Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

eMOTOCROSS 199IAMAlHonda Amateur National Motocross Champ_ionsh- "-ip_s _- _ ~ Damien P lotts (46) led Damon Huffman o£f the line in the 250cc Modified B class. Hu£fm an sped past and scored the win. Open A winner, Gene Naumec (11), finished second in the 250cc Modified A class. 20 roa red to th ree straig ht moto win s. Skaggs ra n second wi th a 2-3-2, wh ile Horton showed three fourths for third o veral l. The top 85cc (7-11) rid er in Ten nessee was Ricky Carmichae l. The Flor ida pr e-teen raced to the front of the pack with every hol esho t on his way to a perfect score. Barr 's Comp/Fox/CTii Scott-eq u ipped Ca rmi chae lwas trai led by Shae Ben tley and Jessy Williams in the fin al results. All th ree youngsters were aboard Kawasa kis. In the 65cc (7-11) class, Chris Consid ine won the third ti tle of hi s young a mateur ca reer with a 1-2-1 tally. Considine lost the second moto to Ma rk Burkh art , who opened up a n ear ly lead and never let Co nsidine in the race for the lead. Burkhart ended up second overall with a 2-1-2 showing. Third p lace went to Jimmy Varis , who ran thi rd all th ree times. T he top Pee Wee pi lo t was Je ff Gibson, · who u pset defend ing class cham p io n J ohnny Marley in the last two motos to record a 2-1-1 Na tio nal Ch a m p ionship. Mar ley managed to hold on to second with a 1-3-2 acco unt , whil e R itch ie Moore was th ird with a 3-4-3 result. For the second year in a row , Senior (+40) riders Steve Lewis and Gary Pea k took their ti tle battle right down to the ' wire, a nd for the th ird year in a row it was J ohnson City Yam aha 's Lewis who ca p tured the Nati o nal ti tle. Lewis ran 1-2-1 in the three mo tos, wh ile Peak showed a 2-3-2. Both vetera ns were upset in mo to two by ha rd cha rgin g Bru ce Deng ler. However, Den gl er ' s nu mb ers wer en't good eno ug h to o u tpoint th e riva lry of Lew is and Peak . Fox /Sco tt /S hoeil P J I l T G -backed Greg Rand was th e dom inant Schoolboy rider this year, reeling off three moto wins on hi s way to the Stock and Mod ifi ed ti tles . T he teen age sta r actuall y cro ssed the finis h line first four tim es during the week, but a detour aro und a jump marked . in the mid st of a near-crash cost th e Kawasak i pilot th e firs t Modi fied moto win . Patri ck Sla te won the mo to, but ended up third overa ll behind Rand a nd Ch ris Bro wn . In the Stock class, Rand was chas ed in the resu lts by J ason McCormick, the th ird mo to winner a nd Brown . For the fifth time in Loret ta Lynn 's 10 year history, Mercedes Gonz alez won the Women 's class titl e. Her 1991 champ ionsh ip pl aces her in a tie with Lisa Akin -Wagner for the most titl es ever in th e class. However, after going 2- 1- 1 in three m oto s, Gonzal ez ' a n no unced her retirem ent. " I've been coming here fo r years a nd I'v e made a lot of great friends, bu t I th ink that it 's tim e for me to move on ," said Go nza lez in the wi n ner's circle. " T he gi rls ar e gett ing faster a nd fast er each year and this wi n was the hardest. I' ve really become invo lved in off-road a uto raci ng a nd I' m going to be putting too much effort into that to come back here a nd compete." Much of Go nzalez's co mpe titio n this year came fro m Cynthia Cole, Dee Woods a nd Tiffany G reenwood. Wood ' beat Go nzalez in the first moto after Mercedes clipped a lapped ri der late in the race and was stu ck under her machine, bu t the steadier Cole ea rned runn er -u p ho n ors with her 3-2 -2 ' performance. Gree n woo d was a 4-3-6 fourth overall, af ter co mi ng from dead last to six th after a first turn fall in the fin al mot o. Joey Moore starred in the 125cc C Stock and ' Modi fied ' classes, pos ting five of six mo to win s. Brett Lee raced his Honda to second in both di visions and was the lon e ri der to beat Moore. Ma tt Day a nd Brad Simpson were th ird in the respecti ve classes. Rya n Leach was lik ewise a dom inant win ner in the 250cc C classes, showing a si mi la r five wins in the six motos. Only Alex Co x was able to get a wheel up o n Leach in th e fin al Stock moto. Randy Denby fini shed third in the Stock gro u p , as well as in th e Modi fie d cl ass. Th e number two Mod ified rider was Scott Moor e. For the first time a t Lor ett a Lynn 's history, a 28th class was run for the benefit of a select group of nonqualifiers. The " Desert Storm" class was organized in order to a llo w riders who were a way o n m ilitary duty during the early sum mer qualifier to co me to Loretta Lynn 's and partici- Robbie Reynard su£f red a broken chain e in the second 85cc Modified (9-13)moto, . pa te. T he competitors recei ved numerous gif ts from race sponso rs a nd were asked to bear the flag for the singing of the National Ant hem . In th e race , Ma rine La nce Corpora l Kir k Kruze wo n all three motos. T he U.S. Army 's Co ry Ste iner and Thomas Young ro unded ou t the top th ree. G\' Results 125 A ST K: l. T immy Ferry (Ka w): 2. Ha yd en R ichards (Kaw): 3. Billy Schlag (Ka w): 4. Co rey Keen ey (Ka w): 5. T odd Ben ni ck (S UI) . I~ A MOD; I. T im my Ferry [ Ka w) : 2. Jason Edwards (Ka w): 3. Jeff C urr y (Suz); 4. Tom m y C lowers (Kaw ): 5. Sco tt Shea k (Ka w) . 125 B STK: I. jerr Dem ent (S UI) ; 2. Brian Deegan (Ka w): 3. R yan H uffm a n (Ho n); 1. Marl o Pai nt er . (Ha n ): 5. Joey Prall ( Ka w ). 125 B MOD: l. J eH Dem ent ($ 111. ); 2. Dam on Huffman (Ka w); 3. Brian Waht:rs (Ra w); 4. Brian Deegan (Kaw): 5. Joey Prall (Kaw). I~CSTK: I. J oey Moore (Suz ): 2. Brett Lee (Han): 3. Matt Day (Suz); 4. Brad Simpson ( Ka w ); 5. Juslin Kirkes (H a n ). I~ C MOD : I. j oe)" Moore (Suz]: 2. Breu Lee (H on ); 3. Brad Simpson (Ra w); 4. Randy Wes tfa ll (H e n ): 5. j o hn Wilh ams (Ka w ). 250 A ST K: I. Ben Heibel (Ka w) : 2. Cory Keeney (Ka w ]: 3. Anthon }' Armar adio (Ya m ); 4. R ya n Carfisle (Ka w); 5. BIll y Schlag (Ka w). 2SO A MOD: I. Tom m y Clo wersj Kaw); 2. Gene Nau rnec ( Ka w) ; 3. Sco tt Sh ea k (Kaw); 4. St eve H erman ( Y a m ) ; ~ . Ra y Cru m b (Ka w) . 250 B ST K: I. j oshua Steel (Raw); 2. Brian Behrma n (S UI,); 3. R yan "H u ffm a n (H O n ); 4 . T yler H u m mel (Suz); 5. Wa yne SCOll (H e n) . 250 B MOD: l. Damo n H u ffma n ( Ka w ); 2. j o shua Steel (Ka w ); 3. Bill y Mercier ( Hon): 4. Damien P lo ns (Han); 5. Mike Kalin (Su z). 250 C ST K : 1. Ryan Leach (SU1.): 2. Alex Co x (Ha n); 3. Randy Denb y (Ka w ): 4. T y Myers (Kaw); 5. See n Moo re (H a n ). 250 C MOD: l. Ryan Lea ch (Suz); 2. Sco u Moore (Han ); 3. Randy Denby {Ka w) : 4. Donnie Decker (Yam ): 5. David Burnell (Ho n ). OPEN A: I. Gen e Naumec (Kaw ); 2, Crai l': Noa ck ( Ka w ): 3. Ma r k Mus selman ( KT M ); 1. Ma r k Neide rh iser (Hon ); 5, Mich ael Smith (H a n) . OPEN B/ C: 1. Rob y Leach (H on ); 2. Geo rge Wo lter (H a n ); 3. Kelly Piche! (Ka w): 4, Jay H au ser (Hon ):' 5. Timo th y Sm ith (KT M). . J R +25: 1. T omm y Ma rl in (H o n ); 2. Kevin Fol ey (Ka w): 3. Alan And reu (H a n); 1. John Grew e (Suz); 5. G reg Nelson (Suz). SR +50: 1. Alan Andreu (H a n ); 2. Sco tt Wa lkins {Suz): 3. Mark Garrison (Ya m) : 4. Don Grahn (H a n ); 5. Cary Mor r is (H o n ). SR +40: I. SIeve Lewis (Yam) ; 2. Gary Peak (Ya m); 3. Bru ce Dengler (Ka w): 4. Chris Lee (H o n ); 5. Cary Beam (Hon ). WMN: I. Merced es Go nzalez (Kaw); 2. Cynth ia Co le (S Ul ): 3. Dee Wood (Ka w) : 4 . ' I 'lit an y O reen wood (Kaw): 5. Kimberl y Sybert (Ha n). DES STORM : I. Kir k Kruze (Su z); 2. Co ry Steiner (Yam ): 3. Thomas Young (Yam ). 125 ST K (12·15); I. Greg Ra nd (Kaw}; 2. j ason McO>r mi ck (H on ); 3. Ch ris Bro w n t'Suz ): -t. Shawn Hi gh la nd (Hon ); 5. Jo sh La ti na (Ka w ). l ~ MOD (12· 15): I. Gre~ Ran d (Ka w ]: 2. Chris Brown (Suz): 3. Patr ick Sla te (Kaw ); 4. Shawn Hi ghla nd (Kaw); 5. Rya n Reyn o ld, (Ha n). 51 STK (4-8): I. Jelf Gibson (Ya m); 2. J o hnn y Marl ey (Ya m) : 3. R itchey Moo re (Yam) ; 4. Tyson Hads ell (Yam ); 5. Ch ris Sch uele r (Ya m ). 65 ST K (7-11): I. Chris Cons idine (Kaw): 2. Mark Burk h art (Kaw); 3. Jim m y Vari s (Ka w) ; 4. Donal d d l.c.. d y (Kaw ): 5. justi n G ut hr ie (Kaw). 85 STK (12·13): I. Ro bbie Reyna rd (Kaw); 2. Rob bie Skaggs (Ka w): 3. R ich ie H o rto n (Ka w); . 4. Brock Sell ards (H e n ): 5. Kevin W ln d ham (Ka w ). 85 MOD (9· 13): I. Kevin Wind ha m (Ka w ): 2. Ra bbl e Ska ~ (Kaw) : 3. R ich ie H o rto n (Kaw); 4. Ri ck y Carm ich ael ( Ka w ): 5. Brock Sel1ards {H o n). 85 STK (14-15): I. Craig Decker ( Ka w ): 2. Casey John so n (Kaw): 3. Mike Metzger (SUl): 4. Mati Ma ximofl (Suz ); 5. Patr ick H iee! (H a n ). 85 MOD (14· t 5): I. Mik e Metzger (Sua): 2. Cra ig Decker (Kaw ): 3. Ca"'Y J ohnson (Kaw); 4. Mall Maximof f (Suz); 5. SIeve An dr ich (Kaw).

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