Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

(Left) Ty Davis (147) dices with Mark Blackwell. Davis appeared to have the overall win sewed up unt il his rea r hub came apart. (Right) Steve Hatch finis hed a stea dy fou rth overall. (Belo w) Doug Dubach asks, "Why me?" after his eng ine exp ired late In the race. The former motocrosser a lso suffered a flat tire and ran out of gas in his off-road debut. "It was great to hang with Guy Cooper." said a respectful Summers, who finished just a few seconds behind the winner. "He's definitely one of my heroes. Still, I really wanted to bea t him. Maybe if the race had ended in the w oo ds and not th e m otocross track, it would hav e turned out d ifferently. I' m jus t g lad th at I was able to uphold th e image o f t he offroad guy s against a ll th e s e m ot o c r o ss ers . I h ope I d id m y job." Th e fas test nonPro rider in the en tire field w as 35-yearol d Tim Shep hard, th e winner of th e Vet A class a nd th e n in th overall finisher. Philip Carlin ran second in th e division a n d K. Michael Harker scored third in the I o-rid er group. A ndrews Ra ci n g team rider Todd Morain was the s urprise winner in the I5-bike 250cc A class, be tt ering fellow Yamaha pilot and GNCC regular Brian Keegan b y a comfo rtable d is t a nce . Sha wn Brell was the winner of the Open A cl as s, w hile loca l off-reader Ke vin Lorden p laced secon d. In one of th e closest battles of the d a y , C r a ig Jones edged living legend Jeff Fredette in the 200cc A class. Jones, 22, bea t Fredette, 36, to the checkered flag b y just tw o seconds after nearly th re~ h ours of racing. Pe n nsylvania's Curtis Bardonner was a d istant thi rd in th e class. Ro d ney Ju d son g ot the n od in th e Four-Stroke A class - and a lso too k 20th ov erall- aboard a H onda xR25o. H e was fo llo wed closest by Eddy Tay lor. The f a stest Seni or-cla s s rid er was Terry Meale r, a 45-y e ar-old Yam aha ri der from Georgia. Paul Michels was the runn er-up. In th e Super Senior class, lo ng-time cross country rac er Harry Greenlee got th e better of motocross profes sor Ga ry Bailey and 16 other racers with a half a decade behind them. Di (Han); 3. Richard Wilson (Kaw); 4. Scott Weidon (Han); VET B: I . Mark Salapow (Ya m );' 2. Steve Cooke (Yam ); 3. Clar k M un ger (Hus); 4. jim Manchant (Ka w); 5. Vince Surevich (H a n). SR B, I . Mick ey Dorm an (KTM ); 2- John Str a nge (Suz); 3.IUchand May (Yam); 4. Larry Bollinger (Ya m ); 5. Butch Rose (KTM). VINT: 1. Eddi e Lambert (Su z); 2. Ga ry DiP ietro (KTM ); 3. James Cameron (BSA); 4. Darnel Seher (H us ); 5. Ray Ho fmeis ter (H us ). 200 C: 1. Greg Fieldhouse (Yam ); 2. Kenneth Jones 5. Ronnie Renner (Yam). 25OIOPEN C; I. Tony long (Yam) ; 2- Kevin Wright (5uz); 3. William BaIse, Jr. (Han); 4. Ron Branan (Yam) ; 5. Stephen Ritchi e (Hon). Upcoming Rounds: Round 2 - Sumpter, SC, March 13 Round 3 - Hurricane Mills, TN, March 27 '.S..;. ' ' ·'.rIe..I1'V'''' . ' . . ., f- Florida Motorsports Complex Ocala, Rorlda Results: March 10, 1994 (Round 1 of 12) O/A: I. G uy Cooper (Suz); 2-Scott Summe rs (Han); 3. Fred Andrews (Yam); 4. Ste ve Hatch (Suz ); 5. Thoma. No rto n (Kaw ); 6. Doug Blackw ell; 7. Larry Roeseler (Ka w ); 8. Randy Hawkins (Suz); 9. Tim Sh epha rd (Ya m); 10. Kelb y Pepper (KTM); 11. JoJo Kell er (Yam); 12- Danny Hamel (Kaw); 13. Cr aig Jon es (Ka w); 14. Jeff Fr edette (Kaw); 15. Aaron Ho ug h (Kaw) ; 16. Tod d Morain (Yam ); 17. Brian Keegan (Yam); 18. Gene DnaU (Kaw) ; 19. Curtis Bandonner (Yam) ; 20. Rodney Judson (Han). AA: 0 / A.G u y Cooper (Suz); 1. Sco tt Su mmers (Han); 2- Fred Andrew. (Yam ); 3. Steve Hatch (5uz); 4. Thomas N orton (Ka w); 5. Do ug Blackwell. O P EN A: 1. Shawn Brell (yam); 2.Kev in Lo rd e n (KTM ); 3. Ca rl Enni s (Yam); 4. Andy Kendle (KTM) ; 5. Ken Arnold (Han). 250 A: 1. Todd Morain (Ya m); 2. Br ian Keegan (Yam) ;. 3. Gene anal! (Ka w); 4. Bobby Moria rty (Ka w); 5. DaVId Gunn (Yam). 200 . A: 1. Crai g Jon es (Kaw); 2. Jeff Fred ett e (Kaw); 3. Curtis Bardonner (Ya m) ; -4: . Alle n Sco tt (KTM)' 5. Phillip Lemere Jr . (Han). • 4-ST RK A: 1. Rodney Judson (H on); 2- Eddy Tay lor (Kaw); 3. Daryl Caitan (Han); 4. Da vid Black (Han); 5. Barty Hawk Jr . (H a n). VET A: 1. Tim Sh ep ha rd (Ya m); 2. Ph ilip Ca rlin (Yam ); 3. Michael Harker (Han); 4. Jeff Murgel (Yam); 5. Kreg Bigelow (Yam). SR A: 1. T erry Mea ler (Ya m) ; 2. Pa ul Michel s (ATK); 3. Dav id Joh nson (Ya m) ; 4. Richard Daily (KTM) ; 5. M;k e Reynold. (All<). S/SR A: 1. Harry Greenlee (Yam); 2. C ary Bailey (Kaw); 3. Rona ld Hawk (Suz ); 4. Gerald Co x (H a n ); 5. Dav id Henry (Han). 250 B: 1. Jason C hambers (Ho n); 2. Jeff Wingard (Ka w); 3. Todd Davis (Kaw); 4. Sco n Marlow (Yam); 5. Ken Fa ught (Yam). OPEN B: 1. E1mar Kruza (KTM); 2. Trent Bartolotti (Y am ); 3. Davi d Gaitan Jr . (Hon); 4. David Vonhagel (Hus); 5. Adam Karlski (Han). 200 B: 1. Jared Smith (Kaw); 2. Shawn Belvill e (Yam); 3. Paul Chaney (Kaw); 4. Joseph Hamor (Yam); 5. Craig Borders (K.aw). 4- ST RK B: t . Barry Barnes (H a n); 2. Timothy Ha rmon (Han); 3. Josep h Lukaesko (Hon); 4. Mark Ma rtin (Hon); 5. Billy Gene Chapman (Han). . . ·iI . '~ .... . . . . from 32. Inches. A seiZed e r)gine:forced him '.-: .to dropcut 01the race,' . . .. ., . '., • .' . . _ . ' . . . j he day ·belo;e .ttie ocilia: GNCC "S~Zukl's" · One rider that stoo dout in-the dcala ' field : .Randy Ha""klnsand Guy. CooPer had an . was termer Japanese National MX Cham'pion :: . eventful" day .at the nearby practice track 01.' · Steve ..,artln; the now-renred pro motocross: ' :. pro motocrosser Brian Swink. Hawkins went er from Florida . Martin took to ihe track on a over the handlebars W1iile ·double-jumping·his'. 19B7Horida CR250 a ndwdre a 'jT Racing ' .. Suzu.k i ~RMX250 ,. su fferiilgcuts on his .chin o!rtfit (rom .the same .year.. "I'm !Tying to stay ' a.nd lip and a senous black eye . Cooper had .slylis h with matching bike and clothes '.. .said : better luck j':lmping' his.RMX. In fact, the legMartin, who had nol .raced lor more than two : endary flyer lande d one double jump that years before the Ocala 'event. "J OJo 'Ke lle r '. _even impressed himsett, "/fs a 6O-fool" jump' has been sta YiM at my'house this winter and " with a, pertecttake-ott.and a drop-off landing.: . · I kind 01 caught the bug again.' .Ma rtin com- · but in the middle.you go through and over all. peted in ttle·Vet A .ciass, but.finishBd.out ot.' thes e tre e umes andstutt ," -said Cooper. · the .top five. !

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