Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

ON TWO WHEELS " THE HISTORY OF SUPERCROSS · LOCAL EVENTS 1975-1988" o ,.......; Follow the thrilling sport ot Supercross racing from its roots in the early events ot the 70's through the growth ot the 80's. Watch all the great racerswho helped bring Supercross racing into the spotlight as a major sport; Marty Smith, Jimmy Weinert, Kent Howerton , Mike Bell, Mark Barnett, Donnie Hansen, Bob Hannah, Jeff Ward, Rick Johnson , Johnny O'Mara, Broc Glover and many more! These original Supercross programs have been re-packaged icket by On Two Wheels Entertainment in association with Prime T Networkand are hosted by Larry Huffman,distributed by Motovideo Home Video. Each Ti tle $24.95 + $4.00 each Shipping & Handling (Order By Tape Number) SPECIAL OFFER! All 26 Tapes Only $259.95 TAPE # / TITLE • • • . 79 Superbowl of Motocross LA 82 LA Highlights • 9103 80 LA Superbowl - Howerton 80 Son Diego SX Final s • 9104 81 Anaheim SX 81 Duel In The Dirt. KC . 9105 82Af\a heim SX / 83 Anaheim . 9106 83 Son Dieg o SX 83 LA Superbowl . 9107 83 Atla nta Supercross . 9108 84 Atlanta Supercross . 9109 85 Anaheim & Son Diego SX · 9110 85 Rose Bowl SX 125cc & 250cc . 9111 85 Superbowl Highlights LA Supercross 9112 9113 9114 9115 TAPE # / TITLE 85 World SupercrossRna ls. LA 86 Anaheim Supercross 86 Phoenix Super cross 86 LA Superbowl • • . • . . • • • . • • 9101 75 Stadium Phenomenon 78 Superbowl of MX. LA • 9102 (includes sh ipping) 9116 9117 9118 9119 9120 9121 9122 9123 9124 9125 9126 87 Anaheim Supe rc ross 87 Son Diego Superc ross 87 Atlanta Are na cross 125cc 87 Atlanta Arena cross250cc 87 LA Superbowl of Motocross 88 Houston Supercross 88 Dallas Superc ross 88 Pont iac Supercross 88 Meadowla nd Supercross 88 Tampa Supe rcross Best of Supercross 1988 ach Video'· 47 minutes long ) (E ~\'!J5'!l ~ f = ~ ~ ~ ".J AU-OW 2-3 WEEKS FOR DELIVERY CALL TO ORDER " ON TWO WHEELS!" 1 - 7 14- 499 - 6200 BUCAt:; r t:; ' V~ V~ THE 10th ANNUAL Easte rn SPEEDWAY Dirt Track Championship Expert l Junior I Pro-AM Classes .$5,000 PURSE Gates Open Practice TIme Tria ls Races OHIO'S 4p.m. 6p.m. 7p.m. 8p.m. Ad m issio n: Pit Pass Ad ults Children $5.00 (Under 12 Free) Night before the Lima N ationals ACTION TRACK 1 hour East of Lima o n St . Rt . 30 Regional HALF-MILE Catch Both Big Events FRIDAY, JUNE 26 Located 9 m iles East of Wooster, Ohio, on U.S . Route 30 t hen 1 mile North of Wayne Co . Road 84 near Orrville. ~-VFREEDOM ~ .~ ~ ' ~ 46 256 S. Erie St. Massill on, QH ~ ' Int. • Phone (216) 833 -106 6 (216) 682-5235 Mike Brown (54) ch ased Cha d Lough (959) arou n d P ro Sport Mo tocr oss Park. I hol esh ot wi th johnn y Lew is clos e beh in d . Flow ers g-ot a bad stan a nd had to work h is way up throu gh the pa ck . Lewi s sta yed righ t . on Men ser th e ent ire d istan ce, cl osing up in th e in field, but losin g ground on the short trac k sectio n. After two la ps. Flowers passed Bobby L ewis for th ird a nd began pursuit of Men ser and j o h n n y Lewis. Menser held o n , with Lewis secon d, bu t both rid ers were obvio us ly slower th an Flowers. A fa n tastic main even t seemed to be brew in g. All ride rs were jumpy, as the main even t was restarted th ree tim es. Wh en the race fina ll y began. Menser a n ticipa ted th e start a n d go t. th e hol esh o t from th e back row. The race boi led dow n to Men ser a nd Flow ers. Flowers sho ved hi s from whee l into Men ser severa l times on the in field righ t-hander. Men ser. run n in g wit h no fro nt bra kes, was still able to acce lera te a wa y o n the sh ort tra ck section . O ne last bi t of drama came wh en they lapped J ohn Mariner , wh o was having mech ani cal p rob lems . Mense r wen t hi gh, Flow er s low , a nd th e two tried to occu py th e sa me spo t o n th e race tra ck, 'Vh en th e inevitable co n tact ca me, th e cro wd wen t beserk . Flowers go t the worst end of it a nd had to set tle for seco n d. joh n n y a nd Bobb y Lewi s came across for th ird a nd fou rt h. Resu lts fro m th e rest of the p ack . H owling aft er Brown wer e' Ch ildress , Lough, a n d Neese, with Chester lur king in fifth. Lough a nd Neese -were slow ed by th eir own ba ttle for posi tion, a llowi ng Brown a nd Ch i ldress to stretch ou t a respectable lead . Neese st uffed Lough in co rne r a n d set off td "pressure Childress', Ch ester step ped u p to further worry Lough, but th e la ps ran out before he co u ld mount a su ccessfu l challe nge a nd Lough held on to fo u rth . I Gerald Wood st u n ned everyone by grabbi ng th e seco nd-mo te ho1eshot and, together with Lough a nd Neese, held Brown back to fourth. Soon wood had been dem ot ed to th ird, th o ugh, a nd ca me to the a tten tio n of Brown , wh o he dela yed for a bo u t half a Jap . . i Once a ro u nd ' VOOO , Brown ca me up to bedevil Neese. a nd a la p lat er leveled hi s sight4 o n Lough . Chad was fo rced to bo th pick up th e pace a nd to rid e defen sively, as Brown tu r ned the screws h arder a nd h ard er. Pr d Spo r t's ro cker sec ti on p rov ed to be th ~ eq ua li zer, as Bro wn 's per fect exec u tio n every time ga ined h im mo re ground, until finally he was a b le to scoo t p ast Lough on th e o utside a n d recla im the lead. eN 125 EX : I. Doy le Maso n (H e n) . 250 EX: I. David Men ser (Hon ); 2. David F1(l.... ·n (SIU); J o hn u-w i!> (Ya m ); 1. Bobby Lew is (Yam) . O P EN EX: I. joh n C illisan (H o n]. I. hh,l Woo d 2. Adam Bed er .Jdl n·)' F i e- Id~ (Ya m); : . ChaM' R lll'll'm , (Ya m ); 5. Chad Asb u 1 (Ya m l. · 6.')7· 1L l. .In.. un wood (Ka w ); 2. G . Ma rk Bergen ( ~ wl h 3. R ya n Cal h o un ( Kaw); 'I. Ros s Hn a bes ( Kit w ). 80 REC : I. 5 1 ('\'e Epp.. (SuI) ; 2. Ih h lcy Good m a n (KTM )i 3. j l~hn Calhou n (KOIw ); 1. Ma rio La w s on (H u n): 5. Ro bb i1 Cn ll l1l!'> (H u n ). • • .1R M INI : I. \h'~ ky G n U (Yam ); 2. Jo shu a \\ 'uud ( ~ w)' 3. R Y ('.a lho llo [Kaw }, ,IlI SR MIi\'"I: I. Myll"> Scara no (Sill ); 2. Jon Boruff ISm); ~; T ra vis t "Hl ~!> I OI1 (SIU): 1. Chris Parso ns (S tll); . i. Ni ck Citron " ~. Brown nails Pro Sport MX By Barbara & Loren Williams WYTHEVILLE. VA. MAY10 Tea m Pro Circu it/ Pea k H onda' s Mi ke Bro wn walk ed o ff wi th four mo ta victo ries a t ro u nd si x o f the Mega.Series. held a t Pro Spo rt MX. Brown earne d $440 in purse money, plus $600 in H o nda factor y co n ti ngency. Bro wn 's wins a lso va u lted h im into seco n d in th e MegaSeri es po in ts race in the 125 an d 250cc A classes, dosing in o n leader Cha d Lough. Alt hough many racers figured a sea t o n the Peak Ant ifreeze/ P ro Circ u it T ea m wo u ld ta ke Brown awa y fro m thi s pa rt o f the co u n try, they've been di sa ppoin ted . . " T he MegaS eri es is th e best thing th at's ha p pen i ng o n the East Coast right now ," sa id Brow n . " Eve ry p art icipa ting tra ck is a ch alle n ge on its ow n , well ru n , a n d the money is decent. Plus, the fac to ry co nt ingencies are so me thi ng el se to co n sider. T hey seem to be brin gi n g o u t mo re co m petitio n." T he first J2Scc A ..m.ot o saw a beautiful Brown ho lesh o t, a na a no ther wire-to-wire wi n, wi th Steve Chi ldr ess, Kevin Walk er, Jim C hester a nd Ch ad Lo ugh roundin g ou t th e top five. w al ker gr abbed the seco nd -mo te fron t spo t aw ay fro m Brown. A good indication o f Wa lker 's feeli ng abo u t that mi ght be hi s. " Wa hoo!" as he flew over the Iin ish-line ta bleto p a t th e en d o f la p one. T ho ug hBrown soo n rega ined co n tro l a nd Walker faded to fift h , Wa lk~r was not un happy. " Hey. I've been back barely a month," said \Va lker , referrin g to a pair of broken arms he su ffered two yea rs ago. " J go t tired but it su re beat s siuing home on th e co uc h , wat ching TV." . The runner-up positio n weill to C hi ldress, wh ile Lough tussled with Co x for third. A mi d -race sl ide-o u t by Lough h a nded th e positi o n to Co x. Anot her hol eshot by Brown s~t the pace for the 2!' >Occ A class , as th e first four o ff th e line pr oceeded to b lister the track and pull away a I I Results 50 ST K: J. Ish'l Woo d (Ya m ): 2. J effr ey F i dd~ (Yam ); 3: j a!o(Jll Ba ul r (Ya m ); 1. Ch ad Asb ur y (Ya m ); 5. Adam Be eler (Y~bnktOD: (~'al1l); (Ya~); 1 I ( ~ w). SCHRY : I. ji mmy Rr i li;l';!> (lion); 2. Sr ou GmvNo (Hon): 3. M ilt-ht'11 H Of J!;t"s (K,IW); 4. Rrt'llf Loug h (SUI); 5. M y l r'~ l Sca rauo (SIII/. I 125 A: I. Mi kl' Bro w n ( Holl ); 2, SIt'V Childres s (Sill): 3 t' 1 j im C h l">ll" (Sill): 4. Kevin Wa lkM" (Vam): 5. Rill y r ,U ll. (Yam), l. 125 R: 1. Nat ha n Ram '>t'Y (Sill) ; 2. C a Jote Fo rrson (SUI); 3. T im H od oe k (Yam ): 4. Scon G ra vl"> (Hon ): 5, T o d d Huffste- le-r [ Ka w]. . t I 125 C : J. j rH rt")' Field s (Ka w ); 2. Bria n T ho rnburg (S ill): 3. Rr(" 1.fIUKh (SIU); 4. Rea K'1Il Ro om' (H o n); 5. M;ut hew 111 Hen derson (Kaw]. I 125 D: I. Mallhf'" w Freed (S UI): 2. Cera td Arn o ld (Kaw ): Rale-ig h Deel (SU/_ 4. Ro hh y Graham (H o n); 5. O,JfrYI ): ~. I St f've ns (H o n). . , 250 A: I. M ike Bro wn (Hu n): 2. Steve C hil d res.. (SIU); ~ I j i m Nf'f'M' ( Ka w ]: 4. Bill y Cox ( Yf"}· (SIU); 2. CU Tl i ~ l lrp.. (Kaw): 3 ' Kt'rr y J onl's ( Ka w ); 4. M ikl' N IIIll'r ( V;lm); 5, Brian H r M ( Ka~ ). . . . ... .' . . I 2.1 C. I. -S teve M.lso n ( K.lw). 2. Donald C n sp (SUl), 3, 0 T im Ca lho ullf' (Ya m ); 1. Mat thew Henderson ( Ka w ); 5. j am l's Ashu ry (Ya rn). . I 250 D: I. Ma rk M UIl()' ( Ka w ); 2. Dar ren Lawson (Yam)i 3. Ga ry Mu m po wer ( Ka w) ; 1. ROW'r Arn old (KT M): .1). Ch ri!i Ran da ll (Ya m ). O P.· :" :\:\1: I . Ru n j llfles (H on ): 2. Chr hSlu lrtr idge (Ho n ) :1 O;J\·ill .\I.l< k ( Kotw): .1. jt'Urey Dt:ItIKell [Yam]: 5. :\! ( K~ w); 5. Da vid M ac:~ I IK.!.... i . . I 2:>+ 1:0..: I : I. Kf'V Austin ( Ka w) ; 2. Ed ward Sa n tuk Jr . (SUl); 1lI 3. .If.M ' wi lliam s (Ya m) ; 1. Steve- LiIJ (Ya m); 5. Am ho ny RUni on (KOI w ). 2:,+ ;o.; O V: 1. Rea gan Boo ne (H a n); 2. Pa u l Cr isp III (SU1 .r. :i, David Wh it so n (H a n); 1. Chad Viet!> (Ya m) : 5. j a mes . 1 H Ollo n ("iUI ). :iO+ MSTR: I. Ron J on e- (Ya m) ; 2. Ki p RiJ1:e1o ..... (Ya ml: s :t D,,, ·irl Mack ( Ka wO; 1. Jeff DodRe-n (Ya m) ; 5. Rarr y Nel so n (H Ullj. 50+ 1:"'1": I. Kevin Austin ( Ka w) ; 2. Gary G rah a m (H a n); [ 3. Rand y Rob ert s (Ka w ); 4. De n ni !> Hilton (B o n ); 5. J a y Lin kford (Ya m) . . I ~ O+ NO \' : I. Bruce Bu ilea u (Yam): 2. T err y $roll (SUllt 3..Eddie Bro wn ( K4J w); 1. Andy Rayb u rn (B o n); 5. j oh n I 5h lm pock (SUI ). S/ SR +10: 1. Cary Bailey ( Ka w); 2. Bo yde Wolf e ( Ya m)~ ~ . Cary BaiMl :' (KT Mj; 1. Dann y Elle , ( Ka w ); 5. j oh n n y fn . , G ibwn (Ya m ). e U / L AM : I. Ch ri ~ Shor tr id l/; (H o n ); 2. Cu rtis U rp!> (i~aw >:: ~ . C aKe f orbon (S UI ); 4. Randy Womack ( Ka w ); 5. S teven EaJ!:ler (Kaw ). . I N Of'; ·CU R R 0-500 : L Lo rt'n Wilham s ( Ka w) ; 2. Ch;.id Vien ( Ya m) : ~. Ruhby Dyt'r (H o n); 1. Robert H ow arth (H on). ! EN D R : I. Phill ip Do yle (KT M ); 2. ROR Arn o ld (KTM): " ~. Randa ll Ra ndolph (Ya m ); 1. f..arn e!>l Ward (Kaw); 5. Donnie-8ran nun (Ya m ). I

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