Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

is bike, stopped and went back to a ke su re tha t he got assistance." Industry support for the Winter Iym p ics continues to grow. Suzuki's at Alexander and Kawasaki's J ose o nza les were on hand , as were ec h n ic a l cr e ws from Kawasaki , uzu ki , Ba rr ' s Competition, P r o ction Suspension , Du n lop , Woody yle Racing a nd Pro Circuit. The event offe red competi tors a ecord 1400 troph ies, $7000 in cash and ver $200,000 in contingency awards from Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha and Ka wasaki. : Additional prizes were given by eve nt co -s p o n so rs Gear .Ra cewea r, Scott USA, Pro Action Sus pe nsion, Pow erm ist Ra cing Fu els, Bar r 's Competi tion, Bo yesen Engineeri ng, Wiseco , Mot ocross Action and Chario t trailers. TT T he opening-event TT circui t featu red sweepi ng tu rn s con nec ti ng two j u mps, requiring high-sp eed sliding ski lls. The packed limerock rebell ed to the abuse o f th ousands o f la ps a nd by th e main event rid ers were dod ging hol es and using thei r suspensio n to th e fu llest. Pee Wee class wi n ner J osh Faustino , w ho borrowed a Yamaha V-Zinger fro m last year' s champ T yso n Hadsell , had to pick off Chaz Northey and Johnathon Price to claim th e win. W D-40/ AXO /Cycl e Sport-backed Faustino said, "T he sus pe nsio n was bottoming o u t. I had to hang on." Mark Burkhardt swept th e 65cc heats nd became th e heir a p parent in th e ventual class cro wn. , Action in th e 85cc (12-13) Stock cla ss ea tu red a scramble by eventual winner Windham. The Kawasaki/AXO/Max. m a /S c ott / Du n l op /B ell / F M F / Renthal-sponsored speedster said, " I as second to Brock Sellard in the sta rt. He got sidewa ys, I braked and slid own . I had to ride from last to earn he win." Windham led all th e way to win the Modified class main. After a 1200-mile drive fro m Kansas, Skaggs was pumped enough to lead all 10 la ps in both of his 85cc (14-15) divisio n fina ls. In 125cc (12-15) Stock and Modified competition, Reyn a rd diced with Kenny Yoho and Doug Dehaan before taking a pair of firsts. Oklahoman Reynard said, " I just switched u p to 125s a mo nth ago. It's more work, but I love th e'extra power. " The 125cc Expert Stock main featured J eff Dement ~t th e point and hea k, Rya n Huffman and Da vey Yezek on the gas . Dem ent said, " I moved into a new line on lap eight to pass a lapper, crashed a nd Yezek got y me for the win." Sh ea k took a turn a nd led Dement nd J im Neese all th e way in th e 125cc Ex pert Modified main. ement a nd Yezek swapped first in th e 50cc Expert Stock main , but after a r start, Sheak rode with a vengeance o reel in Yezek for the win. Yezek said, ' My brakes went with two laps to go nd I couldn't ho ld Scott off." In a thrilling 250cc Expert Modified inal, Dem ent led all the way u ntil heak mad e a fast o u tside pass on the ast lap. Dem ent said, " Sco tt had me, ut ra n into lappers. I held my line nd saved th e win." " No wa y," sa id Sheak, " Deme nt hut m e o ff. We have it on vid eo," . Earl May capi talized o n th e incide nt o nail seco nd. Women 's cla ss winner Nadin e Hoi en led Cindy Co le a nd Kim Sybert II the way to th e chec kered flag, The l -year -old mother, wh ose daughter ndrea also races in th e Pee Wee class, aid, "It feel s good to beat th ese ounger women." Parents prepared the Pee W«;e class riders for battle. Joshua Faustino (second from left) earned the class championship. Kreg Bigelow opened th e Pl us 25 Expert class with a lead that lasted two laps before Earl May erased it and went on to win. Bigelow protested, " May is a 250cc Pro class rid er. What's he doing in th e Plus 25 clas s?" (Pro/ Am riders co m pe te regu larly in th eir age class for track time a nd th e contingen cy awards.). In a Plus 30 Expert barnbu rner, Oakley/ AXO 's Ro n J ones do gge d Kip Bigelo w to th e fina l turn, dove in side and th e two crossed th e finish jump . together with' th e win going to J o nes. " It was my fau lt," said Bigelow, " I left th e ins ide open a nd he mad e a smart move and beat me by inc hes ." Kenny Yoho led six laps of th e 125cc B Stock main unti l Brian Deegan tri ed a pass and th ey bo th went do wn, leaving th e top fini shes to J oey Pratt and Upton . . " Deega n t-boned me," said Yoh o. " I was going for th e lead," co u ntered Deegan. Deegan fared better -in 250cc B acti on wher e he shared division wins with . Damien P lo tt. The 125cc B Modified event saw Jason McCormick lead all the way wi th Upton clawing hi s way back to a seco nd p lace fin ish. Matt Day bested J oey Moore in a pair of 125cc C Stock and Modified finals . Moore said, " Day is my big rival in T exas . I can 't beli eve that I came all the wa y to Florida to let him beat me." Stadium-style supercross Trackbui lders In c., a sister division o f WorldS ports that will build I I of th e Camel Supercross tracks this year, created an idea l track for th e second da y of Winter O lympics competition. The 50cc Automatic clas s had a new star as five-year-old J a mes Stewart stal ked J erem y McDow for the victory. Stewart said, " I ride with n umber 259 for my hero. Tony Haynes ." H aynes, who was serious ly inj u red last January, wat ch ed th e youngster ride with " h is" number. Stewa rt ad ded, " T hey said that I was too small for foo tba ll . and too you ng for baseball , so I pi cked mot ocro ss." Bu r kh a rd t, Ri ck y Carm ich a el , Windham and Reyn ard mainta in ed perfect records wi th wi ns in thei r respect ive 65cc (7-11), 85cc (7-11). 85cc (12-13) and 125cc (12-15) d ivis ions. Team G reen rider, Carl N u n n i o f Eng land , w ho fi ni sh ed second to Windham , said, " We J u niors are not allowed to race TT or Su percross in J oey Pratt (12) step s off in front oJ 125cc (12-15) class cha m p Robbie R eynard. England. I am learning a lot here. It 's a n interesting and fun event." The 85cc (14-15) final s closed u p the point race as Matt Maximoff split wins with Ska ggs. Max im off said, " It was close in th e Stoc k final. Robbie put a charge on me that you couldn 't believe." J eff Dement commented, after lead ing from flag-to-Flag in the 125cc Expert Modified class , " I got away from th e pack -early, then tried to ride sm art a nd stay out of trouble." Chris Brown broke a str ing o f bad lu ck with a decisive win ahead of Dem ent and J osh Steel in th e 125cc Stock Expert main . Brown said, " T his was the on ly hol eshot that I have seen th is week." An in jury late r removed Bro wn from the competi tion. T he 250cc Modified Expert event opened with Ge ne Swain at the head of the parade but Shea k and Ryan Huffman got by to earn first and secon d, respectivel y. • NEMA Grand Champion Cindy Co le rod e her NE Cycle Center/Scotti WD-40/ AXO/ Artco Desig n -backed Suzuki out front all th e wa y in the Women's class to even th e score with class leader Nadine Holbert. In th e P lus 30 A final , Kip Bigelo w ca ught and passed Ron J ones for the win. Bigelow said, "T he su percross is tricky for an old gu y. I'm like Bob Han nah, I'd rat h er ride regular motocross." The 125 a nd 250cc B class races produced a duel between Pen nsylva nian Pl o tt a nd California n Upton . R a ctec/ AXO /P ow erm ist/Renth al / Actio n Phot os/Track & T rai l Hondasupported Pl ott said, " By cha nce we pi tted ne x t 'to eac h o ther, me t on the track, and I fo u nd out, this guy is g ood. " Upton took the 125 and 250cc B . Stoc k victories a nd P lo tt the 125 a nd 250cc B Modified wins. Ben Trask, who led five laps of the 500cc B co mpetition, said, " I landed o n a roc k, fell a nd skin ned my arm. " 5

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