Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

WMN: 1. T.&m..i Rn (Sw:) ; 2. Jamir P. mintuan (Suz); 3. Erin Donnrlly (Kaw); 4. Ashley Kfthr (Y.m}. SJ'TSMN A: 1. Kfttt C rah.m (Apr). SPTS MN B: 1. Lon Brand (Bd) 1. Kurt Roll (&01); 3. 'ad: Ht"lJ'lingw.y (G-C). Roeder bags Buckeye HM win By Bret Emrick ORRVIU.E, OH, JUNE 25 Nearly 70 ri d ers fr om ac ross th e n a tion a n d Canada conver ged on Buckeye Speedway for the 11th An nual Freed om Ha rley-David so nsponsored East ern Regiona l Ha lf Mile, a nd it was Oh ian Geo rge Roeder II who came away the evening's top racer. An esti ma ted crowd o( 1500 watched as Roeder pil ot ed h is Mik e's Harley-Da vid son /Ro eder H-D /Sartin Trucking/Bell /Frie-n-Frac Trucking /KK-sponsored Harley-Davidson XR750 to the 750cc class win. Defending race champion Will Davis put his Honda out front at the s ta rt o( the final, but Mike Varnes passed him on the first lap . Roeder also passed Davis on the first lap, and m ad e quick wo rk of Varnes a lap aft er that. By th e ha lfway point, Roeder had est ab lished a comfo rtable lead over a th ree-way ba ttle for se co n d b etween Va rnes, Da vis a n d Ste ve Morehead . With two laps to go, More head took control of that ba ttle and held a firm grip on second , but time ran out for the Findlay Flier before he could reel in Roeder. Roede r nabbed the win with a Io-bike length lead over More head, Davi s and Varnes. Roeder was p resented with a $500 bonus from the race sponsor, Freedom Harley-Davidson. In the 600cc final. Kevin Varnes led the first seven laps aboard his Rotax , but slipped a bit on the eighth lap and allowed Doug O 'Boyle to sneak past. James Hart also took advantage of Varn es ' mistake and motored into second. The order remained th e sa m e to the fin ish with O'Boyle tak ing the win ahead of Hart and Varnes. The Pro-Am final saw Ken Coolbeth Jr. lead from s tart to finish, as he was never tes ted throughout the entire race. Chris Hart nipped Dan Brown at the finish line for second. Resul ts 7SIk 1. Gomu ....... D (H-D); 2. ...... ............ (H-O~ 3Will D.vis (Hon); 4. Mi k V. mrs (H-D); 5. D.nny Koelsch (H -O). 600: 1. Doug ()"Boy ~ (Rb); 2. " mrs H.rt (W- R); 3. Krvin V.mes (Rtx); 4. Rn; FMn' (Rtx); 5. Mikr HKkrr (Rhr. . ) PRO-AM: 1. Km Coo lbt-th; 2. Jarnt'll Hart; 3. Ryan Brown,; 4. Milr.r Wamn-; 5. JohnV.rKkoskoo. Zinsmann sharp at Little Rock Darn Trial By Don Williams trrns ROCK,CA,JUNE'll Finis hing 0(( two consisten t loops with a flourish , Pa nt ie-m ou nted Ted Zinsmann held off a cha rgi ng Bill Markham to take home the Sportsman C class victory at the VOTE Litt le Rock Dam Trial Altho ug h the temperature ventu red into the 90s at the Little Rock OHV area in the Angel es Nati onal Forest, Markham advanced on a steady riding Zinsmann after spotting him a fou r-poi nt lead on the first loop. Zinsmann gave up half his lead on the second lap wh en Mar kham, on a Rota x-p ow ered April ia, underscored him 14-16. Both Zins man n and Markham saved their bes t for last. Markham erased the rest of Zins ma nn 's lead wi th a nin epo int final loop , tying the two riders at 42. Scor ekeeper Mamye Sumers tota led up the clea n ride rs to break the dea d lock. Zins mann 's co nsis ten t 4-4-4 clea n tota ls be at out th e 1-5-5 totals turned in by Ma rkha m by a single perfect ride. The sectio ns a t the ev en t, the sixth round of the Ameri can Trials Associ a tion Champ ionshi p Series, were a throwbac k to the twi n-shock days 0 1 tria ls. With no la rge roc ks to provid e challen ges to the 57 co mpe titors , th e sections co ncentra ted on technical turns thr ough th e bowling ball-sized rocks, sand and shallow water of Little Rock Creek. Po int tota ls wer e relatively high for winners a nd low lor also-rans. Cleans we re at a premium for all classes in th e tricky sections . The competition wa s pa rticularly tigh t in the In te rmed ia te A cla ss . Beta Zero p ilo t Tod d Rumsey bl ew a three· po in t le a d ove r Brad McClellan on the last lap to give McClellan a 3536 win on his Yam ah a TY350. Roger Gua rd, who was 13 po ints out after two shak y loops, turned in an outs tanding seve n-poi nt fina l card. It w~s not eno ugh for him to ca tch third-place finis her John McGregor, who bested Guard 39-41. Shawn Picke tt scored th e Novice B win by turning in the two be st lap cards 01 th e day. Pickett more than doubled h is score on the last loop , but the Fantic rider still won by 10 over desert-racer.tumed-trials-rider Casey Longman. Resu lts Ex: 1. Tom H.lm ann (~ ); 2. Krv ln Nort on (M on); 3. Muk OIeW (Fan); 4. J,.and M.almqu ist (Bet); 50Scott AnNnd (Han). INT A:. I. Broad Mcr. ivn (H on ); 3. Ru lhm.l nn RcNu Jl; (Y.m); 4. Jon tuU (Suz); S. Bob ~rayk (yam). VET NOV: 1. AW l(Spinelli (y.m); 2. '.lmrs CopP"'S~ (Honl.; 3. Ron No rthrop (Suz); 4. Fred Tu tt le ( K..w) ; S. Tim Mi tche ll (K.aw). . VET INT: I . Rod ~ MOI'Tbon (Suz); 2. lAo S.ul (Ca g ); 3. Jimm y BaUl!!' (Kaw ). VET EX: 1. Jon z.hrt (Yam); 2. Scotty Wa llr.~ Jr. (Kaw). S R BEG: 1. GQ uny KiTsch(Hon); 2. Ken Renault (Hon) . Cyc1eland MX win to Moural By Michael Rich GllCO, CA, JUNE 25 Honda-moun ted Lowell Mou ra l Jr. ca me fro m o u t of th e pa ck to w in th e 125cc feat ure a t Chi co 's Cycle land Speedway. Following the two 125cc heat races, Moural an d Tom Odek irk e me rged as the clas s of the field . How ever, when the gate fell on the main, it was Dennis Springs round ing the first tum with th e lead . Danny Rut herlo rd immed ia tely tried to mak e a move on the ea rly leader with a n insi d e line th ro ugh the whoo ps. Springs mad e !he hairpin a t the end 01 the wh oops jus t in time to see Ruth erford blow past him -ever the berm, and on to the ground. Mean while, Moural had mad e up lor a poor sta rt by pa ssing fou r rid ers in the whoops to take second. He wa s followed closel y by Mark Cooper and Od ekirk. Within ha lf a lap, Moural wa s abl e to run d own Springs . He bided his time for a couple of laps a nd th e n flew pa st Springs on a series 01 ju mps that Spri ngs elected to d ouble and Moural eas ily trip led . Od ekirk closed in on Cooper in third and sta rted to apply the pressu re. This soo n pai d off as Cooper lost the fron t wheel in one of the man y hairpins and launc h ed him self in to th e path o f Za ck Schwa tka, as Od e kirk b las te d pas t. Cooper fo u n d him s elf pinned m ome ntaril y u nde r Schwatkza's front wheel. but wa s soo n up and back into the race. With Cooper out of the way, Odekirk closed in on Sp rings . He uSt.-'CI the same p re ss u r ing ta cti c th a t w o rked so well w ith Coo pe r. Just as it had earlier, the press ure from Od e kirk pa id ofl when Springs got out of shape lan ding off one of the bigger jumps on the track and went do wn. By this time, Moural wa s lon g gone and cru ised to an easy win . Od e kirk came hom e in secon d with Springs rem ounting to sa lvage th ird . The 60cc race tu rned into one of th e most exci ting races o f the even ing , as Eric Nyc and Mike Northrop trad ed first pa lace several times a lap for the entire du ration of the race. Nye was first off the ga te a t the sta rt wilh Northrop right be hind . As the two rid ers approached the d ouble th at (e w m in i ri d e rs w ill eve n att empt, Northro p screwed on the th rottle and launched h imself ov er Nye 's hea d and into the lead. By the time these two rid ers reached the finishing line on the ir first ci rcuit, Nye wa s back in the lead havin g cut und er Northrop in a hairp in_On the very next lap, No rthro p agai n doubled ove r the top 01 Nye to take the lead . And once again, Nyc took th e lead back by the finis hi ng line . This continued until the last lap when Nye was ab le to pull a sma ll lead which he held to the checke red flag.. Nor throp finished seco nd, and Ch ris McAvoy ca me hom e in third som e di sCJ( tance back.. Resu lts r /w: 1. Br~nd(>f\ Boyd (y . m); 2. uk Ryd berg (Yam); 3. 8.J. r owt'll (Yam ). 60 JR: 1. Eric Ny e ()(aw); 2. Mike Northrop (Kaw). 60 NOV : 1. Travis W ilUams (Kaw) ; 2. 1t!l"t" y Wibon (Kaw) ; m 3. 5t'th H" rris (Hun). MINIINT : 1. Jl'f Northrop (Suz ). MINI JR: 1. Eva n l..lugh rid ge (Yam); 2. Ky l~Ga mer (Kaw ). MINt NO V: I. Chris McAv o y (Y. m ); 2. Mik e N ort hro p ()(a w) . 125 PRO: 1. lowll Moor.l Jr. (Hon); 2. Tom Od~ kirk (J-k>n). 125 INT: l. Dnmis Sp rinl9 (Suzl ; 2. Danny Rulhrrford (Hon ). 125 JR: 1. Dywn Blackwell (Hon ). 125 NOV : 1. Oinl Willis (y.m); 2. Jef Northrop (Suz ); 3. D.J. f Cartier (Yarn). 2SOPRO 1. ~1I Mo,ml jr. (Hon~ 2SOl1'I." I. Sh.1wn Parka (Stu); 2. Joe Souu (y. m) . : 250 NOV : 1. Olrlie Tr.tey (Hon); 2. J.kr Andenon (Kaw). O PEN NOV : 1. ~t Sma ll (Hon). OT: I. BiU Kopping (Y.am) . 39

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