Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

:~ : l 60 (9- 11): 1. Jl)Sl ph Dominick (Kaw); 2. Jod H uod (Kaw). ' 30 -4{I C : 1. Tim Sm ith (KolI w ); 2., Michael Griffi n (Ka w ); 3. Denn is Christie (Yam ). 3O-WB: 1. Je rry Jo h nliOfl(Ka w ). 30-40A: I. Dalton jl>nm uah (SU1,). O /T AM : 1. Cra iE;Wuodwa rd (Ka w). O /T EX: 1. Rand y W ing (Ka w ). Bnt: 1. Jes.'1 W illi.lm s (Hon); 2. J.1SOll Cross (H on) . Y 80 BEG : 1. GI't"J; Snow (Hon ); 2 . R.... ndy Pekarek (Ka w); 3. 40+ NOV: 1. T. Smith (HU!o). 40+ !NT: I. o.drliE'Beck (Mai). 40+ EX: 1. Dav e Boyd u n (Bul ). st 50+ NOV: 1, Ed Ott (Yllm). BMBR: 1. Chris Nash (Hon). Smith quick at Clarks Branch Motocorss By Gary Breedl ove R OSEBURG, OR. JAN. 22 (Top) Jason Cross (85) wheelies to the front of the 125cc Beginner class at the Clarks Branch MX. Cross crashed, allowing Michael Pierce (hidden) to win the moto and overall. (Above) Steve Cardwe ll dashed to t he AA win at the Ft. Hood Hare Scramb les. side-pipe r. Lee Fabray's Roehr Bros./Van Tech Hodaka "Ribi Special," Charlie BL'Ck's oval-barrel '66 Ma ico 360, Da vid Boydstun 's '56 BSA Gold Star 500 and Bob Blackmere's 74 Kawasaki KX450 were just some of the sharp bikes in the pits. The even t was t h e makeup date for th e round w hic h wa s to be held at the cu rrently closed Rainbow MX Park in Pala, California . Results I' REM ULTRA L / W N O V: 1.J . Butl er (Ric). PREM ULTRA L / W INT : 1. Lee Fa bray (H od). PREM ULTRA l / W EX: 1. Mlke Owens (Hus). PREM L/ W NOV: 1. Phi l Bened ict (BSA). PREM 500 EX: 1. Da ve Bo yd stu n (BSA) . PREM 500 NOV: 1. Da ve Ch fOOt' (Due). PREM 500 D L "IT: 1. Cha rlie Jkock (Mdi). PREM L/W n NOV: 1. Phil Lima (0i!4). PREM L /W !lI NT: 1. Kl:"ith Ly n.. ~ (ON;). PREM L/ W It EX: 1. John LeFt"vrt.·(H u s) SPTSMN OPEN 1W EX: 1. Rick Dou gh ty (Ric). WMN NOV: 1. C. MeM .. us (H us). m SPTSM."1125 NOV: t , M. Fred (Yam) , SM"SM:'>J 125 INT: I. M.uk Ar.Jt.'f\<1ult (Hon) . SPTSMN 125 EX: I. Sco tt Davis (Hun). SPTSMN 250 NOV: 1, Sam Du rick (H o n J. Sf'TS M'\l250 tNT : 1. Bill Wl'!it (0.11). SPTSMN 250 EX: 1. Tim Nash (H u!i). SMSMN 500 NO V: 1. Tom MeEntt"l' (Suz). SPTSMN 500 11'o : I. Molt Parso ns (Ma i). 'T t 30+ N OV : 1. Tom McEn let" (Suz) . 30+ INT: 1. GnogC. lrh·r (Mai). 30+ EX: 1. David Fb hl:"r(0s-'1) . Tim Smith d idn't let the fact that he was a Beginner racing in the Juni or class bother him , as he went ahead and won the 30-40 C class at O arks Branch Motocross. Smi th took the holcsh ot in mot o one ahead of Dennis Ch ristie and Joseph Wen tworth and -len gth lead by the end moved out to a fou r-bike of the se cond lap. Wen tworth, feeling tha t he could catch Smith, passed Chri stie with two laps. left and set off after the lead er . Wit h th e lap s w ind ing down, Wentworth started to d ose the gap a little, moving to within two bike len gths of Smith, but it was n' t enoug h, as Smith wo n the moto. Wentw ort h surp rised Smith and Chr istie by grabbing the ho leshot to tak e a n early lead in moto two. Smith was not content with the situ ation and ma de his move at the end of lap one, moving from third to first in one cor ne r. This caug ht Wentw orth by surp rise, as he dropped fro m fi rst to four th , g iv ing Sm ith a n insu rmountable lead . While Smith was en joying the ride up fro nt, Christie was stuck battli ng with Michael Griffin for second . The tw o raced fende r-to-fe nde r for the e ntire moto, neve r giving nor gai n ing an inch on e ac h othe r. Christie was wa iti n g fo r Griffin to make a mista ke, bu t it never ha ppe ned, an d Gr iffin took secon d while Chri stie settled for third . The 250cc machines wo und up p laying a big role in the outcome of the 125cc Beginne r class, as the two classes ran together - an d into each other. Robb y Ed lund grabbed the holeshot in moto one with Jason Cross an d Michael Pierce righ t beh ind him. Cross took the lead on lap two and a ppeared to be on his way to an easy win un til he tan gled with a ride r in the 250cc Beginner class and went do wn right befor e the tablet op . Thi s gave th e lead to Ed lu nd, who a lso went down on the next lap in the same place. P ie rce was the be n e fi ciary of Edl u n d' s mishap and assu med the lead , stepping up the pace and leaving the rest of the field to battle for second place. Pierce easily won, Edlund finished seco nd, an d Craig Holt wa s third. Cross wasn' t finished yet, as he whee lied to the holes hot in moto two but lost it in the first tum. going high in the comer while the rest of th e field wen t low, and dropped to th ird . Th e mi shap ag ai n worked ou t to Pier ce's benefit, and he assu med the po int. Pierce would never look ba ck. keeping the en tire field a t bay an d dom inating th e moto for th e wi n and ov era ll vi cto ry. Ed lun d a gain took seco nd, an d Coy Wimberly held onto third . Results 125I NT : 1. Rnd nl'}' Blan ton (Suz); 2. Jl"!>.'IY Will iam s (H on ). 125 rRO: 1. Eric C raves ( f-!(m), O rEN PRO: l , SIt"VeNd~m (Han) . S / MINI: I. Mic hae l Sc hl't·f (Ya m); 2. Zlchd ry Wood wa rd (Ka w) . 60 (0·8) : 1. Lev i H uffman (Kaw ); 2. Ryan Da lton (KolW); 3. Michat>1Horba n (Ka w) . Jt'AAt" M.1rtinc.. oz(Ha n). HO JR: I. Vat Leyva (H u n ); 2. Zaehary Woo d w ard (Kilw ); 3. Steve Seele (Ho n) . HO INT: 1. jedd H orban (Yam); 2. Mtchae l Scheel (ya m) . 125 BEG: 1. Mich al'! Fterce (Su zl; 2. Rob by Ed lu n d (Hori); 3. Coy W im berl y (Yol ). m 125 JR: 1. D usty ja ckso n (Kaw). 250 BEG: 1. Run W illis (yil m); 2. R~i e Henn kson (Suz); J. M.lr'" Em e r (Suz). 25 0 JR : 1. [ a s o n S utto n (Hon); 2 . By ron Frick (Ya m ); 3 . Michael G ri ffin (K.Jw). OPEN BEG: 1.leff He rb e ck (Kolw); 2. Steve w oo w ard . d 50: I . joseph Dumin ick (Ha n); 2. Tre vo r H uk ill (Ya m ); J . Aa ro n W illi..'1 (V.l m). Cardwell in command at Ft. Hood Hare Scrambles By Bob and Terry Win dham K ILEEN, TX. JAN.22 WIN a new 1996 TOYOTA TRUCK in the TOYOTA GOLD CUP Unlimited Road Race Series WSMC offers over $2000 .00 in cash payback per month in the Unlimit ed TOYOTA GOLD CUP race , plus over 20 classes of racing! Drawing programs for WSMC members include the TOYOTAtruck, open-class sportbike , kart racing schools, mountain bikes and more! WSMC welcomes the 1995 FORMULA USA Championship series to Willow on April 16, 19951 Road Race Events on: Feb. 18-19 Mar. 18-19 Apr. 15-16 Willow Springs Intern ational Raceway, Rosamond, CA· Just 90 miles North of downtown Los Angeles in the Antelope Valley 30 . Steve Ca rdwell wa s th e m an to bea t d ur ing round six of the AMA-sanctioned Texas Championship Hare Scra mbles Series at the Fl. Hoo d Arm y Base. Th e Sportsm an class was dominated by AA and A rid ers, with the top-rated Card well winning the class; Ca rdwe ll was using the race as a practice for the afterno on session. Duggan Hartzog showed to be on the road to recovering from recent ex te nd ed ill n ess w ith a seco nd- p lace showing. Th e st age was set for th e af ternoon bl ast, wi th the sa me cou rse being used . Go vernmen t regu lations do not allow cutti ng of vegetation on the base grounds , so the trail could only be mar. ginally mar ked and groomed . But the mo rning 's su p p o rt r a ce se rve d to be d the co u rse a n d imp rove rid ability. Th e AA g r o u p bla st e d o ff like Pr o motocrossers throug h the man mad e MX section at th e beginning of the course. Local hot shoe Jim my Du nn and Cardwell moved to the front ea rly and pu lled away from the pack. Clifford Go ertz mad e an un sch ed uled high -sp eed ge toff, slowing his pace. Dunn burned himself out ea rly w hile th e T.J. Cydes ! D u nlop ! Answer ! Accrbts-su pported Cardwell ran awa y with the win on his new KTM 300 MX! C. i f T he O pen A class sa w Kevin Council on the bank after an en do in th e MX section. Gary Windham bowed ou t on lap three wit h a leg inj ury . A lan Drane w as ch r is te n ing a n ew KTM 300 a n d ca r t w h ee le d afte r h is spokes ing ested a foot peg , endi ng his charge on lap one with a se pa ra ted shoulder, b ro ken colla rbon e a nd sp ra in ed ankl e . The rocks o n th e co u rse w ere d efinitely not forg iv ing. M ike Bradshaw overshadowed th e brilliant seco nd . p la ce fi nis h, of you n g ToddTa rver. Dennis Bonner wa s in a class by himse lf in the 200c c A division. King Tieken made a hard blast in the FourStroke group, leaving no doubt as to who wa s in ch arg e. Big -b or e XRs wage d war for se con d p lace with Mark And rew s taking the ho no r over Steve Weselik. Vet A master Al Cravens scored the Overall A honors . Th e Senior A wi n we nt to Bar ry Franklin. WSMC • P.O. Box 911, Rosamond, CA 93560-0911 • (805) 256-1234

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