Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

BENDUROAD N~oo~U~~~~_R_ili_~_ili~~_fu_du_ro_S_~_~:_R_Ou_~_5~~~~~~~~_ e Randy Hawkins (238) led Jon King during the final MX special test in th e 125cc class; H awkins was th e class winner. Upcoming off-road racer Darren Sanford chased the pack in a 250cc MX special test. 32 much that right after th e test it came off the rim." The Team Honda rider stated that the previous da y gave him the days he needed to qualify. Summers' DNF gave the class lead to Dahn ers, followed by Wilcox and Ril ey. In th e Ligh tweight Four-Stro ke class, Husq varna p il o t Dan Harte scored a time o nly 13 points slower than th e raging Rhodes. This effort, combi ned with the problem s enco untered by H alcomb and H olmes, th rus t H arte into second p lace. O pen Intent riders Web b, Ma th er s, a nd H ybarger experienced grief in th is test , and allowed Krause to move into second beh ind Bertram. Senior Intent Bentley ja m med throug h the slime to tak e first position away fro m Doer. The 125cc Intents also felt the effects of th is test. KTM rid er J eff Od om turned in the class' fastest terr ain test time, seven poi n ts faster tha n Haw kins. Scott McLaughlin ca me th rough 18 points be hind H a wkin s. After ru nn in g in second duri ng day o ne, King dropped to fourth. " I had a reall y terrible terrain test," said King, " I cras hed four times and that put me o ut of the hunt in the class." T he sho rt grass track at the end of th e first loop and th e uneventfu l second loop had no broad impact to the race. Dan a Vanst ee dro pped out with a seized mot or before the second loo p an d Tommy Ady came in with a flat tire, whic h he fixed and co ntinued o nwards. In th e race for the overall, H ough p u lled four points o n Roeseler to rega in a lead 14 poi nts . Lewis tied Hough 's score and sat 24 poi nts behi n d h im , w hi le H atch trailed Lewis by 10 po ints. In th e first mot o, com pose d of 125cc Int ent rid ers, J on King p u lled the class up the start hill . A ferociou s battle began earl y on as Hawkins caugh t Kin g, wh o shu t down his every passing attem pt. Hawk ins made a determ in ed move and grabbed the lead as the pair blasted th rough a corner. Several sho rt strai g hts la ter H awk ins hit a ditch WFO and did a f1 ying-W a long the trackside ribb o n. Dozen s of spectators ran everywhere as he caree ned wildl y towards th em . At the very last second befor e taki ng out a large oak tree, H awkins someho w regained con trol and go t back into the race - much to the relief of th e wide-eyed spectator st a n d i ng betw een th e tr ee and H awkins, " I wasn 't rea lly pl anning on that happening," said Hawkins, " It was j ust o ne of those things." Hawkins caught ba ck up to Kin g a nd squea ked by o n the o utside . Neither ride r co uld pull away [rom th e othe r and they finished o n ly two points apart. Hawkins won the class with King rega i ni ng third beh ind J eff Odom. McLaughl in took fourt h ahea d of Ostafin, Mace Col eman and Peter Ruggi ero. Roeseler hol esh ot th e first 250cc Intent moto, followed by Hough. >" H atch , Sanford, Lewis, Neil son and Jim Gray. Hough quickl y slam med by Roeseler , but Roeseler reta lia ted and over th e course of th e moto o pe ned up a six-po int lead . Smith stop ped each la p to add coo lant to his stric ken KTM. Hat ch had safe control of third once San for d did a big high -side on a ditch , a nd wh o still managed to finish, bu t dropped to 10th in cla ss. Roeseler was unable to pull aw ay far eno ug h to take the overa ll away from a tremendousl y ha p py H ough. . Lewis coughed up third to Hatch, and said of hi s weekend , "I was really co ns erva tive o n day o ne, so thi s morning , I decided to pull the cork a little bit and ride a littl e faster. Everyth ing went good until the final moto. I just didn 't ride lik e I should have." Randt won the second 250cc Intent moto to cla im eighth in class, while Bruce Field crossed the finish line next to clinch sixth. Husaberg's Rhoades exp loded to victory in th e Lightweight Fo ur-Strok e mo to and grabbed the class win. Halcomb 's bike didn 't sta rt , bu t wit h rid in g smoothly and sma rt ly worked h is' way u p to third beh ind H arte. Kra u se , Math er s and Bertram ba tt led inte nsely to win the 500cc Intent fina l mot o. Krau se held the lead for a good portion of the race, but Mathers and Bertram man aged to get by and photo finished with the sam e score. Webb found so me difficulty in the fin al mo to after changing hi s rear tir e. " I put the wrong size mou sse tube into my tir e befor e th e moto," said Webb , "and th e tir e just sp un o n th e ri m. I had abso lutely no horsepower! I co u ld bar ely make it up the hills." Dahn ers wo n ihe H ea vyw eight Four-Stroke moto by a good margin over Ril ey. Riding across the fini sh line, Dahn ers gave a celebra tory " h igh Iive" to a buddy an d the n crashed in the mud! R iley took second in the class ah ead of Wilcox. Senior Intents Rick Beckstrom and J ,D. Bentley had a race lon g battle of death and at the finish line were less than a second a par t, as Bentley wo n the class over Doerr, Cl' Bowers and Beckstr om . Resu lts 0 / A: I. Kun Hough (Kaw) 2073 pu; 2. Larry Roo d .. (Kaw) 2081; 3. Stev e Ha tch (Sw) 2110); i . Ji mmy Lew is (KTM) 2 141; 5. David Rh odes (Hbg) 2182: 6. Dave Bertra m (Su z) 2207; 7. Randy H a wk ins (Sur) 2224; 8. Dan Neilson (KTM) :1226; 9. J ason Dahners (H a n) 2233; 10. Paul Krau se (Ka w} 2268. t2!l: I. Ra ndy Hawkins (2224); 2. J eff Od om (2!l0i); 3. J on Kin g (2348); 4. Sco t McLaugh lin (2405); 5. Bla in e Ostafin (2441). 2!lO: I. Kurt Hou gh (2073); 2. La rry Roeseler (2081); 3. Steve Hatch (2110); 4. Ji m my Lewis (2111); 5. Dan Neilso n (2226). 500: I. Dave Bertram (2207); 2. Paul Krause (2268); 3. Rich ard Mathers (2284); i . T om Webb (2305); 5. Ro n Lawson (2497). LlW i·STRK: I. David Rhodes (2182); 2. Dan Ha ll e (2274); 3. Charlq Halcomb (2301); 4. Bob Holmes (2398); 5. Doug Chestn ut (2149). HIW 4-sTRK: I. Jason Dah n ers (223'); 2. Rob Ril ey (240 1); 3. Curt Wi lco x (2420); 4. Ma rk Vanla nd ingham (2907). SR: I. J .D. Bentley (2483); 2. Gary Doerr (2!l' 6); 3. Dave Bowers (2!l45); 4. Rick Beckstro m (2576); 5. Tnm Ho lmes (4958).

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