Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~ r-- .... V ..0 8 V :> o Z jeff Matiasevich (20) passed Micky Dymond (21) on the way to winning the 500cc Pro class. Dymond finished third overall in both the 500 and 250cc Pro divisions. Keith Bowen (24) leads Doug Henry (69), junior Nadeau (81), jeff Curry (24) and john Dowd early in the first 250cc Pro moto. Bowen stayed ahead to win the rnoto, john Dowd (49)earned the 250cc Pro class overall win after battling with Ron Tichenor jason Fowler was the top rider in the sportsman classes as he won four motos en ro u te to th e 125 and 250cc Amateur A class victories. (6) in both motos. Tichenor was the overall winner in the 125cc Pro class. while Ra y Somrno, Gene Naumec a nd O 'Mara freight -trained in an effort to catch up with the leaders, O 'Mara soon passed both So mmo and Naumec th en started to close o n a battling Dymond and Bow en . Dowd had broken away from that struggle to move into a titanic battl e with Matiasevich. The two stay ed j ust a few bike lengths apart until Dowd passed Matiasevich and held him off for the win . O 'Mara fell back to sevent h when he hit a lapped rider a nd fell , so Dymond finished th ird over Bowen and Naumec. Dymond grabbed the holeshot at th e start of moto two with O 'Mara , Mat iasevich and Do wd righ t behind. Dowd sho t to the lead o n the first lap whi le O' Mara dropped bac k to fo urth . Mat iasevich soon passed Dymond for second in an effort to not let Dowd get away. Matiasevich fin ally took cont ro l on lap three and pulled out a six bike length lead , but around th e halfway point Dowd made an attempt to repass Matiasevich. Lapped riders got in Dowd's way and Matiasevich was able to gain some distance that Dowd couldn't make up before the fin ish. "Dowd really impressed me today ," said Matiasevich. "He made me work for it, that's for sure." " T he hi ghlight of tha t race was givi ng J eff (Ma tiasev ich ) a good ru n fo r h is mon ey, at least this shows everyo ne that I'm read y for a full-time commitment o n th e National circuit next year ," said Dowd. O 'Mara and Naumec had pushed Dymond back to fifth early in th e moto. D ym ond fough t ba ck a nd rep assed Na umec, bu t then Naumec made th e fina l move and left Dymond as he clos ed in o n O'Mara near the end. O 'Mara held him off 10 fin ish thi rd. " I th ought I was in good shape, but that mot o really win ded me, especially since I' ve been away fro m the caliber of competit io n tha t sho wed up here, " said Dymo nd. J ason Fo w ler stood out i n th e Amat eur classes as he wo n the 125 and 250cc d ivisions. After dom inatin g Saturday's qualifying races, Fowler leveled th e compe titio n o nce again in Sunday's finals. In th e I25cc Amateur A fin al, Fowl er started fourth beh ind Brian Behrman , Ri ch Zupko and Doug Conrad. By the second lap Fowl er started picking off the riders in front of him, and by the end of the moto he had reeled in and passed Behrman to win th e race. Fowler grabbed the holeshot at th e start of th e 250cc Amateur A final and wor ked his good start into a sizeable lead by the end of the mot o. John Schneider and Don Opkycke had an inspiring battle in the 80cc lOII year-old class final. The two riders ban ged bars u ntil the th ird la p when Sch nei der p ulled ou t a 10 bike length which he ma intai ned to the checkered flag. Do n Grah n, winner of th e 25+ class ear lier in the day , bolted into the lead at the start of the Senior Expe r t class fi nal. By th e seco n d lap h e h a d compan y as Mickey Kessler was breathi ng down hi s neck. Kessler soo n fou nd his ope ni ng and bl asted into th e lead , then ran away and hid from th e rest of the pack o n his wa y to the wi n. Grahn held on to fin ish a distant seco nd o ver Rob Neeley. t:N Results 60: I. Pa ul Bradl ey (Kaw): 2. David Dip ietro (Kaw ); , . joe Bura tri (Ka w). 80 (10-11): I. Jo hn Sche ider (H on); 2. Don Opd vcke (Kaw) : , . J ason H ar pe r [Ka w) : 4. Pa ul Bradl ey (Suz); 5. J ohn Ba starach e {Ka w ). 80 (12·13): I. Gr eg Rand {Ka w]: 2. Ja son Sybert (Hon ); 3. Rya n Kaichen (Ka w); 4. Mike Pear (Suz); S. John Hillman (SUl) . 80 (1 4~ 15): I. Cartt'rGu rnet:'(Kaw); 2. T on y Ha ynes (Kaw ): 3. Robb ie Felts (Suz); 4. Shawn Schu hz (Ka w ); S. Robert Srock (Suz). 80 BIG WHL: I. Chris Ell sworth (Ka w); 2. Anthony Bello (Kaw); 3. J ohn Ali a s (Kaw). SCHBY : I. Davey Y=k J r. (Kaw); 2. Carter Gurnee (Kaw); 3. Zy Bra un (Kaw); 4. K

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