Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

eLOCAL EVENTS ~ Moural massacres competition at CyclelandMotocross By Michaelllich Kyle Kelly (211)took an early lead in the Senior Mini class at the Bremen Supercross, but later dropped to second behind overall winner Patrick Hizel, J osh T rungett (IS) p ursued Jon Champlain, J r. (43) in the 50cc class at the Lamoine Short Track season fina l. Trungett later passed Champlain for the victory. CHICO, CA, AUG. 31 H onda-mounted Low ell Moural, jr. used flawl ess starts and aggressive ridi ng to take hom e the overa ll victory in th e Exper t! Intermediate class in Friday ni gh t mot ocross actio n at Cycleland Speedway. As the ga te dropped to start the night's raci ng , Lowell Mouralc j r, too k the holesho t from h is fa ther, Lowell Mou ral , Sr., plus Damn KiumiIler, a nd T im Nobles. With each lap, Mou ral jr. added to h is lead until he had a full stra ightaway on the rest of the field. H is p ur su ers rem a in ed tightly b unche d througho u t the race. Kitzmiller a ttempted to di ve under Moural Sr. in the high-b a nked turn after th e fin ish lin e each lap, but each tim e, Moural was able to ho ld Kitzmil ler off. Then , on the last lap, as the two riders ap p roac hed the fin ish , Kitzm iller made a desperation move: He stuffed it ins ide Mou ral Sr. in the last turn and sto le second by a wh eel a t th e line. In the second moro , Mouraljr. aga in took the ho leshot followed by Mo ura l Sr., Kitzmil ler, and j oh n Neary . By the third lap , Mouraljr. had a lread y built an extensive lead. Mo ura ) Sr. , however. was co m ing under pressure from Kitzm iller. As the duo ente red the rocke rs, Kitzmill er made his move and too k second. Meanwh ile, Nob les had passed hi s war to fourth an d was now pressuring Moura Sr. for th ird. On th e next lap, Kiumiller blew over one o f the high-banked berm s and went dow n. This moved Moural Sr. back to second and Nobles to third. Nobl es quickl y closed the gap between himself and Mou ral Sr. and looked ready to make a move when he endoed over one of the tabl etops in the back sectio n. Although Nobl es h it the grou nd hard with his bike landing on top of him an d then cart-whee ling dow n the track, he was soo n back o n his feet wi th no apparent injuries. This ga ve Moura) Sr. some brea thing room an d mo ved Brandon Will iams to third. At the finis h lin e, it was Mou ral j r. rakin g the win from h is fath er and Will iams. R esu11S PIW : I. Otri, McAvo, (Yam); 2. Nikki Ham , (Ya m); 3. Eric: N ~ (Yam). MI NI NOV: I. Dusly Gyva (Ka w); 2. Bo YalO (Yam ): S. Nal han Pr1rnon ( ~w). MINt JR, t. J...,. H...., (Sw ~ 125 NOV : 1. Ja50n Rilchey (Hon); 2. Roy R ilM (Yam); " JUlilin CoUChOl (SUI). 125 J R: L Jim Ferguson (Hon). 2SO NOV : 1. Sf"", MoorT (SUI); 2. Todd Wroe (Hon): 3. Lam A~o (H o n ). O PEN NOV : I. Cary Packer (Ho n). O P EN JR: I. Bill T aylor (Kaw ). VET: 1. Bill Rogns (Ha n); 2. MichcH-1 RK.-h (Sm). EXl I l\'T : 1. Lo well Mou ral. J r. (Hon ): 2. Lo well Mo urnh (jaw): S. I.ylr Dixon (jaw); of. hlh McMahon (jaw ). Bland blasts SME MX By James Jarman DrrLWYN , V~ AUG.~ . After a five-year layoff, Scou Bland displayed the ralenlS that made him the 1984 250cc A Stock Amateur Nation al Champion by rakin g the overa ll victory in the 250cc A class a t SME Motocross Park. The weather was hot and humid, keep in g rider turn out down to a little o ver 70 participants. Tedd Orr was ou t front early at the srarl of the first 250cc A molO, follo wed by Bland and Chris T aylor. By the halfway mark, Orr had succumbed to the heat, handing the lead over to Blan d a nd mov ing Taylor to second; Orr eventually withdrew fro m the molO. Taylor closed in on Bland but was unable to pass , giving Bland the molO win over Taylor, followed by Kevin Musra in . Taylor blasted the field off the line to Sl3rt moto tWO, followed closely by Blan d. The duo then went out of sight, and it was Bland who reappeared with the lead. T aylor pu shed it a Iiule tOO ha rd , win din g up on the gro und, and ended up retiring from the mot o. Bla nd cru ised home with th e win , followed by Karl j ohnson and john MorfiL The 250cc B class saw Donnie Miller, ridi ng ' his first B-class race, out front early, foll owed by Brian Nast, The man on the mo ve was Ed Ables, who recovered from a first-turn crash lo move into second beh ind Mill er. Mill er came in to the whoops, gra bbed too much throttle an d found h imself on the ground, handin g the lead to Ables. Ables went on to rake the win with Miller second and Nas t third, Ables nailed the holeshot to star t moto two , followed by Nast and Miller. Ables pulled out [rant and went on to win moto two . Nasi and Miller were left by themselves to decide who would be second. Mill er pressured Nast for the remainder of the moto, but on the last lap Nast fell. Miller went by to capt ure second Wtth Nast remounting to fin ish th ird. Resul lS 50: I. Ju stin Mikola (Yam ). 60: I. Mark Suhrie (Ka w) ; 2. M ich~1 Ford ( Ra w) ; 3. Travis Wnt (XoIw) ; 4. Jdf Day (Ra w). JR MINI : 1. Nril Shdor (H a n ); 2. Michael Ford (Ni w). SR MINI: J. Mark Will ianu (Ra w); 2. Myln Sarno (Su,) ; 3. R.oc::ky Bland (Yam): 4. Jason ~ ( Ra w) . 125 A: l. )amie Frazier (Hon); 2. Oni. T aylor (Hon ); S. Ktvin Mu.laln (Ka w); • • Rober l Li vmlfOOd(Hon) . 125 B: I. 8m Ricks (Yam); 2. Edd.~ bavi. (H a n ); S. Kevin Branch (Yam); 4. Mark Swan (Yam); S. Brian Nail ( Ka w) . 125 C: I. Slewn u gltt (Yam); 2. Qui. u yre (Ha n); 3. Dondal K.mu (H a n); 4. Kmneth a.f't'1r. (H a n); S. Denni. Rom e lle (Yam). 250 A: I. Scon Bland (SUI); 2. John Mod il (K.iaw ); 3. Danny WhiU eD (H~ ); 4. Karl JohnOlloo(Hon ); S. OuuTaylo r (Ho o). 250 B: I. Ed Abln (Suz); 2. Donnie Mill " (y ,.m); 3. Brian Nas l (Kaw); 4. T imothy Norri!o(Suz); S. Richard Sla ke (Yam). 250 C: I. Kri lh Dealon (SUI); 2. Simon G m: n OP EN A: I. Mike Hamli (Kaw ); 2. Jam a Nag e (Ha n). 25+: 'I. Rick Wm delkm (Han); 2. Mike (Kaw ); , . Gary Mort h (Yam); 4. MikeCuny (Yam); S. Scon Eu ep (Suz ). SR 30+: I. Rick Wende lkm (Ha n); 2. Alan Koc.all» \Ho n); ,. Jamn Nagle (Han ); 4. Cary Morri s (Yam); S. Pau Wnl (Han ). S/SR 40+: l. Kn Jordan (Hon ). 2·STR.l.: I. Cuy Sh iffk u (SUI); 2. David Whil e (Sw ); , . Will iam RUlman (Ha n); ... Richa rd Bryam (Ha n); S. Andy L.ohr(H an ). ....STR.K.: I. Mikr Canoll ( Han); 2. Paul Smilh (Hon); 3. Sl= K

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