Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

eLOC LEVENTS A e ( Y am ); ! . Franklin Kn il(h l (SUI ): 1 . Do n a ld P ar to n (SUi ); 5. DouJt Kid d (SUl ). Oxley hot at Costa Mesa Speedway By Scott Daloisio Cliff Bigoney wen t home $250 richer after hi s victory in the Expert Lightweight GP class at the Championship Cup Series road race at Roebling Road. Lance King (rig ht) and Mike Faria (left) dice at Costa Mesa Speed~ay. Far~a won the Scratch main, while Kin g took seco nd in the Scratch and Handicap mams. COSTA MESA, CA, M 4 AY Brad Oxley, th e 1987 Nati on al Speedway C hamp io n, won h is second Scra tch rnam of th e yea r befo re 5223 fans a t th e Oran ge County Fa ir g ro unds o n Cycl« Neios N ight. Ox ley powere d h is Wesl ak e in to th e lead wh en th e fo ur lapper left th e lin e. La ~ ce Kin g a n d S te ve Lucero were th ro w ing elbo ws for seco nd in th e fir st bend . Kin g for ced th e 1989 Ca liforn ia S ta te Cham pi on L ucer o , wide. Lu cer o ca ugh t a piece. of Sc hw a nz and th e la tter went down aga ins t th e turn two wall. A red £lag ca me o u t an d Sc hw a n z received a di sq ualification for causing it. On the res ta r t, Lucer o rea cted to th e rapes fir st. By rhe time he reache d tur n o ne, he wa s loo kin g a t th e number fiv e o n Oxley' s ba ck . By the li me t he firs t la p ended, Lucer o had fou ght h is way back a nd the two fo rm er Na tio na l Champio ns wer e dead even . Oxley to ok contro l aga i n as th ev ca me o rr tur n two o n t he secon d circuit. O ne la p la ter , GM r id er Ki ng ass ig ne d Lu cer o lO th ird. By th e tim e he pa ssed L ucer o , i t was 100 lat e for Kin g to PUl a den t in to Ox ley' s lead. Ox ley' s o ther victo ry ca me a t the sea so n o pe ne r in Ma rch . . To ny Bien ert was lea d in g t he Handi cap main wh en th e red n a g n ew o n la p t h ree . Once agai n t he un lu ck y man was Sch wartz, Deem ed th e ca use o f the red for forcing Kin g i ruo th e i nfie ld, Sch wa rt z had to co me from the pe na lty l in e o n the restart. Bienert had th e lea d o n th e resta rt a n d he kep t it u ntil th e end o f la p three. T ha t's w he n Lo u is Ko ssuth d ro ve by h im on rhe outside lO ass ume co m ma nd. A co u ple o f laps la ter , Kin g raced arou nd Biener t for the num ber two po si tion. On the la st lap, w ith Ko ssuth in full co n tro l, a no ther red £la~ came ou t due (0 a ma ssi ve five rid er ta ngle. Referee Phil Moon ca lled th e race complete a nd KOSSUlh ha d h is fir st wi n of t he 1990 ca mpa ig n . Resul ts SCRATCH; I. Bead.Oxley (Wo ): 2. Lance Kin Jt (G M); 3, Steve LU«T O (Gd n ): 4. Bobby SrhwaTll ( \V o ). HDCJ": I. Lou is Kossuth (Co M): 2. La nu' Kin g (G M): 3. Brad Ox lry (Wn ); 4, T on y Bien"l (Wn ). D-2: I. Kn in Nic- lali (' ''.f'!i. ): 2. Chm M ( r (Wn ); ~. R ya n k .nEvans (Wf'!i. ): 4. Jf'fry Diad:. ( Wn ). 0 ·3: I. Greg Appelm a n (Wn); 2. Bob Rit ha rdli (\\'n ): ~. IlouJ; G rf'Yl'O (\\' f'!i.): 4, j d f C'.a ~ li n (Wno). n SDCA R: I. Cra iJt Of'mpMrr/ Pr le r Lewis (Ka,:,, ): 2. Ken MclmyrelM i(k t>y Fa m l ( Kaw ): 5. SI("\' H..rdwlc-k/ jan lJlr e Cummings ( Ka w ): -4. Dea n SI~ lrI SI("\'e H eib ner (Du e ). Faria first at Ascot South Bay Stadium Speedway Rentzell, Haines win four each at Roebling Road 40 :J. Ru b By Bob Applegate jU~'A;~OUG~O~l: flOUR Kidd (SU/ I; 2. h .mklin Kn iJl;h l (Sill): FAULKVILLE, GA, APR. 2ll-29 Expert Kevi n Ren lzdl a nd Novi ce Ro bert H ai nes led the pa ck in wi ns a t ,h e AMA/ Ch ampionsh ip Cup Ser ies round o f regi onal ra cing at Roe blin g Road 's two :m ile road co u rse, with each rid er sco ring four vic tories. Sa tu rdaj"s eve nts we re held ~ nder cha nf:' in g sk ies wi t h th e wea ther varYing fro m ra m to d ry dur ing th e da y. Mariett a , Georgia's Dou g Kidd domi na ted 'h.e So lo GTO, eve n t, leadin g mos ' o [ the 50 mi les by UtilIZIng th e horse power of h is Suzuki GS XR IIOO to ta ke th e wln. Sa ,u rday's program was capped o ff by ,h e p o p ul ar So lo GTU eve n t started u nd e r cloudy skies th rea ten ing rain with Ch attan ooga . Ten nessee's Kevin Renlzell lead in g a t the sta rt and do mina ti ng th e ma jo ri ty o f th e race for th e w in . Ya ma ha TZ250 ace Cliff Bigonej' chased Ren tzell down a nd seemed aboUl to f:ra b th e lead whe n the skies o pe ne d up, retin ng , he slick·s hod Bigoney to th,e pits. T ow a rd s the e nd o f th e race, Flonda 50 Dav e Hand cras he d in t he turn two a rea , h is MOlO Guzzi 1000 ca ,c h ing o n fire but q ui ckl y ex ti ng u ished b y a sha r p cor ner worker . Ren lzell wound u p lhe big win ne r o f lhe wee kend , ad d ing w ins in Middlew ei ght S up ersporl a n d S~p e r~ ik e. o.ve r ~ ard . cha rg in g Ma rk Pasll r. H IS W ill III MIddl e· weighl Superb ike neued rhe Ten nes see riger $500 in Yama ha co n ringency money, wIl h $300 go ing lO Pastir a nd' j eff Ko ll er pi cki ng up $100 for hi s th ird· p lace fini sh. The $ 1000 pu rse· payi ng U n li m i ted G P ra ce wa s a bau le ro yal e w i t h Re nrz e ll jump in g into the lead , but his cha nces for a Will were das he d whe n he jumped o ff i n th e fast , tu rn th ree sweeper, leavin g 250 rider Bigon ey lO pi ck up the $250 lOp p ri,e money . Bigon ey fi n ished ahead o f Steve Seaborn , Fra n k li n Kni gh t, Don a ld Parton and Doug Kidd. Results F.X r.lw G P; I. Cli rln n RiRoli r y (SUI): 2. Ma rk L.on Jl; (Y;lm ); RO"~lldrl ( Y; lm ): :J. J im m y Mo "l(" ( YOI m): ft. Ma ll y ~. R ic-h d RO in lhr (SUI ); .1. Ilon'lld I"arl nn (SuI); ~ . Thn ma~ Rril r r (SUI). SOt ' I. / W stn\': I. R1lK Quillrn (Our ): 2. j r rr y Slur y " 1('~~1~\' I./ W SlSPRT : I. Tim TC"W ( Y am ): 2. Kr n Mdnlyrr ( Y am ); ~ . Oall ny Iw;m i,'ki ( Y OI m): 't . Mir h.. d Mun N' (Yam) : 5. (; N"Rul)' C.nmi:!o (Ya m ). .. . EX LIn' S IT\\' ; I. Mikr Tibrrio (M.G) : 2. Il av ld Ib n d (M.G ): " . William Atk in"ltl (H n n) : 'I. Tum H inn (Il II('" ); 5. Ilav id Finr ( ~ r ·G I . rx I./ W S.' ."P RT; l. Mill jlmJl;klau'\ (Ya m): 2. J immy Mn..lf'l (Ya m I: ~ . T im ~1urrh (Ya m). SOt ' ~.1'W GP: I. RntJM'1 Ha ifll""lo (Va m); 2. rrif' 1t1"'1 ( Y'll n);~ . j.UfI("'\ G r.md.,- (Su/ l; -I. [);It! H MTlnJl; (H o n ). .·.X t TiI. S 'SPRT ; I. Kn in Rnlllt"lI (SUI ): 2. Iloll Pallnn tSU/) : ~. Rub Llltlmbr ( 1iM. ""). , . . SOLO GT(I : I. KM'in RC"ntlf'lJ (Yam ); 2. J"ry SlUhn"kl t H ' Ml) : ~ . :\Iarl r ....i r (Y,"n ); '•. G a ry Far m" ('f ,lm ): . " J..mn , r Rn"V'(Hun ). :"0\' :\1 \\' S S f>RT: I. Ruhr rl Hain,... (Ya m ): 2. j .. mn •.bl",halt : ~ . c. ,n ," Fall on ( Y am); ". [ric- R.a ( \ ·.. m ): 5. j " !Ioun .... C1.. ~, ( Hu n). EX M, W SJSPORT; 1. KC"\'in RrmU'1I (V.. '!! ): 2. Marl p,,"li r ( Y a m ):~. SIC"\'r Sr benn (Y;u n) ; -I, Tum Hmn (Il ul'): .. SOt ' 1.1\\' GP; J. Dm w ld Frf'f'ma n (Ya m ): 2. Krn Pru llI (Ya m ); ~ . Mnnrth :\1dru~' I f' (Y;lm): -I. S l""ooIl Kil",n (Y;lm ); 5, G,ry,: Miu lf'f' (Ya m ). EX H 'W S/SPRT: 1. K,...·in Rrnl/rll ( Y am ): 2. Dun Pallun (Sill) ; 3. Rub LII1Hnbl" (Ka w ): -I. :\t iL.r RrnI (SUi); 5. Ma ll JIInRL.I,;tu~ (SUI.). . ~()\' H/ W S,'SPRT: l. Rnbrn Ha inn IY;u n ): 2. R lf'h..rd Rnallf' (Su I): 3. TI lnm,;tr. Rr ilr l (SUI ); -4. OunniC" Pn·l (SUI): 5. J...... III CI.I)· (H u ll l. EX I. , \\' S/R K: I. :\1;.11 JllnRk laur. (Va m ): 2. Ru b Bn~Joardrl (Ya m) : :i, j im m y Mlt"ol ry ( \' 01 10); 'I. M,nL. "rf'f'llr (Vd l11): !l. J ;lf'l Ou prrr (Yam ). , . . ~O \' 1./\\' S, Biri.: I. Il iUUl)' l....ll lld ..1 (Ya m ); 2. Kr n i Mclau }'lC" (Yam) : :t. l\il" l Kit""m ( Y;l m ): '1, G r ~ Miu lN"(Y' lln ): a !). Gff'KIJl\' G t'u ni!!. ( Y;un ). EX tl.S:TWSPRTS: l. Ramt)' Killl f'£(H · Il) ; 2.jnn St'lllf(rl ( Hf.~l·H/ \\' S / RK: I. 0011 P,lIlUn (SUl ); 2. Rub L... o Jln lw l (Kil W): :t Mik r Rt'f'd (Su d ;·1. \\' i l liill~l Oic (l)lIe ). ·tl SOt · H I\\' S/8K: 1. Rul n:n lI iUllf" ( Y;lI n ); 2. R idlald !> ROlht" (Sill:); 3. Frn1 ~k O,lIlid tSul) : .1. T huma!> Rf'i lt'r (SU I ): 5. Oo uni (" PC't·l {Slil ). EX !-Ii \\' ,i tT \\'; I. Ra ndy Kirnt"C' (11· ll ); 2. Wi ll iam Dir ll ' (ll uc- : 3. R U"''''II Q ua lWrm;lIl t OU(·):". John Rll'txlt'n (C.aK): ) ' !l. Tom Hiltt'!t ( O U( ·). SPTMN : I. J ul1ll R;t Mur p h y ( Y.II I1 ): ~ . Tim MUlri s (HOll ). SOt' H I\\' STW: I. R t ~I'r Qu iJIt" IllUf'): 2. j l"n y Slory 1l rx (c..;,~ · :\1 W S, RK: I. K(" \·in Rt'lltl C"1l (Yam): 2. Mark Pa"lir (Yiun ); 3. j t·ffr(" Knll rt (Ya mr. l. Mi child :0..1 , Kink) J r. 'i l Y~O';,. ~1 \\' S, RK: I. Rolwlt Haim'lt(Ya m): 2. G ar y J.;lf ml·r · (\'i lln);". jrrry Swlill!>l..i , H Ull ): 'I. Er k Rab.1( Y a m) : ~. RI Kl n t"~ Hull tSlil l. EX [ 1 I. GP: J. Cli fto ll BiKllllf1 lYa m l: 2. ST t"\'r s.:·;lbculI By Scott Daloisio GARDENA, CA, MAY 31 Former T rac k Champion Mike Fa ria was in fi ne form a nd he posted th e vic tory i n th e Sc ra tch main al lh e 1990 seas o n open er a t C h r is Ag aj an ian' s Ascot Sou t h Ba y Sladi u m . R id in g fo r o wner \ Vanen R ussell , Faria leaped fro m th e line o n the sta rt lO lead over pole·si tter Alan Ch r ist ian a nd Bobb y Schwartz . Tryin!; to ge t a t Faria ea rly. Schwan z went wt d e i n t u rn tw o a nd tried to swi ng by C hristia n fo r l he number two spot. Si m u ha neous ly , La nce K in ~ tr ied lO split the pair to gel his shot a l th e lea de r. ~ei( her mo ve wo rked. \\'hen the fi rst la p ended , C hristia n had a ha lf w heel a d va ntage over Schwartz in (h e wa r fo r second. Fa ria mai n tained a p reca rious lead o n h is Wesl a ke. j u st b eh in d his rea r tir e. the furio us ball ie fo r seco nd ca rried o n. Christian was not a bo ut to gi ve up the pole . If Sc hw anz was going lOget by, he wou ld hav e to do i t o n t he o Uls ide . T he Natio na l C ham p ion stayed at C hrist ia n's ri gh , el bow u ntil t he wh it e n ag. Christ ian to ok full co ntro l of ,he spo t a t the wh ite n ag , but he was st ill three lengths beh i nd Fari a . On the la t la p , j awa ·mounted C h r istia n closed the ga p, Wh en t he chec ke red came o u t, he wa s r ig hl o n lh e wi nner's rear ti re. Sc h wa rtz took third fo llowed by Kin g. Defen din g Ca l ifo rni a State C hampions Cra ig Demps ter a nd Peter Lewis lOo k lhe 777 C ARS Ka wasa k i to the wi n in ,he o pe n i n g S ideca r ma i n evt'n t o f 1990. Fi n · ish i n g seco nd a fte r a to ug h fig h t was Lhe tea m o f Ra nd y Mcl n ' yre a nd Rob ert Fox , Resu l ts SCRATCH : I. Mik r Fa ria ( Wn): 2. Ala n Chri'\lian (Ja w ): Bobby SCh.... m (WMoI: 4, Laucr Kin g (G M). a HD CP; I. Challt·~ Ermo lt'n ko (\\' r rol: 2. I.a n( r Kin ".; (G M) 3. Pa l H a wlt") IG d n ): ·1. Mik t' Far ia I W~ ) . , 0- 2: I. Ron Kc-m (WMoI; Z. Ch ri!o ~tlllf hn lrf (Wn): 3 p Rrt'nl Wern er (W n ): -t. C.h r i ~ MCCoff ( \ \'n). 0 ·3; L Kr\'in Silkla'\ tWo ); 2. j rH C.... ,l in ( \\'("'\ ) : ~. Mark C.a~t i n (\\'n): 4. Gr t"R Apprlm;m (WMo ). SDeAR: I. Cr.liJl; Ilt-m p..IM/Pc-lrt' Lrwi!> ( Ka ....); 2. Rand) :\klnlyrr-/Rlmrrl F'JX (K......);3. Kr nl fknanclrr /C'.a ry Pnl lilrd i l\;t w) ; -4. Kmn y Mrl n1l lr /M ld ..t") Fau ..1 (Kawl . ~. " r By Gerken and Grill Plj';ERIVER, M M :;, AY6 Local AA class rider Matt Stav ish clai med the overa ll wi n a t this year's Bull Moos e Enduro. Matt edged ou t fellow I SD ~ tea mma ~es J oe Zierm an and Todd Mathwi g and rergrnng Minneso ta Stale Champion Steve Na rd to ta ke th e wi n. ATk-moun ted Slavish set the mar k to hea t wi th a low score o f jus t 22 po ints . J oe Zierman. also ri d i ~g a ATK. ~'as jus t t wo poi nts behind, dropping 24 points lO ta ke second overal l and H i-Point A hon or s. Todd Math wig, o n a Kawasa k i and Yamaha ride r Steve Nard , were lied for thi rd ove ra ll, a ~d first place in the 250cc A class, but Ma thw ig edged out Na rel by a com bined tota l of just 29 seconds at the two emergency chec ks. Nard had lO be sati sfied with fourth overall and second in the cla ss. No t far beh ind the lead ers was th e H i-Po in t. B rider, Troy Sher wood , who piloted h is H on da th ro ugh th e lig h t wood s a nd mud, dropping a mere 30 po in ts a long the way. r Yama ha rid er, LITT Du da . start ed o ut d.le y day as a top C rider, but ended the day III th e ra nk s of th e B-riders, aft er po st in g the H IPoint C score o f 3. poi ms . 1 T he No rth ern L ites M.C, stag ed lh.is year's Distr icl 23 seaso n o pener in the Foo thills Sta te For est o f N orther n Minneso ta , and laid OU h a to ug h, two -lap even t, tha t was to tally void of any road sectio ns. M u c~ o f th e ~o.u rse was freshly cut sing le track , with a m inimum of two tracks, a nd abo u t a dozen me mud holes an tha t rem inded so me o f th e 132 ent ra nts tha t th e "E" in enduro sta nds fo r energy. A sma ll n um ber of ri ders decided to pa rk thei r bikes after th e firs t lap, not wa nti ng the "enjoy. men t" o f traversing the m ud holes for a second time but most riders (105 finished the run ) [ourtd th e second loo p was less di fficult as the tra il had beco me wider and best lines th ro ugh mo st of the m ud holes were now clear ly visible. The club a lso Incorporated severa l strategica ll y p laced resets to allow all rider classes to finish , while still ta king ple nty of points from the top riders. Su nshine and nea rl y perfect wea ther, tha t to uched on the warm side in the a fter noon, made the ru n en jo ya b le lor everyone, inc1 udi ng those u nfortu nate few C a nd Senior riders who made an er ro r, a nd got caugh t in o ne of the many mu d hol es. R esul ts O /A : I. Malt SliI\ij"h ; 2. J oc Zierman (AT KI: ~. Todd Ma lh "",·i".; ( Ka w ): -to Sl r \'r :'I:lfrl (Ya m ): 5. CrdiJt Hn la!loCk . (Va m ); 6. Alan !loln Tll"olm(H o n j. . 200 A: I. C,aiK,H o l.lI,t·k (Ya m ); 2. Mar l Grry;nr: ~. ~hc hard McG r:llh ( Ka ....); 4. Tim Ryan: 5. j.lmf'lt Mart in ..on [Ka w]. 2!JOA: l. Todd Malh ....i K ( Ka w ): 2. Steve Narc! (Ya m); 3. Ala n Steve nson (H u n ,;". j l·" )' O..l.(" ".; (H o n ): 5. J er ry Hob"'t"'k l r (H u n). O PEN A : I. M il..r Lar-on (KT M ); 2. Rob Ma n im.o n [ Hon . 5. j or Opitl (H n n): 1. j o n Ra sm ussen (KTM ): 5- Ken Fru th. . SR A: I. S.l"\'(" RC!ol'hl..(· (Hun ): 2. RURer Gn ll (Hun ): 3 ~ Dir k ('.arpt" t1u·1 (Y" m) ; 1. Dn uK DtTn in Jt (U u!» : 5. J Mry Bull ( Y 'UTI). S/ S R A: I. T im Zier m nn IKT M). r ET A: I. Milt" Ward (Ho n ): 2. Rand y Lt-wi!l (AT K); 3. G reR wi lfia ms: 4. j ark Pott er (Kaw): 5. R~i ,lll La n ge (AT K). 200 8 : J. Mal c !\1 a lgr r ( Yam ): 2. Kevin H amann (Ka w ); ;m ~. R,lIn l im nwfln; llI; 4. J;1""1Il Lu ndr n (Kilw ); S. j o h n 5ndl ( H u !I). ~, . 200 C: I. OOIlR Niclrl!\oll1l (H tm l; 2. Kr vlIl. R M ikr Tollrr ud (U n n): ,1. Malk CoIndon (llu n l. \\'M:"J : I. Shrrry O pit/ : 2. )\;J;lfi An dl'TVJn (Hon ). No stopping Hart at PIR MX By Dan Meeker PORTU:-iD, OR, ~ IA Y3 Grayson H an was u nstoppa h l(' on his ....'ay to victory in the 125cc Pro das~ at Porlla nd Int ernali on a l Raceway' s MOlocr oss Nonh wesl even t. Ahe r taki nKthc ea rly lead in mo ta on e, Han fou gh, o ff all cha llenges as he ·Ied th e emire mo LO. Ri an Ga m staned lhe molO in second wi lh Don BisCt"g lia and Adam \Vest joi ning th e chase. O n la p two Bisceg lia fou gh l h is way by Ga m and beg- ll closing th e gap Hart d had a lready for med. Tho ugh he cuI H art 's, lead drama ,ica lly, Bisceg lia had to setlle for seco nd , never i ll a ser io us posi lion lO chat: len ge for th<: I('ad. Ga nt held o n fo r lhird.) rollow ed by \ Ves.t with Shaen Don aca rou ndin g O Ul lhe lOp five. In ro u nd two it wa~ Don ac.,) j umping out lo the ea rly lead wit h H an. West a nd Biscelgia 1 giv ing chase. O n lht' seco nd la p H ar t too k . over lhe lead a nd o ne lap la ler, Bisceglia · ra p id ly c1o!\t·d on H a n and a mOlD- long ballle. kept the fans on their fect as Han fou gh tp £f n u mero us pass a lle m p ls by Bisceglia . In the end, lho ug h, it was still Han recei,,'ing the checkered £lag in front o[ Bisceglia. Gant crossed lhe lin e in th ird . Wilh Dona ca and West fin ishing fourth a nd £ihh, In lhe firsl 250<:c Junior mOlD Mar k J ol ma

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