Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Jeff Dement (27) leads Chris Cooksey (61) and Mike Metzger through a muddy turn during 80cc Expert class action . Kawasaki R&D rider Mike Fisher wrapped up the overall victory in t he 250cc Pro class w ith 1-2 moto scores. Kenny Zahrt h ol eshot the firs t Vet P ro class rnoto , with Peter Murray and Sco tt J ohnson clawin g a t h is rea r fen der. Mu rray went over the bars o n the first lap and remounted in last p lace . J o h nso n jook the lea d a nd began to p ull away, while J ohn G reenway a nd Dave Wood argued o ver seco nd. Green way prevailed, and too k second ahead of Wood and Murray, who had made an incredible harge th ro ug h the pack. Rex Staten grabbed the holeshot in th e second moto, with Zahrt, ohoson a nd Murray trailing. Murray qu ickl y displaced J ohnson an d worked on Zahrt for a good portion of the moto, Once past Zahrt, Murray reeled in Staten and slid past on a short straigh taway. Murray took th e w in a head o f Sta ten, Za hrt a nd oh nson. First overall went to M urray, who 's 4-1 sco re top ped J ohnso n's 1-4 a nd Sta ten's 6-2. . " I lost m y gogg les o n th e first lap nd co u ld n' t see a n yt hi n g," xcl aimed Murray." Maybe th at was etter though! " In 80cc Ex pen class ac tion , J eff Demen t ho leshot the o pe n in g moto ver n ew ex pert Mik e Metzger, am on H uffman a n d Sp u d Walters. While Dem ent pulled away, Metzger o ugh t off th e a tta cks o f both Wa lters , nd H u ffm an. Walters scooted past e tz~er on th e las t lap, but was kept n hIS toes as th e SC R pilot pushed im to the checkers. Dem ent took a n y win ove r Walters, Metzger and Huffman. Bryan Noe holeshot th e secon d oto ahead o f Huffman , Metzger nd Walters. Metzger qui ck ly passed Huffman a nd set hi s sigh ts on Noe. etzger took th e lead on la p th ree, u t close beh ind was a hard-charging alte rs, who found hi s way past on h e la st lap. Walters took th e m oto nd overa ll win ove r Metzger a nd e me n t. Dem erit' s 1-3 topped etzger's 3-2 for secon d o vera ll. John Matalamak i h olesh o t Sa tu ray's: single U p T he Hi ll J unior o to ahead o f Bret R osenberg and teven Storie. Wh il e Ma ta larnaki u lled away, Gary Yba rra was workin g up from a last pl ace sta rt a nd egan to p ressure th e front-runners. barra zipped Storie a nd R osen berg in the kn ee deep m u d an d set h is igh ts on Ma talamaki, but ran ou t f time. Matalamaki took th e win .u st ahead of Ybarra a nd a dista nt ose nberg. T he 500cc J u n ior race was won by Jerry Ehlers, after h e held off J oh n Nea ry a n d Ed ward Gauley, w ho came from the back o f th e pack to take th ird. T ravis Mull ins ra n up fro m ea rly in the rno to , but los t control of h is ATK in a slippery turn. Mullins had better luck in the 25 0cc Juni or divisi on two race , however, as he holeshot th e rno to a nd proceeded 10 la p nea rl y half of the field. William H arnage stayed up to la ke second ove r Greg Pusley and Ed Soper, both o f whom looked quite miserabl e in th e wet co nditions. Chris R idgeway holes hot the 125cc Intermed ia te division o ne race a head of J oe Bruce and Pa l Gomm. Bru ce muscled his way past R idgewa y on a slimy straightaway and opened lip a co m fo rtable lead. Ri dgewa y finished seco n d , we ll ahead of Gomm an d Dan U lven. Kaw asaki Team Green ride rs J oel A l b rec h t a nd T ommy C low ers blasted th e 250cc I nterm edia te d ivision o ne race, as th ey p ulled o ut 10 co m fo rta b le I -2 fi n ish es, respectively. Ra ym ond Anthony an d Cole Gress arg ued o ver th ird place, but Anthony came out o n to p on his SCR -ba cked Suzuki. Divisio n two of the 250cc Int ermediate class was dominated by a nother Team Green rider, Derek Nat vig, Natvig pulled out to a commanding lead over Dan Ulven and Chri s R idge way, who had work ed up from a poor start. Eddie R eed holes hot th e 500cc Interm edia te ra ce ahead o f An dy Grider a n d Kevi n Fringer. R eed push ed h is Yamaha YZ360 out to a co m forta ble lead, a nd looked to have th e win in th e bag, but close to th e end of th e race he ca me up short o n a double an d paned co m pany with his b ike. This wa s a ll Grider n eeded as h e slid into th e lead an d across th e finish line. Reed rem ounted in time to save seco nd, but didn 't have enough tim e to reta ke the lead. Fringer rode 10 a co nserva tive th ird p lace finish . The Vet J unior class h ad a few o f th e in d us t ry's i n si d er s en te re d; FMF's Don Em ler, Jim H al e ofAXO Sport, a nd P aul Ikeda of Am er ican Honda. Hale ro de a stea dy sixth pl ac e finish , Ik eda scored 13th while Em ler had a wild ride to 12th pl a ce. St eve Lawler scored th e win ove r J ohn Mazor a nd Arnie Fry. Lex Mahan took the 80cc Beginner victory over Paul Ito, who tr ied Jimmy Varis (25) grabs the 60cc class lead ahead of Jason Shirey (72). overall w inner John Meng (221) and Reg inald Mitchell (2 2 M ). every th ing to take th e win. The tw o riders exchan ged the lead numerous times, but it was Mahan in front when it co u nted. Jaso n R eed to p ped Ti m San tana for third overal l. • Results P/W: 1. Monte Montagu e (Yam); 2. Shad Vien s (Vam); 3. Brian Morgan (Vam); 4. Brandon Morgan (Vam); 5. Chris M eNan (Yam). 600-B: 1. Regin ald M itchell (Kaw );2. Daniel Blair (Kaw ); 3. Chris MeNan (Kaw ); 4 . Justin Scullen (Kaw); 5. Perry Richmond (Kaw). 60 9-1 1: 1. J ohn Me ng (Kaw); 2. Ja son Shirey (Ka w ~ 3. Butch Gabr iel (Ka w); 4. Justin Vi ens (Kaw ); 5. Chad James IKaw). SO BEG: 1. Lex Mahan (Kaw); 2. Paul Ito (Kaw ); 3.Jason Reed ( S uz~ 4. TIm Santana ( S u z~ 5. Jason Dejager (Kaw). SO JR: 1. Jeff W illoh (Kaw); 2. Scon Johnson (Suz); 3. Phil Richmond (Kaw ); 4 . Tracy Ash er (Suz); 5. J ohn Laddy (Suz). SO INT: 1. Terry Lee Parsons (Honl ; 2. Shane Esposito (Vam); 3. Mike Gilbert (Kaw); 4. Chr is W heeler (Suz); 5. Clayton Keates (Yam). 80 EX: 1. Spud Walters (Kaw ); 2. Jeff Dement (Suz); 3. M ike Metzge r (Suz); 4 . Danny Nelson (Kawl; 5. Mi chae l Brand es (Kaw). 125 BEG 0 -1: 1. Ji.., my Lavorci (Vam); 2. Danny Dobey (Suz); 3. Lars Erik Larsson (Yam); 4 . Tracy Ashe r ISuz); 5. Jo e Brown (Yam). 125 BEG 0 -2: 1. Scon Joh nson (Suz); 2. Mike Mo unt (Hon); 3. Seth Torrey (Hon); 4 . Rodn ey Peterson (Vam); 5. Josh Davis (Suz). • 125 J R 0 · ' : 1. Kevin Brown (Kaw ); 2. Bria n Teets (Kaw); 3. J oe Degano (Suz); 4. M ike McCloud (Suz); 5. David Cincona (Hon). 125 JR 0 ·2 : 1. Brad Daw son (Yam); 2. Greg All en (kaw ); 3. Deni s Dahl in (Kaw); 4. J ohn Blair (Suz); 5. Rick McKee (Hon). 125 JR 0 ·3: 1. Nick Morgan (Suz); 2. Ryan Paul s (Hon); 3. Randy Dot son (Kaw); 4. J eff Ingram (Hon); 5. Timmy Staufenbeil (Hon). 125 INT D· 1: 1. Jo e Bruce (Vam); 2. Chr is Ridgew ay (SCR); 3. Pat Gomm (Hon); 4 . Dan Ulven (Kaw); 5. M ark Easley (Vam). 125 INT 0 -2 : 1. Dana Wiggins (Vam); 2. Joel A lbrecht (Kaw ); 3. Raymond An t hony ( SCR ~ 4. Tommy Clowers IKaw); 5. Ty Birdwe ll (Suz). 125 PRO: 1. Steve Lamson (Suz); 2. Mike Healey (KTM); 3. Tony Graves (Suz); 4 . Butch Sm ith (Vam); 5. Mike Voung (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Aar on Athanes (Su z~ 2. Joe Brow n (Yam); 3 . l ars Erik Lar sson (Hon); 4 t Jeremy Chisu m (Kaw ); 5. Donald Coyler (Vam). 250 J R 0 - 1: 1. Max Spran ISCR); 2. Danny Seyler 3. Robert Drew (Vam); 4 . Man Polosky (SCR); 5. Dan Castro (Yam). 25 0 J R 0 -2 ; 1. Travis M ull ins (Suz); 2. Will iam Harna ge (Suz); 3. Nick At ha ns (yam); 4. Ed Soper (Suz); 5. Revell e Harr ison (Suz). . 250 INT 0 -1 : 1. Joel Albrecht (Kaw ); 2. Tommy Clowers ( Ka w ~ 3. Raymond Anthony (SCR); 4 . Cole Gress (Hon); 5. Andy Gr ider (Kaw). 250 INT 0 -2: 1. Derek Natvi g IKaw ); 2. Dan Ulven (Kaw ); 3. Chr is Ridgewa y ISCR); 4. Steve Serreno (Hon); 5. St eve Nelson (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Mike Fisher (Kaw); 2. Mike Healey ( KTM~ 3. Will ie Surran (Suz); 4. Jeremy McGrath (Kaw); 5. Butc h Smith (Yam). 500 BEG: 1. Rick Davis (Hon); 2. Rodney Weesner ( KTM~ 3. Dan Nelson (Hon); 4. Mark Riggle (Hon); 5. Jack Flynn (Hon). 500 J R: 1. J erry Ehlers (Kaw ); 2. Jo hn Neary (Hon); 3. Edwa rd Gauley ( H on~ 4 . Steve Law ler I Va m~ 5. louis Peick (Hon). 500 INT: 1. Andy Grider (Kaw); 2. Eddie Reed (Yam ); 3. Kevi n Fringer (Hon); 4 . Gl enn Commans (Yam); 5. Dave Fernandez (Hon). 500 PRO: 1. M ike Heal ey (KTM); 2. Greg Zin erkopf (ATK~ 3. Craig Davis IHon); 4. Derek Brow n (Kaw); 5. Tim McClintock (Hon). WM N AM : 1. K.O. HaHhili (Kaw ); 2. Moll ie Bourke (Kaw); 3. Mar ia Gonzalez l Kaw ); 4 . Tracey Rayborn (Hon); 5. Kathy Ceiberg (Kaw ). WMN PRO: 1. J eann ie Pruin (Hon); 2. Snooltie Tinnerman (Kaw). UTH JR: 1. Joh n Matalamati (Hon); 2. Gary Ybarra ISuz); 3. Bret Rosenbarg (Hon); 4. Steven Stor ie (Vam); 5. Mark Borer (Yam). UTH INT: 1. Randy Blair (Vam); 2. Tony Moret e (Kaw ); 3. M er le Hammer (yam); 4 . J oh n Braasch IVam); 5. Robart Tippit (Kaw). VET JR: 1. St eve Lawle r (Vam); 2. Jo hn M azor (Vam); 3. Arn ie Fry (Vam); 4. J eff Haas (Hon); 5. ( Hon ~ Ken Winst on (S uz). I I" VET INT: 1. Don Pasteu (Hon); 2. Rob Hely (Hon); 3. Raymond Cates (Hon);4. John Sling er land (ATK); 5. Dave Fern andez (Hon). VETPRO: 1. Peter Murray (Suz); 2. Seen J ohnson (Suz); 3. Rex Stat en (Hon); 4 . Dave Wood (Kaw ); 5. John Greenwa y IHon). OT JR: 1. Jesse Parker (Kaw); 2. Vesels Ulr ich (Hon); 3. Russ Sears (Yam); 4 . Robert Wykoff (Kaw); 5. Randy Bir ckelbaw (Yam). OT INT: 1. Gary Doggen (Suz); 2. Jay Biery (Yam); 3. Samu el Groce (Suz). OT M STR: 1. Lars Larsson (Hon); 2. Steve Dunlop (Yam~ 3. David Rogers (Hon). 9

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