Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~. M oroeROSS Florida Winter AM! Motocross Series: Round 3 m McElroy commented, " I got a brea k a t the start of the seco nd mo to, Vince and I led the pa ck through the first turn and over th e tabletop. Vince went wide in th e next left-ha nder, blew out th e berm and tri ed to come back down. I was read y for him. I laid th e bike a lmost o n th e gro u nd and he bounced 0 [£ me and fell. " McElroy added, " I want to th ank Suzuki for providing suc h a super conti nge ncy program. If yo u finish well o n a Suzuki every week , you ca n look forw ard to a regular pa ych eck. It' s bett er than ha ving a job. " Timm y Ferry a nd hi s T eam Green! Barrs! AXO -ba ck ed Ka wa sa ki had chase d Ezra Lusk's Suzuki th e di stance in th e first 125cc Pro rnoto, waiting for a mi stak e tha t never materia lized. In mot o two , Mike Brown sto le th e sh ow , Lusk crashed a nd Ferry wrapped up the day 's overa ll. Ferry said, " We had a great team effo rt going th is week. My mecha nic Will ie Manning did a great job on th e bike a nd Bob by Barr worked over th e suspe nsion." Rand y and Renee Yoho of Dade City Ra cewa y hosted 438 riders as th e 21st edition o f t h e A MA sa nc tio ned , Wor ldfiports organized series passed the halfway mark. Dade City Motorcycle Racewa y runs a supercross forma t under the lights every Sat urday ni ght and th e co urse is extended to the back secti on for th e Winter AMA a nd Gold Cup Series even ts. Tons o f clay was added to th e co urse, as well as lots of new whoops and jumps. The giant tabletop lofted riders 20 feet in th e ai r over a distance of 80 feet and provided a thri lling sig h t for the specta to rs. transition from clay o n th e upper section to sandy soil o n th e lo wer cha llenged rid er versatility and made for inte resting racin g, Lusk rip ped th e o pe ning l 25cc Pro ho lesh ot a nd roo sted th e field all th e wa y to th e checkered flag as Ferry , Barry Carsten, Carl Vailla ncourt, Mich ael Treadwell a nd john Dowd foug ht for second. Ferr y held second u n ti l Dowd pass ed o n la p 12. Dowd exp la ined, " I a m riding both class es tod a y. I hope I can make it through four motos." Lusk said, " My dad was telli ng me o n th e board tha t Dowd was co m ing. I tri ed to maintain my lead and it worked." Mik e Bro wn flew in from th e pr evious nigh t's Ho uston Su pe rcross, m issed the first moto but mad e up for it in mo to two. Brown sta lked Lusk for two la ps before making his charge and on lap th ree he took over the po int for good. Bro wn sa id , " I was tired from flyin g. I had a 15-second lead, but I knew that both Lusk a nd Ferry were back there." L usk crashed out of seco nd a nd retired with only th ree laps to go. Ferry co m ment ed, " Ezra fell a nd I expected him to come bac k, b ut I never saw him. Brow n was ge lli ng tired, but I ra n out of tim e. I d idn' t ha ve to beat hi m for the overa ll. " Dowd broke a reed peta l while in fifth p lace and wi thdrew from th e I • Jon Grant (214) grabs the holeshot in 250cc C class racing. Sco tt Moore (21) motored by for the moto and overall wins. Rod ney Ohr (126) held th e early lead in th e 500cc B class, but Kevin Knight (7) passed for the win. Ohr finished second. The moto, McElroy rebound a ,Ferry tDade C ity By Mike and Anne Adair 18 DADE CITY, FL. JAN. 19·20 rian McElroy a nd Timmy Ferry came back fro m Iirst-rnot o losses to claim Pro class overa ll wi ns in the third round o f the Florida Winter B AMA Mot ocross Seri es at . Dade City Racewa y. Gear Racewea r!Pro Acti on !WKRsponsored McElroy saw lillie hope of earn ing his third straight 250cc win a t Dad e Cit y aft er Vince DeVane had staged a flag-to -flag romp in the first m oto . Ca rsten , who finished seco nd overa ll a head of Vai lla nco u rt a nd took over th e ser ies poi nt lead, said sm iling, " My wife and I drove straight through from Ho uston . We ma de it all right, but not in ti me for p rac tice." T he first tu rn of 250cc Pro ac tio n saw DeVa ne, Pat Ba rton. justin j ackson a nd Vaill ancou rt on th e gas, with Deva ne's aggressive rid ing soo n putti',1g him out of reach for an impressive win. Gene Naumec moved up int o seco nd o nly to be bumped 0[£ by McEl ro y o n lap six and Dowd on la p 10.

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