Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~ SUPERCROSS AMADme1Super_cross _ries_:R_oUDds_IO_"ll _Se _ -:---_ _ Dlington (H o n); 12. Dany Porelnville (Ya m ); U . Morea u Nelson (Su, ): 11. jack Lee (SOl); 15. Trevor Vines (KTM ); 16. Anthon y OJ.own. Time: 1:13.12 123 Q UAL 3: I. j ason Langford (Yam ): 2. junior j achon (Han); 3. Kenn y Kizzaz (Su,): 1. Jef{ Glass (Ho n); 5. Grrg Krei nbrook (Sw ); 6. DaVId Ow ens (Yam): 7. Mike McDona ld (SOl); 8. Mar k Pillion (H o n}; 9. Corey Dolinar (Han); 10. 911: 11. Jon Dannon (Kaw); 12. Michael Blair (KTM): 13. james Co y (Hon): 11. Mart y O'Hara (Hon ): 15. Jell Micha ud {H onk 16. jay johnson (Yam): 17. Mike Morri . (Hon); 18. Allen Hom e (Hon): 19 j ean Roy m (H on ]. Time: 1:05.91 123 Q UAL ~ : I. David Beckington (Su,) : 2. Hank Moree (Han) ; S. Burch Sm ith (Suz): 4. Shane Lawso n (Hon ); 5. jeff Yentzer (Kaw); 6. Sco u Sheak (Kaw): 7. Robert Wagn a (Su,);8 . T im Hode>(Sw); 9. Sleven Rob inson (Kaw); 10. Coby Robb (Su,); II. Jimmy Randa (Su,): 12. j immy Wood (Su, ); 13. Randy Emick (Kaw); 11. Todd Sincla ir (Kaw): 15. Shane Templeton (Su,); 16. Jason Fletcher (Hon); 17. Car l Weiss (Su, ); 18. T odd Schmiu (Hon ). Time: 1:11:73 123 CO NSI I : I. Mark PiIlon; 2. j ason Ri vas: 3. T im Hodes: 4. Mike Morri s; 5. J on Danna n: 6. Moreau Nelson; 7. Mik e Eikl enborg ; 8. Todd Sind air; 9. jeff Meichcz; 10. jimmy Randa; II. Carl Weiss: 12. Dean Sheldon ; 13. Marty O'H ara : 11. Sccu Swenton. T ime: 1:19:00 123 CONSI %: I. Shane Templeton: 2. j ody Addicom 3. Corey Dolinar; 1. Mark w ea ver; 5. Allen H om e: 6. Michael Blair: 7. Steven Rob in son : 8. Blan e Armb ruster; 9. R ich Machnia k; 10. Jimmy Wood ; 11. jelf Michaud : 12. Todd Schmi u; 13. j ack Lee: 14. Joe Elli ngton; 15. Mike Vandenplas; .16. Ja mie Mike Kiedro wski sails into th e Pontiac Silverdome's unique section of track that climbs into the spectator seats. Stevenson. Brown (483) led the majori ty of Sunday's 125cc ma in un til he was hit from behind and stalled in a turn. J erom y Buehl (25) recovered fro m a fall to win the race. Emig finished seventh , the last rider to finish on the lead lap. Stephenson finished eighth ahead of Jeff Ward, and Matson was the first privateer at 10th. 125cc main 10 in the first semi before his chain broke, finished second behind Andrews in the LCQ to earn the last transfer position to the main event, Taylor just missed again, but his $900 for finishing third was more than what the fifth-place finis her would earn in the main. The adm inistrative error escaped few riders and didn't escape AMA MX Professional MX Manager Roy Janson , who said he'd seen the error but not before the payout schedule had already been mailed to the compe titors. Normall y, the third pla ce fini sher in the' LCQ would receive less than the 20th place fini sher in the final. Bradshaw settled the main event righ t from the start when he blasted ahead of Bayle. DeHoop gave his local fans something to cheer about as he got away third and stayed there for several laps before tirin g and fading back to 13th. " I felt good the first five laps," said the Hu dsonville nat ive. " Bradshaw and Bayle's pace was too much for me right now ." The top two riders disappeared from the pack, and althoug h Bradshaw never got out of sight, Bayle was comem to watch from second " Bradshaw was riding well and I didn't want to take the risk to catch him," said Bayle. " It 's a twO-day race, so it's good to finish 1-2 instead of 110." After Del-loop's demise, Emig held down third and gaye each of the four riders who passed him before the finish a good look at his front wheel. Tichenor 'was the first to go by, then La Rocco followed by Kiedrowski, both of who m had charged up throu gh the pack after Kiedrowski fell in the second com er and held up La Rocco, and finall y Cooper. Emig gave each rider a fight. ridi ng them high in the turns, even a fter being passed . " If I don't stick a wheel in they' ll think I'm just there, like a lapper," said Emig. "I' ve got to show them I'm as tough as anyone else; if I don 't they'll walk all over me." T ichenor, who was riding with the wrist he injured ear lier in the season heavily taped , had his arm pump up and wisely backed off, which allowed La Rocco to take third away from hi m at the halfway poim and Kiedrowski to get by and into fourth several lap s later. Tichenor held on to fifth and Cooper was unable to catch him as he lost time bat tling Fisher, who began to slow near the end as his KTM blew a base gaskeL The resulting loss in power caused Fisher to crash in the whoops, and he pulled out of the race. Sunday's 125ccmain turned out to be the most exiciting race of the weekend Mike Brown scooted off with the 'lead on the start as Swink got squeezed into the hay bales and cras hed in the first tum. Brown 's lead quickly grew as Palmer. ru nning a dose second initially, struggled to keep Vohland behi nd. Vohland got by on lap two and Hughes followed him through, with second-h eat winner Buehl joining them a couple of laps later. Buehl continued his charge un til he was in second and rapidly gaining on leader Brown , but his charge ended on lap nine when he got out of sha pe in th e whoops and fell . Vohland and H ug hes charged pa st with Hughes taking second a lap later. T ension grew as Brown , who was recently hospitalized with strep throat foll owing the Marc h 24 Han g town National, appeared to be tiring and Hughes q uickly closed in. But he got too close in the section of the track that carried the riders up into the stands, clip ped Brown 's rear tire and went down. As the crowd roared , Brown lost momentum, stalled in the tum and gave up the lead to Vohla nd Buehl, however, had charged back from his fall and made the last lead change when he passed Vohland on the same lap. " If I would've fell any later I wouldn't have been where I was," said an elated Buehl after having won his second ma in even t in as man y weeks. " Buehl was on it," said Vohland, who finis hed second in the race. " I go t to first place, but he was stro nger." Bro wn hung on to finish third as a bau ling Barry Carsten and Hughes closed in near the finish . New Jersey's Carsten heU off Hughes to finish fourt h. Swink crashed again as he charged through the pack and 'finished seventh behind Henry , who had won the first heaL ~ Results SAT URDAY . 125 Q UAL I : j ame> Eickcl (Yam) : 2, Chri s Neal (Su, ): 3. j ell Pe>tana (Su,): 1. Stanley Cho m Eickel (Yam): 7. Chuck Reed (Kaw): 8. Tallon Vohland (Su,): 9. j eff Pestana (Su,) ; 10. Eric McLear (Yam); II. SIeve Crowe {Sue): 12. Kevin Shemwell (Van); 13. Stanley Chcmer (Hon): 11. Gaylon Dichon (SOl); 15. Shane Templeton (Su,): 16. Jim j an e>(Sw): 17. Robert Wagner (Su, ): 18. J osh Brown (Su, ) 19. j ason Rivas (Su,): 20. Bryan Battaglia (S Ol~ Time: 5:18.&1 125 HEAT 2: I. Mike Brown (Hon): 2. j eremy Bueh l (Hon): 3. Barry Carsten (Su, ); 4. Doug H Eickcl (Yam): 15' lunior jackson (Hon) ; 16.Ch uck Reed (Kaw): 17. j ef Glass (Hon ); 18. Shane Lawson (Hon); 19. j ason Gra y (Sw); 20. Eric McLear (Yam): 21. Seen Sneak (Kaw): 22. JcfIzey Pesta na (Su,). Time: 11:23.50 250 Q UAL I: I. Ty Darn (Hon ): 2. Chris Colanan (Yam): 3. Dall Bcyseen (Kaw); 1. Brian Carrol (SOl): 5. Mark Pitho n (H a n ); 6. Ja mie S I~50n (Yam ); 7. j ob Bazzell (Ho n): 8. John Dixon (Hon ): 9. Mall w heclri ghl (Kaw); 10. Brett Schaht (Ho n); II. G3lT

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