Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

'E E T ., .. .' . VNS ,.'E dited by SCott Ro. sSeau . u :' The first pair to take to the floor wa s Ta r res a n d 1991 wo rl d Champ io n To mmi Ahvala. Normally a consistent rider, Ahvala w as off form righ t fr om the start. A crash in the first section an d several subseque nt threes mad e it clear that he wou ld not be in the final round. When Tarres took to the course, he gave a veritable riding clinic. Three points on observation and tw o point s for exceeding the time limit were all that he gave up. The next p ai ring was between th e brand -s witchin g b o ys . Amos Bilba o ro lle d on to th e fl oor aboard h is new Be ta and fac ed off agains t Col om e r . Each man was anxio us to prove that a cha nge of tea m w as all th ey n eeded. Perh aps he was a bit nervou s, bu t Bilbao suffered two fiv es and sa w Co lomer sim ply wa lk away from him. A pair of Brits was next, and Steve Co lley fou nd him seif matched ag ainst fellow cou ntryman Dou g Lampkin . Colley was spot on, and spanked Lampkin eas ily. Colomer took th e lead on the op en ing lap of the final, while Tarres p icked u p a fi v e, as did Coll ey . Colome r enjoyed a two -po int lead going into the se cond lap, but he ironically five d the Montesa-sponsored section and ha nd ed the lead to Tarres. Colle y failed to clear the hig h jump and en d ed his cha nces of victo ry , as Colomer an d Tarres -easily clea red the high jump bar s. So it all ca me down to Tarres vs . Colomer in the side-by-side race. In this contest, th e two ri d e rs woul d race against eac h other over several jumps and ob stacles, flip a U- turn an d head back ove r them . Tarres won th e first sp rin t, but Col omer won the next tw o when Tarres slid out at the Ll-tu rn . The final scores were equal, bu t Colomer got the nod by virtue of more cleans. "Sin ce joinin g the new team, all of m y practice ha s been on n a tura l te rrain," said Colomer. "My rivals had an advantage, but thi s is th e best way to 1'N start a new season ." Results FINAL : 1. Marc Colome r (Man) 10 pts; 2. Iordt Ta rr es (G-G) 10; 3. Stev e Co lley (G-G ) 11; 4. Amos Bilbao (Bet) 13; 5. Do ugic Lampkin (Bet) 24; 6. To mmi Ahvala (Fan) 26. Jaimy Scevenels displaced him before he could do any damage . Lewis capitalized on the confusion behind him to pull out a comfortable advantage. Scevenels continued his charge by baggin g Pero lio for second, bu t he crashed hard and ha nded the position to Crumb. Lewis took the win ahead of Crumb and Per olio, with Cha d Smanjak and former champ Larry Br o oks co m p le ti ng th e to p five. Scevenels was unable to finish. ' "The track w as good, but th e rain m ad e i t slick, so it was a little on elined ," sai d Lewis. , Tho ugh h e wo n th e rac e , it w as Brook s who took the initial lead in the series sta n d ings, since poi n ts ar e also aw ar ded in the heat races. The first main of the nigh t had been th e in au gural r ace of th e MTEG / U.S. Women ' s MX Tea m Stadi u m Seri es, whi ch was top ped by Kaw asa ki rider Kristy Shea ly, ' . Lisa Hen derson was the early leade r, but Jo die Holl ow took over mi dway th rou gh the first lap . Shealy then execu t- , ed an aerial pass over the finish do uble to sna tch the lead . Hollow fell in a rut, a llow ing Shelly Kann into seco n d . Shea ly wo n ahe ad of Kann, Tami Rice, Dee Wood and Hollow. LeeAnn Vanderpool thrilled the crowd with a spectacu lar en do wh ich ended her nigh t, bu t she was uninjured , 1'N .Results MA IN : 1. Kyle Lewis (Yam); 2. Ray Crumb (H en), 3. Sba u n Pe rol io (Kaw ); 4. Chad Smanjak (Hon ); 5. Larry Brooks (Yam ); 6. Sha un Perolio (Kaw ); 7 . Mi ke Chamberlain (Ho n); 8. Dus tin Nel son (Kaw ); 9. Troy ' Welty (Suz ); to. Robert Na ug hton (Kaw). POINTS: 1. Larry Brooks (64); 2. Ray Cru mb (61): 3, Ky le Lew is (54); 4. Chad Smanjak (52); 5. Du stin Nelso n (36 ); 6. Ry an Ca rlis.le (33 ); 7. Jaim y Scevene ls (21); 8. Mik e Chamber lain (17); 9. Shaw n Pcroli o (15); 10. Erick Hil ton (14). WO MEN: 1. Kris ty Shealy (Kaw); 2. Shelly Kann (Yam ); 3. Tami Rice (5 uz ); 4. Ca rina Chine n (Kaw); 5. .. D ee Wo od (Kaw ); 6. Jodi e H o llow (5u z ); 7. Lis a He nderson (Ho n); B. Bonnie Warch (5u z ); 9. Jam ie Pamin tuan (Suz); 10. Debbie Matthews (Kaw ). CMCNe et TouchG ld nS N iv o e late ationals (S u ern Series):Rou d2 o th n It's Brandes twice at SVR By Scott Hoffman M U TEG ltracro sSeries:Rou 1 s nd Home cleaning By Jeff Hain and Debbie Matthews Photo by Jeff Haln VII Indoor Trial of SanSebastian Colomer makes a winning debut By Ignasi Bertran Translation by Martin Belair SANSEBASTIAN, SPAIN, JAN, IS, arc Colomer came to the San Sebastian Anoeta Veledrome wi th several points to prove, and after a kn ockdown-drag -o ut battle with si x-ti me World Cha mpion Jo rdi Tarres, it w as Colomer who eme rged the victor . The even t was th e firs t real tes t o f b oth Colo m er and h is n ew Mon tesa team, and after tw o years aboard a Beta, the reigning Ind oor Trials World Champion knew tha t a positiv e res u lt on his new bike was im portan t for many reasons . First, to see how well he h ad adapt- M 24 (Top) High-flying Michael Brandes was a double Pro class winner during round two of the CMCNelvet Touch Golden State Nationals at Sunrise Valley Raceway . (Middle) Dustin Nelson (30) and Shawn Wynne (44) grabbed the early lead at the Anaheim Ultracross . Winner Kyle Lewis Is hidden. (Above) Marc Colomer made a winning debut aboard his Montesa Cota at the San sebastian Indoor Trial. ed to his new mount; second, to test the re adi n es s o f th e n ew ly re s t ru ctured Mon tesa team; third, to give his rivals a clear view of hi s determinati on to su ccessfully defend his title; and fourth, to make it clear that Montes a is be tti n g heavily on him and that they aspire to win. For these reasons, there was much hanging in the balan ce for Colomer and Montesa. And as it turned out, Colomer sile nce d the dou bter s. Even though his margin of victory over Tarres was only a single point, it was a win, nonetheless. ANAHEIM, CA, JAN, 21 . h ile h is Noleen /Sizzler /Yamaha team mate Lar ry Ward was turning he ads with a podium fini sh 1500 mil es away at the Min neapolis Supercross, Ky le Lewis g ot left beh in d to defend h is '94 MTEG Ultracross titl e . But Lew is, who had led the early going of the Orland o Supercross a week earlier, made the best of th e situ at io n an d cleaned hou se on a rain-soak ed track in An aheim Stadium. Lewis didn't ge t things off to a go od start wh en he cra shed in his qualifier, but that ma y h ave turned ou t to be a blessin g in disgui se. That' s becau se the resultin g fifth- p lace fini sh p u t h im on the fourth row of the main eve nt start well ahead of the other heavy hitters. "There we re four guys on top of me wh en I crashed," said Lewis . Troy We lty grabbe d the ea rly lead, but qu ickly lost it to Lewis and Shaun Pero lio, Ray Crumb took over third and gained qu ickly on the leading duo, but W ADELANTO, CA, JAN, 22 oun d two o f CMC's Velvet To uch Go lden State Na tionals a t Sunrise Valley Raceway sporte d so me real knock-down- d rag-ou t battles as Team FMF's Mich a el Bran d e s ro osted hi s Kawasakis to victory in bot h the 125 and 250cc Pro classes'. The most exciting race of the day was the 125cc Pro class. From the drop of the ga te to the finish, racers diced for position . Turtle Wikoff sho t to the early lead as the pack of crazed riders dogged his every mo ve. Brand es was qu ick to jump in to the lead as Spud Wa lters, Angelo Ingrande, and Jeff Will oh trailed close behind him. Wikoff put u p a brief fight, but eventually fell back into the pack. Willoh and Ingrande swapped po sitions for the th ird spo t, bu t as the race progressed the tw o rid ers fell back. Brandes qui ckly p u t a fi v e-se cond cushi on . betwee n himself and the field. After su ffering from a 12th -p lac e s ta rt, Dustin Ne lson was on the gas and riding like a madman as he wo rked hi s w ay to the front. By th e halfway point, N el son w as with in striking di stance of the leaders. While Brandes' lead started to dwindle, Nelson was on the tail of Walters and goi ng in for the kill . Back in the p ack, Travis Pres ton, Tortilli Seb astien and R

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