Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

eLOCAL EVENTS e and O pen Production cla sses, while Sutton took a hard-fo ug ht second behin d Yamahamo u nt ed Sh awn Roberti in 600cc Su per bi ke. Tim Heal e is is proving to be a forc e to be reckoned wi th in the 4SOccSuperbike class. Heal e curren tly holds a 54, poIOI lead over second- place Ala n Sch wen in the class point sta nd ings. despi te havin g on ly two years o f roa d racing expe rience. Heale and his Eastside Mot or sports-sponsored Yama ha FZR400 ra n awav with bo th the heat race and the final, turn'ing quick la p times in th e 1:33·range. Resu lts F· tl/I .: I. j OC" Pill ma n (Yam ): 2. Kf'ith Pi n u rafl (S UI) : 5. M.u vi n Bn un (Ya m ); 4. Randy Shnnwrll (Oue); 5. Trny William~ Tim He al e won the 450cc Su pe rb ike class at the Washington Motorcycle Ro ad Ra cing Associa tion road races at Seattle International Raceway. (SUI ). F·2: I. ~I;.lI ", in Brau n IVa m ): 2. BrU«' Woo (Ya m ); 5. Tro y RurMyk (Va m): 4. T~ Selick (Ya m); 5. J ohn Hral y (Va m). F·5: I. Doull:: Du Buq uf' (Vam ); 2. Scott Sop" (Han): 5. Karl Sl:h("fJk ( ~w ): 4. J ohn M oo nt'Y (lta w); !» Grf'J/: Rt'id . l Hnn ). ith Pink$t;lU O PEN PR OD: I. J ()(" Pillman (Sw): 2. Kt" (S UI) ; 5. Mikt' Ml"Broldy (SUI): 4 . Bruer Lind (Sw ); 5. Mark H ~kin~ (Sw ). OPEN BOlT: I. Hazald Gla$ (H on r. 2. Jrif Pech tel (Kaw ); 5. Da vid Rookaird (Han ): 1. Andy MoolT (Kaw): 5. Tom D.. vin (H on). OPEN SCl.: I. Krvin Mt""1ll::hn (Yam ); 2. Bill Birch" (H on): , 3. Mikl' Mt"",1ll::h" (lta w); 4. Jon Lacry (Yam) ; 5. Danny K«I (Han ). 750 S/BK: I. Krith Pinkslaff (SUI) ; 2. Brian S uucn (Yam); 3. Adam Fa u~1l (SUI); 4. Alan Ed.....ard l (SUI ); 5. Ch ril Ca lla n (S.,), 750 PROD; I. joe Pittm an (SUI); 2. Shaw n RoMr1i (SUJ); 5. Mikf' McBra dy (Suz); 4. Do n Pep pa n (SU!); 5. Adam Fau~1I on ano th er Kawasaki wh ile a no t-so-lucky Johnny Cipollina o n his Suzuki came in third. For a long wh ile Cipollina looked as th ough he would gel a seco nd place, bUI he faded lat e in the final . Closest of the eveni ng's events was the fina l for 250cc J un ior·ran ked riders. When th e chec kers came OUI the man in th e front was J ason Schehab on his Kawasak i, but he was hard- pressed 10 keep th e lead from Andrew Mynau o n hi s Yamaha. Ear ly in th e final it appeared that Cagiva rider Will iam Jordan was goi ng to co me up from mid-pack and do battle with the lead ers; he got as high as second bUI faded back to th ird late in the event, ford to la ke the win . Crawfo rd led for most of the race, bUI j ust befo re Perry go t by his mach in e wobbled a bit fro m a track irregulari ty and tha t was all the o p portu n ity Lang needed . Crawford did nOI get ano ther opportunity 10 reta ke the lead and settled for seco nd pla ce. Resul ts P/ W 56: I. D-m irl Adk in~ .< Sw ); 2. Bry..n Crin (Ya m); . 5. Rri.1n Munm (Sw ); 4. J;,w:ob H uuro n (H o n); !J T )MJ . n l} i ~ (Y.. m ). ,Jv 5. MOlIn Hawk ( Ka w) . MINI 60: I. Jril Mil ln (K:.w); 2. J a nOO And.rraw-n (Kaw). MINI SONOV : I. J nry Wuori (K4I w);2. R ick Ro h rn (Vam); , . Bmll Wo lbrn-hl (Vam ); 4. Brml Kdl" (Sw ). DTX 80: l. John Mu rphtft' (K2w); 2. Brioin Sg tM-U:;. (K4I",,); 5. C ..ry Mill" ( l:.oIw ); 4. Brt'nt Volbr«hl (Yam ). 2.\0 NOV : I. C rt'g Mill" (V..m l: 2. Jamn Lukn (K.aw); 3. M au Wi1I;,nd (lU w): 4. Anthon y h lmt"r (C A); 5. Johnn ) Johmon (Y.. m ). .I)()() SOl': l. AII.m McOdbn (Ho n): 2. Ji mm y Will i, (Y..rn ); 5. Mkh..t"1 POtdil b (Yam ); 4. J ..m n LukrT (l:.oI..... ): 5. Otmk CorriU (Yam ). 500 ) R: I. Pm)' ung (Ya m ): 2. Lany enwlord (Yam); 3. Po nd Mc();.mid (V.. m ): of. Cary Ritchl t"(Y..m ): 5. Lonnit" u LKy (y,.m ). 600NOV : l. Allan McCklbn (Hnn l; 2. SlnTBon!It'Y(Ho n ): 3. ~\'ill if' SIt'W..U (YOlm ); 4. Ma rk SfMop potrd (YOlm ); 5. Jimm) \\' l lI i~ (Y ..m ). 600 J R: I. Ca ry Riu-h it' (Ya m ); 2. Adirom Enlickna p (Ya m ). \'ET: I. Krv in Crowl" '(Rtx): 2. Mikt" Gurualn (Yam) ; 3. j d l Raxlt"r (V.. m ). 600 EX: l. BrU«" j u h n!oCm (V.. m ): 2. n.mny Ril h it" (Va m); 3. n..n Arll::ano (Rtx); 4. Lon ni t' Pa ul l"Y (H o n ); !). "'rank if' C.ar,.i.. (Rlx). Johnson jams to Paso Robles Short Track win Pinkstaff red hot at Seattle Road Race By Mike Vancil By Step he n L ee P hoto by Andrew Crain Reouh. P/W 60: I. In&t Knchilm ( ~ w); 2. T YSoOn ~ ( ~w): 5. Ambony Richarcbon ('Yam ). MINI80JR: 1. liKk Murton ( La w); 2. Shotwn Rotp p ( ~w); 5. Johnny Ci po llina (SUI); 4. s,;"ul Smoak. (lui .....); 5. Clad Hod~ (Kaw). MINI SOI~T: I . Jnnny liplo n ( K.3w) ; 2.Jknny D;"viJ,(Suz ): 5. Shawn Rni rnona ( Ka w ). 12S J R: I. T roy Citrdd (V..m): 2. OJ,ri, Bacalli (Hon): 5. Pa ul Eplry (h w ); 1. P ill Win u is ( 'Ya m) ; 5. jo h n CunninJ:ru.m (S UI) . ~ .1R: I. j aM>O Shr h.lb (Loaw ); 2. Andrnv Myrultl (Y;un); 5. J(W' Groma (Ho n); ". Will um J ortbn (Cag ); 5. Ala Chdk'U ( Y ",m ). 2!JO INT: I. Mar cu , ChOlrin (JU w) : 2.. SCUll MrCoy ( K;,a w): PAS ROBLES CA, j U ~ E 1 O , 8 Bru ce J ohnson ca me back fro m a d isappoi nting (oUrLh pl ace in the hea t race 10 WIn the 1O·l ap fin al for ~(Jcc Experts in ,h e last of three sho rt lra ck even ts hosted by R &D Enterprises a t th e Mid-Stat e Fa irgr ounds. T he gree n Iighl in th e fin al saw local fa vo ri te Dann y Rit chi e jump o u t to a n immedia,e lead and he held ,hts position for a full six laps befor e relinquish in g it to Joh nso n. Li ke J ohnson. Rilch ie was mou nted o n on e of the po pular T.T. model Ya ma ha C our-strok es. New ly expen-ra nked rid er Dan Arga no was hot o n th e rear wh eels of first J ohnson a nd then Ritch ie, bu t he could not M"e11l to adva nce any furt her th an third place o n hi s R 0l3 X. A penahy lin e sta rt for Frankie Gar cia on his Ra ta x was a deficit that he was o n ly partially ab le to mak e up - he advanced as high as fourth but slip ped back to fifth a t th e cht"CL:ers . A bit of spec tacu lar action occu rred in th e 6()()cc Jun ior fin al. Four tim es lhr race wa s halted a he r first-t urn crahes. and o nce it had to bt' brought ba ck 10 the !HaTl li ne for a false st a Tl . So keyed -up a nd jiller y wer e th e cmn pe tiwrs that ano ther even t was brought o u( to race so as to g ive the rid ers lim e to ca lm their nen 'es, a nd to ma ke whatever cras h rep;lirs were deemed necessary. \Vhen the gr een ligh t fina lly went o n, and the riders fin all y mad e it throu ~h the first corner il was Mark Sh eppard 0 11 hIS Yama ha wit h th e lea. Sheppa rd had b,-en invo lved in three of ,h e first -lUrn cr.u hl·s a nd was ball ernJ by a ll the tumbli ng . Hi s mach ine so unded terri ble and began to att ract the ane m io n of the officia ls, hi s exhaust syMem was co m ing adrift and rd ert't' Gary Vinctlet instructed flagm an Bill Bak er bl'lCk· £Ia!; him . T h is allow ed Allan MC 'Cldlan o n h is Honda to in her it th e lead . He was ab le to ho ld o ff cha llen!;es by Will ie Stewart and Steve Bon sey 10 becom e th e win nl·r. In 500cc J unior acti o n it was a newlyt"nl h u ~t'd Perr y Lang wh o ca me from midpack to lak e th e 10·l ap linal from Larry Crawford. Everyon e in tht' fin a l was o n the hi ghl y·r eg-I rd,'d SOOcc Yamaha IT models, o bu t La ng do ve deeper into the co rne rs and was able to ~et better (' X its to get by Gary Ritc" hif", Pa tn ck ~lcDan i e l a nd Larry Craw- '0 K E ~T, IVA, JUNE 17 Keith Pinkstan a nd Tim Hea le eac h rode to co nvincing win s as th e \Vash in gto n Mo tor ~ cycle Road Racing Associat ion 's (WMRRA) seaso n reached its halfw ay poinl a l Sea tt le In terna tio nal Racewa y. Under threat ening bu t clearin g skies, Ihe clu b experi me n ted wit h o ne· wa ve 5ta rts durin g the heat races bur revert ed to muh i~ wave sta rts for the fin als . T he 7SOc Superbike a nd Form ul a Two c classes gridded together as the Ihird heat race of th e day . Brian SUllon , wh o normall y co ntests lh e F-2 class, made a las t~ m i n ute decision to swi tch to 750ec Superbike in the hopes of increasing his ch an ces at ta ki ng home some cas h in the mon ey class . Increase his cha nces he d id , as he too k seco nd place o n his Yama ha FZR600 agai nst the mu ch lar ger machi ne of Gary Clark, whose Suzuki GS X R7S0 ac tually displaces 9SOCC. However , Clark mak es il kn own tha t he co ntests this class for fu n and no t JX>int:). The race saw 27 bikes on th e gr id, a nd curre n I points leader Kei th Pinkslarr o n th e Zlock Racing Suzuki GSX R7S0 pulled oUI an ear ly lead over SUllon in second pl ace and Bill y La fon on a Belleme Suzuki-spo nso red GS XR7S0 in ,hird. A~ the pack wen t th rou gh turn two to begin th e second lap. Iwo riders wem down and o ne rod e off th e tra ck after riding through oi l. As the riders came around under a yellow Oag for lhe fin al la p of th e th r ee~ l a p race. it was Pinks!arr wilh a big lead o ver Ga ry Clar k, Lafon . SUllo n a nd J ames l\·t orris. T he 7SOcc Su perbi ke final sta rted wi , h Morri s ' S u zu ki bein !; bla ck- nagged fo r leakin g o il. Pinkstall pu lled o UI a 12·second lead over the ball ie fo r second bt,tw('f"n Sullo n a nd Clar k, SUllo n used th e superior bra ki ng abi lities of hi s lighter Yamaha to hol d o n 10 seco nd until Clark used th e hor sepower of his big Suzu ki to dr aft pa st do wn th e lon g front str ai g ht at lh e end 01 la p fo ur. Bu , wi, h Cla rk technicall y ill egal in thi s class, Su lto n took home the seco nd-place points and mo ney. Adam Fau ssell posted a third·place fin ish o n h is Suzu ki. Pin kstaf f went o n 10 finsh second beh ind Joe P iu man in bo lh the Form ul a Un limi ted (SUl ). 650 BOTT: J. Haz.ald Gb.$ (Ho n); 2. Jdf Pecluel (K.aw); 5. John Da\lid w n (Hon); 4. David Roo ka ird (Hon); !» Tom . Davin (H o n). 6.>0S/ Bl: I. Sh a wn Robf'rti (Yam ); 2. Brian SUlton (Va m); ' 5. Bru t't' Li nd (Yam); 4. T im Heale (Yam); 5. Sha w n McOomld (Vam ). 600 PROD: 1. Bru« lJnd (Yam); 2. Erik Sniard (Yam ); 5. J ohn Heaie (Yam); 4. Sha wn McDonald (Ya m ); 5. Soon McAnhur { H o n ). 450 S/Bl: I. T im Heale (Yam) ; 2. David AddinKt 0n (Yam ); . 5. Rwhard Mauht'W , (Yam); 4. Knin Ml'all::Mr (Yam ); !» Will iam Birchn (Hon ). 450 PROD: I. T odd Yout (Yam) : 2. Ktll y Hath (Ya m): 5. Skipp"" Nilwn (Ya m); 4. Brad R.e ynollh (Yam) ; 5. Amnk H ~II (Vam ). VI l\"T: I. Randy ShnnWf'lI (Vin); 2. Camnon Kaputa (BMW ). DlSO : I. Scotl frn icJu. (Hon): 2. Robm Ca mpbco (SUJ); ll 5. Randy Grein (SUI); 4. Simon Smit h (Kaw); S. Camnon K.aPULa(BMW). NO\' : l. J oh n Radech (Kaw ): Z. Sha wn O;",llon (SUI); 3. T im PrytK (Ho n): 4. J d f Schu ltz (Yam ); 5. Slr'phon 8t"m on (Ho n ). Holcomb aces Millville MX By Rolfe Otterness MILLVILLE, MS, JUNE 17 Corey Ho lcomb captured th e o vera ll win in th e hotly·contesled l25cc A class by na iling down two molO wins a l the Spring Creek Park mot ocr oss track. In th e first mo lO H olcomb pulled a good sta rt and led every lap 10 win o n his Suzuki. J arrod Fortune and J ay Mercill scra pped over second, with Fortune rf"ga ining th e upper hand aft er bri e£ly giving way 10 Mercill 's charge. Bill En gstrom, Mark Borgen and Todd Lenz d isputed fourth pl ace, with Bor gen o ver Lenz a t th e chec kered. Fort une jumped o ut front to lead the fir st lap of th e seco nd mot o wi th Engs trom , Gr eg Backes and Holco mb in low. Engstro m it'd th e next lap wil h Holcomb moving in to lhird. Ho lcomb soo n too k o ver and led th e resl of th e wa y for lh e win . Engs tro m and Fortune fin ish ed clos e behind and just ahead of rap id ly·dosing ScOll Ru eg g. Earl y in the week lh e track was in u nda led by a n ash £I00d, but with many hours of labor by John Martin a nd friends iI was resto red to useable condi tio n . Mor e ra in h it o n o Sa turda y n ight Ie-lvin g il slick ea rly in Ihe da y, bu t imp rovin g th ro ug hout th e afternoon. . Several bi kes were swa llo wed by m ud holes near the sa nd wash until th ey were eradica led wi th the bulldozer. . Ch ris H ugh es added 10 his poi nt lead in th e 250cc A class sta ndi ngs wi th a 1·1 overa ll. Chad Win ecke cha rged o ut fronl in the first molO a nd bu ih a good lead o ver a Hughes! David Ni emi clas h for second. O n th e fourth lap he dumped it and recovered in Ih ird . H ug hes pulled a way for a sa fe wi n over Niemi while Jay H oenk tailed Win ecke at th e £la g [or fo urth. In th e seco nd molO, \\' in ecke made ano the r da sh into lhe lead an d held o n for two la ps, on ly 10 yield to H ugh es. Win ecke held o n for s«ond over Niemi a nd Hoe nk this tim e to ta ke second overall on hi s Hon da. Resu lts 1 MINI P I\\': I. Lan « Cun n ing ha m ; 2. Mikl' Jun n: 5_ Ryan Brnuli:hlOn. MINI JR : I. Du",in No hle; 2. s tll'lI y K..nn ; ~. l .-tnCT Cun ninRha m. MI~1 S R: I. Mike: AlkiQ!oun: 2. j a mn Puvu lny: ~ . Rubhi!" "kn.,wdl. 125 YTH : 1. Mikr Alki ll\un : 2. Tim Pmpi:loi l; ~ . T ro y G(lI(hn. · 25+: I. Don Bo n nithrn: 2. Brad F.ric'hun : ~ . Kr ll Mal!oCm. VET C: I. Allt'n Schmi ll : 2. Williarn T urK i ;~ . j al·k Koann. VET A: I. Gar ry Do kkf'l1 2. Bria n C.ur ury . ; SR 40"': I. Larry Nub lr ; 2. j t"rry Bn: kf'r; 3. W .. ltrl Knig ht . 12!» CO-I : I. Wi lliam .:h n"trnrn : 2. Aaro n Rau lidd: 5. Ltnny H ul bto rt. 125 C D·2 : I . j t»h Har r nll::; 2. Dan Pl'drnun ; ~. Ton y Il a:loh. 125 R: 1. T ro y Kah n..; 2. Bub Gm h "C h ;~ . Chu dl, Cht"rllf'r. 125 A: 1. C.ot!")' Hukllmb: 2. j ar w d FUrlum'; .5. Bill .:n~l rom . - 2;,0 C n · 1: I. Pt"lr :-rorwtun : 2. Ch ..,l n H;IKhmd : ~. J ,I"nn L..anll::wurlhy. 2.)0 C n ·2: I. CJari ~ Hrult'; 2. WiII i.. m T UIKi: 3. D ' OUK S uri~ - h . 2. 0 B: I. :\Ii r hik-Il.uom a: 2. Chri ~ R" 'IM"I; 3. Chri ~ Hi n d ~ . \ 250 A: I. Ch rl:lo HUJ,;ht,,: 2. Ch ad Win" kr ; ! . David S irmi. . O P E~ C: I. Bub Hl'j na: 2. Br("fJ1 HM' n': 3. G rf"K ll:: K..tli ~. b O PE..I,; A: 1. J a )' Hurn k; 2. RUM)' Sf"t"nwon. " Schwartz, Reinert blast Speedway USA By M. Sober \'ICfOR\"ILLE.C\ . JUSE 16 Local high desert resident Tony Beinert survi ved two restarts to cap ture hi s Iir st H and icap ma in eve nt win o f th e 1990 Speedway Season. The Han d icap main bega n with a threerid er pil eup in th e first turn. Ch arl es " Dukie" Ermo lenko , co mi ng h om th e 40· yard lin e, had to lay down his mo torcycle to avo id run n ing o ver short-yardage riders Ryan Evans and Chris Man ch ester . who both fell while trying to assume an ea rly lead. On th e restart , the field o nce aga in could get no farth er than turn two . as Ermolenko and fellow 40· yard rider Edd ie Castro a nd SOya rders Mike Faria and Alan Christian went dow n in what referee Danny H u ll termed " first-turn bunching". The thi rd attempt got orr to a much smoother beginning with Ifi-year -old Chris Manchester, hom near by Hesperia, Californ ia, clutching an ear ly lead. As Manc hes ter buil t a sma ll bu t steady lead , th e ba ck-yardage veteran riders sta rted p ushi ng through th e pack and pic ki ng th e less-experienced riders' pockets. Ryan Evans, who sta rted nex t to Manch ester o n the Hl-yard-Iin e, was the first to· go as Beiner t worked his fron t wheel u nder the young rider and bu dged him orr th e groove, thus allowing th e trai n of Ermolen ko , Steve Lucero and Faria to all move u p a position. Mea nw hi le, Cas tro was tryi ng a n o utside line, bUImel with only limited success ,' eventually falling in line behind Faria and finish ing in th e filth spot. Bein en was a uempting to reel in Manchester whe n all of a sudden th e form er Junior Speedway rider went down en teri ng turn o ne. Manchester' s depanurne from th e ra ce was all that Beinert needed - he fini shed the two remaining laps without a Ilaw to cla im th e victo ry. Errnolenko ma intained h is position, finis hing second, with lhi rd going 10 Lucero and fourth ' to Faria . National Champion Bobb y " Booga loo" Sch wartz won his fifth Scralch main of th e year at th e high-desen oval. Sch wartz sta rted th e main from th e number - W pos itio n. with I O former Nati onal Champion Alan Christian o n pol e. In three was Ermolenko with runent points leader Mike Far ia next to th e crash wall to four, As th e s!artinl: tapes £lew, Chrislian bea l Ihe field to th e h rst ,urn , only to have Schwa rtz d rive p.'lst him comi n~ OUt of th e second tu rn . Schwa ru and Chnstian Sla ved side-by-side for anot her revo lut ion with Faria righl on th eir tail, look in g for a way ar ound the two leaders. Fari a 's attempt to work Ihe o u tside cost him h is third-place pash o n as Ermo lenko wo rked th e blu e g roove to movt' up behind Chrisli an . Schwa rtz's rclenlless' pr essu re filiall y paid olf on lap ,h ree, as he moved up a bike leng th 011 Chnslian a nd was able to pu ll h is Weslak e do wn to ,he pole, ' cu ll ing off any cha nce Christia n bad (or viclOry. Results SC RATCH : I. Bn b by Snm d in mo w o ne as Rya n Pau ley was an ea rly th ird lollo wed by Robbie S,u rgel l. Th.. fina l la p saw a th rre way battl e for seco nd bl' IWef" n Diamond . Pauley a nd Slu rgeiL Sturgell moved in to lh ird by Paul ey. and at ,h.. dwcken'd Sturge ll was o ne bike length from second p lace Diam ond. Pau ley finish rd fourth. Brun ck again was unslOppa ble ill ma lOtwo as he fin-d o[f th e ga le to lead lrom sIan to' finish with c>Ul co n test. Diam ond rode in second unt il a cha in dera ilm ent ('o~ t hi m lh at posilion and ;1 DNF. Di;lm on d \ bad lu ck turn ed lO ~'()od fo r Pauley wh o man ag ed 10 hold o n to seco nd a ' ,he fini sh followed by Rob en Su)('k a nd Stu rge ll. T hr fina l mo tu s.--.w Bru nck n·tire Wilh a I ~ l.lea\'ing th(' wi n o pt'n to o the r co m pe titors.

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