Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~ LOCAL EVENTS VINT: I. J im Mahoney; 2. Sco u Dunla vey (Yam ): 3. Bill Kn ight (Bon). VET RIC: 1. Gary Fa rgo (Ya m): 2. J ohn Mad rid (SUl); 3. T im O 'Hara (K.1:w). VET A: I. Phil DOug lar. (H u,); 2. Pau l SoMrom ; 3. Da vr Bostro m (Jlon ). 80 C: 1. Dan Martin (SUI ): 2. WMo [nglrorechl ; 3. Ma rk Sou lier ( K.aw ). 80 B: I. Mik e Soulier (Ka w); 2. Kc-nny Davis (SUI ). 250 C: I. j ustin Ow nb y ( Kaw ); 2. Randy Mrdl ey (SUl): 3. yon Med ley [ H o n ], e White wins third straight at Timonium Indoor ST finale By Len Breech (Left to right) Bob Sweeten, Joe White, T aylor White, Robert Miller, T odd Winsett and Ja cob J ohnson disp lay their number one plates at T imonium Short Track. Bostrom aces Lodi Scrambles By Bill Spencer LOD!. CA, NOV, 24 II was the fin al round o f Distr ict 36 co mpetiti on [or the black pl ate set, and while most pl at es were fairly well established, th e 80cc Ex pert clas s titl e was u p for gra bs. Dan Han and Eric Bostrom were no t on ly tied in points. th ey were tied in both numbers of first a nd seco nd p laces from. through out th e sea so n. The mai n even t a t Lodi wo ul d defin itely decid e the titl e. Wh ile th e race . was near the end of the season 's sched ul e. a large cro wd was hand." in cluding both Kenn y Roh erts and Dou g Chand ler. Cha ndl er had ea rn ed mo re th an o ne nu mb er plat e in battles o n th is track and wa s even co nsidering ri d ing th e next ro u nd. At th e green i t was close 0 [( the lin e between Bostrom . and H art, hut Bo str o m S"ot hi s borro wed Kawasak i arou nd th e tum ru st and held hi s po siti o n [or the distance and thewin. Billy Marl in took th ird over Co ry Yarr ow and the battle will co nt in ue for the tra ck h igh poi n t p late. j o shua Bo ykin topped the l 25cc combined B and C class wit h J oe Ferna ndez over Justin Ow n by, whi le Dar yl Gunderso n head ed of f Mik e Patt erso n for top 60cc C class rid er and Andy H ansen won the B po rt io n. Dave Ca ssin wo n th e Pee Wee B class, aga in, with Mik e Erl firs t C ri der over Mike Hurst. on Deb Anderson won the Powder Puff div isio n before loaning her Kawa sak i KX80 to young Bostrom, while Mark Muscio to p ped th e As in the Old Timers competitio n, with Dave G odfrey beating o n Charlie Pahe! for C h o nors. Dan Mallatti , Jim Maho ney an d I'hi l Dou glas, battled in the Vinta ge class. wi th Dougla s riding hi s CZ u p fro n t unti l the pipe fell o ff. H e held o ff Maho ney's ha rd cha r~es unt il th e last lap, wh en Dou gla s ta ng led wah a no ther rider . Mah oney won ov er S COtt Dunlavey. bu t Malfaui sewed u p h is first n um ber o ne pl a te. which he will g lad ly sho w 0 [£ in Daytona , next March . T he 25Occ.B class saw Monty Ownby a nd Ga ry FarJ?ohave a treme nd ou s batt le u p fro n t, takin g first and . seco nd w ith Kenn y Lee Robert s thi rd to the two mot ocr ossers, Resu lts 125 H/ C : l . j oshua Boyki n (H un ): 2, Jot" Fernandez: " j usd n Ow nby (SUl), 60 B/C: I. And y H a nse n (H o n j; 2, Dar yl Gu ndnwm (li.aw): 3. Mik c= pa n erso n (Ya m). P/W: I. Davc= Ca uin (Yam ); 2. MikC" Erl (Yam ); 3. Mikc= H u m (SUl). SR AIR : I. Mark Muscio (Yam); 2. Da ve Go(Urc-y (Hun): ". Cha r!('s Pa het (Han ). 2SO A: I. Mike Preston ( Kaw) ; 2. Tory Bnmom (H a n ); 3. Rob Damr on (Yam ). O PEN' A: 1. T ory Bosu o m (Ho n); 2. Ben BoMrom ' H a n); 3. Pa ul Bost ro m (Han ). 250 B: I. Mon ty O wn by (SUl); 2. c.ony Fa rl(o (Yam ): 3. Kenny Roben s (Ya m ). OPEN BI C: 1. Da nn y Ha n (Bon ); 2. Tim O'Hara (Ka w); 3. Mike H urs t (Hon). 80 A: I. Eric Bos tro m ( K.aw): 2. Dan H ar ( Ka w) : 3. Rill y . Marr in [ Ka w] . " ·STR K: 1. Da v e Worthen (Ho n); 2. LP. Boy kin~ (Hn n ). Timonium, MD, NOV, 24 P ro m ot er Taylor Whi te scored h is th ird stra i/lh t 250cc fin al a t the fifth a nd fin a l Baltimor e Co u n ty Trail R iders/ Cockeysville O p tim ist Clu b-spo nsor ed Indoor Sho rt Track. Also winning for th e second ti me in th ree weeks was Rodney Farris in the 250cc Pro class, wh i le Todd Winsett took hi s third 80cc win, wh ich he needed sin ce he and Paul Lync h were tied on po ints, with Winsett tak ing the ti tle by virtue of most wins , th ree to Ly nch 's two. T errance Os enbach also took h is thi rd win, but he on ly en tered three races . New winners were Mike Hacker ba nti n g Ken Co o lbe th for the l25 cc wi n and Charles Majeski pa ssing Mar k Burkh older o n th e 10th lap for the 360cc win. Wh en th e 80s pulled up to th e line, on ly ' four points separa ted L ynch and Winsert. But J erry Al ex ander gra b bed th e lea d fro m Winsett, Mik e McKee, Roy Miller and Ly nc h. Wins ett tried to get by o n the seven th lap, but both drifted high givi ng McKee the lead. McKee fell on th e 10th lap , giving Winsert the lead. Ly nch took o ver second o n the 12th lap , but could n't get close enough to Winsert to make a mo ve. The I 25cc poi nt ba ttle was almo st wrapped up by Robert Mill er before th e ni g h t bega n . All he had to do was make it to the sem i a nd even th e po in ts for last wou ld pu t h im over the top o f Kevin Varnes. Miller wa s in th e lead in hi s hea t whe n he fell and finished fifth o ut o f the sem i. But Varnes had to tak e first o r second i n th e semi and win the fin a l to tak e the ti tle. H e g- ve it hi s best , bu t he fell d wh ile tryi n g to take seco nd from T odd Sti th on th e final turn. With th e war decid ed , it was ti me for th e ba tt le. Ken Coolbeth a nd Mike H acker quick ly jumped way i n fro nt o f the fiel d with Mike Johnsto n in fron t o f Brett Fri edel and Sti th . Stith fell on th e fifth lap and Coolbe th went hi gh and H acker went under Stith as H acker eme rged wit h th e lead . Hacker held it to th e end wit h Coolbeth ridi ng the co nc rete ova l like a smooth clay o val, rig ht on h is tail to the end. Whi te had clinch ed th e class titl e th e previo us week a nd sai d he wanted to dedi ca te the title to cl ub memb er and T imo n iu m an no u ncer Brian Van Wri ght who was in a serio us auto acciden t two weeks before the sta rt . At the gree n light, last year's cham p Mik e Mester took th e lead from White. G reg Donad io and Rich ar d Foard. Do nad io passed White for seco nd in the early laps. but White regained seco nd after a few la ps, a nd then sta rted after Mester. With two laps to go. White shot under Mester as th ey went into the first turn for the lead. Anothe r close battle for points cham pion· ' ship was in the 360cc division wh ere two-time cha mp J oe Whi te had hi s lead cu t to six and a ha ll poi nt s by Mark Bur kh older's semi wi n. At th e start o f the final, Burkholder shot into th e lead , but White managed to cut across from h is nex t-t o-la st spot to follow Burkholder o ut o f th e second turn. The race was stop ped o n th e fourth lap beca use o f a crash. Burkho lder led th e sin gle-file restart, with White and Ch ar les Majeski eine rg ing as the top three. Once he go t ro lling, Maj eski sliced by White just past th e halfway poin t, wh ich wou ld have gi ven Burkholder th e titl e. but Majeski wanted the win, as he go t past Burkholder th ree laps later , After fall ing while in a co mma nd ing lead in last week 's semi . Rodney Farris kept the H onda up this week as he demonst rated wh y he is the one to usua lly beat wh en he's o n, a s h e q ui ck ly jumped in fron t o f Paul Crumlin~, Georgie Price, Mike Varnes and T om Majeski. Majeski got under Varnes for fourth on th e fifth lap , while Pr ice got un der Cru m ling a few laps later , wi th Majes ki co m ing a lonl'; before Cr u mling regained his routi ne. WhI le Farris J'umped into seco nd o vera ll, Bob Sweeten ha claimed the tit le just by making th e field for the fina l. Results 50: l. T erra na Ose n bach (h i) : 2. j;t nm John!\ n (Ya m): o 3. Bran don Bill. (H o n); 4. T om Skt'th wa y ( ~(Jn) : 5. Willi am RUMeJl (Han ). t 80: l , Todd Win wott (H o nj: 2. Pau l Lync h (Hn n): 3. Ro y Mill er (KT M): 4. J t rry Alexa nder ( Kaw ); 5. Brian Bi ~ low (Raw ). 125: I. Mike H acker (l i on); 2. Ken Coolbeth (H u n ); 5. Mikr j o h nston (Ya m ): '1. Ken Yoder (Yam); 5. Brett Friedel ( Ka w) . ~~dl~ T~Y)'~;: ~hRti~~~rdnt;v~i~~~);tf. ~~hJ;:'F~~~ (Y am ). 360: I. Ch ar les Majesk i [Bul ]: 2. Mark Bur kholder (Bu l]; ::I . J oe \\' h ite (H · D ): 4. Paul S hoe ma ker (H a n ); 5. Cl arenre Bull (Han ). 250 PR O : L Rod ney Farri s (Hen ): 2. Georgie Pri ce (Ya m): .5 'fum Majeski (Yam ): 4. Pa ul Cr u mling (H un); 5. Bob . Swrt"len (KiI w ). H ON 50 PIT BIKE CH ALL: I. T om Majesk i (H a n ): 2. Larry weiss (H o n ); 3. Paul Sh oem a ker (Ho m: -l. Charles Ma jn ki (Ha n ): 5. Rob Smith (Hun). Beyers bag A1!>~ny Supercross wins By Clay Light ALBA.I/)', OR, DEC. 2 ' Ro und five o f the Mot ocr oss No rth wes tsa nc tio ned winter Seri es held a t Alba n y Supercros s saw th e Beyer br o thers, G ary and Don , sco re win s in incred ibly muddy cond ili o n s d ue to we ll ov er t h ree inc hes o f p recipi ta tio n that fell in thr ee days. Gary won the combi ne d Pro class, whi le Dan won th e 250cc Beginner class. . . 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