Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Morello masters Victory Spdwy By Larry McBride VICTORY, NY. AUG. 4 At on ly 12 years old. Marco Morello became the youngest Handicap main wi nner at Victory Speedway. Sta rting from the zero yard li ne Morello built an earl y lead in his hea t race to not ch h is first wi n of the evening. The semi was mor e difficult. however. as he trailed the Held for three of the six-lap s. On the founh circuit Morello made a sm ooth move (0 th e inside of turn two a nd passed th ree ri ders and overtook KeIli McMa hon for the lea d and win. An a lmos t im possibl e task seemed 10 be loomin g for you ng Morell o in th e ma in event . He had o nly a to-yard advantage over Randy Stauff, a nd 20 yards on Da mi en COrnwell and Mike Cortese. Back o n the 60 sat T uff and Le nny McBrid e. Fro m the start More llo put lots o f grou nd between h im self and the rest of the field o n hi s Master Co ns t! R ace tech-ba ck ed Go dden . Cortese went down a nd o ut of the race in turn (our after ta ng ling with Stauff in lap o ne. For severa l laps bo th McBr ides wer e making every a ttem p t to get past Cornwell and move up to" cha llenge Mor ello. While Mor ell o still ma intained a good lead , Tuff and Lenn y McBride drew pa st Corn well for seco nd a nd thi rd , respectiv ely. a nd were closing on the leader . Tuff McBride was ridin g on hi s rear whee l. but Morello h ad the finish lin e in hi s sig h ts a nd on the next lap was carrying his H andicap main event chec kered n ag. Lenny McBride co n tin ued to hold a tight grip as tra ck point leade r by again scori ng a mai n even t win. McBride travelled to th e Scratch ma in , by taking his Mario Pi zza/Fox Accessories/ Kens Barber Shop-sponsor ed Godden to wins in bo th his h eat ra ce and - semi fin al. _ Ju the gat e went up for th e main , Lenny McBride nosed into fir st en teri n g (urn o ne. Tuff McBride cu t to th e inside of J ohn Lew is in th e sa me tum to pull right on Lenny's rear wh eel. Lenny go t some undesirable tra ction, causi ng a n out of control wh eelie dow n the ba ck stra ight. Tuff McBride immedi ately closed th e ga p on his brother and pulled a lo ngside for a momentary lead en teri ng turn three. Both McBrides stayed side by side for two complete circuits befor e Le nny took a slight lead which he was a ble to ma in tain for the ba lance o f the four-lap fi na l a nd ano the r vic tory. Young doubles at Barona Oaks MX By Donn Maeda RAMONA, CA, JULY 15 Suzu ki-mo unted Chris Young sto le th e sh ow in both th e 125 a nd 250cc Pro classes at round eight of th e Bridgeston e/CMC California Sum mer Series, held a t Barona Oak s Raceway . Young won th ree of th e fouT motos he raced lO secure his pair of victo ries. Youn g slOrmed ·o ut of the ga te in the openi ng l 25cc P ro molO. but hOI on hi s tail were Mik e Chamberlain . Cra ig Davis a nd Ru ss Wag eman. Young set a blistering pace, which o nly Chamberl ain cou ld ma tch . The two lead ers bega n 10 pull away from Wag ema n . who had swooped pa st Davi s in a fast left- hander. On lap ftve o[ th e eig ht lap moto, Chamber lai n o ut- j umped Young in a tricky jump-whoop section a nd took over the lead. Youn g tri ed to retaliate, bu t ba cked off by th e molO'S e n d. Chamberl ain took th e checkers ahead of Young . Wa gem an and Davi s. Young put h is Su zuk i o u t front in mot o two ahea d of Chamberla in . Wa gem an and Todd Mit ch ell. With a clear tra ck a hea d of hi m. Younll rod e wi th precision a nd gave Ch amberla In no opportunity to advance . As th e two front-runners began to p u ll a way , Peter Murray sliced h is way th rough the pack a fter a n eig h th place sta rt and into fourth. Young took the mo to a nd o vera ll wins, toppi ng Ch am berlain a nd Wageman. With hi s thi rd holeshot of th e day , You ng led Wageman, Nicky Pounds and Murray on to the tra ck in th e firs t 250cc Pro molO. Murray began to pressure Po unds and slipped i n to third wh en the Suzuk i rider went down in th e far section oC Lhe co urse. No on e cou ld mat ch Young' s spee d , a s the Mission Viejo rider p ulled out to a commandin g lead by the moto's end. Wageman finished a d istant seco nd , just a head of Murra y and Gu y Deckert. N o on e was surprised wh en Young holesho t the concludin g molO. with Wag eman, Pounds a nd Murray in tow . Young duplicated his first mota vanish ing ac t, and would not be chall en ged. Wa geman and Pounds argued o ver th e runneraup position. with Pounds taking it for good a t the halfway point. Young took an easy win, while Wag eman's 2-3 , to p pe d Pounds' 5-2 for second overall. R esults P/W: l. 8r.Indon M orK an (Ya m); 2. Jmnifn NellOn Chris Evans won the Middleweight Superbike class at Po rtl an d Raceway. (ya m ); S. G reg Landers (Ya m ); i . Ni ck Puccio (Ya m) ; ,;. T an ya Faulkner (Yam ). 60 0·8: l. It o Pa sco ( Ka w ); 2. Chris McNall ( Kciw ); 3. J ust in Scu tle n ( Kaw ); i . Brandon Mor ga n ( Ka w ); S. Nick Pu ccio ( Ka w ). 60 9- 11: l. Josh T ara n tin o ( Ka w ); 2. Da niel Nonnan (Kaw); S. Shawn Igercic (Kaw); -I. Shad Viens (Kaw); S. Mike Kessel (law ). 80 O PEN: I. Dan iel Norman (Suz ); 2. Cary Blakely ( Kotw ); S. Edd ie Finnels (SUt ); i . J ustin Viens (C PV); 5. Ca:;,('y Lyl1e (H a n ). 80 JR: 1. Ang leo In gr ade ( Ka w ); 2. Du stin Nelso n (Suz); 3. Chr is Fi nl t")' (Ka w); 1. Sha wn Per ou o (Kaw ); 5. Judd Sca rlc w (Suz). 80 INT : I. Tyler Kin g (Ka w); 2. Creg Yea n lt")' (SUt ); 3. Jt'll Will oh (Ka w). 80 EX: l. J('51(" Jotml"l (Slit); 2. Mike Meuger (Se R). BIG WH L: I. Na th;,mPenr y ( Ka w ); 2. T ravis Drew (Kaw). 125 BEG 0 ·1: l. Dust in Lunde (Ka w ); 2. j am l"l Randell e (H a n) ; 3. Kr it h Wade:- (Ka w ); i . Motr Deslauriers (Suz); 5. B r~ U Mieh eal (SUt ). 12S BEG D·2: I. SIeve 'Tho rnton (SUt) ; 2. C~g Perol io (Suz); S. M all Eag leto n (KT M ); -t. Oo n Sp ringn- (SUt) ; 5. Shaw n Ellis ( Kaw ). 125 J R: I. J ~ll uwis (S Ut ); 2. Nick Mor-gan (SUI); S. J.J. Petch el (Ya m); -t. S hay Fret well (SUt); S. Alex McEl yea ( Kciw ). 125 INT : I. David Casa d (SUt ); 2. Do n U p to n (H a n) ; S. Stew Drew ( law ); -t. Dere k Meyer (SUI) ; S. Charl ie Flip pm (SCR). 125 PR O : I. Ch ris Young (Suz); 2. Mike Chambnlain (Ya m); S. Ruu Wa~n n (SUI); i . Cra ig Davi s (SUI); 5. Pete M urray (S uz). zso BEG : l. Mike H or ton (Ya m) ; 2. Dusti n Lu nde (Su t ): S. VietorP uiknas (Ya m) ; -t. O ris Proko pow (H on ); 5. Ma rk Ro ma gn o li (Ya m). 2500 JR: I. Jn l l...rw-is (Sw); 2. Jason Melton (H on ); , . AMon Wm strup (H on); -t J.J. Prc.c.rn-I (Yam ); 5. Nick . Mo'gan (Sw). ~ INT: l. Ktvi n (;qtcr (Sw); 2. KaT}' Byer s ( Ka w ); 5. Danny Seyler (H o n ); -t. Todd McMuttt (H on); 5. Tim Ibllisay (\'. m). 250 PR.O: I. Ch ris Yo ung (Suz); 2. R uu WagftDa n (SUI ); S. Nick,. Pou nds (S uz); of. Pete Murray (S w ); S. Martin . X.061ner (H on). 1 , SOO PR O : I. Rex Sla ten (H a n ); 2. Ron T u rner (H a n ); S. Craig Davis (H a n) ; '" Leo PeterS (H on) . UTH JR: I. Fred H ommel (H on) ; 2. Lo u Sato (Xa w ); 2. Mike Carr (H a n ); of. Mark Dola urien (S uz); 5. Ken Wil.an (H on ). VET JR: I. C rq: Perol io (S w ); 2. R udy Chavez (H a n ); 2. Mark Eagleton ( lUiw) ; of. ManhaJi Mari on (Ra w ); 5. Jell Morri. (H a n) . VET t NT: I. Michael Gi bson (Hon ); 2. Da vid T a xel (H a n ); .5. Brad Sloa n (H a n ). u VET MSTR: I. R ich Bartieu (Sw); 2. T im Mot h (H a n ); S. Bob Bla nd (H o n). VET PRO: I. Ron Turner (H a n) ; 2. Pedro Mu rra y (SUt ); 3. Rex Sta ten (H a n). OT JR : 1. TetTY Judd (SUt); 2. Rob Lytle (H a n); S. Jim Butl er (SU1.); i . J im While (Ya m ). Pinkstaff, Braun, Howard . double at Portland Road Race By Russ Cazier PORTI.AND, OR, AUG.5 Keith Pinks taff won the O pen Production an d 750cc Superbike classes, Marvin Braun too k Open Superbike and 600cc Superbike, and T ony H oward repea ted in a sweep of Open and 500cc Vintage at the Or egon Mo tOrcycle Road Racin g Jusociation's (O MR RA) th ird meet of the seaso n at Portl and In ternati o nal Raceway. Pinkstaff ran away wit h Open Production , then d iced wit h Shaw n Smit h in 750cc Superbike until Smith cras hed ou t of second place. Pin kstaff was denied another nea rly su re win in 0l'"!' Superbike when h is Zlock Raci ng Suzuki GSXRI IOO uncharacteristicall y DNF du e to a lea kin g oil coo ler wh ile he had a co m ma nd ing lead . Braun benef itted from Pin kstaff's problems to win Open Superbik e, and a lso had his 600cc Supe rbike win made easier by Shawn Roberti's Yamaha FZR600 go ing sour early, in the heat. but he still had 10 fend off a chargi ng Brian Su tton. Rober ti held on fo r fourth, then wo n 750cc Prod uction goi ng aw ay. T he first twO races of 1990 were ra in dates, but this weekend saw tem peratures over 100 degrees duri ng Saturday's well-a ttend ed open practice. Sunday was only a littl e m ilder. in the low 90s. and the hi gh temperatu res and a chewed-up race uack made [or exci ting ra cing, but no recor d lap times. PIR recent ly hosted a batch of car races. , and the aspha lt had numerous rouRh pa\ches to be either ridden over cautously or aV Oided. Keith Pinks taff said , " Sua ngely eno ug h, it was a good track right on the racing lin e. but it was very hard to pass becau se of a ll th e divo ts just off the lin e. It made a good start very important." T on y How ard again won both classes he entered. Open and 500cc Vintage, ' riding a Suzuki Titan. His 500cc Vintage win was a cakewalk, but in Open Vintage he fin ished second in the first of two heats behind Duncan Craick on a fast 750cc Norton. H oward cra nked it up in the second heat , pas sing up Jenny Hayden (69J ), Sam Lowe (30), winner Nicky Hayden (69) and Matthew Auxier (ll ) battle for positio ns in the 80cc class at Lawrencebu rg Short T ra ck. the warm- u p tap to start with a coo l engine for th e all-importanr drag race to tum o ne. a nd h is strategy paid off with the hea t a nd o vera ll win s. Results OPEN PR OD : I. Keith Pin kstaff (SUt ); 2. Mich ael McBrady (SUt ); S. Shaw n Roberti (Suz). 750 PR OD : 1. Shawn Robe rti (Suz); 2. Steve McKi5!.od (SUt) ; ~ . Goo ffrry Lambert (Suz). 600 PR OD : I. T roy Burstyk (Ya m); .2. Sha wn Ro bert i (Ya m ); 3. Seen McArthor (Ya m). 450 PR OD : I. Kdly H eat h (Ya m ); 2. Todd Yoa~t (Ya m ); ~P::~~B~ rM~~in 3. Brau n (Ya m ); 2. Sha wn Sm ith (n on ); S. Alan Edwards (SUt ). 750 S/B K: 1. Kcith Pinkstaff (Sw); 2. Ma rvin Bra un (Ya m ); , . Alan Edwa rds (Suz). 600 SIBK.: 1. Marv in Bra un (Ya m ); 2. Brian SUlio n (Ya m ); 3. T ro y Bun tyk (Ya m). 450 S/B K: l. Ala n Schwm (Yam ); 2. Tim H eale (Ya m ); S. Mark Smith (Yam ). MIW SlBK: 1. Richa rd Ma~ (Ya m ): 2. Quu Evam, (Yam); S. Rick C undenon (Yam ). UW S/BK.: I. Bria n Sutto n (Ya m ): 2. Bill Bircher (H a n); m S. Jon Lacey (Yot ). U /L S/BK: l. Scou Soper (H a n); 2. O J[( Bakn (lfyh); S. ItMI Schrnk (Xa w). O PEN BOTT: I. Don H om ( Due); 2. Raben Hi no jou (BMW): S. mer Otmg ( Koiw). 6SOBOTT: I. Da lt Cray (H on ): 2. David Roo kaird (Ha n); S. Jdf Peclu ell ( lUiw). OPEN VINT: l. Tony Howar d (Sw ); 2. Du tKan Craick (Nor); 3. Lan ce Raber (Tri ). 500 VINT: 1. Tony Ho wa rd (Suz); 2. Lory JohnlOl'l (85A): S. La nce RilIxr (Tri) . 2SO VINT: I. M ik~ Rive-IIi (Due); 2. Anthony Rivdli ( Due); S. San Fromhold. NOV: 1. Jdf Fbd:.eth (YOIm ); 2. Michael ~I (Hon ); 3. John Milln (Ya m ). Hook dazzles Montgomery ST By J ack Hanson MONTGOM ERY. M AUG. 3 N, Peter H ook, a semi -retir ed professional dirt trac ker from Burnsville, Minnesota . provided a tu iti on-free cou rse in sho rt tra ck to a da zzled grou p of ama teur racers on th e M o ntgomery Speedway fifth-mi le ova l. Arri ving lal e and unannounced , H ook joined the field for the Open Amat eur heat a fu ll lap down, but still fin ished the fivela p even t far ahea d of seco nd· p lace finish er Dou g Ob ert who later exclaimed, " He sur e wo ke me up. " H ook repeated hi s performa nce in the O pen main , then loaded up his well ·worn H onda and headed for hom e after explaini ng tha t h" had not don e much racin g th is year becau S(' of the demands of his fu ll-time job. ho m" pu rchase and im pendi ng marriage. The eve n ing's pro gram began wi th a pre1imiruiry event for l25cc and Open cia" DTX bikes a nd 250cc n at uackers. Elizabeth Kant or was a surprise a nd surprised o vera ll winner on her l25cc Kawasak t. Open DTX rider Dan Taylor fell whil e in hOI pu rsu it of Kant or . How ever. Kantor's lu ck ra n o Ut in the mai n even t when she gOl off to a terrible start . the n crasned ha rd on the thi rd lap while trying to cat ch up. T aylor also fell bu t managed to remoun t a nd salvagr: fourth. Troy Brisbi n capitalized on their misfort u ne to ho ld o n for the win. Results 12S-0 PE N DTX/250 IT: l. Troy Bri...b (Hun); 2. T im in G regory (Hon ); S. Brad yin (H on ); i . D;,miel Taylor ( Koiw) ; 5. Elizabnh K;,mlo r (Koiw ). O PEN FT : l. Peter Hool.. (Hon ); 2. Doug Ohm (Hon ); S. Bud.y lnrt''Dl (Ha n); 4. Ti m G~ry (Hon); 5. n OlW' Petrnon (Hon ). There was another H ayden o ne- two punch in the I 25cc feature. but th is tim e with brother T ommy taking the checkered flal; as he led wire-to-wire. Ni cky ha d to work a littl e harder for this on e, pi cking off Brian Knippenberg with only a lap to go to fin ish second. In the 250cc feature, Pa t Behrl e held off the Kent ucky attacker. After dropping the heat 10 T ommy Hayden , Behrle came back to grab the lead. Hayden stuck to him like glue. and in an effo rt to mak e a high -side pass. Knippenberg seized the opportu ni ty to drop int o the second slo t, leaving Hayden high on the o uts ide and, with no um e to reco ver he fin ish ed th ird . . Not letting tha t stop him . T ommy Hayden. return ed in the Open B class, riding a 500cc ROlaX to victory. T ommy took advantage of a n early lead . ho lding off Dan iel DOlSOn who, in an all-o r-noth ing move to gain pos iti on. wiped out. Jeff Cra ig was right on hand to take advantage of tha t move, taking the second slo t, close ly foll owed by thi rd -place finisher Dave Viel. All of th is action led to the featured Open A class, in which Dan Ingram, a Camel Pro . Series com petitor, fo und that winning here wasn 't going to be easy p ickings. Rex Fisher led the way in the heat race, bu t the tabl es were tu rned as Ingram too k the hol esh ot comi ng out of one with Fisher pressin g hard to find a hole. With only a few lap s to go, Fisher tried to make a move that not only failed but cost him his pos ition. Grady Phillips and Patrick Behrle filled in immediatel y. with Phillip s in the number-tw o spot as the checkered n ag ended the du el. Res ults 50: I. 51('\/('nRose (Yam ); 2. Rran don Sti mmnhom (Ya m ); 3. Zacha rt Pa lmer (Hon ). 60: I. J en n y Haydm (Ka w ); 2. Bran do n Rme; S. MauAuxier (H a n). 80: l. Nick y Hayd en (Ya m ); 2. Jenny Ha yden (Yam ); 3, Mau Auzier (H on); i . Sam Low e ("'-w ); 5. Bran don Rose, 125: l. T omm y H ayden (Ya m): 2. Nicky Hayden (Ya m); 3. Bria n Knippen berg . 250: I. Pat Ikhrl~; 2. Brian Knippenberg ; 3. T om my Ha yden : 4. Andrew Rrn tm baeh : 5. Brdd HollandM". O PEN B: 1. Tom my H aydm (Rlxl; 2, Jf'rf Cr.i ill: (Hon, ; 3. Da ve Vid (YOIm ): 4. La rry I).mid, (Hon ); 5. J d f O1 isha n (R tx). O PEN A: 1. Dan (n lUOim (Hnn); 2. G rad y Phillip" (Han ): 3. Pat Beh rl(" (Hon); i . Mike Butll"r; 5. Rn: Fi~h("f. Gordon grabs Gang gold at Perris Motocross By Greg Robertson PERRIS. CA, AUG. 4 Kawasak i KX250 rid er Steve Go rdo n work ed his way to th e fro ltt in bo th mot os to claim first overall in the Over The H ill Ga ng Novice class at Perris Raceway. ATK-mounted Gr eg Minor led the first lap trai led by Wes Rollings. Go rdo n and Randy Wessels. By the fourth lap, Gordon had wor ked pa st Ro llins and Minor to take over the lead wh ere he would sta y to the finish . Rollins battled with Minor before pu llin g away to fin ish second. Gordon edged Rolli ns for the second-moto holeshot ah ead of Minor and J ose Rodriquez. Gordo n slo wly pu lled away hom Rollins 10 collect the overa ll win . Rollins held off Min or to earn the second -place tro phy. Results Hayden dominates Lawrenceburg Short Track By Steven Smith LAWRENCEBURG. IN, AUG. 3 The H ayden family took seven top fini shing po sition s home to Owensboro, Kentu cky, after cleaning up at the Lawrenceburg Motorcycle Speed way. Jenny Hayden led th e blitz with a win in the 60cc class. followed by a on e-two punch in the 80cc class in which sister Nicky took th e win with Jenny seco nd. Local rider Matthew Auxier tried to close on Jenny. but couldn' t find the combination as she kept the door shut tight. BEC : I. Tim McCu~ (H on). NO V: l. Steve Cordon ( Ra w ); 2. Wo Ro lli,.. (Yotm ); 3. Creg Minor (ATK ); 4. Riln dy Wn seh ( Hon l; 5. Jac k Roth (Ya m) . tNT: 1. Gray Willison (Ra w); 2. Grq Rober tson (Yot ); m 3. Ha jime Shogase (Hon); 4. Mitch Langjahr (Yam ); S. Rick Bealer (Su t ). EX: l. Bob Ca sper (SUt) ; 2. Smn Wall f'nbMR (Ka w ); ~ . Walt Obon (Ha n ). Collins collects Cal-Expo Speedway win By Bill Spen cer SA CRAM ENTO.CA. AUG. 4 Round on e of the U.S. National Speedway qualifiers went to former British Leallue Speedway racer Phil Collins. 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