Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Carlsbad Raceway -------------- ----~ Ind ani fest·ve By Chris Jonnum and Sc o tt Rousseau Photos by Kinney Jones CARLSBAD, CA, DEC. 11 e vin Windh am ce le brated th e holidays and his rece nt signing with Team Yam ah a by winning both .the 125 and 250cc Pr o classes a t Racing Ent erprise s ' Christmas G rand Pri x at Sou the rn Cali forni a's legendary Carlsbad Racew ay. The lon g, va ried GP loop had been laid ou t wit h the ass istance of KTM offroa d a ce Scot H ard en, a n d in clud ed pavem ent sections, off-road sing letrack and p orti ons o f th e motocr oss track . Some obs tacles had been built especi ally for the eve nt, including a wh oop sectio n and so me new trail s through the brush . Race times wer e 45 minutes per i:lass. I< The com b ine d 250 a nd 500cc Pro d ivision kicked off the day, wit h so me we ll-known nam es from both the past and p re se nt d oin g battle. Win d ham g rabbe d the lead a few turns into the race, with forme r Honda star Rick Johnson close behind on a very stock- looki ng XR600. For mer fac tory Ya maha rider Do ug Dubach and Carlsbad ace To ny A mara dio fo llo wed , but Amara d io enco u n tered tr ou ble w hen he slid out starti ng off th e second lap. Tho ug h Ama rad io rem oun ted and initially continued on, he pulled off soon after with bike pr oble ms. Johnson had pull ed ove r on the firs t lap to let Duba ch by, and as the race continue d, Dubach narr owed the marg in o n th e leadin g Wi nd ha m . After so me horsin g aro u nd , the two Yamaha riders began to go at it and pull ed awa y from th e pa ck. Though the two were fair ly close, Windham had cont rol the who le time, an d he slowed near the finish so the tw o co u ld cross the li ne together. Joh nson held o n to wi n the 500cc Pro cla s s, followed by H ard en and former facto rv Honda ride r Chuck Sun, who was rid ing a four-stroke Hu saberg. Amaradio was back for more in the l25cc class, w hich was led sta rt to finish by Windha m. Ama radio was the runner -up. In the combined Vet Pro / Vet Int er mediate /25+ Interm edi ate race, Ha rde n took control and rode to the easy wi n. Giova nni Spi n alli rod e seco nd, w hi le factory Yamaha mechani cs Steve Butler and Alley Sem ar we re in vol ved in a r ac e-l ong b attl e o ver th e third s pot. Semar came out ahead for third overall, second beh ind Spina iii in the 25+ class. Tim Crowder was the Vet Interm edi ate w inner. c,,:\ Christmas Grand Prix Carlsbad, California Results: December t 1, 1994 250 PRO: 1. Kevin Wind ham (Yam ); 2. Dou g Dubach (Yam) ; 3. La rs -Erik Larsson (H on) ; 5. Tony Amaradi o (Kaw ). 250 INT: 1. Jaso n Trist (Ka w); 2. Brian Schm uckle (H on ); 3. Eric H jalmon son (KT M); 4. C h ip Morton (Ka w ); 5. Corey Eas tma n (H on) . . 250 BEG : t. Joe D es r osiers (H o n); 2. Richard Edw ard s (Ka w ); 3. Ma tt Kennedy (Ka w) ; 4. Nick Ke lba ugh [Ho n]: 5. Mar k Vander Dussen (Hen). 500 PRO: 1. Rick Johnson (Hen): 2. Scot Harden (KTM ); 3. Chuck Su n (Hbg); 4. Chri s Ridgeway (Kaw ). SOD BEGIJR : I. Da n Ell iso n (Han) ; 2. Karl Holmberg; 3, Todd Bla ming (Ka w); 4. Iosep h Gonzalez (Mai); 5. John Took ey (l Ion ). O IT EX: 1. Ge or ge Kohler (H a n) ; 2. Tom Moen (KTM); 3. Ray Pisarski (Hon); 4. Bruce Forinash (Yam ); 5. John Knigh t (Yam ). orr INT: I. Max Calligcr (Ka w); 2. Stew Go rdo n (Suz); 3 . De nn is Midd leton (Han); 4 . Frank Ham lett (H o n ); 5. Gary Scott (Hon ). OIT JR : 1. Brett Led (Ka w ): 2. Fra nk Bonacka (Hon). orr BEG: 1. Keith Mitchell (Hon); 2. Brad Wootton (Ho n); 3. Rod ge r Flaming (Ka w), 4-STRK INT : 1. Ron Lawso n (Hbg), 4-ST R K JR : 1. Bria n Sch m uc kte (Hon) ; 2. Dan Elliso n (Han) ; 3. Brad Litt le (Han); 4. Cuy Shidner (KTM); 5. Jim Hu dson (Hon ). 80 BEG: 1. Salvatore Filippone (Yam); 2. Byram Frost (Yam); 3. Brand on Ha mlett (Kaw); 4. Jaso n Carlton (Yam). . 80 JR: I. Becky Kuk la (Kaw). BMBR: 1. Da vid Gilbertson (Yam) . 125 P RO : 1. Ke vin wi ndha m (Ya m ): 2. To n v Amaradio (Ka w]: 3. David Demangos (Ho n); 4. BobbY Navarro (Ho n); 5. To Mitchell (Yam). 125 INT: I. Fred Willert (Soz); 2. Tim Beat ty (y am); 3. Wilson Nichols Jr. (Suz); 4. joshua Ama rad io (K.lw ); 5. Rudy Sevilla (Suz) . 125 JR : 1. By ron Cox (H on ); 2. Daniel N o rm a n (Kaw); 3. Brian Reichel (Kaw); 4. Chad Doggett (Han ); 5. Pete Roles (Suz). 125 BEG: 1. Kevin Shear er (y a m); 2. Brian Kennedy (Kaw); 3. Brandon McKen zie (Ya m); 4, To ny Ste vana (Hen). V ET INTIPRO : 1. Scot Ha rd e n (KT M ); 2. Rob Wilsh ire (Hon ); 3, Ron La wson (H bg): 4. Ted Kukla (Yam); 5. Ken Tomeo (KTM). . 2S+ tNT: 1. Ciovanni Spinalli (Yam );'2. Alley Semar (Yam); 3. Ste ve Butler (Yam ). VET ]R : 1. Da n Virgilio (KTM); 2. Ma x Galligan (KdW); 3. Jim Naegle (Kaw) ; 4. Kirk Chapman (Yam); 5. Karl Holm berg (KIM). VET BEG: 1. Lance Cla rk (Suz ); 2. John O'Crady (Ho n); 3. Chris Semo n (Hu n); 4. Mark Barlow (Kaw); 5. Mark Zw illingc r (Yam) . (25 -29) JR : 1. Ric ky Fern and e z (Ka w); 2. Da ve Ca lland (Ho n). (25-29) BEG: 1. Ant ho ny C ullotto (Hon); 2. Jaso n Seifert (K.1w); 3. David Willis (Yam';'"'4 Randy WN.. : 'Se (Ho n); 5. jav Cu mbey (He n ). CYCL E NEWS : 1. Chri s Jonnu m (Kaw); 2. Do nn Maeda (Hon); 3. Kit Palmer (Ya m) ; 4, Kinney Jones (Hon); 5.)eff Hain (Kaw). (Bel ow) The old and the_ new : Honda CR rider Jeff Merrill (13) and Maico-mounted Joseph Gonzalez (28) mix it up . (Above) This photo ,.,as taken at one of the rare moments when Kevin Windham (8) wasn 't leading. Doug Dubach (32) was second 250cc Pro. (Below) Rick Johnson made a much-appreciated appearance, winning the the 500cc Pro division on a Honda XR600. 30

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