Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

LOCAL EVENTS Northwest Trailriders Associati on look home th e perpetual B class Enduro prize and Lisa Gibson. also of th e Northwest Trailriders Associ ation , cap tu red th e top C cla ss Enduro trophy. Scott Lathrop was voted Rider of th e Year , for di splaying sportsmansh ip , good co nduct and good will toward hi s fellow competitors, as well as co ntributi ng to the image and bettennent of o ur sport on and off th e tra iL th e crowd involv ed with a quest ion and . a nswer period with co rrect a nswers gett ing a prize. H e co ncl ude d hi s presentation by Informing th e cro wd that in add ition to seve ra l existi ng ma j or sponsors. An swer · Pr od ucts would su pport th e series in '91. In addition. it was announced that Su zuk i would a lso beco me a su pporter with a lucrative co n tingency program . Havoline's Gary Hat ch pledged his firm 's contin ued su pport of the series. 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PA19603 BrOOklyn, MI49230 12151 375·6191 lS17J592-6681 CANADA p.O .Box m St. DavlOS, OrlClriol05-1PO 1416168Il·7418 Send For Catalog· Shipped Daily D id av D id av <>tl~~~:Nrl.crD~~~11~~~;d!.'P:~{tulZ; 3. David Sell; 4. jason Crnor ; 5. Robb~ Fetu, T EAM: 1. Team Low Budget ; 2. Harl~wood; 3. Team CaSof"Y Cyclf' Ci ry. Williams runs wild at DeAnza M X By David Procida SUliliYMEAD, CA. FEB 3 . Jim Williams p ilo ted hi s Kawasa ki to a pair of moro win s in the pop u lar 25O<:c Begi n ner class. Whe n the gate fell for the first 25O<:c Beginner rnoto , it was William s lead in g the pack. Hot o n h is heel s were Todd Ferguson an d Jaso n Ditson. Williams and Ferguso n bega n to pull away while Jeff Stevens closed on Ditson. The two lead ers battled throughout the mot o, but it was \\t ill iams who fin ished first. Ro unding o u t me top five positions were Ferguson, Ditson. Stevens and Travis Ogburn. Mot o IwO saw anothe r Will iam s hol eshot, wit h Ferguson , Ditson and Stevens in tow. Ferguson was pulling out all the stops but William s had his KX ch urni ng and would .n o t be passed. Fergu son chased th e lead er to the chec kered [Jag, whil e Stevens finally found a lin e aro und Ditson o n th e last lap for thi rd. In th e 125cc Beg inner class G len Parish piloted h is CRI25 10 a pair of moto win s, holding off Chad Cook in m o to o ne a nd Jason Martin in rnoto two . Coo k put in a th ird in mote two to secure seco nd overa ll . Results 80 BEG : 1. Lucas ' J oyn~r ( Ka w); 2. Cliff Cook ; 3. Bobb y Ca rlso n (SlU). 80 NO\': 1. Fred Agrim (Hn n). 125 BEC : I. Glen Parish (Hon); 2. Ch itd Con k (KT M): 5. J ason Manin ; 4. Fred Ogrim (OSR ): 5. Matt CIMn m! (Voam ). 250 BEC : I. Ji m Will iam , (Kaw ): 2. Todd FnguVln (Yam); 5. Jri f Stevens (ATK ); 4. Jn (Kaw); 3. MichMl Roc hestn (Ho n ). VI ,," NOV : I. Dmnilo IVOIn o ll (H on ); 2. Pa t Hampton . (YOIm ). VI I'l. INT: I. Ga ry Egloff (Ho nl . NMA Banquet honors riders By EIRae Morgenthaler EVEREIT, IVA, FEB. 2 Th e Nort h west Mo tor cycl e As socia t ion Awards Ba nq uet was held at the Evere tt Pa cific Hotel. Dorian Sleepe r and Bo b Dyer ar ranged an excellenl even ing includi ng di nner, gueSl speaker Charles Halcomb of American Suzuk i, and awards for the o rganization's co mpetition series a nd volun teer effo rts. Ha lco mb showed slides of the recenl Swedish ISDE and provided excellen l co m· mentary on th e event. Joh n Nielsen of Ml. Baker M.C. and Sco tt La throp of th e Northwesl Trailriders AsSO-: dation were prese nled perpetual tro p hies for th eir overall win s in the enduro and off-roa d ser ies, respect ivel y. Harl ow Cod y of th e Dean, Crozier claim Macon AX By Joey Casey ... MACON, GA, JAN. 25·26 Mark Croz ier a nd Johnny Dean sto le the show a t the Macon Coliseum Arenacross. each taking a main even t win at m two-day even t. e Brian Stokes gra bbed the holeshot in Friday night's main even t. but miscalculat ed a double-jump on the first lap and went down hard. Crozier th en in heri ted the lead and piloted hi s Kawasak i to an un contested win . Matt Shue and Ashl ey Epps argu ed over second until Shue went down o n th e same double th at had claimed Stokes. Epps finished a di stant second behind Crozi er , while Aaron Yat es sn uc k into th ird pl ace. CrozierJ'icked up where he left off th e night before a n grabbed th e holeshot in Saturday night's ma in event, Close beh ind were Epps, Dean an d Stok es. Whil e Crozier began to establish a lead . Dean wait ed for a mistake from Epps. Epps stalled in a co mer and allo wed Dean to set after Crozier. Crozi er stra ined hi s shou lder a nd began to slow co nsi de ra bly. Dean stuc k a wh eel under Cro zier in a turn , forci ng the lead er to sli de o ut. Dean took the win o ver Crozier. Epps, an d Stokes. Results 125 FRIDAY: 1. Mark Crotin (lU w); 2. Ash ley Eppt( Hon); 3. Aaron Va In (SUl); 4. Ma n Sh uf' (Ho n ); 5. Tommy Martin (H on). Epr 125 SATU RDAY: l. Johnny Dean (Suz); 2. M

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