Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

David Lynch sco red two mot o wm s after near-perfect riding in the Vet Intermedi ate class. Only Steve Ra wson came close in the second mo to. " Rawson was tough, I think he is going to be my main adversary th e rest . of the series," Lynch sai d. Shawn Morga took a well -earned first moto win over th e second p lace battle betwen Steve Ko taj ar vi and Sean Pagel in the first 125cc Intermediat e moto. " Pagel was pushing hard, but this - is my home track and I wasn't going to let him by without.a fight, " Kota jarvi said. Kotajarvi too k it wire to wire in the second moto with Pagel in pursuit the entire distance. Morga had a bad start and co uld finish no better than fourth a fter a length y battle with Jason Simmo ns. Pagel' s pa ce slowed on the fina l-laps as he op ted to secure second whil e Kotajarvi took the moto and overall win. CN Results 80 BEG D·I: I. Regina ld Mitchell (Suz): 2. Kevin johnstone (Kaw); ~ . laso n Fo nseca (Kaw); 4. Step han Cox (RM); 5. Ryan Banford (Kaw). 80 BEG 0.2: I. Jimmy O'Neal (H on); 2. Cory Sievers (Suz): 3. Jessie MorCen (Ka w ); 4. Sco tt Madison (ka w ): 5. David Ho pfe (Kaw ). 80 NOV: I. Pau l Ito (Suz): 2. Shaun Peroilio (Suz); 3. Jason Ril ey (Kaw); 4. Jos hua Amaradio (H o n); 5. Jason H o ward (Kaw). 80 INT: I. Grell Yearsley (Kaw ): 2. J ason Reed (Suz): 3. David Ferner (Kaw): 4. Chris Wheeler (Kaw). 80 EX: I. Cr.ug Decker (Kaw ): 2. Steve Andrich (Kaw); 3. Larry L mkogle (Suz). 125 BEG 0.1: I. Chris Corum (Hon ): 2. Bryan Cro ft (Kaw); 3. Bobby Navarro (Suz); 4. Wayne Hunter (S uz); 5. Kevin Weston. 125 BEG 0.2: I. Joey Cirocco (Yam ); 2. Aaron L am b (S uz) ; 3. joe Fe r na ndez (S u z); 4. Bill McNa ma ra (Ya m ); 5. Charles Gonzales (Suz). 125 NOV 0.1: I. Grant Gaspar (Suz); 2. E.J . Wright (Suz): 3. Tracy Asher (Suz): 4. J .J . Petchel (H on ); 5. Nick Mor gan (Suz). 125 NOV 0.2: I. Kelly Poor (Hon); 2. David MacFarl an e (Kaw); 3. Shay Fretwell (Suz): 4. Da vid Chase (Kaw): 5. Shawn Mdn lOsh (Kaw). 125 INT 0.1: I. Steven Ko tajarvi (Kaw): 2. Sean Pagel (Suz); 3. Shawn Morg a (Ka w); 4. Jason Simmon s (Kaw); 5. Todd Davis (H on). . 1251NT 0.2: I. Spud Walters (Kaw): 2. Bill y FellS (Kaw); 3. Dam on Hullman (Kaw): 4. Brian Deega n (Kaw); 5. Freddie Willdorl>(Suz): 125 PRO: I. Kyle LewIS (Yam); 2. Mike Chamberla in (Yam ); 3. All a n Dyck (Ya m): 4. Tracy Bachman (H a n ); 5. Bre tt Devries (Suz ). 250 BEG 0.1: I. Greg Perolio (H on ); 2. Ro n Sharp (Yam) ; 3. Jason Cable (Yam); 4. CT. Fa lk (Ya m): 5. Pat McDon ou gh (Suz). . 250 BEG D-2: 1. Joe Fernandez; 2. Du stin Chapin (Hon); 3. Rodney Thomas (Yam ); 4. Richard Worley (Yam): 5. Gary Yearsley (Yam). 250 NOV 1).1: 1. Nick Morgan (Suz); 2. Sha wn Mdmosh (Kaw) ; ! . H a ns Wern er (Han ); 4. Tracy Asher (Suz); 5. J osh Rolle (Yam ). 250 NOV D-2: 1. Ch uck Bagwell (H o n): 2. Grant Gaspar (Suz); 3. O wen Dick son (Yam); 4. Greg G idding (Kaw); 5. Nick Atha ns (Yam ). . 250 tNT 0.1: I. Sha wn Morga (Kaw ); 2. Steven Kotaj arvi (Ka w);!. Sean Pagel (Suz) ; 4. Juan Mo ral es (Yam); 5. Robbie Dunham (Yam ). 250 INT 0.2: 1. Billy Felts (Kaw ): 2. Mark Easley (Yam); 3. Damon Hu llm an (Kaw); 4. Steve Drew (Yam ); 5. Rob Drew (Yam ). 250 PRO: 1. Donny Sch m it (Suz); 2. Kyle Lewis (Yam ); 3. Mik e Ch am berl ain (Ya m) ; 4. Bader Manneh (Yam); 5. Joe Waddington (KTM) . 500 BEG: I. DaVId Glass (ATK); 2. Gary Doggett (Hon ); 3. Johnny Cross (Kaw); 4. Chuck Harts field (Hon). 500 NOV: 1. Phil Go u ld (Kaw); 2. Ch uck Bagwell (Hon); 3. Steve T ollison (H on); 4. Louie Peick (Kaw); 5. Mall Wyckoll (Hon). 500 INT: 1. Ra y Mcfntosh (Kaw): 2. Mark Easley .. (Yam); 3. Kelly Pich e! (Kaw): 4. ScOIl McKey (AT K); 5. J ason Simmon s (Kaw). 500 PRO: I. Will y Musgzave (ATK) ; 2. Mike Hooker (Hon); 3. La nce Undershulu (Kaw); 4. Bob Rutten (Hon); 5. Gary Sai lors (Kaw). 2!>-29 BEG : 1. Ron Sh urp (Yam ); 2. John Da vis (Suz); 3. R ichard Wor ley (Yam) : 4. CT. Fa lk ; 5. Walter Wright (Yam ). 2!>-29 NOV: 1. Nick Athans (Yam) ; 2. Mike Lillie (Suz); 3. Bari Waal k (Suz): 4. Lo uie Peck (Kaw): 5. GIq" founta in (Yam ). 2!>-29 INT: 1. Ri ch Truch inski (KTM ): 2. Steve Piat ton i (Suz); ! . Mark Duval (Han ); 4. Loren Pochiroui ski (Han); 5. David Lynch (Han). 30-39 NOV 0.1: I. Greg Perolio (Suz); 2. Randy Pa ulin; 3. David H oll a nd (Hon): 4. Ran dy Wysocki (Kaw); 5. Lenny Baker (Kaw). 30-39 NOVD-2: 1. Davidlahn (H on ): 2. Lu c Deley (Suz); 3. Joe Johnson (Kaw): 4. Tom my Bracken. (Kaw); 5. Gary Yearsley (Yam ). • 3 3O- 91NT: 1. David Lynch (Hon); 2. Steven La uler (Yam ); 3. Steve Raw son; 4. Robert Sheldon (Yam) ; 5. Steve Fry (H on). 30-39 PRO: I. Ken Zahzt (Yam); 2. Micltael Preston (Kaw); 3. Clark J on es (Yam); 4. Mark Whi te (Hon); 5. Bob Rutten (Hon ). OT NOV: I. Ron Tuzin ski (H on) ; 2. Erv Rolfe (Yam); !. Man uel ~rrano (Yam); 4. Tom Eberly (Ho n); 5. Robert Wyckoll (Hon). OT INT: 1. Bob Du nham (Yam ): 2. Geo rge Spearing (Hon); 3. T om m y Pearl (Hon); 4. Adrian Mesa (Ho n); 5. W.G. Wilson (Suz). OT EX: 1. T om White (Hon): 2. Jim O 'N eal (H on ); 3. Alan Ol son (Hon); 4. Alan Kent (Kaw); 5. BU Sier La wrence (Yam). The series points leader in the Vet Pro class, Alex Jorgensen (44), ch ases Vet and Open Pro winner Eric McKenna ( I) . GFI Winte r MX Series North: Round 2 Crumb on top at Marysville By Bill Spencer MARYSVILLE, CA, JAN. 6 eam Gr een 's Ra y Crumb pi cked up the pace a t th e seco nd round of the G FI North Series, winning the 250cc Pro show at Ri verfront Park on the banks of the Feather River, betw een Yub a City and Marysvill e. More th an 400 riders turned ou t for ano the r fun day of motocross raci ng. Fa i rf ield Kawasak i/ Yoko/ I nter link/Bi eff e/ P ro Circu i t-spon so red Crumb delivered a 1-2 punch for his wi n over Ri cky Ryan and Jed Green while Suzuki-mounted Ryan aced both l25cc Pro class motos, with Crumb second over Ch ris Nea l. Eric McKenna turned a 3-1 moto perfor ma nce into the overall wi n in the 500cc P ro class . Sixteen pro s in the 250cc P ro class gated with Cru mb the man 10 bea t, Combined with his Sandhill placi ngs, he now leads the GF1 North 250cc Pro series poi nt stan di ngs as they head for Huron Cycle Park. Ryan was slo w getting off th e line in th e first moto. " I haven 't been riding much ," he said, "and so I was tryin g to wor k my way up and I bai led twice." His efforts weren 't entirely fu tile, and he wo n the second moto for a 4-1 tally and second overall. j ad Green , riding for Dublin Kawasaki/ Su zuki on an RM , looks 10 be a conte nder with two fin e efforts which were good for th ird overall over Brian Call, Pat Bennets and Mike Mannig. Larry Coleman , on the Jorgy' s KX, had a third in the first round but coul d on ly muster a 14th for eig hth overa ll, just in front of John T ho mas who had a pair of eigh ts. Larry Dashiell mad e one of hi s infrequent visits to the rac ing scene and won the opening Open Pro moto over England's Brian Wheel er on th e MPC KTM. McKenna fin ished th ird, but th en returned in th e second moto, more invigorated, to win and take the overall victory with Wh eeler second wi th a 2-2 over Dash iell's 1-3. J erome Heiberger too k fourth with Dennis Sweeten tak ing fifth o ver a disappointed Eric Sandstrom, wh o had r turned in a fine first round showing at Sandhill Ranch. McKen na visi ted the pay window twice, winning both motos in the Vet P ro divisio n. That class, o nce again, brought out a big tu rn out of still great racers , led by Alex Jorgensen, who ha d taken the overall at Sandhill, beating out Ken Zahrt. J or gen sen leads th e Vet P ro poi nt standi ngs with h is 3-2 combination and a second for the day . Clayton Blood too k over second in the point s by beat ing J orgensen in the first moto an d then trailing for the third overall with fellow Concord Mo torsports rider Irv Achziger fourth over Dave Wood. Ryan 's DH Cycle Suzuki had the l25cc Pro class wired in both rnotos wi th Crumb having to ba ttle wit h J oe Bru ce in the first moto and then a combination of Greg Tirheimer and Chris Nea l in the second moto, Ri ch Thorwaldsen once again showed the O ld Timer Experts the way around the racing facility, winning both motos with Orego n 's J im Lam ki n posti ng a pair of r unner-u p performances over Terry Sage and Jim Galatioto. Mike Bran des once again p icked up a pair of wins in bo th th e 250 and 125cc Intermediate classes. H e topped Tyler H u mmel in bo th 250cc motos wit h Oregon 's Ryan Huffman th ird over J eff Brownlee and Eric Du Cray. Danny Nelson and Hummel had to battl e for seco nd and th ird beh ind Brandes in the 125cc class with Nelson second with a 5-2 tally and Hummel third with a 4-3. Rob y Leach joined the lour 'and topped the 500cc Intermedi ate class bash wit h a pair of wins o ver Brett Ham ilton who was second in both motos. CN Results 250 PRO: 1. Ra y Crumb (Kaw) 1·2; 2. Rick Ryan (Suz) 4-1; 3. Jed Green (Suz) 2-4; 4. Bria n Ca ll (Suz) 5-5: 5. Pat Bennell (Suz) 9-3. 125 PRO: 1. Rick Ryan (Suz) 1·1; 2. Ray Crumb (Kaw) 2-4; 3. Chris Nea l (Suz) 5·3; 4. Joe Bruce (Ya m) 3·7; 5. Danny Pa ladino (Yam) &-3. OPEN PRO: 1. Eri c McKen na (Honl 3-1; 2. Bria n Wheeler (KTM ) 2·2: 3. Larry Dashie I (Hon ) 1-3; 4. Jerome Heibergn (Hon ) 4-4; 5. Den nis Sweeten (Kaw) 5·6. VET PRO: I. Eric McKenna (Hon) I- I; 2. Alex Jorge",en (Suz) 3-2; 3. ClaYlOn Blood (Hon) 2·3: 4. Irv Achziger (Hon ) 5-5: 5. Dave Wood (Kaw ) 4- 7. OT EX: I. Rich Torwaldso n (Hon) 1·1; 2. J im Lamki n (Hon) 2·2; 3. Terry Sage (H on ) 3·3 : 4. J im Gal atiot o (Hon ) 5-4; 5. Larry H artnel' (Suz) 4·5. OT INT: I. Craig Wa tlS (Suz) 1·1: 2. Leroy Smi th (Hon) 3-2; 3. Bob Fabel (Yam) 2·3; 4. Fra nk Trier 5-4; 5. Rob Ri ven bark (H on) 4·3. \ OT NOV: I. Randy Birckelbaw (Yam ) 1· 1; 2. AI Garrahan (Hon) 2·2; 3. Don Flaner (Kaw) 3·3; 4. Pa t Graham (H en ) 5·4; 5. Charles Ruiz (Hon) 4· 5. WM N: I. Debbi e Arbogast (H on ) 1·1; 2. Rh on da Cruze(Yarn ) 2·2; 3. Julie Sweeten (Hon) 3-3. VET INT: I. Dave Eaki n (Ho n) I-I ; 2. Tavin Weinrick (Suz) 2-3; 3. Kay Spore (Kaw) 4·2; 4. Craig Lane [H e n} 5-4; 5. Rich T'imassi (Kaw ) ! -6. 250 INT: I. Mik e Brades (Kaw) 1·1; 2. Tyler Hummel (Suz) 2·2; 3. Ryan Huffman (H on) 3·3: 4.Jell Brownlee (Suz) 4-4: 5. Eri c DuCray (H on ) 55. OPEN INT: I. Rob y Leach (KTM ) I- I : 2. Breu Ha m ilto n (Hon) 2·2; 3. Terry Lakely (ATK) 4·3; 4. Randy Gavron (Hon ) 3-4: 5. Dave Kopels (Kaw). 65. 125 INT: I. Mike Brandes (Kaw ) 1·1: 2. Dan ny Nelson (Kaw) 5·2; 3. T yler Hummel (Suz) 4·3: 4. J ell Brownlee (Suz) 3· 4; 5. Eric DuCray (Ho n ) &- 5. PIW: I. Randy Norman (Yam ) 1·1; 2. Robb ie Harold (Yam) 2-3: 3. Jaso n Wait e (Yam ) 5·2: 4. Chris Lo redo (Yam ) 6-4; 5. Seth Jordan (Ya m ) 4·7. . IlO N OV: I. Jell Baldwin (Kaw) 1·1; 2. Jason Hatcher (Hon) 3·2: 3. Jerry Harvey (Suz) 6·3; 4. Brian Cruz (Kaw) 5·5: 5. J ohn Zinda (Kaw) 4·7. 80 EXJlNT: I. Casey Jo hnson (Kaw); 2. Beth Young (Hon) 3·2; 3. Brett Klinger (Kaw) 2·3. 2!>-29 NOV : I. am Fernandez (Kaw) 3· 1; 2. Manny Ornellas (Kaw) 2·2; 3. Steve Matlock (Ya m ) 1-4; 4. Paul Anna nda (Hon) 4·3; 5. Joe Prosch (H o n) 5· 5. . 2!>-29 BEG: I. T om Johnson (Hon ) 1· 1: 2. J o hn Lee (Suz) 2-3; 3. Brian Paterson (Kaw) &-2. 25·29 I NT: I. Dove Montgomery (Yam) 1·1; 2. Diet er Kla using (Yam ) 2·2; 3. Scou McCo y (Kaw) 4·3; 4. T o ny Berry (Hon ) 3·6; 5. Pa ul Taylor (Hon) '&-4. 'O P EN BEG : I. Rich Townsend (Ho n ) 1·1; 2. Bill Stone (Kaw) 3-2; 3. Jim Vandiver (Hon) 2·3. OPEN NO V: I. Mike Heth (Kaw) 1·1; 2. Rich H ollen beck (Hon ) 2·2; 3. Blayne (Hollenbeck (4-3) 4. Will Van Tassel (H on) S-5; 5. J ay Spear (Hon) &-6 . VET NOV 0.1: I. Jim DiYorio (AT K) 2·1; 2. R ich Tiago (H o n) 3-2; 3. Alex Chellew (Yam ) 4·3: 4. Jesse G uymon (Kaw ) 5·4; 5. Rod Duni venr (Kaw) 6-5. VET NOV 0.2: I. Rick La ne (H o n ) 1·1; 2. Troy DeHerrera (Ya m ) 2-2: 3. Ed Kozenko (Suz) 3·3; 4. John Delagres (Ho n ) 4-4; 5. Randy Batsell (Kaw) 7-5. 125 NOV 0.1: I. Shawn Pa rks (Kaw ); 2. Pa t McGov ern (H on ) 4· 1; 3. Pa u l Han sen (H on ) ! .!; 4. Do nova n Pal cencia (Yam ) 1-6; 5. Ra ndy Ritchie (Kaw) 5·4. 125 NO V 0.2: I. J ake Windham (Kaw) 1·1; 2. Greg No rman (Hon) 2·2; 3. Pete Whipple (Kaw) 4·3: 4. Eddie Zinda (Kaw ) 3·4; 5. Brett Whitmore (Suz) &8. 125 BEG 0.1: I. Brian Barringt on (Suz) 1-2; 2. Mike Rudolph (Kaw) 4·3; 3. Ezic Pacill as (Suz) 3· 4; 4. John Cunni ng ha m (Suz) 5·5; 5. Anthony Lowery (Suz) 13·1. 125 BEG 0.2: I. David Ca lderon (Yam) 2· 1: 2. joh n Newe ll (Yam) 1-2; 3. Larry Pacini (Hon) 4· 3; 4. Blaine Sollazz i (Kaw) 1()'5: 5. Mike H ernandez (H o n) 8-7. . 80 BEG 0.1: I. Dan Martin (Suz) 1· 1; 2. An tho ny Aranda (Kaw) 2·2: 3. Chad Salter (Suz) 4-5: 4. Nick No rthrop (Suz) 3·6: 5. Bill y Bright (Hon) 5-7. 80 BEG 0.2: I. Chad Burl eson (Hon) 1· 1; 2. Marc Henderson (Suz) 2·2; 3. Kevin Eakin (H on ) 4·2 ; 4. . Chad Hodges (Kaw) 3-3; 5. Ben Shank (Suz) &-4. 60: I. Jell Northzop (Kaw) 1.1; 2.Jess Medl ey (Kaw) 2·2; 3.Jason Bowden (Hon) 3·4; 4. T oby J orgen sen (Kaw) 5·3: 5. Steve Wan ger (Kaw) &-4. 250 NOV 0.2: I. J ohn Demler (Hon) 1· 2: 2. Rich Co mer (Hon ) &-1 ; 3. Ron Gilligan (Hon) 4·3: 4. Keith Antes (Hon) 3-5; 5. Rank Nybac k (Yam ) 2·8. 250 BEG 0.1: I. Ri ck La ne (Hon ) 2-1; 2. Rich Tow nsend (Hon) 3·2; 3. Eric Pueill as (Yam) 1-4; 4. Do mi nic Go mez (Yam ) &-3; 5. Mall Kidwell (Suz) 4-6. 250 BEG 0.2: I. Kerry n Co te (Kaw) 2· 1; 2. Derek Wa tk in s (Hon) 1·2: 3. Ri chard Cla rk (Kaw) 3-3; 4. Mark H od ges (Suz) 4·7: 5. Tom Gonzales (Suz) 9· 4.

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