Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Miller aces Spring Valley MX By J ohn Ma;ICson CLYDE, TX, OCT.2 Skip Miller reaped the benefits of tra ining and racing in the off-season by sweeping the Ama teur class for the overall win at round one of the Texas Vintage Racing Club fall series, wh ich wa s run on the historic Spring Valley track orig inally laid out in 1973. Jerry Nelson, new to the Amateu r class, tried valiantly to stay with Miller, bu t was unabl e to match Miller's pace in the d eep sand . Ron King and Charlie Adams were battling for third in the second moto, on ly to hav e Chris Smetak sneak by both for the show posi tion . Home town favorite Scott Wegn er used his blinding speed and jump ing skills to post a 1-1 da y in the Intermediate class . Rand y Brown was able to match Wagn er 's speed but w as un able to mast er the tra ck's first double jump in tim e to catch him. Joh n Dosko cil brought his Bullaco home in the third slot. John Poor puton a d ispla y of impressive air time to the deligh t of the spectators while swee p ing the mas ter class. The eve r-i m p rovin g Scotty Smith had Poor in hi s . sigh ts in the second moto only to go down in a corn er. After being run ove r by a lap ped rider, Sm it h p icked up his still- run ni ng Maico a nd cha rge d after Poor, comin g up secon ds short at the finis h. Broth er Stacey Sm ith rounded ou t the top three, wi t h defendin g ch amp Joe Bush y experie ncin g un char acteristi c mechanical failures in both motos. Results MSTR: 1. John Poor (Pen ); 2. Scotty Smith (M,li) ; 3. Stacey • Smilh (Mai). INT : 1. Scott Wegn er (Bul); 2. Rand y Brown (Pen); 3. John Doskocil (Bul). AM: 1. Skip Mille r (Pen) ; 2. Jerry Nelson (Mai); 3. C hris Sm L k (Pen ). 'la BEG: I Arli n Sm ith (Ma i), SMALLBOREEX: 1. }0(' Busby (Hus). SMA LL BORE AM: 1. John Doskocil (Bul ); 2 Martin Ca rgile (Hod~ 4-STRK EX: 1. Joe Busby (RIO; 2 Roger Dill y (Hon ). G P EX:1. JoeBusby (Mti). GP AM: 1. Dav id Coxeey (Ma i); 2 Skip Miller (pen ); 3. John Maxson (Suz ). Krause flies to Bad Mountain Enduro win By Chris Jonnum Photo by Heather McNabb BLUEJAY, CA ,SEPf. 18 . Paul Krause is serious about winning the District 37 numbe r-one plate. Having flown to Oklaho ma to prepare for the Interna tional Six Day Enduro, the Baja 500 winner made the cross country trip b ac k to co n tes t th e Checkpoint M.e.'s Bad Mountain Enduro, then caug ht yet another fligh t back to Tulsa just one day before the start of the ISDE. And Krau se ea rne d mor e th an just frequ ent-flier mileage, garne ring the overall win at the Bad Mountain - one of just tw o Dis trict 37 enduros that aren 't held in the desert . " I guess it w as w or th it, but I was p re tty tir ed a fter the Six Da ys." admitted the Tea m Gr een / Xtreme /Smith /Shoei /Maxima /F&L / F MF / Sid i/ Pow e r Ba r / Sco tts/ Acerbis /Brid ges tone / Tsu baki / Su n star / Stra ite d je-sponsored Krau se later. Nea rly 300 ride rs jum p ed at the cha nce to ri de in the Sa n Bern a rd ino Mountain s, and despite the dry condition s a nd overwhe lming d ust, most we re happy th ey part icipated. " I always com e do wn for an end uro tha t's not in Rock Pile ' A' or Rock Pile 'B' (Red Mountain or Lu ce rne)," sai d Bill Blocher, w h o ma de th e seve n-hour trip from Gilroy. "It was pretty dry, bu t at least they threw in a cou ple wa ter crossings ." The ove ra ll ca me d o w n to a s hoo tout between Krause and Cycle World magazine ed itor Jim my Lewis, w ith Lewis getting the edge in the early going. The KDX200 pilot was the only rider to z ero th e to u g h fo ur th check, wit h Kra use cardin g a one. Lewis had the ad vantage aft er the lon g firs t Ioop, w h ich included two tou gh uphills. Lew is stayed clean until jus t three checks from th e end , w her e a n o th e r tricky uphill spe lled h is do om . "1 was going right up, a nd ano the r guy lost h is balance and fell over on me," said Lewis, who was riding on minute 42. "I had to turn around and go back down." The move cost Lewis in the fonn of a three at the next check . Rid ing on minute four, Krause tu rned in a one, and that ma de the difference in the final sco res. Or did it? Lewis felt that he was only tw o min utes late to the check, and as this story went to p ress, the results were under p rotest. 11 Lew is is right, he and Krause would be tied on min utes, and Lewis w ould come out ahead on tiebreake rs. Results 0 / A: Paul Kra use (K.1w); 2. Ji mmy Lewi s (K.1w); 3. Eri lt Mattson (Hon); 4. William Kennedy (Suz ); 5. Jim McGrath (Suz) ; 6. Ku rt Hi n tz (Ka w); 7. Mi ke Keen (Suz); 8. Gary Sch c-idler ll. (Yam); 9. Spt!f\de r Bloomer (Ka w); 10. Ch ris Stewart (Yam); _ Tony Megla (Ho n ); 12. Dale Morse (Kaw); 13. Da ni el Jahelka John KaweU turned In a fifth-place fi ni sh In the B 250 class at the Bad Mountain Enduro, held in Californ ia's San Be rnardino Mountain s. (Yam); 14. Robert Baehr (Kaw) ; 15. Ken EhIIl"t'S (Yam); 16. Du stin Ho useho lde r (Yam); 17. Shane McDon.ld (Kaw ); 18. Johnny Ca m pbell (Ha n); 19. Bill Pos tel (Ho n); 20. Lon ni e Ped e-non (Hon). A OPEN: 1. Paul Krause (Kaw); 2. Kurt Hintz {)(.awl ; 3. Spendt'T Bloomer (Kaw); 4. Jotmny Campbe ll (Horl ); 5. Abe Bau- man(lCaw). A 250: 1. funmyLewis (Ka w); 2 Erik Matbon (Hon); 3. Chris Stewart (yam); 4. Robert Baehr (Kaw); S. Ouis Jonn u m (Suz ). . A 200: 1. Steve Read (}(aw); 2 Doug Dunacan (Kaw); 3. Ray Gu ilbeau (Suz); 4. Quint Betts (Ka w) . A 4-STRJC: 1. User McCoy (Hon); 2 William -rrail'" B1ocht..'I" (Hus) ; 3. Randy liebig (Hon ); 4. Gene Elzenberger (Suz). A WMN : 1. Heaeer Herre (Yam); 2. Kelly Fullmer (K.iw ); 3. SusoIn lJoNldson (Yam). A VET OPEN: 1. Tony Megla (Han); 2. Dale Morse (Kaw); 3. 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