Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

eLOCAL EVENTS ~ H oll ey scoo ted across the fin ish line in sixth . Lawrence grabbed th e holeshot at th e sta rt of th e ma in event, with Ca rl isle and Holley in hot pursuit. Holley sn uck under Ca rlisle in the firs t turn and in to second. Once out front ho wever, Law rence proceeded to pull away from th e pa ck and ope n up a co m ma nd i n g lead. T ho mso n and Pederson engaged in a heated dice that carri ed them into second and third pos i tio ns, respecti vel y, but were never a threat to Lawrence. Craig stor med into fourth place, but Broo ks forced hi s way pa st. Lawrence gr eeted the checkered flag well ah ead of Thom son, Pederson and Broo ks. " It feels gr eat ," said Lawrence. " Once I go t out front , I didn 't have an y rea l worries." Cl' Ph il Lawrence (39) led Ryan Carlisle (90) and Jim H oll ey (3) at the start of the Seattle UItracross main event. Steve Chi ldresssmoked to the 125an d 250cc Pro wins at the Dixie Classic Stadiumcross. SCII RY: I. Rich ie Ho n o n (Kaw]: 2. Danny Rich (SUl); 3. Brian Ward (Han ). 125 C : I. Wa yne Eller (Ho n) ; 2. Pa ol Leigh (S UI ); 3.Mo lllt:' Hed rick (Han); 1. SU C Sm ith (Yam); 5. :'\l Will ia ms Co u : iI1 (SUl). 250 C: I. Rill y Ow ensby ( Ka w); 2. Tim T~ell (H o n): 3. james H en slee (SUI ); -I. j oel Cla m pi tt (H o n): 5. Bru er- Hutch in s ( Ka w). 125 B: I. wes Ca ve (Hon) ; 2. j osh Dombros ky (SUI) ; 3. Billy Charlo ( Ka w). 250 B: I. :\.1i kr- T rexle r ( Ho n ); 2. j r-H Musha la (Yam,; 3. ;\tile Keller (Hon ); 'I. Ch uck Gr een (Ho n ); !l . Billy Harrison (Hon ). · 25: I. David Eller ( H o nk 2. Bill y H arriso n (Ho n ); 3. jamo Goi n (SUI). · 30: I. Nick Allen (Hon) ; 2. jim Rice { Ka w). 125 PRO: 1. Steve Ch ildr ess (SUI); 2. T odd Ben nick (SUI); .5. Sha ne Templ eton (SUl ); 4. Pa tri ck Sla te (Ya m); 5. Kevin Wal ker (Yam ). 250 P RO : I. SteveChi ldr n s (Sul); 2. Todd Benn ick (S UI): 3. Pa trick Slat e (Yam); 4. Brad Proc tor (Yam); 5. David Ella (Hen ), ~I ickey Thompson Off-Road GP: Round 5 Lawrence leaps' to Seattle win By R and y Jachman Childress rocks Dixie Classic Stadiumcross By H enry Muller W INSTONSALEM, NC, APR. 27 n swer P rodu ct s-ba ck ed Stev e Chi ld ress sco red doubl e-cl a ss wins in th e 125 and 250cc Pro classes at the Dixi e Classic Fairgrounds Stadiumcross. Childress pocketed $600 for his pair of victories. Childress and Shane T em p leton stormed into the first tum in the 125cc Pro main event . Childress emerged with the lead , whil e T odd Benn ick snuck under T empleton and took over second. By lap two of the 20 lap race, Ch ildress had already began to establish a lead. Chi ldress scored the win with a comfo rtable lead over Benn ick and Temp leto n. Kevin Walk er grabbed the holesh ot a t the start of the 250cc Pro main , with Bennick, Childress and Sla te in ho t pu rsuit, Chi ld ress spe nt a few lap s dicing with Bennick , but eventually mo tored pa st and set after Walker. On la p ni ne, Chi ld ress closed o n the lead er, bu t sudden ly found himself in th e lead wh en Walker pulled from the track with an inj ured arm. Once o u t front, Chi ld ress proceeded to open a commandi ng lead . Chi ldress scored hi s second win of the . n ight ahead of Bennick, Slate and Pr octor. Mike Trexler was quickest off the lin e in the 250cc B main wi th J eff Mush ala and Mike Keller in tow . By the halfway po int of the 10-lap race, Mu sh ala had closed o n Trexler and the two riders swa pped th e lead severa l tim es. At the fin ish it was Trexler A 28 scori ng the win, with Mu shala close behind. Keller held o nto th ird place. Wes Cave ran off and left th e 125cc B class with a wire to wire win over J osh Dombrosky arid Forsyth Motospo rts spo nsor ed Bill y Cha rles. T im Terrell powered his Ho nda in to the lead at the start of the 250cc C ma in, whi le Billy Ow ensby pulled ahea d of James Hensl ee for second. On the fo urth lap , Ow en sby took the lead fro m T err ell , bu t T erre ll gra bbed it back o n the next lap . With two laps to go, Owen sby fou nd his spot and sq ueezed past T errell for good. The win went to Ow ensb y, foll owed close ly by Terrell wi th H enslee third. J oel Clampitt and Bruce Hutchins fill ed o u t the top five. Scott Hedger and Wayne Eller sha red the holeshot in the l25cc main , with Eller taking the lead on lap th ree of the 10-lap race. Pau l Leigh wat ched the actio n from th ird. Hedger dropped to fou rth and later cras hed ha rd. Leigh grabbed second pl ace and clo sed o n Eller, but Leigh and Hedrick followed in th ird and four th , respectivel y. Rich ie and Robbie Hort on were the do min ant for ces in the Min i cla sses, with T ravis Rominger edgi ng Bryan Stevens for runner-up hon ors in the 85cc (12-15 year-old) division beh ind Richi e Horton. J acob Dombrosky put his Suzuki in secon d behind Robb ie Horton in the (7-13) class o ver Ch ris Flowe and Brian Ward. c:N Results 60: I. Eric Flo we ( Ka w) . 8S 7-13 : 1. Robbi e H orto n ( Ka w); 2. J aco b Dombrosky (SUl ): 3. Ch ris Flo we (Ka w); 4. Bria n War d (He n ). 85 12-15: l. Rich ie H o rto n { Ka w]: 2. T ra vis Ro m in ger (Yam ); 3. Brya n Steven s (SUl); 4. Mauhew M oreu ( H e n) . SEATTLE. WA, A 27 PR. in eteen-year-old Ph il Lawrence led the way in the 250cc Ultra cross main even t at the Seattle Kingdo me, scoring h is first-ever UltraClOSS victory aboa rd his T eam Gr een / Fox/ Shoe i/ Scott/ Po werbar/ CTi/VP/ Dunlop /P ro Circui t-spo nso red Kawasaki KX 250. " I really wa nted to win th is o ne bad ," said an ela ted Lawrence. " No w I want to keep my mo mentum up -for the Las Vegas supercross." Along wi th the motorcycles, truc ks, buggies and ATVs help to fill the n ight's program. A mu lti -row sta rti ng . forma t is used, and riders mu st q ual ify for the ir po sitions in a prelim ina ry heat race. The top 10 riders from each of the two heats are adva nced to th e fin a l, wi th the top finis hers placed towards the back to make for mor e exciting raci ng. Defen din g U l tracross Champion Michael Ra y Craig topped the first heat after ba ng ing bars wi th T eam' Green 's Larry Brooks th roughout th e racc. Brett Devries, Andy Grid er and Scott Steffy ro unded out th e top five. Lawrence recovered from a poor start to fin ish in the sixth spot. "T he track isn ' t very technical ," said Brooks. " It 's all o ne line, and th ere's now here to pass." Man y riders had th e sa me co mplaint, as th e Ultracross tracks are bett er su i ted to th e four wheel comperi tors. Kyle Lew is look co nt ro l of the second heat early in the race and fended off th e cha rges of Tommy Clowers and Lowell T ho mso n. Ch ad Pederson and Ryan Ca rl isle arg ued over fourth, with Pederson comi ng o ut o n to p. J im N Results HEAT I: I. Mike Cra ig (Kaw]: 2. Larry Broo ks (Ka w): .5. Breu Devri es (SUI); 4. And y G rider (Ka w); 5. Sco u S,dly (SOl ); 6. Ph il La wrence (Ka w ): 7. Sha w n Wynne (SUI ); 8. Mike Bell (SUI ); 9. David Ba iley (Yam ); 10. Dan Fresh (Ya m); 11. Scott Gr imm (Ka w): 12. Natha n P ip pert (Kaw): 13. j ames Mereta (Hon ]: 14. Joh n CJay to n ( Ka w): 15. Mark La ng e (Ya m ); 16. Bria n Leo nard (Han) . H EAT 2: I. Kyle Lt-wis (Yam ); 2. Tomm y Clow ers ( Ka w ): 3. Lowell Thomson (Ya m ): 4. Ch ad Ped erson (Ya m); 5. R yan Car lisle (Kaw}; 6. Jim Ho lley (Ya m); 7. Sc o tt Takacs (SUl); 8. Cr-.Jy!>On Ha rt (Ho n ); 9. J oe ) Ho ward (Ka w ); 10. Robert Naber (SUI); II. Rod T apia (SUI ); 12. john Chri stian (Yam ); 13. Rob Flagler (Ho n ); 14. Sta n Lund ( Ka w); 15. Ted-Devol (S U ); 16. Chris Rid gwa y (SUI). I MAI N : I. P h il La wrence ( Kaw): 2. Low ell T ho mson (Ya m ); 3. Chad Ped er son (Ya m ); 4. La rry Brook s ( Ka w); 5. Mi ke Cra ig (Ka w); 6. Kyle Lewis (Ya m) ; 7. J im Hol ley (Ya m); 8. Brett Devries (Suz); 9. &OU St( lIy (SUI) ; 10. R yao Ca rlisle (Kaw); I I. Shawn Wynne ( Kaw); 12. And y Grider (KaWI: U . David Bailey (Ya m); 14. Mik e Bell (Suz); 15. G rayson Han {H o n ): 16. T o mmy Clowers ( Ka w); 17. Scott T akacs (5u1.): 18. Dan Fresh (Yam); 19. Robert Naber ISuI); 20. J oe l How ar d (Yam). 250 ULTRACROSS PO ll', STA NDINGS: I. Mike Craig (235); 2. Jim H o ll ey ( 170); 3. Larry Broo ks ( 1&1); 4. Lo well Thom son (150); 5. Kyle Lewis (141); 6. Ryan Ca rlis le (129); 7. Chad Peder son (122); 8. Phil Lawrence ( 108); 9. Tommy Clowers ( 105); 10. An dy G rider (57). Schwartz, Larsen top IMS season opener By Scott Daloisio SAN BERNARDINO. 0.. APR. 24 U nder the gu idan ce o r new pro moter Stu Peters, Inland Motor Spe edway held its first speed way race of th e 1991 campa ign. On a blustery, co ld ni ght punctuated by heavy drizzle, Bobby Sch war tz a nd J osh Larse n won the seaso n opening Divi sion One ma ins. Sta rting in ga te th ree, Schwar tz trailed Na tio na l Cha m pion Mike Faria as the Scra tch mai n Iiel d hit turn o ne the fir st time. Fari a stayed ril: ht to the edge of th e din lin e, leavin g very li ttle room as he cam e off the second tu rn . Very liule room is all Sch wartz needed. In a daring pass, th e 34-year-old vetera n pu shed his Red Devil a nd Freedom Firew orks/ Frame Shop/ST P/CTi Bra ce/ Oakley G M betwee n Faria and the wall . By th e time they reach ed turn three, Schwartz had secu red th e lead . Bill y Hamill , visiti ng from En gland, was tryi ng to catch the leaders when a mechanical proble m for ced him out o n lap two. The race ended wit h Sch wartz, th e track 's a ll-time victory lead er, mo ving away from Faria for th e seaso n-ope n ing victory. Third went to Fari a 's tea-mmat e Larsen. When th e eig h t-lap Handicap main left the line, th e drizzle intensified. J ohn Aden started ·a t th e front of the eigh t-rider field, Before be exited tum two, Aden found h im sdf in second as Don Odom passed him for th e lead. La rsen also lought his way past Aden and by the end of th e second lap he was hounding Od om. Odom held La rsen bade. until lap three when he succumbed to th e two-time Junior Na tiona l Ch ampion 's pressure. On the same lap, Hamill had anoth er problem when he ran o u t of tear -offs and mud covered hi s goggles. H e co uldn ' t see and slammed the cra sh- wa ll. exiti ng tum two . Larsen , o n th e Russell Racing /Prime T ickei/Shoe i/ O urv Grip/Sunsh in e Carpets GM co nstruc ted a commanding lead and by th e time Fari a relieved adorn of second o n lap seven , Larsen was go ne. He won th e race by a half stra igh t o ver Far ia, Odom and Aden . Former mot ocr oss ra cer Rus s Wageman took his Weslake to wins in his heat and the Division T wo main event. Mike Reed and Bobby Campbell finished second and third. fn the Divi sion Three main , Colorado's Ride. Webb won over Kevin O 'N eil a nd Ricky Ritch.

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