Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Whippl e finished 13 minu tes off th e pace. . " I was somewhere around sixth overa ll after fi rst gas.' said Whipple. " I passed Ma rt in in one ol, th e tech n ical sectio ns wh en he h ad to stop and work on h is bike, an d I a lso passed Fred ette in th at same secti on when he stopped to do so meth in g to hi s bike. They both ca ugh t back up a nd passed me pretty quick ly. I fo llowed them for as lon g as I co u ld. I wasn 't co nce rned abo u t ca tch ing Martin or Fredette, but I th o ught I might ca tch Kelly (Cetz), but I was getti ng tired ." Ke nn y Brown co m p le te d tw o loops in five hours an d 36 minu tes fo r fifth overa ll a nd H igh Point A hono rs. " We have a lo t o f sa n d a t hom e in Mi ch igan, " sai d Brown. " Bu t it 's no thin g like th e pea t a n d sa n d mixture arou nd here. I didn ' t kno w wh a t to exp ect; th is is th e first time I ' ve ridden thi s eve nt. I had a resp ectab le sta rt but un loaded right af ter the first ope n field. By th e time I go t every th ing .back together a nd th e machine runn in g , everybody had passed me. I sett led down a nd th en rode m y o wn race - it worked o u t o kay ." It didn' t work o u t so good for Dav id Puch arich , who is the Ill ino is Cro ss Country Assoc ia tio n's ser ies p oints lea d e r and fi f t h o ve ra l l Ex p ert. P ucha rich brough t hi s 250 Ho n da to life with o ne kick a t th e dead -engine sta rt a nd smoked everyo ne o ff the line. But soon su ffered brak e p roblem s. " I lost the fro nt brak e before we had even gon e five m iles," said P ucha rich. "The n after gas the rear brak es began to fade ; You ca n ' t go fast if yo u ca n ' t sto p." Sa m Wan ket , o n a Bike Barn sponsored 250 AT K, took o ver th e hon ors in the 250cc A class whe n Brow n too k High Point A hon or s. Wanket was eig ht mi n u tes a head o f seco n d p la ce H onda rider Ma rk Perez. Ro ver Pederson a nd Geo ff Mill in ger ro u nde d o u t th e top four. Ka wasaki rider Ro n Whi p p le wo n th e Open A class w ith a 40 m in u te g"ap over Randy Bu rke. Steve Reschke, Bill DeVore a nd Tom Co x ba tt led it o u t in the Sen ior class fo r th e to p three spots. Resch ke was the on ly Senior to fini sh bo th lo o p s. Qu int in Da vi s fi nis hed fo urth. Kevin Gormy revved u p h is Ka wasa ki and ra n a way a nd h id fro m th e rest o f th e Min icla ss when th ey ran th ei r race o n Sa tu rday. T .]. Ti m mer ma n a nd Chris Wolf di ced for th e next two slots with T imm erman ge tt ing th e nod . Wade Moss a nd Wad e T im merman rou nded out th e top five. ISDE Gold Meda list Den n y Reese dug o u t the old leathers a nd fin ish ed both 57-m ile loo p s. " In two wee ks I' ll be o ld eno ug h for th e Sen io r class an d right now I feel li ke a Su per Senior," said Reese. " Bu t it was g rea t to be ou t th ere. Grea t race. 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ICE . ~ INTERNATIONAL ......!eM tlIJ"'" Mrwlt AltOeLn'lOl November 18, 1989 ·Satprday SonQyta to Rocky POInt 125 Mires of Mexican Desert Bikes - Bug~es· Trucks· ATV • Odysseys Side Ca rs - Mini Bik es RACE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER TO THE SEA OF CORTEZ Off Road Racing At It's Best - Point to Point O ver $40,000 Combined Prizes Payback T ro phies &: Contingencies •••••••••••••••••••••• For Information & Entry Packet Call: (602) 252-1900 7 'YOKO HAMA • ..... SAY vr.s e .... TOLIFE! .. ..... .VIVA MEXICO! ~.~ ~ SAY NO ! ~~ ~~ Results C / A: 1. John M an in (AlK). 0 / A A: 1. Ken ny Brown (Kaw) C/A B: 1. Tim Taber IVZ) EX: 1. Jeff Fredett e (Kaw); 2. Kelly Getz (Hon ); 3 . Ron W h ippl e (Kaw l: 4 . Da ve Puc har i ch (H o n l; 5 . St eve Suteberger (Kawl. OPEN A; 1. Ron Wh ipple (Kaw) ; 2 . Rand y Burke (KTM); 3. Gary Oswa ld (Hon); 4 . J ohn Hardin (Kaw ), 250 A: 1. Sam W ankel (AlK ); 2. Mark Perez (Han); 3. Rove r Ped erso n (Ho n); 4 . Gect M ill in gsr (H us); 5 . Dave lund berg {Honl . . SR: 1. Stev e Reschk e (Hon ); 2. Bill DeVore IKa w J 3 . Tom ; Cox (Hon); 4 . Quint in Davis (Hon); 5 . M ar k Hom es {Honl. S/ SR: 1. J ohn Cygnor (Kaw); 2 . Ray Posston (Yam); 3. Doug Graham (Hon); 4 . John l yon . UTILE B: 1. Roben Hanagan (Cag); 2 . J eff Doughty (Yam); 3 . J am es Ricc i (Kawl; 4 . David Uphoff (KTM); 5. Ma rk Carl son (Yaml · . BIG B: 1. Si eve Sw atsch eno (Hon); 2. Tim Chr istensen (Hon); 3 . Ben Hansen (ATK); 4 . Bob Clemann ; 5. Don M ill er (Honl _ . M IN I 1. Kevin Gorzny (Kaw); 2 . T.J. Tim merman (Suz); 3 . Ch ri s W ol f (Ka wl; 4 . Ryan M oss (SUl); 5 . Wa de Tim merman (Suz). UNDER 16 : 1. J eremy Bolte (Kaw); 2 . Ja m ie W hipp le (Yam); 3 . Kurt is Hidenreich . P/ W ; 1. J esse Klimek (S u z ~ 2 . David Stebb ins (y am ); B_J eff Mcintyre (Yam); 4 . Cha rles Deutscher (Yam l; 5. A lan Moore (Suzl . 1989 AMA National Hare & Hound Champ ion DAN SMITH,KTM 4th Consecutive AMA Championship 1st Overall. 10 0's M.C . National Hare & Hound , Lucerne Valley, CA October 22 , 1989 MAXIMA RACING LUBRICANTS 10969 -A Wheatlands Ave ., Santee, CA 92071 (619) 449-5000 19

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