Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

-TIM FERRY--. GAVE J % You've never been on a Ferry ride like this one! TII\l Ferry churned lis way through DAYTONA'S 12See SUPERCROSS EAST. Iile every Team Suuki rider, with 100% BeI-Ray Filly Synthetic H1R 2-Stroite Racing 01 aI the way. let this be a lesson to you: Give it 100%. Or give it up! 100% BEL·RAY FUUY SYIIfHmc HIR2-smoKE OIL fou rt h. Pa tt er son d ro p pe d back due to a flat fron t tire. The third lap sa w Summers pull out about a minu te and a half lead on Sampson. Cunning ham kept pace in th ird . Patterson finis hed the third lap in fourth, the n pulled off calling it a day because of his flat tire. "At the pace we were kee ping and the speeds we were runni ng there was no way I wo uld've finished in one piece." Steve Smith moved in to fift h, while Su mmers continu ed. in the lead as did the rest of the top three un til the sixth and final lap . Summers came into the checkered flag with abo ut three min utes to spare. The race -for second heat ed up when Sam pso n. who was run ning all alone in second. fell abo u t a mile from the finish, giv ing up S<.'COnd to Cunningham and inh eriting a possible brok en arm in the process. Green battled his way back to take fou rth. Kenneth Yan t riding a Husaberg cam e from behi nd to take a well-deserved fifth . When asked abo ut the race Summers said, "I had a good ride and the course was excellent. I staye d in ba ck of Sampson a nd Green on the . first lap because of the leaves on the virgin trails covering the roots and rocks. I saw them do a cou ple of tank slappers becau se of it on that first lap . Afte r that , I jus t rod e my own race and kept . it twisted back." Ope n A class win ne r, Ha rvey Whitaker , on his XR600 Honda, go t off to a slow start as he too k a cou ple so il samp les early on as Wad e Perry, on h is CRSOO, sprin ted away. Whitaker regained his com pos ure and passed Perry on lap three an d con tinued in first to the finish . Former Nat ion al H are Scramble Ch ampion Ton y Hen do n re tu rn ed to action on his Suzuki in the Vet A class. After being sidelined from an unfortunate -accid ent in round six of the series, Hen do n left little doubt he was up to the task of winning again. Scott Martin, on a Kawasaki, an d Hen do n swapped the lead back and forth until Martin slid ou t and gave Hend on some breath ing room. He then held on to the finish. When asked H endon sa id , " He was just gla d to b e he althy and ba ck riding with h is brother an d friends." li kew ise, ol de r brother Ro g e r H endon w as n' t to be o u tdo ne as h e put fo rth a good effort on his XR600 to capture the Open B class honors for the d ay. Dave Kidwell kept pace for seco nd. Results Ak 1. SoottSununrn (Hon );: 2. Terry Cunningh.-un (Yam); 3. MikeSamf"'lX\ (Yam);: 4. Jat'I"d G~ (Kaw); 5. Krnneth Yany (Hbg ). SR.: I. Paul Michels (ATK); 2. LanyStill (Hon); 3. Dolvid Scorrow (K1M); 4. Sidnry Robinson (lU:w); 5. Brad Renshaw (Yam ). S / SR: I. John Gil..,. (Y4Im 2. Wade Summers (Ho n); 3. Gu y ); And~ (Kaw); 4. Mike Garrett (Hon); 5. Lonnie WoIt5on (Hon). VET A : I. To ny Hendon (Su z); 2. Scott Martin (Ka w); 3. Rolwrt Roy (yoIm); 4. GoJry Horton (Kaw); 5. Ma ck Stafford (J<.aw) . 200 A: I. William Short (Hon); 2. O ui."1 McDona ld (Ka w); 3 . Darin Philliptl (Ya m ); 4. To1rll ~ Masse y (Kaw); 5. ~e Th urman (Yam) . 250 A: 1. Oanyl Kuenzer (Yam); 2. Steve Ezell (Kaw); 3. Todd Boone (Kolw); 4. Mikt' Mo rris (Kilw) ; 5. JaJIOn Ru_1I (SUZ ). OPEN A: I , Harvey Whitaker (Hon ); 2. Wade Perry (Hon); 3. Ma rk Th u rma n (KTM); 4. John Bing ham [Kew ]; 5. Rod Thurley (H us). WMN : I. Suzy Fann (Yam); 2. Dorte S i m ms (Kaw); 3 . Mich ell e Dtntri (K.aw) : 4. Sarli Broughton (Hon). 4/STRK: I . Cody MillIwell (Kaw) ; 2. Dolle Stolllings (Su z); 3 . Greg Surdyke (Hbg); 4. BiUy Pr offi tt (Hon); 5. Ste ve Thomas (Kolw). VET B: 1. Brian Breed (Yam); 2. Robl-rt Lowry (Yam); 3. loh n Brou gh ton (H on ); 4. IWmit>Titur (H on ); 5. Kip Haynie (Yam). OPEN 8 : 1. Rogl"f Hendon (Ho n); 2. David Kidwell (KTM ); 3. Shane Na llt?y (KTM ); 4. ROOm Lim (Kaw); 5. Chris Btoard (Hun). 250 B: 1. Todd Wilson (Yam ); 2. Lancr Smith (Yam ):: 3. Oris Hicks (Kaw); 4. RobtortRidet1s (Ka w l; 5. Gordon Tumet'" (Hon). Cha se Roberts (413) caug ht and pas sed Wade Cordell (5) en route to th e 60Cc win at th e Hi dden Acres mo tocross. 125 B: 1. Rick. Simms (Yam); 2. 'd f T itzer (Suz ); 3. David Dur kee (Ka w); 4. Na than 'rnce (Yam); 5. Richard Burg e (Hon). 200 8 : 1. Marty ShlU'lt"tt (Kol ); 2. O in t Robimon ( K.1w ); 3. w Jami~ Wynn (J(a w); 4. Tom c.mpbe U (K4w); 5. Van ce Roch~lI~ (Kaw). LITE TRAn.: 1. Scott Hom ()(aw); 2. Jay Hop per (Ka w); 3. Jam " B,li1fOY (Hon); 4. Rand y Hi cks (lU:w) ; 5. Donnie Rog e rs • (Suz~ HVY TRAIl.: 1. Joe- Browning (Su z); 2. Rob Lyonhunt (Hon); 3. ' a son Tanke r~l y ( J(a w ); 4. M a rk Jenkins (Suz); 5. Co rey ~right (Yam ). Carter finds Hidden Acres wins By Barbara Williams KINGSPORT, TN MAR 19 , Kaw asaki -mounted 1.R. Carter showed his stuff at the new and improved Hid de n Acres course at rou nd two of the Tri-Sta te Series by taki ng wins in both Sr. Min i and Unl imited Mini classes. Ca rter be tte red a pair of ho-hum first motos (second and third ) with two blisterin g seco nd moto charges to lead the packs to the checkered flags. Nea rly 200 riders en joyed abso lutely perlect ra ce cond itio ns - 70-deg ree su ns hi ne with a slight breeze - in marked contrast to the Hid den Acres opener two weeks earlier. Torren tial rains ha d made a sli my swamp of th e ci rcuit, an d when the rain stop ped, the deep ru ts hard ened to near -concrete. "We had to cut ou t a coup le sections of the track because they were just too rough to work out befor e ra ce d ay," re marked Joe WiHia ms, ne w ow ne r of Hi d den Acr es . Indeed. th e re routed sections closely resembled the landscape of the Da kota Badl and s, but Wi llia ms h ad groomed the grea ter part of the track to perfection . In the first roun d of motos in the Senior Mini and Unlimi ted Mini classes, Hans Nee l piloted his new Kawasaki to double wins, mu ch to the delight of his da d, Reggie. Neel had stiff competition by Daniel Tesh. Carter took some time to , develop his rhy thm. taking the measu re of Neel and Tesh, and virtually ignoring the rest of the field. Nee l, Carter and Tesh finished out the top th ree in th e Se nio r Mini class, w h ile in t he Unlim ited class, Tesh and Carter swa pped positions . The tr io co ntin ue d thei r battles afte r th e sho rt inte rmission, only this tim e Ca rter sho wed . the way . Neithe r Tesh nor Nee l was will ing to sit back and -let 1.R. have the front, tho ug h, and both motos were filled w ith lead -swap s. Carter holesh ot the seco nd Senio r mot o but late in the first lap he slid out in the next-to-last comer. Tesh stepped up and assumed the lead, with Neel close at h and. Cart er re co ve re d in third and kicked in the afte rbu rner to regain his , position. Making up gro und steadily on the lead pair, 1·R. got a gift when Daniel went down. That put Han s in the lead , wi th ).R. brea thing down his neck. Tesh rem ounted in third , as Carter had ea rlier, and qu ickly closed the ga p bet ween them . But Cart er was unstoppable and swarmed past Neel to take the front for good. Neel held off For 4-color brochure and 2Bel-Ray slickers, contad: BEL·RAY COMPANY, INC., P.O. Box 526, Fonningdale, NJ 07727

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