Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

L/W Sl BK [X~ J. Oene ZiI"Rff (Ya m I; 2. Kn-in ~.Hldc; 3. jim Kri rM (Hun ); i . j('fT)' Anderson (Ya m). lJ'W Sl BK NO \' : I. R i(" ard l!pdikr- (Ya m ). h YSR RACF.: 1. juhn F..... n ~ (YSR ); 2. n a nn y RoIy (YSR) ; ·l 3. Tudd Thumpa,u'l (YSR,; i . ()lTi 1o Mila m (YSR) ; S. 8m Hourhin (YSR ). U/ L S/SP RT f.X: I. R ick Kirl. (SUll ; 2. Rotx-n S Ir-in1o (SUI); 3. Ed MilMo (lU wl. M / W r.r F.X: I . Tndd j f'n\Ml (H nn ); 2. :\.LlItG rfTn r-IYam ). M I l\' GP ~O\' : I. n .mny llo m inKUt'1 (Su /l; 2. Frilnk J a wflT10k i ( lI u n); 3. l. ai rd Arm\UUnR (C RR); 4. M.a rl Y Borkow1ok (Ya m ); S. Kt'vin jomn(") ( Viu n ). i l../ W S/SPRT NO\': 1. Mikt' H,," !ot'JI (yilm ); 2. n..nn y Sl('idk'l ( K...w ): 3. Ro.' 1mund Kif'r! (Y" m). IV\\, S/ SPRT EX: I. R (JI~f l Blt'vim (SUI); 2. •-"' :\lil n 1 ( Kilwl: 3. Mi'-(' Sullivan (S UI) : 4. A1ohlt"'f Pn t'f 1ol1n (S UI ). H /\\ ' S/ SP RT NOV : I. nannv n(lmin ~ut'l (SUI): 2..j ..m if' Nrtl (Yam ); S. Tnny Ruy".1(S w iL ew GP EX; I. (' ('11(' Zir~ (Ya m ): !. Kn ill l .t'Xfa ndt' ; 0 3. )MT}' An dcnon ( Yam ). M / \\' \ /BI\. EX: 1. Phil McDon.al d (Ya m I: 2. Todd }rnlO("n (H o n); 3. Mo1U Gf"f"rm' (";,t m) ; 4. M;,t y COyII(' O'..m ). n M /W SiR Il: SO\': I. Il<.nny I~nm inKUf'1 (SUI).: 2. Ch ri, Milam (Hnn ); 3. h ;m k J awnn.kt (Ho n l: i . Kevin J an nc-y (Y.n n): 5. Marl) R... lww\ki (Yam ). L!W· H f W SlTW F:X: I. Kt'Vin 1..t'K' nde. a H fW S/ RK F.X: I. Rul)M1 Rh"\f n \ (S UI) : 2. Man y c.. ,yn(' i (Ya rn). Stahlman stomps Motosports Park Motocross By Sharon Jones KAHOKA, MO, APR. 29 Mik e Stah lman cam e away with a perfect score in the 125, 250cc and Open A classes (Mi d west -Mo tospo rts) at Kahoka, today. In the fir st 125cc A mot o Ben Heibel took the holesh ot but went down a few turns lat er in a slopp y turn , Travis Kobu sh look o ver th e lead with Dave Brummel in seco nd. Stahlman was blazing and took everyo ne by lap two a nd pr oceeded to pull a way from th e pack for an easy win. In m o ta two Sta hl ma n laun ch ed hi s Kaw a sak i in to the lead a nd was never ch all enged. Heibel ro de ha rd i n seco nd , ' keepin g Stah lma n wit hi n sight. Meanwhile, Kobush ra n back in third a few seco nds beh ind Heibel. Stahlma n too k the victo ry, whi le Kobush co llected second overa ll wit h a 2-3 fin ish. In th e 250cc A class Bru mmel a nd Kobush ba ttled earl}' in mo to o ne, bu t Sta hlman q u ick ly fo und hi s wa y around bot h riders in th e firs t lap to take the lead . Sta h lma n pulled away, whil e Bru mmel and Kob ush di ced for seco nd. On lap six Brummel m issed a bi g berm and found his bik e kn ee deep in a m ud ho le. Kobush a nd Ken Hen phen mot or ed by before Brummel co uld get go ing agai n. In m o ta two Sta hl ma n contin ued hi s dominan ce by tak in g a n eas y win . Kobush ra n seco nd but on th e last lap he cra shed i n a sa wdust ber m and was a lmost passed by Henphen . It was a close fin ish, but Kob ush held on for seco nd. In th e O pen A class Bra d J on es too k th e hol esh ot , but soon lost ground to Stah lma n o n th e uphill rockers. Rick Pai ton a lso cha sed down Jones and too k o ver seco nd place o n la p two . Stahlman motored in for th e win With Pa tto n a di stant second. In molO two Stahlman made it a clea n six motu sweep after laki ng th e lead from Jones on the first lap and stalli ng his co m pe titio n. Resu lts 80 JR: I. Ktn l Yor k. 80 ~ R: I. S ria n Wiud» urg; 2. Tro y UllrrlliIc l : 3. Rid L ilfd Fn.'1. BEC : I. Rolxn Rrni: 2. j rif Hn ld riek,l,f)o ; 3. Gavin M-"I. Its NO V: I. Ant hony Wri>cT; 2. J alr M....; 3. Micfutd Joon . 125 EX: I. Mi kt' SI.. hl ma n: 2. T rav is Kobu\h; 3. 8m H t'ibd . 250 NOV : I. Kn- in Wor l; 2. T im H.. w kinJo; 3. aint Madd y. :!SO INT: I. P.tu! Wh ilt'; 2. Bfa n«' Smi lh ; 3. SIt'W' Reno. 2.1)() EX: I. Mik t' Srah lm.. n: 2. T rn i, Kob U1oh: 5. Krn Hmphm. SOO EX: 1. Mikr Su h lm.' II: 2. Rick p..non: 3. Sr ..d J on a l OVER 25: 1. S fOIId J emn.; 2. Dmni .. Pol L d ; 3. Paul Wh ile. u O VE R 30: I. T om F fU Y; 2. Tom J o h n,l,f)n; 3. un Ft'iK"'baum. Varnes, Sassaman top Pine Grove Short Track By Len Breech PINE GROVE,PA, MAY 6 Mik e Varnes an d Eri c Sassaman too k th e 250cc and Open Expert wins, respec tively, as th e Fl ying Dutchmen M.e. launched th eir 1990 season with a sho Tt tra ck at Pin e G rove. Varnes saw his lead at th e sta rt of th e 250cc Expert fin al red-flagged for a downed rider. O n th e resta rt, Joe Broml ey grabbed th e lead fro m Ken Yoder ; Varn es and Gary Clark. Varnes moved into seco nd o n the next lap then got by Bromley for th e lead o n the third ,la p a nd sta rted to pull a little d ista nce o n hi s Penn State Cycles-spo nso red Yamaha. Cousin Kevin Var nes, Yoder, Clark and T om Daniele got into a heated bau le for .hird in the middle sta ges of th e race. Kevin and Yoder then mowed up to battle Broml ey for second , with Kevin taking second o n the fin al lap and Yoder following him. n ,u the 17 rid ers in the 600cc Expert final roared out of the . du sty second turn, Eric Sassaman grabbed the lead from Kevin Varnes, Mike Varn es and Steve Burkh o lder. Kevin ,dr o p ped several places as he just escaped a tank-dapper. Mike went into second, while Tom Daniele and Burkh o lder battled over th ird 10 the chec kers. Kevin regr o u ped to fin ish fifth . Joe Heberling, Harold Hillard and Steve w ilson quickl y put some d ista nce over Jim Suuer, Pa ul Shoe ma ker and Wayne Franklin as the Sen ior class roared. do wn the bac k straight, Throughout the fin al, Heberl ing led with eit her Hill ard o r Wilson righ t behind him. As lht.1' entered the first turn o n the fina l lap, \Vilso ll dov e und er Heberli ng". ta kin g th e lead. Hill ard a lso got by in the opening. Ricky winseu jumped o u t to a big lead 3 ' the start of the co mbined 85cc fina l, as his main co m pe titio n a nd beat winner, T odd \Vinseu , sta lled at the line. Paul Lynch . Jere Alexander and Jo h n w in sen ba n led o ver seco nd. Alexander took o ver second at the end o f ' he Iirst lap, on ly to fall on th e next lap . Ry th e halfway po int , Todd had wo rked his way into seco nd abou t a straight behind his cousin. Scou Snoop pUI hs Ossa in front of J aime Pujo l. Ri ch ard Eisinger and Dennis Au ngs l in th e 250cc Amat eu r final. As th ey began the second la p. Eisinger a nd Au ngst moved past Puj o l as ' hey batt led for th e rem ainder of th e race over second , while Snoop wo n easi ly. Snoop and Ro bert Roo sa were in from of the Open Ama teurs on bo th sta rts, with Sco tt Harper , Ron Baer and Tom Hannum Iollo wing o n the officia l o ne. After anothe r of h is typica l lo usy sta rts, Phil Libha rt moved up to fourth by th e end of th e fourth lap, but by then th e o nes in front had ' 00 mu ch of a mar gin to dem o Mike Sta h lman (119) won all si x A-class motos at Mid west Mo tosports MX. Here, he chases third-place finisher Brad Jones (453) during an Open A start. Steve Wil son (3N) caught and passed Joe Heberling (57H ) and Harold Hillard (15U) to top the Senior class at Pennsylvania's Pine Grove Short Track. Results PP: I. Eva M.u M- H um phft"l (Yam); 2.. SI4K't'y Bucha ru n (Yarn). !)!J: I. J..r ob J ohn!olm (Ya m) : 2. Billy Slill.....el l (Ya m): 3. Bnlj a rnin Mi ll" (Yn SUllo n (Ka w ); , . J o hn Will iam s (K..a .....). MI NI INT: 1. Vyla m Ngu ym (K..a w ); 2. Brad ly Bndtm ( Ka .....); 3. N ick H an K"n (K..a w). MIN I EX: I. OtriJo Pa tnson (H o n ). 125 BEG : 1. n....... n P iazza (Ya m); 2. M..n Blr'Ck (Kaw); o\' 3. RobC'flM a nud (KTM). 125 JR: I. Pal McGovnn (Hon ): %. G lm No lin ( Hon ): 3. Bnl R~ (KOIIw ). 125 INT: 1. R yan H uffm a n (H on): 2. J"\OII McCormick (H on); 3. Dan Ulwn (KOII w). 125 PR O : I. T ony Cnvn (Suz): 2. Don Bi.looN'gliol (Sw); 3. Ca ry Sn odr (H o n ). 250 BEG : I . WayrM: J o h nlOn (H o n); 2. Mikr Go u l" fl (H o n); 3. CK'K OI1' H anno n (H on). 250 jR: I. Jd f Bailt"Y (H on); 2. Emir Tml.loOn (Ho n): 3. T im Md .unn (Ya m ). 2!)() I NT : l. R yan H u ffma n (Hon ); 2. Oan Ulwon (KOIIw ); S. Kevin Yt'agn" (Yam ). 250 PR O : I. Tony Cr.nn (SUI): 2. Jim Andrnon (KOIIw ); 3. Mikr Bell (S UI) . O PEN BEG : 1. Doug Unudti (Hon): t. KM n Brlongia (H on): 3. Manin Nau man (H on ). O PEN JR: I. lhr.IyRC'" DroYoung (H on): 2. K.m Rtnhton (H on); 3. J dl Pa pkr (Hon). . O PEN I NT: l. Kcov1n Yngn ( Y..m ); 2. Rod Com..lock (Kaw ): 3. Kip Tnnp5rwn (H on). O PEN PR O: 1. s........ l Will iolnu (H on); ' 2.. Milu:- Crackr . (Hon); 3. [)mni l SWfftm (Kaw). lITH: l. Jim Andt'non (ka w ); 2. Slt'W' Sm ilh (Sw): S. Mikr Kalo (Hon). . 30-40 C: l. Sra n Ca pps (H w.); 2. Mik r- Mar hall (I -Ion); 3. Mike Thom~ (H on ). 5Q.40 B: I. John Wi1Iianu ( K.ilw); t. Ron Kml (Ya m); 3. Rand y Win g ( Kaw ). 30-40 A: l. DaY(' Eal in (Hon ); 2.. Jm-y II nldtnhol (H on): ~ . Mi keo c..y"" (ATK). 10+ NOV : I. GmcoOliui m (H o n); 2. Strw FOI1t' (Hon ). 40+ AM: I. Ma ynard Richitnh (Kaw): 2. Dick. Sludham (Yam): 3. S It'W' Jm WTt(K.ilw ). 40+ EX: I. tW'ft'tt Walun irr (x.. w) : 2. Mikr H ackman (Yam ); 3. OilW Mn ldin (SUlI. W MN: I. I},.wn Pi aUOl (Ya m) ; 2. Julit' Swtttm (Ka w ); S. Sha n no n Sl

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