Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

son in the grass track , sw ing ing out wide in a tum an d cutt ing ins ide . Lon g then led th e A class all the way t o the fi nish li ne for t hird o verall · Long' s best finish in the Fo rw ar d Motion Series . ~ esults 80 BEO: 1. Kyw. CO'fo'IIng (Yoml; 2. Shown McJo\ohon (Kew): 3 . Rertsma (Kaw). z Q 0 125 BEG : 1. Jo.cn Relt$l'Tle (Su I); 2. John I'\i.Mrt (Ko w) ; 3 . -c retg R~ ($w ). ~ 125 JR: I. Johnny Celie (Yam); 2. Ryan Corum (Yom); 3. ..kff > ( Yem); 4. JlWr.e Bosher (Yom ); 5. John Mopett (Yom ). CD 12!J INT: 1. Kevu\ J~lYllngs (Yem ); 2. Kevin Gahan (Yom); 3. ~ ~y Sieov~ (Yern}; • . Off Jenrllngs ( Yom); 5. Rich Jenl uns (Yom). Results AA. I. Doug St~ (Kowl: 2. Shawn Jone. (Ka w l : 3. Robet1 : Schrrndt (KTM) ; 4. ..Jonas Hed.et"(Kalil); 5. Don Bu'gord (Yarn) . A: I . Knin Long (KTM); 2. Den ...lotnlon (KTM) ; 3. EJic Batman (Yam) ; 4. Men G1mn(Hon) : 5. MartI. Scnober (KTM) . 8 ; I . M.ik. Shown (KTM) : 2. Bred Jones (Yam); 3. Torn &Sam (Suz): 4 .1l\ark Bnri. ( KTM); 5 . Robbte ...lotYuon (KTMI 250 C: I. Lora Holly (KT M): 2. Butch To ylor (Kow); 3. OGvid Ru. toeII (Hon) ; 4 Jim Bam" (KTM) ; 5. Ow Kell er (Yern) OPEN C: I. Chon Hoovet" (Yam ); 2. Ken Stone (Honl : 3. KyI~ JunghoM (KTMI. 200 C: I. im Short (KTM) : 2. Shawn Gowmg (G-G); 3. Devld Waltl (Kow ); 4 Brian Donley (Kow) ;~. Tom !loge,., (KTM) 35. C: I. RICk Helmick (Hon) ; 2. Robert Wood (KT M ,; 3 Lee Giffin (Han): 4 Steve CI~ (Kew); S. Jim Pron (Hon). 50 . C : 1. Gary Russell (Hon ); 2. ~rTy BullPf (Ko.... : 3. Bob ) Coprland (KTM); 4 John " yeB ( K.ow). 1M C : 1. Brad Taylor (Kow ): 2. Fronk Buck (HCWlI ; 3. Kyle EJd · 0 250 BEG: 1. ~ Roberts (Vom); 2. Chad ~ (Vom); 3 . [: oilem Bakket" (Yem) . 250 INT I. Garth fo\iIon (Yam): 2. Dusty Nabor (Han): 3. Tin : lson (Yarn): • . Jerome Magi (Yom); 5 . Eric Moore(K ewl . 500 BEG: I. John Ah les (Hon); 2. Rick Slick ( Hon) ; 3. Pelet" IObrotin (Kow). PRO: 1. Cro lQ Davll (KT M); 2. T ony Amorodio (Yom); 3. Ty ody (Sw:): • . Willy Musgro~ (Yam) : 5. Phil Dowefl (K-). 25. BEG: 1. M.ik e Odom(Hon): 2. Eric Shemwm (Yam ). VET BEG : I. Sco tt Murphy (Ya m); 2. Mike HIIl IOfI (K aw) : 3. huck Golob (Hon); 4. ~ord KIfSC et"(Hon) : 5. Ed Sorbo (HCWl). M VETJR: I. Todd Heogstedt (Yem): 2. RobM Werschey ( Yam): 3. \Ike Waliohico (Ke w) .VET lNT: I. Mik e Hort on (K TMI : 2. Donn Maeda Han ); 3 . Ji m Henn (Yem); 4. Ken /l\ellow (K aw) : 5. J Im Naegl e Kow). ho 40 . JR: 1. Gary Gonzales (KT M) ; 2. lee Am arac (Y om) ; 3. '4'hIIfleld (KTM); 4. Bob Sulliv an (Yam) ; 5. Ron Malan (Yam). 4 0. INT: 1. Mitch Evenl (Ka w) ; 2. Gary Bowden (Yam); 3. Dave tf'Phenl (Yam); 4 . Mark Moore (Yam) ;~. Keith S~v~s (Yam) . 40. EX: I. Bnen Damel (Yam) : 2. Fred Nichols (Yam) ; 3. DAn u5tln ( Yam); 4. MtIrk Holl (Yam) ; 5. Gary Scott ( Yam ). 40. MSTR: 1. Pete Murray (Suz) : 2. RICh Eierst~ (KTM): 3. J eff urwo ll (Yam) ; 4. MIIrc Crosby (Yom ); 5. George Koh ler (KTM ). 50. MSTR: 1. Tom Whit e (Kaw); 2. Roy Pisarski (Hon); 3. Ekngt Johensecn (K TM); 4. Joely Weisel (Yam); 5. Nick Costello (Hon) . ~ (Honl: ,reg TR: I. Perris Raceway: The Riverside OTMX Club's Jack Biery celebrated his 80th b irthday w ith a little r aci n g action In Perris, Ca lifornia. 94 JANUARY 3 .2001 Tr"v~ Stillwell (Hon); 2. Brad Grimmell IKew); 3. Rick 4. Jf>tf Arm lllroog (KTM); 5. Joe RI!'I 'lrdan (Han ) D u tc h S port Pa rk Motocros s Milford Lake ORV Area: Dan Joh n son le ad s the A class at t he M il ford Lake Hare Scramble In Manhallan, Kansas. He f in ished second, behind Kevin Lo n g. PERRIS. CA . NOV. 12 he new tablet op and double jum ps at Perris "\X did n't go unappreci ated by the Riverside OTM X club . and th e new layout c e rt ai n ly add ed t o the challenges and excitement of an other grea t racing day. Novice rider Jack Biery was the m an of the day - and four score yea rs - as he ce lebrated his 80th birthday by completi ng tw o hot motos. Sharp as a t ac k and as tenacious as a team of pi t bu lls, he is an insp irati on to us all. Mighty as Bi ery is. he could n' t quite pass Jim Willia ms. wh o wrapped up both wi ns , o r Ed Rodzach . who took two sec ond -place slots in th e Novice cla ss. St ev e Donal dson led five othe r Master B ra cers to th e fir st t urn . T he n Scott F reeman up ped th e power and pa ssed him and t he n continued on all th e wa y to th e chec kers . Carl Gazafy bla st ed i n a n d too k over secon d . Gazafy got off to an early start in m ot a t wo and dom inated the action for thre e laps un til Freema n did some cla ssy maneuv er ing wit h tri ple jumps and sto le the win . Gazafy flew in for seco nd . Expert rid er Philip Cruz ca me out with th e ho leshot and led things from sta rt to fi nish to coll ect th e win . A hard-ch argin g Randy Bruc e raced across th e c he c kers in second. Cruz on ce again too k top honor s in m ot a two , as he ran ahead of all th e others. Bru ce stalled his Kaw asak i on the last lap, and th at just paved th e wa y for Nick Costello to c ap tu re seco nd pla c e. Ron Wutzke was the top Amate ur fo r two fast laps. Then M ichael Neal sli pped past and fini shed th ings wi th a nice wi n three lap s later . Wutz k e cha sed hi m in for seco nd . Neal was o n a roll and took another first in mota two after chasing a fast and determined Larry Fi sher, who had led th e act ion for three laps but ended up in second. 4. P't'ullip o,ne (Kll w): 5. Je ff Buck (Hon) . McCormack (Hon); Re sult s NOV: I. Jim WiUiorns (Hen); 2. Ed RodzllCh (Yam ). AM.; 1. Michllel Neol (Yam ): 2. Lorry Fishet" ( Yam); 3. Fronk Det"by (Han). EX: J. Phlhp Crw: (Yam): 2. Paul Heckman (Kaw); 3. Randy Br1Ja> (Kaw) MSTR8 : 1. Soon.Freeme n (Hon): 2. Cttrl Gozoty (Yom ). Milford Lake ORV Area Stone Takes Manhattan B y B RAD JONES MANHAlTAN . KS. NOV. 5 At th e Mi lford Lak e Hare Scrambles . D oug Stone took his third win of th e Forw ard Motion Series. At the start of the AA clas s, Th or /R enthal backed Ston e too k th e early lead , with Shro ut Yamaha's Dan Burgard and Sh aw n J on es in tow . Sto ne pulled out a IO -second lead on th e first lap . He enc ount ered some slic k rock s and th en ran off th e tra il into a creek . Burga rd got by for th e lea d. "We were going through a grass-track sec~ ti on and Burgard made a wrong tum," Stone said . '" foll owed him . Jo nes saw our m istake and got us both." J ones · a fast kid who race d m ot ocross in th e 198 0s and then swit ched to Jet Sk i ra cin g , fin ishing as hi gh as 39th in the Na tionals - was definitely the dark horse. The wat ercraft hot · sho t was no w leadin g his first har e scramble on an o ld KXI25. J ones led for th e next halflap but th en slid on some roc ks . letting Ston e and Bu rg ard b y . St one m eth od ic all y p ulled away from Burgard. little b y little. O n la p five . cru isi ng in seco nd, Bu rgard disap peared from > the lap charts. 9 "I crashed a c ou ple of times ," said Bur · ;J, gard. "Then I ran in to a lapper on a slick hill . ~ My shifter go t ben t up int o the ch ain. I was done' " ~ Bu rgard had no worries. th ou gh . as he had ~ clinched th e champions hip th e week before at Q. the muddy Topeka Heartland Park race . Bu r· gard won four ro unds in the series and also plac ed seco nd several times. whi ch wa s good enoug h to earn the number -on e plate for next season . " Next year, I' m going to run the National Hare Scr am bl es Series." sai d Burgard. "That will be a big step for me. I' m go ing to have to tra in hard to do well in the thr ee-hour races." Sta rting one m inu te beh ind the AA class, Cy cl e Zon e' s Dann y Jo hnso n took th e A -cla ss ho les h ot o n hi s KTM 250. K evin Lon g . employed by Cycl e Zo ne In T opeka , started poor ly . However, Long put in some hot laps and caught Johnson b y the ha lfway poi nt. " A ll week. th ey w ere c a lli ng me Shane Wa tt s at th e shop ," Lo ng said. "Th ey knew I wa s pl anning t o ri de a KTM 125. I gu ess it went to m y hea d. " Johnson and Long had work ed their wa y up to third and fourth overall. right in th e thi ck of the AA class. Lo ng made hi s pass on J oh n- .. u .. I e n e vv s P enrod Brea k s Gaylord's S t rea k B y LARRY WITMER BLOOMINGDALE. MI. NOV. 1 1·1 2 Dutch Sport Par k fin ished o ut th e y ear on a ver y co ld November weekend, but th e rid ers k ept th e ra cing hot on the track. There wer e j us t o ve r 20 0 rid er s on Sa turda y . and Sun d a y ' s eve n t d rew clos e to 300 . In th e $ Extre me Mon ey Mota. 20 entr an ts were co mpetin g fo r th e S 1000 purse d onated b y Pro A ction. Schaffner Co nstruction , Alb ion Ford and The Sled Shed. Mrs. Emery Hinkle won the chili c oo k -o ff. Bo bb y Wagner and crew had their hands full. as heavy rains earlier in the week created mudd y co nditions fo r t he Saturday affair. However. Sunday was a different sto ry ; th ere w ere great tra ck c ond it ions. The natural-ter rain, switchb ac k back section was opened up , making for lo nger lap t imes and a mu c h rougher tr ack. David Gaylord 's five·win st reak WlJS i n jeopardy, as ma ny fast A riders c am e out to put an end t o it . In th e $Extrem e Money Moto. Derek Rose pulled the holeshot on his Sw ick Kawasak i/Pr o Acti o n / T hor KX . Joh n Penrod an d Ga y lor d were on Rose's heels. O n the seco nd lap , Penro d passed Rose down th e Dutch Sport Par k Freeway. with Gaylord in tow . The thr ee frontrunn ers c ont inued to pas s and repas s ea ch other throu gh out th e next thr ee laps. Gayl ord found his rh ythm and had pulled out a thr eesecond lead by the halfway ma rk of the 20- . m inute m oto, but ente ring a tr ic k y downhill section. Gaylord got bucked off his trusty Mf,M Honda. This ga ve the lead back to Rose. but not for lo ng , as Penrod zap ped Ro se again dow n th e Freeway. Pen rod ca me home with the win, but he was exhausted . " T his felt great to da y . b ut the c o ld and bei ng inju red in the fall made m e very tired ," Penrod reported . "I j ust held on th ose last two laps out of sheer determina tion." Rose came home in th e runner -up spo t "l th ought I could pull it out on m y 125 KX . while the oth er guys were on 250 s," Ro se said . "The only pl ac e I got passed is the Freewa y . whe re the 250s had the power o n me. I' m leaVing next week fo r the Wi nter O's and I'm looki ng f o rward t o t he wa rmth of Florid a. Mu ch thanks to Dutch Sp ort Park for ho ld ing th is $ Ex tre me eve nt all year. It was fun, and I made some good gas m o ney !" Gaylord's string of consecutive win s in the $Extreme motos was ov er. " I rode good in the fir st pa rt of the rnoto, but I c ra m ped up and ga ve away th e win ," Gaylord said. "It was fun. and much thanks to the Dutch Sport Pa rk c r ew for hav ing this event all yea r long . It made for gr eat racing, and I ma de som e good m on ey. I ca n' t wait fo r next year !" Results $EXTREME: I. J ohn Penrod (Hon); 2. Derek Rose (Kaw) ; 3. David Gaylord (Ha n ); 4. Nick Vaughn (Kaw); 5. Brundon Funs (Hon ). AUTO (4-6) SHAFT : I. Ccncr Edgar ( Yam); 2. Ky ll!' Mt'rlingto n (Yam); 3. Jacob Van Dyke ( Yam ): 4, logon Nevms(Yam ); 5. Trenton Risnoor(Yam) AUTO (7·8 ) SHAFT : 1. Michael Heisler ( Yom) : 2. Bnen Nelson (Yom ); 3. Knsta Nelson (Yom) ; 4 . Ken Bon (Yam). AUTO JR (4·6) : 1. Kiernan Moilimoy (L('m) ; 2. LewII Hunt (KTM); 3. A!eIl: Di tton (Co b); 4 , Cono l Edgar (Pol) ; 5. Srth Cnvec (u rn). AUTO SR (7-8): I. Toylor Dov lS (Cob): 2.ISNC Sctw-Id (Cob) ; 3. Tavlor Moms (Cob) ; -t. Micl'wtel HelskOor (KTM) ; 5. Malt Kovodl (KTM) . . 65: I. Brett WagMr (Ka",); 2. Nothan CIII.l_MI (Kaw ); 3. Dan Durham (KT M); 4. Brad Kle'Stoer (KTM) ; 5. MM:hoeI Chapmon (Kow). 65 BEG : I. Br andon Mercer ( Kow); 2. Skyler Brll)' IKow): 3 Charles Ludlow (Kew): 4. MDItMoss (Kaw ); 5. Chad Brll)' (Kaw). 85 (7.11): I. T.J . Auten (Suz); 2. fo\allPUSl JIIChocy (Han); J. Shone Sewell ($uz ): 4 . Ene: Md}er (Suz); 5 . Brad Klestef (Yam l 85 ( 12-15 ): I. Henry Dollolne (Kaw ); 2. Ad4rn C~ (Kow ); 3. Justul Durham (Yam) ; 4. \Wiard Wood (Suz); 5. !"\an Haag(Yom) 85 BEG: I. Casey Underwood (yMn) ; 2. K)'1e Brookl (Kow); 3. John.A.ndnows (Yom) ; 4 . NI<: ROOI (Yam ). S/MlNl; 1. T.J . Aulen ($uz ); 2. MDtIt'UW Jachocy (Hen) : 3. Henry Delaine (ttaw); 4. Willard Wood ($uz ); 5. Matt SporkI (Kaw) . WMN: J. Jns;c. ~ (Yarn): 2. Kobe A uk'n (SuJ:) . 125 JR (12. 15): I. Jereld\lthlpPe (Hon): 2. Ron Bowen (Yam); 3. Joe Penrod(Suz) ; 4. Kyle Brown (Yom ); 5. David Men1II (Hon). 16· 24: 1. Mitd'l Oet"vin (Yom ); 2. Kyril Brown (Yam ); 3 . Devid f"'" CHon); 4 . ........ MocllonaId (Y~); ~. Jooh Cunomgtoom C ....). 25. : 1. David Gaylord (Hon); 2. .Jonn Crews (Hon); 3. Shawn "'cKenno (Yom) : 4 . DenBass (HcxI ; 5 . Michod Mudoy (Kow) . ) 30. : 1. David Gaybd (Hen ): 2. Bobby Woglef' (lion); 3 . RGWlie WeathPrtlolt (Kow ); 4 . Don Davis (Hon). 35.: I. Jornes Dlaba l (Hen): 2. Rooni

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