Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~ OFF·ROAD AMAGrandNational Cross Country/National Hare Scrambles Series: Round 2/3 ~ Duane Conner was passed by RoeseIer late in the race and finished fourth. A crash late in the race slowed Scott Plessinger, but he sti ll finished second overall. Doug Blackwell (5) leads Larry Roeseler, who went on to finish third overall. 16 pro blem all da y lo ng. T he area is rea l simi lar to wh ere I live in Kentucky and I really enjoy this track." Summers al so wo n the 1990 Loret ta Lynn 's event. Pl essinger managed to score second overall even though fatigue a nd a laterace cras h slowed him in the end. " I endoe d on that tree jump ou t there," sai d Pl essinger. "I came up to it a little slow and ca ug ht the log with both wheels. It knocked into some trees that were standing upright. After th at I went ar ound it eac h lap. I cou ld've showed off for all those people o u t th ere watching but I didn 't wa nt to risk it again." Roeseler fin ished third o verall after di splacing Team G reen teammates Hough a nd Conner on th e six th lap. He kep t on the gas in a n effort to reel in the runner-up rider but fell abo u t half a m inute sho rt. "I don 't thin k tha t I was a t a big d isadvantage beca use of the trees a nd all, but a better sta rt wou ld have defin itely made m y day a lot easier." When the 200cc A class went off there was a spiri ted scra mble for the lead positio n, but by the tim e th e checkered flag fell it had the look of a survival class . No less than four rid ers held a significant lead at o ne point or a nother before su fferin g th rough late-ra ce m ish aps, a nd when it was all over Ind ia na 's Cha d Froman proved to be the stro ngest. Kawasa ki- mo un ted Robert T om inell a a ppeared headed tow ar ds the class win when he was kn ock ed off th e pace with a rea r flat. J eff Frede tte lost hi s cha nce at the win whe n he suffered through traffic hass les on a steep h il l. T hen , Suzuki rider Davey Coombs ra n ou t of gas two mi les fro m the white fl ag. Fin ally, H o nda r ider Tod d Morain grasped defea t from certain victory when he pi cked up a flat tire j ust after the white flag. Through it all Froman main tained a strong a nd steady pa ce a nd wa s a ble to pass Morai n befor e th e final motocr oss sectio n and win by 15 seconds. In the 250cc A class Tennessee's Robert Pa tterson put togeth er a fin e seven -lap effort to beat Dwain Mill er by j us t 23 seco nds. Yam aha rider Brian Keegan raced to third in th e 20-rider class wi th .Leig h Letell ier pl acing fourth. Fast est of the O pen A group was Pennsyl va nia 's J ohn Vincent. H e start ed at the ba ck of the pack for the second GNCC in a row b ut meth odica lly weaved" th ro ug h the lfi-rider Open A field to ga ther the top prize. Kansan Terry Gill iland was seco nd wi th In d iana 's Ken neth J o h nson a nd Florida's Kevin Lorden foll owing. Kentucky's Scott Martin was the on ly Vet A (+30) class rid er to co m p lete ~. II seven la ps. T he Kawasa ki rider ou tdi stanced West Virginia's Tom Harri s and Pennsylvania's J eff MurgeI for h is first-ever G NCC Vet cla ss win. Rol and Kin g was fourt h in the d ivisio n. The top Four-Stroke A pi lot was Indiana 's J ar ed Green, another clas s winner wh o made it to the white flag just before Summers took the chec kers . The 21-year-old Green bettered Ill inoi s' Jeff Sledge a nd Suzu ki's Mark Hyde in the final tally. Fo urth a nd fifth in th e cla ss were Steve Holbert a nd Bob Sloan , respectiv ely. , J oe Lo ja k, a m ulti-tim e cross co un try class cham pio n, took th e Senior A tro phy with a five-minute edge on Alan Bru tto, the Loretta Lynn 's Ranch manager a nd th e winner of the Senio r class in the o pen ing ro und. KTMmo unted J ohn Gallagher was th ird a n d Georgia ' s Terr y Meal er wa s fourth. T he fastest in the Super Senior (+50) class was Ten nessee's Emmett Cox, who upset peren nial class favori te Harry Greenl ee wi th 25 seconds to spare. Co u rse desi g ner a nd even t organ izer Dave Coombs, Sr. placed t h ird a h ead of Indiana ' s Dona ld H ou g h a n d Missouri ' s Ro bert Ca p linger: T he fastest a ma teur pilot in the field was Ya maha-mounted Shawn Brell. Brell bett ered Ohio' s All en Nel so n for th e win in th e 17-rider Open B grou p. J od y Main wo n th e 30-rider 250cc B class with a lead of three minutes on fell ow Ya ma ha rider J ohn Grimm. In the 200 cc B cl ass Ohio ' s Rodney Judso n out-dista nced Pennsylvania's Bryan Muscavitch and 25 o ther compe titors for the class victory. Charles Dail ey won th e 19-rid er Fo ur-Stroke B class, pos ti ng six la ps on his way to a two -m in ute win over Arkansas' Everett Ratliff a nd Kenny McGee. The best Vet B proved to be Vance Earl of North Carolina, who bettered Pennsylvania Yamaha ri ders Donald Bigl ey and Harold Nich ol son for the Loretta Lynn 's win. North Carolina's Larry Bollinger topped West Virginia 's Ri chard Scott an d Steve Zdybi cki in the Senior B class by g u iding h is Yam aha to a lead of more than 10 minutes. Bob Grider held a slight lead of about two minutes o n Ted Kilvington, but it was enough to earn the Super Senior B class vic tory . J ohn Baker took third on th e day. Ted H add ix wo n the 28-rider 125/ 200cc C class, wh ile Rob ert Stephens topped 38 riders in the 250/ 0pen C grou p. CN Results 0 1A: 1. Scott Summers (H o n); 2. Scott Plessinger (KT M); ~ ' Larry Roeseler (Kaw); 4. Dua ne Con ner (Kaw): 5. Kurt Ho ugh (Kaw): 6. Frank Keegan (ATK ): 7. T om No rto n (Ho n ): 8. Doug Blackwell (Ka w}; 9. Jimm ie Eri ksso n ( H bg ); 10. Rober t Patterson (Hon); 11. Dwain Miller {Kaw): 12. Scon Martin (Kaw); 1 ~ . J oh n n y Robbin , (KTM ): 14. T o ny Hendo n (H bg): 15: Cra ig J on <& (Kaw); 16. J ared G ree n (Hon): 17. Ch ad Fro man (Kaw): 18. T od d Morain (Ho n): 19. Brian Keegan (Vam ): 20. Kell y Geu {H us). AA: 0 / A. Sco t t Su m mers ( H o n ); 1. Scon Pl essin ger (KT M); 2. La rry Roeseler (Ka w); 3. Duane Conner (Ka w ); 4. Kur t Hou gh (Kaw ); 5. Frank Keegan (AT K). 250 A: 1. Robert Pa tterson (Hon); 2. Dw a in Mill er ( Ka w);~ . Cra ig Jo nes (Kaw): 4. Bria n Keega n (Vam): 5. Leigh Le tellier (KT M). 200 A; 1. Chad Fro man [Kaw): 2. Todd Morain (Honu S. J eff Fredette (Kaw): 4. Bria n Wa lker (KTM ): 5. Kevin Bran don {Kaw) . 4-STRK A: 1. Jared G reen (H a n); 2. j eff Sledge (Ho n ); ~ ' Mar k H yde (SUl ): 4. Steve H olbert (H a n): 5. David Black (H a n ). VET A: I. Sco tt Martin (Ka w ): 2. Tommy Harris ( V arn) :~ . J eff Mu rgel (Kaw) : 4. Rola nd King (Kaw); 5. Gary Ada m, (H o n). SR A: 1. Joe t.ojak (Ya m): 2. Alan Bruno (Kaw): ~ ' J o hn Gallagher (KT M): 4. Terry Mea ler (Va m); 5. Clai r Parli n (H o n). • S/SR A: I. Emmell Cox (Suz); 2. Harry Greenl ee (Yam) : ~ ' Dave Coom bs (Vam) : 4. Don a ld H ough (Kaw); 5. Robert Caplinger (AT K). OPEN B; 1. Sha wn Brel l (Yam): 2. Allen Nelson (Yam): ~' R ichar d Lu kaes ko (Ho n ): 4. Sam Dyke (KT M): 5. Bret t Ch itwood (KT M). 250 B; 1. Jod y Main (Yam): 2. Joh n Grimm (Yam ); ~ ' Robert Adkin s {Kaw) : 4. Shawn Busch (Kaw); 5. Cod y Maxwell (Kaw). 200 B: 1. Ro d n ey judso n ( Ho n): 2. Bryan Musca vitch (Suz); 3. Rob Thom pson (Kaw) ; 4. Mart y R itt en berry (Ka w): 5. Robi n Spacht (Kaw). 4-STRK B; 1. Charles Dailey {Hon): 2. Everett Rat liff (Ho n); ~ ' Ken n y McG« (Ho n): 4. Mar k Manin (H o n); 5. j osep h Yern aux (Han). VET B: 1. Vance Ear l (Va m) : 2. Don ald Bigley (Yam); 3. Ha ro ld Ni chol son (Ya m); 4. Mike Ho lbert (Vam ); 5. Ja y Kin der (Kaw). sR B; 1. Larry Boll in ger (Va m); 2. Richard Seen ( Vam ) :~. Steve Zdybicki (s uz): 4. Robe rt Cos (KT M): 5. Ronnie H ackett (S Ul). . s / sR B; 1. Bob G rid er (ATK): 2. Ted Kilvin gton (AT K); 3. J o hn Baker (Yam ); 4. David Sande rs (KT M) ; 5. Ron Throckm o rton (H us). OPEN 250 C; 1. Robert Step hens (Ho n): 2. J ohn Lenard (Ho n): ~ ' Tim Cra m (Vam ); 4. Jeffrey Claborn (Kaw); 5. Teddy Dover {Hon ). 125/200 C: 1. Ted Had d ix (suz): 2. Gary Smi th (KT M); ~ ' Kyle Pulley (Kaw); 4. T . Reese Jones (Ka w ); 5. Neal Vanwa y (Yam ). AMA GRAND NATIONAL CROSS CO UNTRY SERIES STANDINGS: 1. Scott Sum mer (40): 2. Scou Plessinger (~ 7) : ~ ' Kurt Hou gh ( ~~) : 4. Tom No rton (29); 5. Duan e Conner (28); 6. (TI E) Frank Keegan! J ohnn'/:. Robbin , (27): 8. Jimm ie Erik sson (25); 9. T erry unnin gh am (19); 10. La rry Rceseler (18): 11. Randy H awkin s ( 16); 12. (TIE) Dwain Mill er/ Ch ris Sm ith ( 14): 14. Doug Blackwell (13): 15. Craig Jon es (12): 16. Robert Pat terson (11); 17. Ge ne O naif (10); 18. See n Martin (9); 19. Ed t.oja k (8): 20. (T IE) Stan t.oja k/Tony Hendon (7).

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