Hampshire hot at.Dade City MX
By Sco tt Shepherd
DADE 011', FL,MAY 19
Yama ha rider Ricky Ham p sh ire rode to two
co nsistent second-place finishes to take the
overall win in th e Open Money class at
Saturday night's Dade City MX . It was round
five of the 21·round 1990 Points Championsh ip season , and 259 rid ers co m pe ted.
Hampsh ire, ba cked by DG Oil a nd T&D
Yamaha. powered o ff th e lin e first with fellow
Yamaha rider ~r~ Van\Va guner co m ing up
strong o n the Imide. Vanwagoner look th e
sh ort est lin e arou nd the first tu m a nd ca me
ou t on top ea rly in the rae- Kevin Seidel mad e
c.
it a Yamaha sweep a nd moved u p to third.
Seidel stol e the seco nd spot fro m H a m p sh ire
before the lead gro up went 'on 10 a wh oopedou t secti on on th e lon g back stra ig h taway .
Van Wagon er chu rn ed up a 50- yard lead by
th e h alfwa y point o f the rno ro, On the fifth
lap. Vanwag oner struggled i n a tu rn as Seidel
beg an to close t h e g a p . Sei del fini sh ed
.Va n w agoner orr o n the sixth la p to tak e th e
lead for good , followed by Hampshire and
Kaw~saki "Team G reen " rider Anthony
Paggio. wh o sta r ted the race in fifth spot.
Va n Wago ner had lO sett le for fourt h. Yamaha
ride r Jon Ca rver, co m ing off a long la y-o ff
ro u nded ou t the top-five mo ney w in ners.
It was H a m pshire and Va n Wagoner side .
by-sid e in the second mow, with Seidel in
th ird, Paggio in fou rth a n d Yamaha rider Cliff
G iles in fi h h . Pa gg io began to attack th e
leaders ear ly as Gi les cras hed out o f th e top
group back 10 last p lace. Va nwagoner was
o n th e gas ea rly again a nd bega n to p u ll a way .
Paggio tr ied an aggressive move o n Seidel in
a sharp tum leading to the Iro ru straigh t, but .
Seidel held off the attack o n the seco nd la p.
On the very next la p , Pagg io set up the p ass
o n Sei del in the same spot as before. Pagio
too k an inside li ne, turn ing sharp in the tu rn
a nd a im ing for the same ex it line as Seidel.
Seidel j u st bar el y h it the b inders in time 10
avoid a serious encou n ter a nd we nt do wn. H e
rem ounted qu ick enough to hol d o n to fou rt h
p lac e. Van \Vagoner won eas ily wit h Ha m p sh ire seco n d , Paggi o third , Seidel fo urth a nd
G iles fifth.
Kaw asak i KX500 rider Steve Decker took th e
ove ra ll w in in th e O pen Novice class, ho ld ing
o ff H o n da West ·SN R Racin g 's Da vid Ber ger.
Berge r hol esho t the first mota wi th Decker
in seco n d. Dwa yn e j eru, rid ing a very fast 360killed Yamah a YZ250, sa t back in third pl ace
but took ove r th e lead when th e o verzea lou s
Deck er tied up wi' h Berger before a tab letop
o n the back straightaway . l em 's lead was
sho rt- li ved , though , as Ihe H o nda of Wim er
Haven 's Matt Osborn too k co m ma nd o f the
r.tce o n th e th ird lap o f the six- lap , supcrcrosssty le mota . Osbo rn held o n for th e win as
Berger a nd Decker recover ed to fin ish seco nd
a nd th ird , respecli vely. H onda riders Rob
Ku stes a nd J oe Ger ma n a ro un ded o u t the topfive.
T he seco nd mo to sa w Decker sty le to a wireto -w ire wi n , even tho ug-h he sta lled hi s bike
on t he fou rt h la p a nd just abou t got off o n
the last la p . Berger was a co n sta nt th reat in
seco n d th ro ug:hou t t he race, a nd a l mOSt
capita li zed o n Decker's mi stak e to ta ke th e
wi n. Firs t-mow win ner O sborn co u ld o n ly
muster a th ird this tim e a nd Ku stes a nd
Germa na swi tched pl aces for fourth and fifth .
Jent Ih rew up h is ha nds in wo nder when he
fell at th e fin ish after charging hard try ing
to brea k in to the tOP five ca tegory.
Res ults
P!\\' STK: L Tyson Had~1l (Ya m); 2. J a!iOn Von frickm
u
(Ya m ); ! . Mi chOKI Edwards (Hon ); 4. Ch.; S onht-y (Ya m );
5. JOih F;auuino (l' ;am).
m
PlY.' ~IOD : 1. T ;annn- M.u hi , (Y;a ); 2. Ja son Carmt'n
(Y",m ~.
60 AM, 1. ].B.
BallanlllCow).
60 SO\': 1. Sh awn Bt'-.I1 IKotw
).
80 A: I. Kenn y YOM (Kaw).
80 R: I. Tuny P lXurobbr, kn own for h is mud riding abi lities,
was th e class or th e fiel d, never being serio usly
cha lle nged at a ny time in th e ra ce. H on da mounted Bryan Lyn n was a di stant seco nd
both times aro un d wh ile Kevin Grove a nd Ed
Siger look thi rd a n d fo urth .
In t ill' Open Intermed ia te class H o nda ridt~ r
Kor y C rippen loo ked good for bOlh w in s wh ile
Ri ch Li nvi lle , Rob Leach an d Mik e Craler
sq uared orr for seco nd . L invi tk 's per sistem'e
and consistency paid o ff wi th a 3·2 lall y for
second, Leach took th ird via a 2-4 sco re a nd
Cra ter Wl'nt 4-3 fo r fou rth ov era ll.
'0
PP : I. Slwrri n Rldkt"llha kf'r ( Ka w ); 2. I)rannt' Hu lb ruHk
(Ca~I.
\ \ ' / P ; \\, : I. Tra\ ·i!l Hn ....'.u d ( \' a m ); 2. JUl:' O 'f)on ndl
(Y;lIn l.
1
106-R: 1. F.ric \\'ill i.lIn lio (Kdwi.
609.-11 : I. Jorda n SUm pll"r (Ka w): 2. J("o\ \I.\\,illi.nm I Ka",,·).
80 RF.G: 1. Bria n ~1a n i n (H u n ): ~. Urud . CI:.rk (Su n: 3.
Gor don Young (H o n ).
KO JR: I. JawII Sullon (Kaw); 2. Joh n Will i.tm!lo III (lU w);
~ , Smll W:' I~)n i Kaw).
80 I:"roIT: I. Vylam ;-';Ruyn (Ka..... ): 2. Ch.ld Reed ( Ka \o\·).
80 EX: 1. C h rii Paler'WlII ( H o n).
\25 REG : I. Ro bert ~1a n ud (KThI); 2. Richar d Anhur
(Kaw): 3. Milt'" Markiewill (Kaw).
125 JR:. 1. Leon Copps (Hun ); 2. j dl 8<-.- tSUl): 3. j a son
Su mmM"h llJ (Hu n).
12~ 1ST ; I. :\tikt'" Hamllt"-.. ( KodW): 2. C hild Rm wn (C R ):
3. Ryan Huffman (H o n ).
12~ PRO: J. Ton )' Craves (SUI ); 2. Mik(' Larson (H on ):
3. Gra)·.'o(m rf'dn ( K.. w) .
2SO Rf:G : J. panny Whi ts.M.1 (Ya m I; 2. RU\ly Lu h ( Ya m);
3. Jo-Vh Gr all ano (Ho n ).
250 J R: J. r
,.('(~ r .Qodrich (H o n); 2. SI('V S;I~ (H on ):
('
J. Jay McGrdw (Ka w).
250 I~T : l. JeTTy wi lson ( KT :\I); 2. Mil;h (J.;.,;"w).
O rES BEG : I. Ra nd y SinJ;;r-r (H o n l; 2. Paul Shi n-k (Ya m);
3. Kevin Feoenhlich (H o n ).
.
O PES J R : l. Rod DiStdano (H on ): 2. Kevin Gr ove (KTMO
o r-ex 1~7: I. Kory Crippen (H( m );2. R ich Lin",i1I('( Hon ):
3. Roh y Leach (KTM).
orES PRO: I. ~1a rk Spooner rHo n ): 2. Ried Go ld ma nn
(H un).
UT H : I. Rod Ketler (Hon); 2. Bryan Lyn n (H o n l; , . Kevin
G ro ve ( KT ~1).
30-40 JR: I. Micha el Sch wenln- IHo n ); 2. Ja (-k Co u hr:r
(I- nl : 3. Mi kt' M.mha ll (Ho n ).
Iu
30-,to 1:"107 : I. jut' Ca!lt'1' (Ho n) : 2. Don Sch neider (SUI);
3. Rodnt>y Croller (H on ).
30·10 EX: 1. Michael Stahl (Hon ).
30·- PR O : J. Reid Go ldman IHo n ): 2. J ('rTV W il~m
10
(KT M); 3. Ra y Gamnn (Ya m).
OT: I. c rin KulK'rnik (Ya m).
OT INT : I.. Robe n PiM"CY ( S UI) ; 2. J o h n fl. kvlilinR (Ho n ):
, . RU\ly Garn ~lIl (Kaw ).
0 '1" EX: I. Bill Row (Ya m ): 2. Mikf' P('rry (SUI ); 3. Dilvt'"
1Iooh-rkin (SUI).
Conley cashes in at Sacramento
Raceway Motocross
By N uklear Neukam
SACRAME:ITO. CA. MAY 1
8
,
After a thi rd in the first 250cc P ro moto a t
Sacramento R ac~wa y Park 's Frid a y night
Bloc k buster Vid eo Stadiu m MX races, Sea n
Go n ley took hi s O 'N ea llSa l>la Cruz Go n·
cep ts /G&B Kawasak i to victory in the fina l
mo ta to cla im th e overa ll wi n.
In th e first moto Scott Meyers was o u t fro n t
earl y with Scott McElroy in ho' p ursu it. After
a few la ps McEl ro y took co n tro l o f the lead
which h e held to the ch eckered flag whi le
Myers follo wed in fo r seco n d. Gon ley cruised
in for third whil e Ro n All en a nd Michael
Tresch rounded OUt th e to p five.
l\fmo two sta rted m uch the same as the firs t
with Myers leading McElro y, but tha t's where
the sim ilarities ended. As th ey roosled do wn
'he back straigh t, McElroy leaped o rr th e last
jump belore a tu m a n d landed ' 0 t he insi de
of Myers. Myers wenl do wn a n d McElr oy
assumed th e lead. Then McElro y snapped a
chain and All en inherited the lead . Bu t then
Allen weOl do wn a nd Gonley 'ook co ntrol of
the lead , which he held for Ihe remainder o f
the mota to secu re the overa ll victo ry. Allen
remou nted a n d finished seco nd a n d seco nd
ove rall wh ile Tesch fo llowed for th ird a n d
th ird overall. Mi tch Gallaghe r fini shed fourth
in th e m OlO for fifth o vera ll and Rich
Thorwaldson roosted in for fifth.
Tav Wein rick he ld off Craig Sch u lz in bot h
Vet P ro mo tos to capt ure the o vera ll wi n wh ile
Ga ry Gallag her a nd Je rry Cawn traded th ird
an d fou rth ea ch time o u t wit h Ga llag:her
ahe ad in th e seco nd a nd decid ing mo to [o r
third o verall.
Resu lts
2!)0 P RO: 1. Se- n Cu n ll')' (Kaw); 't . Rcm Allt'n (Stll ); 3.
d
Mik e T r!'Y:h (H a n ).
500 I'R O : 1. Sngio F('ma nd el (Ka w).
125 PR O : I. Sron McElroy (SUI_).
VET P RO : I. T :.v W('Jnnek (SUI); 2. Cr :.iK Schultl (Kaw);
3. G ary G a lly (K.a w): 2. P h il Ama lo (Kaw);
3. Jd! \'ini (Ya m).
125 JR: L Jttnn y Ca!lh (H e n ): 2. Lance Bnlh''I1'' (H n n );
3. J oe Thomas (H on ).
lTrI-I: I. Ro n n ie Milch e lJ (Kaw); 2. Kt'O Skull..,. (Ya m);
3. SUeT)" Ro we-(Ho n) .
250 BEC [)..I: I. AI Desh a ies (H on); 2. nan Bulin (Ya m) :
3. Tim Bt'"no it (Kot ).
w
250 BEG 1).2: I. Tony Park (H un); 2. Da n Surh (H on );
3. Da n BUlkr- (Ya m).
2.50JR: I. jO.'oh C".oI lvttt (Ya m ); 2. Sha wn PMIu (Ka w); 3.
Suery Row e-(Hon).
VET J R: I. John T .aylor (Sw ); 2. Larry J o h nso n (Suz):
3. frank Ca rt"Vich{He n ).
500 BEG : I. Da vid Ha~n (Hon); 2. Wendell Pat e (Ho n):
3. Larry j oh nsen (SW).
500 jR: 1. Jim Tipton (Han ); 2. Mark RiKS1:l(' (Ha n ).
LeRette lassoes Santa Fe Trail
Hare Scramble win
By P h il Ellsworth
CARB
O:';D
ALE, '-S. MA \"6
Roger LeRCHe ro o~ ll>d lO the o vera ll win a t
th e Ka nsa s Motor cycle Sportsm a n Associalio n -sponsort>d two-h o ur ha re ~cra m b les held
a t Sa nta Fe T ra il Cycle Pa rk .
Rain du ~ing th e week a nd su n sh ine o n race
day mad e for exce lle nt co nd ition s. Pro mo ler
Pa u l DiPasqual e avo id ed th e wo rst mud
s~ction s a nd laid o u t a wide ~open co u rse th a t
in co rpoTat<> ha lf of the mo lOUOSS track a nd
d
n um erous tri ck y, uphill sw itch backs.
T he first wave o f EXJX , Am at eu rs , a nd
,rts
Plus-30 riders had a p ile- up in th e first cor ner .
Among the half-dozen rid er s w ho went down
was Le Rette, who ma nagl'd to kl'ep hi s motor
ru nning:. Mean'\'hile Leigh Lete llier o n a
KT :\I 250 had the ea rl y lead. fo llowed by Brya n
Mim er.
l\li n ter los t seco nd p lace a t th e roc k led ge
in the woods.
" I wa s seco nd behi nd Le igh wh en I sia lled
0 11 th~ top lip a nd h ad to roll do wn. A lo t
o f guy s got by me ," he said.
L etell ier en jo yed th e lead unti l a lire
defla'ed. LeR ette then h ad the lea d. but was
being cha lle n ged by Tom Do hert y, who was
moving up after gelling ca u~ht i n Ih e
bottleneck a t the roc k ledge o n th e firs t la p .
Do hen y ca me alo ngside LeRelle's Yamaha .
YZ250 co m ing in w a left-hander in th e woods
sectio n , however , he h ad to go wid e a nd end ed
up in a thickel that slOp pt'1 l h im dead.
LeRe tte co m p leted seven la ps of the fou ra nd -a -half mi le course for firs l overall a nd fir st
in th e PJu s-3D div isio n. Doh ert y ended u p
second, a nd first Expe rt. Minter wor ked back
up 10 th ird overa ll, followed hl" Pa u l Weber
on a H onda C R250 , first 250, a nd Da ryl Davis,
th ird Expert, o n an ATK ·106.
0'1
Resul ts
I):~:~: kl~~;~"~}~f~)I:'I '.i. (r;:~l'= L'~:'lt~ll ~~_I~-;,r);( I.~.l ltg:I~~
Ha wollh ( Ka w).
100: 1. SU 'I' r. , a iK (I\. w): :l. Slt'\'t' PI,illl· (Sill): ~ . M ikf"
"
a
Rf~12~:~t ~~~~\~:I~~I~;~t~~)~)rSc\~;;:'~~im' (Kw ).
..
2."0: I. I' ,lUl Wehl'. ( 1-1 11): 2. D ln (Sill ).
'
:)00: 1. T(' rry G ill ila nd ( I\. MJ; 2. BlIll:l· KUlb elik (KawJ.
T
Pl.llS :sO: I. Ro/o:('t I.1.·Rt" (Ya m ); 2. DdvidJc(fcrr (KT M):
!Ic
3. Phil F.1 I'wllllh (AT K): 4. j ac k J(,I1 11 i n~, ( B o n): 5. Bruce
Clar l..(· (Kdw).
PLl'S ,10: I. Sle\'t· Cru:.t· (Ya rn): 2. Da n Ward (Ya ll1); j .
lla n ' R.nk k ,· (o' T Ii;).
\
I
BF.G I: 1. n an Ra ul'r (Ya m): 2. \\' l'ud c- I Gt' iKl't (llun).
BEG 2; I. l .t'\ (".an (Hu n l: 2. nclU fI: Roh t'II"UTl (li.a wl: 3,
DOIrrMt Rt"t'.. ( .....lwl: 1_ LnTlnir Smilh ( :\.I;.i); 5. TMT)'
· n
FTn'man (K.a w).
