Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~ DIRTTRACK AMA Southeast Amateur-Youth Regional Dirt Track Championship ,5 . ~" !:i m j _ The Open class win went to defending National Champion John Lowe with l 4-year-old Coolbeth, in his first ride on an Open class bike, fin ishing th ird after losin g ou t to Will iam Adams on the final go-aroun d. T he Senior Class has continued to gro w and th is year two classes were run, a p lus-30 and a pl us-40. Mark Davidson held off Jay Skidmore to win the over 30 class wi th Craig Breckon and Tom Cummings fin ishing third and four th, respectively. Rocky Wat son led defending Nation al Champion Bill Snyder until lap four when Snyder took over. A last ditch effort by Watson to take th e win saw him slide off the groov e and drop to fourth place behind Norman Lavidlette and Gene O 'Boyle. O 'Boyle had worked hi s way up from eighth. eN Resu lts 8S DT X: I. Paul Lynch (H on ); 2. Nicky H ayden (Yam ); S. J ohn Win sett (SUl ); 4. Brian Bigelow (Kaw); 5. Michael McKee (Kaw). 250 DTX: I. R.j. Overholt (Yam); 2. J udy Ph elps (Ha n); 3. Pa ul Kops: 4. No rm an La vio lette (Kaw); 5. Kir k SUlli ff (Ha n). B OPEN: I. . J amie In ch (H a n); 2. Ken neth Munnings ( Ka w ); 3. J ami e Bowman; 4. Steve Browning (Ha n); 5. David Pl umer (Han). t25 DTX: I. Charles Fonte not (SUl). PRO-AM: I. Willi a m Ada ms (Rtx); 2. Robert Weiss (RlX); S. Eric O 'Boyle (Hon ); 4. George Garv is (Hon); 5. J ohn Lo we (H on ). ." 5OODTX: 1. T eri na Kops; 2. Ken Munnings (Ya m ). 50: I. Roger Lee H a yden (Ya m ); 2. Roc ky Hitchcock (Yam); 3. Scou William s (Ya m ); 4. Scott R.J. Overholt top ped the 250cc DTX class final and also scored wins in the 250cc Band 500cc B classes on Sunday. Paul Lynch won the 125cc class final on Monday, topping Tommy Hayden (I), Nicky Ha yden (69) and Ben BelIman (37B). Overholtshines at Municipal Stadium By Dave Hoenig Photos by Flat Trak Fotos DAYTONA B EACH, FL, MAR. 3 lat track racers' in .large numbers turned ou t for the first of two days of short track action on the Municip al Stadium ova l. The American Motorcycle Ins titute-spon sored, DMR promoted races serve as a training gro und for the youngsters, a playgro und for the oldsters, and thi s year a proving grou nd for severa l top p rofessional riders wh o would be racin g on the track later in the week. After a delay caused by the strong storms th at swep t through the Daytona area, it was l5-year-old R.j. Overholt making the trip down from New York worthwhile by top ping three of the 21 classes that were ru n. The po pu lar ity of the DTX classes were evident a t Municipal Stadium with both the 85cc and 250cc DTX classes featuring large turnou ts. When all was said and done, Paul Lynch won F 30 a race-long battle from first John Winsett and then Nicky Hayden in th e 85cc class. Overh olt, meanwhile, won his first race of the ni gh t when he top ped Jody Ph elps in th e 250cc DTX class. The large field of Pro- Am riders was led home by Will iam Adam s in a close race over Robert Weiss, Eric O 'Boyle and George Garvis. The 85cc (7-11) class was a real barn bu rner as four youngsters waged a war for th e lead. John Win sett , J enny Hayden, Nicky Hayden and Bryan Bigelow fought with Bigelow work ing his way to the win over Jenny Ha yden , Win sett and Nick y Hayden. The Junior/Expert class fin al for professional racer s looked to be all Les Washbon 's, but veteran Garth Brow closed in on Washbon only to be nipped at the finish line. Bill Newkirk, Randy Roose and Audie Huff rounded out the top five finishers. Even though Kenn y Coolbeth , Jr., ra n awa y with the 250cc main, Scott Snoop, Brian Strong and Mike Hacker pu t on a great show as they diced for . second. Strong ended up taking the . runn er-up spot over Snoop and Hacker. Sno op was involved in another close battle in the 500cc A class, but this time he was able to garner the victory as he edged Rob ert Weiss. Chad Heideman held off Paul Morgan for third place. The 250cc Band 500cc B classes were both large and Overholt ran away with th e finals in both. Norman Lavidlette and Paul Lynch followed in the 250cc class while Brett Landes and Matt Schoonover trailed in the 500cc division. Morrison Jr. (Ya m ). 65: 1. J enn y Hayden (Kaw); 2. Beau Braswell (Ka w) ; 3. J aso n Goodwin (Kaw); 4. Brandon Rose . (Kaw); 5. Roger Lee Hayden (Raw). 8S 7-11: I. Bryan Bigelow (Kaw); 2. J enny Hayden (Yam); S. John Win sett (SUl ); 4. Nicky Hay den (Yam ); 5. Mich ael McKee (Raw). 8S 12-15: I. Paul Lynch (H a n); 2. Ben Bellman (H a n); 3. J ason Santell (Ka w); 4. Keith Sanorini (Kaw). 125: I. T ommy H ayden (Yam ); 2. Paul Lynch (H on); S. Ben Bellm an (Hen): 4. Nicky Hayden (Yam ); 5. Morgan Coo lbeth (Raw). JR-EX: 1. Les Washbon (R tx); 2. Ga rth Brow (Rtx): 3. Bill Newki rk (W-R ); 4. Ra ndy Roose (H D); 5. Audie H ull (Kaw). 250 A: 1. Kenny Coo lbeth Jr. (Han); 2. Brian Stron g (Kaw) : 3. Sco u Snoop (Oss): 4. Mike Ha cker (H e m); 5. Tommy H ayden (Yam). 250 B: L R.]. O verho lt (Ya m) ; 2. No rm an Laviolette (Ka w ); 3. Paul Lynch (Han); 4. Richar d Eisin ger (Ho n ); 5. John Blackstock (Yam). 500 A: I. Scou Snoop (R tx); 2. Robert Weiss (R tx); 3. Chad He ideman (Han); 4. Pa ul Morga n (Yam); 5. William Baise (H on ). . 500 B: 1. R.J . Over ho lt (Yam ); 2. Brett Landes (Rtx ); 3. Ma ll Schoono ver (H- D); 4. Michael Warner (H -D); 5. Eugene Cope land Jr . (H -D). OP EN: I. Jo hn Low e (H -D); 2. Willia m Adams (Rtx); S. Kenn y Coo lbeth Jr . (RlX); 4. Mark Davidso n (H -D); 5. Noah Kir kland (H -D). SR +30: I. Mark Davidson (H- D); 2. J ay Skid more (Rt x); 3. Crai g Brecko n (T ri); 4. T om Cum ming s (H- D); 5. David Khoury (Hon). sa +40: 1. Bill Sn yder (H a n); 2. Norma n La violette (Kaw); S. Gene O 'Bo yle (H on ); 4. Ro bert Watso n (H o n); 5. Qirk Gunby (H-D ). 250 VINT: I. J o hn Blackstock (Yam); 2. Darell Bryant (Yam ); 3. Mik e Barber . SO I·OPEN V1NT: I. Peter Wadj a (T ri); 2. J ohn Hard in g (No rr ); 3. ]. Barton ; 4. I. H iter. 251-500 -VtNT : I. john Skinner (Bul); 2. Rick Farlo w (Bu I); 3. Mike Bar ber; 4. Den nis Mill er (Yam ); 5. Peter Wadja (Yam ). Lynch collects Daytona gold By Dave Hoenig Photo by Flat Trak Fotos DAYTONA BEACH. MAR. 4 ith over 500 entries spl it into 21 classes, a hectic two days of Amateur-Youth and Pro class racing ended at Daytona Municipal Stadium with Paul Lynch the second day 's big winner. The l2 -ye;u -old Maryland speedster won three classes. With a large turnout of pro riders on hand, the Pro-Am race win went to Robert Weiss with Doug O'Boyie finishing second ahead of Kevin Varnes . Rookie Expert Jason Fletcher ran away with the Junior/Expert main, topping Georgie Price, Mike Dillon and Jeff Eklund. The Open class was a classic. Washington's Noah Kirkland broke on top with Bobby Myers, Kenny Coolbeth and Robert Gette close behind. W

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