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AMAIPITS "G Old D ood ays" Vintage/BeginnerChampionship Trials Series Round 6: Granite Basin Trial pass for second on lap three . Hu rd dropped to th ird . Ma zur t oo k t h e c h eck ered flag wi t h a f ou r -s ec o nd lead and the moto win , with Cheney tak ing second , Hurd third , McPh ee fourth and J ohn Ryerson getting fi fth whe n he passed Frantz j ust before the finish li ne. Pereg rin got a nother great st art and led the pack th ro ug h the fi rst tum i n th e second moto , but Mc Ph e e qu ick ly passed Peregrin for the lead. Round ing out the top five we re Garre tt W ilson , C h en e y a n d F r an t z . McPhee quickl y began to pull aw ay . Ch ene y moved all the way up to sec ond , Wil son h eld th ird, Mazur w as fourth and Peregrin dropped to fifth. Aboa rd a new 2001 RM80 , McPh ee was gone by the end of the fi rst lap with a ni n e - seco nd advantage o n Ch en ey in second . Mazur and Hurd were now third and fourth, and Wil son fifth . Th e top four spread o ut and remained th e same all the way t o the chec ke red flag . The m ot o went in the record books as M cPhee , Ch en ey , Mazur, Hurd and John Ryerson , wh o just got by Wilson in the turn before CN th e fi ni sh line for fifth . Bailey Takes It For Granite A good turnou t o f m od ern -b i k e riders were o n ha nd , altho ugh the BUCKS LAKE, CA. OCT. 7 overall rider co unt wa s do wn sli g htl y ric Ba iley took his Montesa to th e from the series' oth er ro unds, du e to PIT S cl ub' s newest c ompetit ion th e absence of many of th e Vin ta ge area and bala nc ed bes t th ro ug h the cla ss regula rs. e ig ht ver y c h a lleng ing secti ons t o Ba il ey ' s journe y t o the wi nn er's ca pture th e Mod ern B ik e Adva nc ed ci rcl e beg an wi th an I I -point f irst cl ass win a t r o u n d s ix o f the loo p , besting Ma rk K a yfe z ( 14 AMA/ Paci fic Intern at ion al Trial s Soci p o in t s ) , Vern Brown in g (IS); La rry ety 's Vint age / Beg inne r Ch amp ion sh ip Metteau r (19 ) and Dal e Kindall (2 2). Seri es. On th e sec ond lap, Bailey dabbed Granite Basin is located h igh in the a few more ti mes th an o n th e first northern Sierras . in a designa t ed OHV loo p an d n o tched a 13 - poi nt er. trail area in th e Plumas National ForBro wnin g sha ved a dab off hi s p rev i ous best, and his 14 fo r th e la p ju m pe d him to se c o n d pla c e when Ka yfez posted a 17 -point loop . On t he fi n a l l o o p , Kayfez ha d his best lap an I I -point effo rt - bu t it wa sn 't e n o ug h t o d is lo d ge the red -hot Ba iley , w ho se we d u p t h e w in wi t h a tr ia l -b es t se ve npo int lap. Brown ing al so showe d fine fo rm o n h is fi na l loop wi th a 12- po int lap tha t secured hi m seco nd plac e. K ay f ez, Met tea ur and K in d all rou nd ed out th e top five . Ei ght M o d ern Bi k e Ma ste r rid ers took to th e Granite Basin Trial: Yamaha-mounted Rick Wolff won the trail , and wh en th e points Modern Classic Master class at round six of the PITS w er e tall ied for th e fir st " Good Old Days" VintagelBeginner Championship Trials la p, Chris Nap ol it ano had Series In Bucks Lake, California. blown away th e co m petit i on with s i x sec tio n s est ; th e area is used for both winter cle aned and on ly two points dropped . O HV sp o rts and t ra i l r id ing . Th i s All th e oth er riders ha d dou b le-d ig it ye ar's seco nd annua l Granite Basin scores, with Ryan Musta second at 10 ev en t boa st ed tw o all -new sections, po ints, foll owed by F red Musta ( 16) and T on y Sil va (1 6). co m ple me nti ng th e six traps used la st Napolitano also had a fin e second ye ar , a nd the o r igin a l six sectio ns la p with a six -point ri de. fu rther d iswere routed bac kwa rd thi s ti m e to By PM: I. James DextlitUe (Yam ); 2 . Jordan Schultz NOVEM B ER 15. 2000 • c u e SILVA E (Vern) ; 3 . Trav is West er k am p (Ya m ); 4 . Hunter Garia no (Yam) ; 5. Christopher Leona rd (50'). 50 (4 -6 ): t. Travis Westerk amp ( tITM). 50 ( 7- 8): I. James Doolittle (Ya m); 2. Stephen Ch a p k o v ich (KTM ); 3 . J o rd an Sc h u ltz (Yam ); 4 . Shane Wolf (Cob) . 65 (7 -9) : t. Ga rre t Wil son (S uz); 2 . N ich ola s M cPh ee ( KT M) ; 3. An th on y Peregri n (Kaw ); 4. Marcu s Hodge (Kaw); 5. Keith Kov al (Ka w). 65 ( t 0 - 1 J ): 1. Bill y J enkins (Kaw) . 85 (7 ·9): 1. Nicholas McPhee (Suz) ; 2. Marshall Hurd (S uz) ; 3 . Ga rret W il so n (S uz); 4 . Anthony Peregrin (Ka w) . 85 ( 7 - 1 1): I. Ch ris top her C he ne y (Hon) ; 2 . Michtlel Mazur (Kaw); 3. Nicholas McPhee (Suz); 4 . Marshall Hurd (50') ; 5 . J ohn Ryerson (Ka w) . 85 ( 10 - 1 1): t. Christo p he r Che ney ( Hon) ; 2. Michael Mazur (Ka w) ; 3. J ohn Ryerso n (Kaw) ; 4 . Eric Frantz (Kaw); 5. Brandon Coo lbaugh (Kaw). 85 (1 2 -13 ): I. Scott Sear s ( Ka w) ; 2 . Wa lt er Za bro wski (Ho n ); 3 . Sea n Wall ac e ( Suz ) ; 4 . Dan McMull en (Kaw); 5 . Dav id Andr ew Karney (Yam) . 85 ( 14- 15) : I. J am es Ay res (Hon) ; 2. Bart Holt (Kaw ); 3. Mark Wilde (Hon): 4 . Joe y Hoyt (Kaw) : 5. Bern ie Kell y (Kaw ). S/ Ml NI: 1. Sco tt Sears (K aw) ; 2. J am es Ay res ( Ho n); 3 . Mar sh all Hurd (Suz) ; 4 . Dan McM u ll en (Kaw); 5 . Dav id And rew Karney (Yam) . 125 BEG: 1. Greg Christian (Ya m) ; 2. John Ayre (Hen); 3. J im Schu ltze (Suz) ; 4 . Donald Marsh (He n ); 5. Will iam Walker (Kaw). 125 A: 1. Thomas Burton (Yam) ; 2. Fred Metzger (Hon). 12 5 B : 1. Patr i ck Simpson ( Yam) ; 2 . Ry an Wilson (Yam ); 3 . Thomas Britzke (Hus); 4 . Frank L.empka (Suz): 5. Richard Whrte (Kaw) . 125 C: 1. Garnett Payn e (Yam ); 2. Greg Lu ce (Yam) ; 3 . Justin Meixsell (Yam); 4 . Eric Hack { Hon}; 5. Paul Treas (Hon) . 25 0 BEG : I. Eugene De naples ( Ho n); 2. Ric k Tetrault (Yam) ; 3 . Seth Bitler (Yam ); 4 . Bob Nelson (50'); 5. Rob Murga (Kaw). 25 0 A: 1. Thomas Burt en (Yam ); 2. J~ Font ana (Kaw ); 3. F red Metzg er (H on ) ; 4. Er ik Burkho ld er (Kaw). 25 0 8 : 1. David N yz i o ( Yam) ; 2 . Jason Bebemitch (Yam) ; 3. Mark Burkitoldez (Yam). 25 0 C: l. Br ent Bennyhoff ( Ho n) ; 2 . F ran k Hug hes ( Yam ) ; 3 . Greg Luca ( Yam) ; 4 . M ich ael Klinger (Hon ); 5 . Butch Taylor (Hon) . SCHBY: 1. Patrick Simpson (Y am); 2 . Rich a rd Wh it e ( K a w ) ; 3 . Ryan Wil son ( Ya m) ; 4 . Geor g e Watson (Hen) ; 5 . Justin Stangl (Kaw). U OSY: 1. Thomas Burton (Yam); 2. Dav id Nyzio (Hon ); 3 . Michael Klinge r (Hen); 4. Eric Hack (Hon); 5 . Rich ard landis (Yam) . 25 + A: I. Joe Fontana (Kaw) ; 2. Erik Bu rk holder (Kaw) ; 3. Keith Cro thers (Hon) . 25 + B: I. J ason Babe m itch (Yam); 2. T ho m as Br it zk e (Hus) ; 3 . Lan c e Row la nd ( KTM ); 4 . Ma rk Burki to ldez (Yam ); 5. Fra nk Walpol e (Hon). 30 + A ; 1. Keith Crothers (Hen); 2. Willi am J eff Cheney (Hen) . 30 + B : 1. B ria n Sh a ttu c k ( He n) ; 2 . L an c e Rowland (KTM); 3 . Rufus Co wa rd (Suz) ; 4 . David Boast (Ka w) ; 5. Todd Westdyke (Suz) . 30+ C: 1. A.ustin Kozim er (Yam) ; 2. Rick Tetrault (Yam); 3. Dean Tatra ult (Yam); 4 . Rob Lenni (Yam); 5. Stephen Chapkovtch (Suz). 40+: 1. Will iam Ferri (KTM ). 46 J O HN present a different chall enge. A good mi x of large and sma ll gran it e ro ck form a t i on s and op en f o r est tra il s made for a short but fun loop . T he sections we re comprised of a dy na mic va rie ty of terra in featu res, ra ngi ng from f abu lo us fore st lo am to loose, t ou gh -t o - r id e vo l c anic so ils . Th er e were gri ppy g rani te shelves and ti ght turn s between to weri ng pines; most of th e rid ers don ated qu it e a few da bs . Th e sec tion s w e re la id o ut by t h e Par k er Fam il y Cl an, and th e hand of th e tee nage Parker boy s could cle arly be see n in so me of th e more -cha l leng in g obs tacles. All thing s co ns idere d , t he Gran i t e B a sin Tria l w a s rated as th e m ost difficult round th us far in the seri es. . e nevus ta ncing h imsel f from the fie ld . Silva scored a 14- point la p to m ov e ah ead in th e stand ings . Ryan Mu st a (1 6), Hawl ey Slayton (1 3) and Fr ed Musta (1 8) all had a good loop also. The fi nal lap featured a cou ple of st ando ut rides, wi th N ap o litan o solid agai n with a seven -po int final effo rt for a to t al of 15 po ints - less than half the points of sec ond -p laced Ryan Musta. who finished w ith 33 po ints fo r t he da y. To his credit , Must a ca me aliv e o n the fi na l loo p , and he was even able to m atch win ner Napol itano sectio n by section on tha t last go -aro und and post a seven -p o int ef fo rt of his ow n . Silva w as third w it h 38 points tota l after a fin e I I-poi nt fina l lap . Bob Weber t ook co m ma nd of th e five -r ider Exhibition cla ss w ith a fiv epo int f ir st l oo p , but fell ow Gas Gas rid er Bob Ca swell was nipping at his heel s w ith a six -point ride ; th e two lea de rs ca rded t allies m uch lower tha n the double-d ig it scores of their c om petitio n. Th ings tightened up a b it as Piotr Se re k ha d a su p e r seco n d l a p o f seve n poin t s . f o ll o w ed b y B ob Caswell ( eig ht po ints and five sec tions cle aned ) an d Howard Ga lbreath ( ei g h t p o ints , f o u r cleans ) . Webe r too k a drop in the standings after he pos ted a 12-poin t lap. Th e third l a p bel on g ed to Gal breath, w ho was surg ing b ack int o t he race w it h a four-po int card after cle ani ng five section s; Gal brea t h' s 12 -8 -4 efforts earned h im runner-up hon ors . Ca sw ell h ad th e n ext -best t ally for the final loop and ended up th e o vera ll wi nn e r th an k s to his st eady 6 -8-9 scores. Weber was th ird with 28 p oints , foll ow ed b y Serek (36) and Martyn Hol gat e (4 3) . eN Granite Basin BucksLake, California Results: October1, ZOOO (Round 61 MORN CLSC MSTR ; I . Rick Wolff (Yam) . MORN CLSC AOV : I. J ohn Silva (Yam) . MORN CLSe NOV : 1. Craig Hanson (Hon) . MORN BK MSTR : 1. Chris Napolitano (Mon) ; 2. Ryan Musta (G- G) ; 3. Tony Silva (Mo n) ; 4. Hawle y Slayton (G· G): 5. Vem Crawford (G· G) . MORN BK AOV : 1. Eri c Baile y (Mon ) ; 2. Vern Browning (G·G) ; 3 . Ma rk K ayfez (Mo n ): 4 . Larry Met.teaur (G·G); 5. Dale Kindall. MORN BK NOV : I. John Murphy (G· G). J R AOV : 1. Travis Crawford (G-G). JR NO V: I. Kyle Kindall (A m i) . J R BEG: I. Matthew SUva ( Yam) . EXHIB : 1. Bob Casw ell ( G · G); 2 . H ow ard Galbreath (Bet): 3. Bob Weber (G·G) ; 4. Piotr Serek (G·G): 5. Martyn Holgate (Bet) . 6P6IAMA District 9 Georgia Fall Motocross Series Round 3: ParadiseO oad P ff·R ark Thomason Triumphs at Paradise By G A RY C RID E R bo y co m pe tition , w inning eve ry m ot o I and stretching his series po int s lead MACON, GA, OCT. I arad ise O ff -Road Park at t rac ted in both di visi on s. P 320 ri d ers fro m seven sta tes fo r in both the' Junior M in i and Preteen ro und three of the Georg ia Pro mote rs cla sses , while Bren t Ca rd en romped G ro u p AMA D ist r ict 9 Georgia Fall to pe rf ec t sc ores in Sup ermi ni and J esse Van Patten clai me d vi ctor ies MX Series. D.C. Thomason dominat- Senior Mini act ion . The other dou ble - ed th e ac tion in . 12 5cc B and Sch oo l - c l a ss winne r on th e day was Ross I l

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