Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

in the 1 2 5 cc Intermediate class at Glen Helen Motocross. J amie Richardson (856) took second . a: OPEN JR : 1. Larry Lagarra ( Kaw ~ 2. RobV Leach (KTM ); 3 . Greg Ga te s (Hon) . OPEN INT: 1. Bren Sis rek (Yam); 2. Don Tyler (Hon): 3 . Kory Crippen (Hon ). UTH: 1. Stev e Smi th (Suz); 2. Mike Kates (Hon ); 3 . Tom Moriarity (Hon). OTH A: 1. M ike Chase (Yam); 2. Oave Eak in (Han); 3 . Ray Gamon (Yaml. OTH B: 1. Jerry Hendershot (Hon); 2. larry Lagarr a (KI wi : 3 . Keith Bowman (Hon) . QTH C; 1. David Lyle (Kaw); 2. Jim Gladi sh (SUl). OT EX: 1. Paul Tenor io (Hon); 2. Dayton Hickson (Kaw) ; 3 . Sob leach (KTM) . aT AM : 1. Jeff You nce (Suz); 2. Nick Kusinov ich (Hon); 3 . M aynard Rickard (Honl . OT NOV: t . Bob Comstock (KIwi : 2. Ray Willia ms (Kaw ); 3 . Steve Fan e (Hon ). 125 PRO: t oSren DeVri os (Hon); 2. Jason Balaski (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Brett DeVries (Hon); 2. Darr en Rogers (Han ); 3 . Mike Bell (Suz). OPEN PRO: 1. Don Boespflug (Kaw); 2 , Scott Williams (Han,; 3 . Denn is Swe eten (Kaw). Fisher dominates Clark CountyST By Derryl Anderson RID GE FIE LD , WA, DEC 22 For the seco n d race in a row Dave Bird /D 's Lea t h e rs / S hoei / M a x i m a l H o g w a sh sponsor ed Rex Fisher took both the 250cc a nd O pe n P ro ma in even ts a ' C lark Co u nty Short T rac k. H ow ever , the Open class win d idn't co me ea sy as Ba ker Ra cing 's Speedy Kell a nd Boise, Idaho 's Troy Norris bo th p us hed by Fishe r in th e heat race bea tin g h im to th e checkers. After two restarts th e O pen Pr o main event go t o H to a clea n sta n with Fishe r ge tt ing th e b ol esh ct a n d goi ng wire to wi re. while Kell. Norris, Pat Mun yon and th e o thers bauled for pos ition s. A, th e che ckered n ag it was Fisher , KeH, Norris and Mun yon, In th e 250cc Pro heat race Fish er go' th e ea rly lead a nd went o n to th e win a head o f Kell , Bru ce Seen, Steve Hyson a n d Don Paul. The ma in even t was a ll Fish er 's while Scon fo ught hi s wa y up seco n d a head of H yson. Kell a nd Paul. Kawasaki-mounted Beau Man ley took a do u b le ma in event win in th e 60 a nd BOcc Expe rt classes. Results 50 B: r. Kati Ash (Yam); 2. Dale Ainslie (Yaml; 3 . Tony '0 Kautz (Yam). 50 A : 1. Brian Cate s (Yam); 2. J usti n Ruth (Yam); 3 . Jacob Currey (Yam); 4. J immy Ragsdale (Yam); 5. Scooter Ve rnon (Yam). 60 B: 1. Krist i PaullHon); 2. J immy Ragsdale IKaw). 60 A : 1. Beau M anley (Kaw ); 2. Josh Currey (Honl. 80 : 1. Beau M anl ey (Kaw); 2. J ason Nelson (Honl . 125 : 1. Jason Nelson IHon) . 250 B: 1. Jeff Rister (Yam); 2. Tim Long (Suz). 250 A; 1. Cory Ferr is (Yam); 2. John McE lerhan (Hon); 3 . Greg 8 isson (Honl. +30 250 : , . John Mc Elerhan (Hon); 2. Dennis A rm strong IKTMI. +30 OPEN A: 1. Buck Murphy (Tri); 2. Steve McCauley (Rb); 3 . Kevin Merrell (Yam). +40 B: 1. Jack Callinsky IMa i); 2. Ron Mehner (Tri). oHtO A: 1, Son ny Bu rres (Tri); 2. Ray Carroll (Tri); 3 . All an Ma ri nvi lle (Hon). VINT SGL: 1. Dennis Armstrong (KTM I; 2. Robert Elder ' . (Due); 3. J ack McCoy IBSA). VlNTiW; 1. Sonny Burres (Tri),;2. Buck Murphy (Tri). OPENB: 1. Jim Marinville (Hon ); 2. Reno Ort iz (Hon ). OPEN A: 1. Ryan A nderson (Honl; 2. Jeff Anderson IHonl; 3 . Aaron Waggoner (Yam). . 250 PRO: 1. Rex Fisher (Kaw) ; 2. Bru ce Scott (Yam ); 3 . Sieve Hyson (Hon). OPEN PRO: 1. Rex Fisher (RbC); 2. Speed y Kelt (Rtx) ; 3 . Troy Norri s (Han) . Davis dominates Glen Helen MX By Tony Alessi SAN BERN ARDI N O , CA , DEC. 30 Craig Dav is fo ught orr :\Ier vyn Ans rie a nd \Vill y Mu sgr ave to Gl p Uae w in s in both 500fT Pr o d ass mows a t G len Helt'n O H V Pa rk MX . In the first 50(k( P ro 'mo lO, th e riders wen ' fan'd wi th a n ent irely rt>vised track with a few rough uph ill M"(,t io n~ and a di£(t>rent start loe.Ilion. Da vis pulled the hol t'shm bu t W ;}s u nder a trac k from En gl and 's Ans tie. T he two riders ha u led hard for the Iirsr ha lf of the mot o . O n the eig h th la p, Aus ue started fading. ATK· spo nso red Mu sgrave was just srarring lo p ick u p the pace and withi n half a lap was a ll over An st ie. Mu sgra ve foundas lick inside lin e a t th e- bo tto m o f a steep do wn hi ll to bl it z pa ss Ans t ie a nd the n pu lled a way hom h im . Musgra ve was moving: fast o n Da vis, a nd withi n ha lf a la p , he WaS g lued to h is back lender. Da vis p rotected h is load we ll b y blockin g Mu sgr ave in a lmost every sectio n o r I he track. O n th e' last lap Musgrave used th e . sa me li ne he use d 10 pass Ans t ie a nd p u lled dead even w ith Da vis, but Da vis shut h im o u t o f rlu- tUIIi. Da vis went o n 10 win the moto wi th Mu sgra ve a very close seco nd a nd Anstie th ird. T ilt' seco nd mo tu seemed 10 be a repea t o f tilt· Iirs: mow. Ans tie rod e like a madma n in th e firsl ha lf o f th e race, the n fad ed . In th e overa l l it was Da vis, w ith a pai r o f wins, o ver M usg rav t' a nd An st ie. In 12:;("(' In term ed ia te anion, Yama ha rider Da na \Vigg in s topped a ll rcmperirers wi th up to 60 second leads in bot h mot e s. j ami e Rich a rdso n. rid ing a KTM , fini sh e seco nd d in bo th m o te s, with Derek M yer , riding a Su zu ki , fin ishing thi rd . T he 250n' Beg in ner race p ro ved lO be exri rin g wi th Da rin N ish im ura d ici ng to tWO mow wi n s a nd Gary Do gg ert jam m ing thro ug h till' pack to ca pt ure seco nd . Don Kadl ec fin ished th ird o vera ll. Results ' P/ W : 'l . Bran don Mor gan (Yaml ; 2. Brian Morgan (Yam); 3 . Ian 1 9erclc (Yaml ; 4 . ChrlSlo pher Tocco (Yaml; 5 . Joh ner Faulk ner (Yam). . 60 : 1. Ronald M itch ell {Kaw l; 2. Brandon M org an (Kaw ); 3 . Bri an M organ (Kaw) . 609·1 : 1. Chad Ja mes (Kaw l; 2. Shawn Igercl c (Kaw ). SOBEG: 1. Paul Ito (Kaw); 2. Jason Reed; 3 . M ike Batt ista (SuzL 4. Shawn Forti er (Yaml; 5 . Roger Clark (Kawl. 80 JR : 1. Lyle Dar user (Suz). SO OPEN: 1. Trav is Pres(on (Suz) 80 INT: t . Mike Meuoer ISu z); 2. Tyle~ Kirg (Sud; 3. Shane Exposito IYaml. 80 EX: 1. J esse Jam es (Sud . 125 BEG: 1. Dustin Lu nde (Kawl ; 2. Mi ke W agner (Suz); 3 . Set h Torre y (Han); 4 , M att hew Cade (Hon): 5. Chr is DeCann en (Hon). 125 JR: 1. Tim St uaf enbe il (Han I; 2. Aaron Werstrup (Suz); 3 . Rick McK ee(H on); 4. Travis Flem ing( Hon l; 5 . Rand v Dot son (Kaw l. . 125 INT: 1. Dana Wi ggins (Yam I; 2. Ja mie Ric hard son (KTM); 3 . Der ek M eyer (Sud; 4. Jeff rey Brownlee (Suz); 5 . Craig Montly (Kaw) . 125 PRO: 1. Richard Saltl on (Yam ); 2. Brett DeVries (Hon); 3 . llyn Thamas (Su%). 250 BEG: 1. Darin Nishimura (Kaw l; 2. Gary Doggett • (Suz); 3 . Oon Kadlee (Yam); 4 . Todd Lang ness ISuz); 5. Glenn Delatorre (Suz). 250 .J R:· 1. M ark Leonard (Kaw ); 2. Keith Shadl (Suz); 3 . Ton y Alessi (Hon); 4 . Sleven Wen ger (Kaw): 5 . Joe Acuna (Hon) . 250 PRO: 1. Frankie Brundage (Kaw); 2. Tim Lunde (Suzl; 3 . Tony Sul ek (Kaw); 4. Todd Nel son (Hon l; 5 Kenn y Zahn (Yam). 500 BEG: Bran imir Kovac (Hon) 250 INT: 1. Steve Serr eno (Hon); 2. Hunter Carot hers (Honl; 3. Scott Edwa rds (Han); 4 . Jesse VestI Hon); 5 . Gregg Cox ISuz l. 500 J R: 1. Mi ke Man isealchi (ATK) 500 INT: 1. Dave Kopel s (Kaw); 2. Dave Fern and ez (Hon); 3 . Patr ick Markham (ATK). 500 PRO: 1. Craig DaVIS (Hon); 2. W ill y Mu sgrave (ATK); 3 . M ervyn An sti e (Hon ); 4 . M arc Peters (Han ). VET MST R; 1. Tim M arsh (Honl ; 2. Robert Tipp it (Kawi. VET JR : 1. Vin cent Gonzal es( Yam ); 2. Gary Chaldez (Hon l; 3 . Bobbie Grah am (SUl); 4 . Kes W in ston (S uzl; 5 . M ic Rogers (Kaw) . VET INT: 1. M ark Brooks (SUl); 2. Dave Ferna ndez (Han!; 3 . Don Past el! (Hon ); 4 , Dean Cordell (Yam) VET PRO: 1. Tim Lurde (Sud OT M STR: 1: Robert Fortier (Yam ) OT INT: 1. Gar y Doggett (Suz). OT JR : 1. Gary Phillips (Hon); 2. Gregg Preston (Honl; 3 . KeIth Ph illip s (Han). UTH INT 1. Hunter Carothers (Honl : Racers honored at Florida Gold Cup Series Banquet By Mike and Anne Adair G AINES VIL LE, FL. DEC. 29 T he rerord sell ing 1989 Florida Go ld C u p M nt O("fOSS S« il'S 1'1IUl'd w ith a well-3 ut' l1dcd 'r banqul'l a l Ihe B oli d;l)' Inn in Gai nt'svi llt'. \Vorldsporls' J er ry \\'est hosl t'd tht' pro"g:ra m ~ « w " ~ >"" g o :I: c, Racers were honored at the 1989 Florida Go ld Cup MX Series Banquet. following the opening round of the Florida Winter AMA MX Series . a nd a wa rded trop h ies a n d merchandise to th e winners of the 10 race co ntest. Representa tives of the series ' ta cks. ' Ca rorback , Dad e City, Ta lla hassee's H yman Myers Park. Mari on Coun ty Racewa y and O cal a M o to cro ss Park were j o ined by ev e n t spon sors H ond a . H c nd al ine. Scott U SA, Ba rr s Competition , D u n lop T ires , Kal -G ard L u b ri C:Il11S and Bo yesen Engineering at the ba n q uet. Wesl said. "Our ser ies p ro mo ters went o u t o f their way to p u t o n the ki n d o f raci ng that yo u riders deserve. This was th e best Go ld C up Series ever. It will ta ke th is ki nd of grass roots effor t to pu t mort" Florida riders o n th e Nat iona l scene." West co n tinued by sa ying, " Look a t the ma n ufa ct urers who a re support ing th e ser ies a n d su pport th em . A good exa mple is Bevo Forte a nd Sco u USA . Scott has a lways been behi nd the Flo rida raci ng series and Bevo is her e tonight 10 h elp o ut. " H onda d istr ict represen ta tive Don Wrigh t was introd uced a n d th anked rider s for their pa rti cipation rega rd less o f bra nd. GUl'St spea ker Fn 'ti And rews sha red h is experiences as ;:I pr ivateer with co mpe tinR agai ns t factory U'ams wit h a lim ited spo n so rsh ip. Andrews sa id , " \ Ve priva teers hav e (0 work harder. \ Ve 'd r ive o urse lves ac ross wU nlry, w hil e ,h e facto ry g uys fly. We ar en't inv ill'ti lO ri de o n " p ress" day s and so don' t even ~et the sa mt' (rack time th at tho se g uys do . Fm di ng timt' In train a nd p racti ce is real diffiw ll. ·· J a rrell T ipping was th l' o n ly do u b le wi n ner in 1Ill' st'r ies, toppi ng bo th the 65cc a n d BScc 7-11 ( · Iass~. The ~pecia l series Spottsm a nship Award was giv en 10 th(' Ed Sa nd{'fsons of C rystal Rivt'r who exem p lified lh t'spi rit of tilt' st'r ies. \\'est al1l1olllKl'd thai ill 1990 lh t· \\'orl usports Jloi ru pa yi ng ('ve nts wi ll in e(fe c t el iminate th e Go ld Cup Seri es Ba n q uet. \ Vest sa id, " We ru n ran's all ovt'r th t· ('o u ntry a nd in 1990 rid t'rs w ill be a b le to add tu their poin t total th ro ug ho ut the ye.u. Ther t' will be a yea r e n d \ \r' orl d sp o rl s banqu et to ho nor a ll part idpa n ts. " Result s FINAL GOLD CUP POINTS WMN: 1. Bet h Rew is (400~ 2. Cat her ine Priest (384 ); 3 . Dean JOin er (261 ); 4 . Laur ie Hamp sh ir e (19 31 5. Kimber ly ; Sybert 178). S/SR; 1. AI Gardn er (39 1); 2. Joh nn ie Rau lerson (377 ); 3 . George Sm all (3 55); 4. Al fred Claisse (34 7); 5 , York Som ervill e (3061. SR: 1. Fred Vertucci (3981; 2. Bill C1i o (2 75); 3 . Dave m Ell is (272); 4. Woody Strickland (2 71); 5. Dave Wag ne r 12 . 571 PLUS 25 : 1. A lan Andr eu (39 7); 2. Fred Vertu cci (3 59); 3 . Thomas Knapp (334); 4 . Jose ph Cartier (3 2B); 5 . Jo hn Gilles pie 1 306} . P/W: 1. (TIE) Scott Perry / Tyl er Shiel ds (3 861; 3 . J ohn atha n Perevc {3711; 4. John Gillesp ie (33 4 ); 5 . M ichell Holstein (3321. BEG: 1. David Stu t ler (382 ); 2. Rob M ilk s (3 50 ); 3. Troy Pfost (3261; 4 . Alv in Davis (325 1;5. Greg Boyle (320 ). ; B5 7 ·11 ; 1. Ja rrett Tipping (3 95 ); 2. Kenne th J ones (3771 3 . Erik Wate rs (34 5),;4 . Jason Brown (29 1I; 5. Chr is Buck 1214) . 85 14 ·15: 1. Trey Small (394) ; 2. Mike Woodc ock (373 ); 3 . Brian Poggie (364 ); 4. Chri s Brown (36 0); 5. Steve Allred 13391 - 85 12· 13 : 1. A ndrew Despain (37 1); 2. Tony Haynes (349 ); 3. Dan Wood cock (34 7); 4 . A ntho ny Pocorobba (343 ); 5 . Billy M cFadden (340 ). 657· 1, : 1. Jarrett Tippi ng (3941;' 2. Ricky Carmichae l (3 80 ); 3. Er ik W aters (37 41 4. M ackenzie Perr y (36 51 5. ; ; Jason Dubrueler (3 52) . 500 NOV : t . Todd Gardn er (400); 2. W ill iam Hobson (3 67); 3 . John Gill espie (3 59); 4 . Jesse Mc Donal d (3411; 5 . M itch Reis (31 7). 250 C: 1. Brya n Abel (344); 2. Oon Pataky (341 I; 3 . Je rry Taylor (332 ); 4 . Marcu s Rainwat er (294); 5. Mitche ll Hol st ein (283) . 250 B: 1. Chris Brown (37 81 2. Carey J on es (3 73); 3 . ; Todd Gardn er (370 ); 4 . Todd Hensley (33 1); 5 . Adam Smit h 1 2871 . 260 A: 1. Jo hn Colli ns (379 ); 2. Al an And reu (3n ); 3. Fred Ve rt ucc i (3 57 ); 4 . J effr ey Lamp e (30 5); 5. Kevin Seidl 126 . 81 125 C: 1. Josh Hinson (370) ; 2. Bryan Harp er (361); 3 . John Urbon (3571;4. Todd Rion (3 101 5 . Tim Endslev(3061. ; ·125 B: 1. Rvan Dean (390 ); 2. Chris Brown (3 75); 3 . Rob Cassube (361) ; 4 _ Travis Blackburn (34 8); 5. Vinny caa5jl~: (~~°ti~rek Youngblood (38'1); 2. J ust in J ackson (365 ); 3 . Daryl Young blood (36 1); 4. MIchael Jo nes (358 ); 5 . W es Keenum (35 1). Beyer's double trouble ' atSalemMX By Clay Light SALEM , O R, DEC. 29 KTM ·mo un'ed Gary Beyer, ri d ing for G&G Cycl es, bro ught in the new yea r festivi ties a !ill It, ea rly, by virt ue of a two -cla ss decima tio n of tlit' professio nal ranks at th t, firs t o r two co th t'cUli"T n ights of ar enacro!Js racing at lhe O rt'gon Sta te Fairgrou nds in Sa lem . Beyer Slru ck pa y d in ea rl y as 'he KTM jockey sl-xd lo a dou ble-moto demoli t ion o f .' lht· 250cc Pr o d ass . beat ing Mik e Tresch , rid in g: a Honda , win n rr of th e d a~s two wt'r ks ' ago . Combined were Ihe 250cc Int erm ed ia tes, lopped by Ka wasa ki rid er T erry ~ a mn es s . 21

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