Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

NEED A s 'GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVINGl B ., . Eric Sassaman (6) slid p ast Kevin Varnes (98) and Kevin Miller (70) for the-Pine Grove TT win. Varnes was second. - :t R ich ard P ow ell (SUl ): 4. R yan Dud ek (Ya m ); 5. Joel Nel son (Kaw l. I SO NO V: I. j usu n Vieru. (G p v). 80 11\'T: I. Eric Elrod (Suz); 2. La nny Turner (Suz). I 80 EX: 1. Jdr Willow (Raw ). f 80 BIG WHL: I. Jacob Sutto n (Ra w). 125 BEG: 1. John Turner (Suz); 2. Eddie Staa b (SUl); 3. Shawn Delmage (SUl); 4. Bryan McConn ic [Ka w); 5. Kenn y R~ ( K.aw ). 125 NO V: 1. Brett H einselm a n (Raw); 2. Keilh Kau (Raw ); . s. seo u Reen Jr . (Ra w) ; 4. Da vid Walters (StlL);5. Fred Ogrim (Han ). L 125 INT: I. J a son Melton (Kaw); 2. J im m y La vorcy (Yam ): 1. Jason Simmons (Raw ). j 125 PR O: 1. j esse Ja mes (Suz). 250 BEG: I. Dalla s Co ulter (Yam); 2. Kun Keller (Yam ); 3 Joel Soria no (Ho n); 5. Bernard Coha hremani (Yam ). 1 ·254) NO V: I. Gr eg Atk in son (H o n ); 2. Ja m ie Yo u n R (Ya m ); !",Ke ith Katz (Ka w); 4. Kuke Lo p p now (Kaw); 5. Jay Pavl o rec (flon). 1 250 tNT: I. j ason Sim mo ns (Kaw ); 2. David Casada (Su) ; 3., R oy Bremenour (Yam ); 1. Pa u l Zdimky (Raw). 1250 PRO : I. T im T elfor d (K.aw). ·500 BEC : I. William Mill s (H o n ): 2. wilson Lewis. 500 NOV : I. Mar c P rince (K.aw); 2. Derek Borg (Kaw). 1 500 11\1": 1. Will Dickson (H on). ' tJ R VET BEG : I. C h uc k St. Rommain (Ya m): 2. Lowell Anderson (H on); ::I. Mik e Brinkley (H o n). ~ JR VET NO V: I. J a y P avl ovec (H o n); 2. J amil" Young (Ya m); 3. Robert McCo rd (Kaw); 1. SeOI Camaon (Kaw ); ~ . , S teve Skirw in (Kaw l. , VET BEC : I. Scull Ca rnaha n (H c n j: 2. Lowell Anderson tKa w) : 3. G arren Keith (Ka w): 1. J U $I"ph Bi lli n~ (He n): 5. lW1:ike Alm en (Hon ). VET NOV : I. 8 .). Lehn (Su z): 2. Duk e Loppno w (Kaw): 1. Larry Wakins: 4. C arrie Turcorle (Ka w): 5. Tim McAdam s (Kaw ). - VET INT : I. Mark Oural (H o n): 2. Derek Borg (Ya m) : 3. J immy Be'"c1gle (H o n ); 4. Fred Nicol s (H o n ); 5. Mark P rice IKT M), J VET EX: 1. Manin Cesa r (He n): 2. Ran d y T in lemier (SUl). I~ R BEG : I. Dennis Pauerscn (Ka w) . SR t NT : I. Rob Du nham (Ya m). V arnes, Sassaman split'wins at Pine Grove TT By L en Breech P h o tos by Ben Breech PINEGROVE, PA, MAY 17 Kevi n Varnes and Eri c Sassaman took turns bea tin g each other in the 250 a nd 600cc A classes, as the Fl yin g Dutchmen M.e. hosted its fir st o r severa l TT scra mbl es or the year in what mi g h t be its fina l year or runn in g dirt track races. Sassama n had ta ken the 250<:c J\c lass, as he did in the season-openin g sho rt :track two weeks previous, while Dillon Ca va , L uke Zechman , Scott Morrison and Jake f ohnso n also repeated their wins in th e 250cc B, Senior 40+, 55cc Modified a nd 65cc classes, respec tivel y. After taking the hea t, Varnes loo ked like /!>e odds·on favori te in the 250cc A fina l, but lin the o fficial sta rt . Sassam an grabbed he lead as the Held exited the infield hairp in , with (fodd Winsell , Varnes, Ace Ph illi ps and Kevin Miller follow in g. Wh ile Sassaman built up large margin, Varnes had troub le getting ~y the young expert. O nce he got by h im , ~a s th ey en tered the rir st turn on th e rirth lap, Varnes set ou t to cat ch Sassaman. Although He drastica lly cut the margin. Sassaman wa s p n cr u ise co nt ro l wa itin g ror Varnes to ge t tI a se. II Turnaround is fair p lay, a nd after gell in g beat by Sassam an in th eir 600cc A heat, Varnes p u t hIS Penn State Cycles ROla x in th e lead ~ t th e green £lag. wit h Sas sama n . Mark Burkho lder and j ack Franklin ta iling. Varn es nd Sassaman quickly p ull ed aw ay from th e O thers, as their balt le ma in ta ined the same marg in. Franklin slirpe d u nder .Burk ho lder 'i n th e second turn 0 th e sixth lap for th ird , ;Wh ile Dave Lesni ak got by Burkholder on ,h e next lap for fourth. j oe H eberling took the lea d from Mark 'Bin kho lder, Ken Ha ckman a nd Luke Zech- II a I' man, as th e Vet eran 30+ class en tere d th e infield for the fir st tim e. On the next lap, Burkholder too k th e lead he would hold the end, with Zechman .mov ing to th ird . During the remainder o r the race. Zech ma n tr ied to get by Heberling but to no avai l. On th e fin al lap, Zechman go t by on the o u tside o f th e inf ield right-hander, sell ing himself u p Ior th e in sid e, as th ey ex ited the infield , j ohn Winsell jum ped ou t to a quick lead at th e start of the 85cc A & B final. Tom Ske th way, Paul Allis on a nd Brody Mi lle r ' trailed, as th ey battled for first B rider. Aft er a no ther lap , Allis on slipp'ed ba ck to fift h , with Do n Mull en trailing MIller in fourth . Miller made the most of the lapped tra ffic in the lau er stages to tak e over second and first in clas s on.the sixth lap. A few races later, Winsett agai n, Jed the class into th e first tu rn , thi s time the co mbine d 200ccA/B, wit h th e only A ri der, Bill Bromley, second, foll owed by Chad H ackman, SCOll Led better a nd Mark Keslick. On th e third lap, Winsell drifted a Iittl e high, letting Bro mley tak e the lead. After hauling with Hackman for severa l laps, Hackm an took over first in class on the SIxth lap. Dillon Cava had a fairly easy tim e win ni ng the 250!Oc B final, taking th e lead a t th e start from R:oy Miller , Robert Bill s a nd Troy Witm er . Miller a nd Bill s battled for seco nd in the middle part o f the race, with Bill s slip p ing under Mill er for seco nd as th ey en tered the th ird turn on the last lap . '0 ta ke advan ta ge o f tha t tractio n wh en they led th e pack a nd headed for tu rn o ne side by side. Coolbe th on the in side dow n low emerged first fro m turn two and it was a dr ag race do wn the back stre tch, with Durkee o n h is back whee l. Each success ive corner was a car bo n co p y with Coolbe th plac in g hi s R&f Manufacturin&/Bell H elmer/Spectre O ill Edmonds Racm g/ Mike Cass / H awg Wildsponsored H onda o ver the fin ish lin e Iirst. Durkee had a di fferent idea on how th e ma in would turnou t,w he n he launched h is H onda with ballisti c accu racy into turn o ne fro m the start lin e ahead of a pack or four riders: Sco tt Snoop, Ken Coolbeth, Will Adams a nd Cra ig Este lle. T he fo ur riders mixed it up handlebar to han dl ebar, vyin g for the n umber-two spot. Lap two saw Coolbeth br eak away fro m th e pa ck a nd set h is sig hts on Durkee. wh o , by now, had a co mma nd ing lead. T wo laps lat er, Coolbeth closed th at ga p to a wheel leng th but to no avai l, as Du rk ee edge d h is Bob H arris R a c i n g / W or ch es t e r / C O/ H o n d a/ Be 11 H e lmet s/Tsub ak i C ha in / Re d li n e O i lspo nsored Honda to victory. Coolbe th fin ished seco nd, Adams thi rd a nd Bill Newk irk fo urth. Res ults .t : 50: 1. Mary Newe ll (Ya m); 2. Michael williams (Ya m ): Low ell Canon (Yam ); 1. Thomas Newe ll (yam): 5. N icko la s Kru ger (Ya m ). 60: I. T ho mas Keeley (Ya m ); 2. Ca m Raffen y (Kaw }, 80: I. Aaro n C rea mer (Ya m) : 2. Manhew Murra y (Kctw): VET 30. : I. Mark Burkhold er (Ka w) : 2. Lu ke Zech ma n (Ya m) ; 3. J oe H eberling (Ya m ). 250 B: I. Dill on Ca va (Ya m ); 2. Rob er t Bills (SUI.); 3. R o y Mill t'1 (KT M) : 1. Tro y Wil mer (Ya m): 5. Rill McQ u«n (Hun ). SR 10 -+: I. Luk e z.r.ch ma n (Yam ): 2. Ca rl Ca mpbell (AT K). 600 R: 1. Todd Tmlp ]e (H o n»: 2. Jeff Sa~man (H a n) ; j . Do n a ld Miller (Ya m) . 2.1)0 A: l. Eric Sassa ma n (Yam ): 2. Kevin Va m~ (Ya m); 3. T nd d WinS("11 (H o n) ; 4. An' Ph ill ip s (Ya m); 5. Kevin Milla \ 3. Har ley H odaw ay (Kct ; 4. Manhew Keele y (Ya m ): 5. Kri: t in ) Ed wa rds (Kaw). 125 AM: I. Fn-dic k Pr octo r ( H o n) : 2. Kei th Sa norini ( H o n); 3. Ga rt h Basti a n (Ye m): 4. Sh aw n Mo b ley (H un ); 5. Ja me!lo Co n kli n {H o n ]. 250 AM: 1. Dun MI"Girr ( H u n ): 2. Morg an Coolheih (H o n) ; 3. Sren N in iskie (H u n ); 4. Sh awn Mo bley (H o n ); 5. R ich Edwards (Suz ). O PEN AM: I. Don M("Cin (Hu n); 2. judy Yea ric k (HD ); 3. M o rgan Coolbeth [ R tx ]: .1. 'j o!>ep h Gould (Ho n); 5. J am es Miller (H- D). 750: 1. y Yea ri ck (H · D); 2. Ea rl Yea ric k (H . D); 3. Wi ll iam A len (Ya m ); 'I. j am es Mill er (Ya rn). SR A: I. Duane Ve der (W- R ); 2. J ay Sk id more [ R tx}; 3. e S tev e Wi lMln (W . R); 1 . Norma n Laviol e tte 0 ·1. 0 ): 5. j ohn H ildebrand (W · R ). SR B: I. joseph Gould (H on j: 2. Wi ll iam Wa rlord (Ya m ); 3. William All en (Ya m ): 4. Fra nk Cock (Bu ll); 5. Dav id Co n ne ll y (Ya m ). S/S R : 1. Norma n La vio leUt· (H·D): 2. Thom as. Ro ber t (H e n); 3. Thomas Blach ek (H- D ); 4. Earl Year ick (H·D ): 5. Wa yne Franklin (Ya m ). SPTS MN : I. Ken Coolberh (R tx): 2. Jack Fran klin (H o n ): 3. R icha rd Eisin ger (H Ull ); 4. j uslin Coolbe th (Rt x): 5. Kt"il h C ha nd ler (R tx ). 250 EX: I. R~r DUl kee (B on); 2. Ken Coo Ibt-1h (H on ); 3. W ill ia m Ada ms (Hon ): 1. Bill Ne wkir k -(Ya m ); 5. Sco tt Snoop (0 ," ). OPEN EX: I. Ken Coo lbeth (R lx); 2. Stott Sn llop (R lx ); 3. CraiKE sle lle {H -D);1 . R 0ll:er Du rktt (Rl x ): 5. D uan e Vl'f"d er ( S UI) . helps you do all your gift shopping at one' time. Your family: ·and·friends get a wee/a~ reminder of YQur : tho ll: ghtfu In~:s s., each' time Cycle 4 Ne rs delivered . liti;;: tb;thei~ door. Ph~s, ... , you don t have.to worry.about sizes, colors ties. de News feet for everyone. Subscri'binK 'is as < as one phone easy call. ~ ~. ~ ~j (W · R ). Resu lts 55 STK: 1. j osh Zechman [Yam ): 2. jared Mees (Ya m ); S. Ma tt hew H au g (Ya m) : 1. Brian Schwen (Ya m ). 55 MOO: I. Sco u Morriso n (Yam): 2. Adam G a m b le (MM); 3. Dan Guiseppe (Ya m) ; 4. Zach Zrch man (Ya m); 5. Wesley Ca m p bell (Yam). 6,1;: 1. j ake J o h so n [Ka w] : 2. Ben Mill er (Yam); 3. Will Ru ssell (He n): 4. Billy Sti llwell (Ka w]; 5. je sse Digenna re (Ya m). 85 A: I. J oh n winseu (Suz]. 85 B: 1. Brod y Mi llt'r (Yam ); 2. T om Skethwa y [Ho n ]; 3. Do na ld Mull en (Ya m); 1. Pa ul Allison (Hon); 5. Ben Miller (Ya m ). 200 A: I. Bill y Bromley (Su z). 200 B: I. Chad Hackm an (Yam ): 2. J oh n wmseu (Ya m) ; 3. Ma rk Kolick (Hon): 1. Scou Ledbe tter (Hon); 5. Charles Bills (Hen). 600 A: 1. Kevin Varner. (R u, 1;, 2. Eric Sas saman (Han ): 3. ) ;I('k Fra n k lin (H o n ): 4. Dave l.es n iak (Ya m) : 5. Mark Bur khuld er ( Kaw ). Durkee highlights SDR Short Track opener By Dave Rafferty HARPURSVILLE, NY, ~IAY 10 Squar e Deal Rid ers kicked of f th e '92 di rt tra ck seaso n with its seri es ope ne r on Mot her' s Day. Wi th 120 eager rid ers in the p its and the stan ds rull o f spec tators, th e hea ts even tua lly go t underwa y. Rider response to SDR's new track su rCace ($5000 worth o f sand / clay mi x ) was excellent, as eviden t by th e n u mber o f whed sta nds at th e start line. T he 250cc Expert heat saw Roger Durkee (wea ring h is new AMA/Dis trict 3 number- on e pl at e) a nd Ken Coolbeth (wearing hi s new Ama teu r Gr and Nat ion al number-on e pl ate), /od Menser tough at TKTT By Bren t Men ser DRAFFEN VILLE, KY, M 8 AY Dav id Men ser won th e 250cc Expert IT class at TK Raceway. T he tra ck orga n izers low ered the three j u m ps on the cou rse to better suit the flat trackers , b u t th e motocrossers still far ed very well . Wh en the n ight was o_er flat trackers had not ched two main even t wins to o ne ma in even t win ror the mot ocro ssers. Do yl e Ma son a nd john Gillisa n po sted runaw ay wins in th e 125 and 500cc clas ses, resp ect ively. The 250cc class was the race to see. It bo iled down to nat tra ckers David Mens er a nd John Mariner abFClin sl a rield o r motocr oss bikes. David Flow ers, th e winner here three weeks ago, looked rast in p ractice and appe-dred to be the odds-on favo rit e. H ea t race actio n sa w Men ser g-e t th e 45

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