Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

wav es. G ary Beyer took the muddy conditions to his liking, breezing to a fir st moto wi n , while Suzuki rider Ron Milligan trailed a. t he fin ish li ne. J eff Roe was third a' th e finish a nd first of th e J u nio r dass rid ers. Mow two was much th e sa me as Beyer sailed o ff in to an unchallenged win while Milligan spe nt the en tire moto overcoming a bad start, Boe came back to outdista nce th e Junior cla ss by a sim ila r margin. J eremy H arwood used his mud riding expertise to tak e second. Rob y Leach easily topped both co mbined O pen Pro/Intermediat e/Junior class motos, beatin g Frank McKuhn, a top· not ch rider in th e P ro ranks. Leach work ed fro m the back o f th e pack in the seco nd moto, passing all but McKuhn within three lap s, th en used his m ud rid ing ex pe rience to net th e win . The ba tt le for top J unior honor s went 10 J err y DeW itt , who barel y aced out J im Alexander. Kevin Pfieffer rode smooth and flawlessly 10 ca p tu re both 125cc Begin ner mo tos , leading fro m sta rt to finish in eac h o u ti ng , L u ke Gable, .Jim Mo rri s, Sco tt H egele and Eric Graves fill ed th e top five" Dan Beyer rod e two fin e mot os in the co m bi ne d 250cc Junior/B eg inner class. Despi te the swingarrn -deep mud Beyer sett led in beh ind lon e In termed iat e Matt Gabl e and Juniors Ryan Lea ch , Mike H olbrook a nd Dave Kobernik in mot o o ne, o utriding th e Beginner com pe tit io n. In th e seco nd rnoto, Holbrook too k th e lead bu t dr opped off th e pa ce d ue 10 fatigue. That a llowed Ga ble 10 rake th e lead until he dropped to thi rd behi nd th e Leach brothers, Rya n and Rob y.-Roby too k th e win after a co me- from- beh ind effo rt, but wa s rid ing ex hib itio n o nly, thus giv in g th e win hardrid ing Ryan . Beyer aced th e Beginner d ass ride rs for th e overall win . '0 60 j R: l. Mike Camby (Ya m ); 2. j ames Ro ullier ( Ka w) . 80 BEG ; l. RU ~<;t"1I Cree (Kaw ). 80 JR:I . J~5Y Willi am s (Ka w ): 2. J rif Mani n (Ka w ). 125 REG : L Ke-vin Niffer (KTM): 2. Luk(:' -Gabl(:' (Han ): 3. J im Mmri!O (Kitw) ; 4. Sce u H ~It' (KTM); 5. Ric Gra ves (KT M ). "125 j R: I. J d f Bee (SUI); 2. J t"rem y H arwood ( Ka w) ; 3. Matt Sta rb urd (Suz). PR O : I. Gar y Reyer (Ka w); 2. Ron Mill igan (SUT-). 250 BEG : I. Oan Beyer ( Ka w) ; 2. Mark Seifm (KT M); 3. Kt'Vin l.ov oi e (Suz); 1. Mik e No va (KTM ); 5. Crnig Buck (H o n) . 250 JR: I. Ryan Leech ( Yam ); 2. Mike Hol brook (Ma i); . 3. Dave Kober kmk ( Yam ). O PEN BEG : 1. Kevin Bales (Kaw): 2. Ma rvi n Gullings (H o n); 3. Ed Am(:'S. OP EN PR O ItNT: 1. ROO u-ach ( KT M ); 2. Doug McKuh n y (KT M ). OPEN JR: 1. Jerry Dewiu ( H u ~ ); 2. J im Alexander (KT M); 3. John Kasper (Kaw); 4. Steve Even sen (Ho n). !I()..40 JR; 1. J erry Mill er [l-lon]: 2. Randy La yne (Ho n) . OT INT : I. Bob Piercev (Sw); 2. Ray Fisher (Hu s); 3. Cli(( Kobemik ( Yam ); 1. J o hn Foster (SUl ); 5. Don Burkin (H us). OT JR: I. R.an ~ynr' (Ho n). dy OT MO NEY : I. Mike Perry (SU7.): 2. Dave Mcr kl in (Suz). WMN : 1. Sha n no n Srarbard (H o n); 2. Deanna Holb roo k (Ca g ); 3. Carla Dewitt (Y am) . 30·40 PR O: I. Ron Mill iga n (Suz). Goertz roosts to Rockne Hare Scrambles win By Tom T ysl ROCKNE,IX, NOV. 18 Clifford Goertz roo sted to firs t overall, wh ile Kent Howerton took home th e Pro mo ney in ro und five of th e So u th T exas H are Scra mble Series at Rockne. T he Au stin Motosports Associatio n had to a he r th e course Sat u rday after four in ch es of rai n fell, but the six m ile tra ck th at rema ined had excellen t tra ction a nd was praised by a ll. The Mo ney clas s left the line with St eve Ca rdwell , Tra y McC art y a n d H owerton battli ng for the lead. Ca rd well built up a sma ll lead at th e end o f lap o ne, as H ow ert on moved up afte r a poor start to lak e over second from McCarty ear ly o n lap two, H owerton shado wed Car dwell for th e fir st half of th e race, mov ing into first two or three times. Cardwell kept pace and retook the lead eac h tim e, After th e ha lfway flag, H ow ert on took the lead for good. go, a lapped ride r moved Wi.h two laps - over into H owert on 's line send ing h im flyin g. "T he guy came over into me , and I knew I was in fourth gea r. I landed Ilat on my back. I'm getti ng .00 o ld for this !" said Howert on, sport ing a badly cu t a nd bruised forearm. He was quickly up still leadin g Ca rd well th e finis h line with McCarty placing th ird. The Open A class p rovided grea t actio n as well , as T erry Bainbridge, Rod ney Bartsch, Clifford Goertz, Steven Rathman and Sa m Knolton cha rged in to the woods o n lap o ne. '0 '0 Steven Ra th m an (118) and Rod n ey Bart ch (117) battl e fo r the early lead in the O p en A class at the R ockn e H are Scrambl es in Texas. Knolton was the first 10 dr op o u t of th e group, as his bike q ui. o n lap two. ..It wouldn 't run with a new plu!; so I had ( 0 wal k back. We sure were flyin g n il th en !" said Knolton . Goe rtz had solid lead a t th e wh ite flag o f a lmos t th ree minutes, but the Bainbridge/ Rathman war went right 10 th e n ag with Rathman ge u ing seco nd by on ly six seco nds over Bainbridge Wh en lim e was adj us ted G oertz was named th e overa ll win ner moving everyone u p . leu i ng Bar tsh slip in fo r th ird , a Resul ts 0 1A: I. Cliffo rd O ceru (H o n ); 2. Ken t How er ton (H o n); 2. Steve Ca rdwe ll (Suz); 4. T rt"Y McCa rt y (Yam) . O PEN A: 1. Sleven Rathman (Ho n ); 2. T erry Bainbridge (KT M); 3. Rodn ey Ran ch (Kaw ). 0-200 A: I. Kennet h Langham (Ya m ):2. Ro n R0 5bu ry (Suz): 3. Ra nd y Y" un g (Suz). OVER 40: I. J im Lin le (Ya m ); 2. Ferdi nand H roch (Kaw); 3. Ken Dark (H U5). OVER 30: l. Mark Ch ild re (H a n ); 2. Ron Cooper (Ho n ); 3. P 'N u t Baird ( Yam ). 4·STRK: .1. Saeee Tabassi (H a n); 2. Sieve Wesd ik (Ha n); 3. Mike Hence (Hon). O rEN B: I. Lee Swindler (Ho n ); 2. Dw ayne ' Carjeic n (Ka w ); 3. wil son (Yam ). 250 B: . Stacy Horn (Ho n); 2. Tom my Fab«'ga5 (Kaw ); 3. 1.0 Even s (Kaw). 200 B: 1. Cary Windham (Ka w); 2. Keit h CoUM' ( Ka:w ); 3. Herman Cceru (Ka w ). 125 B: I. Dani el Trott (H on ); 2. Eri c Wirogrl (Yam ): 3. J ama ,,", OOft' ( Ka w) . WMN B: I. Ch ri!it ine Hudspe th (Ha n) . O PEN C: I. NiC Bene fie ld (AT K); 2. Michat"l Traylor k (Ka w); 3. Kn-in Co unsil (H o n). . zooe: I. Bria n Hol ml"S (Kaw); 2. J am n McCulloUKh (H o n): 3. Jo hn DilV (Ka w). i5 WM N C: I. Andr l"a Pa xto n (Suz ). JR BOY S: I. Eddie Su ni la ( Ra w). 80; 1. Michad Co il"(lta w ); 2. Sea n Thom as ( K.aw); 3. B«"nI Dickerson (Ka w). 60: l. Brian j ohnson (Kaw); 2. Lana Sm ith ( Ka w)j 3. Dr('w Dunba r (Y am ). . 60: I. Brent Kli ma (Ya m ); 2. Jennifn Johnson (ltj ); , . Bobby Mill er (Ya m ). {elf WINNERS RACE WITH SPECTRO ·LUBRICANTS Spect ro Oils of America wou ld like to congratu late the following competitors, who usedSpectro premium-quality lubricants and othe r Spectro products for a successfu l racing season in 1990: Elmer Trett - Secured the International Hot Rod Association's 1991 #1 plate fo r top fuel dragbikes, reaching an unsurpassed top speed of 219 mph in the 1/4 mile. Jim McClure - Set a new ~o rld record in Top Fuel Harley dragbike racing, completing the 1/4 mile in 7.315 seco nds and winning the IHRA's 1991 #1 plate. Tim O'Neil - A top-ranked SCCA Pro Hally driver, Tim established a new record on the Mt. Washington Climb To The .Clouds in his VW Rallye Golf; reaching the peak of New England's highest mountain in seven minutes 45.1 seconds. Jason Fletcher - Placed first in the National Dirt Track 600 race at the 50th Sturgis Classic. . . . Nancy Delgado - Ranked fourth in the Loudon GP-PRO Lightweight Twins class, Nancy won the checkered flag in the series' Expert race .at Bridgehampton Motorsports Park on Long Island; NY. YOU CAN BE A WINNER, TOO! Enter Spectro Oils of America's 25th ·Anniversary Giveaway , and you 'could win a five-day vacation for two at a luxury resort hotel in the Gulf of Mexico! No purchase necessary. For details, SPECTRa OILS look for entry forms on Spectro display racks at your OF AMERICA ROUTE 7 P.O. BOX 201 . BROOKFIELD . CT 06804 motorcycle dealership, or write to Spectro at this address: 1966 - 1991: A QUARTER CENTURY OF QUALI TY

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