Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

level of competition in woods racing this year. " No w it see m s like everybody is riding well and 'at least six guys could win any rac e. Th e first yea r 1 rode ('93) wasn't that hard but last year got a little harder. Now it's really tough. I've been having bad luck this year but 1 feel like I'm still in there (for the title). Thev said at the rider's meeting that the track was going to be the same as the four-wheeler track, so on th e fir st lap 1 made a tum when 1 should have gone straight, but Plessinger w as follo wing me, so it w asn 't to o bad o f a mi s ta ke . We came b ack a ro u n d to th e track a n d 1 couldn 't lected Cooper of the muddy day. "I give it 100 percent because that's all 1 got and if 1 get a third or a fifth, as lon g as 1 gave it 100 percent, that's all 1 can ask fo r but 1want to be in that winner's circle." " I'm glad 1 finally saw the checkered flag," joked fourth o ve ra ll Bla ckwell, who ha s had his fair share of misfortune in 1995. " I can' t blame the switch from Kawasaki to Yamaha for my bad luckit's been a lot of things. Today was a da y for plugging away and just hoping that som eth ing would h appen to e veryone else." Fifth-placed Cunningham, 36, was (Left) After cras hing in the first turn , Guy Cooper (left) re boun ded to claim third. He now leads the series point standings. (Above) Scott Summers s truggled in the mud , eventually pulling out of the race with a fried clutch. (Below) Four-time National Enduro Champion Terry Cunn ingham gra bbed fourth overall on a Yamaha VZ125. believe how far back we were. We just shook our heads at each o ther and got back into it." And rews later ha d problems whe n he ban ged hi s head off a tree and lost his goggles . "I cou ldn 't beat Guy in m otocro ss so I' m g la d 1 beat h im h e re," joked And rews, h ims elf a fo rmer pro motocrosser, as he tried to wash the mud from his eyes. Brownsville is consi dered one of the more "motocrosser frie ndly" tracks on the cross country circuit A n drews and fo rmer GP star Rodney Smith won the last two rounds he ld here. Still, th ird overall was good enough to assu me the poi n ts lead from th e departe d Summers, who had to tow in his stalled motorcycle when the clu tch completely fried in the slop. (Also failing to collect points wa s Team SCR Yamaha /Mirage's Tom Norton, who was tied for third injhe standings with B'ville noshow Steve Hatch coming int o the race. The radiator on Norton's Yamaha malfunctioned , lea ving him with no fluids and no chance to finish .) "I had a lot of fun tod ay but the tight stuff got to be kind o f a hassle after awhile," admitted Cooper, who n o w leads th e GNCC points chase. " I have to give a lo t of credit to Scott Ple ssinger because he was riding really well, and so was Fred Andrews. I w anted to hang with Fred at the. end an d have a good battle bu t I hit a tree short ly after he got around me, so w e d idn' t have much of a ba ttle at all!" As for Plessinger, Cooper was respect fu l of the KTM rider's w et weather effort. "Scott really impressed me today with the speed he showed me in the tight stuff. 1just hope we get a ho t, dusty race here pretty soon where 1 can show these guys what 1can do . "The whole idea is to have fun," recol- 200 8: 1. Ja son Ra nk in (Yam); 2. Jose p h H amor (Yam); 3. Patri ck Cumpston (Kaw) ; 4. Jerem y Berwa nger (Yam); 5. Matthew Bennett (Kaw). 4fSTRK B: 1. Ricky Towery (H on); 2. Steve Mille r ",k (Hon); 3. Ronald Campbell (Ka w), 4. Terry ML (Suz) ; 5. Shane Mun ger (KTM) . VET B: 1. A da m Cadle (Yam); 2. Jo1Y Dekoche (Yam); 3. Rand y Fink (Yam); 4. Cla rk Mun ger (Suz ); 5. Steve Cooke (Yam), . SEN B; 1. Michael Schwartz (Suz); 2. Richa rd May (Yam); 3. Frank Erbe (Yam); 4. Gary Wd,,,,1 (KTM1 S. Robe rt Brendle (KTM). 200 C; 1. Cha d Ia rvis {Kaw]: 2. JdSOnSmi th (Suz) ; 3. Isa ac Ackels (Kaw], 4. Damieb Ozoskey (Yam1S. Rory Summers (Kaw). 250/S00 C: 1. Rich McMillen (Hon); 2. Michael Do ug las (Yam); 3 . Mike Denison (Suz) ; 4. Darryl Kotecki (Ho n); 5. John B1unen (Hon ), lOO

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