Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Don Bannerman (88) slides out in a 'IT heat race behind Robert Russell (3m and Rocky Watson (3X) at 1-96 Short Track. Bannerman took second in the S/SR final. . Kops bust 1-96 TT By G rac e DiBenedetto and Jan ice Phelps Photo by Max Action LAKE ODESSA, MI, SEPT. 3 Brothers Paul a nd Kip Kops put on quite a show in the combined 125/200/25Occ A class a t the 1-96TT. T he Kop s amused the crowd with a few trick s they 've learned from eac h ot her over the years. Both came off the line together close eno ugh 1 hold ha nds. They exchanged the 0 lead back and forth several tim es before Kip Kop s went down in turn four, his Kawasaki slidi ng OUI fro m under hi m. Paul Kop s got serio us a fter that when he realized he ha d thr ee riders behind him. Chris Anthes. Ron Imhoff a nd Rick Vinc ent were each making an attem p t at taking over the lead . Kops managed 10 ho ld them all off 10 the win: . Bria n Miller look rhe advantage off the line in the Iirst heal of the Senior class. Mill er kept his Yamaha a good five lengths out in front of the bat tle behin d him between Tom Cummings and Mike Babka . Cummings and his Har ley-Davidso n go t the holesh ot with Miller on the outs ide and Babka in between on his Yama ha. The three riders came through the tra nsfer to the quart er-mile side-by-side, coming around the comers, over the jump and o n to th e other transfer handle bar-toha n dlebar. When .lhe dust finally settled, it was Babka who emerged fro m the bro wn clay clo ud first. . The twins came out 10 play on the big TT track wit h fou r Triu mp hs a nswering the call 10 the line. Don Bannerman got the holeshot over Rick Sentell, who was a half whee l behind. Sen tell look over the lead when Ban nerma n came into the ha irpin 100fast and . missed it completely. Sente ll ope ned up the awesome-soundi ng twin on the fron t straigh taway , and kep t a comfortable distance o n the rest of the field to the flag, The o ther twi ns 0 were trying 1 become triplets a s the three riders brought it dow n to the wire ha ndlebarto-handlebar, The Super Seniors didn 't try to Iit three riders th ro ugh the firs t tninsfer together they tried 1 fit four. John Warren, Robert 0 Russe ll, Rock y Watso n and Don Bannerman all managed to make it safely through a spa ce abo ut as b ig as a doorwa y. Russell ca me onto . the half- mi le transfer first, then Warren went three wide in to tum three to take it away fro m him. Ru ssell found hi mself ridi ng a fine line between Watson a nd Bannerman for much of the race. On lap four , Bannerman took a slight advantage over Ru ssell. Ru ssell then lost h is thi rd-p lace advantage to Watson, and had to figh t tooth-and-nail 10 get it back under the . W~. Tim Low e wasn't in ti mida ted by brother John's number on e p late in the Open class. Older brother T im got the ho leshot a nd made John work for the next eight laps. Tim let John get close ar ound turns three and four and in to the homestretch , but didn't let him gel close eno u gh to win . J oh n might be num ber one, but it looks li ke older brother lD T im G still teach him a thing or two about IT racing. I Resullll 50: 1. SlrVe Stordahl (Yam); 2. Brut Pankey (Yam); 3. Bill y H u mph ries (Ya m); i . Kri s Kilc he n (Yam ); 5,. J uslin (Yam ): 3. Dou g Billot (Suz): 4. J ~ McCorm ick (Yam ): 5. Co ry O lson (Ho n ). , O P EN B: 1. Tracy Chalftt (H · D): 2. La rry Sholt ey (R tx ): 3. Tim Bab ka (Yam): 4. Kirk Bannerman (W. R): 5. Ryan Brown (R lX). . O PE N A : I. T im Lo we (H· O): 2. John Lo we (H· D); :i. Paul Kops (AT K); 4. William Ru ssell (Ha n ): 5. Danny Ga wne. O P EN TW : I. Rick Sem('11 (T ri); 2. Mn lyn WnU (T ri ); ~ . Don Bann erman (T ri): 4. Willi am Wertz (T ri ). SR: I. Mike Babka (Ya m): 2. Brian Mill" (Yam): 3. Thomas Cummings (H- D); 4. Larry Sho hey (ATK ); 5. Dan n y Ga wne (Ka w]. S/S R: I. J uhn w arren (H· O): 2. Don Bannerm an (Mal): 3. Robert Russell (Ha n ); 4. Rober t Watson (Ho n); 5. John Ca rn ey (AT K). 125 DTX : I. Ron Imh o ff (Ka w). 250 OTX: 1. Doc Draais ma (Suz): 2. Kip Kops (Ka w): 3. William McCorm ick (Yam); 4. J~ McConmd:(Yam ): 5. Cory O l son t j-l c n ). . 500 OTX : 1. Tbomas Cumming :!>. Easley styles to LACR MX win By Tony Alessi and Kim Scott PALMDALE, CA, AUG. 26 Mark Easley left the com peti tion far behi nd in both 125cc motos during the CR C Su nday . MX a t Los Ange les Coun ty Raceway. • Easley hol eshot the fir st rnoto with desert ace Er ic Hallgat h and loca l rider Jason Sim mons in tow. Within th ree la ps Eas ley disa ppeared from Hallgath, as did H all ga th fro m Sim mo ns. The positions stayed the same the remainder of the race with the only oth er position cha nge go ing to Scott Murphy passing Ch uck Gu nter and Kevin Sha fer to assume fourth. Easley again grabbed the lead with Simmon s and Hallga th pursuing . Ha llgath tried an inside move o n Simmons resu lting in buryi ng his bike a nd body into the berm . Easley insta ntl y took off and opened more tha n a ha lf a track lead by the concl usion of the thi rd lap . Murphy passed G unter and Shafer and closed during the ope n ing laps on Simmons in second. Easley won followed by Simmons a nd Murphy. T he Over 40 class saw Tom Widick take back-to-back rnoto wins after dicing with Don Kadlec and Keith Phillips. Asker Larnkjaer, Gary Phil and Steve Ryle mixed it up behi nd him . Mike Gosselaar ra n away with both mo tos in th e Vet Expert class . Ran dy Tittiemier ou t endured Ken ny Parry in the second mo to and earned second overall . Parry fini shed a clo se second in th e Iirst mo to behind Gosselaar . Results 80 BEG: I. Scott Rmi Jr. (lCaw) ; 2. Joe H icks 3. Kenn eth Rttd (Ka w); 4. Kyle Frazier (Suz); 5. J d a close battle with Troy Norris in the Ow hee Motorcycle Club's last regu lar season short track race of th e year. In the Open Expert heat race, Rob Reynolds got the scra tch a hea d of J oel H usk ey, Norris, Je ff Russ ell, Scott McPherson , T odd Peu gh and Henson in turn two, only to be repa ssed in tu rn th ree when Henson went wide . T he order remained the same until lap four when Norris colli ded with Huskey and both hit the dir t enteri n ~ turn three. Ru ssell slammed in to th e wall wh ile avoiding the falle n riders, th us bringing out the red nag and a single-file restart, The order of the resta rt read: Reynol ds, McP herso n, Henson , Peugh , R ussell , H uskey and Norris. At the start, H en son mo ved by McP herso n going into tum one an d set h is sig hts on Reynolds. Meanwhile, No rris was movin g through traffic in a hu rry. With two la ps re main ing, Reynolds 's b ike expired , handi ng the lead to H enson wh o wen t on to win followed by Norri s, Huskey, Ru ssell , McPherson an d Peu gh. In the mai n, the flash of the ~een ligh t saw H uskey's dive in to turn one first o nly to have Goodyear tracks applied to hi s jersey by Henson, sendi ng them both down along with Norris. A lengthy restart was req u ired as Reynol ds experienced more bike tro ubles a nd was forced to forfeit, At the restart , H uskey again gra bbed the holesh ot , but was passed by He nson pulli ng No rris with hi m exiting turn two. O n the second lap, the order was H en son , Norris, Huskey, Ru ssell , Peuj;h and McPherson . Lap five of the 15-lap ma in saw Norris drive past He nson on the backstraight . He then went wid e exiting tum fou r, handi ng the lead back to H enson when he stayed for good. On the last lap, Peugh and McPherso n tangled bars, sending Peugh to the grou nd. At the fin ish , it was Henson with Norris literally on hi s rear fender. About a stra igh taway beh ind came Huskey, Russell, McP herson and Peugh. Results PIW: I. Brian Bybtt (Yam ). 60: I. Stew Arndy (Ka w) : 2. T ravis Ha rper (Kaw ). 2.50 AM: I. Ki p Yenon (Yam ); 2. Darry l Murphy (Ho n ); 3. John Brook s (Yam). OP EN AM: I. Glen n You n s. (H an ). KNO BBY AM: 1. Todd Gil lespi e (Hon): 2. Mar k Smith (Yam): 3. Mike Sawi n (Kaw ): 4. Dan Pact' (Yam): 5. Kevin Barth (H us). KNO BBY EX: 1. Herb Machi lga l (Yam): 2. Rock y Race ( !(a w ). O PEN EX: 1. Ricky Hensen (He n): 2. Troy Norris (W. R); 3. Joel Hu skey (Hon ): 4. Jere Russell (Rtx); 5. Scott McPh enon (H a n). $ Gardner 80 NO V: 1. Larry Turner (Suz); 2. Bob Gunter (Suz). 125 BEG: I. Ray Snider (Yam); 2. Brent GJftr (Suz); 3. Josh Ste~T15 (Hon ): 4. Ma tt C1(,mm5 (Yam ); 5. Brian Heav in (Yam) . 125 NOV: 1. Mike Heavi n (Suz): 2. Kdth Katz (Suz). 125 INT: 1. Mark Eas ley (Ya m ); 2. Jason Sim mons (Kaw ): 3. Scou Murphy (Hon ): 1. Chuck Cumer (Ho n ); 5. Eric Hall gath (Suz). 250 BEG : 1. Sha ne Ramey (Hon): 2. Ron Sha rp (Yam ); 3. Joe flown'S (5uz); 4. S.J. Watan abe (Hon). 250 NOV : 1. An CUSlrr (Ya m ); 2. Bill Paul (Yam ); 3. Oec rge Aickem (Han). 250 PR O: I. Tony Su lek (Yam). VET EX: 1. Mike Oosselaar (Yam): 2. Ra ndy Tinlemier (Suz); 3. Xmny Parry (Kawl. OT AM: I. Tom Widick (Ka w); 2. Don Kad lec (Hon); 3. Keith Phill ip6 (Hon ); 4. Start' Ry l~ (H on ) ; 5. Gary Phil (Hon). OT NOV 0-1 : I. Jim Holt on ; 2. Cunnie Hoh (Yam ); 3. Kut1 SoEb (Ha n ); 4. Rid Kimes ( Ka w) ; 5. Wende ll Pa rk (H on ). ot NOV 0 -2: l. Bill Wehman n (H on ); 2. Pete Klassm (Hon): 5. Jack Votion (Hon): 4. Dal Cala is ( K.aw ). or EX: I. Buster LaWR1K'e (Kaw); 2. John Wh ite (Ho n): 3. Jim On,," (Hon ): 4. Bob Mill rm' (Hon ); 5. Gary Williaon (Ra w) . Henson grabs Boise ST win By Steve Smith BOISE, !D, AUG. 28 Henson topped the Open Expert class after overall with Kann , Megaw and Cou rtney Sampson rou ndi ng o ut the top fo ur. Eric Metzger went 10 the front of the lirst 125cc A moto with Rob bie Engstrom and Pat Donaho p ro vi d i ng press ure. En gs tr o m assu med co mma nd o n the second lap wh ile Donaho worked on Metzger. Engstrom loo k th e win with a secure lead over Donaho. Cory Keeney p laced third after pa ssing Metzger on the last lap. Bra nd on Backes ro unded out th e top five. . Donaho launched into the lead in th e second mo to foll owed by Jarrod Fortune and Engstrom. Engs trom quickl y depo sed Fortune fro m second a nd began [ 0 slowly close on Dona ho. Dona ho held on for several laps aided by his dari ng leaps on the tri ple jump, but Engstrom cu t inside on a tigh t tum an d forced him to the outs ide, taki ng over the lead. Engstrom started to p ull away af ter the pas s but Donaho held a good lead over th ird p lace rider Troy Dollansky. Keeney and Backes moved up to p lace fourth a nd fifth . Results MINI P/ W: I. Lante Cu nn ing ha m; 2. Mike Kann : 3. Ryan Meg'.tw: 4. Cou rtney Sampso n. MIN I J R: 1. Sh~JJ y Karin; 2. Sha wn Wehla~; 3. Aaron H uppert: 4. Lantt Cunn ingham. MIN I SR: I. Mi k~ Atki nscn : 2. Ja mes Po volny; S~ Jam ie Farendlhol.L; 4. Ben Van Cl~. YTH: 1. Brandon Backes: 2. Mike Atki ruo n; 3. Aaron Carbon: 4. Tim Pospisil. 25 PL US: 1. Brad Erickson: 2. Don Boenlck soe : 3. Ken Matson ; 4. Scou R~. VET C: 1. Allm 511 nge: 2. Rick La mbrech t: 3. Brian Fishe r: 4. Brian Byrn e. VET A: 1. Randy Nagel; 2. Jad Par enteau; ". Aldo Cirelli ; 4. Randy Saeger. SR: 1. Jerry Bumpniner: 2. Jo hn Allords ; 3. Tom Clark; 4. Rog er Niedzi elski . 125 C D-1: I. Mik~ Heggen; 2. Jeremy IIIg; 3. Willi am T iUord; 4. David Olson . 125 C 0 ·2: 1. Mike Goodman : 2. Robert Utne: 3. J eremy Craw l~y ; 4. Mike Heuer. 125 B: 1. Mon te M('gaw: 2. Brian Taylor; 3. Brandon . McKean ; 4. T ad OUlad. 125 A:. I. Rob bie Engstrom; 2. Pat Dona ho ; 3. Cory Keeney: 4. T roy Do llansky. 250 C: 1. Brian Steffm : 2. Ron Orundhausen 3. Robe rt Hanso n; 4.·Doug Noriscb . 250 B: 1. Glen Novotny ; 2. David .Weseman ; 3. Cra ig Sch warz; 4. Jay Thompson . 250 A: 1. Cory Kieney; 2. Chri:!> Bense: 3. Chad winecke: 4. Duane Kuiken. O PEN C: I. J ad y Gjoole; 2. Earl Kimsey: 3. Bria n Byrne: 4. Bruce Bunch. O PEN A: 1. Ja y Homk: 2. Ru sty Sorensen: 3. Ru ss Anthony : 4. Ja.ck Parent eau. Buckelew blasts Barona Oaks Mini National Motocross By Robin Da vis-Walker Jr. (Kaw ); . ( Yam) . Hump~ (Yam). 65: l. Ill . Leach; 2. Brice EdrnondJ, (ltaw); 3. C rq Vincml (Hon); 4. Strvt' Stordahl (¥aw); 5. Scot t Sa tgnlt (Kaw). 85: 1. Bryan Bi~1ow (Kaw); 2. Danny Vincrm (Hon); 3. Jaramia 8«ker (lC.aw); 4. Britt Edmonda ( law); 5. Bran don Ilooc (Ra w). 12.\-200: 1. Ouis Anth5 (Hon): 2. Rick Vincrnt (Hon): 5. Ron Imhcll (J

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