Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

eEVENTS e ... C'rJ rl ;... Q) o ... ,.Q u o Tonrod Rodriguez (69) an d Scott Highland (37) ha d a midair dice at the Perris MX. Do n Harte and Jason Kerbs (1) teamed up to win the sidecar class at the LACR Mx. was on th e move, however. as he recovered from a bad sta rt and bol ted into the runner-up spot just behind race leader Jerry Koch. On the fina l lap th e du o ca ug ht lapped tra ffic, a n d when Jerry Koch pu lled wide to avoid the lapper, Hill dove to the inside and whee lied across the line for the win . Buzz Arnd t co ntinued h is yea r-long d om inance in the Open B class. Th roughout the season Arndt faced an d defen ded all contenders, whether it be size, shape or gender. This time it w a s gender as h e held o ff an a gg res s iv e Eli za beth " Bitsy" Kan tor all the way to the checkers to finish the season wi th a pe rfect perfonnance. Results Results orEN rR(); 1. One')' Duren e (W-R); 2. Billy HoffmftteT Kurt Boehlke (W-R.); 4. Dan Zitur (W-R); S. Eric Brouh.rd (R bl:); J. tha t he forgot h is pit stop and ran out of gas while running ftfth in the 200cc class. Results OPEN: 1. FmJ Conovft; 2. J Haase; 3. 0uU Coo1 40. Ron l"ff l7; Clement 5. Walt Bennett. VET NOV: 1. Chris Corum,; 2. Brian Stevins ; 3. Billy Wom«:k; Dav~ Mullen. VET BEG : 1. Fr ank Puedes; 2. Mlek. Nich ol. ; 3. G lenn Shea rft'; 4.}on Mayrr . . SR: 1. Jotek Landen,; Z. Don Wa llingford; 3. Rick V.ugm. 4. 4. BiDJudu.. S/ SR: 1. Peee Kolbd. WMN: L Am-Pugh. . VET EX: 1. Jeffery &aI!; 2. Trach H&rd\; 3. Bob M.nwdl; 4- Jrif""pL.n,; S. p~uJ V~1s.Ing VET A:. 1. Doug Heil,; 2. Strven Heftd,-; 3. MArk Ford; 4. Mild McBride 80: 1. Johnny Nicoll; 2. Greg unden.; 3. Chrt. Lol tb; 4. Jl!ft'my 200: 1. Jeff H..ase ; 2. Mri Stuen; 3. John Elton. 250: 1. Joel Smi h: 2. Rick fiumetto; 3. Marty Highland. t H en. . (R lX). BOTT: 1. Eric Brouhard (H -D); 2. Bw:z Arnd t (KIw); 3. Steve H iD (Y.rn); 4. JOOGu lbr.lnson (y..m ); S. JOf' 81ackw\o1l (Y.lm ). ftTY Koch (y a m); 3. r .ul STK SC t: 1. Sie-wo Hill (Hon); 2.. J Koch (Yam); • . o.vi d Koch (Hon); S. Phill..atnbm:ht (y.lm). SR: 1. Buzz A rn d t (V.lm ); 2. Mike BUlEr (M.i); 3. Joe l G u IbT anson (Ya m); 4. Phil Lambrecht (yam); 5. Bob Reynokh (H . D). VINT: 1. Joe l Culbraruon (y.am); 2. Frank Radloff (Yam ); 3Joe Blackwe ll (Y.a 4. James Gliddon (Yam) . m); 3(h·: 1. r.u l Koch (Ya m ); 2. jerry Koch (Yam) ; 3. Mile W in (Yam); • . Mike BaUft'(Ma i}; S, Bob H erman (y am). O rEN B: 1. BU7z Arnd t (Yam); 2. Bilsy Kantor (Yam); 3. Ste ve . Hill (Tri); 4. P~ul Koch (Y~ m); 5. Dav e I'etcrsoe (Hon) . NOY : 1. Phil Lambrecht (Ya m); 2. David Jen kins (Yam) ; 3. Bob Herman (yam); 4. Marty Mata ya (Yam) ; 5. Richard St. Cla ir (y a m). 80 MINI: 1. Matt Pow ers (Kaw ); 2. Andy Schneider (Hon); 3 . Loui e Sch neider (I-Ion); 4. Ja ke Christain (y a m); 5. Adam Hmrichs (Hon) . MICRO MINt 1. Jacob MaLtya (Yam) ; 2. Jos h Koch (yam): 3. T rniJ Henrichs (Ya m); 4. Duryn BourgouiJ (Hon) . .' Haase handles Glen Helen GP By Allen Weekley 30 SAN BERNADINO.CA .SEPT. 12 Th e Sou thland Racing Association Vet Expert class was once again the scene of a fierce battle, as Jeff Haase a nd Craig Adam s ba ttled for the lead in the SRA Gran d Prix at Glen Helen . Haase worked his wa y through traffic after a dead last start, but when he caught up to Adams the real battl e began . The two riders swapped the lead St.'>Vcral tim es and were nev er very far apart. Th e ex pe rie nced competitor s turned in so me very qu ick lap times as they pushed each other to the maximum. Haa se emerged victorious on the fifth lap when Ad ams crashed hard on a steep downhill. AXO Sport/ Kawasaki of Simi Valley / Coas t RV--sponsorcd Haase also won the 200cc race on a 125 and finis hed seco nd to Fred Con over in the Open race. Ama teur Chri s Cooley also had a goo d ride in the Open race d espite a late sta rt. Cooley a rri ved a t th e sta r ting lin e af ter the Beginners had left. bu t he still charged to a third overall behi nd Experts Haase and Conover. Several vinta ge b ikes added color to the racing. Tim Nas h showed up with an excep tionally d e.n 1979 Honda CR250 complete with Fox Air . Shox. Nash got the holeshot in the Open Novice sta rt but ended up on the sid elines when the cha in cnme off. Another vintage bike parti cip a ting was' 1973 Franks 125 Roo b roug ht out by Dew ey MeDew ey. The bright yellow bike was originally built by Kelvin Franks for Tomm y Croft to race in the 125cc wars of the earl y 70s. The Roo used a Honda engine, a custo m frame, and parts fr om about five ot her makes . McDew ey was enjoying racing the bike so much Ryan rockets to Perris MX win By Tony Alessi PERRIS. CA. SEPT. 18 Joe Ryan do mina ted all four motos of bo th the 125 and 250cc Novice G asses while en- route to a double-class victo ry du ring the GFl " Dolla r Day" MX a t Perris Raceway . The event wa s uni que in that racers only had to pay $1 for their race entry. A great track and low cost racing brou ght smiles to the faces of the over 500 riders who a ttend ed. the histo ric: race. "T his is my last novice race, I h op e to do well today and get so me exp osu re" Ryan said before the start of his first 250cc Novice mota. Bret Milan , Rya n a nd Jason Field s battled d uri ng the ope ning lap of the first 250cc Novice mota . Ryan was on the gas and glided into the lead , then si mp ly left th e competition in th e dust Fields worked on Milan earl y in the moto and mad e the p ass fo r second on la p th ree. Fields sett led into the second spo t after discovering that Ryan ha d opened more than a 1ll-seca nd le ad. Ryan Carroll mad e a sp ecta cu la r cha rge from outside the top 15 to fifth by the end of the mo ta, finish ing behind Ho nd a rider David McCown. The second moto sa w Milan again out front with Steve Wamboldt an d Ryan in tow . Ryan followed them both for a lap before he turned up the wick and pa ssed them both on the back stra igh t to take over the lead . Ryan once again sh o wed raw speed and opened a la rge gap. Wamboldt made short wo rk of Milan for second bu t was no match for Ryan , who was rid ing a near flaw less mota. Carroll cranked up his pace and dove under Milan for third . Milan responded to t he pass by fa lli ng o n h is face . Rya n crossed the line with a country-mil e lead follow ed by Wam boldt, Ca rroll a nd Mila n, who regr ouped for fourth. Ryan ca me bac k lat er in the day to post a convincing two-moto swee p of the 125cc Nov ice class. Jerry Aleman go t the best of S.,I Uga rte in the first moto for seco nd but Uga rte redeemed h imself wit h a solid second-place finish in the all- importan t final mo to which was good enough for runner-u p hon ors for the day. Jeff Willoh discovered som e hidden speed as he led every la p of both 12Scc In termed ia te mot os. Wh ile Will oh rod e uncontested in the lead in each mota, Ty Kad y a nd E.J. Wr ight mixed it up for the number two sp ot. Kady finished third behind Wright in the first mota and was suprised by Tra vis Preston. who finis hed second in moto two . so BEG: 1. G ~ Jones (V.,.m); 2. '.Ike N.son (Y .. m) ; 3. Jef f Loop(y. m);4. Eri c MatMw'S(Yam); S.}essic.a Loop (Su.z). SO STK 0-1: 1. Chad M unn (y oIm); 2. D.niel Taf l (Yam); 3. Ryan King; 4. Justin Mun yon (Yam). 0- 2: 1. Justin Wilson (Yam); 2. ....rk Atkins (ya m): 3. SO Brod y Bolling O~). 50 MOD 0-1: 1. Brya n Ma tthews (Yam ); 2. t>a:niel Taft (Yam) ; 3. BrockBolling(Yam); 4. Ju,tin Munyoa (Yam ); S. Ryan KinS50 MOD 0-2: 1. Justin Wibon (yam); 2. Mark AWns (Yam) ; 3. Cody King. 60 (D-8) BEG: 1. JDe' Anderson; 2. Owd Robbins (KAw) ; 3. Jnw Mock (K.w); 4. Au on Emery (K.w); S. Nichol,.. Well. sn:: (l<.o w~ 60 (0-8) NOV : 1. Ryan Pica rd (KJIw) . 60 (9-11) BEG: 1. Justin 8onaN1O (K,aw); 2. Huthrr Mata-. (l<.ow~ 3. omsTh (Hon ~ 2. SInd (5uz). • 30 ... INT: 1. Stieve Piol t on l (Su z); 2. Skinne r (Suz ); 3. Bob t Jo hnson (Kaw ); 4. Mar k.Stroup (Ya m); 5. Jim Herm (Hon ). 30+ PRO: 1. Willy Mu sgra ve (Ho n); 2. Jon Wilson (Suz) ; 3. Gary Jones(KiM). 35+ NOV : 1. Pryor Ca mp bfo (!Ca 2. Oam'lI U ttle (Yam); 3. ll w); Bill Rciml.'1' (Ya m); 4. Greg 8ebeclc.(Yam); 5. Bob Batnl"tt (X.a w). 35+ INT: 1. Robm She ldon (Yam); 2. Skinner (Suz); 3. Stevle Donovan (Han); 4. Ma n: St roup (Ya m) . 010+: 1. Pa trick Mul lis (y a m); 2. Rick Workman (f ton); 3. Cary }0ne5 (ICTM) 4. C..rorge Kohler (KTM) ; 5. Alan 0 150n (Su%) ; . WMN : t. Jamie P~hun (Suz ); 2. Debbie Mattt.-r. (Xaw); 3. uUMSchipper (Suz); 4..$LacyBrennn- (Y.un). Reed romps LACR MX By Scott Hoffman PALMDALE, CA. SEPT. 19 The action wa s fierce as Ken Reed took his KalGard-backed Kaw asaki to the podium after win ning both motos in the 125cc Novice class during Ca lifornia Racing Clu b 's motocross at Los Angeles County Raceway. At the start of the first moto, Clint Shepard motored. in to the lead with Bob Ar ens, Brian McConnick and Ken Reed hot on his trail. The siege for the lead quicldy started to heat up during the first lap. Arens was the first to go down in smoke when he miscued a set of whoops and went down. Reed welcomed Arens' mistake, mo ved up to th ird , and before the end of the lap, slithered his wa y into second. The stage was set for t he fi gh t between Sh e pa rd and Reed . Shepard had pulled a comfortable lead out front, but Reed was on the gas and d osing fast By the halfway point Shepard could feel Reed breathing d own his neck. Reed ma de the kill qu ick and painless by grabbing an inside line to take the lead . Shep ard tried to la tch on. bu t Reed pulled a w ay . At th e finish , Reed took the wi n with Shep ard in second . Back in the field, Tony Green edged ou t McConnick for the third spo t. In the second mota Reed faced a chall enge a fte r going dow n on th e third lap. Shepard p ull ed on e his patented hol eshots to lead the fie ld, Reed and John Turner gave cha se. Reed wasted little time and jumped in to the lead during the second lap . Shepard stayed close in second . Reed started to ride his own race un til he cras hed; Shep ard gracious ly took over the lead as Reed p icked h ims elf o ff the ground . Shepard's lead was sh ort -lived as Reed was riding like a madman and qu ickly closed the gap. With two lap s to go, Reed retoo k the lead and ne ver loo ked back. Reed took th e overall as Shepard had to sett le for second. Green crossed the line with third p lace honors. Something you do n't see everyday is sidecar races , but th is Sund ay LACK hosted a field of these crazy patrons. The first race saw the team of Ed Hall and Brandy Budd flip their massive machine on the first lap and still manage to bang themselves into the third spot by the end of the race. Budd a nd Hall came back to win the second mota . Don Harte and Jason Kerbs were the victors of the da y after posting 1-2 mota finishes. They led the first mota from sta rt to finish. Rounding out the third spot was the father and son team of Michell and Dustin Hinker. Results P/W A: 1. Ant hony Bar bacovi (Ya m ); 2. BI.b Mit chell (y a m); 3. ScottSimon (Ya m). P/Wee ~1 : 1. J.R. Williams (ya m); 2. Joshua G ra nt (ya m); 3. T rey Titt lemier (Yam ); 4. Vincent Rhoa ds (yam); 5. Eric Hunter (y am). 60 (0-8) : 1. Daryl Ecklund (Kaw); 2. BlakleMitchell (Kaw); 3. Shane Sm ith (Kaw) . 60 BEG: 1. Joe Neitzt"l (K.a ); 2. Ant ho ny Barbacovi (Kaw ); 3. w Scutt Simon (Kaw) ; 4. Nick Moore (Kaw). 80 BEG: 1. Kevin Tow ns hend (y a m); 2. J. y Schreffil."l' (Yam); 3 . Justi n Witche r (Ka w ); 4. Brent Lanca. ter (Ka w ); S. Tyson TitUemier (Suz ). 80 NOV : 1. Chris H onnald (Kaw); 2. Jason D ubin (Suz); 3. Shd u n Mitch ell ( Kaw ); 4. Ch ris Th o m pson (Kaw ); 5. Michael Rowla nd (Ka w). 80 lNT : 1. Chri s Neitzel. 125 BEC: t. Willia m Tu cker (Ya m); 2. Denni. Wood drd (Suz); 3. Tyl er Buck (K.aw ); 4. Mi ke EspaI'Zo1 (Suz); 5. Edgan G ulbis (Xaw) . J25 NO V: 1. Ken Reed (Kaw); 2. O int Sh.-pard (Suz ); 3. Tony Green(Ka w): 4. John Tumer (Suz); S. Brian McComtid: (Ka:w). 125 INT: J. Chip Rol.ln (Kaw ); 2. Mike Crosby {Kolw) . 250 BEG: 1. Ray Harp (Ka.w); 2. Jim Carley (Y.am); 3. Miguel uvarelle (yam);

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