Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

to keep his co ml"'sure and held o n 10 second pl ace. Alan Chn stian moved u p to ta ke third place with Mik e Faria right on h is tail to fin ish fou rt h. . ' In th e Scratch mam Bobby Schwar tz gated first with Steve Lucero just inches behind enteri ng the first turn. but Lucer o wen t slig h tly wide co mi ng o ut of turn two whi ch allo wed Faria 10 kn ife inside of h im and assume th e attack on front-runner Schwartz, With no o uts ide line to work with, all Far ia could do was follo w Schwartz around for four laps, hop ing to stea l a win if Schwartz made a mista ke. Sch war tz didn 't ma ke any a nd Faria finis he d second wi th L u cer o thi rd ove r Charles Venega s. Resul ts SCRATCH ; I. Bobby Sch wane (Wes); 2. Mike Fa ria (Wes); 5. Steve L ucero (Gdn); 1. OlarHe Vcnc~ (Wo ). HDCP: I. Josh La rsen (G M ); 2. J essi Finch (Wes ); 5. Alan Oiristian (Wes); 1. Mike Faria ('Wes); 5. Charlie Venegas (W<» . 0-2: 1. Harl ey Ha ll (Ja w); 2. Greg Appleman Uaw ): 3. Ra ndy Skin ner (Ja w); { Mike Reed (Wes); 5. John Aden (Jaw ). D-.5 1. Jim Utn; 2. Robb ie Sau er: 3. Dan Darli ng . : J R 0 -1: 1. Randy Evans (Wes); 2. Quu Wern er (Wes): 3. Heath Ham monds ( Wo ); 4. Pete Pera ha (Wo). J R 0-2: 1. Danny Bandfitld (Yam); 2.. Amber KoMuth ([ti); 3. "r im Cochrcn (H o n). Pinsonnault, Reiser top Mt. Garfield Invitational Hillclimb By Maxine Casey M USKEGON, MI, AUG. 5 Paul Pin sonnault won the 540cc class by a wh isker and T o m Reiser smoked the 800cc class to beco me Na tional Champio ns on th e rugged hill call ed Mt. G arfield The backside of this hill is a straight dr op in to La ke Michigan. so a safety net was strung across th e bac k of the sh ut -off area. . Pi nsonnauh rode a two-stroke Honda in the 540cc class and needed two rides to edge T im Frazier by .003 seco nds , 5.104 to 5.107. Ted Wil kins rode his snowmobile-powered Harriso n Special to third p lace wi th a 5.312second ride. BSA rider J oh n Hi slop finished fourth and T riumph-mounted Sco tt Everett was fifth . Reiser cli m bed th e hill in 4.684 seco nds o n h is first ride in the 800cc class . Jeff Yoder was second wi th a 4.829-second blast and Lo u Gerencer finished third in 4.993 seco nds. Charl ie Casey edged Earl Bowlb y for fourth, 5.025 to 5.034. . Results 540: 1. Pa ul Pinscnnault (H on ); 2. Tam Frazier (BSA); 5. Ted WilkilU (H ·S) ; .4. John H islop C BSA); 5. Scott Evere tt (Tri ~ 800: 1. T om RriM'r (H ·D): 2. Jd E Yodn (H-D/; 5. Lou Cen:ncer (H ·D); 4. Ow'li~ Couey (Ya m ); 5. Ear Bo wlby (BSA) . Roeseler wins Duster HS By Donnetta and Bob Murray BARSfOW, CA, AUG. 19 Kawasaki T eam G reen 's Larry Roeseler added an other win to hi s lo ng list, but he had to work hard for it , as several top riders battled i t o ut across a cour se that offered mostly virgin terrain a t the Du ster M.C. H are Scrambles at Stoddard Wells near Barstow . Roeseler's fellow T eam Gr een member T ed Hunnicutt na iled the homb run an d was weaving through the bushes in a 1-2 si tuatio n wi th KTM's Da n Smith d uri ng the fir st sectio n of th e co urse. Each time Sm ith would take over theIead, Hun ni cutt would irnmed iatel y bag him back, with the winds bl owing away the dust just righ t for a good d uel. Ano ther T eam Green rider, Vet Pa u l Ostbo, overcame stiff new boots and a two-kick sta rt to ta ke over third p lace at the bomb, wh ile Jim Clark was in fourth. Roeseler was back aro und fifth . Three-fourths of th e wa y through th e 35mile rock y loop, Hun nicutt hit a rock , wh ich th rew his bike sideways a nd hi s cl utch pe rch was knocked loose. H e ga ve up th e lead to Smith, who lost the co urse at o ne poin t a nd reli nquished the lead 10 Roeseler, Roeseler h ad gai ned hi s pos itio n beh ind Smit h by do ~mg Ostbo until the duo hit th e techn ical secuon of th e co urse . Ostbo lost h is brakes and Roeseler was able to outma neuver h im . ~oesel er was first o n to gas ro w wi th Sm ith a mere fo ur seconds behind him . Sm i th had th' faster p it and was able to gain the lead as th e pall cha rged o ut o n to th e course a second time. . J ust as th e two lead ers left the pi ts, th ird .p lace co nten der Ostb o ru shed in with a fla L Fo llowi n g h i m were Hunnic u tt . Ra ndy Moseley, David O ndas, Chris Cra nda ll, Clark an d Downhill Alexander, wh o also had a fla L First ama teur through was J usti n Lundin in 12th p lace. Smi th co ntin ued to hold the lead o n hi s second nip acr oss th e co urse , with Rooeler , j ust i nc hes beh ind h im . The s~i ng twoso me a pp ro ach ed a ro cky h tll that wa s bot tle necked wi th less expe ri ence d r iders kicki ng up the dust as th ey tried to make their ascenL . Larry Roeseler won the Duster M.C. Hare Scrambles i~ Barstow, California. Ken Cool beth (32), Mike Hacker (66) and Paul Lynch battled earl y in the 200cc fin al at Trail-Way before sp reading out and finis hi ng in the same order. Smith chose a pa th th rough a rock pile, where he hi t his ch ain gu ide , which derailed h is chain and he had to stop to repair it, Roesel er made his way through the dust and riders. H e emerged at the top of the ridge alone, lookin g for Smi th . With only five mi les to go to th e fin ish , Roeseler co n tinued his pa ce, with one eye over h is shoulder loo king fo r Smith . "Tha t was a hard race. I'm tired:' said Roeseler. Smit h was not far beh ind to clai m seco nd p lace. "Larry and I were havin g a rea l fu n ride un til I h it th e roc k: ' said Smith. "Oh well , I'll get him next tim e." Meanwhil e, a real con test was going o n for third p lace between Ostho a nd H un n icutt, With his cl u tch per ch fixed in th e p its, H un nicu tt mad e u p tim e o n th e seco nd loo p until he caugh t up with O stbo . H unnicutt passed Ostb o, wh o would no t give up and co nti n ued to ho nk at H unnicutt to let hi m by. Hunnicutt finall y relented and Ost bo was third to cross th e fin ish lin e for a first p lace Vet finish. H un nicutt heard th e th um p of Cranda ll 's four- stroke, wh ich pushed h im o n to the fin ish . Fo llo wing him in fifth p lace wa s Crandall. Moseley, charged u p aft er a th ree-way duel , roared in to the fini sh in sixth pl ace o vera ll for th e 250cc win . Ken n y Parry was seventh: Alexa nder came in eig h th , in sp ite of a flat: Cla rk cl a i me d n inth a n d R ober t Ba eh r ro unded up the top 10. L und in clai med th e overa ll Am ateur u tle and was 12th overall. Anna Merritt was th e Women's winner. T .V. H olmes won th e Senior o vera ll , wh ile amateur Bria n Davis earn ed th e 125cc overa ll win. Results O PEN EX: I. I...arrv R~I~ (Kaw) ; 2. Dan Smith (KTM); 5. Tnt Hunn icu u (Kaw ); 4. Quis (:ramu li (ATK); 5. J im a.,k (IITM). 250 EX: I. Randy M..."r (SlU); 2. Rnbnt Il>

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