Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

EVENTS' .E byScott RousSeau dited Results FridolY 125 MAIN: 1. C uy Cooper (Suz ); 2. jere my Bueh l (Suz); 3. Ch ad Pederson C Hon); 4. Jimm y Gad d is (Ka w); 5. Shawn Morgan (Kaw), 250 MAIN: 1. Guy Cooper (Suz); 2. Jimm y Gaddis (Kaw); 3. Ch ad Ped er son (Hon) ; 4. Sha wn Morgan (Kaw t 5. Ja"", Upshaw ( Hon~ 50 MA il : 1. Sha wn Coo k C LEM); 2. Craig Rouse (Yam); 3. Shelby Da vis CLEM);4. Trent Mcrtnis (Yam); 5. A ustin Kress (Ya m). Saturday . 125 MAIN: 1. Guy Coope r (Suz); 2. Jimm y Gad dis (Kawt 3. Chad Pederson (Hon); 4. Billy Whitley (Kaw); 5. Shaw n Morg an (Kaw). 250 MAIN: 1. Ch ad Ped e rson (H on ); 2. Jc rom y Buehl (Suz); 3. Shawn Mor gan (Kaw); 4. Jason Upshaw (Ho n); 5. Billy Whitlev (Kaw). 50 MAI N: l. Sha wn Cook (LEM); 2. Shelby Davi s (LEM); 3. Kend al Owens (LEM ); 4. Trent Mertnis (Yam); 5. Aaron Ca nard (Cob ). LACRNew Year Gran Prix win to Brunson By Greg Roberts on AMA National Arenacross Series: Round 6 Cooper awesome at Lazy EArena By Kat Spann GUTHRIE. OK, JAN.13-14 merican Suzuki's Guy Cooper was definitely the favorite during round 6 of the 1995 Tucker Rocky / Mal colm Smith Racing AMA National Arenacross Series at the Lazy E Arena, winning three of th e four main events in ad dition to Frid ay night's Dash for Cash event and both jump-off contests. Grayson Goodman holesh ot Friday's 125cc main event and then almos t lost it all when he bobbled in the whoops and nearly crashed . Goodman w as ab le. to s a v e th e impending cra sh, but not before Jeromy Buehl wa s there to take away the lead . The Am erican Suzuki / Scott / FMF/ Sid i / UFO-sponsored Cooper quickly found his way from midpack . to third an d chased Goo d man into the next lap, where he ha mmered th rough the stutte r bumps of the horseshoe section. Cooper then outjum ped Goo d ma n for second on the landin g off the double and in to the d readed lon g wh oop section , blasting the entire are na length of jumps after Buehl . Cooper caught Bueh l in the starting straightaway and passed for the lead. Gaddis wo rked his way past Goodman for third an d then passed Buehl for A 34 (Top) Ja son Trubey (721 ) won the 250cc Novice clas s at the CRC Happy New Year GP. (Above) J immy Gaddis (2) has had bette r weekends on the AMA National Arenacross circuit. Gaddis finishe d no better than second in Oklahoma. PALMDALE CA,JAN.8 , Yamaha YZ250-mo u nted C'R. Brun so n started o ff the ne w yea r in style by topping the Vet Intermed iate class d uring the Californ ia Racing Clu b's Happy New Year Grand Pri x at Los Ange les County Raceway. The Vet lntennediates and Experts took off in the sa me wa ve from the dead -engine sta rt, with Steve Williams ge tting the jump on fellow In termed ia tes Bru n son an d Jere Mas on . williams , who usu ally roosts the competition on a 550 KTM, had th e WR250 u nd erneath him screaming out front for a cou ple of laps before Brunson started to reel him in. Brunson started p ressuring Williams before getting sideways off a muddy jum p and shooting off the track. A lap later. Brunson was back in the hunt and made the pass on \\'illi.J.ms for the lead in t heir class. Brunson inched away fro m Willia ms and started d osin g in on John Ferro, not realizing Ferro was en tered as an Expert. The next 25 minutes provided some excellent racing between Brunson and Ferro, as Brunson thou gh t he had to get around Ferro to win the Int e rm ediates . The tw o rid er s swa p pe d posi tions num e rous times with Brunson ha ving the advantage at the whi te flag and barely hold ing off Ferro on a blistering final lap. "Number 61 (Ferro) was tou gh." said Brunson after the race. "When we caug ht tappers, I'd pass hi m, and I think that fru stra ted him and made him mad because he'd pass me back when we got into the clea r. I saw the white flag out a nd knew all I had to d o was ho ld on, a nd I did. " . Dennis Tooma n grabbed the ea rly lead in the Vintage class and was being hounded by Gary Egloff unt il Egloff sta lled h is b ig Mai co a nd drop ped to mid pack. Egloff got going again to catch and pass Toom an 20 minutes into the 45min ute race. Egloff stead ily pulled away to earn the win . Tooma n came across to fin ish seco nd ahea d of Don Beese and Paul Leos. Results seco n d , but he was u n abl e to ca tc h Cooper, wh o claimed the win . Friday' s 250cc main eve nt was destined to be every bit as exciting as the 125s when Jason Upshaw led off th e gate with Gaddis stea ling th e lead in tum one. Cooper sho t up the middle to take seco nd by the start of whoop section , and then charged Gaddis. Coo per es tablishe d the lead by the en d of lap three with Gaddis firm ly in secon d, as a ra ce for third e ns ued between Cha d Pederson, Upshaw, Sha wn Morga n, and Gra yson Goodman. Ped erson kept third place, joining the victoriou s Cooper and second-place Jimm y Gaddis in the winner's circle. Cooper returned to the Lazy E Satu rday night, and once again took the top spot on the 125cc main event and was poi sed to make it a clean sweep in the 250cc main befo re suffering a bad sta rt, t hen fa lli ng in th e wh o ops . Cooper d r oppe d back to 10 th before goi ng d own again at the end of the whoops. Coo per was fo rced to DNF, as "1 jamme d my th umb .and w a s h a v ing troub le h a n gin g onto th e bars," sa id Cooper, who eventually found it too difficult to keep up the pace and returned to the pits. Pederson ev entually scored l~ the win. P/W 8- 2: 1. Edwa rd Ht' ning (Yam ~ 2. Cory Rt"dt'lli wo (Yam); 3. Bryn" TM'Zi.1n (Suz). P/ W 8-1 : 1. Tyk ....Pu~a (Yam ); 2. David Ca rtl"r(Yam) P/ W A: 1. JdnadT~ (Yam ); 2. Mich.lel r an. e r (Yam). &0 BEC: I. Bu Willid m~ (Kaw); 2. l im my Suliz: (K.l w ); 3. Tan- ner Alt.'Xand, ..... (K.aw). • 60 (0-8): I. Brt'tt Muu n tain (K.l w). 60 (9-11): I. Kit Kunath (K.w); 2. An thon y 8.lrb.trovi (KAw ); 3. JoMu.J Mi lkr (H on); 4. Fromkit' Pirwda (K.lw). 80 BEG: 1. Jamie Han."Ofl (Suz); 2. Jon Haflll(lfl (Yam). SO (1·1 1): 1. Kurt u..wUi (Kawt 2. Sb.tne Smi th (Suz); 3 . Qor. a rel Patin (Yam ); 4. Johrw'r F~ (PAq: S. Bl.ak Mildrll (Su-l ). 80 (1 2·'3~ 1. John Butk-r (Suz ); 2. Tr.-on Tittk-mK-r (Suz) /I) (14-16): 1. Krnn y Srdy (K.1w ).. B/W; I. o.n. TOf"r'n (K.iw). VL"IT I. Cdry Eglotf (Mai); 2. Denni! ToomM'I (Hon ); 3. 1JDn : Bc.-!Iw (Han); 4. r a ul u.:. (H u!>l;: 5. J" d H.m!ion (Honl. DECADE: 1. Ken G~ (CZ); 2. Stew Sa~l y (Yam ); 3. Rid. ~(Yam).. 125 BEG : 1. O int V....n E~ (Kaw ); 2. Mol t Killian (l'Ion ); 3. t Aaron SullZri (Vam) . 250 BEG: L Damon Pod olny (y ... ); 2. Jl' fi Toal PlOl'l (l10n); 3. m Cody Ml"tttT (1Vw); 4. St..-- Saf;dy (Vam); S. Dun Bt...- (l1on). 250 NOV : 1. ' a!!OnTru bocoy (Kaw ); 2. 0 41 Tru bloy Jr. (Kaw); 3. John o.-an (SU1:); 4. I.. nnif: PtTa lta (Yam). n 250 PRO: I. Jrtf Ratzloff (U on ); 2. A nd y Nl"I,..ln (Hu n ). 500 8 EG: I . RobM1Rftod (Vam ). JR VIIT BEG: t. St-a Haworth (KTM). n JR VET NOV: 1. MiMo lKitra (Su z ); 2. Phi lip Kuhn (Yam ). VET BEG : 1. Sco u M oun t~ i n (Y...m) ; 2. Edw a rd U.. rrin g (Hon): 3. Eric Fa rmn (K.iw ); 4. Bill Pn J!iht'1'" (Ka w); 5 . Robt·rt Mill..!' ' (Suz). VET NO V: 1. Douf; Trmpo (Hon); 2. Ff'l"d Tu ttl t" (K4W); 3 . , Jad Powell (Hu n ); 4. Davi d WiIIi. m:'l(Suz ). VET INT : 1. C R. Bru n.1Ul1 ("'a m ); :z. Stt'Vl' Willi a m ll (Vam ); 3. Jt·n. M.lson (yam ). · VET EX: 1. Br ad McUood (HlIn); 2. D rc y D ircks ( Hun); 3. Cmif; H llffmi l'Stl'r (Hon); 4. Juh n Ft·fn.l (H on). SR NOV : 1. Da l Tru bt-y Sr . (Kaw); 2. Rick K.l n.lt7.... (Kaw). r SR INT : 1. Gary Eg loff (H o n ); 2. M ikt" F.. rro (Hon); 3 . 5.1 SqUt'O (Kaw). SR EX: 1. Bob Dunha m (Yam) . O / T AM : 1. Ow'ks Ho wt"1I (Ya m ~ 2. John F1andl'nI (Hon); 3. " Sk> Pupjoy; 4. Bruer McCormtd. no O IT NOV : 1. John C ra it;:z. AmMo Ad kin!ion.. O /T EX: 1. Jim McConnriI (Kaw ); 2. Mikr Ffot-ru (}-fon); 3. Hal G rAdy (H on). O fT MSTR: 1. TnT)' Davis {Han);:z. Cdry WiIIi!iOl'1 (Ka w ); 3. Scott Mc o..lnnell (Hon); 4. Krith Phillip!! (K.lw); S. Hnob Al len. Cunningham conquers Sugar Hill Hare Scrambles By Paul Michels BOUYAR. TN .JAN. 8 Four-time National Enduro Champion Terry Cunningham rod e his MSR /Dunlop /BeI Ray l Scott I Dun lopad I Bell /Sport Cycle Racingbacked Yamah a to victory d uring round four of the AMA Mid -So ut h Win ter Hare Scra m b les Series. the Sugar Hill Hare Scramble ncar Bolivar. Cunningham came ou t on top of a racelong battle with fellow Sport Cycle racing teamma te. Duane Conner. At the drop of the flag. Conner raced into the woods with the lead . He was follow ed closely by reigning series cha mpio n Robert Patte rso n. Cunning ha m ca rne th rou gh in close purs uit in thir d at the end of the first of four laps on the nine-and -one-half-mile course . With the start of the second lap. Conner held . a slig ht lead ov er Cun n ing ham, who had d isplaced Patt erson for second . Mike Sampson circled in fourth. and Doug [ones moved up to fifth after a nearl y last-p lace sta rt. As the Pro class funn elled in at the comple tion of the secon d lap, th e o rd e r rema ined the sa me . As Conner stopped for gas and fresh goggles. Cun ningham con tin ued in second and Patterso n, Sa mpson and Jones followed in that order. Cunningham took over the lead at the beginning of lap three with Con ner in tow . Pa tterson 's ride feU short as he developed probl ems wh ich ended his hope of a sha re of the $1000 pu "" s posted by the Mem phis Motorcycle G ub. Sam pson di spl aced Patterson for third, whil e Jon es moved into fourt h. At tha t poin t. current se ries points lead er John Maschino mo ved into fifth overa ll. As the riders headed out for the fou rth and final lap , Conner took ove r the lead afte r Cunningham sto ppe d to pit. Co nne r continued to bui ld a 3D-second lead un til a bottlen eck at a brid ge-cr ossin g altow ed Cunningham to close the ga p. The two Yamaha riders kept close company un til a sligh t get-o ff about a half mile from the finish left Conner on the ground, and Cun ningha m sprinted to about a IS-seco nd overall victory . The battl e for fou rth and fifth rage d on as Maschino and Jones swa p pe d back an d forth throughou t the last lap . In the end, Maschino and Jones both passe d a stru gg ling Sampson, his clutch slip p ing clutch about 200 feet from the fini sh line to clai m the th ird a nd fou rth spot. respecti vely. Results AA /PR O ; I. T~rry C u n ni n g h a m (Ya m ); 2. Du an e Con ne r (Yam ); 3 . John M,lst' hi nu (KT M); 4. Do ug JURt jl (K. W); 5 . M ikt> > 1 Sampson (Yam ). S / SR : 1. JOh n G ilt'S (Yam) ; 2. J.If1sun D u kt'!l (I(.aw); 3. G u y Anderson (Kawl; 4. a dn.'llC'e Bon i{dciu s (Su z:); 5. Pdt Fn.-iburgl' r (Hon). SR: 1. Pa u l Midwls (ATJ(); 2. Wayne Bcindorf (Ya m ); 3. Ronn ie H dek e tt (Su z:) 04. Sid rnry RobiMQn (K.aw); 5. Bar ry John!On ; (H ~~ VET A: 1. Tony H...nd on (Suz); 2. Scott Martin (Kaw); 3 . Kt'TVlY 5.ltwrfidd (K.1w); 4. Gary Horton (Kaw); S. Barry Braziror (Y=~ OPEN I\:. 1. W adl" Pt'rry (Hon); 2. Rod Th url "'Y(l-Ius); 3. ROO (KTM); 4. Molrk HlltIb.tch (KTM ); S. John Bingham (Kaw). 250 A: 1. Todd 8oone (Ka w): 2.. Darryl Kuenze r (Vdm); 3 . Neal RagJ;t'tt (KTM); 4. David Mull (KTM); 5. Jim Pa1'SOl'l." (Yam). 200 I\:. 1. o.m McOon.I ld (K.1w ); :z. T...ras M.as.....-y (K.aw); 3 . Darin Ph illi ps (Ya m) ; 4 . C raig Ha yrs (H us ); 5 . William S~ ort St~ {Hon . 4-Sl1UC; 1. Oa ll"Sta llings (Suz); 2. Grvg Prince (Hon); 3 . Billy Proffitt (}-fon); 4 _Edd y T"'y' Uf (K.i w); S. Jovpb Otfton (Hon). VET B: 1. John Broughton (Hon); 2. Carl Krith (Hon~ 3. Ricky MilIn- (Y.m); • . 0.00 RidR-ay (Suz ); S. BrWn Brt'Ci (Y~). OPEN B: 1. o.ri s Bra rd lHon); :z. David IGdwrii (KTM ); 3. J~mes Mltc:hell (KTM ); 4. Pau l Johtvoon (}ion ); S. 8Mry Ri~ (KTM). 25O B: 1. o.ris H rls (K.w); 2. Tim Crain (Yam ); 3. R.J ymond Pat1t'T5on(5u.z); 4. Gordon Tu mt.'f (Hon);S. Todd Wih on (Yam ). 200 B; 1. Ma rty St1nnt -tte (Ka w); 2. O int Robirnlon (lYw); 3. MiIr.t" Rue (K.lw ): 4. Thom.u Ca m pbt-II (K.awl ; 5 . VaJl('f' R(1c~"" (K.1w). • 125 B: 1. Juq Still (Kaw); 2. Rick Sims (Yam); 3. Wood y Bram · blett (Kaw);". GIl!I1 Wilson (Yam ); S. Davtd Mct:all (H lln). WM."l : 1. So zy Fann (Yam ); 2. Sara Amold (Hon); 3. EiJt'I'l'1 Cnun {Su% , L/W TRA IL: 1. Mich .tt."l Hud!iOn (V...m ); 2. Donnie Rogl'A . (So z ); 3. M. rl Alrrs (K. w) ; 4. Scott H orton ( K ~ w ); S. Ru st y Rud gers (Suz). H /W TR A IL: 1. Ma rk Phillip" (Ya m l; 2. William Bi ~hop (Hon); 3 . Ma ll Meet-- (Su z ); 4. lft' P'-I.1f;e (Suz); 5. Kt'l'1 Ho lt (Su%) . Chinen pummels Perris Women's Motocross B}/ D. Matthews PERRIS, CA. JAN. 2 Carina Chinen pr oved to be the most adept at negotiating the obs tacles at Perris Raceway to claim the first U .s. Women 's MX Team victory • of theseason. The Women's race started on the same gate as the 500cc Beginner class. With elbows flying. aggressive tacti cs were the orde r of the day.

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