Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

9EVENTS e stu tter-bumps, letting Stiles and Lain catch up. Stiles and Lain continued to pressure each othe r un til Lain aga in d ropped his bike in a troubl.. some tum. Smiley had about a 12-second lead in the end , with Toll in second , four seconds ahead of Lain. Jones round ed out the lop five. In the 2.5Occ A dass Johnny Shields took the lead in the firs t molo and continued to p ull on the lead until the fini sh, follo wed by Ti m my Hargrove and Mike Johnson. The seco nd mo ta sa w the same finish in g o rder;-though Smiley, com peting a t the sa me time in the (16-24) Open class, chased down Shields, who w as sufferi ng fr om arm pum p. Smiley made the pass and conti nued unmolested to the finish. Results P /W 51: I. Dr- Clardy; 2. RoM Pruitt; 3. Airunder H unter, 4. JnN!W. yma n; S. J - Prncott. 65: I. Nicholu Mo u ltin; 2. Mia he . 1 Bulr.er; 3. jonath.n Robrmon. 6S JR: I. Nick 8 uc:hholz; 2. }on.ItNn Monk; 3. Will I-Iow s; 4. Cory Delton; 5. Eric Edwards. 8S SR: I . Kevin Boyd ; 2. Wes lt')' StUes; 3. Cale: Sw igt>r; 4. JONtNn Mon k; 5. Jon Guffey. 125 BEG 1. Rich PrP.icott; 2. Chris Boone; 3. Charles Dobbs ; 4. : Robbie W.lII5: 50 JeffOw ens. 125 C: 1. Cla rk Stiles; 2. Dann y Lain; 3. Ruel JOf'Ie! 4. Steve ; Nash; 5. Deric Egnor. 125 8: 1. Eddi .. Smilry; 2. Travia Toll 2SO BEG: 1. Robbi.. King; 2. Ch ris Bell; 3. Ralp h Jo nes ; 4. Kenneth Baker; 5. Eu~ne Peek, Chris Rogers (60) overtook Austin Jones (145) in StarWest Cycle Park's 60cc (9-11) class. Mike Babka (38) found a way by Dean Mayer (40) and won the Vet class at Bridgeton. I . 250 C: 1. Oark Stires; 2. Dann y Lain; 3. Nlcho Lu rtn..gar; 4. Stephan Smith; 5. Ruel j(\1(\1;'5. 250 8: 1. vergle Young; 2. Lind Uly McGrqor. 250 A: 1. Jo hn ny Sh iel d s; 2. Tim my Hargrove ; 3 . Mi lr.e Johmon. SCL8Y: 1. Wesley Stiles; 2. Ronn'" George; 3. Kevin Boyd; 4. N kholas tlaraka~ 5. Lee Burk. (16-24) OPEN : I . Eddie Smi1C!'y; 2. Charln Dobbs; 3. Tr.lvis Toll; 4. Jason Lea thers. +25: I . Mike johnson; 2. Tad WorkiJ,g; 3. BiD Hestt!r; 4. Dere k Egnor; 5. Mikl!' r.lCe. +30:I . Tonuny Myns; 2. WaDy Hcster;:3. Undsay~; 4. R.amom Jones. +40: 1. Shorty Goode; 2. Bart Wilber . +-STRK: 1. Q\ad DudSey; 2. Steven lMme1l;3. T.J WorkiJlg. U!l: I . Jason Leathen.. EN ORO: I. Sh!'ven OafMOlI 2. WiIli.lm frftma n; 3. Justin ; Resul ts P/W A: I . I:.yl.. 8.lrd..n (Yam) ; 2. Se.ln Co llleT (y.lm); 3. Nathan P~mintuan (Yam). . P!W ~I : I. Troy Tllt.Iermer (Yam); 2. Eric: HOIUIer (V.un); 3. joey Rme (Yam). P/W 8-2: I . Anm-- Nason (Yam); 2. Travil 8.lrden (Y.m); 3jM:ob Paoli!'(Ya m); 4. RUlIlIiI!'II Hollmann (Yam). P fW M()[r. 1. Blake Mitmell (Yam); 2. Se.n Colm (Yam). 60 (0-8) : 1. Daryl Ec:kJund ( K.lw ); 2. SNne Smith (Ka w); 3. BLa Mitchell (Ka w l. ke 60(9.1 1): I. Qms Huminger (Kaw); 2. Chris Rogrn(Kaw);3. Austin jCll"lt'S (Ka w); • . j.}. Hall (lC..Iw ); 5. Tod d Cosseb.ar (K.aw). 80 BEG: 1. Shaun Mitchell (K.1w); 2. Chris Hunsinger (Suz); 3. Chris Th o m p son (lCaw ); 4. 8enjamin S t uellr.e ( ~ w ); 5. }.Iy Schreffler (Yam) . flO NOV : I. Levi Rrid (Yam); 2. J-Jn Dubin (Suz ); 3. joshlY Poole (Yam ); 4. Joel Nebon (Y.m). lI) INT: 1. 8ryan M<:Gav r.n (Y.lm);2. CliJltSMpard (Yam ). 80 (9-11).:.1. Jeremiah Bullfrog (Yam); 2. TylOn Tilllnra.n (Suz) . US BEG: 1. Jamie Pu rtintu .ln (Suz); 2. Doug Ellis (KTM); 3. Michael VIILa n (Kaw ); 4. Co le T~ (Ka.w ); 5. Mark Ora nne (Suz). . 250 BEG: I . Wal1'ft\ TittltmitT (SuT.; 2. jri, Mc:Millm (Ya m); ) 3. Edd ... Pauber! (Hon); 4. Robrrt VyciUl (K.aw ). 125 NOV : 1. John Tumn (Suz); 2. Mkhael Collier (Ka w ); 3. Tony G~ (Ka w) ; 4. S ha wn Do lbage (Suz ); 5. Bryan Carrillo (Kaw ). 250 NOV : 1. Jimm ... I::>rever(Yam); 2. Danny Bush.')' (Suz). 500 NOV : I . John M<:Martin (Y.lm). 25DPRO: I . Damon Krmp (ya m); 2. Ken Ncit7.e1. VET JR BEG: 1. Joh n St kh O-lon). VET j R NOV; 1. Brian SnydLT (Ya m). VET j R tNT: 1. Scott Murph y (tl us) . VET BEG : 1. Ti m Mitchell (Ka w) ; 2. Dav e Ha ll (Ka w ); 3. Remy I'amintua n (SuT.) 4. nevt d Dubin (SUT.); 5. Ruth .lnn lYmaux ; (Su1 ). VET NO V: I . Alan Sdhar (Y.lm); 2. B1"k Or gill (Kaw); 3. Ron e Northrup (Suz ); 4. I'hi! Davis (Han ); 5. Cra ig BrylOl1 (Yam ). VET tNT: I . Leo Saul (Cag) . VET EX: 1. Ken Nei:tul; 2. R.andy Tlttlrmirr (Suz) . SR tNT: I . Ken Rena UJl (Hon) . O IT NO V: 1. Bob Klatt; 2. Fr.l nk Dn-by; 3. john Craft; 4Wendell Pa rk; 5. jack Biery. orr AM: 1. Buzz:Moeller; 2. Ken 8Nch,; 3. John Cra ft; 4. Kurt Sofka;5. Wiley Se itzer. orr EX: 1. W .G. W ilson; 2. M ilton RoybaU; 3. Mike jt"J'VeY; 4Randy Wesse b; 5. Doug Rod rigues. . orr MSTR.: I. ALan 0 1500; 2. ChM Schlic~ 3. Ray Pisa D ki; 4. Bob Millner. Milligan mauls Bear Creek ST Smith. N / C: 1. Bill HesIft; 2. JOI!' StiI\lOr\. TRAIl.: 1. L.IILo-a Meredith; 2. Austin ~y; 3 . jONtIwl ........... Pamintuan parks competition at StarW Motocross est By David A. Procid a Babka bests Bridgeton IT By Grace DiBenedetto Photo By Gordon DeVries MU SKEGON, MI, JUNE 13 Mik e Babka topped the Vetera n class at Mus kego n M.C:s Bridgeto n IT, where ro ug h conditions greeted riders. Ma ny r iders commented they h a d been comi ng to the dub's races for 20 years and had neve r seen suc h a bad surface. Race chairma n a nd cl u b presiden t Ken McConnell sa id th e trac k had absorbed four days of rain five days prior to th e race, and that wa ter continued to run down from the surrounding hills. Most riders too k it in stride and the am bula nce never left its perch. Babka and Dean M>lyer went afte r each other all day in three separate classes. Hea t races wo uld keep the two a t a distance until their 22 finals. In heat o ne o f the Ve tera n class Babka worked h is way around the pack to take the win wi th Mike Belliel coming up thro ugh traffic to . fall in be hi nd h im a t the finish line . Hea t two saw Mayer h ol eshot th e light, w hile Norm Forst ne r chased hi m relentlessl y to the finish line. The 14-ride r field cha rged off the line for the fina l wi th Mayer and Babka on the thr ottle and dearing the jump nose to tail. Mayer led four laps, wi th Babka ge tting a d rive out of tum two passing Mayer down the front stretch into the whi te flag. The mom en tum carried. him down to the wi re first, leavin g Maye r to p ick up the leftovers . The next time the two wo uld meet wo uld be in the SO Occ class, w i· h each coming orf hea t t wins . The race bega n as a carbon copy of the Vet class, bu t this time when Babka passed in tu m one in the white flag lap , Mayer was ready for him an d immediately switched lines , thr ow ing his Yamaha to the inside as Babka we nt wide to get a drive go ing into the jump. In a heartbeat Mayer was ba ck in the lead a nd it would be Babka who would have to settle for the bridesma id spot. The two aga in went at it in the Combo, but h ad to co nte nd with Expert Pro riders Ron Forstn er and Paul Kops , who diced up in front of them for first- and second-place money while Mayer an d Babka h ad to se ttle for the poc ket chan ge. Results 50 : 1. To m Li n k (Yam) ; 2. loga n Mt> yer (Ya.m); 3. Ph ilip Anth on y (Yam); 4. Kyle Gardcnour (Ya m). 65: 1. Henry Wiles (Kaw ); 2. Brett Pan key (Ka w); 3. SIne Martineau (Kaw ). 85: 1. D.m Kauffm" n (Kaw ); 2. BJ Leec h .(Kaw); 3. JUllltin Gibson (Ka w ); 4. lI en ry WiJes (Kaw); 5. Mike R.augh (Ka w ). 200: 1. Rodney 8rninskl (Hen); 2.I.uon WUke (Han); 3. Dan ~uffm.a n (K.1w); 4. Mike FoITO(}(aw ); 5. Brian Had field (Kaw). 2SO: 1. Chad Dav is (Suz); 2. Ron Sellers (Hun ): 3. ScottJensen (Suz ); 4. Cregg TIJ1'UneI' (Hoo). 400: I. S.m Uoyd (Suz); 2. Tom AJltor (Pwdn); 3. LaWJft'Cr """ (Su1~ 500: 1. De.ln Mayrr (Ya m); 2. M i ke S.bka (H on); 3. Karl H _ (y am); 4. ChipGnoen~); 5. Mike M.nn (Y.m). 1W: 1. LanyShoitry (y a m); 2. Bob Owms. COM80: 1. Ron ForStner (Han); 2. P.lul !Cops(A TK); 3. Dean Ma~ (Yam); 4. Mike Babka (Hon); 5. Juon Wille (Hon). OPEN: 1. Kip Kops (Rbl) ; 2. Mike CarrWno (Hun); 3. To m }ohnllon (Han); 4. Trrina Kops (W·R). Vf:T: I. Mike 8abk.I CHon); 2. 0Nn Mayer (yAm); 3. Norm Forstner (yam); 4. S.m Uoyd (Suz ); S. M.ih BeI1 WJ(Hon). SR: I . john Zwerican (Hon); 2. M.rk ~Iich (Rbi); 3. Bob RUDen (Hon) ; 4. Ro<:ky Watson (Rbl); 5. Pat May (Yam). PRO ! AM: I . J(jp Kops (R.h:): 2. P.lul Kops (Alit); 3. Ron -(Hon~'. '""' ...... (Hon~5. Mw. C.m.n;pl"~ Smiley all smiles at .Christiana Motocross By Bart Wilber OlRlSl1ANA,lN, JUNE 6 Eddie Smiley pulled both moto holeshots in the com bi ne d 12Scc B/C class a nd tu rn ed in the overall win a t Chri st iana Raceway. Smiley was followed 10 the first tu m in molo one by C· class rid ers Da n ny Lain a nd Clark Stiles and B-cla ss ride r Travis Toll. Smiley con· tinued to p ull out a lead tha t continued to grow, en d ing up w ith an eigh t-second advanta ge a t the fini sh. Th e racing came in the following three places. Lain had som e trou ble in a rull ed turn foHowi ng a ca melback jump, a nd went down in "the p it," forfeiting his spo t to Stiles and Ruel Jones . The pos itions stayed the same 10 the finis h. In the second moto the action was as close as in the first. Smiley again holeshot, followed by Lain, Stiles, Kenne th Stowe and Toll. Toll had so me trouble in a tum followi ng a long set of MORENO VAu.EY, CA jUNE 13 , Ja mie Pamintuan came away with two convincing mot a w in s to sweep aside the rest of the 125cc Beginner class d u ring CRes mon thly visit to StarWest Supercross Park. In moto o ne Pamin t ua n gra bbed th e holeshot w ith Mack Cira and Doug Ellis in fron t . o f the pack . Running in four th a nd fifth we re Michael Villanneva and Ricky Dale. Pam intuan was stretching out a lead as the othe r riders sorted themselves out . Dale became a second- lap cas u ally as he took a so il s a m p le just a fte r An imal Lea p . A cou p le la p s la te r, af te r an intense ba ttle wit h Ellis, Ci ra d ropped his bike in the co mer befor e the King Kong launche r, putting the KTM rid er in second p lace. ViHanneva clai med th ird for a sho rt w h ile before d u mping his Kawasa ki in the new doubl e jump. At mid mo to, Pa min tua n was enjoyin g a comfo rtabl e lead with Ellis a sho rt ways back in seco n d . C ira ha d worked hi s w a y ba ck u p thro ugh the pack to re take t h ird ove r Villanneva . On the next lap, the white flag ca me out for Pami ntuan, and Ellis, rea lizing he needed to make up ground, doubled the Twin Peaks jump. Cira co n tin ued to char ge, but time was running out Pa mintuan took the checkered w ith a few bike lengths 10 spa re and Ellis took seco nd with VilJanneva, Cira, and Cole Townsend rounding out the lop five. Mota two saw ano the r Pamintuan holesh ot with ViUanneva dose behind . Ellis, a ttem p ting to make up for a poo r star t, was on the gas an d cased it in the whoops and wen t down. With on ly th e 250cc Beginne rs to co n ten d with, Pamin tua n bega n 10 let it all ha ng our a nd made the allemprat her first Tw in Peaks d oubl e look easy. Behind her, Ellis was back und erway and p ickin g off riders with every lap. First to faUvictim to the K1M rid er was Cira, followed by Dale. Town.o;end would fall back to fou rth on the following lap as Ellis was char gin g h ard . At midmo to . the to p th reE" p o s i tions belo nged to Pamintuan , Villanneva, and Ellis. On the L st lap, Pami ntuan came close to losin g , her lead whe n she made a half-hear ted allemp t to do the Twi n Pea ks do uble . She had enoug h forwa rd momentum to bounce off the latter part of the d ouble and contin ue on to take the chec k· ered . Ellis d oub led the Twin Peaks for second, but ViUanneva fmished second ove ra ll for the day. In the 60cc (0-8) class, Dary l Ecklund scored d ou b le moto wins. Shane Smi th and Blake Mi tchell roun ded o ut t h e to p three s lo ts . Ecklund thrilled the crowd with a no-han d er leap across the finish-line tabletop. By Kevin George S.CANTON, OH JUNE 12 , Bob Mill igan held off a last-lap cha rge fro m Kenny Arnold to lop the 2.5Occ Sho rt Track class a t Bear Creek Speedway. Weaver Cycle Shop-sponsored Milligan ba ttled with Doc Herron in wheel-to-wheel action in bo th heats . Herron has taken the win in every visit to Bear Creek, while Milligan has been fast but has had problems staying on two wheels for eight laps . Milligan ha s improved h is rid ing and was ready for Herron in the ma in. Both riders were di sa p poi nted 'w h en He rron 's coil went so u th after th ree laps. Plenty of competition was left for Milligan as broth er Bill Milligan, Arnold and Mark Kukaski too k up the ch ase. Arnold go t a round Bill Milliga n on the final lap and had the fans on their feet as he came up inches sho rt of passing Bob Milligan for the win . . In 12Scc action Rick McGu ire chased Shawn Gates in both heats, then led wire- to-w ire in the fea ture. Brian Billinger pos ted third -pla ce finishes in both heats a nd the main event In Speed w ay-class acti o n, Scotty Brown returned to take th e Scra tch ma in, bu t it was w eekly favo rite Brian Dail y in the Ha ndicap mai n. Applied Innovations/Jus tice Brothe rs / Shoei-sponso red Brown, in his first appearance of the yea r, looked strong righ t out of the bo x with wins in bo th hea ts. Daily qu alified for the Scratch w ith first- and second-place heat finishes. Joel Monell and Jeff Tretara rounded out the Scratch ma in. All eyes were on Brown and Daily as Brown pulled the holcsh ot with Daily alon gsid e. In four laps of action Brown could not ge t fully in fron t o f Daily exce pt for cha ngi ng lines thro ugh the tu rns , as Daily tried high and low sea rching for the right line to take Brown. It was Brown by inches at the finis h. Monell topped Tretara in the ba ttle for thir d . Resu lts SCRAlCH: I . Scotty Brown; 2. 8ri.n Daily; 3. joe l Mont'll . CONSI: I. rat Reynold s; 2. Milr.i!' Wener; 3. S h.ne GoodnighL HOCP: 1.Bmn Daily ; 2. Scotty Brown ; 3. J Trrlara. ..Ef 2SO FLAT TRACK: I . Bob Millis.n (Suz); 2. Kenny Arnold (Bul); 3. Bill MiIIiS.lJI(Suz). 125 KNOBBY: 1. Rick McGuire (Bon); 2. Shawn Gites (Bon); 3. Brian Bellinger (Suz ). YOUTH: I . Don j~Qon (K.lw); 2. Qwrlte hall.l (Kaw). Brant, P£etzing share wins at Perris Speedway By Elaine Jones LAKE PERRIS CA, JUNE 17 , Scott Brant and Rob Pfetzing spli t wins a t Lake Perris Speedway on Thursday nigh t, with Brant wi nn in g th e Sc ratch main and Pfetzing t he Ha nd icap mai n. In th e Sc ratc h main, Co hon a n d H ic ks Racing / Cirello/ Ara i/Oakley/Up-Time/lnland Valley Chiropractic-sponsored Brant came from his favorite spo t, the outside, and althoug h he

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