Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

YAMAHA and HONDA present the / U.S. BUDWEISER INTERNATIONAL GRAND PRIX A 6th, 7th and 8th pril 500tc 25Oc:c SIDECARS I ~i~~ RACEWAY Monterey, California i Eddie LawlO n Wayne Gardner Jimmy Lewis fli cks it sideways off a jump at the Lan gtown Backyard MX. Mike Sopko led th e first half of th e seco nd semi with Team Honda factory mech an ic Ro n wood, Eric Tork ko and Lewis ru n ning inches apart behind. Wood even tua lly Sluffed Sopko in to the side of a tunnel to take th e lead. a nd T or kko and Lew is also snea ked by. Wood was the win ner and Lewi s n ew by Torkko over the trip les to claim seco nd. The main event was all Langin from sta rt 10 fini .h as he bu ilt u p a n in credible lead a nd dazzled th e crowd with radi cal panca kes off the tabletops a nd no-banders over th e trip les. Torkko an d Lew is ban ged bars 10 th e fin ish with Torkko claim in g second at the line. KevinSchwantz FOR INFORMATION CAll (408) 648-5100 Resu lts BCKc MAIN : I. Rub L.m gin (Ho n / Kaw); 2. ErN: T o rUl.O (Hun ); 5. J irnrn.,. lIwi!o (Ho nl: 4. Ron WOlX! (Hon); 5. G rror; R... ......... NielMacUnzie "1IarIIo'o M...nini ( Hem). Shirimizu seizes Lakewood Motocross win By Sheryl Chew LAKEWOOD. CO. MAR. 25 Gary Shirimizu d id n 't seem 10 be affected by the 24 del:'" tem pe rat ure as he rode 10 th e ee overall wm in th e Senior Expert class with 2·1 finis hes at Lakewood. Shirimizu ca me o ut of th e hol e in sixth th e firsr mo ro an d passe d four in fro nt of him to foll ow leader Vic Barlis h fo r a short ti me. Barl ish rel in qu ished the lead to Shirirni zu a nd il seemed that the rin ish was set. In o ne last effort o n th e last lap Barl ish rega ined the lead and th e chec kered n a g saw Barlish in first a nd Shi rimizu seco nd. The second rno ro saw Shirimiz u O UI of th e . ho le in founh. H e cli mbed to th e first pl ace position and was ab le 10 ho ld i l thro ughout the race. Shirimizu finis hed [irst overall with his 2-1 sco re foll o wed b y Byro n Wolf. Barlish and Vic Ziemer. Super Senior class action was high lig h ted by th e battle between J im Rei mer and Wavne MiFeltridge for the lead. Reimer follo';'ed McFetridge out of the gate in bo th mo tos and tried the pass at every co mer. Well into each rnot o Reim er found success a nd finished number o ne o vera ll with his I-I tally. Travi s Riley was the sta r in th e 60cc Nov ice class. With eillh. riders on the ga te. Riley loo k the hol esh ot 10 both moi os and rode strongl y enoug h to lap everyo ne o f his fellow classmates. This 1· 1 Win ga ve Riley the mark he needed 10 move up 10 the 60cc Amateur class in his next race. Results 60 NOV : I. T r.lvis. Ri~ (K.aw); 2. &oc t Bur-tU lK.aw); 3. Andn-w Shorl (lU w); i . Scon M<"y" (KoI w); 5. MOIl! Whi tmanh IUw ). 60 AM: I. Otri. CMw (Ka w ). 80 NOV; I. KMn HillI (KoI w); 2. J .P . Lyllon (lUw ); .5 . J.P. Thibodeau ( Kiiw); " .JOC"I Hnlh-ndodn (Suz); 5. Tom Smith CU ). on 80 AM: I. Clint Brin (KoI w); 2. 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