Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

AMA District 37 Big Six Grand Prix Series Final Round: Hungry Vall ey SVRA S T OR V A ND P H OT O S Bv M ATT F RE EM A N GORMAN, CA, NOV. 4-5 n the pas t, th e Hu n g ry Val le y Gra nd Prix consisted of sa nd wash es , single -track ridgelin e trails, dirt roads a nd t he mile-and -a - half m o to c ro s s tr a c k , to t a lin g approx imat e ly 10 mi le s of h igh -sp e ed ra cin g. Howev er , this yea r's hosting c lub, th e Pros p e cto rs MC, d e c ided to c ha nge I (Leftl Ryan Du de k posted an Openclass win, a second in the 200cc race and a fourth with partner Joel Albrecht in the Team Race at t he Hungry Va lley Grand Prix. (Abovel Te a m Husky's Joey Lanza added a second District 37 numberone plate to his collection at Gonnan by w inning the 250cc champion ship. Lanza will wear " 1X " in th e dese rt an d at the Grand Prix events next year. I basically rodethis race to g et com fortable for the Team Rac e ." When the T eam Rac e ro lled around , some heavy h itt e rs took to the 40-man starting gate , wh ich didn't have an empty s pot to spare. RM250 -mounted R.J . Thompso n gra bbed a huge hole sh ot, lea ving all othe r te a ms to fight fo r second place. "Right at the start, R.J. was go ne: s ai d T ho m pso n's t e a m m a t e Ric h Ta ylor. "I bar e ly ha d to do a nything by th e tim e he handed the bik e ove r to m e." Th e format c a lled for e ach ride r to ride o ne lap a nd th en ha nd th e bik e over to his te amma te , la p after lap for 90 m inut e s. By th e tim e th e ra c e wa s on e lap o ld , Thompson had a com fdrtable lead, g iving himself a nd Ta ylor some bre athing room . Th e Sc ott Myers / Spud Wal ters tea m p ut the ir KTM into second place e a rly o n, an d the KX25 0 -mounted tea m of Mik e He aley and Lehman wo rked th e ir way th rough the fie ld to cl a im th e fin a l podium spot. When th e Fou r-Stro ke / 0 -2 0 0 c c / Mini/ Dual -Sport race took th e line on S u n d a y morn ing , T h o m p s o n wa s ba c k, but th is time on an RM125 . Rid ing th e sa me E/XC 520 tha t ha d taken Myers a nd Walters had ridd en in th e Te a m Rac e, Mye rs grabbed a n e a rly lead , with Thompson chas ing. By th e end of the second la p of the 50 -m inute ra c e , Th om pson had taken th e lead , pass ing Mye rs afte r hea ding out onto the back section of the course . Mye rs , ho wev er , s t ill h e ld o n t o th e Fo ur Stroke hon ors, finis hing second overall , wit h 12 5cc riders Ryan Dud e k , Brent Harden and David Ree se ro unding out the top five ove rall. Myers returned to th e s tarting line for th e Vet Exp ert/In te rm e d iat e race, th e co urse layo ut drastically, cutti ng m ilea ge do wn to a ro und ' s ev e n a nd throwing o ut the roc ky sa nd wa shes and dirt roads of yeste ryear. Th e ne w c irc u it h ad very fe w s t rai g ht aw ays and many more turns , which fav ored th e lar ge turnout of m ot oc ross ra cers that s h o we d up t o c o m p e t e in th e final round of th e Distri ct 3 7 Big Six Grand Prix Ser ie s . Th e prem ier race on Saturday was the 1 p .m . Te a m Race , which boasted a substantial purse to th e overall winners all th e wa y down to 10th pla ce . Ma ny race rs took advantage of the 8 a .m. Un cl a s s ified eve n t to c a t c h a gl impse of t h e new c ourse layo ut. T e am Gr e e n d e s e rt race r -t u rned mo v ie s t u n t m a n Oa k le y Le h ma n quic kl y t oo k a lik ing to the n e w cou rse , as he put hi s Price Ra c ing backed KX500 in the lea d and never looked ba c k, despite a ba d c rash that left th e front of h is mach ine ba d ly m angled. "I was try ing to pass a lappe r an d h e c a me over o n m e a n d I ca rt wheele d big -time ," sa id Le hm an after the race. "I'm luc ky to be a live ." Leh m an re c o v e re d a n d go t up qu ic kly e no ug h to salva ge h is lea d , and whe n th e ho u r - lon g ra c e wa s o ve r, th e se c o n d -p laced ride r wa s nowher e in s ight. " I lik e t h e n ew co urse ," s a id Le hm a n . "It' s good for me be c a use I' ve be en work ing o n a ne w m o vie where I get to ride moto c ross a ll da y. 30 N O V EM B ER 2 9 , 2000' eye I e n e vv s this time on a KTM 380. Although John Langhammer and Tod Sciacqua were on their game . the y were no match for Myers . Langhammer and Sciacqua battled in the early laps , but Sciacqua 's RM250 got the best o f Langhammer's YZ250 , giving the Sciacqua the class win . With two class wins and second in the Tea m Race, Myers opted to sit o ut t he final 25 0cc/Open ra c e , which turned into a series c ha m pio ns hip battle be twee n 25 0cc ride rs J o e y La nza a n d Jona tha n Dav ies . Bo th La n za a n d Da v ie s we re in co nte ntio n for the Big Six Gran d Prix 250cc c ha mpio ns hi p , but YZ42 5Fmounted Dude k a nd KTM2 50 -m ounted Brent Harde n didn't pay a tte ntio n to the scuffle b e h in d the m, a nd Dudek grabbed the O pe n class and the overall le a d right from the start. Harden led the 250cc class, followed by mot o crosser Mike Meadows , Dav ies and Lanza. Dude k wasted little time in o pe ning up a big lead. As Lanza went to work on Da vie s , Hard en went back to the pits . "On the second lap, I crashed out in the back section ," said Harden , who ran near the fron t of every race he entered . " I h aven 't c ra shed th a t hard in a lon g tim e." With th e c las s c ha m p io ns hi p on the line , Lan za m a n a g ed to p ut h is 250cc Husq va rna in ~ro n t of Da vies ' KX2 50 . He also made his wa y ar ound Mead ows , as d id Davi es , but ne ither could c atc h the four-stro ke of Dude k, who took th e c hecke re d fla g at th e e n d o f hi s fo u r la p s to c lai m th e Op en -c la s s h o no rs . Lan za , Dav ie s and Mead ows followed su it , w ith 2 5 0c c Int erm ed iate rac er J anqu in Ca nd ia ro u n di ng ou t th e t o p fiv e overall. CN HungryValley SVRA Gonnan. California Re sults: November 4-5, lDDD (Final Round! Saturday U/ClFD: 1. Oakley Lehman (Kaw). SDHCK : 1. Vic Palfrexman; 2. Bums/Mo rgan; 3. Matt Sidot; 4. Hersey/Cess: 5. Mike Arbogast. MAG BEG: 1. Barry Wl!Itkins (Kaw). MAG NO V: 1. Doug Stephens (Yam ); 2. Ml!Irk Obert (Hon): 3. Ken Feulner (Hon); 4. Harold Klaus (Hus): 5. Kenneth Hogu e (KTM ). MAG INT : 1. Rick Wimer ( Yam ); 2. Mike Bo el (So2): 3 . Dale Gehr (Vam) : 4. Rodger Flerninq (Kaw): 5. Tim Bridwell (Kaw). MAG EX: 1. Bill Maxim (Kaw); 2. John Bernett ( Yam) ; 3 . T .V . Holmes ( KT M) ; 4. Fran k Brewer (Han); 5. Steve Freeman (Kaw). SR OPEN BEG: I. Robert Rossajo (Vam ): 2. Rod Fueh ring ( Hon ); 3 . Rex Dew eese ( Hon) ; 4 . Ja ck Fillian (Hon): 5 . Tim Whisnant (Hon) . SR OPEN NO V: I. Bruce Voung (KTM): 2. Ron Kupk e ( Ya m); 3 . Scott Den ny ( KT M) ; 4 . Matt Johnson (KTM); 5. Keith Shafer (SOl). SR OPEN INT : I. Ralph Collins (Kow ): 2. Tom Knopp ( KTM): 3. Kore l Kramer (KTM) : 4 . Richard Jansen (Kaw); 5. Steven Smothennan (Hon). SR O PEN EX : I. St eve Fry ( Ha n ) : 2 . J im McGrath ( Va m ) : 3. Budd y Bo sh ( KTM) : 4 . .Jlm Latendresse (Yam) ; 5. Kirk Kovgleff (Yam) . SR 25 0 BEG: 1. Clifford Houser (Yam) ; 2. Ernie Balderrama (Hon); 3. Jack Garland ( Yam); 4. Chris Vaughn (Yam); 5. Bruce Thompson (Hon). S R 250 NO V : I. Robert Schne ide y (Vom ): 2 . Bruce Ev enson ( Ka w ); 3 . M ike Barlow (S Ul ); 4 . Dennis Stewart (Kaw); 5. Mike Hastings (KTM ). SR 2 50 (NT : 1. Larry Gross ( Yam ) ; 2 . Jon Whitcomb (Yam); 3. Steve Bebeck (Hon); 4 . William Lutes (Kaw); 5. Kevin Rezen de (Yem}. SR 250 EX : 1. Will y Sim ons ( Ya m) ; 2. Andy Sega le ( Ka w); 3 . Bob Maxw ell ( Ho n); 4 . Mar k J'.'\oscrop ( Hon ) ; 5 . Terry Dav is ( Kaw) . WMN NOV: 1. Cendy Daugherty (Hon); 2. Arnie Man n (Kaw) ; 3 . T ricia Lane (Hon); 4 . Kelly Renshaw; 5. Ambe r Dawn Pickett (Suz) . WMN INT : I . Emily Mason (Kaw) . WM N EX : 1. Kristen Southworth ( Kaw): 2 . Layne Swanson (Yam) ; 3. Heather Rogo (Yam) ; 4 . Kassie Gray (Kaw) ; 5 . Denise Emg strom (Kaw). TEAM: 1. R.J. Thompson/ Rich Ta ylor (Suz); 2. Spud Wa lt e rs/S c ott M yer s ( KT M); 3 . Mi ke Healey/ Oak ley Lehman (Kaw) ; 4 . Ryan Dudek/Joel A lbrecht . S unday V I NT NO V : t . M ichael Jo hnstone ( BSA) ; 2 . Ja mes Kohl s (T ri) ; 3. Ma rio Tayl or (Cl ); 4 . Jim Porcaro (Tri); 5. Terry Caldwell (Hen }. VIN T tNT : 1. M ike Giguere ( Yam) ; 2. Jam es Keegan (Hus) : 3 . Paul Ondas (Yam ); 4. James Ottele (Yem ) . VIN T EX: 1. Bud dy Bosh (C -Z): 2. J ohn Rudder (Tri); 3. Charlie Barney (Hon). Cl SC BEG: I . Bob Magga rd (Vam ). Cl SC NOV: 1. Clark Wilmoth (H us): 2 . Keith Kubachka (C- A); 3. James Howard (Ma i); 4 . John McElhenney (Bul) : 5. Ron Kelley (Yam ). ClSC INT: 1. Mike Daniels (Mai ); 2. Louis Harker (Suz): 3. Will U ghth art (KTM): 4. J eff Dill on (Han). CLSe EX : 1. Rick O 'Donnell (Hon) : 2. Heather Rogo (Hus) ; 3. Rudy Abele (Mai); 4 . Doug Yarnell (Hon) ; 5. Abe Baumann. 4· STRK BEG: 1. Josh Thompson (Hon) : 2. Alex De Brouwer (Hon) ; 3 . Carl Gerace (Hon) ; 4 . Jason Karanasos (Yam); 5. Travis Lavallee ( Yam) . 4 -STRK NOV : I. Bo Harris (Yam) ; 2. Kenneth Almony (Yam) : 3 . Alex Olteeun u ( Yam) ; 4 . Brian Catterson (Yam ); 5. Jim Keating (Hon}. 4· STRK I NT : 1. T on y F o x (Vam): 2 . Da vid Jens en ( Yam) ; 3 . T om M iller ( Yam); 4. George Rosenbaum (Yam); 5. David Preech (YllI m) . 4- ST RK EX: 1. Sc ott Myers ( KT M): 2. Cody Qu inn (Yam) ; 3. Justin Peltier (Yam) ; 4 . .Jeson Webb (KTM): 5. Dusty Naber (Vam) . D/ SPT BEG: 1. Richard Kanzler (Hon) : 2. Don Goforth (Han) . D/SPT EX: 1. Sidney Payne (Hon). 200 BEG: 1. Layne Swanson (Yam); 2. Derek Garl and (Ya m ) ; 3 . Ja rrod Gu y (H on ); 4. Ja son Stevens (Yam) ; 5. Steven Thompson (Hon). 200 NOV : 1. Ty Renshaw (Kaw); 2. Cole Cates ( Yam ); 3. Cody Lehman ( Kaw); 4 . Dustin Murphy (Vam ): 5 . Cody Cates (KTM) . 2 0 0 I NT : 1. Jay Bon ann o ( Ye m ): 2. Matt Armstrong (Yam) : 3. Brad Daugherty (So2); 4. Jacob Cornett (Kaw); 5. Michael Kempe (KTM) . 200 EX: 1. R.J. Thompson (Suz): 2. Ryan Dudek ( Yam ) ; 3 . Brent Har den ( KTM) : 4 . Da vid Reese (KTM): 5. Joey Lanzo (Hus). MINI BEG: 1. Douglas Maddox (Yam ); 2. Colton Udall (Hon): 3. Larry Rhodes Jr. (Yam) ; 4. Matthew Stewart (Han); 5. Cory Evenson (Kaw ). MIN I NOV: 1. Andy Vandenberg (Hon) ; 2. Justin Lewi s ( Hon) ; 3 . J am ie Lan za ( Han) ; 4 . Brett Saunders (Kaw); 5. Matthew Reed (Kl!I w). MI NI INT : 1. Corey Wolff (Kaw); 2. Brock Harden (Vom). M IN I EX : 1. T ravis Wagschal (Suz): 2 . Daniel Cagle Jr. (Hon); 3. Ryan Mcintyre (Han) . VET O PEN BEG : I. Brion Camp beii (KTM) : 2. Kirt Campbell (Yam ); 3. Chris Dyer (KTM ); 4. Matt George (Yam); 5. Robert Sjoberg (Yam) . VET O PEN NOV: I. Shawn Pelha m (KTM) : 2. Travis Smith ( Hon); 3 . Ted Rigsby (Yam) ; 4. Mark Anderson (Hon); 5. Michael Black (Kew} . VET O PEN INT : I . Mike Leighliter (Han) : 2. Todd Smart (Yam) ; 3. Tom Miller (Yam) ; 4. David Jensen (Vom ): 5. Mark Bowen (Vom ). V ET OPEN EX : I. Scott Myers (KTM) : 2. Abe Baumann (K aw ) ; 3 . Russell Wolff ( Kaw); 4 . Erik Wolfe ( Kaw): 5. William O 'Hara (KTM) . VET 250 BEG: I. Roy Murray (Vam) : 2. Albert Balderrama (Hon) ; 3. Dana Kellstron (Yam) ; 4. Esau O rdenes (Yam) ; 5. Louis Romo (Yam) . VET 250 NOV: I. Doug Ford (Han): Mike Maute (KTM) : 3. Robert Tayler (Vam) : 4 . John Sutherland (Kaw): 5. Michael Seymour (Hon). VET 250 (NT: 1. Pete Feldman (Hon); 2. Larry Jone s ( Suz ) ; 3 . Ro bert Depue ( Ho n) ; 4 . Rex Steerman (Kaw); 5. Mike Garvin (Kaw). VET 25 0 EX : I. Tod Sc tecqu e (Sua ): 2. J ohn la ngha mme r {Y a rn } : 3. Bam Simons ( Yam); 4 . Shawn Davis (Yam) ; 5. Dennis Gallagher (Yam). OPEN BEG: 1. Lance Deniz (Yam ); 2. Mickey Cobb ( Hon); 3 . Da n Selte rs ( Kaw) ; 4 . Joao Otto (5 02). OPEN NOV: l . Vincent Trino ( Hbg) ; 2. Wayne Vogler (Hon); 3. Josh Possel l (Yam): " . Gary Hogan 4 (Kaw). OPE N (NT : 1. Morgan Pierce ( Kaw); 2 . Dean Nazzaro ( Kaw); 3 . Bebo Gutierrez (Kaw) ; 4 . Mark Hegel (KTM); 5. Kevin Knight (Kaw ). OPEN EX : I . Rya n D udek (Vam ) : 2 . Jason Higgins (Kaw) ; 3. Erik Wolfe (Kaw); 4 . Eron Boyer (Hus); 5. Jason Bicknell (Yam ). 250 BEG: 1. Michael Tyner (Hon); 2. Sean Daly ( Ka w ) ; 3 . A nd rew Puckett ( Ha n) ; 4 . Mi chael Havrilchak (Han); 5. Chris Neuer (Yam). 250 NOV : I . Bruce Deuslake (S uz) : 2. John Patterson (Hon): 3. Dustin Hollenbeck (Hon); 4. Abe Gray (Kaw); 5. Ryan Kritsch (KTM ). 2 50 INT: 1. Janquin Candie (Yam); 2. Jimmy Eberle (Yam ); 3. Danny Caverhill (Yam ); 4. George Rosenbaum (Hon); 5. Larry Gross (Yam) . 25 0 EX : 1. Joey Lanz a ( Hus) ; 2. Jona tha n Davies ( Kaw); 3. Michael Meadows (Hon); 4 . Chris Dabney (Kaw); 5. Morgan Crawford (Kaw).

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