Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

...,.,"""",...",= -". iii <{ Vl a: w ----., Z a o ...J <{ w >- '" Z ~ ~ >- >- '" a '" ~ a 5 0.. 0.. :x: :x: Nick lenatsch (left) accepts the 1989 American Road Racing Association number one plate from '88 Champion Kent Kunitsugu. Van Wey (Seniors) a nd Mor ri s Norman (Super Sen iors ). I The nu mber o ne ride r in th e Best of th e West Ser ies was Ken Lewis J r., followed by Sm it h a nd Lewis. j im C la rk, Kenji Ga ut hier, Ken Eh lers , R ick " G u n n y" C laypoole a nd Jer ry H a rpol e wer e class winner s in th e Best of the West Series . A Du a ne Spain a nd G lend a J ackson were a wa rded th e Sports ma n a nd Sportswoma n o f the Year trophies . The top D-37 dese rt cl ub was the SoCaI M.e., a nd the number -on e end uro cl u b was C heckpoi nt M.e.. ., Bo yd co ncl uded the evening's banquet by . th a nk i ng s ponsors C P Cycle P rod u cts , Metzler, H i·Torq ue, Troy Lee Desig n s, jC Produ cts, Dura lu be, P ro -T ee. Ellis Fa brica rions. Yamaha M ot or Corp . a n d Ram p s by Gi no Cenneue. Results DESERT J 500: 1. Dan S mith; 2 . O,,:rrick Paim ent ; 3 . J im Clark; 4. Dann y Reid er ; 5 . Tom WI/It S. 250 : 1. Ted Hunnicutt Jr .; 2. Scott Stea rn s; 3 . Kanji Ga ut hie r; 4 . John Rudder ; 5. Rand v Moseley. I 200 : 1. Jimm y Lew is; 2. Brett Howell; 3 . Joh n Braasch; 4. Keith loonsfoot ; 5. Mi ckell Brix. W M N: 1. Ann a Merri n; 2. Don ell Aure; 3. Vi cki Scott owe ll; 4. Janen e Vigar; 5. J olene Kuri su. 250 VET: 1. M ike Sixbery; 2. Kenn y Parry; 3 . J im Eveland; 4. Scott Anderson; 5. Kenn y Lew is. Jr . OPEN VET: 1. M ike McDon ald; 2. Gary Scheidl er; 3. Ron Bragden; 4. Ken Ehlers; 5. Mik e Mulconery. 250SR : 1. Albert Hull ; 2. Steve Thomp son; 3. Ron Hall ; 4 . Phil Haskell ; 5. Jim Smit h. OPEN SR: 1. Don Burc h; 2. Gary Gar land; 3. Rick Claypoole; 4. L. Underwood; 5. T.V. Holmes. .. S/SR : 1. AI Guzman ; 2. Denni s Davidg e; 3 . J erry Harpo le; 4. Dick Postma : 5. Willie Eveland. TOP DESERTCLUB: 1. So Cal M .C. ENDURO OPEN: 1. Pete Postel; 2. Tim Moor e; 3. Dan Worley; 4 . Mike Wokal ; 5. Gary Dudley. 250 : 1. Grant Palen ske: 2. John McCormi ck; 3. David amben Jr .; 4. M anny CaS illo; 5. J ohn Uhern . l 200 : 1. Jimmy lewis ; 2. Eric Hovor e; 3. Stephen Read; 4 . Jaso n Ingersol; 5. Scott Sinni ng. VET: 1. Lynn Barnes ; 2. J am ie Utton; 3 . David Babroff ; 4. J on An derson; 5. Mark Getzfr id. • 4-STRK: 1. Ron Lawso n; 2. Randy Benn ett; 3 . Tom Deem; 4 . Richard Law; 5. Craig Scott . ~ : SR: 1. Phil Van Wey; 2. Bill Daniel; 3. Clyde Lilton; 4 I:h Claypoole; 5. J .T. Parker . ck _ S/SR : 1. Morr is Norm an; 2. Tom Getzfrid ; 3. Ron Fry; 4. Harry Keast; 5. Don Litten. WMN ; 1. Ann a' Merr itt; 2. Dan a Bell ; 3. J eri lynn Poznoff ; 4. Glenda Jackson; 5 . Ann e Crawsha w . t O/A ENDR: 1. Pete Postel . e 0 / A C ENOR: 1. Jim Ma~lntyre. . ENDR CLUB: 1. Checkpoint M .C. BEST OF THE WEST t C/ A : 1. Ken Lewi s Jr .; 2. Dan Smith ; 3. J imm y Lewi s. OPEN: 1. Jim Clark; 2. Dan Smith; 3. Dave Chase; 7. Bob Clifton (1st AMI ; 9. Arr on laMa rr (1st NOV). I 2 50~ 1. KenJi Gauthier; 2.John Rudder; 3. Char les Morri s; 4 . 8ryon Moynah an (1st NOV); 2. 5. Spencer Bloomer (1st AM ). . U W : 1. Jimm v Lew is; 2. Ja mes Summ ers (1st AM) ; 3. Mark Meehan (1st NOV). VET: 1. Ken Ehlers; 2. Mike Mu lconery; 3 . Scott And er son; 4. Gary Scheidl er; 5. Ken Lewi s Jr . W M N: 1. Ann a Merritt; 3. Jane ne Vigar (1st AM) ; 2. Lori A nn Bortr ee (1st NOV). SR: 1. Rick Claypoole; 2. AI Hull ; 3. Tank Underwood; 4. Eddie Walker (1st AM) ; 9. John V. Erlandson (1st NOV). S/SR : 1. Jerry Harpol e; 2. Gus Paull ; 3. AI Guzman; 5 Ed Butl er (151 AM ); 8. W ayne Rankin (1st NOV). . n lenatsch, Burke honored at ARRA Awards Banquet By Brian Catterson DUARTE, CA, JAN. 13 The Am erican Road Racing Associa tion brough t the 1989 seaso n W 3 clos e wi th its a n n u a l awards banquet a t t h e Duart e Comm u nity Cen ter. dJ, T he top-three riders in eac h class were p rese n te d w ith pl aqu es featu ring co lo r p ho tographs of th em selves, wh ile the top 10 riders in th e ove ra ll season poi nt sta ndings, t he end ura nce series win ners, a nd th e Mill er High Li fe Form ul a One-Ser ies winners were each a wa rded lar ge troph ies - the F-I trophy bea ring the names o f eac h round's winner. /> N ick Ienatsch took ho me t he la rg est co llectio n ' o f br ic-a-b rac . as h e won th e ARRA n u m ber o ne pl a te a n d five cl a ss cha m pions hi ps. "This means a n awful Jot to me." sai d Ien a tsch . " I' ve ridde n National number o ne bikes for Motorcyclist magaz in e. so I kn ow h o w much effor t Roes into winn ing a nu mb er o ne pl at e. " My tuner. Steve J ohnson , he's a ge nius . . . - a nd lu ckil y he was m y ge ni us th is year. " Ienatsch showed th at he was also in th e mood for gi ving, as th e journalist- tu rned racer prese n ted 1988 champ Kent Ku n itsu gu with a Shoei Wa yn e Rainey Rep lica h elmet to re p lace th e one he'd damaged d ur ing a n ea r ly-season cra sh - a crash th a t ro bbed Kun itsu gu o f hi s cha nce at winni n g back -toback tit les. Said Kun i lSu gu , g la r i ng playf u lly a t len a tsch : " N ick . . . I'll be back." T he o ther big wi n ner was Barr y Bu rke, who wo n the F- I a nd 750cc Superstree t titl es. Burke, lookin g da pper in a bol o tie and snak eskin boots. thanked bro thers J im and Mitch Leona rd for a ll th eir help, saying, " T hey bro ke th eir little bu tts for me." Bu rke a lso th a n ked his fell ow F- I co m pe tito rs, as well as the AR RA fo r ha vin g wh a t he ca lled " a great orga nization." On a sad der note, AR RA riders school ins tru ctor Da n n y Farnsworth reques ted a moment of sile nce to re me mber th e two riders wh o were kill ed a t Will ow Springs th is year - Will ia m Ald a y and Christo p h er Va n Busk ir k - a nd to honor H arr y Bresach , th e lat e ex-p residen t of th e American Fed eration of Mo tor cycli sts. T here were a few special aw a rds o n the ni ght. First was Sportsma n o f th e Year , which we nt to Scott Fa bbro , a ra cer wh o 's served as tech in spector . scorer a nd most recentl y, co a nnou ncer . Ken n y Kopecky , tr ack a n no u ncer and '88 Sportsma n o f the Yea r, p resen ted the a wa rd , saying Fa bbro earned it for sacr ificing h is ow n raci ng efforts in ord er to ca ll the races KOJX"ck y was co m pe tin g in . Ko peck y d idn't go- ho me empty-ha nded, either , as he won tro p h ies fOTh is seco n-d p lace fin ish in 750ec Superstreet and third in F-l. Ko p eck y a lso accep ted seco nd p la ce F- I Finish er Lee Shi erts' tro ph y, say ing, "Hopefull y, by now , Lee is ho me worki ng o n h is new Ya maha TZ250." Fourth pl ace overa ll Fra nk Dom ino ca lled his sponsor, Sco tt Zachy o f Zaehy Farm s, to th e stage to prese nt hi m wit h a p laq ue. Pledged Zachy: "This is j us t the beg inni n g of Zachy Farms ' in volvemen t in racing ." And fina lly, as he ent ered hi s 20th-s tra ight yea r of road raci ng, Mick O field p resented h is wife H ilary w ith a p laque inscribed with " Pit Crew o f th e Decad e, 1980- 1990." Sa id Mr s. O fie ld: "I've been th ere for 18 o f th em (the 20 year s), a n d I' ve o n ly o ne regret .. . I missed th e first two. " T he ]990 AR RA road ra ci ng seaso n gets u nd erwa y on J a-nuary 20-2 1, wi th rac es at Willow Springs In terna tional Racewa y in Rosamo nd. Ca lifornia, o n th e th ird Su n da y of each mon th. ' Results FINAL CLASS POINT STANDI NGS 400 STK PROD: 1. Hir oshi Nakajima (128); 2. (TIE) M ike Hugh eS/P atri ck M urr ay (115) . 1 500 STK PROD: 1. Mi chael Orsul an 1 10}; 2. Douglas St~eS~f~~JD~~r~~~~iMik601~s (136): 2. Alan Smith (129); 3. Saroch Han buntrong (81 ). 75 0 STK PROD: 1. Steve Gonzales '(1 1 1); 2. Louis Burr ows (87 1 3. Shawn Leipold (61). ; 40 0 MOD PROD: 1. ITIE) Pat rick Mur ray/H irosh i Nakajima (1081; 3 . Mik e Hugh es (94). 500 MOO PROD: 1. Mo rgan Seim (1081; 2. Eric Sherr er (96); 3 . Mi cha el Orsu lan (B5). 600 ' MOD PROD: 1. Nick lenatsch ( 182 ); 2. Ke nt Kun itsugu (1141; 3. Alan Smith (110) . 750 MOO PROD: 1. Ken Reynolds (9 3); 2. Jeff Harri s (91); 3. Scon Eichberger (82). 400 51ST : 1. Dale Kieff er (140) ; 2. Nick lenatsch (103 ); 3. Mike Hughes (88). 500 51ST : 1. Jam es Malou in (1431; 2. J ason Pere ira (139) ; 3. Walter Holderr (85 ). 600 S/ST: 1. Nick lenatsch (146 ); 2. Dale Kieff er (104) ; 3. Kent Kunitsugu (76). 750 S/ST; 1. Barry Burke (133); 2. Kenny Kopecky (125) ; 3. Tommv Lynch (66). OPEN 51ST : 1. Lee Shierts (861; 2. John Livings {82 ); 3. Clinton Whitehouse (67). SO S/ST: 1. Darcy Decoste {170); 2. Ellen Taylor (98); 3. William Donovan (43). 50 S/ST: 1. Kevin Murray (172) ; 2. Diana W illiams (132) ; 3. Lynda Donovan (1061. Tracy Hrach (15V), Jack Kell Sr. (60) and Randy Dugger (134V) mix it up during the Vet and Senior race at the Happy New Year GP at Perris. BOTT UW: 1. J ason Pereira (149) ; 2. J. Andrew Milton (1031; 3. Frank Domino (96). BOTT HIW: 1. Ted Lumpkin {129); 2. Mick Ofield (113) ; 3. Trevor Dunn e (93 ). BOTT VINT: 1. Dann y Farn sw orth 11071 2. Mick afield ; (93); 3. Bill Burd ett 1681. 600 SGL: 1. Nick lenatsch (150 ); 2. Frank Domino (126) ; 3. J . Andrew M ilton (1131. F-SGt: 1. Nick lenatsch (1351; 2. J . Andrew Milton (118) ; 3. Frank Domin o (102) . . F-1: 1. Barry Burk e (1 147); 2. Lee Sh iert s (111 ); 3. Kenn y KopeckV(791. • F-2 : 1. Nick Ienatsch (126): 2. Kent Kunitsugu (104) ; 3. Jame s Henderson (52). ; F·3 : 1. Kevin Murray (146); 2. Clark Twelvetrees (671 3. Albeno Gonzal es (39). FINAL OVERALL SERIES POINT STANDINGS : 1. Nick ie oet scn (895) ; 2. J . A ndrew M ilton (378); 3 . Dale Kieffe r (3 36); 4 . Frank Domin o (334) ; 5. Leonard Kirschne r (33 2); 6. Kent Ku nits ugu (329); 7. Al an Smith (3 19); 8. Kevin Mu rray (31 8); 9. Mik e Hughes (310); 10 . Patrick Murray (304). JR VET EX: 1. William Saltzman. VET BEG: 1. John Regalado; 2 . Mark Boehm ; 3. Kelly Whitaker; 4 . George Gallian; 5. Bob Breach . VET NOV: 1. CR Brun son; 2. W~. Bradbury; 3. Dan Stoner; 4. Gene Saraceno; 5. Andre Abbot. VET INT: 1. Chr is Leiker ; 2. Bob 8oldt; 3 . Doug Taft; 4 . Paul Tomor ie; 5. Steve Clark . VET EX: 1. Ron Lawson ; 2. Jeff Kaplan ; 3. Tracy Hrach ; 4. Brad Williams; 5. Terry Davis . SR NOV: 1.Tom Widd ick; 2. Steve Pyle; 3. Denn is Wi lson; 4 . J im Cooke; 5. Edward Ott. SR INT: 1. Ken Beaeh; 2. Je rry Young . SR EX: 1. Al an Kent; 2. Will iam Saltzman; 3.John Huegel; 4. Jack Kell Sr . VINT NOV: 1. Randy Russell ; 2. Brad OeHore; 3. Thoma s Englehardt; 4 . Mark Wa lters: 5. Mi ke Hotchkiss. VINT tNT: 1. Terry Pratt . VINT EX: 1. J oe Broussard. Bell tolls at Salem AX 8y Clay Light Boldt blasts out win at Perris GP 8y Tony Alessi PE R R IS, CA, JA N. 7 Bob Bold t carved h is wa y throug h a fast pa ck o f Ve t Inter m edi at e class ri ders to wi n California Raci n g Club 's first race o f th e new yea r, th e Happy New Year Grand Prix a t Perris Racewa y. Doug Taft got th e jump at th e start a nd as th e rid ers e n tered the first turn , it was Taft a n d Keven Akery side by side. Nei th er rider ga ve a n in ch and Ak ery en ded up ta ki ng a .soil sample wh ile Taft soa red into th e lead. Taft adapted to the terrain well a n d pulled to a 40-second lea d by th e halfway mar k. Meanwh ile Bold t was moving th ro u gh th e p ack very ca ref ully. fi rst pa ssing Rand y Anderson th en making sho rt work or Steve C lar k a nd fi n all y j u mping past M ike Rodchester. . U p fro nt, Taft began to tire a nd Boldt ba tt led wi th Pa ul Tomorie for a few la ps before ma kin g a clea n move th rough a ro u gh sect io n of stu tter bumps. T hat battle ca rried both riders with in a few bike len g th s of T af t. Boldt closed do wn on Taft several times and attempted to pass, b ut Taft held h is ground and didn 't giv e in . Then Bol dt use d a smooth, fast o u tsid e line to sli p pas t Taft, but Taft . retaliat ed in th e next tum by repa ssing Boldt. . T h e two riders bauled hard for the next two la ps. bu t Taft di dn 't have the endurance to ma in tain th e pace and Bold t made the pass and p u lled aw ay. Tomorie closed on Taft b ut wa s unabl e to make a ny type of move. Boldt went o n to wi n with a co m fortable lead wh ile T aft a nd T ornorie finished second .and th ird. respectfu ll y. j oe y Ci roc co had no problems in th e Mini cla ss ra nks a nd co n tro lled the entire even t. Sco tt Murphy moved fro m fifth p lace to first in two la ps in the ]25 cc Novice class and fin ished th ird overal l in the co m b in ed Novice class. Results WMN NOV; 1. Lisa Frame. 80 BEG: 1. Nath an Henry; 2. Bobby Gun ter . 80 NOV: 1. J oev Cir occo; 2. Chu ck Enscoe: 3. Shawn O·Brien . 125 BEG: 1. John Haskell ; 2. Ryan Tracy; 3. J ay Hamm ond; 4. Louis Spr inger; 5. Hans Yeager . 125 NOV: 1. Scott Murphy; 2. J eff Kaw eU; 3. Kevin O'Br ien; 4 . Dan Stoner; 5. Mario Cano. 250 BEG: 1. Cory Davis; 2. Todd Heagstedt; 3. Russell McSpadden; 4. Rob Baumgarten; 5. Tim McAdams. 250 NOV: 1. Tony Alessi; 2. Adam Spitz ; 3. Kurt Sommermeyer; 4. Paul Zelinsky; 6. Chris Kurtis. 250 INT: 1. Ken Neitzel. 500 BEG: 1. David Bombard . 500 NOV: 1. Ed Shinault. PRO: 1. Roger Hurd ; 2. Bob Johnson; 3. Mark Decker. JR VET BEG: 1. Jeffrey Watts; 2. Ron Baker; 3. Kevin Davidson ; 4 . Jeff M inderhout; 6. Jay Salmont. JR VET NOV: 1. Jim White; 2. Jack Kell; 3. Frank Villa ; 4. CR Brunson; 5. Brian Brown. JR VET INT: 1. George Andrews; 2. Doug Bowers; 3. Alan Kent; 4 . Pete Vetrano; 5. Steve Datton. SALEM, O R, J AN. 13 Mi ke Bell , sponsored by Mi ke's Suzuki of Portland, capped olf a sweep of th e 250cc P ro class by so undly thrash ing the co m pe titio n durin g arenacross racing at the Orego n Sta te . Fairgrou nds . Bell h ad p lenty of co m pe t i tio n from Kawasaki rider Mi ke T resch , but Bell still br eezed to a J.J ro u te in th e class while Tresch was left wi th seco nd overa ll via 2·2 sco res. In th e 250cc In ter medi at e class, Kawasaki rider Ri ch a rd Postma rod e flawlessly en rou te to a moto o ne wi n while Do u g G ra velle.. Eri c Ro/:ers and T erry H arnness foll ow ed at the finish . T h e sec o n d m o to sa w T own Cen te r Yama ha-Kawasaki-sponsored Hamness holeshot whi le Doug a nd Ch ad Gravelle a nd Eric Cummings ga ve chase. Po stm a rode a t the en d of th e fiel d a nd had hi s work cu t o u t for h im , allowi ng H amness to tak e .a n a ll -too-easy victory a head of Cummings. Rogers, Doug Gravelle a nd Yama ha rider Kevin Yeager fo llowed in the top five; Postma fin ished seven th. . Postma a lso p revailed in the second mote 125cc Intermedia te mot o , bu t a first mot o th ird p lace finish gav e t he overa ll nod to Mik e Hamness wit h a 1-2 score. T hird over all went the wa y of Kawasaki rider T om Marli n after 2-3 finish es. Fi ll ing out the top five . were Trever Lev itt (5-4) a nd H onda rider Mike Boe (4-5). Kenn y Olsen won bo th 125cc Pro class mot os to sn a p Ga ry Beyer 's len gth y win strea k in th e class. Olsen , rid ing for Cycle Spor ts o f Sal em , aced bo th mores over Ch ad Ber ry. Da ve Ake rman and Bryo n Ly n n h ad fier ce battle in the 250cc junior a n d Up The H ill s classes. Aker man held off L ynn 's advances to ta ke bot h Up T he H ill class motos , bu t Lynn go t the n od in th e seco nd 250cc J u ni or mota wend a ny ch a nces of a do ub le cla ss w in by Akerma n. • Results 60 6 -8 : 1. Eric Williams (Kaw ): 2. Isaac Dawso n (Honl . 60 9 -1 1: 1. Cory J ohnson (Kaw); 2. Robert Holtgr ew (Kaw); 3. Dusty Lenberg lKaw). 80 BEG A : 1. Chr is Clifford (Kaw); 2. Steve Batchelor (Kaw l; 3. Gary Terl ecki (Kaw ); 4 . Daniel Jo hnson (Kaw); 5. J eff Longi e (Kaw ) 80 JR; 1. ' Cory Full er (Kaw); 2. Monty Harr is (Hon); 3. Jo h n W ill iams (Kawl. 80 INT: 1. Chad Reed (Kaw ). 125 BEG A : 1. Bryan Fish er {Yaml; 2. Tony Haas (Hon); 3. Tom Great hou se (Suz). 125 INT: 1. M ike Hamn ess (Kaw); 2. Richar d Postma (Kawl ; 3. Tom Marlin {Kaw) . 125 PRO: 1. Kenny Olsen (Kaw) ; 2. Chad Berry (Kaw ). 250 JR: 1. Bryan Lynn (Yaml; 2. Dave Akerman (Kaw); 3. Fred Hadju (Yaml. . 2 50 INT: 1. Terry Hamne ss (Kaw); 2. Eric Rogers (Kaw t 3. Doug Gravell e (Kaw ). 250 PRO: 1. M ike Bell (Suz); 2. Mi ke Tresch (Kaw); 3. Mike AUlio (Suz). OPEN JR: 1. RobV Leach (KTM); 2. J im Kasper (Kaw); 3. Greg Heinz (Yam). . OPEN INT: 1. Rod Comstock (Kaw ). . UTH: 1. Dave Akerman IKaw); 2. Bryan Lynn (Yam); 3. Kevin Grove (KTM). 30-40 s : 1. Mik e Chase (Yam). . .v

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