Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

0,-- - - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - - - - ------, ..J W u:: Carlton Padgett (6), Anthony Dyson (115), Joe Chewning (21) and Ray Leatherwood (14 1 ) j am ahead of t he 250cc Novice class at Cam p Coker. Johnny Rock Page (25) leads Kye Gunn (3), Brian Joder (2) and Gene ' Redmon in the GTU class at Firebird Raceway. Zac Bradshaw wins Camp Coker MX na bbed Yam ah a YZ250WR-mo unted Christian for th e number three spot. H art d osed in on Dixon lat e in th e moto for th e number lWO spot, well beh indwi n ner Rogers. Dixon , T readwell a nd Christian filled the top five a t mo w's end. Mow two saw H art hook up well enoug h to grab th e holeshot wh ile Rogers, Tiding a Hillsbo ro Honda-supported CR , Christian, T read well a nd Dixon ga ve chase. Hart opened u p a huge lead lat e in the mo ta , a nd cr u ised ho me fOT th e win . The Ma lco lm Smirh/Shoei sponsored rider sa id, " I' ve been o u t o f racing for a while, and it 's tough coming back after bei ng as injured as I was." Hart was hurt at the Daytona , Flor ida , rou nd of th e 1989 AMA Supercross Series. Second to Hart in th e o vera ll colu m n was Rogers with 1-2 moto fini shes, follo wed by Treadw ell' s 1-3 sho wing . Fill in g th e top five were Dixo n (3-5) a nd Christian (5-4). H art , riding th ree classes, also wo n th e Up The Hill class, but chose not to be rewa rded for his efforts. In both rnotos, Hart started well beh ind the field , workin g through traffi c effort less ly, while Kaw a saki rider Dave Akersma n, w ho trailed H an in both rnotos , was awarded. th e o vera ll win in th e cla ss a hea d of Bryan L ynn a nd Fred Haj an , bo th aboard Yam ah as. An overflow of 14 125cc Intermediate rid ers were o n hand, forcing severa l qualifiers and a La st Chance Qualifier in order to solidify the 10-TideT field for the main event. Shane Don aca breezed to a win in th e main even t, beating Kawasaki rid er Chris Dineen , Trever Levitt, T om Marlin and Mike Boe, By Hurley & Dot Short SOCIETY HILL, SC, FEB. II Yamaha rider Zac Bradshaw was th e overa ll winner in th e 85cc (12-15) class, today, at Camp Co ker MX. .As the pac k took off fOT. the start of the firs t mo ro, it was Bradshaw, Bill y Charles. Gage Fonson and Jason Bald win leading the way. Bradsh aw moved our in fro nt ahead Bill y Charles and Fortson. Fo rtso n bega n to put the pressure o n Cha rles, but Cha r les held h im off to finish second beh in d Brad sh a w . Baldwin took third and J im my Briggs fourth. In the second mo to Bradshaw look the ho leshot aga in a nd Fortso n went dow n a nd lost grou nd to the lead ers. Briggs began to ma ke his move, wh ile Brads ha w kept h is momenatu m w ith Ba ldwi n fo llowi ng a distant second . At th e fin ish , it was Bradshaw , Brigg s, J eff Donaldson and Ch arl es. Patrick Greer loo k the hol eshor in the First I25cc No vice rnoto. H e was follo wed by Terry Ward a nd Ned Black wel der. Blackw eld er made a qu ick mo ve a nd shot in to the lead . droppi ng GTeeT 10 seco nd, as Co by Adam s made hi s way up 10 third. GTeeT and Blackwel der con tinued lO excha nge the lead , bu t it was Blackwelder who took the chec kered flag foll owed by G TeeT, junio r Creech , Mart y e. Babb and T erry WaT As th ey came arou nd the fir st lap of th e second rnot o, it was G reer, Blackweld er, J ason Min or and T erry War e leading th e way. Blackwelder moved around Gr eer, but Gr eer qui ckl y retaliated. Again, GTeeT and Blackwelder jockeyed back and forth fOT th e lead, but it was Blackwelder out from when it co u nte d. H e was followed by Greer, Minor, Babb a nd War e, Joe Norder and Van Gibson ' led th e way io the first mote of the 25 Plus class. Gibson how ever , stalled his eng ine, dr opping him back in the pack. Norder rem ained out front with Crai g Elli s kn ocking a t his door . Ellis even tua lly moved in to fir st, dr opping Norder to seco nd. At this poi n t, Gl en Krofchick began hi s move tow ard the front a nd soo n took over th ird. At th e fini sh, il was Ell is, Krofchi ck , Ron ald Dobbs, Norde( and Rich ar d Van Bartel. In the second moto , Van Bonel too k the holeshot , as Gibson , Krofchi ck, Ellis and Nor deTfoll ow ed h im . Gibson soo n took o veT th e lead foll ow ed by Elli s and Kro fch ick. BUI G ibson and Ell is cras hed o n th e front jump. Gi bso n q uic kly T ecoveT and was ab le 10 ed reta ke th e lead . H e was follo wed across th e fin ish lin e by Krofchi ck, Dobbs and Ellis. Results SO-50: 1. Amber Hughes (Kaw ); 2. Chr is Demargues 3 . Eric Barnes (SUI); 4 . Autumn Hughes (Yam); S. Mak esha Hyle (Honl . 0 ·85 7 ·13: 1. Bren t Loug h (SUI ); 2 . Kell y Kellis ISuz ); 3 . Bill Cain (!{a w); 4 . Jimmy Briggs (Suz): S. Clete DuBose (Kaw) . Q.BS 12- 15: 1. lac Bradshaw (Yam ); 2. J ason Baldwin (Hon l; 3 . J immy Brigg s; 4 . Bill Char les (Kaw ); 5. J eff Don aldson (Kaw) . S/MINI: 1. Bill Charles IKaw); 2 . Gag e Fortson (SUI]: 3. Brent lo~h (SUI); 4 . Trav is Layson (Yam); 5. Caven Woodruff (Kaw) . SCHBY 125 : 1. Bo Shannon (SUI ); 2 . Danny Rich (Hon): ; • 3 . Patr ick Greer (Ha:n) 4 . Jeff J ones (SUI ). 125 NOV : , . Ned Blackw elder (Suz); 2. Patrick Greer (Hon): 3 . Marty Babb (Han): 4 . Jason M inor (SUI); 5. Terry War e (Han). 125 AM: 1. Jas on M orgart (Han): 2. Todd Bennick (Kaw) : 3 . Ken t Rogerson (Yam); 4 . Stacey Barn et (Hon): 5 . Kevin Crin e (Han ). 125 PRO: 1. M ike Andrews (Suz); 2 . Kevin Walker (Yam): 3: Chad Lough (Han ); 4 . Steve Childress ISUI] : 5. Lee Wa lston (Yam) . . 250 NOV: 1. Stu art English ISu I) ; 2 . Ray Leatherwood (SUI); 3 . Rick M ilks (Han); 4 . An tho ny Dyson (Yam); 5 . M ike Keller. 250AM : 1. Tild en Styron (Yam); 2 . Glenn Krofc hick (SUI ); 3 . Kevin Crine (Honl :-4 . Larry White (Han); 5. Tracey barn et c;.1 (Han). . 250 PRO: 1. KeVin W alker (Yam); 2. Jay M ann (Kaw); 3 . M ike An drewsISuI ); 4 . Ji m Neese (Kaw) ; 5 . Kevi n Bow les (Han ). 500 AM : 1. Dean Herr in (Kaw ): 2 . Roger Lin eberger (Kaw ); 3 . Crai g W al1er s (Han); 4 . J erry Robert son (Hon); 5 . And y W ill iam s (KTM) . 25 PLUS : 1. Gle n Krot chick (Suz); 2. Craig Ell is (Yam); 3 . Ronald Dobb s IKTM); 4 . Van Gibso n IKaw}; 5 . Ralph Mundell . 30 PLUS: 1. Kenny Sm ith (Hon); 2. St eve Gent er (Hon); 3 _ Jeff Biggers (Hon); 4 . Richard Shafer (Hon); 5 . Chr is Brewer (Yam) . ( Kaw~ 40 PLUS: 1. 'Ed Donaldson (KXI: 2. M arc Minor (SUI ): 3 . Harv ey Andrews (Yam);,4 . Holt Smith Sr.IKawl . Brajevich collects OTHG MX win at Perris By Greg Robertson PERRIS, CA, FEB. 10 Hon da CR 250-m oun ted Lance Brajevich wor ked up fro m m idpar -k starts to claim th e overa ll wm in the No vice divison at th e O ver T he Hill Ga ng MX a t Perr is Racewa y. In the first mo to, KT M rider Hal Wi lday grabbed th e holesh ot foll owed by Mike Ish ida , Rodney Jones and Dave Neal. Wilday's lead was short-Iived , as Ish ida slipped pas t o n th e first lap in a muddy secti on. Ishi da im mediately opened up a five second lead. Brajev ich was slici ng th rough traf fic after abo u t a 10th place start. By the fourth lap Braj evich had Ishi da in his sig hts. Brajevich co uld n 't find a way arou nd Ish ida a nd had to settle fOT second a hea d of Mar k Allen and Jones. Ish ida got the ho lesho t in the seco nd mo to ahead of Mitch La ngja hr, Allen, Jones and Brajevich, Ish ida , La ngja h r and Brajevich qu ickl )' separated the mselves from th e pack. Brajevich pass ed both riders with a beuer lin e th ro ugh th e wh oop sect ion , o n ly 10 be stuffed back to second by Ishi da two tur n s lat er. Langjabr found th e hot lin e throug h the wh oops o n th e next cir cuit 10 capture second pl ace from . Ishida. Braj evich mo to red o n to a co m forta ble lead for th e rnor o wi n and the overa ll. Ish ida 's 1-3 SCOTene ued second o vera ll ahea d of All en 's 3-4 finishes. Eric Fish totall y dominat ed both mot os of th e Beginner class. Chuck Pritch ard led th e first moto for th e first four tu rns befor e Fish cru ised by. Fish ex tend ed his lead 10 15 seco nd s by th e chec kered flag. Susan Wilda y pa ssed Pritchard on her KTM for second place in the fir st mot a . A heated batt le betw een Jim Swindells and G len Worrall carried th em bot h past Pritch ard for th ird and fourth pl aces, respectivel y. Fish made it look easy in the second rn o to , as he nail ed th e hol eshot and never looked back. Wild ay again had 10 wor k her way aro u nd Pr itch ard for second in the rnot o a nd second o vera ll, Pritchard's 5·3 sco re was go

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