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Frank Stroman (5) leads Stuart English on his way to the 30+ class w in
at Hell Hole Creek MX. Stroman also won the 500cc Amateur class .
St eve Crowe (2 7 7 ) leads David Hand (42) and Rodger Molnar int o the
first t urn at the New York City Arenacross. Crowe went on to the w in.
Hand tops
New York AX
By Davey Coombs
NEW YOR K. NY , JAN. 6-7
Ho nd a-mounted David Ha nd was declared 'the
ove rall winner a t th e thr ee-race 1989 Madis on
Square Gardens Aren across, held in uptow n
Manhuuen a t th e hom e of the New York
Knicks professional basket ball team . Han d
ra ptured th e fina l event win o n Frida y ni ght
a nd (two barked it u p with a thi rd and a M'COnd
i l~ th e two Saturday shows. Fell o w Ho nda
pi lo ts Sie ve. Crowe and Kurt McMillen were
the winners of the second -day fin als.
B1' Ra cing's Shane Lawson was th e top
J~ m a l e u r o n ,lhe weeken d , winning a pair of
final s o n his Dave Pool e-prepped Hon da
CR 125. Ka wasak i-moun ted Steve Wo od .
however . kept th e IS-year -old Law son from
a weekend sweep with a winning Saturday
ni ght per forma nce.
This marked th e fourth year that" w or ld
Sp()r~s has l.lcld ~n in door event in New York
cu v 1t1 co nj unc tio n wtth SRO and th e U.S.
Hut Rod Association. Mor e th an 30.000 race
fans a ttended the th ree-show program .
w eid ler/ Sm ith / An swer /Bell-backed Hand
started hi s efforts with a runner-up fin ish in
the first-night qual ifier s. T eam Yam aha's
Mike Jones, pa rticipa ti ng for the first ti me
since a knee injury sid elined him in Octo ber .
showed everyo ne that his recovery has been
successful, beating Hand across the lin e by
tw o bik e leng th s. T he second qu a lifier
belon ged to Davey Coombs, mounted o n a
BT Racin g-backed Honda . Cana d ian Yam ah a
p ilot l;Iarold Vezina was th e runner-up with
Suzuki-moun ted Ca rlo Coe n third.
Coo mbs j umped o ut front a t th e sta rt of
the I ~-Ia p fina l with Jones, Coen, Han d a nd
McMillen follo wi ng . Jon es wo uld fall fro m
co nt entio n ear ly after a majo r geto ff o ver a
set of do u bles left hi m nearl y a lap do wn.
Coe n a lso got side tracked early , leaving Han d
to sha do w Coo mbs for mo re than hair the race.
Fin a lly with j ust three laps to go Han d d ucked
below the lead er in a sha rp co mer and po irued
h is .ride. towa rds th e checkered flag . Coo m bs
ma in tained seco nd wnhMcMillen , Gea r
Racewear 's Crowe. a nd Kawasak i KX250 rider
Rod ger Molnar rou nd ing ou t the to p five.
In th e Saturday matinee qualifiers Cro we
ope ned with a Ilag-to- Ilag win ove r Coo mbs.
J ones, a nd Co en , wh ile H and ma ster ed
l\'kM lli en in the foll ow -up heal. At th e sta rt
of the fina l. th ou gh , it was Crow e all the way.
ga the ri ng the holesh ot a nd immediately
puuing space between hirn swelf and Coombs.
Coe n was in .the number three slot with Jo nes.
Hand, McM illen , and Dennis Decker traili ng.
T he o rder woul d sta y that way until lap eig ht,
wh en Jones and Olen would slip past secondplace Coombs. As Jon es went after the lead er,
lhou gh , Coe n dropped h is Suzuki in a berm
and rel in9,ui shed lhree Spo lS to Coombs, Hand
and McM Illen . The on ly o the r cha nge befor e
the hn l~ h wo u ld be H and 's displ acin g
Coo mbs of the th ird pl ace position .
. Sa turday '.s final e got underw ay wi th J on es
fmall y gt"lt ll1g back into th e winner 's ci rcle
with hi s heat race win o ver Caen and Coo mbs.
Hand made it a pe rfect three-for -three in the
9ua lifiyi ng ro u nds by aga i!, besti ng McMillen
m a dose figh t to the finis h: Mo lnar and
Crowe foll owed.
McM ill en a nd J o nes shared t he lea d
pos itio n as th e pac k jammed into the first
tu rn , but a t the exit it was Mc~t ill en by a
whee l. J ones stayed tigh t wi th Coe n, Crowe
a nd Ha nd trailing whil e Coo mbs and Molnar
picked their bik es o ut of the ba n ners aft er a n
ea rly tie u p. As McMill en held off J on es ou t
from Han d manuevered pas t Cocn a nd Crowe
to ta ke u p the charge fro m the third spot. T he
to p thr ee stayed as suc h un ril the wh ite flag ,
when McMillen ga thered some space as Jo nes
wor ked to keep Hand a t bay. As the th ree
head ed across the finis h- line stre tch th at
consisted of a do uble ju mp followed by a
relat ively ta me triple leap. Han d ga l next lO
JOnt~S and th e two litera lly n ew across the
finis h lin e in a dead heal beh ind winner
McMillen . An nouncer La rry HuHman called
Hand th e runner-up, a decision co nfirmed by
both th e referee and the scor e keepers. Crowe
finis hed in fourth, his 4- 1-4 weekend score
good for a second-p lace tie wit h the 3-5-1 of
McMi llen. Coombs and J on es tied for fourth
with 2-4-7 and 8-2-3 sco re cards, respectiv ely.
Coen 's fifth pl ace showing in th e fin a le gave
him a 10-6-5 for th e next spo t o n the o vera ll
tall y.
Lawson was dominant in th e first two
Ama teur fin al s, taking th e early lead in both
10-lap runs a nd stretching it a ll the way to
th e fini sh. On Fr ida y . he was followed by
Wood and Suzuki-mo un ted Craig Woods.
Sa turday afternoon saw BT Racin g' s Geor ge
Molnar foll ow his teammat e home -with a
second pl ace ride ahead of Kawasak i-mounted
Jeff Pritchard. Wood was the Saturday night
win ni ng B cla ss rider. ta ki ng th e first pl ace
tro phy ahead o f H onda riders Ri ch a rd
Ko retskv and Steve Ge n nodie.
-Fo r his 1-3-2 week end sho wing o vera ll
exper t wm ne r Hand too k ho me $725.00 of the
$6 000 Wo rld Sports/US H RA purse.
Results
FRIDAY
.
EX: 1. David Hand (Han t; 2. Dayey Coombs tHon); 3 . Kurt
McM ill en (Hon); 4 . Steve Crowe (Honl; 5 . Rodger Molnar
(Kaw ).
.
AM : 1. Shan e lawson tHon); 2. Steve Wood (Kawl; 3 .
Craig Mason (Sur l; 4 . Rlcchard Kore tsky (Han l; 5 . Paul
BIC$8k(Kaw) .
SATURDAY AFTERNO
ON
EX : 1. SteY8 Crowe (Hon); 2. M ike Jon es (Yaml; 3. David
Hand (Honl; 4. Davey Coombs (Hon); 5. Kurt M cMillenfHonl .
AM ; 1. Shane lawson (Hon); 2. George Molnar (Kawl;
3 . Jeff Pritchard (Kaw l; 4. SteY8 W ood (Kaw); 5 . Cosimo
Napohtano (Honl .
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SATURDAY NIGHT .
EX; 1. Kun McM illen (Hon); 2. Dayid Hand (Hon); 3. M ike
Jones (Yaml ; 4 . Steve Crowe (Honl; .5. Carlo Coen (Sur) .
AM : 1. Steve .Wood (Kaw) ; 2. Richard Koretsky (Hon );
3. Steve Gen nodie (Hon); 4 . Georg e Molnar (Kaw) ; 5. Craig
M ason (Suzl .
Bennick blasts
Hell Hole Creek MX
Gary Crider
CO LU MBfA, SC. JAN. 15
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Todd Bennick carved o u t four mot a win s en
route to vicror ies in lhe 125cc Amateur and
Schoolboy classes a t Hell Ho le Cree k MX in
ro und two of the N.A.M.E. \ Vinler Nat ion als
MX Series. T rack o wner Bill y Coats recently
install ed a hi gh -pressure bike wash system for
free use by co mpetitors and a ll eig h t hoses
were III demand today as track co nd itio ns were
wet.
A represen tative from T ric k Cycle Parts was
o n hand and offered a free pair of Oakley
l:0ggles to .the rid er wh o took th e hol eshot
III th e openi ng 125cc Am at eu r mo to, Bennick.
who advanced from th e Novice 10 Amat eur
class this seaso n. ear ned th e goggles and th e
mow W lll. Yam ah a of Ral eigh -backed Lee
Walston held seco nd pos it ion in th e early
going but a sp ill set h im back 10 an event ua l
fourth place fini sh.
T he second mow ho leshot belon ged to
Wals ton. Ben nick tri ed to pass Wal ston o n
th e hrst lap but, as Ben nick exp la ined, " I tri ed
to go un der him bu t we .co llided co ming o u t
of th e tum and I went down: ' Bennick spe nt
the remainder of th e 15-minure mota workin g
up from sixth . Bennick 's 1-2 was good for top
gold over Wal ston 's 4-1.
Schw ie ns Cycle of Waldorf. Marylandbacked Tommy Willett claim ed the Open Pr o
hon or s afte r trading mota wins with Todd
Ulmer. " I wanted to get so me experien ce on
a sa nd tra ck. but I did n 't want to drive a ll
the way to Florida:' said Maryland resid ent
Willell , " so this pla ce was per fect."
Gage Forts on and Marcus Ca nnon earned
perfect scor es in the 85cc 7-13and 12-15 class es
respectively. The Super Mini divisio n sav.:
Fortson and Ca nnon sg uare off for two mo ras
of clo se racing. The first mo te victory went
W Fortson after he held off Ca nnon's last -lap
bid for the lead. ,
.
Cannon turned the tab les o n Fortson in
mow two as he held th e lead over Fortson.
A spi ll by Cannon, however. gave th e lead
and a seco nd win to Fortson. Cannon had
to sett le for a 2-2 tall y.
The 500cc Am at eur cla ss winner Frank
Str oman, returned in th e 30+ class to do battle
with Stuart English. Stroman showed th e wa y
a t th e sta rt of moto o ne but was hounded lap
a fter lap by a tena cio us English. English
fina lly got by for th e win over Str oman. The
seco nd mota win and top $"old went to
Stro ma n, however, while En ghsh posted a 12 score for the runner-up sial.
Neele y R acin g ' s Br ian · T homas a nd
Yama ha pilot La rry White came a way with
pe rfect .scores in 125 and 250cc Novi ce ac tio n,
respec tively .
.
Results
850:'3): 1. Gage Fortson (Yam); 2. Bill Cain (Kaw); 3.
arad MIller (Kaw); 4 .--aenj i Smith IKaw); 5. Paul Canada
(Yam).
85 112·15 ): 1. Marcus Cannon (Kaw ); 2. Jasn Minor
(Kawl; 3. lee Gator Todd IKaw); 4 . Obie Hall (Hon ); 5. Nico le
Caldwell (Kaw ).
SPR M INI: 1. Gage Fonson (Yam); 2. M arcus Cannon
(Kaw); 3. Paul Canada (Yam); 4. Alv is Ross Decker (Kawl ·
5. Nicol e Caldwell (Kaw l.
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125 SCHBY: 1, ~odd Ben nicll.IHon ); 2. James 8yrd (K,awi .
125 NOV: 1. Brian Tho mas (Hon); 2. Roh n White (Kawl;
3. DaVid Cantrell (Hon); 4 . Shawn Gri mm (Hon); 5. Stuart
Amos (Yaml .
.
250 NOV: 1. Larry White (Yam); 2. Chad W indham (Kaw l'
3 . Mike Potchobski (Hon); 4 . Ben Anderson (Hon); 5 . Chuck
Vaught (Kaw l.
125 AM : 1, Todd Ben nick .(Honl ; 2. lee W alston (Yam );
3. Charles Todd (Kaw); 4. M itch M cCarte r (Yam); 5. Chris
Purcell (Hon).
260 A M; 1. Ph il Str um (Kaw); 2. Mi tch McC.ner (Yam).
500 AM : 1. Frank Stroman (Hon).
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