Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Myers . Ryan wou ld 'ea rn th e overall with a 3-1 while Walters' 2-2 netted second. Matson finished third, posting a 13. Ryan and his LE-back ed Honda also we nt on to top the 500 Pro class ahea d 4~ of Dean Matson and Scott Myers. Res ults 50 M O D: 1. Jona than Wit hrow (Yam) . 50 STK: 1. Antho ny Ho use r (Yam) ; 2. Eric Pea rso n (Yam); 3. Walt Williams (KTM); 4. Kvle Mann schrcek (Yam); 5. ChrisWalton (KTM). . 60 (0- 8) : 1. Cha rlie Mo rrison (Ka w ): 2. Anthony Hou ser (Kaw) : 3. Nick Davis (Kaw); 4. A.J. Perez (Kaw); 5. Jonathan With row [Kaw ). 80 (7~11) : 1. Ryan Morais (Kaw); 2. Joshua Hansen (Yam); 3. Jimmy Nelson (Suz); 4. Wayne Calkins (Yam); 5, Mike Northrup (Suz). 80 (9-11): 1. Ryan Morais (Kaw); 2. Josh ua Hansen (Kaw); 3. Nick[a rret (K.>w); 4. Kyle Ritter (Kaw); 5. John Bclshe r (Kaw) . 80 (12-13): 1. N a than Tieamey (Suz ); 2. Mich ael DiLo re to (Yam); 3. Michael Mason (Suz); 4. Michael An derson (Yam ); 5. Du stin Mille (Hon). r 80 BEG:.!. Mich ael Anderson (Yam); 2. Jesse Olson (Ha n); 3. Ryan Hansen (Suz); 4. Antho ny Bailey (Suz); 5. Kenny Bell (Yam). 80 (12 -16): 1. Jeff No rthrup (Ka w) ; 2 . Nat han Tteame y (Suz); 3. Michael DiLor e to (Yam) ; 4. Andy Cregg (Kaw ); 5. Justin Scullen (Kaw ). 125 BEG : 1. Tr av is Sm it h (Yam ); 2. Steve Marty (Hon ); 3. Adam Portue (Suz); 4. Zeb Arm.strong (Kaw); 5. Dale Lun deen {Hon ). 125 J R: 1. Brett Rac ine (Kaw); 2. Chris Kefa las (H en]. 3. Cody Killam (Hon); 4. Jeff Northrup (Kaw): 5. Shawn Stewart (Hon). 125 INT: 1. Jason Edwa rds (K.1w); 2. Jason Jenkins (Hon); 3. John TIdey (li on); 4. Craig Humphrey (Suz); 5. Car l Bake r (Kaw ). 125 PRO: 1. Rick Ryan (Suz ); 2. Spud Walters (Suz ); 3 . Dean Mat son (Kaw ); 4 . Ju stin Tiearney (Suz); 5. Trev or Meagh er (Suz) . UTH AM: 1. Kevin Alma n (Yam); 2. Phi lip Worster (Yam ); 3. Shawn Par ks (Ha n); 4. Eric Liddell (Kaw): 5. Sha wn Feeling (Kaw). UTli MSTR : 1. Jim H oll e y (Ya m); 2. Ji m D u nn (Ya m); 3. Mark La n ge (Ya m ); 4 . Wi lcox (KT M) ; 5. Hidenobu Toh (Yam ). OT AM : 1. Richa rd Stone (Ho n); 2. Tina Han delin (Yam); 3. Derm is Smith (Y am). OT MST R : 1. Rob ert H an s en (Ya m) ; 2. Ric h Thcrw ald son (Han); 3. John Cum mings (Ha n). SOD A M : 1. Rich ard Bark er (Hon ); 2. Da vid Pil e (Ho n); 3. Rich Thorw aldson (Han); 4. Dennis Whee ler (Hon). VET BEG: 1. Philli p Scott (Hen): 2. Danny Evans (Yam );~ . Phil Haupt (Kaw); 4. Dennis Bickell (Ho n); S. Brian Estherly (Ya m). VET JR:1. Dennis Wheeler (Hon) ; 2. Eric Flem m ing (Yam ); 3. Stu Pe rry (H a n); 4. John Han delin (Yam ); 5. Cooper Stubbs(Suz). 250 BEG: 1. Kevi n Larson (Ho n); 2. Davi d Chick (Kaw); 3. Jason Mulhaney (Ho n); 4. Ron Mil'S (Ka w ); 5. Louis Lopez (Ka w). 250 J R: 1. Chr is Kefalas (Ha n); 2. Trans Tanujaya (Ya m); 3 . Ph ili p Wo rs te r (Ya m) ; 4. John Man teufel (Ka w); 5. Irw an Ardi a nsyah (Yam ). 250 INT: 1. Pa t Foster (Kaw); 2. Nathan Wood s (Ha n); 3. Jason Edwards (Kaw) ; 4. Cli ff Cook (Kaw); 5. . Craig Humphrey (Su z) . 250 PRO: 1. Sp ud Walt ers (Suz); 2. Shane Espos ito (Suz); 3. Takeshi Koikeda (Yamt, 4, Rick Ryan (Yam ); 5. Dean Matson (Yam). . 500 PRO: 1. Rick Ry an (Han ); 2. Dean Ma tso n (Hon ); 3. Scott Myers (Hon ); 4. Trevor Meagh er (Ho n); 5. Keith Mayes (Han ). VET INT: 1. Kev in Adams (Yam); 2. Tom Ber ry (Yam ); 3. Gary Morri s (Yam); 4. Mike Riddle (Kaw); 5. Rich ard Menn schreck (Han ). VET MSTR : 1. Jim Holley (Yam); 2. Da v e Coupe (Han ); 3. Jon Nelson (Yam); 4. Ron Allen (Yam ); 5. Mike O'Shaugnessy (Han). . MTEG Ultracross Series: Round 2 Lewis lands second win at San Diego By Mike Atk inson Photo by Mark Rayb urn SAN DIEGO, FA, FEB. 25 y wi nning the second round at San Di e g o ' s Ja ck Murp hy S tadium, Noleen / Si zz ler I Yamaha' s Ky le Lewis is qu ickly p roving himself to be the Jerem y McGra th of Ultracross. After taking the cha mpionship from teammate Larry Brooks last year, Lewis ' h as won both main even ts at the tw o opening rounds of the series this year. Lewis' d om ina tio n in Sa n Diego b eg an with th e fi rst h ea t race before 36 ,85 2 fa ns. Lewis a nd Bro oks were lin ed up to g ether o n the s ix th ro w . Le w is' good start pro pell ed h im in to th ird by th e e n d of the firs t la p . Bu t B Brooks was lined u p agains t the wall and got caught in traffic at the start . At th e e n d of th e first lap, he was s till m ired in the middl e of th e p a ck in eigh th . Ja son Mc Co rmi ck and Cory Keeney ba ttled for the lead. Close to the e n d of th e third lap, Lewis pulled a spectacu lar pass on the wh oop s, leapin g beyond both McCormick and Keeney to take first. On the last lap, Lewis had an ex te ns ive lead an d Brooks, w ho h ad worked his way through traffic, passed Keeney at the finish line to capture second . In the se co n d h e at, M ike H ea le y caug h t the hol eshot from the third row and never looked ba ck. Chad Smanjak and Ray Crumb also held fast in second and third for the rest of the heat. In the main event, Brooks started on . t he seventh row a n d Lewi s on the eigh th . Ray Crumb went down in the first tum, taking Brooks with him . In the aftermath, Brooks left the ra ce w ith a broken hand, the status of.his seaso n in questio n . At the e nd of tile first lap , Lewis wa s in se ven th place, w hi le Shawn Wynne and Shaun Perolio led th e pack. Wynn e eventually crashed into a bar rier, amputating a toe off h is left foot. Wynne was rushed to the hospital. and the toe was later su ccessfully reattached. Erick Hilton took over the lead on the second lap an d held it for two lap s. On the fo urt h lap Lewi s, who h ad been methodically picking off riders, passed McCo rmick for second and then Hi lton on the triples for first. Healey h~d also been working his way up the pack, following each of Lewis ' advancements. But he cou ld no t catch Lewis, who had built a sizab le lead. On the seventh lap, Perolio and McCormick passed Hilton to tie up third a nd fo urth places. Crumb came back from the first lap cra sh to finish 11tho I'm con fid en t about th e rest of the season, " Lewis s aid af ter the race . " I have the number-on e plate and a good po ints lead. All I have to do is keep riding the way I've been riding an d I'll come o ut wi th th e championship again." . With the heat an d mai n win s, Lewis takes a command ing 38 point lead in the se ries at 139. He also surpasse d Tyson Voh land' s Ultra cro ss all -tim e main event w in record with 11 victories. Chad Sma nja k is second in the poin ts race wi th 101. Brook's DNF in the main drops him fro m fi rst to th ir d at 91 points. Crumb's main event crash cost h im a place from thi rd to fou rth with 87 points. There were .a couple of firsts at this Ultracross eve nt. MTEG added a triple jump obs tacle jus t for the motorcycles . Even thou gh th ey we re abo u t ha lf the s iz e of Sup e rcros s triples and not placed very well on th e track , it did add so me excitement for the fans. The ot her fi rs t was the addition of Thumpe rs to th e competition. Tracy Asher ro de an ATK 650 four-stroke in the second heat race, but missed qualifying by one place . In other mo torcycle action that night, Maryland 's Amber Hughes easily cap tured her third-straight win in th e four th round of th e MTEG I U .S . Women's MX Tea m Stad ium Series. Hughes fini shed twelfth in th e fir st rou nd. Her considerable lead could not fN be matched by the field. Results ULTRACROSS MAIN: 1. Kyle Lewis (Yam); 2. Mike Hea ley (Yam); 3. Shau n Per olio (Kaw) ; 4. Jason McConnick (Hon); 5. Erick Hilt on (Han). WMN MAI N: 1. Amber Hughes (Suz); 2. Kris ty Shealy (Suz);3. Dee Wood (Ka w), 4. Shelly Kann(Yam); 5. Tami Rice (Suz). Stern refuses to bow at Willow Road Race By Eric Vincent ROSAMOND. CA. FEB, 18-19 Jeff Stern rode to victory in wha t turned ou t to be a highly unpredictable Toyota Gold Cup Formu la One race during the second roun d of w il low Sp rings Mo torcyc leClub events at WilJuw Spri ngs International Raceway . Curtis Adams was the race leader off the line follo we d by Dean Vin cent and Lance Ho lst. Ch uck Grav es, wh o s ta r te d m id pack, spe n t much of the first lap th read ing his way towa rd tho!' lead ers. Down the back straight, Grav e was 'S up into fourth. The next lap, he passed Holst on th e ba ck st ra ig h t and pa ssed Vincent go ing through tum eight ad van cing into second. As the front -r unner s sta rted lap four, race leade r Adams was under pressu re as Grav es d rafted him down the front straight Rounding tum one, Graves pa ssed Adams. but tha t hold on the lead was short as Adams retook the lead in turn four. On the seven th lap, the compos ition of the lead ers began to change drastically. First, Vince n t wa s pu sh ed in to fo u r th w h e n h e w as pass ed by the cha rg ing Stem . Simultaneously, Graves slo wed dramati cally and p u lled out of the race wi th tire problems. His departure left Adams with the lead , follo wed by Stem a nd Vincent. Further su rp rises remained as the final lap got und erway when Adais bega n to slow substantially and seem ed to nav e lost power on his mo torcycle. At the sa me time, Ch ris Voelker was applying the th rottle and sudd enly moved past Vincent to take over third. On the back straight, Stem dosed up on Adams an d pa ssed him to take over the lead on the Fastlinc Racing-sponsored Dunlop-sh od Ka wasaki Z X-R. Adams held on to cross the line in second behind Stem. Finishing third was Voelker. In the WSMC /Tom Sera Racin g Form ula Two race, Robbie Dowie gra bbed the holesh ot off the line and led the field going into tu m one . (Top) Kyle Lewis remained undefeated in the Mickey Thompson Ultracross Series, t a kin g the ma in event in San Diego. (Abo ve) Chuck Graves won the Open Superbike race at Willow Springs and was ch allenging for the lead In the Formu la One event before be ing forced out with mechanical prob lems. On the first lap.. Dowie ca me u nd er p ressure from Frank Aragaki. At the sa me time. Ken t Kunitsugu was moving up rap id ly on his Dun lop-sh od Yama ha TZ250 and was into thir d as the racers neared the end of the first lap . Determined to take over the lead, Kunitsugu dropped inside of Aragaki in tum eigh t to take ov er second. Dowie wa s next to feel the heat . from Kunitsugu. On the back straight du ring lap tw o.. Ku nitsugu mov ed around th e insi de o f Dowie and b rie fly held the lead . However, Dow ie wasn 't wiJIing to relinq uish the top spo t eas ily and repa ssed Kunitsugu in tu m eight. Kunits ug u paced Dowie th ro ugho ut la p thre and in the secon d tu m of lap four, he once e again passed Dowie to take the lead . The next few laps saw Kunitsugu open a slight ga p on the Dow ie and Ara gaki. The race was red-flagged jus t after the ha lfway point, leaving Kun itsugu with the vic tory. Ara gaki second a n d Dowie third. Results F·I : 1. Jdf St\'m (Ka w ); 2. C urti, Ad ol , (Suz );3 . Chrill vcelkm er (Hlm); 4. John H iltun (Hon); 5. Dea n Vincen t (Yam). F·2 : I. Ken t Kunit su gu (Yam); 2. Fra nk A rol ol l (Yam); 3. g k Rubb il" Dowie (Hont 4. Kad Lowry (Hon); 5. Ginton Whih·hou!loe' (Yam). F..J; l. Geep TnTanovii (lion),;2. Joh n Ulrich (H on); 3. Will idm Syf (Hon),; 4_Wnik')' Totsubo (Hon ),;5. Patri ck Klein (Hon). an 500 S / STK; I. Da me l Equi h ua (y am) ; 2. Rick CaWll. (y a m); 3. ' M.u k Stonrr (Yam ); 4. Jt·rry Jirko vsky (Kaw); 5. Tim Ragan (Yam). 750S/STK: 1. Kiko Serna (Suz),; 2. Tracy McIntyre (Yam) ; 3_ , Benja min Wl"ich (Ya m),; 4. Rid . Huffman (Yam); 5. Cuy Celestre (Yam) . OPENS/STK: I. Chns VUPtlu-r (Hon ); 2. Alex Aurea (Suz); 3. Cr aig H ole (5uz ); 4. Tr oy Matu ro (Ho n ); 5. Broo k McAllister (Hon). 650 S / BK; 1. Lance Ho lst (Hon); 2. Robbie Dowte (Hon ); 3. Karl Lowry Jr. (H(m); 4. J. And l'f'W' Milton (Hon); 5. David Ca mpIwl! (Han).

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