Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Beau Manley won the 60cc class at Woodland Motocross Park. Anderson flies at Woodland Scrambles By Derryl Anderson WOODLAND, WA, J AN. 21 Electro Ra cin g/M i. H ood Ho nda/Chris Carrl Arai/Blendzall /DNF Cycl e-b ack ed R ya n Anderson battled all day lo ng with Ph il Prutsman to na rrowly ta ke the 250cc class win a t th e Woodland Scrambles. Anderso n got the scra tch in mot o o ne followed closely by Pru tsma n , Mike H ickman . T ravis Goff. Ro n Kent a nd th e ot hers , After 3 la p Pr utsman got a good drive co ming out of tum two and new by Anderson over 'the ju mp. Anderson stuck to Prutsrnan like glue and the next lap he repa ssed Prutsman in th e air. The d uo ba ttl ed back and forth un til two laps la ter when J eff Reister went down hard. br in gin g o ut th e red na gs and the medic. On the restar t And erson o nce agai n go t th e hol esho t, Prutsman was ridi ng the deep h igh line in the comers. wh ich didn't seem to work as well as Anderso n's li ne in the m iddl e. Meanwh ile Jerem y Porter work ed his way from last 10 fourth righ t beh ind Kent, This was quite a task for Porter as he was the o nly 125 th at was combined with the 250s. At th e chec kered n ag it was And erson over Pru tsman , Kent. Porter. Mike Hick ma n and G reg Slyter. In the fina l mo to Anderso n go t the scra tch ah ead of Pru tsman, Kent. H ickman . Po rter a nd Slyter. Po rter battled all mot o wit h Hi ckman a nd fina lly took the adva ntage o n lap fo ur . U p front Anderso n was flyin g with Prut srna n a ll o ver h im but not quite able to mak e a move. At the finish it was Anderson . Prutsrna n, Ken t, Porter, H ickman and Slyter. Eight riders jammed th e sta rting line in th e 80cc class . Kawasak i-mounted Beau Man ley go t the hol eshot an d went wire to wire ahead of Porter. Josh Bru ce, J ason Nelson a nd the o thers . Nelso n passed Bru ce to take over thi rd wh ile Manley co nti nued to lead Porter. At the end it was Manley , Porter, Nel son, Bru ce, Cory Ellis. Travis Goff and J osh Cu rr ey. In the last rnoto Porter came off th e line fast and showed th e way home to Manl ey, Bru ce and the others. No ne of the positions changed th ro ug ho ut the race a nd a t the finis h it was Porter , Man ley, Bruce, Goff, Nelson, Ellis and Currey. ' In the Open class DNF Cycle-backed David Hend ersh o t went the dis ta nce ahea d of Kevin Bass, Pru tsman an d the o thers , Results 50 : 1. Mik e Todd (Yam); 2. Ju stin Ruth (Yam);: 3. M an Frll nk (Yam). 60 : 1. S.au Manley (Kaw); 2. Joshua Curr ey (Hon); 3 . Dan St ief (law) . 80: 1. Jer em y Porter (Hon); 2. Beau Ma nley (Kaw); 3. Josh Bruce (Kaw); 4. Jason Nelson (Han l. 125 : 1. Jeremy Pan er (Hon). 250: 1. Ryan Ande rson . (Hon ); 2. Phil Prutsman (Yam); 3. Ron Kent (Hon); 4. M ike Hiclc.man(Y.m). OPEN: , . D.... id Hendershol (Hon l; 2 . Kevin Bass (Hon ); 3. Phil Prutsman (Y. m). 6th Annual MARRC awards banquet By Steven Hegg 38 COLL EG E PARK. MD , FEB. 3 The 6th Annual Mid ·Atlantic Roa dra cing Club Award s Banquet saw MAR RC President, Robert Lyle, preside o ver 145 members as Master of Cere mo nies. Roger Edmo ndson, d irector of AMAlCCS. pr esent ed tro phies to the AMAlCCS Mid· Atla ntic Regional Champ ions, and o utli ned the massive 1990 A MA / CCS road racing contingency program . . Jud y Mor se represent~ WERA, and read a letter from WE RA 's Evelyn Pri tz and Kurt H a ll , w h ic h o ut li ne d th e 1990 WE RA program. highl igh ted by the eme rge nce of televised Formula US A ra ces. Jack Smit h of Sport Cycle Products and But ch La Cro ix of Team Ro th mans Honda were invited to present the MARRC Tuner of th e Year Award , whi ch wen t to Ran d y Pugh and Bill Or den. Lyle presented a lea the r br iefca se to MARRC board mem ber Karen Cooper as recognition of her dedication to th e highlysuccessful MARRC social activities. He also presented Service Appreciation Awards 10 Harry a nd J udy MODe for th eir past efforts as MARRC board mem bers, The year 1989 was another ba nner one for the MAR RC Safety Crew. A total of 158 different people wor ked 725 man-days at 10 MAR RC events, coveri ng a total of 21 days . All of th e 89 people that worked on e out of three days were awarded a Safety Crew necke rchief and pin; the 40 people th at worked four out of ni ne days. were a warded a Safety Crew hooded sweatsh irt and pin; and th e 29 people tha t worked 10-21 days . were awarded a pin and a cove ted Safety Crew ja cket. MARRC Roa d raci ng School Director Sam Backus presented jackets and staff shi rts to the 15 instructors and assistants that helped him graduate 75 Novice road racers [rom th e school in 1989. The MARRC Cup, a n award fo r dedi catio n to the adva ncement of mo torcycle road racinl? ' was presented to Michael D. G reen for hIS ou tsta ndi ng con tri butio ns as the edito r of the MARRC Newslett er and as a motojournal isl. Other MARRC Awar ds were prese nted to Roy Wilson . Co merwo rker of the Year; Dean Middlet on, J eff Bro wn Mem ori al Award; Randy Ren frow . Pro Rid er of th e Year; Team America , End ura nce T eam of the Year; Dave Fine, Twins Rider of th e Year; Bill Bloo m, Vintage R ider of th e Year; Glen n Szarek, Heavyweigh t Expe rt Rider of th e Year ; Chuck Neigh off , Heavyweigh t Novice Rider of the Year; David Murray, Middleweigh t Expert Rider of the Year; Brian Miller, Middleweight No vice Rider of th e Year ; Bobby Von Nessen, Lighrweigh t Expert Rider of the Year; Dean Middleto n , Lightwei ght Novice Rider of th e Year; Steve Harri son , Best Looking Race Bike; Ha rry MODe, WODt Lookin g Race Bike; Brian Gristick, Cras h and Bu m Award. Anderson, Bass, Hendershot, Porter top Woodland Scrambles By Derryl Anderson WOODLAND. WA, FEB. 4 All of th e mot or cycle classes o ver BOcc were co mbi ned int o on e group and scored separat ely toda y at the Woodland scra mb les trac k an d taki ng win s in the' co mbined class were David Hen dersh ot in the T wo-Stro ke O pen class , Ryan Anderson in the 250cc class . Kevin Bass in th e Four-Stroke O pen class a nd Jerem y Port er in the 125cc class . T orrential rain s severa l da ys prior to the event held back th e rider en try. T he mul ti-combined cla ss made for excellent racin g as DNF Cycle's David Hendersho t too k hi s Open cla ss two-stro ke Hond a into th e lead of rnoto o ne ahea d of Ryan Anderso n a nd Dean Autrey, w ho were side by side for a lmo st a lap unti l young Anderson pulled ahea d. Behind th e leaders were Porter on the 125 th en Bass, Jeff Rister and Mark Ain slie. Anderson pulled within 12 yards of He nd ersho t but co uld n't get an y close r to the big CR. With two la ps to go Bass went under P o r ter for fo u rth. At th e fin ish it wa s Hendershot , And erson, Au trey. Bass, Porter, R ister and Ain slie. In the fina l moro And erson a nd H end ersh ot came off th e lin e side by side with Anderson getti ng th e lead comi ng out of tum two. H en dershot was a ll o ver And erson look in g for an o pe ni ng that finally appeared on lap four while headin g th ro ugh a sweeper . Hen dersh ot got under And erson and p ush ed him o ut in the deep stufl. Ander son never let He ndershot out of his sight bu t o nce agai n the big bore was too fast. Meanwhile Au trey got pas t Bass and wit h a lap to go passed RISter also. At the end it was Hend ersho t over Anderson. Porter, Autrey, Bass, Rister and Ain slie. T he 80cc class featured a battl e between th e seaso n po in t leaders. In mot a o ne J ason Nelso n got the ini tia l lead followed by Porter . &au Manley, Travis Goff and Hood River Hon da 's Josh Currey. Manley a nd Port er were all o ver Nelson and comi ng out of tum four th ey we re three abreast. Manl ey, o n th e o utside , slid o ut. allowi ng Por ter to ta ke co ntro l of the lead. Porter pUI alio ut 40 yards o n Nelson while Manley restarted and go t back in the race. With a lap to ~o Manl ey had wo rked his way back into thlld. At the fin ish it was Por ter, Nel son , Man ley, Goff a nd Cu rrey. Mot o two saw Manl ey with a pe rfect sta rt ahea d of Po rter and th e ot hers . However, Porter was righ t on Manley's rear tire lap after lap. On lap five they caug ht u p with Currey. Manl ey went right and Port er wen t left. Co ming O U I with the lead was Porter, who took it right to th e chec kered flag ahead of Manley, Nelson, Goff a nd Currey. Results 50: 1. M ike Todd (Yamt 2. Man Frank (Yam); 3. Dale Ainsl" (Yam); 4 . Jacob Currey (Yaml . 60; , . Beau Man ley (Kaw); 2. Jos hua Curr ey (Hon). 80 : 1. Jer emy Port., (Hon ); 2. Be.u M. nl ey lK aw ); 3 . J.son Netson (Hon); 4. Travis Goff (Hon). 125: 1. J eremy Porter (Hon). 250: 1. Ryan Anderson (Hon); 2. Dean Aut rey lHon ); 3. Jeff Risler (Yam). 4·STR K: 1. Kevi n Bass (Hon l; 2. M arit A inslie (Hon ). OPEN: 1. O. ... d Hendershot (Hon). r Shue walb off with Circle ftC" MX win By Dene Olive TALLASSEE. AL , FEB. 4 Ho nda -mo un ted Matt Shue took three of four moto wins in the 125cc Youth and l25cc B clas ses at Circle " C" Motocross. Today's event was th e firsr stop of a three-race Q ua lifier Seri es for the National Amateur Supercross Seri es ra ce in Atla nta 's Fu lt o n Cou n ty Stadium. The top th ree riders with the best overal l series score in each class is guaran teed a position for th e February 25 Atlanta race. Moto o ne of the l25cc B clas s saw Bra ndon Smith reach th e first turn befor e Johnny Dean . Kevin Cozard and Shue. By lap two Sh ue passed Cozard with a n ins ide line over a tabl etop jump. Shue was soon withi n reach of Dean and th e pas s was mad e whe n Dean mad e a slig h t error. On the last lap . three turns befor e the chec kered flag , lead er Sm ith crashed in a turn and Sh ue inherited the lead and took . th e chec kered flag befor e Smith and Dean . Mot o two saw Sha ne Hatfield pull the holesho t and control th e lead fro m start 10 finish. Shue go t a fifth p lace sta rt and was abl e to mo ve u p to second before time ran o u t in the five-lap moto. Sco tt Stephe ns fini shed third. Sh ue's 1-2 score still gave h im first o vera ll. In the l25cc Youth class Sh ue co ntrolled bo th mot os fro m sta rt to finish . Whil e Hondamo unted Ch ris McN eill 3-2 score gave him the overall second pl ace. Darryl Heisler 's hol esh ot in mo to o ne of the l25cc A class was short- lived wh en Ashl ey Ep ps Jr. ou trode him o n the first lap. H eisler worked hard to try to rega in hi s initial lead but cras hed. gi ving Busbee Dryer seco nd pl ace with Heisler fin ishi ng thi rd. In rnoto two Dyer too k the ho leshot and again Epps was th ere trying to take th e lead while a bad star t for Heisler ha d him movi ng to ward the fro nt, Midway th rough th e moto Dyer was losin g ground while Heisler ha d passed Epps, th en mad e a pass o n Dyer . Dyer repa ssed Heisler, but o n th e last lap Heisler made the final pass for the lead . At the chec kered flag a tri u mp ha nt Heisler clai med first p lace overall wit h hi s 3-1 score agai nst Dyer's 2-2 score and Epp's 1-3 tally. Results 51: 1. J immy Reeves Jr . (Yamt 2. Aaron Lindsey evaml; 3. Nige l Gumha rp {Y.m). 65 : 1. Sco tt Pinson (Kaw ); 2. Matt W alker lKaw); 3. Aa ron U-.vIYam ~ 85 7·11: 1. Scott Pinson (Kaw). 8512·1 3: t . D. myn Sawmepoel (Yam); 2. Gary Kellum (S ud; 3. Danny Haynes (Kaw l. 85 14- 15: 1. Dwe yne Bone (Hont 2. Scott Bryant (Hon ).; 3. Tom Kdd (Kaw l. . 125 YTH: 1. M att Sh ue (Hon); 2. Chris M cNeill (Hon ); 3. Brya n Thor m on (Hon) . 125 8 : 1. Matt Sh ue (Hon); 2. Srandon Smit h (Kawl; 3. Sha ne Hatf ield (Suz). , 1.25 C: 1. P.J . Howell (Hon); 2. Scott Moore (Hon); 3. AaPun D.y (Hon). 250 8: 1. J ohnny Dean (Hon ); 2. Bran don Smith (Kaw) ; 3. Gary Brown (Hon). 250 1. Chris Pur cell (Hon ); 2. Scott MOOf'II (Hon ); 3. M ike McComvill e (Hon). 500 NOV: 1. Brian Robertson (Sur ); 2. Kevin Mathews (Hon); 3. Robert Tarvin (Hon). 25 PLU 1. Rand y Hooks (Hon ); 2. Rid. Chan ce (Yam); S: c: 3. G,.. Tyson. SR: 1. Kennet h Wood (Kaw ); 2. Ben ny Dorrough (KTM J; 3, Kevin Ma thews lHonl. S/SR: 1. Bryan Kennedy (Kaw). 125 PRO; 1. Darryl Heisler (Yam); 2. Busbee Dyer (Hon); 3. As hley Epps (Hon). 250 PRO; 1. Murray Smit h evaml; 2. Shan e Pene (Suz); 3 . Tommy ~yers (SUl). the series was or iginally formed by a small . group of riders. After keying in the cro wd as to what to expect in 1m, he presented a check of over $1600 o n beh alf of all the riders to Wilma Norris, Child Life Coo rdi na tor a t the Child ren's Medical Cent er of the Medical Co llege of Virgin ia. In add itio n, Judy Norris presented a chec k for $1000 to the CMC o n behalf of th e She na ndoah ORV Association and th e Aid Associatio n for Lu thera ns , T om Bartlett was then give n th e podi um and to ld th e audience of the positive feedback towards the series that he had received from various man u fa cturers. He a lso rei terated th e series motto and praised. the promoters and the VCHS officers for the trem endous job they have do ne in promoting the sport in Virginia. He rem inded the peo ple 10 support the people that support the sport and noted that every motorcycle manufacturer had do na ted to th e series this year. Series Awards COordinator Bobb y Wilt then took over the helm. Wilt co nd ucted a drawing for a pil e of women's g ifts th at were donated by the various promot ers as th eir way of saying "Tha n ks" for th e wom en 's'su ppo rt in letting us " p lay" on motorcycles. Afterwards. Wilt introduced the " Czar of Moto rcross" Bevo Forte, wh o n ew in from Los Angeles 10 represent one of the series spo nsors Scott Goggles. Bevo, a crowd favori te, told severa l h umor o us tales incl udi ng o ne of p laying volleyball against some of the Vir(:inia riders with southern acce nts at the Mi m O lympics in Flor ida. At last year's Cincin nati trade show. Bevo was o verheard sayi ng, " All it wo u ld tak e to get me back LO Vir gin ia is o ne of th ose co untry hams." No t to di sap po int him , Bob Felts of R.M. Fel ts Packi ng Co . presented Bevo with a cured Vir(:in ia ham , a slab of fat-ba ck and a ja r of Virginia pea n uts . With Bevo a nd his' h a m laki ng a seat, Wilt introduced American Suzuki's Ch arles Hal comb. Halcomb was also well- received and talked of T eam Suzuki's efforts in the off-road mark et, He han ded o ut team jackets to all of th e Su zuki riders and th en announced that Suzuki would be sendi ng o ne of its support trucks to severa l of the 1990 VCHSS events, At th e end of th e awards presen ta tion, Mark IV H o n da /H a vol inel AXO/ Scon/ Pro· Circuit-sponsored Ro land King was cro wned as th e G ra nd Cham pion for the second co nsecu tive year. Kin g exp ressed h is deep ap preciation to th ose responsibl e for su p portin g him and the series and afterwa rds had to ma ke three tri ps to th e fron t in order to co llec t all h is awards. The po pular King received a sta nding ova tion. Results GRAND QiAMP; 1. Roland King CHon). AA:. 1. Jeff Blankensh ip (Yam); 2. Danny Morrtson (Kaw); 3. Dw8 in M iller (Kaw); 4 . Andrew Williams CKaw); 5. DavK! Ash ley (Kaw ). 100; 1. Robbi e Felts lKa w ); 2. W esley M oran (Kawl; 3. Daniel Morrison (Kaw ); 4. Wi llie Wick (Kaw); 5 . J ason Greer (Kawl. 12 5 ; 1. George Greer (Hon ); 2. Brian Hess (Kaw); 3. Joel Burg ess (Suzt 4. Chuck King (Kaw ). 200: , . Chris Shortridge (Kawl; ~. Montey Harley (Kaw); 3. George Reed (Kaw); 4 . Cubby Bar e (Kaw); 5 . Robbie Wilk (Kaw) . 250: 1. Riclc.y Franklin (Hon t 2. Rusty Wi lson lHon ); 3. Eddie Young (Yam); 4. Johnny Edens lHon); 5. M ark Allman (Hon). OPEN: 1. Eddie Arment rout (KTM); 2. Bobby Witt lHon); 3. Phillip Doyle (Hon ); 4. J eff M itchell (Kaw ); 5. Ma rty Hensl ey (Hu s). SR: 1. Robert Cox (KTM ): 2. Oavld Olds (Yam); 3. Jam es Hut son (Hon); 4. R.E. W iclc. (Suz); 5. Bob W illiams (Kaw l. S/SR: 1. Oa.,. Al bert (Hus); 2. Sonny Wood (KTM); 3. Stan Norr is (Husl; 4. Stan Lin leford lSuz ); 5. Johnn y Bare (Suzl. 4-STRK: 1. Mac Price (Hon); 2. Tim Norr is (Hon l; 3. Ben laRue (Yam); 4 . Oll ie M cKagen (Hon). Fauteux fantastic at SME Motocross By James Jarman VCHSS banquet laurels to ICing By Rider Writer WILLIAMSBU RG , VA, J AN. 13 T he 1989 Vir ginia Championsh ip H are Scra mbles Seri es came to a fllting close with a candlelight dinner at the Fort Mar gruder Inn a n d Conference Center i n h istoric Will ia msburg. The house was packed as riders from five sta tes a ttended to tak e home pl aques and over $13,000 worth of co nti ngences. After being served a co lonial style buffet d inner, the lights were lowered and th e heart of the evenin g began. Series Presiden t Rick P in o gr eeted th e riders and th eir families and in troduced th e race pr omotCTS. O f special not e was tha t every off-roa d woods rid in g club in th e state combined thei r effons to produce 13 events on 12 di fferent track s. After a vote by th e rideD, the Central Virginia 100, promoted by th e Central Virginia Trailriders Associatio n , was named as the event of 1989. Pino a lso in trod uced special gues ts co nsisting of Barry Cohick and gu est speaker G ary Hatch of the Texaco/Havoline Race T eam, Bevo Fo rte of Sco tt G o gg les. ISDE rider Char les Ho lcomb of T eam Suzu ki and T om Bartlett of T uc ker-Roc ky Distributi ng. At th e end of th e introductio ns, Pin o an nounced a cash aw ards pro gram for the 1990 series of over $4000 by AT K motorcycles. P in o then turned th e mi crophon e o ver to Series Coord i na to r G r orge Greer wh o reminded the group of the number of people and effort it ta kes to put on a race event a nd the series. He told th e riders tha t the series motto of ·'Fo rm ed for Riders by Riders " was as tru e today as it was six years ago wh en DILLWYN, VA. JAN. 28 Leo Fau teux mad e h is mov e from Ne w Hampsh ire to Virginia a success ful ven ture by WInn in g the 250cc A class in round tWO of th e SME Winter Ser ies. ' In th e first rnot o Yamah a-mounted Mike Harri s led th e field follow ed by Honda rider Chris T aylor and Kawasak i rider Fauteux. Fauteux found hi s way around Taylor and bezan to move in o n Hams. Nearing th e hal fwa y po int Fauteu x fell down hard wh ile tryin g to pass Ha rri s in a tigh t co mer. Fauteu x fell do wn agai n and agai n. as Harris and T aylor were left to fight for position. T aylor closed the ga p o n Harris but was never able to get by. Harris wen t o n to victory follo wed by T aylor, Fau ,eux a nd his brother Ro ber t Fauteu x rounded o u t the top four positions. The seco nd mol o saw T aylor grab the hol esh ot follo wed by HaiTis a nd Leo Fau teux. T aylor kn ew if he were to win the seco nd molO that wo ul d give him th e o vera ll for th e da y, how ever Fa ut eux had o the r thin gs pl anned. Fau teu x pr essured Harris 10 the po in t where Harris went off the co urse, allOWing Fauteux to ta ke o ver second. T aylor ap peared to have th ings (:oing h is way u ntil Fauteux decided it was ume to mak e his mo ve. The two riders went into a tig ht co rner and Fauteux stu ck h is front wh eel under T aylor and popped u p o ver the p lat ea u with the lead. FaUleux went o n to, ta ke th e wi n wi th Tayu lor second and Harris third. Fauteux . Taylor and Harris all wou nd up tied for the clay but Fau teux won th e o vera ll by win nin g the seco nd molO. Fa u teux sai d, " T he firs t mota I wa s unfamiliar with trac k conditions , that's why I fell . in the second mot o I deci ded 10 sertle do wn and wa tch th e other guys' lin es and il paid ofl. "

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