Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Mall Gable led th e field early in the firs t moto, but found it ha rd to hold off the advances of Env iro Sa ve/ O p timol-sponsored Rooney. Behi nd Gable and Rooney, Rod Tapia, Breu : Bat tin a nd Shawn Colango battled over third. Heading into the woods section of the track, Rooney bo bb led and allowed Tapia and Battin to scoo t pa st, Ba ttin was on m e gas. a nd picked off Tapia over the field-section double jumps. By la p two, Roo ney had recove red from his earlier bobb le and reeled in Tapia. Rooney blasted past T apia and set after Bat ti n. A lap later Rooney powered past Ba ttin and bega n to close the dis ta nce between h imself and leader Ga ble. Rooney out- powered Gable dow n the back stra ightaway 10 stea l th e lead and mot o win . Gable crossed th e fin ish line seco nd, while Co lango wor ked pas t a tiring Ta pia for th ird. . Gable led th e way in mot o two , but ha d Rooney, T apia and Col an go in hot pursu it . Rooney mad e an aggress ive pass halfway th ro ugh the rnot o and went o n uncontested . Gable held o n to fin ish second, 10 seconds a hea d of Col an go. Noleen Yamaha 's Lance Smail scored th e win in the 250ec Pr o class wi th two easy mot o wins . Only three riders com pe ted in th e class, so th e Pros were run in co nj u nc tio n with th e 250cc a nd Open Intermediate classes. In mot o o ne, Smail grabbed th e holesho t a nd boasted a l2-second lead at th e fini sh . Mike Bell finished a very di stant second, just ahea d o r Don Boespflug . Smail sto le the sho w again in mot o two . this time win ni ng by over 30 seconds . Bell was again second a head of Boespflug. R esults 125 P RO : l. Ban McDa nid (Ka w) ; 2. Shawn Waring (Sur ). 250 P RO : 1. Lana Smail (No l); 2. Mike ~11 (SUl) ; 3. Don BonpOu g (Kaw). OPEN PRO: 1. Don Bonpflug (Xaw). W/PIW: 1. Tyler Fiek (Yam); 2. Rick Sipp Jr . (Yam ); 3. Ikn Swm mrn (Ya m ); 'I. OnTk Lyk (Yam. 60 6-8: 1. Isaac Dawson (Ka w) ; 2. Krl vin Scbcen ( Kil w ): 3. Eric William , (Ltw); 4. T ykr Fick ( ~ w l. 60 9- 11: l. Eric Wi.lli.anu (Ka w ); 2. Jason Han son (Kilw ); 3. Mall Frank (Hon): 4. Krilh Ford (Kaw }. 80 BEC : I. John Burgoyn e (Kaw ); 2. Jacob Pak i na&( Ka w) ; 3. Jdf Weyrauch (H on ); 4. Ryan Andrrson (Kaw); S. b aac Dawson (KoIwl. 80 JR: I. Eric Will iam " (Ka w); 2. David T ume (Kaw); 3. Tom York (Han); 1. Mike Storm (Han); 5. Defok Wh iteheotd (Sw ). 80 1NT : L Nick Hansen ( Ka w ); 2. Brian Marti n (Hon ); 3. j ason DemJ>5rY (K.a 1. Robe rt Holtgrew (Kaw l. w); 125 BEC ; I. Paul Kaiser (Ka w); 2. Brian Burl{ef (Han ): 3. La nce Chapman (H a n); 1. Den n is ElIi" (Han); 5. Dall as OT AM: 1. Jim Swendsen [Hus): 2. Steve Shi ndler (Sw:): 3. Nick Rusin ovich (Han ); 1. Bill Na ylor (Han): 5. Dewey Leuaburg (SUI). OT NOV: 1. Ted Micon e (Sw ); 2. Jack Turner (Kaw) ; .5 J rif Yaw (H a n ); 1. Bob McGrouy (Yam); 5. Bud Abbo u . (Ya m ). PLUS 50: 1. Bill Naylor (Han ); 2. G ary Bonds (Kaw): 3. Jim Newman (SUl); 1. Mayn4l d Richa rds (Ka w). r WM:"oI : I. Susan Sm ith (Kaw); 2. Jeann e Van Bu!Jdrk ( Kaw ); ~ . Cynth ia Fos ter ( Ka w) . Rust reels in Carlsbad ST win By Greg Booth CARLSBAD, CA, APR. 25 James Rust went undefeat ed in th e hotly co ntes ted Open J u nior class a t Ca rlsba d Raceway Short Track. In the first hea l, Rust go t th e ho lesho t a nd stuc k to th e pole thro ugh the turns. Brian Maxw ell ran second and was riding high a nd broa dsliding spectacularly when he tried an o uts ide pa ss o n Ru st in tum four and wen t dow n . The cras h broug ht out a co m plete' restart with Ru st again grabbin~ th e holeshot, Ru st ra n first, with Steve Rajeic In hot pursuit. Lap two saw Raj cic high side hard coming o ut of tum two, a nd he retired with a suspected. brok en leg. A si ng le rile restar t had Ru st sti ll in th e lead , but Maxwell was ho t on his heels. Maxwell got by Ru st wh ile ru nning hig h, but Ru st resumed his lead wi th the low line. Brett Bemi s ap peared from now here and sn uck u p on a surprised Maxw ell , inching him o ut at th e line for second, In th e seco nd hea t, Ru st sto le th e hol esho t from a back row pol e position. Maxw ell was running second until he hit the back stretch crash wa ll , but managed to stay up. Bemis seized the opportunity to move into seco nd and th e heat finished in that order. When the main started Rust grabbed a nother ho leshot with Maxwell running seco nd As Rust pulled away, Bemis began runrting side-by-side .w ith Maxwell . They battled lap after lap, with Maxwell maintain ing a slight edge on the cu shi on. Maxwell gradually shook of! Bemi s's chall enge and with two laps to go closed th e ga p to within three bike lengths. Rust held on ror th e win. Results O PE N EX: I. Loren Bjork man (Ya m); 2. Dave Pel ton (Han ); 3. j oey Winst on (Ya m ); 1. Mar k Aragon (Sw ); 5. John Dupree (Ya m ). O PEN J R: I. J amn Ru it (Ya m ); 2. Brian Maxwell (Yam ); 5. Brett Bem is (Ya m); 1. Joh n Va ugh n (Hon ); 5. J im Nelsen (Tri). 250: 1. Dave Pelton (Ha n); 2. John Fra ncisco (Yam) ; 3. Tyson Vall (Yam) ; 4. Dave RU5I (SUl) ; 5. Bob Cabler (Ya m) . Sweene y (Ka w). 125 J R: I. Robb F101h (Han); 2. Jert'my Porter (Han ); 3. Brad Ha gseth (Han): 1. Ko ry Ell is (Suz); 5. Terry Oark (H a n). 125INT: l. ja!lOn McCorm ick (Hoo);2.&n Rhodn(Kaw); 3. David Myers (SUl) ; 4. Adam Wesl (SOl); S. T ony Roo ney (Ya m). 250 BEG : I. Dennis Siu rgell (Ha n ); 2. T ravis Johnston ( Ka w ); 3. Richard Rushton (Han ); 1. Charlie Buy (Sw.); S. Dean H artman (Han). 250 J R: I. Scou Sherrell (Ha n); 2. Jer em y Skokan ( Kaw); 3. Brian Percy (Yam); 4. Ch op per t.ynn (Yaml : 5. Mike Farm er (Ha n). 250 I r.l : I. T ony Roon ey (Ya m); 2. MoIn Ga ble (H a n); 3. Sha wn Cula ng lo (Ha n ); 4. Scott H ol a" (SOl); 5. Rod Tapia (lio n ). O P EN BEG: 1. Ran dy Jacobs (H a n ); 2. Crai g Buck (H a n). OPEN JR: J. Bruce Isaacs (Han); 2. Pal F10wers (Ha n ); 3.Ma rk KriSlof£ (H a n). 8TH: I . David M yen (Sw): 2. Darren R~ (H a n ); 3. Kerry Pm y (Yam): 4. Fmn kie Cadin (H a n); 5. Brian Burger (H a n). UTH : I. Don BoespOug (Ra w) ; 2. Marvin Waldo (Ka w ); .5 Do ug Orkney (Yam); 1. Alden Swendsen (H us); 5. Kip . T em p lcoto n (H on). OTH EX: 1. Brent Battin (SUl) ; 2. Alan Evans (Yam ); 3. AldC"n Swendsen (H us); 1. Darryl Zumstcoin (H a n); 5. Dave Eaki n (H on). OTH INT: I. Kip Templeton (H a n); 2. Barney Ncowman (SUI.); 5. Melvin Bowma n (Ya m ); 1. Bulch Wdls (Kaw). O TH J R: 1. Ru sty Luh (Ya m); 2. Su~ n Smith (Kaw/ ; , . David LylC" (Ha n); 1. N ick Ru"in ovich (H a n ); 5. Bi I M orrison (H a n ). Q T EX : I. MikC" Perry (Sw); 2. Jim Lamkin (H an); ,. Bill Rasmuum (Ha n); 1. Davt"Merkhn (SUI) ; 5.M('1Bowman (Ya m ). Meister mauls Grattan RR By Bob Applegate GRATTAN, MI, APR.Il-12 Dr. Bob Meis ter drill ed th e co mpe titio n a t th e o pe n ing rou nd or th e AMAlCCS Gr eat Lakes Pro· Am Series roa d race at G ra tta n Ra ceway. The dentist turned rull-time road racer an no unced his in ten tions of defending his n umber one CCS plate as well as cam pai!\T' the AMA Superbike and Endurance Series In '92 by wi n ni ng all seven of the races he en tered. In the Solo GT O race, Canadian Steve Meyer pushed hi s Suzu ki Superbike int o the lead on ly to be passed by the steam rolli ng pair of Meister and Phil Shi ll ing. The top two then bauled to the wire with Meister stingi ng Sh ill in g at the stripe ro r the win. The GTU ro u nd was similar with the doctor pi cking up win nu mb er two after passin g Donn Lewis. Meist er co nt in ued his attack on Sunday, and Eric Moe provided co mpeti tio n ror Meister in the H eavyweight Su perbike class with Meis ter Da ve Pelt o n (22) slid under J ohn Du pree (11) on Carlsbad Racewa y's short track. edging out Moe a t the lin e for wi n number three , Meister and Kevin G ra ha m had a race-long duel i n the Middleweight Superbike class with Meister o u tridi ng traffi c in the fina l tu rn to tak e th e checkered flag first , Meister the n ham mered Shilling for another win in th e Middleweight G P cla ss and also blistered the U nlimited Supersport division , bringing h is wi n total to six. Meister wrapped up his week end with a flag- to-flag romp in the SIOOO U nlimited G P , picking up S250 in prize mon ey a nd valuable Michigan Championship poi nts. Reoults EX MIW S/BK: I. Robert Meistl!'f(H a n); 2. Krvin Grah am (Hon ); 3. Will iam Wh ite (Hon); 4. David Bloom (Han ); 5. Ktvin SIett'W5ki(Yam ). AM MIW S/BK: 1. T odd Ha nington (H a n );2. Fred Mu lder (Yam ); 3. J im Lyti(' (Yam); 4. Ken Rona (Hon); 5. Rober t Ducharme (Yam) . EX HIW S/SPRT: I. Kevin Gra ha m (H a n); 2. DOIY(' Rosn o (Hon) ; 3. David Bloom (Hon ); 1. Rid Breuer (Ha n ); 5. Mike Hammond (Ya m). AM HM S1SP RT : I. Todd Harrington (Han ); 2. Jdf Sneyd( Sul) ; 3. Richard Mull a (Kaw ); 4. Mike Murphy (Han); 5. Christo p her Ti nda ll (Han ). EX U/ L S/ SPRT: 1. Robert Meister (Han): 2. David Rosno (Ha n ); ~ . Curt is Pim ent el (SUl ). AM MIW GP: J. Todd Harrington (H on); 2. Kir k Edsall (Ya m); 3. Ji m Lylle (Ya m ); -t. Ken Kan a (H a n ); 5. Steven Wa Fasken (Ya m ). EX LIW G P: 1. Ph il Sdlillillg (Yam ); 2. Larry Cohee (Ya m); ~ . Da vid Dot' (Ya m): 4. Michad Lower (Ya m ): 5, Jeff Brown (Ya m ). EX HlW S/BK.: 1. Rober t Md n er (H a n); 2. Eric Moe (H a n ); ~. Nei l Jenki ns (S uz); 1. Chuck H eying (Kaw ); 5. Jo hn Parkin r. ( K.aw). AM H / W S/ BK: I. Steve Mr'}'er (Suz); 2. Ken Krd u (Suz); .5 Richa rd Mull er ( K.aw) ; 1. Steve Lach e (SUI ); 5. Krn Ka na . (H a n ). EXl./W S/ BK: L Bri:.l Co nley (Ya m) ; 2. David Doe (Yam ); n , . Pa ul Vit.ale (Ya m); 1. Michad Lo wer (Ya m); 5. Jam es Vaupel (Ya m ). AM l./W S/ 8 K: I . Da nid Schohen (Yam ); 2.I...arryVaughn (H a n); 3. D. Scou Brown (Ya m): 1. Ch ri, Foskett (Yam): S. Doug Blish (Ya m). • EX SPTSM N: I. Paul Vilalt' (Yam ); 2. Fred Bakker (H a n); 3. Alan Hubb (Yam). AM SPTSMN: 1. Larry Vaughn (Ho n ): 2. Patrick Rydtt ( K.aw ); 3. Doug Blish (Yam) ; 1. Ti mo thy Fed ler (Ka w): 5. AI MacMartin (Ya m ). EX LIW SISP RT : I. Brian Con ley t Yam ); 2. Doug laa Farrar (Ya m ); 3. Jamt'S Vau pel (Y4Im ). ny • AM LIW S/SPRT : 1. D. Scot t Brown (Ya m); 2. !...a Vaughn (H a n ); 3. Al MacMarcin ' (Ya m); 4. Mark Ba rkoff (Yam); 5. Th onW R060e (Ya m). EX MIW S/S PRT: I. Kevin Gra ha m (Hon ); 2. David Bloom (Hon); 3. D-oIYe Ro6no (H on ); -t. Will iam Whife (Hon ); 5. Jim WiJ) (Ya m ). AM MIW S/ SP RT: I. Ouislophn T inda ll (Ha n ); 2. Todd . Harrington (H a n); , . Fred Kuldn (Yam ); -t. Mike Pan erso n (H on); 5. John ~~pkn (Yam ). EX SO Lo CTII: I. Raben Mn "'" (H a n); 2. Donn lLwis (Ya m ); 3. David Bloom (Han): 4. Will iam Whi ,e (Hon ): 5. Kevin Sl~,ki (Ya m ). AM SOLO GTU: I. Mikt' Mur ph y (lio n); 2. Fred Mu lder (Ya m ); 3. Jim Lytle (Yam ); ... Lee Miller (Ya m ); 5. J im Ventimiglia (Sw). EX SO LO GTO: 1. Robm Mei, ta (H a n ); 2. Ph il Schilling (Yam ): 3. David Bloom (H a n ); 1. D lUCk Heyin g (Kaw); 5. Brian Wnrphal (SUI). AM SO LO GTO: I. Steve Meyn (Suz); 2. Steve Lach e (Sw); 3. J im Ventimi~lia (Suz); 4. j oel Noordyle (H a n); 5. T roy Cuuer (Yam ). Lathrom takes Tulsa Trials By R.D. Allman TULSA, OK APR. 26 , Bu tch La thro m won th e Amateur class a t round four o r th e Okla homa Trials Championship Series hosted by the Northeastern Okla homa Trials T eam held near Tulsa . The sect ions co ns isted main ly or rock y terrain co mbined with tigh t turns a nd cambers. Lathrom' s vi ctory wa s not witho ut a stru gg le from Don Grd ce. Both riders rod e smoo th and stead y through out the th ree loo p , eigh t-sect ion co urse, with Grace leadi ng th e way unti l th e last section where a thrown cha in dr opped him to seco nd behind La throm with Pa ul Schw egler rou nding o ut th e top three. In ,he Championship div ision, Shan Moo re took a n impressive win o ver riva ls Rick Stiger a nd J im Westco tt . Moore rode his Gas Gas USA/ Moore's Body Shop-spo nso red bike to a clea n Cirst loo p wit h Westcott keep ing pace with o nly two poi nts lost. A sco re or five claimed several top riders in seclion ro ur , including co nte nder R ick Stiger and Arka nsas cha mp Charles Mallo w. 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