Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Mike Kiedrowski (11) knifes under Erik Kehoe (19) and Don Patton at the start of the first 250cc Pro moto. Clint Briska (54). Jeff Villarreal (55) and Eric Beinbesser filled the top three overall positions after they battled in the 250cc Beginner class. GFI California W inter MX Series Sout h: Round 4 Keidrow ski in mo to two, and he led fro m start to fini sh . Lewis passed Hughes for the ru nner-up pos it io n while Keh oe ran fou rt h fo r most of the moto after a poor start. Taylor was th e only rid er doing a lo t of moving as he charged from nearly last and en ded up in fifth place at th e finis h. In ot her Pro ac tion , Zitt er ko pf topped th e 500cc class over Gordon Wa rd a nd AT K tea m ma te Will y Musgra ve. Ron Turner won the Vet Pro class wi th Mike Preston second a nd Val T ami etti th ird . Intermediate class action was hotly co ntested with Dana Wiggins a nd h is Yamaha foi li ng T eam Green in the l 25cc class . Wiggin s en ded up in a 1-3 tie for first wi th Team Green 's J oel Albrech t, but Wiggins took the tie-break er. T ommy Clowers, Steven Kot ajarvi a nd Danny Ulve n filled ou t the to p five o n Kawasakis. Albrecht was more success fu l in the 250cc Interm ediat e clas s where he took double rnoto wins. H e sq uea ked pas t And y Grider a nd Bill Sauro on th e last lap to win th e first rnoto, the n led all but the last la p of rnoto two. A brief fall handed th e lead to Larry Lawrence. Albrecht battl ed back into th e lead , the n Law rence repassed but went off the trac k in the next turn . And y Grider ended up seco nd overall ahea d of La wrence, Kevin Geyer a nd Ulven. Chris top her Co ru m did a masterfu l job of getting decent starts a nd th en passing to the front of th e Vet N ovi ce pack rid i ng a H o n da CRI25 R against a' field primaril y m ounted o n la rger ma chines. Ronal d Wat ts took second overa ll with a 3-2 score that brok e th e tie with Ronny J ones' 2-3. Fra nk Lavres was fourt h and Greg Paga n fift h. This was a h uge class with trophies going to John Su lliva n, Da ve Graham , Robert Moo re a nd Lo uis Laney as well as the top five. Actio n in th e 250cc Begin ner class was fairl y wi ld. Overall wi nner Clint Briska and ru n ne r-up J eff Villa rreal tu rn ed in co nsis tent close raci ng . Grant Steele sto le th e show in th e firs t mota , th ough , with hi s cha rge from th e back of the pack into th e top three , but he bailed in th e second mot o. Eric Beinbesser walked a way wi th the second mot a , bu t was stuck in th e pack in th e first moto, unabl e to do m uch passin g. T he best rac ing in th e class was a double-m oto battl e between Greg Giddings, Kirk Wasson a nd Dav id Sch mi dt. They battl ed closer in traffic than an y race of th e da y a nd finish ed in that order overa ll. Bayle bruises L.A. County Raceway By Cliff McPhie PAL MD AL E, CA, J AN. 22 World Champion Jean-Michel Bayle played the French chef at L.A. County Raceway; preparing a double moto win for himself in the 250cc Pro class, then handing a pl atter o f leftovers and crow h . . h d to t e rema~ n l n g I?ros on an . T hose nders included the rest of the facto ry H onda team 18 - Rick Johnso n, J eff Stanton and Mike Kiedrow ski, Kaw asak i 's veteran s J eff Ward a nd J ohnny O 'M ara a nd new-k id Ryan Hugh es. Severa l European ri ders competed under assumed na mes to avo id probl em s with their home country federations. T he Suzuki and Yamaha factory teams wer e a bsent, preferring to practice for the Anaheim supercross. Kiedro wski ho leshot the firsl250cc Pro moto with Ward and Erik Kehoe in tow. Wa rd followed Kiedr owski for just over a lap before taking first, a nd that was the only cha nge in the top fo ur for the first four la ps. Back in th e pa ck a Bayle/Johnson/ Stanto n freight trai n was on the move behi nd speedy m ystery Europea n rider Don Pa tton. Lap five saw Ba yle and Joh nson displace Pa tton and bump O 'Mara back two spots as well . Ward slow ed a nd let Kiedrow ski by, seemingly content to wa tch fro m second. Both Bayle and J ohnso n knocked Keh oe back on th e next lap. Bayle reeled in Ward, a nd their battl e carried them both past Kiedro wski. Jo hnson sq ueezed by too, but Kiedrowski tried to repass J ohnson on th e last lap. The move took both riders o u t and Ba yle won handily with Ward a safe second over O'Mara. Sta nton ended up fourth followed by Patt on , J ohn son , Kehoe , Ki edrow ski , Yann Guedard and Rich T aylor. Ward, O 'Mara and Bayle led the seco nd moto start with Hughes in fourth. J ohnson was pushed wid e in the f.irst turn and spe nt his firs! la p o u tside the top 10. Bayle quickl y powered into seco nd, Kied ro wski was righ t beh ind Hugh es bu t was unabl e to pass a nd Sta n ton was ha vin g sim i lar prob le ms w it h G ueda rd. J ohnso n a n d Kied ro wsk i ha d excha nged words in the Honda p its between races, and pressu re fro m . J ohnson proved the catalyst that go t the Ho nda team movi ng . J ohnson first passed Stanton and they both moved up on Kiedrowski. All three riders bumped O 'Mara and Hughes back. Ba yle and Ward were safe out in front, but the Honda trio cou ld hav e fit under a blanket with Johnson and Sta nton ind ulging in a close, p h ysica l ba tt le. Kied ro wski held ont o thi rdat th efin ish with Johnson fourth and Stanton fifth. H ugh es, O 'Mara , Keh oe, Guedard and ATK's Greg Ziuerkopf rounded ou t the top 10. Kiedrowski was more successfu l in the 125cc Pro class wh ere he wo n both motos. Kehoe gra bbed the first start with Kyle Lewis in second. Kiedrowski moved up quickly fro m a sixth-pla ce sta rt, whi le Lewi s p ressured Keh oe. T ha t p ress ure ended when Lewis jammed his bike betw een the rea r whee l and fender of Keh oe's machine. Kiedrowski a nd Hugh es passe d the m bo th . Keh oe was away in third with Lewis fourth , but Lewi s soo n pass ed for thi rd a nd th e top three was set. Hughes kept pace with Kiedrowski, thoug h at a safe distance, a nd both riders pulled steadi ly away from Lew is unt il the fin ish. Keh oe DNF wit h a rear fla t a nd Bri a n Calho un mo ved into fourth with Ryan Ca rlis le fifth. A holesh ot made life easier for Mor e good ra cin ~ in th e 25-29 Novice class ended WIth Bryan Cu rt is ha vin g bot h motos firml y in han d, but Sha wn Heit moved through the _ pack to gra b second on the last lap of th e first mo ta . In moto two th e pa ck spread qu ickly, but Heit moved up a nd displaced Greg Atkin son for second. Curtis and Hei t the n close ly raced for th e mo to a nd overa ll win, but H eir's th ro ttle cable broke with less than a lap to go in th e race . Eric Casas ended up second overa ll wi th a 4-3 score with Dean Kassel thi rdle Results MIN I BEG: 1. Brian McClay (Suz): 2. J imm y O'Neal (Hon); 3. Dean Van Riper (yam); 4 . Fred Ogram (Hon): 5. Raymond Morales (Kaw). MIN I NOV: 1. Greg Yearsley (Kaw); 2. Oscar Ancheta (Suz); 3. Larry Linkogle (Kaw); 4. Dane Herron (Suz); 5. Dustin Nelson (Suz). MINI INT : 1. Br ian Te et s (Kaw ); 2 . Steve Hengeveld (Kaw); 3. J ack Cox (Kaw); 4 . Greg Schnell (Kaw); 5. Eric Wright (Suz). MINI EX: 1. Brian Deegan (Kaw). 125 BEG: 1. Jason Belisle (Hon); 2. Chris Ladley (Kaw); 3. Mer io Cano (Hon); 4. David Nichols (Kaw); 5 . M ike Carr (Hon ). 125 NOV 0 ·1 : I .Ryan Pauls (Hon); 2. Eric Casas (Kaw); 3. Ryan Johnson (Hon); 4. Jeff Lew is (Suz); 5. David Casada (Suz). 125 NOV 0 -2: 1. Joe DePato (Suz); 2. Denni s Daltlin (Kaw); 3. Bob Sage (Suz); 4. Todd McMaster (Yam); 5. Jack Cox (Kaw). 125 INT: 1. Dane W iggin s (Yam); 2. Joel Albrecht (Kaw); 3 . Tommy Clower s (Ka w ); 4 . St even Kotajarvi (Kaw); 5 . Danny Ulv en (Kaw). 125 PRO: 1. Mi ke Keidrowski (Hon); 2. Kyle Lew is (Kaw); 3. Ryan Hughes (Kaw); 4. Brian Calhoun (Suz); 5. Chad Pedersen (Yam). 250cc BEG: 1. Clint Br iska (Kaw): 2. J efl Vill arre al (Hon); 3. Eri c Beinbesser (Yam); 4 . Greg Gidding s (Kaw ); 5. Kirk Wasson (Hon). 250 NOV: 1.Danny Seyl er (Hon); 2. Bryan Cun is (Kaw); 3. Stephan M itchell (Kaw ); 4. Jon ath an J am es (Hon); 5.Ph ilip Wurst er (Hon). 250 INT: 1. J oel Albrecht (Kaw); 2. And y Grider (Kaw) : 3 . Larry Lawren ce (Yam); 4 . Kevin Geyer (Suz); 5. Danny Ulven (Kaw). 250 PRO: 1. Jean Michel Bayle (Hon); 2. Jeff Ward (Kaw) ; 3 . J eff Stanton (Hon); 4 . Ric k Johnson (Hon); 5. Jo hnny O'M ara (Kaw). 500 BEG: 1. Scon Churchill (Hon); 2. Bob Philips (Hon); 3. Erik Larkin (Hon); 4 . Mike Carrico (Hon); 5. Chr is Scon (Hon). 500 NOV: 1. Jason W ill iams (Kaw): 2. M ike Man iscalchi (ATK); 3. Greg Atk inson (Hon); 4. Chad Nelson (Hon); 5. Chad Mcintosh (ATK). 500 INT: 1. M ark Duval (Hon); 2.Tom Engel (Hon); 3 . Kevi n Fring er (Hon) ; 4 . A ndy Gr id er (Kaw ); 5. Darr en Li nd h (Hon). 500 PRO: 1. Greg Zln erkopl (ATK); 2. Gordon Ward C Hon); 3. WIll y Mu sgrave (ATK); 4 . Mike Larson (Kaw): 5. David Bagwe ll (Hon). 25 -29 BEG: 1. Scon Churchill (Hon); 2. Deve Ho lland (Hon); 3. Jay Prenot (Kaw); 4 . W eston Reid (Kaw); 5 . Bi ll Reim er (Kaw ). 25 ·29 NOV: 1. Bryan Cunis (Kaw ); 2. Eric Casas (Kaw ); 3. Dean Kassel (Hon); 4. Greg Atk inson (Hon); 5. George Andr ews (Hon). 25 -29 INT: 1. Steve Pianoni (Suz); 2. Mark Duval (Hon); 3. Tom Engel (Hon); 4. Jeff Farrin (Kaw); 5. Ed Verh elst (Kaw ). VET NOV: 1. Chr ist opher Corum (Hon); 2. Ronald W ans (Honl ; 3. Ronny Jones (Hon); 4. Frank Lavres (Kaw); 5. Greg Pagan (Hon). VET INT: 1. J ack Lawr ence (Yam); 2. Mark Olsen (Hon); 3 . Brian Kunh (Hon); 4. Rob Healey (Hon); 5. Rob Wi lshire (Hon). VET PRO: 1. Ron Turner (Hon); 2. Mike Preston (Kaw); 3. Val Tarniett i (Hon); 4. Brent Wall ing slord (Kaw); 5. Bob Runen (Hon). OT NOV: 1. Thoma s Berly (Hon); 2. Vasek Ulrich (Hon); 3. Lorin Ganske (Hon); 4 . Buzz Mo eller (Hon); 5. Jim Hollon (Hon). OT INT: 1. George Spear ing (Hon ); 2 . Ron Tuzinsky (Hon); 3. Bill Malone (Hon); 4 . Gene Dempsey (Yam). OT EX: 1. Tom White (Hon); 2. Steve Dunlap (Yam); 3 . Jim O·Neel (Hon). •

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