Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

CMC North west Summer M otocross Series Round 10 : Albany Motorsports Park o STOR V A N D P HOTO S Bv ishing ov era ll in that ord er. T ho m p son fin ishe d close behi nd t o net th e o v er a ll Junior -cla ss w in. ah ead o f J ensen and A ar on Tunnell. J en sen ra n a h e a d o f th e fir s t 125 / 250cc Juni or m ot o , w it h K ev in Eak in , J im i Bla ckwell and Th ompson in t ow. Thom pson over came a di sm al st a r t an d cl a w ed p ast J ens en a nd he ld the lead to the fini sh. Eak in fin is hed seco nd, ahead o f B l a c kw e ll , Nic k Clarno and J oel Warn ic ke . T un ne ll to pped the 250c c J unio r port io n a fter D ou g M cK uh n cras hed , w ith Loren Friend and Mc Kuh n fo llowi ng . T h om p son ga t ed ahe ad in t he second ( m u c h dri er ) m o t o , and fin aliz ed hi s fo urfo r -fo ur m oto swee p w ith a ru naw ay per fo rm a nc e , ahea d o f Tu nnell , who was the t o p p l ac ing 250 cc rid e r , f oll ow ed b y 125cc ri ders J ensen , Cl arn o, E a kin a n d Sean Li ght, th e fifth plac e finishe r. Over a ll , Th o mp son l ed E ak in (2 -4). C la rn o ( 4 -3), J ens en (6 - 2) and Black well (3 -7) . Rya n M et zl er put his new Suzu k i at th e hea d of th e firs t 125cc Pro/I ntermedi ate and 2 5 0 c c Pro -class moto , but M atthew s t oo k t he point p os iti on a lap later. Th en Bisc eglia and Int erm ediate rider Ma ncus o swe pt past Metzler. Bisceglia th en wh ittled awa y at M atth ew s' le ad , but Matth ews won out. T railing the 250 c c Pro duo was the i m p re ss iv e Ma ncu so , t h e t o p Intermedia te rider , with 125c c Pro c la ss winn er M etzl er , In te rmedi ate Pick and Kelvin Sch oen tra iling . Eric Roth , the sec ond -plac ed 12 5cc Pro rider, rounded out the field . Bis ceglia got th e j ump on the fi eld in moto tw o and fl at out d isappeared . M at thews w as b uried in traffi c and had troubles gett ing aro und both Pick and Mancuso, both of whom refu sed to budge. Matth ews ev en tu a ll y got a round the t op Intermedi at e ri de r s, but by th en Bisceglia was lon g gon e, and he nabbed the overa ll Pro -cl ass w in wit h a 2-1 pun ch , ah ea d o f Matth ew s' 1-2 fin ishes. Pick worked h is w a y pa st Man cuso la te i n th e moto to net the overall Int ermedi at ecl ass win v ia 2 - 1 pla cin gs. Mancuso ( 1-2) , Miller-Jones (4 -3) , Sch oen (34) and Kadell (5 -5 ) ro und ed o ut the to p fi ve , ahead of 12 5cc Pros Metzler and Roth , both of w h o m h ad prob lems . Bisc eg li a bounced ba ck to dominate t he O v e r 3 0 Pr o cl a s s. Gary Beyer pu t his KTM at the head of th e C LA V l i G HT ALB ANY, OR,OCT. 22 A M A N at i ona l Professiona ls Do n B i sc eg l i a a nd J a son Ma t th ew s cl ash ed in the 250cc Pro class at the fina l outdoo r m otoc ro ss race of th e se ason at A lbany Motors ports Park . round 10 of the 12- ro und CMC North west Su mmer Motocros s Series. Bisc eglia , a 12 -y ear veteran of th e AMA N at io nal ci rc u it . ha d the fin al say with his m oto- two victor y . Wh il e B isceglia' s 250c c Pro -cl ass w in was hard -ea rne d , the Gla dsto ne , Oregon . ride r's win in the Over 30 Pro c la s s w as m uc h easie r . B is c eg li a burned th e co m petit ion in both m ot os to c ap off his two -class decimation t o j oin Jared W ood, Ky le Th ompson , a n d Ry an Thompson as t h e d ay 's double -class winners. T he firs t riders to tes t the m udd y co nditions we re t he B ef o re T h e Hi ll Int ermed iat e and J unio r co ntestants, who ran co m bin ed with th e Up th e Hill Pro/Inte rm edi ate riders. Matthews, th e lon e Pro rider in th e fie ld, j umped out in front in m oto one, but he got a sur p rise wh en Int erm ed i at e ri der J o ey Ma ncuso droppe d hi m t o se co n d. Mancu so then held off Matthews to th e finish for an im pressive win . Matthews finished se cond , f o llo w ed by T y ler Pick , Keith Kadell an d Rya n T hompson, the top placi ng Junior riders. In m oto two , Matthews was in front of the fie ld, followe d by Kadell , Marc M ill e r -J o n es , M a n c u so and Ju stin J ensen . Matthews bu ilt up a six -sec o nd lead . Kadell, Pick and Mancuso battl ed , as M iller -Jones faded. This l eft K ad e ll in the to p Intermediate positi on , wh ere he'd fi nish, ahead of Ma nc uso, Pick and M ill er -J o nes, fin - (Above) Don Bisceglia scored overall wins in the 250cc and Over 30 Pro classes at the final round of the CMC Northwest Summer Motocross Series. 34 NOVEMBER 22 . 2000' cue I e n e vv s batt ling Jared Wood , w ho had ea rli er topped th e 6 0c c O pen. cl a s s . Wood t o pped the 60 c c Jun io r (6- 8) portion. eN Albany Motorsparts Park Albany, O regan Results: October ZZ, ZOOO [Round 10 of I O J (Above) Rya n T hompson won a ll four motos he entered in the Before The Hill and 125cc Junior classes, continuing his points lead in both classes. (Left) Ryan Metzler rode his brandnew Suzuki to 1·1 w ins in the 125cc Pro class in Albany, Oregon. pack in moto one, but Bisceg li a and Ed Sm it h d ropp ed the former AMA Na tiona l rid er to third by m ote 's end . Biscegli a also won moto two , though Sm it h led for th e first two circ u its . Bisceg lia di splac ed Sm ith for the lead and m aintain ed it to the com ple tion to sco re th e Pro -class wi n . Smith fi n i she d se c on d fo r t he E xpe r t - class w in, followe d b y Pr o-class r i de r s D a v i d Pox , J o e C a se y a nd Ri ck Wa ll ing . K en Ro m e ro ac ed bo t h Over 30 J un io r -cl ass motos , tr aili ng the top Int er m ed i at e r id er , Dea n Ha rtman , but ahead of Mike Eckerson and A rt M arti n ez , th e s ec o n d - a n d third p laced Junior rid ers. Sup ermi ni w in n er K enneth Ham m ontree go t a b reak in the first co m b ined 80cc age -group moto w h en rac e l e a d e r S hawn H ab e r l o c k crashed. Hammontree took the 80cc Jun ior ( 12- 13 ) w i n , whi le Kyle Thompson moved int o second overall to p ick up the 80cc J unior (7 -1 1) w in . Hab e r lo c k w a s a no -show in moto two , and Hammontree rode t o a 1-1 win of the 80cc (12-13 ) portion , ahead of T hom pson , th e ov era ll 8 0 c c ( 7 - 1 1 ) winner, a nd Bro ck C h a p p e ll e , run ner- u p in the 80cc (12-13) class . Th o mp so n ' s second overall w in came in the 60 cc Sen ior class aft er P/W (4· 6) : 1. Matthew Bisceglia. 60 BEG: 1. Nathan Teel (Kaw); 2. Mitch McKuhn (Hon). 60 JR (6- 8) : I. Jare d Wood (KTM). 60 S R ( 9 · 1 1): I . Kyle T hom p son ( KTM ): 2. Da nny Gubser (Kaw); 3 . Bradley Hillman (KTM) ; 4 . Andy Deppa (Kaw); 5. Travis McClinton (Kaw). 6 0 OPEN: I . Jared Wood ( KTM): 2 . B radley Hillma n (KTM): 3. Nathan Teel (Kaw). 80 BEG: 1. Ni c k Ran dk lev ( He n): 2 . Jerry Braswell ( Kaw) ; 3 . Matt Wil son (Y am) ; 4 . Jesse Wuori (Han); 5. Sean Ekerson (Suz). 80 ( 9 ·1 1) : I. Kyle T homp son ( Hon) : 2. Aj ay Olinger (Suz); 3 . Shawn Haberlock (Kaw); 4. Taylor McKee (Kaw). 80 ( 12· 13) : 1. Kenneth Hammontree (Yam) ; 2. Brock Chap pelle (Yam ) ; 3. Ricky Wuori (Hon); 4 . Travis McMackin (Hon). S/MINI: 1. Brock Chappell e (Va m ) : 2 . Ric ky Wuori (Hon) ; 3. Jerry Braswell (Kaw) ; 4. Kenneth Hammontree (Yam); 5. Nick Randklev (Hon). 12 5 BE G: 1. Ga rla nd Reid (Y am ) ; 2. A riah F asana ( Kaw); 3 . Da vid Schenk (Hon); 4 . Heath Voegele (Yam) ; 5. Jake White (Kaw). 125 J R: 1. Ryan Th om pson (Hon) ; 2. Kevin Eakin (Hon) ; 3. Nick Clarno (Yam ); 4 . Justin Jensen (Hon); 5. Jimi Blackwell (Hon). 12 5 INT: 1. Tyler Fick (Hon); 2. Joey Mancuso (Hon); 3. Marc Miller·J ones (Suz); 4 . Kelvin Schoen (Vam ): 5. Keith Kadell (Hon). 125 PRO : 1. Ryan Metzler (Sua): 2. Eri c Roth (Vam). 25 0 BEG : 1. Bria n Ferguson (H on ) ; 2 . Matt T aylor ( Hon) ; 3 . T yler Shepard ( Hon) ; 4 . David Sparks (KTM ); 5. Clinton Tanis (Yam) . 2 50 JR : 1. Aaron Tunnell (Yam) ; 2. Loren Friend (Yam); 3. Doug McKuhn (Hon) . 2 5 0 PRO : 1. Don Bisce gli a ( Hon) ; 2. Jason Matthews (Hon). OPEN AM: 1. David Sparks (KTM) . OTH JR: I . Bob Kivisto (Hon). OTH INT : 1. Ja son Matthews (Hon). BTH JR : 1. Ryan Thomp son ( Hon); 2 . Justin Jensen (Hon) ; 3 . Aaron T unnell ( Yam ) : 4 . J im i Blackwell (Hon); 5. Kyle Johnson (Hon) . 8 TH INT : 1. Joey Man cu so ( Hon ) ; 2 . Keith Kadell ( Hon); 3 . Tyler Fick ( Hen) : 4 . Marc Miller· Jones (Suz). 30. OTH BEG: 1. Jeff Hausmann (Hon); 2. Aric Tessm an (Hon ); 3 . Joni Bisceglia ( Suz); 4. Dave Kobemik (Yam ); 5. Keith Brenenstuhl (Kaw). 30 . OTH J R: 1. Ken Romero (Vam) : 2. Mi ke Ekerson (Hon); 3. Art Martinez (Kaw); 4. Ken Olinger (Kaw) . 30+ OTH INT: 1. Dean Hartman (Hon). 30 . OTH EX: 1. Ed Sm ith (Vam): 2. Gary Beyer (KTM) . 30. a TH MNY : 1. Don Bisceglia (Hon); 2. David Fox ( Hon ); 3 . Joe Casey ( Hon ) ; 4 . Rick Walli ng (Yam). 4 0 + OfT JR: 1. Mark Vaegele (Yam) ; 2. Doug McB ride ( Yam ) ; 3 . Denni s Ga tke (Hus); 4 . Carl Burkhart (Kaw); 5. Mike Hopkins (Hus). 40. OIT INT : 1. Gary Bonds (Hbg) ; 2. Gregory Chapman (Vam) : 3. Paul Delos-Reyes (Sua). 40+ orr EX: 1. Ray Gamon (Yam ). 40 + O IT MNY : l. David Eaki n ( Hon) ; 2. Jim Lamkin (Hon); 3. Dave Shepard (Han). 50.: 1. Jim Lamkin (Han): 2. Paul Delos-Reyes (Vam ): 3. Bili Naylor (Hon) : 4. Randy Layne (Yam) . WMN: 1. Heidi Koerschgen ( Kaw); 2 . Stacey Matthews (Hon) : 3. Amy Smith (Hon). (Be low ) Jared Wood fared well in th e muddy co ndi tions at Albany M otors porls Pa rk, posting w ins in th e 6 0 c c Ope n an d 6 0cc Ju ni or c la sses.

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