Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

.~ EVENTS in tum four. Although the fin ish order was set a t this point, Zum and Schnabel pulled awa y and put on a d ispla y of racing that had the crow d on its feet screamin g for more. The two remained as close as a seasoned sidecar team for the entire race wi th Zu rn gaining th e advan tage by a wheel length at the end. ~ Ro ta x-rnounted Ybema won the eveni ng 's Pro class in convincing fashion by leading from s ta r t to fin is h, four seconds ahead o f Br ian Kromroy an d George Istvanek, Jr. Huss con tinued his dominance of bo th 60ee and 80cc Senior classes , Mounted on a Kawasaki in the 60cc class, he won by a na rrow ma rgin ove r Tyler Smu lde rs in his heat. Smuld ers never proved a thr ea t in the fmal as Huss only had to contend 'w ith passing ea rly lead er Jon Han son to take the wi n . Co re y Sta tz a lso s li p p ed by Ha nson on the last lap to cla im second . Huss had a little more work in the 80cc Senior class as he had to wrestle out of a thr ee-w ay battle with Kye Ybema and N ick Gustin to take th e he a t win. Gu stin mad e life easy for Ybema wh en he dropped it a lap from the end . handing ove r the second sp o t an d allow in g Eric Mischler in to third. The final was all H uss ' as he led the entire race ah ead of Ybema and Gustin. ~ Results so . Justin Lavoie (9X) and Matthew Clark (l4Y) lead the Pee Wee start at Perris MX. Joseph P~kl asny (73) and Greg Comstock. (75) battled at the Aztalan Short Track. R: 1. Ml rk Zci d lM' (Ilj); 2. Amber Kim mC'l!l (ya m); 3. Andy Smith (Yam); 4. N ick Pellmlln" (Suz) ; 5. Pr"terDeyc (Yam) . SOA:. 1. MilU McGr ath: 2. Je8IIeJlUlisch (lIj); 3. Blake You ng ; 4. Trav ill KN m l'; S. Corey Stro m (ylm ). 60 : 1. T i m m y H UN (Kaw): 2. Co re y Sta tz (K. w ); J . Jo n II Ha n!lOn(Kaw); 4. Tyler Smu ldmJ (Kaw); 5. JUlltin Voig h t (Ka w). &IJ R: 1. Jon 1-I n8On (Su z); 2. Ty ler Sm uldt:1'8(Kaw ); 3. COrq' . s ~tz (Kaw ); 4. Stcoph. n il" w ekn (Vam ); 5. Dan Milldiler (K. w ). 80 SR: 1. Tim my HWlII (Suz ); 2. Ky e Vbe ma (Xl w ); 3. Nick Custin (SU7.);4. F.r k MiHChlcor(Su7.) 5 . Brit: Z u m (Kaw). ; 125-200: 1. Jim Kirsch baum (Suz) ; 2. Orad Rosi ne (B on); 3. Den Vrilnll (y . m); 4. To ny Zum (K.w);.!i. Nick G Ufllin (Han) . 250: I . J.R. Sch nl be l (Ho n); 2. lloyd Ca lvert (Yam); 3. M uk Kom l"ly (H on ); 4. Bria n Z u m (Kaw) : 5 . M ike Ying ling (Hon). 400: 1. Rick Beet l (lion); 2. Oil" Mu rre (Hon) ; 3 . R~r Banes (Yl m); 4. Step ht"RJl n i~ (Hon); 5 . Gilln ra rlo Gialnn in i (Bul) . SO : 1. Bria n Z ur n (Hon): 2. J.R. Sch na bd (Rot); 3. Stf."ve O ForTl"1Ot (Yam); 4. G ~ No rwic ki (Yllm); S. C h ar lo tte Wald cobu ~r (y a m). SR: 1. Larry PiekOll (Va m); 2. Rog er UanMl ( Rot); 3. Dt-n n ill Ca !vl"rt (Ho n); 4. G reg Co mfltuc k (Hun) ; 5. JO'It"p Po klaflny (SU1 h .). O r EN 1W : 1. Da n Mu rre (fri); 2. Bria n Kromroy (H-O); 3. Strvr Cllp tllin (Tri); 4. A rt Mi!l('hll'1'(Tri); 5. Mic h al"!Du vllll (1-1-0 ). PRO: 1. Bob Ybeml (RoI); 2. Orilln Kromroy (Rot); 3. v-orge &it nrok" Jr. (Hon); 4. 8 ill Vau gh n (Yam); 5 . Kurt fl;rom roy (Suz). n Clark cranks at PerrisMX ' By Ton y Ales si Schwartz li ned u p fo r th e fea t u re ra ce flanked by Steve Lucero and Mike Faria on the ins ide and Ga ry H icks on th e outsid e. At the start, Schwa rtz cau ght the pe rfect gate to ed ge ou t the trio into tu m one and led the single-file p rocession to the checkered flag. Lucero crossed the stripe in second wi th Faria third and Hicks a close fourth. Pall Lill, in his bes t performance of the season, took top honors in the Handicap main over Andy No rthrup and Fari a. Mike Reed held off Jeremy Aden to wi n in the Support clas s . In Junior speedw ay's first di vis ion it was Steven Downing over Ryan Fisher and in second di vision, Jimmy Fishback bested Pa trick Donovan. Swain swipes Kansas MX win By Lee Coffman WFSlMORELAND, KS,AUG.8 36 Gene Swa in came back from a first mot o defeat to pos t the overall win in the 12Sec Expert class at Northeast Kansas MX. A record break in g exp e rt turnout th rilled spectators as they watched Suzukis take the cash in the 125cc Exp ert class. Chris Hunter pulled the ho leshot in the first moto only to fight to get the checke red flag as Swain stayed close behind awa it in g a n y opportuni ty to get by . Sw ain swi tched position s w ith Hu nt~r early only to settle for second place as Hunter rega ined his first pla ce position late in the moto. In an exciting sec on d mot o it w as Swain, Marty Cason , and Hun ter through the fllSt tum as H un ter bobbl ed out of control an d spec tators bra ced themselves for the w or st. Instead he regained contro l and cha sed Cason thro ugh the w hoops and pa sse d on the inside for second po sition. Cason fo ugh t hard to h old off Jaso n Kellogg until Ca son ' s front w heel mi ssed the berm giv ing Kellogg the opportuni ty he'd been waiting for, Ca son and Kellog g rac ed side by side as they entered the whoops section and it wa s just a maller of who could hold the gas on thro ugh the whoo ps. Co ming ou t of the whoops it was Kellogg with a sligh t lead over Cason as Cason rode fast and hard ho pin g to regain his p o sition to no avail. As th e ch ec k ered ·flag ... waved it was Swain, Hunter, Kellogg, Cason, J.D. Stiers , and Tod d Rams ey all on Suz uki 's , giving the marque a clean sweep in the dass. Results P/W: 1. Nat e Vice (Yam); 2. Cra ig Rop e (Yam); 3. Tren t Memi8 (Yam ); 4. Du stin Duh r (Ya m); 5 An th on y V"ga (Yam). 60: Josh Brych ta (Kaw); 2. J ~8e Crow (Ka w); 3. Tnv ls Sch illin g (Kaw); 4. Na le Vice (Kaw); 5. Ch r ilito p her RoyY'e(Kaw). 80 BEG : 1. Devin Ra m lM"Y (S uz ); 2. Mik e Sm ith (Hon); 3. Kenny Prin ce (Ka w ). 80 (1-11): 1. JoshBrycht. (Kaw). 80 (12-15): 1. Cory FrUlcirl (Kaw); 2. ~ McOowd l (Kaw ); 3. Bryn We aver (Yl m); 4. F.rit: Fri tzon (Kaw ); 5. Darin Pr itzon (K.ilw ). 80 OPEN: 1. Ca8q Mdlowdl ( Kaw ); 2. Cory Frandll (Kaw) ; 3. ~en Ranmq (Suz); 4. ErK Prit zon (Ka w ); S. Dilri n Fritzon (KJiw). 125/ 250 BEQ 1. Eric &rtJdt (Kl w ); 2. J~ Bol t (Suz ); 3. }eff l-loovn (Hon); 4. Tim HqmfT (Kaw ); 5. M althrw Kil5mil lM' (Hon) . 125 NOV : 1. Lance Brooks (Suz); 2. Brian Sm ith (lIoo); 3. Jo hn Sh uga rt (lion ); 4. M idlftol Evom-rt (Kaw ); S. (Su z). 125 1m: 1. Mickey Newman (Kaw ); 2. JIIIOP Magn etl (Hoo); 3. Rodney a.dberg (Su z). 125 EX: 1. Gene SWlllin (Suz) ; 2. Chri!l H u n ler (SU7.); 3. JaIlOR Kdiog (Suz); 4. M arty CaIlOl\ (Svz); 5. J.D. Stins (Su z). 250 NOV: 1. John UrbanOllky (H on ); 2. Ca rl Red den; 3. Jim Jat:bon (KIIw): 4. Chris Kirk (Hon); 5. Mu k eyre (Hon). 2.50 INT: 1. Ma r k Mooc k (Suz ). 250 EX:1. Oris H unt er (Suz); 2. Ma rty CI!IOR(SU7. . ) 30+: 1. Jm Rid inge r (Kaw): 2. Stev e Smi th (H on); 3. Jim V~ (Ho n). 40+: 1. Mike Crawford. (Yam). Lon"w- u rr Zum zooms at Aztalan ST By Philip McDowell lAKE M ILLS, WL AUG. 7 Brian Zu rn a nd J.R. Sch nab el we re poe try in motion in th e 500cc final Saturday n ight at · Aztalan Cyde Park's third short track of the season. Zum took the win by a wheel len gth over Schnabel in one of the most exCi ting races of the evening. Over 150 riders were trea ted to excellen t racing from which Bob Ybema emerged as the big money winner in the Pro class an d Timmy Huss was the evening's on ly d ouble dass winner taking the victories in both the 60ee and SOee Senior dasses. Zurn began ti,e evening by takin g a second in h is h ea t behind David C a r tw righ t. Mi ke Ybema an d J.R. Schnabel both took relative ly easy win s in their SOOee hea ts giving lillie ind ication of wha t w ou ld d evelop later. Charlotte Wald ebuess er took the first semi win, and Bill Stornello cap tured semi n umbe r two. _ . ~ In the fmal, Zum gra bbed the early lead wi th Schnabel, Greg Norwicki an d Steve Forrest in tow. As Schna bel wo rked on Zurn , Forr est slid into the third spo t when Norwicki drifted high PERRIS. CA, AUG. 14 Matthew Clark delivered a crushing blow to the Pee Wee competi tors by pos ting wins in thr ee of the four motos he en tered , and scoring over all w in s in both Pee Wee St ock an d Pee Wee Modified Nov ice dasses d uring round eight of the GFI "Win a Truck" night series held at Perris Racewa y. Justin Lavoie pu shed his PW50 to the holseshot in the first Pee Wee Modified Novice race but we n t a bi t w ide in the first tum. With the door .w ide open both Clark and Justin Munyon slipped into fllSt and secon d pla ce whil e Lavoie labored in third. Clark wa s riding an aw esom e ma ch in e and si mply roos ted awa y fr o m Munyon. Lavoie got a free tick et in to second pla ce when Munyon ran into a lapped rider and cras hed near the end of the moto. When the checkered fla g wa ved it w as a landslid e r un away v ictory for Clark. Lavo ie rode smoo thly the remainder of the race and wa s rewa rd ed w it h th e r unn er ~ u p p osi tio n w hile CharlieJenkins cha rged from nearl y last to third in front of Ricky Olive r, Justin Wilson and Mun yon . The second mota saw Clark once again ou t fro n t w it h Lavo ie tagg in g a long in se co n d. Munyo n didn't run anyone over this mot o, and eve n tually fin ishe d third behind Lavoie and double moto winner Clark. Cla rk came back later in the night to top the firs t Stock dass moto after a hea ted battl e wi th And y Pierce. Kevin Folgheraiter race d doseiy with Mun yon for third wi th Folgheraiter getting the call at the finish. Munyo n wa s uns toppable in the all impor tan t second mo to and simply mo tored away for the w in. Clark sta rted d ead last and spent the entire race carvin g his way through the pac k where he even tually finished third behind Pier ce and moto winn er Munyo n. . Ty Kad y scored the l 25ee Intermed iate victory after tw o heated battles w ith Mike Ulrich . Ulrich hol esh ot the first moto then held off a moto-Iong d u rge pu t forth by Kady to post the w in. Ulrich set the pa ce in the secon d moto with Kady again brea thing fire from second . Kad y wou ld not be d enied the victory and even tually ousted Ulrich from the lead an d went on for the overall victory. Ulrich seemed conten t w ith second while Clin t Warner, Dan Tuengel and Larry Camomile round ed the top five fin ishers for the evening. Results 50 FIT 1:1. Da nil"I Jo hTUlOn (Ya m); 2. Jeff l.o op (Yam); 3. Cory Tocco; 4. Phi llip BrU5Cdla (y. m ); S. )naica Loop (Suz ). 50 FI T 11: 1. RQ8l" Joey {Ya m); 2. S teven BN"Wii (Va m ); 3 . l C ha d Gc-orge (Ya m); 4. Corey Kt-gB (Ya m); 5. DIJ la8 Pcock(Yam) . 50 ST K 0 -1: I. Bry an Ma Uh e w ll (Yllm) ; 2. Joe A n d erlJOl\ ' n (Yam); 3. Ch ad M unn (ya m); 4. ~ n Co llie r (Yllm); 5. Ryill King (Ya m). 50 STK o.2A: 1. Andy Pierce (Yam ); 2. Ma tthe w O a rk (y l m); 3 . Ju s tin Munyo n (Ya m); 4. Ja mes Wi lli a ms (Ya m); 5. Mi chul A ICMi(Yam) . SO STK. 0-2B: 1. Ky le Fo ltz (Yam); 2. Rkky O live r (Vam); 3. Jw;.tin [.. voie (Vilm); 4. Charlir J("nkiRfl(Yllm ); S. Jrf fRrll (y lm). . SO MOD 0.1: 1. Rya n King (Vam ); 2. Ce le Wa llace (y llm); 3. Bry an Matth t"W (Yam); 4. So-a Co llier, 5. Ch ad Mun n (Yllm). 8 n 50 MOD 0.2: 1. M.t th ew C la rk (V. m ); 2. Ju sti n Lav o ie; 3. JU!f in W ilflon (Ya m); 4. J Ulltin Munyo n (Va m); 5. Ricky O live r t (Ya m ). r.o BEG (0-8): 1. Rya n Pia ud (K. w); 2. Oilton Relive", (Kllw ); 3. )001" A nderson (Kaw) ; 4. Nic k A lv.rn (Ka w ); 5. Ca le Walil (:e (Ka w). 60 NO V (D- 1. Soott How e (K. w); 2. Ch ad c..UmcT (Kaw ). 8): t! 60 BEG (9-11): 1. Au stl n jo 1\t'5 (Xllw ); 2. Q uis Rogco (Xllw); 3. Ja~n Cillrko 4.J ('I nf'r Fa u lknl"r; 5. Dav id Su lli n~ (Kl w). tta; h . 60 N OV (9·11 ): 1. Bry an McGilv ran (Kaw); 2. Ch ru.lop h r'T To«o; 3. Sm lt N rl !lOn(Kaw); 4. A nth on y Rru!l(.'C"lIa (Kaw ). rw 80: 1. Di llon (Vam ). B/W: 1. Jdf Sha w (Kaw): 2. Rohb Fnocodland (Kaw). 80 BEG: 1. W e. Ca rey (Suz); 2. D us ty Wa llen; (Yam); 3. Bu llfrog Nt"W mtT (Vllm); 4. Ch ri8 TON'O S. Ryl b Duder (y am) . co ; 80 NOV : 1. Bry an McGavra n (Yllm); 2. Ma rk Ti lley (l ion); 3. O sce e Va ldez (Vll m); 4: Scott Nd:oon (S u z); 5. JOIl u ll C a r ll e r h (Ya m). 125 BEG 0 -1: 1. Dra n Il(" ut:h lm p (Su z); 2. Mikl" Co m e r a (Kaw ); 3. l llIrI

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