Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Todd McMaster (261) jams ahead of Aaron Wenstrup (9), Timmy Staufenbeil (76) and Brian Teets (284) in the 125cc Junior 0-1 class. Ronnie Densford (97) leads Joe Bruce (44), winner Dana Wiggins (23) and Ty Birdwell in the second division of the 125cc Intermediate class. Mike Metzger (22) leads Terry Lee Parsons in the 80cc Int. class. (Con tinued fro m page 8) to ca tch u p' by lap five. H eal ey h~d sliced th rough th e p ack and wa s soon: in th e leader 's sha dow. H eal ey soared past Hoftmeister a few tu rns later , a nd quickl y began to put dis tance o n th e rest of the field. Meanwhile, Greg Zitterko p f a nd Anstie also worked th eir way p ast H oftm eister, w ho eventually dro p ped to 13th. H eal ey roosted to the moto win well a hea d of Zitt erk opf, Ans tie a nd Cr aig Davis. Dan Berg h ol esho t the seco n d rnoto, bu t cli nging to h is fender were Ans tie , Zitterk o pf and Healey. H ea ley went to wo rk im mediately an d zapped Zitterkopf in a tig h t turn to take o ver th ird p lace. Anstie bobbled in th e wh oop sectio n o n lap three, which was a ll H eal ey needed to sp ri ng into th e ru nner-up position. Whil e H eal ey worked o n Ber g , Zitterk o pf powered hi s AT K arou nd Ans tie a nd began to gai n on the lead ers. H eal ey found his way pa st Berg at th e ha lfw ay po int and p ro ceeded to o pen up a co mmand ing lead over Zitterkopf, Berg a nd Ans tie. H eal ey's . p er fect scores went uncontest ed whileZitterk opf's 2-2 secured seco nd overa ll. Tom my Clo wers smoked th e rest o f the field in th e first 125cc Intermed iat e d ivision one class m o to , but had to work h is wa y past Donald Upto n a nd earl y leader T ige r Garcia. J oel Albrecht su ffered a poor start, bu t -worked his way into seco nd by the m ot a 's end. Clowers took the chec kered flag 12 seco nds a head of Alb recht, U p to n a n d G arcia. Seco nd-moto ac tio n saw Albrecht come a live, as h e a n d C lo wers engaged in a heated duel th at carrie d th em far ahead o f th e pack. T he two T eam Green rid ers traded the lead a few times, but Alb recht crossed the fin ish line first. Cl o wers was seco nd a hea d o f a h ard -chargin g J eff G ra fton. Yam ah a rider Da n a Wiggi ns stopped th e Team G reen steam ro ller in di vision two of the 125cc Intermediat e class as he h ol esh o t the first mot a a nd fough t o ff th e adva nces of Kawasaki pilo t Derek Na tvig . At one point Nat vig overtook Wiggins, bu t m is to ok the w hite fl a g for th e chec kers and pulled o ff the trac k. Wiggins co nti n ued o n, while Natvig rea lized his mistake in time to retain seco n d pl ace. Raymond Anthon y a nd Chris Ridgeway foll ow ed th e lead p air across th e fini sh line. Moto two saw Wiggins repeat hi s Iirst-rn ot o holeshot, with Ridgeway, J oe Bruce a nd Natvig in tow. Natvig blast ed into seco n d, but ra n o u t o f time before he co u ld fin d a way p ast Wiggins. Clo wers and Alb recht carried th eir ba tt le into th e 250cc Intermeidat e di vision one race. Albrech t topped Clowers and Raym ond Anthony in th e first m ot o , but Clo wers roared back with a vengeance in mo to two to ta ke th e win over Albrech t a n d Anth on y. Cl owers ' 2- 1 to p ped Albrecht's 1-2 for th e overall whil e Anthony's 3-3 was u ncontested for th ird overa ll. Nat vig m ade u p for h is seco n d overa ll in th e 125cc class by touncing th e co m pe titio n in the 250cc. Intermedi ate division two class. Natvig so u n d ly bea t Dan Ulven a nd Eddie Reed across th e line in m o to one, th en won by a co mforta ble margin in moto two while Reed bea t Ul ven for seco nd. Vet P ro ' class ac tio n saw Kenn y Zahrt g ra b yet a no the r h ol esho t a hea d o f Ron T u rner, Pete Mu rray a nd T im Lunde. Mu rray wasted no tim e. a nd cu rved past Turner a n d Zahrt. Murray took th e win with a co m fortable lead over T urner, Lunde and Clark J ones. Murra y took a n early lead in mo to two and hid from the competi tio n.· Beh ind him Turner and Rex Sta ten swa pped p o siti on s wi th T urner co m ing ou t o n top. Murray topped th e field ' wi th h is I-I score whi le Turner's 2-2 ga ve him seco nd over Lunde's 3-5. In 80cc Intermedi a te class racing Mik e Metzger took th e first m ot a win a fter sta rt in g in fourth pl ace behind Terry Lee Parsons, J ason Partridge a nd Sha ne Esp osi to. Metzger buz zed th rough th e pack a nd obtai ned th e lead just past th e halfwa y po int, a nd led Partridge, Esposito and Parsons across th e line. Metzger grabbed th e hol esh ot in moto two, a nd it looked to be a ll over ' for th e co m p etitio n. H ow ever , a run in wi th Part rid ge o n th e first lap left Metzger on th e grou nd and in last p lace , while Part ridge led Esposi to a nd Parsons. Metzger rem ounted a nd rode li ke a you ng man possessed. With two laps to go Metzger had ' stormed through the p ack a nd was stuck to Partridge's rear fender. T im e ra n o ut though a nd Part rid ge took the mo to win a nd th e overall vict ory a hea d o f Metzg er a n d Ru ss Ande rso n. Ma x Sp ra tt ro mped on th e co m p e ti ti ion in the 250cc Beg inn er di visio n o ne class. Sp ra tt led Mike Horton an d Donald Coyler across th e fin ish line in m oto o ne with a su bs ta n tia l lead. Moto tw o sa w Sp ra tt duplicate his fir st -mote performance, bea ting R ick Davis and J ohn Lombarod: J ay Biery grabbed th e holesho t in the fir st Old Timer Intermediate class mot o but Leroy Sm ith qu ickly tractored his bi g H onda in to th e lead. Gary Do gge tt th en o pe ned hi s Su zuki up a nd passed both Bier y a nd Sm ith for the lead. Doggett led Biery a nd a weary Smith to the checkered flag. Sm ith grabbed th e hol esh ot in the seco nd rno to, but Doggett sto le th e lead o n a downhill an d never looked back. Biery worked past Sm ith in th e . lat er stages o f th e moto. Mercedes G onzalez co ntin ued h er reign of terror in th e Women 's P ro class as she posted perfect I-I scores to secure th e o vera ll win. Ka ty Senger was seco nd overa ll with a 2-3 sco re, an d J eannie Pruitt was third with her 5-2 ta lly. Brend Nuttall d om in a ted th e Women 's Sportsman class much in th e way th at G onzal ez did' th e Pro s. Nu tta ll took both mOlOSa hea d of KO Halfh ill , while Jeanette H ow ell and Maria G onzalez tra ded positi ons in both mo tos. Nuttall took the o vera ll, Halfhill wa s seco nd with a pair o f seco n ds, a nd G onzal ez's 4-3 to p ped • H owell 's 3-4 for third overa ll. Results . . P/ W : 1. Mont e Montaglie (Vam); 2. Brandon M org an (Yam) ; 3 . Jimmy St ewart (Yam); 4 . Br ian M org an (Yam ); 5 . Daniel Blair (Yaml. 60 O·B: 1. Regin ald M itchell (Kawl; 2. Brandon M organ (Kaw); 3 . Chr is M cNall (Kaw ); 4. Justin Scull en (Kaw); 5. Daniel Bla ir (Kaw ). 60 9 ·1 1: 1. Joh n M eng (Kaw) ; 2. J ason Sh irey IKa w) ; 3 . Josh Tarantino (Kaw) ; 4 . Jimmy O"Neal (Han); 5 . Je rry Al eman (Kaw ). BIG WH L: 1. Gr eg Demps ter (Kaw ); 2. Steve M eier (Kaw) . BO 12 ·16; 1. Chris Finley (Kaw ); 2. Paulita (Kawl; 3 . Jason Reed (Suz); 4. Mike Halguin (Suz); 5. Jeremy West IKawl. BO JR : 1. Jeff ·W illoh (Kawl; 2. SCali Johnson . (Suz); 3 . Gregory Zaratiequi (Kaw) ; 4. John Leddy (Suz); 5 . Brett Klinger (Kaw) . BO EX: 1. Jeff Dement (Suz); 2. Steve Andrich (Suz~; 3. Jesse James (5uz); 4 . Michael Brandes (Kaw); S. Damon Huffman (Kaw). BOINT: 1. Jason Panridge (Kaw) ; 2. Mike Metzger (Suz~; 3 . Shane Esposito (Yam); 4. Russ Anderson (Suz); 5 . Terry Lee Parsons (Han). 80 OPEN: 1. Jason Patr idge (Kaw) ; 2. Chr is Wheeler (Su z); 3 . Travis Preston (Suz);' 4 . John Meng (Kaw); 5 . Jimmy O'Nea l (Han) . 125 BEG 0 ·1 : 1. Max· Spratt (Suz); 2. SCa li Johnson (Suz); 3.' Shay Fretwell (Suz); 4 . Mike Genzo li (Suz); 5. Tim y Levere! (Vam ). 125 BEG 0 ·2: 1. Stev e Van Sick el(Hon ~ 2. Jeff Pennington (Hon); 3 . Rudy Fariss (Han); 4 . David Rasmussen (Han); 5. Mark DeShane (Han). 125 JR 0 ·1 : 1. Jo nas Dunn (Vam): 2. Timmy Staufenbeil (Han); 3 . Todd McMaster (Yam ): 4. Aaron W enstrup (Suz); 5. Jeff Lewis [Suz!.. 125 JR 0 ·2: 1. J .J. Petchel (Vam ); 2. Steve Drew (Vam): 3 . Jerry Jellon (Suz); 4. M ike Odell (Han ); 5 : Enr ico Barian i (Yam ). 125 JR 0·3: 1. Ryan Paul s (Han); 2. Mark Desch (Vam); 3. Dennis L Dahlin II (Kaw): 4. Matt Polask y (Kaw ): 5. Mike Lalle (Suz). 125 JR 0 ·4: 1. Brandon Backes (Suz ~ 2. J eff J ones (Su z); 3 . Guy Ballaglia (Suz); 4 . Mike McCloud (Suz). 125 INT 0 - 1: 1. Joel Albrecht (Kaw); 2. Tommy Clowers IKaw); 3 . Donald Upton (Han); 4. Jeff Gralton (SUl); 5 . Tyler Hummel (Suz). 125 INT 0·2: 1. Dana Wiggins (Yam); 2. Derek Natv ig (Kaw ); 3. Chris Ridgway (Suz); 4. Ty Birdwell (Suz); 5 . Raymond Anthony (Suz). 125 PRO: 1. M ike Kiedrowski (Han); 2. Mik e Healey (KTM ); 3 . Dean Matson (Suz); 4. Steve Lamson (Suz); 5. Jeremy McGrath (Kaw) . 250 BEG 0 ·1 : 1. Max Apratt (Suz): 2. Donald Colv er (Vam); 3. John Lombarod (Honl; 4 . Rick Dayi, (Han); 5 . Eddie Hatch (Vam). 250 BEG 0 ·2 : 1. Morgan G. Steele (Cag); 2. Aaron Athanas (Suzl ; 3. Joe Brown (Vam); 4 . Jeff Penn ington (Han); 5 . Jerry Chisum (Kaw). 250 JR 0 -1 : 1. Danny Seyler (Han); 2. Mark Klauser (Kaw) ; 3. Dan Castro (Varni; 4 . Tim Hallisey (Vam); 5. Luigi Bariani (Vam). 250 JR 0 ·2: 1. Mike SCali (Vam); 2. Mall Polosley (Suz); 3 . Robert Drew (Yam); 4 . Travi s Mullins (SCR); 5 . Mike McCloud (Suz). 250 INT 0 ·1 : 1. Tommy Clowers (Kaw); 2. Joel Albrecht (Kaw) ; 3 . Raymond Anthony ( S u z~ 4. Steve Serrano (Han); 5. Kevin Geiger (Yam). 250 INT 0·2: 1. Derek Natvig (Kaw) ; 2. Eddie Reed (Vam); 3 . Dan Ulver (Kaw); 4. Larry Lawrence (Vam ); 5. Pall Gomm (Han) . 250 PRO: 1. Dean Matson (Suz); 2. Erik Kehoe (Han); 3 . M ike Fisher (Kaw); 4 . M ike Healey (KTM ~ 5 . Mike Voung (Yam). 500 BEG: 1. Rick Davis (Han ); 2. Dan Nelson (Han ); 3. Kyle Kenwonhy (Han); 4. Aaron Lunsford (Kaw ); 5 . Jack Flythem (Han). 5OOJR: 1. EdGauley (Hon ); 2.John Negrey (Hon ); 3 . Louie Peick (Han ); 4. Jerrey Ehler s (Kaw); 5. Trav is Mullins (ATK). 500 INT: 1. Kevin Fringer (Han); 2. Eddie Reed (Yam); 3 . John M . (Yam); 4 . Erich Shofstall (Han); 5. Andy Grider (Kaw). 500 PRO: 1. M ike Healey ( KTM ); 2. Gre z Zillerkopf (ATKI; 3. Mervyn Anstie (Han); 4. Dan Berg (Han); 5. Craig Davis (Han). YTH JR : 1. Loui e Oeick (Han); 2. Don Slevertson (Ho'n); 3 . Richard Bartan (Yam); 4 . Rob Martinda le (Han); 5 . Dean Kassel (Han ). VET JR : 1. Steven Lawler (Vam ); 2. Steve Donovan (Suz); 3 . Nick Athans (Yam); 4 . J im Hale (Suz): 5 . Dave Graham (Suz). VET INT; 1. David Donaldson (Vam); 2. Rob Heal y (Han); 3. Richard Boiteau (Suz); 4 . Don Pastell (Han); 5. Dave O'Brien (Kaw). VET MSTR : 1. Jon M iller (Vam); 2. Tim Marsh (Han); 3 . John McCaughey (SUl) ; 4.' Bob Tipp it (Kaw); 5. Joel Harriott (Kaw) . VET PRO: 1. Pete Murray (Suz); 2. Ron Turner (Han); 3. Tim Lund e (Suz); 4 . Rex Slaten (Hon~ 5. SCali Johnson (SUl) . OT MSTR : 1. Jim O'Neal (Han); 2. Lars Larsson (Han); 3 . Raben Fort ier (Vam): 4. David Rogers (Han); 5. Steve Dunlap (Yam). OT JR : 1.. Gary Phill ips (Han); 2. J esse Parker (Kaw): 3 . Russ Sears (Vam); 4 . Greg Voung (Han ); 5 . Randy Birc kelbard (Vam). OT INT: 1. Gary Doggell ISuz); 2. Jay Biery (Vam); 3 . Leroy A . Sm ith (Han ). WMN SPTSMN : 1. Brenda Nuttall (Han); 2. KO Halfhill {Kaw}; 3 . Ma r ia Gonzal ez (Ka w); 4. J ean ett e Howell (Han); 5. Mollie Bourke (Kaw ). 12 5 PRO WMN : 1. M erced es Gonza lez (Kaw) ; 2. Katy Senger (Han); 3 . Je ann ie Pru in (Han); 4 . Tam i Rice (Suz); 5 . Snookie Tinnerman (Kaw) .

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