Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

1990 TWENTY-TIIIRlJ ANNUAL canyon. Makins the most of th e situation. Bragdon zipped into the lead a nd kepi it through the linish 01 the loop and onto pi' row . He W..I S foll owed. with in seconds by Mosel ey, Laughlin. Alexand er. Ondas and Wasden. A quick pit got Moseley back in to the lead as he departed onto th e second loop 01 the o rac e. Bra gd on a n d Laugh lin exited home check vide- by-side. The pair diced back and forth u mil Bragd on got turned a ro u nd o n a hill . lound himsell going down ins tes d 01 up a ...... and Lau ghl in pa ssed him lor 'h e fina l time. \Vithin a co u p le of mil es. Laugh lin fou nd th e leader and stayed w ith him until :l.lo>eley hi' a roc k o n th e fir e road and gr ad ua lly lost it. Lau ghlin nabbed first and went o n to fin ish a tro u ble-free loop In tak e the w in ar th e checkered n a g. " It wa s a real Iasr a nd fu n race." said th e O"l O"l MOTOCROSS Presented by' Mammoth Mountain Ski Area & the Town of Mammoth Lakes Sunland Shamrock -spon sored Laugh lin . Bragdon passed Moseley whe n he was down a nd fini shed first in th e Vel class a n d second o vera ll. " I would lik e to dedicat e thi s race 10 m y Dad who passed away in February," said Bra gdon. " lie was a lwa ys O Ul here for me. " Moseley recovered from his lit t le spi ll to cla im thi rd overa ll and th e 250cc class. Alexander held o n to fou rt h in sp ite of a front Hat. O ndas d idn ' t see a so u l duri ng his pass through th e seco n d loo p a nd was ha p p y wit h a lilth place lin ish. Wasden took ' he sixth p lace honors. whi le Steve Kirk rode a good race with no problems for seventh. Fi n is hing eig h th was Vel Charlie Barney, with 250« rider J ason Aeck coming in n in th . Ten th overall was Bill Fu llmer. who had endoed on the firs t loop. lost several posi tions a nd repaired his locked front brake before he could regai n h is sta nding. . Just out of the top 10 sta ndings was firs t 125c rider J ell Black. mounted on a Honda. c Black almost missed 'he Expert sta rt, pulling up to th e lin e just as everybody wa s lea ving. " I had to rid e in th e fog for awhile a n d almost quit because I broke m y co llarbo ne a month a go a n d I'm not su p posed to be O U I here." Senior rider T .V. H ol m es. survived a cou p le o f tumbles to en ter th e pi Is first in hi s cla ss and kept that pl acing u n til th e e nd o f th e ra ce. Bill Saltzman was a clo se seco nd. The Amateur line o f riders lel t th e start a few m inutes a fte r the Expert s. Carl Deh aan and Brent Farrell had a real race goi ng u rui l Dehaan h it a rock a n d brok e his fo rea rm as he we nt down. Farrell wa s th e leader thro u gh th e pi Is a n d kept it unt il just a fter the last chec k. Comin g o u t o r th e chec k wit h him was Vel Mark Ander son wh o su rpassed Farrell wh en Farrell tir ed out a nd slo wed do wn in a whoop-out section . Anderson won th e Amateu r o vera ll and th e Vel class: Farrell set tled r OT seco n d o vera ll and Cirsl 250cc. Brian Davi s su rvived cue sm a ll venture o n th e ground to ear n the 125cc Am a teur win. First Novice to fini sh was Tim T hompson who was secon d 10 Bill Graham at th e bo mb. T hompson took the left-h an d trai l a t a sa n d was h a nd cut off G ra ham 10 take th e Nov ice lead and kep t it to th e fin ish line. Resul ts 0 / A: I. Robn-t l...oIughlin (Hu n ): 2. Ron RrO&gdon (lio n ); 3. Randy MOI('ky (SUl ); 1. Dc,..... nhill AI n.andrr ( Sul ) ; ~. David Onda ! (Kaw ); 6. David Wa wtrn (Ya m ); 7. SU·V Kirk Jr . (Ya m ); t' 8. Ch ar lir Balli...,. (Kaw); 9. Ja'ICln A~k (Ya m ); 10. Bill Ful lmer. OPE~ EX: I. Rubr-n l...oIuJ.:hlin (H a n) ; 2. Bria n Holm n (KTM); 3. Ilrrrick P;tirmt"nl ( IUw ). 250 EX: 1. Rand y MO\f: ry (SUI " 2. Da Vid Ondas ( Ka w ); 1 3. SIt'W' Kirk J r. (Yam ): 1. J.aMln Attk (Yam}; 5. Bill Fullm er (SUI). ~~ ~~~ I('l~). BIOKk (lion ): 2. Jamn Summrn (Gig): 3. e M ammoth MOU NTA IN YAMAHA GALE WEBB AXD J rR

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