Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

eLOCAL EVENTS I ~ . Eddie Zinda stormed to two mo to victories in th e second divi sion, while J ohn Blair to pped S COll Fisher for the runner-up position. T he 250cc Junior divi sion two cla ss was won by Denny Kritzer, wh o greeted th e chec kered flag first in both mOlOS, wh ile the rest of the pack posted inconsistent mo to scores to fill th e card. J oh n Lee earned second overall wit h 6-4 mo to finis hes, wh ile Derek Watkins claimed th ird overa ll with his 2-9 score. Mike Faibai sch scoo ted into fourt h overa ll with 3-11 fin ishes. Dave Co upe raced to victories in the 250cc 'Expert and Vet Expert classes. Co upe topped both 250cc Expert mo tos just ah ead of a hard- char ging Pete Murray, wh o finished second in both motos. Ken McKenzie secured th ird o verall with a 4-3 scor e. Cou pe led Mike Preston across the finish line in bo th Vet Expert motos wh ile Dave Woo d followed in th ird bo th tim es o ut, Chad Burl eson recovered fro m a fo urt h in the first 80cc C moto to trounce the com petitio n in the second moto and earn the overa ll victory : Kenny Davis rod e to cons istent 3-2 finish es to acqu ire seco nd o vera ll. Joshua Amara d io won the first rnot o, but sli pped to fifth in the second to c." score th ird overa ll. Resul ts t25 JR D· I I. Jack Windh am (Kaw); 2. Robert procedure used in Vltracross racing ar e determined by a ri der's finish in o ne of the two heat races, where the top 10 fini shers transfer to the main event. Those riders with poor finishes start on o ne of the front rows , while the heat winners start near the back. Brooks got his front-row start for the main when Bri an Ro t h a nd Ray Crumb collided in th e first heat, crea ti ng a dom ino effect which consumed severa l rid ers, one of which was Brooks. Many riders felt the race shou ld'v e been restarted, bu t the race contin ued and Ryan Carlisle scored the win over Phil Lawrence and Russ Wageman. The second hea t was controlled by defending Ultracross Ch amp ion Mike Craig, who estab lished the fastest heatrace la p time whi ch was nearly five seconds faster than his nearest competi tor. Former Vltracross Ch ampion J im H oll ey and Tom my Clowers foll owed Crai g to the finis h line. Wh en the main event blasted off it was Bro oks who esta blished the pac e by the end of the firs t la p whi le Craig was ripping throug h the pac k after starting 18th. "The key to win ning is ri ding agg ressively and that still may not be enough because riders like Holl ey and Brooks will hold it on," said Craig befo re the start of th e main. " I have a co up le of spo ts picked ou t for those guys and with some luck I' ll be ab le win." Gramm (Yam ); 3. Dan Barn ell (Han ); { , Shawn T err y Sage ( IS) sp las h ed past Larry Hartner (23X) for the win in the Senior A class at Hang town Amateur MX . Hartnet staye d up to fi n is h sec on d. Scott Takacs (52) led Larry Brooks (6). Steve Mitchell (26) and Chad Pederson (44) 'at the Rose Bowl Ultracross. Brooks stole the lead in the third tum and was unco ntested. lO Glidden (Sw ); 5. Michael Gemoli (SU ). l 125 J R 0.2: 1. Eddie Zinda (Kaw); 2. J ohn Blair Although Craig had cha rge d to second near the end of the 1O-lap race, he di dn 't hav e enough lu ck or time to ca tch Brooks, who finished just a few bike lengths ahea d of the defending champ. " If there was o ne more lap I would have won ," cla imed Cra ig. " I co u ld see h im coming ," said Brooks. " I knew th ere was too much time for him to make up so I stayed at my same pace and kep t watc h on his progress. I had p lenty of energy and cou ld have raced with him if he came with in striking distan ce." Lowe ll T ho mson fini sh ed th ird ahead of Cha d Pederson, wh ile Holley CN ro unded ou t the to p five. (H o n ); 3. Scon Fisher (SU1); 4. J oh n Newel l (Ya m); 5. Pa u l Park (Suz). 125 tNT : 1. Michael Brandes (Kaw); 2. Jason McCormi ck (H o n ): 3. Ryan Huffman (H e n] : 4. Ty ler Hummel (SUl.): 5. Jd£ Brownlee (SU1). 125 EX: 1. Ch ris War d (SU1); 2. Eric Du cra y (H a n) . VET L';:: 1. Dave Co u pe ' (H a n ); 2. Mik e Pres to n ( Ka w): 3. Dave Wood (Kaw): 4. John Vol k (SU ); l 5. Brent Waters (Ya m ), VET l!'Irll: l. Ti m Mulvt") (Han ); 2. Dean Wi ggin!lo , (SU2): ~, Tavi n Weinrick (S U2); 4. Kevi n w enner (Hon ). 250 JR D-t: I. J im McCali son (SU ); 2. T revor l T ho ma s { Kaw) : 3. Paul Arm an da ( Ha n ); 1. Keit h Ant es (H o n) ; 5. Ro bert G ramm (SUl ), 250 JR D· 2: I. Denn is Kritzer ( Ka w): 2. John Lee (H a n ); ~ _ Derek w atkins (H o n) : 4. Mik e Faibisch (Han ); 5. Mich ael Petrunt (S U1), 250 INT: I. J effrey Brownlee (Suz); 2. Mik e Bra ndes (Kaw ): 3. R yan Huffm an (H o n ); 4, Breu Ha m ilt on (H o n ): 5. Will ie Mill er (Han) , 250 EX : I. Da ve Co upe (Hon ]: 2. Pete Murray (SUl ); 3. Ken McKt.'ruie (S U1); 1. J ason J ohnson (Ka w ); 5, Byron Estes (Yam ), 500 J R: I. Eric Vo n Urff (B o n ); 2. Ant ho ny Alves (H a n ); 3. Mich ael Crader (Ho n) ; 4. Dave Ma theson (H e n ]: 5, Bill An au (Han ). 500 1ST: I. Brett Ham ilton (H e n) : 2. j ohn Willard (H o n ); 3. Da vid Pil e (Han) ; 4. Sha wn Co la nge lo (Kaw); 5. Todd Luksa (H on). VET J R D-I: 1. Jon Cook ( Ka w ): 2. SIeve Fulron (H a n ); 3. Ben Crocco (Ya m) ; 4. Ri ck DeIFio renti no (S U1); 5. Steve N elson (KT M ). VET J R 0.2: I. Bill Fer nandez (Kaw); 2. Troy DeHe rr era (Ya m ); 3. Steve Madock (Yam ); 4. Alex Che l1ew (Ya m ); 5. Mik e Petrum (S U1). SR JR: 1. Bob Bearden (Yam ); 2. Don Flaner (Kaw); 3. John WiOlers (KT M); 1. Russ Paden (SU ; l) 5. Tim Colvert (Hon). SR EX: I. Terry Sage (Ho n ); 2. Larry Hartnell (Sw ); 3. Ga ry Bailey (Kaw); 4. J im Lankin (Ho n); 5. Geoff Fo x (H o n). 80 C: I. Cha d Burleson (Han ); 2. Kenny Da vis (SU ; 3. J osh Amaad io (H on ); 4. Jelf Baldwin (Kaw); l) 5. Brant Steiger (H e n) . . 80 A&:B: I. Casey j ohnson (Kaw); 2. John Leddy (Suz); 3. S id H an sen (Suz ). Mickey Thompson Off-Road Championship Gran Prix: Round 3 Amateurs storm Hangtown Nat'l MX By Bill Spencer P ho to by Kin n ey J on es RANCHOCORDOVA, CA, MAR. 23 ver 400 a ma te u r racers from across th e nation ga the red a t Prai rie City SR VA Park fo r th e Dirt Diggers Nort h 23 rd An nua l H ang to wn Na tional a nd Amate u r Mot ocross Classic. Ryan Huffman roos ted across the fin ish lin e first in the openi ng 125cc In termediate mo to, ah ead of J aso n McCormick and Michael Brandes. In the second mot o, it was Brandes who O 24 led the way, with McCormick and Huffman foll ow ing. Brandes won the three-way tie for first . while McCormick's consistent 2-2 score edged ou t H uffman 's 1-3. J effrey Brown lee passed Brandes late in the second 250cc Intermediate moto to post a 2-2 score tha t wou ld earn the overa ll win. Bran des won the firs t rno ro, but his th ird in the concl udi ng moto relega ted him to second overa ll. H uffm an suffered a six th place finis h in the openingrnoto, but stormed back to win the second mot o and earn thi rd overall. J ake Wind ha m used co nsistent 2-3 scores to ca p tur e th e o verall win in th e I25cc Ju nio r divisio n one class, edgi ng ou t Bob Gram m and Dan Barnetl. Brooks hooks Rose Bowl Ultracross win By T o n y Alessi Pho to by Randy J ackman PASADENA, CA, MAR. 23 awasaki T eam Green ri der Larry Brooks sna gged the 250cc VI ITacross main event victory with apparent ease in th e Rose Bowl. Broo ks even felt hi s win was a bit tainted. " I crashed in m y heat race and fini shed seventh," said Brooks. " It 's kind of unfair when a rid er gets to start on the front row ." Positions fo r th e multi-TOW starti ng K Resu lts HEAT 1:1. Ryan Carlislr-(Kaw ); 2. Ph il Lawrence (Kaw); 3. Russ Wageman (SU 4. Andy Grider l); (Kaw); 5. Shawn Wynne (SUl);6. Damn Hoeft (Sw ); 7. Larry Brook s (Kaw); 8. Sco u T akacs (Kaw); 9. Robert Naber (SUl); 10. Chri s Radzinski (Yam); II. Charlie Flippen (H a n) ; 12. Dua ne Benn er (Yam) ; 13. Damon Kemp (SU ); 14. Ray Cru mb (Kaw); 15. l Kyle Lewis (Yam); 16. Mike Dunlap (Yam); 17. Joseph Bray (Yam); 18. Brian Roth (Ka w) . H EAT 2: I. Mike Craig (Kaw); 2. Jim Holley (Ya m ); 3 . T omm y C lowers (Ka w): 4. Lo we ll Thom son (Yam); 5. Jelf Fi ne (Yam); 6. Chad Ped erso n (Ya m ); 7. R ic h Truch inski (SUI) ; 8. Stephen Mitchell (Yam ); 9. Mike Ulrich (Hon ); 10. Evan Hughes (Kaw); I I. Bryan Nne (Sw); 12. Dan Fresh (Yam); 13. Tiger Garcia (Hon); 11. Jeff Nelson (Kaw); 15. Mark Lange (Yam); 16. Tim Alexander (Kaw); 17. Ed Verhelst (Ka w ]. ULTRACROSS MAtN: I. Larry Brooks (Kaw); 2. Mike Craig (Kaw); 3. Lowell Thomson (Yam): 4. Chad Pederson (Yam); 5. Jim Holley (Yam); 6. Phil Lawren ce t Ka w}; 7. Ryan Carl isle (Kaw); 8.Scon T akacs {Kaw) : 9. Russ Wageman (Sw ); '10. Damn Hoel l (SU 11. Shawn Wynne (Sw); 12. Andy Grider l); (Kaw); 13. Steph en Muchell (Yam); 14. Chris Radzinski (Yam); 15. Rich Truchinski (SUl); t6. Robert Naber (Sw ); 17. Mike Ulrich (Ho n ); 18. T ommy Clowers (Kaw): 19. Evan Hugh es (Kaw); 20. Jell Fine (Yam ). 250 ULTRACROSS POINT STAN DINGS: ' I. Mike Craig (153); 2. J im Holley (13 4); 3. Larry Brook. (112); 1. Ryan Carlisle (96 ); 5. Lowell Thomson (82); 6. Chad Pederson (78); 7. Phil La wrence (69); 8. Tommy Clowers (67); 9. Kyle Le wis (59); 10. Russ Wageman (51). Mercier masters Barona Oaks MX RAMONA. CA, MAR. 24 Bill y Joe Mer cier topped th e 125cc Intermed iate cl ass a t the concl u di ng rou n d o f the CMC U .S. Amateur Nationa ls he ld a t .Ba ron a Oaks Racewa y. Erik Lindstrom peeled o u t o f the gale in the opening moto, with Aaron Wenstrup. Mercier, a n d Da vid Casada in to w. As the pack . bounced through the wh oop s, Casada went d own an d took Donald Upton with him. Up from, Lindstrom began to open a small lead wh il e Merci er wor ked o n Wenstrup. Mercier

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