Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

eLOCAL EVENTS e and Strangfe1d roost ed on to win the race, but o nly fin ish ed third overa ll. Croft on ce again occ up ied th e second spot and won th e o vera ll lor the day by virt ue 01 Legga te's th ird place fini sh in mote two. Results JR: I. john Srra ng fefd: 2. Corey Foemmel. RUBB ER : I. Gerry T hr une, 2. Pel t"Th" S; 3. Jack Po tter . SPTSMN : J. Be'1I UWili; 2. Dan Ryun; 3. Dou g x onbein. NOV MX: I. John gonnenber g: 2. Jao;(' j ohnson : 3. AI Bakk e. PR O MX: 1. Tom Croft; 2. Ra y 1..t"KKale; 5. Larry Stra ngf eld. 250 STU D NOV : I. Hob Baun-h; 2. T om Cr oh; 5. Ra y l..e~'ba~TUD P RO : 1. Cli H Ed"; 2. Gf'tT")' Thrune; 5. ScOIl Winkl er. OPEN STU n NOV: 1. Buck y Lorentz; 2. Sam Ma ki ; 5. Ed Crothers, • O PEN STUD PRO: 1. Rob Kohner; 2. Gerry Throne: 3. SCOlIWink1M. Graves gasses it to Willow Springs F·l win Joe Waddington topped both motos of the 250cc Pro class at Perris MX. Rob Brown (18) grabbed the second moto ho leshot ahead of Jeremy Giroir (43J) and Chris Matthew (36C) in the 125cc Beginner class at Carlsbad Raceway. court again. Vaillancourt then crashed on the front straighta way lett ing Treadwell by. At the finish it was DeVan e, McElroy and Brown. Results PIW: 1. J OlIh Faus ti no (Yam) ; 2. Tanner Malhis (Ya m ); 3. Jam e!> Stewart (Ya m); -t. Kmn y Burkholder (Yarn):!t. Dere k Jac kson (Yam). 80: 1. Ricky Ca rm ichae l (Raw); 2. Knmy Yoh o {Kaw ): 3.JaliOn 5yl>t'rt (Ha n ); 4. John Hillman (Suz); 5. Mike Peat (Su e). . 123 AM: I. Brad Lock ha rt (SUl); 2. Anth on y Pocm ob ba (Hon); : Ho mer w ool slaver (Ho n ); 4. Robert Knn l> (Ha n): t 5. David Sanderson (H o n ). 250 AM: I. Brad Loc khart (SUl) ; 2. R ich ard Dnro5i~ (5Ul) ; 3. Jo hn vamilder (Ha n); 1. Jo hnny Hudson (Yam): S.Oui. Locke (Ha n). 500 AM: 1. Richa rd Desrosiers (SUl) ; 2. Joh n Gra ziano (Ka w ): 3. Tom z epp (Ho n): 4. Ro b McDo w (Ho n ). 125 PR O: l. Ezra Lusk (Suz): 2. Mike Brown (Ha n); 3. Carl Vaillanc ourt (Hon ): 1. Bria n McElroy (SUI); 3. SI~ Crow e (SUl). 250 P RO: I. vtnce ~Va nt' (Hun ); 2.. Bria n Mc Elro y (SUl ); 3. Mike" Brow n (H u n ); 1. J ohn Do wd (Hon); 3. Ro u Pede rso n (5 \17.). Malich motors to Carlsbad Motocross win By Dave Burgess CARLSBAD, CA, JAr;, 19 J oe Mali ch used 1-2 more fin ishes lO win th e hot ly-co nt ested 250cc Begin ner cla ss at th e Racing Enterprises Sa turday motocross at Carlsbad Raceway. Travis Louth er timed the ga te perfectly as he rock eted into the ea rly lead of mot o o ne, with Willi am Pa wasarat and Mal ich in tow . Co mi ng down th e freeway seclion Pawasarat swept past Louther a nd took the lead. The next rider to cha lle nge Lo ut her was Mal ich and co m ing into a sweeper Ma lich stuffed Louther wi th the two riders making co ntact. . Ano ther ri der who was on th e mo ve was T odd Ehrler, who had come from a mi dpack start and was holdin g fou rth . At the half way po in t it was sti ll Pawasar at with a sli m lead over 'Ma lich , and Eh ler who had charged his way into th ird. On the last la p, Mal ich ma de hi s mov e a nd powered into the lead. T he checkered !lag came out under a yello w cautio n !lag as Mike Will ia mson was helped from the trac k a lter crashing in the whoops. Mal ieh too k the win foll owed by Pawasarat . Ehrler a nd Bob Massey. Out in (ront o f mot a two it was Ma ssey loll owed by Pawasar at. Mali ch and Ehrler. Mali ch mad e hi s move ear ly and cha rged to the lead on the ope ni ng lap . Mal ieh . Pa wasa ra t, Massey and Eh rler were no mor e th an a bik e length apa rt at the halfw ay po in t and as th e rid ers ente red a tight hai rpin turn, Pawasar at was sell ing up Massey for a pass when Ehr ler went around both of them. Ehr ler carr ied hi s mom entum to Mali ch 's rear fender, and blew by hi m over a drop-off. Ehrl er took the moto win. foll owed by Mali ch , Pawasa rat and Massey. 80 REG : I. Ma rc Knrg ie (SUl): 2. Ct-asar Ga l"'C"l (SUI); 3. Damian Pa lC"TSon tKotw ); 4. Colin Ebnly· (H u n) ; 5. $ran SIM'('n\On (Kaw). 80 JR : 1. I"k-nn i!o J on t"5 (Ho n ); 2. SIt"Ve Wi!lClom (K.il w). 125 BEG : I. G iu<,("ppt· ~ ... n na (KT M); 2. Ro b Bro wn ( SUi); a 3. C hri~ M;llIhe w (Yam) ; 4. Charh-!j, Simpwn (Ya m); 5. J O (' Wimlell (Kaw). 125 J R: I. T y Kady (Kaw); 2. Sha y Frrtwell (SUI ); , . Mar lon t r So...-y ( ~ w ); 4. M il a ~ l Sch..rlfl" (H o n ); 5. GTt"g Burchdl ( Kotw). 125 INT : I. J ohn Griffin (Stu). 250 REG : I. J Ot" Ma lich (Hon ); 2. R(xld Ehr lt"T (Ho n ); 3. Wi ll ia m P;lwa sar al (Ya m); 4. Rob M a ~~ (H o n ); 5. Brian Donah ut" (Ho n). 250 J R: I. Jory Men dfJZ41 (Ho n) ; 2. Han!l Wein t"T (Ho n) : 3. Giovan ni Sp ina li (H on) : 1. DU!>li n No nhrip (H o n) ; 5. Jrrr ~farl i n ("l. (Yam ). 250 INT : I. J a!\On McCormick (Hon); 2. Dusli n Hl'ikkinen tKa w); 3. n on RiC(" (Hon). 500 BEG : I. Ga ry Doggt"l1(Hon); 2. Mall 5k iUi ng io n (n o n ). 500 J R: I. Chri!'> PM"f'1 (Ho n) : 500 INT :!. Roben Fai li ng (Ho n ,; 2. Jeff Healy (KT M): 3. Todd Fr~i!llal (Ho n) . h PR O : I. Radf" Mannf" (Ya m ,; 2. J O!l('" Alamo (KT M); 5. r Fa b io Momi (Hon); 4. Moi ~5 Bt-rna rdel (Ya m ); 5. Abt'J Ikrnar del (Yam). VET PR O : I. j oe M erTih~ ; 2. Vin ce Det.u ca (Ho n); ,s. Allm Gc nji (Hon); -I. J im Odle (Hon); 5. Grant Pale nske (Yam ). 25-29 BEC : l. Mich ilC"l Ed war ds (SUl); 2.Makmo Kawah ar a [Hon ]: 3. Scou Ball (Hun); 1. Ja y Wol /rn (Ho n). 25-29 JR: I. Bad Bo y Bu rgess (Ho n ). . VET BEG : I. M:;mrin: M.lrcl.o;ri (Kaw); 2. Pelt"T Neumuelter o (H on ): 5. Don G uy Aya l.. (J(aw); 4. M a ~lo Ameda (Hu n) ; 3. Jes u!o Cas il las (Sw). VET JR: I. Rudy Cha Vt"1 (Ho n ): 2. JOM"ph Gom~l lC7 (Ma i): 5. Mi ke Horchli ss (Ya m ); 1. CarlUli j oh nston (Ya m ); 3. J uhn O'Grady (Ho n). VET INT : I. Brad Sherri ll (H on ); 2. Mikl" JonM; nuw ); 3. GraiJl; Rreihan (KT M). 250-29 INT : I. Too McKay (SOl ); 2. Ra nd y Mor a in tHon ). " VET EX : I. Rober t Fa ih nK (Hu n ): 2. Dr. Ga ry Dt- Furnl (H o n). OT JR: 1. Bru ce CflUlt"1I (SUI ); 2. Rob t'rl Berd yc'k (Ho n) ; 3. Fla n k Der by (Yam). OT INT : I. Tom Ebrr ly (Hun ); 2. Bill Malont" (H a n ); 3. Mikt"Slr ll (KT M); 4. OIU"'l. u.!olOn (Hu n ); 3. Ira Mr-ibc-rgl"( (Yam). OT EX: I. J ohn KniJl;hl (Ka w): 2. G:lry [)(lKK (Hu n ); t"1I j . Ge ne Phelps (SUI). ROMBE R A: I. Ro ber t Fa ihn g [Ya rn]: 2. Thomas Ergel har dt (YClm). Miller manhandles Vet Novices at Glen Helen By David Procida SANBERNARDINO, CA. JAN. 20 Suzuki Pil ot Duan e Miller- was flying low, at Californ ia Racing Club's G len Helen MX, to ta ke a pa ir of mot a wins and the overa ll victory in th e Vel Novi ce class . In moto one, Mill er ga ted hi s RM250 perlectl y to gra b the holeshot in the large Vet Novice class. H ot o n h is heels were Alex Spi ne lli. Honda-m ounted Louis Spr inger and an asso rt me n t of othe r riders. Springer wasted little time and displaced Sp ine lli before the st'Co lap began, but al so nd o n th e m o ve from mid·pa ck was Gary Songstad a nd Tony Mason . Song stad started in eig h th wit h Mason on ly inches beh ind as both riders found their way throug h traffi c. By mid .m oto, Miller had ope ned up a comlorta ble lead over a ha rd-charging Springer wh ile th e So ngstad· Mason steam-roller had mo ved into the number th n -e a nd fou r slots. Up front Miller too k the checkered followed by Springer, Son gstad , Mason a nd Arella no rounded o u t th e top five. . Mota two saw Mill er wi th the holcsh o t aga i n but a l mos t threw it away a s he enco u n tered th e firs t turn with a lillIe too mu ch speed. He backed off the th rottle a hair a nd hung on to take the lead with the pac k breathing down his neck. Spri nger started bell er th is time and was not abo u t to let th e Suzu ki rid er ge t away. Ma son was ho lding down th ird bu t was dropped back by Son gstad as they came down the lun g stra igh tway. Spine ll i was on the gas . blowin g by Mason a lap la ter alo ng with Arellan o chewing on h is rear fender. Up front Mill er had to bump-up the pace a not ch as Sp rin ger was a lillie too close for co m fort. There was no lelling.off for Springe r as Songstad was only a heartbeat beh ind. Miller took his second win lor the day and hi s first Nov ice class o vera ll wi n wi th Sp ringer capt uring second overall. Son gstad too k hom e thud a nd a four wa y tie for fourth went to Spinelli as Arell ano rounded o u t the top five with a pair of fifth s for the day. Another classic ballie was witnessed in th e Vet Int ermediate class as Mike Roch ester and Ch arli e Strong pu shed a nd shoved the ir way back and forth in second and third beh ind GeorRe Wall ace. Wall ace smoked to a pa ir o f mota win s leavin g second to be fou ghl over between Roch ester. Strong and J ere Mason . Mason edged out strong for third in moto on e. but Rot caug h t behind a mote-long du el between Rochester and Strong in moto two. Following Walla ce across the checkered was Rochester with Strong hanging onto his sh irttail. Mason had to settle for fourth thi s mota and th e overa ll results reflected the rnoto two fini sh in g order. Results P/W : I. J euia. Wahfimi l't"(Yam ). 60: I. Du stin R yl~ (K.!w ). : 80 BEG : I. Ca mero n Da vidliOn (Su z): 2. Sha wn Dolmage (SUI ); 3. Da nn y Woodard (Kaw); 1. Todd Ban leu (Kaw ). 80 NOV : I. Mike WN"d (Kaw); 2. Jimm ie ~er (Sm) . 125 BEG : I. JO{" H ern an d", (Ka w); 2. Malt Clemens (Ya m); 3. Fred Ogrim (DSR) ; 1. Richard SlfOWaTl (SUI); 5.Chud!. Dark er (Ya m ). 250 BEG : I. Alex Zapa ta (Ya m ); 2. DCI... d Martint""l (Ya m): i 3. Todd Ferguson (Yam) ; 1. Ran d j M.m io n (SUI); 3. M:u k Av a lds (Ya m). 125 NO V: 1. Brian Hubert (Ho n ); 2..J a100n u noll (H o n ). 250 NOV: l. G reg Keirn (Ya m ); 2. Rob BOllch rr (Ho n ). 500 NOV: 1. Richard Martinez (Kaw). 125 INT : 1. Sean G unrutk (Hon ). 250 INT: 1. Ken Neitze l (HDK). . 500 INT : I. Tim Harris (Yam ). 250 PR O : 1. Bryan R ich adson (Ya m ); 2. Bub J oh m on (SUl ). JR VET NOV : 1. Grt"X Kdm (Yam ); ,2. C.orn el l ['.anle r (Han ). VET BEG : 1. Donnie Qu.an!olJ'Om (Ha n ); 2. Mark Kin J; (Ho n) : 3. Bob Johm;on (SUI); 1. T im McCu e (Ho n); 5. Da... d i P roci da (AT K). VET NOV : I. Duan e Mill er (SUI); 2. Lu uiASp ri ng rt (l io n) ; 5. Car)lo Sonl{5tad (Han): 1. Alex Spi nel li (Ya m ); 5. Boh Arellano (H o n ). VET I~"T: l. George Wal lace (Ho n ); 2. Mic hael Roch nler ( Ha n ); 3. Charl ie Strong (Ho n ): 4. j ere M;n.o n (Yam ); 5. Ron Mallone ( H o n ). VET EX : I. Ro n Gi bson ( Ka w ). S R NOV : I. Jt-rry Wlx Kiol rd (Ya m ); 2. Joh n Pad!. (Ya m). SR EX: I. John H ueg el (H o n) . Kohner cruises to Monster Hall Ice Race win By Steve Meikle UNITY. WI. JAN. 20 Centra l \Viscon sin Ice Racing ca me to th e Mon ster Hall Cam pground lacilit y with Bob Kohner win ni n g bo th mo tos o f the O pen Pro Studded class on his Hon da po wered flat tracker. [n moto one. Scott Winkler had the lead initially , loll o wed by Steve Ka sten. Bob Kohner cam e fro m beh ind a nd sn atched th e lead away . Gerry T h rune finished second a nd Tony Kohner and Scott Winkl er follow ed in the third and fourth spots . T he second mo t~ prov ided so me of the best ,;ac tion seen th is seaso n. ~ob Kohner powered away with th e hol cshot and th e win , bu t nOl far beh ind was a lhree way ballie for th e second spot. T h ru ne, Winkler, and Kasten tu ssled for the second pos itio n a nd ended up in a dra g race for the chec kered out o f the last corne r. Bars were banging as Winkler was litera lly sand wiched betw een Thrune and Ka tsen . T hru ne ended up second for the moto and the day, Winkl er scored thi rd, a nd Kasten fin ished fourth. The 250cc Pro class saw Cliff Eckes gra b the hol esh ot a nd run away with the first moto wi n. G err y T hru me a nd Sco tt Winkl er exc hanged po sitions several times until Winkler found a hot lin e a nd made his pa ss stick. Winkler fin ished in second with T h ru ne close beh ind in th ird. T hru ne work ed hard to win the second moto. T hrune go t the holeshot , but Cliff Eckes ran on hi s rear wh eel the entire race. Eckes ra n up even lO Thrune go ing into the co rne rs, but cou ld not. com plete the pass. Although Eckes d idn 't score th e win th e seco nd mot o , he did take the overall lor the day . Leggate launched out of the starting !9'te to take the first moto holeshot. Leggate crUISed uncha llenged to the first moto win . T om Croft foll owed in second and Mark Hein eck fini shed third. Larry Stra ng feld, ga ted poorly and . sta lled hi s engi ne in corner th ree while trying to pass Hein eck. Strangfeld only managed a fifth beh ind Kurt Hu ckbody. St ra ng feld ga the red hi s th oughts a nd regrouped for moto two. Things hooked up By Eric Vincent ROSAMOND. CA, JAN: 18·20 New motorcycles and new eq uip men t cornbined for some exci ting racing action at the sea so n opener of American Road Racing Assocition compe titio n at Willow Springs International Raceway. Chuck Graves con tinued his win streak from last season in the Miller High-Life Formula On e Grand Prix race as he set out to retain his F-I titl e for a second consecutive year. Graves wasted no time taking the lead on his Michelin-shod, Mit ch Leonard-tuned Suzuki GSXRJlOO. with Jamie James in second a nd Brad Hazen in third. James lost second place wh en he ran off the tra ck in turn thr ee on lap two. Although he recovered and co n tin ued In th e race, he was now at the back. of the pa ck. T his gave Graves a considerable lead over H azen . The maj or battl e of the race began to develop for third p lace. In the early stages Robert Mill er was running third, but he soon had co mpe titio n from Barry Burk e. still recovering from a foot injury. Soo n to jo in the fray for third place were Yamaha TZ250 riders Nick lenatsch a nd Michael Grav es. Chuck's brother. For the rema inder of the race these four riders diced back and forth for the third pla ce spot, On lap II, Robert Mill er was abl e to take advantage of a lapped rider to move into third p lace and ga in some br eathing room from th e fierce compe tit io n of Burke. Ienatsch and . Graves. U nfort u na tely , as he rode into tum five on the fina l lap 01 the race, he lost the rea r end o n h is Suzu ki GSXR I IOU and cras hed . T his mishap gave Burke a ho ld o n thi rd pl ace with Ien at sch and Mich ael Graves co n tin uing th e baule for fourth. At the lini sh line, Chuck Graves easily too k the win with Hazen handily fini shing second. Burk e crossed the lin e in th ird and lenalSCh gave his TZ250 a fina l burst of speed to nose pa st Michael Graves a t the fin ish lin e to steal fourth. In Formula Two act io n , Ienatsh rod e hi s Del Amo Ya maha·sponsored TZ250 to a fir st p lace fin ish, with Michael Graves fini shing second a nd Kurt Kimbl e third. Kent Kunitsug u, wh o fini shed second to Ien atseh in the 1990 F-2 class cha mp ionsh ip . was racing hi s 1991 TZ250 for the first time. After finish in g fifth, Kun itsugu said he needs to work o n gett ing the bik e dial ed in more. Results 500 NOV : I. Troy O1 urch ( Ya m): 2.. Gt"Or~ Sm ym iotili (Ya m ): 3. Senti Stmbcrg (Ya m); "I: Douglas MacDonald; 5. Ken lk»cr (Yam ). 600 NOV : I. JO!o('ph Spi na (Ya m) : 2. Steve Brub ak er (Ya m); 3. Kt"... n M(U 'OI'y (Ya m); 1. J ..mes Janu (Yam); 5. D.....id i Au try (Yam ). . NOV 730 ·0 PEN : I. Mikt" Ro san o (SUl) ; 2. Kenn y Willia mM.ln(Yam ); 5. S1ev("( Sipprell (Kaw); 4. Tren l Kelven o (SUI): 3. R kh,u d John!) n. flO ST K PR O D: I. Mif:hat'l Benson (Yam ); 2. Raym ond Halll C"uck (Yam): 3. Bruc'e Rt"imt"T (H -D); 1. DClna Sad lo n (Yam) ; 3. Mark McDo nal d (Ya m ). 7SO+STK PR OD : 1. Kf'TIn y Kopecky (YClm ); 2. Eric Nu gn u (Hn n l; 3. J im VanVeg1et1 (Ya m); 1. RoIx-rl Sm il h (Suz ); 5. Ri( k Ku... o (SUI.). a 600 51ST: I. J ami e J Clmo (Yam): 2. Mich ael Benson (Yam ): 5. T um Aquino (Yam) ; 1. J. Andrrt" w Milton (Ya m ); 5, Bru tt Rt"imer( H ·D ). SOO STK P RO D: I. Ril (:hie Thoru p (Ya m); 2. HirOih i Nakajima (Ya m); 5. Will ie Bu rr (Ya m ); 1. J oh n Iacobucci (Yam) :.5. Bria n Ga rbt-ll in i (Yam ). VINT TW : I. Mick Ofield (Duc ): 2.. Archi e Sla~n (Ya m); 3. Bill FeUe»y (Yam ); 4. Eric Sherrer (Yam). O PEN MOD PR OD : I. Bruce Tebo (SOl); 2.. Ken Reynolds lOboli (Yam); (SUI): 3. Ken ny Ko peck y (Ya m); 1. Richard SI.: 5. John Li ...inl{5 (SUL). 750 MO D PR OD : I. G rt"8 Pu rsley ( ~ w): 2. D:lvid Devea n (SUI); 3. hic NUl(!"n l (Hu n ); 4. M:lrk Jun ~ (Sw); 5. Brian Sd.\aki (Ra w). F-2: I. Nick If'mHoh( h (YCl m); 2. Mik e G ravo (Yam) ; 3. C u rl Kimble (Yam); 4. Sml Co na way (Ya m ); 5. Ken t K u ni ~u Ku (Ya m ). 7!1O S/ST: I. Greg Punley (KCi w); 2. Da ... d Devean (S uz): i 5. Eric N u~nt (Hon ): 4. J eff Welh (Ya m): 5. Bru er Batson . O PEN 51ST: 1. Bruet" TdKJ (Suz); 2. Rof>(on Mill er (S uz) : , . Kr-n Reynn ld ~ (SUl): 1. Kt"nny Ko pecky (Yam): 5. Joe Aria s (SUl ). F-5: 1. Nick It"naloch (YClm ); 2. J ason Padm (Ho n) . 500 SCL.: I. Eric Shentt (Yam) ; 2. Soon Fabbro (Hon) ; e 5. Danny Far nsworth (M.T): 1. Archie Sla ... n (Ya m); 5. Lee Cc.Kkrri l (H o n ). l s e F- J: I. Ch arl t" Gra... s (SUI): 2. Br:ld Haze n (Y:lm) ; 3. Bomy Bu rkt"(Ya m ): 1. Nic k lcnaLaCh (Yam); 5. Mikt" Ctaves (Yam) . BOTT H /W : I. Matk Cr w (Due ); 2.. E.rwin RCiinak (Due); 3. C u rtis. Ad:tm!l (Ya m). BOTT LlW: I. Roberl Mei'ler (Hon): 2. Nick SL uurem (Ha n ); 3. Ed wa rd Kapner (Hon ); 4. Jerry J irk ov 5ky (Kaw). 600; I. Eric Shl"rre r (Yam ).

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