Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

GMOTOCROSS 16th CMClValvoline Golden State NalI,---'oD_als_:R_OU_Dd_3 ; -.."....---,---_---= " Tony Grav es (84) led J eremy McGrath (72) off the line in the second 125cc Pro moto, Kyle Lewis (71) chased wi n ner Vohland (26) in th e 250cc Pro class. Eri c Sch ne ll (40) and J ason Howard (56) repeatedly tra ded positions. 14 quickl y to di spl ace Telfo rd and Drew. but was unable to reel in Huslen . Zitterkopf rod e a conse rva tive mo to, but managed to lose T elford a t th e m id way point. H ul sen crossed th e fini sh line firs t with Sta ten , Zitterk opf, Dirks a nd Telford ro u ndi ng o u t th e top five. T he 250cc Pro race .saw 43 riders fill the start ga te to ca paci ty. Wh en th e gate dropped , Vohland and H ea ley led th e pack. Wh en the two met in the first turn, Voh land clipped H eal ey's front iire, send ing H eal ey to th e ground in front of th e e n ti re pack. H ea ley suffered a broken nose and retired for th e day. Wh en th e dust clear ed , it was AXO· backed Vohland in front , wi th Kyle Lewi s, Bobb y Moore and Huffman in chase. McG rath gated poorly a nd was lost in mid-pack , The top four riders set a blistering pace to separate them selves from th e rest o f th e field . The on ly rid er that cou ld hang with th em was Sco tt Myers. McG rat h , though, was not one to be left behind. O n lap four, McG ra th di spl aced Myers for th e fifth posit iion and proceeded to run do wn the lead ers. T h e top four riders co nti n ued to p ull away a nd wer e leading by five seconds. O n lap eig ht, McGrath ca ugh t the lead ers and joined th e freight train as · they bl azed around the track. It wasn 't until Lewis bobbled in a hai rp in turn th at Huffman cou ld ban g h is way by. After gettin g pi tched sideways in th e rut, Lewis lost h is m om en tum for th e foll o w i n g ta b le to p j u m p . Mo ore lea p ed at th e chance to pass Lew is, actually cl ip ping h is rear fender in the air as he went by. All this actio n a llowed Vo h la nd to pu ll a way by a few bike len g th s fo r so me br eathing room. Moore was the nex t rider to ma ke a mo ve when he bl ock passed Huffma n in the bow l turn in the back section o f the tr ack . On th e last lap, McGrath bl ock ed L ewis. Vo h la n d scored the win, with Mo ore, Huffman, McG rath a nd Lew is ro u n d ing o ut th e top five. When th e ga te dropp ed fo r th e second moto it was SCR rider J eff Pesta na o ut o f the ga te first. Before th e end of th e first lap , Vohland took over th e lead. Wh en th e riders came around after the fir st lap it was Vohland in firs t wi th McGrath, Moo re, Pestana a nd Phil Lawrence hot o n his fen der. Lewis was m ired in the back of th e pack. " I gated rea ll y poorl y and had nowhere to go ." said Lewis. By th e fifth l ap , the to p three rid ers had separa ted them selves from the rest o f th e field by six seconds. H uffma n was moving u p th rough the field a nd began to pressure Lawrence. H uff man was a ble to sl ip by Lawrence in the back section o f th e track, while Lewis jumped past Pestana for sixt h. Vohland held on for th e win, followed close ly by McGrath, Moore, Huffman , Lawrence a nd Lewis. The combined mot o scores ga ve th e overall to Vohland, Moore was second a nd McG rath , Huffma n and La wrence rounded ou t th e top five. In th e 80cc J unior class, it was Do ug Parsons topping th e field wi th the best co mbined mo to score. In moto on e, Parsons nabbed the holeshot a hea d of J on Raym on d , J im m y O 'Neal, Bria n Sweany and Brian Rod ri gu ez. O'Neal was th e first to make a move, bouncing a ro u nd the ou ts ide of Ra ym on d . Sweany was unabl e to hold th e pace a nd steadily slipped backw ards into th e pack. Parsons motored to the mot o win wi th O 'Neal raking in second, and Raymond, J erry Alem an a nd Rod rigu ez ro unding ou t th e top five. In the second mot o Raymo rid ra n off with the hol eshot a head o f Parso ns , Casey Ly tle , Terrance Ma lan and Rick Elrod. Eric Sch ne ll, wh o fin ish ed si xth in the first mo to, ga ted mi d -pack a nd turned the afterb urners o n . At the midway point, Sch ne ll ca ugh t th e leaders and in two more la ps snatched the lead from Ra ym o n d . Schnell carried his momentum to th e seco nd mot o win , with Raymond, Parsons, Elrod and O 'Neal foll o wing. In th e 60cc 9-1 I class , Monte Mo ntague li tera lly ran away with both motos, but was stripped of his moto win after a post-race prot est. This gave J erry Alem an th e overa ll by a seco nd moto tie-break er over Justin Bu ckelew. Eric Wi lli am s, Darriel Bl ai r a n d J ona th an Sh im p ro u nded out th e to p 6= ~ Resu lts I'IW STK BEG : I. Kyle Partridge (Yam ); 2. Kil K un ath (Yam ). ' I' IW STK JR: I. Michael Blose (Yam); 2. Johner Faulkner (D M e); ~ . Emmin Klin g (h j) . P/W MOD: I. SCOII Nelso n (Ya m); 2. Michae ! Blose (Yam); 3. Dylan Lord (Ya m). 60 6-8: t. Chris McNatt (Ka w); 2. Bryan Jaramillo (Ka w ): 3. Bobby Bonds (Kaw): 4. Sam Nelso n (Kaw ); 5. John Ho pkin. (Ka w) . 60 9- 11: I. J err y Aleman (DMC); 2. Justi n Buckelew (Ka w) ; 3. Eric Willi ams (Kaw] : 4. Dan iel Blai r (D Me); 5. j onathan Shimp {Ka w). 80 O PEN 9-11: I. J erry Aleman (Sw); 2. Mon IC Montague (Ka w]: 3. Justin Buckelew (Kaw); 4. Eric William. (Kaw); 5. Rober t Blake (Hon) . 80 BEG : I. Sco tt David (Ho n); 2. Mont e Mo nta gue (Kaw) : 3. Jacob Macho wskv (Ho n); 4. Chad No n on (Ka w ): 5. Nick Nolte (Sw). 80 BIG WH L: I. David Ramsey (Ka w). 80 J R: I. Dou g Parson . (Sue): 2. Jon Raymo nd (Suz): 3. Eric Sch nel l (Sua): 4. Jimmy O 'N eal (Ho n); 5. Bria n Rod rigu ez (H o n). 80 EX: I. Jason Parson s (Kaw ). 80 INT : I. J eff Willoh (Kaw ): 2. T ravis Preston (Ho n). 125 BEG D-l : I. Keith Blad (Suz): 2. Travis Lo u ther (Ya m); 3. Pa l Foster (Suz): 4. Ryan Ca rroll (H o n); 5. D.J . Swean ey (Hen). 125 BEG D-2: I. 51 Wanh o ldt (Hen); 2. J eremy ,""e Brow er (Ka w ); 3. Ken Biuerof f (Suz); 4. Bri an Fa lce ui (He n ): 5. Sha ne Medlo rd (Suz). 125 JR D-I ; I. G reg Sch nell (Suz): 2. Scott j o hn son (Suz): 3. Co ry Holcomb (Sm); 4. Pierre O xelmark (Sua): 5. Shawn El fis (Ka w). 125 JR D-2: I. Jas on Lau field (Suz); 2. Mont e Ha rris (Su z); 3. Step he n Ken nedy (Ho n) ; 4. Step hen Petersen (Ya m); 5. J ason Field s (SUl ). 12!; L~T: 1. Mike Metzger (Suz): 2. David Pin gree: (Sur ): 3. Joey DePall o (Hon); 4. J eff Brownlee (Su,) ; 5. Terry Par son s (Ho n). 125 PR O: l. J erem y McG ra th (Ho n )";.. 2. Da mo n Hullman (Sur ): 3. T allo n Vohl and (Sua): 4. Scou Myers (Ka w ): 5. Rod ney Sm ith {Suz). 2!)0 BEG : 1. Daniel Cas uot vam): 2. Bob Phi lli ps (Ho n ); 3. Ri char d Worl ey (Yam); 4. Todd Alden (Ka w) ; 5. J oe Ryan (Ho n). 250 JR: I. T im Nash (Yam ); 2. Kart Lindstrom (Ho n ); 3. J oey Mend o ra (Ho n); 4. Lance Burgess (Su z); 5. Kay Mintyal a (Ya m). 250 I!'II: l. Mike Metzger (Suz): 2. David Pingree: (SUl) ; 3. J effr ey Brownlee (Ho n); 4. Denni s Dahlin (Ka w) : 5. Bill Suaro (Ho n). 250 P RO: I. Tallon Vohl and (Sw ); 2. Bob Moore (Ya m) ; 3. J er em y McG rath ( H o n) ; 4. Damon Huffman (SUl ); 5 . Phil La wrence (SUl) . 500 BEG : I. Derek Ga in er (Hon); 2. Don Crarn (H o n). 500 JR: J. Karl Lindstrom (Ho n); 2. Daren McLaughlin (Hon ); 3. Jim Harris (Ho n): 4. Soon H offman (Hon ); 5. Brand on Hogg (Ho n). 500 t NT: I. Ardei s Svardvik (Hon); 2. Dennis Da hlin II (Ka w ). 500 PR O : J. Car lo H ulsen (Ho n ); 2. Rex Staten (Ho n ); 3. G reg Zinerkopf (Ka w) ; 4. Drey Dircks (Hon); 5. Dan Berg (Hen] . , WMN: I. Bonnie Wa rch (Su,); 2. Su..n Lee (Ka w] . UTHJ R: I. Tim Nash (Yam ); 2. Mike Scoll (Yam ); 3. Phil ip Wurster (Ya m ); 4. Mark Brooks (Suz): 5. J oe Skidd (Ya m). UT H t NT : 1. Lan ce Burgess; 2. J on Zhan (Yam); 3. T y Swartz (He n): 4. Merle Ham mer (Ya m ); 5. Steve Reeves (AT K). VET JR: 1. Fritz Schlagel (Ya m ); 2. Dan iel Castro (Yam); 3. Joe Brown (Yam); 4. SIeve Fry (Hon): 5. Brad Sloa n (Hon ). VET INT : I. La nce Burgess (Su a): 2. Larry Baker (Su z); 3. David Zah r t (Yam); 4. Greg Perolio (Ho n): 5. Mark Broo ks (Sur ). VET MST R: I. Kenny Zahrt (Ya m ); 2. James Sendel bach (Yam). VET P RO: I. Rex Slat en (Yam ); 2. Pete Murra y (Sw). OT JR: I. H erber t Allen (Kaw): 2. Karl Scaslas (Yam );3. John Meu .l ing (Hon}; 4. Ga le Webb (Honf; 5. Danny Fields (Yam). OT tNT : I. T im Ketcham (Hen): 2. Lee J ohnson (Ho n); 3. T erry Judd (Yam). OT MSTR: I. earl Gaza ly (Ka w) : 2. Gary Doggett (Ho n ); 3. Adria n Mesa (Yam); 4. Sa m Gr oce (Suz); 5. Bob Leach.

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