Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

eLOCAL EVENTS Casas and Bru ce Del gado. Little also li n ish ed ~ secon d in th e 250cc No vice c lass aher mix in g it up with wi n ner Rod Sprink le a nd Ryan Spurgin. Results I. DOi\'id P.Jvo n (SUI). KU xo v, I. Jim Rc-lnlin(SUI ). 125 HEG : I. R obe rt Ander son (SulI: 2. J OiIl"d J ac ntnn"" rT 1 (Y;"m ): 5. j u..h rr.l\"i ~ (Kdw ): 1. jurd.Jn Lil'brr m;. R (Hu n ): 5. ~I.;m L ippert (H o m, I25S0" : I. R ich Ba rton ( n n n ); 2. Clare-ncr Abbnll ( H n~); 5. Ro~ Bremen our (Ya m): -i. J U"'III tannu U ( V..m j: 5. Kn m J.ack'oof .n (H on). 125 1:'10 : l. joel T nk a r'iok,. (H"n ): 2. M.Jk o m b 8r ix (SUI): 1 5. T on v Q UOilh . ( Ka w). 125 PRO: I. lkn·k S a (\·iK I K.r.W): 2. j od Albr"" lu (lU w): 3. T im T ellord (K.aw); -I. Ryal l C ul i"lt' (I<;a w ): ~. j t"H Rtuk •• (lI un). . 250 HIo.G : I. David Oc: hr( (YOIm) : 2. Steve C:hilrbnn nr,tU Inon) : 3. Bill Pau l eYa m ): .1. Brean ow Lambert (H o n l: 5. f.rnn l R('l~ih IKav. I. ; 2.~ ~O\' : I. Rud Splinklr 11-10"': 2. i\h kr Li ll ir (T~): :\. Ryan Sp ur ,;in {H o n j: -i. :\.tilr.r S hur ( Hunl: 5. J a mn Blfo cH un ). 2SO 1:\ : I. Ronnie Iwn"l"rd l Ka", ): 2. L.an.,. La w ren ce 1 l lUw): 3. Albrrt San cht"l ( K<.! w) : '1. j on J ;'l m~ ( U "n ):~ . Kffi &I BlC: Sr;:lpl:O~t Vet Expert winner John Greenway (77) leads runner-up Todd , P~tc;rson V5 7) and fourth-place finisher Jim Senddba~ (5) at L.A. Co~ty Raceway s Fnday mgh t MX. Rill Sil varole sw ept three Expert classes at Hunt Moto Park 's MX . Silvarole takes three at Hunt Moto Park Motocross 201·0 PEr-.;' Bl C : I. M.n k johncox ( Ka w): 2. BtuN' Wil k in , IH on); 5. Robrrl R.iaynki (Yam) : -t. Dim Crnwnt"r (YOIm); 5. Da vid Kl i!oluH ( K.o& w ). 125 N O V~ I. C r~ FI ~{)(" (Ka w ): 2. Ch ri, B uc kl ~ (Hon ): : 3. Tnl lbu rnll;;.m t Ko!w) 4. C hri!o Bla kt"; 5. DOirr in Wirbr (SUI). 201· 0 PEN NOV; I. L~ Ma Sldl t"r ( UOII ): 2. C hrn U\Trmort" IHon ); 3. P h il R ~ i m;ld ( K.aw) : 1. T um Cay in ilUlth li n ( Ka w ). (H u n ); 5. DoUR McL.. 125 A M: I. Cuy SqUIrT (SUI) : 2. Jdf &.11." (Hu n ): 3. Rmji Tra~k (B on ); 1. D..\-;d \\ 'ardm (StU): 5. J.C: K I ~T (H un ). 250 AM: I. Ibm'IISronr (lUw ): 2. M;tu in Mc(ll:tlUl d l lU w l: 3. [ddi!" Van&l k~ ( Kaw) ; -t. Scut! Fil/RM";l1d (u wl : 5. Tim Lynn (StU). O PES AM: 1. o.)U I..\ M~", (H.m ); 2. Ritk 8i~'lfm ( Ho n ): ,. 3. Scou Wo lin ( K.. w w ). P L US 25: l. Andy SI.;I(" (S W); 2. Curl Ho ltn ( Kot w ); -5. P.tul Ca rpnun ( K..w ): 4. Andr f'W & 011 (H u n ): 5. DavrCarmt'n (Ya m). "I:\I /W OS: l. J.c. ~r (Ho n ): 2. Tim Ly ~n (SUI); 3. Scull WflUn (\ ·;"m):-i. T ndd Wrkh (Ya m I: 5. KM'm Dt" M J (H u nt. SR C: I. DoUR M( u u ,.hl in (Kaw ); 2. Mil.t' O'oIC .udioJ, (Hnn ): 3. SUMI w lh lurd (Ho n l: -I. Tim S"",""in~ (Honl ; 5. R.. ndl rlali l (Vam ). SR B: I. Rid 8 iw lR (H o n ); 2. j a m ie- ' ..•..rdt"n ( K.! w ): 3. Sfrvr Riro (Vam };1 . G.ny Wal krT (JUw ): 5. Fmi. LUCOl (Y.llnl . SR A: I. 8.Jn L ur,lr. ( Ka w ); 2. Ski p IU., .- I(lw\ ki ( K.aw ): 3. C liff Mill t"1 (Ya m ). 1250 EX: 1. Rill Si lvarolt" IKa w); 2. Ou n Sc-hmidl ( Hun ): 3. l...arry Fit/ma id (Kaw ). 250 EX: I. Bill Silvarolt' ( K.o!. w ): 2. Oo n Sfhmidl (Ho n ): 3. Martin Mt'U (K.1 w ): 1. Skip Ko pd o w..ld (Kdw): ~. SIu.nl PI.m (K.1 w ). O P EN EX: I. Bill Sih·arole ( K.a W ); 2. Sk ip Knpc iow !>ki (Ka w): 3. ~I arc Krown ( Ho n ); 4. Rar! Lu ca r. ( KoIW): a. MOill n i Mn l ( Ka w ). Carlisle caps win at LACR MX By Michael Harasmisz By Tony Alessi and Kim Scott HUNT, NY, APR. 22 Kawa saki ·mounted Bill Silvarole took · th e lion 's sha re 01 the Expert class purse by taking wins in th e 125, 250cc a nd Open Expert classes PALMDALE, CA, ~IAY 18 Ra ce T ech /O'Neil back ed Ryan Carlisle rod e two ag~ ress i ve mot o s to tak t" th e o \·erall victory m the 250cc class du rinR th t" ~t"ccm d ro un d o f Califor nia Racin g Cluu's Frida y Ni gh t Series held a t Los Angeles Cou llly Ra cew a y. :ht Ka wasa ki Team G reen rid er J oel Albre< gra bbed the hol eshot and was banging bars with Ca rlisle a t th e st~lr t o f th e fir M mo to . Third-place Tim Wi ns lo w was bu sy holdi n g 011 T o ny Sulek , Rich Truch ins ky a nd Tim Tellord during th e o pe ni ng la ps, a llo wing Albr echt a nd Ca rl isle to pull aw a y a nd set th e stage fo r a motD-Jong battle for th e lead. Carlisle dogged Albre cht to th e linish , but Albrecht he ld tough lor th e wi n. Tim T e llord pu lled a cl ea n h o leshot lollowed by Chris Ra dzin ski, Carlisle and Albrecht in the seco nd moto. Telford opened u pa small lead du ring th e opening la ps wh ile a s.e us ball Ie develo ped for second betwee n rio Radzinski a nd Ca rlis le, Alb recht went 011 th e track a nd dropped back to eig h th, On the fourth lap Rad zins ki a nd Ca rlis le j u mped side by sid e 011 the linish lin e ta bl eto p , with Carlisle o n th e in side. Ca rlis le came imo th e turn over his head a nd c'emerpunch ed Radzins.ki, putting him 10 th e grou nd a nd o u t 01 th e rac e. Carlisle stayed up and closed in o n Tel lord, who didn' t put up mu ch 01a light as Carlisle stormed by lor the lead. Albre cht caugh t u p to lo urt h by the chec kered nag lollowing Tony Su lek, Tellord a n d Carlisle. j ordan Li eberman gOl the hol eshot in the lirst 125cc Beginner moto a nd held th e lead during the opening la ps u lllil Jared Jacob. meyer a nd Rob en Anderson got by. j osh Da vis was work ing up fro m almost a last p lace sta n and p lowed do wn Peter Ya uri, then closed to th e rear of Li eberman b u t was u na b le to make a pass. . j osh Davi s stormed to th e frolll or th e seco nd malO and n ever looked back. Anderson was very close th e ent ire molO but co u ldn 't mount a ch a rge. jacobmeyer ran th ird but never sa w the lead.,-s. Mike Li ule won th e J u n io r Vet Int.rmedia te class al..r two heated baules with Eri c a t Hun t M OlD Park. In th e first 250cc Expert m olD it was Andy Stacy, Silvarole a nd Don Sch m id t leadin g th e 14·rider field. Si lvarole quickly m oved into th e lead with Stacy on his rear fender. This lasted onl y Iwo 1 S as Sta cy went o u t wi th 3J? a brok en cha in. 51h"3TO le cru ised to a n easy win with G reg :\let:der movi ng into seco nd a nd Schmidt finishing third. & h mid l look the second moto hoJesho t wit h Stac y close behind. Stacy moved in lO t he lead belor e th e li rst la p was over wit h Schmidt in seco nd . Sil\'a ro le came fro m midpack to third with in o ne la p to battle wi th Sch mi d t. The ba tt le lasted lor two la ps belore Si lvarole mov ed in to second o n th e fro nt straight. By th is li me Stacy h ad co m ma n d ing lead a n d look the moto wi n. Si lvaro le fini sh ed seco nd lor the overall win. Sch m id t's 3-3 mot o tall y was good [or seco n d o vera l l. In 125cc Expert class action Silvarol e took both moto wins wi th Sch mi dt and Larry Fitzg .rald seco n d and third each time out. The Open Expert class was another Silvarol. swe

f·ct ively . J ohnson rOOMed mOlD lWO ro r the 250cc In tn med ia te cl a !lo s o vera ll win a h ead o r lI o n da-moullled Ken Beebe wh ile Fern andel daimed the 500n' Pro win. Ho nd a-mou nted Ph il Ros eclaimed the :)O C Int ermed ia te c las~ OC wi n wi th Rob ert SlOne second ove ra ll. T he 125('(' P ro class victorv went 10 Thom as. . Jaso n 's yo u nge r b~o lher, Case y J o hnson , rode hi s Fairfield Ka wasaki 105 to vinory in tilt" 125('(: J u n io r <"lass. SU/ uk i·mu u lHt'd Chrh. T hom as co m bined a third a nd a st'("(md for M ·(·Olld o verall , and a 4-3 tall y p ut Ron Gi lli ga n a n d hi s Hon da in third o vera ll . R.. ults 125 H[ G : I. Ja..o n P;.rd m IH un); 2. Ri' kl For bn. (lI u n): 3. Sml[ l..aCrC , SUL) l">!ot" . 250 1:\1 : I. j ;"' !lOnj ohn'ooflll (Ka"'d: 2. Krn 1kTbt" (Hun). 500 1S T : I. Phi l Rnv (H o nt. 2. RutJM Slu nt' (lion); 3. l Ro n junJ.. t"n (lU w). 125 P RO : I. j o h n Thoma~ (!\..a wl. 500 P RO: 1. SM"JIl:io Frrn an dr l ( KiI w). 125 jR: I: Ca'>l"1' Joh n ~n (l\.. W); 2. Chri:Il H ill took second over Bob McDow ell .....ith Steve Eklund com in g fru m last to finis h fourth over Rex Fish er. Steve Ma vfield topped th e Junior main as well as winn in g the Bud Da sh for Ca sh even t, in wh ich he crashed a fter the chec kers. Kris her and Co rv Per ra ult topped winner's circle wh ile J ell Eklund. nephew to lo rmer cha m p Steve Eklu nd. wo n th e Pro-Am over Ma rk Butl er a nd Don Rit ch ie. Expert time tr ials sa w Rex Fisher quickest wi t h a 17.2 22 -se co nd cl ockin g over Sal H o ffma n's H a rl ey a t l 7.265 . a n d Brian McDo well a t 17.307. Steve Ek lund was Iounh with a J 7.336 o n th e Arai / Irn ei link/Tsubuki ba cked Frank :"Iye-lUned Honda. with Dan McDon nell lilth qu ickest a t 17.348 on a Ha rley, Allan M r ~ rook hi s So wle Ru cerv kastc r 's Body Sho p/ Ali<: A wood -Ro rax ~? the [irst jU lllor heal wm o ver Rand y fi sh er a nd poles iuer Kiser, whi le liery Cory Perr ault was the wmner in hea t two over Rand y Ber ema n a nd Jimmy Sa nchez. Kevin Bric~er hol eshot th e third Juni or heat for th e W ltl over J ell Ru ssell a nd Don Pa ul , while Steve Mayfield wo n over Andy T resso r. " Junior sem is we nt to Per ra ul t, wl.th Ri cky Smith moving u p to fourth over Tim Selb y a nd McBee h aving 10 work very hard to make th e main. Mayfield was shot from a ca n no n to win th e seco nd sem i with Bricker second o n h is H onda a nd J o~e Aguil ar co mi n g from the seco nd row for th ird. In the 12-la p Ju nior main, Ma ylield go t a run 0 11 the starter a nd went quickly (0 the qu ickest J un ior time 01 the da y with a 1 6. 8~ second clocking as McBt-e fo un d hi mself III the wro ng spot a nd threw hi s scoot aW3l rather tha n tak e out a rid er. Perrauh held seco nd for a lap but Trophy Dash winner Kizer got un dern eath for th e pass with Fish er over Bricker. Agui la r went to wor k a nd finished fourth beh in d the fro nt -ru n ners despite a nt la p wher. Maylield slipped 011 the gr,?"ve bi~ time. but had suc h a n ad \'a ntagt:: tha t It d ld n t mean a ny thi ng . Expert hea ts saw Bob by McD ow ell winn ing tht' fus t on h is H onda o ver Aaron Hill a nd Fisher. wh ile Ca rr was the win ner over Troy .:"J"orris a n d H o ffm a n in th ,: seco nd heat. Dan McDo nnell was chased by Bryon McDowell [or the lhi rd hea t win ()\;er Rob Damron. wit h :\Ii ke G resha m th e lo urth a nd quic kest Expert hea t win ner over Eklu nd a nd ~ Ia rk Key. Carr was spo t-o n for th e semi , mot orin g by McD owell lor th e win a nd th e quick 16.669seco n d lap over Hill a n d McD owell. Gresh am won the seco nd semi with ease ove r McDonnell. Key was t hi rd ove r Da mron. while Ekl un d passed Mik e Inderbiuen a nd Cecil H art ror the fina l transrer to th e ma in . T he fan s were rea ll y read y for a ba ltle roya le be tween G res ha m a nd Ca rr and were royall y trea u·d . Gresh am took th e poi nt wi th Carr clos e a nd Hill t hi rd . McDowell was ha odling fo urt h o ver McDonnell . whi le Ek lund came o f( the last startin g spo t a n d moved q uickly to sevent h , foll ow ed by Key. On the th ird la p , Carr made a bol d move a nd wen t u nde r Gres ham . passi ng wit ho ut lOuching; a n d then turn in g a n even quicker lap a t i 6.629. T he lead got even wid er as G resham go t o fr the g roove a nd event uall y pu lled in with a na t rear tir e, whil e H ill had hi s wav with ~1cDowe ll a nd Eklund moved up to fc'lUrth the lap bt:fore the chec kered nag, Resul ts EX: I. alli~ Ca n (H· D ); 2. A...ron H ill ( 1-1- 0): 3. BtJbb)" ~l c J)ow rll tH on l ; -I. ~ ( t"\'r t". ~ I UTKI n ln n ): 5. Rex Fi..hn (11· 0 ,. em, jR: I. Slt"\"t' Ma ~firld (\\l. R): 2. Krir. Ki!>M" (H o n ); 3. Pt'tl.au h (W · R): 4. Ja m i" A ~uibr 111· 0): 5. KM;in BflCl..er ( H l lll). PR O ·AM : I. jrfl f.L.lund (W· R): 2. M'll k Rutl " (W· R); .5. nun Ril,hir ( W· R): 4. JP. S im un..m t ll· D): !!. JOt' Pil'lf'da (W· RI, 8tID DFC: I. Sln r Ma'yfid d ; 2. Mi~ t" GrnhOlm: 3. Bubb y ~tcDlJwdl :" . Kn in Rrickn ; 5. AI :\lclkT . PR O -A M TRO P HY nASH : I. :\.l.lr1. Buli n : 2. J .P. Simull!ot'n; 5. jdf Eklund; 4. Sam Lum;.mlo. J R TROP HY DAS H: I. Kri ~ KiMT 2. Tun)" Ho ld 'oCIOIw: : 3. Rullt"fl B.uu~a : -I. Paul Po l hnnu ~. EX T RO P H Y DASH : 1. Br yo n McD o wt'lI ; 2. Mikt Grl"ham ; 5. Rt"x Fi ~hrT: -t. Sdl H off~n . 2.'00 AI R: I. AI Ri"oCaF;lio ( Ka w): 2. juhn Hl t'bo Jr . (lio n): 3. j~v Sancht"1 (C· AI. \ '11\ : I. Manin Strull (Yam ): 2. ~1i ~t" Kt"!od rT ( \ ·...m ); .5 1 . Kr n Hcou,," (fri). \ '1:\1 A: I. O.ln MaUani (Hon ): 2. C ..r; M i l~ ~ k i (Tri); 3. ScUll Ei,hdbauR h ( \' OIm ). O PF.N c, 1. Ln O UM (Rill): 2. f'l~ ~ncht"l llluu J: 3. : l...a Cra ~'ford (Vam). rr; O PE S B: I. T r d ThomJWln (H u n ): 2. j o hn Hl t'bu J r. (H u n ); 3. Troy W all ~ (Ya m) . 5fM}. 125 DTX C: 1. Krilh W alt~ (K

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