Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~ LOCAL EVENTS B rno to, excep t for th e fact tha t Nutter led most of th e race wit h Drake slidibg by with two la ps to go. In th e second moto, Nutter too k a header in the second tum and was slow to get up . Drak e go t the only clea n first p lace to th e checkered of the evening in B class compe tition. ~ Resul ts Jamie Ste els mith (707) and J oel Huskey (8) bump handl ebars in the Kn ob by Expert class a t Boise Short Track. Steelsmith n ipped Huskey for the win. Gary Osborne (27) grabs the holeshot in front of Dave Caner (782), J im Anders (66), Gary Doggett (64) and Oay Crowder (4X) in the 30+ class at Dallas Ricker MX. . 50 AUT O: 1. Rr a n Ca lh oun (H on ): 2. Thomas Ha mbey (h j); 3. Jt'lfl"f)' fit'd5 (Ya m) ; 4. Man Blevin s (Suz): 5. Ch ris Cart" (SUl) . 0-85 ' -I I: I. JOI m~ Crowder (Ka w); 2. Spencer H itt' (Suz); 3. Adam Drak e (Ha n); 4. John Ca lhou n (Kaw); 5. Mike Hen !oley (H a n). 0-85 12-15: 1. Jacob La na- [Kaw]: 2. J~m y Lana- (Kaw): 3. Grqc G ra nt (Kaw); 4. Staa'y Lan e (Ka w ); 5. Sha wn H l"mll"y (Ha n). SCB BY 12-15: I. Bran don Drak e (Hon); 2. Gr l"g Nelson (SUI); 3. Jd f Cockra n {Kaw). 125 C: I. Grrl( Nelso n (S uz); 2. Darrell Sta llard [H on j: 3. Lesli e Reicher (Kotw); 4. Chad Pr ice (Yam); 5. Mike H efner (H a n). 125 B; I. Bran don Dra ke: 2. Ja son Fletcher (H on); 3. wes Cave (I-I ); 1. Aaro n Bolfing er (SUl): 5. Mikl"Nu tter (Kaw ). on 125 A: 1. Kevi n Walker ( Y~ m ) ; 2. Mike Brow n (Kawl; 3. Rill y Cox (SUl ); 'I. Sta nton Barrett (Han). 250 C: I. Da rrel l Bailey (Hon ); 2. M icha el Edwards (Kaw); 3. w arr en Robi nson (Ha n); 'I. Cha d Mullins (Ya m); 5. Ch ris Rose (Kaw), 2SO B: I. Mikt' Nutter (Ya m): 2. Bran don Dra ke: 3.. Gre!,: Rose (Hon); 4. J a ~n Fletch" (Suz): 5. J a y Ha yes (H a n). 250 A:, I. Miltl" Brown (Kaw ); 2. Kevin Walk " (Yam ): 3. Owain Millt:r (Kaw). O PEN AM:: I. Jeff LaFl~u r (Hon ); 2. G ary Osborne (Hon ); 3. Pal Phillipi (Kaw): 4. John Fi,h" (KT M); 5. Mart y H ill ma n (Kaw). ENO R: I. Cha d Mull ins (Yam): 2. Keith Hen!oley (SU 1); 3. John Fisher (Kaw); 4. Steve Mason (Kaw ); 5. Johnny Ra sar (S Ul). SON-CUR R: I. Dam-II Sta lla rd (Hon); 2. Ryan McCann (K.aw); 3. Rkkry Sa int'S(SUl ): 4. Ch ris R(»I"(Kaw ); 5. RU5.t:11 \ Bradl ey (Ya m). 25 PL US A: I. Tim J('n ni ngs (SUl). 25 PL US B: I. Da VId Weston (Yam ); 2. Mike Li u (SUl ); 3. Cl ilY (" .J"owd" (Yam ); 4. J ohnny Rasa r (SUl ): 5. CI('tus G rl"'l"nl"(H on ). 30 Pl.US 8 : 1. Cary Osborne( Hon ):2 . C1 Cro wdl"T (Ya m ): 3Y 3. Gary Il()K~1l (Kaw]: 4. Alvin Tester (Suz); 5. Jim Anders (S Ul). '10 PL US: I. Gary DogK(' U (Kaw): 2. Ted Fields (Ya m ); R~ (SUl ); 1. Lo ren William s (Kaw). 1·STRK: I. Keith Hendt')' (SUl): 2. Cod y Ward {Hon]; 3. David ViTI" (Hon); 1. Richard Sh ipley (SUI). . 3. Do uRlas Cornwell aces Champion Spdwy By Larry McBride 32 Mill er Draf t Ch ampion sh ip Series took o n th e Cal-Expo seven th-mile dirt arena in fro nt of . a good crowd. The l 80even t qualifying pr ocedure saw defending cha mp Schwartz, Christian a nd Collins tops in po int ga ther ing. Former cha m p Steve Lucero cam e up o ne shor t when he faced off with Collins in event num ber 12. Collins was faithful wi th his ga tes while Lucero rod e with grea t effort , but was unable to do any thi ng aga ins t th e British on slaught a nd had to set tle for eig ht points at th e end of regu lar racin~. The four semis saw those first three remain on the perfect side with Lu cero winning the first over Brad Ox ley and a disappointed Mike Faria. Ox ley's nigh t hadn't gon e well from the first round when he fini shed third beh ind Mark Hannah and Steve Furman. Oxley took second in the next round, fin ishing behind J im Sisemore, who had crashed o ut in the lirst round and wo uld th en get a good thunking in th e Con solati on. Fari a go t second to Collins in the first ro und, but followed with two win s to ma ke the semi s, but was third and out of co ntention for the rest, and no t happy abo ut the situa tion. Ed Castro was the fire of the night as he rode the rim side of the second round to win over Louis Kossuth , but couldn 't repeat the process in the semi that saw Collins W in over Kossuth and Castro , though he dazzled those assembled with the same style and got a good round of applause for his efforts, though for naught, Charlie Venegas started out with a second to champ Schwartz but zeroed the second round when he biffed and then won the third o nly to biff city the semi, but still stylish all the way. John Ho usto n, Jr. started out with a winner in controversy that continued when he ran the tape tha t broke when the referee pulled them apart, He was allowed to remain in the program, bu t came up wi th a problem and was then eliminated in a horrendous crash. La nce King m uddled his way to th e sem is, taking second to Schwartz, and then dazzled all W tth a great Co nsi wi n, keep ing Oxl ey at bay wi th Kossu th thi rd an d Sisemore sitting o ut wi th a slig ht concussion. T he ma in even t was anti·climactic as Collins sta rted o n po le for the th ird time and just p lain rod e off with th e wi n. Schwaru seemed inten t on catc h ing Collins, but so did Christian , a nd when Lu cero su ffered th e ' pangs of th e o th er two , it was Christia n wh o worked th e lin e fo r second o ver Schw artz. Results PO INT STA NDI NGS : I. Ph il Co llins; 2. AI Christia n: 3. Bobby Schwa nz ; 4. Steve Lucero; 5. La nce King. Brown bags Dallas Ricker MX By Lou Cook Photo by Loren Williams KINGSPORT. TN, JULY28 Two hun dred rid ers from nine states competed in the third of seven sched uled 1990 nigh t m otocrosses at th e Dall as Ricker MX Complex. Mik e Brown of Gra y, T ennessee, barely edged out Kevin Walker of Penh oo k, Virgi nia, to take the win in the first mot o of the 125cc A Pro class. Walker go t th e hol esh ot an d held the lead for th e first three la ps. Three-quarters of the way around the fourth lap , Brown was abl e to pa ss, but each rid er was o n to p of th e ot her with on ly fractions of a second separa ti n g ea ch m o ve. Bo th ride rs took th e checkered na g sim ultaneo usly, wi th Bro wn o n ly half a bike len gth in front of Wa lker. The second mota was a reversal of the first , wit h Bro wn off the line first and ma intaining th e lead through the first four laps. Walk er was never far behi nd Brown . and both sail ed o ver th e jum p s and th rou gh th e toms togeth er. fn the last tu rn of th e last lap , Walker pa ssed Bro wn and took ho me first-place money for the mot a . The competitio n was"just as fierce in the 125 and 250cc B mot es between Brandon Drake of Mich iga n , Mike Nutter of Tennessee, and Greg Rose of No rth Carolina . Rose wo n the firs t 250 B mot o while Nu tter held second ear ly, but was passed by Drake at th e onethird point. Nu tter ma naged to repass o n the last lap for second place as Dra ke fin ish ed third. In th e second molO, Nutter got the hol esho t, but Drak e dove by and held the lead un til the lap th at counted when Nu tter repa ssed to take th e checkered nag and th e mot o wi n . G reg Rose held th ird thro u!ihout the mo to. The same battl e developed in the first 125cc OWEGO, NY, JULY 29 Damien Co rn well, an 18-year -old four -year speed way veteran, slowl y crep t up to th e winner' s circle at Champion Speedway and wen t fro m a cra wl to a sprin t in capturing the Handicap mai n event . Cornwell, getting off to a slo w 1990start, has slowly but steadily advanced his fini shes in recent races. Start ing from th e 10 yard line, Cornwell gra bbed th e number one spot away fro m zeroyard rider Rand y Sauff at th e completion of the first circu it. ThirtY ar d liner J ohn Lewi s J wen t in to seco nd ahea of Sta uff in la p two with Lenny McBrid e o n h is rear wheel. For two laps McBride trailed Lew is before goi ng to the in side on turn one for secon d. Mean wh ile, Cornwell had m ain tained a severa l bike lead, and wi th th e wh ite 'nag o ut, MeBride closed ground, but Cornwell ha d th e wi n in his poc ket, and proudly di splayed the checkered flag fo r his first victory of the season. Leny McBride poised th e biggest threat to Burge with his a ttemp ts to dra w alongside and ahea d of Bur ge on the turn s, ho wever, Burge held off all advances and rod e his usual smoo th style to the winne'rs circle. Resul ts HD CP : I. Dam ien Cornwell (Cdn); 2. Lenny McBrid~ (Cd n); 3. T uff McBride (Ja w); 4. John Lewis (wes): 5. T om Burgil" (Gd n). SC RATCH 0 -1; I. T om Bu rge (Gdn); 2. Lenny McBrid e (Gdn ); 3. T uff McBrid e (Ja w); 4. John Lew is (Wes) . SCRATCH 0 -2; 1. Marco Mor dlo (Cdn ); 2. Kelli McMa hon (Jaw); 3. Malt O tt (Ja w): 4. Nick Ciardi (Wes). SC RATCH 0-3 : I. Karl Terry (Ja w); 2. T im Wilmarth (Ja w); 3. Dam on Lengle (Cdn ); 4. Bob Fiske (Jaw ). Russell rages at Boise ST . By Mike Thuleen BOISE. !D. JULY 31 J eff R ussell nai led yet ano th er Open Expert class win at th e Owy hee Motorcycle Cl ub 's 1990 Summer Short Track Series, whi le J am ie Steelsm ith and J oel H uskey did shock therapy to th e Knobb y Experts in the eveni ng 's race actio n. . Ru ssell read the green ligh t perfectly to .crowd Rod Reynol ds o u t of first In the Open Expert main. The two riders p u lled ahead of the doo msday ba ttle fo r th ird between J oey Huskey and Todd Peu gh . Russell and Reynolds bumped and scra ped in every corn er as they tang led fo r the lead . At the end of 10 laps, Russell and Reyn olds sho t o ut of tu rn four wheel to wh eel, with Russell shooting past th e checkers to win by mere in ches over Reyn olds. Huskey l'ulled away from Peu gh to co ntrol third, W Ith Keith Yordy ho ldi ng fifth over J eff Watters . The Knob by classes were wild-an d-wool y affairs with Joel H uskey p iloting a Hon da C R5 00 to challenge Kawa sak i KX500mo unted J amie Steelsmi th. The two riders ha m mered"each o ther, grinding and gnashing in th e tu rns, fig hti ng for th e lead. Steel smith kept it dia led to collec t a hard-fought win over Huskey and Allen Hudson . The Amateur class witnessed the domination of Robb F10th and Todd Gillespie over a larg e field. Mik e Smi t grabbed third with motocr ossers Aaron Campbell, Chad Co lton and B..I. Hansen slidi ng through th e checkers behind h im. Ron Wehr pu t in a stella r Rook ie performance by capturing th e co mbined Open/ 250cc Amat eur ma in on the Todd Peugh/ Ash ley-Gl ass Rotax 500 over Darrell Murphy, Mitch Ward , and Darrell Murphy. Ma tt Ward clinched an imp ressive victory in th e Micros wh ile hard-riding Nick Colto n dom in ated the Pee Wees. Resu lts O PEN EX: 1. jerr RUSK'U (Rtx); 2. Rod Reynolm (H a n): 3. j oel H usk ey (H a n). O PE N AM: I. Ron Wehr (R tx); 2. Glenn YounK (H a n); 3. Sonny Fouil (Yam ). 250 AM: 1. Darrel l Murphy (H e n): 2. Mitch Ward (Ya m): 3. Allm Hudson (Yam ). KNO BBY EX: 1. Ja mie Steelsm ith (Kaw); 2. Joel Hu skey (H a n);.S. Allen H udson (Hon ). KNOBBY AM: 1. Robb Flath (H a n ); 2. Todd Gi llespie (Yam ); 3. Mike Smit (Yam ). MJCRO : 1. Matt Ward (Kaw); 2. Mycha l Jen kins (Kaw); . 3. Bra ndon Cha rrin (Kaw). P/W : 1. Ni ck Co lto n (Yam); 2. Brian Bybee (Ya m ): 3. Jenny ' Cook ·(Ya m ). Kadlec collects Calamity Pass Enduro By Roger Dowden RAND. CO, IULY 15 Fritz Kad ec fou nd a rainy day i n th e pin e forest near Rand y, Colorado. to be the perfect sett ing for his fourth R MEC victory thi s season. T he Ca lam ity Pass Enduro differs from the oth er end ure s in th e Rocky Mountains by virtue of th e amo u nt of sing le-track tra il and the tig htness of thos e trails. T ypi cally. an end uro co urse in th e Rockies Inco rpo ra tes qu ite a bit of a lpine meado wland peppered with rock s a nd boul ders. In contrast, Ca lamity Pass is mu ch tighter , more lik e an eastern end uro. This year Carl Wa tson and h is crew used o n ly five mi les of roa d in the 105 actual mi les the enduro encom pa sed. To further add to th e eastern flavor, Mother Nature added rai n th at increased in in tensi ty as th e da y went on. The tig ht, slippery trails were evident ly m uch to Kadlec's liking, as he set a blistering pa ce, nearl y d uplicated by fellow Yam aha rid er J ohn Bru ckbau er. Both rid ers dropped o n ly 12 points, bu t Kadlec mastered th e tiebreakers for th e victory. Third overall, with his best placing this year , was veteran Do ubl e A rider , John Blyth e, who dro pped 29 points. He was follo wed by KTM rider s Chris Willbanks and Kevin Davis, with 32 and 35 poi nts, respe ctively . Fifth overa ll went to Kawasaki KDX200' mounted Geo rge Villany; wh o once again totally domina ted th e 200cc A class wit h a score of 32 points. Second place in the class went to Weber Arnold, wh o tallied 57 W in ts. The 250cc A tro phy was taken home by Rook ie A rider, Wayne In terrni ll, wh o carded a 55. Second went to a newcom er to th e circuit. Shan no n Long, who ha d a 38-m inu te defici t, fn the O pen A class , Ron Hock ett fina lly brok e a year- long stri ng of bad lu ck to top Casey Co lbert, who seems to have a strangleho ld o n th e year-end class trophy. T he a lways-co m pe ti tive 250cc B class proved to be a baule of attrition wit h a third of the class dropping ou t before th e fin al check. T he difficult cond itions didn 't spread out th e survivors, however. Fir st through thi rd -place fi n is h ers Bart Ser afin , P aul Doublas and Mike Spen cer had scores within' a min ut e of each o ther . Open B rider Rick Fish er seemed to finall y fin d th e secre t of success in his class victo ry - it was sto ma ch flu. H e could bar ely leave the men 's roo m long eno ug h to pick up his very first first-pl ace tro phy. Results O/A AA: 1. friu Kadl ec. O/A B: l. Hugh Kdly. 1. Vincent1C.ing. O/ A AA: 1. fri u Kadlec (Ya m); 2. John Brudba uer (Yam ); ! . John BIY (' (H on); 4. Chri s WiJlbanb (KTM); 5. Kevin Da vi s lh IKTM). 200 A: L Ceor ge Vi1Ianyi (Kaw) ; 2. Weber Arn old (Raw); 3. Mark Bergman (Kaw ). . 250A: L Wayn(' lmerrmll (Ya m); 2. Shannon Lo ng (Yam); 3. Mark &agl~ (Kaw). OPEN A: l. Ron H ockett (KTM); 2. CaK')' Co lbert (AT K): .5 Kmny Perki ns (H us). . SR A: I. j ospeh Ja nt'Cky (H on ): 2. floyd Stretch (KTM); 3. Eldon Ku ney (KiM). SR B: 1. Craig Neff (KT M ); 2. David Deeny (KTM ); .5 . g oben Stick ler (KTM). 200 B: I. Craig Carroll (Kaw); 2. Bob Babinski (Kaw); 3. Ken Murp h y (Kaw ). 250 B: 1. &rt Serafin (H on); 2. Pa ul Dou glas ; 3. Mike Spencer (KTM ). O PEN B: 1. Richard fi sh" (KTM ); 2. Lloyd Bow~rs (Yam); 3. Keith Rh oll (Ho n). 4·STRK B: I. Roy Norgard (H on ); 2. Bull Colf~ (Ho n); 3. Ken(}('th Suandbc=rg. 200 C: I. Gry Miller; 2. Scou Brigh t; 3. Dan Bowers. 250 C: I. Kenny Hopper; 2. T ormod Haugm: 3. Stanl~ Rookop. O PEN C: 1. Antho ny Hol mberg; 2. G uy Middl~on; 3. c: Ikan Hmdel'lon. i·STJlK C: 1. Andy Vik: 2. David EvaN; 3. Gordon JohnlOn . SR C: 1. J. Ra ndel Brigh t; 2. Ltt Beaven; 3. Kt'ith Blanken.dtip. SPTSMN C: 1. DaVI" Ki m bl~; 2. Doug Barnell; 3. Ptf " Iknison. S/S R: I. Bill Wi lliam s; 2. Waynl" M cF~tridit: 3. Rogn Dorcas. LDS : I. Jmny Murphy; 2. Traci Dowm.; 3. Jennifer Wey.

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