Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

I I Ihe well, rqk- ExFrft fiird Filteen-yeor-old Ky'e Hucklebridge, rhe locol fovorite, soloed ro I Oth overqll bike ond third Open Pro in his Pro-closs debut. L^t-5 Briefly... ParKtR, Af,rzoNA REsurrs! JaNUAnY 7, 2006 (RorJ D I 016) OYER 40 PRO| L Charl€ Sar.ey6twe PiEs (ATK): 2. Kenri Gauthi.rftom E. \ryillir (Yam); 3. Randy Elevins/Kun So&a. lr (Hon). OPEN EX: l. B.ian Mekheimer4don Trubey (Hon)i 2. chrir 8a/4efi T.ulove/Robby Woodt (KTr'1)i L Da.iel DavE/ Chris Garnett^VadE Phillips (KTH) 2t0 EXr I lenniler Fuma,VH€ther GongoF (K"*). TOUR.STROKE E* l. lody BMch/lim laquette (Hon): 2. Jmie C.ih,hl Cudi< Moon/Glenn waren (Hon)i l. Brett Fratur]im spottr.Iodd serk (Hon). OVER 30 EX: l. David Dunn4en" Herlin&Milliam ll, O'H.6 (KTH)i 2. Pli.h.€l ColIndKirk Stephensen (K2w)i l. Chy Conneller/ Cla), Gremel/Scott Honda's Johnny Campbell and Steve Hengeveld are the ieigninS series cham- pioB, as well as the defending Parker champs, yet they didn't show up for the BITD opener. This led to rumors of CamF bell's retirement. which Honda orf-road team manater Bruce Otilvie quashed, say- ing, 'Johnny's role as a racer is being scaled back, He's not retaring; he's just going to be racing a whole lot lers, and he's moving more into a leam-coordinator role." Ogilvie added, "We're Soing to have Steve and (endall lNorman] do allthe Al'4ly'FMF Rac- ing National Hare & Hound Series this year. Robby lBell] is goiog to bran.h out and do the WORCS events. I hope to be able to put a prograrn together to have Mike Chil- dress be our arm at the Best ln The Desen events." He indicated tfiat Campbell and Hengeveld will compete at *e next BITD i&e; the Kawasaki Team Green [aughlin U.S. Hare Scrambles; and round four, the TSCO Vegas to Reno. Honda will continue a two-team assault on the three SCORE B4a races. l4ike Childress Eave kudos to Berkley Hohda's Scott Dunleavy for prepping his bike in three days. David Pearson wa! another who had mini- mal time on his bike, though the former Team Green racer was aboard a four-day- old KTM 525 XC. He switched to an SX ignition but didn't know that several small spacers also needed to be included, and lhis led to his DNE Scott Glimp and Ron Purvines, the Over 40 Pro winners and fifth overall bike at the 2005 BITD finale, didn'ttet far at Parker A cracked oil-level sight window killed their effort at mib I l Steve LaRoza and David Wkren won Over 30 Pro on their Bi8 Valley Honda,/XR s Only/Precision Concepts XR650& blt only after much downtime. A melted vent tube initially led them to believe their ignition failed. Once they got that frSured out, they were far behind, and a fla! 30 miles from the linish didn't help. Almost as roon as he'd finished, Paul Krause 8ot a call on his cell phone from Elmer Slmons, wto was on a satellite phone somewhere ln Alrica whii6 doint duty as James Embro's mechanic. "How'd rare do?" Symons asked, to which Krause replied, The local fuvorite had to be ls-year-old Kyle Hucklebridge who Eot talked into enterinS the Pro class at the last minute rather than remaining in lronman Expert where he was nJnner-up last year to Glenn Warren. "l want to get a factoD, ride so that's why a few people wanted me to ride Open Pro, beaause in lronman you don't get a factory ride; nobody really look at yorr, so you've got to go Pro." He finished third Open Pro and loth over-all motorcy- cle on his Desert Coast Contracting lnc"/PCYRTT Honda XR650R. OVERALLj L l.like ChiBrestQurnn Cody (Hon)i 2. B.ian Hehheiffilen Ttubey (Ho); 3. Chris Raylefi Trllove/Fobby wooas (Hon): 4. Paul KEUe (rrM)i 5. D EI Davrchr,s Gz.reftryVade Phillipr (YffiJr 6. Charlie Bdney6teve Pitts (ATK)i 7. Shaun tl&edlimmy tlcKa/ (Ho.); I Kenji Gauthierrtom E. willis (Y ): 9. hq/ sraar.t /lim JaqEtte (Hon)i 1 0. Ky'e Hu.kleb.idre (Hon). OPEN PRO: L MiIe Childr6rQuinn cody (Hon)i 2. shau. Hffion4ihmy r'1cK!y (Hon): l. Ky'e Huckhbndse 250 PRO| l. PeulKBuse (KTl''l). OVEA l0 PRO: l. Stde LiF.zrDavid waren (Hon). OYER 40 Ex: l. Kuft HintlBrctt Hoffmuy'Dous lmhof (Hd): 2. Ma.k DavdrElKevin Kalvlim M

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