Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

I.·E E TS VN sports promoted event attracted 234 entrants from 10 states as fa r away as Montana and Pennsylvania, as well as riders from Canada. Except for a deep whoop se'Clion and rounded-off triples, the riders had the luxury of com- Jonathan Weisz (19) grabbed the holeshot in the OSee (14-15) class at the Minneapolis Metrodome, but Courtney Sampson (3) grabbed the moto and overall win . Venegas hotat San .Diego ICE Speedway By Homer Eubanks SAN DI , CA, JAN. 6 EGO Defend ing ICE Cha mpion Charlie Venegas started the 1995 World Cup ICE Spee dway Series wi th 01 co n vincing ma in e ve n t wi n a t the Sa n Diego Spo rts A rena by besting a field of 27 speed way riders before 5000 specta tors. Venegas set the pace early by hand ily winning the first heat . He returned to the track for Heat 9, and once again Venegas gassed it off the line to take the lead and the win ahead of Ronn y Kemp, Dou g C reyson and Vance Felicio. Venegas carne back and cinched his berth in the main with a nother w ire- to-wire victory over Robert Curry in Heat 18. Pall Litt and Creg Ayers were in the heat but tangled and went down. Venegas earned the pole pos ition in the main event and po wered off the line to grab an ea rly lead . With nothin g but clear ice in front of him, Venegas rod e flawlessly to the checkered flag. Kemp ran a d ose seco nd b ut could n' t m ake an atte mpt on Ven egas becau se a persistent John C rant kept Kemp busy defend ing his positi on. Fourth-placed Otto Blair was off the pace a bit but had his neph ew, Buck Blair, covered all the way to the flag. Results M AI N : 1. Ch.arlit" Vefl""8a!l (Ja w ); 2. Rnnny Kemp (Jaw); 3. J ohn G ra nt (Wes); of. Otto Blo1i r; 5. Buck B101ir. Sampson sails to Metrodome Amateur Supercross win By George Hodkinson Photos by Karen Hodk inson MINNEAPOlIS. MN, JAN. 21 Cou rt ney Sampso n sco red the win in the 85cc (14-15) class d u ring the amateu r supercross at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome p rior to the evening 's profession al race. Tempera tur es well below the freezing point ou tside the dome didn't keep rid ers away, as the AMA /World- pe tin g o n the exact sa me t rack that the p ros would race on later in the evening . Rema rkably, . the fuJI slate of racing. which began around 8 a.m., conclu ded by noo n wi th all classes ru nning two motos. At the start of the first moto in the 85cc (1415) class. a trio o f Ka wa sakis incl u di ng Nick Delozier, Jona tha n Weisz. and Sampso n battled for the lead in the firs t co mer. A wh oo p sec tion right after the bend cost Delozier the lead as he slipped to third, selling u p the battle to come b etween Wei s z a n d Sa m pso n. T h e O'Neall PJI/Scoll/ PowerBar/Leo's Kawa saki ba cked Sam pson chased Weisz for alm os t three lap s be fo re making his move. Th e first pass wa s s ho rt- liv ed, ho w ever , as Wei sz passed Sa m p so n ba ck righ t away. On th e wh ite-flag lap Sampso n made his final move, getting beside Weisz and then sneaking to the inside of a corner on the straightaway. That set up the finishing order with Sampson taki ng the win, Weisz a very close second and Delozier third . Yama ha s clai med the next tw o position s wi th Eric Gerber and Davi d Hartl rou nd ing o u t th e to p five. The second moto had le s passing but was s jus t as close be tw ee n the top two riders. Sam pso n holeshot and held onto the lead to the finish, bu t it d idn' t hap pen with out a figh t from w c tsa, wh o se efforts cam e up s h o r t aga in . Weisz finis hed right on Sampso n's rear wheel when the checkered flag fell. Delozier again finish ad a lon ely th ird . and Jake Beissel moved through the pack enough to take fourth in the mot o. "I wa s hopping d u ring the race he (Weisz) would n' t do the d oubles because I wasn 't , and luckily he didn't," Sampson said . "I'd like to than k my mom an d my sponso rs (or making this win possib le. This is the first time that I've beaten him (Weisz)." 0 Result s !\on O MINI : 1. John Deoti . (Ya m ): 2. Steve Strandl u n d eR (KTM ): 3. ~Ud RoIbitodd (Ya m ); ,t 1.Kt' Gond!idl (Y,l m); 5. Kyk St randlund (Yam ). b5 (7-11r. 1. Broc Joh RAOn(Ka w ); 2. M il..e Wt"iu ( K.Jw ); 3 . Nalh.m Broughton (Ka wl; 4. Col lin Bu tze (K.l w): 5. !Cody Molitor (K.l w). 85 (7-11): 1. Jl"l'l-"fl'lY ~--rg fJ-lon); 2. Ad oUnDt-al (Yam ); 3. Dusty McDorwld (Ka w ); 4. Ry.n Diru ( K.iro w); 5. Molin Powers (K.iro w). 85 (12 -13) : I. Owd John.'l4.In (K"w ): 2. Ben M"il·r (H (I1"I); 3. Zech Deery (Yam ); 4. J-.ra Co m b.-!!(Bon); 5. M.trk Molitor (Ka w ). 85 (14· 15): I. Co urtnt"y Sa m p!tOn (K.Jw ): 2. Jon.:athan weee (Kaw t 3. N ick Dt-Iozier (Ka w); 4. Eric ~ (Ya m ); 5. J.k fkoj !oI (Ya m ). . YTH: 1. Josh Va.n 0 (Han ); 2. M illft y M cDorwld (H on); 3. Todd Kt-mp(Yolm); 4 . J.L'IOnC".oodw1n(KolW 5 . M.lIt ~(Hon ). ); 25+ : 1. Tro y DoII .mM"y (Suz ); 2. Tim HanMm (H on ); 3. Bill AUl"f'l(Suz ); of. David Lynnt'!i (K.1W ); 5. E.R. Ju.o;,tU!I (Su z ). 30+: 1. Tim "an!lOll (I-Ion); 2. Mik And ..M;OO (Yam ); 3. Rid l.illeno (Hon); 4. Mol" Dr aper (H on); 5. Ron Heppnt°T(Yam ). 35+: 1. John Droti:!I (Hun ); 2. C ra ig Rubchow (Yam ); 3. JI!1T)' Bu mgardtw-r (Hoo); 4 , Bri.tn Cole (H on). 40+ : 1. C raig Rutschuw (Yam); 2. J(,I{ F,trTl ,U (Hon); 3. rau l ( Ho lland (Hu n); 4. k rry BumKard rwr (H on ); 5. Mikt" BdUt"r(A TK ). 125 B: 1. Tony Bacro w (Su z) ; 2. Tod d Wa lhm (Kitw ); 3 . Nick Omann (H on ); 4. !I. ·btt Gra il (K.1w ). 125 C: 1. Co ry H u p pert (Hon); 2. Kt'Vin Ho l!'Oll'lO (Hon); 3. Ryan Brou g hton (H o n) ; 4 . Troy McDt ,w ("1I (Koilw); 5. JOl" Cirall (K .1W). • . 250 B: 1. Tod d Wa lto n ( K.1W); 2. I,mod M ik kd ~on (Hon); 3. C hns Dt'!'Oan li ,l (S uz); 4 . Cory Roil m !'l("Y (Ya m) ; 5. J'l110n Hinkle (Hon). 250 C : 1. R.J.nd y Doroff (Yam); 2. Joh n Dl'Ot1 !1(Hun ); 3. Da v id lynnes (Kilw ); 4. r .. u l Kremer (Hon); 5. Dav id Janz:ip; (Ya m). 500 NOV : 1. Brent Herber (Hon ); 2. Do ug WIIrrcn (K.1w); 3. Kevm Dn.-bO"rg (Hu n); 4. Mike 8

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