Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Results AA : 1. Bob Sh illinger IKTMI ; 2. Bryan Ad~ms (Suz ~ 3 . Terry Mealer (Yaml OPEN A: 1. Mike Monroe (Han); 2. eart Ennis (KTM); 3 . Willie Brad shaw (KTM ). • 260 A: 1. Barry Hlggtns {KTMI ; 2. Ashl ey Brew er (Suz): 3 . Andy Smith ( H.o n~ 4 . M ike W aters (Ka~l . 200 A: 1. DaVId Bam ck (Kaw); 2. DaVid Swe an (Ka w ); 3 . Mark logan (Kaw ); 4 . Tommy Veator (Han); 5 . Dale Cross (Kaw) . OPEN 8 : 1. M ack Barber (KTM); 2. Brenard Orest ; (KTM) . 250 B: 1. Jared Decam ps (Suz); 2. Bob Sherr ill; 3. John Nun tHan); 4. Stan Gann (Suz); 5. Woody Braml ell {Suzi. 200 B: 1. Steven Smith (law) SR A:. 1. Jeff Hill (KTM~ 2. J im Ford (Hon l: 3 _Charles Bridges (Han); 4 . Larry Wh ile (Hon ); 5. J am es Everhart (Yam). SR'S: 1. Randy Toml inson (Suz); 2. Ron Clemmons (KTM ); 3. David And eBOn C Hua); 4. Stan Smith (Yam); 5. Ron nte Cicero (Suzl . . S/SR: 1. James Bransford (Sud,; 2. Fred Veator (Han); 3. Frank A mo s (Suz); 4 . Chuck Armou r IATK); 5 . Joe Hudak ~u4 ' TR: 1. Phil Driver IKTM ); 2. MIke Cooper lHon ); 3 . Mart. Herr on (Suz); 4 . Gordon Oresl i (KTM); 5 , Wi lliam Wilfong (Han I. . WMN : 1. Sue Heal h (Suz). Pennington triumphs in Arizona Trials By Larry Grapentine Larry Camomile (4) and Bob Sage (4M) dice for the early lead in the combined 125cc class at LACR. seconds behind. By lap six, Graves' blistering pace pushed him 18 seconds beyond capture. At the finish , Graves had blasted his pace up to 30 seconds beyond Hullman, Spalding, Berry and Postma . The second rnoto agai n saw Graves di g out 01 the gate five to six bike lengths ahead 01 his co m pe tito rs. This lime Berry moved into the auack position behind Graves lollowed by Huflman, Postma and Spalding. As Graves again hammered out his lead. the inten sit y behind was esta tic. Huffman slid under Berry : and Spalding out-jumped Postma. By_lap seven, Graves had moved 22 seconds ahead. wh ile Spa ld ing made his move on Berry but sp u uered to a halt with an emp ty ga s tank. G raves crossed th e finish lin e 30 seconds up on Hullman, Berry a nd Postm a . Results 60 6-8: 1. Eric Wilhms (Kawl; 2 . Mack Landreth (Hon) . 60 9 -11 : 1. Adam J ones tKaw). W /P/w: 1. Ian Gilk ison (Yam._ 80 BEG: 1. .Jeff Martin (Kawl; 2. Jeremiah Kir1tsIKaw); 3 . Rick Wallace (Kawl. 80 JR: 1. John Williams (Kawl; 2. J ustin Kirks IKew); 3 . Jason Sutton (Kaw i. 80 INT: 1. lachary Rund (5uzl; 2. Shawn Highland (Kawl. 105 BEG: 1. Robert Kitterman Jr. (lCa ). w 125 BEG: 1. Tony H••s(Hon); 2 . Brian Chamberlain (Hon); 3. M ike Shields (Hon ). 125 JR: 1. Pal McGovern (Hont 2. Chris Nicholls {l(a w }; 3 . Juan Mathews (Hon ). 175 INT: 1. Ryan Huffman (Yam ); 2 .· Chad Berry (Vam l; ' 3 . Richard Postma (KawJ . 125 PRO: 1. Tony Graves (Suz); 2. Mon ty Spekting (Hon ), 250 BEG: 1. Can Ma th is (Suzl; 2. James W illiams (Kawl ; 3 . John Bur rell CHonl . 250 JR: 1. Terry Cavis ISuz l; 2. Bryan lynn (Yam ~ 3 . Kip Mast (Suz). 250 INT: 1. Kevin Yeager (Yaml : 2. Chad Berry (Kaw); 3. Ken Heiss (Han); 4 . Bryon Becken (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Tony Graves ISUZ) . 3C>-40 JR : 1. Dan Gilkiso n (Hon ); 2. Joe Gashot (Han); 3. W illiam Daniels (SUl) . 30 ·40 INT: 1. Randy W in g (Kaw l; 2. Don Schneider (Suz); 3 . Rick Roben s (Yam). 30 ·40 PRO: 1. Gary Bault (KTM); 2. Rick Baul t (Han); 3 . Randy Toreso n (Yam). PLUS 40: , . Gary Highl and (Honl . UTH: 1. Jo hn Williams (Hon l. OPEN BEG: 1. Jeff Aman" (Honl : 2. Joseph W entworth (Kaw ); 3. Michael Chil ders (Mai). OPENJR: , . Thomas Scott Wh ite(KTM ): 2. Roger Fournier (Kawi . OPEN INT: 1. Steve Nelson (Han); 2. Kevin Yeager IHonl; 3. Mike Burke (Horn, I Franco fries LACR MX la ter. The moto two finishing order matched that of mo ta one and set the overa ll a t Gr eenway, T iulemier, Peterson and Ho££man. Larry Camomile beat Bob Sage olf the line in both l25cc Novi ce motos but Sage had th e lead by lap on e 0 1 moto on e and lap two of mote two. Sase dominated both moros for an easy overa ll victory. Results field of throttle-crazed riders. He beat Honda rider Jesse Dean a nd Yamaha-mounted Byron Lynn. In the 60cc (9-11) class , Jason Wa lker won both contests, beating Bill y Binckley (2-2), Robert Holtgrew (4-3), Ro bbie R.Jtliff (3-4) and lifth place finisher Dusty Lendberg's 55 showi ngs. Results 3. ~~:i p~~~~~J:~~);~~~;);~~~~~ IKawl . SO NOV: t . Joey Cirocco (Honl; 2. Aaron Wasne. (Kaw); 250 PRO: 1. Don Bisceg lia (Suzl; 2. Gary Seyer (JaM); 3. Denn is Sweet en (~w). 125 PRO: 1. Gary Beyer (KTM); 2. Michael Tresch CHonl; 3. Kenny Olsen (Kaw). P/W: 1. Isaac Dawson (Kaw); 2. Chri s Kobernik (Suzl; 3. Mike Mull8Y (Yam). 60 6·8 : 1. Jason Hanson (Kawt 2. Isaac Dawson (Han ); 3 . Kevin Schoen (Yaml. 60 9·1, ; 1. Jason Watker (~); 2. Billy Binddey (Kaw ); 3. Roben HoItgrew (Kaw). 80 JR : 1. Doug McK.uhn (K.aw); 2. Brandon YVhite (Yam); 3 . Justin Ktcks (Kaw) . 125 JR : 1. Ryan Hegemann (Hon); 2. Tom Marlin (Kaw); 3. Ryan leach (Cag ). 125 INT 1. Chad Berry tlt awl; 2. M ike Hamness (Kaw); : 3 . Trever levitt (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Jeff Nicho l, (Han); 2. Fred Geschwill (Kawt 3 . Shawn O'Sr ien (Suz); 4. Paul Gilmanin (Kewt; 5 . M ike Weed (Kaw) . WMN INT: 1. Lor i Hedstrom (Hon). SR EX: 1. Sieve Dunla p; 2. Bob Millner ; 3 . JacIl Kell ; ~ :al~ 1. Larry ScheU (Hon t 2 . Barry Logan (HO~); 3 . Roben Wyckoff. VET NOV:' 1. Randy Paul Wysocki (Kawl: 2.lenny9aker (Kaw); 3 . Robbie Dun ham; 4. Bret Greening (Kawl; 5 . lynn 4. t.o,..... VET INT: 1. Rob Healy (Hon); 2. MIChael Nowicki (Han); 3. Randy Andonon (Yam ). VET EX: 1. John Greenway lHon ); 2. Randy Tinlemeer (Suz); 3. Todd Peterson (Han ); 4 . Russ Hoffman (Han). J R VET BEG: 1. Martin Char (Hon); 2. M ark Soren (Han); 3 . Kevin Davidson (Hon) JR VET NOV: t , Greg Anunson (Han ); 2. Mark Fiekts (Yam); 3 . Jack Kell (SUl ); 4 . Chuck Gu nt er (Han); 5 . Br tan Srown(Yaml. JR VET INT: 1. George Andrews (Han); 2. Ed Ho (Kaw). JR VET EX: 1. Kart Al len (Han ). 125 SEG: 1. Seth TOfrey (Hont 2. John Hardlne (Hon); 3. Gary McCrea (Han); 4 . Martr.Allen (Kaw l; 5. J eff Clawson (Kaw) . 125 NOV: 1. Bob Sage (Sud; 2. larry Camom ile; 3. M ike littl e (SUllo 4 _ Scott Murphy (law); 5 . Kevin O'Br ien (Han). 125 INT: 1. Jeff Moore (Han ); 2. Tony Barr antl (lion). 125 PRO: 1. Cliff Oakes. 250 BEG: 1. Eric McKeown (Suz); 2. Jim Barratiore (Kaw ); 3. David M ullen; 4. David Haney (Han); 5 . Carl Renezeder (Hon). 250 NOV: , . Jason Simmons (Kaw ); 2. Eddie Davis (yam); 3. Geoff Cobben CHon); 4 . Mike Blai r (Hon); 5. Chr is Kun is (Han). 250 INT: 1. M erle Hammer (YamI: 2. Robbie Dunham; 3 . M ike Bull ey (Yam); 4. M ati Wyckoff: 5. Todd Broussard {Yaml . . 250 PRO: 1. Lou Franco (Han); 2. John Greenway (Hon) . 500 BEG: 1. Bob Phill ips (Han ); 2. Frank Belcher (Han ); 3 . Kip Temp le (Honl; 4. Jason Neal (Han ). 500 NOV: 1. Chad Nelson (Han); 2. Danny McKee (Han ); 3 . Greg Atk inson (Honl . 500 INT: 1. Da nny Sty mach er (Honl. Beyer, Bisceglia score Salem Arenacross win By Terry Rezek . 34 By Clay Light PALMDALE, CA, DEC. 10 Lou Fra nco has n' t been seen a t Ca liforn ia Racin g Club even ts for nine years', but he's o bvio us ly been r iding somewhere as he topped th e 250cc Pro d ass at Lo s Angeles Co u nty R.J(·eway. . In moto o ne, O' Neal/Scor ch er racer Joh n G reenway too k th e lead olf the line a nd held i t th ro ugh lap o ne. Fran co new to th e lead a t the start of lap two a nd started pulling away easi ly. He bui lt u p a lar ge lead , the n slo wed , leu in g G reenway catch u p and take th e lead bri en y at the SoIart of th e seven th lap. Fra nco was soo n back o n top and too k the maIO wi n. Gr eenw ay na iled the hol esh ot agai n at th e sta n of mo ta two, but Franco was righ t o n him and too k th e lead belore th e lap was hall over. Fran co p layed cat a nd mouse wi th Grft'nway, first pullin g far in fro n t, th en slo wing to let G reenway get tan ta lizingl y close, lhen pulling away aga in. Fran co wo n wit h t'ase and G reen way fini shed second. In th e Vet Expert class, Gr eenw a y fared mu ch better . Ru ss Hoffm an took th (' lead at the start of mot o on e but T odd Peterson movt"d 10 the lead Oil lap three, foll owed a lmost im med iate ly by G reen way. Peter so n mad e lwo m ino r erro rs on lap fo ur a nd G reen way too k th e lead and was go ne. Randy Tiulemi er a lso took ad vantage of Pelerson 's mi stak es a nd moved into seco nd to stay. Hollman fini shed fOUTlh. G reenw ay was back in th e weeds wh en Holfman and Rob Hea ly led o lf molO two. Gr ttnway was in th e cha llengi ng positio n by the end of lap two but found lhe cu nent leader, Heal y, a determined prOlagonist. Gn-e n way fin all y took the lead lor good o n lap lour, a nd was lollowed by T iulem ier about o ne lap SAL EM, OR, DEC. 16 KTM ·mounted Ga ry Beyer len o ne mo to shOT! of a two-overa ll ra mpage d uri ng a renacross action at the Oregon Stal e Fa irgrounds as Suzuki jock ey Don Biscegli a overtook Beyer in a second-maIO 250cc Pro cla.ss shoo t-o ut. resulting in a 2-1 win for Mike's Suzukisponsored Bisceg lia. Beyer was th e overa ll win ner in rhe l25cc Pro class . . Beyer rod e nawlessly 10 the win in th e first 250ec Pro mOlo, wh ile Bisceglia and Kawasaki rid er Dennis Swee ten fo llowed . Mot o two saw G&G Cycle/ U lven For ging/ AXO / DMC-sponsored Beyer tak e a co m · mma nding lead ahe-old of Sweete n and Riseeg lia. Alter o pe ni ng u p a good·sized Ie- d , Beyer d succ u mbed to the loo m ing Bisceglia after four hea ted laps, giving Bi!'Ct."glia the overa ll win . Combined wit h the p ros was a lield 0 1 250cc IllIerm ediat t' ride rs, led by Kawasa ki riders Terry Hamness and Eric Cu mm ings . Ham ness Idt Cu mm ings in st'C nd a ll by h im seH o wh ile closing lhe ga p on several of rhe Pro class riders and fin ished bOlh mo ws for a II sweep over Cu mmi n g~ a nd Mike Au tio . Beyer, fresh off the In mo~on e win in th e 250cc Pro class, ca me back to do lhe sa int' in th e first 125c( Pr o mo to . Heyel had lo ug h eo mpelilio n in th e form of Kenn y O lsen and Honda rid er Mich ael T resch. O lsen was Beyer's cloM:st foe in lhe mala , lakin g seco nd at th e lini sh, whi le T resch nell ed a th ird . Mal o two 5.") W T resch ta ke command at th e fin ish , but his firSl-mo lo th ird place fini sh knock ed hi m ou t of th e overa ll picture. Beyt'r netted the overall win via hi s 1-2 showings and O lsen was third wilh a 2-3 M'ore. Rob y Leach rode a C ..agiva 10 I-I wins in the 250cc J un ior class lendi ng 011 a lull ·sized 3 . G"'ll HoImon lHonI · 250 JR : 1. Roby leach (KTM ); 2. Jesse Delln (Hon t 3 . Byron lynn (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Terry Ham ness (Kaw); 2. Eric Cummings (ltaw); 3 . Mike Au bo (Suz). WMN : 1. Julie Hter sche (Ka w); 2. Laur ie Stange l Kawl; 3 . Jeanne Vanbuskirk (Yam ). UTH: 1. Dennis Sweeten (Kawl; 2. David Mallon (Han); 3 . Kevin Grove (l(TM) . 30-40 INT: 1. Ron Kent (Yam); 2. Jesse Du n (Hon); 3 . Jay Loudagin (Yaml . Gravitt speeds to Fort Gaines HS win By Patti Higgins FORT GAINES, G A, DEC. 3 KTM -m ounted Allen Gr aviu cro ssed th e fini sh line two minutes ah ead of teammate Bob Shillinger at the lo urt h rou nd 01 the S ET RA Hare Scramb les Seri es. Graviu co mp leted th e 10 lap race in on e hour and 53 minutes. Wh en the gr een lIag dropped, G raviu's l2 5cc DXC shot o ut lik e a ca nno n ahead 0 1 - th e 250s and Shillinger's 350 KTM. As the firs t wave ro unded th e last tum o ut of the open field int o the woods, three 0 1 the six AA riders had go ne pa st G rav in. Mike Gr inle, ridi ng a Kawasaki KX250, emerged lrom the wo od s section in th e lead with H ondamo unted Steve Arthur in tow . Grizzle's lead was short · lived when he twisted hi s kn ee whi le nego tiat ing th e swa mp section of th e course. G ra vitt chose th e sa me lin e as Grinle but mad e it throug h with out inciden t. By the end of the firM lap, Gr avin was comfortably in the lead. By th e th ird la p , G av ill h ad o ne -a nd- a -ha lf minu t~s over seco nd place Suzuki rider Brya n Adams. Shilli ng er eventua lly ma de hi s pass o n Ada ms 10 move int o second and remained th er~ u ntil th e finish. Adams held o n to ta ke th ird overa ll. Barr y H igg ins led the 250cc A class lrom start to fin ish, Ash ley Brewer kep t his Suzuki stuck right to the back of H iggin s' rear wheel fo r the first few laps. How ever, H iggin s was on the gas and no t o nly pulled away lro m Brewer, bur pa s5t"Cl everyo ne except G ra vitt , Sh illinger and Adams to ta ke lourth overall for the da y. In the O pe n A class Mike Mo nroe managed to hold off lhe hard charges o f Ca rl Enni s. T he two ride rs swa pped p laces throu gh oul Ihe who l ~ rare. O n lhe eig hth lap , Monroe pUl hi s Honda in from o f En nis' KTM a nd fin ished his 10 laps a lmos t two min Ules ahead of Ennis. Willit, Bradshaw fin i!ilu·d third. })ro bably lh e besl, mosl healed battl e of th t· day was lhal between Honda -mounlf'd J im . For d a nd H&H KTM 's J ell Hill. For th e who le race these lWOSen ior A clas s riders excha nged th e lead several tim es. Fo rd came aro und lead ing lh e li rst I"p with H ill righ t o n hi s heels. H ill led th e next lap , For d th e th ird , a nd H ill laps four t hrou~ h seven . Ford regainro the lead al th e wh lle £JaR, but ra n int o a (fee. Hill chec ked lO !itt if he was o kay and lh t"n went o n 10 la ke lhe c:her kerrd flag j ust 24 S.('co nds ahead of Fo rd. T ABLE MESA. AZ, DEC. 10 Bob Pennin gton scor ed an impressive 55po ints to wi n the Sportsma n class a t round live 0 1 the Central Arizona T ria ls In c. State Ch ampionship in the rugged canyons of Table Mesa, Arizona. Sam Martin sty led hi s way to second and Eric Schertz was third. Andy Saum pil oted his Beta to the win in the Championship class, but was launch ed over th e bars on the last section. Saum remou nted and staggered to the finish to beat th e clock by a few seco nds. Mark Makarov rod e impressively, but missed the time cut011 by less than a minute. Da le Geshell rode his Beta to lirst place in the Advanced cla ss with points. Brian Long' bons was a single point behind in second and broke out of a tie with Doug Geshel by virtue of two more cleans. Rob Stanley motored to the win in the Novice clas s while Scott Petrie and David Wrublik tied lor seco nd with 53 points. Petri e got th e nod with one more clean than Wrublik.. Jason McCrea sco red 40 points to win the Beginner dass. Sa ndy T rygs tad wheelied her Yamaha to seco nd, and James Goodson rode well and fini shed third. Resu lts C"SHIP; 1. Andy Seum; 2. Martr. Makarov. SPTMN : 1. Bob Pennington; 2. Sam Martin; 3. Ertc Schertz. ADV : 1. Dale Gahell; 2. Brian Longbons; 3. Doug Geshe U. INT: 1. lee Penn ington; 2. Duane Hynek; 3 . Dub Brittain. NOV; 1. Rob Stanley; 2. Scott Petrie; 3 . Davef Wrubltk. eeG: 1. Jason McCrea ; 2. Sandy Trystad; 3 . James Goodson . JR : 1. Danny W illiam s; 2. Tim Meschede. Hough tops Indiana-Ohio Enduro Shoot-Ouf By Kenny Miller GREENVILLE, OH , NOV . 19 I Kurt Hou gh dropped 27 po ints and survived the very cold weather, hi gh wat er and a 10minute bout wi th a n electric fence for the overall a t Treaty Ci ty Motorcycle Club's End uro. J erry Spence pulled o ut the AA class wi n with a 29 and Jim Robson 's 31 was good eno ugh for Hi gh Point A. T o m Bast topped th e B class with 53 poinlS o n a 125 Honda. The trav eling team trophy went to District II rid ers Jim Rob son , Cullen Rutter and Marty Bailex , they o u t rod e District 15's Kurt Hough , Gary Hazel and T od d Snider, Resu lts O / A : 1. Kurt Hough. AA : 1. Jerry Spence ; 2. Brent Floyd; 3 . Tom Bad tl es. 200 A : 1. Jeff Wolfe; 2. Carroll Rutter; 3 . Dan Wolfe. 250 A: 1. Kevin Vollmar; 2. Dennis W ilson; 3 . Jeff Mezor . OPEN A: 1. Dean Exline; 2. Tim Woodruff; 3 . Ken M ills. SR A: 1. Neil Scharp hom; 2. Terry Fewe ll . S/SR: 1. Charles Albe r; 2. G.W. Powel l. SR B: 1. J im Stukenborg: 2. Mon lyWamer; 3 . Oon Hunt. 4 -STRK: 1. Je ff Cox; 2. Cunen Rutter; 3 . Roben Chtlst. ., 125 B: 1. J im Hu nt; 2. Aaron Barth; 3. Marit Mastellar . 200 B: 1. Roger lohrum: 2. Raben Roman s; 3 . Kurt Baner . 250 B: 1. Many Bailey; 2. Jeff Mu ndy: 3. John Fuglt. OPEN B: 1. Rod Brow n; 2. Ja n Warner; 3 . Sert Dun lop . C: 1. David Elliot ; 2. Norm Scherrer; 3 , Doug Fisher . Sulek stomps Glen Helen Motocross By Tony A lessi SAN BER NARDI NO. CA , DEC. 17 To ny Su lek debuted in his lirst 250cc Pro d ass rare a t the Ca lifornia Racin g Clu b's fina l race 01 the 1989 seaso n at G len Helen OHV Park , a nd pr oved wit h do ub le m ot o win s h is poteIlIia l to bt' a fUlure star . Sulek p u lled the hol esho t at the star! 0 1 th e firs t moto wi th Ryan Ca rlisle in tow . Ca rlis le pas sed Su lek o n a straight, but Su lek sta yt'

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