Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

GLOCAL EVENTS a ll five laps, with the o n ly possible competition coming fro m Brad Cl ar k. Mike Liu a 125cc B rider , hol esho t th e co mbi ned l25cc classes in moto two, followed closely by 125cc C cont ender Kipp Ketron , who did n 't mak e it past the first turn. Three o ther riders, Ch esler, Matthew Sutphin and Rob bie Nea l. lai d it down to aV OId Ketron wh ile Li u mo tored away from the pileup nea rly a lone. Leslie Belcher reeled him In and made good o n a pa ss to put Liu in second pl ace in the pack , th ough he ended up wi n ni ng th e 125cc B class. Ch ester, who remounted last, methodicall y picked off riders on each lap and ended up in th ird at th e fin ish. m Results 50: I. j effrC}' Fields (Ya m ); 2. Da vid McFar b .nd (Yam ): 3. Clad Asbury (Yam); 4. Ashlr,- Asbury (Yam). . .. J R MIN I 7· 11: 1. Rob bie Collins (H on ). SR MISI: 1. J a m~ Crowder (Kotw): 2. Pr o ton R~ (Kotw); 3. j (»('ph Hopson (Yam ): i . Michad Emmm (Kaw). SCH BY: I. Ripper Ketron (S UI) ; 2. Jo~h H o pK>O (Yam ): 3. Ra leigh Deel: 1. jason Thompso n (Ho nj. . END R: 1. Andrew Loc ke (KTM); 2. j err Davis (Yam): 5. Ronald j enkins (SUl). 125 A: 1. Jim Ch O lfi (S UI ). 125 B: I. Mike Liu (S UI) ; : Bra d Cla rk (K.il.w). t 125 C: 1. Leslie Belcher (Hon); 2. Matthew Sutphi n (Han ); ! . j am es Neece (Kaw); 4. Kip per Ketro n (SUI); 5. Herb A.J bury (H a n ). 125 NON ·CUR R: 1. J ame s Kincer (Ha n). 250 A: I. Cb ester (Suz); 2. Mik(' Oarreu (KTM). 250 B: 1. ay Ha yes (Han). 250 C D· I: 1. Brian Hess (K.aw); 2. Ch ris ROlle (Kaw); ! . Kenn e th Bailey (H on); 4. Lo ren Will ia ms (K.aw); 5. Butch Sta nsell (Kaw). 250 NO N·C U RR: I,. je£frey Sla te (Ho n ): 2. Roben T ilso n . (Ya m ): .5 Bria n Neely (ka w). 25+ A: 1. Ron Jones (SUI) ; 2. Jeffery Lyon s (Kaw); 3. LaI'11' Harrison (Sw). 25+ B: 1. Cletis Green (Han). 25+ C: I. Chris ROSoC (Koiw); 2. J ohn ny Rasar (SUI) ; 3. David w eston (Yam); 4. Ja mo Kincrr (H a n); S. Mikl(' Phillip pi (Kaw). SR A: 1. Ron Joo o (Sw); 2. Jeff LyolU (Kaw); 3. Gary Osborne (Ha n ); 4. Uny H arri son (Suz). SR B: i . Allen Lunsford (Han). SR C: i. John ny Raur (SUI}; 2. Mi ke Ph ill ippi (Kaw); 3. Ronald Jntkina (S UI) . 4-STRK: 1. JdJ Wamn (SUI). UIL AM: l. Jam o H ayn (H on): 2. SI~ Lin (Suz); 3. Robm Neal (h w ); i . Loren Williams ( ~w ); S. RMldy Cas de (h w). . O PEN AM; I. Gary o.bor1'Ie (Hon). S/SR: I. John ThomplOO (Sw:). lim Larry Harrison (77) led Ron Jones (3) and Brad Clark (358) at Hidden Acres MX. the rocks. He was follow ed closely by Ri tchey and Doug Li ndgren . By the second lap , Crull and Ri tch ey had o pened u p a healthy lead in their battle for firs t, Ri tchey tried repea tedl y to stu ff under Crull in th e hairpins , on ly to have the door slam med sh ut by the vetera n. On the las t lap, Ri tch ey ma de a desperation move under Crull in the final turn. He came up inches short and had to settl e for second Third wen t to Aar on Roger s who had come th rou gh th e pa ck after starting near ly las t, Crull an d Ri tchey picked u p in the second mo to where they had left o rr. N, the two riders roared do wn the starting straight, Crull drifted wid e an d took o ut Ritchey's fro nt wheel. While Crull reco vered from th e co ntact, Ri tchey was sent flying into th e hay hales. With his closest co mpetition go ne, Crull p ut it on cruise-control ahea d of J im Fergu son and La nce Sellars. On the th ird lap , Crull lost concentration and cras hed By the time he had remou nted, he was back in fourth wi th only four laps remaining on th e short stadium trac k. Crull rod e like a madman , an d within two laps was ch allen ging Ferguson for th e lead N, the two riders ca me ou t of th e roc kers , Crull cu t to the i nsi de wh ile Fergu son went ou tside. Crull retoo k the lead in th e nex t tum and went on for th e win . Ferguson fin ished secon d, wit h Sellars in th ird. In th e Pro race, Lowell Moural Sr. too k th e holesh ot ahea d of h is son, Lowell Moural j r., and T im Nobles. By the end of th e first lap, Mo ural Jr. had tak en the lead with Nobles mov ing up to challenge Moural Sr. for second. For th e next six laps, Moural Sr. and Nobles fou ght for position . With ju st two laps left, Mo ural Sr. seemed to tire and gave u p seco nd to Nobles. Moural Jr. scored th e wi n. Moural Jr. roosted away from th e field a t th e start o r th e seco nd rno to, with his father clos e behind. Nob les fell on th e fir st lap and rem ounted in last place. But by th e fifth lap , Nobles had mo ved back up to th ird and positioned.h im self on Moural Sr.' s rear fend.er. - The two n ders ba nged o n each o ther co n u nuo usly without either giving ground On the last lap , Nob les was able lo put a block pass on Moural Sr. and snatched second p lace by inch es. Lowell Moural Jr. too k th e win and th e overall. Resul ts PM : 1. Ktvi n Shim izu (Yilm): 2. Dan ny Hani. (Yam); 3. Kunia Weba (Yam ). 60: 1. Nikki HanU (Hon); 2. Sean Jkcktt (Kawl; 3. Sl~ Shimuu ( .law). . MINI NOV: 1. Robnt SlOU( (Kaw); 2. Ca5.ey W~ks ( Ka w) ; 3. Wn Curry (Hon ). MINI JR: I. J trry .lhrvq- (Sw): 2. 1UMi Brown (Yam ). n 125 N OV: I. Aaron Rogns (Han); 2. Scot Ma rtinn (H on); 3. I...crR.ic:hMds ( K.1I ). w 12S~ R: 1. Jim Fagwon (Han); 2. Jaso n Ritchey (Hon ). 250 R: 1. Damin Dd ormr (502); 2. Matt T albott (Ca g) . VI: : I. Mikf:Crull (Ya m ); 2. Laner Sdlan (KTM). PR O: 1. Lo well Mo ura l J r. (Han); 2. Tim Nobl o (SUI ). Obert crushes 'em at Cambridge Short Track 34 CAM BRIDGE, MN, JUNE I Local ju n io r Doug O bert sho wed th e field the . fa st way a ro u n d Ca mbri dge Sp eed way lOnigh t, though Bill y Hofmeister gave him a ru n for his money. Hofm eis ter wo n th e heat race o n h is Faribault Harley-Da vidson-backed Harl ey with Obert ho t o n h is tai l. In th e main event, Hofm eister was firs t o rr the line and led until the th ird lap , wh en Ob ert slid hi s H on da Town Honda underneath go ing in to tum o ne. This du o was never more than a wheel apa rt the rest of the way, wh ile Eric Brou hard wai ted in third for a mi stak e by the leaders tha t never came. The 250cc and Open Amateur classes were combined with the big bik es starting fro m the penalty lin e. No rb Gr ego ry go t the holeshot a nd pushed his Honda 2509 lo a big lead ove r Eric Bro uhar d's 500. N, th e laps wound down Brouhard was closi ng in but ran o u t of ti me. Mike T eh ro fini shed th ird on a Ho nda 500. Announcer T im McBride had everyo ne on the edge of thei r seats, as the 200ccclass came to th e lin e. The crowd favorite Elizabeth Kanter didn 't d isap point. She worked her way to the fro nt and won her heat race. Todd Zieberth, however, had a han dle on things in the fin a l a nd wo n go in g away. Action in the 250cc MX class saw Dom Peterson ru n away fro m the competit io n. Kevin Erickson an d Rob Redmann fought for second, with Erickson getting the nod. Dom Peterson too k h is Yamaha WR250 to the O pen MX class and won a hea t race. Dave Jen dro found a way arou nd Peterso n in the fina l and was first to the chec kers o n hi s KT M. Mike Bauer was th ird o n an ATK. Results O PEN PR O: I. Doug Obert (Ho n ); 2. Bill Hof me is(!'r (H· D); 1. Eric Bro uha rd (H . D). OPEN AM: I. Eric Brouhard (H- D); 2. Mik(' Te hrc (Han ); s, Mik!' Baue r (Mai). 250 AM: I.' Norm Gngory (Hon); 2. T om Ladwig (Ya m) . OPEN MX: i , Dave J!'ndro (KTM ): 2. Dam PeleT SOn(Yam ): ! . Mike Bom (AT K). er Z50 MX: I. Dom Peterson (Ya m); 2. Kevin Erich nn (Kaw); ! . Ro b Redman n (Ya m ). 200 COMB : I. Todd Ziebanh (Yam); 2. Un kno wn; .5. Eluabeth Kante r (Kaw). NOV : 1. Steve Lundeen (KTM ); 2. Mike Cardd l (Yam ). Jones jams at Hidden Acres MX By Barbara and Loren Williams KINGSPORT TN, M 26 , AY R on J ones ra il ed h is Ba re Br os.v'j ones Trucking Su zuk i to do ubl e overall victories in th e th ird ro und of Hidden Acres' 1991 Ga torade Ch am pionsh ip Challen ge. The 35· year-old rack ed up three mo ta victories in a row, aci ng th e 25+ A class and purrin g him self in good po sitio n for a perfect score in 30+ A wi th a fir st mota win ove r lon gt im e racing rival Larry Ham son. . The second mote of the 30+ A cla ss, was combined with 30+ B and C and 250cc. B classes. Hal f of th e pack foll owed Harrison 's false sta rt as he leaped offsides over th e ga te befo re it dr opped, leaving Allen L unsford a nd Harrison hun g at the start. To J eff Lyon s' di sappointment, th e race was red·fla gged wh ile he was securely in th e lead. On the restart, feat uring Ha m son turned backward s, Jay Ha yes cl aimed the fro nt position and roa red around th e first tum. Lu ns ford came in co ntac t with Gary Os borne go ing into the turn. and both went down. Osbo rne was for ced to retire for th e da y a nd, whi le Lunsford was able to co nt in ue th e race, he was never a threat ror the lead. Harrison worked his wa y up fro m back in the pack into second by th e end of lap o ne, wit h Lyons breat hing down h is jersey and J on es wa tchi ng from fourth for a cha nce to get pas t bot h of th em . Lyons slipped aro u nd Harr ison a lap lat er a t the fin ish h ne tab letop an d set off in pursuit of Hayes. Jones caught Harri son hal£way through the whoops o n lap th ree, poweri ng wide o n a turn to use the berm and p ut Larry in fourt h. Jones was ga ini ng o n Lyons, getting resign ed to fini sh ing th ird , whe n Ha yes dr opped out an d ha nded th e victory to Lyons o n the last lap , with Jon es co mi ng in a close second and Ha rrison thi rd. First o rr th e lin e in the co mbined 125cc classes , Jim r.hester showed the way for the reSt of tfae field ar ound the whole course for Abbott tops Prescott 100 By Michael Ross PR£SCOTI, AZ, MAY 26 Destry Abbott claimed h is fourth consecutive American Desert Racing Association overa ll wi n at th e 15th Annua l Prescott 100. The event was marred by pol iti cs and wha t Race Directo r Phil Auernheirner described as "eco- terr orism ". After a long and difficult battle with a vocal a nd well o rga nized group of preservation ists wh o vehe men tly o pposed off-road activi ty in the Prescott Nat ional Forest. Auem heimer finally wo n th e special permit he need ed fro m th e U.S. Fores t Service to hold hi s race. But ap paren tly th ose wh o opposed the race decided to ta ke matters in to their own han ds a nd set booby-tra ps, cha nged course mar kin gs a nd threw rocks at passm g racers. The local Sher iff's Department and even a heli copter pa tro lled th e co urse. Severa l racers encoun tered th e terror ists tra ps and Colby T urne r was injured wh en he cras hed int o a log blocki ng the tra il wh ile bei ng pelted wi th rocks. . The Dir t an d Stree t Unl imi ted , KTM, and B&R Develo pment-sponsore d KT M rider Abbo tt beat second place Senior Expert T erry Si ms by three minu tes and 16 seco nds to average 29. 12 mph on th e roughest Presco tt course in years. . William Cha mbe rs fin ished third overa ll nearl y 10 m in utes after Sims. Ch ambers' third o vera ll also garnered him second in the Sen ior Expert d ivisio n. Ken Kozlik scored fourth o vera ll in a race he described as horrible a t 26.07 mph. Kozlik battl ed not on ly th e very rock y and ro ug h Prescott co urse, bu t also a stomach virus which mad e him sick during the wh o le last lap . O pen Amaleur class winner T odd Smith finis hed fifth overall at 25.87 mph a fter a year· lon g h ia tu s to sharpen hi s skills mot ocrossing . Ga rt h Sweetland finished fourth in the O pen Expert class as the ADRA ji nx co nti n ues to p lague th e Kawasak i rider. Alth ou~h Sweetland has racked up an impressive list of fi nishes elsewhere thi s year, a thrown chain o n the first of three laps dropped him to 136th overa ll. Resu lts O PEN EX: l. DeslJ)' Abbo u (KTM); 2. Ken Kozlik (H on ); 3. Joh n Hagg- d (H a n ); i . Garth Sweetland (Kaw). .u O PE N AM: 1. T odd Smi th (Hon ); 2. Bria n Sinclair (Ha n); 3. T im lkrg!ttro m (Han); 1. Stae('}' Miller (Yam); S. Wayne Siockto n (Ya m). 200 AM: 1. Stet've Richa rds (Kaw). 28+ SR EX: I. T erry Sims (H a n); 2. Willi am Cha mbas (Kaw); ! . Rob Bittn er (KT M); 1. Tim Abri l (K.aw); S. Mike Km:lik (H a n). 38+ SR EX: I. Wayne Dn:klM'" (Ha n): 2. Jerry Smith (Ya m). 50+ AM: 1. Thomas Fran u (Han ); 2. Grq: Bauman (Han); 3. Han k L aP or te (H a n ); 4. Jd f Sandm. (Hon); 5. Slep hen Go nzales (Yam). . 30+ NO V: I. Rob!'rl Vdasqun (KTM); 2. Tim Curtis (KTM) ; 3. Rich Ha rmon (Han ); 4. N~i1 Goodel (Hon ); 5, Pa t PawUJ (Yam ). 40+ NOV : 1. Ro n Paul !tm ( Hm.); 2. Ron It' lletti (ATK ): 3_Rex Goodell (H a n): 4. Idnl Wil ken (XTM};S. Gary Moch d (H a n). 45+ OTHG: I. John Kozlik (Hon); 2. AI Forbn (Ya m): 3_T om SlllImn (Koiw). ~ SR , 1. J"" Proun (KTM ); 2. Bob (KTM); , . To n, HOO (Yam): i . Dale GozzoIo (Kaw). I a.. O PEN NOV : I. ParriJh Traweek (H on); 2. t..rry Vert (H a n): 3. Man Canon (Kaw); i . Dan Wilson (H us); 5. Brian Robero (Y am ). 250 NOV : 1. Craig Dttk (Kaw); 2. Ted Mink (Yam ); .5. Gary Ca mpbell (Han ); 4. John H uddock (Ka W); 5. Jc:tTY Morrison (Han). 200 NOV : 1. Tim Widmrr (Yam) ; 2. Rodney Hubbard {Hen): 3. Cu llen c:.rat.b!' (K.aw}; 4. Richard 1Um06 (H on ); S. Fra nk Ram 06 (H a n). C DlNO: l. Ron Smi th (H a n); 2. Micb.ad Bull (Hon); . 3. Scot t Xathan (H on); ... T im Hoban (Yam); 5. Farrell Rodgal (Hus). V DINO: I. Alan Kim (H on); 2. P.u Allm: 5. Joe Didion (Koiw); i . Alan &nncn (Ya m); S. Duane McGough (Kaw). . O P EN BEG: 1. Eric MOIU'Ot' (IITM); 2. Dave Olristopbrr (Hon ); 3. Cun M.acaul~ (H on); i . Ouis w renn (Hon); 5. Daniel Allm (Han). 250 BEG : 1. Min Burchard (SUI ); 2. Joe U-idlow (Yam); .5. Da.vid Parkiruon (Yam ); ... Donovan Walk O' (Yam);. 5. . Terry Jonan (Yam ). 200 BEG : I. Ryan Bradish (Sw); 2. 1..« j ohnson (Ho n); 5. Steve G resham (Kaw); ... Bm Tyminski (KTM); 5. Aaron . Conklin (Han). LADIES: 1. Ta mara N iclo (Koiw); 2. LiIl ie-Sweetland (Kaw); ~~~~7J~); "'- Alicia S onhinglon (H a n); 5. Katt IRON MINI; l. Matht-w Mur,phy (Hon). SPTSM N FUNRACER: I. Bnan Dobm eitt (H on );2. Bobby Crttk (KTM); 3. Don Bull (H a n); i . ' O ris U vd li (Sw); 5. Brad Steinberg (KTM). MINI AM: 1. Mathew Murphy (Hon); 2. Da n Dobou (Kaw). MINI NOV : l.T erry Wrilh (KTM); 2. Preston Pi('rer (KTM) ; 3' l a:Km Richarrd (H on); i . Kurt Schulz (SUI); 5. Nathan Me ton (Suz). MINI BEG : I . Brandon Davis (H on ); 2. Bill Monda y (H on ): 5. Daniel Willi am i (SUI.); 4. Robbie Johnson Jr. (Han); S. Da niel eo" (Han ). Lucero lands Speedway USA win By Scott Daloisio VICTORV IJ.J.E, CA, M II AY For th e second week in a row , Steve Lu cero defeated a tri o of Ru ssell Racing riders to win th e Scratch main a t Mike Sull ivan's Speedway USA. . Leaping o rr th e pole o n th e start, Lucero edged Mik e Faria , Scott Brant and Gary Hi cks into th e first turn. Brant took his GM to the: low side of th e trac k on lap two and tried to tak e away the second spot sin ce Faria gave h im th e inside of the track as he went to the o utside to try and pa ss leader Lucero. At th e halfway point. Faria and Lucero were dead even. As they exi ted th e second tum on th e th ird revolution, Faria inched ahead By the time th ey slid in to the third turn, Lucero was ba ck in first, Wh en th ey took th e wh ite flag , Lucero, on the Sh oeilRacecrafterslTearn Scopeliu e/Oaklev Goggles/Oilzall Westlake held a slim lead . Fari a stayed on th e wide lin e through tum three an d in turn four , he decided to ta ke o ne last sho t a t Lucero . Faria dr ove down lo th e po le, hoping to catch Lucero off guard It didn 't work and Lucero bagged his seco nd Speedway USA win in a row as Faria had to settle ror second place. Third went to Brant with Hi cks in the: four th spot. In th e H andicap ma in, World Indoor Ice Ra cing Cha mpio n Charl ie Vene gas led wire to wi re. From the 30-ya rd- li ne, Ven egas assumed co mmand as soo n as th e tapes went up. Steve Furman was second with Bran t third. The way Brant was flyin g on the night, everyo ne figured th e ma in was his. T hat hunch receiv ed furthe r bolstering when Furman parked in turn two on the second lap and Brant blew by befor e Furman could recover. Wh en the seco nd lap en ded, Far ia got pas t Furman for th ird. O ne lap la ter , at the hal£way po in t, Venegas led with Brant second and Faria th ird. Venegas' advantage was two len g th s, the same he had when Brant too k seco nd from Furman. Bra n t was no t getting a ny closer to Ven ega s. bu t he was getti ng closer lo Fari a and he had to start wat chi ng his flan k. For th e rest of the wa y, Bran d co uldn' t move in close: enough fOT a strong challe nge. When th e race ended , Venega s still had a two len g th advantage a nd he had his first Division One win of th e season. Resul ts SCRAT CH: 1. Steve Lucero (Wo); 2. Mikr Faria (Wo); 3. Scott Branl (G M): i . Gary H ids (Gdn). HDCP: I. Ow"lie Venc-gas (Wo ); 2. Scou Br.lnl ( GM~ 3. Mi..Iu' Faria (Wn); i . St~ Lucrro (Wo). 0.2: 1. Run Wagnnan (Wo ); 2. Carlos Cardona (Wo ). Kalos awesome at Perris MX By Tony Alessi PERRIS, CA. MAY 25 Shaun Kalos sco red a pa ir or moto victo rie:s in the co mbined Pro cl ass d uring the G FI Super Saturday m otocross a t P err i s Raceway. ·BilI y Frank led the start of th e fir st molO wi th Bri an Manley, Kal os and Mik e Beier i n · tow . Frank, Manley a nd Kalos began a three-way battle for th e lead while Beier fell off th e pace a nd drifted ba ck. Kalos clipped a tire on the rourth lap a nd lost ab out five seco nds . With th e head from Kalos gone, Manley wa s able to focus on leader Frank and the Ra ce Tech teammates battled for the ne xt two laps with Manley.try ing every thing to get by Frank. Kalos, meanwhile, was closing rapidly. When the race reach ed the halfway point, Kalos turned up th e wick and blasted by Manley on the downhill, then knifed under Frank for the lead Once out front Kalas crept away to th e moto win. Manley also worked

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