Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

HONDA HAT TRICK Get Laguna Seca G.P. Tickets At Your Participating West Coast Honda Dealer • Score alimitededition HRC-USGP hat with advance purchase of admission tickets' • Save $15.00 off regular gate price. • See USGP action atlaguna Seca Raceway Monterey. CA April 6-7-8. 1990 See The Exciting Line-up of Honda SportBikes Overall winner Jay Cook (21) leads Mark Jowyk (932), Richard Swind le (347) and the rest of th~ 250cc C class into the first turn at Low Country MX. Swi nk passed Iour riders in one tum. two m ore over a plateau jump and co nti nued p icki ng up o ne p lace at a time until he reach ed second. Neir charged and o ut -jumped everyone in front of him to secure 10th at th e finish. The second mot o saw Neil o u t of the hol e first with Swi n k rounding the firs t comer in th ird, wh ile Morgan go t sq ueezed 10 a 16th p lace posi tio n. Nei r a nd Swink moved ahea d with th e to p two spots as Morgan began a spec tacu lar bid to move up. Passin g in every comer and Flyin g o ver th e competi tio n at every jump. Mor gan cruised pa st everybody into th ird. After following Swink fo r o nly a short time , Mo rgan too k advantage of a rough urhill straig ht to beat Swi nk o n the inside o a hai rpi n turn, then began the hum for Neir, Morga n n ew past Neir o n th e next long jump 10 take charge of first p lace. The l25cc pro dass saw the 22-man field do mina ted by Andy Atkins, Stace y Cook, J erem y Middaugh and Ro bert Revoir. Both mo tos were filled wit h dici ng for po sition and spectacu la r cha llen ges for th e top spots. Atki ns ended up th e o vera ll win ner wit h h is 2-1 sco re. Resul ts P/W NO\' : I. T raY Ril~ ( lUt w ); 2. Scott BurriJ (Kaw ): '. 3. Jnsi~ Effing n (Kaw ); 4. RuU('1ITillma n (Ka w); 5. Bra ndon Petersen (Ka w ). • PIW AM: 1. Qui. Ch ew ( Kaw). MIN I NOV : 1. Jason Ril t')' (o w ); 2. Kevin Hall ( Ka w) ; !. ) od Hol lend orler (Suz); 1. Eric Joh m a n (Kaw ); 5. Kylt' Bnll (Ka w ). MINI AM: I. O int Brill ( Kaw); 2. T od d Robn u o n ( Ka w) ; M odal! (Ka w); 4. Shant' Bennett (Kaw); 5. Bri an Jon o (Kaw). MINI EX: I. Sh aw n Mor ROln (Kaw); 2. Micah Moyo (Kaw );' 3. I~remy H enri ch e (Suz); 4. K.C Cook ( Ka w ). 25 NOV : I. J~ Brandllo ford (Hun ); 2. Gary Sharpe (Kaw); .5. Jason Bunker (H o n) ; 4. Mati Prescou (Ho n ); 5. M ik~ Hi llegaf (He n ). 125 AM: I. Sha wn Mo rlfoln ( Ka w) ; 2. Lee Sink ( Ka w) ; ! . Krlb y Pepper ( KoIw); 4. AIC"J( N~i r ( KoIw) ; 5. David Malh~n y (Ya m). 125 PRO: Andy Aik in, ( Ka w); 2. Staery Cook (Han); 5. j erem y Midcbu gh ( KoIw) ; 4. RobM-l Revoir (Kaw) ; !i Jarnl Carlson ( Ka w ). 250 AM : 1. Kurt Eicha kf"T (Suz); 2. Clad Wolta 'ton (Kaw ); .5 Robnl Snnbonki (KTM); -t Pa ul T ruj illo (Yam ); 5. Da vid . . MO (Ka w); 5. Kylr . 3. 1~ Bnlt ( ltaw). O PEN AM: 1. Willi e-G lover (Hon); 2. Erni e lzMot (Hon ); y .5. J

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