Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

GLOCAL EVENTS ~ Marziano rode hi s o wn race a nd held o n for the mota and o vera ll wins. Drey Dirk s took contro l of the first 250cc Pro mot a and rode 0 (( to an uncon tested wi n , whi le Bri an Hayes and Cra ig Dav is a rg ued over th e run ner-up positio n . H a yes looked to have a handle on second place, bu t lo st hi s fron t end in a slip pery tu rn a few lap s fro m the fi nish . DaV scoo ted by IS to ta ke seco nd , while H ayes reco vered to finish thi rd. Davis and Hayes a r~ u ed over the lead early in mot o two, while DIrks h ung back in third place. Davis pu lled out to a com forta ble lead by th e m ota's end, takin g th e mo ta a nd - o vera ll wins. . Results Mike Brown (483 ) grabs the holeshot ahead of Hank Moree (371 ) in 250cc A class action at Camp Coker MX. Hawthorne, Langford split Cow Palace Arenacross wins By Bill Spencer DALY CITY, CA, FEB. 8-9 en n is Hawthorne scored b ig i n fro nt of n earl y 12 ,00 0 fans a t Saturday night's ma in eve nt o f the Budw ei ser Indoor Mo to cross C h a m p io nsh ips, h eld in th e Cow Palace as part of t h e a n nual Sa n Fra ncisco In terna tional Motorcycl e Show. H a w thorne swept both the 125 a nd 250cc m ai n eve nts, while fe llow Texan J a so n L ang ford did th e sa me du ring Frida y night 's p rog ram. .. Langford put his Concord Yamaha backed YZ o u t fro nt in t he 125cc P ro m a in, w ith Ha w th orne a n d Terry Tin n ey in tow. R ick R yan ran u p fro nt early, o n, but cra sh ed h eavil y a n d re tire d from co m p e ti tio n. While Langford pulled o u t to a comma n di ng lead , Tin n ey found h is way p a st H a w tho rne a n d secured secon d p la ce. Langford 'g ree ted t he checke re d flag we ll a head o f T i n ney , H aw th orn e a nd S te ve R ei sen . La ngfo rd was on a roll , a s he led every la p of th e 250cc m ain eve nt. Af ter grabbing t h e h ol esh ot , La ng ford pu lled o u t to a co m fo rt a b le lead over Jaso n Edwards , w h o h ad h is h a n d s full wi th J im H olley: H a wt h orne fin ished j ust in ch es beh ind H olley, whi le R ya n recovere d fro m h is earl ier sp ill to cla im fif th pl a ce. , " I've h ad a lot of fun this year in t h e seri es," sa id L an gfo rd. " T h i s cro wd is g rea t! " T revor Mea gher g ra b bed th e holes ho t in Satu rday 's 125cc m ain , b u t there w a s n o h olding ba ck H awthorne, w h o set a bl ister iung p a ce. R yan a lso found his wa y aro u n d th e early lea d er a nd se t after H awthorne. H aw thorne m a de no m ist a kes and h eld the lead to t he finish . T i n ney scoo te d b y Mea gher to finish in third place. "I came i nto tonight's ra ce w ith o ne thing i n mi n d ," sa id H awthorne. D 18 "An d that w a s no t to crash . G ive m e a few minutes , a n d I'll be ready for' the 250cc m ain." H awth orne re cove r ed w ell , and made it look easy as h e p il oted hi s Dublin Kawa saki-b acked KX to t he 2S0 cc m ain e ve nt win . L an gfo rd worked i n to second place a n d wa ited for a m ist ake tha t n ev er came. H olley claimed the third spot o ver Edwards and J eff Gla ss. 1:N Results FRIDAY 125: I. J ason La ng ford (Yam); 2. T erry T in ney Den n is H awth orne ( Kaw); ·1. S ieve' Reisen ( I.:. a w ) ; ~. (S UI ); [, . j eff G lass (Han). . 250: I. J a'>4:>11 Lang-ford (Ya m); 2. J ason Edwa rd s ( Ka wj: 3. J im Hol ley (Yam); 4. De n ni s H aw tho rn e ( 1\;1\\' ); 5. Ri cky R yan (SUl). SATURDAY _ 125: I. Deu u is H aw tho rne ( I\a w); 2. Ri cky Ryan (Sill): 3: Terr y Ti n ney (Kaw): 4. T revor Meagher (Sill): .1. Ja son Edwards (Ka w]. 250: I. Denni s H a w th orne ( Ka w) ; 2. J a M>I1 l. angl or d (Ya m); 3. Holley (Yam ); 4. Jason Edwards (Kaw): 5. j ef G lass (H on ). lim Brown, Moree mow 'em down at Camp Coker Motocross By Earl Walton SOOETY HILL, sc, FEB. 10 Mike Brown and Hank Moree swept the 125 and 250cc A classes at round three of the "One T rack Series" at the Camp Coker Mo torspons Park. T he even t drew over 300 riders and 1000 spec tators, a record for the facili ty. Ho metown favo rit e Moree took the lead early in the openi ng l25cc A moto an d led five o f the seven la ps befor e Brown took over to wi n , cap i ta li zi ng o n a mi stak e by Mo ree, who settled into second behind Bro wn . l im Neese ga lloped from a fifth-place sta rt to fini sh third. Brown held the lead duri n~ the entire second mo to with Moree ho lding a steady and c h a ll en g i n ~ seco nd thro ugh out the moto befo re closing i n a t th e chec kered n a g. Neese and SIeve Childress pu lled orr third a nd fo urt h, resp ect ivel y. Except for the first lap in the first 250cc A mot o which was led by Moree, Bro wn led a ll lap s in both mot os. Mor ee main ta ined a so b d second p osi ti on, wa rdi ng off an y threat fro m the ot he r class en tra n ts. O the r close races in th e cl ass came from Neese , Childress and Mike Andrews. Neese fended off the hard cha lle nges of Andr ews in the .fir st mota a nd Childress in th e seco nd mo ta. Results 50: I. Step he n Martin (Yam); 2. Brandse n Cu lberson (Ho n); S. j ashua Mart in (Yam); 4. John Wall (Yarn); 5. Bran don Wall (Hen ). 60: I. Ca mro n Du Buse (Kaw); 2. Cha d Sherrill (Kaw); 3. Jan el Stro ma n (Hon) . 857-15: I. Scott G ra ves (Ka w); 2. Rob bie Hort on (Kaw); 3. Caven Woodru U (Kaw): 4. Jacob Donb ros ky (SUz.); 5. Richard C line (SUz.). 85 12-15: 1. Gre gory Ran d (Ra w) ; 2. Rich ie Hor ton (ka w); 5. Sha ne Berryhi ll (H on) ; 4. G age Fortson (Suz.l; 5. Sco tt Gr aves (Kaw). SCH BY: 1. Gregory Ran d (Kaw); 2. Jason Baldwin (Y

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