Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

BE E VNTS JR VET lNT : 1. Steve Cortt'V (Yam). ilko VET BEG: I . Michael CoIli1!'r (Y.m); 2. Bob Lucas (K.aw); 3. D.ln verer (lion); 4. Ed ~inga (Hon};S. Dan IUrgrove (yam). VET M)V: 1. o-e Amok! (Hon); 2. Mar k Md:oIIoch pc.w); 3. Alan SatYr (Y. m}; 4. Craig Bryton (Yam); 5. John Too kry (Hon). VETlNT : I .M.rk Reh.I (Hon). VET PRO:1. Mark Horton (Y.m);2. Rod R.obft15on (Hon). SR BEG: 1. Llny Kmch (Han). ~ Ulven rips at Albany SX o ... By Deanna Holbrook Photo by Clay Light N ~ Q) .g .... o U Danny Ulven (502) battled Nicky Pounds (99) for 250cc Pro honors at Albany SX. 250 D/C: 1. Jeff Gabhut (K .. w) ; 2. Tony Adragru (Hon); 3. o.vis Winters (C-A); 4. eeramy Rackley CV.lom); S. CrAig Gonzales {Y4il m). OrEN D/ C: 1. Gary Rogen (Rb); 2. TlII\Othy O'Hara (Hon); 3. Steve H..n (BSA); 4. Cory Yu ro w (y am); 5. Slm my S.bed ra (Han). VET D/ C: 1. Jack Strnill (Yam ); 2. Stt-vm.c.rdner (Yam ); 3. OIoIrles P.hd (Hon) ; 4. Bud Riddle (Hon); 5. Dan Feldhaus (Ra). VET/ VINT A: 1. '.ames Mahoney (Hon); 2. WiIli.lm Ridn (Hon ); 3. Allen Yarrow' (y a m); 4. Robm J\Ikoiring (Hon); S. Lynn Geor gr (Hon) . PR().AM: 1. Ben Bostro m (Rtx); 2. Eric Bostrom (Rn ); 3. Jim Polf (Rtx); 4. Kn'in ~Rtx). King rules Costa Mesa Spdwy By Ela ine Jones COSTA MESA, CA,SEPT. 24 The oddsmakers ha d Chris Manchester picking up his third Grello Cl as sic at C os t a Mesa Speedway. but Lance Kin g wa n te d th at n ew Wes la ke engine and a goo d ly pa rt of the w inne r' s purse. Before the night was over, Kin g joined a very elite gro up as he handily won the 25-lap pe r. Th ere were three rounds of scratch racin g from which the top 12 riders transferred to the Classic. Bobby Sch wartz was the top point finishe r, having a perfect score after three wins. King, Charlie Ven ega s and Chris Manchest er were tied for second with Brent Wern er an alone in third and Mike Faria, john Aden and Andy Northrup fourth in the stand ings . jim Estes wa s so lo in fifth with a run-off betw een Shawn McConnell, Steve Lucero, Brad Oxley and Don Od om d etermin in g th e fin al three transfers . McConnell fini sh ed fou rth in th e run-off and was th rou gh for the night john Aden took control of the start from th e 30 y ard li ne w it h Kin g , ab oard the Go ld 's Gy m /S il ko le ne / Si nisa 10 / Scott / Si mpso n Wesla ke, rid in g doub le w ith him. Aden was ab le to keep King at bay for five laps , an d then it was a ll Ki ng. Ki ng ro d e re la xed a n d ve ry smooth, co nse rvi ng both his streng th and h is bike. Andy No rthru p was a solid third un til mistakes d ro pped him two spots as Venegas and Oxley moved in to the top four . As thin gs turned ou t. tha t was also the fmishing order. Manchester, who started from the 70 yard line, finish ed seven th. The Sup po rt main had it's own special event. with eigh t rid ers qu ali fying for a 12-lap ma in. Nick Beale, a Costa Mesa regular, ha d the hom e court advantage and used it to go wi re to wire for the win. joe Erhardt was second with jeremy Aden th ird. Results MAIN : I. Lana! Ki ng (W es); 2. John Aden Oaw); 3. Owru.e Veneg u (Ja w); • . Bnd th:1ey(Wes); 5. BobbySchwartz (We ). SUP: 1. Nick 8eaJ ~ Uaw ); 2. Joe Erhardt (We'S); 3. J~ft' my Aden (Wes); 4. Dennis Briggs (Wes); S. 8mn Pillf'P'Ilardo (Cd n). Tarwater top notch at LACR Motocross By Greg Robertson 40 PALMDALE, CA,OCT. 1 "Thi s wa s my last face in the Beginner class, I'm not going to get any faster as a Beginner." Said Kevin Tarwater after tw o co me- fro m -be hi nd rid es to dom inate the 12Scc Beginner cla ss at California Racing Club's Frida y night mot ocross at Los Angeles County Raceway. Wes Dell jumped out to an earl y firs t-moto lea d w it h Wes Fa r ia, Mike Johnson a nd Ta rw a ter wa tch ing his every mov e. Faria was passed by Johnso n on the first lap then we n t down. Ta rwater closed to johnson's rear wheel looking for passing room . Dell had some tro uble and e nded up ru nning off th e tra ck. joh nson bobbled in a comer a llowing Tarwater to eas ily pass both riders for the lead . Tarwater immediately started to pull away for what would be an uncontcsted mote win. "'For a while I couldn ' t ge t any lines, the two guys in front of me were a ll ove r the track. the re was no p lace for me to go." sa id Tarwater. Johnson continued on to finis h second even off the track excursion of his own that after let Dell ge t close in theFina l stages of the mc to. "I d idn ' t d o too badly, made a couple of mistakes then hit a jump once real hard and almost went down." said Johnson. Dell and johnson were side-by-side leadi ng th e pack through th e first turn in moto tw o. johnson held the throttle on a little lon ger to grab the lead . "We were touching actu ally. We were bumping each other over the first coup le of jum ps- it was scary." sa id johnsoW'fter the mot o. Tarw ate r gated in the third spo t and moved around Dell within a lap to pr essure johnson for th e lea d. j oh n so n handed Tarwater th e lead when his front end washed out in a tum, causing him to cras h. Johnson remounted in seco nd place only to go down again half a lap later and drop to th ird b ehind Dell. A de te r mi ne d johnson set out after Dell. "'1 jus t lost concentra tion, I was ho ld ing on too tight Once Wes Dell went aroun d me I jus t made a bee-line for him, there was nothing lhat was going to stop me from gelli ng by him, "I had to ge t that seco nd ." said johnson. And he did a lap later, pegging the throttle off a jump and d ispla cing Dell back to third. Tarwa ter was awesome out front , clearing a ll the doubles and pulling away to ta ke the checkered flag with a 3O-second lead aboa rd his Dirt Rid er / Smith /FM F / Wes t Valley Kawasak isponso red Suzuki RM125. Results an P / W 8-2: 1. Tim my McD.nil!'J (Y. m); 2. C hul" Mrsscor (Y.m); 3. Amn Tomot.t (Yam) ; • . j.mcs J4J'be..Iu (Y.m); 5. ToVVln ~llander Pnd). P/W 8-1 : 1. Vincmt Rho.ac:b (y . m); 2.. B~ Mountain (yam); 3. Robby W-.. (Yam); 4. K.ristI!'n eon.. (Yam); 5. I:>Ieftk Conk' (Yam ). P/W A:. 1. Scott ~ (Y.un); 2.. Bl.ke Marghrim (y.m ); 3. a.rk Figueras (y . m). 60 BEG: 1. Bl.akl!'Mu g hrim (Kaw); 2. Caleb ~r (lGIw); 3. R.ld N.l lu.m.a (K.tw}; • . a..rk Figueus (lGIw); 5. Br.~ AmoL:I (I

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