Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~ LOCAL EVENTS e 125 A: I. Ha nk Mcr ee (Han ). 2SO A: l. Em it Millan (Hon ). Manyattend Hi Desert 250 Dual Sport Ride By An ne Van Beveren Photo by Tom Van Beveren The H igh Desert 250 Dual Sport Ride snaked through the Teagle Wash area. Ron Dobbs (260) topped the Ove r-25 year-old class at Low County Motocross. RIDGECREST, CA. FEB. 8-9 The promise of two da ys of dual sport fun in the desert near R idgeerest drew 120 riders to this year' s H i Desert250 Dual Sport Rid e. Organized by California T ra il Rides, th e event featu red a 135-m iJe loop through th e Teagle Wash ridi ng area o n Saturday and a l.50-mile excu rsio n through the mountains of the Seq uoia Nati onal For est o n Sunday. H eavy ra in for two days befor e the event left the deser t loop du st free with perfect trac tio n for most of the day, but made a route ch a nge necessary to avoid a saturated dry lake near the Pi nnacles. "The elements made it grea t: ' said Rober t Sch neid au , "We rod e in fog for the first pa rt of th e morning - I had to snap my roll-otis every 50 feet, and it was a really interesting co urse in th e rock sections where the rocks were rea lly wet: ' Saturday riders even tried thei r ha nd a t desert raci ng in a whooped-out sand wash that was part of the cou rse for the AMA National Hare Be Ho und event the followi ng day. "The sand wash was the p its," said Barry Bernbaum. " You co uld n 't get up enough speed to get up o n top of the san d beca use of the rocks and the turns kept co mi ng u p too soo n. Everybody wo rked up a sweat through there. It was cha llengi ng." . Sunday 's ride got even more challenging. Large snow dr ifts in the u pper reaches of the course cut out th e popular Ch oll o Trail section bu t there was still plenty to keep riders on th eir toes, with the red clay of Jawbone Canyo n. the narrow walls of Last Chana: C.anyo n a nd just enough pavement to connect o ne clta llen ging trail with the nex t, . " We had a perfect weekend for it ," said event organizer Larry Langley. " It 's an absolute joy to ride o ut here without d USL The guys that stayed home reall y m issed a good rid e." Dade City Motocross win to Ferry By Kyle Myers Millan doubles at Low Country Motocross By Gary Crider HARDEEVIllE. Sc.FEB. 2 20 Round one of th e Low Counur MX T rad Championship Seri es saw Florida's Ernie Millan raa: to perfect scores in both the 250cc A and l5 -24-year-old classes . Ron J on es of Tennessee and local aa: Ro n Dobb s matched wheels. taking a win each in the Plus 30 A and Plus 25 A cla sses. respective ly. Riders from a six-sta te area were on hand for th e AMA District 29 points-paying event. Dobbs put his Jenks Racing-baded Honda out fro nt at the start of the opening Plus 30 A moto wh ile Jones got away in mth position. Near the end of the moto, Jones had moved into second spot to challen~ Dobbs. Dobb s held for the win, barely a bd,e length ahead of Jones. Jones showed the way at the start of moto two with Dobbs close behind. With three laps rrmaining in the lO·m inute.plus.two--lap moto, Dobbs made hi s move and lau nched himself past Jones over a table-top jump. On the next lap, Jones got bad by in a tum and held o n for the win and the overa ll. " I love this uad l," said Jones, "There' s lots of tech ical sturr." Dob bs led every lap in Pl us 25 raci ng while Jones tallied 3-2 to net ru nner -up honors o ver Keith Nevers a nd Steve Starnes. Seminole H onda l] en ks/ Sh oei -b ac ked Ernie MilIa n domin at ed the tough 15-24-year old class wi th a pair of convincing wins, while teamma te Chris Brown claimed ru nner ·up honors. K.C. Cook was th ird over Gage Fortson and Brya n Ria: . Fortson and Rice came back to win the 125 and 250cc B cla sses, resJ?"Ctively while MilIan won in 250cc A raong over Han k Mortt. In Hera: 125cc B first moto acti on, Myrde Beach Suzuki/Barr's AXO-baded Fortson moved up from fourth to .score th e win . Tilden Styron overcame a last p lace star t to finish second. Mo to two saw Chris Brown steal the win over For tso n and Styron. Brown DNF th e first moto, leaving Fortson to cla im th e top go ld over Styron. Styro n seemed on hi s way to the 250cc B win. but a crash while leading th e second moto set him bad to an even tua l 2-6 score a nd th ird o vera ll. Bryan Rice OvetClme a mediocre second moto start to fin ish with a perfect score. Carlton Padgeu's 6-2 was good for runnerup gold. The o pening 250cc C moto was o ne or th e hardest fought of the da y as Steve Liu swapped th e lead bad and forth with J ohn T ee!. T eel was first at the nag in a close fini sh over Liu. Liu clinched the overall with a wire-to-wire win in moto (wo. T eel was held to third behind Lanny Brooks. Resul ts .so AlTTO: I. J mhua MeOW!: (V..m ); 2. Timothy Dobbs. (Yam); 3. J ~h ua Broob (h j ). liS I. Camron Duboo< (u w); 2. Dad K (Kaw). P LUS 50: I. o-" VC' [ Ill (H on ,; 2. [d Car lin (H on); 3. Jim Mcul lan (Hon ); 1. Robnl Smik (Sw ); 5. ~ ikC' Carbino ( H on). S/ SR: l. Frank Ca rillo (Hon); 2. George Sinlt 1n (Hon ): , . Rob Prola n (Hon ); -t. St~ Rrrvn (H on). O PEN N OV: l. Sc otl &.1"'On (Ha n); 2. Andy Rn.rolz (Suzl: S. Wn G riffi n (Ya m); 4. M

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