Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

S" hell y Kahn (2) bested Mike Ett esvold (21) in the Mid way MX mu d. Venegas, the o th er rider in the field , wa s never in serio us co n te nt ion. Lucero d o g g ed Sch war tz all th e way " while Faria valian tly plowed thr o ug h th e cushion. On th e fin al circui t" Faria got a big drive off tum two . Lu cero was down low a nd th ey bo th closed o n Schwartz. T hey h it tum three in a tight for ma tion a nd came off turn four th ree abreas t. The entire crowd stood for th e breath taking fini sh a nd they saw Schwartz hol d o n for a ha lf-length victory . Faria bea t Lucero to seco nd by a spoke. Vete ra n Greg Appel man took hi s Anthony Electric Weslake to the win in the Support class main with Ra n dy Mcintyre and Robert Den t lea rnin g up to win th e Sid ecar feature. R esu lts SC R ATCH : I. Bobby Sch wa rtz ( w ee): 2. Mike Fari a (Well); 3. Steve Luceero (Gd n); 4. Charlie Venegas (wee). HDC P: 1. Chris Man ch ester (Ja w); 2. Ed Cas tro (Wes): 3. Scc u Brant (jaw ); 4. Mik e Faria (Wes ). SU P: I. Grt'g Ap pelman (Wes): 2. Bryan Buffin gton (Wes); 3.1R obbie Ha ckman (J aw ); 4. Jeff H oY (jaw). I SDC.AR: 1. Rand y Mcintyre/Ro bert Dent (Ka w): 2. Peter Le wi x/ Alan Bilger (Ra w ):.5. ROM Milla r/Dalt, Leeder ( Ra w); 4. Tom Tuh~/nnug Whit:>on(H. D). Keeney m~tors at Midway MX By Rolfe Otterness K ELLOGG, MN, MAY 17 Cory Keeney aced bot h motos of th e 125cc A class and o ne mow in th e 250cc A class a t Midway R ecr eation Pa rk . Kee n e y had mac h i ne problems in th e o ther 250cc m o io , wh ich was wo n by Jason Kem pe l. Keen ey spe n t all win ter co mpe ting in pro races in Ca li forn ia and has been the do min ant rider in Distri ct 23 since his retu rn, Keeney led from th e drop of the gate as th e first 125cc A moto began and blasted h is Kawasak i in for th e wi n. Kempel ran stro ng in the ear ly part of the race,' q ut was displaced by Aaron Ca rl so n near th e Iialfwa y pomt. Carlso n h eld on fo r secon d a t th e checkered [Jag " whi le Rob En gs tro m moved u p through the pack for a close fourth behind Kem pel. Keen ey launch ed into th e lead in the seco n d moto wh ile Kempel , Engstrom and Bra ndon Bac kes settle d in behind. Keeney began to stre tch hi s lead whi le tri p ling so me jump s 'ha t Kempel and Engstrom didn 't. Engs tro m trie d to reel in Kem pe l, bu t fell sho rt a t th e finish lin e. Backes held o n for fourth over Carlson , who h ad to carv e th rough traffic after trouble early in the mota, i'The start of the first 250cc A mo to fea tured a n o th er Keen ey holesho t, but he crashed before ' h e end of th e fir st la p a nd Brando n Backes inherited th e lead. Kem pe l a nd Brya n Hu nt d ropped into seco nd a nd third whi le Keeney recovered.a few positions to hold si xt h by the end or the first lap. Keen ey crashed aga i n nea r th e begin n in g of the second la p an d sna p ped the rear brake lever off. Backes held o n to the lead u nti l shortly aft er the halfway u point o f th e moto, when Kem pe l clo sed in and made a pass over a jump. Lee . Erickson too k th ird. away fro m Hunt on the sa me la p . At the end o f th e race, Kem pe l had asligh t lead over Backes. wh ile their battl e had dri ven 'them far ahead o f Eri ckson a nd Hu n t. Chad Winecke held fi fth over Keeney, wh o had been moving u p through th e p ack with co ns iderable success despite hi s lack of a rear brake. rKeeney roo sted through the firs t tu rn in th e seco nd mota with Backes and Kempel in pursuit. All thr ee rid ers were puuin g in so me low la p times. bur Keeney was the o n ly o ne ' to ma ke th e big tr ipl ejump. Keen ey eventu ally bu ilt a lead over h is two co mpeti tors and too k a wi n which sn a red th ird overal1 for the day . Backes held off Keml'el for th e duration, ear n ing the overa ll W Ill . Erick son an d Jim Povo ln y ro u nd ed out the to p five. Resul ts MI NI P/ W: I. Mike Kahn ; 2. lach Derry: .5 Gerriu Clark. . . MI NI JR: l. Mike Kahn ; 2. Ryan Broughton ; .5 Ryan Megaw. MI NI SR i L Shelly-Kahn : 2. Mike En csvol d, 3. Aaro n Pape . YTH: I. Shawn w eb tage : 2. Ben Geo rge: .5 Cor ky Sm olich . . 17-21 A: 1. Rob Engstrom: 2. Lee Eri ckson : 3. Todd Len tz. 17-21 C: I. Jo~h Harem; 2. Bill T iUord; 3. Lee Bon em. . 2.7PL US: 1. Ja y Hoenk: 2. Bryan Hunt : .5 Mike Gra il. VET C: I. Brian Ott; 2. Thor Math isen: 3. Steve Drew . VET A; I. Mike Gra il : 2. Ru ss Amh on y: .5.,Scott Cripps: 1. Randy Nag el. SR i 1. Joh n Tieden: 2. Allen Stai ge; 3. Pat Day. 125 C n -t : 1. Heath v oss: 2. Bob j awiscb: 3. Chris Ladw ig. 12.7 C D·2 : I. Pat Read y; 2. Lee T he is: 3. Bra d Bron en schenk el . . 125 B: I. Jason Sch ill : 2. Co rky Smo lich : .5 Ben Geo rge. 125 A: I. Cory Keeney: 2. Jaso n Kem pel ; 3. Rob Engstrom. 250 C D- I: 1. Chris Lad wig; 2. Tommy Keech: 3. Mike j an ovskv. 2.70C 0-2: I. PeteTNatv ig; 2. Kyle Lo ngti n: 3. Mar k"Kruger. 2.7 B: 1. Eugen e ~ i ll eT; 2. Paul Paul sen: 3. AI Ncvo mv. 0 250 A: I. Brandon Backn ; 2. Ja 1tOn Kem pel ; 3. Cory Kt"C'lIey. OPEN C: 1. Ricky Sch ugal : 2. Ru n Gru nd h a user: 3. jdf Ha bnen. O P EN A: 1. Rob Eng stro m; 2. jay HUMlk ; 3. Bill Engr.trnm . Heibel hammers Lincoln Trail MX By J. Ramsay CASEY"II., MAY 9-10 Ben Heibe l sm oked th e 125 a n d 250cc A Stock and Modified Expert cla sses a t Li nco ln T rai l Mo tospo r ts Park. H eibel led every lap of al1 eigh t mot os at the two-day even t, The runner -u p spots in the Expert classes we nt to Rod Marshall , in 125cc A Stock, Ma rk Smith in 250cc A Stoc k, a nd Mar k Sta hlman 125cc and 250cc A Mod ified. The 125cc B classes h ad th e lar gest number o f en tri es bo th days, and Eddie Sm iley ear n ed the Stock class win o ver Adam Merri ck. Greg Rand mad e a clean sweep of th e 125cc B Mod ified classes. with three overall victories. T he new Na tio na l Pl u s 30 B Veteran cla ss p u l1ed a strong number of entries, and Gary Peak swep t bo th rnotos. Pea k backed that win u p with a n overall win in th e P lus 40 class. Kevin Poole was seco ndjin P lu s 30 B, wi th Ala n Bowman ta ki ng th e ru n ner-u p spo t in 'he Plus 40 class . T he 50cc Au to class fea tu red a ba ttle to th e final chec kered flag betw een two very expe rien ced co mpetitors. Jason Wa tkin s, a nd Kri s H ershberger were whee l-to-wheel thro ug hout th eir two mot os, with Watki ns earning the overall by a wheel. Third in class was Bla kely J ones, fo llowed by Zack R u tledge. Scott Russell !Team Muzzy, AMA National Superbike Series 1st Place Win Daytona, 2nd Place Laguna Seca, 2nd Place Charlotte Kawasaki IX- 7R Equipped with PM Calipers, Discs, and Wheels PM Spun Aluminum Racing Wheel Four Piston, Different ial Bore, Billet Calipers Perlormlln ee M llehi ne, Ine. Send $4. for Catalog P.O. 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S NDAY 50 AUTO: I. Jason Watkin ~ (Yam ); 2. Kr i ~ HershbrrJ;t'r (Ya m); 3. Blakley J ones (Ya m); 4. bell Rutl edge (Yam) ; 5. ole (Yam ). Ryan Po 50 AUTO.SUP: 1. Blak ley j on es (Ya m ); 2. Zach Ruthledge (Va lli). 60: I. Dustin Lustig (Ka wj: 2. Ritch ey Moure ( Kotw ); 3. Benjam in Graves (Ka w): 1. Derr ick McKrn ney (Ra w); 5. Ro bert T ur fev [ Ka w] . 60 SUP: 1. Iknj am m Graves (Kiilw 2. Ritch ey MoOJt' ); ( K.aw) ; 3. Dustin Lust ig (K.lw); 4. Keith T urn er (Kaw): 5. Nic k Peu y (Kaw). 80 STK 7-11: 1. 8m Graves (SUl ); 2. Brad Fesnie-k (K. w); a 3. Ro bert T ur ley ( Ka w); 4. Derrick McKinney (Hon ); 5. Nic k Walsh (SUl ). 80 MOD 9· I.5: 1. Scott Pinson (SUl) ; 2. Nich ola s Spierowskt (Kaw );.5. Bran don Rc beru (SUI) : 1. Dick J o y (H on) ; .7 Ro bert . H addix {Kaw ). 80 STK 12·13: I. Ju stin Gu thri e (Ha n ); 2. N icho las Sp ierows ki ( Ka w ): 3. Tony Antalick { Ka w]: 1. Brandon Roberts (S Ul); 5. 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