Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~ LOCAL EVENTS e (Ka w) ; 5. Tommy Clow ers ( Ka w ); 6. Dua ne Benner (Yam ); 7. Robert Nab er (Suz); 8. Tim Hod ", (Han); 9. J oe Ben yak (Suz); 10. Kent Elliff (Suz); 11. Michael Mcintyre (Yam ); 12. Dan Fresh (Yam ); 13. Roger Ewing (Ka w) ; 14. David Wi lson (Ka w) . HEAT 2: I. Mike Cra ig (Kaw); 2. Cha d Pederson (Yam); 3. Jim Holl ey (Yam); 4. Terry Ti nney (Kaw); 5. Heath Kirkland (Suz); 6. Ch ad Clark (Kaw); 7. Darryl Will, (Ha n); 8. Ed Verhelst (Kaw); 9. Jeff T alley (Kaw ); 10. Denn is Hawthorn e (Kaw); I I. Mark La nJ;;t: (Yam); 12. Scott Chesser (Hon ); IS. Step he n Mit ch ell (Yam). MAt N: I. Tyson Vohland (Kaw); 2. Mike Craig (Kaw); 3. Larry Broo k, ( Ka w ); 4. Kyle Le wis (Yam); 5. Jim Ho lley (Ya m ); 6. Chad Pederson (Ya m ); 7. Tomm y Cl ow ers (Ka w) ; 8. Dennis H a w th o rn e (Kaw): 9. Terry T inney (Kaw ): 10. J eff Ta lley (Kaw); II . Dua ne Ben ner (Yam ); 12. Ed verbe tst ( Ka w): 13. Tim H od", (Ha n ); 14. Ra ben Naber (Suz ]: 15. J oe Benyak (Suz); 16. H eath Kirklan d (Suz); 17. Chad Clark (Kaw): 18. K ern Elliff (Sur ); 19. Darry l Will , (H a n ); 20. j ason Edw ard , (Kaw ). ULT RACROSS POtNT ST ANDINGS: I. Mike Craig (298); 2. Larry Brook , (223); 3. Jim Holl ey (203 ): 4. Kyle Lewi s (187); 5. Chad Peder son (158); 6. Low ell Thomson ( 150); 7. Ryan Ca rlis le ( 129); 8. T o mm y Clowers (122); 9. (T I E) Phil Lawrence/ T yso n Vohla nd (108); II. And y Grider (57) ; 12. .Ru ss Wageman (5 1); 13. (TI E) Darrin H oeft/Bader Manneh (12); 15. Sha wn Wynne (41): 16. J erem y McGrath (23); 17. j irnmy Butt on (21); 18. Breu Devries (20); 19. (T IE) Duan e Benn er/Sco u Takacs ( 19 ). Staten smokes 'em at Glen Helen Stadiumcross Tyson Vohland (31) led Tommy Clowers (78) and Robert Naber (15) at the start of the TexasUltracross main event . By Seym our Bett ys Ron Tichenor topped the 125 and 250/500cc Pro classes at Budds Creek MX Park. in rn oto two and th e 1985 125cc Nati ona l Champion quickly pu lled ou t a lead over Tichenor, Dubach , Mike Jones and J im Neese. Aft~r pu lling away fo r severa l la p s, Lech ien's one-year layoff, primari ly due to a broken leg, started to sho w near the ha lfway point. Tichenor had passed Dubach, and soon Lechien fell victi m to th e two charging riders. Lechi en managed to ho ld third for the rest of th e moto an d foll owed winner Ti ch en or and run ner -up Du bach across the fin ish line, J on es remained in fourth at the finish wh ile Neese £N comp leted the to p five. Results 125 PR O : I. Ro n T ichenor (Suz); 2. Do u g Du bac h (Yam); 3. Barry Carsten (Suz); 4. Cliff Palmer (Suz); 5. Mike J on", (Suz). 250 PRO: l. Ron Tichenor'(Suz ): 2. Dou g Duba ch (Yamk S. Ron Lech ien (Ka w); 4. Mike Brown (Hon ): 5. Mike jones (Suz). SAN B ER:>JADINO, C~, MAY 10 R ex Staten topped th e ta le nt-la den 250cc Pro class at the CMC sanc tio ned night mo tocross at G le n H el en R a ce w a y. Staten p o st ed a pair o f consistent fin ishes to secure h is victory. J ef f Emig took co ntro l of the fir st motoearly o n, and fen ded o ff the race- lo ng cha llenges o f Budd y A ntunez . Sta ten sta rted in fourth, but sn uck past Ji m m y Gadd is to fin ish the rno to in th ird place. Em ig styled across the finis h lin e ah ead o f An tunez, Staten and Gadd is . Bill y Felts charged throu gh th e pa ck to fi n is h fifth . Felts stormed ou t of th e ga le in th e second mote, a hea d o f Sta ten, Antun ez. Gadd is and Emig . Whil e Stat en looked fo r a way arou n d Felts , Antu n ez h ad h is hands fu ll w i th a c hargi ng G a d dis. Emig ran fi fth for t hree lap" bu t p u lled fro m the trac k with mecha nical pr oblem s. Felt s held h is lines a nd soa red over the fin ish line tabletop , just a head o f Sta ten, A ntunez a n d Gadd is. S tat en 's 3-2 topped An tu nez's 2· 3 fo r t he overa ll, w h il e Fel ts scored th ird overall wit h h is 5· } scores. R esul ts BEG ST K.: I. Dylan Lo rd (Yam ); 2. Danny Pettin gill (Yam); S. Bria n MacA fet' (Han ); 4. Richard Tolson (Ya m ); 5. Chad Gauma ( Yam) . BEG MOD : I. Danny Wib on (Yam). 60 9-11: l. Jimmy v an s (Kawl ; 2. ~ ic-k Puccio (Ka w); 3. J o na th o n Schmidt ( Ka w) ; 4. Durin R yl~ (Ka w); 5. M:ik~ No rris [Ka w ). 60 0· 8: I. G rr- La nders ( K:IW); 2. Chris Ranek (Kaw ]: 3. g Eddie Freh ette ( Ka w) ; 4. Rryan Jaramillo (l a w); 5. j ll.\lin Mickey T hompson Off-Road Championship GP: Round 6 Jordan (Ka w ). V ohlandvictorious in Texas Stadium Photo by David Goodspeed .Tichenor tallies wins at Budds Creek Motocross By Jonathan Beasley Photo by Dave Olchak BUDDS CREEK, MD, MAY 1S-19 Uf Racing's Ron Tich en or wa lked off with $1800for winning the 125 and 250/500cc Pro classes at the $7500 Pro Ch allen ge at Budds Creek MX Park. Tichenor, wh o earned $ 1100 for his 10th-pl ace fin ish in the Meadowlands Supercr oss the ni ght before, and several o ther top pri vateers tra vell ed south from New J ersey to co mpe te in the event, which a lso attracted mor e than 500 Amateur class en tra nts. At the start of the first 125cc Pro moto, Mike Brown , the runner-up in th e previous ni gh t' s l25cc Eas tern Regional main in the Meadowlands, grabbed th e holesho t followed by loca l rider Tom Welch. By the end of th e first lap, T ichenor and Doug Dub ach ·had moved by Welch and they set off to battle for second. Brown pulled ou t a five-second lead , but at the halfway point hi s Honda coasted to a stop. Dubach shot into the lead wh en he jumped past T ichenor, and the .two T stayed toge ther until the checkered flag where Dubach beat Tichenor. Cliff Palmer and Barry Car sten fin ished third and fourth. Dubach got stu ck in the gate at the start of moto two an d watc hed as Tichenor grabbed the lead. Brown was quickly in Tich enor's sha dow and as th e two banged bars th eir blisterin g pace carried them away from th e pack. Dubach was on a fast pa ce of his own as he worked up fro m last to sevent h by the halfw ay mark. At the end of the race Tichenor was able to break away from Brown to score the win, wh ile Dubach made a last-lap pa ss on Carsten to cla im third at the finish. Ron Lechien blasted his Pro Mo tion Kawasak i KX500 into the lead at the sta rt of the firs t 250/ 50Occ Pro rno to wit h Dubach, T ichenor, Bro wn and Keith Bowen tucked in behin d. The top five quickl y gai ned an advantage over th e rest of the pa ck, and Lech ien led th e pack until a blown head ga sket slowed his charge. Du bach took over in the lead with T ichenor, Brown and Bowen in tight formation j us t behind. They stayed th at wa y and crossed th e fini sh line togeth er bu t wit h no cha nge in the order. Carsten fin ish ed fifth wh ile Lechien limped hom e for sixth . Lechien grabbed the hol eshot again D ALL\S, TX, MAY 1 8 yso n Vohland took the lead on . second lap of the 12-lap 250cc U lt racross main even t then th warted . ch a llen ges by defendi n g Ultracross Champion Mike Craig to score the win in Texas Stadium. Robert Na ber led th e first lap, and after Kawasaki/Yok o/Pro Cir cu it/ Maxima/Dunlop-supported Vohland go t by on lap two Na ber slip ped back to an event ual 14-p lace finish . Crai g, who won the second heat and sta rted on o ne of the back ro ws, quickly moved up from sevent h to third behind former Ul tra cross Cha mpio n Jim H o lley. Crai g passed Holley o n lap three and th en hounded Voh land to the finis h line wh ere he finished second , just a few feet behind Vohland. H oll ey stayed with Craig and Voh land until he fell on lap eig ht, wh ich a llo wed La rry Broo ks, who won hea t two and started just behind Craig, to tak e o ve r th ird. Broo ks h el d his posi tion to the finish over fourth-pl ace fin isher Kyle Le wis , whi le Holley recovered fr o m his fa ll 10 fin ish T 6fi~ £N Results HEAT t : I. Larry Broo ks (Kaw); 2. Kyle Lew is (Ya m); 3. T yson Vohland (Kaw): 4. J ason Edwards 80 EX: I. Mike Meugn (Sw); 2. Larry Linkog le (SUl). 80 I!\I'T: I. Jrif Willoh (Kaw ). 80 JR: I. Shaw n Pero tic (Ho n ); 2. Jon Raymond (Suz); 3. J im m y Va n s (Suz ); 1. Ch uck f RSCO(' (Suz); 5. J ohn Sereika (SUl) . . 80 BEG : J. Sammy D- I"is (Han ); 2. Dou g Par sons (SUl); o 3. C ory Sir"ltts (SUl) ; 4. Mik~ Nickel (Suz); 5. J erry Alema n (SUl ). 125 BEG 1).1: I. John T urne (Sul ); 2.l.kan G i bson ( ~w): 3, Mark Croc ker (Kaw ); 4. Mik e Mo lina (H o n j: 5.Jaso n Ful cis (Ya m). 125 BEG 0 -2: l. Raym o nd Boweers (ka w ); 2. Eric Carter ( Ka w ): 3. MOIIt Puccio (lUw) ; .... Brian McDougall (Ha n ): 5. Kevin Summers (S uz). 125 JR: I. J im my Butl er (Sw); 2. M ik~ Van Noorot (SU ); l 3. J ason Lenerski (SUl ); 4. T odd Go uld (SUI.); 5. Mike Ban u ta (SUl). VET INT: I. Pa ul Dond lr. (Sm) ; 2. See n WiIld n!lOn (Ho n); 3. P ill O rescanin (Sw ); 4. Bdl Cot ton (YOIm ). 125 tNT: I. Jac::k Cox ()(.a 2. Ryan j ohnsen (Hon); Swl; Todd Oa vi. (H on ); 4. Don a ld Upto n (H on ); 5. T im Staulenbe il (Hon). 125 PR O : l. Budd y Antu nez (Sw); 2. Budd Eri ckson (Suz); 3. Mik e Yo ung (S Ul); 4. Jimmy Gaddis (8Ul): 5. Paul Cnrtez (H o n ). 250 BEG : 1. Cameron Steele (Suz); 2. K~lI y Howa rd ( Kaw) ; 3. Tony Bandi era (Yam) ; 4. Ma rk Romagnoci (Yam); 5. Krolly McDo ugall (Han). 500 BEG : 1. T roy Cun ning ha m (H a n ). 250 INT: l. Ray McI ntosh (Ka w ); 2. Mo rgan Steele (Sw ); 3. Ant ho n y Fren ch (Ya m ); 4. Rya n j o hnson (Han); 5. Kdly Pich el ( Ka w ). 250 JR: 1. Brian M a~ (8 w); 2. Paul Donnely (Ka w ); 3. Scott Stra ng io (Cag ); 4. J osh Ryan (H a n); 5. T racy Archer (Yam) . . 250 PR O : I. Rex Sta ten (H a n ); 2. Ruddy Antunn (Suz); 3. Billy Felli ( Ra w) : 4. Jimmy Gaddis (SUl); 5. St- n Pagel a (Suz). 500 PR O : I. Rtx. Staten (Ha n ); 2. Mar c Peten. (Ha n). VET J R: I. T~ V aro n ( Ya m) ; 2. Rod ol£o Castan eda ( Ra w) ; 3. Thad Frida y (Ya m ); i . Mike Ca rr (Ha n); 5. Robe rt w etb em (Yam ). OT INT: 1. Ra y Simmon , (SUl ). OT J R: I. Gale Webb (Ho n); 2. Dan Field, (Ya m ). WMN : I.Bon ni e WaTCh (Sull ; 2. Karen Ntetsen (Hon). VET MSTR: l. Bob Tippi t (Ho n). UTH J R: 1. Robbi e K(')'s. Goleman gasses it at Lake Whitney Motocross By Liz Surber W HITNEY, rx, MAY 5 Man Go leman captured the ove ra ll win in th e 125cc Novice class at ro u nd fou r o f th e T e xas Se r ies , h eld a t Lak e Whitney Cycle R anch. In m oto o ne, M ark Allema n started in fourth a n d m oved u p a posi tion each lap.

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