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2000 AMA District 12 Awards Banquet
The Resurrection of AMA District 12
By John "PitRacer" Kreps
New Philadelphia, OH, Feb. 17, 2001
Late in the year 1999, thousands of people were planning for the end of the world. They were stocking up on bottled water, canned goods, and buying every generator they could get their hands on. As the last tick of time expired from the century, many thought the world as we know it would expire too. There was, however, a small group of people from northern Ohio who had other ideas. They were looking at the end of 1999 as a new beginning, a rebirth for northern Ohio AMA Motocross racing. These people were about to revive something that had been dormant for more than 15 years, AMA District 12 Motocross.
They looked at the turn of the century simply as a marker that their inaugural season was about to begin, and they were running out of time. Four out of six tracks were brand new ventures for the season and had to not only help rebuild the District 12, but complete their own tracks and organizations as well. Beans Bike Park, Dirtworld Motocross Park, Scenic Highlands Motosports Park, and Crow Canyon Raceway worked hard all winter along with existing motocross tracks Broken Spokes and Western Reserve Motorcycle Club, and by February 2000 the first prints of the 2000 AMA District 12 Motocross & Hare Scramble schedule were hitting mailboxes all over Ohio.
The first season back for the District 12 is now history and culminated on Saturday, February 17, 2001 with the 2000 Awards Banquet in New Philadelphia, Ohio. Arriving at the event you would never guess that this was basically a first year organization. The amount of product and awards provided by District 12 sponsors was amazing, and these were distributed both to the racing awards winners and also to many happy door-prize drawing winners. One of the happiest drawing winners was Jennifer Roberts, a WML pro racer, who left the event with the top door prize of a Cannondale F400 mountain bike. Countless other drawing winners left with prizes ranging from track memberships to helmets and EZ-Ups. Very few attendees left the event empty-handed.
Along with the Overall 2000 awards and 2000 Series awards, four racers were awarded for their efforts throughout the year as the Overall Points Champions of 2000. In motocross, Zachary Knotts took home the Overall Bike Championship while Alan Roe received the Quad Overall Award. Hare Scrambles also awarded two overall champions, and those racers were Jim Norris for bikes and Justin Brown for the quads. These racers earned more points than anyone else in their respective category for the year 2000.
If 2000 was any indication, good things are in store for northern Ohio racers in the upcoming years. The 2001 season is upon us, and the District 12 will be a great place to spend it.
District 12 would like to thank all of the sponsors who made the 2000 season possible and so successful. Special thanks to: AMA, Action Extreme Sports, Andrews Honda/Kawasaki/Suzuki/Yamaha, Boulevard Cycle, Boyesen, Cannondale, Ceet, Cobra Motorcycles, Cometic Gaskets, Competition Accessories, Cycle News, Cycra Plastics, Davis Racing Products, Decker's Cycle KTM, Dennis Kirk, Devol Racing, Dirt Rider Magazine, Dirt Bike Magazine, Douglas Wheel, Dunlop Tire, EVS Sports Protection, Fischer Cycle, FMF, Factory Connection, Gas Factory, Gaerne Boots, Gollan's Honda/Suzuki, K&N Engineering, K&N Filters, K&S Performance, Kame's Sports, Klotz Performance Lubricants, Krause Racing, Maier, Maxima Products, Metzler Tires, Mike's Bike and More, Moose Offroad, Motocross Action Magazine, Motocross Journal, MX America Magazine, MXRacer Magazine, One Industries, Oneal Racing, Oury Grips, Parts Unlimited, PitRacer.com, Pirelli Tire, Pro-Action Suspension, RacerX Magazine, Rubbermaid Specialty Products, Scott USA, Sidewinder Sprockets, Sidi Boots, Sinisalo, SLAP 185, Smith Sports Optics, Sprocket Specialists, Street Track and Trail, Twin City Cycles, TWS USA Inc., UFO Plastic, UNI Filters Inc., WD-40 Company, Wiseco Pistons, Works Connection, Works Performance Products.
Year Overall Results-Motocross
50cc 4-6: 1. Zachary Knotts; 2. Cody Bailey; 3. Dakota Santee; 4. Nick Risden; 5. Seth Weis
50cc 7-8: 1. Josh Abrecht; 2. Damian Thomen; 3. Chris Wilke; 4. Kevin Mann; 5. Chris Carr
65cc 7-11: 1. Kyle Ditcher; 2. Michael Blaumann; 3. Tony Hursey; 4. Robbie Risden; 5. Josh Abrecht
85cc 7-11: 1. Kyle Ditcher; 2. Michael Blaumann; 3. Josh Snyder; 4. Alex Hessman; 5. (tie)Nathan Edwards/Jonathan Baer
85cc 12-15: 1. Dustin Frietag; 2. Andy Sczypta; 3. David Ditcher; 4. Joe Rice; 5. Thomas Rue
85cc Supermini: 1. Andy Sczypta; 2. Dustin Frietag; 3. Joe Rice; 4. David Ditcher; 5. Tyler Bickie
Womens: 1. Kayla Alexander; 2. Jennifer Roberts; 3. Eryn Blaumann; 4. Kristen Peteya; 5. Alexa Leonard
125 Schoolboy: 1. Dan Elliot; 2. Darrin Beardmore; 3. Ryan Boatman; 4. Brian Beaber; 5. Jessy Miller
125C: 1. Javan Bylaw; 2. Zach Kaiser; 3. Mike Camilly; 4. Ryan Boatman; 5. Derek Stewart
125B: 1. Jeff Ricker; 2. Dan Elliot; 3. Chris Smith; 4. Tim Ballentine; 5. Dale Pritchard
125A: 1. Bo Bowmann; 2. Tom Kelley; 3. Sam Yannatelli; 4. Karl Scott; 5. Paul Kissig
250C: 1. Pete Ketchem; 2. Randy Schutt; 3. Lonnie McElcar; 4. John Kreps; 5. Jerrad Meister
250B: 1. Chuck Bingham; 2. Chris Smith; 3. Tim Ballentine; 4. Chris Hause; 5. Travis McQueen
250A: 1. Tom Kelley; 2. Bo Bowmann; 3. Karl Scott; 4. Jimmy Jarrett; 5. Darren Lindh
Open: 1. Neal Davis; 2. Bill Reiss; 3. Jon Erik Burleson; 4. Branden Fox; 5. (tie)Warren Laney/Darrin Zaremba
16-24 Collegeboy: 1. Javan Bylaw; 2. Mike Camilly; 3. David Kilgore; 4. Joey Devault; 5. Mike Baum
25 Plus: 1. Dale Pritchard; 2. Joshua Dohn; 3. Chris Hause; 4. Ernie Caldrone; 5. Jon Erik Burleson
Vet +30: 1. John Kreps; 2. Aaron Risden; 3. Darrin Lindh; 4. Lee Rue; 5. John Delbaso
Senior +40: 1. Paul Fox; 2. Jerry Santee; 3. Rick Hopkins; 4. Jim Quinlan; 5. James Kraly
2-Stroke Quad: 1. Alan Roe; 2. Rob Arnold; 3. Jeff Rodgers; 4. Max Dewire; 5. Jeremy Osborne
4-Stroke Quad: 1. Leslie Kaufmann; 2. Mike Farkas; 3. John Hovey; 4. Rich Phillips; 5. (tie) Larry Prysi/Brian Wolfe
Year Overall Results-Hare Scramble
Novice Quad: 1. Jason Rearden; 2. Bob Bequeath; 3. Jason Greer
2-Stroke Quad: 1. Justin Brown; 2. Richard Vaslik; 3. Jared Gruca
4-Stroke Quad: 1. Mark Lane
Jr. Mini: 1. Billy Bays; 2. Nathan Edwards; 3. Andy Sczypta
Sr. Mini: 1. Brent McCurdy; 2. Steve Mormile
Novice Bike: 1. Jim Norris; 2. William Jaberg; 3. Randall Edie
125: 1. Randy Carpenter; 2. Tom Carpenter
200: 1. Ron Nicholl
250: 1. Mike Staton
Open: 1. Clint Edwards
Senior +40: 1. Bob Hudnall; 2. Wayne Bays; 3. Robin Miller
A Class: 1. Todd Morain
2000 AMA District 12 Awards Banquet
The Resurrection of AMA District 12
By John "PitRacer" Kreps
New Philadelphia, OH, Feb. 17, 2001
Late in the year 1999, thousands of people were planning for the end of the world. They were stocking up on bottled water, canned goods, and buying every generator they could get their hands on. As the last tick of time expired from the century, many thought the world as we know it would expire too. There was, however, a small group of people from northern Ohio who had other ideas. They were looking at the end of 1999 as a new beginning, a rebirth for northern Ohio AMA Motocross racing. These people were about to revive something that had been dormant for more than 15 years, AMA District 12 Motocross.
They looked at the turn of the century simply as a marker that their inaugural season was about to begin, and they were running out of time. Four out of six tracks were brand new ventures for the season and had to not only help rebuild the District 12, but complete their own tracks and organizations as well. Beans Bike Park, Dirtworld Motocross Park, Scenic Highlands Motosports Park, and Crow Canyon Raceway worked hard all winter along with existing motocross tracks Broken Spokes and Western Reserve Motorcycle Club, and by February 2000 the first prints of the 2000 AMA District 12 Motocross & Hare Scramble schedule were hitting mailboxes all over Ohio.
The first season back for the District 12 is now history and culminated on Saturday, February 17, 2001 with the 2000 Awards Banquet in New Philadelphia, Ohio. Arriving at the event you would never guess that this was basically a first year organization. The amount of product and awards provided by District 12 sponsors was amazing, and these were distributed both to the racing awards winners and also to many happy door-prize drawing winners. One of the happiest drawing winners was Jennifer Roberts, a WML pro racer, who left the event with the top door prize of a Cannondale F400 mountain bike. Countless other drawing winners left with prizes ranging from track memberships to helmets and EZ-Ups. Very few attendees left the event empty-handed.
Along with the Overall 2000 awards and 2000 Series awards, four racers were awarded for their efforts throughout the year as the Overall Points Champions of 2000. In motocross, Zachary Knotts took home the Overall Bike Championship while Alan Roe received the Quad Overall Award. Hare Scrambles also awarded two overall champions, and those racers were Jim Norris for bikes and Justin Brown for the quads. These racers earned more points than anyone else in their respective category for the year 2000.
If 2000 was any indication, good things are in store for northern Ohio racers in the upcoming years. The 2001 season is upon us, and the District 12 will be a great place to spend it.
District 12 would like to thank all of the sponsors who made the 2000 season possible and so successful. Special thanks to: AMA, Action Extreme Sports, Andrews Honda/Kawasaki/Suzuki/Yamaha, Boulevard Cycle, Boyesen, Cannondale, Ceet, Cobra Motorcycles, Cometic Gaskets, Competition Accessories, Cycle News, Cycra Plastics, Davis Racing Products, Decker's Cycle KTM, Dennis Kirk, Devol Racing, Dirt Rider Magazine, Dirt Bike Magazine, Douglas Wheel, Dunlop Tire, EVS Sports Protection, Fischer Cycle, FMF, Factory Connection, Gas Factory, Gaerne Boots, Gollan's Honda/Suzuki, K&N Engineering, K&N Filters, K&S Performance, Kame's Sports, Klotz Performance Lubricants, Krause Racing, Maier, Maxima Products, Metzler Tires, Mike's Bike and More, Moose Offroad, Motocross Action Magazine, Motocross Journal, MX America Magazine, MXRacer Magazine, One Industries, Oneal Racing, Oury Grips, Parts Unlimited, PitRacer.com, Pirelli Tire, Pro-Action Suspension, RacerX Magazine, Rubbermaid Specialty Products, Scott USA, Sidewinder Sprockets, Sidi Boots, Sinisalo, SLAP 185, Smith Sports Optics, Sprocket Specialists, Street Track and Trail, Twin City Cycles, TWS USA Inc., UFO Plastic, UNI Filters Inc., WD-40 Company, Wiseco Pistons, Works Connection, Works Performance Products.
Year Overall Results-Motocross
50cc 4-6: 1. Zachary Knotts; 2. Cody Bailey; 3. Dakota Santee; 4. Nick Risden; 5. Seth Weis
50cc 7-8: 1. Josh Abrecht; 2. Damian Thomen; 3. Chris Wilke; 4. Kevin Mann; 5. Chris Carr
65cc 7-11: 1. Kyle Ditcher; 2. Michael Blaumann; 3. Tony Hursey; 4. Robbie Risden; 5. Josh Abrecht
85cc 7-11: 1. Kyle Ditcher; 2. Michael Blaumann; 3. Josh Snyder; 4. Alex Hessman; 5. (tie)Nathan Edwards/Jonathan Baer
85cc 12-15: 1. Dustin Frietag; 2. Andy Sczypta; 3. David Ditcher; 4. Joe Rice; 5. Thomas Rue
85cc Supermini: 1. Andy Sczypta; 2. Dustin Frietag; 3. Joe Rice; 4. David Ditcher; 5. Tyler Bickie
Womens: 1. Kayla Alexander; 2. Jennifer Roberts; 3. Eryn Blaumann; 4. Kristen Peteya; 5. Alexa Leonard
125 Schoolboy: 1. Dan Elliot; 2. Darrin Beardmore; 3. Ryan Boatman; 4. Brian Beaber; 5. Jessy Miller
125C: 1. Javan Bylaw; 2. Zach Kaiser; 3. Mike Camilly; 4. Ryan Boatman; 5. Derek Stewart
125B: 1. Jeff Ricker; 2. Dan Elliot; 3. Chris Smith; 4. Tim Ballentine; 5. Dale Pritchard
125A: 1. Bo Bowmann; 2. Tom Kelley; 3. Sam Yannatelli; 4. Karl Scott; 5. Paul Kissig
250C: 1. Pete Ketchem; 2. Randy Schutt; 3. Lonnie McElcar; 4. John Kreps; 5. Jerrad Meister
250B: 1. Chuck Bingham; 2. Chris Smith; 3. Tim Ballentine; 4. Chris Hause; 5. Travis McQueen
250A: 1. Tom Kelley; 2. Bo Bowmann; 3. Karl Scott; 4. Jimmy Jarrett; 5. Darren Lindh
Open: 1. Neal Davis; 2. Bill Reiss; 3. Jon Erik Burleson; 4. Branden Fox; 5. (tie)Warren Laney/Darrin Zaremba
16-24 Collegeboy: 1. Javan Bylaw; 2. Mike Camilly; 3. David Kilgore; 4. Joey Devault; 5. Mike Baum
25 Plus: 1. Dale Pritchard; 2. Joshua Dohn; 3. Chris Hause; 4. Ernie Caldrone; 5. Jon Erik Burleson
Vet +30: 1. John Kreps; 2. Aaron Risden; 3. Darrin Lindh; 4. Lee Rue; 5. John Delbaso
Senior +40: 1. Paul Fox; 2. Jerry Santee; 3. Rick Hopkins; 4. Jim Quinlan; 5. James Kraly
2-Stroke Quad: 1. Alan Roe; 2. Rob Arnold; 3. Jeff Rodgers; 4. Max Dewire; 5. Jeremy Osborne
4-Stroke Quad: 1. Leslie Kaufmann; 2. Mike Farkas; 3. John Hovey; 4. Rich Phillips; 5. (tie) Larry Prysi/Brian Wolfe
Year Overall Results-Hare Scramble
Novice Quad: 1. Jason Rearden; 2. Bob Bequeath; 3. Jason Greer
2-Stroke Quad: 1. Justin Brown; 2. Richard Vaslik; 3. Jared Gruca
4-Stroke Quad: 1. Mark Lane
Jr. Mini: 1. Billy Bays; 2. Nathan Edwards; 3. Andy Sczypta
Sr. Mini: 1. Brent McCurdy; 2. Steve Mormile
Novice Bike: 1. Jim Norris; 2. William Jaberg; 3. Randall Edie
125: 1. Randy Carpenter; 2. Tom Carpenter
200: 1. Ron Nicholl
250: 1. Mike Staton
Open: 1. Clint Edwards
Senior +40: 1. Bob Hudnall; 2. Wayne Bays; 3. Robin Miller
A Class: 1. Todd Morain
