Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

go over th e ha ndlebars or somethi ng , then the next guy would move up. The trail look ed real easy because of th e leav es, but there wa s so much stu ff hidden u nder the leaves, li ke logs and stumps and ru ts. "When we started the second loop, " sa id Fredette, " I kn ew it was time to un pl ug and let it go. You win this race in th e seco n d lo op , no t in th e first. Somewh ere in th e sec ond lo op , y o u . hav e to find a place to break away and bu ild a lead and tha t's what I d id. But it d idn' t go all tha t sm ooth for me, I los t second gear abo u t eight miles af ter the last gas s top wi th 20 mil es still to go. There w as s till some ba d s tu ff to get through, and lets say I ha d so me eyeope ning moments." Fini s h ing in secon d place w a s an eve n t-bes t for Conv erse. "I wa n ted to stay back and jus t hang around wi th the top 10, bu t no one wo uld tak e it," said Conve rse. " So i t e n d e d u p with Fred ette, Taber and me d oing most of the leading. Then, at about 35 miles ou t, I hi t a tree real har d and some how go t my boot caught, and it ripped righ t off my foo t. Whil e I'm lay ing there everybo dy w ent by . I smoothe d out for th e seco nd loop. "It wo rked out," co n tinu ed Co nverse . "I caught Martin s tu ck in a mud hol e, but Fred ette wa s long gone. I can keep up with Fredette when I have h im in si gh t but othe rw ise h e ' s too smooth and d oesn't make any mista kes. So, I didn't worry about him, but I was looking ove r my sho ulde r for Mar tin. I know how fas t he is, so I wa s happy when I came to the Peat Bogs and there w as only a few miles le ft a nd no Martin." Joe Harriman a nd Dave Pu charich finished 1-2, respectively, in the A class, an d cro ssed the finish line less than a minu te apart. Dav e Edsall was five minutes off the pa ce in thir d. Only three rider s in the 250cc class compl e ted both loop s. Todd Zui dema ea rned th e fi rs t-p lace tr ophy, whil e Ga ry H amilt on and Larry Ditzler finished second and third, resp ectively. Scott Hofman was the onl y rid er in the 200cc class to comp lete both loops. Ron Les, Bill De v o ire a n d Wall y Mika a ll made it to th e 75-mile mark (las t gas) and finished 1-2-3, respectiveCI ly, in the Senio r class. Results EX: 1. Jeff Fredette (Kaw) 5 ho urs, 6 minutes; 2. Phi l Converse (Yom) 5:15; 3. John Martin (Ka w) 5:19; 4. leff Goss (Suz) 5:23; 5. Tim Tober (Yam) 5:34. A: 1. Joe Hardm an ; 2. David Puch arich; 3. Da ve Edsa ll; 4. Mich ael Ha vens; 5. Kevin Corzn ey: 6. La rry Crosby; 7. Rob McGee; 8 . Larry Bergq ui s t; 9. Ray Krantz; 10. Bryan Dixon . BIG B 201cc +: 1. Todd Zu idema; 2. Gary Hamilton; 3. Larry Ditzler; 4. Jef f Klin ger; 5. Steve May; 6. Nea l Soen ksen; 7. lim Schm id t 8. Seo lt Swa yze; 9. lim Lyon; 10. jam es Alevizos. LITTLE B (0· 200): 1. Sco tt H o fm a n ; 2 . Ken Otterbeck; 3. Pa t Fox; 4. Jeff Doughly 5. Sam Mertes; 6. Da ve Conti; 7. Jason Winnings; 8. Ke vin Finefil ed; 9. Tom Hendricks; 10. Brian Selk, C : 1. Ja me s Smi t h; 2. Dan Sw ayze; 3 . Geo r g e Rea mers; 4. Russe ll Mullinnix; 5. Randy Wagah off; 6. Dav e Ma rt in 7. Bill Str eid ; 8. Ted St reid; 9. Steve Blend er; 10. Phil Koob . SR: 1. Les Ron; 2. Bill Devor e; 3. Wally MiJca. CMCCopper StateClassic Rounds 3-4 Walters rules CanyonMX By To m Griffith PHOENIX, AZocr.ll-24 o u n d s 3 & 4 of the A rizona We s tern Hon da C o p p e r S tate Classic jumped into prime tim e as n e arly 300 r iders bra ve d the h eat a t . Canyon Raceway. The race of the weekend belonged to R the combined 125 Interm ed iate/ 250 Pro class . On the firs t gate, Spud Walters, Ted Campbell and Erik And erson we re a de ad-hea t in to turn one. Walters led all cha llengers to Suicid e's downhill and eventually walked away with a wire- towire win 15 secon ds ahead of Campbell and Anderson. The mote-two start w as a repeat of the first with Walters lead ing Anderson and Jus tin McMurrich. Walters was followed by Anderson and Campbell into victory circle. Sunday's 4th ro und of the series for th e 250 Pro s was a carbon copy of Saturday with Wa lters, Campbell an d McM urrich going 1-2-3 in both motos and in the overall. The second gate on both Sa turday and Sun d ay wa s the be st p erformance by the big bikes for the weekend, keepin g the spectators glu ed to the fen ces. Com ing in to these third and fo u rt h rounds of the six-race series, Apache and Pro Sport-sponsored Jason Mat hews was leading the series by three points over Dennis Dahlin. Us in g hi s h ome area advan tages , Mathew s was abl e to find the lead by the end of lap one in both of Sa tu r d ay's m otos eve n a fte r Da hlin grabbed one holeshot. Dahlin was in his own take-no-prisoners mode; eve n with a bobble here and there, he was able to secure second place in both motos ahead of Deano Cow an in moto one and David He rboles in mo to two . With non e of the 12Sec Intermediates ge tti ng clo se to being la pped traffic, Mathews & Dahlin were kep t honest as ev ery other p osition ch a n ge d se veral tim es each lap and no other rider cou ld repeat from moto one to moto two. At the end of the da y, Mathews was still in command of the series over Dahlin. Sunday's moto one action saw Dahl in g rab the holeshot, lead for th ree laps, b obble an d th en recov er for th e firstmoto win followed by a tigh tly bunched fiel d w ith Mathews second a nd Scott Conley rid ing his Suzuki RM80 to a solid third place as a 125cc Intermediate. Mo to tw o again saw Dahlin ever so close while the con vergence at tum one slipped into a battl e w ith Mathews and newcom er Damian Lyss. The surprise of th e d a y came wh en Cowan flew h is Hon d a CR250 in to fi rst in m oto tw o afte r a first-mo to DN F. By way of a 1-2 finish, Dahlin no tched his first overall of th e se ries a head of th e eve r-p r esen t Ma thews w ith Cowan thi rd overall . CI Results SATUR DAY r /w ST K BEG : 1. C hris Bloze (Yam); 2. Ste ve n Schwa rtz (Yam ); 3. Steven Stultz (Yam); 4. Chris Heer (Yam); 5. Tanner Sullivan (Yam). PIW 5TJ(, I . 8 uck Gulley (Yam); 2. P0Y'on Lienhart (Yam). rlW MOD: I . Buck G ulley (Yam); 2. Steven Slultz (Yam); 3. Steve n Schwartz (Yam). JR CYCLE «()..S): I. Bla ke Ti rman (Kaw); 2. Buck Gu lley (y am). . . IR CYCLE (9-11): I. Michael Blose (Ka w); 2. [osh Moraine (Kaw). 80 MINI BEG : I. Bobby Sa wyer (H on); 2. Gary Wolf (Hon); 3. I. Ramsey (Hon); 4. R. Mercier (Suz); 5. 8. Gilma n (Suz). 80 MINI (9-11 ): 1. M. Blose (H on); 2. M-, Sulli van (Suz); 3 . B. Tirman (Suz); 4. B. Sa w yer (Hon); 5. B. Gilma n (Suz). 80 MINI (12-13) : I. Sco tt Co n ley (Su z ); 2. Cam Christensen (Suz); 3. G. Wolf (Ho n); 4. R. Mercier (Suz ); 5. J. Ramsey (Ho n). 80 MINI (14-16 ): I. l e ff Doetzer (Su z); 2. Jaso n Smi th (Yam); 3. Klin t LaPlante (Suz ); 4. Josh Wagner (Suz); 5. G. Hammel (Suz). 125 BEG: I. om Campbell (Suz); 2. M. Ploo f (K

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