Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Briefl •• • • For his win , Jeremy Mc Gra·th ·c oli ect ed $5000 of the. $30,000 250cc class purse. Jeff Emig earned $2500 for second.. and Mike laRocco took home $2000 for third., Damon Huffman was awarded $2000 of the $10,000 purse for his win in the 125cc class. Ryan Hughes and Kevin Windham scored $1000 and $750, respectively. . . take three days;" Hen ry ho ped to make it home by Sunday, so that he could compete, in a local race at Southwick 338: . Brian lunniss was 'a busy man after th e ' attemoon pract ice session, as he had to repla ce the , wa te r -pu mp seal o n Mike Kiedrowski's factory Kawasaki KX250. "When they drained the oil there was ato t of water in ' it ," said Kied rowski , "I thou ght there wa s something wrong with it, the clutch was slipping like crazy in the last practice : A 'healthy turnout of 36,919 showed up for Ste ve Lamson celeb rated his 24th birthday the evening before the event, but because he round nine of the ' U.S:Supercross Series. The Pace S upers po rts-promoied event was was out of town said , "I didn't get anything!" co-sponsored by Thor, SCott, Alpinestars and . . Doug Henry 's mechan ic, Pete Steinbrecker, FMF,.as evidenced by the colorful hay bale tried to make Lamson feel beller by leaving covers that ,lined the' traele ' him a lillie, surprise in his ' boot before the , races began' - a steamed 'crawdad: "I put my ' Team Honda of Troy's Brian Swhi k rode with boot "onand felt something in there ," said what looked to be a bandage on his nose . ' Lamson• ."When' I reached in there to 'see "It's 'a strip of tape that has 'some deconqes- ' what it Was I felt the legs of the 'thing and It tant of some sort in It,", said Swink. "It opens ' scared the heck 'out of me. I threwthe boot up your 'nasal passages and helps 'you to across the van.". . .. breath better. A lot of football and basketball . players .are using them. You canget them at · ' FMF Racing's Cory Keeney had some bad · luck before the race even started - his Yamaha . a drugsto re for about five dollars : . VZ125 was stolen from the Holiday Inn'parking . lot the night before the eveot..Luckily, Keeney No slip: .Team NoleeniSizzlerlYamaha rider Larry Ward had hismechanic Clint Ba rry . was able to borrow a similar machine and went on to finish 20th in the 125cc main event. . ·apply a fresh coat of spray adhes ive to the forks with ma on the plane, seat of his YZ250 before each race'. "It helps '. "I had brought so at least I had my own front suspension ;" ine grip the seat batter ," said Ward. "I can't said Keeney. "The shock was a lillie weird , ride fast if j'rn busy trying n-ot to' slide around.~ though." Keeney also reported that the police had already found his bike disassembled in Defending Sup ercross Cha mpion Je,remy ·McGrath debuted a ne w set ,of yellow.and , the thiefs garage by SatUrday afternoon. black Fox RacingITeam Honda riding gear at Country singer Ly le-Lovett was on hand as'a t'lousion . "I like the col or yellow, so I asked spectator at the Astrodo me. The Houston ' them to make me a set with yellow in it," said resident reported that he enjoys trail riding on the ever-fashionable McGrath. "It's bad. isn't his KTM, bu1 would rather leave the super- : 'it?" McGrath 's gea r res embled th e 20th anniversary cornrnernorative gear that certain · cross ri di ng to th e .stars. "I used to race motocross a long time ago, but it was nothing Fox-sponsored riders wore 'last season. . . fike this." said the personable celebrity . "' was pulling for Jeff Dement because I ride a KTM. Seven small Fox head lron-ons adorned the but I also met Jeremy McGrath before the lower left side of the back of McGrath's jerrace. These guys are incredible, the amount sey , signifying each of his '95 season wins. of talent that they have is unbeHevab . le." "Six supercrosses and one National ," sa id McGrat h. When asked if he ,had been keeping track of his wins with the Fox heads all ' Once again , Honda R&D rider Ric h Tay lor carried the ES PN helmet-cam atop his Bell -season long , McGrath misunderstood the Question and replied, "trying to win? Yeah , Moto 6. Taylor's view of the race action was broadcast onto the large video screen, gMng I've been trying to win all season long I" An the crowd a peek at what an actual racer , eighth' Fox head will ce rtai rily be ad ded feels.'Taylor crashed extremely hard while he before the April 8 Pontiac Supercross. · . was leading the last chance Qualifier - casing , Jeremy McGrath 'also wore an off-the-shelf , ou t on the east triple jump and slamming headfirst into the following jump. Taylor was Bell Moto 6 McGrath replica helmet, opting to knocked unconscious and ' suff ered a mild leave his custom-pain ted Troy Lee lids 'at home. "It' s a nice cha nge," .said McGrath . concussion. but was able to walk offlhe track '"Besides, Bell is cool enough to make me a · under h is owri power . Arid yes, the crowd got to see Ta ylor 's view of his first-class tace- : replica; why not wear one?" . plant. ~I don't even remember the crash," said Taylor. "l can remember who all of my friends ' A wide variety of line's kept the racing action are: but It's weird: I can't remember where I ·interesting all night long. Almost every section live or what my house' looks like." ·of jumps could be attacked 'in several different ways, most notably the finis h-lin e tabletop: Honda 'of Troy's Todd DeHoop may have "It's hard to tell which lines are faster," said inherited a new ni ckname , thanks to an error Doug Henry, following practice. "You can't tell made by an employee at Axo Sport, his clothuntil the racingaetually starts. I made sure to ing sponso r. Instead of "Todd ," the back of try every different line beforehand." DeHoop's leathers read "Tood." "I opened up the box. and they sent about three pairs with Eastem Regional 125cc Supercross Series title my name misspelled," said former Eastern Contender Tim FerrY was a no-show on race day. During Friday's piaetice sessions. the' lac- . Reg ional 125 cc Champi on DeHoop. "O h; well." . tory Suzuki rider cased a large triple jump and hit his face on the handlebars, both breaking Honda privateer Buddy Antunez was a bit and dislocating his jaw upon impact. "Timmy more nervous than usual at Houston : The said that he'thought he was in third gear for the Californian carried a pager with him in the triple, but he was actua lly in second," said pits , awaiting a very spec ial page . Antunez Team ~nager Roger Decoster. "He did not and his wife , Shelly, are expecting their first fall , but he pulled right off the track ." Ferry child any time. . underwent surgery on Saturday aftemoon, and is eXpectedto be ?u1 ~ action for ftve weeks. How ,fast was 125cc ma in ev en t w inner Damon Huffman in the w hoops? On the KTM factory riders .Tony Arnaradio and Jeff Dement w ill miss th e May 14 Ha ngto wn average , Huffman t ackled t he 15-bump 250cc National, as they will contest the Aus-: whoops section in 4.95 seconds . Runner-up . trian round of the 250cc World Championship Ryan Hughes scrambled through the whoops MX Series, "It will be a good experience for . in 5 .51 seconds , wh il e early le ader Kevin our two young riders," said KTM Team ManW indham needed 6 .78 second s. Wan t. to ager Sel Narayana . "KTM doesn 't have a GP hear something even more incredible? 250cc team'. Ton y and Je ff w ill ride KTM wo rks · main winner Jeremy McGrath averaged 5.48 bikes in the GP, then bring them back to the seconds through the section. U.S. We will have to modify them to meet the produ ction rule , but we expe ct to race the' Even though he lailed to qualify for' the main ·machines at the rest of th'e Nationals.~ . event, KTM's Jeff Dement put on an impressive show for his hometown fans. Demen t: 'Team' t:tondali :8~Co"ect rider Doug Henry who lives in nearb y Humb le , Texas. ran didn't have much' to look forward to after the fou rt h th roughout mo st of his heat race Hou ston Sup ercross. "I' m moving back to befo re crashing spectacularly, exe cut ing a Connecticut on Wednesday," 'said Henry, . perlect-Iooking "Superman air" before parting ·who had rented a home in Southem Catiforcompany with his bike . Dement su ffered a nia for testing purposes .throughout the winsprained ankle in the crash , and was unable ·ter, "My wife Stacy is at home packing right to ride at fu ll speed for t h e rest o f t he . . . now. J'm n ot looking forward to the drive - it'll · evening . . -. n1y (Above) Kev in Windham looked to be a runaway win ner in the 125cc ma in , but faded to thi rd . (Right) Larry Ward was fi fth In the 250Cc feature. Buddy Antunez 01 00); 12. Kyle Lew is (Yam); 13. Todd Oe Hoop (Hon); 14. Cliff Palm er (Suzr, 15. Jea n Se bas tien Roy (H on) ; 16. Do ug Hen ry (Hon); 17. De n ny Stephen son (Suz); I8 .Grayson Good man (Hon); 19. Brian Swink (Ho n); 20. Mike Fish er (Ka w). Ti me: 21 min ., 14.90 St.."C. 250 su ra nCROSS SE RIES rOlNT STAN DINGS (After 9 of 15 roun d,): 1. Jeremy McGrath (207/7 wins); 2. Mike LaRocco (182/1 ); 3. Mike Kiedrowski (168/1~ 4. Larry Ward (167); 5. Jeff Emig (149); 6. Do ug Henry (118); 7. Steve Lamson (104); 8. John Dowd (94); 9. Brian Swink (89); 10. Mike Craig (85~ 11. r M Lawrence (66~ 12. Ezra tusk (60); 13. Buddy Antunez (53); 14. Ryan Hughes (SO); 15. Todd DeHoop (47); 16. Greg Albertyn (43); 17. Kyle Lewis (35); 18. Craig Decker (24 ); 19. Damon Huffman (22) ; 20. Mid.ad Pichon (21). 125 H EAT 1 (6 (.1IPS; 20 riders, lop 9 Ir.1lnsle,) : 1. Damo n H u ffma n (Suz); 2. Pedro Go nzalez (Yam); 3. Robbie Reyn ar d (Kaw); 4. Craig Decker (Suz); 5. Jim Neese (Hon); 6. Chad Ped erson (Hon ); 7. James. Eike l (Hon) ; 8. Jeff Wilioh (Kaw); 9. Chris Wheeler (Su z); 10. Mike Metzger (Yam); 1L Ryan Huffman (Ho n); 12. Jay Pov olnv (Kaw ); 13. Alex McElyea (Suz); 14. H orner Woodsla yer (H on); 15. Des Piihl (Suz); 16. Ran d all Harris (Kaw~ 17. Kyle Abney (Hon); 18. Davey Yezek (5uz~ 19_Brian Deegan (Hon~ 20. Cory Keeney (Yam ). nm ~ 6 min, 44.02 sec. 125 HEAT 2 (6 (.1IPS; 20 riden, top 9 m nsfed: 1. Mickael Pichon (Kaw); 2. Kevi n Windham (Yam); 3. Ryan H ushes ( Kaw ~ 4. David Pingree (Kaw ); 5. Greg Schnell (suz); 6. Jeff Hedden (Hon); 7. Nathan Ra msey (5uz~ 8. Casey Johnson (Kaw~ 9. Terry Pa rsons (Hon); 10. Trey Owens (K.lw); 11. Ad am Hed ch el (Han); 12. And re Pene (Suz) ; 13. Jeff Hedden (Hon); 14. Ad am Humphrey (Suz ); 15. Micha el York (Han); 16. Jaso n Dodds (Ho n); 17. Da vid Dish ma n (Suz) ; 18. G ifford Ad op ant e (Hon); 19 . Do ug Deehan (Suz) ; 2a.. Mik e Traversy (Suz). Time: 6 min.. 32.84 min. 125 LeQ (4 (.iPS; 22 riden, lop 4 tnInsfed : 1. Cory Keeney (Yam); 2. Trey Owens (Kaw ); 3. Brian Deegan (Ho n); 4. Ryan Huffman (Ho n); 5. Adam Humphrey (suz ~ 6. And re Pene (s uz); 7. Michael York (Honk 8. Jay Pov ol ny (Kaw ); 9. Alex McElyea (Suz) ; 10. H om er woolslayer (Hon); 11. Jason Dod ds (Yam); 12. G ifford Ado lante (Hon ); 13. Des Piih l (Suz); 14. Kyle Abn ey (I-Ion); 15. Ad am Hechdel (Hon); 16. David Dishman (Suz ); 17. Ryan Ha rris (Kaw); 18. Doug Deehan (Suz) ; 19. Jeff Hedden (Hon); 20. Mike Met zger (Yam); 21. Davey Yezek (Suz); 22. Mike Trav ersy (Suz) . Ti me: 4 min., 41.90 sec, 125 MAIN (22 rid ers, 15 laps): 1. Damon Huffman (Suz); 2. Ryan Hughes (Ka w); 3. Kevin Windham (Yam); 4. Mkkacl Pichon (Kaw); 5. Craig Decker (suz); 6. Chad Pederson (Ha n); 7. Robbie Reynard (Kaw ); 8. Pedro Gonzalez (Yam ); 9. Casey Johnson {K.lw}; 10. David ringree (Ka w); II. G reg Schnell (suz); 12. Jeff Wilioh (!

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