Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

eDIRTTRACK A Grand N MA ational Championship/Camel Pro Series: Round 4 ; Steve Raymond (SIZ) won th e rain-shortened Junior National, topping Kris Kiser and Jason Fletcher; Steve Rasmussen (45Y) finished fifth. (Left to right) Chris Carr. Scott Parker and Ronnie Jones celebrate their top three finishes in the NationaL The win was Parker's 31st career victory. " I don't believe the ra ce track is that wide," Moreh ead told the exci ted crowd. "They're kicking my butt in on e and two. Wh at can 1 say? Scott's (Parker) hell and now he 's teaching this kid (Athert on) . What will it be like next year?" " It cou ld have been a little better abo u t five in ch es better," Atherton said. " H e's (Parker) supposed to be my friend. I th ought he was going to give it to me." " I' ve never seen a race like th at before," Parker concluded. 14 Jun ior N atio n a l Fast qualifier Steve Rasmussen won th e fastest of th e two , six-la p Junior heat races, turning his six laps in three minutes, 51.873 seconds on hi s Staab Racing -backed Harley-Davidson. The Turlock, California, resident topped Co n ne cticu t's J ason Fletcher o n hi s Edm onds R a cing-backed Wo odsRotax and New H ampshire' s Brian Tillso n o n his experime ntal, singleport, du al ca rbu reted Ron Wood-tuned Woods-R otax. The second heat race was won by Redwood Ci ty, Californ ia 's Andy Tresser and his Woods-Rotax. Tresser beat Steve Raymond's Woods-Rotax a nd Steve Beattie's H arl ey-Davidson in the six-la p pe r. The scheduled 10-l ap Juni or National was stopped after th e th ird lap due to rain a nd was restarted minutes later. Rasm ussen led Ra ymond, J aime Aguilar, Fletch er a nd Danny Stanley wh en th e race was interrupted. Prior to the resta rt, Wood elected to cha nge tir es o n Tillson 's bik e, going to a cu t tir e in an effort to find more tra ction on th e damp oval. At the com p letion of th e first restarted lap (la p four), it was Kiser leading th e wa y ahead of Raymond a nd Fletcher. Tillson , mean wh ile, was . a t th e back o f the pa ck. Ra ymond took over th e lead o n hi s Sh oei /Rock Oil/Bruce H a llen / Dyce & So n Marathon /Ed ' H a ymo nd/ Da ve Harris/Larry Gardin ilCraig Filmerspo nsored Wood-Rot ax on the fifth la p. Raymond con tin ued to lead , a nd on lap seven th e race was red -flagged again d ue to more rain. T his time th e 'resu lt was fin al. R aym ond beat Kiser, F le tc he r, Beattie a nd Ra smussen. After three of 12 sched uled ro unds, Tresser, 11th today, leads th e point standings, 40-37, over Stanley. N a ti o n al For th e first four laps th e 25-lap National saw a fierce battle for th e lead. From lap five on , this o ne belonged to Parker. T he Swa rtz Creek, Mich iga n, resident ended the first lap in fifth place. After two laps he was sixth a nd on th e th ird lap he was sevent h . That was as far back as he go t. By th e fourth la p , Par ker ha d moved up to fifth a nd a lap lat er he was in th e lead . For good. At th at point, Parker a nd his Bill Werner-tuned H arley started to ease away from th e dogfight beh in d him. Wh ile th e ot hers fou ght it ou t, Parker p ulled away, even tuall y lead in g by as much as five seconds. Wi th first place sett led, th e rea l race was for seco nd and a ll of six rid ers Springsteen, Carr, Morehead, J ones, Gra ham and Farris - took a tu rn a t t he posi tio n . Ca rr a n d Mo reh ead wo ul d do most of the lead ing in the ba ttl e for seco nd a nd the position wasn 't decided until th e final corner. It was th ere tha t Morehead di sco vered he had no brak es. T he puck had fallen ou t of th e rear disc a nd th e vetera n struggled to stay in co ntrol. " I abo u t T -boned (Ch ris) Carr ," Moreh ead said in retrospect, " It (the brak e lever) wen t to the gro u nd. I had to set th e bi ke up to m iss him a nd I ab out highsided. " Th is left Carr to finis h second, ahea d of J ones, who squeak ed ahead of th e o the r four a t the finish line - Farr is, Spri ngsteen, Moreh ead a nd G raham. Ath erto n rod e a lo nel y race to finish eigh th after starting on the thi rd row . " I go t stuck a nd th ose guys go t away ," Ath e rt on sa id . " I started ca tch ing up, but th en th e last five la ps I got anxious and slip ped back again." Behind Ath ert on ca me Day wi th Poovey ro und ing out the top 10. " My shou lder needs ti me to hea l, bu t I do n' t have th e time, " Poovey said o f th e dislocated sho ulder he suf fered in a p rac tice crash at Ascot. " It's o kay whe n we're sp read ou t, bu t 1 do n 't feel com fort able when we're mixing it u p ." Ingra m was a d isappo intin g 11th : " I was hav ing a p roblem of some kind, b u t 1 do n 't kn ow wha t," In gra m sai d. " I ra ced th e sp ar e after br eak in g the good bike in practice. We'll j us t have to go di gg~? ' for more horsepower for next week. • H ow had Parker managed to ge t awa y? Ca rr: " H e put in a co u ple of good laps a nd the five o f us slo wed each o ther down. You couldn 't run on e full lap using th e lines yo u wanted to use. " Jones: " H e ca n just find tra ction whe n th e rest of us can 't: It 's like he's go t some kind o f secret jelly in his tire or som ething." Springsteen: " It was just a diff erent ra ce (fro m the heat in which h e dominated). We changed some things after th e Camel Challenge th at helped me. It was pushing th e front and slid ing th e ba ck in th e Challenge. But we just didn't have enough to co m pe te wi th Scotty in th e main. It 's a co m bination of him and Bill (Werner) th at 's o n a roll right now ," P arker: " T ha t was th e fir st bik e we rode in practi ce. All we changed was the gearing. It just shows how goo d Bill (Werner) is. H e to ld me to just go with tha t bike becau se it would be th e best for th e conditio ns lat er in th e day. Everythi ng just worked excelle nt th e wh ol e day," C~ Results T I ME T R IA LS : I. Sco tt Par ker ( ~6 .076 ) ; 2. C hris Carr (36.235); 3. J ay Spr ingsteen (36.419); 4. R ick y G ra ham (36.46 1); 5. Sieve Mo rehead (36.463); 6. Kevi n Ath er ton (36.566); 7. Keith Day (36.604 ); 8. Dav id Durell e (36.727); 9. Terry Poo vey (36.733); 10. Dan Ingram (36.780); II. T ed Taylor (36.833); 12. Ronni e J on es (36.861); 13. Rodney Farr is (36.893); 1·1. Mike Ha le (36.894); IS. Will Da vis (37.0 12); 16. Stevefiklund (37.IH71; 17. Mik e Ind errbitzen (37.198); 18. Jon Cornwell (37.227); 19. Sca n Pearson (37.261); 20. Charlie O rr (37.267); 21. Do ug Chan d ler (37.328 ); 22. Aar on H ill (37.343); 23 . Bobb y McD ow e ll (37.346); 24. Do n Wilso n (37.4 12); 25. Ti m Mertens (37.426); 26. Ro bert Damron (37.607): 27. Sccu Stump (37.628); 28. Sal Ho ll ma n (37.727); 29. Reol Han (37.76 1); 30. Gt;O'Ke Roed er II (37.790); 3 1. Ch a nce Darling (37.830); 32. Ken neth Nell a (37.655); 33. Pete Ha mes (38.055); 34. Rex Fisher (38.060); 35. Dan McDon ell (38. 162); 36. Bob McDo n nell (g8.S&I). H EAT I: 1. Scou Par ker (H- D): 2. T erry Poovey (H a n ); 3. Da vid Dur ell e (H- D); 4. T im Merten s (Ho n ); 5. Mike Inder biu en (H -D); 6. Don Wilso n (Ha n ); 7. Kenn et h Nnw (H -D); 8. Pete Ham es (HD); 9. Steve Ek lu nd (Ha n) . Time: 6:09.502 HEAT 2: I. Chris Carr (H -D); 2. Dan In gr m a (Hon); 3. Keith Da y (Han ); 4. J on Co rn well (Ha n); 5. Will Da vis (H· D); 6. Robert Da mro n (H· D); 7. Chance Darl in g (H · D); 8. Rex Fisher (H·D); 9. Bobb y McDo well (H · D). T im e: 6;09.937 . HEAT 3: 1. Jay Spri n gsteen (H -D); 2. Mik e Hale (H· D); 3. Aaron H ill ( H· D); 4. Sco n Pearson (H· D ); 5. Ted T a ylor {Ho n ): 6. George Roed er II (H · D); 7. Sco tt Stu mp (H u n); 8. Dan McDo n nel l (HD); 9. Kevin Atherton (H -D). Time: 6;09.470 . H EAT 4: I. Ste ve Morehead (H- D ); 2. Ro nnie Jon es (Ha n ); 3. Rick y G ra ha m (H o n ); 4. Rodn ey Farr is (H -D); 5. C ha rlie O rr (H- D); 6. Do ug C ha nd ler (H- D);' 7. Sa l H o ffman (I-I-D); 8. Mike Mcf'ion nell ( Ha n ); 9. Rcci l Han (H· D); 10. Bob McDon nell (H · D ). T ime: 6;09.743 SEMI I: I. Will Dav is (II- D); 2. J on Co rnwel l (H a n ); 3. Tim Mer ten s (Hon): 4.· Mike Inderrbitzen (H -D); 5. Cha nce Darlin g (H· D); 6. Ruben Dam ron (H -D); 7. Ken neth Neue (H · D): 8. Do n 'Wilso n (H o n ); 9. Rex Fishe r (H · D); 10. Pete Ham es (II· D); II. Steve Ek lu nd (Ho n ); 12. Bohby McDowell (H · D). T ime: 6:15.607 SEM I 2: I. Rod ney Farris If-l-D): 2. Kevin Athert on (H · D); 3. Scot t Pea rson (H -D); ·I, T ed T aylor (Hon) ; 5. Ch arl ie Orr (H · D); 6. George Roed er II (H ·D); 7. ScOIl Stum p (H o n ): 8. Sal l-lo Hman (H · D); 9. Dan Md)onnell (I-1 -D); 10. Mike McDonnell (Han ); I I. Rccil Ha n (B · D); 12. Doug Chandler (H · D). T im e; 6;10.275 LAST CHAN CE Q UAUFtER: Tim ~ Icncn, (H a n ); 2. Ted Taylor (Ho n j: 3. George Roeder II (H -D ); .1. Sco tt Stu m p (Ho n ); 5. Mike Inderbuzen (1-1-0 ); 6. Ra ben Damro n (H- D): 7. Ken neth Nell a (I-I· D): 8. Ch an ce Darl ing (H · D): 9. Scott Pearson (H· D); 10. Charlie Orr (H · D). 'Tim et X / A red nalQ!;ed. CA ~t E L CH AL LE NGE: I. Scu ll Par ker (H· D) ; 2. Kevin Athert on (l'I-O ): 3. Steve Morehead (H- D); 4. Ch ris Ca rr (I-I·D); 5. J a y Spri n gsteen (H- D); 6. R ick y G raham (H a n ). Ti me: 3:06.603 SATION AL: 1. Sco u Pa rker (1-1-0); 2. Chris Carr (H · D ); 3. Ronnie J ones (H o n ); 4. Rod ney Farris (HDJ; 5. J ay Sp ri ng steen ( H · D); 6. Steve Morehea d (1-1. 0 ); 7. Ricky Graham (Han ); 8. Kevin Ath ert on (H D); 9. Kcilh Da y (Ha n ); 10. Terry Poovey (Han) ; II. DatI Ingram (Ho n ]: 12. w m Davis (H -D); 13. Ti m Mertens (Ho n ); 14. J on Co rn well (Han); 15. Mike Hal r (H -D ); 16. David Du relle fl l -D ): 17. Aaron B ill (H · D). T im e; 15;16.39 AMA CAME L PR O SE R IES POINT STA NDINGS: I. Chris Ca rr (65); 2. Scou Parker (62); 3. lay Sp ri ng" ....n (42);1. Dan In gram (41); 5. (TIE ) Ronni e Jo nes/ Steve Mor ehead (34); 7. Will Davi s (26); 8. Rick y Graham (22); 9. Steve Ek lu nd (20); 10. Rodn ey Farr is (19); I I. (T I E) T im Mer tens/Terry Poovey (15); 13. Do ug Chan d ler ( 14); 14. Steve Aseltine (13); 15. Keit h Day (12); 16. Kevin Athe rton ( I I) ; 17. R ich Kin g (7); 18. J on Co rn well (3); 19: (TI E) Davi d Cam li n / Mik e H al e (2); 21. Scou Pea rso n ( I). . JR TIME T R IALS : I. Stc ve Rasm ussen (37.306); 2. Andy Tresser (37.353); 3. Jess Roed er (37.656); 4. J ason Fletch err (37.806); 5. J ai me Agui la r (37.879); 6. Kri s Kiser (37.900); 7. Paul Pal hem u s Jr. (37.950); 8. T im Selbv (37.968 ); 9. Dan n y Sta nle y (38.023); 10. T ony Don ah ue (38.082); II. AI Eadie (38.094); 12. S teve Ma yfield (38. 176 ); 13. Bria n T illson (38.223); 14. Sleven Ra ym ond (38.258); 15. Ch ad McCra cken (28.278); 16. Kevin Bricker (38.328); 17. J am ie G ry lic k i (38.352) ; 18. Tony Holdscla w (38.386): 19. Speedy Kell (38.387); 20. Cory Perrault (38.439 ); 21. Clint Vah shol u (38.534); 22. Steve Bea ttie (38.605); 23. Ban Sch m u lbac h (38.662); 24. All o n McBee (38.674); 25. Dona ld Pa ul (38.767); 26. Gary Ferr a va rui (38.800); 27. Shad Rein ke (39.267); 28. Sca n Plyma le (39.310); 29. Rober t Bacosa (39.325); 30. Ji m Kesler (39.70 1); 31. H .P . Myau (39.990); 32. Sh aw n Gra nde rs o n (40.025); .5.5. Bo b Meirin g (40. 151); 34. J immy H iguera (40. 162). J R HEAT 1: I. Steve Ras mussen (H -D ); 2. Jaso n Fletcher (W· R) ; 3. Brian Tillso n (W· R): 4. Dan n y .Sta n ley (W-R); 5. J aime Aguila r (H- D); 6. Jam ie Gry lick i (H o n): 7. Steve Ma yfield (W-R); 8. Kevin Bricker (Ha n ); 9. Clint Va hsho h z (W- R); 10. Allo n McBee (W· R ); I I. Cory Pcrra u h (H · D); 12. Tim Sclb y (W· R ). Time: 3:51.873 J R HEAT Z, I. And y T resser (W· R); 2. Steven Ra ymo nd (H- D ); .5. Kris Kiser (Han ); 4. J ess Roeder (H · D ): 5. T o ny Do nahu e (H- D); 6. s«ve Beatt ie (HD ): 7. Ban Sch m u lbach (W-R) ; 8. Paul Palhernu s, J r. (W· R ); 9. Tony lI o ldscla w (W· R ); 10. Chad McCra cke n (H· D); II. Speedy Kell (H·D); 12. AI Eadie (H·D). Time: 3:52.059 "'J R FINAL: I. St{'Vl"1I Ra ymo nd (W-R); 2. Kris Kiser (W. R): 3. J ason Fletcher (\ V· R ); 4. Steve Be ni e a (H- D): 5. Steve Rasm ussen (1-1-0 ); 6. Dan ny Stanl ey (W-R ): 7. J ami e Agu ila r (H· D); 8. J a mie G ryl ick i (Ho n); 9. TOllY Don a h ue (H · D); 10. Brian 'Ti llso n (\V· R ); II. J ess Roed er ( H· D); 12. And y Tresser (W· R ). T im e: N/ A red Ilagged JR NAT IO NAL POINT STANDINGS: l. And y Tresser (39); 2. Dan Sta n ley (36); 3. Steve Rasm ussen (30); 4. Kris Kiser (29); 5. Brian T illson (23); 6. Step he n Bean ie (24); 7. jaso n Fletcher (22); 8. Co ry Perr ea ult (21); 9. J aim e Agui lar (l 7); 10. J ess Roeder (I S); II. Pau l Pol hem us, J r. ( I I) ; 12. Gary Ferra vami (10); 13. Step hen Mayfield (9); 14. (T IE) Clin ton Vahs ho ltz/j ami e G ryhcki (7); 16. T o ny Don ahu e (6); 17. T o ny Hol dscla w (5); 18. AI Eadi e (4). " U nofficia l Results

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