Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

~_ § 0- wh e e l under hard braking in an offc amb er co rne r at the b ottom o f Broo m e -Tiog a 's infa mous hill. Th ese m a y be vinta ge m a ch ine s , but they didn 't loo k old tod a y. eN _ r ~ ~ ~ B roome-TIoga Sports Center B inghamton. New York Results: September Z3, ZOOO (R ound 9 of loJ 0. Broome-Tioga Sports Center: Ty Hagy (77H), Paul Mayer(64H) and Scott Campbell (25G) fight for the preferred line through the corner in the Pre-1975 Open mota in Binghamton , New York. A merican Classic Racing Vintage MotocrossS eries Round 9: Broome-Tioga S ports Center Vincent's Vintage Victory needed was for Vincent to m a ke one s mall mistake, and he c oul d mak e th e pa ss fo r first. Vinc ent, how ever, never bobbled and to o k th e c he c k ered fla g twice on the day. Americ an Classic Ra cing established the Junior cla s s to introduce the future o f motocros s to th e past, a nd the resul ts this ye ar have s hown t he wisdom of d o ing so . Th ere is a particular s atisfa ction in seeing 12- to l fi-ye a r-o lds battle on ma ch ine s twic e their age . Instead of be ing co ncemed about how many modificat ion s ca n be made to their factory -new bikes , th ey a re involved with tuning and rid ing m o torc ycl es that wer e n ew in the 1970s . There are few so urces a va ilabl e for anything other than pa rts for th ese bike s - a nd even thos e can be ha rd to find at tim es. This scarcity of a fte rmarket tuning or fa ctory support re d uces th e a dvant age that m o n e y can have on mach in e performa nce . Competing with in th e rule limitations of a Vintage class prevents trick mod ifications . Just ke ep ing a 30·year-old motocrosser running and in race order can be a big challenge. This tends to level the playing field considerably. It also in c re a s e s th e c a m ar a d e r ie . Though the co m pe t itio n is real and uncompromising on the tra ck, in the pits, assistance is read ily pr ovid ed to the com petition . Sp ectators watch e d as t hese Junior rid e rs figured o ut th e y c o u ld jump the downhill doub le on bi kes with four inc he s of rear s us pens io n travel. We watched a s Wern sd orfer a nd Vincent v ied for firs t , wh e e l to B y B O B VI N C E N T BINGHAMTON, NY, SEPT. 23 ate Vincent finish ed one a nd one to take first overall in the J unior class a t round nine of the American C la s s ic Ra c ing Vintag e Motocross S e rie s a t the Bro ome-T ioga S ports Ce nte r. Vinc ent grabbed th e holeshot in both motos a nd nev e r relinqu ished th e lead . Th at doesn't m ean he wa sn 't ch a llenged. Both John Wern sdorfer Jr. a nd Sc ott Daros kept th e pr ess ure on th rou gh both races. Da ros ga ined ground on the lea der through the clo sin g lap s in the firs t moto. He was cl ose e nou gh for Vinc ent to feel the he at, espec ia lly in the back sections of thi s Nationa l t ra c k. On th e last la p, Wernsdorfer began to put pressure on Daros , and Da ros' concentrat ion natu rally s hifte d to holding on to sec ond. W it h 100 y a rd s t o g o , Dar o s got c ross- rutted in th e last c o rner. The fron t whee l tu cked under a nd Daro s e nded up on th e gr ound in fro nt of his bike . Fortu nately, he was o nly shaken up , but his Ca n-Am was no t ready to start t he second moto , moving Brian Vanella into third place overa ll. In the second moto, Wernsdorfer too k up the job of keeping Vincent hon est. Wernsdorfer 's ligh tweigh t Rickman -Yamaha seemed to have an advantage in the tight sections, but the ho rsepower of Vinc ent's Can -Am ga ined back lost gr ound on the big uphill. La p after la p, the gap would c lose and then open aga in, but neither rider could gain signif icant ground on the other. All Wernsdorfe r N 32 NOVEMBER 8. 2000· cue I e ne'VVs PRE-1965 500 INT : 1. Ron Wahl (BS A) . PRE-1970 500 INT: I . Bob Vincent (BSA) . PRE·1972 1251NT : I. Ed Hundredmark (Hod). PRE- 1975 125 WMN NOV: 1. Delor es Daros (C-A ); 2. Kim Gillespie (C-A). PRE- 1975 12 5 NOV : I. Ted Bolk erne (Hon) : 2. Scott Hatch (Hod). PRE- 1975 125 INT: I. Scott Baddorf (Han): 2. J at Menzo (Han ); 3. Alan Zackrone (C-A) . PRE· 1975 125 EX: 1. Steve Clare (Hon) . PRE-197 5 250 INT: I . Kevin Kru ger; 2 . J ay Menzo (Han ); 3. Da vid Murphy (Hus). PRE- 1975 25 0 EX: I. Ric hard Fiel d (C2) ; 2 . Will iam Grippo (Han ). PRE- 1975 OPEN NOV : 1. Scott Campbe ll (Mai): 2. Paul Mayer (Ric -Tri ): 3. Mike Campbell (C2) . PRE- 1975 OPEN INT: I. Mark Murph y (Nor) : 2. Ty Hagy (Han ); 3. Bryon Daile y (Oss). PRE·1 975 OPEN EX: I. Dan Col ey (Yam ): 2 . Mike Burnham (Kaw); 3. Ron Dares (H· D). PRE- 1978 NOV: 1. Steven Chapman. PRE·1978 INT : 1. Dave Will iam s ; 2 . Bo b Leskenic (Bul) . J R: 1. Nate Vincent (C ·A); 2. J ohn Wemsdorfer Jr . (Ric ); 3. Brian Vanella (Han) ; 4. Scott Daros (C·A ). 3 0 ... INT : 1. Mark Murphy (Hus); 2 . Mark Grasso (Hus); 3 . Shawn Wadworth (Mai ). 30 + EX: 1. Ric h Field rcz), 2. Wllyne Flac h (Bul); 3. Steve Clare (Han) . 40 . NOV : I . Scott Campbell (Mai ). 40 + INT: 1. Ed Hun dredm ark (Man ); 2. David McCan n (Hon) ; 3. Joe Aba te (C·A ); 4. Brian Dailey (O sa): 5 . Dennis Foley (C2) . 4 0+ EX: I . Gar y F et zer ( Ha n) ; 2. E ri c Betzenberg er (S uz) ; 3. Edward Scha efer (Mai) ; 4 . Da n Coley {Yarn}. 50 + INT : 1. Ray Rond inella (Yam) ; 2. Ron Wahl (BSA) . 50 + EX: 1. John Sherra (SOl). 60 + INT : I. Berni e Kohler (Suz) . 60. EX: I. Bob Hayes (Mai) . EVO 0-200 NOV : I. Ted Bol keme (Bul ): 2. Brad Sconzert (Han). EVO 0-200 INT : I. Mik e Sulesk i (Hon) . EVO 0 · 200 EX: 1. Vincent Scannepieco (Yam) ; 2. Ken Napolitano (Suz); 3 . Ja son Li nn (Han); 4. Tom France (Han); 5. Kevin McCarth y (Hon) . EVO OPEN NO V : 1. Rob West; 2. Mike Steding (Mai); 3. Perry Sconzert (Hon); 4 . Matt Philbin (Mai); 5. Marc Singer (Mai) . EVO OPEN INT: I. Anthony Velli ch (Hon) : 2. Dave Williams (Suz); 3. Scott Reutzel (SOl); 4. Dave McCa nn (Hon); 5. Terence McDonn ell (Hus). EVO OPEN EX: 1. Vincen t Scanna pieco (Yam); 2. Kenn eth Napoli ta no (Yam) : 3 . Edward Blewett (Hon): 4. Mark Griggs (Suz); 5. To m Schaefer (Mal) . MORN NOV : 1. John Wemsdorfer Jr . (Yom) ; 2. Eri c Heineck e (Hon); 3. Nate Vincent (Kaw); 4. Marc Singer (Han ); 5. Brya n Hepding (Yam). MORN INT ; I. Scot Reutzel ( Kaw); 2. Wayne Fla ch ( KT M ); 3. D ou g Hu g hes (S uz) ; 4 . Ni ck McMillan (Kaw): 5. Mike Suleski (KTM) . MOR N EX: 1. Ed Blewett (Hon ): 2. Rick Rossiter ( Yam) ; 3 . Kevin M c C arth y ( Ya m ) ; 4. Joh n Wemsd orfer (Vern) ; 5. Mark Wunderlin (Mai ). D anielB oone F Classic all Daniel BooneMotocross P ark Riddle, Smith Romp B y S USA N S . WI LLI A N LONDON, KY, OCT. 1 entuc ky 's Be n Riddle blasted to th e checkers at his hometrack to win a ll four of m otos in the 125c c A and 250cc A cl a s se s at th e Daniel Boon e Fall Classic/Fou r-Stro k e MX Nationals, wh ic h ran in conjunc tio n with th e Kent u cky Sta te Champi ons hip and th e 15th round of the U.S . Meg a S er ies. Kelly Smith re m a in e d th e Four-Stroke top gun , as he a ls o wen t 1- 1 for the ov erall to extend the po ints le ad in the s er ies. In th e first 125c c A moto , Riddle boun c ed around t urn one ahead of Ohi o's J eff Gibson , J im Nee5e, Josh K Summey and Donnie Adams . Riddle began to s tretc h out a gap over Gib son earl y on lap one . By lap two , Gibson had dial ed in the track (whic h fea tur ed mor e than 10 cosmetic c ha nges for this ra ce ) a nd was right on Ridd le's re ar fe nder. Robbie Horton, who had a po o r s ta rt, ba ttled Nic k Metcalf for fifth. Horton moved through th e pack in hopes of wor king his wa y up to tangle with Riddle . By th e fourth la p , Gibson filed by Riddle on a n outs ide line . Riddle was jolted a wa ke by the pass ; he qu ickly recovered and easily glid ed by Gibson to retake th e front spot. "I just d idn 't hit the rig ht line on th e qu ad and Gibs on go t by," Riddle said. "The n I just s et up for the ne xt t u rn a nd p assed h im. I just opene d m y throttle and took off." By th is p oint, th e r a c e for the c heckered was over , as Ridd le pulled away fro m Gibson , who rema ined in sec on d place, while Horton stea dily wo rked his way up to co ntes t Summe y for third. Summey a nd Horton gai ned on Gibson a nd a three -wa y battle for second deve lo ped . Horton a lmost lost control of h is m a ch ine wh en his fe et came off th e pegs . Ba c k under co ntrol , Horton moved by Summe y a nd th en jum ped by Gib s on th ro ug h the whoops to ta ke ov e r second. Riddle had too mu ch of a lea d for Horton to ma ke up the distance . On the final lap, Gibson went dow n, slid ing off the track afte r a s e ries of stutter bu m ps . Horton sealed up second . Summey took th ird , Metcalf was fourth , and Gibson placed a disa ppointing sixth. Su mmey too k t he s econd -moto ho le s h ot, followed b y Ridd le ( who was riding with a n injured thumb) , Gi bso n , Aaron Die t e r , Neese a n d Metc a lf. Riddl e c ha rged by Summe y to take the lea d on la p one , follo wed by Gibson . On the second lap, Su mmey los t it through the Supercross Six, re m o unting several s pots ba ck. Meanwhile, Gibson rod e on Riddle 's re a r fe nde r, while Diet er and Metcalf duked it ou t for s econd. On the final lap , Gibson tried every trick to get by Ridd le , unsuccessfully. Riddle he ld on to first, despite a poss ible transmiss ion probl em. Dieter remained in th ird, with Metca lf taking fourth. Neese ended up fifth. Horton was a no-show. Cla rk Stiles was the front-runner at th e sta rt of th e firs t 250 c c A m oto , chased by Ne e s e , Me t c a lf , Da vid Kratz , S u mmey a nd Bria n Ma s on . Riddle was in ninth , with Ho rton last off the ga te . By the second lap, Stiles had a comfortable lead ahead of Neese. Riddle began to push seventhplaced Gibson around th e obstacles, whi le Horton began p ick ing off riders . As Stiles m ainta ined the front spot , a batt le for second e vo lved between Neese , Metca lf, Summey, Smith and Ridd le, who had manag ed to get by Gibson . Riddle picked off riders until he moved into th ird . Metcalf was holding down second at the halfway mark . Riddle took a n , .1 I '\ I) I) ) I) H ;;

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