Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

AMA Fall Classic Ser ies/ Four-St r oke National Ser ies Rounds 5/5: Lincoln Tr ail M ot ospor t s Park Ada m Wrig ht finis he d sevent h overall, a nd his fe llow Illinois rider Da vid Esp inoza finish ed eighth o ve ra ll. eN Lincoln Trail M otu sports Parle Casey, Illinois Results: October B, 2000 [Rounds 5/51 5 1 STK CL- l : 1. Calvin Davis (Lern) ; 2. Trevor Lawr en ce (KTM) ; 3 . Davi d Howard (Pol); 4 . Blake Th e Ca n no n da le s o f Gibs on a n d J ohnson wer e un ab le to m ake the call to t he lin e for mot o tw o . S m it h gra b bed th e h ol e sh o t a nd neve r looked ba c k, ta king the moto win a nd the overall victor y . St iles ke pt him in h is s ig hts b ut co ul d n o t matc h his pace a nd finishe d second for the m oto a nd s e cond overa ll. J im Povol ny p ut in a grea t moto for thir d for th e m oto a n d thi rd overa ll. Ma s on fi n is hed fourth overall . Miss ou ri's Brian Stone finished fifth. In the first 125c c A moto , Gibson put his FMF Honda out front a nd took off for the win. DGY Honda rider Ji m Povolny ke pt the second s po t the whole mo to . STORY AND PH OTO S B Y J A M E S P IN CKARD CASEY, IL, OCT. 8 If) ounds five and five of the AMA .L\... Fa ll Classic Series and the Hus q varna /Ball ze e Ea stern Four -Strok e National Series thundered into Linco ln T ra il Motosports Park. S no w g ree ted man y on the way to the tra ck , but with a total purs e of more than $ 12,00 0 and a $21 ,000 s e rie s po ints fund up for grabs , the raci ng would be hot! The track was in great shape, and it turne d out to be a beautiful fall weeke nd , with a lmost 500 riders on ha nd . With facto ry tea ms a nd Na t io na l win ner Kell y S m it h on h an d , everyo ne lined t he trac k to ge t a view of the thun der. KTM fa ct or y rider Sm ith pulled the first -m ot o holesh ot in th e Fou r-Strok e Nat ional. A first-turn cras h left many local rid ers down , in c lud ing Todd Sh eedy , wh o c ame back from la st to 15 th by moto 's e nd, des pite a bent s ubfra me . Out front , Smith set a blistering pace , with Clark Sti les in tow. Can no nda le fa ctor y ride r J eff Gibso n p assed S t ile s and be g an to p ut t he hea t o n Sm ith . O n la p four, Gibso n got the bre a k he was looking for whe n Smi t h went down, a llow ing Gib s on , S ti les a nd Ca n non da le fa ct o ry rider Keith J ohn s o n by . S mit h re mo unted in fourth a nd set ou t after the leaders . On lap six , Jo hns on 's Canno nda le ro lled to a stop with pr oblems , pla c ing Smith in third . By the white fla g, Gibs on ha d a good le a d ov er Stil e s and Smith , a nd look ed t o ha ve the win in hand - but his Ca nn ondal e als o deve lop ed pr o b lems a nd ca me to a s top. Stiles to ok th e win , follow ed by fel lo w KTM p ilots Smith a nd Br ian Mason, mak ing it an Orang e Crush. In m oto two, St iles g ra bbed the sta rt and le d every la p , with Smith on h im like ha ir o n a mo nkey! The y s et a b lis t er in g p a c e . S mi t h t ried eve ry m o ve he c ou ld a nd a lmost m a de a pa s s , bu t h e slid ou t. St ile s t oo k Co peland ( Hus) ; 5 . Cl ay Jo hn son (Yam) . 5 1 STK CL -2: 1. Co dy Sl um (Cob ): 2 . Riley Marsh (Pol); 3. Brenn an Kershaw (Cob); 4 . Branden Brill ( Co b ); 5 . Au stin Fl oyd (Cob ). 65 : I . Bry ce Bow man (KTM); 2. Rile y Mar sh ( KT M ): 3 . Donnie Gr ay Jr. ( KTM); 4 . Blai d Moss (KTM); 5. Ryan Padgett (Kaw). 85 JR : 1. Robert Chada (Yam ); 2. Jonathan Six (Yam): 3 . Justin East on (Yam); 4. Bryce Bowman (Suz); 5. J eremy Renn ison ( Kaw). 85 SR: l. Jake Frick er (Kaw); 2. Jacob Lustig (Suz) ; 3. Billy Rect or ( Kaw); 4 . Shea Knu th (Han); 5. Stephen Rudolph (Yam) . J 2 5 A : 1. J eff Gi bso n ( Ha n ) ; 2 . J im Ne e se (Yam); 3. Ji m Povo ln y (He n): 4. Dav id Kra tz (Hus): 5 . Brian Sto ne (Kaw). 125 B : I . J a son B r ew in gt on (Yam ) ; 2 . Ro y Horton (Han ); 3. Ko ry Cunningham ( Yam ); 4. J osh Martin (Yam ); 5. Kyl e Totten (Suz). 12 5 C: 1. Der ek Lei st ( Ha n ): 2 . Jerod Nea l (Yam); 3 . James Hays (Han): 4. Joe Rabiola (Suz) ; 5. Chad Sorensen (Kaw). 125 D : 1. J ustin Gill um (Suz): 2 . T od d K rek e ( Yam) : 3 . Scot t McAd am s (Suz); 4. Lu ke Eric ks on (Ka w); 5 . Robert Sing er (Kaw) , 25 0 A : 1. K ell y Smith (KT M ): 2 . Clark St iles (KTM ): 3 . J im Povolny (Hen): 4 . Brian Mason (KT M); 5 . Brian Stone (Ka w) . J eff Gibson (275) rode a Honda to the 12 5 c c A v ictory at L inco ln Trail Moto s ports Pa rk, a nd t he n raced to third in the first 250cc A moto on his Ca n n o nd a le. home the top brass wit h a pe rfect mot o score . Sm ith remounted in s ec o nd an d a ga in finish ed th e m ot o in second, for seco nd overa ll. Yam aha ride r Tomm y Hofm a ster pla c ed th ird for fou rth ove rall. Ma s on fin ish ed fourth for thi rd o ve rall , ma kin g it a big ora nge KTM swee p for th e day. (A bove) Clark Stiles (9) t ook the Fo urStroke Nationa l w in with pe rfe ct moto sco res at rou nd fiv e of the ser ies . (Left) Kelly Smith (1) won both 250cc A motos for the overall v ictory in Casey, Illinois. Ma n y Mid west r ide rs d id we ll. Da vid Espinoza p laced seventh over a ll, a nd his fellow Illino is riders Nic k Wals h and Cu rt T a ylor were e ig ht h a n d n int h o ve ra ll, re spe ct. ive ly . S heedy c a m e back wit h a seventh p lac e finish for 1 1th overall. Gibs on stol e th e hol e sh ot in t he first 250 cc Pro moto , with Stiles in se c ond a nd Mason th ird . Th e m an on the move wa s Sm ith, who moved past Mason on th e sec ond lap and s et his sig h t s on St il e s on la p thre e . He wo rked hi s wa y arou nd S tiles a nd then set out after Gibson . S mith kept p utt ing th e pre s s ur e on Gibson , and wit h o n ly tw o laps left, S mit h got a ro und th e Canno nda le rider a nd we nt o n t o a w e ll -d e se rv ed wi n . St ile s passed Gibson for second . Gibson finished th ird, with J ohnson fou rth. (Above) The Four-Stroke Pro field rockets off the start, l e d by Smith (1); Stiles (9) would take both moto wins. T riad Po wersports / Ba llzee/ FMF rider Ji m Neese started off in third but co uld not ho ld off the c ha rge of Kawasa ki rider Brian Sto ne, who finish ed the moto in third , with Neese fou rth. Husq va rn a rider Da vid Kratz na ile d t he seco n d- mo to ho lesho t. Nees e m o ved past on th e firs t lap . Gib s on was aga in o n th e m ov e , pass ing Kratz o n th e t hird la p a n d Nee se o n t he fourth lap a nd goi ng o n to take th e m o t o and ov e ra ll wi n. Kratz and Neese had the best battle of the day, making th e last move on the last la p . Neese fin ished the m oto in second for second overa ll. Kratz finis hed third for the m ot o and fourth overa ll. Povo lny wo rked h is way u p to fo u rt h in t he moto a nd finis hed third ov er a ll. Sto ne fini s he d fifth ov era ll. Missouri rid e r T om Welch fi ni s h e d si xt h o ve ra ll. cu e I e n 250 B : I . Jos h Martin (Yam ); 2 . J aso n Brewington ( Yam) : 3 . Char les Stiles (Yam ): 4 . Ch ad J ohnson (Ke w): 5 . Roy Horton (Ha n) , 250 C: 1. Derek Leist ( Yam ); 2. T roy Derr (Yam); 3. Jaso n Newma n (KTM) ; 4. Way ne Ginde r (Hon ); 5 . Kei th Mum per (Yam ). 250 D: 1. Br uce K ypta (Yam ); 2 . Craig Wya tt (Ha n) : 3 . Ry an Koester ( Yam ): 4 . Dan iel Lagesse (Ya m ): 5 . J on Flo rey (K aw) . SCHB Y 12 5: 1. Cha d Westbrook (Yam ): 2. Glenn Man ni ng ( KT M): 3 . Brad ley Wei ss (Ho n): 4 . Clint Kuhn s (Kew): 5 . Clint J ohn so n (Ho n). 2 5+ A : 1. Jim Neese (Yam): 2 . Aa ron Copeland ( Hus ) ; 3. Ar ic Wa lt o n (Y am ): 4 . Glen n Graha m (Han): 5. Char les Smith (Ho n). 30 + A : t. Jim Randa (Y am); 2 . Rick Grebner (KT M); 3. John Dix o n (KTM) : 4 . Bill Hubbard (Hon) ; 5. Dav id Stover (Hus). 30+ B : 1. Cr a ig F rui t (Han ): 2 . Spen cer Ely ( Ya m ): 3 . Tr o y Ho lde r (Yam) ; 4 . Bre tt Lawrenc e (Suz): 5. J er ry Gast (Kaw). 35 +: 1. William Bowman (Kaw) : 2 . Steve n Sha nk ( He n) : 3 . Gar y A dam s ( Ho n ); 4 . Scott Camp bell (Ha n) ; 5. Gary Peak (Ho n). 4 0 +: 1. Ga ry Adams ( Ha n ) ; 2 . Ger ha rd Ward (Hon); 3. Kerry St ein (Yam ): 4 , Gary Peak (Hon); 5. Dennis Harlan (Yam ). OPEN A : t . N ic k Th om a s ( Yam ); 2, Pat r ick Br a sier ( Yam ); 3 . Nick Danie ls ( K T M) ; 4 . B ri a n Stap leto n (Yam): 5. Ma rk Diesser (Yam) . 4 -STR K : I. Clark Stiles ( KTM ): 2. Kelly Sm ith (KT M) ; 3 . Brian Mason (KTM); 4. T ho mas Hofm aster (Yam) : 5 . Micha el Campbell (Yam ). e vv s N OVEM BER 1 5, 2000 39

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