Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

PHOTO BY MAR( KARIYA Rockg Mountain ATV/MC World Off Road ChampionshlP s€ri€s Round l: sp€Edworld MX Park Cruse Conquers WORCS Opener crew, Cruse's pit stoP took a bit less time. "Wb both took off at the same time," Cruse said' "so it was a bettle th€ whole last laP-" But it was a battle that Cruse aontrolled, with Dunn less than trvo seconds behind et the finish Other notable winners incloded Colorado's Eli Tomac, who took both the 85cc A and Supermini A classes on his Factory Conne.tio.VDunbPfflD Ri'185, and Chris Johnson, the 250F A and Semi-Pro victor aboard his Carter Powersports/MaxxiS/ARC Kawasakis. Cla sh.rri Crure (7741 gots rhe holerhor in thc Women's A conresr nr the iocd -Mountoin AW/lilC woncs opancr in VYiltmon, Arizono' BY MARK KARIYA WTTMAN, AZ, JAN. I4.I5 I ast y€r, Maria Forsb€rt faced littte oPPosition in her run to Lthe Women's A-class chrmpionship in the Rocky Mountain AryMC world Otr Road ChampionshiP Series and she admits it v/as kind of boring- She's not Soint to be bored this year, if round one, preseflted by Scott. is any indication- The race at Speedworld MX Fark saw a lar8er-than-normal women's A field eventually bow to l6-year- old motocrosser Sherri Cruse, on her l4ontclair Yamahy'ZiP_Ty Racing/Moose-sponsored fZ250E Cruse Eot the holeshot (after having sorne problems Settint the new machine started), but before lon8, .lacquelin€ Stron8 8ot around her, ridinS her FMF/Fox-backed KX250E Stfong's lead last€d only a little over a lap before Aubriana Dunn tot around both Cruse al|d then StronS. Dunn led the maiority oI the six-lap race on her Maxxislz LT/Spy-assisred CRF250R, with Cruse hanting clo3e. The rwo of them traduatly pulled away from StronS, with Kelly Yancey holdint a solitary fourth on her Precision Concepts KTH 450 XC. Fo6berg sutrered $rou8h one of her worst iaces ever on her 3-year-old RPM RacinS/GPR KTM 250 SX falling several times and never bein8 able to move uP funher than lifth place. Cruse almost con.eded the win to Dunn es she railed by 15 seconds with two laps to 80, Then she 8ot a break- "We both pulled in for 8as at the 53rn€ time on the last laP " Crus€ recounled, "and I didn't think she was Soint to [oriSinal]yl But then she pulled in, so I v/as, 'Oh. yes, I have a chance!"' Thank to quick work by the Hontclair YamahafziP-Ty Racint SP:EDwor[D ,rlx Parx WarrxraN, ArzoNA Rrsu$s: JaNuaf,Y l4-I5, 2006 (Rout{D r) SEill+RO: I . Chns hhMn (Kaw)r 2. ftrs RdM {Ho); l. lu*in 9oule (K,w): . Ryrn AbbabyE (xawl: 5 Gary SudErih tKaw). 50 O3)E l. O.vM FaEMn (rru). 2 rnso Mons rKrM); l. Ty€l loe (fiM). 50 (s): l. TholE 166 {KfM r: Z Lo@ Ch-b.6 (fiM), I 9aier SkiM (Cob) 65 A I Anrho.v Derao iK!w; 2. R t-r.l€ndez (KrM); l. sEc Gib6on (kw) 65B: l. Alnin Gb66 l(:w). r. g"i,rav nia"ra. tx"*l: f Taylor Sm'th tK:wl. 6tCr l. nmdry wdb* IKTM). 2. Tryb; Peoos il(lw): I lord ra& \Krw) gHlNl A l. EiTme 6@): 2. Bhre S:!ac. (suz); l. Kill@ wodd (K.w) sVHlNl & I J6nn im (Hdr: 2 r4d c€Fron {Gw); L St@ Gibsn (K!w). 85 A I Ell Toru (s@); 2 Tryin T.+ra aK.w)i l. Bl,Ie sav.se (S@). 8i & l. A^dEw GmP.8m (5!t); 2 Stq€ Gib5oi i&w). I lls Sl@ LSE). 85 C: l. c\llo Lewlq 'Ksl:2. Nkohs Litde (krw) i (yi. H;.dmr 6sz, GRls(l2-l5lE l.smPfle(&w).2 arvsr Pflft. (Y ):3. s-;ndE I'l-dE (K,*). siTsHN (15-29) ,! l. sen Bolrnh€F (Hd). 2 l6se BrEt@ iHd). l. Gr€r loc (Hur). SPTSI'iX (15_29) B: l. ooi EmlEr iS,rl, r. sa,tey x*pp". flu-,: ]. Jde Nu

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