Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

tha t he would make the move to the 12See class by the end of the year. Running third until the last lap of the moto was first-round winner Tarantino. Lik e Carmichael's had in the first goround, Tarantino's luck ran out when his chain snapped with only a few turns to go. Picking up third overall was Noleen Yamaha rider Jerry Aleman, while Lanny Turner and Nick Wey rounded out the top five. Carmich ael was perfect in both the 80cc 12-14 Stock and Mod ified classes, easliy running awa y with all four moto w ins. [iri Do st a l a nd Sellards chased Cannichael home in the Stock class, while . Tarantino and Sellards rounded out the top three in the Modified division. With Carmichael finally out of the 1213-y ea r- old ag e group, th e d oor was wide open for Jacob Martin, who's been rid ing in Carmichael' s sha dow for the past two years. Mar tin esta blis he d h is d om inance fro m th e get-go and easily won three of the four motos in the 80cc 12-13 Stock and Mod ified classes. But just when it looked as if Martin was on his way to a grand slam in the final Mod ified class moto , tragedy struck the Oklahoma speed ster. "I was sliding through this tum and a rock caught my rear wheel," said Martin. "The next thin g I knew, I was stan ding up, dazed, and couldn't find my bike." Martin's bike was very bent, and his nose was blood ied , so the Suzuki rid er opted to retire for the da y. . Billy Payne inherited the lead when Martin crashed and raced home with the moto and overall wins. Justin Buckelew, N ick We y, Brett Ar cine a nd Alema n rounded out the top five. Some of th e weeke nd's best racin g was provided by the younges t racers namely the 80cc o-l1-year-old class racers. Travis Pastrana dominated the first Stock Division 1 moto after an early-race pass on Johnny Marley. Pastrana rode flawlessly and opened up a huge lead as he styled over the jumps. Marley rode cautiously early in the race, but by the mid-point was jumping all of the obstacles and began to close in on Pastrana. '1 was a little scared because it was so windy, but 1 got comfortable later and started to jump the doubles, " said Marley. In the end, Pastrana held on for the win, but Marley was close behind in second . Pas trana s moked away with a convincing win in moto two, crossing the finish line with a healthy 35-second lead over second-placed Marley, who was forced to overcome a poor start. Daniel Blair was third. . . In the Stock Division 2 class, Bobby Bonds race d away with the win in the ope ning mot o over Sean Hamblin, but crashed hard on the last lap of molo two while in the lead . Bonds cased hard on a d ouble jum p and crashed, breaking his p in ky finger in the p rocess . Hamblin wen t on to scor e th e mota and overall wins-while Bonds remounted in time to salvage second. Dusty Fountain p ut in a solid ride for third, followed by Adam Burris and Shane Bess. The final 80cc 0-11 Stock cIass run-off wou ld pit the top 15 riders from each . d ivision against each other. Each rider carried his individual division score forward, and the single run-off would serve as the tie breaker in the event of matching scores. When th e gate d rop ped it w as the Yamahas of Marley and Hamblin jetting into the lead , while Pastrana sat in third: Within one lap, Pastrana moved into second and set after Marley. The battle that ens ued would be the best of the weekend, as Pastr an a d ogged Marley over every inch of the track. But when the checkered flag waved, it was Marley who hel d on for the win by the narrowest of margins. "I tri ed to ta ke h im on the inside before the fin ish lin e, bu t 1 ran out of ro om," sai d Pastran a . "He was riding grea t. 1was faster in the turns, but Johnny made it up on the straights and over the big doubles. I think tha t was the fastest he The second moto saw Pastrana gra b the holeshot and run away with a wireto-wire win. Marley was slowed when he hit a parent who was on the track picking up a falle n rider, then fell aga in a lap later, ha nding second to Blair. Bonds crashed back to fourth after having a close encounter with Marley, while Ha mblin completed the top five. (Above) Bobby Bonds topped the 60cc 6-11 year-old Modified class, and was a front-runner In the 80cc classes as well . (Below) This is the view that Jeff Wliloh gave his Intermediate class competitors. Wliloh topped the 125 and 250cc Stock Intermediate classes. ever rode." "1 ha ve to thank Gary Jones and the Noleen team," sa id Marley. " Th ey deserve the credit. " . Finishing third was Sean Hamblin, while Bonds and Canadian Russell Frazier rounded out the top five. Pastrana rebounded for the win in the 80cc 0-11 Modified class by posting 3-1 mota scores. Pastrana was the victim of a first-tum pileup in the first moto, but successfully charged back to third behind winner Marley and runner-up Bonds. .... s, -< 11

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