Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

In the Ru n-w hat-you brung class, Brian Paulsen was able to hold off the char ge of Pedersen for the entire race in the heat. In the ma in, Pa u lse n ga ted a hea d of Ped er son a ga in. Thi s time, Pederson looked like he had go t the feel of the four-stroke a nd was runnin g much fas te r. Pa u lse n fie lded off Ped erson for se vera l la ps before Ped erson was a ble to ove rta ke the lead fro m Paul sen . Ped er son wa s just out riding for the fun of it, and Paulsen wou nd up with the w in . Second place wen t to Kawa saki-mounted Jerry Turnbull.,w ho was not far off Paulsen 's pace. Results 50 JR; I. Cha d Blntlk: 2. Nick Nelson; 3, Colin Hickma n: 4. Robbie Ogden; 5. Z ach Swill . 50 SR: 1. Brian We ndt'll; 2. Co tty Mosqued...; 3 . Krys ty n Leslie: 4. Jason Smart; 5. Derek Ellandcr. 60 (7-11); 1. Tedd y Mail'r; 2. Dus ty McDonald ; 3. Co lton Mc "CLIi ; 4. Bria n wend ell: 5. Jus tin Brayton . n 80 (7-11): 1. Du s ty McDo nal d ; 2. Te dd y Ma ie r ; 3. C hris Rit'!>nbt'rg; 4. Man Mu rm y; 5. Avery Prout y. 80 (] 2-15): I. Au stin Reubs: 2. Ben M.lier; 3. Zac h Mill er; 4. Ie rem y Riese nberg 5. Mikl' Gu llio n. 125 C: 1. Brian Ro ussd o w; 2. Ieke Lambert; 3. Mik~ Rt't.'S 4. ; Da n McCUw ry ; 5. Ra nd y Klmeer. 125 B: 1. JOt?Millt'r; 2. Set h Tad lock; 3. Billy SchfUl'd l'r ; 4. Bria n Poul sen : 5. Kirk Witte. 125 A: l. C ha d Pt'd erst>n; 2. Tr.1CY B.lchm "'n; 3. Che t Bum ganiner; 4. Scott Mericle. 5. Ro b Brrka . 250 C; 1. Ryan Riclltl'f; 2. Rod Schn 'fm ilnn; 3. Ro b Ed wa rds; 4. Mik e Rloe;; 5. C urt Ga noe . 250 B: 1. Kevin PLl mer; 2. Ja red C urry; 3. Rob Coons; 4. Je rry Turnbull; 5. Rod ney Sch niUjt'r. 250 A: 1. Cha d Ped erson ; 2. Chet Bum ga rdner; 3. Tracy Bachma n; 4. Sco tt Mericle: 5. Tod d Anderson. O PEN A: 1. C ha d Pederson: 2. Te r r y C h u mb dy; 3. Tod d And erson. 25. A: 1. Tracy B. ('hm an ; 2. Brian Rl't. d l >. 30. A: l. Terry Ch um bley; 2. Frank Leuenroth: 3. Brad KenM N. . 1 40 + A: 1. JOI-' Murphy; 2. Ben Dec ker : 3. Brad Ne hc k: 4. &. Fider er. 16-24: 1. JdE Sch ult7. 2. Ma tt Port ee. ; RWYB B: 1. Brian Pa ulsen. 2. jer ry Turnbull; 3. Coiey Pra tt; 4 Jam ie Zit>g ler. VINT : I. Steve Port er . WMN: 1. Brenda Miller; 2. A very Prou ty. Shepard D.A.R.E.'s 'em at Rider Hill Motocross Park By Gary Mears DERBY VT, MAY14 , The Team D.A.R.E. box van unl oad ed at Rider Hill MX Park and Chad Shepa rd mad e a clean sw eep of the Expert ranks wi th three Exper t class win s includ ing the 125cc Expert division . The Vermont Motocro ss Asso cia tion roll ed in to the beautifu l Northeast Kingd om area and hosted it' s seas on opener in tribu te to for me r VMA /NEMA /NESC / AMA/CMA race champ Robert "Bobby" Beach. Jr. The 1995 seaso n opener yielded 130 re gistere d rid ers and aIarg e crowd of specta tors and race families taking in . nthe racing actio n. Sunday's event offered great view ing of the new upper mid-section course layout and big air leaps d own the famed Horsepower Hill. Morning p ractice sessions found the returning champions testing their skills and bike setups in the technical sections of d ouble jumps into a stepdown jump and through the off camber sweeping turn. Shepard s how ed the classes throu gh th e new sec tions with sty lin' leaps and precise timing. Th e Team D.A.R.E./Suzuki-backed pil o t rode the first few lap s of the 125cc Expert class ex t rem e ly fast, ne ver more than a w h eel off pa ce as the lead rid ers pu lled aw ay from the field . Shepa rd wa s ab le to overcom e the earlymoto lead of Jeff Grace while lau nch ing off the upper meadows step- u p ramp an d topping o u t do w n Higgies Highway. Mark Gray rode fas t .bu t wa s unable to hold the pace of Shepa rd and Grace. ., She pa rd went on to win th e next two 125cc Expert motos to tally the overall win for the da y with 1-1-1 scores while Gray was second with 32-2 finishes. Grace was third with a 2-3-3 comlb;ned score on the day. Results 60: 1. &.on Ml'na rd ; 2. Alt'x Lait- unte'SSl? o 80 AM: 1. Kylt> Whitl' hill; 2. Erik G.lbo rii'lult; 3. Adilm Smith; 4. JOl· C ulby. 80 EX: 1. And y Ballou; 2. Lind sey Moo re; 3. Travis Fitzgerald 4. Gt>nl' We lch; 5. Bri'ln M'lp k 80-105 O PEN : l. Lind sy Moor l'; 2. Andy Ballou ; 3. 8t' n Ackt'!'" ma nn _ 125 NOV : 1. Tud d J'"a lmt'r; 2. Jtmy Dufurd ; 3. Thll rn'l.'!Gia.'! " son ; 4. Steve Boyd ; 5. Jus tin PClulin. 125 AM: 1. Jl'Sst" Litt le; 2. Tri pp McHl·nry ; 3. Ka rl Bt-nz; 4. W iIU.. Sto nt' ; 5. Chris Ch aput 125 EX: 1. C had Sht' pard ; 2. M<1 r k G rily; 3. Je ff Grat:'e; 4. Sh.; w n MilSlm; 5. Willie BOLl k. , 250 NOV : 1. Francois Pin sonna ult ; 2. Hl'ath Bt>audnin; 3. Alan J Filil'ltra ull; 4. J.ICY Dcnndt; 5. J.ISl l1Newton. 250 AM : I. Ch ris Wilk ; 2. k rem yTu m t'T 3. Glt' nn Burges...; 4 ; JTlld d M,lcDtlmlld ; 5. Micha t'l Boyd . 250 EX; 1. C h"d Sht.' ard ; 2. Tim Street; 3. Dol a Hollan d; 4. p Yanic k Jolin ; 5. Shan e Round y. OPEN NOV ; I. Fra nco is P in ~onnilu h; 2. JdCY Dennl'tt; 3. Heath Beaudoi n; 4, Daniel Ha rlow ; 5. Justin Poulin. O I>J;NAM /EX : 1. Ch. ld Shl'P< rd; 2. M.lt '" G rar; 3. Jeff G ral..'l'; l Ch ris Wil k; 5. Willie Bouck n SR 30-40: 1. M.uk Dubd; 2. Ste Vl'fl O' Era mo ; 3. Todd MacDoltilld ; 4. Tuny Pl>ttit ; 5. Ernest Bras..'i.lN . 1. Klopp Gets Pair atTrail-Way ST By Len Breech Pho tos by Ben Breec h HANOVER, PA, M AY20 After having a little tro ubl e hol ding on to the lead earlier in the season, Mike Klopp has recove re d lat el y , a nd he took his seco n d -s traigh t 600cc A class win and also topped the "anything goes" Sportsman class at Trail-Way Speed way. Roy Mill er put th e Ke n ny Yod er-o w ned Rotax in front of Jim Hollister and Klopp in the eariy stages of the 600cc A final. Klopp took second early on the second lap, and grabbed the lead at the end of the fourth lap . Hollister took seco nd away from Miller half a lap later, locking in the top three positions as the MRT/ Diem' s and fi sher 's Cycl e / RBL/Pa radi se Truck Tir e/Kenn y Mohler-backed Klopp scored the victory. With a 'regiona l in Ohio running on the sam e night, both the Pro and Spo rts man classes were d own as Rick Win sett gra bbed th e lead over Klopp and Tod d Winsett. Klopp slowly worked his way int o the lead by the fourth lap, w ith Tod d Winsett getting by his cousin for second on the sixth lap as Klopp naile down another win. d Making his fir st sta rt in ove r a yea r w as . Klopp's teammate, Warren Diem, who showed no sig ns of "track rust" in destroyin g th e 30+ class on the team's Rotax. O ther A class w inners includ ed Bob Sweete n in the 250cc class, John Winsett with a 750cc win and Todd Winsett in the 600cc Pro class. The B rid ers had a pa ir of d oubl e winners , as Jake Johnso n de stroyed the 80 and 125cc classes, w hile Bruce Ingr am won the 250cc B final and mana ged to keep the Hannu m 's Harley-Davidson -sp onsored Rotax from bitin g him to take the 600cc B final. Results 40+ : 1. Wa yn e Fran klin (Ya m); 2. Bill Allen (Yam) ; 3. Ton y Jo hn (Ya m); 4. Tom Vonderhey (Yam) . 600 A: 1. Mike Klo p p (Ho n); 2. Jim Ho llis ter {Rt:d; 3. Roy MiIll'T(Rtx); 01. Tom Sket hwa v (Rtx); 5. Jim Haas (Rtx). , 85; 1. Jak e Joh nso n (H~n ); 2. Corey He rm es (Hlm ); 3. Raun w ood s (Ya m); 4. Bill Stillwell (Suz); 5. Rob Reyno lds (Yam). SPTSMN : 1. Mike Klop p (Ho n); 2. Tod d Wi n ~tt (Rtx) ; 3. Ricky Winsett (Rtx). 55 (4-6); 1. Jd f McMd nu~ (Ya m ); 2. Dusty Diem (Yam); 3. Da ll' Tas ke r (Yam ); 4. C had Ise n nock (Y"m); 5. Brandon Ro bins on (Ya m). 55 (7-8): 1. Jared Mees (H ); 2. Bria n Phillips Jr. (Yam) ; 3. Mike Brown (Ya m); 4. Cory Texter (Yam) . 125 B: 1. Jake Joh nso n (Hon); 2. Iocy Zydinsky (Hon); 3. Will ; Russe ll (SU1:); 4. Billy Stillwe ll (5u 1:) 5. Paul Allison (Hon). 250 A: 1. Bob Swt'l'tl' n {)(a wl; 2. Roy Miller (Hu n); 3. Tom Skl.·th way (Ya m ); 4. Rich Melli ngM' (Yam ); 5. Jill Lautenb ac he r (B on ). 30+ : 1. Warren Diem (Rtx); 2. Bob Babcock (Rtx); 3. Bo b Swee ten Ouw); 4. john Win.wlt (Hun); 5. Br ian & kh.ltt t Rtxl. 65: 1. Co rey He rmes (Kaw ): 2. Da n Gu iseppe ()(aw ); 3. Jar ed Mees (K (Yam); 2. Davis Hor n.· (H(m) ; 3. Rick jacobson (Hon); 4. Bryan Do rsey (Hon ); 5. John Murray n<,l W). 250 INT : 1. Aduii Pier ce (Kaw ); 2. Shilwn FortiM' (Ya m ); 3. Frilnk Sllttill' (Su.r .). 250 PRO 1. LanceSITh.1il (Yam);2. Sha nl"Trittler ($uz) . 500 !NT: 1. Alan Lipsky (Kdw); 2. Terry Varner (Kaw). JRVET BEG 1. Robert Von Scheinda u (Yam) ; 2. Tod d Ford (K.1W); 3. Bob Hausman (Yam); 4. Philip Kuhn (Yam). JR VET NOV : 1. Damon Bivens (Yam); 2. Jam es Mitchell (Kaw); 3. Brya n Dorsey (Hon); 4. Rick J;lrobson (Hun); S. Jnhn Murra y U<.l W). JR VET INT : 1. Eric C 1So 1S(Hun ); 2. Tim Tolll"'ilm(Hun). JR VET EX; 1. Willie Phct.·Q-fon). VET BEG: 1. Ro bt.'ft Von Schl'i d;lu (Ya m); 2. Da nn y Luwl'T!< (Hon); 3. R.l.lph C(lllin~ (K.1W); 4. Ollis Stap ldon (Hon); S. Ikrnard G hannm.lni (y,lm ). VET NOV; L Larry Watkin... (K.1 2. Jaml'S Milchell {Kaw l; 3. W); Rob Hl'aly (K. w); 4. Skip Chri.·.ty (HCln); 5. Mark I:k"wbl"ny (Kaw). , VET tNT: 1. Eric CaSlS (Ho n); 2. Joel Ha rriott (Yam), 3. Edd ie Guadardo CHon} 4. Jim Diyorl (Yam ); 5. &.lbShimp (Yam). ; VET EX: 1. Rich Tru chin.o;ky (Kaw) ; 2. Willie Phl'l' (Hun ). Lakeside MX draws 100 By T,Q, Jon es BASfROP, IX, MAY13 Nearl y 100 bikc'S showed up for the first night race of the season at Lakeside Motosport Raceway wi th 15 bikes in the 125cc Beginner class and 13 on the line in the 250cc Beginn er class. (Top) Mike Klopp (45) passed Jim Hollister (45) and Roy Miller (96A) for the win in the 600cc A final at the Trail-Way Speedway ST. (Above) Frank Sottile's terrible day at the Castaic Lake Motocross Park turned for the better when he won th is $20,000 jet boat. Darren Watts ju mped in to the lead on his Su zuki at the s tar t of th e firs t 125cc Beginner moto, with Tomm y Andrade of "Y' d Open Racin g" jumpin g into a surprising se cond o n h is Yama ha, Andrad e getting one of his better starts of the year. Watts was gone, but Andrade held onto second for several la ps before Brent He nry got by on his Kawasa ki. Watt s got out to a lead again in ,the second moto, with And rade getting another good start a nd H enry ag ai n am on g th e front-r unn ers . H e n ry got passed Andrad e fo r secon d , a nd Brian Brou ssard Sr. mad e up a little for a t zthplace fin ish in th e firs t moto by taking third awa y from Andrade, who ende u p third for the d night behi nd Watts and Henry, with Broussard seventh. Th e 250cc Beg in ner s put on a sho w tha t wasn't ob viou s from the fini shing positi on s, as Duane Robinson won both mot os, Bobby Klimitchek finis hed second twi ce, and Josh Robinson took third bo th tim es. Shawn McCurdy w as fourth in the first m oto, but fell to ninth in th e second . Darren War d of Boern e missed the first moto, but took fourth in the second. That left the door open for Cody Yoakum to get fourth overall with a pa ir of fifth-place finishes. Results 50: 1. Austin Miller (KTM); 2. Robt"rt Yakesc h (H un); 3. nt·vi n CaSl.ln (KTM ); 4. Oint Bra ndE(Yam); 5. We:;ton McCulloch (LEM). 60 JR: 1. KriStil' M)'lT.'I(Kaw); 2. Kod y Kogl"r (Kaw ); 3. Brian Btlltl.'isard Jr. (Ka w) ; 4. Johnny McH en ry (Kaw); 5. T rey Ch ot e (J(. wl. l 60 SR: 1. Waylon McCu lloch (Kaw ); 2. Kenny Jones (Kaw); 3. Chanre Davis (! (Kaw l; 5. k;.zh;" full (Kaw). nry 80 BEG: 1. Waylo n McCulloch (!a bo u t (!

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