Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Dan McDonnell ran away wi th th e wi n in th e seco nd semi. " I j ust got a good sta rt and rode m y own ra ce," said McDonnell. " It 's rea l slick o u t there. I just tried to stay smooth ." Cro w, Freitas a nd Kiser battled over the seco nd a nd th ird tra nsfers. Kiser m ot ored into seco nd a t th e halfw ay point, only to ha ve his Ro tax go dead a few turns lat er. Frei tas was happy to tak e o ver second , while Da le J enneman sn uck past Crow and into th ird just before th e chec kered fla g. Roo se grabbed th e ho lesho t a t th e sta rt of th e last sem i, but fell victi m to a hard -ch ar gin g Mert ens . Roose . held on to seco nd, while Geo rge Ga rvis II nai led down th e last transfer spot aboard h is DTX H onda CR500 . " I always get too exci ted at first," sai d Mertens. " All I have to do is ca lm down, and I ca n ge t th em ." National Fast-heat winner Carr chose to sta rt o n the insi de pole, wi th Pegram, H ill , Estep , Pa rker a nd H ale next to hi m. It was th e young lions, Pegram a nd H al e, th ou gh, who had the quickest reflexes at th e start. Peg ra m b ro ke free as th e pack bunch ed up beh in d H a le. Ki ng , Pa rker, H ill , Ca rr a nd Estep chewed o n H ale's rear tire as th ey began la p two. La p five was th e end o f King 's race, as he began to slo w with .a so uring motor. " It killed twi ce o n me, I don 't kn ow wh a t's .wrong," said a dejected King. " It sto pped in turn one, th en I got it sta rted abo ut a lap down." King 's mi sfort u ne shook u p th e sta n d i ngs as th e fro n t-r u n n ers scra mbled to get arou nd h im . H ale began to fade, a nd drop ped fro m second to fifth in o ne la p . " I got o ff to a good start , but the tra ck cha n ge d so mu ch fro m th e heat s," said H a le. " It was ro ughe r a nd we didn 't ha ve th e righ t setup, it rea lly wo re on me." Mea nwhile, Pegra m sudden ly·began to suffer wit h his own problems a nd bega n to slo w. . "The bike ha nd led gr eat un til abo ut th e six th la p. T he front for ks were bo ttoming out and th rowing me all ove r th e pl ace," sa id Pegra m. " I th in k I blew a fo rk sea l. My feet were co m ing off the pegs a nd I had to slo w wa y down." Ca rr slo wly bu t surely reel ed in P eg r a m a n d p u sh ed . h is Kenn y T olbe r t-t u ned fa ctor y H a rl e yDa vid son int o th e lead positio n o n lap 12. " It too k me a whi le 10 get m y rh ythm a nd figure o u t wha t th e ot her guys were doi ng, " sai d Ca rr. " It was just a matter o f bein g in the righ t p lace w he n th e mi stak es happen ed . And th ere were a lot of them today. The track was bruta l; the stu tter bumps rea ll y go t to you after a wh ile." O nce int o the lead , Ca rr steadily p u lled a wa y a nd left Pegra m to figh t o ff th e advances of Par ker. Parker did a ll he co uld to find a way past Pegram , but the you ngster hung tou gh , Pegram crossed th e fin ish lin e in seco nd , while Parker was for ced to sett le for third. Hill rod e a lo ne in fourth, while J ones mov ed from deep in th e pack to fini sh fifth . H a le stru ggled with his ill-handling ma chine, but held on for sixth, well ahead o f Estep, Mertens and McDonnell. Junior main Jaime Aguilar was th e fastest of the Juniors th at didn't qualify for the National, and earned th e win in the Junior main event aboa rd h is Dave The first turn of the final was crowded. with Larry Pegram (72) in second and Carr and Scott Parker mired midpack. Bird/ Sh oeilT subak iiSig n Co. z'B u rto n Cy cl es/M a ced o Cons tru c tio n backed Rot a x, " I didn ' t want to rid e over my head. I just stayed o n th e botto m , whe re it was safe," said Ag uil ar . " I' ve never fel t co m fo rtable over tha t jump , but tod a y we had the setu p perfect a nd it fel t like butter." R ic h a rd Faccian o wo rked pa st Fra nk Kaiser for second, whi le Kaiser held o ff th e cha rges of Sh ane J olly a nd Mik e Bu tler for th ird. £1' Results T IM E T Rt ALS: I. Ch ris Ca IT (27.271 seco nds ); 2. La rr y Peg ra m (27.7 17); 3. Rex Fish er (27.806); 1. R ich Kin g (28.212); 5. Aaro n H ill (28.42 1); 6. Mike Hal e (28.440); 7. Da n .McDo n nei (28.198); 8. Don Estep(28.5 17);9 . Dave H ebb (28.671); 10. Seen Parker (28.682); II. R onie J ones (28.710); 12. Kris Kiser (28.839); 13. T im Mer tens (28.937); 14. Tom Troud t (28.917); 15. Ja m ie Ag ui la r (28.991); 16. G reg Crow ' (29. 013 ); 17. Er ic Gray beal (29.055); 18. Ba n Sch m u lbacb (29.092); 19. Ran d y Roose (29. Ill:!); 20. Erick Gruber (29. 130); 21. George Garvis (29. 115); 22. Mik e BUller (29. 147); 23. Wade Camlin (29. 170); 21. Sha ne J nll y (29.212); 25. Ben Bostro m (29.286); 26. Wi n k Freitas (29.309); 27. Ty H o war d (29.349); 28. Ma rc G illard (29.359); 29. Fra nk Kaiser (29.410) 30. Dal e J en ne ma n (29.57 1);31. T erry Vesta l (29.600); 32. Dave Ca m lin (29.623); 33. R icha rd Faccia no (29.673); 34. Bob Buffin gto n (29.812); 35. Ch a nce Darl in g ( 29.986); 36. Ken n y Dah li n (30. 105); 37. Ra ymon d Du gan (30. 159); 38. Chad Bar th (30.250); 39. Paul Pol hemus ( 30. 442); 40. Ro ber t Wei ss (30.162 ); u . C lay ton H u ll (30.633); 12. Ro bi n Beun eu (30.653); '13. Mike Reid (30.676); 41. Ch ris Sch m u lbac h (30.985); 15. Bra ndo n Hancock (3l.131); 46. David Ll o yd (3 1.673); n H .P. Myall (32.228); 48. Kell y Bow lb y (35.926) HEAT I: I. Ch ri s Ca rr (H · D); 2. Do n Estep (W· R) 3. Ben Bostrum {R tx]: 1. G reg Cro w ( H ~D ) ; 5. Erik G raybe a l (W· R ); 6. Shane J o ll y (Ha n ); 7. Richard Faccia no (R tx); 8. Dave Ca m li n (1m.!); 9. C layto n H ull (R rx): 10. Rober t Weiss (R tx); I I. Dave Heb b (R ,x); 12. Kelly Bow lby (H o n ). T ime : ·1 m inutes , 45.208 seco n ds. H EAT 2: I. Larry Pegram (H · O); 2. Sco u Parker (H· O); 3. Dan McDo n nel (R tx): 4. Terry Vesta l (R IX); 5. Wade Ca m lin (Hon); 6. J a ime Agu ilar (R tx): 7. Paul Pol hemus (W-R ); 8. Bob Buffin gt on (H · D ); 9. Ro bin Benn ett (KTII); 10. H .P . Mya tt: I I. Bar t Schmul bach (W· R); 12. Win k Freitas (Rtx ). T ime: 4:47.398. HEAT 3: I. Mike Ha le {R tx ): 2. Ronnie J o nes ( H· D); 3. Randy Roose (H · Oj; 4. T om T ro udt (WR ); 5. Da le j ennem an (H- D); 6. Cha nce Da rl ing (Ho n ); 7. David L LDyd W-R ); 8. Chad Barth (R , x); 9. TJ H oward (R tx); 10. Mike Bu tler (W· R ); II . Mik e R ei (R tx); 12. Rex Fisher (W- R ). Time : 4:48.947. HUT 4: l. Aaron H ill (R IX); 2. R ich Kin g (R IX); 3. Ti m Mer tens (R tx ); 4. Kris Kiser (Rtx); 5. Erid:. Gruber (W- R) ; 6. Marc Gi£fo rd (W-R) ; 7. Fra nk Kaiser (W- R); 8. Ken n y Dahlin (R lX); 9. Georg e Ga rvis (Han ): 10. Bra ndo n H ancoc k (R tx); 11. Ch ris Sch mu lba ch (R lx); 12. Raymo nd Duga n (R tx ). T ime : 4:50.842. SL\f1 I: I. Bostrum : 2. Gruber: 3. Vestal ; 4. H u ll ; 5. Polhemus; 6. J o ll y; 7. Bu tler ; 8. Ll o yd ; 9 . Sch mulbach: 10. Mya ll; II . Bow lb y; 12. T ro udt; 13. "Dahl in . Time: 4:00.726. SEMI 2: I. McDa nn el ; 2. Freitas: 3. j en nem a n : 4. Aguila r: 5. Kaiser. 6. Faccia no ; 7. Barth; 8. Reid ; 9. Ben ne tt; 10. Weiss; I I. Hancoc k: 12. Crow; 13. Kiser; 14. Du ga n. Time: 3:58.052. SEMI 3: I. Mer tens: 2. R oo se; 3. Gar vis ; 4. G raybea l: 5. Camlin: 6. Fish er; 7. H eb b: 8. Darli n g: 9. Ho ward ; 10. Buffin gton; II. Cam lin: 12. G iHo rd : 13. Sch m ul bach . Time: 3:54.786. NATIONAL: I. Ch ris Ca rr (H · O ); 2. Larry Pegram ( H- D): 3. Sco tt Parker (H -D ); 4. Aaron H ilt (R tx) : 5. R onnie Jones (H- D); 6. Mik e H a le (R tx}; 7. Do n Estep (W-R ): 8. T im Mert en s (Rtx ): 9. Dan McDonnei ( R tx ): 10. Randy Roose (H ·O); II. Dal e j enn em an (H · D); 12. Wi n k Frei ta s (R tx ); 13. Erick G ruber (W· R ); 11. Geo rge C a rvis (H o n ); 15. Ri ch King {R rx ): 16. T erry Vesta l (Rtx ); 17. Ben Bo strom (R tx). Time: 11:55.111. AMA 600 cc NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES POINT STANDINGS: l. Ch ris Ca IT (40) (Left to rig ht ) Pegram, winner Carr an d Parker celebrate on the rostrum. Carr (middle) followed Pegram (72) before passing for the win . Parker (I) took third. (2 wins ); 2. Mike Ha le (25); 3. Aaron Hill (21); 4. La rry Pegr a m (16); 5. (T IE) Da vey Durelle/ Scou Park er ( 13); 7. (TI E) Da n McDonnell / Co ry Perra u lt ( II ); 9. Ronnie J ones ( 10); 10. Steve Beattie (9); I I. (TI E) Do n Estep/ Jeff Ek lu nd (8); 13. (TI E) T im Merten s/Eric G reen (7); 15. Ronny Bro wn (6); 16. (TIE) Randy Reese/Dale Jenneman (5); 18. Craig Ho war d (4); 19. (TI E) Wink Freitas/ J e£! Dieu (3). J UNIOR MAIN: I. J a i me Ag uilar (R , x); 2. Rich ard Faccia no (R tx ); 3. Fran k Kaiser (W-R) ; 4. Mike Butl er (W-R); 5. Shane J oll y (Han): 6. Kenny Da h lin (Rtx ); 7. Clayton HuI! (R ,x); 8. Chad Bart h (R lX); 9. T y H oward (R lX); 10. R ober t Weiss (R lX); I I. Bart Sch m ul bach (W· R ); 12. Ra ymond Du gan (R , x). Time: 6:06. 119. 31

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