er Bu sse was fo urt h . J ohnson wa s in seventh as the y entered th e double-double section of th e t rac k . Oettel an d Bus se p assed Keuntj es. Busse m oved into th e lead in th e back po rt io n of th e tra ck, foll owed by Oettel. Van Eperen was th ird . Bu sse came in real hot to a left-h ander and we n t off th e t ra c k into some rocks , putting his Yama ha out of contention. Oette l t o o k over t h e lead, with Keuntjes, Van Eperen and Johnson in tow . Oettel quickly moved out to a 20bike-le ngth lead during the second lap. Johnson had his hands full with the two riders ahead of him , but he moved into second and, with fo ur laps to go , he k ne w he h ad a cha nce to catch Oettel. Mi dway through the thi rd lap, O ett el and his DGY Honda washed out in the rocky switchback section , ha nd ing the lea d over to J ohnson and m oving back behind Ke untjes an d Van Epe ren. Oettel and Van Ep eren battled fo r the next two laps. Oettel's bi k e was working great through th e whoop sect io n, and he was cutting t he dista nce be twee n h im sel f and Van E peren , in thi rd . By lap four, he had m ov ed into thi rd, behi nd Keun tj es. M ea nw h il e , J oh n son w as se tti ng an un m at chable pace . O ett el had his Hon d a pinned, try in g to ca tc h Keunt - S 50 ( 0 - 7): 1. Garrett lo ppolo (Co b) ; 2 . J o h n - (Hen ): 3. All en Sine (0· 0) : 4. Dav e Keil (Yam): 5. Bo b Fabel (Hon) . 4 0+ EX : 1. Mike McM urry (Hon); 2. Gil bert Chi ck (Han); 3. J eff Covi ngton (Hon ). It's Johnson in Wisconsin Herzog (Co b) ; 3. Ky le Colom bini (KTM ); 4. Dak ot a May (Han) ; 5 . Lu cas Jones (Pol). 50 ( 8.) : J . Jak e Ma ga ( K T M) ; 2 . Hanna h Hammon (KTM ); 3. Tyler Ferris (KTM ). 6 0 (0- 9) : 1. Scott O hm (Ka w): 2. Ty Kowalski (Ka w) ; 3. Gar rett loppo lo ( KT M) ; 4 . Ky le Co lo m bini ( KTM ): 5. Kyl e Morton (Kaw) . 60 ( 10 +): 1. T yler York (K aw); 2. Matt Memeo ( Ka w) ; 3 . J oh n Vallerio ( Kaw); 4 . K urt Ham ann (Kaw ); 5. Christop her Spaken (Kaw) . - Dorsey . 40. INT: I. Scott Churchley (Hon) : 2. Mike E1Us Midwest Area Championship Denmark Sports and Competition Calder Cy Pa cle rle Winnemucca, Nevl da Results: October I , 2000 [Round 51 - 2 5 0 IN T: 1. Pa ul Mudd ( Yam); 2. J us t i n Pon cian o (Yam) . 250 PRO : 1. T ommy Jean ( Ya m ) ; 2 . Ma t t Knesek (Ha n) ; 3. Scott St illmoc k (Ca n); 4 . J ames Sackrider (Han) ; 5. Sven Stillmock (Kaw). 25 + IN T : 1. Paul Mudd ( Yam ); 2 . Tim Wal ker (Yam) . 25+ BEG : 1. Vince nt Wilde ma n; 2. Aaro n Bi ssell (Yam) . 2 5+ JR : 1. Ken Sm ith (Han) ; 2. Dom Zttc (Yam). 3 0+ JR : 1. Ken Smith (Han); 2. David Dun ham (SU1): 3. Fre d Meier (SUl): 4 . Tra cy Speke r (Yam) ; 5. Casey Walsh (Han). 30+ BEG: 1. Chri stina Ellis (Ha n); 2. Mike Mieras (Yam) : 3. Robert Boody (Hon ). 30+ INT: J. Tim Walker (Yam) ; 2. Marc us Gentry (Hon): 3. Anthony Pulera (Hon) : 4 . Allen Rudd (Hon) : 5. Jeff Covi ngt on (Hen) . 3 0+ EX : 1. Ru ssell J ohnson ( Kaw); 2. Mike McM urry (Hen) ; 3. Wes Moffitt (Han ); 4. Eric Schacht (Hon): 5. Layn e Kolbe! (Hon) . 40+ JR : 1. Don Veigel ( Hus); 2. Christina Ellis (Hen); 3. Bill Helle r: 4 . Duan e Quick (Suz); 5. Dean cu e I e n e VII' So NOVEMBER 8 , 2000 39

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