Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~ LOCAL EVENTS Count y Fairgrou nds. Schwartz do minated the e Clifford Goertz (117) topped Shaun Martin (106) at the New Berl in HS . Brad Oxley (nearest) scored third in the Handicap Main at Costa Mesa Speedway. radng in the Scratch po rt io n o f the program where liewon h is hea t, p laced seco nd in h is semi a nd led th e fo ur -lap mai n wire to wire . T he 34-yea r-o ld star too k th e lead lrom ga te two whe n the race began. England 's P hil Co llins came ou t seco nd bu t qu ick ly drop ped to th ird when Na tio na l C ha m p io n Mik e Faria got h im in tu rn two. Josh Larsen a lso passed Co llins o n the insi de . Fari a p ushed h is Weslak e to the limit as he tried to relieve Sch wa rtz o f the lead. On th e th ird circuit, Fa ria went to th e dirt a nd stayed wi de until he exited tu rn two o n th e nex t lap. T he nhe tried to du ck underneath Schwa rtz for first , bu t it didn' t work. Sch wa rt z kept th e Red Devil a nd Freedom Fir eworks/ CTi Brace/ Cirell o Ra cing Wes la ke in front to the Finish as Fa ria sta yed lo w through th e last ben d and closed o n th e leader but ca me up a leng th sho rt. Co ll ins . afte r p assin g Larsen o n rhe fin al la p , finish ed th ird, Tony Bienen sta rted a lo ne o n the 30-yard line in the H andi ca p main a nd he set the pa ce ove r th e firs t c ircu i t. McC onnell c ha sed Biener t do wn and moved to the insid e o n la p , two . The two rid er s stay ed elbow to elbo w u nti l the beginnin g of la p three wh en Bienert went too wid e a nd ha nded first to McConnell . Bienert fn u nd hi mself trap ped on th e o u tside a fter McCo nn ell go t p ast a nd befo re lo ng h e wa s bac k 10 fou rth. McConnell was o n a good ru n unti l th e red flew o n lap five wh en And y Northrup, Steve L uce ro a nd Bien en tan gl ed til turn th ree. . McCon nell assumed co nt ro l o n th e Stree t Sig ns/CT i Brace/McConnell Su rfboa rds Pr o Design Gooden wh en th e gr een ca me back out.. Fari a an d H icks met in a thrillin g wa r unti l Far ia par ked in tu rn two o n the fin al la p. Tha t ga ve seco nd to Hi cks a nd a llo wed Brad Oxley to lak e th ird. McConnell Lame by for wha t he th o u ght wou ld be the chec kere d flag a nd did a big whee lie u nti l he rea lized he sa w the wh i te flag for the seco n d time. McConnell wi sel y got back o n the th ro ttle a nd went ar o u nd one more time. T his time the chec kered flag waved and .. he had the win as th e ice wen t a n ex tra la p. J o h n Aden sco red th e Divisio n Two win , as he trounced th e co m pe titio n in bot h h is heat race a nd in th e final from th e lO·yard lin e. Mor o cr o sser R u ss Wageman wo n hi s Di visio n T h ree qua lifier, and styled h is wa y to the w in in the fin al. Resu lts . .. RATCll : l. C Bnbb~' SdlWotrtl ( W~ ); 2. Mikt, Faria (WI'!» ; :t I'hil ClI llim (Wl·");·1. Jmh La rsen (Cdn). lI n Cl' : I. . .. a wu Ml'Cofl llell (C d n) ; 2. Gat)' Hit'k ~ (WI'S); h i . Bratl O" l e '~' ( We·lI); ·l. Mikt· Fotri;.a (Wt.·!o). 1)-2: I. Juhn ,\ dC (jaw ); 2. Mik l' Bu ff (jaw I; ~ . Om:" ~ '1I Gu·y,. n (Wl·:'''' . u 1)·3: I. R u!o:. Wa ~c·m 'lll (WI'!o): 2. Culm, Cardon;.a (We!o); 3. R"I)!'II S.a1..h m y (Wc·..). . Cardwell cards New Berlin Hare Scrambles win By Tom Tysl 30 Beginner Andy Cripe. Cripe p ut everyo ne o n noti ce that he was serio us a bo u t th e series win, as he ran aw ay a nd hid from th e rest of th e p ack in both Beg inner m OLDS. At the start 01 th e first 25Occ-l ntermed ia te race, Sease n ailed the hol esh o t a hea d 01 Ken Winston a nd 500cc In termediate class rid er s T odd Fr eist a t a n d Robert Fa il ing. Sease immed iately stre tched o ut a co mfo rta b le lead a nd des p ite the 30-mi n u te plus-o ne-lap rnot os, he sho wed no signs o f slowing down as he clipped o fl la p ti mes co mpara ble to th e P ro class rid ers. Sease LOok th e easy win with winston a distan t seco nd, a nd it looked as if the ser ies tit le wou ld be easi ly within hi s reach . H ow ever, moto two sta rted out a di sa ster for Sease as h is Suzuk i develo ped a flat rea r tir e wh ile he was sitti ng o n the start ing line. As he hurrit-d to the p its to fill it . th e ga te was released a nd th e pac k roa red o fl. Grabb in g th e hol esho t was Winston, and by th e ti me Sea se roar ed away down the sta rt stra ig ht a ll a lo ne, Winston was over o ne min ute a hea d . Sea se rode' like a mad ma n as C ripe sa t in th e blea ch ers with hi s fin gers crossed. At the 20· m in u te mark Sease had Win ston in hi s sig h ts, bu t lo oked ti red fr om c ha rg ing th rough the pa ck. To complica te ma tters Sease' s rea r tir e began losin g ai r, wh ich ma de it difficult to find trdct io n o n th e sli ppery Ca r lsbad circ ui t. Sease caught "" in ston a nd the tWO riders went side by side u p the uphill o n th e last lap. As th e two ca me down the last 100 yards lO th e fini sh , th ere was a tr icky right-hand tu rn a nd Sease dove to th e in side as \Vins ton held th e gas wide ope n allcm pt in g to ra il the o u tside ber m . \Vin sto n 's Kawasaki cl im bed the wa lls and sent hi m ca n whee ling do wn the track, as Sease rocketed th ro ug-h th e finis h. An u ninj un'd \ VinsLOn re mo u n ted to fin ish second. "Tha t's a ll the energy I had left, " sa id a n exha usted Sease a t the fin ish . " My ha t's off lO Ken , he rode a hell of a idce. " J T -backed Sease sewed up the class and the Spring Series ti tle, a nd was p resen ted wit h a Yamaha RT 180 fro m J T a n d North Coun ty Yam aha. Results 80 JR: I. Bobb y Allen ( ~ w ). 12S BEG : I. Cha rles Simpson (Yam ); 2. Scou Hultgren (Kaw); !S. Bruu:' For ina !oh(YillTI ); 4. Ran d y Mc Millian (Hon) . 125 I R: I. Ty Kady ()(aw) ; 2. Jeff Mo rri s tHon ); 5. Milano Sc-ha~rrer; 4. David J~nkilU, (Su z); 5. J onatha,~ Kni ght (Kaw). 2SO BEG : I. Andy C ripe (Yam ); 2. C hi p Schell (Yam); !S. Mik e Bloom (Yam) : 4. ('...m Cameron ( Ya m ): .,.. Rob b ie K(')'!o [ Y am ], 250 JR: I. Dan e Andersen (Ho n ): 2. Nick Abalu (Yam) ; 3. Will i Zarth (KT M); .1. T om Mdlur (H o n) ; 5. T~ Kukla (Kaw) , 2!JO INT : I. Smu Sease (S UI ); 2. Ken winston ( Ka W); ~ . Do n Rice (H o n ); 4. Robert Sheldon (Yam): 5. Vin ttnl Pob lan o {Hon). !)()(J BEG: I. Da n Campbel l (H u n) ; 2. Rt'Kl'"r Orl"h (H u n ). 500 JR: I. Ch r is Pt'rl'f t H u n). 500 I ~T: t. Robe rt Faili n g (Hon ); 2. T odd Freisrar (H u n) . 25-29 BEG : I. R ich ard Worl ey (Ya m};2. jrm G()u~h (Raw ); 5. Dou g Ra hdcrs (Sm:); 1. Jd f PaTh (H n n ): .,.. r: h rillo Rn ll y (Yam) . 2." -29 JR: I. Will i 7..arth (KT M); 2. Bria n Ford (Yam ); 3. Bad B u rKt"!o~ (H u n) . 25-29 INT: I. Vin crnl l' u bl;UlCl ( l-Iu lI ): 2. Tod McKa y (S UI ). VET 8 Jo:G : I. Mik e RUlh ( K~w) : 2. Gotry ROIh ()(awl; 3. Ca m C lrnt'wn (Ya m ): 't. licoc:-k y Kukl ;.a (Kotw). \ ' E1' j R: I. Ch ri~ Prrc'/ (Ho n); 2. Bob L1uyd ( K.. W); 3. Mil-hl'l l.andl'/(f'll t (Hun); 1. j UM 'ph GtJll/..aIt" (Ma ii ); S. Gary l Oc-Fore!ol (H o n l. VET INT : I. Robt"r1 Shddon ( Ya m); 2. Cr

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