Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

G EVENTS ~ Ken Greene smoked the Vintage class, taking the checkered nag with nearly a one-min u te lead . Results ....----=--" P / W 8- 2: 1. Te nninoJ to r C.ucu (YoJm); 2. Ricky Hrmme (Yun): 3. Dillon HlUI'Ie(y.lm); 4. OYrla Meseer (Yam ); S. Tra vis Wibon (Yam) . P/W 8-1: I. Vinn!nt RhNds (Yam ); 2. Troy TIttiem irr (y am ); 3. Eric H unm- (y am): 4.. Bmt Mountain (Yam ); S. Trag a.rdftl (Y.. m ). P /W A:. 1. Anthony Batb.Jawi (Yam); 2. Ovis N ihan (Yam); 3. BloJk.~ Mitche ll (Ya m); 4. Ridy Wnt (Y..m ). S. Kyle B.itden (YAm~ P/W MO D: 1. RickOUver(Yam). 60 (0-8): 1. Darly Edlund (~ w); 2. SN:ne Smith (IYw): 3. Bl.Ilr.eMitchell (lC,Iw); 4. 0uU Nihan ~w); S. BIakr Marghrim (K. w). 60 (9-U}: I. Joh ner FoJulkner (y oJ m); 2. DoJvid Jon Mormo ( ~): 3. Ger.ard r.. tin (Y.am); 4..Bradley Arnold (K.aw); S. Christopher Lri krr (JU w). 80 (9-11): 1. J.R. Trny (Suz): 2. Jus tin Meramble (yam); 3. ShoJ ne Mit che ll (Kaw); 4. Jef f Riddle (lGIw); S. Chris D.. wson As they en tered the whoops, Kop els could only d oub le, whi le Fanner was able to trip le the section. Kope ls was able to keep Fanner within striking dis tance for two laps until a bobble dropped him back into the clutches of Herbold . Herbold chased Kopels to no avail . Farmer wen t on to win the mo to, In the 12Scc Beginner rnotos, Jerry Mills and Mike Arnold split moto wi ns . Ho we ver , the overall win went to Ryan Onan d ue to his consis tent 2·2 mota sco res . Wa rre n Ed en ag ain dominated the 500cc Amateur class after receiving stro ng competition from Edd ie Far ley. Third place hono rs went to Hon d a -mounted John Petraszewski . Results P/W BEG: 1. M,1Il'tin Montano (Yam); 2. Jeremy F..rley (Suz ); (H on). Rick O'Donnell (241) topped the Junior Vet Novice class at the LACR Grand Prix. Georgie Price (71) battled with Rodney Farris (92) at the Timonium indoor ST. 3. Muk. G raddy (yoJm); 4. V~t Reynolds (Y..m); 5. ZaM IRvil- MINI BEG: 1. Shant> Bess (Sw:); 2. Ryan Orr (Yam ); 3. Joshu.ll Coffey (K. w ); 4. George u Mon te (Sw:): S. JoJy Schn.-ffler (Yam). MINI NOV : 1. Levi Reid (y am); 2. AndrnJ ubrador (Suz); 3. Q5.r.. r Valdez.(yoJm); 4. Greg A nd~ (y.. m); 5. JoJ!IOfl Webb (Suz) . MINI INT ; 1. Chris GosselaoJ r (Kaw); 2. Bry ..n McCavroJn (Y.lm); 3. Chri!I Neitzel (Kaw). VINT: 1. Ken Greene (non); 2. Blair Rilll\l!l' (Hon); 3. Terry Gagnon (0Is); 4. Philip Ze llmer (CZ) . DECAD E: 1. Steve Lopea (CZ) . 125 BEG 1. Bria n Ferrill (Sm:); 2. IJronnis Woodard (Suz) : 3. : 8rl oln Mille r (Sw:) ; 4. Dustin Co urtney (Hon); 5. Mike Johnso n (IYw). 125 NOV: 1. Shawn O'Brein (Suz); 2. OUf Cook (y ..m ); 3. Ken Reed (Ka w); 4. DtoanOs trander (Suz) ; S. K"in TaTWoJler (K.1w). 125 INT: 1. Loren Jenkins (Hon); 2. T racy Asher (Suz) ; 3. Turtle Wikoff (n on); 4. Mike Croe;by (K.aw). 250 BEG: l. Brett Folt (Hon); 2. WoJyne Zahrt (y.. m); 3. 1...r.loty PoJltenon (H on); 4. Jeff Sablowski (Hon); S. Krith Stoodl!!!)' (Hon). 250 NOV: 1. Merl e Ha mmer (yam); 2. Peter Collins (Hon); 3. Bobby BoJlI(Sw: ); 4. Bmt Fortner (Hon); 5. Scott Dolphin (yam). 250 lNT : 1. Ty Kad y (Sw:): 2. Jd f ItItzioff (~w); ]. Erik. Und!!tram (Hon); 4. Eddie StoJab (Suz); S. Robb~ Dunham (Yam ). 250 PRO: 1. Tim Telford (Han); 2. M.1rlo: Easley (Ya m). 500 BEG: 1. WoJlt Kelly (Hon); 2. Ovis Sm ith (Hon): 3. Robert Miller (Hbn); 4. Ot m Tonoli (Honl. SOO NOV: 1. lOOn Tookey (Hon). JR VETBEG:1. Gabto Mendeez (Hon); 2. Chris ~ (JUw); 3. Jeny Pon ti us (Hon ); 4. Kip Temple (Hon); S. John Meissner biss(Yam). . P/W MOD: 1. JolCOb ROoR:h (YoJm) 60 BEG: 1. lese Hathcock (yoJm);:z. Kyle Roach (yoJm). 80 BEG: 1. Brandon SydoJU(Kaw); 2. Ryotn Gunnink (Yam); 3. Sh.. 1lC' Devilbiu (~ w). JR: 1. Ronn ie Clark (Jc..w ); 2. B.B. Carter (YoJm): 3. D.lIvid. IIathaxk (SuLl. 125 BEG: 1. Ryan Onan (1<.Iw) 2. Jeny Mills (~w); 3. JoJMS ; Yaule (Yam) ; 4. Mike Arnold (ya m); 5. Jimmy Mahan (Kawl . JR: 1. Ioseph Green luf (Suz): 2. Je ff Montoy a (YoJ m); 3. Tommy Fleldl (Yam): 4. N icho loJs MaD; (Hon ); 5. Jerrett G uillory (Hon) . 250 BEG: 1. John Perpae (Kaw); 2. Edd ie Fa rley (H on ): 3. Scott Dau bert (YoJ m); 4. Mike Smith (Kaw) ; S. R.a y Zenonian (Suz). nd . TNT: 1. Dave C ullina n (Hon); 2. John Tomac (yoJm); 3. Luke Fennewald (Sw:); 4. Travis Ferrey (yoJm): 5. Sam Goodma n (yam) . fRO; 1. Jules Farmer (K. w ); 2. Dave Kopels (Hon); 3. Greg Herbold (yam). 500 AM: 1. warren Eden (Ka w ); 2. Eddie Farley (Hon): 3. John rmaszewski (Bon). PRO; 1. Jules Farmer (Kaw); 2. David F.lY(JU w). Vf.T BEG: 1. M..rtin Montano (Hon); 2. R.ay Ames (Sw:) : 3. JimFetftY (Yam ); 4. Scott Zenoni.an (Suz ). (Xa w ). JR VET NOV: 1. Rid: O'Donnell (Hon); 2. Scott Land (Hon); 3. David BulOW" (K.Iw); 4. Joey Oza~k (Suz ): 5. Scott H.Kk (y oJm ). JR VETINT: 1. Darftn Bliott (Hon); 2. EVftm Neal (y.. m ); ]. [)an;d a.v.\and(yAm); 4.)eny CoIf." (Han~ JR VET EX: 1. Jon Z.Jhrt (Y.m); 2. Mike Webb (Suz.); 3. Tom W""b (ICTM). orEN 8: J. Roger H~ndon (Han) ; 2. Rick Sims (Hon); 3. Stephen Hinks (Kl'M) ; 4. BillyProffit (lion); 5. Kip H.Jynior (Han) . 200 A: 1. Stf'Ven Gordon (Ko1W); 2. Mike' Morris (Han); 3. Muty Rittl' nb6ry (K.lw); 4. Jeff Rumm.lgr (Jc.w); 5. Sh.nnon Owen (Hon l. OrEN A:. 1. Harvey Whitaker {Hon); 2. Rod Thurkoy (Hlft);3. J.eonJlmrtlng (KTM); 4. Mu ll Thu mwn (Hon); 5. Mar k Hosback (ICTM). SR: 1. P,1ul Michell (ATK) ; 2. Dav id Gra ha m (Ya m) ; 3. William Bennett (Hon); 4. LarryStill (Hon ); 5. Tom Tod d (lion). 125 B: 1. J. red Smith (K.t w ); 2. John L..enard (Hon ); 3. Mi ~ StiNon (ya m); 4. Darin Phillips (Varn);S. Jam ie Wynn (Ka w ). 250 B: 1. Robbi e King (Ho n); 2. Ta ras M.1~ (Kaw); 3. nm Cra in (Yam); 4. Gary Horton (Kaw); 5. RobertRicketts (Kaw) . VET B: 1. Oalln Ma yer (Yam) ; 2. Alan Garrett (Ha n); 3. Donny Smi th (Hon); 4. Billy Han (y am ); David Lamberth (lYw). 4-STRK: 1. Ken Satterfield (Hon ); 2. Ed Taylor (Suz); 3. Robert Step hen... (Hon); 4. Stev t'l'l Thom.u (Xa w); 5. Ptlillip Barker (Hon). H /W TRL; 1. Grq: Elrod (H on): 2. DoJvid Zanet (Y.lm) : 3. C hris Burd (H o n): 4. Ro be rt Pitts (Hon): 5. Da vid RldgewoJy (SuL). L/W TR L; t . Scott Ho rton (Ka w): 2. Kirk Dendy (Y.lm); 3. Ouis HKb (K.1w): 4. Paul Wright (Yam); 5. Bailey (Hon). WMN : 1. Sherry Gra hoJm(~w) . '.ames starting on the penalty line, Paul Lynch only led the final lap to take the 12Sec final aga in from Todd Stith. Charles Majeski had an easy tim e taking the 360cc class. Results 55 (4~): 1. BrloJn Phillip! (yoJm) : 2. JO!Ih Wil so n (Hon): 3. SNwn Fo5ter (yoJm); 4. Travis MOOI"e (Hon): 5. Brian Uhler (YoJm). 5S (7-8): 1. Corey H Orme!l (IIi); 2. Dan GuIsep~ (Ilj): 3. Nick L.pir.. (yoJ 4. John Kr..ft (Yam); 5. Chri s Klil'l"felt.r (Hon). m): 85: 1. Donnie Mutren (Ya m): 2. fa lr.eJohnson (Hon); 3. Paul AUiIon (l-Ion); 4. Brody MilIC!!' (KTM) ; 5. D.a vid Moo~ (ya m). 125: 1. Paul Lynch (Hon); 2. Da1eVeni (Yam) : 3. Jay Boannan (Xaw); 4. Jim Blair (Hon); 5. Tom Skethway (Hon ). 250: 1. Larry Sw~ (K.aw); 2. ToJy Whi te!(Hon); 3. Bmi tor Fried el (yllm): 4. Mike Mest er (yam): 5. Dan ny Reichert (Bul). 360: 1. Owrles Majeski (BuI); 2. Rob Smith (Bul); 3. Orian Eckert (Hon) : 4. Joe! Wh ile (l l- D): 5. Paul ShoelNkcr (Hon). 250 PRO; t . Georgie Price (Yam ); 2. Rod ney FoJrri. 'l;(Hon); 3. Sieve Burkholder (H -D); 4. Ken Yod er (Yam) ; 5. Bob Swftten (K.owl· Sweeten sweet atTimonium ST By Len Breech 28 O'Donnell dominates Wild Turkey Grand Prix By Greg Robertson TIMONIUM, MD. NOV. 6 After gelling passed in the late laps of the opening B.1ltimore County Trail Riders! Cockeysville Optimist Cl ub sho rt track the p rev ious wee k, LarT)' Sweeten held off the cha llenges of Taylor White to take the 250cc race at the second of six events. Uke last week. Swee ten was first off the line, this time with Taylor Whi te, Warren Diem and Mike Mester close behi nd. Wh ile Diem fell, Brett Friedel bumped his way by Mester for third. Up front, the battl e was between a pair of masters, wh o between them have the last four class titles. Whit e tried se veral times to bump his way by Sw eet en , but to no avai l. Towa rd s th e end, White went into a hold ing pall ern. while Friedel got close r in the late laps. The 250cc Pro was also a masters bailie, pi tting two of the winningest rid ers in the 18-yea r history of the event. Georgie Price is the current master, and Rodn ey Farris the past master. Price had his Yamaha in front .the en tire way with Far ris righ t behind but un able to take the lead a way. In the m id -part of the race, a battle ove r th ird raged between Steve Burkh older, Ken Yodec and Dav id Reeves. Burkholde r took the spo t. In all but one of the othe r classess last week 's winner also won tonig ht . Th e only ot her new winner was Brian Philli ps in the 5Sec (4-6) di vision. Corey Honnes had a tough time ge tting by Danny Gu ise p p e to take the 55cc (7-8) cla ss , while Do nn ie Mullen fou ght off the la te challenges of Jak e Johnson in the SOccclass. After PALMDALE. CA.N 14 OY. Rick O'Do nne ll ro d e hi s Action Air-backed Honda CR500 to a conv incing win in the Junior Vet Nov ice class a t California Racing Cl ub's Wild Turkey Grand Prix at Los Ange les County Raceway. Scoll Land got his bike fired up the quickest to lea d O'Donnell, Dav id Barlow and Jo ey Ozarek fro m the dead -engine start. Land controlled the lead for two laps befo re O'Donnell was able to reel him in on the faster sections of the track. Once around Land, it was clear sailing for O'Donne ll, as he slowly pulled away to easily take the win after 45 minutes on the demanding san d track. Both Oza rek and Ba rlow got around Land before the ha lfway po int in the race to fight over the runner-up position. Land fell back slightly, then seemed to get his second wind as he got on the gas and repassed Ozarek and Barlow for second place with just a coup le of laps remai n ing. Bar low stayed within s triking d istance bu t ended up finishing third behind the B&B Cyclesspo nso red Land . ' Lev i Re id too k top honors in th e Mi ni Novice class after ge tti ng arou nd fast sta rter Jaso n Webb o n the opening lap. And reu Labrador quickly worked up from his fifth-place start to challenge Reid for the lead by the second lap . The two riders went at it hard for the next 30 minutes un til Labrador backed off the pace. Reid continued to p ush himself and greeted the checkered flag with a 1Q-second lead. VET BEG: 1. Ed Tripp (Hon); 2. Gary Ye..nley (Yam); 3. Robnt Von Sc:hneidau (Yam ): 4.. Tom Miller (K,Iw); S. PhU o.vy (SuLl. VET NOV: 1. Dale TItticmirr (K.Iw); 2. Scott reu~k (Hon): ]. Alan 5.Jhar (Yam); 4. Blake Orgill (K.aw);S . Mikr 8orgft'(Yam). VET INT: I. John Langharruner (~ w); 2. ~ S.ul (Suz ); ]. Rick JohNon (Hon): 4. ~rl Allen (Hon); 5. Chris Leiker (Hon). VET EX: 1. Jon z.hrt (Yam) ; 2. R.andyTittk-nUn' (Suz ). SR BEG: 1. Hans Guggmme. (Hon) . SR NOV : 1. Mic:twteI Burnett (Suz.);2. Owrles H~ll (Yam) . SR EX; 1. Slick (Han); 2. Bob DunIwn (yAm); 3. "'" Ren..ux (YoJ m). or NOV; 1. l.any Kinch; 2. John Craft; 3. Bob Klatl OT AM : L Bob Sherred; 2. H oJn Owen; 3. Bob B~ .. ch: 4. lo: O\arles Watanabe; 5. Stt've Popjoy. or EX: 1. Mikr Chesbro (Hon); 2. Doug Rod rigues (Ka w); ]. JimSmi th (KTM); 4. Herbert Allftl (K.Iw); 5. Ken 8eoJch(Hon). or MSTR: 1. Jack Kell (H on) ; 2. Bill (y am ); 3. Layman oms un ea"'(Honl· Greenleaf jams at Aztec MX By M ike Arnol d Jr. AZTEC,NM,OCT.17 Suzuki 125 rider Joseph Greenleaf clai med the 12Scc Jr. win a t Aztec Motocross 's local championshi p fina l. The first 12SccJun ior mo to saw Honda rider Jerrell Guillory pull the holeshot followed by Greenleaf and. Ya maha-mo u nted Jeff Mon toya. Halfway through the first lap, Greenleaf fell on a wet downhill a nd was run ov er by Mon toya. With Greenleaf and Montoya down, Gu illory went uncontes ted for the m oto win. Montoya and Greenleaf remounted and finis hed seco nd and third. Moto two left the starti ng area, and this time it was Greenleaf wi th the lead followed by Montoya an d Guillory. The lead trio circled the track wide open, all within tw o bike lengths of each other . On the second lap, Guillory dove ins ide of Montoya and slam med in to Green lear. The move caused Greenleaf to slide out and fall back to third p lace. On the next lap, Guillory forced . Mon toya off the r ace tr a ck a nd into a hole. Greenleaf cruised h om e with the mo ta win. Guillory rode to the checkers in seCond p lace bu t was d isq ua lified d ue to h is actions in the co r· ners . The overall wi n we nt to Greenleaf with Montoya second a n d YZ-m ou n ted Tommy Fields in third. In the 250cc Pro class, hom etown favo rite, Jules Fa rmer, Cali fornia n Dave Kopels and mounta in-bike r Greg Herbol d Jocked h orns. Moto one saw Kope ls pull th e ho les ho t over Fanner and He rbold . Fanner dogged Kopels for the en tire moto but never found a way around him, and Kopels took the win. In mo to two, Kopels holeshot wi th Herbold in second. Far me r man aged third b ut quickly sl ipped into fourth as Da ve Culli nan , a 250cc lntennediate, rode into thir d . It d idn't take long for Farmer to ge t by Cullinan a nd He rbold. Fanner pursued Kopel s for two laps. Fanners an d Kopels went d own the long stra ight and into the p receding left-hand tum. Kopel s rod e the tight ins ide and Fanner railed the outside. Randt roastsTurkey Creek Enduro By Jan B. Warner NEW PARJS,IN, NOV. 7 Alan Randt, fonner lSDE medalist and Team Manager, overcame a rough sta rt to capture the overa ll win at the 18th Annual Tu rke y Creek Enduro. Randt d ro pped 26 poi n ts over th is yea r's 94.7-mile run. Randt had the worst score after the first section. Ho wever, Rand t rega ined his composure and went on to take the win by one point. . Jeff Fredette wo u ld ha ve ad ded an other Turkey Creek win to his long list of victori es had he not rod e into a secret check a minute hot. Fredelle was not the only rid er to feel the heat of Trailboss Jer ry Yoder 's check placement skills. At secre t check number two over 20 % of the field arrived at least one minute hot. With his two-point penalty for arriving early, Jeff had a score of28. KTM pilot Brian Loh man h ad some bad luck, losing his score card somew here in the Indiana woodlands. After club members tallied the back-up shee t rec ords and added a 10"10 penalty per AMA rul es, Lohman ended up with a total of 30 po ints . Steve Narel captu red the overall A title with a score of 27 poi nts . Nare! had actually beaten Randt's sco re in the first eme rge ncy check by over one and a half m inut es. Narel said that he was scored incorrectly in the firs t check at 4.0 . miles. After cosulting the bac k-u p sheets and check crew personneL officials let NareJ's score stand. Ove rall B winner, Rob McGee, burned two checks and still bested the rest of the B competitiors by a t least four points. McGee's score was a &" respectable 43. Results AA: 1. AI.. n IUndl ( KTM); 2. Jdf FMl"tte (K.Iw); 3. BtU n Lohman (IC1M ). 200 A:. 1. Joe! Schmkft (Kaw);:z. P.. u1Huggins (K.Iw);.l. Terry 8encteT (Kaw); 4. Donald Rainey (Kaw). ; 250 A; 1. Steve N.rel (KIIw); 2. Brent Aoyd (lCTM} 3. Roo Schuphom (KTM ): 4. A.lro n Barth (KTM); 5. Steve Voll mu (KTM). OPEN A: 1. Dantel Griswakl (KTM),; 2. Jeff Kirkwood (KTM) ; 3. J.IIck B.1me1t (JCTM) ; 4. Rodney Brown (KTM); S. Brent Dillman (}iu s). VET A: 1. Duane EUer (Hon): 2. Knin VoUmu ('Sw:): 3. Fm:t Fi!l(hmeister (KTM) ; 4. Jdf Mu llen dore (Y.lm) : S. Robert Parrot (IC1M) . SR A : 1. TeTr)' Ayn n (Hon); 2. DoJn Smith (KTM) ; 3. Jo hn (Hon); 4..Ooyce Brin kffhco (Bus). ff 125 B: 1. Darrin Bradley (K.Iw): 2. Matt LDhone (Hon); 3. Tuno thy Spurlock. (Hon) . 200 B: 1. Bruce VannattA (Suz); 2. David Conti (Kaw ): 3. Tam Ederer (I<.l ): 4. Phillip EnglAnd (Yam); 5. James Pt'flton (K.1w w ). 2SOB: 1. Rob McGt>e(Suz) : 2. Miro Pokorny (Suz ): 3. Cha rlt'5 Mille r (Suz) : 4. Mich.1el Grimm (Hon) : 5. Dale Hodge (Hon) . o rEN B: 1. Brett Chitwood (KTM); 2. Rory Dcnsmo~ (KTM); 3. CUnt Southworth (I

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