Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Greg Schnell (2), Don Upton (89), Michael Pichon (101) and David Pingree (41) argue over the 125cc Pro right-of-way into turn one at Perris Raceway. Schnell topped the class. VET EX: 1. Sco uy w etk er (Su z ); 2. [e ff 8110ck (Su z ): 3. j er ome C iblOOn (H on ); -I, Ra nd y T ittl e-mter (S uz); 5. Lt"O5.l ul (Y am ). SR BEG: I. Ruthan Rt-n.1 U X (Hon ]. SR EX: I. Ro b Dunham (y.lm) . O t T AM: I. Bob Lucas {Kaw ]: 2. F~d Kal m ick (K.aw ); 3. Britt ",U t'S t (Ho n); 4. Chari., W,)lan.l~· (Ho n); S. D<1 vid Burson (Su zl· OfT EX; 1. Kt"ith Phill ips (Kolw); 2. Bob Sh ~ (Yam); 3. RidYrd Bt> It"f (V",m ); -I. Hal G rad y (Han); 5 . AI Sm ith (Ya m ). , OIT M STR 1. Scott Fn't'mol n (Hun ); 2. Bill Cur (V.lm); 3. Tom my Pt"o1rl (Hon); " . M iLl!' Chesbro (Ho n): 5. Bob Milln er (Hon ) Schnell sizzles at Perris MX By Tony Alessi PERRIS, CA. DEC. 10 Greg Schne ll topped an all-star field of pro riders durin g the final rou nd of th e GFI "Dealers Series " at Perris Raceway. Suzuki support rid er Schnell pulled the holes-ho t in th e opening 125cc Pro race with Sp litFire /Pro Circuit-backed Dave Pingree hot on his hl.els in second. ' French man an d h e a vy favorite Michael Picho n had probl ems at the start a nd rounded the first tum ou tside the top 10. Also suffering a poor start was former top-ranked amateu r rider Kevin Windham, who circled the first lap in 14th position. As the race p rogressed, both Sch nell a nd Pingree pulled away from the pack and engaged in a private battle for the lead . Pichon e\'entually worked up to third but wa s 14 seco nd s behind the leaders. Windham a ppeared to be having diff iculty adju sting to his new Yam ahas and slid out in the ba ck sect io n o f th e ra ce t ra ck . He w o uld rem ount and race back to finish a d isappointing seventh by the en d of the mota. Meanwhile, Schnell eventually broke free from Pingree and opened a safe mar gin, which he maint a ined for the first -mote win . Pin gree crossed the finish line seco nd. followed by Mike Chamberlain. Stev e Antirich a nd Scott Sheak. Picho n fell victim to en gine troubl e late in the . race and po sted a Dl\.'F. The second mota saw a rep eat holeshot by Schne ll whi le Pichon, Don Upton. Pingree and Mol' Gandara funnelled in behi nd him. Thi s time Sch nell 's lead was short- lived , as Pichon took over by lap two . From tha t point forw ard Picho n inc hed awa y to an eventual l a-second lead . W indham wa s im p ress ive in the seco n d mota . After a ninth -pla ce star t, he passed a number of top riders en route to an eventua l fourthplace finish . Windham was the only Pro rider to tum two off-camber jum ps into one completely side ways double ju mp. Pichon went on for an un cont ested seco ndmot o victory while Schnell, Pin gree , Win dham and Cha mbe rlain rou nded out the top five. The 125cc Intermed iate class featured a flood of former Mi n i Expert ra cers, incl uding Jiri Dostal, Doug Parsons, jerry Alema n. josh Tara ntino and Andy Harrington, mixing it up wit h the more es tablis he d 125cc Intermediate ri d ers, making for two excitement-filled races. In the end, Veteran Intermediate racer Tyler King was the winner, whil e Dostal, Ryan Ragla nd , Harrington and Eric Schnell round ed the top five overall. Results ---50 (~) STK: 1. Dallas Pl-ick (y.:am) : 2. Bryan MInh'T (KTM ); 3. k If Alt"!lMi (Y;lm ): 4. Rya n McClintock (Yam ): 5. Co le St-t-l (.... ). y 'TM 50 1-8 51K: 1. G~gory Jones (KTM): 2. Ry,ln Piatt o nl (Yam ). 60 FIT: 1. RU AAl·11 Kaufman (Ka w); 2. Ty lt." r Jon" (1<.1101). 60 BEG : 1. Tommy Coch ran (K.1w): 2. Ja nu.'l< Bak l'f (K.1w ): 3 Bru Cf' Wilk.ir'L'lOrl (Ka w ); 4. Ciovanni Filippol'W'(K.1w).;5. Jt"ff AIeW (Ya m}. 60 NOV: 1. Bmd Bolling (K.aw); 2. J~ Hamiltl,Jl1 (Ka w); 3. Scott Simon (K.t w); 4. Lui s Jo1 uno s u l (Kaw); S. N icho las Wt."ll (K.w). 60 0l"El\l: 1. Cak- W alJaao (5u.z). SO FIT: 1. JoeJUYC rant (Suz ); l. Cary M..t ~ (Ya m). 80 BEC: 1. Rod H am b ry (Su z );:l. Kn-in G.1Iha n (Suz); 3. Brandon Sta d d l'T\(Suz ); 4. St-.m Ptoer (Yam ): S. Cdlo' Wa ll,tCt" (Suz ). . HO NOV: 1. Dyl.:ln u lt'd (Hon); 2. Em ili Klin g (Suz ): 3. Ch ri!! Roj.i;o·no (Suz). 80 INT: 1. St'.m f1,l mb lin (y a m); 2. DU..lin Ryley (Yam ). 125 BEC : 1. Mark Ht."I1de r.;on (Kllw): 2. Ry ,m Orr (K.tw ); 3. Ke vin 5 tri k wt"T'd" (Ka w ): 4 . Phili p M.:Irv in (Su z j: 5. Ju!>tin Ll"lodli (H~, 125 NOV: 1. Jo!>h w amc r (5 uz); 2. John Nl-!o.o n (Hon ); 3. ; C hu ck En'OC{lC (5 u z) ; 4. Jllhn San d t." r5 (Su z) : 5. ,.1Io n Co leman (Suz ). 125 I ~: I. Tyh.... Kin~ (Su z ); 2. Jiri Oo!;ldl (Suz); 3 . Ryan Reg land (Suz); 4. Andy Hanin~ton (Ka w l; 5. Eric Schrlt-n (Suz ). 125 PRO: 1. C rq; Schnrn (Stu:); 2. David Pm g re... (}(a w); 3. Mikf' Chambl"rlai n (Ka w); 4 . Kevi n Windh;lm (Ya m); 5. Do n Uplon(Suz). 2:50 BEG: I. David Glvnn (Hon). 250 NOV; 1. Paul K~Jk>n (Ya m); 2. A~""y Tomiu (Soz); 3. K)' k- 8.lnd (Suz). 250 l/'l.T I. JOf' Ry.m (Stu).: l. Mike K.ldleck (Suz); 3. Ryan Ragldnd (SuI); 4. CoIl' C~ (Soz); S. David Ml"Cown (Han). 250 PRO; I . Ped ro Gu nulez (Yam ); 2. l.oJrry Linkllgk>(Hon); 3. Tr.:lvi, Pfl'!>ton (Suz); 4. Mik("Q\.Jmboorla in (Kki (Hon); 5. GloorKe Kohkr (Suz ). Beyer best at Metrodome indoor Short Track By TIm McBride MlNNEAPOUS, MN. DEC.3 Suburban Mo to rs H-D / Bell /M ot io n Pro / K&N /Oury Grips / Wayne Hou pt /Midwest ern Anodizing /Horsepower by Stan-sponsored Bret Beyer scored the win in the 600cc Pro class mai n event, as Burnsville Yamaha and G.P. Pro motions combined their efforts to bring indoo r flat t ra ck ra cing to th e H ubert H . H u mphre y Metrodorne. With a total of 335 class en trants, 81 preliminary races were run to decide the race order for the finals. Unfortu nately, the program ran past its allotted time limit, and the races had to be cancelled . Riders in most classes recei ved aw ards by e virtue of their heat race resul ts, bu t th re classes we re selected to run finals along with the following eveni ng's Monster Truck show. Bob Yberna was out front at the sta rt of the 600c c Pr o main even t, b ut a crash invo lv ing Wild Card Pro cla ss entrant I.R. Schnabel and Mark Komely b rought ou t the red flag . Beyer made the mos t of the restart and grabbed th e holeshot a hea d of Sch nabe l. D ure lle, Eric Brouha rd. Randy Tripl ett an d the rest of the lOman fie ld . As the race unfold ed, Bey er m aintained a slight mar gin on his way to the checke re d flag over th e di ce for seco n d betwe en Schnabel and Du relle. lk.'C3use the event was not M1A-sanctio ned, 154year-old Amateu r Cha mpionship record holder, Schnabel, wa s given the opportunity to run ag ainst the Experts for the first time . The teenager. displ ayed th e poise o f a vete ran by ed ging Durelle for the run ne r-up position a t race' s cnd. H was going to try an outsi de line late in the I race to Sl.>e if I cou ld catch Bret," sai d Schnabe l. "I saw Davey ou t there and 1 tho'; ght I'd beller settle for second ." Ran dy Tripl ett and Verd een Langland filled ou t the top five spots. The Pro Tw in fina l wa s next to come to the lin e, and it wa s the Far ibault Ha rley -Davidson / Reynolds Printin g-supported XR750 entry of Billy Hoffmiester in control from start to finish. Pe rh ap s th e m o st p opu lar rac e of th e evening wa s the Micro Mini class. Tony Traxler jumped into the lead at the sta rt but was chased d ow n and passed by john De otis on lap fou r. Deoti s then went on to score the win by a few length s ah ead of Traxler . ResuiiS bOO PRO; 1. 8 m lkyer; 2 . Cle n Sch ne bc l Jr; 3 . Davey Du,I'1 I~-; 4. R..1nd y Tripl, -tt ; 5. V.'r d ee n Lan~l.lnd . PRO / n \,: I. Billy l-Jo tfm il,"!lk' r; 2. I.R Sdm.tbt-I; J. Olin Mu rre; 4. Se Caplolin; 5. Eric Brouh, 1f . eve d MIC RO MISI ; 1. Jo hn Dwtis ; ~ . Tony T ra 'der; 3. If''' ..... Janisch; 4. J.trob M.lota ya; 5 . Co.'fOd Ohwr. Land leaps to victory in Clovis Motocross By P_ Johnson A. ---- Ad a m Land ignored the wi nd a nd pu t on hi s own air show as he rode to the win in the 250cc Pro class over Adam Montoya during roun d one of the Clov is Sportcyc1e Associat ion's \Vinter Series at the Clovis Spo rtcycle facility . aboard h is MM La nd , Ho n d a / Sid ewi nde r / Yok o / WD -40 ·backed CR250, awed specta tors with massive clicke rs and flying Ws as he 'dominated both of the com bined 250cc Pro /lntennediatc! motes. In In termed iate action, Er ic Bred en bested R&S Kawasak i's Rya n Knoche to tak e wins in both the 125 and 250cc classes. Bred en leads the five- race series, w he re the best fo u r fini sh es cou nt for series awards, and looks like the ea rly . favo rite in the 125 and 250cc Intermed iate class.... es, Bullet Cycles-backed Scan ViJandry overcame poor starts in both motes to lead every la p en route to the 60cc B class win. The bigges t surprise of the day came in the seco nd moto whe n seven-yea r-old Rusty Wells grabbed the ho lesho t. Wells held the lead until Vila nd ry and Nic k O rona slip pe d p ast whe n We lls bobb led in a co rner. Bull et Cycles-supporte d David johnson mana ged to tra ck Wells dow n on the last lap and make a pa ss to tak e third for the day. Justin Jennings left his co m pe tition a t the starting ga te and never looked back as he scored im pressive runaway wins in the 80cc Beginner class . f~ Results 250 PRO: t . Ad olm Land (Hu n);.2. Ad a m Montoy. (Suz ). 250 INT : 1. Eri c 8rt-do-n (Ya m) ; 2. Rya n Kn uch.. (y., ml; 3. Chri"Col'"TT1oln (Hun) . 2.50 NOV : 1. Robt.·rt Mo h.ll' (Yam ); 2. K~'ith Ziru hd d (Yam) ; 3 Ryan Col-kl"r (K" w) ; 4 . P;lul Juh n "on (5 u:.o: ); 5 . M icha d So b i.,k (Kaw, 125 PRO: I . Ad am Montova (Yam) . 125 1ST: 1. Eric BrWl'n

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