Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~ LOCAL EVENTS ~ as Junior Vet Expert Jon Zahet (23) an d Junio r Vet Novice J amie Mitchell (47) vie for the hol eshot in LACR night MX action. 60 O 1. Daryl Ecklun d (Kaw); 2. Shane ~t i(dldl (Raw); ·S: 3. Mike Brow n (Kaw). (,() 9· 11: 1. Bill y Pa yne ( Ka w]; 2. Ch ristop her Oc ssetaa r (Kaw ); 3. Jahner Fau lkner (D M C); ,1. Todd (".ril~!,d aar (Ka w); 5. Don nie Dun " (Ka w ]. 80 BF. : I. Rk hard Po well (SUl) ; 2. Matt Tintemier (Ka w): G S. Gr eg And rew (SUl ); 4. Mi kt' ('oilier : 5. Michael Row land . ma ke the pas; for th e lead. Meanwhile, Nye ha d mad e up for hi s poor sta rt and was challe nging Shimizu for seco n d. As the two riders ca me to the lin e. Nyc forced his wa y pa st. Laugh ridge took the win and the overa ll , N ye fini sh ed in second p lace. [ H o n ]. 1 809·11: '1. Bill y Payne (Ka w); 2. Ca lf' :'o:oblt' (Kaw); 3. Orv in 4. Shau n Mitch ell (Ka w). 80 INT : I. Lanny T ur ner (SUl ). 125 BEG : 1. Rob bie Po well (SUl) ; 2. Wayne Zah rt: 3. josh J enk in:i (Ya m); 1. Cliff Cook (Yam) ; 5. Ma rk Libar dons (Ka w). 125 NOV : I. Jim Buntin (SUl); 2. Arm ando Overl and (H o n): 3. J a red jacobsmever (Yam ); 4. Domin ic Lu na (He n): 5. Peter Yau ri. 125 INT: I. Erik Lin dstrom [H on]: 2. Sha wn Mctm osb (Ka w): S. Ga rely Carso n (Kaw); 4. Jo d Tokar skv (H o n). 125 P RO : I. Ryan Carlisle (Raw); 2. J eff Black (Kaw ). 250 BEG : 1. Dall a l> Coulter (Yam ); 2. Daniel Clevela nd (SUl); !I. Man Simanski (Yam); 4. R}; 11 Pursley (SUI); 5. Mike 3 Pi ch eu e (Ho n). 250 l'OOV: 1. Billy Pa ul (SUI): 2. Robert Baehr (Kaw ]: 3. Ch uck Kobe r (Ka w) : 4. Brya n Moynahan (Ya m). 250 t :'\. 'T: I. Merle Ha m mel (Yam ); 2. Ro y Bremen ou r (Ya m): 3. Jue Ham a n (B o n ): 4. Bill Sauro (Ho n). 250 P RO : 1. Ryan earlid e [ Kaw ]; 2. T im T elfor d (Kaw); 3. Cra iK Hofmt'il>ler (H un); 4. T on y Sul ek (Ha n), 500 BEG : I. La nce :\' ic holl~ (ATK); 2. Pa trick Mull en : 3. Bob Bedn arczyk (H on] . 500 NO V: I. Jason Trube y (Kaw). 500 PR O : I. Br ian Va rg us (Ka w): 2. Sm lt Wa lker (Han). JR VET BEG : I. J oe Pilla (H on ); 2. Cra ig Go(b ha ll (Ho n); 3. J ohn Desp.nd (SUl ); " .Tim Welch (Kaw); 5. Brian Farm er (Kaw ). JR VET NO V: I. J ud y Ay.alon (CR); 2. J a n Pa rks (Ho n); :to Rabe n McCor d (Kaw); 4. Andrcw Amo ur (Ho n); 5. J oe Dcgan o (H o n,. JR VET EX: I. Rich T ruchim. k.i (SUl) : 2. J on Zahn. VET BEG: I. Sea n Hu lhon (Kaw ): 2. Bill McVay; 3. Bri.all Farn er (Kaw); 4. Mike Fcrna ndez (Kaw); 5. J ()~ph BillinRS (Ho n). VET NOV : I. Bob Shim p (Sul l; 2. Stol )' Skagg~ (Hon); C :t. I...t'w is Wri ght (Ya m ); 4. Norm Schwartl (K..w); 5. Mal k McCullouch (Ka w ). VET INT: I. Gary Dudl ey (Kaw). VET EX: l. Mark. Ho nun (Yam ): 2. Ri!.:ha rd Bunch (Yam ). VET PR O : l. Cr a ig H ofmcister (Ho n); 2. Bob Kline (H on ); :t. Martin Cisa r. SR VET BEG : I. Denn is Pauerson (Kaw ); 2. Lany Kinch (B o n). ~" ( Kaw ); Resu l ts P/\\' : L Eric-N yc (Ya m ): 2. Dann y Ham s (Ya m ): 3. Kevin Sminizu (Yam). 60 NOV : 1. Eric Nyt' (Ka ....·); 2. SIeve Sh im izu (Ra w). 6() J R: 1. Evan La ug hr idge (Ka w}, MINI: I. J eremy Owe ns (H o n ); 2. Bria n Ha rm an (H c n j: 3. Josh Gio rdano (Ka w); 1. Ja.\ol1 Fox (SUl ); S. Jan ' Caswell ( H u n). 125 :"olDV: 1. lack Schaika (H o m: 2. Darv l Wah l (Suz); 3. Dyla n Blackwel l (Ho n). 125.JR : I. Mik e- Loper ( Kaw) . 250 NOV : 1. Ed T atum (KT M); 2. Ha m Plumb ( Kaw ]. 250 JR : I. Byron Parsons (Ho n); 2. Rill ROK"s C n). Ho OPE:-.l': L Ken v ossen (H u\ ). VET: I. Mkharl Ridl (SII1). : OT: I. Bill Ko ppin g (SUl ). IN'T : I. J im Ft'rfl:uson (Ho n). PR O : I. Lo well Monra l Jr . (H nn); 2. Tim Nob les (S Ul) ; 3. Sean ('.onl(')' (Kaw). Coulter captures LACR Night Motocross win By T o n y Alessi PAL~IDA LE, CA. MAY 22 Dallan Co u lter put o n a show in th e 250cc Begi n ner cla ss with a pair o f runaw ay wins a t the California RacingClub 's n igh t racin g program , held a t Los An gel es County Raceway. ' Coulter loo k it wire-to -wire in lhe opening moto. Matt Simanski got a lOp-three starr and ran with the lead ers early in th e mo lO, bUl fad ed to an eventu a l fifth behind R yan Pursley, Dan Cleveland and Mike Pichell e. The second mo lO saw Coulter perform a repeat of moto one, and disp la yed h is dominance by putting near ly 30 seconds o n th e nearest com pe tito r. Cleveland moved up from a mid-pack stan lO finish second, while Si ma nski rod e mu ch stro n ger for third. Pichette, wh o fini sh ed seco nd in lh e first mo lO, crashe d hard early in lh e mot o an d wo ul d rem ou nt to fini sh eig hth . J ohn Zahrt and Ri ch T ru ch ins ki battled a ll n ight in th e Plu s 25 class. Zahrt reeled in and passed Truc h ins ki in lh e first mo w a fter ma ny laps of har -to-b ar racin g. Zah rt pulled a hea d a t th e finish fo r th e w i n , foll o wed by Truch in ski and Nov ice class win ne r Roh ert McCor d. T ruch ins ki h ol esh Ol th e seco nd mo lO, fo llowed by Novice rider J am ie Mit chell an d Zah rl. Zahrt wor ked on Mit chell for a la p before moving to seco nd . Wh en Zahrt loo ked up, T ruchi nsk i had opened a big lead . Zahrt reeled Truchinski in during the remainin g laps, OUl was unable lObreak him. Truchinskl and Zahrr crossed th e lin e in a p ho lO finish , wit h T ru chinski scoring the overa ll win in lhe pr ocess. 42 Ray Cni mb aci ng the 250cc class aboard h is Yoko !B ieff e!CPE!Smith !Team Gree n Kawasak i. Scou Myers baul ed wit h T revo r Meagh er throug ho ut th e firs t 125cc Pro mota with Myers ta ki ng the win ah ead o f Meagher, T irhe ime r foll owed in third. Mark Myers and Tony McGrath ro unded out the top five, respe ctivel y, . Mot o two looked like it might be a no the r Myers-vs-Mcagh er show , but Myers pu nctured a front tire when he landed a ll a roc k right a fter the start. As Tirheimer took con trol of the lead , Myers co n tin ued to ba ttle wit h Meagh er. un ti l his dad con vinced him to call it a da y. Meag her gave T ir he imer a good ru n for the mo ney, but 'Tirheim er powered in for th e wi n and the overall , with Meagher; again , seco nd. McGralh was cooking i n mala lWO a nd Iinished a stro ng th ird for th ird overall , . while fourth overa ll wen t to Mark Myers. Meagher ripped into th e lead in the first 250cc Pro moto, but Cr u m b wa s on the move a nd it wasn 't lon g before he was sett ing the pa ce out from wh ere he sta yed for the win. Shawn WOOlen ad va nce d throug h the field an d was cha lleng ing for the lead as the wh ite flag flew, b ut a few turns later , as he made hi s move on Cr u m b , his ma la r se ized. Meag her co llected second ahead of T ir heirner,' as J ohn Stark wo rked u p to a fo ur th a nd S COtlMcElro y survived f~i fth .. McE lroy a nd Cr u m b began th e seco nd mo ta ' bat tle, as w oot en closed in from th ird. Crum b even tual ly loo k the lead posit ion , whil e Woo ten moved u p lO seco nd a nd gave chase.q The battle grew fierce towa rd the end o f the moto, but Crumb rod e perfectl y and took the ) win and th e overa ll , as Wooten foll ow ed in for seco nd. McElroy roosted in for third and third overa ll, as Meagher su rvived a tough mota to place fourth, still eno ugh for second ove ra l l. After a six th in m o to o ne , Jon N ico laus loo ked rough in m ote two bu t! problem s held h im lo fifth and th e sam e overa ll , as Tirheimer n n ry needed (a nd got)l a sixth for fourth o vera ll. :l pfV\o' B·l : 1. T im Bunti n (Ya m ); 2. Bobby Langin Jr . (Ya rn); 3. Caleb Gol> st:!aa r (Ya m); 4. OU -islo pher Eppt'r (Yam ): 5. Sean Co llier (Ya m ). P/ W A: I. Scott Howe (Yam ): 2. J err y Maninel (Ya m ); S. Ja mes Thompw n (Ya m). PI\\' MO D: L Michael Bra gg (Yam ). P/ W B·2: I. Eric Durr~r (Ya rn); 2. Chris Nih an (Yam ); 3. Bla ke Mitch ell ; 4. Ra nd Akrey (Ya m ): 5. Carl Uh l (Ya m ). I Transue tops PIR Motocross By Don Schneider PORTI.AND, OR. M AY21 Forrest Tran su e charged to overa ll vic tories in th e I 25cc Intermediat e and Befor e T he H ill cla sses at round five o f th e Portland Inler· nal ional Raceway Thursday n igh t motocross, sa nc tio ned by MOlOcross Norrhwest. T ran su e overs hot lUrn o ne a t the sta rt of th e first BTH mo lO an d wa tched as Ryan Hagem an sn uc k pas t. Sco t[ Sh errell sa l in thi rd , followed by Ed Pea rson, J osh True, Lou Caulkins and J eff Rands. Ca u lkins wa s on lhe pip e. and mo ved to fourth by lap two. Up fron t, the Hagem an! T ransu e ballle moved . further ahead of the field . On lap three. T ransu e mad e hi s move u p the sma ll hill secti on, and flew by on th e outside. H ead in g dow n the baetk secti on app ro ach· iug a left- hander H agem a n found a way bac k by Tra ns ue. Ca ulkins worked by Sherre ll on th e fina l circu it to garner lhird. Pearso n foll owed a t bay to Ga mel fifth . Mota two in th e BTH class saw Tra ns ue gate ahead of H agema n. Sherrell was th ird early o n, ahead of (' ulki n s . Pear son an d ~ T rue. O n la p two, Ca ulkins ra iled by Sherre ll for th ird a nd held it to th e chec kers. O n ci rcu i l th ree, Sherrell crashed a nd remou I1led in seven th. T ransue won, and H ageman was seco nd . H agem a n got th e holeshot in th e first ]25cc Int erm ediat e mota, with Transue, Don aca , Ca ulk ins and Bo b Melloy ro u ndi ng o u t the top five. O n lap three, Transu e passed Hageman. Melloy seeme d to be th e on ly rid er on the mov e. On lap fou r, he moved b y Ca u lkins and Dcnaca to sit in third. At the check ers. Tra ns ue held a Iive-seco nd lead over H agema n, Mel le y. Ca ulkins and Donaca. Mo ta two sa w H agem an ge l the nod in to turn one, wit h T ransu e, Donaca , Ca u lki ns a nd Mello y in lOW At th e end o f lap tw o , . T ra nsue passed H ageman. Ca ulki ns went dow n o n lap three and Mell o v. Hel a s a nd Larry Jones flew b y before he co u ld get go ing. T he order remained th e same to th e finish , wi th Tran su e la ki ng a well deserv ed second . Results W /P /W : J. T yler FkL: (Ya m ); 2. Sea n Ca rro ll (Ya m ); 3. Char les N'fanMunroe (Kaw); 5. Kt"Vin Swa mon (SUI). 125 BEG D·2: I. ]i mm )' DeCos la (Kaw); 2. J aim l" Wt>bb (!U.w): :S ARni lt Lauon (Suz); 4. Ryan Willia m5 (Ka w); .s. o Todd Bd l (Raw). 125 JR : I. Ed Pear son (Raw): 2. Na tha n GraW" (Kaw): lIe 3. Ern ie Gendro n (SUl): ". Kevin Ro~rs (H()n ) ; 5. lkn Slewart (Kaw). 125 11\ : 1. Fo rrest T rans ue (Ho n): 2. Ryan Ha geman 1 (Ho n): 3. Bo b Melloy (SUI); 4. Lo u Ca u lkins (Suz); 5. Tim H o la s (S tu). 125 PR O : 1. G ra yso n H art (Ho n); 2. Don Bi!>Ct"glia (SUl). 125 EXH IB: I. ) <1:.011 McCormick (Ho n ). 250 BEG D-I : I. J am es Price (Kaw); 2. Don Rosell (Kaw); :t. Eric ] u bc (Yam ); 4. Ouis Cr.awford (Ho n ); 5. Ja mes McKt'an (SUl l. 2.s0 REG D·2: I. Mik e Slu ltll (H o n ); 2. Kevin Mead (Ho n ): :t D<.·an Hd run ..n (H o n); 4. Brt't! H un t (H on ); 5. Vin cenl Wetll(:rcll (H a n). 250 JR : I. J eremy Poner (Ho n); 2. Ra nd!\ (H o n ); 3. . T on y Cue.. (Ya m ); 4. Denni~ S lu rK~ I (Ho ll); 5. Phill ip J oh n.'>un (Raw). . 250 INT: I. J a son McCormick (Ho n); 2. Scott Hola ~ (SUl) ; :toJ im ~fU Mo IlC: I ( H on ); ~ . l'kau Mani t")' (Ha n): 5. Sco t! Sht>nell (H on ). . OPE N BEG: I. J ay THomas (H on ); 2. Doyll"Zim mt'rma n ( Y ~ m); 3. Ga ry Abra ha m (H o n ): 1. Cr a ig Rurh (Hn n); .5. Bn a n Granl:N'rg (Ho n ), O P EN J R: I. T ed SlipIX (Kaw); 2. Gary Rot" (H em ); 3. 'r Dard n Couper (Ho n). leU Crumb, Tirheimer score Prairie City Motocross wins By Nuklea r Neukam RAf>CHOCORDOV CA, M 17 A, AY Danny Turner's Grea l Northern Pro mot ions gree ted riders for round five of the 1992 CM C Sp ring Series a t Pr airi e City SVRA . And, as it has been thro ug hou t th e series, the competitio n toda y was especiall y hi gh amo ng the top northern Cal ifor n ia pros. Au bu rn· base d C hec k Point Eng ineeri ng -spo nsored riders dominat ed th e 125 an d 250cc Pro class es, wi th Yok o! Arai ! CPE!Yuba Cit y Suzuki-ba cked Greg " T o r nado " Ti rhei mer sco ring the overall in th e I 25cc cla ss and 1992 GS N champ f] Resu lts OT MSTR: I. J im Ca lat ioto (H o nj: 2. T im Co lvert (Ho nl:_ 3. Richar d Sch ill ing (Hon]. tITH : I. Ron Hampshire (H on ); 2. Brian Bones (Kaw);l 3. Don H od gson (H o n): 4. Matt hew Lo ngo (Ya m): 5. Steve Sto r ie (Ya m ). 125 PR O : I. G reg Tirhei mer (SUl ): 2. T revn re MeaghM' (S Ul ); 3. Tony .McGr.nh (SUl ); 4. Mar k Myer~ (Ho n ); 5. ScOU t Myem (Kaw ). 250 PR O : I. Ra y Crum b (Kaw); 2. Trevor Meagh er (SUl );] 3. Sca li McEl ro y (SUl): 4. Greg Tirheim er (SUI.); 5. J on N ico lau s (Han ). VET PR O : I. Ken n y McKenzie (Raw); 2. Rill J am erson (S Ul) ; :t. T avi n Wf'inr ick (Raw): 4. Lee Mill er (H o n);5. J im Woo ten (SUI ). 125 t NT: I. Derek Wal ki ns (Ho n );2. Marcu s Cha rles ( Kaw); 3. J ake Wi nd ha m (SUl): 1. Bre u Klin gr r (Kaw); 5. J ak e Gi lbt'rt (SUI ). 250 INT: I. Sha wn Freili n g (Ka w); 2. Du stin Bloomlield " [H o nj: !I. Kevin Cordua (SUI ); 1. Roi H olstger (Ya m); 5•.il M a rru ~ Ch a rl es (Ka w). 0::> VET INT: I. T im McKin ney (Ka w): 2. Da vid Burr o so (SUl ); 3. Ken Schroeder (H un). ) VET JR: I . SIl"Ve S<:hwi nk (Ya m ); 2. Oon Ml"ndenhal l (SUl t Jf 3. Dwa ynf' T'ur ne r (Ya m); 1. J im my P il gr im (KTM ); 5. MikC'rJ St-idel (SUI). . 60 MINI: I. Ryan Wall aC'e (Ho n). w· flO JR: 1. Jdf No rthrop (SUl): 2. Jt"5!IC Kl"lcham (SUl ); 3. ScUll Da vis (H un ); 1. Don ova n Milchell (SUl); 5. Ryan 1 DenlM:h (SUI). • RO BEG : I. David l..odM' ie-r (Ka w); 2. Brt'll Racin t' (Kaw);' l m 3. J J. Cum mi n5 (SUl) ; 4. J a ~(ln Hask k (SUI ); 5. Jerrad Fidl er [ (SuLI. A 125 JR : I. T hro Burnha rd (SUl ); 2. Eric Ph ip ps (SUl ); 3. I Sha ne Mt"d£ ord (Hun); 4. T Rad ich (SUl); 5. T y« J.a an ckr.onl (Sm.). 4: 125 BEG : 1. Nic k Nonhw p (SUl ); 2. Chri s \\' ritth erbet-) (Raw); 3. J ason Bryner (SUl ); 4. Kenny Mos ley (Suz); 5. I...t't' Dav i ~ (H on ). . ' 0 25 0 BEG : I. Alex SlTOUP (Hon); 2. R icha rd Qui non l'lil (H un); 3. Don Mf'ndt'nh all (Suz); 4. Ron ald G wa h nt")'(Ho n j;:> 5. J.amMo Stont'kin g (SUl). .. Manchester aces Lake Perris Spdwy q By Scott Daloisio )[ LAKE PERRIS, CA, MAY 14 III Eighteen -year -old Chris Manchester sco red a , th ri ll ing photo -finish victory over veleran Eddie Cas tro in 'th e H andicaR main even l a l Brian Ch ur ch' s Lake Perr is SPeedway . n<; Castro and Manch ester bo th sta rte d th e raced o n the 40 yard li ne. H owever , Cas tro q ui ckly r sho t by early leader Rob Ball and bui lt a I co m mandi ng lead. Fift y-ya rd line SlarlerS 01 Bobby Schwartz, Mik e Faria, Steve Lu cero . nd d Sco tt Brant were all stuck in traffic. They never 6 fo u nd their way to th e fro n l lO cha llenge . O G By the race 's la te stages, Castro had hi s J Wesla ke Slaked lo a ha lf·straig h t lead. When d he sli d lhrough turn fou r j ust before lhe white :J fla g, he drift ed wide. H is rear tir e was flat. ,.3 Manch ester closed drama tica ll y o n Castro as th ey head ed down the bac k ch ute th e final " time . In lUrn lh ree, Castro again d rifled wide and Manch esler stayed low. Co mi ng ou t of -l turn four Manchester pulled a lo ngside. They l{ had a dr ag race lo th e checkered with Cas tro . ,sitt in g all the way ba ck o n h is rear fend er tryi ng lO find so me tra ctio n for th e defla ted tire. It was a pholo fi nish, but officia ls ~ ve l it to Manch ester and hi s Bran t En gineenng/ q Shoei! Mi ke Kell y! KK!J awa. Castro was a d isap poi nt ed second · pla ce fin isher with Brant lJ th ird . . ' Jd T h e Scratch main wen t to lw o -lim e b Nationa l Champio n Bob by Sch wartz. The 35-ff year-old took the lead on the sta rt with Steve , Lu cero and Mike Faria in ho t pursuit. Char lie1

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