Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

move. Using the berm , Bayle sli ngshot into the lead on the final turn. . Stanton, wh o gat ed abo ut II th , had moved 'int o six th and was p icki ng up one positio n a lap. , By th e 10th lap , Kiedr ow sk i ha d moved into th e lead but i t was sh ortlived, as Sta nton blew by everyo ne and went in front in a sweeping right-ha nd tu rn headi ng down hill a t the start of the I I th lap and was never head ed. " Everytim e 1 ca me up on someo ne, 1 di dn't wait to pass," Stanton sai d. " I kn ew 1 cou ldn ' t waste time. 1 knew wha t 1 had to do ." Stanton won by abou t nine seco nds wi th Kiedrowsk i better than three seconds in front of Bayle. " I was usin g a different lin e th an they were," Bayle sa id . " I tried what th ey were usin g and it was abo u t the sa me . T hey were ri di ng good today. T h ird is no t so bad." Dubach held o n for fourth well be h ind Bayle with Dowd holding o ff Bradshaw for fifth . . Bra dshaw, wh o h ad motored into n inth at th e halfwa y point, was up to six th two laps la ter a nd was soo n chasing do wn Dowd. Bu t a lap lat er he crashed again near th e mechan ics' area a nd had to settle for six th . "1 jus t wore m yself o u t tryi ng to catc h th ose gu ys," Bradsh aw said. Crai g was sevent h a hea d of Brook s, McMi llen a nd Treadwell. 125 National T he first 125cc Na tion al mo to was highl ighted by Team Peak / Pro Ci rcu it/Honda 's McG ra th in m uch the same way Brad sh aw do mina ted his. T hough McG ra th didn 't lead every inch of th e way, he was in the lea d by the second lap a nd began pull in g away. By the sixth lap he had a fivesecond lead an d it was over 15 seco nds before he backed off a t th e en d. Asked how he was a ble to so completely dominate, McGrath said, "I've been ask ing myself the same th ing. 1 figured if 1 rod e smooth, I' d fin ish - pretty good. 1sta rted pulli ng away and was pretty surprised 1 did n 't get tired. If you don 't get a good sta rt here i t's rea lly hard to ca tch up. All the corners are o ne- lined." Suzuki's Gu y Cooper chased McGrath for most of the race, but a mis hap wi th just a few laps to go drop ped him to sixth, wh ere he would fin ish. Yam aha's J eff Emig had been third , b u t he went down o n th e 14th lap, letting a number of riders past. First among them was H enry, clearly th e cro wd fav or i te judging from t he number o f banners bearing his name lining the track. H en ry had moved into fourth on the si xth lap and held hi s ground until ca p italizing on Cooper and Emig's m isfortunes to fini sh seco nd, th ough Tiche no r mad e a run at him. " I passed people wherever I could," H enry sai d. "Usually, I do n ' t have tro u ble in the sand. There's one real fast line o u t th ere a nd if you rid e that fas t you can put in a fast lap time. If a fast guy gets a good star t, it' s real eas y to get away quick. " T ichenor mad e h is stro ngest m ove a t th e end of the mot o, passing La rry Ward on th e last lap to get third. Ward held on to fourth a nd Kawasaki's Mi ke LaRocco took fifth ahead o f Coo pe r a nd Emig. . " I tried to ge t arou nd H enry o n th e la st lap, bu t I co uld n 't," Tichenor said. Su zuk i's J eff Dement led early in the second rnoto , but Larry Ward was on him by th e third lap, tak in g the lead go ing into th e woods a lap later. No o ne was able to challenge Ward early a nd he was a ble to b uild up a five second lead o n Tich en or by the Series points leader J eff Stanton tallied 2-1 moto fin ishes for the 250cc cla ss win. Dam on Bradshaw (4) smoked everyone in the first 250cc moto but crashed in the second. Larry Ward (10) record ed th e th ird 125cc National win of his career. halfway poi nt, wi th LaRocco th ird, then H enry, McG ra th a nd Su zu ki's Brian Swink. A la p l ater L aRo cco was b y Tiche nor a nd the pair closed th e gap o n Ward. T he tr io p ulled away from the pac k, with T ichenor back past LaRocco on the 14th lap, as Ward began to ga in a little breathing room. T iche nor held second until the fina l lap when he ta ng led wi th a fall en Jimmy Button in a tight, hairpin right not far from the finish. By the time he was upright, LaRocco had sped by and the final order was Ward, La Rocco and T ichen or. " In th e second moto I was awa y abou t fifth or sixth place," sai d overa ll win ne r Ward. " L uc kily, there were slower guys in fro nt. Tich enor and La Rocco use d u p a ll the ir energy ca tching me. "T he track was real hard to rid e today," Ward added. " In '89 when I won , it was rea l roily. T his yea r it 's chop p y. It's possible to pass. You have to pucker up and hold on wit h your • kn ees to get through ." . "I wanted to beat LaRocco. 1 wanted to beat him bad," T ich en or said after finishing third. " I had p roblems three separa te times with la pped riders that got in my way a nd co st me a lot o f time. It' s hard to pass. If somebo dy good's in fro nt o f yo u, you ea t a lot of dirt. " H en ry had moved into fourth on th e six th lap, a nd th a t's where he'd fi nish , h is 2-4 good for third overa ll. Swink was a stea dy fifth , ahead o f McG ra th a nd Tyso n Voh land. Rya n Hugh es, J eff Em ig , a nd J eff Dement fill ed ou t th e top 10. CN Results 125 MOTO I: I: j erem y McG ra th (Hon); 2. Doug Henry (Yam); 3. Ronnie T ichen or (Suz); 4. La rry Ward (Suz); 5. Mike La Rocco (Kaw); 6. G uy Coope r (S uz);7 . jell F,m ig (Yam ); 8. De~ n y Step henson (Suz); 9. Brian Swi nk (Suz); 10. T im Ferry (Kaw); II. Willi a m Daielak (H on ); 12. Patrick Barto n (Suz); 13. R yan Hugh es (Ka w ): 14. j eff Dement (Suz); 15. Tyson Vohland (Yam); 16. Barry Ca rsten (Suz); 17. Ji m my Buuon (Yam) ; 18. Ton y Lorusso (Yam ); 19. Mi ke Brow n (H on ); 20. G rayson Goodman (Suz); 2 1. Buddy Atunez (H on ); 22. J am es Mcil vaine (Han) ; 23. Bria n Austin (Suz); 24. Carlo Coen (Suz); 25. T ed D' O nofri o (Hon); 26. Eric Soucy (Suz): 27. Kevin Cri ne (Han); 28. Gary Lussier (Suz); 29. J oh n Kitsch (Suz); 30. Ca n er Gu rnee (Suz); 31. Billy Sch lag (Kaw); 32. Scott Shea k (Kaw ); 33. Chad Pederson (Hon): 34. Travis Blackb urn (Kaw); 35. Bru ce Stra tton (Yam); "6 . Mike Co m ing (Ka w); 37. Sco tt Carter (Suz): 38. Chri s Neal (Suz); 39. Chr is Brown (Suz); 40. Ezra L usk (SUI). Tim~: 32 m inutes. 10.00 seco nds. 125 MOTO 2: 1. Larry Ward; 2. La Rocco; 3. T ich enor; 4. H en ry; 5. Swin k; 6. McGrath; 7. Vohland ; 8. Hugh es; 9. j ell Emig: 10. Dem en t; I I. FelTY; 12. Goodman; 13. Stephe nson; 14. Brown; 15. Carsten ; 16. Bar to n; 17. Carter; 18. Lo ru sso; 19. Stratton; 20. Pederson ; 21. Grine; 22. Dzielak: 23. Soucy; 24. Austin ; 25. Mcil va ine; 26. Ted D'Onofr io; 27. Coe n ; 28. Lusk; 29. L ussie r; 30. Button ; 31. Brow n ; 32. Coo pe r; 33. Antunez; 34. Sch lag; 35. Sheek : 36. Co m ing ; 37. Kitsch ; 38. Nea l; 39. G urnee; . 40.Blackbum . Time:.35:35.oo . 125 0 1A: 1. Larry Ward (SUI); 2. Ro nnie T ich eno r (Suz); 3. Doug H en ry (Ya m) ; 4. jeremy McGrath (H a n); 5. Mike LaR occo (Kaw); 6. Bria n Swink (SUI); 7: j ell Emig (Yam ); 8. Ryan Hughes (Kaw); 9. T im Ferry (Ka w ): 10. Den ny Step he nso n (SUI); I I. Tyson Voh land (Yam); 12. j eff Dement (Suz); 13. G uy Cooper (Suz); 14. Patri ck Barton (Suz); 15. Barr y Cars ten (SUI); 16. G rayso n Goodma n (5uz); 17. Willia m Daielak (Han); 18. Mike Brown (Han); 19. Tony Lorusso (Ya m); 20. Sco tt Caner (SUI); 2 1. Ji mmy Button (Ya m ); 22. Bruce Stratton (Yam ); 23. Cha d Pederson (Han). 125 N ATIO N AL CHAMPIONSHIP MX POINT STA NDINGS: 1. Mike La Rocco (85); 2. Ronnie Ticheno r (78); 3. Do ug Hen ry (77); 4. j erem y McGrath (71); 5. (TIE) j ell Emig/ Guy Cooper (55); 7. (TI E) Larry Ward/ Brian Swink (53); 9. Tyso n Voh la nd (46); 10. Tim Ferry (40); l L'Ryan H ugh es (38); 12. Mike Brown (28); 13. Ezra Lu sk (26); 14. Barry Carsten (23); 15. (TIE) j immy Butto n/Budd y An tun ez (22); 16. Denny Step henso n (21); 17. jell Dement (18); 18. G rayson Goodma n ( 15); 19. Patrick . Bart o n ( 14); 20. Wilham Deiela k (10). 250 MOTO I: 1. Da mo n Brads haw (Yam) ; 2. j ell Stan ton (Han); 3. Mike Kiedro wski (Ka w) ; 4. j o hn Dow d (Kaw); 5. Mike Craig (Kaw); 6. j ean -Mich el Bayle ( Hon) ; 7. P hil La wrence (Suz); 8. Mike T read well (Yam); 9. Ku rt McMill en (Suz); 10. j eff Ward (Kaw); 11. j eff Mat iasevich (Ka w); 12. Larry Brooks (Yam) ; 13. Ray So m mo (Kaw); 14. Cli ff Pa lm er (SUI); 15. Wi llie Surra tt (SUI ); 16. Je ff Curry (Kaw ): 17. Matthew Crown (Suz); 18. Dag Boyesen (Kaw); 19. Fred Andr ews (Su z); 20. Thomas R ice (Suz); 21. J ames Kap itan (Suz); 22. Ea rl May (Ya m); 23. Peter j astremski (SUI) ; 24. David Paquett e (H a n); 25. Todd R ich oue (Yam); 26. j am es Boschen (Kaw); 27. Brian T h urs ton (Yam); 28. Jim Meenan (Yam ); 29. Kip Sandell (Ya m); 30. Mike Moo re (Ya m); 3 1. Robert j urzak (Kaw); 32. J osh Bamman (SUI); 33. Doug Dub ach (Yam); 34. Keith johnson (KTM); 35. joel Deng ler (Ya m ); 36. Todd DeHoo p (Suz); 37. Shau n Kalos (Yam): 38. Gene Naumec (Kaw); 39. Dan iel j ann eu e (SUI); 40. J eff G lass (H on). Time: 34:51.00 250 MOTO 2: 1. Sta nton ; 2. Kiedrow ski ; 3. Bayle; 4. Dubach ; 5. Do wd ; 6. Bradshaw; 7. Cra ig; 8. Brook s; 9. McMill en ; 10. Treadw ell; t I. j eff War d; 12. And rew s; 13. Matiasevich ; 14. DeHoop ; 15. La wrenee; 16. Pa lmer ; 17. Curry ; 18. So mma; 19. Boyesen : 20. Crow n; 2 1. Glass; 22. Surratt: 23. Kap ita n; 24. May; 25. j astremski: 26. Barnman : 27. Ri ce; 28. Ri cho tte; 29. Bosch en ; 30. Jo hn sOn ; 31. j urzak: 32. Deng ler; 33. Meen a n; ,34. Sandell; 35. Moo re; 36. Paquette; 37. Naumec; 38. T h urston ; 39. j anett e; 40. Kala s. Time: 35:41.00 250 0 / A: I. j eff Sta nto n (Ho n); 2. Mike Kied ro wski (Ka w) : 3. Da mo n Brad shaw (Ya m): 4. j eanMichel Bayle (H a n); 5. j o h n Dowd (Kaw); 6. Mike Cra ig (Kaw); 7. Kurt McMill en (SUI ); 8. Mike Tread well (Ya m ); 9. La rry Brooks (Yam) ; 10. j eff Ward (Kaw): 11. Ph il Law ren ce (Suz); 12. Dou g Dubach (Yam); 13. j ell Matas ievich (Ka w) : 14. Clill Palmer (Suz); 15. Fred Andrews (Suz); 16. Ra y Sommo (Kaw); 17. Je ll Curry (Kaw); 18. T odd DeH oop (Suz); 19. Willi e Surra tt (Suz); 20. Dag Bo yesen (Kaw); 2 1. Ma tthew Cro wn (S UI); 22. Thomas Rice (SUI). 250 NATIO NAL CHAMPIONSHIP MX POINT ST AN DI NGS: I. j efl Sta nton (94); 2. Mike Kiedro wski (80); 3. j ean -Mich el Ba yle (73); 4. Dam on Bradshaw (70); 5. Mike C ra ig (57); 6. j eff Ward (55); 7. (T IE) Larry Broo ks/ Do ug Du bach (50); 9. J ohn Do wd (38); 10. Fred Andr ews (36); I I. P hil Lawrence (34); 12. J ell Matasi evich (26); 13. Sha un Kale s/ Kurt McM ill en /Mike T read well (24): 16. Clilf Palm er (22); 17. (TIE) T odd DeHoop/Ki p Sandell (18); 19. j eff C urry (17): 20. Ross Pederson (16). 9

• Cover