Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Doug N icol made up the rest of the field . Chism, from the 20-yard-lin e, led the field for one lap before Black , also from the 20, too k over a nd looked like he might pull it off as he led for 11 laps. On the 13th lap , though , McConne ll took over the lead with Oxley right beh ind him, and Faria in thi rd . It was a t thi s point the red flag came out when Black crashed. On th e rest art , the riders were lin ed up by twos, which pu t McCon nell a nd Ox ley side by side on the front row an d Faria and Venegas on the sec ond row. Oxley too k ov er the lead with McConnell, Fari a and Ven egas second , third and fo urth , respectively. Lucero, who had been in the thick of things, started falling back as fatigue set in . On the 19th lap, McConnell got into trouble and this moved Faria int o second. Venegas ha d so m ething to say a bo u t that as he ca me ro ar ing back and mad e a m ove on Faria th at ga ve him seco nd . The finish was close but the win wa s Oxley's with Ven egas second and Faria third . Estes did a good job of hold ing Ackroyd a t bay for fourth. Th e Support riders had a 12-lap ma in and they moved up the program the same way as the division one riders. Qualifying for this side of the p rogram were Jeremy Ad en, Randy Ski n ne r, David Taylor, Richard Jones, Mike Dalbey , Bobby Cam pbell, Joe Erhard t and Jake Zemke. After a res tart, David Taylor took the lead with Erhardt an d Skinner in second and thir d. Tayl or hung on for four laps befor e Erhardt found th e hole he was looking for and took over. Dalbey also got by but Skinner mad e short work of tha t and moved him back to third. With four laps left the order remained un chan ged . Erhard t took the win with Sjinner and Dalbey in the place, show spots. Results O RELLO CLASSIC: I. Brad Oxle y (Wt'f» ; 2. Charlie Vem-gas Oa w ); 3. Mike Fari <1 Oaw ); 4. Jim Es tes (Jaw) ; 5. Ga ry Ackroyd (WI-S); 6. Jaso n Chism (We:;); 7. Steve Luce ro (Cdn); ~. Don Od o m ' iC'odn); 9. [erry BI.1Ck (Wes); 10. Dou g Nicol (Cd n); 11. Jes se rmch (WI-S); 12. Shawn McCon nt.'i1(Cdn), ' SUP: 1. JOl' Erh.lrdt (Wes ); 2. Rand y Skillner (Jaw ); 3. Mike Dillbey (Wes); 4. Dilvid Taylor (Jaw); 5. Jeremy Aden (Jaw) ; 6. Bobby Camp bell (W l'S); 7. Jake Ze mke (jaw) ; 8. Richard Jon €'S(GM) . SIDECARS: I. .Steele /King (Hon); 2. Lew is / Ma cy (Ya m ); 3. Ga rd neT/ Lynch O(aw); 4. Molthen;on /Leed('r (Yam) . Kellogg's great at Greeley SX By J ohn and Daw n Clifford GREELEY, CO, MAY13 E & M Enterprise hosted rou nd tw o of SRAC's Su pe rcross Series at the newly rev amped Island Gro ve Park Stadium, a nd it was Jos h Kellogg w ho ca ptu red the premier 250cc main event win in flawless fashion. Paul Lindsey might not have go tten the sta rt he wanted but still cas he out d w ith a second place finish . The 250cc class wa s jammed with talent, as Bryan Cu rtis emerged first off the line, while San dell pressured, then grabbed the lead, as Kellogg d ro ppe d into second, with Ha ns e n third and Atkins fourth. Curtis slipped to fifth with Lindsey, Owens and Balliet chasing. . Ke llogg followed Sa ndell for awhile th en powered to the lead. Atkins pushed by Hansen fo r th ird . Gary Sailors and Morgan raced through the ba ck of the pack for eighth and ninth. Swink a nd 8alliet cra shed ha rd in th e whoops. Atkins stalled go ing for a pass, and Sandell, Lindsey and Owens all went off th e track. Lindsey mad e the most of the mishap and passed ev eryone up to second, while Sandell took third back from Atkins, wh o was fou rth. Curtis was now fifth and Morgan sixth; Hansen . seventh, and Sailers eighth. Kell ogg withst ood the p ressure for a big vic tory. In the 12Scc Pro main, Shawn Morgan took the lead with Andy Atkins , Kell o gg , Trent Hanse n, Jeremy Hinrichs a nd Texan Tre y Owens in pursuit . Atkins slip ped pa st Mor gan for firsL Hi nrich s passed Hansen for fifth but Ha nse n repassed. Owens sta rted to loosen up an d we n t by Kell og g for third. Lin dsey a n d Robertson pressured Han sen for fifth wh en Hinric h cr ashes . Lindsey worked by H ansen fo r fifth, a nd at th e halfwa y p oint, Mo rgan had reclaim ed first. When it was all ov er Morgan sa iled across th e fin is h lin e go ing away a hea d of Atkins, Owens , Kellog and Lindsey. f Giese, Bentley perfect at Echeconnee Motocross By Ga ry Cr id er MACON, GA, APR.30 The sixth and fina l rou nd of the Georgia Spring . MX Series br ought we ll over 300 e n tra n ts to Echeconnee MX whe re Jeff Giese came away a double-class w inner with flawless scores in th e 125cc B and Unl imi ted Ama teur divisions. Shae Bentle y was perfect in Seni or Mini an d Youth action while Dw ayne Bone won both of the A clas ses over Danny Haynes. . Scorekeepe r Lois Martin tall ied and posted th e Se ri es point total s throu ghou t t he day. Wom en 's d ivision se ries winner April Thom ason a lso topped the 80cc Beginn er class by a narrow six- point margi n over Robe r t Cha mbers. Dash Lyle claimed the series honors in bo th the 60cc and Junior Mini con tests whil e Glenn Bates earned th e 25+ B and 30+ titles. Joshua Moritz nailed down a r12-moto winning strea k to take the Pee Wee (4-6 ) crown with a per fect 3OQ..point score. The closest points race wa s in the 35+ d ivision wh ere Kevin Brule came ou t on top just two po ints ahead of Kevin Matthews, who won the d ay' s contest via 3- 1 fin ishes over Brule's 2-2 tally . • The ear ly moments of the firs t 125cc Beginner mota saw Trey Powell a nd Ze ni th Deu ley swap the lead back and forth. Deu ley later ran into problems, finish ing 23rd whi le Powell took the win. Powell returned to lead mota two from sta rt to finish , clinching the overall for the day and for the Series cham pio nship. Deuley was the Series ru nn er-up. The 250cc C con test was a thrill er as Bobby Richards showed th e way both times o nly to crash back to m id -p a ck finish es while Jo hn Watkins held on for the overall via his 2-1 score . Series runner-up Jeff KiIIian came from far back in th e pack bo th tim es to fin ish 3-2 for second overall. Mark Butl er was th e Seri es champion and posted l-ii for the da y, netting third overall. Results WMN : 1. April Thomason (Suz>; 2. Sonja H amil ton (}(a w); 3. Dona Clev e r (Kaw); 4. Melissa Pittman (Yam ); 5. EIiz.1 lh C ha mbt> bit')' (Hon ). P/ W (4-6 ): 1. JoshU

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