Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

O€anization's founh round of ac-rion. lt wa! TORO'5 first trip to this prop€rty, and the Crouchs rolled out the red carpet, with holerhot T-shirB, awards for all the Pee Wee racers, and National Pro lustin Williarnson on hand to spend time with the kids, sign autoSraphs, Sive ndihg tips end answer questions. The program is called 'lustin and Friends," and the kids loved every minute of it. The course was a challenSinS seven miles, with a little bit of everything to please everyone. The 8round w-as very dry for this tim€ of year, and after a few practice sessions, it began to loosen up in areas to create some deep-sand coTners and straithts, sections where whoops developed, and exposed roots to add to the difficuky. There \ /ere hard-pa.ked, flowin8 segmenG through the woods, with elevation changes ro make it interesting, an over/und€r bridge, and a portion of motocross s€ction to air it out a bit. Then there was the horizontal tree. A hu8e, downed tree was part of the cosne, and it would prove a bit of an advantage if one could master it. lf one didn't want to step up to the .hallenge, they were met with a longer alternate ro navagate back to the merSe in the trail. ln AA action, Matt Crouch cruised to victory on his home turf. 'Jody Crawford took the hole.hot, but I was able to get by him within the first two miles, laid the YamahrMsR/Scott UsA-sponsored Crouch. 'All I did from then on is work on checking out 6nd not makin8 any mistakes." Crouch llnished about a minute and 40 seconds ahead of the Ileld. Gae Gas pilot Caleb Rafisay was runner-up, and third place went to SHS Racing/l'loose-sponsored loe l,lcclellan. "l had about a sixth-place start and had a hard time s€eing throu8h all the dust at first,' Mcclellan re(ounted. "BD/an Vau8h.n, Jody Crawford and I battled back and forth for a couple laps. I was able to tet around VauShan when he pitted and Crawford when he went down. I could see Caleb Ramsay ahead and lthought lwould catch him, but I iust didnt have enough left on the last lap to 8et around him for second-" The Over 30 Women's C class saw Bethany YounS take her first victory oI *le season, while Lily Otto got her first win in the Ladies C class. (ala Sellers was back on top in the Ladies g class. as was Lauren Powell in Ladies A action. ln Pee Wee action on Saturday, Jake Hensley and Justin Bailey had their best finishes of the season in the 65.c C class, with second and third, respectively, behind winner Dillon Green. lordan Buckaloo had his top finish so far in the 65cc B class with a second, behind Blake Matthews, and in 50cc B action, Ben Ofto and Nathan Wood are alltied up at the halfway mark. Go to www.race-toto-org for more information on winter racing in Texas. ?qetacto h I\ Mtnofrfi FtntshcsA FI I *\ th €Fm,rcm LAS VEGAS NEVADA - .-> Af,o3 t aTu!4. alttl tt CAIEIOPEaAtln. FOat Er.lilEt e..tlr. - a p,rn. t raPill. 12. ta gncl e1n a tucx too* YtlwalE ! IIIIutE' FTOI DOUX. ro ta lla YEctl a ovtilltoHt P rxflto at rltl Ix Tt ct( +ltt. x:wrn cr qvour rot IHE EYETT Al.L GIIIT€! . alt L ll,t+l}lc llctlc 7..m. ?En lCHlDUl.l $ sr.rzuxt. r{oNrrDA OYtttHAEI ffiffifri CLASSES FORALL AGES E ABIUTY LEVE6 5a tiw it tt o|nlr a t25 r-{,tiol(l orllY ao ?t lod &@!r O oPEl{ lloL PiO r0 Ai 3d r-l 115 &r a.r. rED AA: l. f4at Crcuch Ci ); 2 Caleb FimB/ (GG)r L J@ l'lcclellln (KrM): 1. J.d/ CEwford (Ym)r 5. B^Fn Viughan. OPEN A: I Ceper Bairey: 2 Ceil P.rkeri I Codr B @ cn' @ E-€e A L ll thru APRIL I AT{D COt{TI]iGENCIES AT THE <2 ,. llPtfr MOVINGT Its easy to update your Mailing Address Log on to www' cyclenews.com/address/contact.asp Be sure to include your OLD address and NEW address Or Call cusToM ER SERV|CE 1 -800-831 -2220 M-F 9am to 4pm - Pacific Time

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