Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~ LOCAL EVENTS mach ines at the stan' of th e Vet class. Vet Expert Terry Davis led the open ing lap , foll owed by Cliff Oaks on a 125cc machine, R ich ard Eppor in thi rd and John Huegel in four th . " My bike didn 't start," Shoemaker said about his awfu l start. Davis was ted no time and began to pu ll away. Sh oe mak er drilled thr o ugh th e pa ck and soon was engaged in a battle for the lead with Davis. Shoe ma ker and Davis swa pped positions, but Shoe ma ker pushed harder a nd pulled away the eventual win . Cliff Oaks passed Davis lat e in th e race to assume second, an d Davis settled fo r th ird. Chris Lei ker ba ttled with Steve Clark in the Vet Interm ed iat e class . Lei ker led most of th e 20-la p race, however Cl ark pulled of f the win by passi ng Lei ker lat e in the even t, Mike Rochester foll owed in thi rd. Shoemaker came back to lead the 250cc Pro class fro m start to fini sh. " I haven 't ridd en a grand pr ix since 1983," said Shoe maker. Wh ile Shoe maker cruised o u t fro nt , Jeff Barb acovi and Tony Sulek were having a ser io us battle for second. At o ne poin t Barb acovi bega n to pull away, bu t he retir ed from th e ra ce a t th e ha lfway point, due to a loose front break cabl e. O n the fina l lap , Su lek mad e o ne la st effo rt to pa ss, b ut Sh oem ak er foiled his pl an and da rted away to the win. Sulek followed in seco nd and Cliff Oaks ro unded o ut the top th ree. " I wasn 't go in g to lose this one after lead in g it the wh ole race," Shoemak er said. ~ '0 Results Vet rider Lenny Baker (10) leads Mark Lenke at LACK G P in P a lm dale. '0 Yamaha-mounted Mike Harris powered th e early lead followed closely by Kawasaki rider Sonny Mitchell and Honda rider Bob Gerken. Gerken was soo n around Mitchell and a few comers later railed pas' Harris and into the lead. Harris and Mitchell fought over second until Harris went down in a tight com er, handing the p-"sition to ' Mitchell. Harris remounted in fifth and managed to work ba ck up to th ird behind Gerken and Mi tch ell a' the end of the moto. Harris once again took control off th e start in moto two with Mitchell and Gerken it to w, Gerken once aga in wasted no time in getting around the front two a nd went on to tak e th e win. Mitchell hounded Harris for second th e entire moto until the final lap wh en Harris bobbled in a co m er and gave Mitch ell th e o pport un ity he needed to take over second with Harris fin ishing third. Resul ts WMN : 1. Barbara Will son (Ya m ); 2. Palsy Ford (Yam ); M~lanie Farish (Yam) . 50: 1. Max Glasa (Yam) ; 2. T ravis (Yam); 3. Isha Wood (Ya m ); 4. Jimm y H enst l (Yam ). 60: 1. J osh Wood (Kaw) ; 2. Gr eg Coopa (Ka w);.5. M i~ 1 Ford (Ka w ); 4. Max C lau (Yam ); 5. Travis West (Kaw). lR MIN I: I. Alhl~ Bruet (Ka w). SR MINI: 1.Shaw n Schu ltz (Kaw);2. Mark WiIlianu (Kaw): n 3. 8m Sai1le,. (Suz): 4. loi Forlune (Ho n); 5. Myles Scara no 3. "80 BEG : I. Fred Ogrim; 2. j erem ie Mill er; S. Jason Wtthm ord. . 80 NOV: I. J.CX'Y Cirocco; 2. Sha wn O ' Brien ; 3. Paul Gi lm;Jirti n: 4. Mike W~ 80 INT: I. Da vid Evilsizer. 125 BEG : l. Mark Allen: 2. Brian Ra di H: 3. Ryan Camero n ; 4. Ja red Jacobsmryer ; 5. T om Salazar. 125 NO V: 1. Soon Murphy; 2. Jam n Mackay J r.; 3. Roy Bremenour: -4. Mike L.aQuern; 5. 'taka Koshima. 125 PRO: 1. Clifr Oakes; 2. O uis Radzim.ky. 250 BEG: I. Cory Davi s; 2. Ca rl Ren eeeder; 3. Jack H ermosillo : 4. Spike Mala th yon : 5. R U$.e 1l McSpemm. \ 2Ml NOV : 1. Pau l Zelirnky; 2. Chris Curt is; 3. jerr K~II~y; i . Lee Sto nebra ker. . 250 1ST: I. Yash imi Kobayashi: 2. Ken Neitzel. 250 PRO: 1. Mik~ Shoemaker; 2. T on y Sulrk : 3. j ohnny Oo m p!> !. d 500 BEG: 1. Do ug Sobe lma n : 2. Doug Gi llttte: S. Leonard Ouistlensen. 500 NO V: I. Tony AleW; 2. Gary SonJt5lad; 3. Fran k Betr her ; 4. Michael FOIIer;5. Robert Oark. JR VET BEG: 1. Ru uell McS~m ; 2. Kevin Da vidso n : 3. Geo rRt' Aitk en ; 4. Don Walk er; 5. Scotl lahn",. JR VET NOV : 1. Sieve Cla rk: 2. CR Brun son: S. Bob Michael ; 4. Ern ie Barba . JR VET INT: 1. Mike Goss.c-larT. JR VET EX: I. Grq{ Mar tin a . VET BEG: 1. Tim Wilson : 2. Frilb y Sea lry; 1 Sot l Sq uro; 1. 4. Paul No rth ro p; 5. H erbert Allen . . VET NOV : I. CR Brunson : 2. Kevin Akr ry ; 3. Da vid Mull m ; 4. Bob Dunham; 5. Lenny Baker. VET INT: I. Steve Cla rk; 2. Chri . Leiker : 3. Michael RocM ter; 4. Mink Lange. VET EX: I. MikeS hoemaka ; 2. cnrrOak es; 3. Terry Davis: 4. Richa rd Eppor. ~~ ~~t:t: Ii.~~~ ~;:t.rord. SR INT: I. JT Parka . SR EX: 1. John H uegel. VlNT BEC : 1. Roben N urman; 2. Thorn Ku hm . VINT NOV : 1. G reg O we n: 2. Thomar.Engt"lhardt : 3. Mike HOlC hkiM; 4. Ran dy Rnsell: 5. O lUck McConnell. VINT 1ST: I. Kdly Owen ; 2. Kevin Akrcy; 3. Lou is Bm:h ~. VINT ' EX: l. G"!ry Eglon. La ww ill worked the corner hard lor th ird behi nd Ch ris McCa lli e and Greg No rm an , just o lf the link s. McCa ll ie's ba ttle ended in tra ffic wh ile La wwi ll moved 10 th e front, being wa tchfully eyed by th e fo rmer Na tiona l cha mp , his da d, Men and mom and sister who were a ll apprecia tive of th e chec kers an d the win. Norman took the secon d o ver th e recovered Alves with Jamie Haski ns fou rth over En rico Bariani. Mike Mi njares returned to th e battles wi th a line start and wi n o n hi s Zoom Cycle RM. T odd Maderis took seco nd over Brett Comer wi th Joh n Thomas fou rth over Mark Kerli ng. Chris Easter li ng's CR led th e firs t ' urn ju st like the local na ture of raci ng is su pposed to go , for the gu y that lives nearl y around th e co rn er , but i t was Mike Heth. the cou ntry boy, mov in!: u p from fourth to lead and win o ver Ted Pippin. J ohn Detwiler , Nor man in lor another hunk of bra ss and Easter ling fifth. . Marcu s Charles tried con tro l the 250cc Intermediate show fro m the start while J oh n Stark explo red the openings, but Stark lowsided and left J ohn Thomas and th e KX battle to the win over Charles with speedway racer Jess Ochoa third o ver Stark and Pat Wo ma ck over Dan Reger. Do ug Johnson had the easy win o n the Dublin Kawasa ki Specia l for th e Vet Novice over Jo h n Will s. Tim O'Hara was th ird o n the G&B KX while Larry Baker topped th e OT ru n ners with Joel Yoh anna n second over Alaska 's Eric F orsyth e, Lars Burnside survived th e a ftermath of a five rid er pile-up in th e Quad Intermediat e with Brian Campbell seco nd over Manny Ornellas. Jon J effers topped the Novice portion over Jerry So lari and Mac Nidros, Steve Randazzo' eas ily won the Vet Intermedi at e class over Bill Maloney with Bak er back for a third. '0 '0 Resu lts 50: 1. Brandon Geo rg!"(Yam): 2. David McQu een (Ya m ); S. Andrew Calivn (Yam): 4. Da vid McQuC'eO (Yam); 5. Lee Sandwina (Ya m). 50 MOD : 1. Michael Pauason (Yam) . 60: 1. JeU Northrop (Kaw,; 2. Tony Balboa (Kaw); 3. Sha un Ruuell (Kaw); 4. Den:k YUill (Kaw ). 80 NO V: l. Aaron Can trell e (Kaw ); 2. Eric Bostrom [Hon]; S. IJ,mn Crul (K.aw); 4. Shawn Bunelt (Suz): 5. Brian Rarrin glOn (K.a w). 80 BEG: 1. Dave Koples (Kaw); 2. Cha d Burl eson (Hon); 3. Breu Whi unore (Kaw); 4. J rwmy West (Kaw): 5. Donald Hard y (Kaw). 125 BEC : 1. T om Wall in (Hon); 2. T im Weberling (Kaw); 3. Tim Young (Kaw); 4. Casq- Jon es (Hon ); 5. JeU Mol ina (K.awl. 250 BEG : I. Mark Tenon (H a n ): 2. David Lesuer (Ho n): 3. John Will s (Hon); 4. Ted Thompson (H a n); 5. Erin Sn ider (Hon). 125 NO V: I. j oe Lawwill (Ya m ): 2. Cur Norm an (Han) : 3. Ricky Alves (Yam ); ... Jami le H askin s (Hon ): 5. Enrico . Bariiani (Yam) . I25I NT: I. Micha el Min jarn (SUI): 2. Todd Maderis (Kaw); S. Brett Coma (Raw): ... j oh n Thom;Ji ~ (Kaw ) ; 5. Mark Kerli ng . (SUl). zso NOV : I. Mike Hm (Raw): 2. Tnt Pippin (Kaw); 3. John Detwiler (Hon): 4. Gr~ Norman (H a n); 5- Chri s . Eastn l i n ~ (Ho n ). 250 INT: I. john Thomas (Kaw); 2. Marcu s Clu.r les (Kaw); 3. I n.\ Oc hoa (Hon); 4. John Sta rk (Kaw): 5. Patri ck Womack (I-fon). VET NOV : 1. Doug j ohnso n (Kaw); 2. John Wills (Hon); 3. Tim O ha ra (SUl) : 4. Edwin Sims (H on ); 5. Grorge Ga ily (Han), OT: I. L.arry Baka (H a n); 2. Jod Yoha onan (SUl): 3. Eric Forsythe. VET INT: I. SIf'\T Ran dau o (H on); 2. Will iam Malo ney (K.1w); ~. Larry Bakn (Hon ). (SUI ). 125 A: 1. Jam ie Frazier (Xa w); 2. BiUy Martin (Ho n); 3. Spi der (Han); 4. Kala n Bunch (Ha n); 5. Pete Payn e ~ in (H an). 125 8 : l. Ktvi n Oine (Ha n); 2. j eU Ha milton (Yam): .5 . Will iam Piercy (H a n); 4. Travis Dan ids (Kaw); 5. MarkSwaTt (Yam). 125 C: l. !k'n Ricks (Y""m ): 2. Will iam Chamberlain (Kaw): 3. Danid Spangle (Han): 4. Billy J udah (H a n ); 5. John AbdUre (Kaw). 250 A: 1. Bob Ger ken (Hon): 2. Sonn y Mitch ell (Kaw): 3. Mike Ha m s (Yam): 4. Ptte Payne (Hon): 5. Kevin Mustain (K.aw). 250 B: l. John Drumhella (Yam ); 2. Jdr H amilton (Han): 3. John Na rfi t (Kaw): 4. J am es Wom aclt (Kaw ): 5.joh n Basti n (H on ). 250 C: 1. Robert Wat en (H on) : 2. Mark 8Kkwith (SUl}: s. Jar ~ (Ya m): 4. L.arry "Thaxton (Hon); 5. JdrrqHrp .

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