Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Tm Dunaway (SuzJ; 4. St!!V!! Uwl ~ (Kaw). VET30. NOV: I. Bllan FuIkr (Hon); 2. Doug R~ (Kaw); 3. Dl!wllyne Smith (Kaw); 4. Ron Adams (Y ; 5. De«l Hermo (Suz) . am) VET 3O.INT; 1. John f\ores (Suz) ; 2. Chris Swift (Suz); 3. G~ 1"te)'ffS (Kaw) ; 4 . Da~ l..l!achma n (Suz); 5. Kl!f1 Lun:ook (Sw:). VET 40. BEG: I. Pl!ter Golden (Kow); 2. Neel DeGarmo (Suz) ; 3. Stf"l' !Cox (Yam); 4. Jdwl Estevone (Y ! om). am); 3. VET40 . NOV I. Lon LArsson (KTM); 2. Jeff Padilatl: (Y : Keith M.ottero (Hen) . VET 40. INT: I. DllIfliei Smith (Hon) ; 2. Ron Gory Dogget1 (Hon ). How~1 (Swl; 3. Competitio n Park Morello Tops Competition Park By FRED W INDOM SA N JACINTO, CA , NOV. 11 New York transplant Marco Morello took home the lion's share of the pu rse at th e Southern Cali fo rn ia Fla t Tra ck Association 's season fi nale. Co m petition Park 's mile ov al held up well and gave th e fans some exciting raci ng on a cold , sto rmy Saturday n ight. Rai n th reatened to bring an ea rly hal t to the raci ng, and wh en a break in the clo uds came , th e deci sio n wa s ma de to run the 25lap Open Pro feature fir st in the prog ram. Steve Fort un e, T om Ho rton and Jeff .John son led th e fie ld into th e fi rst tum. John son passed Hort on and Fortune on the back chu te, only to sta ll the motor in tum three. He m anage d to refire the eng ine but came out of tu m four at the ba ck of the pa ck. Keith Bradford pull ed i nto third , w ith Mo re llo c o m i ng up through th e pa ck. Hort on and Fortune were o ut fro nt . ru nning th eir own rac e, as Mo rello and Travis Pett on began to ru b on Bradford for third . Morello sli pped up the inside of Bradford in two, but he still had to battle to hold the spot. Comin g into tum one on the next la p , Petton low -sid ed after bumping into th e back of Bradford a n d wa s h it b y another rider, brin gin g out th e red flag . Pett on was out for th e ni ght. Fortune , Horton, Brad fo rd , Morell o and Byron Kukl a le d the sinq le-fil e resta rt , b ut Joh nso n wa s ba c k on th e g as an d passed through to th ird by tu m four. Horton wa s on Fortune's tail in tum two . Johnson ran around th e o utsid e to pull along side on th e ba c k stra ig ht. taking second awa y from Horton in tum four and drivi ng up the inside of Fo rt une to t ake th e lead in tur n on e. Mo rell o soon joined Fortune and Horton to m ak e it a threeway rac e for second . Mor ell o tr ied to pass on th e inside of Ho rton in turn two, bu t Ho rt o n pin ch ed off th e li ne and M orello he ld o n to fourth. Hort on too k the insid e in tum one, trying to m ak e the pass on Fortune, but it backfired and almost put him o n the ground as he slid out into the m arbl es, leaving Mor ell o thi rd . Morell o ran up th e in side co m ing ou t of four, but F ortun e h eld on t o lead int o turn one , wh ere Morell o m ad e the inside pa ss stick to tak e seco nd. Hort on follo wed Mor ell o , passin g Fo rt une for th ird in the same spo t on the next lap . Jo hnson was runn ing out fro nt on cruise contro l, with Morello gaini ng littl e by little each lap. Horton and Fortune settled into th ird and fourth, wh ile Kukla pulled up on Bradford to challenge for fift h. With th ree lap s to go , .Johnso n loo k ed ready to tak e anothe r w in , bu t going int o tum o ne the m ot or loc k ed up and he sli d up in t o the fl uff ou tside t u rn o ne . Mo rello now had the lea d, Horto n was a solid seco nd, and Fort une hel d off Ku kla and Brad ford fo r third at th e ch eck ered fla g . Result s CLSC V1NT: I. Joe Pap!! (H-D): 2. Chris Wokula (Tri ); 3. Clark "I. Edgington (T V1NT ~ ; 1 Croig Joh n5CXl (Bul); 2. JOl! SI!!ff!f1 (Yam ); J l Bruce RP)'noids (Bul); .4 SI!!v!! Ferguson (Hon); 5. Beett Be-ml~ {Y om). WiT 750: t . .kR ,Johnson (Tri) : 2. SCl!V!! ~1 1ct (Y am); 3. JIl'T\ Wi!:hNt (Tn); .4. Reu~ Malaguamero (H·D); 5. Ovis Wakula (Tn) . : 250 NOV 1. Bred Rudy ( K~II'''); 2. Kenny /'t\olagua mero (Han); 3. Don BarmaklOn{Y am). am) 250 AA. I. vlllig..lotvt5on (BuI): 2. J m Wood Jr . (Y ; J . A1l!1I Wood (Yam); 4 . Robton Pe-m: (Han) ; 5. Stf"l'!! B.alc:h.-In (Hon). 400 AM:. I. Bn.acl! Re-ynoIdI (BuI); 2. !de ll Wood (Y ; 3. SteYe am) Baldwin (Hon); 4. Robert ~z ( Han) ; ~. Danny Perez (Sul) . BMBR: I. rem Horton (Yam); 2. Kerth Brodford (Y llm); 3. Bob Grav" (Y am); 4. G«.orWF Oil (yam) ; 5. Leonard Dwlcan (Yom). am) VET: I. GregWilburn(Tn); 2. Tem Horton (Y ; 3. Kerth Bred· lord {Y am); 4. Stf>Ye Mille1" (Yam): 5. fJIion tveBon (Hon). SR: I. VIna GraV6 (W.R); 2. DICk F~ (Y ); 3. Ron ~ am (Han): 4. 8 111 Silverthorn (W.R). SISR: I. RonGould (W-R); 2. Mar5ha11 Je-nn inga (W·R); 3. Doug OolJgIn (ATK); 4. Roy Vaughan (Y om); 5. AllanGirdler (H-D). OPEN NOVA:. I. Ian FouId:s (Han); 2.l.eonard Duncan(Yam); 3. Tm Mfodvl!tZ (H·D); 4. Joe Pape (H·D); 5. Jim Granl (Yom). OPEN AM:. 1. VIna Gro~ (W-R); 2. Akua Ka.r:ooka (Han ); J . S hot! tv.enon (Hon); 4. BillSilv!! Mom (W.R); 5. Jim Gronl (Yam). OPEN PRO: I. Marco More-Ito (W.R): 2. Tom Horton (Tn ); J . SI~ Fortune-(W·R); Byron Kukla (Hon): 5. Kellh 8rlldf0fd (Yam). Means D ry Lake Robertson Rocks the VOTE B y R INGO LUCERNE VALLEY, CA, NOV. 19 T he Ame ri can Trials Ass o c ia t ion pu t on anoth er aw e i nspi ri ng event ho st ed by th e VO TE tria ls cl ub . T ri als rid ers fro m all ove r flo cked to th e lake to co m pete at rou nd three of the AMA/ AT A Co m peti tion Trials Series . Every on e wh o cam pe d out the nig ht before realized the rea son for the name of the la ke when temperatures dropped un expect edly into the teens durin g the night . On Sun da y , th e sun ren ew ed every o ne ' s enthu siasm fo r the eve nt in the early mo rni ng hou rs as it warmed th e area and created per fect rid ing cond itions. John "Si lk y" Rob ertso n edged o ut T o m Ham ann for the victory in the most techni cal trial of the season . Many rider s turned in high sco res du e to the loo se terra in. " Yo u couldn 't ha rd ly walk t he sec t io ns without slipping o n loo se shale ," said Robert · son . Ma ste r s-cla ss riders t u r n e d i n some absolute ly tremendous lo o p scores , g iv ing th ese guys fier ce co m petitio n throughout the day . Th e end resul t wa s that Rick Je nki ns was on top , with Guy Van Gaasbeek in seco nd. In the Advan ced cl ass, whic h has now gro wn to about qua drup le th e size of last ye ar's cla ss, Bru ce Dav is clos ed the door on Clive Hannon fo r the win in th e A cl ass, and Brad Hann on took fi rst pl ace ove r Ed Lo wenberg in the B cl ass. Th e Interm ed i ate A cl as s fea t ur ed th e " B at tle o f th e Paula . " with Paul " Cep tet n" O swald taking a narrow win over Paul DeArm ond . T eam Fu ll M ont y me mber Richa rd Paetz won his fir st first -pla ce tr ophy in the Int ermediate B cla ss, ov er T om Lash. In the Spo rtsman A cla ss. fir st place went to yo ung Reid Davis, wh ile the B·c1ass victory went to Len Sims. In the No vice A cl ass, first pl ace went to new com er and rapidl y improvin g Vincen t Ma rcon i. Matt Riff ell enjoye d the vi ctory in the B class. In th e k ids ' cl ass, Ry a n San doval won th e battle of th e d ay . Log an Hinesl y j u mped out to a four-point lead in th e fi rst l o o p , b u t Sa nd oval cla wed his wa y back th ro ugh out the next two loop s, fi nish ing in a tie. Sand ov el 's pe rseveran ce won ou t; he cli nche d t he win with just on e m or e clea n than Hi nesl y . The Kids B class was near ly th e same story, with Kyle Giddin g shar· i ng t he same p o in t total a s Kri sti an Thord arson . Gi dding grab bed the first· pla ce tr ophy with just tw o more cl eans th an Th ordarson. Satu rda y 's pretr ial even t of th e week en d was th e annu al H am m e r s Ti me T r i a l. Th e in f amous S l ed g e H a mm er Competition Park: Steve Baldwin (72) lead s Alex Wood t ra il , k now n to k noc k d ow n (67) and Robert Perez (33) In 250cc Amateur compet it ion In t h e na tion ' s top fo u r · w heel San Jac into , Californ ia. dri ve jeeps , was no match fo r Ma ster-class tria ls rider JlI son 110 J ANUARY 3 , 2 0 01 cue I D n e vv s Perry , as he fl ew up t h e roc ky tr a il. Perry m aneu vered his Bultaco up , over, arou nd and through som e of the m ost difficult te rrai n tha t m ost tri als riders never even get a c hance to see to annih ilate th e c o m pe t i t ion w i th a record -breakin g ti me of three mi nut es and 53 sec onds. Re sults EX: I. John Roblerbon ; 2. Tom Homann ; 3. Ge-off Allron; 4 . SrMh N ; 5. Tony Sandovol. MSTR; I. Rd. .knkins; 2. Guy Van ~; 3. Gory LoP\ante; 4 J nmy Cobls; 5. Kl!f1 Mdody. An V Ii.:. I. Bruc:!! Devil.; 2. CJi~ HaMon; 3. MIlk!! McGregor; 4 Peer Croft;5. Ken! Oroham. AnV 8; 1. Brad Harnon.; 2. Ed~; J. Johnny Schamw!!· ber; 4. Blll Homen. INT Ii.:. 1. Poul <>.wold; 2. Pow Oefvmond; 3. O ydfo 8uUe-r; 4 . MAri

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