Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Clark scores at Silver Creek MX By Barb ara and Loren Williams ~IORGANTO WN , NC, NOV 18 . David Clark kn ew exactly wh at had to be do ne if he ex pec ted to win the J u nior and Senior Mini classes in Aaron Bollinger's Mountain Motorcycle-sponsor ed Silver Creek MX Park Fall Seri es. . " I ca n't fin ish lo wer than fift h.' he said. "Jacob Dombrosky or Robby Migu el cou ld win a nd knock me O UI if I have some bad luck." Dombrosky ha s bedeviled Cla rk for th e en tire sum mer. trading moto win s. Going into the final round of Silver Creek 's series, Clark had th e edge by 12 points, but cou ld n' t cou nt on any winner 's continge ncies from Mo un tain Motorcycle, Krause Racing o r Sco tt USA. Mi~e1, while still somewhat erratic in his Iin ishi ngs, could be still co mpe ti tio n wh en it was lea st expected. a nd therefore bore a close . wa tch. Al the start of th e first Junior Mini moto, T itan Cycle /Honda-Yamaha of Sta tesvill esponso red Clark ju mped 10 an early lead and appeared 10 have everything under con tro l u ntil the end of th e second lap wh en a tree brake-checked hi m in the last h airpin . Do mb ros ky and Jason Sai n zin ged pas t, locked in their ow n ba ttle for position, while Clark struggled 10 rega in his equilibrium and fini sh the mal a to sa lvage what points he cou ld. Two laps down, he crawled back onto the saddle to putt off in searc h of a finish . Meanwhile Dombrosky and Sain had been puuing on a real show. with Sain threatening In every comer and Dombrosky ou tpulli ng him o n the straights. Fi nally on lap four, Sain pulled a ba nzai mov e on the hill to take th e lead for the rest of the race. Pau l Justu s managed to gel around Grant Gibbs to claim third, while Clark limped home in l Sth . Well aware that vict ory rest ed on th e o u tco me of th e seco nd mote, Clark kept hi s head and came through in fine Slyle, Blasting off th e line in front of th e field of 14, that's where he stayed, as he mad e no mistakes. Sain and Dombrosky set off in pursu it bUI cou ldn' t catch Clark. Sain finished second a nd Paul J USIUS n ipped Dombrosky o n the last lap to cla im third. The win ga ve Clark sixth overa ll a n d the series w in b y six p oin ts over Dombrosky. Clark turned 10 his backu p Honda for the first Senior Min i mow. Sti ll a bit shaken (rom h is crash , he mo tored off the line six th and rod e a ca u tio us ra ce. gai ni n9' two more pos itions before the chec kers. JImmy Briggs took the lead from J oey Dillard a nd built lip a IQ ·second adva ntage a t th e fin ish . .Sa u n finished thi rd. . The second rnoio was similar to th e first as Brigg s led Dillard and Sain for all fo ur laps. Clark ca me oUI of the hole fourth, but was nipped o n the la st lap by Grant Gibbs a nd had" to sell Ie for fifth , wh ich gave him fifth o vera ll . Miguel had a bad da y a nd finishe sixth lO remain in runn er-up (or th e d series with a 12-poim defi ci t, Res ults 50; I. Craig Child!> (H olI); 2. W

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