Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

NEW VIDEO RELEASES SR (30't ) SPTSMN : I. Pelt' Croll (Ya m) ; 2. Cl ive Bannon (Filii ); 3. Kt"IlI [:raham (AIJT);4. D••vid Rr<:tnr; .s. Dav e Whinle . Now Availab le Through Cycle News Action Theater ( Yam ). S/SR (40+) SI' TSMN: I. Art W~b ~It'1 (Sri ). INT : I. "Tad ~lICldlan : 2. J im ROKer!o (lkt); 3. Daniel C pi ~ llan (Ya m); 4. ROgl:' Guard (Bel); 5. Malm lm Scou. "' T SR INT : I. Bill Merr ill (Yam): 2. J oe Slaugt n (Fa n); er 3. Liur y Varndl (Ya m): 4. Chr i~ 1990 SPEEDWAY US NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Sym r-l (Ap r ); 5. Ed Baldwin ( Fan) . S/SR I NT : I. J.;&nuo Hill. , VET (50+) 11' T: I. G a ry Stewar t (Ap r); 2. JO(' \.... irt h (A pr ). ' NOV: I. Lee l{uhh; 2. Lo well 8dlis ( Bel ): 3. Phi lip Luna (# 4 5 A) This prestigious event determines who wears the AMA's # 1 plate f or t he following yea r. It is the cl imax to a 26-week lo ng quest of races and qualifiers throughout the speedway circuit that eliminates all but the top 18 riders. It is considered an honor just to make the roster on t his one night, winner-take-all event. Interviews and commentary are provided by Terry Clanton and the t alent ed Bruce Flanders. 60 m inutes from RAZ V ideo . ( Fan ). SR NOV : I. Mikr R i('~r (Fan ); 2. J d [ Latimer (Yam) ; 3. Dennis Th(lIll P~OIl ; 4. Jerry Peasnall: 5. Lyndun Lu hmann ( Fan ). s rS R NOV : I. T um Blak e (Fa n); 2. DoUK Step hens: 3. Steve Becl (Fo Ul): 4. J uhn H a ney (Ya m ); 5. Bub Gaouene ( H u n ). VET NOV : 1. I); avf:'Slilnl ~ ; 2. Duane SlOlle (Mer ); 3. St('V (' Hill (lkt); 4. Drl H ard land {Ya m ]: 5. Lee Peterson (lk-I). ' BEG : I. Bull Endi l-Ou; 2. j ae-k H ead : 3. Steven varne ll. SR BEG : I. Mil:hael Suzu ki. [Ya m] ; 2. Bill Bur row s; 3. 1990 CALIfORNIA STATE SPEED A W YCHAMPIONSHIPS C~7~ ~~b~ ·I~)~i~n~:'i~m~;;. VET REG : I. Ila vid Baker ; 2. AI No uria n. Sylvester scores Desert State Classic Motocross win By Kar en Guthrie PHOL'ilZ. AI. JAN. 10 Bruce Sylvester came Cram behind in both motos to tak e th e overa ll win in the l 25cc Ju nior class in round two o f th e CMC Desert State Classic, Darren La nt z and Derek Ge ist ope ne d mota o ne fightin g C the lead bu t were passed by or Reuben McCl an cey in the first lap. Ge ist claimed fi rst whe n McC lan ct'Y we ru down. bu t McC lancey's reco very was q uick and he was hot on Geist's trail in no time. McClancey ga ssed it down the back stra ig h ta way a nd smoothly got by Geist . Mea nwhile Sylvester was pa tient ly working his way up th e ladder. Sylvester smoked past Geist a nd se t hi s sights o n McC la ncey. Sylvester reeled the leader in, a nd made the pa ss o n th e last lap to la ke th e moto win . Mo te two rou nd Mark Ny ch ajhn and McClance)' do ing ba il ie o ver Iirs t p lace. McCl an cey move d into first place on lap two . a nd began to p ut some dis tance betwee n him self a nd Nychaj h n. By th e fourth la p, Sylvester had worked his wa y into seco nd place wi th Darren Cu rtis a clo se th ird . Lap five sa w Geis t put a move on Curtis. and tak e o ver third p lace, Sylvester got on McClancey"s tai l, wait ing C a mista ke. McClanct."y went or do wn after the dou bles and Sylvester shot into the lead . McClancey recovered quickly a nd was l oo k i n~ to reta ke the lead. but hi s charge was sho rt-lived as he went dow n agai n before the j um p. Sylvester crossed. the finis h line . ahea d o f McClancey and Curtis. In the 50cc class , Hunter joh nson took the lead in (he first mote with Ch ad Cuu erud andDouglas Hamby in hot pursuit. Cuuerud too k J ohnso n in a sly curve maneuver bu t J ohnson regained hi s lead when Guuerud ra n II1to prob lem s with some deep dirt. Joh nso n had the sa me problems o n the last lap. causing h im to nearl y ta ke ou t the Ilag rnan as he fo ug h t to ga in co n tro l of his bike. Jo h nson hel d the lead to the finish . while Gu ue rud held secon d. johnson also led mo ta two but ha lfway th ro ug h th e even t. wen t down in the far tum. G u ue rud took over the lead. bu t o n the last lap , mi sread a n agger's hand signa ls a nd starte d to leave th e trac k prema tur el y. By the time he ret urned. J o hn son had recovered a nd was corni ng up fast. The cro wd cheered a nd yelled e ncourage me n ts a s G uuerud a nd juh nso n dash ed [or the checkers. G u ne rud took Ihe win just inches ah ead o f Joh nson. CN (#123) RAZ Video's lat est release f eat ures commentary by Terry Clanton and Cycle News writer Scott Da loisio, w ith coverage of this excit ing so ug ht after t itle, consid ered the hi ghest honor in speedway t itles on t he west coast. Not only does this vi deo have all the speedway motorcycle races, but also incl uded in t hi s ye ar's versi on is the California Sidecar Ch ampionship. 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