Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Approximatel y 81% of the sta rters finished the co u rse wi thi n th eir hour. The key to p rovidi nl'; the fa st guys wit h a cha lle ngi ng ride, while J1 0{ ki llin g the less-ex perien ced riders, accord in g to the club , is to pr o vide p len ty of co urse resets. a nd using tra ils designed to keep riders on the pegs, even if they are moving slowly, ra ther than putting the m throu gh sectio ns where th ey have to push or carry the ir bikes. There was o nly o ne p lace o n th e co urse where po int s wer e carr ied fro m chec k to chec k. Fo r th e second year in a row, Neilson ra n int o timekeeping problems that preven ted hi m from tak in g the ove ra ll win . This year the fail ure of some of his eq ui p men t caused hi m to bum ch eck thr ee by two m inutes. , for cing hi m to rid e like a madman in order' to stay in the h unt for the overall win . Ru mor has it tha t the Pa cifica Mo torcycl e Club is go ing to rep lace all of Neilson's expensive on board computer ha rdware with a Micky Mouse wa tch tha t will at least work. Aaron Croney topped the B class wit h a 24-po int ride. B class winners included Brya n Mars ha ll (200cc). Wayne Hatch (250cc), David Moser (O pe n ), David Rob inson (Fo ur-Stro ke). Brad Irwin (Senio r) , J oe Ferrante (Super Sen io r), Jim Weitz (Vetera n) , and Debbie Kane (Wo m en ). Kane's 73-point ride was all the mo re a mazing since it was accomp lished o n a Kawasaki KX80 Big Wh eel. The course dropped riders fro m the Mace Mill Staging Area down to Rock Cree k, an d the n up and around a 1500-foot climb of Bald Mountain to checkpoint one at the II-mile mark by Dirt y Picture Trail. Unlike last year wh en th ere was a chec k-in, riders goi ng in to the fir st section hot were rewarded the risk ta king. How ever, there were three o ther chec kins alo ng the course to catc h riders who tho ugh t they co uld get away wi th riding hot all day. O nly six riders were able to zero ch eck one , while the rest of the fast guys took o ne o r two points a t the checkpoin t. There was a gas stop ava ilable at th e end of check o ne, and rid ers were enco uraged to top' off their tanks for the 40 p lu s gr ound. mile circu it that wou ld incl ude th e Ballarat Trailr Slat e Mo untain, Cros ier Loop and Sailor Ravi ne. Wit hin this circu it were checks two, three, four and five.' Che ck two was a check-i n to Ballarat, and th en it was roc k and ro ll tim e. Everybody lost po ints through th e ci rcu it, with most po in ts being ta ken at check four , which was at the end of the Crosier Loop. The fast guys lost a r.oin t or two at ch eck five at the end of Sai lor Ravine, and th en coas ted in to the main gas sto p at mil e 63. Resets were provided after each chec k to get riders back on time. Due to the hot and dry wea ther, CERA went th rough 30 ga llo ns of dr inking wa ter for the rider s at the gas sto p. After th e gas st0l' was the maj or speci al test for the day , tha t -includ ed a 17· m ile stre tch th ro ugh th e H orseshoe T ra il, a nd around the ot her side of ' Bald Mo un tain. Riders were ch ecked in to the sectio n a t check six and the n wen t fo r it. Na tura lly, a few r ide rs go t overex ubera n t a nd burn ed ch eck six. Riders lost th e most po ints of th e da y at check seven . and carried the points to chec k eil:ht. There was a short stra igh taway go ing In to check seven , a nd checkpoint captain Rick Ada n decided to slow th e riders down wi th some na tural obstacles. There was a long reset at the end of check eig ht tha t allo wed most rid ers to get back o n ti me. and cru ise to th e Finish line at check nine. Speed s were kept down going into th e fin ish . since the last sections of trail were close to th e camp ing area . Vet Mart Twiggs top ped th e C cla ss with a 34-po int ride. Othe r C class winners incl uded John Lee (20Occ). Robb Thompson (250cc), Nick Steele (O pe n ), Bill y J ones (Fo urStro ke) . David Bow en (Sen io r) and J oe Sta ncato (Super Sen ior ). Each of the class winners were awar ded a $150 Image ja cket don at ed by Fox Racin g. T hree KTM ra cinl'; jer seys were provided by KTM America, whi le over 100 bottles of Wat er Pumper premix and related lu bricants were do na ted by Duralube. Ca gi va provided a dona tio n tha t was used to purchase some of the trophies distributed on race da y. Wh ite Bros. raci o g w ill be providing dis count certifica tes fo r winners in the Fou r-Stro ke clas ses. Results A 200: I. Greg Pe terso n: 2. MaC(" Co lema n Jr. A 250 : 1. Da n Neil son: 2. j o sh Cha ncd tt; 3. Du ke Lambert; 1. Ma rty Waldm; 5. J ason Edie. A O PEN : l. Iloug Byers; 2. Dan Sen; 3. Ssepben Sa ul er: 4. T od d Blair ; 5. T roy Win:;,low. A 4·STRK: 1. Gl enn Mar tin son : 2. Scot t Meyer; 3. Dan Mau,h a ll; 4. Crai g Anderson . A GE NTLEMAN: 1. james Morrison . A SR : I. George H endrix ; 2. Br uce R U:;,t: 3. Dale Gree nhaigh; 4. Don Math eson : 5. Joh n Trout. A S/ 5R: 1. David King. A VET : I. Eddie Diaz; 2. Bria n Beatie; 3. Malt Culli ns; 4. Scon Reynold s; 5. Don Hoagl an d. A WMN : 1. Kath y Tuma. B 0 1A: 1. Aaro n Cro ney. B 200: 1. Bryan Manhall: 2. C len Luunan. B 250 : I . Wayne H a tch; 2. Ri chard Kile; 3. Joe Pickttin g; 4. MAn BrubaJ6,er; 5. Manuel Da tan . B OPEN: l~avid MoS('f; 2. James Craig; 3. Steve Osborn: 4. Ken Weatherly. B -1-ST R K: I. David Robinson ; 2. Tim Heslin. B SR: 1. Brad Irwin; 2. Frank Zanca; 3. Lynn Harr ell ; 4. Paul Scia bica ; 5. Lronard Grttn. B S/ SR : 1. Jot" Ferrante; 2. H ar old Sitton . Scott Wilson won both 125cc Beginner motos under the lights at LACR MX. B VET : 1. Jim w eiu; 2. Sco tt Rabmeau ; 3. Al;,m Kiuojian : . 4. David Sm ith : 5. Brad Koh ler. B WMN : 1. Debb ie Kane. COl A: I . M ark Twi~. C 200: l . John Lee: 2. Kevin Sta nley: !I. Jf'f( Ha ven ga; 4. Tod Herm an ; 5. 1Ly Wilson . C 250: I. Robb Thompson : 2. lac Cameron : 3. Randy Barsell: 4. Micha el Ben son. C OPEN : I. Nick SIn= 2. Ga ry Robinr.on; 3. Nic k le; Nichol son; 4. Dan Phi llip:;, 5. Ed Go nsa les. ; o C 4--STRK: 1. Billy j Ol1 ; 2. Gre g Young; 3. GJqt Vismara; 4. David Wright: 5. Dan iel Zimm erman. C SR : 1. David Bowen : 2. Charln Stanley: 3. J im Duggar; 4. John Beue: 5. Joel Sweeney. C S/SR : I. Joe Staacaro. C VET : I. Pa trick Smiley; 2. Fred Hab en ich t: 3. Sieve Drew: 4. T im Duncan : S. Paul Sm iu l. Carlisle conquers LACR night MX By Tony Alessi PALMDALE, CA, MAY 1 Ryan Carlisle new to a four -moto sweep in the 125 and 250cc Pro clas ses duri ng the o peni n g ro und of th e Cal ifor n ia Racing Cl u b's ni ght racing program a t Los Angeles County Raceway. Over 200 rid ers were greeted with a ra ce co urse fea tu rin g multiple double jumps, step -ups and tableto p jumps. Car lis le established h is do mi nance early in the evening by posting a wire-to-wire victory in th e ope ning 125cc Pro mot a . Car lisle ap pea red to have the track wi red and com mented th at he had rid den th e tra ck Wednesday during th e n ight pra ctic e sessio n two da ys pr ior to the event. T im Telford rod e alo ne in seco nd for most of the mot o foll ow ee by Eric k H ilto n a nd Mark Easley. Eas ley holesho t th e secon d moto but hi s lea d was short- lived as Carlisle launch ed h is T eam Gree n / Fo x-backed Kawasa ki up and over the top of Easley in a step- u p sectio n. Easley 's inabili ty to clea r the step' u p caused his loss of secon d to T elford a lap la ter in the exac t sa me spot. Carlisle had a n enjoyable ride th e remaind er of th e race and crossed the line with a co nvincing lead over T elford. Hilton passed Easley for th ird lat e in the moto while J eff Moore rou nded o ut the top five. Carlisle returned for th e 250cc Pro event a nd led each a nd every lap of bo th motos, Bill y Pa yne romped to a four-mo to sweep of the 80cc (9-11) and 60cc (9-11) clas ses with hi s chief op pos ition of th e n igh t co m in g fro m Jonathon Sh imp in the 60cc class. Shimp Stayed wit hi n striki ng di sta nce of Pay ne in both mo tos bu t was un able to mo un t a success ful charge against DMC/ AXO backed Payne . . . SCOlt Mu m ford smo ked the 250cc NOVIce class with a pair of moto win s and was th e o nly novi ce rider of th e even ing to clea r th e step-up ju mp . Bill y Paul scored the ru n ne rup spo t in fron t of Spencer Bloomer a nd Keith Katz. R esul ts P/ W B-1: r Shane Smith (Ya m ); 2. Steven Her na ndes (Yam); 3. Ca leb Ikw;e laar (Ya m); 4. Ant huny Morr is (Ya m); S. T yler Brown. PIW B-2: 1. Eric Durr er (Yam); 2. Sean Co llie r (Ya m); 3. Jack Haden (Yam); 4. Ch ril Nil tan (Yam ); 5. Ja mes Gi nsberg. P/W A: 1. Scc u H owe (Ya m ); 2. Ada m Her py; 3. Jerr y Ma rtinez (Yam). ~ 60 0-8: I. Ryan Ta nner (Kaw); 2. San dy They" (Raw); 3. J u ~t i n J or dan (Kaw)j 4. Sha ne Mitchell (Kaw); 5. Wes Broo ks (Kaw). . . 60 9- 11: I. Billy Payne (Kaw); 2. jona tho n Sh imp (Kaw); 3. Blake Vien s (G pv); 4. Ch r istopher GosM-aa r (Kaw); 5. Todd l Gosselaa r (Kaw). 80 BEG: I. Ma tt T in lem ier (Kaw); 2. Mic~eI Ro wlan d (H on ); .!S. Richar d Powell (SUL); 4, Mike Oliv er (Suz); 5. Jason Sno w ( Ka w). 80 9·11: I. Bill y Payne (Kaw); 2. Sha d Viens (C pv); 3. Michael Young (KX); -1. j osh Ah ern (Ho n); 5. Jo nat ho n Sh~r;'t iJ:'T.~· 1. Michael Co llier (Kaw). 80 NOV : I. Ju stin Viens (G pv)j 2. Brer Jackson (Kaw). 80 INT : I. Lanny Turne r (5 uz). 80 ADULT MINI : I. Gre g Pa tterso n (Kaw). 125 BEG: 1. S. Scott Wil iOn (Han); 2. Mark Li ba rdo n i (Kaw); 3. juda Aya lin (Han); 4. Ju stin Leeds(Ho n); 5. Darru s Ga mderr (H on). 125 NO V: 1. Armando O~rland (Han); 2. Phil Rich mond (S UL ~ 3. j oe Ohara (Hon); 4. Dea n Omnder (Yam); 5. Jared j a l 25 sf NYf:r \:a~l~k U~ds u-om (lion ); 2. J oel T okanky (Hon). 125 PRO : I. Ryan Carl isle (Kaw); 2. T im T elfor d (Raw)j .!S, Erick Hilton (Yam) ; 4. Mar k Eas ley (Yam): 5. Jdl Moo re (H on ). 250 BEG: 1. Mau Blackl ock (Hon); 2.Mike Piche ue (H a n) ; 5. Dani el Cleveland (SUI ); 4. Ryan Pursley (SUI); 5. Patri ck McCatK- (Han). Rob Majesk i (71) dove under Eric Sassaman (6) to earn the Pine G rove ST win. 2!JO NOV : I. Scott Mumlor d (Ya m ); 2. Billy Paul (Sw ); !I. Spe ncer Bloo mer (Kaw); 4. Kei th Kau: (Raw ); 5. Jo hn Keefer (Yam ). 2!JO INT : 1. Ray Brem enour (Ya m): 2. Ryan Von louberg (Sw ); 5. Robb ie Dunham (Ya m). 250 PRO: 1. Ryan Carlisle (Kaw); 2. T on y Sulek (Ho n ); 5. Tim Te lford (Kaw); 4. Steven Kotajarvi (Kaw); 5. Troy Welt y (Han). SOO BEG : 1. Robert Scha nk (H a n). JR VET BEG : l. Ju da Avalon (CR ); 2. Lior Verner (H on); 3. Ariad Sahar (Ya m ); 4. j oe Pina (Han); 5. RaitDodge (Raw ). JR VET NOV : 1. Steve Con eville (Hon ); 2. J~ Delang (H on); 3. Jd l Finch (Han ). JR VET t NT : I. See n Gilly (KX). JR VET EX: 1. Chri s Radrinski (Yam) : 2. R ichard Truchinski (SUl) . VET BEG: I. Brian :Bo gdanich (Raw ); 2. John Abuini (Ya m ); 3. Dan Berrnardino (Sw); 4. Steve :Basmajian (H on ); 5. Ala n Busby (Hon ). VET NOV : 1. Dale T ittlemier (Kaw); 2. B.J. Lehn (Sw); .5. Donn Raburn (Han); 4. Stacy Ska ggs (H a n ); 5. Rod ney Morri son (Hon). VET tNT: 1. Martin Ci sar (H on ); 2. Lenny Raker (Kaw); . 3. David Williams (Suz); 4. J immy Bauer (Kaw). . VET PRO: 1. Brad McLeod (Han): 2. Mar k H or ton (Ya m). VET EX: 1. Bob Klin e (Hon). +40 SR EX: 1. St eve Dun lop (Yam) . VtNT: 1. Mar k Neal ( S UI) . Eriksson nails NastyCreek HS win By Arlen e H ej lek STANTON, MO MAY3 , Sweden's Jimmie Eriksson topped 188 rid ers for th e overa ll win a t th e fifth round of th e Missouri H ar e Scra mbles Ser ies a t Nasty Creek 's 10th anniversary run. Eriksson was seco nd a t the start of the hot and d usty event but soo n took th e lead. Halfway through th e first lap Eriks son go t tangled in a vin e and Chad Busenbark took the lead. Busen bark led for a la p and a half until Eriksson wor ked his way aro und and gass ed it to th e end. Chris Ca p lin ger had a P."" r sta rt in the du st and doggedl y wor ked hiis way u p thro ug h the pack. Caplinger passed Busen bark wh en he tangl ed wi th a lapped ridei on the fifth lap and th en set his sigh ts for Eriksson. For a co u p le of lap s Er iksson saw Ca p linger en tering th e field to the scoring lanes as he was exi ting, but he did n 't think h e would be athrea t. Mid way through th e seventh a nd fina l lap o n the 6.5-m ile co urse, Eriksson g la nced ba ck a n d wa s su r p rised to see Ca plin ger beh ind him . H usa berg Ame rica! Motu l/Sprock et Speci a li sts/ Bri dges to ne / Yokn/ Frede tt e Raci ng/H and Savers / Ara il Acer bis/ Sm ith goggles/ R K Chain -sponsored Eriksso n pegged th e throttle a nd took the overa ll wm with Ca pl inger on his heels a t the fini sh. Busenbark finished th ird overall followed by Steve Leiv an , After riding two laps wit h a Oat tir e and havin g a tree branch tear off th e back of his shoulder pads, G reg Surdyke fin ished fifth . Intermediate class winner Matt Faletti took the lead m idway th rough the two-hour event when R icky Horton sto p ped to cha nge a Oa t tire. Fal etti went on to take the win and finish in the to p 10 overall. Mark Kendall and Ed LaChance ba ttled in th e Four-Stroke class. Wh en Eriksson passed LaChance on th e last lap he let the nex t bike by thinking it was ano ther of th e race leaders, bu t it was Kendall. Kendall pulled in for the win 10 seco nds ahead of LaChan ce. Derek Zin chuck got the hol esho t in th e 200cc class but losr .the lead wh en he fell on th e first lap. H e worked h is way back to the front and went ho me with th e fir st-place tro ph y. Brock Busenbark was leadi ng th e Junior class wh en his bik e flipped over on top of him, allowin g Joe y Nov elli and Mik e Sidebotto m to pas s. Novell i held o n for the win whi le Busenbark clawed his wa y back up to fini sh second. Resu lts 0 1A: I. J im m ie Erik 5&o n (H bg); 2. Chri s Ca plin ga (ATK); 3. Chad BU5<"nbark (Yam ); 4. Steve uivan (Yam) ; 5. Greg Surd yke (Hbg). EX: I. Oms Capli n~r (ATK); 2. Clad Busen bark (Ya m ); 3. Sieve Leivan (Yam): 4. GJqt Surd yke (H bg); 5. T erry Gillilan d \KTM). INT : I. Ma tt Fal etti (Kaw); 2. Ricky H Orlon (Yam ); 3. Bob Ca plin~ (ATK); 4. Mike T urpin (ATK) ; 5. Al H ~lek (Ha n). 250: I. n ave Altm ann (Yam); 2. Doug Youngblood (Ya m); 3. Jell Lappe (Suz); 4. Doug Frieze (H on ); 5. Richa rd Marl (Ya m) . 200: 1. Derek Zinch uck (Kaw): 2. joe Ikaver (Yam ); 3. David Meyer: 4. T om Cre we (Raw); 5. T . H anf ord . 125: I. Chris H uH (Han); 2. Feed AUI (Kaw): 3. Mal t jamieso n (KT M); 4. T odd Reed (H a n); 5. Ed Schm idt (Ha n ). 4·STRK: 1. Mark Kenda ll (H bg ); 2. Ed LaChana- (H a n): 3. G. ry Pilant (Han); 4. Gra ylan E;w: (Hon ); 5. Mike Far lr-y a . OPEN : I. Robbie Reed (KTM): 2. Robert Brake (Kaw); 3. Sid Turpin (Ya m); 4. Dan Zimmerl y (H a n); 5. Jim Co lema n (H a n). SR: 1. Everett Shi na ult (H on); 2. Mike Sheridan (KT M); 3. Roger Legeu e (Ya m); 4. Tim Hamilton (R on); 5. TOby Buie (Raw). S/S R : 1. John O ller (Ya ml ; 2. Brock Yarnell; 3. Jim Letellier (KTM ); 4. Carl Don e so n (ATK ); 5. Frank Le ivan (Kaw). ].&: 1. Joey Novelli (Raw); 2. Brock Busen bark (Hon); 3. Mike Sidebottom (Ya m); 4. T ravis Pi lant (H on ); 5. Jeremy . Bur khart (H a n). TR: I. Steven Dea n; 2. Mike Gibson: 3. Clinton Lew is; 4. Nathan Chapman; 5. Mall Es teL VINT: 1. Steve Cre ws {Kaw): 2. AJ Hejlek (Yam ); 3. JeU Barstow (H \1.\); 4. Tim Gilliland (Hon); S. U oyd Stahlmann (Bu l). Majeski tops Pine Grove Short Track opener By Len Breech Photo by Ben Breech PINEGROV PA,MAY3 E, Rob Maj eski stalked Er ic Sassam an for over seven laps before he slip ped und er him for the win in th e Open A fin al a t th e Flying Dut chmen M.e. season -ope ne r, held at Pine Creek Sh ort T rack. Sassaman grabbed the lea d from Majeski, Ken Coolbeth , Rob ert Ada ms and Kenny Dah lin at th e start. Alth ough Sassa man and Maj eski pulled some di sta nce o n the o the rs, the order stayed th e sam e until the seventh lap , whe n Maj eski slipped under him as they went down the curv ing back stra igh t. A few seconds la ter, Adams caught a ru t in th e third turn, and dr opped to six th place by the tim e he recovered . Sassaman th oroughly o ut classed th e 250cc A field, es pe ciall y a fte r 250cc N ational Champion Ken Coo lbeth scra tched wit h a crac ked frame. At th e gr een flag, Sassaman sp lit fro m Todd Winsett , Ace Phillips and Joe Bromley. T he o nly chan ge in th e top five was on th e third la p, wh en Phillips slipped under Winsett as th ey entered the third turn. The Senior 30 Plus ra ce was run wit h th e 750cc class. All th e Sen iors exited the second tum ahea d of th e 750s, with J ohn Winsett lead ing Luke Zechman, J oe Heberling and Steve Wilson, whil e Jody Yearick led his father, Earl , and Bill All en in the 750cc battle. H eberling muscled into second by the end of th e o pe n m g lap, while he and Wilson bo th got by Winsett for fir st and second o n the fourth lap. Paul Lync h sp lit from th e rest of the 200cc field. Behind Lyn ch , and bat tling for firs t Ama teur wer e John Winsett. J ames Co nkli n , Garth Basti an a nd Ch ad Hack man. Winsett bobbled sligh tly "oing into th e third turn o n th e second lap, giving Conklin first B riders honors. Winsett retook the spot the next lap, and a few laps la ter Conklin tapped Winsett's rear ti re and dropped three spots. With Winsett half a lap beh ind, Lync h had over 10 yards over Bastian, but fell in the final turn and ~ve Bastian th e win. Enc Sassaman's o lder brother, Jeff , grabbed th e lead at tile star t of the 600cc B final wit h Micke y Rusden , Todd T emple, Shane Merryman an d Mark Ren ezetti close behind . Sassaman bobbled down the ba ck straight o n the seco nd lap and Rusden an d Temple sn uck past . Ren ezetti ch allenged Sassaman in the late laps, a nd took over third wh en they tried to lap a rider on the nex t to last lap . Resu lts 55 $TK: 1. Christoph er Ram ~ (Yam ); 2. Josh Ztchmcin (Ya m ); 3. Krvin Momson (Ya m ); 4.jusUn O swald (Ya m). 55 MOD: 1. Jimmy Owens (Yamj; 2. Adam Gamble (Ste); 3. Scot( Morrison (Ya m); 4. Mathew Have (Ya m ): 5. Ryan Wi)$On (Yam). 65: 1. j ake Jo hniOn (Kaw); 2. Billy Stillwell (Raw ); 3. Will Russe ll (H a n); 4. Jes S(' DiGmnaro (Yam ); 5. Eri c Hackman (Yam ). 85 A: I. Joh n Win 5ef.t J r. (SUI); 2. Jad Flowers (SUI ). 85 B: I. T om Sketh way (SUI ); . ~. Donald Mu llen (Yam ); 29

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