Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

"Th is q ual ifier beca m e tou gher tha n the two tha t I won after the ra ins ca me in th e terrain test," sa id Eri ksso n. " It mad e it much tougher for everyone. I had hoped to wi n again, but it was' not possib le after th e terra in test, " The crowd o n hand a t th e fina l MX special test hoped for a fou r-stro ke s howdow n be tween Er i ksso n' a n d m ulti-time H ar e Scra m bles a nd Cross Co u ntry Nat ion a l C h amp ion Su m me rs, but th e latter su ffered a blo wn o il line a t th e l l fl-m ile marker and ne ver mad e it to the line for the test. " T ha t was a real setback for me, because I wa nte d to beat Eriksson in th e last mot ocross test," said Summers. " H e' s been riding rea l well in th is series a nd I haven 't had a cha nce to race wi th h im in th e cro ss co u ntry o r hare scra m bles series for so me time, It would 've been a fu n race fo r everyo ne to wa tch." At th e tim e o f h is depart ure, Sum m ers was leadi ng Erik sso n by a p proxima tely 20 seco nds. Wh en th e fin al mot ocross mot o s d id get underwa y, Cu n ni ngha m was ha vin g tro ubles o f his o wn. " I cras hed rig h t after th e sta rt a nd I though t th at I really did som e da mage to my score," sai d Cu n ni ngha m. " I sco red a 309 a nd when H a tch a nd th ose gu ys were down arou nd 300, I th o ught I rnight've blown th e wi n. " As i t turn ed o u t, Cu n ni ngh a m wo uld 've had to score a 370 to lose th e lead . H a tch was pl eased to win th e MX test, havin g edged cro ss co u ntry ace T im Sh ephar d by just one second in the LO I 250cc class. " I rea lly wa nted to win th e motocross beca use tod ay is my birthday and I wa nt ed to do so me thi ng specia l," sai d 23-year -o ld Ha tch. " I co nce ntra ted o n ge tti ng th e ho lesh ot a nd havin g a real good mo to, After so me o f my ea rly m istak es it felt real good to have a pe rfect fini sh tod a y." Sti ll , even with th e best mot ocros s , perfor ma nce o f the da y, H at ch co u ld not overta ke H ou gh a nd H awkin s in the fina l LOI 250cc class tally. H oug h nea rl y blew th e win wi th a h igh 316 score in the mo tocro ss, bu t he nonetheless reg istered a n overa ll ta ll y of 2410 to edge o u t H awkins by th ree poin ts and Ha tch by six po ints. O ther go ld meda l per formances in the L O I 250cc class were tu rn ed in by Oh io 's She p ha rd, Ken Bro wn a nd Drew Smith. Eriksso n scored a 306 in th e mo roeTO SS a nd m ain ta in ed seco nd overa ll be hind C u n ni ngham, as well as to p h on o rs in th e L O I O pen Fou rS troke class. H u saberg 's Greg Surd yke a lso ea rned a go ld m ed al i n t ha t divi si on. H reh or fin ish ed a total o f 14 points behind Eriksson in the o verall ta lly but sti ll headed up the 350cc Four-Strok e class by a considerable margin. H usaberg 's David R hod es ea rned run ne r-u p hon ors with a go ld medal rid e. T h ird in class, Ohio 's Ga ry Roach' was a lso o n go ld time. The to p LO I O pe n class rid er was Chris Smith, C lassmat e Steven Smith al so ea rn ed go ld meda l hono rs. t'N Results 125 L01: I. Terry Cun n ingham (Kaw); 2. Alla n Ran dt (KT M); 3. Brad Lowe; 4. Crai g Holasek, 126-250 L01: I. Kurt Ho ugh (Kaw); 2. Randy H a wkins (SUl ): 3. St eve H at ch (SU1): 4. T i m Shep hard (Yam); 5. Ken Brown ( Ka w ). 251·0PE."i LO I: I. Chris Smi th (H us]: 2. Sleven Smith; 3. J ohnny McCoy. 0-350 4-ST RK L01: I. J an Hr ehor (Suz); 2. David Rhodes (lI bg); 3. C ary Roach (lion ); 4. :'.lark H yde (Suz); S, Kerry Clar k (lio n). 351-0 P EX 4·STRX L01: I. J immie Eriksson (H bg); 2. Creg Surdy ke (lI bg); 3. Step hen Chapkovich (H us); 4. Benn y Heans. SR LOl : I. Tom Ebersole (H us); 2. H aro ld Com p to n ; S. Gary Doerr. 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