Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

turni n f: laps of 24.65. 24.69 and 24.7 2. respectively. T he four Expert hears would transfer the firs t, second and third-place finis hes into the main , while four th . filth and sixth would go in to one semi th at would also adva nce three riders in to the main . "" expec ted . Du relle ra n away wit h the first heat. Two rookies ba n led over second - Kris Kiser and Speedy Kell - who pu lled awy from Mike Rei d , lea ving Rei d to lea d Mike Inderb iuen and Kit Farl ey to the semi. Bobby McDowell pulled out a n ear ly lead in heat two. Rex Fisher moved up to ma ke it close. but McDowell held on. SCOll Stump held secon d early. bu t a slowly deflating tire wou ld pu t him ou t by lap five. Mar c Gtfford held Randy Roose, Corey Brin k and Ri ck H ocking off for the last transfer. Tim Merten s came from the middle of the pac k to take the third heat in a hotl y contes ted affair. Merten s topped two more rook ies Larry Pegram and Mike Hal e. Aaro n H ill . Mickey Fay and Brian Anderson would get one more tty in the semi. The closes t heat was the last as Dave Camlin and Dan fngram locked in a fierce battle for the win. Camlin held on for the win . J eff Dietz too k a very close race for th ird from Troy Norris, Kirk Strong and Dave Hebb . The Expert serm started as a real dogfight between Hill, Reed . Fay a nd Stron g. Reia took over o n lap thr ee, then Strong fell on lap four leavin g the front th ree ,to battle for star ti ng po sit ions. Mike Inderbitzen closed on hi s 750, lookin g for a mistake by the fron t-runners tha t didn 't come. T im Mertens was Iirst off the line in the Expert main. wh ile Durelle, Ingram and Hill (who had come from row th ree) gave chase. Dur elle quickly caught Mertens and worked his way around by lap three. Durelle then put a little dis tance betw een himself and Merten s as both rid ers pulled awa y. Ingram, Hill and H ale held close formation for th ird through sixth . By lap nine. th e top two pos iti ons were set. but th e war o ver third now involved In gr , am Hill, H ale, Camlin, McDowell and Pegram. The posi tio n fell to the man who bad come via hISwin of the semi, Aaron Hill. Hale and Ca mli n also go t by Ingram a~ the end. Results PRD-AM: I. Tony Burn ttt (RCt); 2. Id C Eklund (W· R): 3. J.P. Simo nsen Uio n): 1. Mike Dilfon (W-R); S. Ken McConnell (Han ). J R: 1. j am es Ibn (R Ct); 2. Sleve Rasmuum (H-O): 3. Pau l Pol hemu & (W-R); 4. J aim e Aguil ar (H -D); 5. C lim Vah shoJu (W-R). EX: I. Davey Durelle (W-R): 2. T im Merten s (H -D); 5. Aaron JiiJI (II-D); 4. Mike Hal e (W-R ); ~. Dave Ca mli n (H .D). Fleming first at Cobleskill MX By Carla Nelson COBLESKILL. NY AUG. 19 , Doug Fleming mastered the mud a ' Cobleskill MX Park win the Plus 25 Expert class. A steady rain Saturday night made for extremely . muddy condition s a' Cobleskill's final race of the season . Fleming rode his Kawasaki 125 to 'he limit in the muddy firs, moto, but Mike Dougherty held him off the whole race. A, the start of moto two Doulllherry took the front position with Fleming nght on his back fender. Dougherty accidently cut a 'urn ,ight and went off the track momentarily. He kep' the lead bu' then paused in the next 'urn. Fleming shot by and inlO the lead. Despite being on a smaller motorcycle, Flem ing kept Dougherty a' bay . At the finish line hill Dougherty tried to ou'-power Fleming, but came up short by balf a bike length. Bruce StrallOn was the only rider in the 125cc Expert class not 10 fall in the muddy fint moto. Flemin~ was consistent and came across the line a distant second. Rob Nessel was down in the first tum and worked h is fifth by the fourth lap. With 'wo way up laps to go, he soon found himself in third as Chad Brown and Greg Nelson went down 'ogether on a slippery uphill. MOIO 'wo belonged to Brown, who led from StaTl lOfinish. StrallOn started in midpack and had a long way to go catch Brown. By halfway he was in second, about five seconds beh ind Brown. On the last lap StrallOn and Brown were righ' .oge ther and they finished wheel to wheel with Brown the winner. '0 '00 '0 '0 Results PLUS 25 EX: 1. Dou g Fleming (K.aw ); 2. Mik Dou gh ttty TM); 3. S.." N

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