Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

eEVENTS e and Antunez. Lewis, who had gated . well, ran into Hughes around the first comer and would start his charge back in 18th place. As Lawrence enjoyed a small lead over Brooks, Emig was quick to get by Parsons and set his sights on Brooks. Brooks would also fall victim to the har d-charging Yamaha rider. As the two riders approached the triple, they flew side by side, and Emig powered his way pas t Brooks through the following comer. Lawrence was enjoying a comfortable lea d and would never be challenged. Lawrence crossed the finish line victoriou s aboard his Suzuki RM250. Ernig, Brooks, Hughes and Lewis rounde d out the top five . Both Lewis and Vailla nco u rt, who started in the back of the pack, had picked off riders at a fast pace, moving themselves into the top 10. Vaillancourt would finish ninth. Seventee n-year-old Terry Parsons rode to an impressive seventh. I::N ... et') l-I Q.) S Q.) :> o Z Results MAIN: 1. Phil Lawren ce (Suz) ; 2. Jeff Emig (Yam); 3. Larry Brooks (Yam); 4. Ryan Hu gh es (K.aw ); S. Kyle _ Lewi s (Yam); 6. Butch Smith (Ha n); 7. Terry Parsons . (Ka w); 8. Adria n Roberts; 9. Ca rl Vaillancourt (Suz) ; 10. Buddy A ntunez (Ho n). GFI Fall MX Series Round: 1 Phil Lawrence was th e winner of the Monterrey, Mexico Supercross International. Damon Huffman (86) smoked the competition in the 125cc Pro class at Perris MX. Huffman hauls in Perris MX win By Tony Alessi PERRIS,CA,OCT. 10, 1993 acto ry Suzuki ri d er Damon Huffman pu t a hurt on the Pro ranks afte r posting a pair of uncontested moto wins in the 125cc Pro class during round one of the GFI Fall Series at Perris Raceway. " My confidence is real good right now . La st year I won four Camel Supercross rounds and I learned a lot," said Huffman prior to the first 12SecPro F moto, Lawrence lands Monterrey SX win By Humberto Baca MONTERREY, MEXICO OCT. 16-17 ft er two full da ys of racin g, Californian Phil Lawrence rode his factory-b acked Suzuki into the winner's circle innaugural Viceroy Supercross International in Monterrey. The event drew . top riders from Canada, Central America, and the United States to battle for the $40,000 Pro purse. Among some of the top riders were Team Yamaha's Jeff Emig - former AMA 125cc National MX Champion, Team Kawasaki's Ryan Hughes, Team Noleen riders Larry Brooks, Kyle Lewis and Shaun Kalos, Canadian International Champion Carl Vaillancourt, Guatemalan National Champion Fritz A 30 Klim ow itz, Costa Rican National Cham pion Ad ria n Roberts, and privateers Budd y Antun ez, Ron Lechien, Mark Easley, Butch Smith and Terry Parsons. . Missing from the lin eup wa s loca l fa vorite Pedro Gonza les, who wa s forced to sit and watch from the stands with a broken ankle he sustained one week prior to the event. "It's a very big d isappointment for me not being able to race for my hometown fans:' Gonzales said. Because of the large rider turnout, a supercross format was used to eliminate the field down to a 2D-rider main event. Two heats and a last chance qualifier were used. Brooks led Lech ien and Emig across the line in heat one, and Lawrence topped Antunez and Lewis in heat two . Former Minicycle champion John Kitch ran away with the last chance qualifier. Lawrence had the qu ickest reaction time out of the gate as he holeshot the main event. Right on his rea r fender were Brooks, Parsons, Emig, Hu ghes Huffman and local Pro Ray Hen sley battled for the holeshot at the start of the first 125cc Pro moto. Huffman squeeked out the lead by hammering a set of rockers after the first tum, but Hensley and Larry Linkogle were almost ' immediateIy surround ing him. " I only rode four laps of practice, so I wasn't too sure of the track:' Huffman said. After three laps Huffman seemed to find his rhy thm and pick up the tempo while the local king of Perris, Donald Up ton, moved into the top five. At the midpoint of the race, Huffman was setting the fastest lap times while enjoying a healthy twenty-second lead. Huffman motored away for the eventual win while Upton dispatched both Hensley and Linkogle for second . In the late stages of the moto, Greg Schnell and Craig Decker, who both started the moto last, picked up the third and fifth spots, respec tively. Linkogle took fourth place. The sec on d moto saw Huffman agai n in co n tro l, with Upton close beh ind in second. Upton gave chase during the early laps but could not keep his NCY I BilI ' s Pipes/V.P./Shock Therapy-backed Yamaha on pace with Huffman's Cycle Engineering-prepared Suzuki. Hu ffm an once again raced alone throughou t the greater part of the moto for the overall win . Upton raced uncontested in second while Decker worked up from a midpack start to third in front of Schnell, Steve Andrich and Linkogle. Upton didn't leave empty handed as he came back to post a two-moto sweep of the 250cc Pro class. Upton's only real challenge came from Tony Amaradio who rode into the runner-up position. Craig Canoy finished a respectable third followed by Erick Hilton, and Yamaha test rider Mark Easley. I::N Results 50 Frr: 1. Anthon y Erb (Yam); 2. Jef f Alessi (Yam); 3. Anthony Serv in (Yam) ; 4. Corey Chadwick (Yam); 5. Miche lle Matthews (Ya m). 50 BEC: 1. Ja s on Little (Ya m) ; 2. C h ri s to p he r Ren sh a w (Ya m ); 3. Jimmy Williams (Ya m) ; 4. Dall as Peick (Yam); 5. Ga rrett Wil liams (yam). 50 STK NOV: 1. Ry an W ebe r (Ya m) ; 2. Aron Tomota (Yam). 50 55 NOV D·l : 1. To m my Cochra n (Yam); 2. Mi ke Al essi (Ya m); 3. Kyl e Fo ltz (Yam); 4. Bria n Thu m to n (Yam); 5. Aron Tom o ta (ya m ). SO SS NOV 0-2: 1. Mi ke Co n ne r (Yam); 2. Mark Atkin s (Yam); 3. Justin Wilso n (Yam); 4. Dane Jackson (Yam ); 5. And rew Nason (Yam) . 50 55 EX: 1. Chad Munn (Ya m); 2. Du stin Lav oie (Yam); 3. Daniel Ta ft (Yam) ; 4. Justin Munyon (Yam); 5. Ricky O liver (Yam ). . 50 MOD NOV: 1. Justin Wilson (Yam); 2. To mm y Cochran (Ya m) ; 3. Mark Atkins (Ya m); 4. Mike Alessi (Ya m); 5. Dalla s Peick (Yam) . 50 MOD EX: 1. Johner Faulkner (Yam); 2. Da n ie l Ta ft (Yam ); 3. Bryan Matthews (Ya m); 4. Cha d Munn (Ya m ); 5. Ricky O live r (Yam). 60 trt. 1. Aron Tomota (Kaw); 2. Clark Figueras (!

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