Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

McElroy exp la ined, -".1 misjudged the gate and got my wh eel against it just in time to see the pack go ." Dowd said, ·" These poor start s are killing me. I've go t 10 ge t of f th e ga te bet ter. " Mo ta two fea tured McElroy a nd DeVan e a t the point ahead of Michael T r ea dw ell , . R o ss P ed er son , Ch r is Co leman, Nau mec a nd Dowd. DeVane said, " I go t out of shape in a berm , Brian ran into me and I cras hed . It wasn 't a big dea l; just part of raci ng. " DeVane recovered for an eventual ninth place finish a nd fourth overall. McElroy ruled for three laps, but Naumec picked up the pace and took th e lead o n la p four. Naumec, who refused knee surgery early in the season, said, " T he kn ee felt good today, but it got a lillie tired at the end. I thin k th e bike was overheating as well." McElroy explained his return for the win. " When I took the lead, I panicked and started losing co ncentr a tio n . When Naumec got by , I took it easy, found some good lines, a nd passed him back. I saw Dowd co m ing up lat er , but I know I didn't have La beat him. " The 125cc Expert class featured Lusk, Ferry a nd Barton taking shifts in th e lead. Barton , who to pped the firs t mota a nd overall said, " Lusk was fast o n the clay section, but I had a n advantage in th e sandy part." Ferry rode a £lawless secon d mo to for second overa ll. McElro y used two 250cc Expert mot a wins to tu ne up for his Pro race o n Sunday. He said, " I got good starts, b ut knew that Anthony Pagg io was back th ere. I wanted th e kid to come up a nd ra ce with me." Paggi o explained, I was up with Bria n at the sta rt, but he he ld the outs ide for th e lead a nd set a fast pace. I j ust wasn 't able to reel him -in. " Earl May mov ed u p well 10 sco re a second in mo ta two and th ird overall . beh ind Pagg io. New Yorker Bi ll y Si lvarole earned the number four spot. Tyson Hadsell preserved h is perfect reco rd in th e Pee Wee class, topping T an ner Mat hi s and J oshua Fa us ti no. Don Leddy held on to the 65cc series lead wi th a pair of perfect motos. The 85cc (12-13) du el between Kevin Windham and Robbie Skaggs resumed in ea rnest, with Wi nd ha m ta king a pair of wins. Kenn y Ya h a a nd J a so n Sybert worked on Greg Rand in th e 85cc (1415) class. Sybert used a lapped ri der 10 pass Rand in mot a one , but Rand rega in ed the fron t in mot o two, wi th Yoh o seco nd overall. Lusk looked unbea tabl e in the l 25cc Youth class, bu t Ferry kep t th e pressu re o n a nd took advantage o f a L usk m iscu e for the wi n. Lusk sa id,'" I won th e first mo ta a nd was a hea d o f Timmy in the seco nd. I fell in th e deep sand , a nd got ca ugh t under th e bik e." P at Barton snagged his second overa ll win of th e day in the +25 division a fter sharing rnot o win s wit h Earl May; Pereni al class favori te Kevin Fol ey bl ew o ut a k nee a n d was side lined . In the +30 and +35 class Alan Andreu, Robbie Neeley and Johnny Bord ers put o n so me fire wor ks . An dr eu roosted the +30 field; but Neeley topped Bo rders in a p hoto fin ish in the fina l +35 mo to. Gary Pea k and Tom Bra gg ea rned +40 mo to wi ns, but Warner Wil bourn used consistency for th e da y's overall win. Kevin Night drove all th e wa y from Panama City 10 ea rn his first 500cc B win of the yea r, upstaging Christian Smith and Rodney Ohr. Knight said, Vince DeVane (106) leads the first 250cc Pro moto, followed by Carl Vaillancourt, Brian McElroy (71) and the field . "I had mo re pull than O h r and o nce I almost landed o n him in a turn: Ohr, wh o broke hi s co llarbo ne ove r T ha n ksgivi ng moved to first in th e series with secon d overall. ai Results 125 PRO: l. Ti mm y Ferry ( Ka w) : 2. Barr y Carten (S Ul); 3. Ca r l Vai llanco u rt (Hon); - . Pat Ba rt on (S u); 1 5. Michael Treadwell (SUl ); 6. Amhon y Paggio (Kaw); 7. Ross Ped erson (Suz); 8. Bill Silvaro le r Ka w); 9. Tim Denardis (Ka w) ; 10. Mike Brown (Ho n ). 250 PR O : I. Bria n McElro y (SUL); 2. J ohn Dowd (Ho n ); 3. Gene Naumec (Kaw) : 4. Vinc e Devane (H o n ); 5. Michael T readwel l (S Ul); 6. Ross Ped erson (Sur): 7. Earl May (Yam) 8. Pa l Bart on (SUl ); 9. Ca rl Vaillancourt (H o n ); 10. J ust in j ackson (Su z). 12.5A: I. Pa t Bart on (Suz); 2. T immy Ferry ( Ka w): 3. Anthon y Paggi o (KawO 4. Bill y Silvarole { Ka w): ; 5. Richard Wetzel (Hen) . 250 A: I. Brian !\tsie Ball ard (Ka w ): 5. Mall Walker (Kaw ). 80 7~11: 1. Ricky Carmichael {Ka w) : " 2. Maso n Williams (SUI); 3. Jon Oxford (S UI) ; 1. Adam Ra ke (Ya m); 5. Da rren Mcll elha uan (Hon). 85 12~1 3 : I. Kevin Windham ( Ka w ): 2. Robbie SkaW (Kaw); 3. Michael Pea , (S Ul ); 4. j arren 'Tipping (SUl); 5. josh Kieh y (SUl). 85 14·15: I. Gr

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