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o Ci'l Ci'l ....... Davey Yezek won twice at Madison Square Garden 's Arenacross. Coors Extra Gold IndoorMotocross Series: Rounds 4-6 Jones, Hand dominate in West Virginia By David L. Patton. Jr. HUNTINGTON, WV, JAN. 12-14 The final weekend of the Coors Extra Gold Indoor Motocross Series was dominated by Honda riders Mike Jones and David H and , who co mbined won all six finals. J on es, who recently captured th e prestigious European Rod il Cup, captured rive victories and a second place on th e three days, while Hand, from Mantua, Ohio , turned in on e victo ry, three seconds, a third and a firth. Joe Maurer of New Phil adelphi a , Ohio, also Honda-mounted, added five top-five fini shes to the red machine's totals, posting two thirds, a fourth a nd two fifths. Friday night The cro wd got to see a tremendous battle in Friday 'nigh t's 125cc . Pro final. Jason Gray got a great start o n his Suzuki, but [ell on the first la p , giv ing the lead to Maurer. Hand moved ahead of Maurer and tried to get away [rom J o nes, who also passed Maurer , as Eickel and Kenny Kizzar ran fourth and firth. J o nes passed Hand on th e last lap over th e Coors catapault, o nly to be repassed in th e next turn. Then, two turns [rom th e finish , Jones flew into th e lead 0[[ the last jump, but H and was able to tak e the inside line in th e final turn to win by rive feeL Eickel passed Maurer [or third and Kizzar finished fifth on his ill -running Suzuki. Mik e Jones said earlier Friday night that he hadn't been getting good starts since switching from Yam aha to Honda, but as the 250cc Pro cla ss went into the first turn , Jones had his third holeshot in four races. The Yamahas of Eickel and Rod Phillips were in front o[ Hand, Kizzar, and Gray. Kizzar and Gray passed Hand, but Hand retook fifth when Gray killed his engine. As Jones styled out front, Eickel pulled away [rom Ph ill ips, who now had to contend with Kizzar. Musselman had passed H and, bu t two laps [rom the end H a nd retook fifth p lace [or good. J ones won easily, wit h Eickel a strong second foll owed by Phill ips, who narrowly beat Kizzar and Hand. Saturday night 22 The firth ro und o[ the Coors Extra Gold Draft Supercross Series was highlighted by a trio of riders who finis hed one-two-three in both the 125 a nd 250cc P ro main events. Export , Pen n sylvan ia 's J ones led Hand and Maurer in a H onda sweep. The 125cc Pro final started wit h Maurer leading Jones and Musselman , with Hand ah ead of Eickel. Kizzar work ed on his Suzuki late Friday night and Saturday morning, but it still wasn 't runnin g righ t. Kizzar came through the first turn in last place, and immediat ely started to work hi s way through the field . J on es moved into th e lead on th e firs t lap and ran away as H and passed Musselman and set o u t after Maurer. Eickel and Phillips were racing [or fifth until Eickel mad e an error. Eickel came right back and Phillips tried too hard, going down in th e whoops, and turning fifth over to Eickel. Hand was a ble to ge t by Maurer after three laps of searching [or a weakness, and Steve Ch ildress a nd Kizzar mad e it up to sixth and sevent h. The capacity crowd wan ted Childr ess to win th e 250cc Pro main, but everyone expected Jones to be out front. Jones didn't disappoint th em as he [a llowed Hand into the first turn with Eickel third ahead of Childress, Musselman and Maurer. Jo nes moved by Hand, but h e co uldn 't getaway as H and stayed two seconds behi nd [or the rest of the race. Maurer passed Musselman and then Eickel went down , taking o u t Knox and Musselman. Maurer easily held third to the fin ish as Kizzar took fourth and Phillips got fifth . Sunday The sixth and final round of the Coors Extra Gold Draft Supercross Series provided an ac tio n-packed ending to the weekend. The 125cc Pro main event be!?n with Musselman out front , being hounded by J o nes and Eickel. Phillips held fourth in front of Maurer, Hand and Kizzar. Jones quickl y took th e lead, and Hand mov ed by Maurer, leaving Maurer and Kizzar to battle for fifth. Up front, Jones had a sizeabl e lead. The Musselmanl Eickel battle ended wh en Eick el crashed, falling back to eigh th . J ones and Musselman cruised to a 1-2 fini sh, and on the last lap, Hand pa ssed Phill ips for third. Maurer was abl e to [end 0[[ Kizzar to p lace fifth. The final race of th e Coors Extra Gold Draft/ Action Sports Supercross Series, the 250cc Pro main, saw Todd Sizemore wi th the ear ly lead . H and held second ahead of Kizzar, who had to put a new clutch in his Suzuki befor e the race, and Jones. Two o[ the weekend's front-runners [ell out o[ contention as Eickel and Musse lman crashed along with Gray. Hand and Kizzar passed Sizemore, and Jones and Phillips al so moved past Sizemore into third and fourth. Kizzar stalled his bike, [ailing to fourth ahead o[ Maurer. Jones moved past P h ill ip s a n d began challenging Hand for the lead . Jones flew by Hand over the Coors catapault and wh en Hand tried to repass, he went down. Hand still h eld second a nd Kizzar was right behind Phillips. Jones finished the weekend with his fifth straight [inal victory ahead of Hand. Phillips held 0[[ Kizzar [or third, ahead of Maurer. Results FRID AV MICRO: 1. J osh O'Ro urke (Vam); 2. Ryan am); 4. Micha el Andrews (Ya m~ 3. Corey Arnold (Y Massey (Yam): 5. Rick Garretson (Vam). 65 7 ·1 1: 1. J oey Ballinger (Kaw): 2. Brock Se llards (Kaw); 3. Josh ua Demu th (Vam); 4 . Ma rk Burkhart (Kaw); 5. Scon McMillin (Kaw). SO 7-11 : 1. Sroc k Sellards (Va m); 2. Joey Ballinger (Vam) 3. Joshua Demu th (Kaw); 4. Joey ; Stepleton (Yam) 5. Todd Mouse r (Kaw). ; SO 12-13 : 1. Jesse Thumser (Suz ); 2. Ray Deni g (Kaw); 3. Eddy Turner (Hon); 4 . Geoffrey Hardy (Suz); 5. Char lie Dunaway (Kaw). 80 14-15: 1. Robbie Sturg e ll (Kaw); 2. Heath Bennen (Kaw); 3. Steve Cross (Suz); 4 . Jaso n Stewart (Kaw); 5. Scott Sokol (Suz). 125 B: 1. Jason Sa las (Hon): 2. Rodger Molna r; 3. Sr ad Strunk (KTM) : 4 . Jeff Grol (Hon); 5. Ped ro Walthe r (Hon). 125 C: 1. Jay Hers hey (Suz); 2. J aso n Tolliver (Kaw); 3. Kenny Gamb ill (Kaw); 4 . Jeremy Besham (Kaw): 5. Mark Kirk (Kawl. 250 B: 1. Steve Gilland (Hon); 2. Osca r Gaeta n (Kaw); 3. Richard Carpe nter (K TM): 4 . Jason Grol (Hon); 5. Ped ro Walther (Hon). 250 C: 1. Jeremy Basham (Kaw); 2. Mike Jenkins (Kaw): 3. Mark Kirk(Kaw); 4 . Jim Coley (Vam) 5. ; Keith Gwinn (Yam). OPENS: 1. Ron Lycans (KTM); 2. Sill Allen (Vam) ; 3. Shaun Swisher (Han); 4. Michael Combs (Kaw); 5. J im Stambaugh (Ha n). SR: 1. Scan Sampson (Hon); 2. Phil Alderton (Ha n): 3. Randy Campbell (Ha n); 4 . Vincent Loyola (Han); 5. Gary Ba isde n (KTM). 25. : 1. Phil Alderton (Han); 2. Scon Sampson (Han); 3. Mike Morgan (Han); 4 . Bryan Moose (Hon); 5. Steve Judge (Ha n). 125 PRO: 1. Dave Hand (Han); 2. Mike Jones (Han); 3. James Eickel (Yam): 4. Joe Maur er (Hon); 5. Kenny Kizzar (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Mike Jones (Han); 2. James Eickel (Vam); 3. Rod Phillips (Suz); 4. Kenny Kizzar (Suz); 5. Dave Hand (Hon). SATURDAV MICRO: 1. Jeff Gibson (Yam); 2. Corey Arnold (Vam) 3. Ryan Andrews (Vaml; 4 . Josh O'Rourke : (Yam) 5. Michael Massey (Yam). : 65 7-11 : 1. Brock Sellards (Kaw): 2. Joshua Demuth (Yam~ 3. Jason Juskae (Vam); 4 . Joey Ballinger (Kaw); 5. Joey Stepleton (Kaw). SO 7-11 : 1. Brock Sellar ds (Vam) 2. Jason ; Juskae (Vam): 3. Joshua Demuth (Kaw); 4. Chris Osborne (Kaw): 5. Buddy Marteeny (Kawl. SO 12-13 : 1. Jesse Thumser(Suz); 2. John Kidd (Kaw); 3. Benjamin Stevens (Kaw); 4 . Chr is Thoma s (Suz); 5. Ray Donig (Kaw). SO 14 · 15: 1. Robbie Stu rgell (KBwO; 2. Rola nd Dia mond (Kaw); 3. Steve Cross (Suz); 4. Robert Stock (Suz); 5. Mike LaHerty (Kawl. 125 B: 1. J osh Steel (Hon): 2. Rodger Molnar; 3. Unknow n; 4. J ack Stee le (Han); 5. Todd Hatzo (Suz). . 125.C D-1: 1. J ay Hershey (Suz); 2. Chris Haffner (Hon); 3. Jeremy Bash am (Kaw); 4. J ason Rankin (Yam): 5. Kenny Gambill (Kaw). 125 C D-2: 1. Kevin Hildebrand (Suz); 2. Donald Edwa rds (Kaw); 3. Randy Campbell (Han); 4 . Brian Te rry (KTM); 5. Jo e Hamor (KTMI. 250 B: 1. Steve Gilla nd (Hon); 2. Ja so n Fletcher (Su z); 3. Butch Molnar; 4. Pedro Wa lthe r (Han): 5. Bob Sparks (Suz). 250 C: 1. Jeremy Ba sham (Kawl; 2. Ken Thomas ; 3. Chad Ba iley (Han); 4 . Robert Knau (Hon); 5. Rod Foley. OPEN B: 1. Micha el Lee (Kaw): 2. Ron Lycans (KTM): 3_ Michael Combs (Kaw~ 4. Bria n Pon s (Hon); 5. Shaun Sw ish e r (Hon). SR: 1. Phil Alderton (Hon~ 2. Scon Sampson (Han); 3. Kenney Re il (Suz); 4. Terry Cunn ingham (Kaw); 5. Randy Campbell (Hon). 25. : 1. Phil Alde rton (Han); 2. J im Queen (Hont. 3. Scon Sampson (Hon); 4. Mike Morgan (Hont. 5. Dave Osborne (Kaw). 125 PRO: 1. Mike Jones (Hon); 2. Dave Hand (Honl; 3. Joe Maurer (Hon~ 4 . Mark Musselman (KTM); 5. James Eickel (Yam) . 250 PRO: 1. Mike Jones (Hon); 2. Dave Hand (Han); 3. Joe Maurer (Han); 4. Kenny Kizzar ISuz~ 5. Rod Phillips (Yam). SUNDAV MICRO: 1. Jeff Gibson (Yam~ 2. Corey Arnold (Yam); 3. Josh O'Rourke (Yam); 4 . Rick Garretson (Yam) 5. Manhew Richey (Yam). ; 65 7·" : 1. Brock Sellards (Kaw); 2. Jason Juskae (Vam); 3.Joshua Demuth (Yam); 4. Mark Burkhart (Kaw); 5. Scan McMillin (Kaw). 80 7-11 : 1. Brock Sellards (Vam) 2. Joshua ; Demuth (Kaw); 3. Jason Juskae (Yam); 4. Mark Burkhart (Kaw); 5. Buddy Martee ny (Kaw). SO 12-13 : 1. Jesse Thumser (Suz); 2. John Kidd (Kaw); 3. Ray De nig (KawO: 4. Ba rth Lacy (Suzl; 5. Benjam in St evens (Kaw). SO 14-15 : 1. Robbie Sturgell (Kaw); 2. Robert Stock (Suz); 3. J aso n Stewa rt (Kaw); 4 . Roland Dia mond (Kaw); 5. Scon Sokol (Suz). 125 B: 1. Mike Katin (Han): 2. JeH Grol (Hon); 3. Corey Stoll (Han); 4. Josh Steel (Han ); 5. Kevin Hildebr an d (Suzl. j 25 C: 1. Chris Haffer (Hont. 2. J eff Fyffe (KBW); 3. Kevin Hildebra nd (Suz); 4. Daren TurnerjKaw); 5. Brian W heeler (Kaw). . 250 B: 1. Steve Gillan d (Hon ); 2. J ack Steele (Ha n); 3. Richa rd Ca rpente r (KTM); 4. Bra ndon Drake (Han); 5. Pedr o Walth er (Han). 250 C: 1. J eremy Bas ha m (Kaw); 2. Mike Ross (Han); 3. Brandon Lacy(Suzl; 4 . Robe rt Knau (Hon); 5. Ken Thomas . . OPEN B: 1. Michae l Lee (Kaw): 2. ShBun Swisher 3. Ted Gree ne (KTM); 4. Greg Williamso n (Hon~ 5. Michael Combs (Kaw). SR: 1. Phil Alde rton (Hon); 2. Scon Sampson (Hon~ 3. Kenney Reil (Suzt, 4. Gene Hodge (Kaw); 5. Karl Sch indler (Hon). 25+: 1. Jim Quee n (Hon); 2. Scan Sampson (Hon); 3. Mike Postlew aite (Kaw):4 . Sryan Moose (Honl; 5. Phil Alderton (Hon). 125 PRO: 1. Mike Jones IHont. 2. Mark Mus · selman (KTM); 3. Dave Hand (Hon); 4 . Rod Phillips (Yaml; 5. Joe Maurer (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Mike J ones (Hon); 2. Dave Hand (Ha n); 3. Rod Phillips (Yam) 4 . Kenny Kizzar (Suz); ; (Ho n~ 5. Joe Maurer (Hon). Yezek wins Madison Square Garden AX By Davey Coombs N EW YORK, NY• .JAN . 6-7 T ea m Green rider Dav ey Yezek pulled o ff two of three main event wins a t the 1990 World SportsiUSHRA National Armacross Championships in Madison Square Garden. The Mt. Pl ea sant, Pennsylva n ia . Kawasaki rider finished fo u rt h in the Friday' night opener. which was won by Kurt McMIllen, then swep t both linals in Saturday 's doubleheader. Dutchess ReelAra iiScottlO·NeaI/Bel·Raybacked McMillen was th e seco n d ov erall competito r on th e week en d with a strong th ree rac e sh owing o f 1-2-2. New Yorker T imothy Beachak, by virtue of his 5-4·3 linishes. was the third· rated rider o n th e weekend_ Attendance at the Garden was down for this year's version of the Big Apple AX, which IS held in conju nction with monster truck racing. Approximately 5000 fans attended each of the lirst two shows but th e Saturday finale nea rly sold out for a weeken d total of 25,000 motocross and monster fa ns. McMi llen grab bed th e holesho t in Friday 's ma in a n d ran awa y with th e win . J o e Ell ing to n wa s a n early cha lle nger but slipped o n lap three, a llow ing Yezek a nd Ant onucci past. Yezek chased McM ill en over th e final eig h t laps but co u ld n 't ge t with in str i ki ng di stance. A last -la p spill by I-t-yea r-old Yezek dropped h im to fo u rth . a llowi ng R oberi McCullo ug h into the ru n ne r- u p spot with J im Mcilva in e claiming third. Bear hak positioned himself in th e lead a t the start o f Saturday af tern no n's even t with Mcil va in e. McCullough a nd Yezek riding in ro w. McCullough crashed o u t on th e third lap a n d by the end of the next lap Yeezek had di splaced both Beach ak a nd McIl vai n e lor th e lead. McM illen . who ha d lall en a t th sta rt, was up 10 fifth a t the ha lfwa y po in t and m oved into th ird place by the e ig h th lap. H e passed McIlvain e a la p lat er but ran o ut 01 time befo re ge tti ng Yezek in hi s sig h ts. Mcilvaine wou ld pl ace th ird in th e lina l resu lts with Beach ak a nd Ant onucci ro u n ding o u t th e top rive. Beachak agai n grabbed th e early lead at th e start o r Saturday ni ght's ma in event with Yezek a clo se second , just ahead 01 McCullou\lh . McM illen suClered an ea r ly lall once aga m and wa s back in 10th at th e co m p le tio n o f th e firs t lap. Yezek followed Beachak lor tw o la p s before grabb ing the lea d "a n d pointing hi s rid e away fr om the pack. McCullough held th ird until lalling at the halfway point. allowin g Yczck and a rapdil y advancing McMill en to move up a spot. McM ill en took Crowe a la p lat er a nd then worked on Beachak before ta king over, th e seco nd position o n th e 10th lap. Yezek wa s long gone with the lead a n d crossed th e finish line before McMillen co u ld give h im a run. Behind Yezek and McMillen ca me Beacbak , Wallaa and Crowe. Results FRIDAY EVENING; 1. Kun Mc Millen (Hon ); 2. Robert M cCull ou gh IHonl; 3. Jamea M cilvaine lHo nl; 4. Davey Yezek (Kaw ); 5. Timothy Beachak lHon ):: 6. Joe Ellingt on (Hon):: 7 . SteYfl Crowe (ICTMI; 8 . Mike 8 ias lKawl; 9 . Brian Sta nley (Hon ); 10 . James Coy (Kawl . SATURDAY AFTERNOON: 1. Davey Yt!IUlk(Kaw):: 2 _Kwt McMillen (Hon); 3. James Mcilva ine (Hon); 4 _ Timothy Beachak (Hon); 5 . Dayid Antonucci tHon ); 6. Steve Crowe (KTM); 7 . M ike Bias (Kaw); 8. Brian Years (Hon ); 9. Shane Lawson (Hon ); 10. Paul 8icsak C Kaw ). SATURDAY EVENING: 1. Davey VUH (Ksw): 2. Kun McM illen (Hont 3 . Timochy Beachak (Hon);: 4 _Ty Wallace (Kowt 5. S_ C..... IKTMt 6. R_n McCullough (Hoot 7 . Brian Vea,.. (Hon); 8 . Shane Lawson (Han); 9 _ Denn.s OecIter (Han ); 10 . Paul Bicsak (Kaw). Williamses wallop Salem AX By Clay Light SALEM. OR. JAN. 12 Matthew Wilha m s, rid ing for Cycle Sports 01 Sa lem, took a hard ea rned double mot o win in th e 80cc Begi n ne r class a t th e Oreg on State Fa irgrounds Ar en a cr o ss. One race lat er , Kaw asaki ride r J ohn Williams d id th e deeds in the 80cc Junior class by virt ue 01 hi s co ns isten t 2-5 fin ish es. In th e 80cc Beginner class. Mau Williams d ictated th e tempo o f th e cla ss from start to finish in both co n tests. Second overa ll 10 th e Yamaha rider wa s Kaw a sak i rid er J eClLongi e, wh o posted a seco nd place fin ish in th e flrsl moto a nd solidified it with a filth place fin ish in moro two . Third overa ll went 10 Russdl C ree with 6-3 scores. J ohn William s loll owed Cory Full er through o ut the first 80cc Junior cla ss malO, which was th e even tua l o rder to rini sh ahead o f Doug McKuhn . Tra vi s Webber a nd Bran· don Wh ite. J ason SUllon stole 1he sho w in th e seco n d mmo , but co m bined with a first malO seven th, th e Kaw a sak i jockey would be rel egated lo thi rd ov erall behind Williams a nd Webber. Whil e H o nda ri der Ryan H a gemann wo n bo th mOlOS in the l25cc Junior class, riders were m ixing up ror the rem ainder o f th e trophy sims . Hagem ann hauled lO a win in the first mot o , bu t it was Eddie Denhem ta ki ng the edge in the wa r for the n umber two sJX>t a head 01 Roby Leach . Greg Stei n and Sha wn Lowery, fifth pl aa lin ish er . And)' Crosb y. wh o finished si xth in th e firs t mot a . was Ha gemann 's closest co m petition in th e seco nd round, pl acing seco nd to the Cycle C o untry/H a g emann App rai sel sJX>nso red rider. Second o vera ll , however. went th e wa y 01 Crosb y th anks to a DNF lrom Lea ch a n d ot her rid ers ' in consistencies. In th e 25Occ/Open Pro cla ss. Mik e Bell wa s victorio us while seco n d wem to G ary Beyer in th e fir st moto. Beyer 's seco nd malO ch arge to th e front 01 the pack ended when Ih e local speedster landed a bru p tly an d di slocated h is shou lder . In Beyer 's demise, Mark Spoone r. riding a H onda CRSOO. took seco nd . Results W / P/w: 1. Chris Lavender (Yam); 2. Isaac Dawso n (Yam); 3. Chris Kobernik (Suz). 60 6 -8: 1. Eric W ill iam s (Kaw):: 2. Isaac Oawson (Han ). 60 9- 11: 1. Cory Jo hnson (!(aw); 2_ Raben Holtgrew (Kaw); 3. Dua ty Lenaberg (Kawl . WMN : 1. Deanna Holbrook lea g); 2. Laurie Sla ngs (Kawl; 3. Jeann e Van Buskirk (Yam). 80 BEG: 1. Ma tt. W illiams (Yam ); 2. Jeff longie (law); 3. Russe ll Cree IKaw ). 80 JR : 1. John W iIl ia ma lKaw ); 2 . Tra vis W ebber (KIwI; 3 . J ason Suuon (Kawl. 80 INT: 1. Chad Reed lKa w) . 125 BEG: 1. Steve Lew is (Kaw); 2. Steve Polanski (Han); 3 . All en Terled:i lKaw) . 125 J R: 1. Ryan Hagemann IHonl: 2. Andy Crosby (Hon); 3. Shawn lowe

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