Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

went o n to win . with J a mt.s Benneu and · Sanchez fini sh i n ~ second an d rh i rd , respectiv ely. Leading the pa ck from star t to fin ish in th e second rnot o was J am es Ben nett. while Mark Benneu and Sa nc hez diced for second. At the fin ish nag il was Mark Benn ett in second, and Sa nchez in thi rd. Tragedy mars 3rd Dog Run By Don Williams l"EWHAll., CA. M 7-8 AR. Sa tu rday 's rain , sno w , sleet . hai l and tra gedy, mixed wi th Su nday 's su nshi ne, provided fo r a sa d ly memo ra bl e two-da y T ea m Dual Dog s 3rd Ann ual Dog Run. \"hil t" o ver 100 dual sport r iders were battl in g th e elem en ts on Satu rda y, well -liked T eam Dual Do g. mem ber j erry Bren nem an was kill ed in a tra ffic acci dent on So leda d Ca nyo n Road as he strayed o ff-course. Brennema n . 3 . 54 ~yea r - old re tired la w enforcemen t o fficer, became kn o wn 10 mo to rcycl ists nati onwide when he wa s feat u red o n ESP N's " Motowor ld" after he rod e last yea r' s 1..0. Angeles-to-Barstow -to-La s Vega. du a l sport ride o n hi . Yam aha DT 50. Brenneman had a hi story o f hea rt tro u ble, but he didn 't let il gel in h i. way as he rod e h is diminutive mach in e o n lon g endu ra nce even " . H e had a lread y co mp leted the da y's rim diffi cult o p tio na l section wh ich included ridi ng upstream aga inst the rap idl y muving deep water a t th e ha ltom of Paco im a Ca nyon. T ea m Dual Dog . President Dam on Pow ell a n no u nced that the year ly rid e will be known in th e future as th e J erry Brenneman Mernor ia l Dog R u n. . Because of the inclem ent weather, which according to C" rly reports was nOl a factor d in Bren neman's accident. man y riders cu t the 165-m ile rout e sho rl. The Dog Run was rou ted through thrtt ar eas of the Angel es Na tional Fo rest th at ar e normally not ope n to motor cycle• . T he rir" dirt porlion o f Ihe rid e look rid ers up Sa n ta Cla ra Truck T rail !>DOn after they left lhe sta rt a l Dick Allen '. Yam aha-H on da in • ewhall . T he inilia l d irt po rt ion began with a m ud d y u P-h ili ,h al for red the ride'. o n ly . idehac k . to ta ke an aherna te ro u te when mud dogged th e third wh eel. The fim diCCicult . p lit ",n l people from Dill on Di vide i n to or r-limil s Pa co ima Ca nyon. The dirt road lhat ro lloVo'S lhecanyo n bo nom was com pletely was hed out in vario us Sp?lS by Ihe rect"nl sto rms a nd rid ers had to nde up the slream to con nect the rem ai ni n g po rtions o f road. Shortcu, Ca n yon w.. a l", opened for the R esu lts fJO ~ O\': 1. JlIW Murp h,. C w r, 2. Sam Hoppr r ( ~ w): Ko. 3. Qui", R' ;"lKh C Hun) : 4. CJud s turp ( K.ilw); 5_Scnop 1I" lTi, IK.. w ). NO ~ ()V : I. hi..- Lande , (Y;"m); 2. Wn H ..Ie (Su l l; 3. Srou Mr")'M (Ka'lflo'): t. M;"rlr. Mill" ( Kotw ): S. Adam ~f i1lrr ( K.iJ w ). 125 ~ () \' : I. Ju h n CJonn.. (Hu n ); 2. G'U1h SIt'"V"1!Io (lion) ; , . D;"Ir- F.va n", (S UI'; 'I. ("...11I1l H arri ~ ( Ko.w) ; s. Sr- n Mu lvih ill ... (K.a w). 2.~ S O \' : J. Peee- R II'~hm ;,tn (HIHI); 2. Ch ri, JUdd (Hon) ; 3. Ira r u fp;11f (Vilm); ·1. MOlI n llrlinK (Vam): "'5 v .m lii.ot udnlo . IKilw). O PE :": S O\': 1. Mi..-h.lt'l Rardrl C nl ; 2. M.u lr. umur Hu (Varn I; 3. R.. nd" O W (V.. m ); i . L n Sc-1I~ C IJJM" e V",m) ; S. Slrw Kr II IH " n l. "IT S Ol': I. Grnrkf" 81"""" (Ho n ); 2. G~'UrJr;r C...rl!lC IIl SIII' : . . n un G;"ln (V,.m ): S. Jll hn (H u n ): 3. n air I-:van\ C Ben..l.. n (Hn n) . SR S O \': I. Anl hll n y Mama \ (Ya m ); 2. G" JrKt" Srurdeva m IKT M ); 3. R u~r Rumn l cH un ): 'I. al.iIlln Sandi (Kdw): ~ . Lauren :'Aitoff (Hn n ). 60 AM: 1. Travis R il ~ fKol w); 2. Ma l1 Whi lm ,mh (KoI w): 3. Rill y J)" b llll ( Ka w~ 1. Andr ew Shon (Ka w); ~ . TM ry Alln"lIl1ll ~ IK.aw). KO AM: J. ~·t ('k R.a lkw (Kaw ): 2. Kmn y Alld lln (lU w ): 3. Traviv Ril r y (K;lw): .1. Mik f' Co ble ( lU w): s. Rrrtl Hep p ( Ka w) . 12.'J AM; I. nom (; lr , l" (Hn ll): 2. J " !lol"m Ri lt'y (Kot ): 3. w Ii. vin Ma rt in l Kaw): 1. IllJfl Ru rm ( y .. m ); S. Rr.mdnll Ridwr ll r ( 1111 1. 11 2.~ AM; I. j df Phd V' ( Ka.w ): 2. Bria n Pe<:ht'«) (Ka w): 3. Mik r " u lkt IUu ll): 'I. M,nk Mill" fKolw ); .... M.ark Iknnrll ( Ka w) . O rt:S AM; I. Jamn Iknru-tt ( JI li n) ; 2. Nnrrill Sa nd lt'l (V.lln ): 3. M.uL. Millf' r ( K;IW); 4: RlIck y J o h n"'lIn ( Ka wl: 5. M.nk Brlmc 'lI fKaw ). VFT AM ; 1. c'llI i \ Mifl l4 (I·lnn ); 2. ~m War mu th (V..m ); lcl\ :'l. (lI·an H.. iKIIl (Stu): 4. R.lIld.. MlInr r (S UI); S. Rhun' Manin n (H lln ). SR A ~f : I. Ilun Fe khoud l (H u n): 2. f'n r Cnlr. r y (H ..n l; J . Jllh n Fr idl u nd (Y.. m l:1 . Bru(f' M ill ",(Y.. m ): 5. j nhn Rid wdl ( H Ull). • MO t:X: l. J.P. I.,.u un I Su/ ~ 2. Omlllll Snaffn (K.. w ). 12! PR O ; I. Sl u wn MU'K;"II IK.;, w): 2. Ga r, S4ilun (Su/l : . 3. Jc·n-m y H illf H h.. ( Kotw) ;· 1. ~"' rk Fln.i...(Su/I : S. T om Sm ith ISw ). 2.SO PR () : I. ~ha wn M' ''K''n (KoI wl: 2. Jlrnok Bm wn {Ho n l; 3. T urn . im ilh (Sill ); 1. GIi., m (" ,.. dr-II (Ya m ): 5. Jt""" Kr- I~ 'RR " .. l H(HlI. O P .:S PR O ; I. He,h ilanr..lu n ( i ln n); 2. j im my l ' "nTlJl"ol'" I H on ); :t Micah Mu yn ( K..a w). \ ' f T PR O : I. Ruh lI .m r.. han l Hu n l: 2. Fline \ 'c1ntIUr t (lion) : 3. J uc . iIW'eJru n ( Kaw l. " SR t:X : I. n .. ,·c \\ ·u ll....ln ll ( y .. m ): 2. Rith.nd l"krlola l j Hu n l: 3. R ~ fl)1l Wull Hln n l. Stll) Sl SR: I. J).n ·id SlIrll C : 2. Ju h n ~ltl ,," n (\ II/ r, -'. J im Rt; mt"T (' ·a m ). \\'MS: l. AIlKi.· RilUl;lt. HI'"I): 2. ~l nll K- Rt"nlc ( lUw r, 3. Ta~ lu ... .c ~· k., cKotw) . · even t a nd it. too , suffered fro m th e wintery weather. w ash outs were pl en ti fu l and th e rid e was mad e more treacherous hy th e rain , hail and sn ow fl urries th at a ttacked the riders. Day Two began with the sobering mem o ry o l Saturday'. tragedy. but 'he wea th er cleared up to make ridin g: easier o n th e partic ipa n ts, The rid e wa s simi lar ( 0 last year's celebra ted Yell o w Um brella Run and incl uded a ri de through Ro wher Flat OH\' Area, alo ng th e San Andreas Rift Zone and back 10 Newhall o n t he O ld Rid ge Ro u te a fter Iunch in Go rm an. Fay fast at Elma Short Track By Derry l Anderson EU IA. II'A, FEB. 16 Mickey Fay took hi. second Pro ciass main event wi n in as ma n y weeks a t the Elma Indoor Shan Track. There were four Pr o heat races wi th two o u t of each tra nsferri ng to the ma in event, In the Iirst o f four hea t races, Van Leeuwen Ent.z'Peir o lli Racing/Bell -backed Fay go t the q ui ck " art foll owed b y JeCC .Tuggle, Ryan Anderson a nd Bru ce Scott. Fay went out to a near stra ig htawa y lead whi le th e others ran dose without a ny pa ssi ng. The' o rder was un changed al th e chec kered CIaI/;. H eat two belonged to Shane Butchart, who got the ho Je.hp t and went lhe di.tance ahead of Kirk Su ong, Don Wibon a nd T ommy Duncan. j ohn Clayton led mo" of hea l th ree bUl Speedy Ken ca me from a third-p la ce "art 10 pas. Kurt Edwar c15 and with on e lap 10 go Clayton 100. Al the end it w.. Ken with th e win over Clayton . j eff H iatt a nd Edwar cl5 . The final heat race ..w T ro y Ro", get th e hol esh Ol over Rand y Roo . e, Willie H al pert, David And erson and j eff Annen . Roo ", wa. a ll over Ro se a nd in the last two tu rns h(" managed to squeeze under Rose for th e win . ~t ean whil e An nen a nd Da vid Anders on battl ed back and fo rt h with Annen fin all y ge lli ng by Anderson and H al pert (or th ird The fIna l ord er went Roo s.e, Ro se, An ne n , Andersoo and Hal pert. In th e ",m i, Ryan And erson go t the hol esh ol fo llo wed do",l y by Wil so n . Annen , H iatt and the o thers. \\rilson was o n Anderso n 's rear tire and fin all y sn uc k under him in tum two. A lap lat er H iat t abo go t by Anderson, WiI",n and H ian took th e ma in eve n t tr ansfer pos itio ns. In th e main event, Fay took o ll fir st and increa sed hi . lead over Kel l, Strong. Butchart, \Vilson a nd th e others. With quite a sig nican t p urse o n th e line, ridi ng was close and furious th ro ug hou t th e en tire ma in . But chart got hit hard and dr opped back severa l positions while Wibon, S tron g and Kell battled for the second place money behi nd Fay. By lap four WiI",n had co mmand o f third o ver Stro ng , Cl ayton, T uggl e a nd th e o ther s. At the checkered Ilag it was Fay. wh o had begu n to lap rid e rs, th en Kell . WiI",n, Stro ng, Rose, Roos e and th e o the rs. In th e Open Am ateur race Burch ett got th e ini tia l lead foll owed by T im Mit chell, j ason " Enderso n , Jim Oliphant. Noah Kirkl and and j ohn Whitmor e, On lap th ree Oliphant and Kirkland moved by Enderson . With two la{'" to go Mit ch ell slid under Burch ett as did Oliphant a lap lat er. At the fini sh it was Mit chell with th e win over Oliphant, Bur che n, Kirk land, who was stuck in traffic. then Whitmore and En der son . a Resul ts 50 STK: 1. Man McCoy (Y..m ); 2. h uOIC Som" (Y..m ]: 3. Sco n Fard i~ (Ya m). 50 MOD: J. K'YI~ Ba.n ~r (Y..m l; 2. M..n McCoy (Vam ). 60; l. Kun H awk ( K.aw). 80: 1. JfX' uru (K.aw ); 2. lrnoh P..u lu" (Kaw). I ~: I. Mark p..u rn on ( J on ); 2. j fX' WiIdr (lion); , . J ason Burch rtl (lton ). 250 B: 1. Willir Ausbu n (lion); 2. na,,~ Tay lor (Yam); 3. j rrry So ulhwort h (Ho n). 250 A: I. J ohn P..rris h (lion );. 2. SIt'\'r Prucinslr.i (Ya m); 5. Oari~ Kuckl id: (Ho n) . ... 0 C: I. W ill ir Du ~an (H o n ); 2. P..ul r t'iroli (Yam): 3. 5 j on o..-a la (H o n). oo "'30 R: 1. Ji m Ol ipham (Hon ); 2. R £.Ito (BS A). +!O A: I. J oh n O.iil'YtOt1 111 ( RIX) ; 2. Bu..-k Mu rp h y (T n); 5. Willi~ H .iill brn (R ex). \ '1ST SC I..: I. Dan Kimbd l (BSA); :!. Don Mone ~ (H o n); 3. J o h n h rri.sh ( lion). VlST T W: L Buck Murph )' (Tn): 2. Rod £.sIrs (BSA): ! . ..."1' 8

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