Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

finally frying their brakes. thus taking them out o f con ten tio n. Hack-ern-up Racing pilot Brian Flanigan then crashed hard exi ti ng turn o ne. inj uri ng h is ankle and the bike too much to co n tin ue . T eam Wea sel . riding fa st and consis te n t a n d a lways staying within reasonable strikin g dis ta nce of the leaders, fo und th em selves m the lead o n th e mo st im por ta n t la ps, th e last o nes . The San Francisco-based team. Lighming Ex press. al so battled up through the carnage to finish seco nd. Lightn in g Express tea m mates Chris Crew and Grell Nichols won $750 for their second p la ce hn ish , whil e Brad Hazen a nd Rob ert Mill er had $ 1000 to sp li t for th eir hard-earned victory. In the GTU class. Midnigh t Ex p ress led early o n. until th e exha us t ca nis ter on their FZ R600 broke loose. n ece ss i ta t i n g a n u nplan ned pi t stop. T h e b r a cke t wa s apparently wasted, b u t racers Da le Kieffer and Sha ne Tu rpi n figu red " no prob lem " because they had pl enty of duct tape. Almos t three mi nutes lat er. they left the pi t looki ng more like a m um my o n w hee ls tha n a mo torcycl e, Kieffer a nd Tur pi n rode Iast and furious to regai n lost gro u nd a nd repassed all the ot he r tea ms o ne by o ne. ta ki ng a narrow mar gin GTU class win over th e Top Secret R acing team o f Sonny Rei sig a nd Eri c Byington. Colorado teammates J ohn H jelm a nd Ri ch St ark . riding for Cycl e Parts West finished a resp ect able third. Fourth place fin ish er Team Qualit y, proved th e o lder genera tio n ca n still get OUI th ere a nd fly. T eam Quality rid er s Ni ck Po levoy and Bill J en kins wer e jo i ned by th e yo u nger Tarik Aln aq eeb , wh o was rew arded with a brand new baby from hi s exp ecta n t wife following , the race . Do It Racing and Humble Racing rounded o UI the top SIX GTU finishes. THE 1991 .... V ..0 YEARBOOK a Cl,) > o Z dRacer , . illurtr ateCl Resul ts GTO I.N DV R: 1. Weawl ~ ng (S UI ); 2. Ughl ning ~lj~(l:h~'~'l~::n~S:)~ (SUI); 4. Tram Vf'g an (Sw: ); GTU iNDU R: I. Midnighl Expnu (Yam); 2. T op ~ Racin g (Yam): 5. Cyck Par ts Wn l (Ho n ); 4. QiWity Racing (Ya m); 5. Do II Raci n g (K.aw). MINt G P PR OD : I. Old Mrn (Yam ); Z. Team Bill (Ya m ); 3. FOI Fun RadoS (Yam ); 4. T u.m Soagg ( Y am ). I MISI C P S/ BK: 1. Blazing Saddlr i (Yam); 2.. Old Mm (Yam); 5. T am Thor (Yam). Yoho aces Dade City Motocross By Kyl e My ers DADE CITY. FL ocr. 21 Round six of th e AMA-WorldSports Florida Gold Cup Series was held at a redesigned Dade Cit~ Ra cewa y. The most thrilling class of th e da y was th e s Oe (14· 15) class. Wh en the ga te fell for mot o c o ne Kenn y Yoho pulled a co m m a nd i ng hol eshot with Da vid SCOll. Ch ris Brow, J on llhan Burrell arid Greg Gai tanis in lOW. Brown quickl y passed Scou goi ng in to th e back section, and Yoho fell in a tum; lett in g Bro wn and SCOll by. Yo ho fell again with C ai tani s, Burrell and Scott La mp gell ing by .th is tim e. As Brown started to add to his lead. Yo ho was slicing his way th rough th e pa ck. Yo ho passed La m b enter ing th e fro nt section, the n stu ffed Gaitani s in the nex t tum. kn ocki ng him dow n. Two turns la ter Yoho pa ssed Burrell befo re head in g down the fro n t straight. Mean wh ile. Bu rrell fell in th e back sectjo n. letti ng La mb and Mike Hallal get by. With o ne lap to go Yoho sla mmed SCOll in a tum for second. whil e Hall a l pas sed Lamb aft er a poor sta n . A' th e fini sh it was Brown with a goodsize lead over Yoho for the mo to one win. Scott. Halla! and Lamb ro unded out th e top live, . Mote two saw Yoho pull another eas t holeshot with Scou Brown . Halla l. and Lamb behind. Bro wn passed Scott on th e inside ~ [ turn two. as the pac k headed into the back section. Lamb and Caitanis passed a fallen Ha llal in the sweeper. Then Gaitanis passed Lamb o n the ta ble top before going into the bad secti o n. Back up front Yoho bo bbled in a ter n . lett ing Brown close wit hin a bike length on Yoh o. Lat e in the race, Burrell passed Hall al and La m b in th e back section. At the flag it was Yo ho with th e win and overall foll ow ed by Brown. SC Oll, Ga itanis an d Burrell. Res.lts PI"': I. Tywn Ha~1I ( Yam); 2. JO&h Fausuns (Y am ); S. Joradun P" ~o (Yam ); 1. Ronal d Wilk" (Yam); 5. Jama SI",-," I ( Y.. m ). 60: 1. j.B.IbIl.;,ud (KoIw); 2. Dona ld Uddy (KoIw); 3. Jttemy Shuu ewonh (fl. w); 1. Au,,; sl Laveberg (Kaw): 5. Grq: u Lan den (fl.w). 80 :2· lS: 1. Ant hon y Poco robba (Ho n); 2. Ja n rtt T ipping (Yam,; 3. Waynf' Wilkl r (Kaw); 4. Pau l Currit (Kaw ); 5. Ja son Bm w, ("awl. 80 ;. 11: I. Rit:ky Carmich ael (K.aw); 2, Cory Wilb y (Ho n); 3. Dmald Ltddy (Yam); 4. Darren McElh:mon (Hon); 5. Dan id Leddy (S Ul) . 80 li-15: I. Ktnny Yoh o (Kaw ): 2. O ris Brown (Kaw); S. n.·id ScOIi (Ho n ); 1. Crtp; Gairan i, (lU w): 5. SCOlI Lamb (Hon . I2SYTH : 1. O"aris Brown (SUl); 2. Travis Blackbu rn (K.a w); ! . Rod Furntll ( K.aw ); i . Milch Sp.u d lin (Ho n ). BEG: I. Bill Ca llia ; 2. Omnis Bucky (He n): 3. y nnrn S

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