Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

200 NOV : I. Dave Winrott (Ka w ); 2. D.J. SIe1n (Yam ); 3. j ~ff Ma kela (Ya m). 125 AM: I. Hen Dr ess ner (S Ul) : 2. M i k~ Ca lla ha n (Yam ); 3. J im Drt't$ (KcJw) . . 125 EX: J. Bru ce Stra tto n (Yam ); 2. Ro b Nesse l (Kaw); 3. O lris 5 hi pd a rk (Su z). 250 AM: I. Hen Dressner (S UI ); 2. Tom Co le {Ka w]: 3. Je ff Arms lro nK (Ka w). 250 EX: I. Bruce SIr-IItOn (Ya m ); 2. Ch ad 8 ro wn (Ka w); 3. J ohn Young (Ya m ). O P EN NO V: I. Sieve Ga rdne r (Ya m); 2. Ja red Bierley [Ka w ]; 3. Mickry Now ak (Hun). O PEN AM: I. T orn Co le (Kaw); 2. Rick Bisso n (Han); 3. jim Alle n (Hon). O PE N EX: 1. R ichard Clark e (Ka w); 2. Mike l>OuKherly (KT M); 3. Mik~ Mu n a y (KT M). Peculis wins New York State HS By Jim Congden NILES. NY. APR. 29 P. J . Peculis ma de the move up fro m the Mini class loo k easy, as he wo n th e 200cc Novice class a t the Frozen O cea n H are Scra m bles. Approximately 125 rid ers ca me o u t to ri de the first event in the New York Sta te H ar e Scra mbles Series. The p ro moters lai d o ut a cha llen gin g four- mile co u rse. Incl uded in th e co urse were tigh t woods, creek cross ings a nd ope n grass track section s. Ken \Vcstfall won the new ly formed In termed iate Exp ert class a nd ,H o wie Alb recht came bac k from a few years a bsence fro m bike racing to win the O pe n Novice cla ss. Resul ts EX: I. Et ha n Goo d rich ; 2. Richard Dool: ~. Rich n aly; Bru(~ Bow ma n. INT EX; J. Ken Wn tf;tll; 2. Ron WaH; 3. An T ro mbley; 4. Da ve McCa ll; 5. j eny Cerio. O PEN AM: I. Shan e Bro wn; 2. j eff Co ngde n; 3. J ohn Frackelmn: 4. Ron Thnmpsou: 5. Bruce Barthol o mew. 250 AM; I. T om O ue tec w: 2. Mike Md e!iki; 3. Rick Arms tro ng ; 4. Dean Dubois; 5. Bri:..n W;trd. 200 AM: 1. Len Baltimor e; 2. Patrick Ca lho un ; 3. Peter Amudio; 4. J im Winder ; 5. Roben Bern in ger . VET B: I. Dal e Ste ne: 2. Jim Co ngd en: 3. Donald Wilson : 4. Wa rre n Primmar ; 5. Larry Wil su n_ SR : I. Ted G ra buws ki ; 2. Wendell Liu le: 3. J ur An ni. O PE N NOV : I. Ho wie Albrnht; 2. Jim Smi th; 3. Steve Meu rs: 4. John Prince; 5. Jeff Rinca va ge. 250 NO V: I. Dou g Welch; 2. Robert Seymo ur : 3. Malco lm . Ho ff; 1. Da vid W ~ ; 5. St :Otl Wil so n. 200 NO V: I. P.J. Peculi5; 2. J)n ug WeiJ>l ; 3. Ru ss w eisu -I. Dwayne Ma nu 'r; 5. Bren da n Md >C-rm o tt. MIN I: I. Keirh Wilso n : 2. Chris Rel la ; 3. Sla o:y De la ney. 4. Darland tops San Manuel Desert Race By Michael Ross SANMANUEL, AZ, APR. 29 T he sm a ll mi n ing town of San Manuel was the site for round two o f the America n Desert Racing Associ atio n 's Champion ship Ser ies, whe re cu rren t number on e p late holder Jeff Darland cruised to the overa ll win. Da rland has be'!- challe nged lately by KTM n ri der Ma rk MilJ er . a nd ma n y specta to rs expected a sho wdo wn in San Manuel between two talen ted riders, but 15 m in u tes into the thi rd o f three 30-m ile loops, Mi ller was back in the pits with a d isloca ted shou lder and a brok en wat er p ump housin p;. This all ca me abo ut w hen Mill er cras hed III the th ick d ust while cha sin g Darl an d 's CR500. San Diegan Bobby Russell roos ted to seco nd overa ll o n hi s CR500 in h is first deser t race in o ver five months. Ru ssell scored th e Sen ior Expert cl ass win. T wen ty-th ree-year-o ld Ken Kozli k of Sco ttsda le pu t hi s KX250 firm ly in to the wi n ner's circle w ith th ird o verall . T he challeng ing 30-m ile co urse incl ud ed sand was he s, o ld roads with ro ller coa ster whoops. h igh way cro ssi ng s (bo th o ver and under), virgin trai l a nd 37 water crossi n gs, one of w h ich was th ree feet deep. O ne h u ndre d and twen ty-eigh t bikes li ned u p at 9:30 a .m , and were nagged off every 30 seco nd s, wit h Dar land ta king an early lead , whic h he .wo uld never rel inq uish. . Pat Pro sser 's KTM held seco nd early o n. bu t ·b y th e end o f lap o ne Mill er was fmn ly in seco ild and chasin g Darl and. Darland sti ll held a three-second advalllage over Miller at t he end of lap'two , with Russell some di stance back foll ow ed by Prosser a nd Kozlik. Alt he chec kered flag, Darl and slid to a stop loo k ing non e the wo rse for wear. "That was the best co u rse I have ever rid den o n," said Dar land. Ri chard C ha mbers lOo k fo u rt h o vera ll beh i nd R ussell and Kozli k for second in th e Sen io r Expert class aboard h is KX . Ten-ye ar-o ld Mat t Murphy <-ap tu red the Mini Beg inner class o n h is CR80, ahead o f Dan Do bos z and Ronny T erraz.as. Results OPEN EX: 1. Jef f Darlan d (H o n ); 2. Ken Kozlik (Kaw): 3. Pal Pr OlW' (KT M). r 200 EX : 1. DelilfY Abbou (KT M). OPEN AM: 1. M ik~ Berkn l"r (Ho n ); 2. D irk La ng e (H a n); ~ . S levl"Byrne (S Ul); 4. J oh n Ha ggar d (H a n ); 5. Cody Rom o (Ho n ). 200 AM: I. Bob Henderson (I-Ion ); 2. Jason Belisle (Han ). OP EN NOV : I. Ti m Ikrgstrom (Han); 2. Bria n Sinclai r (Hon ); 3. Robert Ge n uc h (Han ); 4. Do ug Ba ys (I-Ion ). 2.r;o NO V; 1. Sha wn Schm iu (Hon ); 2. And y Sma ll ho use (Yam ); 3. Will iam Ro we (Hon ); 4. john Hudoc k (Kaw); 5. Rocky Rob ling (Han ). 200 NOV : I. Kent Wa tu (Yam ). 4·STR K..: I. Joh n Ma rti n (Ha n). OPEN BEG : l. Da\l~ Hoe nig (H a n ); 2. Kerry Mystr om (Ho n) ; 3. Brian Ro l:x-m. (Ya m ); 4. Jim Duran t; 5. Chris Li nd h un.l. Jeff Darland (l ) flies past Don Lowenberg at the San Manuel Desert Race. 250 BEG : I. Par is Traweek (Hu s): 2. J oe Su uu rnan (Ya m); ! ..H a nk La Porte; 4, Nick Kcc benderfer (KT M); 5. G reg Sak u ICag ). 200 BEG : I. J oe Giardina (SUl ); 2. Sieve Richards (Kaw); 3. Tim Win dso r (Kaw). LADIES : I. Tama ra Nieto (Kaw ). 28+ EX: I. Bob by R U!>.\e1l (Ha n ); 2. WiIIi;lm Chambe rs ( Kaw ); 3. T im Abril (Han). 38+ EX: 1. Steve ~5 (KTM). 30+ AM:'!' weinstei n: 2. Ma rk Clark (SUl ). 30" NOV: I. Mar k Buck holz (Ya m ); 2. CliHord Bailey (Han ): 3. Ne il Goodell (Han); 4. Barry Meyers (H an ); 5. Step hen Go nza les (Ha n). 1CH- NOV : I. j m "y Ritt (Ya m ); 2. Ron Zd in i (KT M); 3. K~n AMh (Ya m); 1. I.a rry Boyd (Ya m); 5. D-an Bt'lisle (H o n). 15..: I. O len Webb J r. (KT M); 2. AI Forbes (Ya m ). 50+: I. Jot" Pros ser (KTM ): 2. n an La ngh a m (AT K): 3. L Bal icai. . DINO C: 1. Ro n Sm ith (Hen ): 2. David Finnt" (Ho n); y 3. Scutt Kat han (Ho n); 4. T im Hoban (Ya m). D1NO V:I . Michad Wadding (KT M); 2. Neil: 3. Seen McGo ugh ey (Ya m); ·t Bria n Arnuld (fl u) . SPTSMN FU N RACER : I. Richa rd Ram os (Ho n ): 2. JOt' Dobo sz (Ha n); ~ . Rick Mo n roe (KTM ); 4. jOic Smal lho use k (Ya m ). MIN I NO V: I. Dyla n Wilkrll (Ho n ). MIN I BEG : I. Matthe w Mu rph y (Hn n); 2. Dan Dobo!il (Ya m) ; ! . Ro nn y Terrazas (Raw); 1. jason Richard (Hon): _ 5. C' O unerud (Ka w). Wallace pulls down win at Raceway Park Motocross By Rosanne Lukaitis ENGLISHTOW Nj. APR. 22 N. T y WaHace br o ke o ut of a th ree-way tie to cla im the overa ll victory wi th a 3 ~ 1 score in the 125cc Expert class at the 4th An n ual H o nda Big Bucks Sh oot-Out and Fun Day a t Ra ceway Pa rk . Wh en the ga te dropped fo r the start of the fir s t m ote , J im McI lv a i ne g ra b be d t h e ho lesho t as Dan Portz and J oel Den g ler filed in beh ind. By la p two of the eig h t-la p race Dengler had pass ed Por tz a nd mov ed in on McI lvaine's rear fen der. After severa l attem p ts to tak e the lead , Den g ler made a success ful pass o n Mcil vain e. A littl e fur ther back Ed Bao had moved into th ird , th en pounced o n Mci lvaine shortly after Den gler took the lead. Bao closed in on Den gler and tri ed to stu ff hi m , bu t Den gler held hi m off to ta ke the win.. Wall ace a lso passed McIl vaine to claim third a t the fin ish. \ Wa llace p ulled th e ho lesh ot at th e start of mota two but Portz qu ick ly passed h im . Wa llace' repassed a sho rt tim e lat er then ran o ff with th e win . J ason R ivas also passed Port z, th en d ropped back to fourt h whe n Bao a nd Den gler moved by. \ Vall ace won the m o to o ver Bao a nd Den gler , and all th ree ri ders had a tota l scor e o rr our with 3- 1, 2-2 and 1-3 ta llies. In the 250cc Expert class \Va llace was lead ing the first maLO u ntil he co llided with Dag Boyesen and bo th riders wen t do wn . Mickey Kessler took the lead bur went down late in the race ·and fin ished th ird beh ind wi nn er Boyesen and run ner-u p \ Vall ace. Bo yesen led early in the seco nd mo lO b u t Kessler powered in to the lead a nd stayed o ut front to ea rn th e mota and overall win. vVallace a lso passed Boyesen to claim second in th e moLO and the o vera ll co lu mn. Resul ts HO ( 10·11): I. n on Opdyckl': (Kaw }: 2. J o hn & h ne idrr (Ho n); 3. J ason Zoro msk i (SUl ). KO (12-13): I. NeWlo n Swartz (Su'l); 2. Nei l Wo("nr-r (SUl ); 3. J ohn McGinni5 (H(m ). KO (14-15): I. Wayne SW lI (Hun ): 2. }(eith Troccoli (Ka w); 3. Villcmt A lII'gr~lta (Ka w). 125 NO \ ' A: I. Jnh n Cha mben (Ho n); 2. n ave T ilKhma n (SUI); 3. Chris Prelldl"rvi lle (SOl ). • 125 NO V B: I. m RO!ili('"n (Yam ); 2. Eric Rl"ill y (SUl ): 3. Dan B u rn~1t (Ho n). 125 AM: I. G rf'K ory Lyn k (Kaw); 2. Bria n Beh rman (SUi); 3. Richar d Zup ko (H un ). 125 EX: I. Ty Wall ace (KOiW); 2. Ed B;to (SUi) ; 3. Jorl Ik' ng ler (SUl). Doug Carmichael (17) lifts the rear wheel of his Yamaha YSR50 en route to the Superbike Expert win at Carrollton, Texas. John Kindhart (behind) finished second. 250 NO V: 1. j d f W~ber (Ho n ); 2. W illiam O uervanger (H a n ); ~. Kei th Mcl ntos b (Hun). 250 AM: I. Dav id Th ierry (SUI); 2. Bria n Behrma n (Sw); 3. jalil Lync h (H on) . 250 EX: I. Mickey Kessler (Yam ); 2. T y w allace (Kaw); 3. Dag Bovesen (Kaw). O PEN AM: I. Ken H ulse: 2. Bob Mikulski (H o n); 3. Will iam H ru ska (}(aw' . O PEN EX: I. Mickey Kessler (Ya m ): 2. J eTT)' Seip (Suz): 3. J im Kapita n (Sull . SR : 1. Cha rles Sullivan (Hon); 2. Vincenl Bondi (H un) ; 3. A. Ch iarelli (Ka w ). SR EX: 1. Bob Sorenso n (Kaw) 2. Keit h Mann (Yam ); 3. H en ry Knabe (Yam) . . S/S R: I. Kerry Irwi n (Ho n); 2. Ja mes McGinn is (HOl ); t !. John Ba m mon (Hun ). 12.J B: I. Darw in Fridern: 2. Mike Lund; 3. Dan v osejpka. 1 125 A: I. J a y Mr1"ci ll; 2. Todd Lenll; 3. Mar k Borgen . 250 C: I. Mike G raylion ; 2. Austin All ma n; 3. Mike Sc be p p ke. 250 B: I. Mike Ro h!. 250 A: 1. Ch ili Bense: 2. J ay Hoen k: 3. OJris Hughes. O PE N C: I. Brem H erber: 2. J oel H aa s; 3. jerr Edwards. OPEN A: I. J a y Hoe nk ; 2. RUloty Sorenee ru s. Jeff Sorensen. Carmichael wins YSR50 Road Race at Carrollton By Barbie Spears Hoenk, Hughes battle at Midway Motocross By Rolfe Otterness KELLOGG, MN. APR. 29 Jay Hoen k a nd Chris H ug hes d ueled in severa l mo tos th ro ugh o u t the day at the firs t Mid way Recrea tion Park-spo nso red District 23 mo tocro ss of th e new season. with H oenk toppin g th e Open A class. Rider a tte nda nce was slim d ue to expec tat io n of a mudbath for th is race, b u t after practice the tra ck dri ed n icely to p rov ide exce lle nt raci n g for the 130 dari ng so uls en tered. H oenk dominaled. both Open A mo tos and elec ted to ride h is CR500 in the Sem i Pro race. H e pulled th e bol eshot a nd mot ored into the lea d , tra iled q uickl y by Chris Bensen and H ughes. Ben se seemed abo ut to close th e gap near the halfway point but a cras h dro p ped h im back LO fo urth beh i nd J ay Mercil!. H ugh es closed in o n H oenk with two laps to go a nd soo n cha lle ng ed for the lead. H oen k went wide in a series o f tig ht tu rns, a llo wing Hughes a n o p po rt u n ity to div e insi de a nd H oenk cl utched hi s bike o u t o f th e tu m in a last d itch a ttempt to save th e lead Bo th riders nea rl y too k each o ther o u t aro u nd th e next ben d o f the tra ck. H ughes pulled into the lea d th rough the whoops bu t H oenk clo se in d aga in after a lon g s tra i~ h t, on ly to overshoot the next corner , cra sh ing in to Hughes a nd drop ping bo th to th e gro u nd H ughes restart ed firs t wit h H oenk two seconds back, j ust ahea d o f Mercil l. Hughes mai n tai ned h is lead to ta ke first with H oenk. Mercill and Bense fill ing in 'he top four . H oenk stuffed Hughes in th e firs t mo LO o f th e 250cc A class and went o n to tak e th e win o n hi s H usqva rn a . Hughes held seco nd for mo st of th e mota on ly to see Ben se shoot by on th e last lap. C had W inccke sna red fourt h over Mar ty Clark. Ben se led every la p of th e seco nd mot o , wh ile H oenk wen t do wn early o n the first la p. Bense seemed ass ured of the win un til he endoed over a tricky do u ble right after the finish line near the end of th e mo to. H e quickly resra rted j ust as Hughes closed in and, despi te steam d riftin g from his cra cked radiat or , ma naged to ho ld o n for two more la ps to tak e the mo to and the o verall w in. H oellk took wurth for second in the o vera ll standi ngs over Hugh es 3-2 score. Rr suI ts MINI PI\\' : I. Mike Kan n; 2. J f'£(Sparks; 3. Gt"rr ill Cla rk. MI NI J R: I. Sha wn Wl"hla gf": 2. Shelly K4tnn: ! . Co ry Co rcor;tn . . MIN I SR : I. Ja m il"Fa hrl"nd hn lz; 2. Suell(n ('.arey; 3. Ch rilo 5lt"1"n. YTH : I . Mark Gl"U; 2. M ik~ Hrggen; 3. j ()~h H;trenlo. VET C: I. Ra ndy H inzma n; 2. Rrian Kc. 1sbrn lm; 3. Alle n r Slai gc. VET A: I. Ra nd y Nagt"l; 2. Gany [)ok km . 25 PL US: I. Rrdd Erickson ; 2. M.n k J rt:hl"; 3. JnhnSweeney. 125 C D-I : I. Len ny H ul hfort ; 2. Kurt Foshforg; : Mikf' t Hr ggen . 125 C D-2: I. Mar k Ge"ll; 2. Da vid JueTt; 3. Ken Si("ml . I CARROLL TON, TX APR. 22 , The seco nd round of the-Yamaha Go ld Cu p : Series attracted a reco rd number o f racers a nd spectators to Ca rro llton . In the pr emier race o f the da y, Dou g Ca rm ichael was the big winner in th e Supersport Expert class. J oh n Kind hart• .Ca rm ichael, John Ewing a nd Rick G arrison pulled away qu ick ly fro m th e rest o f the pack, while J ay Dea to n, G reg ·Abbo ll , Ch uck Erg le, Dennis McBr ide a nd Doug Gere were havi ng q uite a battl e in the mid d le o f the field. O n lap seven th o ugh , Dea to n and Erg le ta ng led in tu m (o u r and bo th riders crashed. Mea n w hile, up fro nt, Carmi chae l a nd Kin dhart were fierce ly fig h ting for first pl ace. O n th e last la p , Kin d han dove hard in to tu m o ne di vin g u ndernea th Ca rmich ael . pu ni ng h im in second. H ow ever, Ca rm ichae l was n 't content in second, so he cha rged back a fter the new leader. In the last tu rn befo re the . checke rs , Car m icha el r isk ed taki ng th e slip pery inside line and sn uck pas t Kindhart £ r the win. o N ine motorcycles lined th e sta rting gri d for the Beg in ners race, Wh en th e gree n flag went u p, Audrey Mana rik new o ff t he start and into the lead. In second was Ton y Wr ight followed by' J ohn Merrick a nd Ch ris Hu n t. Menar ik dis p layed fine ridi ng ab ility as she held the lead , wh i le Wr ig ht and J ohn Bryan were closin g in . O n the la st lap. Brya n ca me by Wri gh t, and a t the last mom ent before the fini sh lin e, pas sed Menarik to tak e th e win . Eig h t H eavyweight Novi ces cha rged o ff the line p us h ing hard in to th e tu rn-o ne sweeper. Brad Kind hart ca rne out o f the tu m in (irs t. fo llow,od by Todd T hom pson, Bill LeSueu r and Ch ris Hunt. IL was a lire-to-tire race betw een Kind hart a nd T hompson. O n the n inth lap , o f the 12-la p race, T ho m pso n put so me p ressur e o n Ki nd ha rt and th e leader du mped ir in tu rn one leaving the rest o f the race wide o pe n for T ho m pso n. Tho m pso n fin ished first wi th LeSe uer a nd H un t com ing in seco nd and thi rd . Resul ts SCOOTER: I. J oh n Hodgl'ki:lo lo; 2. Pa l Erg le; 3. J a y Ot-allJn. BEG : J. j ohn 81)'an ; 2. Aud r('")' Menari k; 3. Tony Wrigh l: .1. Ch ri:o. H um; ;1. G 1r rm Wal kl"r. L, 'W :'\O\'; I. Jf'[f ('"flYing lu n; 2. T um my Hi ('kman; 3. Ch ril> RN:d; :I. Audr l")' :\knarik; 5. j o n Bm nllo n. M W SO \ ': I. Dann )' AI''' : 2. Robby Guud in; 3. J dI :\-klld lc ·liUII:1. J;I), Ha ) ward; !J noug Sim mi nr. . . H \\' S O \' : I. Tudd lltulllJlliun: 2. Bill t r Sue ur ; 3. Chrili H unl : ·1. TUllYWriKhl ; ;» J ohn Mc'rri( -k. . EX CA....I- : I. o.:.UR (".armidtad: 2. Joh n Ewin g; ~ . Gr eg { AhIHJl t: .1. J o hn Kin dha r!: 5. ja)' Dealo n. I:! -~ ,I : I. G rf'R .\ b bo ll : 2. J r rr M rl1dl"l ~n : .1. Todd Thmnp ..o n; .IJ jeff {"mingle," ; 5. Tum my H irkman . . 2. ·29: l' I.0lm Wein R; 2. Jo h n Kind hart : 3. Rick earnon: ; .1. Dan ny F r ll ; :=.. Jay Dr-aliln. .10 -PI.t'S : I. Ch uck [(K le; 2. Rob b)' Gu od in ; 3. T nny Wl iglu ; 1. Rill LeSur ur ; :='. Skipp O..bo rne . S SP RT SO\': I. J d f CudnJttnn; 2. Rr;.d Kindh an : 3. Rill Lr Surur; t. Bobby Guodin : 5. o.:JII Simmo ns. K S BK EX: I. I)n ug C:tn n ichad : 2. Juhn Kind h.m ; 3. Greg .-\hbo lt: ·1. Ch uck Ergl e; 5. j a)' Ilt--cltnn . t ' 1.: I. Doug ('.ann idtad : 2. Ala n Mi l("\; ~ . Grt'll: AbtHlU; I. J ue. Pru li..ian n: 5. Tod d Thnrnp:o.o n. " ROC STK ~ I. Ilnu g ('.arm ichat"l; 2. juhn Kindhan ; 3. juh n E" 'illK: I. Gr (" .-\btHllt; 5. Jl"ff 0 1\'i ngtoll !l: ROC S RK: I. DOUR('.armichael; 2.Jnh n Kindh an : , . Alan :\Iik ..: .1. GWR Abbo ll; 5. Cuck E~ Il". , 39

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