Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

I' EVENTS. .. ;. ,',: : .'. : " to block Venegas' every move. Venegas had to se tt le fClr seco n d wi th Lu cero th ird , Od om fourth an d Finch fift h. P romo te r Ji m Fishback d ecid ed to make th ings in teresting in the Han d ica p Main by putting Venegas on the 100 yard line and offer: ing him an incenti ve. If Venegas di d get the win there was a $100 bonus in it for him . That wa s all he needed as he came flying down th e front straight as the gate cam e u p . Venegas caught up but still had a long way to go. Th e fickl e finger of fate ste p ped in when leader Dustin Evans went down on the third lap. Finch laid his bike down a~d in a very controWith a bunched ve rsial call both were put ba field it was no problem for Venegas to take the lead and ran awa y wi th it. Joe Erhardt got the seco nd- place honors with Walt Farnum third. Th e Sid ecars are still running a Handicap program, a nd the team of Lewis and Macy cam e from th e lon g yard age a nd sn atched th e win away from Lamourea u and Votaw at the checkered flag . Results SC RATCH: 1. Bobb y Schwartz (G M); 2. Ch ar lie Venegas (Jaw); 3. Steve Lu(WO (Cdn ); 4. Don Od om (C dn ); 5. Jf5S(O F' mch ewes). HOCP:1. Ch arlie Venegas (J.,w ); 2. Jot" Erhard t ewes); 3. Walt Farnum (Gdn); • . Jl.'S.'Ot" Fmch (Wl'S); 5. Angpla Hale (Ja wl . SOCAR:1. l~ /Macy (Yam); 2. l..amoureau/Votaw (Kaw): 3. Stt-phens/SWphens (Yam) ; 4. Hall/ Miller (}(a w ). SUP: 1. Tony Wood (W("!I); 2. Randy Fraocescc aaw); 3. John Defries (Jaw ); 4. Ken Hansen aa w ); 5. Bryan Tho mp80 n a aw ); 6. Paul Hit chroc:k (Jaw). JR: 1. Ryan F"1flhtor (Wes ); 2. J =y Sinunon8 (Yam); 3. Jimm y . Fu;hback Jr. (Jaw) . Froelich fastest atSuffolk Meadows MX By Ji m and Caro ly n Simpson Hu nt p asse d both Riesenburg and De Hart through the In field Rock ers to ta ke the lea d back. Hunt contin ued to ride m ist ak e free for th e rema in der of th e moto. Derri ck DeWitt chased the front ru nners toca rd seco nd by th e mot o's end . Brown used the Stadium Rocker s as his fa vorite p assing area, claiming third at the ch eckers. 7-8 Aut omatic-class winner was Wayn e Dennis on his Cobra. He wa s catchin g big air off the jumps and dominat in g this d ivision with shee r spe ed a nd gre a t riding technique. Jak e Hinds was second , Matt Walsw orth wa s third and Josh Radi took fourth. Th e Automatic (4~ 6 ) d ivi sion riders fought just to finish on the ra in-soaked Red Bud clay. The little guys and one gal started to gain confid ence a nd attack th e ju m ps as th e mot o pro-gressed. Rick Davis was the winner on his K1M. David Kwast took run ner-up hon ors. Kevin Tompkins was third . Results 50 (4-6); 1. Rick Dav is CKTMI; 2. David Kwast (Yam ); 3. Kevin Thompkiruo(KlM); 4. Brett Wag ner (Ya m); 5. Andie L St. (Yam) . 50 (7 -8 ): 1. Wa yne Da vis (Cob) ; 2. Jake Hinds (Cob) ; 3. Matt Walsw orth (KTM) ; 4. Josh Radi (ItjJ; 5. Matt Ha ag (Ya m). 80 (12· 15): 1. Andy Hunt (Yam) ; 2. Derrick De Witt (Yam); 3. Mikel Brown aion l; 4. And y De Ha rt tHon ); 5. Jernny Riesenburg (Hon). . 80 C: 1. Jetf Utlig (Ka w); 2. Matt Mason (Yam l; 3. Eric Abbott (Yam); 4. Michael Bukowski (Yam ). 80 (7- 11): 1. N ic ho la s Va rgo (H o n ); 2. Randall Woodrin g (Yam) ; 3. Chrl8 Ma nson aio n). . 52 60: 1. Roy Horton (Kaw) ; 2. Brandon Boni~ (Kaw); 3. Kevin Amey {Kaw ). 40+: l . Alan Bowman (Hon) ; 2. Mike HDrI'Ie (Yam). 35+: I. Jeff He astoa (Kaw); 2. Dave Tallman (Ya m). 30+: 1. Bobby Wagnl"r (Suz); 2. Rick Wa lswo rth (Suz ); 3. Jim , Gen ov ese (Yam); 4. Da ve Tomlinson (Ho n); 5. Bogdon Scomog (Ho n). , 250 C: I. Mike Jenks (HOI\); 2. Dean Duncan (Suz ); 3. Joe Hadaway (Suz); 4. Bob Thomas (Hon ); 5. Jimjcegeescn CHon). 250 B: 1. Mark Lau ghlin (Suz) ; 2. Mark Franklin (Ka w) ; 3. Rick H.l.rkin8 fSuz); 4. larry Binder (Hon); 5. Dou g Fw.o (Kaw). 250 A: 1. Darren Bon:hl"rding (Ya m); 2. Juson Lewis (Hon ); 3. Jim Matthew (Ho n). 25+: 1. Darren 8orchn"ding (Yam) ; 2. Bryan Ripple CKaw); 3. Jeff Heal'ton (Ka w ); 4. BobZindler (Yam) . 16- 24: 1. Brian Edick (H on) ; 2. Jo Pa ine (Ka wl, hn 125 JR 0 2-15): 1. Casq Wood CKawl; 2. Rya n Dewey (Xa w ); 3. TIm Carber (Kaw); 4. Bra d Ca nnon (}(aw); 5. Mike Ely M..ukHoplc.il15 (Suz) ; 5. Don Schrnidke ;.f,. (Yam). . (top) Scratch main winner Bobby Schwartz (right) runs Insi de Steve Lucero (left) at Glen Helen Speedway. Schwartz has won fou r Scratch mains In as many weeks at Glen Helen . (Above) Steven Froelich (615) leads Frank Patlnella (27) Eric Read (437) and Justin Lapal o (64) In the 125cc Novice class at Suff olk Meadows MX. 125 C-2: 1. Mark Lucas (Ya m); 2. Mike Han sma (Ho n); 3. Tyler Brooks (Ka w ); 4. Rob Bid d le (Suz); S. John Dola n (Kaw). 125 B: 1. Ma rs hall Klntzele (Ka w); 2. Brian Edick (Ho n); 3. Casey Wood (Ka w); • . To by H iatt (Ya m) ; 5. Ch ris C a llo way (Yam ). 125 A: 1. Cecege Bal han IHo n): 2. Doug Finley (Suz); 3. Michael Lynn (Ho n). Schwartz, Venegas show off at Glen Helen Speedway By Elaine Jones Phot o by Ji m Thorn SAN BERNARDIN O,CA MAY31 , The Bobby Schw artz and Charlie Venegas show continued at Glen Helen Speedwa y as the two rid ers dominated the program; Schwartz won the Scratch ma in for the fourth wee k in a row and Charlie Venegas cam e from th e 100 yard line to win th e Handicap main. Direct transfe rs to the Scr atch went to Schwartz, who d rew the number tw o starting position. Next to him in three wa s Steve Lucero . Venegas picked the number four hole with Jesse Finch on the far outside in five. Transferring from the Last Cha nce w as Don Od om, who came up with the pole . When the tapes came up it was an o th er grea t start for Schwartz, who took the lead as they head ed info one. Venegas was close fo r the seco nd with Lucero third. Venegas im media tely wicked th e throttle all the way up in an effort to out-ho rse power Sc hwartz . Bu t Schwartz wen t on the defensive and was able YAPHANK, NY, JUNE 4 Steph en Froehlich proved to be the fastest in the 125cc N ovice class as he scored back-to-b eck mo lo wins a t Suffolk Mead ow s MX . Froehli ch twi sted the wick on his CR125 an d jumped at the drop of the gate to grab the first molo holesh ot. Justin Lapola followed in second as Frank Patine lla and Tony Piro ne chased after th e leaders in the Super cross sectio n '. Richard A gost inell i ou t-ju m pe d Pirone to m ove in to fourth place. With Froehlich leading in the back section, Patinella ad vanced int o seco nd place as Agosti ne lli follo wed in th ird. When Pa tin ella started to close in on the lead er Froehlich, the front runnin g Honda ride r increased his pace and began to pull away . The third place battl e cam e 10 a head as Brett Punzi ma de his way past Agostinelli. Throughout the last lap Froeh lich cruised all alo ne in th e lead to take the mot o wi n, while Patinella followed for seco nd and Pu nzi rounded out the top three finishers . Again , Froeh lich ha d th e ga te wi red a nd showe d the way th rou gh tum one to kick-o ff moto two. Agostine lli and Ron Ca pris to chased Froe h lich to th e ta b let op ju m p . O n th e ga s, Pati ne lla mad e h is m o ve a n d ju m ped p ast Ca p risto to m ove in to second be hi nd th e race leader Froe hlich. As Patinella go t closer to th e lead er, Froehlich crank ed -up his pace and began to dis tance hims elf ahead of the class. With time to spare on the last lap , Froehlich did a Nee-Nee fo r th e spectators . Th e EMR Cycles-backed Froehlich scored the mot o and the overall win as Patinella placed seco nd and Lapalo moved up to place third. Results P/W: 1. Bri.tn Murphy (Yam>; 2. Mark Rasmuasen (Yam ); 3. Rya n Blachly (Yam ); • . Jo hn Derik (Ho n). 7· 11 MIN1: 1. Cha rles Ellis (Kaw); 2. Brian Murphy (Ka w ); 3. Joe MerriU lKAw); 4. Mich flel Blach ly (Kll w); 5. G~ry Melita (Ka w ). JRMINI : 1. David DiPietro (KAw l; 2. 3. Sean Donndan (Yam) ; Ryan 0' MAlley (Ka w ); 4. Jon Cwano (Ka w) ; 5. Rya n Go ld ing lHon). SR M1N1: 1. Ch ristia n To p p ing (Hon ); 2. Den is So rre nti no (Suz );3. Wa yne Frie (Yam) . 125 NOV: 1. Stevm Froehlich (Hon); 2. Fran k Pa tinella (Ka w ); 3. Richard Ag09tineDi (Suz); 4. Brett Punzi cx. w); S. Otris Read (Ho n). 250 NO V: 1. Jim Pope (Hon ); 2. Bill Ned05 (Hon ); 3. Billy Fernandez (Ho n); 4. Don Cleary (}(awl ; 5. Steve Dolan (Ka w ). 125 AM : 1. Kenny Plas s (Ka w ); 2. Duane Klep pe (Kaw); 3. RU8!lt"1I Lombar do (Suzl ; 4. Mike Rau sch (Suz) ; S. Joseph Bisbee lSuz). 250 AM : 1. Jwrtin Squ in.os (Hon) ; 2. Duane Kleppe (}(awl ; 3. Richa rd Ccene (Hon); • . Dan And erson (Hon ); 5. John Gra hdm . SCHBY: 1. Mike Rausch (Sud ; 2. Thomu Golding (Yam ); 3. Bill Burger

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