Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

second at the whoops and carving th rough the ca nyo n turns to claim the lead. Brown stayed strong in second, and Campbell co ntinued to lead Proctor. Fus sell powdered th e Pee Wee clas s, earni ng th e first-overall Pee Wee Stock (7- 8) tro phy, ahead of Cam pbe ll and Proctor. Second across the line , Br own topped the 6 - to 8 -yea r -old s . besting Da lton Dav is and T ommy Kr au se. Th e I 25/250cc clash was highlighted by a di splay of speed and gra ce by 250cc Interme- d iat e ride r J as on Brown . The Ya ma ha pilot t ook the m easure o f th e com bi ne d fi eld in both o uti ngs. B yrd Ra c ing ' s Aaron B yrd stepp ed off sm artJy to lead th em out in race o ne. T ravis J ac kso n and Brown were du eling ju st behi nd hi m . Br own too k ov er second and J esse Ram os moved into third. Ja son took the point with a strong m ove in the wh oops and imme diately stretched out a lead . Byrd hun g on in second while Ja cks on was fig hti ng hi s way back into th ird. Th e top th ree fi nished in that order. A tad m o re focu sed, Brown rou nd ed the fi rst turn in the clear as moto two explo ded into actio n. Byrd , Ram os and Jackson were scra mbling for the runner- up po siti on. Brown wa s rea lly lean ing o n th e competition th i s ti m e, and he built up an even bigger lead than in round one. Byrd won the war for second , lea ding Ja ckson and Ram os in a carbo n co py of the first outing . Bro wn flashed through th e p ipes t o t ake the o ve ra ll. a he ad of 250c c No vice Aaron Byrd and 125cc Nov ice Travis Ja ckson. Res ults P/W STK (4 ·6 ): I. Brandm Brown (Pol); 2. DaIton'Dav lS (Pol); 3. Tommy Krause (Pol ); 4 , ~ LaCha~ (Pol). P/W STK (7·8): 1. Zachary FUS H-II (Cob) ; 2. Robm Ca mptw.1I (Pol); 3 . Btt1l Proctor (KTM); 4 . Dylan St4h1 (Pol). P/W OPEN (4.8) : 1. Zachmy Fu~1 (Cob) ; 2. Robert Campbell ( Po l) ; 3. B I~u Proctor (K TM ); 4. Da lton Davis (Pol); 5. Miehul l.aCho- IPolI. 60 STK (6-8); L Dylan H~ df!DOn (KTM) : 2. "'..min Scllrt~tt IKT"'I 60 STK (9 · 11): I. Jena fllls (KTM); 2. Robert KrIlUSoe (Pot). 60 OPEN(6 -11): 1. .Jft\a El1G (KTM) ; 2. Robert Krouw (Pol). 80 BEG (7 · 16) : I. Tony Hend~rIOn (Sw ); 2. "I~I f"atlrson (Suz ); J Romie Krauw (Yam ): 4. Cory Cordero (Kaw); 5 . Juan Ellis (Yam ). 80STK (7 -11): I. Nathan ~ (Kaw );2.Oay Cloder (lUiw) 60 STK (12· 16): I. fl\i(;hael Parlter (Ya m ); 2. W~ Hllrris (Yam) : J. Anthony Hart (Kaw); 4. BiUyGuedry (Yam) ; 5. TcrJy Espo.Ito (Sw: ). 80 OPEN (7. 16 ): I. W~sl e y Hartis (Yam); 2. Anthony Hart (Kaw) : 3 . Michael Parlter (Yam ); 4 . A1~1 M.an~ (Suz); 5 . Clay Cut· ler (Kaw ). 12 5 BEG : 1. Jesse Ram o s (Ya m); 2 . Len Nov ak (Yam) : 3. Jon Elli s (Kaw). 125 NOV: 1. Travis Ja ckso n (Han) . 250 NOV: I. Aeron Byrd (Yam ). ~ INT: I. J ason Brown (Yam) . MSTR 25. BEG: t . DmmyDoylC! (Su l) . MSTR: 2>0 NOV I. Bobby Hunl (Yam). : MSTR 230. INT 1. Jeff Murph (Hon). : y SPTSMN: 1. Bill Earte (Hon); 2. Duncml Campbell (Hus) . 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A good group of woods rid ers showed up to do battle, wi th th eir barkbusters and cam elback s in place . The Mastin family was in atte ndance, just back fro m the ISDE in Spa in , and there was a strong KTM presence, as ONC C regular Cha d Coo n and some oth er to ugh co mpetitors battled it out fo r two hou rs. The A Money class to o k the fir st dea d engine-start grid. Yamaha -mounte d Do li na r quickly set th e p ace ou t front, w ith Coon a close second, followed by a hungry pack of Amateur ride rs taki ng off from the second dead-engine start just behind. Phil Smith was led th e A mateur s com ing out of the m otoc ro ss section, with Bo b " Bad T o The Bone" Ma son a close second. As th e field started to sort itself ou t, Sm ith wor k ed hi s way up past m ost of the A riders and was clos ing in on Coon, who hel d off the det ermined Smith fo r a couple of lap s. Th en a frustrated Smith tried a ban zai pa ss th rou gh some sma ll saplings, only to go down . g iv ing Coon a goo d cus hion . Coon was setting a faster pace near the half way m ark , and after th e lea der, Do lin ar , m ade a pit sto p, Coon was rig ht on him co ming out of the sco ring barre ls. Th e race was on for the next solid ho ur ; Dolina r held Coo n at bay and neve r bo b bled, to Coon 's d ism ay . Sm ith was th e solid leader of the Amateur div isio n's 25 0cc/ Open class and was running thi rd overall, w it h Rich Sweat ho lding dow n fourth overa ll and first in the Fou r-Stroke division. Ti m Va u g hn was an ot h er ri de r o n t he m ov e th rough the pack ; afte r go ing do wn in the first turn at th e start, Vaug hn recov ered to th ird in the Ove r 40 cla ss, behind winner Dan Pay ne an d run ner - up Chris B elko fer. Tom Glover was in co ntrol of the Over 30 class and was nearly riding at the pace of the front-runner s while Bill Burl! cru ised in seco nd . Coon tried everything to get by Dolinar clea nly , and with on ly a few co rners to go, Doli nar used a smart ins ide line to sec ure th e win and the overall victory. Results 80 JR: I. Nicholas Petro ; 2. Justm lilly . 80 SR 1. Rya ~"-; 2. Jordon Henry : n . 125/250 BEG: 1. Mike Ehamm; 2. Don llid Filch ; 3 . Jeremy Stok es. 0-200: I. John Beum; 2. J~ Slftra n: J. John ~iU . 250 /0PEN: I. Phil SmIth; 2. Mell Null~: 3 . Tony Beel. 4-STRK I. RtchSweat; 2. JotYl Mason; J, Mandi ""'-tin. : 30 . : I. Tom QIovC!r, 2. Bill Burn; 3 , Bob Hadley. 40.; I. Daniel Payne ; 2. CMs BeoIkofC!r, J. Tim Vaughn. PRO .........Y: 1. Ccny OoIinosr; 2. Chad Coon; 3 . Todd Cupry: 4 GENE ROMERO 'S e-moo la .com WEST COAST FLAT TRACK SE RIES CHAMPION Cody Mastin; 5. Ton y Rot:vt.on . O/A.NIl:. Phil Smith . ~ONN lf, e1& ...... -{)~ WISHES T;,OtrHAN .. - • Ro d Lake Ra cin g & Crew • To p Dea d Ce n t e r • Br o w n 's ~c1es_, • . "-98 JANUAR Y - c Kruger Captures Heartland HS B y BRAD J ONES San d usky R iv e r Valley Hare Scrambles: Corey Do lin ar (11) was the overall w inner at the San d u s ky Va lley Riders Motorcycle C lu b ' s fi rst-e ve r hare scrambles, in Tiffin, O h io. '}. 3 • 2001 • Heartland Park Ra ceway adng & Family w~e~S~h ;idt B . & AI 1' 0 /11. PRO Cory OoIinM : . u e • e neVIl's TO PEKA , KS. O CT . 29 Mik e Kruge r of Cycle Zo ne KTM in To pek a , K ansas , wa s the overa ll winne r at th e Heart land Par k ro und of the Forward Motion Hare Scra m bles Ser ies , Nea rly perfect race co nditions were soured by an early mornin g rai n showe r. T he 8 -mil e lo o p q uickly tu rn ed to mud and slop .

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