Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

( KTM); 3. Rich ard Wo rk ing ( Kaw); 4 . Rock y Elrod (Hon) ; 5. Ala n Garrett (Hon ). SR B: 1. Jerry Castleman (Kaw) . S/SR: 1. Leon Parker (Yam ); 2. Ronnie Hackett (Suz); 3 . Larry Still (Hon); 4 . To m Carter (Yam ); 5 . Carl lvey (KTM). 250 /0 PEN C: 1. Er ic Meeks (Kaw) ; 2 . Kenn y Judd (Kaw ) ; 3 . Eric Ingram ( KT M); 4 . P.J . Short (Suz ); 5. Tim Kelly (Han) . 0 ·200 C: 1. Cha rles J agh ab (Kaw ) ; 2 . Mi ke Ham ilton (Kaw ); 3 . Geo ffrey Verm ilyea ( Yam) ; 4 . Adam Barr (Yam ); 5 . Nathan Ham m ons (KTM). 4 ·S TRK C: I. J ohn Davis (Yam ); 2. Terry Russell ( Hon); 3 . Mark Wim satt (T M) ; 4 . M ik e Hanbak er (Yam) ; 5. Shane Gamer (Yam) . VET C: 1. Greg Branno n (K aw) ; 2. Brook Barker (K TM); 3. Chance Blackwe ll (Hon ); 4. Mark Evans (Kaw) ; 5. J ohn Sommer (KTM) . SR C : 1. Pet e B uzzell i ( SUl ); 2 . Steve Midd lebrook (Yam ); 3. Mik e Ponder (KTM); 4 . Bill y Childers (Han); 5. Mark Sheppa rd (KTM). BEG 2 ·STRK: I . Rona ld Huddl eston (Kaw) ; 2. Travis J on es (Kaw); 3 . Ry an Whitemore (Yam ); 4. Jesse Al dridge (Hon); 5. Brandon Sum me rs (Yam) . BEG 4 ·STRK : 1. Eric A nderson (Suz); 2 . Ryan Creesor (Ho n) ; 3. J oe Pharr (Hon) ; 4 . Aaron Jon es (Yam ); 5. Kevin Burchel (Hen) . Northwest VintageMotocross Championship Series Round 3:Woodland Motocross P ark Casey' s Double Treat By Bu ltaco , as Cla rk wo uld no t be c ha lle ng ed on th is day . Ma ico -mounted S hawn Mc Do na ld tra iled CZ rider John Mattoon to the finish in the second Open Intermedi ate m oto , but Mattoon's firs t- moto fourth-pl a ce fi n is h s aw Mc Donald emerge victorious in th e overa ll tally via 1-2 pla ci ng s ahead of J ohn Matto on , Greg Mattoon (3 -3), Bob Hagan (5- 5) a nd Wall (7-4) . On e o f th e da y 's la rg e s t classes was the inc re asi ng ly popu lar 125cc Amate u r class . Hon d a -mounted Ro b Ho o k er a n d S uzu k i-m ounte d Matt Bird e ach po sted a mot o victo ry, but ne ith er was as consistent as Hodaka ri d e r Nic k C h ap ma n , w ho t rai led Ho o k er in m o t o o n e a n d p osted a likewise fin ish to Bird in m oto tw o and netted th e overall win , a head of Ho o ke r ( I -4) an d S uzu ki rider Rick Aim (5-3). In th e 12 5cc Exp ert cla ss , Christo ph er J am e s n et t ed a win a he a d o f Di rk Murph y a nd S tuart to c a pt u re the Expe rt portion. The Op en E volution Ex pert and Intermed iate class fe atu red Yamaha mount ed Mo n ty Pri c e a nd Kurt Stev ens go ing hea d to h ead. Stev ens , w ho wo n over a ll at t he p revi ou s ro und, tr ai led bo t h Pric e a nd Ma ico rider Greg Rodgers to th e finish in th e first moto . While St e vens m an aged to hold off challenges fro m the TT500 m ounted Price in moto two , Price ( 12 ) wa s the o ve rall win ner, a hea d o f Ste ve ns (3-1) a nd Rodgers (2 -3) . The Intermediate portion was a th ree -way Maic o duel fo r th e top brass , which went in Fra n k Campbell's favor , as he le d Marvin Newton and McDona ld to the line in both motos . Price nabbed the gol d in the Fo urStroke class as we ll, des pite th e pres e nce of BSA ride rs Ken Burn ing ha m a nd Dana S als ma n , to net his s ec ond of three ove ra ll wins on the d a y (Price wo uld la te r a lso win the Fou r-St ro ke E vo lut io n class ) , le avi ng Can ad a 's Bu rn ing ham to s ettle the d isp ute fo r sec o n d with Sa lsman . Marty Wel te r used h is Honda XL350-base d mach ine to net the top Inte rm ed ia te p osit ion , ah e ad of BSA rid er Dean Ne wt on (2-2) a nd Triumph jo cke y J im Cole (3-3) . Ma ico rider J a y La e l top pe d both Pre -1970 Exp e rt-cla ss m ot os , leadi ng Sa lsman to the nag in moto o ne a nd C LA Y LI GH T W OODLAND, WA, NOV. 4 re g o n ' s Joe Cas e y n e tt e d two o vera ll cla s s victories a t round three of th e ' Vintage Dirt -s anct io ne d Northwes t Vin tag e and Ev o lu t io n Mot o cro s s C h amp ionship S er ies at Wood land Motocross Park , with dou ble -rnot o ro m ps of the 250c c Vinta ge a nd 250cc Evo lution Expe rt classes. Ar oun d 2 0 0 ride rs from a llove r th e No rthw e st a nd fro m a s far a way as Br iti sh C olumb ia and s ou th ern Orego n we re o n ha n d , but Casey drew "first mud " with his first win, in the com bined 250cc Exp ert/Inte rm e d iat e Evol ut ion class . De sp ite co rn peti ng a g a in st o ne o f th e t ou g he s t fields of riders thus fa r in th e series , C a s e y capi t a lize d o n h is h o les ho t hon or s a nd took an impre ssive overa ll win ahea d o f Yam a h a -m oun t e d Gr ant Boere , Ca s ey' s c losest co mpetito r in both m ot o s . Bo ere , in h is fi rst s e as on as a n E xp ert , t r a ile d Cas ey to the finish to n e t s e cond o ve ra ll w ith a 2 -2 ta lly , but that 's w h e re the c ons istenc y en d e d. Christo pher Ja mes , la st yea r's Inte rm ed ia t e -c la s s c h a m pio n, n otc h ed t h ird v ia 3 - 5 p la c in g s , a hea d o f J on a th an S tua rt a nd Ka wa s a k i rider J im Sa wtel l. Ho nd a - m ounte d J are d Lip p legoos aced th e a djoined Inte rmed iate c lass w it h a I -I sweep , a head of Greg Ba yless (3-2), Yamaha mounte d Charlie Martin (2-3) , Walte r Welt er (4-4) and Mart y We lte r (5 -5) . Cas e y 's la s t bit of mud fling ing ca me in th e 2 5 0cc Vintage Expe rt / Int e rm ediate c lass, in whi ch the Honda rider from Portland , Or egon , a gai n successfully soared to a II score, le a v in g Ka w a s a k i joc key J ohn Ulver a nd Honda rider Jim Row to s cra p fo r th e rem n a n t s - which went to Ro w . Ne wcomer J a m e s Ung er hammered the com pe tition in the Intermediate po rt ion with aI -I swee p of h is ow n , followe d by John Wa ll, wh o rode h is 197 4 Yamaha YZ250 to sec o n d via 2 -2 pla c ing s , a he ad of Da vid Ch appelle (3-3 ). Chris Cla rk posted h is second con s ec utive victo ry in the Open Expert cl as s wit h a 1 - 1 sweep, ahe ad of Rya n Ande rson. Howev e r, Anderson , wa s d e st in ed fo r t he second - place s lot aboa rd the Schweitze r Ra c in g O Woodland Motocross Pa rk: Joe Casey (3) dominated two clas ses at round three of the otocross Series in Woodland, Washington , posting the North west Vintag e and Evolution M 250cc Vintage and 250cc Evolution Expert-class victories . slick," Alle n ad m itted. "Whe n I we nt down , I ha d n o idea Sam pson wa s directly be hind m e , so he go t by m e ." Th e two ride rs swap ped back a nd fo rth d uri ng t h at la p , bu t All e n m aneuver ed into the lead at the score te nt and rece ive d the wh ite flag . Mos t AA ride rs s t ayed in th e sa me pos it ion s t he y h e ld a t the sta rt o f th e r a c e , b ut Mi k e Mc Cr e a was the exception ; he m oved up to fifth place. During the last la p, Dickson Motorspo rts/ Of fRoad Gr o up /W ind / WMP / Cemoto -spon sor e d S am pson gra bbe d fo r th e le ad . He flew into firs t p la c e a nd bot tomed o ut in the creek . "I got stuck in some gra pevine a nd top pled over, rolling with m y b ike," S a mps on re ported . As Samps o n retr ieved hi s b ike , Allen passed him for the last tim e and finished in first place in the AA class . Sampson go t second . "He [Ailen] rode good tod ay, " s aid S a mpson, a form e r MSWS Champ ion . "It was a fun ra c e to da y, m y b ike ran rea l good , a nd I wa nt to tha nk my p it c re w, Li sa ." S ampson an d Ailen a re currently tied for first pla ce in the s e ries , a nd each ha s won a ra c e with a m inu te a nd- a-half lead on the other. Th ird plac e in the AA class went to Rive r City Cycles/Cycle Path -backed Froma n . He was third off the start a nd he stay ed th er e a il da y. "Th e dust wa s certain ly bad, bu t they [Ailen a nd Sampson] si m ply o ut rode m e ," Froman s aid. "I was fairly c lo se going in t o t he la st la p , soI dec ided not to get gas . I ran o ut a nd hit reserve . I ha d to ba by it to hang o n to third p la c e for the finis h." Th e du st c reated to ug h riding con di tio ns for m o s t ride rs . E ighty -one riders m ade o ne lap o r le ss bec ause it was difficu lt to pa ss . Howev er , Four- Strok e B win ne r J ohn Rowli ngs was not inti midated by the roug h co ndi tions . "I got t he ho leshot," Rowl ings repo rted , "a nd I we nt t hrou gh a big d ip a nd bou nced into a tree , endi ng up in la s t. S lowly , I rode ha lfway smart a nd picked th e m off le a din g th e second a nd th ird la p." S a rge 's Cycle s ' Lou is Gibson sta rt ed h is bike while in ne utra l. He wound up d ead last but pa ss ed everybo dy on the first lap . "I just rode o ver everything in t he du st, a nd I just hope I didn't run over a nyone ." Gibson said . Anothe r rider in a similar pre d ica ment was 200cc A winner Ian S herwoo d . He had a t e rri bl e start but s lowly re a c hed for the lead and was in 13 th place overa il by the en d of the second la p. He d ug a little deeper to cla im 11th overa il an d first place in CN his c lass . West Point Hare Scrambles West Point, Kentu cky Results: Omber 29, 2000 [Round 21 O /A : 1. P.A . A ll en ( Su z) ; 2 . Mi ke Sam p son (KTM); 3. Chad Froman (KTM); 4 . Joh n Roth (Yam); 5. Mike McCrea (x a w): 6. Harvey Whitaker (Kaw ); 7. Billy Cooper (Kaw) ; 8. Wesley Donaldson ( Hen); 9 . Cli nt Robinson (Suz ); 10. Lance Smith (Yam) . AA: I. P.A. Allen (Suz) : 2. Mike Sampson (KTM) : 3. Chad From an (KTM) ; 4. John Roth (Yam) ; 5. Mike McCrea (Kaw ). 25 0/ 0 PEN A : 1. Billy Cooper (Kaw ); 2. Wesley Dona ldson ( Han); 3. Th om a s Ben nett (KTM) ; 4 . Marty Stinnett (Sua): 5. Timmy P'Pool. 4- ST RK A: 1. Harvey Whitaker (Kaw); 2. Cli nt Robin son (Suz); 3 . Ma rty Mic he l s (H en) ; 4 . Neal Vanway (Yam ): 5. Robert Uch (Yam ). 0 ·200 A : I. Ia n Sherwood (KTM) ; 2 . Clay Hedgepat h (K TM) ; 3 . Je remy Ketch um (KTM): 4 . Ji m Bates (KTM) ; 5. Derek Bratcher (KTM). SR A : 1. Scott Martin (Kaw); 2. Kenneth Stalli ngs (Kaw); 3. Gary Ho r ton ( K aw) ; 4 . Curti s Ce me r (Yam); 5. Paul Michels (Hon). VET A : 1. Steve Ezell (Suz) ; 2. Wy les Griffith (KTM) ; 3 . Ja son M ood y ( KT M ) ; 4 . Jack Bail ey (Yam ); 5. Mark Guy (Yam) . 250 B: 1. Ed Boardwine (Kaw); 2. Ron Skipper (S ue): 3. Scott Kir choff (Han) ; 4 . Keith Obermeyer (Yam ); 5 . Brad ley Hicks (KTM ). 4 -STRK B: 1. J ohn Rowlin gs ( Yam); 2. All en Murphree (Han ); 3 . Greg Riddle (SUl); 4 . Dean Grewe (KTM); 5 . Steven Holcomb (Yam ). OPEN B: 1. Robert Jac ks (Han) ; 2. Brad Bradle y (Yam); 3. Aaron Dav is (KTM ); 4. Ron Dilbe ck (KTM ) ; 5 . Roger Little (Yam) . 0 -200 B: 1. Lou is Gibson (Yam) ; 2. Budd y Wyatt (Han); 3. Kip Haynie (Yam); 4. Mich ael Schri sm sher (KTM); 5 . J ohn Gord on (Yam) . VET B: 1. Mik e Betol do (K TM); 2. 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