Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

5 0 MO D: 1. A ustin Howell (Cob ). 60 BEG (0-8) : I. Jake Reynolds (Kaw): 2. Jacob Lock s (Kaw ); 3 . Came ro n Beaubier (Kaw ) ; 4 . Matthew Kine (Kaw) ; 5. Rayenn Lorenz (KTM ). • 60 BE G (9- 1 1) : 1. Brad Dingman ( Kaw ); 2. J ustin Devers (Kaw ): 3 . Frankie Flo res III (Kaw}: 4. Cody Reynolds (Kaw) ; 5. James Vegu (KTM) . 60 NOV (0-8): I. Austin Howell (KTM). 60 NOV (9- 11): I . Joel Fittro (Kaw): 2. Zackery Dupins (KTM ) ; 3. Dy lan Ney (KTM ) ; Br ian Fo ster G len He len Raceway Par k (KTM): 5. Ryan Kirk (KTM). SAN BERNAR DI NO . CA. NOV. 25 By wi nn in g the ell- important second mo ta, KTM ride r Mike Hort on was able to top a high ly com peti tive field of Vet Intermediate racers during Racin g Enterprises Motorsports ' weekly Saturday m otocross. Wh en things got going in moto o ne , MX Racer's D onn Maeda, o n a Honda CR250, took the holeshot. Th ere was a big pileup in tu rn two tha t resulted in a few ri ders o n the gro u nd i n a tang led h eap . W he n t he dust cleared, Horton, aboard h is Z-Racing KTM 520 SX , was running seco nd, w hile No Fear backed Jim N aeg le hel d third. Jay Pavolec came th rou g h the sco ri ng section in fo urth , and Ken Mallow fi lled ou t the top five. Mae da m an aged to scratch out a one -second lead early . th ou gh Hort on was not letting him get away . Ma llow was m oving up; he passed both Pavo lec and Nae gle to tak e over third. Aneth er rid er co mi ng forward was Jim Henn. wh o had been in volved in the carna ge at the start. By halfway , Henn had moved his Pro Va lv e Race Service -prepped YZ 125 all th e way up to fifth after rest art ing dead last. Mea nwhile, things had begu n to heat up out front as Horton clo sed in on Ma eda . Ju st as it loo ke d like a good battle for the lead was heating up , Horton bobbled and spotted Maed a a three -second ga p . Henn relent lessly charge d forward, and with two laps to go he was up to third and right on Hort on 's fend er . Ma eda conti nued mistak e-free all the way to the checke rs for th e m oto w in . Horton wa s ab le to keep Henn beh ind h im for second , whil e M all o w ca me in fourth and Pavolec was fifth. In m ot a two , Maed a ripped an oth er ni ce holeshot. Horton ga ted well and sli d in behi nd hi m , while Henn avoided tr ou bl e th is tim e an d had his Yama ha singing at a hig h pi tch in third. Ma llo w was fo urth and Naegle held fifth. On ce again , Maeda and Horton began to 60 INT: I. Dustin Pipes (Kaw) . 60 X : I . Au stin Howe ll ( KTM ) ; 2 . Came ron Beaubier (Kaw). 7 0 NO V: 1. Brittany Bla is (Han) . 80 BEG : 1. Kyle Smith (Kaw) ; 2. T. J . Lorenz ( Yam); 3 . J oshua Mu ell er (Ka w) ; 4 . Ricky Adam (So2); 5. J oshua Fittro (Yern} . 80 NOV : I. Mi!lUhew Spen cer (Yam) ; 2. Dustin Pi pe s (Kaw ); 3 . J oe y Harri s ( Ka w) ; 4 . Stenson Womack (Kaw) ; 5. Brandon Bell (Han) . 8 0 1N 1. Steven Hernandez (Yam) . T: 80 EX ; 1. Du st in Pipe s (Kaw); 2. T .J . Loren z (Yam). 100 : 1. Christ ian Fetter (Han) . 125 BEG: 1. Ryan Smith (Kaw): 2. JereJl Mart in ( Su z) ; 3 . B rian C haic ed i s ( Yam) : 4 . T ra v is Kunselm an (Han) ; 5. A .J . Cavagnaro (Han) . 12 5 NOV : I. Dann y Harri s ( Hon) : 2 . Chad Shimo n ( Han) : 3 . Raymo nd Navarro (Kew }: 4 . Matt Ferna ndes (Suz) ; 5. Ed Whitecotton (KTM). 125 INT: I. T on y Evans ( Han ) : 2 . Mi cha el Herna ndez (Yam) . 250 BEG: I. Scotty Guthrie ( Han ); 2. Pat Harlow ( Yam) ; 3 . Will Gr oh man ( Kaw ) ; 4 . Eric Kuil hau g (Yam). 25 0 NO V ; 1. Dann y Ro bert s (Ya m) ; 2 . Cole Bridenba ker (Ka w) ; 3. Chad Shimo n (Hon); 4. Nick McGr ath (Han) ; 5. Ja mey Dil le (Han) . 25 0 (NT: 1. Ton y Evans (Han) ; 2. Michael Gorda Jr. (Hon). 25 0 PRO: I. Nick Bainbrid ge (Yam); 2. Derek Currie (Hus): 3. Shawn Park s (Suz). VET BE G: 1. Brian Chaicedis (Ya m) ; 2. Bru ce Baker (Yam) ; 3. Larry Pacini (Han) ; 4. Dan Lawson (Yam). VET NOV: 1. J im Casey (Han): 2. David Adai r (Han ); 3. Antho ny Pulera (Han ): 4. Robert Schaeffe r (Yam). VET (2 5-29) NOV : I. Scotty Guthrie (Hon): 2. Ed Whitecotton (KTM ); 3. Eric Crespo (Yam) . VET PRO : I. Derek Currie (Hus); 2. Shawn Parks (Suz) . OIT NOV: I. William Carlson (Yam) ; 2. Wade Holbrook (Han) . OIT INT : 1. Greg Doug las (Han ): 2 . Doug Denn is ( Yam); 3 . J ohn Hodge ( Kaw); 4 . Bob Christman (Han ); 5. Daniel Stur geon (Yam) . orr MSTR : 1. Steve Law (Kaw ); 2. Wes Broby (Kaw) ; 3. RlJndy Law (Suz). Horton H auls at REM Saturday MX By R OCKY HASH Glen Helen Raceway Park: Mik e Horton chases a lapped rider and Donn Maeda (10) en route to the ove rall Vet Intermediate win at Racing Enterprises Motorsports' week ly Saturday mot ocr oss in San Bern ard ino, Californ ia. Maeda was runner-up. argue over th e point. Th e two ride rs often rod e side by side as the y diced h ard fo r three lap s. Fina lly , Horton wa s abl e to fo rge his way past Mae da for the lead just befor e halfway . Henn wasn't allowing the front du o to get away, and soo n he was on Mae da and looking fo r a way past. Horton liked the cl ear tra ck in fr ont of him , and he powered to a three- second lead. Maeda finally relented to Henri' s pr essure. and he turned over the seco nd spot wi th two laps to go . Horton didn't le t up, and he took th e c hec k ered fla g wi th five seconds to spare. Henn was nex t best, and Maed a lo ped in for thi rd . Mallow was fo urth , an d Nae gl e took fifth. O n th e day, Ho rto n's 2 - 1 rides were good for t he overa ll class victory. M ae da's 1·3 scores earn ed him ru nner -u p hon o r s. wh ile Henn wen t 3-2 for thi rd p lac e. Mallow (4 -4) was fo urth , an d Naegle (6-5 ) filled out th e to p five. Three Metro Locations: Denver, Lakewood, & Littleton Excel Motorsports is looking for enthusiastic, motivated people tojoin ourteam for 2001. W offer challengingcareers. . . notjust j obs at Excel. 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