Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

S /SR : 1. ji m Dcnevan; 2. Robm Wistcd t. WMN: 1. 5 he lly lean n; 2. Amy Groth.:3. jill wube-, 125 A: 1. Bra ndon Backn ; 2 Ouis Bense ; 3. Frank ja ckso n; 4. Tim P&.ipisil5. Pat Re.... dy. 125 B: 1. Robb y Xendal1 ; 2. jeff Metzer; 3, Shelly Kann; 4. Troy Coehn; S. Brandon Yates, 125 C·l : 1. Ja y Go d smann; 2. Bria n Reu sse low : 3. Mike For memock;4. Ch.-..d C ilbertson; 5. St.-a Robl' rtson . n 125 C-2 : 1. Cory Huppert; l. Kyle Sp ilde; 3, Jeff Ashe r; 4, [ohathon Mord; 5. Jer emy Drdger . 250 A: 1. Bran don Backes; 2 Chris Bense; 3, nm Posp isil; 4. Chad Winec ke; 5. Thomas Peterson. 250 B: 1. Mike Wiedmeyer, 2 Allan Shurds; 3. Lome Dubois; 4. John Mey er,S. Neal Arn\ljtTong, 250 C: 1. Mike Fox; 2 Tim Bjornson; 3, Dan Laaoix,;4. Shawn 5.-..odback; 5, Eric Johnson. OPEN A; 1. Scott Steinle; 2 John We iss; 3. JeffWit.>dmeye r. OPEN B: 1, Craig Stid:;fort; 2. Brian Byrne. OPEN C; 1. Brent Herber; 2. Paul Monpas; 3. j im Binette; 4. Greg Kalis; 5. Mark Wanna rka . Peters strikes again at Medina Trial By Don Allis MEDINA, NY,jUtY24 After competing in Lockport, New York, on the previo u s day, seve ral AMA Dist rict 4 rid ers made the short trip from Lockport for a second da y of trials competition in Medina, New York, an d Ray Peters was once aga in the cream of the crop. Peters was able to get his Scarpa 's shift sha ft re pa ired before the start of the event, and then went on to win the event, d ropping a total of 31 points for the day. Second-p lace fin isher was Mike Komer with 61 points. Section seven , "T he Lumber Ya rd ," was a tree whose fate was to be hit with ligh ting and then turned into a chall enge for some guys on mo torcy cles. The sec tio n re q ui red the Expert riders to clear a do uble log about five feet hig h. Wha t mad e this section hard was the fact the approach to th e lo gs was mudd y. Th e ride r would then rid e over the sa me log four more times . Each time over the log , th e app roach wo uld beco me sma ller and smaller. Peters' ability to find tra ction in mu d an d h is ability to hop his motorcycle allowed him to complete th is section with on ly losing five points, one poin t for eac h a tte m p t. Komer drop p ed a total of 19 poi nts in this section. The Adv a nced class wi n ner was Ma r k Buczkowski with 116 po ints over Matt Hughson who finish ed with 130 points for the day. Section three, "The Ho llow," started wi th a slig ht r d o wnhill o ff-c amb e r tu rn , th en moved u p a roun d a tree to a second off-cambe r tum uphill - and exited the sectio n. Buczkowski was able to ride the sec tion twice, only losi ng one point. • Hughson co u ld only r ide with a three-poin t l .ride, and failed the sectio n twice. t: Benn Williamson won the Intermediate Class over Jim Spi tz er with 51 points to Spitzer's 61 points. EX: 1. Raymond Peters (31); 2. Mike Kome r (64); 3. George Brinkwart (78); 4. Keith Winters (89);5. Ouis Arnold (102). ADV; 1. Ma rk B uc:zko~ki (116); 2. Matt Hughson (130); 3. Regan Fau ghl (132); 4. Paul Charron (140); 5. John JeUiff (163). INT: 1. Benn Williamson (51); 2 James Spitzer (61); 3, Jonah H. Leon (78);4. Tom Wenban (79); 5. Michael Herold (80). SR A: 1. Dave )(arst (38); 2. Robert Fo rin ge r (48); 3. Robert Kuzneski (49); 4. StepN!n Fedorka (72); 5. Richard Oliver (79). NOV : 1. Noa h Leon (14); 2. John J, Pilesk! (34); 3. Steve JackllOf1 (42); 4. Bruno LcmR-ull: (47);5. Roy Duffy (52). SR B: 1. Robert Swter (16). 5 /5R: 1. Lany L Love ll (46); 2. Ron Bon (52); 3. Ton y Palum bo (53); 4. JohnKnapp (59); S. Dennis Brown (98). ROOKI E: 1. Tod d Spa th (7); 2. Daniel Benja min (10); 3. Gn-g Stanton (20); 4. Harold Whili' (22); S. Joshua Benjamin (31). TW SHOCK: 1. Micha el Maines (58); 2. Richard Zimar (l 07). VINT: 1. Jacob Morton (3). : Venegas survives at Glen t Helen Speedway - By Elaine Jones - SAN BERNARDINO, CA, jUtY27 C harlie Ven egas outlasted Josh l ar sen to win th e Scratch ma in during Harley n igh t a t Glen Helen Speedway. Fo ur rou n d s o f Scr atch ra cin g sa w Mike Faria top the scoring with 16 points while Vene- . gas was two p o in ts b ac k wit h 14, and Josh Larse n - battling engine problems - on e point behi nd Venegas w ith 13. Jim Estes' nine-point ta lly earned him his first appearance in a Scratch ma in . The pole we nt to Larsen with Faria in two, and Venegas ant:lEstes in three and four , respec~ tively. Things got off to a bad start when the starting tapes were broken. The referee charged Faria w it h the break. Faria di sagreed, a n d thi ng s /l a ppeared at an impasse. The referee prevailed an d Faria retired 10 the p its. On the start, Larsen g ot the gate w it h Venegas right on h is tail. ~ ' La rscn had a whole lot of motor, and Venegas tri ed both the inside and the outs ide to trY and get ar oun d him. Wha t l arsen d idn't count on was a three-lap motor in a four· lap race, as his GM exploded on the white-flag lap . Ven ega s cruised by to take the lead a nd the win w ith Estes second. Angela Hale came from the zero ya rd Iine and had a wh ole lot of guys chasing her in the Handicap main, but she didn't let them ca tch he r, as sh e led fr om s tart to fin ish. Venegas made it th rough traffic from the extr eme bac k yardage to pick up the second with Jerry Black third and Estes a so lid fourth. . Horsley and Medberry served notice to the fast Mission Yamaha of Matherson and Leede r in the Sidecar main by holding them off from start to finish . Gardner and l ynch got around the BMW of Edwards and Brown after one lap to claim the third spot. Jimm y Fishback Jr. also wen t wire to wi re in the Jun ior main eve nt, topping Steph en Dawning and Ryan Fisher. As it has been a ll seaso n in the Support main, it was the last lap tha t decided the winner. This time Bill Ewing got down low in tum four when Dave Berry drifted ou t to wa rd the wall and led the race to the checkered . Randy Evans p icked up the third-place m ~ney. Results of the Florida Motocross Club Series and South Florida Motocross race at Orlando Motocross Park. . In the first Open Money mo ta, Todd Gardner rock eted into the early lead over McLvaine and Jason Brown. Gardner fell halfway in to the opening lap , and McLvaine and Brown slipped by . BSY-bac ked Mclvaine th en p ulled a wa y from the field w h ile Ga rd n er remou nted a n d . tried to close the ga p on the leaders. Ga rd ner slowly reeled in the lead ers before suffe ring a late-race fall , Mcl v aine he ld on for th e easy first-mo to victory ahead of Brown and Ga rdner. The second mo ta was all McLva in e as he jumped out to the early lead with Gar dn er and Brown follow ing. Gardner's front wheel wash ed o u t, ca usi ng h i m to fall a n d le t Br o w n by . Brown tried to catch McLvaine but wa s no match for the sa nd spec ialis t, wh o crossed the finish line first. Brown and Gardner rounded out the lop three. Double class winners for the da y incl ud ed Tom Bragg in the 40+ an d Open Novice classes, and Jason Thomas in the 85cc (14-15) and Super Mini. On the supereross style Pee Wee track, Matt Goerke pos ted 1-1 tally to take top honors in the FMC class . The SFMX Pee Wee class winner was Davi Millsap with a 1-1 tally in the (4-6) group: Mike Mo rgan won the (7-9) group w it h a 1-1 tally. Results 9UP: 1. Bill Ew ing (Wt!S); 2. Dave Berry (Jaw); 3. &andy Evans Oaw); 4. Dan Jon es (Gd n) . McElroy snags Silver State Motocross wins By Joan Tiearne y CARSON CfIY NY, jUtY22 , Big Valley Honda rider Al McElroy top ped the . Vet Pro class on Fr id ay night at th e On Trac I Eve n ts-pro mo te d motocross action at Silver I Stat e Raceway. McElroy was untou ched in the Vet Pro class with two holesh ots a nd two perfect motes. Off the gate McElroy pull ed out front, ah ead of Big Valley Honda owner Rich Thorwaldso n, as well as Allen Berluti , Jon Varn er and Rod Ginn . The Su zuk i-m ounted Berluti q uickly passed Thorwaldsen and ch ased dow n Mcfilroy, Berluli seemed to catch McE lroy in th e corners bu t could n't quite get a w heel under h im in the st raigh ts. The two ride rs battled lap after lap w ith Berluti almost passing McElroy more than a few times. The wh ite-flag lap proved to be a tense one as the two riders rode neck and neck th rough th e whoop se ction and around the tower turn , but McEl roy h ad the m omen tum and sailed his Ho nda over the finish line for the win . Mota two was much the same wi th McElroy out front from the start . Berluti was running in seco nd w ith Stu art Vogel an d Thorwaldson in pursuit. McElroy an d Berluti seemed to pull away from the pack as the rest of the field had their ow n race goi ng for third place. On lap fou r, Vogel made a beautiful pass on Berluti, taking away the seco nd posi tion an d any hope that Berluti had for an overall win over McElroy, .who con tin ue d to do mina te the race lap after lap . Vogel charged hard to catch McElroy bu t to no avail. McElroy took the mota win and the ove ra ll victory. Berluti was second overall . Vogel captured thi rd, suffering from a bad first mo ta . Fourth p lace went to Thorwaldson, and Rod Ginn was fifth. Results 51};1. Jake Neuffer (KTM) . 60: 1. Nick Jarrett (Kaw ); 2. Jimmy Hazel (ICaw); 3. Tommy Jones (Kaw);4. Cory Pa dgett (Yam); 5. Cody McElroy(Yam) . 80 BEG : 1. Rya n Ha nsen (Suz ); 2. Jimmy Haze) (Hon); 3. Tho mas Cu lbe rt (Hon); 4. Rocky Audenried (lGaw) ; 5. Kenny Bell (Ya m). 80 ~ 1. Levi SlOkes (Hon); 2. Dreke McElroy (Hon); 3. Freddy Wiecht.-rs(Hon ); 4. Billy St. Germaine (Ka w) . 80 1Nl': 1. Mike Mason (Suz ); 2 Nathan TM!amey (Hon) . 125 BEG: 1. Gary So w le (Hon ); 2. Ad am Portu e (Su z); 3. Jonalhan Meyer (Hon); 4. Dale Lund een (Ho n); 5. RuSlleIl Morrison (Hon). 125 JR: 1. Cody Killi am (Han); 2. Jeu Merrithew (Suz) ; 3. Na tha n Dahl (Hon ); 4. Sedanna StilImock (Hon); 5. Frank Homen Ilion). 125 INT: 1. Cliff Cook. (Ka w) ; 2 Jon Varne r (Ho n); 3. Kirk Ridgl ey (Kaw ); 4, Greg King (Hon), PRO; 1. Shane lli;pos llo (Hon) ; 2. Jus tin TIeamey (Hon); 3. SV rTl Stillmock (Hon ); 4. Scott Stillmock (Hon) ; 5. Dan Cordle Jr. (Hon ). w); 3. 2SO BEG: 1. Todd Dav is (Yam); 2. Mike C1emenb (ICa Bryan J

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