Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

I EVENTS Results Saturd.ay 50 (U): 1. J.ISDI'l La~ (LEM) ; 2. David Ho lt (Y..m); 3. Krnn y 0.1 (Y..m); 4. CurkSnwt (yAm); 5. Chad WIIS" (ltj). (7-8): 1. Jason Crisp (Y. m) ; 2. Nick Evmnou (Y.m); 3. Chad Smart (YAm); 4. Justin Howe U(yam); 5 . Lori Sprncr (Y.m). 60: 1. Paul Ver.acu (Kaw ); 2. Drmo; 8urlC'w (K.&w); ). Corey Hormrs oc:.w ); 4. Frankie J.acbon (Kaw); 5. Chris Smart oc:.w ). 80 (7-11); 1. Travis Pastnna (Suz ); 2. (]\ria Dunh.&m (K,Iw); 3. Paul Vn.acb (Kaw).:4. ~ Tuunibs (Suz); S. Drrn Burlrw so (Suz ). 80 A (12-15): 1. Aaron o.y (Kaw ); 2. Ben Mce.rthy (Suz ); 3. Ry~n Jonn (Suz); 4. Kenn y Bailey (lUw); S. Ovis o..y (K.&w). 80 B (12· 15); 1. Jowph Zudwro; 2. Cuey Winlk (Hon); 3. Mkhat-l Rothltf'in (Kaw); 4. Paul Esantis (y. m); 5. WC'S ton Caple (lion~ 125 B: 1. John Schnridt'1' (l(aw); 2. Pa ul Zander (Y lUl'I); 3. Moquin (](aw); ... Robm: Bow lin g (Kaw); S. Dmny W ilIiamIl (Y.unl. 125 C: I. Amber Hu ghls (Suz) ; 2. r.uIliood (Yam) ; 3. Mau· tier M»M (Hon ); 4. JC'f S1.W>her (Hon); 5. Scott Gibion (Hon). f 125 0: 1. Joe Lueu (Hon); 2. Man Ha.rrUon (lC.Iw); 3. Tom ~ 4. Robm Miller (lion); S. Cregg Battaglia (Ya m). 250 B: 1. F ran k Koenig; 2. Kevin Had el (H on ); 3. Ton y S.ap&ntoro (Hon~ 4. J.uon Parker (Kaw); 5. Om Hoffm.an (Han). 250 C: I. J08C'J>h Copeland (Kaw); 2. ]amir ~ (Ka w); 3. JallOn Koenig; 4. Holtry Mattingly (Ho n); 5. Owr..... Copeland ~ (Yolm). 250 D: 1. Marty F. lr.r (Suz); 2. John Trindd (Yol ); 3. JOI'rf'h m Tippen (Hon) ; 4. JOt'IStew~rt (Y.m); S. Pedro C l.W"n"C'rO. O PEN B; I. 1el"V'" Delpiaz (Hon); 2. Jeff Hollow.y (Hon). U/l B: I. John Schneider (K.1w ); 2. Rabble Wood (Suz) ; 3. Jeff Smt th (Kaw); 4. Sha nn on F.rv..,. (Hon); 5. Mull. Schwt"ibinz (Hon). U/l C: 1. Scot Gibso n (Han); 2. Ph il Rouch.1lrd (Hon); 3. Jrff Hoffm&n (yam) ; 4. Andy fT.nlrJin (Suz); 5. RobertFalcone (Hun). 2S+ B: I. EdWArd As kehto n,; 2. JCeovin Dalpiaz Oton); 3. Tim Cffpp (l(.Iw); 4. Chris Ailken (H on); 5. Tony 5.lpanno (Hon ). Vet 8; AC Bruer (y am); 2. u ri Chrek (YAm); 3. Jilmn Trav is (Hon); 4. J ohn Deleon (H on); 5. Harvey Ho lconbe (1<.Iw). SR: 1. A.C. Bru ce (Yam); 2. D.vr Ve...c u (Ka w) ; 3. seeve Proudfoot (K. w); 4. M.L Monrw (Yam) ; S. Pe ter T uumb. (lion~ Beau Brown hammered to the 8Oc:c A main at the Vancouve r Short Trac:k. (Han); J. J~ Gftogorik (K,aw ); 4. hit Thomas tKaw); S. Ky w Mi.... tin (Suz). ~ (YAm) ; 2. o.nid ~w); 1 125 NOV ; 1. Jnftniah Moore (H o n); 4. J.,Iyson Shatto (Yam); 5. Matt Minyard (K.w). 125 INT: 1. Cha rity Boprd (Suz ); 2. Chris Torrua (K,aw ); 3. Sprirll Haynes (Hon); 01 . J.1y Grimm (Suz); 5. Mike SatW&e(K.iw). 12S EX: 1. Clay Hoen5hrD (Su,z) ; 2. Tun Hodfos (Hon); 3 . ~ Schwirtz (H on ); • . Dennis Bon~r (K. w); 5. Mich.el h ..cock uri r"non (K8 w). 125 OPEN: 1. ChAriey Bogard (Suz); 2. Chris Torrancr (lU w); 3. Jay Crimm (Suz); 4. SNwn Sml th (Hon);S. 8cnCary (Yam ). 2SO OPE.'I/BEG: 1. Dw.lyne Rowan (Ka w ); 2. J.1mn rnxtor cx.w); 3. Stc.oYe Jo~ (Hus) ; 4. Scot t wt-lrr (Hon); S. "nhur I'Prez {Ya m) . 250 NOV : 1. Krilh Beoaty (K.w); 2. Tod d Watson (Hon); 3. JohnShrffirld (Ya m); 4. Skove Jonrs (Yam); 5. 0'Iris FIorio (~w). 250 tNT: l. Ross Dh.t~r (l(.lw); 2. Sprint Ha Y"" (Hon ); 3. ; Tr. vU SpaM (Su.z.) 4. D.l.. Wood (K.l w ); S. Scon Rice (K.l w). 2SO EX: 1. <:by H~n (Suz ); 2. Jeff Schwirtz (Hon); 3. Hunl..,. DrothC'rs (Hon) ; 4. o.nyl Wills (Yam); S. Deacon Ja mes (lU w ). 2SOOPEN; 1. Sprint H.1ynes (Hon); 2. Tra vis Sp.nn (Suz); 3. D.L Wood (K.aw); 4. Ty How" rd (Yam); 5. AUen Rn.'d (Hon). 500 O PEN : I. RA JC'lU'lings(Yam); 2. Allen Reed (Ho n); 3. y Jame. Stainton (K.w~ -I. H.tnk Hodes (lCaw); S. Kelly Fledwood (Kaw). 0-25 NO V: 1. Brian Smith (H on ); 2. Chris Stilh.1m (Kaw); 3. Brad Mills (Yam) ; 4. Jrif Haney (Hon) ; 5. Kevin Russe ll (Kaw). 0-25 INT : 1. Ray Jl",nin gs (Yam ); 2. Tom Arthur (KA ); 3. w Mull.McNeill (Yam ); 4. Hank Hodel (K.\w); 5. Jeff Cas (Hon) . 0.25 EX: 1. Clay H oe l\lOhe (Suz); 2. o.nyl Wills (y a m); 3. ll Hunter Ca ro the rs (Ho n); 4. Will ie Ph~-'(Hon); 5. Joey Ha rdi n (Kaw ). 0-30 NOV : I. Kelly F1l,"""ood (Ka w); 2. Chris Stitham (lCaw ); , 3. Kin nie McCraw (KTM) ; .. . And y Th o mpson (Ya m); 5. Chril Powell (lUw). 0-30 INT: I. Hotnk Hod..."(K..w); 2. Mik SannfWld (K.lw); 3. Srevm Chapp"11 (lU w); 4. Todd Watson (Ho n); 5. Tom McLa ughlin (Hon). 0-30 EXJ>ERT; 1. Ct.y Hoemhtoll (Suz); 2. Willie Phee (lion); 3. Hunb!T Ca rothers (Hon); 4. Ch til Pritehin (Hon); S. JOt'y Hardin (lU w). 40+ : 1. Jrif Ha ney (Hon ); 2. Kinn ~ McGraw (IClM ); 3. o.rre l! Bishop (lU w); " . J.ck Sk-grilt (yam l; 5. Jim Ricci (Suz ). Haug, Curry clash at Vancouver Short Track By Clay Li ght Pho to by Allan's Racing Photos VANCOUVER. WA. NOV. 13 Na tiona lly ran ked AMA Experts Rex FIS and her Ch ris Fitzhu gh made ra re appearan ces a t the Clark County Fairgrounds Ind oor Short Track race, but instead of fmishing 1-2 in the Open Pro main as mo st anti cipated, it was Ya ma h amounted Ste v e Haug a nd Rota x ri der Jos h Curry clashin g for the first-place money. Fisher, the Na tional number-12-plate holder, had his woes begin in the Pro preliminaries, as h is Rota x refused to start. Borrowing a Bultaco Astro, Fisher finished third to Seattle-area riders Haug and Fitzhu gh in his heat . In the Open Pro main, Haug h ooked up best and wa s nev er headed. Fitzhugh made a three- lap run at him until unload ing while try ing to sneak a wheel underneath Hau g. Fish er was next to cha llenge Haug on ly to slide out himself. Th is all ow ed Curry to se ttle into second and challenge Haug for the victory but Haug was never headed. . The day wasn 't a total washout for Fitzhugh, thou gh , as the Na tional number-51-plate hold er won the 30+ A main . Fitzhugh also got revenge on teammate Hau g. as Fitzhugh got the jump on th e pa ck at th e sta rt and fended off ea ch of Haug's rallies. The two Expert rid ers put on a great sh ow, taki ng the first and second spots while Kenny McCann made it a Yamaha sweep of the top three . Honda-mounted Joe Lenz , another new comer to the series, rode spectacularly all day, winning the 250cc c1ass heat race and backin g it up with an imp ressive win in the main event Dregon's Rick Hill pushed Lenz in the earl y portions o f the I O-lap fina l, but each tim e Lenz would stretch out his lead , whi ch he ma intain ed to the checkered flag. Hill finished second while a battl e for third between Tim Ricketts Sr. and Dan Dickson went Ricketts ' way. Kawasa ki rid er Beau Brown, one of th e na tion 's top SOcc rid ers , continu ed h is Northwest do mina tion of the 80cc ranks , picking up a heat race win over felJow KX rid er Sean Light and following it up with a main event victory . Res ults O PEN PRO: 1. Strn Haug (yam) ; 2. JO!th Cul'1')' (Rtx); 3 , Chm Fiuh ug h (Yol ). m O PEN A: 1. Josh C u rry (Rn); 2. Ken ny McCann (ya m); 3. Mark McCauic (Hon). 250 A: 1. JOl" Lenz (Hon ); 2. Rid Hill (Bul); 3. Tim Ricketu (lion ). 40+ A: 1. Allen Morinvillr (H on); 2. Oluek Hodson (Tri ). 30+ A: 1. C h ris fitzh ug h (Yolm); 2. Strve H..ug (Y.. m); 3: Kmny Ml."Cann(Yolm ). 80 A: I. Beau Brown (Kaw ); 2. Timm y Rickns (Hon); 3. Se..n Ligh t (Kaw). Schneider, Stith double champs at Budds Creek MX By Bev Gibson BUDll5 CREEK. MD. OCT.29-30 Halloween wee kend pro ved to be a real treat for two riders a t the Maryla nd State Championship Race at Budds Creek MX, as John Schneid er held of f a stro ng chall en ges to ta ke the 125cc an d Unlimited B titles. The two-day event was run with a two-mota forma t for A classes on Sunday and three mo tos ove r the two days for all others. In the 125cc B class, Paul Za n de r pulle d holeshots in motes one and two . It took several laps for Schneider to reach Zander's rear wheel. After pu tting up a stro ng defensive effort, Zande r yielded the lead to Schneid er for both wins. On Sunday, Schneide r was the first one around the hairpin tum on the start, and he built a substa ntial lead that allowed him to hold on to win when his exhaust pipe carne off on the next-tl>last lap . Zander finis hed a so lid second, with third going to Denn y Williams, founh to Daniel Miller and flfth to Robert Bowlin g. In the 125cc A class, pro rider Kevin Crine pulled both holeshots and ran wire to wire. Second was sp lit between Tom Welch an d Shawn Roth st ein , with the overall to Rothst ein . John Mock ex perienced mechanica l proble ms for a DNF In moto one but cam e back with a strong third in the second . Crine' s doubl e victory hopes proved to be a trick when after taking a clea r win in nioto one, his bike seized in the first lap of moto tw o and left the victory d oor ope n for Billy Schla g w ho took the title. Second ove ra ll wen t to Mike Peat and third to Ian Riley. National Amateur Champion Travis Pastrana pu t on a skillful d ispla y of ridin g talent for the specta tors ' enjoyment to take the 80cc (7-11) titl e. A st ro n g second a nd th ird was run by Massachusetts ride rs Chris Dunh am an d 60ee c1ass winner Paul VeracM . ........y _ 50(7-8): I ,JasonCrisp. 60: 1. P..ul Vrncb. 80 (7-ll): I. T1'iIv1s Pastnna. 80 A (12·15); 1. Aaron Day . 80 B (U-15): 1. J<-ph Zudw.ro. 125 A: 1. ~in Crinr (Hea); 2. Shawn RotnltC'in (Hon); 3. Chris Rittft' (Han); 4. Tom Wekh (Y. m); S. Milr.C' Pat (Han). 125 B: 1. John Schnrider. 125 C: 1. AmbrT Hughrs. 250 A: I. Billy SchLag (K.Iw); 2. Mike P... l (Hon); 3. L&n Ri1ry o (Y" m);4. Nalhan In'vnt (Hon);5. Terry Krnrwdy (Yam ). 250 B.:: I. Kevin Hadel. 250 C, I. J ooepl> eop........ 250 0: I. Marty Fake. OPEN A: 1. Ross Bartlrtt CHonl; 2. M i~ Richard. (Hon); 3. Rob McWhortl"l'(Hon ); 4. o.veSortrf- (Kaw); 5. )or Mtrini (Hon). OPfN B: 1. Kevin Dalpiu. !iO(4-6):I . Jasonl..a~. U!L A: 1. ~an Wells (Suz). U/L B: 1. John Schnridn- (KAwl. U/lC: I. Scon Gibson (Han). 25+ A:. 1. Todd Sblh (Ka w) ; 2. M ik Richard. (Hon); ). Chris Rhoten(Hon);". Grorgt Evans (K.IIw 5. Duid Camisi (Han). l; 25+ B: 1. Edwud Askbon. VET A:. I. Todd Stith ()Caw); 2. TimSdunelyun (lC.I w). VET B: 1. Jairws Travi:L SR: I. Paul VerKb. Jenkins collected up Humphrey and Tidwell on lap tw o and se t out for the front of the pack. By the end of lap three, Jenkins had moved to w ithin a few seco n ds of Burleson when Kritzer took a soil sa mp le and let Wood by for the lead. Burleson was also able to get by Kritzer a n d they kn ew Je n ki ns was n ot fa r b eh in d . Wood qu ickl y pu t so me se rious g ro u nd o n Burleson and on the final la p, Kritzer passed Jenkins back and the mot o end ed that wa y. Resu lts PEE WEE (U ): I. Zach Hlonry (Y.. m) ; 2. J.. rred Mo rri so n (Yam); 3. James ~ (Yam ); 4. Cory Pennington (K1M); 5. z.cn.. "Y !ton (KTM). P/W (7-8): 1. Cory McDa.nilel (YAm); 2.·Nalhan Block (YAm); ). Aarm Bergar1tz (Yam);" P.t P"nenon (Hon); 5. Travili Pm)'man (Yam ). 60 BEG: 1. Ch.& e Mo rri son (lU w) ; 2. lermAn HernAndez rll (K.&w); 3. Bmt Markarian (Kaw ); 4. Wra P. ~ (lCaw); S. JU5tin Scotillolton (K.& w). 60 NOV: 1. Ry.n Moral!! (leaw); 2. Robm IUrold (K.& w); 3. joah ua H.ansen (yAm); 4. Brian Bunon (I<&w); S. Cory McD aniel (K.ow~ 80 BEG: 1. Joey Allul (Suz); 2. David KJingrnbrck (y am) ; 3D.rin Pellin ()Caw); C. Aa ron C...d os (Ho n) ; 5. Jon Rrploque (Kaw). 80 NOV : 1. Ryan Mor ais (JGa w); 2. David Boothe (Hon); 3. J,J. Cummings ISuz ); 4. Kmny "-(Y.m): 5. Dann yOmaIes(Sw:). 80 INT: 1. Jeff Northrop (K.lw); 2. RobertBlake (K.&w). 125 BEG [).1 : 1. ra ull...alala (Hon); 2. D lvin Andlovlc (Su%) ; 3. Mike Hl"1TIandn (ya m); -t Ron OeJPSlJa (Suz); 5. M ik Aiello . (Suz) . 125 BEG 0.2: I. Ryan McC. rth y (Kaw ); 2. Branben Shellon (K. w); 3. Bri.1n RinN (Hon); 4. Tony I...IndgTa ph (Hen); 5. ~ ~ (Hon). 125NOV: 1. Bren R..dnr (Kaw); 2. Selh Young (Hen); 3. AugRodriguez (1(.Iw ); 4. RyAn Dun twl

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