Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Texas Lone Star Stat e Championship Series Round 10: Swan Cycle Par k Tw·nkle. Twinkle. =I lielr" K~le S T O RV Bv P HOT O S G L O RI A S A N DERS By K A T S PA U N AN D G L O RIA S A N DERS TYLER, rx, OCT. 21·22 T he season ended with two glori o us days of motoc ross at Swa n C y cl e Park 's 1 1t h annua l App rec ia tion Barbecue and the 10th and fin al ro u nd of th e Texas Lo ne Star St at e C ha m pio ns h ip Se r ies, and it was a good o ppo rtuni ty for Ky le Coffman to shi ne. T h e w eat her was perfec t , as was the track preparation , due to th e effort s of track owner Trey Clin gfost. Sponsors incl udi ng T omm y 's Cy c le Supplies, Bridgeston e, MT A, Kenda . M ax im a, Spectre, Tsubak i, Sup er Fast Fu els and Sil k o len e prov ided co nt in gencies . Swan Cycl e Park also g ave awa y a year' s free r aci ng to qu ite a few , as we ll as a ye ar 's free pr actice, m ounta in b i k e s and B M X bikes . W yli e , T exas ' Gary Sta rnes wo n a brand -new motorc ycl e of his choice in t he b i g -b i ke category , a nd fro m Plan o , T exas' Kyl e Brash ear was th e luc ky guy in the small-bike ca tegory. In the Ope n event, 22 aocc riders li ned up fo r m oto o ne and b las ted off the g ate in a cla m or for the holeshot. and o ut of the turn c am e Ho nda pi lot " Ki lle r" K yl e C o f f m a n , bo u nd fo r glo ry . C offm an h a d no e a s y r i d e , th ough , w i t h the likes o f S uz uk i m ounted Ril ey K uro sk y and C R pil ot Greg Chapman in hot pur suit. Coffm an ha d to execu te every ju mp a n d eve ry turn to th e bes t of his ability o r he would ha v e been pi cked off. Kurosk y b obbled on lap three . allowing Chapman into the c a t b ir d seat beh ind Coffman , but there wasn 't enough time l eft to catch the leader. In moto two , Co f fm an had a new challenger, as Cody D ick ey got a mu ch better start off the gate th is ti me, tapping on Coffm an 's back door t he fi rs t two lap s b ef o r e Ku ro sk y m ade his m ov e and p ick ed off Dick ey . K uro sk y was o n a hunt , but again laps ra n o ut , and Coffman w as th e vict or. In the 60 cc (7 -9) cl ass, Kawasak i m o un t ed Ju st in D i ck ey b la sted o ff th e gate in m oto one and led th e first two laps un t il sp e ed ster Au st in Rog ers m ade a pass at the bottom of lap tw o to c arry off th e w in . However, in m ot o two , D ic k ey again grabbe d th e hol eshot, and this ti me he wasn't like a dem on , beca use he k ne w that t he aggre ssive Greg Lewis, w ho is alw ays on the hunt, was righ t o n his fe nder, settin g him up every turn they cro s se d . Th e b att l e f or th ird was b etw e en Eddi e Cr aft and Charlie Pav si n a. Th e first - mo t o f inishing o rder was Recto r , Lewi s, Craft and th en Pavs ina. In moto two, the first to b last off th e gate w a s Lew is , with Craft on his fe nde r . Craft mad e his move off th e gate , hold ing se c ond wh ile ward ing o ff Pavs ina , who also had a better start this time. Rector, in the meantime , w asn 't doing so hot th is moto ; h e was bring ing up t he rea r. Lewis went home with firs t overall, fo llowe d by Craft , Rect o r a n d CN Pavsi na . Swa n Cycle Pa rle Tyler , Texas Results : October 21-22, 2000 [Round lOaf I OJ (Above) " Kille r" Kyle Coffman, bound f o r g lory at Sw a n Cycle Part< in Tyler, Texas. (Ri g h t) Su zu k I Jockey Riley K u ros ky p la ced first In the 80cc (1 2 -1 3) c lass . (Belo w) Co m i n g o ff the g at e , J u stin Dickey (47), Danny K insall (1 2), Chris Lewis (1 5), Nick Hayman (91 91, T y ler C u mmi ngs (934), J a m i son Miller (3 9 3), Preston Primm (449), Austin Rogers (3 41, Co le M essick (909), Kyle Swanson (1), J eremy Huddleston (2 ) a n d N ickol a s F i sher (111) do b attl e in the 60cc (7 -9) c lass . i the ver y end , tak ing th e chec k ers for himself. Co nner took the ov erall , fol lowed by Scott, Phillip Smith and Carl McCoy. Right off the gate, Chase Romero made a run fo r the checkered flag in the 250cc Intermediate class , leading about to let Ro g e r s get past him . Dickey t oo k the overall wi n ; Rog ers took second . On e of the m o st ex citin g classes was th e 250cc Beginner co ntest, w ith 23 ri d er s o n th e ga te . In m oto one , 50 ( 4 - 6): I . C eleb Dowell (Cob ) ; 2 . T yler Heern sberger (Cob ); 3 . David Brya nt (Cob): 4. T ravis Pierce (Cob) ; 5. Ty ler Stewart (Pol) . 50 (7· 8) : I. Ty ler Cum m ings (Cob ): 2. Je remy Huddleston ( Cob ); 3 . Ni cho la s F isher (Co b) : 4 . Kody Hange (Hon ); 5. Scott Tho m son (Yl!m ). 50 O PEN : I . Ky le S.... anso n (Cob); 2. Cal eb Dowell (Cob) ; 3. Je remy Huddl eston (Cob) : 4. David Brya nt Jr . (Cob); 5. Travis Price (Cob ). 60 (7 · 9 ) : I. Ju stin D i ck ey ( K a w) ; 2 . Aus ti n Rogers (Kaw ); 3. Jamison Miller ( Kaw) ; 4 . Preston Prim m (KTM); 5. Tyle r Cummings (Ka w). 60 (l a- II ): 1. Jake Lowery (Kaw) ; 2 . Richard Whit e (Kaw ); 3. Brandon Pipki n (Kaw) ; 4. Ja y Tesk e (Kew) : 5 . Corey Smith (KTM) . 60 OPE N: 1. J ak e l ow er y ( Ka w) ; 2 . Justin Di c k ey ( Ka w) ; 3 . Brandon Pip k i n ( Ka w ); 4 . Jay Teske (Kaw) ; 5. Richard Wh ite (Kaw). 80 BEG: 1. Ju stin Bunn (Hon) ; 2. A ustin Flook ( K a w) ; 3 . Aa ro n G arn er (Y am ) ; 4 . James Floo k (Kaw) ; 5. Josh Hussong (Han) . 8 0 (7 - t t ): 1. Ronn y Ja c ks o n (Kaw); 2. Scott y Wennerstrom (Suz); 3. Marshall Sm ith (Ka w ) ; 4 . Josh Eure (Kaw); 5 . Steven Kurth (Han ). 80 (1 2 · 13) ; I. Riley Kurosk y (So2); 2 . Cody D i c k e y ( Su z) ; 3. Vi nc e Monte leone (Kaw); 4 . Bo Teske (Suz); 5 . Chris Rensinc ( K ew} . 80 O PEN: I. Kyle Cottma n (Han) ; 2 . Ril e y K u ro sk y ( Su a) : 3 . Ro nn y J ac k so n ( Ka w); 4 . G reg Ch a pm an (Han); 5. Cody Dick ey (Sua). 8 0 ( 14 - 16) ; 1. Gr e g C ha p m an (Han) ; 2. Kyle Coffm an (Han ). 12 5 BEG: 1. Wesley Turne r tYam) ; 2 . St e v en Melim ( Yam) ; 3 . J erem y Conner ( Yam ); 4 . Tony Rose (Yam ); 5. Josh Suth erland (Han). 125 NOV ; I. Rusty Huddle (Yern): 2. Je ff Ste wa rt ( Ka w) ; 3. J ohn l ea (Kaw); 4 . J . Culpepper (Yam) ; 5. Casey Dow ell ( Yam) . 125 1 NT: 1. Adam Turner (S ua): 2. Brad Mik ola s ( Ka w ); 3 . J ess e Moore (Yam); 4 . Rick Mosley (Yam); 5 . Micah Thibod eaux (Yam) . 125 OPEN : 1. Ad am Turn er (Suz); 2 . Br a dl ey Mik olas ( K aw ); 3 . J esse Moor e ( Yam); 4 . Rusty Huddle (Yam): 5. J eff Stewart (Kaw ). 125 PRO: I. Ky le Will iams ( Kaw ) ; 2. Roger Tha yer (Yam) . 2 5 0 -6 5 0 BEG : 1. J eremy Con ne r ( Yam) : 2 . Jos hua Scott (S uz}; 3. Phillip Sm ith (Yam ); 4 . Carl McCo y (Han); 5. Eri c Petrick (Han ). 250·650 NOV: 1. Charlie Smith (Hon) ; 2. Randy Ha y e s ( Ka w) ; 3 . Robert Roose ( Yam) : 4 . Br ian Goates (Han) . 250-650 PRO ; I. Kyle Williams (Kaw); 2. Dwain Cart er (Yam) ; 3 . Chris Craft (O- G); 4. Roger Thay er (Yam) ; 5. Dav is Hallmark (Suz) . 2 5 0 · 6 50 OPEN ; 1. Gary Har ri son ( Yam); 2. Edd ie Craft (Yam) ; 3. Al en Burd en (Yam); 4. Cody Thompson (Hon) ; 5. Steve Kidd (Yam ). 2 50 ·650 INT: I. Chase Romero ( Han ): 2. Gary Harrison ( Yam ); 3 . Randy Rector ( Yam ); 4 . Chris Marek (Han ). 350 ·650 OPEN : 1. Rog er Tha yer ( Yam ) ; 2 . Rob er t Roose (Y am ) : 3 . Brad Sm ith ( KT M) ; 4 . Je remy A hlm an (KTM ): 5. Deweyne Ugh tfoot (Kaw ). 25 + INT : 1. Greg Lewis (Yam ) ; 2. Eddie Craft (Yam) ; 3. Rand y Rect or (Yam ); 4 . Cha rlie Pavsine (KTM). 25+ NOV : 1. M i k e Ru sh (Yam ) : 2 . A la n Tramm ell ( Han) : 3. Glenn North (Yam) ; 4. Rick Allen (Han ); 5. Jer em y A hlm an (KTM ). 25 + EX : I. Chri s Craft (G ·G); 2. Dwain Corte r (Yern} . 30+ NOV: 1. Larry Dodson (Han); 2. Je ff Harris ( Kaw ) ; 3 . Glen n North ( Yam) ; 4 . Dea n Swan son (v ern): 5 . Robert Porter (Yem} . 30+ INT: I. Thom as Fic hte r (Han) : 2. Greg Lewis (Yam); 3 . Al an Burden (Kaw ); 4. Darwin Huckabee (Han ): 5. Bobby Meche (Vom ) . 30. EX: 1. Chris Craft (G· O); 2. Charlie Brown (Han) . 35 +: 1. Bobb y Handy (Yam): 2. Thom as Fichter (Han); 3. Bobb y Meche (Yam ); 4. Darwin Huckabee (Han): 5. Mark Lowry (K. w). 40+: 1. Bobb y Handy (Yam ); 2. Steve McCombs (Ya m) : 3 . Darw in Huc kabee ( Han ); 4 . Mark lowry (Kew): 5. Pete Watson (KTM ). WMN: 1. Jessica McColl um ( Kaw). all five laps and look ing so good doing it! Gary Harr iso n was not far off base , thou gh , keepi ng Rom e r o i n sig ht all fiv e laps, whi le Randy Rector was wo rking to pass Harrison . How eve r , ever y o ne was p re tty m u c h eve nly m atched and no ne were about Sco tty Stein bac k le d f or o ne la p . T h e n Jos h ua Sc ott came u p from third, passin g J erem y Conner on th e w a y . Ho we ver, in mo to tw o , Sc ott to gi ve up th eir pos it io ns wi thou t a f ig ht. Romero t ook first overall, fo l low ed by Harriso n in seco nd o vera ll for t he da y an d Rand y Rector wi t h th ird ov erall. held on to fi rst for three lo ng , grueling laps as Conner ma tc hed every tu rn , ju m p and berm , setting up Scott for the pass - w hich Conner pulled off at No bo dy ran th e sa me i n either m o t o of O ver 25 co mpeti tio n , so it was a to ss-up as t o who wo u ld get the overal l. In m oto o ne , Recto r rod e c ue . e n eVIl' s NOVEM BER 2 9 , 2 0 0 0 31

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