Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

IIAZEBa IDEAL FOR • Sporting Events • Outdoor Activities o O"l O"l ....... Scott Saunders (34) leads Georgie Price (1) and Tom Majeski early in the 250cc Expert ma in at the Molorama Short Track. P rice passed Sa unders for th e win. Size: 10' x 10' n Price, Sassaman share honors at Motorama ST By Len Breech HA RRISBU RG. PA. FE B. 16 Georgie Price and Eric Sassaman each took an Expert cla ss win in the short track ponion 0 1 Trait -Way Speedwa y' s Budweisersponso red 12th Annual Mo to ra ma Arena Ra ces and Speed Show held in the co nfi nes o f the Sta te Farm Sh ow Arena. Pri ce took th e 250cc A class alter a heated battle with Sco tt Sa unders and Tom Majeski . while Sa ssam an rode hi s fir st race in o ver three seasons and held o ff Majeski 's repeated cha lle nges in th e 600cc class. While the track go t a little rough towards the end . it was a lot beuer than previ ou s races here. tha nk s to the wor k that District 6 MX referee Rod Yentzer and his eq ui pment did. Saunders he ld a precarious lead over Mike Varnes. Robert Miller. Pri ce and h is u ncle Bob Sweeten as the rig h tl y-b unched pack 01 250cc Experts screa med into the lirst tum. Alte r three laps it was Sa u nders, Pri ce. Maj eski. Sweeten and Varnes lreigh t· training the ir wa y aro u nd th e track. Price tried severa l tim es to ge t h is D&:S C ycles/Do rs ey Bu i ld er ssponso red H onda under Sa u nders' four-stroke H onda to no avail. H e star ted to wo rk th e outside and took the lea d com ing off th e fourth tum at the end of th e six th lap a nd pulled a lew len gth s in th e closing la ps. Sassa ma n , who co mpeted as a pr o expert before sto p pi ng for personal reasons three years ago. sho wed no sig ns o f rust as he put hi s " Parts Bin Special" Yamaha TT500 in fro n t of Maje ski, Varnes, Price, Sweeten and Duane Veeder in th e 600cc Ex pert class. After a few la ps Sassa ma n and Maj eski had put a few lengths o n a hotly co n tes ted battle lor third. Sweeten moved pa st Price and sta rted to cha llenge Varnes. In th e last stages. Veeder wor ked h IS way past Price and Sweeten to claim lo urth. Although he di d n' t win the 600cc class for th e th ird straight time, Veeder came right ba ck in the next event. the Senior class . to easi ly win over j ohn Bower and Mar k Bu r kho lder . In th e 60cc class J oshua Demuth took th e lead from john Wlrtsett, Brod y Miller and Arron Creamer. Miller shot in to th e lead o n th e third lap, while Winsett pressured Demuth fo second. linally passing him on th e outside as ,they entered the third tum o ne lap from th c;end. The 80s put o n their usual close, hardfought race as Mike H acker grabbed the lead from Roy Mill er and a trio of th e Winsett cousins, Todd. j ohn and Ricky. Todd took second o n th e third lap, with Ricky ta ki ng fourth. H acker kept T odd a lew len gths ba ck to the n ag, wh ile Ricky took o ver third lat e in the race. Roy Miller and Randy Shank pulled a lew lengths in lron t o f Rober t Miller, Mik e H acker a nd the rest of th e 200cc cla ss. Wit h Mill er doing an excellent job of h ugging th e in side, Shan k had to try th e outside line, pulli ng besi de a nd occasio na ll y in front severa l ti mes befo re p uttin g hi s T rans-Am Cycles Kawa sak i in front lor good as they received th e twolaps-left signa l. Dennis Au ngst loo ked like he was goi ng to repeat h is 250cc B clas s win 01 th e previous year as h e g r ab bed th e lea d lrom jim Haldema n, Ken Hackman and Ken Reese. Bu t Haldema n put hi s Mai co in front as th ey began the th ird lap and went o n to win . After two restarts. Guy Stuart and j am ie Pujol took advantage of being the o nly two on th e front ro w o f th e 600cc Amateur fin al as th ey quickly j umped in front of Tom H an n u m and Ken Hackman. Phil Libhart started slici ng through the pack Irom h is spot o n th e penalty li ne . moving into a clo se battle for th ird by th e fo urth la p. Pujol shot under St uart as they en tered the first turn, just as St uart go t a little crossed up. T hey touched. but neither fell . H annum the n took seco nd the nex t lap ; whi le Pujol pulled aw ay o n hi s Brom ley's Suzu ki-spo nsored Honda . Resul ts 65: I. Brod y Miller (Ya m); 2. Jobn w inseu ( K.Jw );!. j osh ua Dc1 mHh ( K.i w ~: 4. Mike McKroro (K.aw); 5. Ikon walters (Kaw). 55: I. JoKftbJ oh n~n (H o n) . 85: J. Milr..t' H ack er ( Koa 2. T od d Winr.rtl {H o n ): 3. RK·k w); Win )(" (Y;tml: 4. Roy Milia (KTM J: 5. Juhn W in~u (Hon ). (f V IST: I. Rid:. f;,nlow (Bul) ; 2. Tom An.;m ~ (Hen ): ~. JilY KinOn (H o n); 4. G lc- n Lot!:an (Bu l l; 5. Da vid Rh yn t'hoau n (Honl. Vl l\"T SR iO+: I. Gknn Logan (Bul); 2. David Rhynt'ha n ( H on). 200 B: l. Randy Shank ( Ka w ); 2. Roy Milln (... -nO: 3. Mikt' Had." (H o n); 4. Qud BJ~in g (Sw ); 5. Robnt ~filln (VOIm l. ~ A: 1. Grorgit' Prio: (Hont: 2. Scot I Silundc-n (Hon) : S. Mi k~Vamn (Yam ): 1. Bob SWttl nl (Kaw ): 5. Robert ~hlln (Ya m). S .~~:I;'=n~~4~ ~aii.~r;:li~ ~ua;;~~YH~ (H on ). 600 A: I. Eric SaH;lnun (Yilm ): 2. Tom Majmi (R lx): S. Mi k~ Vam o (Ya m): 1. Dua ne V~ (Rlx): 5. Bob SW«'Im (R IX). SR: I. Dnant' Vttdtt (R lx): 2. John Bower (Yilm): S. & rry Milln (Ca r); 4. J~ HrixTlinll: (Ya m): 5. Norm Layjol"l~ (K.aw). 600 B: l,. ] a m iC' Pujol (Hon ): 2. Tom Hannum , H · D): 3. Cuy Stuart (Yam ): 1. Phil Libhart (Yam) : 5. Ken Hackman (Yam) . Ammons tops MX Des Tennessee • • • • • Shadecloth designed to breathe. Will not fade, rot or stain. Easy assembly-leess than 10 minutes. Lightweight but sturdy aluminum frame. Optional side panels available to create windscreen or additional shade. • Waterproof top also available. • Weighs only 271bs. Freewheeling Honda-BMW 6408 Fairbrook Road Douglasville (404) 920-1033 ~~"RB~l~ ~ A~ ~ By Larry G. Finchum BO YD'S CRE EK. TN. FEB. II Mark Am mo ns . T odd Huffsteufer , both o n Kawasaki s, and J eH Dod gen . o n a Yamaha . a ll sponso red b y Mc Nutt' s G o od-T'irn es Kawa sak i/Yamah a / Suzuki. pu t to g ether winning rides at th e 2nd Annua l Mot ocro ss Des T ennesseee held at Boyd 's Cr eek Mo tocross. Riders co mpeted in 25+, 250cc and U n li mited Am ateu r classes .w i t h poin ts combine d lor overa ll scoring. Eac h rider co m pe ted in two gruelli ng 20·min u tes·p lus· o ne- lap mo to s. Ammons continued his winning ways by toppi ng both 01 his 25+ class motos. H e had to fight 011 continuous pressure by Ro bb ie Campbell 's Honda in the Iirst rnot o , while the aggression was applied by David Farris o n a KT M in th e second m oto, Todd H u ffsteu ler represented th e team in the Unlimited class after moving to a 125 following the previous year's victory in the Senior Mini Ten nessee Championship. Two poor starts net ted h im only sixth a nd ninth p lace finishes, respectively. Tim Marlo w on a Kawasaki. took the first moio victory. while Shane j enkins rod e his Kawasaki to a second mo ta wi n. The m ost im p ressive ride of the day went to j eH Dod gen in th e 250cc class. Dod gen took the early lead in th e Iast-paced first moto and rod e 10 th e chec kered Flag u nc ha llenged, p ract ically lap ping the enure field, In th e seco nd rnot o , Dod gen again got a good start, bu t th is time Mike Duncan on a borrowed Kawasaki got a way with the holesh o t, H e bui lt about 30 seconds o n h is peers. as Dod gen was fig hting 011 th e strong p ass a tte mpts 01 H onda-m ounted Bill y Adk ins. Dod gen held o nto seco nd at the end, wh ich was good for the overall , but was never able to con test th e lead in th e rno to , a s he had ridden th e race with a fiat rea r tire since th e fir st lap. Resul ts P/W: I. David L Spoo n (Yam); 2. Milrk Bergen (Ya m): 3. Patrick Ha ynn (Yam). 60: I. Ra ndy Roach (Ho n). J R MINI : I. OliId Huffll ddtt (Kaw): 2. John Boruff (Su r); Ca mp bd l (Suz). 25: 1. Mich tal Edwards (Suz): 2. David N. Buis. (K.aw ); 3. Jdf Ray (Su r) : 1. So Collim ( K.aw); 5. Robn1 Buch nun "lnnny (H o n ). 2.50-500: l. 0rriJ WillOtl (Yam): 2. Grq Bn:wm (Ya m ): 3. bndy Farris. (KTM): 1. Tim Br3nnon (KTM ): S. KMn R_ ISuz). O P£N PRO: I. Miu Padgcu (Yam); 2. Many Dyk~ (Kaw). THE MORE YOU KNOW THE BETTER IT GETS W M OTORCYCLE SAF E1Y FOUNDA TION For the Motorcycle RiderCo urse Nearest You . . . Ca ll Toll Free : 800-447-4700 G IT o W• MOTORCYCLE SAFETY FOUNDATION I 57

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