Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

gLOCAL EVENTS e stalked Cunningham for th e whole mo to wi th o u t success. Morgan and Cunningha m were the only two riders to clear th e grandsta nd do ub le and the tim e the y saved there was all th e edge the y needed. Swa rtz agai n took fourth ahead of H awk. Resu l ts P/W~ I. Chri!!olop her T urri ll (Yam); 2. Bria n Bartleu (h j); 3. David Whiter,1ft (Yam); 1. Will y Brownin g (Ya m); 5. O ui!!olOphn Whil cra ft ~ Ya m ). 63: I. Sha ne Stuart (Kaw); 2. Chad Emer ine (Kaw); 3. Scott Kuchler (Ka w ): 1. Sha un Kuchle r (Kaw); 5. Christopher Turrill (Kaw). MIs t JR: 1. J05h Carro ll (Kaw); 2. Chad Emer ine (Kaw); 3. Sha un Kuchln (Ka w); 1. Ene Saylor (Kaw );5. Sco tt Kuchl er (Kaw). MIN t SR: I. Eddy Turner (Kaw); 2. Adam Barnes (Ha n); 3. Matt Ho ban (Ya m). SC H BY: 1. Marthew Hai r (Kaw); 2. Neil Atwood (SUl) : 3. Billy H arbert (Koiw); 4. Heath Bennet t (Ya m ); 5. Kevin Morri s (Ya m ). 125 B: I. Craig Billing!!olry (H on); 2. Travis McCra ry (Hon ); 5. Nick T ro utma n (Kaw); 4. J ack Corder (Ya m ); 5. Heath Benoeu (Yam ). 125 C: I. Steve Palm er (Yam) ; 2. Jason Rank in (Yam); 5. Mich:.l l Nichol , (H on); 4. Sco tt Oa iner (Kaw); 5. Kn in r Bmnington (Kaw). 2.50 B: I. Travis McCrary (H a n); 2. Man Eastma n (Hon ); 5. Eric Ran kin (Kaw); 1. Ryan Campbrll (Ya m ); 5. Jeff Wt br r (Hon). 250 C: 1. Rya n Beickfes (Yam); 2. Bryan wallace (Kaw); 3_ Iknn ilo Brickln (Ya m); 1. Scon Mt't ks (Yam ); 5. Micha~ 1 Fridlty (Yam). . OPEN B: I. John Vanhorn (H on); 2. Bill Allm (Hon ); 3. Mik r Holdcroft (Yam); 4. Brian Pons (Kaw); 5. Trent Cone (KTM ). 25+: I. Mikr Morxa n (SUl); 2. Terry Cunn ingham (Kaw); J eff R ussell (85J) led R yan Anderson (71) in the Boise ST Expe rt main event. Mik e Jones sailed to the Athens County Fair Supercross win, 3. T im Sheph ard (Ya m ); 1. Den n y Swam (Yam ); 5. Sco tt Ga iner (Kaw). . SR: 1. Jdl Mill tt (Ya m ): 2. Kevin Cla rk (Kaw); 5. Ktlly Sullivan (KTM); i . Guy Bartleu (H on). 125 P RO : I. Mikr Jonn (SOl); 2. Chuck Reed (Kaw ); 5. Mikr MorKan (SUl); 4. Trrry Cunn ingha m (Kaw); 5. WiIIi& G roo ms (KTM). 250 PRO; 1. Mikr Jo nn (SUI ): 2. Mikr Bbir (Kaw); 3. Chuck Reed (Ka w) ; 1. krian Ha wks (Kaw); 5. Willis Gr oom, ( KTM~ protests and obvio us displeasure of Larsen. the main event was restaged with Larsen relegated to the penalty line, 10 yar ds behi nd th e last rider. The main was restarted with only two laps rem aining. Brant was run ning third wh en the red flag came out and was thus pos iti oned j ust behind Black fo r th e restart, This was a ll the talented yo ung rider needed, as he made short work of Black an d he aded to wa rd an easx win . A mazi n ~l y eno ugh, the rid er wh o hnished just beh ind Brant was none ot her than Larsen. Larsen drove hard through th e pa ck, pa ssinf every rider in th e field wit h the exception 0 Bran t. Third place went to Black, with fourth to th e new ly returned And y No rthrup. Bobby Schwartz co ntin ued his winning ways in the Scrat ch main . posting th e win over Bran t. Sta rting from th e in sid e star tin g po siti on, Schwaru go t a good jump when th e tapes went up. R igh t o n Schwartz's tail pipe was Ga ry Hi cks, who drove too hard into turn three and had to stra igh ten u p h is bike 10 avoid further mishap. Brant and Alan Christia n m oved into seco nd and th ird , respectivel y. Bran t went a fter Schwartz, but it was t OO la te. Sch wanz scored th e win o ver Brant a nd Christian. Results SCRAT CH ; I. Robby Schwa rtz (Wes): 2. Sco tt Brant (jaw ); 3. Ala n Christian (Jaw); 4. Gary H icks (Wn). HDCP: 1. Scon Brant (J aw); 2. J05h Lar sen (Wo); 5. Jerry Black (Wes); 4. Andy Northru p (Wo); 5. Doug: Bowers (Wr); 6. Mike Faria (Wn); 7. Ca ry Hick s (Wn); 8. RUM w ageman (W"'). D·I JR: 1. (TIE) Heat h Ha mmonds (Wes)/ Mk had Hull 6':~~~ ia~~ft~ld(~ ~~ing (Wes ); 1. Ma tt Becker (Well); 5. Norris wins farewell ST at Boise By Derry l An derson 36 BOISE,lD, AUG. 3 T &D Raci ng / H o nda or Ca ldwell /S hoei / Wa gon Works/Sudco / K&N-b acked Tro y Norris came home to Boise and announced hi s retirem ent C m dirt tracking. Norris was ra accep ted into medica l schoo l, a nd will pur sue that goa l in Io wa until co mp letio n. Norris wen t ou t in grand fashion . as he won hi s fina l ma i n event, and duri ng i ntermission, a checkered flag was presented to Norris wh ich had been signed by a ll of the racers. In the first hea t race , Norris sto le the h o lesho t and nev er lo o ked back. Ri ck y Henson, Sco tt McPherson and Jeff Wa tters, chased No rr is. He nson was unable to make a mo ve o n Norris and th e finish ing order rema ined th e same . H eat two was wi ld as Jeff Ru ssell go t an excellent sta rt w hile battling wit h R o d Reyn olds. The riders wen t wide in turns one and two, and Ryan Anderson shot under both of them to ta ke the lead . T wo la ps la ter, Ru ssell went down and restarted quickly, bu t there wasn 't enough time left. At the checkered flag it was An derson, Reynol ds and R ussell. In the ma in event, Norris p u ll ed th e ho leshot a nd led Henderso n , Anderson, Reyno lds, McPherson, R ussell and Waters through tu rn o ne. T h e lead group was bunched up when Anderson got completely sidewa ys co ming ou t of tum fo ur and cras hed. The race was red -flagged wh ile Anderson caugh t his breath. T he restan saw Anderson sitting on th e back row with a bro ken clutch cable. Norris holeshot over Henson, Reynol ds and McPherson . R ussell developed a problem that slowed him to the rear, while Anderson was busy trying to ge t by Je ff Watters 'an d the n McPherso n, w ho he chased for seven laps. When the checkered flag fell, Troy Norris scored hi s fina l car eer win , ah ead of Reynol ds, Hen son. McP her son, Anderson , Wa tters and Ru ssell . Results 50: l. Nicho la, Co lto n (Yam ); 2. Ty son j ardin e (Ya m ). SPTS MN; l. Darr el Mur phy (H on); 2. Mitch Ward (Hon); 3. T odd Gitles p il:'(Ya m); S. . Dean j oh nson (Hon); 5. S I~ Arnd t (Kaw). KNOBBY BEG : I. T od d Gillespi e (Ya m); 2. Kirby v en t.even (Jl us); 3. Dan Pace (Ya m ); 1. Matt Ward (Yam ); 5. Km ny G uyt r (H on). KNOBBY EX: 1. Ja y Roberts (Ya m). O PE N EX: I. T roy Norris (Rtx ); 2. Rod Rryn ol dr. (H on ); 3. Ricky H enson (H on): 1. Scot t McPh l"T5On (H on); .s. Rya n AndC'nOn(W· R). Chapman cooks atSilver State MX By Nuklear Neukam CARSONCITY, NV, AUG. II M ega Cycle Suzuki-backed Ran dy Chapman was running ho t at the Silver Sta te Raceway CMC Trans-Cal warm-up race, as he coo ked the com p<;titio n in the All Pro Cha llen ge class , while R Ichi e Thornwalds on survived a cou ple of cras hes to claim second overa ll. In moto one , Ch apman and John Sta rk set a quick pace as th ey pulled away from th e pack. T hor nw aldson went dow n o n lap o ne and set a hot pac e as lie moved back up through th e pack. By m id-m ote. Cha pma n had started to stretch away from Stark , and co ntin ued on to the win while Stark sett led for a respectable seco nd. R ichi e Thornwaldson had advanced 10 th ird by th e checkered and Rich Thornwaldson finis hed fourth. Mo to two started mu ch the same , with Richie T horn wa ldso n hot o n Sta rk 's heels in third. ' After a few laps, Sta rk and Richie Thornwaldson tan g led as they landed from a jump, and bot h went crash in g into th e sand. T hey both remou nted, but Stark's bike was a tad twisted, so he retired while R ichie T horn wa ldso n worked back to race-p ace. Ch apman stayed ou t front for th e rnoto and the overall win, as Rich ie Thornwaldson finished seco nd for seco nd overall . Tavin Weinrick ran awa y with bo th Vet Intermed iat e m oto s, whi le Larry Bro wn combined a pai r of seco nd s for second overall. Hea th Walney pulled the ho leshot in bo th 125cc Beg in ner motes , bu t by the end , Ray Marshall had pulled into the lead for both wins and the o vera ll. Waln ey fin ished seco nd both tim es out for second o verall, wit h third overall go ing to Sy Bru ch . A pair of fast women fi nished fourt h a nd fifth overa ll : Tammi W ill iamson ed ge d o ut Seda n na Sti ll moc k at th e checkered each mo to. Results PRO: l. bndy Chapman (Sw); 2. Rich ir Thom wa ldso n (Hon); 3. Rich Thomwald!.on (H on); 1. Rod Co in (Suz); 5. Mikt Newm an (H on ). 125 BEG : 1. Ra y Man hall (Yam ); 2. Hr ath W aln~ (Kaw); 5. Sy Bru ch (Kaw); 1. T ammi Will iam son (KTM ); 5. Srdanna Slillmock (Kaw). VET INT : I. T avj n Wdnrick (SUl ); 2. Larry Brown (Hon); 3. Alle"nKoprl (Sw ); 1. G r~ Bum s (KTM ); 5. Ra ndy G ille'Spir (Han). VET JR: I. ScOtl Pr ar son (Hon); 2. G lr n Plake" (H on ); 5. Bon Fabrl (Ho n ); 1. Ran dy McCoy (Suz): 5. John Dirick son (Hon). OT MSTR : I. Jim Kn=ton (Hon ): 2. T om MUlo (H on ). . 80 t NT: I. J ustin Tirarn~ (H on ). 80 JR : I. David Rob ttU (H a n); 2. Rob"t Sro n (Suz); 3. G rr-g Mut o (K.a w): 1. Dylan Cra wford (SUl); 5. J e'S!!' M~ni thra (Kaw). . 250 t NT : I. Lro Pol dt rvaar1 (Ho n). 250 JR: l. Ma rty Piano (Hon); 2. Wyau Whi nm (KT M): 3. Kevin Andrew s (Suz); 4. La ynt> KozbM (H on ); 5. Gl m Plak r (Hon). 250 BEG: l. John Cu lbr rt (Sw ); 2. Rich Barker (Suz); 3. Do n H ar lry (Hon); 1. Davl:'Arneso n (Hon ): 5. Brad Stevens (SUl ). 125 INT: I. Kevin Har~u (Kaw); 2. Gary MOlTili (Kaw). t25 JR: I. Wyatt wbinen (XTM ); 2. Kevin Clinton (Kaw). 80 BEG : 1. Justin Scullen (Kaw); 2. Thom as Mill n (K.aw); 3. Ma tt Buytr n (Ho n); 1. Lukas Loyd (Yam ); 5. j esse Rug er (H on). 60: I. Na tha n T iearnf')' (Kaw): 2. 'Tham as Culbert (K.aw); 3. Michad DiLorrta (Kaw). Jones storms to Athens County Fair Supercross wins By David L. Patton, Jr. A TIIENS, OH, AUG.10 Barr Raci ng's Mike Jones domin ated ro u nd two of th e 199 1 Action Spo rts Sum mer Tour Supercross Ser ies. J on es, from Export. Pen nsylvan ia , was unbeatable, as he won all four Pro clas s mOlOS. The Suzuki rider is now th e win ni nges t rid er in Acti on Sports' hi story . Wilh J on es ru n ning away wit h th e Pr o clsses, th e Amateur classes featured th e tou g-h est raci ng of the night, with man y local rider s doin g well. J on es, the ru nner-up in th e 1990 Eastern Region al 125cc Supereross Series , was held o rr by Ch uck Reed for two laps in th e 125cc Expert class. J on es event ually passed Reed by clearing the tripl e. Reed lost his conce ntration after the pass and Mike Mor l:an, the Plus 25 class wi n ner nearl y caug ht hi m . Reed regained hi s co mpo sure in tim e to hol d on to second and pull away 10 a safe distance. M O lO two was near ly a rerun of the first m ote . Jo nes ra n away from Reed and Mor gan. The capaci ty cro wd was o n the edge of th eir seats, wa tch i ng J ones perfo rm o ver the gr andsta nd double and the triples. Ah erw ards J on es said, " I wanted 10 giv e the fan s th eir mon ey's worth. Man y of them had never seen a .su percross before a nd I wanted th is to be the most .exci ting pa n of th e fai r for the m ." T he Plu s 25 class loo ked lik e an all-s ta r ra ce. T her e was a four-time Nati onal Enduro Cham p ion, tw o run ner- ups of th e MX Ama teur National Cha mpio n ships, a natio na lly ran ked mi n icyc1e racer , an d a Ma ico factory sta r wh o won a Na tional MX event. Form er Maico teamster Denny Swartz got the best start and led Tim Shephard an d Mo rgan into the first tur n. Morgan was the rid er o n the gas as he leaped into seco nd over the gr andstand do ub le jump. Befor e the first lap was o ver Morgan had the lead a nd was defini tely the fastest rid er in the class. Swartz fell off the pace and Shep hard moved back in to seco nd with former Na tiona l End u ro Champion " err y Cu nT ningh am movi ng u p o nlO Shephar d 's rear wh eel. Morgan rod e smooth ly to the chec kered flaK· T he battle ror second, however, went right to the wire. H alfwa y th rou gh the molO Cunningham passed Shephard but co uldn' t pull away fro m him. On the las t lap Shep hard tried every tri ck he had left but came up five feet short at the flag. Swa ru came in a very tired fourt h and T om Hawk finished fi£th. Hawk grabbed the holesho t in mo lO two but Morgan q uickly moved th e front. Swartz and Shephard follo wed H awk, as Cunnin~ham got anot her bad start. Cu nningham was reall y flying a nd before the first la p was co mp leted he put his Team Gr een Kawasaki into second. Shep hard agai n '0 Torkko claims Langtown backyard SX victory By Tony Alessi TIIOUSANDOAKS, CA, AUG. 2 Er ic Torkko let it all ha ng o ut as he bl azed to a wire-to-wi re victo ry in fro nt of 200 fans during the Bth Annual Po wRo ll La ngtown Natio na l rnin i-su per cross held in the backyard o r a su burban hom e in T housand Oaks, California. Wha t started o ut eig h t years ago as a pri vate li ttle race am o ng friends tha t dr ew 10 rid ers, has gr own trem endously over the years. T his year 's event req ui red th ree hea ts to be run wit h th e winners transferrin g to th e main even t. Two semi s were then run followed by a Last Ch an ce Qualifier. There were classes for all , in cluding a Pr o class, whe re riders wou ld co mpe te for an $800 p urse, and Stoc k and Modified Ama teur classe s as wel l. There was even a Pee Wee Exhi bitio n event. The track was a sca led-down su pe rcross co urse and included a wild set of staggered doubles. a bu s jump, two tab letop jumps and a trip le jump. T he pits even had a co ncessio n sta nd a nd V.J. P. sea ting area . T orkko , Bobb y Langin and Jimmy Lewis took wins in th e Pro heat races. Dave Eropkin a nd Dale McKinney wo n th e sem is and Mik e Hanel y won the Last Ch an ce Qualifier after Ray G room threw it aw ay on th e last lap of the even t. T he stage was set as everything wound down to th e Pro cla ss main even t. Torkko pu lled a clea n ho leshot fo llowed by La ngi n a nd Ero p kin at the start of th e mai n. Torkkoa nd La ng in were th e o nly riders clearing the staggered dou bles from the in side a nd qu ickl y pulled a way from the fiel d. La ngin began to close on Torkko whe n he crashed. " I washed o ut the front end, th en it too k about ei gh t kicks to restart and by then I was last," Langin exp lai ned. T orkko now enjoyed a big lead. " I did n't loo k back bu t I knew something ha ppen ed: ' T orkko said. Torkko put it o n a uto pil o t and cruised to a n easy win . Lewi s worked to second from a dead -last start and Langin fini shed third after recovering Irorn his fall and the follo wing laps of cha os. T or kko received $400 cash , a kiss fro m a trophy g irl a nd th e pr estigious first -p lace Langtown Trophy . Results P/W : 1. Bobby La ngin Jr .; 2. j on er Faul kner ; 3. Heather Mauhrw & 1. Ryan Picard. ; PR O: 1. Eric T orkk o; 2. J imm y Ltwis; !S. Bobby Lan Kin. 2 STK EX; 1. J im H oll r y; . . Kirk HOt'pnrr ; 5. Scoll Murphy. ST K AM: I. Shaun Pn oh o; 2. Ron Wood : !S. Jimmy O ·Nt>al. MOO AM: 1. Ran dy Ne'Sbi ; 2. O in l Frn.ler; 5. C lr nn ScOtt. l Beal blasts Cycleland Motocross By Michael Rich CHICO, CA, AUG. 17 Suzuki -mounted Terry Beal used tW consistO ent rides to tak e the o vera ll wi n in th e co m bin ed 125/250cc Novice cl ass a t the seven th rou nd of th e Sinisalo Summer Series at Cyclela nd Speedway. Mike Dalton used all the power in his Hon da 250 to roost away fro m the field at the start of the first molO. Dalton was followed by Beal o n h is 125 an d Vie Hagen o n ano th er

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