Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

eEVENTS ~ Dan Murre (68)leads Matt Bignell (17) and Roger Banes (5) at the Aztalan Short Track. Huss hustles to Aztalan 5Twin By Philip McDowell SR: 1. Donald w eldbc eesee (Yam) ; 2. Rona ld Sche uL 3. SIt-vIP Prisk (Y. m ); 4. Onid Mt'ngo (Su 1.); 5. Joaeph Poldasny (Suz) . EXHIB VINT: 1. Richard Schaeublt- (H-D); Z. Everett Duvall (H. D). LAKE MILLS, WI, JUNE 26 Tommy Hu ss was the big man in the little classes, a s he too k wins in th e 65 and 80ce Sen ior classes u nd er th e lights at Aztalen 's second short track of the seaso n. Huss sta rted o ff h is winn in g eve n in g by s tea ling th e hol eshot of the 6~Occ heat on hi s Kawa sak i. An other Kawa saki pilot, Tyl er Smulders, kept him hon est throu gh out the race but could not comp lete the pass and wa s forced to se ttle for second . Smulders was on fire in the fin al , as h e grabbed the most throttle a n d jumped to the early lead wit h Hu ss hot on his tail. They were follow ed by ju stin Voight. Hu ss hounded Smu lders fo r a co uple o f lap s befor e eventually sneaking und ern eath in tum thr ee for the lead a nd the win. Smu lders a nd Voight held on (or second and third, respectively. After a rest art in the BOcc Senior heat , Kevin Rohd e g ra bbe d th e early le a d a head of Eric Mi schl er an d joe W ipperfur th . W ipperfu rth ba iled soo n a fter, leav ing Roh de a nd Mischl er alone up front to dice. Misch ler ke p t the pressure on Rohd e for a couple of lap s until Rohd e w ent d own and ha nde d th e win to Mischl er . Randy Sm ith and Suzuki mounted Timm y Hu ss followed. In the fina l it was all Huss, as he took a wire-to-wire win ove r Rohde an d Smith . Da niel Mu rre and John Hu nde rtma rk were the 400cc class heat race winne rs. Murre was the ea rly leader in the fina l ahead of Rick Bretl and Gia nca rlo Gia nn in i be for e he ca ught a ru t in tum fou r. After a brief intermission to mend the track, H unde rtmark foun d the restart to his liking, gunned it and cruise d to the win. Bretl p ut so me pr essur e on Hu nde rtma rk at the end but it wa s too little too late. Gian nini claimed third . Rota x-mo unted j .R. Schnabe l pa ssed earl y lea der Micha el D uva ll to take the win in hea t one of th e 500cc class . Scott Mack worked by Du vall a lso to cla im seco nd . The seco nd heat saw some close racing as Ronald Sche ttl foug ht th e e n tire d istance to ho ld orr a tt ac ks fr om David Cartwright for the number one spot. Jus t be h ind wa s anoth e r good b a tt le for th ird be tw een Mik e Be rtram, Brian Zu rn and Stev e Fo rre s t. joe Stoppleworth e dged out Aug us t Eller for the win in the third hea t. Mike Ybema and Mike Bertram emerged as se mi w inners. Schnabe l a nd Sche ttl got together on the sta rt of th e final, bu t Schet tl g ot th e le a d wh ile Sc hnab el re co v e re d in seventh . As Sc h ett l che cke d ou t in to a com fortable lead a head of Mack an d Bert ram , Schnabel wa s wo rking his way up. Schet tl took the win ah ead of a freigh t tra in tha t consisted of Mack, Bertram , Schnabel ind Cartw righ t, Results 32 so 1. Blake Yo ung (Yam ); 2 Mati McCr.llh (y am ); 3. Trav is : Keams (Yam); 4. Corey Stro m (Ya m); S. Mark Shep pard (Ya m). 65: 1. Timmy Hess (Ka w); 2. Tyler Smulders (Kaw); 3. lustin ; Voight (l<.1w) 4. Jon at hon Hanson (Kol W); 5. Steve n Mos s (Ka w). 80 JR: 1. Ty ll'T Sm uld ers (Kdw); 2. Step ha nie Wckh (Yam ); 3. Jo na t ha n Ha ns Un (51.11.); 4. Floul Cil s te t (51.1 7.); 5. Christophe r C ha mpine [Ka w]. BO SR: 1. Timmy H uss (SU7.); 2. Kev in Rohde (5u1.); 3. Randy Smith (Han); 4. Joe wippe rfu rth (Suz) ; 5. Eric Misch le r (Suz ). 125·2 00; 1. Ji m Ki rsc hb aum (5 u1.); 2. Joh n Hu nd extmark (Ka w ); 3. Da n Vra nd (Ya m); 4. Elizabeth Kant or (y a m); 5. Nick G us tin (Ya m). 250 : 1. Mar k Kor nely ( Kaw) ; 2. C u r t Kn itt (Ka w ); 3. J.R , Schnolbc-l(Hon ); 4. And y Fenw ick (KT M ); 5. Brian Z",rn (Kaw ). 400: 1. Jo hn H u nd e rt mar k (SU1. ; 2. Rick n reu' ( Ho n) : 3. ) Gia nca rlo Gia n nini (Bul); 4. Roge r Banes (Yam); 5. Scott Prebe r (SUL). 500 : 1. Ron Sch eltl (Ka w) ; 2. Sco tt MoIck (Hon); 3. Mi lLe . Bertr am (Hon) ; 4. I.R. Schnabel (Rot); 5. Dav id Ca rtw right (SU7:) OrEN TWI N : 1. Dan Murre (fri); 2. Art Misc hler (Tri); 3. Sie ve Ca pta in (Tri); 4. Scott Mac k (Yam); 5. Steve Debettignles (Due). PRO: 1. Mark G ruber (Rol); 2, Te rry Veslal (Ka w); 3. Tony Glomo (Hon); 4. BobYbona (Rot) ; 5. John Flesher (WR). Tucker topples 5tarwest 5X By David Procida MORENO VALLEY, CA,jULY 3 Micha el Tuck er came awa y with the ove rall win in the 250cc Beginner class after du eling for the lead in moto one and riding intelligently in the second moto. In mot o on e, Hond a-moun ted Steve Skube bumped his way through the first tum an d ed ged Tucker out for the holesh ot, Adam Pierce gated third but quickly doubled his way past Tucker for second. Denni s Hyde also d osed on Tucker. Up front, Skube had ope ned up a little bit of a lead, but Pierce wa s do sing qu ickl y. Th e Suz uki rider dove to the insid e of the comer pre-ced ing the King Kong launch er jump and lost the fron t end, resulting in an embarrass ing so il sa mp le. Th is gave Skube a co m ma ndi ng lead as Tucker ass umed the number two spot. Behind hi m, H yd e took himself out of the runnin g by coming up way sho rt on the do uble ju mp an d retiring from the race. Dea n Dirks assumed the num ber four spot with Thomas Elder ro un ding out the top five. La te in th e ra ce, th e st and ings su d d e n ly cha nged as Skube we nt do wn in the Snake Pit. Tucker ass umed the lead at this point in the race with Ryan Beverage taking over the nu mbe r two spot. As he beg an to close in on Tu cker , th e leader picked up the pace. Hoping to ope n a bit of a lead , Tucker doubled the Tw in Pea ks ju mp only to have Beverage follow sui t an d con tinu e his charge. Skube wa s back underway, and ran in third ahead of Dirks and Elder. Tucke r ba rely held on to the lead a nd took the checke red to bring the first moto to a close with Beverage, Skube, Dirks, and Elder rou nd ing out the top five. Mot o two saw Adam Pier ce holeshot w ith Beverage a nd Tucker close behind. The three riders ope ned up a short lead on Dirks, who was runnin g in fourt h ahead of Joe Lour enco. As the rid ers reach ed the Twin Pea ks jump, Beverag e made his bid for the lead by attempting to double the Twi n Peaks jumps. As Pierce a nd Tucker sing led their way in the jumps Beverage came up wa y sho rt on the second jum p and execu ted a pe rfect Flying W. Beverage took himself ou t of con tent ion for the lead and the rema ind er of the moto. Back up a t the front Pier'ce had now opened up a few bi ke len gths on Tucker who now had come un der p ressu re from Dirks. The battle for fou rth was eve ry bit as intense as the battle for the lead as Mike Flow ers was bu sy fend ing off the charges of Lou renco. The two riders were dici ng as if it were for the lead, giving no qua rter to the othe r. At the halfway po int, Lou renco execu ted a pe rfect stuff on Flow ers to ta ke ove r fourth . At this poi nt, Dirks d ropped h is Yamaha in the kicke r a fte r th e la un ch e r jump bu t w as qu ick ly up a nd und erwa y befor e losing an y positions. Also on th e cha rge aft er a p oor s ta rt was Elder w ho had now bro ken in to th e top five af ter d rop pin g Skube back to sixth . Flowe rs, tryin g to mak e up for a poor first moto showing. pu t an in sid e line bloc k p ass o n Di r ks a nd moved into the number thr ee position. With the white nag waving. Pierce bega n his last lap aro und the track and went unchallen ged to the finish. Tucker finished a dis tant seco nd . Winner Pat Behrle (SF) led Ben Bostrom (6Y)at the Lawrenceburg Short Track. . When the results were posted, it was Tucker with the win over Pierce. Dirk's pa ir of fourthplace finishes earned him third overall in front of Skube and Elde r. In the 125cc Beginner ranks, Lloyd Lester p ull ed off the overall win with a three-two s ho w ing after fir st mota runner-up Eddie N ichols deve loped engine problems at the beginning of mo to two . Lester finished third in mo to o ne behind Ephraim Benjamin and Nich o!s. Neil Alonzo and john Aragon rounded ou t the top five. Mota two was a Aragon ru naway until late in the moto when the leader tangled with a lapper and co uld not get his Kawasaki restarted. Th is left th e ga te open for Ernie Sanchez who had DNF 'd the first moto, Sanchez held on to the lead for the remainder o f the moto with Les ter fini shing in the runner up slo t. Steve Dech en ey was running in the number three positio n with Benjamin and Alonzo rounding ou t the top five. After all the confusion when the resul ts were fina lly posted , it was Lester with the win and Benjam in going one-four in second overall. Res ults 50 MOD orEN: 1. Andrew Reruhaw (Yam); Z. Eric Hunter (Suz ). 50 STI< OPEN: 1. Kev in PolgheTa fter (Yam ); 2 Joshu~ G r;ll t n (Ya m); 3. J.R. Williams (Yam) . 60 6-8: 1, Dato n Beaven (Kaw); 2. Tyson Taylo r (Ka w); 3, Ryan Co use (Kaw) ; 4. Andrrw Renshaw (lC~w). 60 9- 1 1: 1. Ga rret t Taylor (Kaw) . 8Ol).11: 1. GarretiTa ylor(Kaw). 80 12-13: 1. Robbi e Couse (K.1w); 2. Richard Saza ma (Yam) ; 3. Stl"phen Oa kes (Yam). 80 14·16: 1. Dan ny Ca rL (Kaw) . 'IOf1 80 BEG 12-16: J. Jeff Rey Leo na rd (Kaw); 2. Kevin Byrnes (Kaw); 3. Rod Ha mby (y a m). 125 BEG : 1. Uoyd Lester (Hon); 2. Ephraim Benjamin (Suz) ; 3. Stevie Decheney (Ho n); 4. Neil Alo nzo (Suz ); 5. Emie Sanchez (Han). 125 NOV: I. Glenn Branson (Suz); 2. Robert Morgan (Kaw ); 3. Rick Antl es (Suz ); 4. Terry Ca stouniotis (Suz); 5. Michae l Procida (Ho n). 250 BEG: 1. Michae l Tucker (Yam) ; 2. Ada m Pte ree (Suz); 3. Dea n Dirks (ya m); 4. Steve 5k~ (Hoo) ; 5. Thomas Elder (Hon) . 250 NOV : I. C h risto p he r Ne lso n (Kaw ); 2. Jimmie Deever (Y.un); 3. J.,1 sjJn Pea rce (Yam). 25 ... BEG : 1. Ja n Z u ide m a (Ya m ); 2. John Dean (S uz) ; 3. Warren Stimp so n (Kaw); 4, Mich ae l C rol e (Suz) 5. Cy Zr1idema n (Yam ). .25 NO V: 1. Larry Baker (Y.lm); 2. Peter Jen kin!!(Hon ). 30 BEG: 1. Tim Hunziker (Kaw) ; 2. Mike Jackson (Ya m); 3. Fe r ra n Pipe r (Kaw); 4. Rob ert Ven tu ra (Ho n); 5. Rick Sne lso n (Hon) . 30... NOV : I. Bruce Hen de l (KlM); 2. Terry Macrae (Su z); 3. Pere AndTt"W!I(Hon); 4. Don Vallier (Yam). 40+ NO V: 1. Ray Srmm on!l (C·Z). Eickel aces Mega-X MX By Bill Holt M ENDOTA, IL,JUNE 26 j im Eickel sq ueezed a ll h e co u ld ou t o f h is Pr in ceton Ho nd as at the T ri-Cou n ty Fairgrounds an d mad e it a clean sweep of the A cla sses a t the seco nd of five Mega -X Sh oot out stad ium MX even ts schedu led for the su mme r by Mote-Pro, Inc. Eickel sta rted off with a heart-stopping 125cc qualifier agai nst Downers Gr ove Yama ha pil ot Jeff Demen t. The two Nationa l calibe r compe titors b u mp ed an d ban ged a ll ove r th e cou rse, wh et ting the appeti te of all in a ttenda nce for the final. The fina l looked as thou gh it would be an ticlimactic. Eickel gra bbed the holeshot and it wa s Bret Pedo ne, Tim Damron , Jack Lee and Jeremy Baritoner who wer e giv ing cha se ea rly . "1 go t ou t of the ga te slow and then was bu mped severa l ti mes before the firs t turn. Thi s was m y wo rst star t in yea rs," said Deme nt. But the anticipa tion for the final was not in va in. As Eickel slowly moved out to a to -second lea d ove r Ja ck Lee a n d th e res I of the p ack, Dem ent beg an his move through the crowd, The ann ouncer picked him up when he was running 10th and then followed him as he picked off riders one and two at a time until he moved by Lee in to second with less tha n Iwo laps le ft. jim Randa seemed to be tied to Dement with a rope as they made th eir way to the front. Randa's effort fell one wheel short as he and Lee flew over the final tabletop. Eickel had a tougher time getling away in the 250cc A final. Although Eickel was quickest out of the gate in the qualifier and the final , he never could get away ' from Eric Weidemayer. Weidemayer kepI on the heat in both ra ces while figh ting off Rusty OU, jeff Stimac and Brandon jeffery. The 12Sec B division took two qualifiers and an LCQ to sort out the list for the final . When the checkers flew it wa s Mike Olsen takin g wins in his heat and in the final. He was chased hom e in the main b y Ma rk N owak, Da n Mo daff, Courtney Mack and Chad McDonald. . The 250cc B class w as also a full hous e. Qualifier winners Bill Tilford and Chad Stanko looked to be the ch oice for top honors in th e main, but as the laps wore down it was Dan Modaff who put togeth er th e best ride and took the win over Tilford, joe Carlino, Chu ck Lotigh and Chad Stanko. Results MlN I: 1. Brandon Roberts (Ya m); 2. Jimmy Drozd (Suz ); 3. Nolle Eslinge r (Hon); 4. Don Huffman (Su1.) 5. Ja pet h Scslee (Hon). ; 125 B: 1. MilLe O lsen (Kaw); 2. Mark Nowa k (Suz) ; 3. Dan Modaff (S u1.); 4. Co u r t ney Ma c ke (Ho n) ; S. Chad McD o na ld (K.1w). 125 A: 1. James Ekkel (Ha n); 2. Je ff Dement (ya m); 3. Jack Lee (Yam); 4. Jim Randa (I-Ion);5. Tim Da mron (Hon) , 250 8: 1. Dan Madaff (Suz); 2, Will iam Tilford (Kaw) ; 3. Joe Carlino (Hon); 4, Chuck Lough (yd m); 5. Chad Stanko (Ho n). 250 A: 1. Jam es Eickc1 (Ho n); 2. Eric Weidemayer (51.11.); 3. pete r C urran (Hon); 4. Brandon Jeffery (Ho n); 5. Rusty Ott (Yam) . 30+: 1. Ron Walker (Kaw) ; 2. Ron Downen (Suz); 3. Rusty Ott (Yam); 4. Dave Brill (Kaw) ; 5. Joe Ca rlino (Ho n). Behrle bombs Lawrenceburg 5T By Bert Shepard LAWRENCEBURG, IN ,jUNE 11 Pat Behrle scored the w in in the Expe rt class a t Lawren ceb urg Speedway. Th e us ua l p rogram was augme n ted by th e John De moisey Me m or ial Dash fo r Cash, in w hich the wi nne r wou ld tak e a ll o f the $500 p urse. Wit h no tim e tr ials, fini sh ing up fron t was paramount, as the wi n, place and sho w finishers we n t directly to the main . First an d second ea rned spots in the Dash for Cash. Th e Das h for Cas h belon ged to Ian Segedy. almost befor e it sta rted . As the money increased, so did the need for a good start. Everyo ne on the front row but Segedy ju mped, or was p ulled off. Pat Be h r le , Da v e Lloyd , Joe Seffe rl e, Ben Bostrom and Ted Tayl or found th em se lves on the pen alty line. Seged y did what he had to do a nd led th e field af ter one lap . Behrle tan gled wi th the res t of the field and got off in tum one. Bostrom d isposed o f Seffe r!e and Tayl or a nd mo ved in on the race leader, who held him off to win. " I rea lly need ed the mon ey:' said Segedy. "The s tor ms last we ek b lew two 200-foo t oak trees on to p o f ou r house. We have been in a hotel for the past week." . . Beh rle selected the inside po le for the start of t h e Exp ert m a in . Tayl or , Bo st rom , Ll oyd, Seffere le and Se ged y lined u p to hi s righ t. Tay lor and AI Eadie started the main from the penalty li n e. Behrle went to th e point w ith Bostro m a few len gths in a rrears . Lloyd , Segedy, An d y Tr esser, Kris Kiser, Steve Moreh ead , Butler, Sefferel e and Dav is followed the lead ers. Bos t ro m s lo w ly cl ose d on the Enterpri se

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