Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

the first in a five- race series. Damron a lso returned for the followi ng day 's Pro-Am races to claim top honors in th e Open Expert cla ss. A 52000 purse was 'o ffered for th e first five finishers in Saturday 's main event, a n d a ll riders wer e eager fo r an ea rly seaso n payday. A, the green light jeff Eklund burst out o f ,the pa ck and grabbed the hol esh ot , H e was hotly pursued by Ro b Damron, Aaron Hill 'a nd Steve Mayfi eld. . Two laps into the even t rid ers began to show signs of troub le in tum three. The surface began to ge t slippery, as moisture worked up through the lormerly dry clay. Eklund lost control in turn three and wen t down. Damron in herited th e lead , but had his ha nd s fu ll with a hard-charging Hill. Steve Mayfield a lso crashed in tu rn th ree. taking Paul Iwa naga and Rick Pea rce wi th him. For the remaining laps of the 12-lap featu re. ' h e riders rude cauuousty. and many ad opted a higher line th ro ugh turns three a nd four. Damron greeted the checkers first a head of H ill and Allon McBee. " I had no idea that th e moisture would come back in onl y one turn ," said Damron, " bu t beca us e of heav y ra ins the co ur se wa s not as smooth as I had anticipa ted. " On Sunday Ron Brown was th e ea rly lead er in th e Open Expe rt main , but he was soon overtaken by Rob Damron. O nce in front, Da mron led every la p . Andy T resser wa s off th e lin e in [ourth, but worked pa st Brown , Bob McDonnell a nd Lonnie Pauley. T resser kept h is two- stroke Yama ha o n th e pipe bur cou ldn 't put a dent in Da m ro n 's lead. Damron and Tressel" pu lled a way from th e rest of the fie ld a nd gree ted th e checke rs wi th a co m for table lead o ver Bro wn. In the 250u: Novice final. Todd Damron go, 'he early lea d while Chuck Thomson was mired in midpack. within two laps Thomson worked up to cha lle nge Damron . a nd took the lead . Thomson held the lead for three laps. bu t mecha nica l problem s forced him out of the race. Dam ron went 0 11 to the win. Seco nd went to SnJII T ho mas with Ru ben Seay in th ird. T he 500n :J u n io r feature wa s a seesaw ban !e betw een Alllhon y Palmer a nd jiff Poff. j ohn Pi erce loll o wed III th ird . wh ile Ga ry R i- . h ie was Muck in fourth p lace. O n lap nine. F . tchie mov ed to third. a n d o n the last lap scooted into second p lan' beh ind Pa lm er. Poff cro ssed th e fini sh line in third p lace. Resu lts SAn lRnAY t:X: I. Rob Ilarn mn (Rill );:.!. Aa r" n H ill (I I. DJ; ~i. Alln n : MiRe..• (H u ll): ·1. Andy Tn"'''''1 ( '1';&111 5 . J im S; u lI'hl:'1 ( H Hll) . ); s tlNOAY MO MINl JR: I. ( A'(·jl Shorl (K.lw ):2. BIt'1lIV.. lb n·dll (Ka w): (Ka w). HO MI NI t:X : I. JUll ny MUlIJIII",.. IKa w); 2. T OllY SUII/"" j . JIM' Allan Y ( Ka W) . :50 NO\' : I. T ud d l>amWII (:"'u/): 2. ~,," T huma"I Yilm ): ."M~..." (Yam I: < 1).111 Myau ( \";UII) ; :, . j t'H)' T r lllM . 1. (Ru l l. :,00 NO\': l. Mikt· C;u lllidl'lt·1 (H Ull ); 2. Larry Thurma n tY;un}: l . crll i~ Il,;lilt"y (Yam ): .1. BIt'1ll J 'lln i ~un (HunJ: ."l. Ruben M.ll il j(U;IJIlt ·,el (Yam i. fJOO J R: 1. 1 lIl hltlly Palmer IY, In); 2. Gd rl Rurh ie (Yam); \ l .1 Ji m Iluff (Rlx J: I. Ju h u P ic·ltI· (Ya m): !). ,\ lIan ~kClr lla n . •HUll ). • O r EN JR : I. AII.1lI Me{:Ic ·II;1Il ( H Ull): 2. AllIhon y Pah,wl l . R uhnl \ \' ;11 1. 11 \' ET : I. Roh Me l i nK {1I· 0 J: 2. Kevin Crow lry ( Roc): l . 'i n an h ·ldllilll\ (H ,.n J: ,1. ( ;rai R ll aa ~ ( Y am t: ~. O;mid Oclwd ill l( { Y ;l III ). OrE N t :x: l. Rub O...r mon (RIlO: 2. And y T n...",,·, (Y arn); 'S. Run HllIwlI ( 1It111): 'I. Ruh Mdlollllt'll ( H · n); 5. LlIllll i,' P;l lll, ·~' PLAN NOW FOR AMA'S MAJOR. 1991 CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Da te Event Type Locatio n Wln ne rtnck et Info. March 1-10 March 3 March 9 March 9 March 16 Marc h 24 Natio na l Road Race Nat ional Motocross( 125/250) Came l Supercross Camel Pro Short Tra ck Camel Supercross Na tional MX (125/ 250) Daytona Beach. FL Gainesville. FL Daytona Beach. FL Daytona Beach. FL Tempe. AI. Sacramento. CA Miguel DuHamel Jeff Stanton Jeff Stanton Ro nnie Jones Jean-Miche l Bayle Joh n Dowd April 6 April 6 April 13-14 April 18-21 April 20 April 27 Came l Supercross Came l Pro Mile Came l Supercross U.S. Road Ra ce Grand Prix Came l Supercross Came l Supercross Ma y 4 May 11 May 18 May 19 May 26 May 26 Camel Supercross Came l Pro Ha lf-m ile Ca mel Supercross Came l Pro Mile National Motocross (125/250) Camel Pro Mile La s Vegas. NV Po mona . CA East Rutherford. NJ San Jose. CA Mt. Morris. PA Springfield. IL June 7-9 June 8 June 8 June 14-16 June 15 June 22 June 28-30 June 29 World Champ ionship Superb ike Camel Supercross Camel Pro Half-mile Nationa l Road Race Ca mel Supercross Camel Supercross National Road Race Camel Pro Ha lf-m ile 8ra inerd . MN Okla hom a City. OK Louisville. KY Lo udon. NH San Jo se. CA Los An g e les. CA Elkhart Lake. WI Lima.OH 61 813 502 603 213 714 -8 ( 41,9) 75-15OO 822-8929 454-{)788 783-4931 931-7952 938-4100 365-RACE 476-8048 July 4-6 July 7 July 13 July 13-14 July 14 July 20 July 21 July 27 July 28 Na tional Road Ra ce National Motocross( 125/ 250) Ca mel Pro Ha lf-m ile Na tiona l Road Rac e 250cc MotocrossG rand Prix Camel Pro Mile Natio nal Motocross ( 125/ 250) Camel Pro Hal f-mile National Motocross ~ 1 25/ 25O ) Charlotte. NC Buchanan. MI Hagerstown. MD Mia mi.FL . New Berlin. NY Syrac use. NY Axton. VA Ok lahoma City. OK Troy.OH 704 616 301 305 607 716 703 405 513 251-{)601 695-6405 582-{)64Q 665-RACE 965-8784 648-5100 650-3030 948-6800 335-4763 Aug . 2-4 Aug. 4 Aug. 4 Aug. 7 Aug. 9-1 1 Aug . 11 Aug. 24 ' Aug. 25 National Road Race Nation a l Motocross (125/250) Camel Pro Tourist Trophy Camel Pro Half -mile Nationa l Road Race National Mo tocross ( 125/ 500) Camel Pro Mile 500cc Motocross Grand Prix Lexington. O H Southwick. MA Peeria. IL Ra pid City. SD Co llege Station, TX Millville,MN Indi a napolis. IN San Bemardino. CA 4 19 413 309 605 409 Sept. 1 Sept. 1 Sept. 6-8 Sept . 15 Sept. 20-22 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Na tional Motocross(125/500) Camel Pro Mile Na tional Road Race Camel Pro Mile Na tio nal Road Race National Motocross ( 125/ 500) National Motocross ( 125/ 500) Wa shou g a l. WA Springfield. IL Topek a. KS San Jo se, CA Rosa mond. CA Bing hamton. NY Delmont, PA Oct. 5 Oct. 6 Oct. 12 Oct. 13 Camel Pro Ha lf-m ile National Motocross ( 125/ 500) Camel Pro Mile National Motocross ( 125/ 500) Pomona. CA Bud d s Creek. MD Sacra mento. CA New Berlin. NY . Sf. Petersburg. FL Sacramento. CA Pontiac; MI Monterey. CA C harlotte. NC Irving. TX Jean-Michel Bayle Chr is Carr 21 3~ 931-7952 408 648-5100 813 822-8929 213 931-7952 ~ n4 By Ron Mill er LENOIR.I"C. MAR. 21 Not co m p letely beal ed fro m a sho u lde r injury. KTM lactory p ilot All en G ravi u edged o u t Joey Hopkins by o ne point for a ha rd ea rned overa ll win a t the 12th ro und of th e SETRA Cha m p io ns hi p Enduro Series. The 70 degr ee tem perat u res. low humidit y, no du st a nd perfe ct tract ion provided idea l riding rend itio n s for th e 200 p lus ri de rs . Th« I tn ifo u r ~ I 'ra i l BiL(' ( :Illh g- \'(' th e- r i d t'l" ~ a o ne of th e most cha lle nging etld u ro s or th e sea so n. 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