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TRIPLE CLAMPS Multi-timeArenacrossChamp Buddy L yo ns m ov ed a head o f Ca te s and set his sig h ts o n Nob le. Ly o n s' c ha rg e w as sho rtli ved , as he ma de a big mistake and was rele - gated back into fifth. At the e nd of the mota. Du d ler cro ssed the fin ish- li ne tabl eto p fi rst , ahea d of Hughes and Noble. At the sta rt of the second mo ta. Noble o nc e aga in rock et ed hi s Kawasa ki into th e lead , wi t h Dudler in second and Hu gh es in thi rd. The race was on, with all th ree rid ers ha ving a m athem ati cal cha nce at th e overall victory . The ru nning order staye d the sam e for the first four laps until Hughes made a brilliant pass o n Dud ler to take over secon d . How eve r, Hughes had to win the m ota to win the ove rall . As the laps wound down. Hughes reeled Noble in, an d he was looking fo r a last-l ap upset. but he ca m e up a tad sho rt as both riders hit th e finish-line tab letop at full throttle. The mota a nd the overall went to Noble . with Hughes second and a deje cted Du dler in thi rd . Results 60 BEG; I. Daniel Bem es (Kaw); 2. J an Stubbs (Kaw). 80 BEG: 1. Cody Heyee (Yam); 2. Selin Crlg l~r (Suz); 3. Evan M~nen (Hen) . 80 NOV; I. K ~lIen K~r~ (Yam); 2. J immy Anderson ( Yom ). 125 BEG; I. len MacKldllln (Yam) : 2. Billy Berbcwe (Han) ; 3. r Brock Tidwell (Hon) . 125 NOVA: 1. A .J. Steinbach (Yam) ; 2. Matthe w Kelly (Hon) ; 3. Ryen Hughes (Yllm ). 125 1NT: I. LeeBeccn (KlI w). 250 BEG; 1. Charlie Golob (Ho n); 2. Kevi n Stnemen (Yam); 3 A drill n Cortez (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Elell Noble (Kaw ); 2. Rye Hughes (Yll m ): 3. Jll son n Dudler (Yll m) . 250 INT: I. J immy Robinson (Hen ); 2. Kirk Chandler (Hen ). OPEN PRO/AM: 1. J osh Tu pe (Hen) : 2. Scott Sease (Hen ): 3 Lee Bacon (Kaw). VET 30. NOV : I. Jason H eagst~t (Yam) : 2 . Tod d Heeqstedt (Yll m) ; 3. TIm ly ons (Yam) . VET 30. INT : I. Da~ Leechrnen (SuI ); 2. Seen Hil m s (Y",m): 3 . Scott Richeson (Kaw) . VET 40. 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NOV. 12 One week before round eight of the MRANN Series. cl ub leader Gill Gr ieve was prayin g for a little rain to settle the dust. Hi s wish came true whe n close to two feet of snow fell the day before the eve nt. Co nd iti ons were so bad that all the Mi ni riders were forced to sit ou t the day . and the big-bike riders would cove r only one of the 50 -mile loops. However. like any true MRA NN club, Western States Raci ng Association, host of the fam ou s Virgi nia Grand Prix. pull ed off an exc iting , fun a nd we llma rked race tha t was ge ne rally enjoyed by the entire big-bike group. The race sta rted off with Open ride r Greg Sea rle taking the holeshot over the rest of the Expe rt fie ld . At the e nd of th e first s ho rt stra ight, the ride rs were for ced onto a road as slic k as a sheet of glass . Bikes we re goi ng down left and ri ght, whic h m ade fo r an exc itin g ra c e for eve ryo ne . Ma n y o f the r id er s bega n to look at this day as less of a rac e and m ore of a qu est for survi val. Th e co urse ventured off the slick roa d and into san d was hes and rocky mountain ro ads where the snow was not quite so deep. Searle co nt inue d to lead , wi th fi rst-ti me Open Rider of the Year Dennis "Snow fox" Belingheri nip ping at his heels. O pen ride r Shane Espo sito ON-BIKE 1T EXPERIENCE: 5 - Get Set & Go...at up to 190mp h during IT99 and 2000 (#5565) Every nail-bi ting curve. corner and too -c1ose -fo r-co mfort stone wall in this vide o was filmed with top rider s on a variet y of sol o and side car machines at the Isle of Man TI'99 and 2000 . with most of the action recorded during actual races for the first time. Combine the real-race thrills with the latest camera technology and you've got the best compilation of on-bike TI acti on ever' So. ha ng on to your armchair, turn up the so und and prepare for a master-blaster experience on the incompara ble Mountain Circuit with... * lain Duffus on the Honda Britain Fireb lade for a full lap of the fantas tic Duke Form ula One race - the ope ning TI race o f the new millennium; * Joh n McGuinness for a full lap of the sing les race riding the very spec ial Chrysalis AMDM 720 . McGuin nes s went on to win the race at an average spee d of 109 .63mph ; * Bla ir Degerh olm, the Kawasaki-m ounted Kiwi in !lying fonn; * Roy Han ks on the Moly neux Yamaha 600 sideca r out fit, Roy' s point-o f-view and the view looking back at his he lmet certai nly increases yo ur ad miration for the TI 'c hairmen'; * Nigel ' Cap' Davie s in sco rching form on the big, powerful Yamaha R I ; Plus. som e incredible seq uences with Da vid Jefferies (Yamaha R l ) duri ng practice for the 1999 Production race ; Jo hn Holden and Bruce Moore durin g the 1999 sidecar races. and loca l hero Rich ard ' Milky' Q uayle on -bike during TI200 0. Cameras we re mounted both forward and rea r-faci ng to give yo u two very different perspectives on this lege ndary circ uit an d on-screen graphics show the speeds reached at vario us po ints. Th ere is no more hard -hitting way than this to rea lly see and feel how ride rs dea l with every thing the Isle of Man throws at them . 90 minu tes fro m Wh ite Star / Duke Video. To Or-de rVideos.CaIl714/751 -7433 - C h arg e t o ~ ~ Thi s re lease $ 34. 9 5 . Order Videos On-Line at: _.cyclene_s.com/product:lvideo.asp in cl u des s h ip pi ng. as third overall. while 250cc ride r Ste phen icheno r was ma k in g up fo r a bad start by ang ing o n to fourth overa ll . Cu rre nt 125cc ham p Sean Berryma n was putti ng in an epic 'de in fifth overall. The majority of th e race was on prima ril y irgin desert , which m ade th e po wdered snow asier to hand le, but the tone quickly cha nged s th e co urse swi tc hed on to a lon g . fast po wrline road th at went from bei ng covered in 2 nches of snow to a foo t and a ha lf of snow nd ice in just a co uple of m iles. Open rider as h Wilson didn't let the snow slow him down he pa ssed Ti ch enor in to fo urth overa ll. erry m an was al so rid in g wit h pur e adr enaine, gi vi ng it hi s all up the long and agonizing, reachero us ro ad . Berry m an's da y . however , u ickl y we nt south , as h is KTM ca ug ht fire hen he was getti ng gas at th e alte rnate pit. 5 Tell'em you saw DRIVE A UTILE SAVE A IIBUNDLE" • it In•.• uckily for Berrym an , he ca me out unscathed. is team m ate Searle held o n for the ov era ll ictory at the fina l race of the yea r. Belingher i nd Esp osit o finished cl ose behind for second nd th ird overall. Wilson and T ich eno r fin ished ut t he top five overall. Th e race was c ha leng ing and dow nr ight trea chero us in so m e pots . but Westem States put on an incred ible ace cons ideri ng the cond itio ns. It was with o ut (805) 497·3765~ Thousand Oaks IiIiI M,uo..r ms 2388 E u a OksB . .Tho s nd a lvd Thousand Oaks CA 91 362 ey e. e n e vv s J A N UAR Y 3 • 200 1 105