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Cycle News 1990 12 05

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GLOCAL EVENTS Mar k Burkholder said, "T he on ly way to beat Joe Wh ite' s Harl ey is to grab the lead at.t he start a nd ho pe, because tha t is one of the hardest bikes 10 ge t by: ' Well , he go t in fro nt of Whi te, Charles Maj eski a nd Rich Rowe a t the start of the 360cc fina l a nd put severa l length s o n th e o thers as th ey go t slig h tly ta ngled up. Rowe took o ut Maj eski o n th e fourth lap, but Maj eski regrou ped and a Iew laps lat er returned the lavor , but he had trouble ge tti ng by a lapped rid er. Once Whi te was free, he sta rted to slice into Burkholder's lead in th e lat e laps, but fin ished seco nd, just a length back. Ferris jetted int o th e lead at th e star t of th e 250cc Pro main, in front of Bob Sweeten, Lew Woods and Paul Crumlin~. Farris never looked back and scored th e wm. Bob Sweeten fin ished seco nd which put him into th e clas s po ints lead. Todd Win sen was awarded the wi n in th e previous week 's 80cc main which had been protested . I Resul ts 50: l , T erra nce Orombach (h j); %. Tom Sketh wa y (H a n): ! . Jacob Johnson (Yam ); 4. John Kr.tfl (Ya m); 5. Bill Krafl ( It) . 80: I. Todd Wi n~1 (Ha n ); 2. Jer ry Alexander (Kaw); ! . Mike McKn- (Ka w); 4. Brody Miller (KTM ); 5. Dav id Swann (Yam). 125: I. Rober t Miller (Yam ); 2. Bren Friedel (Kaw ); S. Ken Yod er (Ya m); 4. Todd Stith (H a n ); 5. Mikl:'Jo hnson (Han). 250: I. Ta ylor Whi le (H on ); 2. Adam Wt'i !!.~ (Yam ); S. Rog er Den m yer (Ya m); 4. La rry Sweeten (Han); 5. Steve Rydn- (Bu l). 360: I. Mark Burkholder (Bul); 2. Joe Whi tt (H -D); 3. o.a rlo Maj eski {Bu l]: 4. Aa rold Brcmman (Hon ); 5. Rich Rowe (Yam). 250 PRO: I. Rodn ey Farris (H on); 2. Bob Sweeten (ltaw) ; 3. Lew WlXJods (Mai ); 4. Georgi e Priu (Yam ): 5. Soon Sau nders (Bul ). Mark Easley won every moto in the 125 and 250cc Intermediate classes during th e CRC Sponsor Series at L.A . Cou n ty Raceway MX in California. Winner Taylor White (92), Adam Weiss (80) and Larry Sweeten (beh in d White) mix it up in the 250cc final at Timonium Short Track in Maryland. Mid-South HS to Conner Farris, White fly at Timonium ST By J esse T homas By Len Breech CADIZ, KY, NOV. 4 Ro und on e of th e 1990-91 Hare-Scrambles Series was held in Cad iz, wi th Pennsylvania 's Duane Conner taking overall in the Pro cla ss. There were 211 riders in attendance to rid e th e six-m ile wooded co urse owned by T on y Mit chell who himself raced th e AMA Nati onal Hare Scrambles Series up to 1988. The Pro cla ss was loaded with top names such as Kawasaki's Conner and Terry Cunningham. ATK's Tony Hendon, Pro mOIOcro ssers Mike Morris, J eff Austin and Scan Martin. At th e end of lap o ne Kentucky's Morris led th e field through th e scori ng barrels follow ed by Au stin and Conner. The next lap saw H end on move into th e lead , foll owed by Morris a nd Cunningham. After three laps, Hend on a nd Conner swa p ped leads but by the finish it was Conner by a bike len gth win o ver Hend on. Cunningham cap tured th ird and Morri s was fourth. TIMONIUM, MD, NOV. 10 After having the Yamaha he and T ay lor White sha red di sintegrate the week before, Rod ney Farris and White came up with a very Quick Honda tha t ena bled Farris to dom in ate th e midway race of the Cockeysvill e Optimist Club/ Baltimore County Trail Riders sponsored ind oor short tra ck series at the T im onium Fairgrounds. Farris had a perfect evening o n the M. Lynch Transportation! Taylor White Racing-sponsored ride, setting fast tim e of the night, winning his heat and sem i, taking the Dash For Cash, and toppin g th e eveni ng off with an easy win in the 250cc Pro final. Not to be outdone, the recently slimmed down White a lso took th e 250cc final. J erry Al ex ander had breezed hi s wa y th rough th e 80cc class ta king his heat and sem i on h is Koup's Cycles Kawasaki , and was a lmost handed the final wh en hi s main co mpe ti tors went down in a three-rider tan gle a t the start, Todd Win sen was up Quickl y and into a di stant third behind Alexander and Mike McKee. However, while running aw ay with the race , Alexander co llided with a lapped rider late in the race, and McKee al so joined th e pil e, giv ing th e win to Win setl . Brett Friedel jumped into th e lead at the sta rt of th e 125cc race, closel y foll owed by Rob ert Miller, Todd Stith and Ken Yoder. Miller sli p ped under Friedel as they entered th e th ird turn on lap three. Stith trted to get under Friedel for second a few laps lat er, but ran over Friedel's foot, causing hi s fro m whee l to go away. He bounced ri~ ht up, but Yoder had slip ped into thi rd behmd winner Miller and ru n ner-up Fried el. In the 250" (K..w). VET: I. Jt'1Sl' Gr« r (Kaw ); 2. Bobby "Thoma!> (ATK): 3. C;;ary Copr land ( KTM). . O PEN B: I. Anthony Rod riq uez (H on ); 2. Rob Elkin , (K..w); , . Barry Ri gg>b r (Ya m ): 4. Ti m Te lloed (KT M); 5. Louie .\nr Fra nko. . 500 BEG: I. Midlad Lu cas (Kaw): 2. Sea n M({";auKht"f [H o n ): 5. Qui!!. Uo·ill i.. m s (KT M); 4.· JI·ff Milchell [Ho n]; 5. Ed Ha nd (H on). . 500 NO \'-: I. Tony Ferraea mo (Ka w); 2. Fran k Benher (H on ): 5. Ric- a rd Min 1inn: (Kaw). h 500 I NT: l. OlarlieStrong (Hon );2. Ja \(m Simm nn r.(Kaw). WM lIO NO\': L jam ie Rami nlua n (SUI). JR \'ET BEG: I. Brad Cha mbers (SuI): 2. John jl:'hma Jr . (Yam ); 5. Tnry Pu le (Ho n); 1. Bill G.ucia (Kaw): 5. Mark Raker (SUl). JR VET NO\' : I. Tim Wa hl bn' ,; (Kaw); 2. Jack Kel t (SUI ); 3. T im McAdam s (Kaw); 4. David W il1 iilm~ (Hon ); 5. C~r~ n;.~f(Tnl~~~· Ma rk Duval ( Ha n ); 2. T odd Wiml:'11 (Hon l; 5. Ch uck Gun l" {H on ). VET REG: I. Bob H a mma n (Hon): 2. FmJ Li n lr (K.aw); 5. Rob lkvin Kton (Kaw); 1. Ric-II. Flores (Ha n ): 3. Tony Lo ndo n (Ya m ). VET NOV : I. J MTY Ai hrr (Hon ); 2. Grql; Iknlon (SUl ); 3. J~ Mason (Ya m): 4. Kevin La ne (H a n); 5. Don GoMrtt (Han). VET INT: I. Rob Pet rin (lU w); 2. Cu rt james (Ya m): S. Michael Roches ter (H a n); 1. Soon Cu rti!!. (Kaw): 5. Rand y Anden.o n (Yam). VET EX: I. Mike Oosselaar (Yam ); 2. b nd y T in lemier (Suz): S. I rl H arriou (Ya m); 1. Charli e Stron K(H on). SR INT : I. Bob Dun ha m (Ya m ). SR EX: I."jim Dra vn (H a n). . Hawthorne hot at Riverside SX By Richard Young CAUiOUN, GA, NOV. H Dennis Hawthorn e mad e his trip fro m T exas 10 Georgia wort hwhile as th e took ho me the largest chunk of the $5000 Pro class p urse at the Georgia Sta te Outdoor Supercross Dou blehead er held at the R iverside Supercross track. Qualifi ers too k place all night long on Saturday for either ga te position o r to adva nce to th e main events, which were held Sunday. The l25cc Pr o main event got underway with Sea n Dukes jumping o u t to an early lead followed by Chad Montero. Dukes a nd Montero started pulling a little distance on H awthorne. Ryan Reynolds a nd Rick Li ndell. Montero sta rted houndin g Dukes for the. lead o n th e sixth lap, whi le Hank Mor ee was slici ng his way through tra ffic a fter star ting near las t, Montero made hi s move through th e rock ers and took the lead from Duk es on th e ninth lap and cr uised o n to win follo wed by Dukes, Hawthorne, Moree and Reynolds . The 250cc Pro main saw Hawthorne grab th e early lead with Montero second over Du kes. Kevin Walker and Moree . The field sta yed th e same for th e first few laps, then Montero slo wly closed o n Hawth o rne until he got off hard in th e rockers. With Montero si de li ne d, Dukes went i nto secon d with Walker clo sing. Walker too k odd lines tryi ng to find a wa y around Dukes, then on the 11th lap Wa lker snuck under Dukes in a turn just before a set of doubles. Walker then charged after Hawthorne, but Ha wthorne rode Flawlessly 10 capture the wi n. Wa lker held on to seco nd over Dukes. The Seni or Mini class provided plenty of action whe n Danny Haynes followed race leader Patrick Hizel aro und for the first few · Ia ps i n moto one. Ha ynes closed o n Hizel, but H izel kn ew a ll the ho t lines and used the m superbly. Wh ile Hizel and H aynes ba nled, th ey didn't see the hard -ch arging Damy n Swanpoel inc hi ng up from beh in d. With a few la ps remaining H ayn es too k the lead , bu t with two laps to go he went down in the rock ers and Hizel reclaimed the lead . Swanpoel cha rged after H izel a nd p ulled up alongside on the last lap. As they raced for th e lead Swan poel came out ahead of H izel an d th ey fin ished that way. J ason Benton . Keith Bailey and Ma n Mel ton rounded out th e top five. Of Results PIW: I. Saxe McGill (Yam); 2. Scott ~ (Yam ): 3. Fonne HaICh (Yam); 1. Jonathon Pri ce (Suz): 5. Clad Hampton (Yam ). JR CYC: 1. Mau Walke ( Ra w ); 2. Nick Citron ( Kaw); 5. T .1- Carta (Xaw ); 4. Nick Bailey (Xa w); 5. MaJon WilJiams (Ka w) . JR M1NI: t. John Oxf ord (Suz); 2. David Dishman ($ : 5. Bryan Sm ith (Raw); 1. Mason Will iarm (Yam); 5. J Hal o (Kaw). SR MINI : I. Damyn Swa npod (Yam); 2. r attid. HUt I (H a n): 3. J;non Beneon ( Ra w ); 4. Kridt 8.tIil('f (Kaw); 5. Matt Melton (Kaw). SCHBY : 1. Mall Sh ue (H a n); 2. Rya n Rryno1cb (H oa): 5. JO!h SIt"e (Kaw); 1. JamoGrier (H on ); 5. Bran don Cantrell J (Yam). 1%5 BEG: I. Mark Webber (Yam): 2. T om Scoe (Yam ); 5. Kevin WilmUn (Yam); 1. Danny Prnlry (Kaw); 5. Mikr Emmete (SUl). 125 C: l. Brya n Thornton (Ha n): 2. Ja mn G rier (SUI; 5. P.]. Howell (H on); 1. j aso n Grier (Sw); 5. Brandon Camrel t (Yam ). . . l 125 B: 1. Bm Beaucham p (Han ); 2. j osh Stt"e (Kaw); 5. Brand on Sm ith (Kaw); 4. Sha ne Halfidd (Suz); 5. Ktn ny Tipto n (H on). 125 P RO : I. Ch ad Monter o (H a n); 2. Sean Dukes.(Ha n); 3. th-nnis Hawthotm' (Kaw); 1. Hank Morft (Kaw); 5. Ryan Reynohh (Han). 250 BEG: I. ~odn ey Vaug hn (H on ); 2. Kip Paml (Ya m ); 3. Lee Ram by (Yam): 4. Sha nl:' Wall au (Kaw); 5. Mike Alexan dtt (Han). 250 C: 1. Keith Shehan (Ha n ); 2. Mike Watn!!. (Kaw); 3. David Mur p hy (Kaw); 4. Sian H igh lower (Kaw); 5. Mike Spaio (Yam ). 250 B: 1. Brandon Sm ith (Kaw ); 2. Sha nt Half idd (Sui ); S. Jll'h Stet l (Kaw); 1. Kmny Tipto n (Han); 5. Aaron Day (H on). 250 PRO: I. Dmni!!. H a wth orne (Kaw): 2. Kevin Walkrr (Yam ); S. Sean Dum (Han) ; 1. Barry T a pp (Suz); 5. Aaron Ya to (Hon). SR: I. Michea l Htndrnon (Ha n); 2. Ja y McCkllan (Yam ); 5. Arty Spmct'r (Kaw); 1. SCOIn H ighlower (Kaw) ; 5. 8my Sc:o!otin~ (Han). S7SR: 1. Wa rner Wilbourn (Kaw): 2. Ra ndy TomliflJO n ( Ra w) ; S. Eu~ Coodf' (Sw ); 1. Jilrnn Babla n (Raw); 5. Ray Dia n (Ha n).

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