Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

eLOCAL EVENTS Cok er rode flaw lessly, but Matl ock made a well -p lan ned move a t the do ub les to take over fir st . Coker d ropped ba ck sl ightly, bu t mai ntained his lead o ver Little. On the final la p , Cok er gassed it h ard, narrowin g Matl ock's lead. Co ker nearly passed Mat lock in th e fin al stra ig ht. but th e Intermediate rider held on. Non etheless, Coker was happy with the Junior class overall win. Little was second overa ll Junio r. e Resul ts Sievers swarms to Glen Helen Motocross win By D o n P h illi p s Robby Couse (18 1) and Nick Puccio (77) battled under the lights at Glen Helen. Yamaha's Damon Bradshaw and Muscular Dystrophy Association re p resen ta ti ve Ashley D u chet were the guests of honor a t Marion County MX's Mother's Day race. of th e co mic reli ef. In add ition , the Ren o cha p ter had many con tingency priz es to give away, and not a single ride r went away emptyhanded. Resul ts OTHG WMN : I. Ann eue Barron (SUl ); 2. j ulie Anderson (Hon); 3. Tina KuHt'! (Ka w); 4. ShC'iby Sp ressee (H a n) ; 5. Crvs ta l Pon sock. OTHC BEG : 1. John [)iri d twn (Ho n); 2. Keith Chandler (Hu n ); ~ . La wrence Roulanl{M" (H a n) ; 4. T im Da vis (Kaw); 5. Randy God ich (Hon ). OTHG NOV ; I. Mark Mullion ( Koiw) ; 2. Danny Low ers (Ho n): 3. J on H an sen (Ho n); 4. Dan Scha lle r (H a n ); 5. Bill Ki:\oh (Han ). . OTHC. If\l'T : 1. Ernie Hen dr ick s (Yam ): 2. Abo Kuffel ' ( KaW): 3. MurrilY Miller (Suz); 1. Rand y Ap pl eton (SOl); 5. n an Harold ( Ka w) . OTI-IG EX: 1. Jim Holl ey (Ya m ); 2. Mik t' Boswor th (Suz); 3. R.E . Hamon (Ya m) ; 4. Mik e New ma n (H o n);5. Ro y Knight (Kca w). OT A M: 1. Pat Dunlap [Hon ]. OT EX : 1. Clayto n Rms (Soz). Vl l\'T: 1. Larry Brown (Ma i); 2. Clay to n Ross (SUl ). Garnett grabs Silver State Motocross win B y J oan Tiearne y CARSON CIlI', NV, MAY 29 Steve Garnett dominated both mows of On Trac EvenlS' Friday night motocross ope ne r, whi ch featured a su pe rcros s-slyle tra ck. In th e Pro class , a small but explosive pa ck charged to the first turn with Honda rid er Brian Elder takin g th e lead. Eld er was returning to his home track after ta king a seaso n orc, and expe rienced a tremendous crash over the big doubles, but was 'abl e to remount. Snowboard cha m p io n , Sh awn Palmer was now in first p lace, followed by Steve Garnett, Steve Hawkms and Eld er. They set a blazing pa ce bu t in th e final tum of the last lap , Palmer, stu ck in lapped traffic, went wide and ha nded the lead a nd th e first moto win to Garnett. In the second mOlo, it was Palmer , Garneu, Hawkins and Elder lead ing ou t of the ga te, On the second la p howev er, the battle ended when Pa lm er drifled wid e and crashed, ending his race. Hawkins followed suit in th e same section of th e tra ck, leaving Garnett and Elder to race th e remaining six laps. Garneu was unstoppable with another flawless mot a to take th e I-I win . . In th e 250cc J unio r class , Kawasaki -rider Darin Ernst grabbed the ho lesho t with J oey Sch ultz on his back wh eel throughout the en tire race. Schultz mad e several anempts to pa ss o n the tight track, but Ernst rode well and was in contro l as he took the ch eckered nag. In the seco nd moto, Sch ultz had a ga me plan, blasting into second ou t of the first turn and taking over th e lead off th e big step-d own jump. Schultz guarded hi s lin es, and breezed in for th e o vera ll win. Resul ts 30 PI \\' 50: 1. j im m y HOll,t"1 (Ya m ); 2. Du !>tin Fra nk (Hun); 3. Cory KraM"1 (SUl); 1. Ch ristopher Gaither (Yam ); ~. ja'iOn Rt'n n('1((SUl) . 60; I. j m.h Can('r (Kaw ): 2. j immy Hald (Ka",); 3. DUlolin Mill r r (Ka w); 4. GeoHr('y I)alm" (Kaw): S. Antho n y Evan ' (Kaw), KO BEG ; I. Na tha n Tiearn('y (Ho n ); 2. TIlom .u Miller (Ka w); 3. Mid lad DiLo rt'to (Hun ); 4. J e ~M.' Rugrl (H Ull); 5. j anl C10 S tra w~ r (SUI) . HO JR; I. J ustin Scu llen (K. w): 2. Ca M")' Smi th (SUl) . a 80 INT; I. Cody Crawford (Raw ): 2. David Ro~rts (I-Io n l. 125 BEG ; 1. Rick Gods.t"y (SUl) ; 2. Do n ny Pal m" (Ka w); 3. Bradd Gri mm (Ha n ); 1. jason And erson (Kaw); ~ . Erik Mili a (Kaw). 125 jR: I. Da vid Roberts (Ha n) ; 2. Dan Cc rdte J r. (Ha n ); 3. j oh n Cu lbert (SUl): i . Cody Cra wford (Kaw); ~ . KC'V in Cli nton (SUl). 12~ INT: 1. Chris Bark" (H o n ); 2. Shaun Carmic hael (Ka w); 3. Bob DeMa n (Ha n ); 1. Ma rk Nason (Kaw); 5. Wyall Whitlffl (KTM). 250 REG : I. Paul Beyer (H a n ); 2. Ro bert Bumin (Ho n ); 3. Kim Funke (Kaw); 1. J ohn Simpson (SU1); 5. Danny Leac h (Ya m ). 250 JR: I. j O(')' Sch u ltz (Ha n ); 2. Bob Bishop (Yam ); 3. Kevin An~wI (SU1); 1. Richard Barker (SU1); 5. Darin f.rnl l (Kaw). 250 INT: 1. ~brk Nason ( ~ w ); 2. Brml Smit h ( Kca ~); 5. Kenn y Lash (Kaw ); -t. Many Pisano (Yam):~ . T ravis Sm it h .th ird. Blackburn passed Lampe for fourth as leader Paul mis sed a gea r in a tum a nd a llowed Ferry to take over first . At the chec kered n ag, Ferry held o n to th e win over Paul , Brown, Blackbu rn , an d Lampe, to round out th e top five. Results + 2~ ; I. Kevin Fo lf"Y (Kca w); 2. Alan Andre u (H o n ): 3. j ohn Lundy [Hon ): 1. Ra ymo nd Sfi llinK (Hon ): 5. David [ iii. (H e n), "'30; I. Alan Andr('u (Han ): 2. j o h n Lu nd y (Hon ); 3. Philli p Pagt' (Kill w); 1. Dav id Wagn ('r (Ya m); 5. T ollie Pa ss (H o n). .....0 ; 1. Thomas Bragg (Ho n ); 2. Wood y S trickla nd (H on); 3. Thomas Fogg ( Ka w ): -t. Peter H3rTi50n (Ha n) ; ~ . Mik(' (K.itw). 500 BEG : I. T im Fitzpa trick [H on ): 2. Rn nh ar d Alb rec: l h (Kca w); 3. 'Th omas j ean (Ha n) . 250 PR O ; 1. SfC'V (' Garn Nt (Su l ); 2. Bria n Elder (Han). VET jR: I. John Malchaloki(Ho n ); 2. DiIV(' Meb gan (SUl); . 5. StC'V(' Vogel [Ho n ]: 1. Mik (' Ha gen (Ya m ); 5, Ra y Gree nberg (Ka w). VET 1S T : I. R a ndy Ap p l(,lOn ( S UI ) ; 2. Ri c ha rd . Mannsch sch reck (Han ). VET PR O : I. Erik Schac ht (H a n) ; 2. Rich Tborwaldso n (Han ); 3. Tim Dy" (H o n); 1. Kevin McRa e (SUl ). UTH jR: I. Mart in Pisano (Ya m); 2. Kevin Andrews (Sw); 3. Tom Lynn (SUI ). OT MSTR : 1. Pat Dunla p (Ha n) : 2. George Smith (Ha n ). Brown buries 'em at Marion County Motocross B y K yl e M yers P hoto b y J .R. R oach REDDICK, FL, MAY10 Over 300 rid ers showed u p to compete a t th e eig hth round of the Florida Mot ocr oss Club Series , held a t Motocross of Mari on County, and Chris Brown scored the win in the highly com pe titive 125cc A cla ss. The race , held on Mother's Day, was held for the ben efeit of th e Muscular Dystrophy Associ a ti on . Team Yamaha's Dam on Bradshaw was in a ttendan ce, as was Ja cksonville MDA represent at ive Ashley Duchel. A rarn e an d auc tion were held, and th e pr oceed s were don at ed to th e MDA. Over $2500 was raised. The first moW saw Gary Paul get the ' holeshot with Jeff Lam pe, Bro wn, T ravis Blackburn, J.D. Vanglider an d Timmy Ferry following. Ferr y pa ssed Van gil der qu ickly for fift h place, Paul fell in the wh oo p section and Brown shot by Lampe to take over th e lead. Blackburn moved to third, w hi le Paul fell all th e wa y back to sixth. O n th e next lap , Bla ckburn slid o u t aft er th e fin is h line tab letop but recovered befor e anyo ne pass ed h im a nd pas sed Lampe in a berm to ta ke back second. Meanwhi le, Ferry was on (he move , passin g Lam pe over a double jump, but luck wasn 't with Ferry as hi s mot or develo ped low end problems and he had to p ull out of the race. Paul tired to retake th e lead. but Brow n was so far o ut in front that nobody co u ld catch him. At the chec kered flag it was Brown, Blackburn, Lam pe, Paul , a nd Van glider. In mow two, al1 riders kn ew th ere was a $1000 purse. Paul nailed th e ho leshot with Ferry, Lampe, Brown, Blackburn and Van g lider in to w. On the first lap , Bro wn pas sed Lampe for th ird on th e second lap , Brown slid out, lell ing both Lam pe and Blackburn by and end ing up fifth . Dur ing the exciteme nt Paul an d Ferr y were doing th eir best to put di stan ce betwttn them selves and th e rest pC the pack. Brown passed Blackburn o ver a double jump, and on the next lap passed Lampe to tak e over . l..yo IKawl. O rEN NOV : I. Phillip Past (KT M); 2. Da vid Ku xhausen (Han): 3. Mike Bra gg (H o n ]: 1. Mik e Amedee (Ka w); 5. Andrew McElro y (H a n ). WM N : I. Susan Morgan ( Ka w ]: 2. Ikth R('Wi ~ (Kaw ); :l. Cuh.,. Pri"1 (Ka w): 1. jackie KdlC')' (Kit",,); 5. Su san T III('r (Ho n). PI \\' : I. james Stewa rt (Ya m): 2. C hae Northy (Ya m ); 3. Cla yton Mar tin (Ya m ): 1. Scot! WiII i ;lm ~ (Ya m); ~ . Brian G roay (Ya m). l ft.21: I. Gary Pa u l (Suz); 2. Du stin Rounds (Ya ml ; 3.J aroh Fogg (Koi w); 1. Patrick H izel (Sw ); S. Mi k(' Flo yd (SUI ). 65: 1. Do na ld Ledd y (Kaw); 2. Matt w alk er (Kaw); 3. Aa ron Lind."'C')' ( Kaw):' 4. j esse Ball ard (Kaw); ~ . Aaron Perkins (Kaw). !'16 1-11: 1. j('J,.o;e Ballard .lKaw); 2. Donald Leddy ( Ka~) ; 5. Aaron Linchey (Kaw); 4. j erem v Shuttleswort h (Kaw); 5. Da nie l Leddy (S Ul ). M5 12-13: I. j ason Thom as (Kaw); 2. Ken j on " (Hon ); S. Adolm Rak (' (K..a w); 4. Da n(' n McEl hall ('1I(Ha n); 5. jaloC"lI Fr~man (Yam). 85 11 - 1~ : l. Pa ul C uni(' ( Kaw); 2. j alT('u Tip p in F:: (SUI); 3. Woa)'n(' \\' ilki(' (Kaw): 1. Billy j ()~' Wood (Kaw); 5. Mark P('rry I Kcaw). S/ M IN I: I. Pa u l CUlTi(' (K.aw); 2. Km n('th jo~ (Ha n) : 3. Wayn(' \'lfilki (' I Kaw ); 4. J a m "u Tip pi ng (~ U l ) : ~ . j o sh Kielt y (S Ul). 250 / 125 Rf.G; I. jdfery Cl('~ (SUl); 2. St('\'(' Sa laKar.n (Kotw); 3. Iknick J an uuy k (KT M); 4.I~y ron Slillwdl (Yam) ; 5. Gr('g f\.f;lrIin (H on ). 125 C: I. Ja co b Ki('hy (SUI ): 2. S<:0 1l l.amb (H a n ); 3. Ra y S l illin~ (Hnn ): 4. J aMln Prr C"ll (Kaw); ~ . james Scarboug h t Hnn ). 125 B: J. jmh La lina (Kcaw); 2. Andrew Despa in (Ha n ): 3. Rryan Ha rprr (Suz ); 1 . Edward Ray (Kaw): ~ . Lo n ny Ri)(-hnlf (H a n). 12~ A: 1. Ori s Bro wn (SUl); 2. Cary Pa ul (Sw); 3. T ravi s Blackburn (Kaw): 1. jM ' Limpr (H a n ); 5. J.D. Va nGild('l" (Hn n ). 2.1)0 C: I. j f'ff R(')"no ldll (Ho n ); 2. Eric Limhtrom (Ha n ); 3. Jusl in P Ull (Kaw); -t. Ed Ga rlin (Ho n ); 5. G rf'g Boyl(' (Ho n ). . 250 R: I. Andrf' w IkIpa in (SUI); 2. j f'r('my Fo gg (Kaw ): 3. Rarrf' 1I Dudl)(-ht'r (Kaw ): 1. DUfoIin Rounds (Yam ); ~ . Ant ho ny Pocroroh ba (lio n) . 250 A: I. Gmt" Nau mf'C ( Kaw); 2. KC'V in Fo l(')' (Kaw); 3. Ti m my FMT)'(Kaw); 1. Clui", 8 ro wn ( S U l) : ~. j un in j ackwn t Kaw), Coker kicks at Riverfront MX By J o h n Silva MARYSVILLE, CA, M 16 AY Dave Co ker co ntin ued hi s dominance of th e Veteran J u nior class , with yet a no the r Saturday nigh t CMC motocr oss victory. Yam aha Sports Center-sponso red Co ker now has four consecutive m OlO wins to his credit. The start of th e co mbi ned Vet Intermediat el J unio r class found Vet Int ermediat e cla ss rid er Steve Matlock wit h th e hol eshol. Junior rid er Coker sta yed close to the mor e ex perienced Matl ock with Dou g Little in thi rd. Matl ock and Coke r set a pace the field co uldn 't ma tch, and went o n to . finis h [h e ra ce wi th a formidable lead . At the checkered flag , it was Matloc k taking first in the Int ermediat e class , with Junior class win ner Dave C'..oker rig ht behind him. Mow two fo und Co ker wit h the ho leshot, foll owed by Litt le and Matl ock. In the ens uing battle Coker and Matl ock were agai n able to stretch o ut a lead over the rest of the field . SANBERNARDINO, CA, M 15 AY Cory Seivers domi na ted the 125cc Beginner class at th e Suns tar-sponsored CMC Friday nigh t MX. The class featured a co mp letely pac ked sta rting gate, a nd provided pl en ty of ac tio n for th e spectators o n han d. Sievers set a bli sterin g pace in th e second mo ta , eac h la p p ullin g furth er from the seco nd pl ace bik e , a n d elim in at in g the possibili ty of an yo ne else tak ing th e o verall win. Meanwhile, Chris Nash , Ken Biueroff a nd Jason O man son diced it o ut for second pla ce for lap after lap of exci ting racing . Bitt eroff held o n to finish second, but had fini shed ninth in hi s fin al rnot o so o nly took third overall. In the first 125cc Intermedia te rnoto, fans siood and ooohed as R.C. Bennett went do wn hard o n the backs tretch across from th e finish line, to take him ou tof the race. After havi ng fini shed seco nd and third respectively in their first moro, Jason Hun t and Dou g Koon ta ng led a nd went dow n across from the fini sh line o n th e fir st lap of their seco nd mota, causing the red flag to co me o u t for a restart. Neither Hunt nor Koon was ab le to fin ish th e race. Resul ts P/ W BEG : I. N i cho la~ Wdh (Ya m); 2. Ch ril Marl in el (Ya m); 3. j a m" Baker (Ya m ). 80 BEG : 1. Rock y Tadeo (SUI); 2. Brian For ester (Sw). 80 O PEN: I. Robb y ('.ou~ (Kaw); 2. Nick Pucci o (u w). 80 jR: I. G I~ n Bran son (SUl). 125 BEG : I. ('.ory Sit"\'rn (SUI); 2. jul>tin Sovder (Ha n ); 3. Ken Biueroh (SUl ). . 125 jR: 1. [ric C rter [Hon]; 2. Max Nf'IMln (Yam); 3a C h uc k Enscoe (SU1). 125 INT: I. Rob by Hu bh ar d (SUl); 2. R.C. Benne tt (Ya m). 250 BEG : I. TriKK C u mm (H on): 2. Anthon )' CalIrO; 3. David Herbold (Ha n ). 250 JR; I. Alt"x Zapala (Yam ); 2. C h uck McCany (Yam): 3. Jdf Fi!>h (Kca w). 250 Il'o I. Andl"f'w Rr-ynol d!o (Yam ). 'T: 250 PR O : I. Shay n(' Kin g (Yam ); 2. Bill y In(, MM"ci('r (Ya m); 3. Marc Pt"ln , (Hon ), lITH jR: I. Rnllf'fl Li ll l(' (Hn n ); 2. J d' Fi!>h (uw ). lITH INT: I. Tim Na!>h (Ya m). V I:. j R: J. Ra y Sim mo n!> (SUl) : 2. Mik(' CarlM" ( Yam); ! 3. Rob NUlla (Ya m ). VET PR O ; I. Malt Tf'd d(,1 (H on ). Bowman burns up Roebling RR B y Bob Applegate FAULKVILLE, GA, MAY 23-24 Sevent een-year -old Jamie Bowman co nti n ued to reign as King of Roeblin g Road Raceway by winning all five of the races he ent ered . in thi s ro und of AMAlCCS racing, The Delray Beach high school student kicked off the week end by puuing his strong-ru nni ng Yamaha/H onda Mar ine of West Pa lm Beachsponsored TZ25 0 out in front of both of Sa turday 's Solo Endurance 50 Milers. Bowman then donated hi s winnings to the fund to rai se money for injured racer Mike Harth's hospital bills. The Lightweighl GP race was a nother SlOry as we are seeing a resurgence of 250 raci ng both onthe pro and club level. Bowman led a string of to u~h TZs acro ss the lin e with Matt Jungk laus, MIchael Vadney, Nea l Kitson and Jam es William s rounding o ut the top five. Bowm an ro unded o ut h is winn in g weekend by sprinting a TZ25 0 down to some 1:17s to win th e $1000 U nlimi ted GP 12-lap fin al. T he rea l race rag ed bac k th rough fifth spot, with Eisenacher holding second whi le Co bb, Pruitt and Co x debated th ird. Co x used th e po wer oLthe big FZRIOOO on Roeblin g·s half -mile straight to rick off Prui tt a nd the n nai l Cobb on the fina lap for third. Ken Pruitt pushed hi s FZR600 hard to win Hea vyweigh t Supersport over a 750-mounted grid and then used the same bike to p ick up two more victo ries in Mid d leweight Su perbike and Supersport. G uy Stuart pulled off a last -lap pass on Brock Biffart to take 'he wi n in th e U.S. T win Sports race.

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