Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

(Left) Justin Buckelew (15 8) showed up on Sunday and promptly snagged t he 125cc Pro holeshot at Glen Helen Ra ceway Park. (Right) Michael Ball was the 125 cc Beginner w inner. Goin g int o t he la st moto o f th e we ek end , Stewa rt and Ba ll had seven and eigh t p o ints , resp e ctivel y . Maxwell , with 1 I points , wa s hop ing for a sma ll miracle . O n t h e line, Spl itFir e /Fo rmu la 3/ Mo m -ba c ke d Ba ll said, "I'm go ing to ride a s hard as I c a n and tr y and stay c ons iste nt. " His mom added , "He 's going to be the winn er. " "T h e only th ing I'v e g ot to d o is b e at 6 8 6 [Ball], " S tewa rt sa id wit h confidenc e . "It' s a do- or-di e th ing ." Th e top thre e rider s - Ba ll, Maxwe ll a n d St ewart - c a me t h ro ug h th e h ol e shot turn in seco nd , si xt h a nd e ig hth. Before th e first la p was o ve r, Ball had th e le ad , Ma xw ell wa s in se cond a n d Stewart c ha rge d int o fourth . On the white -flag lap , Ba ll was still c ontro lling the lead , but Maxw ell and S tewart wer e closing. Ball held on to the number -on e p o sit ion to the checkered flag , wi th Max well a n d Stewart clo se behind. "I got luc ky - I d id n ' t go down !" exclaimed Bal l. "I had a rm pu mp in th e first two mot os . Then , th e last two I t o ok e asie r , but I st ill have arm pump really bad . I held on ." Ball als o held o n to the Ca lifornia State Champ ion ship wi th t h e win. Stewart finis he d second o ver a ll, with Maxw e ll th ird. Mont cl a ir Ye m ah a/Ax o / Da d ba c ke d C al e Walla c e le d t h e 2 4 Superm ini ra cers thr ou gh ou t most of t h e we e k e n d ' s mo to s , bu t Na than Co llins a nd J a so n Do ugan we re rea dy t o p o un c e s h ou ld Wa lla c e fa lt e r . Dou ga n , from Ha m ps h ire , England , was ex p e ri e n c ing hi s fir s t ra c e at Glen Helen Raceway . "We s ent o ur e ng ine to Pro Circ uit, so we we nt to p ick it up [and ] we heard tha t there was a ra c e here , so we c a m e down ," e xp laine d Do ugan , wh o t y p ic a lly co m pe t es in F ran c e a nd found th e Gle n Hele n t rack to be ve ry differen t , describing it as "more jum py a nd wider. " Wallace 's 1-2 - 1- 1 finishes secured first ove ral l. "I got a g ood s ta rt a nd ro de m y own ra ce ," Walla ce sa id aft e r the la st m oto. "I didn 't make any m ista ke s . I won it la st year , s o thi s is p rett y good." Collin s ' 2 - 1-2 -2 pla c e d him in sec o nd , a n d Dou g a n fi n ished in t hi rd with a 4 -3 -3 -3 tally . The 250c c Pro cla s s ke pt the ra c in g ex c it in g w it h s ev er al b a ttl e s b etw e e n Re if, O ' C o n no r , T er r y Fow ler, Tim Beatty and T y Kady. First-pla c e 2 50c c Pro o vera ll fin ish er Beatty a tt ribute d his win to his tra iner , Ben Farl e y a t 24 Hour Fi t ness . Mot opro/ Motu l/FMF/ 90 9/Ce et ba ck ed Beatty finished the we ekend with 1-2 -2-1 finish e s . S ec ond pl a c e o ve ra ll we nt t o SDG/Rock in' Taco Cantina/Pro Circui tbacked Kad y, who finis hed 3 -4 -3 -2 . "All these yo ung kids are hungr y ," Kady s a id. "The y'r e not ba cking off. I'm tig htenin g up . Before I crash , I ne ed to ba ck off. My b ike's running good, and I fe e l goo d , I j us t need mo re time. " P/W (7- 8) MOD: I. J ohnny Jelderda (Co b ) : 2. Blake Baggett (Cob ); 3 . Ja m es Frig o J r. (Cob ); 4 . Carlo s Don (Cob ); 5. Nigel John son (KTM). 6 0 ( 4- 8 ): 1. Donnie Kearne y (KTM ) ; 2 . Bre tt Downey (Kaw ); 3 . Mi chael Lelb (KTM ); 4 . Jo hnny J eldera (KTM); 5. Blak e Baggett (Cob) . 60 (9- 1 1): 1. Bruce Rutherford (KTM) ; 2. Trent Pu gmi re (Kaw) : 3. Chappy Fe ine (KTM ) : 4 . Webb Massey (KTM); 5. Scott Noble (Kaw ). 80 BEG: 1. Ton y Menighan ; 2 . Webb Mas sey (Hon ); 3. Don Green ( xe w) : 4. Matt hew Richa rdson (Kaw ); 5. Curtis McCle llan (Yam ). 80 (7- 11): 1. Mich ael LaPagli a (Suz ); 2. Cole Seely (S uz) ; 3. J on at h an A rana ( Yam) ; 4 . Ch ad Gores (Suz); 5. Anth ony Charette (Yam ). 80 ( 12- 13) : 1. Bobby Rome ro (Yam) ; 2. Michael Park er ( Yam) ; 3. A n dre w Petrie ( Ka w) ; 4 . Sean Bork enhagen (Kaw); 5. Aa ron Breid (Yam ). 80 ( 14-1 6) : I. Cale Wallace ( Yam ); 2. Nathan Coll ins (Yam) ; 3. Richie Casiano (Kaw); 4. Zachary Saathoff (Kaw); 5. Rand y Hill (Yam). S/MINI : 1. Ca fe Walla c e (Yam ) ; 2 . Nath an Co lli ns ( Yam); 3 . Jas on Dougan ( Hon ); 4 . Kev in Breid ( Yam ); 5. Randy Hill (Yam ). 125 BEG: 1. Michael Ball (Yam ); 2. J osh Stewart (Yam) ; 3. Mitch Maxwe ll (Hon); 4 . Erik Platt (Yam) ; 5. Krls Higd on (Yam ). 125 NOV: I. C.J . Mahon (Suz ); 2. A ndy Bakken (Yam) ; 3. Mike Davis ( Yam ); 4 . Je ff Vaughn (Kaw); 5. Spencer Meineke (Yam) . 125 INT: 1. Rich ie O wen (Yam ) ; 2 . Do nni e G ri tt o n ( Yam) ; 3 . Je ff Elde ( Ho n ) ; 4 . St e v en Haughelstine (Yam ); 5. Tyson Burm eister (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Turbo Reif (Hon); 2. Sean O 'Connor ( Yam ) ; 3 . Brandon Mor gan (Yam ) ; 4 . J ake Elk ins (Yam ); 5. Chris Barr ett (Hen). 250 BEG: 1. J ayson Wilson (Yam) ; 2. David R. Post ( Yam ) ; 3 . Da vid Pet c off ( He n ) : 4 . J o sh ua Borden (Yam ); 5. Are k Meyer (Yam). 250 NOV: I . C. J. Ma h on (S Ul ) : 2 . B to c Daugherty (Suz); 3. Bret t Daughe rty (Suz); 4. Roc ky Aude nreid (Suz) ; 5. Michael Pineda (Yam ). 250 INT : 1. Ric hi e Owens (Yam ) ; 2. J eff Eid e (Hon ); 3. Mickey Griffin (Yam); 4 . J eff Fines (Hon); 5. J ohn Burr (Yam) . 250 PRO: I . Tim Beatty (Yam) ; 2 . T y Kad y (S Ul ): 3. Turbo Reif (Hen) : 4 . Terry Fowle r (Yam ): 5. Sean O 'Connor (Yam ). 4-STRK BEG: 1. Brad Daug hert y (Yam) ; 2. A rt Sprecher (Yam) ; 3 . Robert Modica (Hon ). 4-ST RK NO V: I. Brett Daugherty (Yam). 4 -STR K INT : 1. Todd Flami ng (Yam) . WMN BEG: 1. Tanya Elbe rs (Suz); 2. Elizabeth Ba sh (Yam) ; 3 . Sher y l Condo n ( Yam) ; 4 . J ean Walton (Hon); 5. J essica Wagner (Hon). WMN NO V : 1. Cand ice Motshagen ( Yam ) ; 2 . Kell y Renshaw (KTM) ; 3. Michele Albert s (Yam) ; 4. Bonnie Kell y (Yam) ; 5. Shelly Beck stoffer (Suz). JR VET BEG: 1. Tommy Tortoris (Yam) . J R VET INT: I. Geoff Walters (Yam) : 2. Brya n Lambo rn (Yam ). JR VET EX : 1. Sean Pagel ( Kaw) ; 2. J eff Fine (Hon ); 3. Bria n Beech (Yam ) ; 4 , Phil Do well (Hen) . VET BEG: 1. Art hu r Spr ec her (Yam ); 2. Bruce Alan Legg (Yam); 3. Glenn Mosely (Yam) ; 4. Kenny Graham (Yam) . V ET NO V : 1. Rich Wa ite ( Kaw) ; 2 . Je ff Ea ry (S Ul) : 3 . Joh n A lberts (Kaw). VET INT: 1. Chri s A l va ra do (Y am) ; 2 . Mike Horton (KTM); 3. David Fontes (Suz) ; 4 . Brett Sauve (Yam ). VET EX: 1. Terry Fowler (Yam ); 2. Bri an Beech (Yam) . S R NO V : 1. Ro ber t Ri ple y ( Yam ); 2 . Da vid Blosser (Yam ) ; 3. Do nni e Qua ns tr om ( Hon) ; 4. Robert laRock (Yam ); 5. Mar k Moor e (Yam) . SR I NT : l . Dou g Frank o s ( Ho n ) ; 2 . J a son Yodogawa (Yam ); 3. Keith Hensley (Suz); 4 . Glenn Shearer (Yam ); 5. Robert Gunn (Yam ). SR EX : 1. Bob Maxw ell (Hon ); 2. Matt Ted der (Yam ); 3. Dav id Fontes. (Left) Na than Collin s (3 2 0 1 l eads eve nt u al w inner Ca re Walla ce (708) in the Su pennini contest . (B e l ow) Ca le Wa llace won the Supennini overa ll with 1 -2-1-1 fi nishes. Third went to Reif, with 4 - 1- 1 finish e s and a DNF . Re if a p pea re d to ha ve second place loc ked up u nti l a bro ken handleba r m ount c ut his la st m oto s hort. eN 61en Helen Raceway Parte San Bernardino, California Results: October14·1 5, ZOOO P/W SH AFT: 1. Au stin Polit elli (Yam ); 2. Dakota Tedder (Yam ); 3 . UI Gutierrez (Yam) . PjW ( 4- 6) STK : 1. T y Ke enom (pol); 2 . Dan iel Ove rton (Cob) ; 3 . Bryce Stewart (Cob) ; 4 . Ma son Mill (Co b ); 5. Carl os Don (Cob). P/ W (4 · 6) MOD : I. Ty Keenom (Pol); 2. Bryc e Stewart (Co b); 3 . Ga rrett J ac kson (Cob); 4 . Stone Wil son (Cob ); 5. And rew Mulgrew (Cob ). P/ W ( 7 - 8) STK : I. Blake Bagge tt (Co b ); 2 . James Frigo Jr. (Cob); 3 . Dav id Hil l (A T K ); 4. Nige l J ohnson (KTM) ; 5. Andrew Mulg rew (Co b) . ey e I e neVlls N OV EMBER 15, 2000 27

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