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Jeff Blanchard (147) to pped 24 other riders for the overall victory in
the 125cc Beginner class at Woodland M otocro ss Park .
Hawthorne hangs on
at Odessa Arenacross
By Vince Guy, Jr.
ODESSA , TX, JAN 12-1 3
Dennis Hawthorne's double
class victories in round five of
the USA Arenacross Series
insured his overall points lead
despite losing to teammat e T erry
T inney in the 125cc class a nd J ason
Upshaw in th e 250cc class, in ro und
six at Od essa.
In th e 125cc main event o n Friday
nigh t, J ason Langford grabbed the
holeshot ahea d or H awthorne a nd
Clay Hoenshell. H awth orn e sli pped
by the Yama ha rid er on the firs t la p
and lept to a four-second lead early
in the race. Beh ind Langford, T erry
T inney mo ved in to fourth, wh ile
Brian McGary p ull ed with th e lead ers from a back row start . McG ary
looked to be in th e h um un ti l
colliding wi th Hea th Kirkland over
the tri pl es, knock ing hi m off th e pace
and o u t of the race.
Tin ney, meanwhile, pu lled in to
third p lace a nd was applying pressure on Langford for seco nd. T he
two riders weaved through traffic
and were never more than a second
apart for the last half of the race.
At th e end Haw thorne took the
checkers six seconds ahead of Tinney, who took advan tage of a la pper
in the last tu rn to pull alongs ide
La ngford and edge h im out for
second by a wheel.
At the start of the 250cc main
H oen shell g ra bbed the h ol esh o t
from the outside but slowed co nsi dera bly afte r clea ring the doubles
ahead of th e pack.
" I heard some thi ng go 'cl un k' in
my forks," sai d H oe nshell. "T he
rebo und adjustm ent bolt came loo se.
After that I just lost all con fidence
-and held on for what I could."
Langford took the lead by clearing
the triples wh en H oenshell singled
th e jumps. Then Hawthorne pulled
in behind Langford and sto le the
lead with an inside pass. Upshaw
then pulled to within striking distance of the two and pulled into
second after Langford bobbled on the
fifth lap and slipped to fourth behind
a struggling Hoenshell.
By then lappers had allowed
Hawthorne to stretch his lead to four
seco nds and he would never be
cha llenged again. Langford capitalized on la pped traffic to grab third
back from H oenshell.
On Saturday night th e riders lined
up for the start of the first 125cc
main. Tinney jumped into the earl y
lead with Hawthorne on his rear
fender. La ngford held th ird ahead of
Kirkland. Going into the second turn
H awthorne dove to th e insi de of the
bowl turn and briefly took th e lead
until T inney returned th e favor in
the next turn and made his pass stick.
" I just decid ed I didn 't want to
.p la y with Dennis tonight," said
Tinney. " Aft er h e (H aw t h o rne)
passed me, I knew I had to pa ss him
ba ck right awa y, so I got h im in the
next turn. My bik e is running grea t,
so all I had to wo rry abo ut was
winning."
Once T inney retoo k th e lead the
four from-runners set a pace that
carried th em well ahead of th e rest
of th e field and into la p ped traffic
early in th e race . T inney ra n a
mistake-free. race desp ite cons tan t
pr essu re from H awthorn e a nd held
on for the win a second ahead of his
teammate.
In th e 250cc ma in event H awth orne jumped in to the lead early
a nd loo ked to be in lin e for his seco nd
250cc win of the weekend. Su dden ly,
U pshaw kicked in the afterburner
and ma de a move on McGary for
second p lace. By the end of th e next
lap Upshaw made ground on H awthorne and block-passed h im com ing
ou t of th e sweeper.
On th e next lap Hawthorn e
jumped th e triples a nd retook th e
lead.
Upshaw reta liated with a p ictureperfect block -pass on the next la p
and set a pace through lapped traffi c
that bested the rest of the field by
a second per lap.
Wh ile Upshaw pulled away for th e
win , Tinney sneaked up beh ind
Hawthorne a nd cha llenged him for
third. T inney lept over the tri p les
.nto secon d by lin ing hi mse l£ up
insi de of Hawthorne for th e next
turn and making th e pass stick.
Immediatel y afte r T in ney's pass,
Hawthorne tagged a hay bale a nd
went down but got up and held 0010
th ird place at the checkered flag .
Results
FRIDAY
125: 1. Dennis Hawthorne (Kaw) ; 2. Terry Tinney
IKaw); 3 . Jason Langford (Yam).
.
250: 1. Denn is Hawthorne (Kaw); 2. Jason
Upshaw (Hon); 3. Jason Langford (Yam); 4 . Terry
Tinney (Kaw); 5 . Clay Hoenshell (Suz).
SA TURDAY
12 5 : 1. Te rry Ti n ney (Ka w~ 2. Dennis Hawthorne
(Kaw); 3. Jason Langford (Yam); 4. Heat h Kir1
Behind th e du o was Don Tyler, Kates , R ich ie,
Hampton and the o thers . T yler dr opped off
the pa re a nd R ich ie. Kates. Rod Ness a nd
Robert Egan mov ed up a spot, Sm ith cru ised
to the win a fte r ridin g a [law less ra ce. Behind
h im in o rder at th e c he ckere d flag was
Hendershot, Ri ch ie. Kates, Harnpton. . R ick
Cunningh am and the rest of th e clas s.
Co ntro lling th e fir st 250cc Junior mot o was
Ch eh ali s Ho nda backed Ernie Trulson. wh o
was follo wed off th e lin e by J on Ta n kersley.
W. Schu ler, Ryan And erson , Jim Kni ght and
th e o the rs, Lou Cau lkins got caug h t in traffi c
o n the sta rt a nd had to co me from second to
th e lase Caulki ns picked up th ree po sition s
pe r lap, and by lap fou r he was up to th ird. :
Up fro m T ru lso n too k the chec kered flag firs t
with Ca u lki ns in bot pursui t. Beh ind them
wa s Ta nk ers ley , Schu ler , Kn igh t a nd
Cun ning ha m.
In moto tWO Cau lkins got the scra tch with
And erson right behind hi m . Ca u lk in s co nti n ued to "retch hi. lead while And erson was
hol din g off T ru lso n. Knigh t a nd Rand y
Thompson. On lap th ree An derson los t th e
front 'end an d Trulson took o ver seco nd. Al
th e fini sh it was Ca u lkins over Trulson .
Knight. T hom pso n. Dan Trump a nd Sco tt
Kell y.
In the 60cc Rober t Holtgrew rod e to a
perfect I-I fin ish to lead j osh Knight, T o m
York, J eff Weyra uck and John Burga yne to
th e class win .
Results
50: , . Derek L.yl (Yam); 2. Tim Hucke (VarnI:: 3. Jerry
e
L. mburner (Suz).
y
60 6-8 : 1. Jason Hanson (Kaw l::2. Tyter Kaveney (Kaw );
.
..3. Andy Fisher (Honl::4 . Randy Berger IKalNO
60 9 -11 : 1. Roben Hottgrew (Kaw ); 2. Josh Knight (Kaw );
3. Tom York (Hon); 4 . Jeff Weyra uek (Hon).
PP: 1. IYri O'Br iant (Kaw l; 2. Carol Younce (Kaw ); 3.
J ennifer Gat es (Honl .
SO BEG: 1. M ike Thorson IKaw ); 2. JJ Lytle IKa~1; 3 .
Robert Holtg rew (Kaw); 4 . Aar on Doer n {Kawl .
105 : 1. DeStry Scott (Kaw); 2. Ben Rhoades (!(.awl .
80 JR: 1. Scott Watson (Kawl ; 2. Mark Bjorkqu ist (Hon);
3. Jeffy Clark ISuzl; 4 . Trav is Webber (Kawl.
80 INT: 1. Destry Scott (Kawl; 2. Ben Rhoades (Kawl;
3. Vv lJIm Nguyen lKawl.
125 BEG: t . Jeff Blanc hard (Yaml; 2. Kevin Rogers(HonI;
3. Brady Ju stus (Kaw); 4 . Bobby Frankho user (Hon); 5. Larry
Jo nes (Kaw ).
.
125 JR: 1. Lou Caulkin s (Suz); 2. Ben Kieplte (Kaw); 3 .
Brian Anderson (Hon); 4 . Greg Swoboda (Suz); 5. Glen Nolin
(Hon).
125 INT: 1. Scott Hickson fHon ); 2. Shawn Scoleri (Yam);
3. Justin Homan (Kawl; 4. Mike Koehn (Sul').
250 BEG: 1. Shawn Plamondon (Hon); 2. Steve Sager .
(Hon); 3. Bill Fasano (Han); 4. Wayne Johnson (Hon).
250 JR; 1. Lou Caulk ins (Sul' ); 2. Ernie Trulson (Honl ;
3. James Knigh l (yaml; 4. W . Schuler (Hon).
250 INT: 1. Brett Bierek (Yaml; 2. Darcy Lalonde (Hon);
3. Shawn Colangelo (Kaw); 4 . Mike Kates (Hon).
OPEN BEG: 1•. Kevin Grove (KTM); 2. Bill Slusser CHon);
3. Doug Jacobson (Honl.
OPENJR: 1. Larry Lagarra (Kaw); 2. Kip Templeton (Hon);
3. Mel Orkney (Yaml .
OPEN INT: , . Dave Hendershot (Hon l: 2. Brett Bierek
(Yam); 3. Kory Crippen (Hon).
UTH: 1. Steve Smith (Sul'l; 2. Dave Hendershot (Hon);
3. Troy Aich ie(HonI; 4. Mik e Kates (Honl; 5. Oavid HamptOn
(Hon).
OTH A : 1. Ron Sun (Hon); 2. M ike Chase {Yaml ; 3. Tom
Viel le (Hoo).
OTH B: 1. Larry Lagana (Kawl; 2. Jeff Throop (Hon); 3.
J erry Hendershot (Hoo ); 4. Oavid Lyfe (Kaw).
OTH C: 1. Randy Fisher (Hont 2. Rusty l.uft (Yamt 3.
Mark Koontz (Kaw); 4 . Chr is M orris (Hon).
OT EX: 1. Jeff Creager (KTM ); 2. Bruce W agenm an (Hon);
3. Wayn e Kent (Yam).
OT AM : 1. W . Sch uler (Hon); 2. Nidi: Rusinov ich (Hon);
3 . Lyle Mi ner (.caw ); 4 . Ray Fisher IHusl:: 5. Maynard
Rictulrds (Hon ).
OT NOV: 1. Ray W illi ams (Kaw ); 2. Steve Forte (Hon);
3. Gene Chitt im (Honl .
12 5 PRO: 1. Darren Rogers (Honl; 2 . Ban McD aniel
ISuz).
250 PRO: 1. M ike Bell (Su%); 2. Darr en Rogers (Hon).
OPEN PRO: 1. Sco tt W illi ams (Honl; 2. Mark Spooner
IHon).
Weinberger, Holloway
double at Pearl MX
By Luther St ow ers
PEARL, MS, J AN . 28
Barry Wein ber ger and Hal Holloway bo th
scored d ou ble moto wins, wit h \Vei nherger
cruising to th e o verall in th e hotl y co ntes ted
Mixed O pen ciass and Holl oway dominatin !\
the Senior class a t th e Central Mi ssissippi
Mot ocross Associati o n MX at th eir track in
Pear l.
Clea r skies and war m weat her pr oved the
wea the r forecas ters wro ng for th e second race
o f th e 1990 season . Hard ra in during th e week
before the race left the trac k fairl y muddy in
severa l {'laces, but as the day wor e o n , the
mud d ried up a nd the rondi rio ns beca me
pe rfect for close , exciti ng raci ng .
Jef f Ca ld well ti med th e sta rt o f the first
M ixed Open mo w perfecrl y a nd exi ted the first
turn in the lead. J ohnny Overby was tiglll
o n Caldwell 's rear fen der with Weinberger ,
J(>(, T hornton , Mark Lowry. Todd Mello tt,
a nd J im Allen in close [orma tio n behi nd.
Ca ldwell. Overby. and Weinberger began 10
p ull away from the battle for fo urth between
Thorn ton. Lo wry, Mell o tt . a nd Alle n al ter the
Iirst la p. Low ry went do wn in th e:" slick first
turn a nd fell to last p lace. On lap . two ,
Ca ld well a nd Overby tan gled in a m uddy turn
wit h O verb y going dow n. \\'e inber~er was
qu ickly by O verb y. who was back up III third
pla ce. After four laps. Ca ld well. Weinberger.
T horn to n , a nd O verb y were ci rcli ng the
course with less th an o ne bik e length sepa ra ting the fou r.
At the halfway po int in the 10 la p race,
Ca ld well beg an to tile and Wein berger slip ped
by for the lead. In the nex t turn. Cal dw ell
went 100 wide and Thornton a nd Overbv blew
by o n th e inside. Overb y man aged 10 get by
Thorn ton in th e back sectio n a nd took off
a fter \Vein berger wh o was several seconds
ahea d. With two laps to go . it looked as if
O verby might ca tch Weinberger, but mechanica l problem s struc k Overby and he was forced
to retir e fro m th e moto. Wein berger cruised
to th e chec kered nag wit h a 15·second cushion
over Thornton. Thornton had to hold off a
charging Hal Ho llo way who had gotten by
Cald well for th ird.
T he seco nd mota saw Wein ber ger have a n
easier time of it. wi th the H on da rider la king
the lead fro m Ho lloway on th e firs t lap and
never looking back. Weinberger rode to a n
u nco ntested victory by 40 seconds ove r the next
ride r ( 0 ta ke ho m e th e o vera ll vic to ry .
Tho rnton backed up his first mot o pe rfo rman ce with ano ther seco nd for seco nd overa ll
(and first amateur overall). Third went to
H oll ow ay foll o wed by Ca ld well . Lo wry. All en
a nd Mell ot L
.
Hollow ay had an easie r tim e of it in th e
Se n ior class with his grea tes t challenge
co m ing from Pons Thomas, wh o fin ished
seco nd both tim es o u t..
Results
125 NOV: 1. Joe Spencer (Hon l; 2. Rusty Hebert (Yam);
3. Donn Owen (Kaw) ; 4 . Farrell Parter (Yam); 5. Ridcy
Barrett (Kaw i.
Suz); 3 . Larry
BEG: 1. Mike Leech (Yam); 2. Charl ie Ellis C
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