250 PR O : l. Willi ~ Surratt (Hon) ; 2. Jot Wadd in gto n
(Han): S. Krn ny O ilt on (lC.aw ); 4. Robnt weber (Ho n ).
500 P R.O: I. Rn Staten (Hon).
25-29 BEG : I. C. T . FOIl.. (Yam); 2. Tony London (Yam );
3...n ,mn y Pabon (Ha n ); 4. Mikt McC lTgOI' ( loa",,); 5. Cui,
DtCan ~U
( Hon).
. 2S·29 NOV : I. U K 8l(Hon).
b OT EX: 1. ~r~ Kohl n (K.tw); 2. M'llr ng Bastiondl
i
Sul.); 5. AI, NOV. II
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Sunnyslope Hon da- sponsored J eff Darla nd of
Ph oen ix clinched his fifth consecutive Amer ica n Desert Racing Assoc iat ion 's Overall
Cham pions hip Sa turda y duri ng the H th
ru nni ng of the 125-m ile Sonoyta-to- Rocky
Point Har e & H ound.
Avera ging 54.25 mph for 2:18:15, Darl and
roosled his way to the seaso n fina le win over
Dirt and Street Unlimited's Destry Abbon by
over 10 mi nutes. Alth ough he rod e well,
Abbou's KTM 250 was at a severe to p speed
disadvantage 10 Darl and 's Ho nda CR500 on
the very fast course (P."r ticu larly the laner half
thaI ran through m.l es of smooth , fast beach
sand) and was lat er slowed by a flat fro nt tire
and a nearly bald rear tire.
Darland cap ped off his 1990 season wii h
five wins in SIX tries. He sat oul lh e pr evious
race in October becau se he cou ldn 't rind a
bi ke 10 ride then fell at lh e Heber 100 a mon th
ear lier and ended up in th ird. Although the
ilh
cable TV lechnician had h is pro blems W
a nat fran 1 tire and smas hi ng his ha nd in to
a ba rr el cac lus durin g th e race. he did
capi ta lize on early race leader Jim Thompson's misfor tun e.
Thompson out paced Dar land by near ly two
minutes at the halfway point but ran out of
gas with over 25 mil es to go . Darl and SlOPped
and ga ve Thompson his spa re gas but the
Co lorado kid ra n it dry aga in several miles
before the fin ish line.
·'1 hitched a ride in by hol din g onto the
tail gat e of this local guy 's pickup," explained
a tired and disappointed Thompson . " We've
never ha d a p roblem lik e thi s. I ca n 't
understa nd wh y it (h is CR5(0) cou ldn 't ma ke
it on the gas we had I think I'm cu rsed here."
T ak in g third overa ll in 2:30:07 was Ken
Kozlik. "There was so mu ch du st I missed
my pit a t the third checkpoint and spe n t the
whol e second P."n of the race trying to catch
u p, " said KozlIk.
After a year's h iatus to g~ l marri ed a nd seek
more spo nso rsh ip, fourth overall fini sher Dan
Marcband bought back the bike he sold last
year ju st to ride lhe Sonoy ta-to-Rocky Po int
race. "T h is one is a musl: " said March and.
" I bo ugh t my oid bike back so I cou ld race."
Claiming fifth overall at 2:33:14 and first
in the 28+ Senior Experl di vision was Kenneth
Stum p ff.
"That was the best ri de of my life," said
the 35·yea r-old racer. " I got the ho leshot and
never saw a nyone aga in. Il'Sgreat lObe ba ck~ "
Stumpff was seriously injured when he
crashed his bike a t h igh speed duri ng the first
race or the season in Sa n Man uel , Arizona ,
and broke his back.
Resul ts
O PEN EX: 1. Jdf O;,arland (Ha n); 2. Dcstry Abboct (KT M);
5. Km Kodik (H on ); 4. Oanid Marchan d (Ha n ); 5. P.ll Pro!!"~r
(KT M ,.
OPEN AM: 1. Mikr Ikrkna (H on ); 2. Sh4lwn Sch miu
(Hon); 5. John Albro (Vam): i . Tim Ikrgstrom (Hon); 5.
John Haggan! ( H on ).
28+ EX: I. Km nnh Siu mpfr (Ha n ); 2. Tim Abril ( KTM);
5. Bob RUiSrll (Ha n ).
38+ EX: 1. Jm)' Smi th (Yam); 2. Elto n O ng lr,- (KTM);
5. CmrtMoT~ick (Y+ OTHG: l. AI Fon- (Yam); %. Darre ll Ga ln (KT M);
5. O len Wrbb J r. (KT M); 4. Jim Hartman (Hon).
50+ SR: I. Lrs Fou (V
