Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~ OFF·RO D23rd Presidente SCORE Baja 1000 A m •• ' ." • COURSE o O"'l O"'l ........ 00 c-r .... v ..0 S v :> o Z The San Nicholas Ho tel in Ensenada hosted the rider's 'meeting Thursday night and the trophy presentation Saturday night. Larry Roeseler (cen ter) is joined by SCORE president Sal Fish (rig h t) in the winner's circle moments after crossing the staged finish line in Ensenada, 8 Wayne Martin , Kent Richardso n and Dave Vegel finished fourth inClass 30. Ogi lvie brought the Ogil vie/ Mill er/ Summer s H onda XR 600 hom e in fourth overall , wit h a tota l elapsed time of 12 ho urs four mi nutes. an d the Pa rr y/ O stbo KX500 ca me in fou r minutes la ter to take the Over 30 win in fifth overall. " T he race wa sn 't a s long thi s yea r , but it wa s rough , and with a tw o man team it was pretty cha ll enging," said Parry. Sixth overall went to Over 30 class racers Eizaburo Karasawa and Masami Ish ii, who wer e part of a large J a panese co n tingent that made up almos t half the starting field. . "There are no long races like this in J apan. A few hundred ki lome ters is a ll we race," said Ish ii thro ug h an interpreter. " I came here to challe nge myself." Seventh overa ll went to the Las Vegas en try of Scott Gl imp, Pau l Skeary and Richard Wilk, and South Africa 's Cox/ Dalton/Strydom Kawasaki overalled the 250cc division in Martella /Cornelius/Sh irey KX500 gra bbed a late in th e race win in Class 40. Class 50 saw ano ther Kawasaki o n top. this o ne piloted by Jimmie Harris and Roland Miles of T exas, with a to tal elapsed tim e of 16 hours and 21 minutes. Cl eig h th with a tim e of 13 ho urs 52 mi nutes and a speed average of 48.02 mph. "This is such a well known race in South Africa. It 's like the ul timate 'race to us and -th is is th e best that o ne of ou r teams has ever don e," said team manager H ylton Beattie. Second in the 250cc class went to Darren Sa nford/Tod McKa y/Fred Will en's Suzuki R M250 and J oey Lane brought the Lane/Morris/Hou gh / Hunnicutt KX250 home fourth in class to wrap up the 1990 SCORE season Class 21 title. Merr itt an d L illie Sweetland brought their KDX200 home seventh in the 250cc division, earn ing distinction as the first all-woman 's team to co m p le te the Baja 1000 o n a rnotocy cle. Kawasaki KXI25 riders Roger Hurd, Breit Howell and J eff Kawell took th e ' Class 20 honors in 15 hours, two and a half hours ahead of KTM pi lots Tim Monon and Jimmy Lewis , and the Resul ts D/A:I. Larry Roeseler v'Ted HunnicutLlDanny La Porte (Ka w ] 11:11:45.7/ 59.49 m ph : 2. Dann y H amel /J a ck J o h n so n / Da ve C hase (KT M) 11:42:02.8/ 56.92 mph ; 3. Paul Krau se/Garth Sweetla nd (Kaw) II :42:12.3/56.9 1 mph: 4. Bruce Ogilvie/ Chuck Mill er/ Scott Summers (H a n ) 12:01:28.0/5 5/ 16 mph ; 5. Ken n y P arry/ Pau l Ostbo (Ka w) 12:08:55.3/ 54.82 mp h ; 6. Eizaburo Kara saw a l Masami Ish ii (Han ) 13:41:39.3/48 .63 mph; 7. SCOli G limp /P au l Sk ea ry/Ri ch ard Wi lk (KT M) 13:48:28.7148.23 mph; 8. Allie Cox/Errol Dalt on / Dirk Strydo m (Ka w) 13:52:06.4/ 48.02 mph: 9. Ross Gregory/Vi.nce Ska nd u nas /Cra ig Adam s (Han) 14:09:48.2/ 47.02 mph ; 10. Darren Sa n ford rrod McKay/Fred Will en (SUI) 14:13:40.3/ 46.82 mph ; I I. Brian Schm uckle/ Li nco ln Peirsol (Suz) 14:14:55.3; 12. Greg Zin erkopf/Ron Na ylor (AT K) 14:22:47.21 48.23: 13. Ro n Law son/Robb Mesech er (Hon) 14:33:15.3/ 45.76: 14. J oey La ne/Scou Morris/Kurt H ough / (Ka w ) 14:38:20.2; 15. T om Webb/Bill Berreth (H on) 14:43:27.0/4 5.23; 16. Roge r Hurd! Brett Howelt/jeff Kawell (Kaw) 15:02:24.9/44. 28 This year's Baja 1000 officially started and finished in Oj os Negros. From Oj os, the 665-mile course headed south to Nuevo Junction, then no rth to Mexicali, back down to Borrego (where the course crossed itself), south across Diablo Dry Lake to Matomi Wash, then it turned north to San Felipe. From there. the course headed back up to Borrego, through Mike 's Sky Rancho, then concluded at Ojos. mph: 17. Todd Ma n ella/wayne Co rneliu s/Rick Shi rey (Kaw) 15:07:30.7/ 44.03 mp h: 18. Bob Archer/ Da ve Donatoni (Hon) 15:10:51.5/ 43.87 mph; 19. Kit Pal m er/K i n ne y J o nes/B rent Car naha n (Ka w ) 15:12:25.3/ 43.80 mp h ; 20. Wa yn e Martin /K ent Richar dson (Ho n) 15:26:47.3/ 43.12 mp h. CLASS 22 (O P EN): I. La rr y Roesel er/Ted H unn icu tt/ Da nn y La Porte ( Ka w) 2. Dann y Hamell J ack Jo hn son/Dave Cha se (KT M); 3. Pa ul Krause/ Garth Sweetland (Ka w): 4. Bruce Ogilvie/ Chuck Miller/ Sco tt Summ ers (Ho n ): 5. Scot t G limp/ Ri chard Will (KT M); 6. Ross W. Grego ry/Vince Ska ndu nas (H a n); 7. Grf'g Zitte rkopflRon Naylor (AT K); 8. Ron La ws on /R obb Mesech eclTim Tolleson (Han ); 9. Bob Arch er /Dave Do natoni (Han) ; 10. Greg Sur dyke /Tim Surdyke/ Da vid Rh odes (Hbg): II. Steven Pl an/Bob Wodll ey. Jr. (Kaw]: 12. J a vier Rib a / Anwni Bol uda/Cabriel Mall.. rolo (Ha n); 13. Masayuki Kudo/Yoshiyuk i a Saw (Hon ); 11. Robert Barnum/ j oh Ray, Dwight Rudd er (Suz): 15. T erry G lass/ WOld La ndis (Kaw ); 16, Yoshi o Gamachi v'Sh i nj i Tada (H a n); 17. Toshia ki j okawa/Tai zo Yam an e/Masah iro Ueyama (Ha n) ; 18. Sig el) lsb ii / T a tsu y Ku riya ma / Kog i Nishii ke (Han) ; 19. Brad Cla usen / Mau ew Miller (Han ); 20. Kazutoyo Yaj ima/Eiich i Mor iya (Ho n); 21. Ken Sasak i/Katsuzi Ish ii (Han). CLASS 21 (250): I. Alfie Co x/ Errol Dalt on /Di rk Strydo m (Kaw);2. Darren Sa nl o rd/Tod McKay (SUl) ; 3. Brian Sch mud de/ Li nco ln Peirso l (S Ul); 4. j oey Lane/See n Mcrr is./Kurt H ou gh (Kaw }; 5. Kit P a lmer/Kinney j ones/Brent Carnahan {Ka w ): 6. Rica rdo Mal o /Anu ro Vazquez (Han ); 7. Anna Merritt/Lillie Sweetland/Connie j oyce (Kaw) : 8. Bela v erber /Rodolf o Lizarraga /Jam es Henderson / An ura Lizar raga (Ka w}; 9. H ideki Kash iwa/Toshird Kate (SUl ); 10. Matias Arjo na R.iOscar Hale. J r. J uan Ortiz (Kawk 11. Kurohdo Maki/Mike Makl' (Han); 12. Susumu Mo rioka/Kim ih iko Tajiri /M ar Kariya (Suz): 13. Masan ori Tanizaki (H a n); 14 Masa yuki Yaza walSaburo Eno (H a n); 15. Garth J oyce' (Ka w]: 16. Tada sh i Yoko yama/jjro Malam Naoyuki Do bashi (H a n ); 17. Yukih iro Shoj i H irosh i Ono/Kazunori Fujita (Ha n); 18. Kei· lchl Hasega wa/Keitarc Kubo ta (H a n). CLASS 20 ( t 25): I. Roger Hurd/Brett Howell J eff Kawell (Ka w ): 2. Tim Morton/J immy Lewi s (KT M). CLASS 30 (O VER 30): I. Kenn y Pa rry/ Pau l Ostbo (Kaw}; 2. Eizaburo Karasa wa/ Masa mi Ishi i (Ha n ); 3. T om Webb/Bill Berrorh/ Allan Cunynghame (Hon ]: 4. Wayne Ma rt in/Kent Richardson/Jam es So nes (Ho n); 5. Chris Steward/Mark Mamnger / Dave Vogel (Ha n); 6. Chris Eberz/David jonea/Steve Eril son (Han); 7. Hi sao Konn oiTak eshi T uth iya (Kaw ]: 8. Yasushi Maru yama /Miuuaki Kanazawa (H on ); 9. Bob Van Dyke/ Rich Caselli (Ho n); 10 Stuart Powell/jesse EJlico (Kaw); 11. Kazuo Sugino Yoshi Yasuda (He n ): 12. Yoah i ro Sug-imOlo i Katsul ok i Veda (Hon); U . Min aru Uchida/Yujj Onuma (H a n); 14. Ch arl es Wa llace/ Mark Lambl Mik e Mo ore (H a n) ; 15. H o wa rd Em er /Harry Strothard (CaS); 16. Dav id Flores (Hon ). CLASS 40 (OVER 40): I. Todd Martella /Way ne Cornelius/ Rick Shirley (Kaw): 2. Ron Gray /Mike Harper (H us): 3. Gene Dempsey/Sam Dempsey/jim O 'N eal (AT K); 4. Geo rge McMahan/Jimm y Bird· weJl/ Gorman Smith (Hon); 5. Ron Bishop / Gary No len (H bg); 6. Dennis Grisson/Lane Hodgin/AI Hull {Ka w): 7. Eiji Yak o (Ha n ); 8. Susumu Ishii (Hon). CLASS SO (O VER SO) I. Jimm ie Harris/Roland : Miles /Jim Rohn (Kaw ); 2. David Hetzel/william Cole man/ Cliff Coleman (Hon); 3. Skip Kawell / J erry Valdez/Larry Nicholson ( Ka w); 4. J ohn Gr egory lHoyt Statham (Kaw).

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