Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

LOCALEVENTS; Trio scores twice at Steel Cityamateur MX nn.noxr. P:\., SEPT. 28 h ree doub le-class winners emerged from th e 450 entrants di vided into 26 classes at th e Kawasaki Team Gr een Fall Amateur Xarion als at Steel City. Three-time Amateur National Champion Gr eg Rand swep t the 125cc B and Schoolboy r lases. Man Maxirnoff went hom e wi th a pai r of Mini class victori es and Davey Coo mbs won the I25cc A and Plus 25 :1. classes, The event allowed Youth, Amateur and Pro-Am class riders to com pete on milch of th e verv same course used for th e fo llowing da y's 125/5 00cc Xarion al Championsh ip MX. Ran d. a H-year-old Kawasak i flyer backed bv Team Green , Fo x, Scott, Sh oei and PJ I. ran off with four co nvi nci ng moto wi ns in hi s two classes. T h e Ohio rider fen ded off Ada m Merr ick, Mi ke Katin and J ack Steele to wi n his 125cc B di vision . A large turnou t mea nt th at the class was split int o two groups of 27 riders, and Robert Stock cap tu red the overa ll vicrorv in the o ther di vision ahea d of Bill Bagwell, David Lepley and Greg Hoover. In the 125cc Schoolboy class, Rand was chased across th e finish line by Oh io's Adam Bechdel and Michi gan's Devon Bon d. Mi chi gan yo u n gs te r Maximoff proved fastest of all the 85cc pilo ts when he won bo th the Senior (14-15) age gro up a nd the Su per Mini division. Maxirn off wo n the fir st Senior mo to aboard h is Suzuki RM80 but ran into trouble in the form of Brock Sellards and local hotshot J am es Evans in th e second go-around. Maximoff ra n third at the finsih behind th e two but h is I-S score bettered Sellards' 4-1 and hans' 3·2 finishes in the final tally. Max irnoff then won both Senior motos ah ead of Virgin ia's Shawn Schultz and Evans. Sellards found so me redemption in lead ing bo th motos of the 85cc Intermediate (12-13) cla ss. Cernic Suzuki's Geoff Hardy was second overall with a 2 · ~ tall y. . Coombs' l 25cc A class Overall victory cam e at the expe nse of Illinois' Juni or Ja ckson, Florida's Timmy Ferry and West Virginia's Steve Childress, who between them have won 12 A~A arna tuer titles . The short motos (less tha n 15 minutes ) allowed the 26year-old Coo mbs to hold pace with the trio of ri sing stars , though Jackso n guided hi s Honda to the second moto victorv , In th e J un ior (+25) A class, Coombs was follo wed by Kirk Rogers and Boyesen Engi neering's Fred Vert ucci. T he top 250cc A cla ss rider was BT Racing's Mark Neiderhiser, who then reeled off a career-best l Sth p lace finish in the second moto of Sunday's 500cc Nati onal. Ohio's J oshua Steele and New J ersey Pro-Am pi lot Brian Carroll ro unded o u t the to p three in the - class. 0' T Resu lts 125 A: 1. Davey Coo mbs (SUl ): 2. Ju nio r Jackson (Honj: 3. Timo thy Ferry (Ka w ]: 4. Steven Childress (SU1); 5. Mar k Ne iderhi ser (H a n ). 250 A: 1. Mar k Neiderh iser IH on ); 2. Joshua Steel (Ka w ): 3. Brian Carro ll (S uz): 4. Kevin Mu sser (H on ); S. Mich ael McDonald (Sw ). O PL"I A: I. Greg Krcinb rook (Kaw ): 2. Mik e Postlewaite (Hon ): 3. Henry Knabe {Ka w) : 4. Santino Parisi (Ka w ]: 5. Ted Greene (KT M). 125 B 0.1: I. Roben Stock (Kaw): 2. William Bagwell (H o n): 3. David Lepl ey (Ho n ): 4. Gr

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