Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Leivan stopped for fresh goggles after lap one , since the wet branches and leaves had caused h im to use of nearly a fu ll spool of ro ll -off f ilm. F orrester t o o k over, w ith Sha w in se c ond , and L e i van ra c ed w ith XR650 p ilot Matt Pu r sl ey for t he third positi on . Forrester set the p ace t h ro u gh lap two , w ith the top five ri d er s st ill closely bunched up . J us t be fore t he scoring ch eck , Forrester bobbled and Sha w took his f irst lead of t h e da y . fourth , t hird and now runner-up . He w ill be o ne to watch in 2001 . Duncan finished third fo r the seco nd time this year, showing his versat ilit y by doi ng it o n a four-st roke and a t wo- st roke . Al thoug h he stru ggled la te in the year with con sistency, he ha s shown g oo d speed and will only im prove in t h e futu re. eN rough er , more direct route to take ove r t h e lead . Onc e there, he was gone. " A s so o n a s I got i n front, I Wa lde n Playboy Motocross C lub b egan t o distan c e himse lf from th e b attling duo . Midwa y thr ou gh l ap three , F or rest er t ook a bi g d ig g er a n d r e lin quished se c ond to Leivan . A s Leiv an turned up th e wick a nd set o ut after Sha w , Dun c an a ls o m o v ed around Forrest er. B ac k o n a t w o -stroke fo r the first time sinc e A p ril , Duncan w as adapting qu i c k l y a n d was on t h e leaders' pa c e . Shaw sta rted to fee l the pressure from Leivan as they set out on w h at might be th e final lap. When Shaw chose a long er , smoother line around a slo w er ride r , Leivan too k th e cra nked i t u p a n o tch , " L e i v an Justm Barcia (KTM). 65 (7-9); 1. Charln Fox III (KTM): 2. .M.ik~ Slyklef (KTM); 3. Henry Rojas (KllW). 6 5 ( JO· l1 ): 1. Anthon y Dombf oluki ( KTM); 2. J~ Sharkey w (Kalil ); 3 . Bobby Bertrum (KT M). J R MINI (7-1 1): I . Phd NICOl tti (Hon) ; 2. RkMrd Scoli !W! (Kll W); e ~ '" :> 3. Cory Dejong (Kaw). SR MINI (12 · 15): 1. J ay WeJ ~ (K aw) : 2. Mtst Ranum (Kaw ); 3 . t > '" Kyle Hutson(Sull . 5 S/ M1:-11 (1 2- 15 ); 1. Michad Hlltlcnan(Kew). SCHBY (12- 15) ; 1. :I: Q. Wal den Playboy Motocross Club: In Walden , New York , Carlo Coen (691) smok ed everyone in his path, and took home plenty of cash for his troubles. Weller. Monterey. Massachusetts' Kyle Hutson too k a pair of thi rds and th ird ov erall . Well er then switc hed bikes and rode James "Bubbe" Stewart's KXIOOin the Super. mini cla ss. He was never in any dang er of los ing the lead in eithe r mote. and he took the I I win and the overall. CR80 pilot Phil Nicoletti placed seco nd in both motos. Michael Hallinan carded 4-3 finishes aboard his Kawasaki 100 for third. In the Junior Mini clas s, Nicoletti carded t , I moto finishes for the ove rall win. He j umped everything on the track aboard his Th or /P ro Act ion/ O'T oole' s Hart ey-D a v id son-b ac k ed Honda. He bested Kawasaki·mounted Richard Sc ali se w ith 25 seco nds to spar e i n each m oto. Coen the Trick-or-Treater win th e race ." Crank it up h e dl d By br idesmaid po siti on wi th his 3 -2 moto sco res. He wa s never cl ose to Cost a, who sna red the so m uch, in fa c t , th a t h e co m p le ted l ap fo ur i n 1:59 :1 3 , just 47 se co n ds shy o f the t w o -h our m ar k. As Leivan set o ut for another lap , S h a w c h ecked in at 2 .00 :02 , with D u n c a n clo s e b ehind . Both r iders were stopped s in c e the y were over th e t ime l imit. T h is m ay have been a good thing for Sh aw , sin c e he had suffered a rear flat t ire la t e o n his last la p . Hal f w a y t h rough his fifth lap, L e i van w a s s how n his p it b o a r d , w hic h rea d : " N o bo d y else made it. " He con ti n ue d o n to com plete the la p in n early t he sam e time as his previous effort , which was t he fas test of the d ay , a 28 : 13 , although it was fo r nothing more t han bragging rights. "I came here to close out t he season on a high note , " Leiva n sai d, "a nd I ca n 't thi nk of a better way to WALDEN. NY. OCT. 29 The final race of the year at the Walden Playboy Motocro ss fac ili ty was a frig id one . Te mperatures were in the low 305, and a raw wind blew all day long . Th ere were even a few snow fl u rries, but well over 4 0 0 rid ers b raved the co ld and ca me out fo r the seco nd annual Hal low een race . Mo ro ney 's Honda/J B Grafix- back ed holeshot in both motos. Honda CR250 jockey Dave Ma si finish ed up th ird o vc i a ll w ith a strong 4-3 tally. Re s u lt s PfW 50: 1. Domi nick Guoslell a (Yom) : 2. Stefan Fodor (Yam); 3 Brock Mille r ( Yam ). 50 (4· 6 ): I. AI Centezerc (Pol) ; 2. Troy DavIs (Cob) ; 3 . Tyler Wom ey (Cob ). 50 (7 · 8) : 1. T om Sharkey (Co b); 2. Jesse Kuzb yt (Co b) ; 3 . Schultz Triples at India na S t a te HC By Buo NORT HRUP MOUNT VERNON. n, SEPT. 30 The Kin g City Dirt Riders hosted the 2000 Indiana State Championship Hillclimb, with m or e t h an 13 0 ride rs c o m p et i n g . Wade Sch ultz was a triple -cla ss win ner. Donnie Rob- bins and Mark Goodman Jr. both doubled. and Goodman took the Fast Time award. "Wild Wade' Schultz from Lizt on, Iowa, got his first win in the 750cc class, on this day filled with only Yamaha twins. He took only o ne ride ; his first -round 4.47 6 -sec o nd ru n stood up for the win. Wade's brother Lane Sch ultz was hi s clo sest co m peti tio n, turning in a 4 .547 -se cond first -r ound run fo r sec o nd place. Wathena, Kan sas' Boo ts Web er too k th ird , followed by Tom Dani els and Robin Senn . Schultz rode his fast Harley to two class wins, th e Open and Op en Pushrod cl asses. He again took onl y on e run in the Open cl ass. posting a very fast 4.258-secon d ti m e to set the fast time to that point of the night, which held up fo r th e cl ass win . Scott "Scooter' Sheets Jr ., 16 . cl aimed second with a fine 4.380 -seco nd run on hi s Sup erior Cycle sportste r. Ran dy " B uzz" Gr een was third o n hi s Dales' Hariey-Davidson Harley. Mike Kessel wa s proudly sporting Amateur National num ber three, which he ea rn ed with h is perfor - man ce at Loretta Lynn 's in the Schoolboy Stock class. Yamaha pilot Dave Ginolfl, who fo llowed Mills home in m oto two aft er pressur ing him earl y o n, received runn er-up hon or s with 4 ·2 moto score s. Gin olfi could not ca tc h Mills and faded. "Jumping" James McNeill took a pa ir of th ird s on his Yamaha, garnering a soli d th ird overall. Mills' cele brati ng d idn 't last long, however: he had a much tougher ti me dealing with ve te ran Carlo Cae n in th e 250cc Expert ranks. Ca en prov ed to be dominant onc e agai n aboa rd h is Stam fo rd M o to rspo rt sf M axim a ba cked Hon da, tr icking everyo ne by sweepi ng all th ree of his cl asses en ro ute to treating himself to the overall 250cc A. Over 25 A and Ov er 30 A victories . Coen exte nded his co nsecut iv e-m ot o-win stre ak in Distri ct 34 to J 6 . In the 250cc A race, Coen was followed home by Mills. who scored a consistent 2·2 tally on a borrowed Honda. Rounding out the podium 44 e ye . 2.5. A : I . Car1oCoen (Hon) : 2. Chns CllIrl!. (Kaw); 3 . Da~OISM (Yam): 4. J ames Woel.ler (Hon ): 5 . Tom Bruno (Yam). 25. B: I. An ton Keller (Han); 2. Richard Dub.!!rtan (Yam): 3. Jason Walla ce (Han). 25 .. C: 1. J ames Mana (Yam ); 2. Joh n Mally~ (Han); J . Chns Bradley (Kaw). 30. A: 1. Carto Coen (Hon) ; 2. Chris Clanr.. (Kaw) : 3 . Tom Bruno (Yam) . 30. B: 1. Sco tt Greer (Hon) ; 2. Jason Wall ace (Hon ): 3. Garrick Yenos (Hon ). ky 30 . C: I. John Mall yren (Hon): 2. Eddie Olsen (Han) ; 3. John Weinman n (Kaw). 35 . : I. Mark Com (Yam ); 2. Dave MAsi (Han): 3 . Robert Weiss (Hon) . 40 .. A: 1. Jo hn Semametlc (Hon): 2. Bill Shine (KAW): 3 . Ron Rothkranz (Hon) . 40 + B: 1. Mark Co ste (Yam ): 2. Je ff Con boy (Yam ): 3 . Dave M!lsi (Hon) . 125 A: 1. Ryan Mill s {Hen]: 2. Deve Gino lfi (Yam ); 3. .James McNeill (Yl'lm ); 4. Terry Fink le (Yam); 5. Paul Co rey (Han) . 125 B: I. Ted Hendrick son (Kaw) ; 2. Poul Dcmeltes (Han ): 3. Robert Johnson (Kaw) . 125 C: I. Se en Mclaughlin (Hon); 2. Chris Meier (Yam ): 3. Evan vcchts (Yam) . 250 A: 1. Carlo Ccen (Hon): 2. Ryan Mills (Han); 3 . Andrew PingotU (S uz); 4. Terry Finkle (Yam): 5 . Paul Corey (Hon). 25 0 B: 1. Dy lan Van Orden (Yam) : 2. Ryan Golding (Hon ): 3. Ken GenneU (Kaw). 250 C: 1. James Mazza (Yam): 2. RIchard Pence J r. (Yam ): 3. n Tim Scudse (Kaw ). the highly competitive 125cc A class. Mill s proved tha t he ha s what it takes to win motos . He swept both m otos in th e Sen ior Mini and Supe rmi ni ran k s and took hom e a pair of nic e tr oph ies. Well er was smooth as butter all da y , win ning both the Senior Mini m ot es by more e McNl"il1 (V" m); Z. Ff!'Ibc DeII'TlOnlI Dl " Fl yi n" Ryan Mills, 14. took both mota wins in do that th an by going a fu ll lap fu rther th an anyone else. " Sh a w wa s thrill ed w ith se c o nd , a career b est for him. After absolutely dominat ing th e 250cc B c l a ss throug hout t he y ear, Shaw moved up to t he AA class at round 13 and has led t hree of the four rac es since that time , po sting overall fin ishe s o f NOVEMBER 29 ,2000' Ja~ (KlIw ); 2. Phd NlCOI UJ (Hon ); 3 . e Mount Ve rn o n Hillclimb than 18 seconds. Matt Ranum pla ced seco nd in b oth m ot o s but wa s nev er a threat to e x p lai ned. "I knew tha t it mi g h t be t he last la p, so it was ti me t o try to > Well~ Beatty (Hon ). Mark Costa extended his win streak to 18 moto win s in a row , sc o ring ] -1 fini sh es in both the Over 35 A and Over 40 A classes. Yam aha -m ounted J eff Co nboy took th e RI CH PRICE Jay (Yam ): 3 . Seen Mclaughlin (Hon ). CLGBY 1. Chllrk S EllIS (Sw); 2. Dyla" V,," Orden (Y : am); J. Joe Missouri HareScrambles C hampionship Series Vibumam, Missouri Results: October ZZ.ZOOO [Round 161 O /A : I . Ste ve Lei van (Ya m ) ; 2. Aa ron Shaw (Yam ); 3. Bobby Duncan ( Yam) ; 4 . Chad Busenba rk ( Yam) : 5 . Ma tt Pursley (Ho n ) : 6 . Ga ry Mi tt elb erg (Yam ); 7. John Struck hoff (Kaw ); 8. Rick Kinke laar (Yam) ; 9. Kevin Bort s (Suz); 10. Nick Daniels (KTM). AA : 1. Aaron Shaw (Y am ) ; 2. Bo bb y Dun can (Yam) ; 3 . Chad Bu senbark ( Yam ); 4. Matt Pursley (Hon) ; 5. Kevin Bo yle (Hen}. A : 1. Gary Mittelberg (Yam ); 2. J ohn Struck hoff ( Kaw) ; 3 . Rick Ki nkelaar ( Yam) ; 4 . Kev in Bar t s (SUl ): 5. Chris Sloan (KTM). 125 B: I . Ryan Mar occo (Suz) ; 2 . Mik e Rozier (Yam) ; 3 . J .T. Black (Han). 200 B: 1 . Matt J am e son ( K T M ); 2 . D al e Griesinger (KTM ); 3. Mich ael Kni bb ( Kaw); 4 . Cory Freri ck s (Kaw); 5. Rebecca Ja ck son (Kaw). 250 B : 1. Nick Daniel s ( KTM ); 2. Lar s Val in (Hen) : 3. Bob Huber (Suz); 4 . Keit h J ackson (Kew} . OPEN B: I. Tom Huber (Yam) ; 2. Tracy Bauman (KTM ): 3. Andy Muel ler (KTM): 4 . Raymond Osi er (KTM): 5. James Keleman (KTM) . 4-STRK B: I. Travis Pilant (Han); 2. Gary Pilant (Hon ); 3 . Nic k Crawford (Yam ); 4 . Ralp h Gerd ing (Hon) ; 5. John Acton (Han ). 250 C : 1. G ar y Wetherell ( Ka w) ; 2 . Ad am Ashcr oft (KTM ) : 3. Jo sh Walters (Han) ; 4 . Dam ian Mahoney (Han ); 5. Mike Eberhart (Kaw). JR : 1. Chris Hink el (Kaw); 2. Ryan Port ell (Kew): 3. Travis Nelson (Hon); 4. Travi s Lappe (Han); 5. Pet Myers (Hon) . WMN: 1. Am anda Lappe (Kaw); 2. Talesha Borts (Han) ; 3. Cindy Nelson (Hon). VET: 1. Wade Hall (Yam); 2. Carl Dobson (KTM): 3. Dav id Gerbes (KTM ); 4. Tom Eidem (Suz); 5. Greg J ohn son (Hon). SR : 1. Da vid D illin gham ( KT M) ; 2. Willi am Guffey (Yam); 3 . AI Hejl ek (Ka w); 4 . Keith Kibo rt (Yam ); 5. J immy Jon es (Kaw). S/SR : I. Rick Carpenter (KTM ); 2. Frank Leiven (Yam) ; 3. Robert Knibb (Suz); 4 . J im Pursley (Yam) ; 5. Gerald Frericks (KTM) . BEQ : I. Shawn Fowl er ( Su z); 2 . J oe Patton (H on ) ; 3 . Dewayne Pari sh ( KTM) ; 4 . M i ke Bobe (Yam) : 5. Alex Ashcroft (Kaw). L eivan , Pursle y and Duncan all c h e c k e d in w it hi n s econds o f th e leader Shaw after j ust over an hour's worth of racing . The pace quickened with Shaw in the lead, and the top three st arted to pull away. Whil e Forreste r tried t o hold of th e ad v an c es of L eivan , Shaw :1:,-------------------, }il z w was the lo ne Suzuki rider in th e race, And rew Pingotti, who struggled with bad starts but roa red ba ck to take very respe ctable 5-3 finishes. Cycle Motion Kawasaki -backed Jay Weller n e VIl s Mount Vernon Hillclimb: Mark Goodman Jr. flew to the Fast Time award in Moun t Vernon . Ill inois.

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