Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

eEVENTS e Night MX action at LACR saw Joe Lozano (32) and Turtle Wikoff (4n sl ug it ouL for th e se co nd mot o sh ow d ow n th a t d id n 't ma te rialize. Ripple agai n p ulled the ho les ho t o n ly to throw h is YZi nge r away in the fir st corne r. Co mi ng a rou nd in fi rs t p la ce was ll al jet-m ou nte d Weis s . Fre d Karrl e, Ja so n Staples, Zachary Mar sh all a nd Ge d dy Karrle roun d ed out the top five. Karrle fired pa st the front-runners in the series of stadium rockers. Once in front , Ka rrle opened up a large lead. Weiss snu ck past up the fast up h ill straigh tawa y for se cond . Time was running out for Ripple, who wa s inlo second by the fourth lap . Karrl e h ad est ablished a b ig lea d a nd w a s cruising in the lead . At the finish. k a rr le came out the victo r, with Ripple tw o secon ds back in seco nd . "I jus t tried my hardest to catch up the first moto, but Ripple had a b ig lead, " said Karrle. '1 saw Ripple laying in the first comer in the second moto, so I just tried to take the smooth lines and not make any mistakes." The 125ee B action was controlled by Jeff Moore, who pu lled both holeshots and racked up big leads for thel-t victory. Todd Flicken ger and [assen Snodgrass kept Moore honest in both motos . Moore railed the firs t mo to holesho t with Snodgra ss , Bryan Ripple, Carey We st a nd Flicke nger in formatio n. Co mp leting the first lap, Moore ha d establishe d a big lead . Ripple was into seco nd a nd Snodgrass had moved to thi rd . Mark Edwa rds was u p to fourth. Snodg ra ss th re w it away in a tight corner, p utting him out of the top five. Moore conti nued to set the pace out front, bu t the fastest rider on the track was Travis Toll. Toll had a terrible start and was playing catch-up. At the checkers it was Moo re, Toll in second after slicing th rou gh the pack, and Flickenger and Edwards side by side a t the finish line for third and fourth, respecti vely. Moore controlled the second-mote start with Flicke ager second, Snodgrass third Edwards fourth, and Toll aga in forced to catch up after cras hing ea rly on the first lap . MCH>re continued to set the pace out front with Flickenge r holding off Hoffman until the fourth lap when Hoffman used an outside line 10 pa ss Flickenger for second. Hoffman set afte r Moore. with Toll back up to seventh on the fourth circuit. At the finish, Moore took the win wi th Hoffman on his rear fender for second, F1ickenger good for third and Richard Lowe fourth. Res ults 50 AlIT O (<4-8): l. Grddy )C rle; 2. 8r.d Ripple; 3. Br.d u Wma. 4. Sh.-wn Cl.t.rk; 5. J-.l SUl kos. p 125 C: 1. Jorl Ford; 2. A.I. Hall; 3. Mitch TI!M!'and; 4. Darwin u.lIoy; ,. lady <:oop... 40+: 1. Bob iLah.ard; 2. Dmnis Harland; 3. Harry Lew ~; 4. Rogn' Swartout; 5. lim C r.. ves, ' 30+ A: 1. Lury Wit inn'; 2. Brian Stough ton. 125 B: 1. Jef Moo~ 2. Todd F1ickerlger; 3. Rich.lrd Wwe; 4. f MMk Edwards; 5. Travil Toll H/W A: 1. Rod M.iInN1l; 2. ~ ThxnpIon; 3. Jdf M.l y; 4. S(Kaw) ; 4. Jney Haines (Kaw) . 60 (10-11); 1. Ron nir WU..... (lC.Iw) 2. Mitch c..ork (Kaw); 3. ; Richard a~ (Kaw); 4. Austin H,lm!in (Kaw). SOBEG : 1. Raymond Loggins (Hon).

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