Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

end of th e m ote : o ne o f t he ba c kma rker s hoo k ed u p with Ca rl so n in th e whoo p s and bo th hit th e d irt . allowing the ma rgin between seco nd and t hi rd t o b e in cre a se d . S ho r t stret ched out another five-second run on Mor gan at the checkers. Ca rls on , Hin ri chs and Whitmarsh rounded ou t the top five . " T hat wa s fun , " sai d Sho rt. " I liked th e tra ck cha nge s and reall y enjoyed the whoo ps. You need to ugh sections lik e tha t if yo u want to be competitiv e at the Nati on al level." Th e overall went to Sh ort, wh o als o fi n ished 1- 1 in the Open Pro class. Morga n, th e c ur rent SRA C points leade r in t he 125cc A, 2 50c c an d O pe n Pro cl asses, to o k seco nd . Carl son . Hinrichs and Whitm ar sh d osed out the top five overall . Otter Creek ORV Area Stone Cobbles To g ethe r H S Win B y BRAD J ONES NEW STRAU N, KS. OCT. 8 Tho r / W tsec o -becked D ou g Stone o f Gla d stone, Missour i, dominated the ninth rou nd of th e Forward Motion Hare Scramble Series in New Str aun , Kan sas. On t h e st a rt of th e AA class , Suzuki mounted Clay Ph il l ips t oo k t h e hol esh o t. Sto ne wa s sec o nd and T erry Gil lil and was third . J ust a few turns later , Phill ip s laid his RM dow n in a sweepe r tum. "I wanted to see how long I could lead the pack ," said Phillips. "I gave it too much throt tl e and do wn I went !" Sto ne took over the lea d aft er dod g ing the fall en RM ride r on the trai l. "I rod e as hard as I co uld fo r four lap s until I co u ldn 't see any on e co m ing ," Sto ne la te r related . "The fi rst lap lo oked li ke a m otocross ra c e . Ev eryo n e b eh ind m e wa s b u nc hed togeth er. Th ere were several f ie ld sec t io ns, and I co uld see [D an] Burgard co m ing, so I kept the ham m er down . It wa s a perfect day . an awesome ride!" A fter c hasi ng Gill iland , Dan Bur gard took ove r seco nd on lap thr ee and cru ised in to finish 5 1 seconds beh ind Sto ne . Burgard may well have cl inc he d the nu mb er -on e p late fo r t h e 2000 series , w it h o n ly three rou n d s rem aining. "I m o ved to this area last spring to take some classes for m y j ob ." said Burgard , an X· ray tec hnician in Staunto n , Ill in o is. "I'm just d ri vin g back here to fi nish out the series. It was a lot of fun racin g wi th these guys." T h e th ird -pla c e f ini sh er was Shane DiPasquale. "I wasn't read y at th e start ," he admi tted . "I was dead la st. I pa ssed sever al guys. th en came up on Rand y Weekle y . We went bac k and fort h fo r a lap or two . I got free of him and go t by Terry on th e fo urth lap . By then, Sto ne and Burgard were long go ne." Di Pasqua le had a great ride, finishi ng two m inut es back after two hou rs of racing . In t he A cl as s. J ohn Ch ar lso n o f Platte City . Missou ri , took his fifth win of the series an d was the only ride r of the day who wasn't AA sta tus to br ea k in to th e top 10 . He was seve nth ove ra ll. T op ek a KTM ' s Ke vi n Lo ng finis hed seco nd in the A cl ass afte r wo rking his way through th e pack after a battle with Sa nta Fe Cycle 's A d ria n Bry an t. Cha rlson 's w i n gave t h e K X rid er t he ser ies' A - cl a ss cham pio nship . wit h th e best eig ht fi nishes o f th e 12 -race series. "It was a fun ye ar. bu t next yea r will be tough er," Cha rlso n said. "Those AA guys are reall y fast!" R e sul ts 50 NOV; 1. Todd &nnist~ (Cob): 2. Zach Armstrong (Han); 3 J ak e JlICO~ (Pol); 4 AU'ltm Rog~n (KTM); 5 . Greg Leeserd (Cob) 60 B: I. Vinn y Ramire z (KTM); 2. Bryce Shon deck (KTM); 3 Enc Decker (Kaw); 4 Ricky LaMonUlgn e (KlI w); 5. Cole Champagne (KlI w ). 60 NOV: I . MldkJ el Kfl eger (KTM ); 2. Rusty Meyer (KlIw) : 3. T.J . Lucero : 4 , AlysH Weeve r (KTM); 5. Andy Sherman (KTM) . MINI A : I. Rusty Manzenllre s (YlIm); 2. Derik Brewster (Yam); 3. Vinn y Rll m;r~z (Hon): 4. Will Gibson (KlIw); 5. TrevrsDuruvent (Kll W). OPEN MINI; I . Trevor Monk s (SUl); 2. Ad "m Hervey (Han ); 3. Kyl e SulTUT'lers (Yam ); 4. Mlltthew Hertzlng (YlI m) ; 5. Derik Brewster (YlI m) . 80 BEG; I. JOf' Gteffle (Yll m ); ,2. Lex KOtIkl (KlIw ): 3. I MeNnmgf' (Hon): 4. Chnrly Ruppr ech t (Kaw): 5. Tim Spurlin (Y" m ). 125 A: I. And rew Short ( Kow) : 2. Shew n Morgon (K aw) ; 3. J ared Carlson (KlIw ); 4. Jerem y Hinrichs (K " w): 5, Matt Whitm ll nh (YlIm ). 125 ( 14 .24): I. gceen C~in (Yo1m ); 2. Brad Alarid (Yam ): 3 . Timoth y Riddle (Hon) : 4. J e,emy Wilson (Yam) . 125 B: 1. MlChtiel Coke nne (Yam) ; 2. Ju stin Simonson ( YlIm) ; 3 Ene Rhol:f'Il (Hon) ; 4, lac Dawson (Hon l: 5. Gavin Beissel (Yam ) 1:8 ( 12· 15): 1. Cod y Boyd (Hon ); 2. JoshUll Ledbetter (Yom ); 3 Donny Wart (''!'om). 125 NOV; I . NICk Chandler (Hon ); 2. Jason ChlIm~e (Kaw ): 3. Anthony Heseneck ( K"w) ; 4 T y l ~ r Wil d ( Kaw); 5. Cody Boyd (Han ). 250 PRO: I. Shawn Morgan (Ka w ); 2. J ored Carbon tKaw); 3 Kevin Hall J r , (SuII; 4, WayM Ball id (Yam ); 5 . Mark Ae5ilI; (Yam) 250 B; I. Seth Padilla (Yom): 2. Andre" Watt (Yom): 3. LukeWoodman (Yam) ; 4. Robert TeIT)' (Kow ): 5. Gary Bradley (YlI';'). 250 f'K)V: I. Bttnl Hlflnchs (K aw): 2. Ene Hobson (Yam) ; 3. Tim Reed (Hon); 4. \WayM Pesik ( Yam); 5. Tom Lukas (Y!lI ). m 0PE."'t PRO; I. ~ Short t KIJW 2. Chad Wall astan (Yam ); ): 3 . Shawn Motg.an(Kaw); 4. 'W ayne Ball iet (YIIm ); 5 . Aaron HIli ( Yam ). OPEN B: 1. Justin Simon son (Yam ): 2. Ene Rhoten (Honl ; 3. Nick Reed (Han ); 4 . Dmok Bal~ (SUl) : 5 . Dee Thompson (Kaw) . 0PEf'l NOV: I. Jim Wrigll (Yam ); 2. Jason Ownpagne (Kawl : 3. Kf"Y1O Brouch1er (Hen): 4. T im Rt'ed (Han ); 5 . Tom Lukas (Y!lIm). OPENBEG ; I. Cliff Taytar ( Yam ); 2. Steven Cummlnlp (SuI); 3. Dan Nic ely (5ur:): 4 James lov~~ (Han); 5. Wessley Vlder (YIlIm), VET A : 1. Mark FlO!'Sia ( Yam); 2. Wa y~ Ball ~t ( Yam); 3. Alan An ge lopulo s (Ka w); 4. Jo hn M~rw ln (Hon): 5. Mich ael DeSc enlo ( Yam ). VET B; 1. BlalM- Schu ba rth (Yam ): 2. Rover ~ (Hon) : 3 Gene Lesser ( Yam) : 4. David Mc1'\echen (K"w); 5. Ron [)e.ck~ (Yam) VET NOV: I . T om Luk as (Y!lI ): 2. Don Mo

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