Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~ MOTOCROSS 19th Annual Kawasaki/NMA World Mini Grand Prix ~ R yan Hughes (120) dominat ed in the 125cc Pro ranks by winning all four motos of th e stock and m odified classes. T he 250cc Pro classes wen t 10 Bria n Swink. Damon Huffman (5) outrode Craig Decker and Ezra L usk to win the prestigious Kawasa ki Race of Champions with a 1-2-1 tally. Decker finished second overall . 3-9 finis hes and Brian Deega n was fifth with a 7-4 tally. For th e Kaw asa ki Race of Ch ampions, II r iders we re se lec te d 10 com pe te on identica lly-prepared, boxstock KXBOs in th ree mOlOS. The riders, who are champions fro m the various NMA regions or champions from other sa nctio n i ng club s, switched bikes between rounds to make su re that no one had an unfair advantage. Decker holeshot the first moto , bu t had to co n tend with Huffman, Spud Walters, Rand a nd Jason Buzzee hot o n his tail. Lusk suffered a poor start. The positions stay ed the same u ntil th e last two laps when Lusk forced himself in to th e third sp ot and Huffman worked his wa y a ro und Decker for th e win. Decker finished second, wi th Lusk, Ra nd and Morgan trai ling a few seconds behind. Lusk shot OUI o f th e gale in th e second moto with Decker and Huffma n again doing battle, but th is time for seco nd p lace. Steve Ols on was fou rth with Morgan fifth . Lusk quickl y stretched out his lead as Huffman began applying pressure to Decker. The two riders went at it for several laps with Decker maintaining th e lead the ma jority o f th e time. Huffman soo n ch anged all of that as he slipped pas t the Team Green Kawasaki rider for the runner -up position as Lusk took an uncha llenged win. Leading into the final RO C mo to , Huffma n was the one to bea t with only th ree points. Lusk had fo ur a nd Decker had five, a nd in order to win th e event, Huffman would have to beat Lusk and Decker. If -Lusk were to win the fi na l moto and Huffman were to finish seco nd or worse, Lusk would ca p tu re the title. Huffman set thin gs in m o tion for th e final race wit h Decker a nd Lusk running two-three. O n the first la p Lusk went down in a tum that all but des troyed his hopes of winning. A cras h a few laps lat er p ut Huffman o ut of the race a nd enabled Decker to assume th e number two positio n. The Team G reen / Ans wer/Oakl ey/ S i I k o le n e / D u n I 0 p / B e ll / C ycl e Engineering-bac ked Huffman slowly pu lled away until he met th e checkered flag a nd ea rned th e overall ho nors. Decker p icked up second in front o f Morgan , Rand a nd Ol sen . " I knew I had it (t he champions hi p ) when I saw L usk o n th e side," Huffma n said. " I kn ew it wou ld be a tough class to w in because ther e are four reall y good gu ys. I figu red if I cou ld ge l good sta rts th a t I wo uld be able 10 do a good job." Team Green Kaw a saki ' s Robby Rena rd swep t th e In term ed ia te porti on of the BOcc ra nks. Ren yard went into both the stock a nd modified fin al s lied ' wi th Steve H en geveld wi th low points a nd managed to dominate eac h race 10 capture a p erfect score. H en geveld , Greg Years ley, J ack Cox, a nd Brad Woolsey finished seco nd through fifth overa ll in both classes rep ectively. T he sa me 'was true wi th R ick y Carmichael in th e two J r. Cycle class es. Carmichael lopped both th e Stock a nd Mod ified divisions, and th en focused h is attentio n o n th e BOcc 9-11 classes. There he was Slop ped by long-lime riva l a n d La s Vegas lo ca l, J ason Partrid ge, wh o wo n every moto in th e Stock a nd Modified classes to earn himself a pair of cham p io ns h ips. Carm ichael fi nished second in th e Mod ified, bu t could only manage a sixth in Stoc k. The 125 a nd 250cc Intermed iat e classes provided some of th e best racing o f th e three-day week end. Tom my Clowers, J oel Albrecht, Derek Natvig, Dave Castillo and And y Grider slugged it out in over a dozen races with Albrecht eventually coming o u t th e bi g winner. After falling in every mot o of Friday's competition the Answer/ Pro Circuit! Acerbis / Du n lop/ CT ilJoJo/S hoei / Designs in Mo tio n/ Bel-Rav/Tsubakisponsored Albrech t stayed up when it counted and won th ree OU! of the four classes. The on ly class Albrec ht did n't win, the 125cc Stock, fell to Yamahamo u nted Dana Wiggins. In tha t race Clowers was the ru n ner- u p ahead of Natvig, Albrecht and Morga. Unlike th e high ly com pe titive 125 and 250cc In termed ia te classes, G rider had a n easy time of winni ng the 500cc Non -Pro class. G rid er led nearly every lap of bot h mot os wh ere he edged out hi s competition with a perfect score. Brett Bierek's 3-2 ta lly ea rn ed hi m seco nd a hea d of Larry Lawrence's 23 a n d Kevin Yeager 's 4-5 . J a so n Williams was fifth with 5-6. T he Pro cla sses were a split between T eam Green 's R ya n H ughes and Brian Swink. H ug hes set th ings rolling in th e 125cc Stock a nd Modified cla sses wh ere he earned himself a pair of wins af ter sweeping a ll four motos, Yamaha's Phil Lawren ce was second in the Stock class a head o f J eremy McGrath, Swink and Mike Chamberl ain, but it was a d ifferent story in the Mod ified where Kyle Lewis, McGra th , Chad Pederson and Brett Sh umate trialed across th e finish line. Swink's outing aboard th e 250cc machin es was a lmost a near-perfect ven tu re as he topped three ou t of four mOlOS before Lawrence p ut a stop to his dominance. McGrath and Lawrence ran up from during every moto, bu t mechanical probl ems for McGralh and crashes for Lawrence kep t them in second and third place, respectively, for the two classes. Hughes an d Roy Schellenberger completed the top five in the Stock class wh ile Lewis and Schellen berger did the same in the Modified. 01 Resu lts RACE OF CHAMP IO NS: I. Dam on Hulfman (I 2-1); 2. Craig Decker (2-3·2); 3. Shawn Morgan (54-3); 4. G reg Rand (4-5-4); 5. Ezra Lu sk (3- I· DNF); 6. Steve O lson (7-6-5); 7. Chris Cooksey (8-10-6); 8. Cal No wicki (9-9-7); 9. Spud w al ters (6-7·D NR); 10 Jason Bu uee (10-8-DNR ). PIW STK: 1. J ustin Buckelew (Ya m ); 2. N ick Beaver (Yam); 3. Randall William. (Yam ); 4. Johnny Marl ey (Yam ); 5. Brandon Morgan (Yam); 6. T im Robertson (Yam); 7. Latty Waldmn (Yam); 8. Kevin J ohn son (Yam ); 9. Robb y McQua rry (Yam ); 10. Qui. MeNa" (Yam ). PIW MOD: I. Justin Buckelew (Yam); 2. Johnny Marley (Yam); 3. Randall Williams (Yam); 4. Robb y McQuarl Y (Yam ); 5. Daniel Blair (Yam ); 6. Kevin Jo h nson (Yam); 7. Jimmy Stewart (Yam); 8. J en nifer Nelson (Ya m); 9. Brandon Morgan (Yam ); 10. Nicholas Pu ccio (Yam). J R ere STK 6-8: I. Bu bba E.llis (Ho n); 2. John ny Mar ley {Kaw) : 3. Casey Smith (Kaw); 4. Randall Williams (Ka w ): 5. Robby McQuany (Ka w) : 6. Tim . Robertson (Kaw) : 7. Kirk Chandler (Kaw); 8. Eric Williams (Kaw); 9. Dust y Weygandt (Kaw); 10. Nick Beaver (Kaw). J R eve STK 9·11: I. Ricky Ca rmichael (Kaw); 2. Jason Shirey ( Ka w) : 3. J imm y La Masru s (Ka w): 4. Josh Tarantino (Ka w) : 5. Ji mmy Varis (Kaw ); 6. j essy Willi am . (Kaw); 7. Danny Smith (Kaw); 8. Jeff Baldwin (Ka w) : 9. But ch Gabriel (Ra w); 10. Monte Mon tague (Ka w) . J R eve MOD 6-11: I. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw): 2. Erick Vallejo {Kaw): 3. J ason Sh irey (Kaw): 4. Jimmy LaMastus (Kaw ): 5. J erry Alema n (Kaw); 6. J essy Will iams (Ka w); 7. Jimmy ' varie (Kaw): 8. Charley Bogard (Ka w): 9. J eff Baldwin (Kaw); 10. A.J . Aspatore (Kaw). 80 STK 9· 11: 1. J ason Partri d ge (Kaw): 2. Coby Sharp (Suz); 3. Jason Sh irey (Kaw): 4. Jessy Williams {Ka w): 5. Ja oob Martin (Yam) ; 6. Ricky Carmichael (Kaw); 7. Sha un Perol io (Kaw); 8. Erick Vallejo (Kaw); 9. Rabbi wehensteiner (Kaw); 10. Cory Bauder {Kaw). 80 MOD 9·11: I. Jason Partridge (Kaw); 2. Rick y Carmichael (Kaw): 3. Jason Shirey (Kaw); 4. (" ,b y " Sharp (Sua): 5. Ken neth Jones (Hon) ; 6. {aoo b Martin (Yam); 7. Erick Vall ejo (Kaw): 8. Jc:ssyWi liam s (Kaw); 9. Rabbi weitenstein er (Ka w) ; 10. Cory Bauder (Ka w). 80 STK BEG 12+: I. Man Day (Suz); 2. Raym ond Morales (Kaw); 3. Angel o In gra nde (Ho n): 4. T om Ca mpbell (Ka w ): 5. Chip Rotan (Kaw): 6. Cory Pearman (Kaw); 7. Kyle Britt (H o n); 8. Victor Mares (Su,); 9. Brian Klim uck (Hon); 10. Devin Kelly (Hon). 80 STK NOV 12+: I. Billy Ga rtman (Kaw); 2. Jack Brassfield (Ho n) ; 3. Seth Young (Hon) ; 4. Larry Li nk ogl e {Kaw): 5. Brett Klin ger (Kaw); 6. Phil Richmon d (Ka w); 7. Jason Sulton (Kaw): 8. J ake Wikoff (Suz); 9. Scon Johnson (Suz): 10. Ja son Ma tthews (S Ul). 80 MOD NOV 12+: I. Latty Li nkogle (KaW) 2. : Jack Brassfield (Hon ); 3. J osh Wagner (Kaw); 4. Phil Rich mo nd (Kaw): 5. Billy Gartman (Kaw); 6. John Gabelha usen (Yam); 7. Sha ne Heberl ein (Hon ); 8. Jason Matth ews (Suz); 9. Brett Klinger (Kaw ); 10. Brian Oesuick (Ka w ).

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