Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

eLOCAL EVENTS ~ Hoh reaps Cambridge ST win By H y Syde CA~I BR IDGE, ~I r\. JULY21 The Dirt Track Riders Associati on hosted the third race of their Saturday Night hart T rack Series a t Ca m b rid~e Speed way. The tra ck was in per fect condit io n. and by the tim e the features bega n a wide groove had come up. allowing two-line raci ng a ll the way around. The 250cc flat track class belon ged to Suburban Cycle Center's Mike Hoh . Hoh easily won the hea t race, but the ma in was another story . Tim Gregory stayed low and Hoh wen t high a nd the two rode elbow to elbow for the first thr ee laps. Lap four saw Gregory slip off the gro ove, while H oh sq uared off the comer, go t a wheel under Gregory and led the rest of the way to the checkered flag . A light rider turnout saw the 250 a nd 500cc MX and Senior classes combined. Ridin g a Fealy Racing prepped Kn igh t Yamaha 500, Minnesota legend Buzz Arndt moved to the front and was never headed in the heat a nd the ma in. Roger Fealy fin ished second riding a Yama ha YZ250. T hi rd went to Kawasak i mounted Dan Taylor. The Open flat track class was a wild affair. The heat race saw A I-Mu th H-D/ Suburban Cycle Cent er's Mike Hoh take the n ag ahea d of Larso n's Cycles' Kurt Roelke and Peter Hook. T en riders lined up for the feature with Hook and Roelke starti ng a t the exit of turn four. Hoh j umped into the lead on hi s Harl ey. Meanwhile. Peter H ook was ridin g the high side. pic ki ng off ride rs two per comer. By the eil:h th lap. Hook was pressuring the leader with Roelke in third. Hoh rode OUI a wild tank-slapper off turn two and Hook steamed into the lead. Then. Hoo k's Yama ha stu mb led as he took the whi te nag and quit on the back stretch . H oh was leading again but he slipped wide in tum four and Ro tax -mou rued Roelke took him by a wheel. Overall winner Ronald Park (34) grabbed the holeshot in the first 250cc Beginner moto at the Pacific Coast Championships at Washougal Motocross Park . . Tim Mertens (53) led the start of the Expert main at the Huron Fairgrounds. George Ro eder passed him before the finish . Doug Davis (41) finished third. Results 250 AM: I. Mik~ Ho h (Ho n) ; 2. Tim G n-gory IHon) ; 3. DoI" id PMt'nOn (Hon). O P EN B AM: 1. Mikt H oh (Hon); 2. Tim Gttgory (H on ): 3. S orm for a second-chance second and third to Dave Lewis over 66-year-<>ld Bill Thomas. Rod Edmonson finally climbed th e vi ct ory podium, winning the Division Three main with Rich Magna no second and third to newcomer Bill Sedgwick. Resul ts HOCP : I. Jim SilnllOJe; 2. Piml Orbndi; ! . Bob Collin; 4. Bob Hicb ; 5. Rocky Rob imon. SCRATC H : I. J im S i~ 2. Pau l Orl.;mdi; ~ . Rod., Robimon; 4. Da m -II Rusby. 0.2: I. Dan Smi th: 2. SliICY Ledou; , . Dave Le wi.. D-3: I. Rod Edmo nso n; 2. Rich Magnano: 3. Bill Sedgwi ck. Hart attacks Pacific Northwest Motocross Finale By Brian Barnes 34 WASHOUGAL, IVA, JULY 8 The fifth a nd final round o f th e 1990 Motocross Northwest Pacific Coas t Cham pionship Series ca rne to a close under sun ny skies a nd great motocross cond itions. Series cham p ions were also cro wned thi s weekend with Kawasaki KXI25-riding Pro Gra yson Hart putting in two ~rfect races a nd edging Don Bisceglia for the utle. Scott Steffey took the measure of the 250cc Pro class via hi s 2-3 tall y whil e Tony Graves scored the Series Olampionship with his second overall. In the 80cc Beginner class 20 riders gated ror moto number one. Gordon Young got the jump on the pack leading Jeremiah . Kirkes. J osh ua Bru"" , Bill Moore and Brock Clark arou nd the first turn with Casey Nelson and Brad Stomer close behind. You ng held off Kirkes for the first two laps. but on lap three Kirkes got by the early leader and set his sig hts on the malO win . The man on the move , though. was Sloner. as he sliced from midpack to fourth by the mid-point and then held posi tio n until the flag . Kirkes look a well deserved win wit h You ng, Bru"". Stoner an d Moo re rounding ou t the top five. The second mo to was a Casey Nelson a£fair all the way as the Kawasaki rider went wireto-wire for the win. but due to Nelson 's firstmota 12th-pia"" finish he only garnered fifth overa ll. First overall fell to Bru ce as hi s secondro un d runner-up cli nched the overa ll via his 3-2 ta lly. wit h Moore's four th overa ll good enough to take the series titl e over third· overa ll finisher Young. The l25cc Beginners a lso brou ght 20 riders to the line and with the series titl e up for grabs it would be an all-ou t battle. Wood la nd Honda 's Jerem y Porter was the class of the £ie ld as £ar as moto one was concerned, never looking back to take an easy win. Jamie Coo k and Bill Kent took second and thi rd. The second mo to found Porter at the back of the pack after the start. leavin l:l the door wide open for another Honda nder. Scott Watson, to sco re a popu lar wi n . Mike Narkiewitz was second while Jamie Cook's a ll-ou t. last -lap charge to pa ss Bill Kent and move in to thad gave the Suzuki rider the overall win . Pro -cali ber's Robert Manuel took the cham p ionsh ip with his fihh overa ll , beating out a ha rd-charging Dawn Piazza, wh o had major problems, fim shing 14th. Wayne Johnston looked like the man to beat as far as the 250cc Beginner class went . With 27 riders lined up, Rona ld Par k go t the holeshot with Johnston . Russ Thibaut. Greg Harmon and Randy Moen foll ow ing suit. Park led joh nston for on ly one lap before the Ho nda CR250 rider blew pa st and breezed to the win . Park look ed stro ng with Har mon thi rd and Jeff Hofenbredl fou rth. All Johnston ha d to do in the second moto was finis h ha lfwa y respecta bly to assu re him self th e series cro wn, a nd alt hough prob lems dropped h im 10 n inth in the moto, his fihh overa ll was good eno ugh to take the titl e. The overa ll win went to Park with his 2-2 tall y. with Moen second and Harm on th ird . Results 50: 1. IUOlc Dav idson (Ya m ); 2. Midl4ld T odd (Ya m); 3. • J w.ti n Ru m (Ya m ). 60 6-8: 1. N ich o w. G

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