Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Cooper was at the front again a t the stan of mota two w ith teammat es La Rocco and Denn y St ephenson behind. Stephenson quickly lost b'TOlmd a nd Mariasevi ch , Suzuki 's Budd y Antunez. who dropped au! earl y in moto o ne with a broken reed pe tal , and Kiedrowski made it a five-way bailie for me lead. By the lime Kied ro ws ki got by Antunez, the 101' th ree - Cooper. LaRo cco a nd Ma t ias evich - had mo tored away. At one point Cooper o ffered LaRocco th e lead . but hi s learnmate ref used . " I went wide 10 let him by so I cou ld see his lines, but he didn 't ju mp in, " said Cooper. " I was content 10 follow him, " said La Rocco. " My front brake was going a wav a nd I didn' t want 10 not be able 10 stop and th en take someone OUI." just past the half way po int Kiedrowski had closed th e gap on La Rocco. who rema ined o n Coo per's tai l. After a coup le o f laps of close bat tling, which allowed Cooper to get away , Kiedrow ski finall y got by LaRocco. " He was pla ying for the team , so I knew I had to do somet hing," said Kiedrowski. " Over a big jump we landed and he cu t over. Going into the next turn I stayed on the gas a nd cu t under him." " I couldn' t sto p and blew th e berm," said LaRocco, who went wide in Ihe corner. As LaRocco faded. Kiedrowski turned up me heat on Cooper and passed him as they exited a tu m . Cooper had no answer and Kiedrow ski charged to a fivesecond win . " I drained myself trying 10 hold a pace by m yself at th e begi nni ng, " said Cooper. Matiasevich broke out of a midmoto baili e with Antunez 10 claim fourth, Em ig bagged sixt h a nd Brian Swi nk maintained a lon ely seventh for much of the race. Buehl , Todd DeHoop and Tichenor rou nded o ut th e top 10. , 500cc National Stanton gra bbed the ho lesho t at me stan of the first 500cc mo ta as Ward made his way past Naur.nec on the first lap to assume second. O 'Mara passed Ty Da vis on the first lap for fifth beh ind j ohnson, then fell o n lap two a nd dropped several posi tions. Naumec stayed close to Ward for three la ps unti l j ohnson passed him, then the race at the front settled into a procession with Ward a t the fore. Positions changed behind as O ' Mara got back up to fifth and Fred Andrews passed Davis 10 take over sixth , Near the hal fway point things began cha ngi ng when Sta llio n fell. "The front whee! washed o ut in a har d, slick tum," said Stanton. "I t took a while 10 get my mom entum back. " Ward was go ne for the win. bu t Stanton got a place back when j ohnson crashed with abo u t on e lap remain ing. " I jackknifed the frolll wh eel in a tum and went down." said the j oh nson. O nly Stanton passed j ohnson and the two-time 500cc Nat ional Ch ma p io n rerained a huge cushi on o n O·Mard. who had tracked dow n and passed Naumec late in the race. "At first I was with Ward , then o ne lap he j ust sta ni ng takin g o ff," said Naumec. "j o hnso n passed me and then I was cruising by myself and. O'Mara came up on me. I had blisters on my har:llls, so once he got by I slowed down and cruised." Andrews held on to sixlh throughout the molO, Davis was a lonely sevenm, well ahead o f KTM 's Keith j ohnson . nag Boyesen fin ished ninm after ba ttling wilh Keith Bowen and Dean Matson . Stanton pulled a no ther holeshot a t the start of moto two and Ward im mediat el y se tt led in his wh eel tra ck s. probing for a pla ce 10 pass. johnson kept wa tch from third as they pull ed away sligh tly, then took over seco nd when Ward fell on lap five. " He tried passing me on the o uts ide and there was no way I was goi ng to g ive in ," said Stanton, " We locked bars and I went down ," Ward said . " I sho u ld' ve waited , I d idn 't have the opening I needed. " j ohnson assumed second and picked up the pace, bu t Stanton kep t him a coup le of seconds behind at all tim es. Ward , who had to pass O ' Ma ra after hi s fall, slowly reeled in johnson and passed him near the end of the race. " I was pu shing because I kn ew I had to win for any chance of the overall ," said johnson. " I was riding well, and tha t takes more energy so I got tired near the end. " Micky Dymon d, who has been in semi-reti reme n t. gave O 'Mara a brief battle for fourth , then slipped back and had to fight wit h Na umec over fifth . Dymo nd, who was a lso battling a cold , had to give up the fight just past the half way point. " I go t reall y sick and h it the brick wall (o f end u ra nce) ha rd ," sa id Dymond. " I was wh ipped after the first moto !" Dymond fought back to 13th in that race after a tangle with Bowen. Bowen circulated a lon ely sixth from arou nd the halfway point on, with Da vis, Andrews, Boyesen a nd Kun l\1cl\li llen stru ng out beh in d at th e finish. ~ .... Q.) ,.0 o ..... u o Virg inia's Kevin Wa lk er (19 7) ran up fron t early in th e first I25cc moto before slip p ing back to 16th at th e finish. Here he leads Michigan's Eri c McClear. Johnny O 'Mara (9) crashed in me first 500cc moto then had to fight past Gene Naumec to finish fourth . Naumec finished fifm in each moto and was me top privateer, Results 1:5 QU AL I: I. Ron T ichenor {Suz): 2. j erom y Budll (S Ul); 3. Doug Henry (Ya m) : 4. Todd Del-loop (S UI): S. Barry Carsten (SUL); 6. Kevin \ V.. ker (Ya rn); d 7. n..l\'id Barrell (Suz): 8. Car lo Coen (SUI ); 9. Brian S w in k (Ka w ); 10. David Gaylord (Suz): I I. Shane La wson ( l ion); 12. Danil'i jannene (lion); 13. john Wiml ow (Ho n); 14. j ason Rivas (Ho n); 15. Hank 1\IOrl't ' Jr . ( Ka w ): 16. Peter O lson (Hu n): 17, Eric Koch (H lIn); IS. Da ve Castillo (SuI); 19. T rt") a in ~ro!'o l (Y.un ); 20. Ch riMOpht'r T aylol (Hon ): 21. Shan e Slot her (SUI) ; 22. MIChael Bilard ell c (S Ull; ~ . Brian I\.; lll a ~li a (S UI ); 2-1. j ason Young (Ho n): 25, Kalan HUIld l (l ion); 26. Cob)' Robb {Ka w ): 27. Allen Gavlak ( Kaw ): 28. Ste ven Lemon (Ka w): 29. Gary Michael ( I\.;.IW): 30. R ich Machniak (K< IW);- ~ 1. Pen-t Mervis ( Kaw ). 1:5 QUAL 2: I. Grayson Goodman (S UI); 2, Eric (Yam); 3. Steven Herm:..m (Yarn); .1. T o m Wt'!ch (Ya rn); 5. David Be ckin gtou (SUI); 6. Chad Pt't ltT~ '" (Y;lIn); 7. Chad LOUKh (He n): 8. Tony C raves (Ho nj: 9. D"vid Antonucci (Ha n); 10. Edwald W,ll'l on (Yam): I I. james Mcllvaine (1-100 ): 12. Rick Welle! (lio n); 1:1. Dean Baker (Ho n): H . james Frazier (lion): 15. Mill" Blair (KT M); 16 Billy Mart in (H un): 17. . 1)~IUI Hil ar iu (Kaw); 18. Bruce Stra n on (Yam); 19. Ryan Dt.... II (S UI ); 20. Gary Shu iele (Kaw]: 21. Greg Nelson 1 l\kCl t ~ .lr (SuI): 22. SU"t' F.. mest (H on); 23. O tTi.. G avl a k ( Ka .....); a ~N . Kevin S ~ill('f (I-Ion ); 25. Robert ~tcW h nn ('f (S UI ): 26. Dero n Clar k { Ka w): ?:J. Jam es Fisher (Yam ): 28. j o hn MocJ. (Ka w ]: 29. Brian Ma rrin t (Ka w ). 125 CO~S1 I: J. j an nette; 2. Morer, 3. Casu tto: -I. Winslow: 5. Lawson: 6. Slother: 7. Clingfos t: 8. Rivas; 9. Ta ylor; 10. Baua glia: II. ~taehn iak : 12. Bunch ; 13. Ri Lmk'Uo; H . Koch; 15. Micha el; 16. Lemo n: 17. Brian Cava na ugh (S Ul); 18. :\1en-i5>. · 12.') CO~SI 2: I. Wt't1t"I; 2. Mdlvain~ ~. Dean : .1. Shui elz 5. ~el son; 6. Srran on ; 7. whcnen 8. Mark Tiesler ( 1-10 0): 9. Baker; 10. G avlak; It. Clark; 12[;Im~t: I~ 13. H ilario ; 14. Marti n; 15. Frazier; 16. Fisher. :\tOTO t: I. Gu y Cooper (Su,) : 2. Mike Kiedro wski (Ha n): 3. Tichenor; 4. jeff Ma tia!oC'Vich (lU w): 5. Mike LaRocro (SOl): 6. Jell Emig (Ka w]: i . Hen ry: 8. Buehl: 9. McO

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