Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~ LOCAL EVENTS Hershey, Karin splitLorain County Fair Supercross ~ By Peggy Adamic o 0") 0") ..-4 Tom Wid ich (7) and Keith Phillips (5) battle (or the lead at the Bandido GP. J ason Burton (16) unsuccessfully tries to pass Chris Williams (22) in the second Beginner moto at Bremen Supercross in Georgia. Kevin Wood was the class winner. Lundgren best at Bandido GP By Tony Alessi and Kim Scott h is I- I hea t wins go t him the scoo ter. Nelson worked up to a comfortable lead and wal ked away with the win . Steve H engeveld 0 1 Oak H ills, Californ ia, won his scoo ter in a smaller but still talen ted 80cc Intermediate Stock class, as his I-I moto finis hes were easily a ttained over jeff Will oh . It was an easy win for the talen ted j ason Partridge in the 80cc 9-11 Stock class. There were no cha llengers for Partridge as he took the ch eckered flag firsL Partridge also handil y won the 80cc 9-11 Modified class. Shawn Morgan took a scooter home to New Mexico, by wmning the 125cc Intermediate Stock class with 2-1 moto finishes over Sean Pagel, who went 1-2 for second. josh Tarantino had an excellent day' in the Junior Cycle 9-11 Stock class. He easily won both heats to win his scooter . In the highly competitive 125cc Novice Stock class, Skip Edwards was the star of the day as he walked away with the win. Edwards managed a third in the first moto behind Dahlin who was the winner. In the second heat it was Edwards battling with Doug Dugger and Brian Teets to take the win. Craig Decker had an easy win in the Super Min i class to win his scooter while Stephen Mitchell picked up the 250cc Intermediate Stock class for the win and the scooter. . One of the most exciting races of the weekend was the Open class, where local rider Kory Byers rode to the win. Byers went I-I in both heats to take the checkers. On ce he gained a comfortable lead, Byers let loose with some hi gh-fl ying aerial move that wowed the crowd. At th e last minute, a Pro cla ss was added to the schedule. It was a dash for cash as five rid ers went head-to-head for the money. In the first heat, it was Todd Mitchell taking the win over jim Chamberlain. Mitchell took the early lead as Chamberlain worked h is way up. Time ran out for Chamberlain and he had to settle for second . In the second heat, it was Mitchell and Chamberlain again battling for position. Every time Mitchell pulled ahead, Chamberlain reeled him in. They went at it for six laps until Mitchell pulled a block move on Chamberlain, causing him to crash. Chamberlain regrouped and was almost able to catch Mitchell when the checkered fell. After the race . the race cornmiuee viewed video tapes of the incident and disqualified Mitch ell for rough riding; Chamberlain took the win. Results O LD PHARTS: I. Rick McComb. a S/MINI: I. Cra iR Dn:ker ; 2. o- mon HuUma n ; 3. Mikt' ger. P/W STK.: l. J uslin Buckrlrw (Yam); 2. Br.lnd on Mor K an (Yam ): 3. Oris McN..u (Yam). 125 BEG: t. Jdr Korgi t' (Ka w); 2. Cary Blakdq- (H on) ; 1. Ja u Brum~ (Xaw). Ao NOV STK.: 1. Ouuin Nr hon (5w ): 2. Angdo Ingra nd r (Kaw); .5.Ga br Bolivar (Suz). 250 INT STK: I. Slrphm M itC~1l (Xaw); 2. Sro u Sra~ ' (Xaw); .5 !iran Pagt'! (Suz). . . JR CYC 9-11 STK : I. JOi'.h T aranlino (Kaw); 2. Danir! Norman (Ka w ); 1. Jimmy Vari, (Yam). 250 NOV STK: 1. [)(onnii Dahlin (Xaw): 2. Stc:w Mo lt u (Yam): 1. AndIn Fnnanda (Raw). 80 EX $TK: 1. Mike Mr u grr . JR evc 0-8 STK : I. JUlI.tin Buckr-I (Xaw): 2. Oan ir-l ('W Blair (Xa!"); 1. jU lI.Cin Scul 1m ( Kaw). • 125 NO V STK: I. Skip E.dwarch (Hon); 2. Bria n T tteh (Ha n ); 1. Dmn,mIRh lin (Kaw). P/ W MOD : I. Dan irl Blair (Yam); 2. Brandon Morgan (Yam) : 1. John Hopkini (Yam). MOD: l. Ja50n Pa nnd~ (Raw): 2. Ddln ir! Norm an 80 (Kaw); 1. Ti m Tilton (SUI). 125 NOV MOD : 1. Dmni, Dahlin (Xa w): 2. T rd W~k l (Xaw): 1. Doug Dugger (Ha n ). . 80 NOV MOD , I. An~lo In grande (Kaw); 2. OiCar Dan u ~r (Suz); 1. Ga br Bolivar ISuz), 80 INT MOD : 1. Ty er King (Xaw) . JR eve 0-8 MOD : I. Juslin Buckr!ew (K.ilw); 2. Olris McNall (Kaw); 1. John Hoplc..inl (Kaw). M ," g1 1 · 34 J R eve 9·1 1 MO D: I. J imm y Vari li (Kaw). 250 MOD : I. Bria n Teets [Hon], 125 INT STK : l. Shawn Morga ; 2. Sea n Pa gel : 1. T immy Slaufr nbdl (Han). 80 INT STK: I. Sen'1:' Hen gevel d ( Ka w ); 2. j l:'ff Willoh (K.ilw); 1. T yler KinK(Raw). 80 9-11 STK: I. JdI;liOn Pa trid ge (Kaw); 2. JO$h Tarantino (5w); 1. T im T ilton (SUI). OP EN: 1. Kory Byal ( Ka w); 2. Sean Pagel (SUI ); 1. Timmy Staufr nbril (Hon ). 80 BEG: l. SI('\'r Krll: 2. Dani el uuada: 1. Damian Pa terson . Beltz blasts Bremen Supercross By Wayne Parham BREMEN, GA, AUG. 25 Taking wins in both motos of the 201-0pen B class, Billy Belu powered his Kawasaki to the win at Bremen Supercross. In both motos, Mike Henderson followed Beltz across the finish line to take second overall for the night. while KTM rider Benny Durrough (3-3) rounded out the top three in class. Billy Cantrell earned the top slot in the 201Open C class with a I-I night, while Bryan Godlewski and jeff Shealy battled for second. Shealy finished second and Godlewski took third in the first moto, Putting aside the earlier moto in which Shealy took the nag ahead of him, Godlewski maneuvered his way into second in the final moto to earn second place . in th e class and drop Shealy to third overall. Rick jordan's I-I gave him first overa ll in the 0-200 class as the remainder of the pack chased the Honda rider. £n the opening rnoto, Chris Thomas crossed the line in second and soon after Brian Gibbs finished third. The fourth rider across the finish line in the opening moto, Kevin Strickland, took second in the final moto as Gibbs again held on for third. Strickland's improvement in the second moto moved him into second overall, B class rider Ken Kelly and A class rider jonathan Blain raced in the same motos as the 0-200 C class, but easily outdistanced the pack. Blain and Kelly challenged each other as neither could pull away to claim a substa ntia l lead. In the last turn before the white nag, Blain made his move to the ins ide of Kelly and Kelly's front tire tangled with the rear end of Blain's Kawasaki. When Kelly ' went down, Blain finally put some distance between the two . Later, in the second moto, Blain defended his lead until near the mid-point of the race when he landed on his front tire and sent his Kawasaki flipping end-over-end. This ended Blain 's night as Kelly rode solo out in front of the 0-200 C class riders . Results PIW : I. J r. Morrow (Yam); 2. Ladalr Smieh (YdI;m): 1. Mati Oickerwn (Yam). JR MINI : I. Scott Pin50n (SUI); 2. Clad Smith (Kaw): 1. Jr. Morrow (Yam). ' . SR MINI : l. Pa lrick Hizel (Ho n); 2. G..ry Kellam (Sur) ; 3. K('\'in Trurtl (Ho n). SCHBY : 1. Patri ck Hird (Hon): 2. Scon Pi n ~n (SUI): 1. Cluili OYli(Ha n ). BEG: l. Kevin Wood (Yam); 2. Kevin T dI;lr (Raw); 1. Chri s Wm iam l ( Kaw). 0·200 C: l. Rick Jordan (Hon): 2. Kevin Sirickiand (Kaw): 1. Brian Gi bb. (Hon ). 0·200 S o I. Km Itd ly ( K.aw). ()'200 A: l. jom tha n Blain (lU w). 201·0PEN C: I. Bill y CaDlrrll (Hon): 2. Bryan God lrw~ki (Hon): 3. Jrif Sht'a I'Y (Ho n ). 20l·0PEN B: l. Billy Bd lZ (Ra w); 2. Mikr Hmderson (Han); $. Bmny DonouJ{h (KTM). 20l ·0 PEN A: I. Johnalhan Blain (KT M). SR MEN: I. Mikr Hmdenon (Ha n): 2. R ick Jorwn (Ho n): 3. Lee Win ston (KTM ). ENDR : I. Anlh on y Krll (SUI); 2. Rand y HafJX'f (Ho n ): 1. Ltt Win ston (KTM ). VlNT: l. Eric Siockwd l (YdI;m); 2. J uan Lumnll: (Yam); 3. L.tt Win lilon (C-A). SAN B ERNARDINO, CA, AUG. 19 Ka wa saki o f Simi Valle y-b a cked J ohn Lundgren leveled the compe ti tion by winning the Vin tage class with more than two minutes to spa re during the CRC Bandido Grand Prix held a t Glen Hel en OHV Park . Chuck McConnel grabbed the holeshot follo wed by Norm Bigelow , Lundgren and Bla ir Risens a t the start of the Vintage race. McConnel' s lead was short-lived, as john Lu ndgren powered by both Bigelow and McConnel on the first lap and began what would be a total romp of the Vintage class. On the third lap Bigelow got tangled up and dropped back to fifth and became involved in a short bar-bashing scrap with Terry PratL Bigelow and Prall connected for the final time in front of the announcing tower with Bigelow charging by and Prall almost going down. At the midway point Lundgren's lead was almost insurmountable with more than a half a track advantage. About the same tim e a three-way battle for second developed between Blair Risens, McConnell and Craig Spurney. The three riders were less than two feet apart for the duration of the race. On the final lap McConnell turned up the wick and charged to second taking Spurney with him to finish third in front of Risens. Lundgren however was already loaded up and was ready to leave when the rest of the pack took the checkered flag . j osh Amaradio battled from a midpack start to win the 80cc Novic e class. Amaradio's biggest hurdle was passing Paul Gilmartin. Gilmartin hung tough most o f th e ra ce keeping Amaradio honest during the final laps of the race. Mike Weed and Bob Gunter battled for the runner-up spot with Weed co m ing out on top. Results 80 BEG: 1. SC R«d; 2. omli Nntul; 1. Kylr Franer: Ott 1. Bril Jacbon. 80 NO V: I. Joshua A..m.nadio: 2. .Pa ul Gilmartin; 1. Mikr weed : 4. Bob Gumrr; 's. Dean Vannpcr. BIG WHl..: I. aiflord Cook ; 2. Ph il Mnsmgtr. WMN NO V: 1. Shnla Iklong; 2. Ouisai Smith. VINT NOV: I. Brad Drh~: 2. Vrrl Craig; 1. Lo u is Brecheen: 4. Grrg Hallftlbnga: 5. Mikr Vondton. VINT INT: 1. John Lundgren; 2. Chuck Mc:Connf'lI; 1. CraiR Spumry ; 4. Blair RiJmS; 5. Ron Aldrich. VINT EX: I, Nann Fr.r.ncis : 2. Norm Bigdow; 1. Ga ry Eglo n . JR VET BEC : I. 8111 Gara..; 2. Terry Pul . ; 3. michael Villa; 4. David Tillery; 5. Manuc=l Serra no. JR VET NOV : I. Ktvi n Davidson; 2. ICard Ktam n; 1. Bob Mich ad; 4. T im McAdamli; 5. Jay Lian . JR VETINT: I. T om Wd>b; 2. Tim ~y: 1. OU Jck G unter. l ~ BEG: I. Btml Grftf; 2. Ryan Camrron; 1. Ra y Snider: 4. goa~~~.5i:::a~~~~t~12~· Edward Green: 1. Rohm Siadana; 4. Jay Lian; 5. Brian Valda. 500 BEG: I. Lewis Grn-r; 2. Eric Schm a blr: 1. Eric MOMnr . 125 NO V: 1. Scon Pekare k: 2. Karl Lindstr om : 1. Dean Os tra nder : 4. Ja m! Jacob amryer. 250 NO V: l. Mar k Weber; 2. Cory Davis; 1. Erik LindJi rom : l 4. An Clwn: 5. Paul Zdinliky. 500 NO V: I. Mark Stra non; 2. Hom er Rhoada 125 INT: I. Jason Sim mons: 2. Tim Enoch. 250 INT: 1. Krn Nri lld: 2. Scotl Walker. Jr.; 3. Bill ERb : 4. J..ml:'S Mor~ta ; 5. Crotgr Wal laa . 125/250 PR O: 1. T im T r ldord: 2. Tony Su l~k : 1. T ony Amaradio. 500 PR O : 1. G rrla{ Young. VET BEG: l. Ron Burn li: 2. Mark Broadhra d: 1. Rob Hou ~ma n : 4. Randy G iJll:'Spi~ : 5. Dann y Low~n. VET ~OV: I. J ohn Bum gamr r; 2. G rl:'K Benton: 1. Ra ndy WY !lOClu : 4. Jr rry Asher"; 5. Gary Songstad. VET INT: I. Quil Lri kn';2. R uu dl Rrilly: 1. K.rlly Myef'1 ; rk. 4. Lmny Bakn-; 5. Steve a .. VET EX: I. Brtl«' McDougal ; 2. Tom W~bb : 5 . T erry Ibvi!; 4. Mikr Go5.~laar; .s. bndy Tinlemier. SR BEG: l. Xm Nicho lL SR NOV: I. JOM' Rodr iq ua ; 2. Joh n N0 r? blod SR INT: I. W.J. Bradbury: 2. RiChard Wd wn. IR ON MAN: I. Krn Nr nzel; 2. Will Dicklion; 1. Paul Zd inl ky: 4. Owrn Dickson ; 5. T im McAdam l. IR ONMAN 80: l. Bob Gu n l~r; 2. Chri s Nri u d . IRONMAN INT: I. Jawn Simmons/Chris E"an i; 2. Da"id Ddnall: Randy Wysocki: 1. Mikr Maul e/Colr G reu. / IRONMAN NOV /BEG: I. Ro~rt Mu ckriroy /Ro~rt Sladana. • WElli NGTON, OH, AUG. 26 Suzuki ri d er j a y H ers h ey and H o n d a mounted Mike Katin battled it o ut in both the 125cc B an d Schoolboy classes at the fifth runnin g o f the Lorain Count y Fai r Supercross. With 130-p lu s riders a nd a pac ked grandsta nd, Hershey took the B class win a nd had to sett le for second behind Kal in in the Schoo lboy division. It was j ust the oppo site in the hea l races as Karin too k the B class victory with Hershey topping the Schoo lboys. In each of their fou r ou ti ngs, Ho nda rider Rick McGuire settled for th ird as Karin and Hershey each lau nched over a set of 75-foot do ubles, fin ishing within a bike length . Eric Klein conti n ued to add to his 250cc C class points lead ashe swept the competi tio n in both the heat race a nd the final. T he heat ra ce was a wire-to-w ir e vict ory fo r th e Ka wasak i-mounted rider . Klein was th ird th rough tu m one to begi n the final, and withi n the first half-lap moved into the lead. On ce ou t front, Klein set a fast pa ce few cou ld keep up with. T roy Howard held second, .but was no threat as the IWO rid ers too k the checkered nag, seven secon ds apa rt. In 125cc C action, Dave jones pow ered his Kawasaki to the heat race win ah ead or John Evola and Jim Griffith. j ones then took his KXI25 to the front of the pack to begi n the fin al with Evola and Griffith again in pursuit, Evola was not settling for second as he routed hi s Honda into the lead to begin lap two. j ones camped on Evola 's rear wheel for the next two raps, but a crash gave Evola th e breathing room he needed and he cruised in for the win . jones was able to hold second with Griffith holding onto third. Results .50: I. R'Yan Anrlrrws (YdI;m); 2. Carl o Bcnsignor (V..m); 3. I..a.rry Ru st (Vam ): 4. Brem Maimon~ (SUI ); 5. Phillip Bechtel (Yam ). JR MINI : 1. Sam Yannitelli (Han); 2. Oon Schuhz (Ho n). SR MINI : I. Eric Nepcdal (SUI); 2. Ken CaKhill (KdIw); 3. Quis Lamirlle (Vam). SCHBY : 1. Mikr Karin (Ha n); 2. J ay Hrnhr)o (Sw): 3. Rick McCui~ (Ho n): 4. CJ. Xlrin (Hon); 5. Carl &ker (Hon). 125 B: I~ ay Hm.hC'y (SUI); 2. Mike' Katin (Hon); 5. Rick McCuitt on) ; 4. Davr Grrga (Kaw); 5. Brian Kuhn (Hon) . 125 C: . J ohn Evola (Hon); 2. IRvr Jones (Kaw); 1. Jim Griffith (Kaw); 4. Ron Flick (Suz);.s . 8m Sroct (Hon). 250 A: I. Bdl Xolmo (H an); 2. ~ ~Iky (SUZ:)j 5. Ron Dunfn: (JaM). ~ .. 250 B: I. John Grauo (KTM ); 2. DwayTK' Ikd.er (Sw). 250 C: l. Eric I.lriD (Xaw); 2. Troy Howard (Han): 1. Slc..if Stonr (Raw); 4. Ray TylOD (Han); 5. Waynr Mintzlaff (Hon • PLUS 25, I. Rid. HoplUns (S",,); 2. Ron F1kk (Suz); . Carmer Eddy (Hon); 4. Jim GriffIth (K.aw); 5. J~ IJrbau (Hon~ SR. I: 1. Rick Hopkinl (5uz); 2. • 1. Knin McCann (Kaw). SR. 2: I. Don Spr.tgur. Blain~ Duealiter (K.aw); McElroy tops Ohio Triathalon By Peggy Adamic SALEM, OR, AUG. 18-19 Suzuki-mounted Brian McElroy topped the field of 25OcclO pen A class riders a t the 9th Annual Competition Riders of American Triathalon. Over 200 riders attended the twoday, three-event banquet fund raising race which saw McElroy score win s in the hare scramble, the motocross and a third place finish in the shon track event. Weslern Reserve Motorcycle Club in Salem, Ohio, was the site of the annual event which pits the hard-riding hare scrambles against the lighting-fast motocrossers, McElroy's first victory was in the two-hour hare scrambles as he took the lead on lap two and remained out front for the balance of the race. Following McElroy by less than a minute was Weisco Piston /Brunswick Suzukimounted Steve johnson and four-time Black Water 100 winner Mark Hyde. Penton Honda rider Bill Koleno topped the A class riders in the short tra ck with johnson and McElro y behind. McElroy put it bluntly " I was scared. I haven 't done that since I was on an 80. The mot ocro ss was all McElr oy as he took two wire-to-wire moto wins before pa cking up and heading back to hi s home state of Florida. In mot o one, McEl ror took the lead ocr the lin e with johnson tan g in g with Mike Boggi a in turn one. johnson, having to work h is way from a half lap deficit, managed rourth behind Pete Maurice and Koleno. In molO two, johnson kept his Suzuki on two wheels and chased McElroy throughout the seven-lap race, leaving the o ther 10 Expert riders to bailI e for third. McElroy went hom e wit h the beller portion of the $1500 in prize money . j ohnson 's weekend talli es earned him second overa ll wit h the CRA season's po in ts lead. Hyde, who topped the A riders m the '89 runnin g of the event, fini shed th ird ah ead of Maurice and Koleno. Another former Blackwater winner. Frank Gallo , took on the lOugh 250cc B competition. Gallo was untouchable in the woods as he took the start-to-finish win . Fellow hare II

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